01-23-2020, 10:01 AM
It is daunting knowing where to jump into so many different threads in this forum about a game I have loved a good part of my life. Introductions seem like a good place to start. My name is David Oliver Kling I first started playing Midgard back in 1986 when I was 16 years old. I continued to play over the years when Zan ran the game and he could no longer run it and passed away. My first clan was "Toshiro Takekoshi," and I was in the MercVerk and eventually became the city leader of Dranghaven. I still remember conversations over the phone with Jim Early and others while still in High School. I would eventually join the US Navy and remember the excitement of getting turns in the mail while deployed on the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the first Gulf War.
When Zan ran the game I played actively in several different factions. I was, at one time the Banner #4 player. I then played as the Senior #1 for the Roder and worked to help make them the "royals" of Midgard. Towards the end of Zan's sojourn in running the game, I went into something new and took over the Blood and Fire #1 spot but didn't get to develop it much due to the game shutting down.
By profession, I work in hospice as a chaplain and also teach medical ethics at a local college to mostly nursing students. I am married and have a two-year-old daughter, which feels unusually since I will be 50 this year -- but who's counting. I love the PBM genre and used to write for both Flagship and Paper Mayhem magazines "back in the day," and I am excited about the prospect of Midgard being started again and I truly hope that this does happen and isn't just an idea perpetually kicked around.
David Oliver Kling
"FutureSojourner"
When Zan ran the game I played actively in several different factions. I was, at one time the Banner #4 player. I then played as the Senior #1 for the Roder and worked to help make them the "royals" of Midgard. Towards the end of Zan's sojourn in running the game, I went into something new and took over the Blood and Fire #1 spot but didn't get to develop it much due to the game shutting down.
By profession, I work in hospice as a chaplain and also teach medical ethics at a local college to mostly nursing students. I am married and have a two-year-old daughter, which feels unusually since I will be 50 this year -- but who's counting. I love the PBM genre and used to write for both Flagship and Paper Mayhem magazines "back in the day," and I am excited about the prospect of Midgard being started again and I truly hope that this does happen and isn't just an idea perpetually kicked around.
David Oliver Kling
"FutureSojourner"