[Vesper]

Back in the day, when I was in high school, I was big into theater and acting. I loved playing someone else. Shortly afterward, I went to college and met a girl who was a big MUDder.

She finally convinced me to log onto the MUD she played and create a character. She stood over my shoulder and watched me to make sure I did it right. When it requested a name for my new character, I typed in...

..."RabbitSlayer."

She promptly whacked me in the back of the head.

So I chose a more appropriate name, made a necromancer (hey, I loved Type O Negative) and was fooling around with it.

But what hooked me?

I went to the graveyard. Cast "Raise Dead," and an f'n skeleton came out of the ground.

Let me repeat that: A SKELETON came out of the ground and protected me!

I was hooked. I now found a new place to play a character...and I never looked back.