In Memoriam: Tai'lahr
OpenUru.org, along with the rest of the Mystonline community, is mourning the loss of Tai'lahr on October 16th, 2019.
Rest in Peace, friend.
Explorers Memorial
The Explorers Memorial is a monument of four rings with a scrolling list of names, located just outside of the Kahlo Pub on Ae'gura Island in the game, Myst Online: Uru Live (MOUL). Below is a list of the names that currently appear on the memorial, both real people and fictional characters. For more information on the real community members who have been lost to us, please visit the In Memoriam page.
Richard "ShadowCats" Bader, Jeannie "jmb30321" Barcus, Janet "Pehpsi" Burress, CAGrayWolf, James "Aquila" Carpenter, Virginia "Terra" Cinova, Cindy Farrar, Willow "Wheely" Engberg*, Gandhar, Jahuti, JDrake, Katzi, William “oldmanjob” Maier, Mo'zie, Len "Flyboy" Mumbower, Myst'Aken, Perlenstern, Mark “Zardoz” Plummer, Ramsine, Jim "Dust'ei" Rhodes, Josef Riedl, Sil-Oh-Wet, Rosette Taylor*
* Fictional characters who "died" as part of a story line in the cavern.
History
During the MOUL episode, "Scars" (May 19 - 23, 2007), two of the NPCs, Willow "Wheely" Engberg and Rosette Taylor died in an area near the Kahlo pub. [1] After their deaths and as part of the story, wreaths and wrapped flowers appeared in the area near where they died. A few weeks later on June 26th, DRC Member Marie Sutherland unveiled the permanent memorial outside of the Kahlo pub. The initial names that were on the memorial when it first appeared were:
Janet "Pehpsi" Burress, James "Aquila" Carpenter, "JDrake", Willow "Wheely" Engberg, Phil "phend" Henderson, Maureen "Mo'zie" Jannot, "Rasmine", Jim "Dust'ei" Rhodes, Rosette Taylor.
Following the unveiling, the DRC sent out a KI-mail to all explorers, requesting submissions of the names of other explorers who passed away, along with a description of how each contributed to the restoration. Eventually, the wreaths and flowers were removed, leaving just the permanent memorial.