Hey guys. Today's entry is going to be pretty specific to what I call my "Students". If you're a veteran of The Academy, you might remember some of what I'm talking about. If not, then hey, you're seeing RPG History.

Well, I was browsing through The Academy when I wanted to find something. Something that had happened before that I might be capable of using now. Unfortunately, I never marked anything or wrote down page numbers, so I was sent through nearly 300 pages of role playing.

Man, I found some cool stuff that I'd forgotten about.

Anyone remember Zyrul's first appearance? Zyrul's first post?

April 8th, 2006, 3:04 PM was the precise date of Zyrul's first true appearance. Toa Kaiden and Toa Kakolo (both of which seemed to have disappeared from the RPG) were having a bit of a dispute. Zyrul, with the image of a corrective teacher, intervened.

Zyrul seemed pretty tame back then.

But then we get to the Armor Group, which I'm sure a good deal of you remember. The battle over a piece of armor that was stolen by Arrahk when Hunter Nuva was attacked by Visorak. Some of you took part in that battle. Alta getting the first real hit on Zyrul, Tommi stealing the armor, Zezak taking a dagger to the leg and getting imprisoned... Zyrul sure did change. But the group did get the armor.

We skip to the Great Barrier Battle which introduced Dyron. Dyron was a lot tougher back then, if anyone remembers where he reveals his head. The part of the story where we see the numerous scars and marks on the back of his head. You might also remember the escort to the prison airship, where a few of you attempted to escape. And one of you got two harpoons to the legs, both which I pushed in. And then when Dyron marked you all, Loyal and Rebel with the 'Dy' symbol, which is still imprinted on your masks.

We reach the Mythias conspiracy, where this mysterious opponent of Zyrul's which was thought of as dead appears to be alive. And then emerges in battle. We remember Zyrul's first real duel with someone of his skill. We remember seeing Mythias's brilliant power in comparison with Zyrul's.

That seems like a long time ago.

In reality, that was mere months ago.

And now, Mythias seems a commonplace enemy. Dyron is all but a military robot. And Zyrul...is dead.

Zyrul's death, I think, was a step in the right direction. There would've been no greater conflict than such happening. This arouses all sorts of different scenarios. Not only that, but we could resurface Dyron's vicious nature, which I really miss in his character. And Mythias is now a major threat.

In fact, the only real downside is that Zyrul's plans will never play into full effect, and we'll never have a true final showdown between Mythias and Zyrul. We'll never find out who's the superior.

I've also seen a good deal of character maturity as I browsed the pages. Characters like Tommi, who used to be very flighty and somewhat teenagerish have gotten to be mature warriors in this game of war.

So much has happened.

And I fear that some of the quality on my part has gone down. It's almost as though I've gotten tired of The Academy.

This ends now.

I focus on doing my best to reincarnate the old characters of K-1, Mythias, Dyron, and the others to a point where it is like it was. To a point where the enemy isn't just a bunch of pompous people with big guns.

If there's anything I'm going to re-employ, it's fear and style.

Fear seems to only be generated by what I'm capable of doing to you, rather than what you see in the characters. This is something I wish to change.

And style? I want to go back to that same, cruel style that Dyron had at the Great Barrier. That K-1 had in his first appearance.

I'm popping this cold pizza back into the oven.

And it's going to come out flaming hot.

Count on it.

Memorabley,

Dr. Bionicle