Credits:

Dress & Coat:    *{Junbug}* - Mrs. Darcy (Dreaming) ~ Seraphim Social

Bonnet:    *Tentacio* - Jane Hat [HUD controlled] ~ Seraphim Social

Hands:    Slink V2 Casual

Pose:    Picture This! Poses - Maxi Dress

Location:    Goatswood

I would guess that the most popular draw of Second Life is the role play community. I first learned of Second Life back when it first came out from the Gorean AOL group I used to play with, but I didn't join Second Life until 2010 - for RP. Pandateria is a new ancient times RP SIM, centered around, you guessed it, the Isle of Pandateria. 

Pandateria is also known as Ventotene, which was an isle made of the ancient remains of a volcano. Ventotene was a place of exile; a prison of sorts for nobles and commoners alike. 

From the Wiki: Pandataria is best known as the island to which the emperor Augustus banished his daughter Julia the Elder in 2 BC, as reaction to her excessive adultery, where she was to spend five years, and to which Tiberius banished his grandniece Agrippina the Elder in 29 AD. She perished, probably of malnutrition, on October 18, 33 AD. After Agrippina's son Gaius (better known as Caligula) became emperor in 37 AD, he went to Pandataria to collect her remains and reverently brought them back to Rome. Agrippina's youngest daughter, Julia Livilla was also exiled to Pandateria twice: the first time by her brother Caligula for plotting to depose him and the next time by her uncle, the emperor Claudius, at the instigation of his wife, Messalina, in 41 AD. Sometime later, she was discreetly starved to death there and her remains were probably brought back to Rome when her sisterAgrippina the Younger became influential as the emperor's wife. Another distinguished lady of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, Claudia Octavia, who was the first wife of the emperor Nero, was banished to Pandateria in 62 AD and executed on the orders of her husband.

Pandateria was a vacation destination for Roman elite, but the isle proved to be too inhospitable for residence due to it's steady commerce of pirates and it's exposure to the sea. "Life on Pandateria was harsh.  There was little there. A prison, a few vacation villas and the sea. Nothing more."

The Second Life setting of this place in history takes off from the 37 AD, after Caligula collected Julia's remains. It boasts a small village, a few villas, a prison, and a den for the pirates. The build of the SIM is extensive, perfect with it's detail, and inspires the imagination. Players of Pandateria can choose from several 'classes', including citizens born to the isle, exiles, pirates, and prisoners. If you are interested in joining the brand new Role Play community, than check it out. Notecards on the different roles as well as a history of Pandateria are available at the welcome area. 

Credits:

Dress:    ::Elysium:: - Cleo Dress (Purple Plain White)

Armlet:    ~Soedara~ 

Shoes:    Slink - Ilena Sandals (Brown)

Hair:    Analog Dog .b - Five (Punch)

Eyes:    IKON - Destiny Eyes (Ice)

Hands/Feet:    SLink

Skin:    League - Jen (Sunkiss Natural)

Pose:   Picture This! Poses - Deux Models (1)

My first love in Second Life was role playing. I'm a huge fan of this type of game. It's not nearly the same as playing a video game, where the story is set out for you to discover. This is far different - you're telling a story. At the same time, you are telling stories with other folks who have the same love as you: love for a good story. 

This is how I got my SL name in fact. Keliah Angelis was a character from my own comic books that me and my pot-smoking teenage friends conjured up, though her tale was very brief and that time of my life dissolved away into adulthood - but the character was a cocky-red-head-warrior-princess-bitch-with-chainmail-but-not-Red-Sonia type. 

Later on, I started a forum with some German friends based off of World of Darkness. I played a different character, Keliah being only a rudimentary part of the tale. The forum went on for awhile and I had a lot of fun, and when I finally decided to resurrect Keliah into second life, I found the perfect place for her: Ravenhurst. 

Ravenhurst has since changed, the story now New Raven City - an offshot city of Detroit, Michigan, which is now controlled by the Vampire Authority Council. It's a dark town full to the brim with vampires, werewolves, witches, gypsies, and fae. Human's to. Can't forget the humans. 

I've been so lacking in my blog posts lately because of this rebuild and I expect my upcoming week to be just as busy as we continue to erect Raven City. Stop on by and have a look at the new SIM if you will. Interested in playing? Fill out an application. 

Credits:

Top:    {Severed Garden}- Jill Outfit

Jeans:    .Evolve. - Bloody Jeans (Dirty)~Cinema New!

Boots:    .:EC:. Enelaya's Creations - ABL Army Boots

Leg straps w/ gun:    {Severed Garden}-Jill Outfit

Glasses:    HOC Industries - Aviator Glasses

Gloves:    Jolbey and Jasper - Noir Gloves

Hair:    Truth - Mindy (Blaze) New!

Eyes:    IKON - Horizon Eyes (Pale Aruba)

Skin:    League - Jen (Fair Feline)

Pose:    Self

Ahoy, ya land lubbers! Captain Xomar back for 'nother round of sartorial nonsense for the beauty with the most impressive treasure chests that keeps the wind a blowin' and the grog a flowin', Keliah. Speaking of which, I think I need some alcohol. 

*heads into the bowels of his ship and fiddles with his bunghole.*

Alright, where were we? Oh, right, it's talk like a pirate day and I'm already exhausted with the silliness of it all, Especially since pirates didn't talk anywhere near like they do in the movies. Nor did they actually make people walk the plank or bury treasure to be found by later generations of Goonies to save their towns from development. In fact, almost every cool thing that pirates are associated with is all bullshit. Why are they so popular, I hear nobody asking? I'm going to go with their fashion sense. Peg legs, eye patches, and puffy shirts make quite the statement.

Now, I've been many things in SL, Russian spy, asshole, vampire, giant asshole, Gorean outlaw, unrepentant asshole, but pirate is one of my favorites. Unfortunately, there haven't been a lot of quality swag for pirating over the years. However, with the magic of mesh, I've found what has to be the best pirating get up amongst the seven seas...of Marketplace. The store Snatched created by Braydon Randt, an old acquaintance from my Gor days (ZAO represent!), has this awesome outfit simply called Buccaneer. It comes in several different colors; I'm wearing the natural version with a basic white shirt/brown pants combination. If there's anything to complain about this item aside from the laughably bad mesh beard (have they made a beard yet that doesn't look like you skinned a Loraxx and glued it to your face? if so, I haven't seen it) is the fact that your midsection is rather, uh, meaty. Let's just say you'll feel like maybe you should cut back on the grog and start jogging or something.

Either way, get in the spirit and strike a jaunty pose on a barrel before yer keelhauled, ye scallywags!

Credits:

Outfit:    Snatched - Buccaneer (Naturals)

Pose:    Self

Credits

Skin:  Curio {Petal}

Hair:   Truth

Poses:  (In order) Captivity Co., MP, and Vista

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