User:Loki

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Loki, II
Fact Sheet
Full Name:	Kevin Roy Kragenbrink, II
Profession:	Senior PHP Developer, FOX Filmed Entertainment
Gender:	Male
Age:	26
Height/Weight:	6'0"/240 lbs
Eyes/Hair:	Hazel / Brown
Date of Birth:	3rd December 1982
Residence:	Los Angeles, CA
Marital Status:	Very happily married Father to be

Loki, II

To ensure that there is no confusion and no upset, no I am not the original Loki of this game. And no, I did not take this name out of some arrogant desire to be confused with her. In 2004, I developed a character named Loki for a game called Project Infinity. I never finished the development, but later that same year while I was still working on the application, I was offered the opportunity to join the Rhost development team. Suddenly, the need for a more permanent online persona became necessary. There's an Odin on that team, and so as a joke my wife suggested I continue to use Loki. I did. It stuck. And since then I have become Loki on nearly every other game I have ever been on (including M*U*S*H, BrazilMUX, Dragonlance: Age of Mortals, Haunted Memories: Vienna by Night, TableMUSH, and others). I jokingly refer to myself as Loki@Everywhere, and I mean it. I have Loki on over 30 games, now, either by @name or @alias. So when I use this name, please understand that it is not because I do not respect the Loki whom this game honours; rather, it is because I am and have been Loki for a very long time now.

That said, I do want to note that after reading through the tribute to Loki, numerous journal entries written about her, and after reading through what she created when she made this game, I am honoured to carry the same appelation. Loki was--from everything I know of her--an amazing woman, and I wish her the best in whatever life she has passed on to after this one.

My Characters

I play or have played the following characters here on Crossroads:

	Faustus Wolsing Loyal to a fault, Sir Faustus Wolsing has been allowed to retire from the position of First Knight. Rumours claim that necromancy was legalized for the sole purpose of keeping him alive to serve the post, and surely the Knight has done nothing to dissuade the rumours.
	Natalia Paggion Young and impetuous, the Lady Baronet Amphorae is surely doomed to get herself in over her head someday.
	Bailey Guybrush (Deceased) Far too self-sacrificing for his own good, Baron Regent Dragon Lake tried to make the world a better place--too bad he had his head too far in the clouds to notice the more important aspects. He died as he lived: defending a young common woman from demon-worshiping cultists, spitting in the eye of the Dark Lord.

I am also known on the game as Lykos; your friendly code and wiki admin.

My Contributions

I'm proud of my accomplishments, and how I've helped the game. Sue me, but I'm going to toot my own horn:

• Shadrach's Folly: World building has always been a hobby of mine. The opportunity to create a relatively untouched lordship within the land of Mists has been an exciting one, and so I created Shadrach's Folly for my alt Bailey.
• Wiki<>+news interface: After upgrading the MUSH's wiki, Diuturnal asked me if I could help with getting the game's SQL interface to work. I did so on the night of April 24th, 2008. By the end of April 25th, I had already completed the MUSH side code for a Wiki<>+news interface, much to Diuturnal and Minuet's pleasure. That code has since been implemented MUSHwide.
• Magical Proficiency: A work-in-progress essay on the various power levels of Mistian mages and what they are capable of doing. Magic systems are always my absolute favourite part of designing a new world, so I've sorta wormed my way into helping the Magic Admins with the task of fleshing things out a bit neater. This one is based on the New World of Darkness's magical practices, with a hint of Ars Magica, a dash of Dungeons and Dragons, and a whole helping of my own personal creativity.
• House Paggion Family Tree: The House Paggion family tree was a labour of love. Special thanks go to Helena for teaching me the fine art of stealing brushes for Photoshop, and to Imani for bludgeoning me over the head whenever I went a little overboard with my flourishes. This could never have been so pretty without their help.