I'd also like to say a few things about my god-mod post and Fei's departure...
Normally, a god-mod post wouldn't be too difficult - it's usually a case of keeping a character around and in-character without having too much of an impact on the battle/plot, just so they keep up. But this was different: Fei is one of the longest-running and most iconic characters in the Epic Board Battle, and has a long relationship with Soul Reaver - and now, suddenly, he's left, and it's uncertain if he'll return.
I found this post very, very difficult to write. I've tried to get guidance from Fei on how he'd like to see his character out, but I didn't get any replies, so in the end, I was on my own with this.
On the one hand, I considered just phasing Fei out quietly. In some ways that would be the easiest thing to do, but it just seemed wrong to me, to so unceremoniously remove a long-running character from the plot, and it didn't seem in-character at all.
So instead I've opted for something big: a courageous final battle between two former friends (which, in truth, harkens back to plenty of scraps that Soul Reaver and Fei had back in their early days). I've done my best to keep Fei in-character and keep his powers as described in his character description. It ends with Fei gone, but of course, we cannot tell if this is a permanent end - he's vanished and returned before, and lived through worse.
Fei's blow to Soul Reaver isn't fatal, so this isn't the end of the current battle either, but perhaps it is a turning point - depending on what the rest of you folks do now, of course.
I won't god-mod any other players yet - though I likely will before my next post if there are no responses by then.
Sorry to have kept you all waiting, and I hope I've done Fei's departure some semblance of justice.
