Obie's Tale

Obiewankenobie was a young gnomish lad of about 7 seasons walking through the East Commons area near Freeport, when an evil Governing Monster (GM) happened by. Without a word of any sort, a magic spell was cast that stole Obiewankenobie's name and changed it to Obrick.

Well, the tenacious little gnome was not going to take this--so he chased down and contacted this GM. As Obrick, he was quite shaken and asked why he was sumarily delt this viscious blow. The creature spouted off that this name was not in the spirit of the world. The upset gnome pleaded that it was a proper name, after all he was named after a great uncle who was one of the finest enchanters "long, long ago," in a land "far, far away." The creature then said something about a fictitious law regarding copyright.

No matter how he tried to reason with this GM his words fell on deaf ears. With his persistance, at last the GM showed a modicrum of mercy and allowed the diminutive gnome the diminutive form of his name--Obie. To Obie, this was still an insult. It was like a man named Fernando being called Fern. Obie vowed that day that he would get his full name back.

Obie looked out for those who needed his powers and used them to help others even before being asked. Often this would get him into a hunting party even before he had yet said hello to the group he was helping.

Obie also sought out the great Master Handring, who had become a legend in Obie's guild, for any advice that he could devour. Along the way, Tiehl and Sirok also helped out with showing Obie more places that could would make use of his talents. Other guild members were also giving him bits of advice or a piece of equipment that would help him. Obie was always thankful when another member of the guild would suddenly help him without even being asked. Though Obie's an agnostic, this established a firm belief of Karma within him.

The seasons passed quickly, and soon Obie reached his 20th. It was a proud moment as he did the ceremonial requesting of his surname. Thinking of his great uncle, there could only be one surname he could take to make himself complete. The gods then rewarded him by answering his request. Obie's new name is now Obie Wankenobie.

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 Last night the unthinkable happened to Obie. A Governing Monster by the name of Volot (hmmm...name is familiar may be the same one) again took away Obie's surname. He gave the same arguments, and had the same lack of compassion.

Obie tried to come up with other names to give patronage to his great uncle, but it again fell on deaf ears. He tried Twokenobie, Wantsaname, among others, but none would be acceptable. Finally he settled on a farcical name. His new name is Obie Onebanana.

To try to cheer him up, Lvsun said she is thinking of changing her last name to Twobanana--thanks LV. Maybe he can start the Banana Cult.