Summoner Update
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I would like to start by thanking whomever made the post about this tragic loss on the Narfell facebook group. I saw the update on my phone earlier (which doesn't even usually update) else I may have never known.
I remember when Summoner first entered Narfell. From his character Summoner whom we both teamed up as young fools to start some mercenary guild together that ultimately crashed. To Wolf the wonderfully quiet wildman druid. To Ronan, whom my characters may have despised, but it was always IC. He was a great guy from what I gathered speaking with him OOC. We were both teenagers when we met in our early days of playing Narfell, so I feel it was easy for us to communicate and get to know each other.
As many have stated, the community will definitely feel his loss. I'm glad he no longer has to fight and can rest in peace. I wish his family and loved ones could read this thread and see what a beloved person he was, even to those who may have never met him in person.
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I am thankful that I did get to spend what little time there was knowing him. I know God has set aside a super spot for him. My prayers go out to him and to his family. Goodbye Summoner.
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I think we are all better for knowing him and have gained strength from his courage facing the ultimate challenge. May our heavenly father easy the family and friends who mourn him and God speed my friend.
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The internet is a very strange place when I consider that, despite never having met him in person, I have known, or rather knew, Summoner longer than many of my best friends. Over the time I knew him I gleaned essentially what Summoner's health situation was, but, sadly, I fell out of contact with him and (until Mirror informed me of his death) didn't even know he had gotten sick again.
Summoner always amazed a little, in that he was so upbeat and gregarious despite his failing health at such a young age. Life really sucks sometimes, and it really shoveled shit onto Summoner's lap far, far more than he deserved, and far more than I think I might have been able to bear with such grace had I been in his shoes. He was way too goddamn young to have to deal with all of this, and yet he did. I wish I could have known that this was coming, so I might have told him that I always admired him for that.
It may not be enough, but at least there are a lot of people who will remember Summoner for a very long time. I doubt they will read this, but my best wishes to his family, and also to all of you. He will be missed.
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Definitely a fight worthy of recognition not only in the halls of Narfell, but to all family, friends, and people chat care about him, and future generations who will hear of the kind of person he was.
Rest in peace…
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it is incredibly tragic to lose someone so young to a disease like cancer, I don't honestly know what to say other than "goodbye buddy"
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May he finally be at peace and rest in a better place. He fought a tough battle. My condolences to his family and friends.
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Thank you, LadyDeyanna for being the link that brought us this news and for bringing us any further news.
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I've just received a text back from Summoner's Dad. He's working on a website for donations in Summoner's name.
He says it will be for the Children's Hospital in Orange County, California and he will let me know when the website is up. I'll post more information as I receive it.
I've passed on the communities condolences and he asked that I pass on thanks for everyone.
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I've avoided posting a response here, because I honestly don't know what to say. I knew him when he was new, and when I came back he was one of the first to welcome me. He'd been a great friend the entire time I've known him, and as others have already said, he's someone we've all gotten to watch as he grew up here.
This is really devastating news. It's awful any time someone dies, to be sure, but it's really upsetting when I see someone who's so young pass away.
It just isn't fair.
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Dammit.
He'll be missed.
(Many thanks to Fraoch for alerting me to this news; I hadn't seen it.)
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Many years ago, when I rolled my first character Gonnar Domne, Wolf became quickly one of his best friends. They'd care for each other and saved each other from being fuged many times. Gonnar and Wolf were quite close to each other, and I knew I had a friend there…for that I thank you.
He was a great RPer, and each of his characters were unique and totaly different to rp with. He made it so that each character was a new world, full of depth, and ever-interesting to interact with. María looked at him like the mage she should some day be...for all that I thank you.
But more than that, he made a lot for this community, he has created stories, he has made us laugh in more than a few ocassions, he has even played baddy PC's with great succes and challenge, he has -as stated before- left a mark in Narfell forever...for that I thank you.
I hope you are well wherever you are now Summ...goodbye, and thank you.
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I have no words. I remember his first character here, and how I could so tell how young he was. I can't help but feel like we've all just lost someone that many of us really watched grow up here. In our community. The last time I saw him IG, running the event to rescue Ronan, and I told him to go ahead and log, rest up, that I was setting things up so he could return IC whenever he was ready. Feels so wrong now, like I just sent him off on his way. I feel for his family, and rarely do I ever say things like unfair, cruel, or too young, but in this all of this is true.
I will remember the happy memories, and let go of the bad. I hope that he did the same, and thought of us all as more then just the hundreds of lines of text we all bantered back and forth, but instead as family. As a true community should be, ups and downs included.
To steal words from someone who said it better then me, Godspeed, Summoner.
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@b9eaba2192=Teah:
He was very young when he joined and I think he grew up a lot while he was here.
Yes, he really did. We shared a lot of moments together when he played Wolf, but I think my favorite memory came long after I'd quit and peeked back in on the server to see what he'd created with Ronan, who could convey in a few lines of dialogue everything Dondiah said. A common thread through his characters was fierce devotion to friends and loved ones, and I think we know where they got it from. My best to his family and friends. If only he'd had time to touch more.
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Truely saddening news, will miss him.
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It saddens me to hear the news. I do count myself fortunate for the fun times I had with Summoner here.
My condolanses to his family.
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I can't add more than Lager just said. He was very young when he joined and I think he grew up a lot while he was here. He will be miss by those who still play and those who just played while he was around. I hope he has peace.
T
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It's hard to know what to say.
I watched Summoner grow a lot as a player and person during his time here. He left his mark, and it will not be quickly rubbed away.
A lot of us will carry memories of him, either as Wolf or Ronan or just himself.
I think back on how he provoked the riot during Banish Misfortune and somehow I still manage to smile a little through the pain.
Or the time I interrupted Ronan's tryst in the woods with bugbear archers.
Or all his asides on the trip to Phlan that had me missing keys for laughing.
Or… well. He's left me a hundred memories and a hundred stories.
Thanks, Summoner, for spending some of the time you had here with us. I'm sorry it couldn't been longer. I don't know if that's for my own sake or yours.
Godspeed.
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I'll never forget my time spent with a barefoot druid outside the gates when I was new. Summ was always there to even make the dull days fun. And despite everything, was cheerfull and kind, always joking around with me. I'm going to miss him.
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I just received this via message on Facebook from FatherRibs:
@b40cefc8ca:
Please forward on my regrets. We've lost so many people that I consider family, it is a terrible fact of life that we all reach the end at some point, but how cruel to have not lived a full life before reaching it. My prayers to the family and friends as they cope with the loss of a decent human being.
