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Layonara is so much more than a game. We started off as a tabletop Dungeons and Dragons campaign more than a decade ago. Since then we have developed into a fantasy world with as much compelling and engrossing detail as you will find anywhere.
Our current showcase is a Neverwinter Nights version of Layonara, where our world comes to life in a finely polished persistent world which you can play free of charge. These forums are set up to support and accentuate our player's experiences, but it goes far beyond that.
After years of passionate effort, our world is so well developed, so detailed, so refined that any of the handbooks, maps, historical accounts, legends, descriptions of artifacts, creature reports, character biographies, short stories, novels, movies and original art which populate these forums can surely serve as resources or inspiration for your own fantasy endeavors, whatever they may be. And our world is endlessly evolving, so resources are frequently added and updated.
There are also years of sage advice and commentary on role-playing, gaming and online community development stored in these forums. If camaraderie is what you seek, we offer that too. Our community is as active and supportive as you're likely to find on the internet. In short, these forums are a resource for you to use for whatever purpose or project brought you here.
We're confident that you will find what you are looking for, and likely, substantially more.
Please be our guest and browse around the forums which are available to you. As you do, keep in mind that you are sampling only a portion of what Layonara has to offer. Membership in our community is free, and allows you to establish a Layonara identity to pose your questions and share your thoughts on the forums. When you join you'll also be able to communicate privately to other members (PMs), establish and respond to polls, upload and download content and access many other special features. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free. So please. join our community today!
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#1 | | Administrator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chicago-ish
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|  Who is Dorganath?
Hello all!
Behind the veil of semi-secrecy that the Internet and these forums provide, I am known as Dorganath, a Layonara player, GM and developer. On the other side of the great electronic veil, I'm known as Steve, a 36 year-old husband to one, father of two and brother to one.
I got my gaming start back in elementary school...hmmm...maybe 4th or 5th grade when my best friend introduced me to this D&D thing, and I've been hooked ever since. I was at one time a proud owner of the "Purple Box", though sadly the only thing that survives of it are the dice...which I'm pretty sure are hardened against nuclear radiation. I also still have many of my old, 1st Edition AD&D characters. Over the years, we tried out several different PnP gaming systems but always heavily favored D&D.
Fast-forward several years, then several more...and probably add a few just to be safe...and some of those same people I used go game with got together and we started running through Icewind Dale 2 in multiplayer. And then rumors of a new game on the horizon started to float on the wind this new game, Neverwinter Nights, that held the promise of being able to bring a tabletop, GMed gaming experience to a group of nostalgic old gamers who no longer live within a 15-minute drive.
Like most grand plans, this never quite materialized, however in late 2004, the very same friend, who first got me started with D&D and who GMed most of our gaming sessions in my early years, told me about this NWN persistent world called Layonara. In October of 2004, I submitted my first character and I've been hooked ever since.
I played for about 8 months or so before applying to become a GM, and a couple months later (and just before the birth of my second child), Leanthar asked me to take on the module updates and maintenance tasks. To put it simply, I was excited by the offer, floored by the opportunity, and nervous as heck, but I did it anyway, and I've never regretted it.
So that's how I got to this point, at least. As far as other things about me...Well, as I mentioned, I'm a father of two, both daughters and both quite naturally the cutest kids in the world. This has been certified by many committees, mostly imaginary. As cheesy as it may sound, I have to give my wife a boat-load of thanks, mostly for putting up with me and understanding my rather time-consuming addictions.
For the job that pays the bills, I'm a mild-mannered Programmer/Network Admin./Tech Support/Server Admin./Workplace diplomat/Web guy/Technology Guru/Database Admin./Probably-other-stuff-I'm-forgetting Guy, which means on any given day I'm generally pretty busy and/or quite far behind.
Living near Chicago but not being a native, I've grown accustomed to only having two seasons: Road Construction and Winter. During the winter, I huddle inside being very glad I'm not out in the wind. During the Road Construction season, I engage in such outdoor activities such as lawn mowing, landscaping and "picking-up-after-those-darned-kids-throwing-trash-in-my-yard" *shakes a fist*.
I also enjoy music, when it's not geared for people under 16, catching up with whatever I have recorded on my DVR at the time, or kicking back with a good movie with explosions and/or gratuitous fight scenes and/or any other assortment of "grown-up" themes. More often, however, I hear the theme songs to "Blue's Clues", "Arthur" or "The Backyardigans", with shows and/or movies to match and where about the only thing that gets blown up is a balloon.
For those who are curious, the name Dorganath originally came from an NPC in one of my all-time favorite one-off adventures out of a magazine, which also got used as the name for one of my own characters. When I started playing NWN, it seemed an appropriate bit of nostalgia to that for my login name, and so it has stuck with me.
I suppose there's more, but it's time for me to slip back comfortably behind the curtain of pseudo-anonymity and let you all wonder about the rest.
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03-12-07, 07:36 PM
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| Re: Who is Dorganath?
very proficient post.. thanks! nice to meet you Steve! *waves* | | | | |
10-27-07, 07:55 AM
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#3 | | Lich Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Jersey (Exit 88)
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| Re: Who is Dorganath?
Awww... Only one person said hi to Dorg... *hugs*
Heya dude! Nice to know the person at the helm of this place knows what they are doing... >.> I mean... Good Job! *runs and hides*
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10-27-07, 10:20 AM
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#4 | | Ancient Dragon Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Northern CA Bay Area
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| Re: Who is Dorganath?
"Blue's Clues", "Arthur" or "The Backyardigans",
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10-27-07, 10:21 AM
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#5 | | Ancient Dragon Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Northern CA Bay Area
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| Re: Who is Dorganath?
"Blue's Clues" and the "The Backyardigans" theme songs haunt my very sleep :P
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10-27-07, 10:25 AM
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#6 | | Lich Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: On the moon with the rest of the space kitties
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| Re: Who is Dorganath?
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Originally Posted by Dorganath  Hello all!
Living near Chicago but not being a native, I've grown accustomed to only having two seasons: Road Construction and Winter. During the winter, I huddle inside being very glad I'm not out in the wind. During the Road Construction season, I engage in such outdoor activities such as lawn mowing, landscaping and "picking-up-after-those-darned-kids-throwing-trash-in-my-yard" *shakes a fist*.
| Hey, here in Orlando we only have road construction season and scalding Arrakis season. It wouldn't be so bad if it weren't for the the fact that they both coincide and the sandworms were all replaced by tourists.
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10-27-07, 10:28 AM
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#7 | | Mind Flayer Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: ft lauderdale
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| Re: Who is Dorganath?
ill gladly trade tourists for shai halud anyday
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#8 | | Ancient Dragon Join Date: May 2006 Location: Montreal Canada
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| Re: Who is Dorganath?
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Originally Posted by Dorganath I'm a mild-mannered Programmer/Network Admin./Tech Support/Server Admin./Workplace diplomat/Web guy/Technology Guru/Database Admin./Probably-other-stuff-I'm-forgetting Guy, | Gee I bet a few others would like to have a name plate that long.
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#9 | | Mind Flayer Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Estonia, Tallinn
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| Re: Who is Dorganath?
To me, Dorg is the man behind the scenes. He puts immense amounts of dedicated, good-hearted and at most times ungrateful work that he gets way little credit for.
So keep it up Dorg, we all love you, man.
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#10 | | Ancient Dragon Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Look at me still talking when there's Science to do...
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| Re: Who is Dorganath?
The best man Layonara has.
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#11 | | Gamemaster Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Melbourne, Australia
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| Re: Who is Dorganath?
If I can't win the thanks count, the only person to whom I will somewhat graciously concede as partially, maybe, on some level, a bit, arguably, flip o' the coin, one-or-the-other, perhaps more worthy of the title.
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| Re: Who is Dorganath?
Awww....
Dorganath almost sounds mortal... 
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#13 | | Lich Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Jersey (Exit 88)
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Originally Posted by Pseudonym If I can't win the thanks count, the only person to whom I will somewhat graciously concede as partially, maybe, on some level, a bit, arguably, flip o' the coin, one-or-the-other, perhaps more worthy of the title. | you realize there are like... 20 people with more thanks then you? Hell I have more then you 
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