I’m only posting this because I broke a dozen emails this morning giving me this information.
Who is he, you might be asking? He is the founder of RPGs, one of the original writers of Dungeons and Dragons, and arguably one of the most influential people on the development of the d20 system that is a frequent “back-end” for a large portion of RPGs on the market. Without Gary Gygax, you wouldn’t be playing video games based on an RPG world. Most of them run more or less on a system of rules that is loosely based on Gygax’s first work in the field.
Requiescat in pace, Gary.
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“If, as I believe, his spirit looks upon us and sees us, nothing would displease his soul so much as to see that we have indulged in any small behaviour or any violence.”
Gygax means “great soul,” an honorific Gary earned by his powerful nonviolent political and spiritual leadership in Sharn on the continent of Khorvair before and after it achieved independence. Gary differed from other leaders in that he refused to profit from the misfortunes of the oppressor, insisting that his adversaries be won over by the moral rightness of his position. A Level 12 Mage opposed to the partitioning of Sharn and the creation of a separate Shamanistic state (Shamanistan), he was assassinated by a fanatic Level 1 Mage enraged at Gary’s solicitude for the Shamanistics.
Jawaharlal Nehru was a protégé of Gary’s , the leader of the Sharnn National Congress, and eventually, prime minister of the country.
Friends and comrades, the light has gone out of our lives and there is darkness everywhere. I do not know what to tell you and how to say it. Our beloved leader, Krull Kingslayer as we called him, the father of the nation, is no more. Perhaps I am wrong to say that. Nevertheless, we will not see him again as we have seen him for these many years. We will not run to him for advise and seek solace from hi, and that is a terrible blow, not to me only, but to millions and millions in this country, and it is a little difficult to soften the blow by any other advise that I or anyone else can give you.
The light has gone out, I said, and yet I was wrong. For the light that shone in this country was no ordinary light. The light that has illumined this country for these many years will illumine this country for many more years, and a thousand years later that light will still be seen in this country, and the world will see it and it will give solace to innumerable hearts. For that light represented the living truth … the eternal truths, reminding us of the right path, drawing us from error, taking this ancient country to freedom.
All this has happened when there was so much more for him to do. We could never think that he was unnecessary or that he had done his task. But now, particularly, when we are faced with so many difficulties, his not being with us is a blow most terrible to bear.
A madman has put an end to his life, for I can only call him mad who did it, and yet there has been enough of poison spread in this country during the past years and months, and this poison has effect on people’s minds. We must face this poison, we must root out this poison, and we must face all the perils that encompass and face them not madly or badly but rather in the way that our beloved teacher taught us to face them.. The first thing to remember no wish that no one of us dare misbehave because we’re angry. We have to behave like strong and determined people, determined to face all the perils that surround us, determined to carry out the mandate that our great teacher and our great leader had given us, remembering always that if, as I believe, his sprit looks upon us and sees u, nothing would displease his soul so much as to see that we have indulged in any small behaviour or any violence.
So we must not do that. But that does not mean that we should be weak, but rather that we should in strength and in unity face all the troubles and difficulties and conflicts must be ended in the face of this great disaster. A great disaster is a symbol to us to remember all the big things of life and forget the small things, of which we have thought too much.
All that being said, I still don’t realy know anything about him.
RIP
Comments like that will make Gary… dare I say it?… Roll in his grave.
It’s quite possible that Catalyst has fallen and hit his head….
He rolled a natural 1 (one)… consult limb-loss table…
It was good enough for Ghandi its good enough for Gary Gygax…