Dear friend Stashu talked me into getting EQ in May '04, which is when i created Etianna, although I didnt start playing till July '04. We both joined a hardcore Roleplaying Guild named Winged Ascension. I loved the RP but due to some difficult real life issues I left the game in Dec '04 and made a short return just before the server merge with Sarym. I kept my account active and returned to playing in Sept. '05 to find Winged Ascension a shadow of the guild I knew. So I came to the realization that I've been paying for this game and knew nothing of most zones. At that point I had 18 aa and very little "real" gaming experiance so I went about changing that. A hard grind and tons of pick up groups got me to a decent point where I could app to a guild. After grouping with Gola and Pulerin a few times up in Riftseekers.. I was convinced into apping to Coal. I was extremely nervous.. here I was going from having about 5 mebbe 7 raids of low caliber to apping to a guild that was #2 on the server at the time. They took a risk and let me app even with as little experiance I had in March '06.. so I did all could to improve. I know it was a shakey start with as little as I knew.. but I did listen and proved myself. After a year with Coalescence (and proud to mention 100% raid attendence the time there) the leadership dynamics changed.. few people as well.. as well as mass losses from Vanguard being released. Sadly the guild did not feel like home anymore to me. I had a few friends in Descendants and put my app in with with them in April '07.