MI5 Member Highlight: Our Mysterious Diplomat

Hello everyone! It's been quite some time since I've added anything here, but in the midst of this current war with S3D I have decided that another member highlight is in order for all our newer members. It's easy in the monotony of building, growing, crushing, recycling, and repeating to forget where we came from and who our influential founders and leaders are. This is especially true regarding those that aren't as active on the boards...

Today I am highlighting one of our oldest, yet quietest members: Emperor Goudius. At the time of this writing he is a mere 6 days from his 3rd year anniversary of playing AE on Beta. It is in people like this that a wealth of historical experience lies deep.

For those of you newer members who have joined us, MI5 has a long and fascinating history that people like Emperor Goudius and our other founders have helped shape. You see, we were originally formed out of the top members of ~Common Wealth~ over a year and a half ago. But back long before that, before the B50s galaxies even opened up, CW itself was two different guilds: Asgard and the Spartans. Asgard was the economically focused guild and the Spartans were the main fighting guild. Kel-do-rah and Fathinking were the leaders of those original guilds, and for a time they grew together and prospered in the lower galaxies. But then a rift began to grow between the two leaders, and eventually both guilds were on the verge of war. This was when Emperor Goudius stepped up and first showed his skill for diplomacy...

"As Fathinking assembled The Spartans fleets and was poised for an attack. I manged to convince him to delay that and got a steady peace going. As one of the leading diplomats and voice in the guild I used my powers to exact a vote to prevent the schism of the guilds. Kel-doh-rah removed some of my powers but not before I got a vote that could have changed this guilds history. With no powers left and no way to be heard I left. The guilds split and both reformed. Asgard became the CommonWealth and the Spartans became.... the spartans." Later on as the 50s opened up and CW moved up to claim what would become our home in 56 and 57, the Spartans also began a move up here to escape the growing power-guilds in the lower galaxies. Reformed into the Myrmidon [Myrm], they spread throughout B57 until their eventual disbanding and dispersal into various guilds like [\TM/] and [{CM}] among others.

More time passed and CW became established in the 50s and began to prosper again. But still the lack of combat-oriented active players kept the guild from achieving true greatness. In May 2008, StRiDeR and several other top members of CW left to form MI5, taking with them a large number of top players to help build something new and strong. Emperor Goudius came with us in the migration and helped us form what has become the guild you all call home today... MI5 Spooks!

~For more information on other members of MI5, see below for my highlight on Bowtie Bob, and stay tuned for future updates on other members. From time to time I will be sending out messages to those I want to feature here. Together we can build our history.