Then it suddenly hit me that to get anywhere in this game I had to actually talk. 
Yeah, real epiphany there... So I guess my mentor would be pretty much the #battlemaster IRC channel.
It took me about a year to realize that, too! I joined an OOC group in Astrum. We had a good 10-12 players at one point and all from the same town
Whenever I needed help, they showed me the way. That is, Ysgarren and Martin. My first official realm was Norland but they were all too crazy for me to start out there so I moved to Beluaterra and betrayed Riombara, joined Enweil, etc.
I've built up some pretty good relationships with a few families so far, I hope they don't disappear anytime soon. I've played many, many text-based games and it's really sad to think back to those old days and all the great players who were there and aren't here.
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