Picture if you will a young Dlirk, happily enjoying a boat ride to forgotten island. Now picture the evil level fifty knight in Baphomet morph, rumored to grow in huge vats of blood, its tiny black brain like a bit of coal is filled with hatred toward whoever is currently calling it weak, spinning wildly as it wobbles toward the unsuspecting Lineage Compendium reporter. Picture this hell sent monster swooping down on Dlirk trapping him against the mast of the once peaceful boat.

"Why haven't you interviewed me yet?" his forked tongue flicking in and out of a mouth that smells amazingly like rotting fish. "uh... well uh...uh, Amer said we didn’t need to interview level 50 knights anymore" I stammer, my mind moving very slowly now, thick with the murky wasteland that is my fear. "FOOL!" He cries. "All level 50s must get an interview!" My eyes drop from his burning red face to the death grip he has on his tsurugi, his sharpened black talons threatening to shatter the iron hilt any second. "I uh… was wondering… if you weren’t busy… if maybe you would like an interview…"

He lets out a cry that shakes the very boat itself, dust and debris rain down from the sails. He rises to his full height and unfolds his bat like wings. He is silhouetted against the massive sails, a raven, a lion, and a goat all in one. When his voice starts again it is like thunder and I am very, very afraid.

ZSinZ is not your normal level 50 knight, because he is now planning to quit. He’s in his third year of college studying the ever stressful medical field, and can’t devote anymore time to Lineage. He said that he liked Lineage so much that he took a semester off just to play the game and put his girlfriend on hold. I’m sure she’ll be more than happy when he stops playing.

“Not now… I’m playing Lineage…”

“But honey… You promised!”

“Leveling, psha, can’t you take a hint?”

It took him one month to go from level 49 to 50 and he gains about 5% per day. He says that if he could have any +127 item he would choose a tsurugi and not a blessed tsurugi either. The tsurugi is just too awesome looking. He has blown all his items, even his +9tsurugi, in anticipation for school.

The best moment for ZSinZ was when he and his best friend AllInfinite, a mage he gives all his thanks too, went looking for summon in dragon valley caves. After some time they reached the mystical and magical fourth floor. Then they ran out of potions before reaching the fifth floor and had to teleport to safety. The memories… He also firmly believes R. Kelly did not do it, “He’d have to be dumb to do that.”

In the end, he has to thank AllInfinite, his friend from day one, Kuddles and all the PornStars, and QLineageQ. Look for ZSinZ in Lineage Two and never give up hope; someday we’ll all be Baphomets! Is that a good point Talismann?