While Katsui is away, Basil & Elsheindra will play. Last week's Thursday (October 4th) and Tuesday (October 9th) runs were handled by the dynamic B&E team, as Katsui and Algoran were both absent. They weren't the only ones absent. The result was an extremely cross-THB group of people who not only managed to pull together on short notice, but made some very wicked progress.

On the Thursday, the group made it through Attumen/Midnight, Moroes, the Opera Event, and downed the Curator on the first try! Alas, although they made two or three attempts on the Shade of Aran (a first for THB), they were unable to down him that night. However, on Tuesday, things were different. Down went the Shade of Aran on the second try, leaving the group time to do the Chess Event and to try the Prince a few times (another THB first). Although they failed on the Prince, it was an excellent demonstration of the possibilities available to a casual raiding group when people are properly geared and can produce good damage for their classes.

The group for the night:

• Basil (Melee, Roses of Dawn)
• Popcorn (Melee, The One)
• Whiro (Melee, The One)

• Kanine (Main Tank, Roses of Dawn)
• Trebax (Off Tank, Circle of Elder)

• Elsheindra (Main Healer, The One)
• Kaatje (Main healer, Ye Olde Geezers)
• Shazbot (Main Healer, Phoenix Legion)

• Wheat (Ranged DPS, Circle of Elder)
• Badgerboi (Magical DPS, The One)

Perhaps if the instance server hadn't chosen to crash on Tuesday night, we would have had more attempts on the Prince and downed him, but I think we were all happy with what did happen. Great teamwork and a fantastic demonstration of the power of THB!