Rurik Harrgath

I really need to commit and pick up Elden Ring ASAP. So little time to play and so much money for a new game haha I love how inexorable the Tree Sentinel is. Big and golden, atop a huge destrier mount, gold-clad and armed with an enormous shield with an equally enormous halberd. Like g'damn. Bro eats his wheaties! I just love love love the style of holy knights Elden Ring has to offer. It's just a lil diff'rent that what everyone else has. Especially a hallowed tree as the source of their power 🤷‍♂️ it speaks to me! It's not just Game of the Year; it's Game of the Me-er insofar as style and substance He's lean and fierce, wolf-like in his movements. Actually @spezzy and I oddly had a conversation about this yesterday... she mentioned how with her ADHD she tends to work and get things done in a lightning flurry of productivity, where my abilities are more of a slower, inexorable tide that seems like it's taking longer but inevitably accomplishes everything in need of doing and more. That's probably why I've always liked the look of Vargram but just can't quite identify with the guy the way I'd like. Also his helm is too Vikingy and I'm all Viking'd out. Harumph. I just realized I'm more School of the Bear than of the Wolf 🤣 and I've been lashing out against that for a long time... *walks away muttering about School of the Lion sounding so much better anyway* I think Godfrey with Serosh is a really cool combination, but... Gotta give the nod to Radagan.

Can confirm! Ultra comfy I really wanna make a Paladin of the Golden Order type character… Something like either the Confessor or Vagabond Knight to start, load up on that golden armor like the Hallowed Tree Knights (or Mausoleum Knight’s Armor for those sweet, sweet Winged Hussar feathers), and then either Tree Spear and Bronze Shield (almost the Warden from LOTR Online) or anything to do with the Golden Order greatsword 🤤 I’ll get around to it eventually! Also, Vargram the Raging Wolf is my boy, even though he more reminds me of you than myself haha. Im not surprised you’re throwing your affection behind the fellow who’s half wolf though 😂

There’s a fine line between +10 and +12 as far as overdoing it is concerned though. I’m just as guilty of the latter but finding this sweet spot has really helped! I’m more excited for an armor upgrade (weight loss brackets every 5lbs) 😉 You and most people 😂 but also guilty over here. Legs on day 1 doesn’t sound like the worst idea ever though… 🤔 For me, it’s double underhand barbell rows. My wife even knows that’s my favorite exercise ever haha

You’re definitely in the neighborhood of what I’ve got in mind! I haven’t started hunting for patterns yet but it won’t be long. Which is why I love living in the sticks! I already wore my utilikilts all summer to enjoy the breeze 😉 so a tabard won’t really too far out there at this point haha Love love love it, but the handle on the right hand longsword appears crooked and now I can’t see anything else! 😂 Someday when I have free time and I’m not renovating my own house for a living, I’m super excited to pick up Elden Ring and give that a frustration-filled play through… the design and thematic elements have been dominating my thoughts for a good long while now!

Thats a solid life goal. That’s a really really solid life goal. 😉 “What are you doing?” ”Killing monsters.” Brutally efficient dialogue. I was doing only Simple & Sinister in December, and it’s weights are tied to my Real Life Roleplaying weapon upgrades (new heavier weight for a whole week = next tier sword upgrade), but I’m primarily doing a main barbell movement followed my Push/Pull/Legs dumbbell accessories, aiming to get S&S 2-3x per week as a metcon basically. I’m onto the 44lb KB the past few weeks but I think I can move to the 52lb any day really. Probably next week? We’ll see how recovery goes. You can always add something simple like KB RDLs and really focus on the negative/eccentric part of the movement. Also rows, etc. Spezzy got me a log press bar for my birthday a few months ago, I really need to find a day to squeeze that in too! Maybe Push day #2 can be Log Press 🤔 My pull-ups are mid-late Pull day so more often than not I’m down to just negatives left in the tank 😅

That's exactly how I've been feeling since my respawn in Nov/Dec. There's some magic in the water around here 🤩 Right?! It's an addiction. Here's an inkling of what I've got in mind for the Carhartt-style rugged work jacket: or And then something like this for the workout gear: I'm the worst for that. This is my all-time favorite Witcher phone wallpaper: And here's what I've been running lately with the Knightly/Crusader infusion: Or oftentimes something from Dark Souls because their armor is sinister AF. Push day is best day. I'll not consider any counter argument.

I leapt straight into my 36lb plate from not having rucked in years to (surprisingly) no ill effect. Plus there's serious elevation gain on our morning walk! I am pleased haha I should remember not to swing by before lunch 🤤

[Fires of Battle Quest Log] Challenge Journal: This 8th day of February, in the year 2023. Weight: 235.0lbs Busy busy! I spent all day yesterday (after my Pull workout and Simple & Sinister) roughing out the bathroom to prepare for the replacement vanity coming today. I still have SO. MUCH. WORK. to do in there but at least I know we can go full speed ahead with the plumbing since this new vanity doesn't appear to be smashed all up like the last one was. BONUS. Everything else is on track. Still filled to the brim with righteous vigor. Happy #WitcherWednesday 💪 Still the best scene in all the cinematics, don't care what anybody says To slay the Great Dragon: Suffer not the profane to exist, [TEMPLAR'S VERDICT]: ☐☐☐.☐☐ Rowed before each workout so far, and rucked yesterday. It went much much better than anticipated given I jumped straight into my 36lb plate. Uphold the glory of the Sacred Flame, [FLAME, GRANT ME STRENGTH!]: ☐☐☐ Push 1, Pull 1, and Simple & Sinister done. Abhor chaos. Destroy indolence, [LITANY OF THE IRON VIGIL]: ☐☐.☐ Mid-week update. Waited on Friday for weigh-in. No commitment shall be left unfilled, no matter the odds, [FIRE WITHIN, IRON WITHOUT]: ☐☐☐☐☐ I almost went 100cals over yesterday but realized I was recording double ground beef instead of the 50/50 beef to lean turkey we always do, so that made a huge difference. MAJOR LIFE HACK FOR TACOS BTW (thank you @spezzy) Right? He spends a few months as an electrical apprentice and suddenly he thinks he's a general contractor ;p; So excited for laundry units delivery Friday! I picked up the cinder blocks and plywood to build a platform for them to sit on this morning Glad to have you along. And thanks! I even found us a leather couch for the garage gym today so we'll be able to start settling in there even more soon!

I still have to build a concrete block/wooden platform to keep them up off the slab (our basement habitually floods) and wire/plumb them in, but knowing they're coming at least... powerful motivation, that. Accurate depiction of me doing #TheWork: I swear I actually know what I'm doing. 😅

I'll let you know when I have prototypes my real labor-of-love/big project is gonna be a Carhartt-style gambeson jacket straight outta The Witcher but right at home working outdoors. #BringinMedievalBack #MakeAmericaMedievalAgain (clothes wise, at least)

110% accurate. I remember the #Feels when I was making this in his memory a while back, and I will never not share it again, and I will never censor it

I'm just here for an excuse to share my Dwarven side's penchant for pretty rocks.

Simple, but pure brilliance. The week leading up to the start of a new challenge is always full of complicated gameification ideas, which always lead to a challenge going Dead On Arrival 🤪 Lessons learned.

Let them come, says I. If I made this a goal, it would be a forever goal 😆 I seriously cannot wait to go motorcycle shopping again this spring!

Count me in for Team What-Started-As-One-Pill-Now-Fills-A-Small-Drinking-Glass.

I love everything about this goal. From the theme flavor to the intention, it's just solid gold. Like a solid gold totem. In the shape of a wolf.

That sounds like this 'should only take 1 week' bathroom renovation that's taken me 3 weeks and counting... 😅 Some days it's easy as 1-2-3. Others, it's...

Whatever it takes you keep you around, brother. I'd rather you not post anywhere but your own private corner of things than not at all!

[Fires of Battle Quest Log] Challenge Journal: This 6th day of February, in the year 2023. Weight: 235.0lbs Gotta love that shiny new challenge smell! I even added my Knight-Errant heraldry to the Quest Log title to really get into the spirit around here. Nothing too fancy to report today. Legs are still all DOMS'd up from last week's squats (lol) and then a weekend spent exploring the wilderness. Also we watched Fellowship of the Ring to truly channel that 'adventure through the wilderness' vibe. Up at 0645 to give this new weekly schedule a try, and then went solidly. We both got our workouts in, I drove all over the state later to pickup groceries and order some laundry units (YES THAT MEANS NO MORE LAUNDROMAT ) and then a bunch of prepwork to keep the bathroom reno moving. The new vanity should arrive Wednesday and I've got plenty of work to do by then so we're ready for it. Also, today was bench day. That's how you kick a week off strong! Fire & Iron, folks. Let's crush that Week 0 like it's not even a break, yeah? 🤘 Happy #MomoaMonday, y'all To slay the Great Dragon: Suffer not the profane to exist, [TEMPLAR'S VERDICT]: ☐☐☐☐.☐☐☐ One row down, rucking program starts tomorrow. Uphold the glory of the Sacred Flame, [FLAME, GRANT ME STRENGTH!]: ☐☐☐☐ Push 1 done, benched 5x8 @ 165#. Abhor chaos. Destroy indolence, [LITANY OF THE IRON VIGIL]: ☐☐☐.☐ First update up, changing my weigh-in day to Fridays to offset carb-heavy weekends 😆 No commitment shall be left unfilled, no matter the odds, [FIRE WITHIN, IRON WITHOUT]: ☐☐☐☐☐☐ On track for the day so far. Strangely enough, so are we. Just a couple of days ago, it was Deep Freeze City, and now everything is melting 🤣 I guess your warm thoughts arrived after all!

It's kinda sorta almost melting today! Glad that cold snap is over... which is an odd thing to say now that I live South of the Wall rather than north above it 🤣 We still need a Wachusett meet-up... someday!

... I see you haven't super neglected your fitness during this hiatus Pfft, you're back on the forums... I'd say that counts!

I had forgotten about those! I routinely find it hilarious how different regions handle the surprise of snow 🤣 I did the same a couple of weeks ago and haven't regretted the lull in training in favor of recovering from the illness.

I'm loving the forge analogies again, But now I'm feeling strangely compelled to binge watch Forged in Fire 🤪

That's it, I'll now be using cats and dogs for weights until we have our goats and I can start to use them instead! Also, my rucking plan starts tomorrow and I thought you might appreciate that.

I love me some dragon slayage!