First off I would like to introduce myself. I play Galeras, wood elf bard, on
E'ci. If you examine my character you will see something like this:

Hail, I am Galeras, merchant and bard, lover of fine wine and women.
I grew up poor but do not intend to die that way. Some day I will live in the
highest trees of Kelethin where only the wealthy abide.

I wish Verant gave you more room. Anyway...

I started this character with a simple RP idea in mind, to play a character
that was not twinked and had a strong desire to become rich. I should mention
that I started Galeras on a server where I have no other characters and no
friends to "help". I have a few goals along the way for him, that I feel
define "rich" and I use as milestones in my RP experiment. The first of which
was to be in full bronze by level 8. A goal which I achieved last week after
almost 4 days of /played time. In addition to the bronze I have a shiny brass
shield, mino axe, tentacle whip, dwarven tunic and a few other things.

Now I am sure many people will wonder how one can do this without twinking.
Let me just tell you how I began. I really don't want a lot of people doing
this. Believe it or not I hate twinked characters with items out of their reach.
Actually I love to see an orc or goblin kill a twink in full rubicite.

I did the Felewithe mail run twice to get my first song. Then I basically
quested and killed things until level 5. By level 5 I probably had made about
20pp. Most of this was done by trading. I am after all a merchant & bard. At
level 5 I decided to travel, one of my favorite passtimes. So, I picked up a
few passengers that wanted to travel with me and I went to Rivervale. (I am
constantly helping others travel, find their corpses, etc. One of the reasons
I chose a bard for my experiment. They have many ways to help others.) I was
hoping to find a Blackened Iron Medallion at a good price that I could sell
for a profit. Instead I saw a medium bronze breastplate for 10pp. I bought it
and sold it in the commons for 45pp. Anyway you no doubt get the idea of how I
got to where I am.

My questions are these:

* Is what I am doing wrong?

* Is it outside the spirit of the game?

* What, if anything, can I do to dispell the illusion that I am a twink?

* Buying lambent armour is I feel in-character for this character. And, I
never thought twice about it until I was reading some recent posts. Will I
be hated for it? Is it wrong? Is it simply jealousy?

--
Galeras (Any suggestions?)
Bard of the 8th song
E'ci