Istarion

Istarion has been playing on the Hunter Ocean since late 2007, but has previously played on Hunter, Sage and Cobalt under various names. He is a fun-loving, friendly pirate, who loves puzzling. He is unfortunately very generous, which means he rarely has any PoE to spare for himself. In-game he can usually be found talking to friends or puzzling, and he is also an avid forum reader (although he doesn't often post himself).

Name
Being an avid reader and worshipper of Tolkien, Istarion turned to the Silmarilion when searching for a name. The word "Istri" appealed to him, and after having almost decided on Istrion, he added the "a" at the last minute. According to The Silmarilion, the name Istrion would mean "King of the Wizards".

Istarion has been given many names by various members of his crews and flags, and nobody ever seems quite sure what to call him. Current nicknames include:
 * Ist (probably the most common, although he doesn't like it much)
 * Ista
 * Star (self styled, but caught on because "It's easier to say than Ista")
 * Isty
 * Ish (coined by Fixation - sources now suggest she was drunk at the time)
 * Variously: Mr Pinky, Pink Dude, Pinkyness, Pimpy Pink, and other names suggesting pinkness (possibly due to the fact that he is often seen wearing pink/white clothes in-game)

Puzzling Habits
Istarion has never really concentrated on one particular puzzle, and prefers to devote equal attention to them all. He especially enjoys gunnery and carpentry while on a ship, while when not pillaging he is a keen swordfighter and also occasionally takes to the poker tables.

History
Soon after rejoining the game, Istarion met with some previous good friends including Rockerman and Amg, and joined the crew Avenism, a fun-loving parodical crew so devoted to worshipping its captain that they had very little time for anything else. Istarion was promoted to fleet officer and later senior officer due to his devoted worship of said epitomy of Captainship. During this period, Istarion could often be seen docktarting on with friends from Avenism and other docktart chums including Rachybob, Vivilicious and Decaprio.

After little more than a month in Avenism, Istarion decided it was time for a change, and having made many friends in his flag, My Pants, he decided to make the move to Pants, the founding crew of the flag. He was promoted to Senior Officer because of his previous association with the flag and crew, as they all knew and trusted him. He was later made a Lord of the flag. This was his first real experience of politics, on any ocean, and he enjoyed it immensely for a short while. However, a few mistakes in the management of the flag meant that after a while it wasn't so much fun, and since the flag had no real acheivable goals and no obvious prospects of any kind, Istarion left to join Third Degree Burns - a crew which had previously been in My Pants and left for similar reasons. The crew was part of the flag Booty Call, led by Bootyking. Many other crews from the flag My Pants joined the flag, and Istarion created his own crew "Legendarium", which was also a member. He shortly afterwards accepted a merger from "The Driftwood's Revenge".

Soon after creating the Legendarium, Istarion had a period of game inactivity, and having not had time to reorganize the crew to accommodate the new members, came back after a month or so to find that the crew had been disbanded along with its flag "Ultimatum" by a senior officer. This meant that Istarion was once again crewless. For a short period he joined Redspyda's crew, but soon afterwards met up with some old friends from Booty Call (and previously My Pants) who had joined the flag Rebel Rousers as part of Gunnermooch's crew Salvage. Since Redspyda was rarely active and the crew was largely dormant, Istarion made the move to Salvage.

Past Ranks

 * Senior officer of Salvage
 * Captain of Legendarium and lord of Booty Call
 * Senior officer of Third Degree Burns
 * Senior officer of Pants and lord of My Pants
 * Fleet officer of Pants
 * Senior officer of Avenism
 * Fleet officer of Avenism