[Valesse]

--And here is the last of the chapter, you've been waiting for it for a while now, I imagine, but my internet was kind of... living impaired. I hope everyone enjoys the ending, even I suprised myself with a few of the horrendous puns.--

Now the Channel Operators took to themselves nick and IP; and because they were drawn into IRC by love of the Children of the 'Downs, for whom they hoped, they took shape after that manner which they had beheld in the window of Barrow-Wight, save only the majesty and splendour. Moreover their nicks come of their knowledge of the visible Window, rather than of IRC itself; and they need it not, save only as we use raiment, and yet we may be No-Nick6228 and suffer no loss of our being. Therefore the Channel Operators may walk, if they will, unclad, and then even the chat-wights cannot clearly perceive them, though they be present. But when they desire to Op themselves the Channel Operators take upon them nicks some as of male and some as of female; for that difference in temper they had even from their beginning, and it is but bodied forth in the choice of each, not made by the choice, even as with us 12/M/FL and 15/F/igloo, may be shown by the raiment but is not made thereby. But the 14 figures alloted wherein the Oply Ones array themselves are not at all times like to the shapes of the kings and queens of the Children of the 'Downs; for at times they may name themselves in their own thought, made visible in forums of majesty and |away.

And the Channel Operators drew unto them many companions, some less, some well nigh as great as themselves, and they laboured together in the ordering of the channel and curbing of its tumults. Then M31k0r saw what was done, and that the Channel Operators idled in the channel as powers visible, clad in the nicks of IRC, and were lovely and glorious to see, and blissful, and that the channel was becoming a garden for their delight, for its turmoils were subdued. His envy for them grew then the greater with him; and he also took visible nickname, but because of his mood and malice that burning in him that form was dark and terrible. And he descended upon #barrowdowns in power and majesty greater than the other of the Channel Operators, as a peer that wades in the sea of flooding text and had its head above the clouds and is clad in ice and crowned with smoke and fire; and the light of the eyes of M31k0r was like a flame that withers with heat and pierces with a deadly cold.

Thus began the first battle of the Channerl Operators with M31k0r for the dominion of #barrowdowns; and of those tumults the LOLves know little. For what has here been declared is come from and ally of the Channel Operators, with whom the chat-wights spoke in the land of #Valinor, and by whom they were instructed; but little would the Channel Operators tell of the ping wars before the coming of the LOLves. Yet it is told among the chat-wights that the Channel Operators endeavoured ever, in despite of M31k0r, to rule the channel and to prepare it for the coming for the Firstborn; and they created discussions and M31k0r destroyed them; topics were delved and M31k0r messed them up; questions they raised and M31k0r threw them down; messages they hollowed and M31k0r flooded them; and naught might have peace or come to lasting growth, for as surely as the Channel Operators began a labour so would M31k0r undo it of corrupt it. And yet their labour was not all in vain; and though nowhere and in no work was their will purpose wholly fufilled, and all things were in IPs and nicks other than the Channel Operators had at first intended, slowly nonetheless the channel was fashioned and made firm. And thus was the discussion chatroom of the Children of the 'Downs established at last in the sorcery.net server and amidst the whole honk'n internet.

--All above literature was originally forged by the Da- er by the Tolkien dream team (AKA: Tolkien himself.) and in fear of copy right laws, I salute you and claim absolutely none of this as my own. Except for the LOLves part. That was fun.--