After Hours

The Headless Horseman terrorizes citizens every night at eight o’clock

By Mark W. Kaelin

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The Headless Horseman terrorizes citizens every night at eight o’clock

A dark and stormy night

A dark and stormy night

This is Brill, home to early undead adventurers in the World of Warcraft. After reaching level 10 or so, most undead will catch one of these Zepplins to leave this place and not return.

The Headless Horseman terrorizes citizens every night at eight o’clock

Headless Horseman

Headless Horseman

The Headless Horseman swoops in uttering a very eerie poem and laughing manically.

The Headless Horseman terrorizes citizens every night at eight o’clock

Brill in trouble

Brill in trouble

As the event begins, the Headless Horseman flies around the town a few times spouting poetry about our impending demise.

The Headless Horseman terrorizes citizens every night at eight o’clock

Incoming

Incoming

The Horseman makes his final approach.

The Headless Horseman terrorizes citizens every night at eight o’clock

Flaming pumpkins

Flaming pumpkins

The Headless Horseman begins throwing Molotov Cocktails at the buildings in Brill in the form of flaming pumpkins.

The Headless Horseman terrorizes citizens every night at eight o’clock

Fire brigade

Fire brigade

Even though most players are level 10 or less they can help put out the fires. There are tubs of water and buckets available.

The Headless Horseman terrorizes citizens every night at eight o’clock

Leave us alone

Leave us alone

The Headless Horseman has a complete set of poems he has to read before the event will end.

The Headless Horseman terrorizes citizens every night at eight o’clock

Let's end this

Let's end this

The event lasts about five minutes — we are near the end now.

The Headless Horseman terrorizes citizens every night at eight o’clock

One more pass

One more pass

One more attack.

The Headless Horseman terrorizes citizens every night at eight o’clock

Having fun

Having fun

The low level players are joined by a few higher level players.

The Headless Horseman terrorizes citizens every night at eight o’clock

The final sequence

The final sequence

The fires are almost out and the end sequence is starting.

The Headless Horseman terrorizes citizens every night at eight o’clock

Swoop

Swoop

The Headless Horseman is perturbed that his plans to burn Brill have been foiled.

The Headless Horseman terrorizes citizens every night at eight o’clock

He is landing

He is landing

The Headless Horseman lands in town threatening to lay waste to the inhabitants, but we have a plan.

The Headless Horseman terrorizes citizens every night at eight o’clock

Throw water on him

Throw water on him

That’s right — throw a few buckets of water on him and like the Wicked Witch of the West he will shrivel-up and fade away.

The Headless Horseman terrorizes citizens every night at eight o’clock

Don't forget the head

Don't forget the head

The Headless Horseman’s last bit of poetry reveals that his body cannot be destroyed. The only way to stop him is by destroying his head. That is where the next quest begins. We’ll need a full compliment of high-level Technologia to complete it.

As he leaves he drops a final flaming pumpkin which contains some treats for those that participated in the event.

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By Mark W. Kaelin
Mark W. Kaelin has been writing and editing stories about the information technology industry, software, hardware, gaming, finance, accounting, and technology geekdom for more than 30 years.