Dreams of Dierdre's Members
Yes, these are the people responsible for all this. It's all their fault. Let's put blame where blame is due, after all.
For the story of our name, click here.
Devon Matt Erik David Lori Wendy
Devon Apple--Guru of Squamous Knowledge and A Gentleman of Character
Devon Apple, Local Man of Mystery. He's groovy, baby. He's the man who put the "Swi" in Swinger. His rollicking adventures have made men envious and women swoon since...well, for a long time. He's a shagalicious secret agent who always has a groovy time. Let's face it, he makes you horny, baby.
Devon is also a not terribly top secret member of our npc force, as well as a writer, and our Lovecraft Mythos guru. His commanding presence and glib tongue has made him a natural for regal characters. He is also, by far, the most prepared of us, taking the time to not only write, but memorize lengthy speeches for his parts.
Devon also maintains the web site, as well as composing flyers for all of our games.
When not saving the world from e-ville, Devon works in the Distance Learning program at kaiser Permanente as a web developer. He's an aspiring poet, avid gamer, and a fan of swing music. His personal website is found here. To give you a measure of his personality, two of his favorite bands are Lee Press-on and the Nails and the Darkest of the Hillside Thickets.
Matt Leslie--Guru of World Knowledge
It has never really been clear that Matt--if that is indeed his real name--exists. He tends to fade from one's mind at inopportune times like webpage data from a crashed server only to reappear when you least expect it. The members of Dreams of Deirdre make no claims to his supposed existence--or non-existence--nor to the status of his membership within the troupe--since he clearly could not be a member if he did not, in fact, exist. Until such time as it is conclusively proved otherwise, Matt will be considered to be a Heisenberg Uncertainty LARPer. It is impossible to both determine his membership status and his existence at any given time.
His position in this group, should one be shown to exist, would have began as a consultant in the field of Star Warsology, after which he would have been given a field promotion to full member due to budgetary constraints. Should he prove to not be a member of Dreams of Deirdre, he is therefore beneath notice and so that case will not be discussed here.
Should he prove to exist, it is postulated that he would be of that rare breed of hardware person, surrounded by the software people of Silicon Valley. It is further theorized that he would be a practioner of aikido, be married to a woman named Carol and have two cats.
Erik Oberlin--Guru of World Knowledge and Gentleman of Character
What can be said about Erik that has not already been sung in the legends and myths of our age? That his keen eyes can spot a butterfly across a field of flowered brambles on a dark day? That his razor wit has on more than one occasion kept peace in a strange and foreign land? That his physical form is one of such surpassing handsomeness that he must turn away lust filled maidens at every turn? Yes, these things could be said of Erik Oberlin, but they would not--strictly speaking--be true. He is, however, a pretty cool guy.
Erik provides us with knowledge about the various worlds in which we run games, when we are running games in White Wolf's World of Darkness. This is because he's the only one with patience to read all the books and supplements that the various game publishers come out with, and the willingness to spend money on them in the first place. Needless to say, we couldn't live without him. In game, he often explains to players why things are happening and what the background of the game world is so that they can better understand their part in it. He's also been LARPing for a number of years and has even taken classes on improvisational acting at a community college to improve his skills.
Erik lives in San Jose and is an employee of the government. This should scare the hell out of you. The government thing, not the bit about San Jose. Living in San Jose is perfectly normal. Really.
He is interested in anime, role-playing, and, er, other stuff, we're sure. See, the thing is, he spends a lot of time watching anime and role-playing, and he isn't here right now to list any of his further interests.
David Priebe--Spokesperson and Gadabout
During the day, he is mild mannered chemist David Priebe, but by night...well, nothing really changes that much. David assumed the position of group spokesperson because he had few other skills to add to the group, and because public speaking scares the bejesus out of him--Dreams of Dierdre is nothing if not sadistic. He is also responsible, along with Erik for the rules that have been used for recent DoD events. So really, the rules and the face -- nothing more to see here.
He also owns a cat named Mina who is clearly in charge. Some believe that he is actually the cat's familiar. That is, if some is defined as "the cat." He is happily married to Lori.
Lori Priebe--Mistress of Plot
It is rumored that Lori, Mistress of the DoD plots, has magical powers. Investigators have spent countless hours attempting to study her, only to find themselves mysteriously performing small tasks for her like washing the car, doing the dishes, etc. Since no actual experiments have ever been successfully completed (but the floors shine like nobody's business), confirmation of these alleged mystical abilities is not available at this time.
Lori was the lead instigator in the creation of Dreams of Deirdre. For unknown but certainly important and imminently persuasive reasons, David, her husband, agreed to run a LARP with her at the next con. It is she who comes up with many of our plots and characters. Oh, those cool invitation/character sheets were her idea, too.
Lori's current interests include writing, reading tomes of magical import, running role playing games for her friends, always having an alibi during thefts of powerful mystic artifacts, and tormenting her cat, Joshua Damnit Tharp. Lori is a trained Quality Assurance manager, learner of C++, training to become a Project Manager, and is wanted by the government of Peru. If you're a non-Peruvian computer company who is looking to give a lot of money to a really swell person, contact her through this website.
Wendy Werges--A Lady of Character
Wendy, ah yes, Wendy. Let us just begin by saying that she's a very nice person and that, well, nevermind. It wasn't her fault. Really. Sometimes the cons, they're a bit much for her, and she gets... excitable. If you hear the war-cry, "Pixie Sticks and Scotch!!", you might consider getting behind something solid before her high-pitched giggle breaks glass near you.
Well, aside from all that unpleasantness, Wendy is a sometime game-writer and one of our select few npcs (beware her plot-related swoon; it has toppled oligarchies). Her grace and wit have been used to great effect, not to mention her extensive knowledge of Gaelic.
In addition to her gaming skills, Wendy is an accomplished musician and songstress. She also studies
Celtic myths and lore, role plays, attends renaissance festivals, and many other strange and mysterious things
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