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See, we need to stop assuming other human beings are decent people. That’s our problem.
As a commenter pointed out to us, and as was found on Reddit, this funeral drama might be more drama than funeral.
This marks the second time we’ve been duped by people that claimed death, though this one wasn’t a subject of the site.
Really, our suspicions should have been raised when we received this message from someone named “Corky Romano:”
Greetings, and hello,
First of all, I would like to thank you for putting up such a nice post about her. I’ll cut to the chase:Unfortunately, I am here to politely request that you take down the post in its complete entirety. Her family does not wish any sort of publication about their daughter to be made. We found this through Google and we are not happy.We asked that the news stations and tv people not make a specticle of it and so we are asking you, too!!Please remove your post on her and thankyou.Friends and family of someone we love
So, yeah. Next time someone you know dies, get us to post them here. They might just come back to life!
Lanuria Dawnblade, a.k.a. Courtney Adler, aspires. She's an aspiring DM, aspiring photographer, and aspiring wife. She lives in Monroe, Wisconsin and complains about the weather far too much. She enjoys The Big Bang Theory and singing the songs from Glee.
Varendil Dawnblade, a.k.a. Taylor Vincent, is a 22-year old writer, student, World of Warcraft player, and 4th Edition DM. He lives in Monroe, Wisconsin with his fiancé and their jade plant, Esmeralda. He likes Douglas Adams and The Venture Bros. He hates Toni Morrison. Don't even ask. 
… That’s kind of suspicious. Just saying.
October 17, 2011 at 6:33 pm
I nearly screamed when I saw the Reddit post and everything that had gone on with the forums earlier. I honestly hope you’ve no intention of taking down the post, the person who posed as Carrot should be ashamed of themselves. They went through a lot of effort to try and erase their tracks but I hope they’re happy with what they’ve done. It upsets me that anyone would stoop to such levels…I feel bad for the real girl in this, the one that has no idea that any of this is going on, and the people that for all we know have needlessly grieved over someone who was still alive, but not with us.
October 17, 2011 at 6:38 pm
Hi, RPL readers. I’m Lisenne, and while I wasn’t the first one to start asking awkward questions about this, it’s my post that tipped off Lan and Varen.
I didn’t do it to start a witchhunt, though I understand people will be very angry with Kierrn after this. I did it because I watched a friend suffer and grieve for a week before becoming angry and suspicious, and was so upset by this that I agreed to help him try to uncover the truth of what had happened to Caritrina. What we found was upsetting, and after almost four years on the server, I hold the Moon Guard community in too much esteem to let someone lie to everyone like this.
The outpouring of grief and support from the community was touching. Later, it was infuriating, because I knew it was prompted by a spurious report. I will not speculate or offer my opinion of what type of person you have to be in order to pretend to be another person for months before killing them off, but you would be correct to assume my opinion is not very high.
I am sorry for the grief experienced by my servermates, and especially sorry for Caritrina’s friends. I am also sorry to heap anger on top of that, but I would be sorrier still to have let this pass unremarked.
October 17, 2011 at 6:49 pm
I did some research on my own, because my bf said I should just to see where it happened and how (curious and naive as well as shaken up that someone on the server ‘died’ so violently), so I looked and looked and looked some more. I covered all accidents that I could for a full month nation wide. I swear, my eyes were bleeding when I got done googling all the stuff. But, this confirms it. I saw the character and read the MRP clearly, the name Carrot stuck out in my memory. I do not like people being impulsive or down right dirty, this is disgusting and for the record, I think someone should bend them (whoever) over their knee and whoop the S*** out of this person like a child.
Comments: Oh, I can go on and on about this. But, I won’t.
Feelings: Whoever did this should be permanently IP banned as punishment then….call the police for being an poser that got the entire server in an uproar, many in tears and others heartbroken. (Idealy)
Final comment: Embryo’s and Idiots.
October 17, 2011 at 6:52 pm
For the record, I’m venting a little because I realized I did know her and I did cry to find out this false information.
*sighs* Enough said. Thank you.
October 17, 2011 at 6:57 pm
http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-7-biggest-dick-moves-in-history-online-gaming/
Personally, I think this should be one of the listed on there.
October 17, 2011 at 6:55 pm
^
October 17, 2011 at 7:00 pm
(For those on the MG forums who don’t know me, this is Kurze.)
This whole thing has left me angry. I had to listen on vent as the days passed, watching Ethalarian’s grief slowly turn to suspicion and then to outright rage that this person so flagrantly lied and manipulated others.
I had to sit with my hand clenched under my desk as a good friend updated her RealID with the progression of the in-game funeral, knowning that I could whisper her with the news that it was probably all for someone who was alive and well.
And then I came here and read this damned letter. “Her family does not wish any sort of publication ” is the exact same shield this damnedl iar tried to throw up to get Ethalarian and Lisenne off her trail when they started looking into the public records.
Of course, since public records are, you know, pudlic, and the media would NEVER let a fatal car accident go unreported, that shield crumbled like wet paper under the weight of research they and several others went through.
Welcome to the 21st Century – it is slowly getting harder to tell a lie like this on the internet. And that makes me glad.
Because liars make me angry.
And the internet wouldn’t like me when I’m angry.
October 17, 2011 at 7:09 pm
*squint* That’s quite a stunt. I’ve seen & heard of plenty of people faking their deaths online, but I think that’s the first time I’ve come across someone’s return and then death being faked.
I’m similarly impressed by the sleuthing that exposed this sordid affair but in a good way.
October 17, 2011 at 7:14 pm
You know what makes me laugh here…We were told the family yelled at said roommate and blamed her for the death. Saying things about how the family didn’t want her moving in with some online gamer friend. Yet, they googled her in-game name. Right. Okay!
October 17, 2011 at 7:32 pm
This is starting to remind me of Munchausens or Munchausens by proxy or whatever its called.
October 17, 2011 at 7:48 pm
Lohendrin said the same thing right away.
October 17, 2011 at 8:11 pm
Soooo someone else posed as them then faked their death…
I…Ow. Just why?
Again, I recommend a wowjackass submission be made.
October 17, 2011 at 7:34 pm
I find I never offered well wishes when the funeral thread first popped up. Part of me says it was because I didn’t know the player from Adam, and well wishes from some faceless prat over electrons was trite.
Or perhaps I’m a bit too much of a cynic. The whole thing is a damned shame. Shame on them for faking it, shame on us for buying into it, and shame on everyone for becoming that much more jaded when we hear about the ending of another human life that touched our own.
I need a drink.
October 17, 2011 at 7:43 pm
On the plus side – Caritrina is alive.
October 17, 2011 at 7:49 pm
And I’m certain that Caritrina would be quite overwhelmed with the outpouring of support, as well as a healthy dose of (O_o) at the use of her persona both in-game and out.
It is a wonderful thing that she still lives and breathes. Yet I still don’t know her, and I doubt my well wishes for her are worth the electrons they’re printed on.
So it goes.
October 17, 2011 at 8:01 pm
Eredis: you underrate yourself, I think. Your post above summed up my feelings more adequately than I’ve been able to express them in the past two weeks.
October 17, 2011 at 8:10 pm
^This.
October 17, 2011 at 10:58 pm
At first, I felt kinda guilty about not leaving a comment giving condolences on the last post. I figured, hey, I’m a complete stranger to them. They wouldn’t really worry about any support I’d give. Then again, that’s my cynicism.
But then this happened. And now, I find myself asking the same question whenever a new formula in algebra pops up in class: “Why would they do this?!
October 17, 2011 at 8:54 pm
To qoute Simon from the yogscast, “Why did you do dat?”
October 18, 2011 at 3:20 pm
Doesn’t surprise me, which in a way, is kinda sad.
FM had someone do that, years ago, a well known RP’r in the alliance community all of a sudden one day there’s a forum post saying that she had been violently murdered and that it was under investigation and on and on. And there was grief and regrets, and again, some folks that lived near her and knew her in that vague sort of ‘they live close by, but we never hung out’ sort of way started to question it when there was nothing in the news, nothing in the obits, just nothing at all, I think there was something else about FBI being involved, but otherwise, she was found out to be a fraud, was still alive and since this was before paid character/realm transfers, was pretty much RAEG’d off the server.
October 17, 2011 at 9:53 pm
I’ve been doing this long enough to be unsurprised by falsified claims of death amongst RPers. Generally speaking I hold back condolences until I know as sure to the best of my ability as possible that someone has actually died. A bit cold, perhaps, but necessary.
October 17, 2011 at 10:01 pm
It’s tasteless. I pity the perpetrator and have sympathy for Caritrina. Though, I suppose if you are going to go along impersonating someone and then get tired of it, killing them off seems logical– though the whole charade is stupid in the first place.
I do hope that if someone goes around impersonating me, (which no one would. No one wants to impersonate the most uninteresting gamer in all the world) they would kill me off in a spectacular fashion. (Oh, and if anyone DOES impersonate me, they should know that I have quit WoW. I just like this website and have stuck around for it.)
By the way, has Caritrina commented on any of this whole drama?
October 17, 2011 at 11:03 pm
Hrm, I should have known better with a popular roleplaying figure. The person most likely behind this mess, Kierrn, appears to have namechanged already.
October 17, 2011 at 11:45 pm
I guess I am sad for not being surprised by this.
October 18, 2011 at 2:19 am
I… this… I… *Sigh*…. if I ever see Kierrn in game again…. ever… I will give her/him/it such a piece of my mind…. beyond what I’ve ever given someone before…. not that it means much coming from an online person… but still…. they took advantage of the good nature left in me… I’ve had 2 other people… who were very close to me die in this last year… and having heard this 3rd one broke me down…. now to know it was fake? I… words cannot describe… my hatred for this woman….
October 18, 2011 at 6:44 am
… In the name of my friends who knew and mournied for te real Carrot, as well as myself, the flame of hate springs eternal. —I might be especially bitter, since I didn’t know all this on Sunday when I had the bitch in my old world raid night thinking ‘She must be sad. Her best friend just died. I don’t want her to be alone. Lets invite her!’ Hello Naivette, thy name, it is Kel.
October 18, 2011 at 3:20 pm
I have nothing to say to the person who did this, ever.
October 18, 2011 at 10:21 am
Some people are just plain sick. I can’t imagine why a person would want to do something like this, knowing how close the MG community and RPers as a whole are. I feel bad for Ethalarian and the rest of the SMBK for getting taken advantage of by this asshole. I hope karma catches up with them and they get what they deserve.
October 18, 2011 at 12:33 pm
Never trust deaths.
Now, my people needs me!
*flies away*
October 18, 2011 at 1:09 pm
good memories here, i remember calling out the first time, i wouldn’t have ever guessed this one. Cairtrina was smart, calculated. People had to do research.
October 18, 2011 at 7:09 pm
Suddenly…I am sick to my stomach, I mean…I really..will admit this…I am not normally a cold hearted bitch, I just don’t like people, but, When I basically regret doing something to someone..because they “died” , then find out that it was indeed the opposite of what happened? Yeah, no, I hope she gets whats coming to her. . .Rick Rolling people with a fake death is f*cked up, I personally would love to get my hands on her,
Death is not something you fucking fake about..I don’t give a shit what drama or shit you want to get away from..YOU DO NOT DO THAT! I have talked to Lanuria, Girl, When I talked to you..You seemed so calm, but, this…I do not blame you for being pissed.
And As for the other one… The other fake death… >_> That SoB is still alive, he has a rogue on Kirin Tor named Frostmaw, I know this for a fact, Other then that… ._.
A letter I put together…
Dear Carrot…
Should you manage to find your way around to this site or to anything else for that matter, I do hope you realized what you did, and what you lost in doing so… You are sick person who needs to wind up somewhere in a mental insitution…
-Kira Guild leader of Shadowcrafters.
October 18, 2011 at 9:02 pm
I believe Carrot had nothing to do with this…I think!
October 18, 2011 at 11:24 pm
lan, who made you and varendil’s ponies? i want to commend them for adding elf ears.
October 19, 2011 at 7:42 pm
I didnt mean carrot, I ment the bastard who did it..xD I didnt know his name at the time,so I fucked up and called the dip shit carrot >.<
October 19, 2011 at 1:17 pm
It was Kierrn, ‘Carrots’ friend. Which some people believe is who originally was ‘Carrot’ the whole time.
October 21, 2011 at 9:30 am
Wow.
October 20, 2011 at 2:26 am
I remember when she first joined us in the Sha’nash Alliance side. She was Krysto then. Seemed eager to get into the Draenei roleplay, and loved everything that we did. She became a friend of mine, had each other on RealID after not too long. Then she disappeared for a month, came back, and transferred to Horde. This is the Kierrn you all know and now hate.
Her and I kept the RP going after a time hordeside. Kerrn even met Edyrem in a circumstantial happenstance. She’d always been a good roleplayer and a good friend to me. Which is why I am absolutely furious at her for doing something like this. I don’t know why she did it, I don’t know what possible justification she could have had for it, but either way. What’s done is done. Kierrn, if you read this, please understand that I think you are one of the worst human beings I have ever had the displeasure of ‘befriending’.
Good day.
October 25, 2011 at 2:32 am
I joined the SMBK in september of 2011, when I first saw them on the steps of the Blood Hall. At the time my only thought was “I’ve found the perfect guild for me.”
I got in a day or two later, and the RP was fantastic. Everyone was doing what they were supposed to, no one god modding, no one abusing their ranks, mumble was awesome to listen to.
Then the series of unfortunate events happened.
Things started to decline, the command structure started to collapse, people were leaving, only the diehard Blood Knight RPers were left afterward, and at one point, I was the only remaining non officer in the guild.
Suffice to say, SMBK was crippled beyond rescue, and died then. Because after that, it wasn’t the same. the roleplay was sparse, and when there was, it was a repeat of the previous week.
When I left, it was after this whole affair. I don’t like her anymore, yet I don’t hate her. There are things in the shadows that are going to stay hidden that affect my judgement, but to sum it up: fool me once, shame on me, fool me twice, shame on you, try to fool me thrice, I’m through trying.
Kierrn, if you ever find this, I just want to say, stay on the new realm you’re on, you’ll find more drama if you try to return to Moonguard. Lies this big simply do not fade, wounds ripped this deeply do not heal. Push your friends away too many times, they’ll stop trying.
To other former SMBK members, keep your head high and wear your uniforms with pride. We will not let this break us. Respect, Obedience, Tenacity, Unity.
Respect the former knight and let them walk away.
Obey the Law of honor, and let the former knight fall on their own blade as punishment.
Have the Tenacity to hold strong in the face of such a blow.
Stand together in Unity, and show the former knight we will march on without them.
One last thing, I know this is a very very late post, but I had been recently hearing more and more slander about Kierrn in more and more places. I’m just doing it as well, but let’s stop kicking a dead horse.
June 5, 2012 at 4:28 am