Summer Tribe Award: Believeable

Breaking down the Summer 2009 "Tribe Awards" presented to KTDARPG players by the votes of their fellow players, with tributes to the show that continues to inspire us!

Category: Most Believeable Character

Winner: Arianna

Runner Up: Everyone!

One of the things I always appreciated about The Tribe was how strongly the characters were drawn. Within the world the Virus created, the actors brought their characters to life in amazing fashion. They were real. They lived. You sympathized with their problems & burdens. You cared about what happened to them.

Our winner in this category is Arianna (8% of votes), tribe leader of the Misfits, a character who has lived & grown in the game since its first days almost 5 years ago. As any girl, Ari has had her share of ups & downs, challenges & triumphs, romance & heartache. She's a teenager who knows how to fight--and has fought for her life & the lives of others!--and she's also a mom. Day by day, Ari has grown right in front of our eyes. We know her. That's a very good feeling.

The voting gave us a 4-way tie for runner up, each with 7% of votes -- Alexis, Krystal, Llysander & Prince. Two characters who've been with our game for many years, and 2 that joined us in the past several months. Krystal & Prince...well, we know them like we know Arianna. They're friends of ours. Alexis is new & has developed right before our eyes in just a few short months. A baby was revealed, a father found, a brother lost, and now the effort & trust to create a new family is needed from her. We find ourselves rooting for her to succeed. It's a similar thing with Llysander. New in Fort River, searching for a sister savagely taken from him, trying to help others as he can but also holding himself apart from feelings or a possibility of happiness ... tragic stuff. How could we not care?

The voting in this category was really a triumph for KTDA -- every single character listed as a nominee got a vote. Jade, Villa, Marionette, Sypher, Madam, Jet, Icarus, Vincent, Crux, Domino, Balthazar, Amy, Pandora, Cecily, Chidori, Mist, Hawk, Kite, Rio, Tristan ... bravo, all of you. And especially to your creators, bravo! You've brought some special people to life & into our lives. We care about them. That's some pretty amazing magick.

-Chyna

Photo source: copyright Cloud-9 "The Tribe"