~Afterword~ Why an afterword? Well, books have them sometimes to thank all the people involved in the creation of the work. And that's what this is. A thank you. Realm Sagas began in late August/early September of 1997 as a way for me to kill time. It was right about the time that I had finally gotten, after two years of begging and hoping, the Internet. I had no idea it would ever see #30. In fact I couldn't even see past number 2. The truth is a lot of this story doesn't make sense. A lot of it is a mass of contradictions. The simplest explanation is this: I have never been able to see more than one or two stories in advance. Realm Sagas wasn't a planned story, it was written in little steps, story by story as it came it me. The only way I know how to write...and one of the more fun. But anyway to the point of this rambling: Thanks to: K.T.E: Who has been in them since the start and never complained. GG!: For being a friend when ever I needed one, and for allowing RS to remain posted on Meta, even if they have all but stopped being Sega fanfics. Del: Who started to write the cross-over, and trusted me with her characters. Leslie: Who let me put her in, and has been reading them. Stephanie: Who reads them too. Tonia: Who let me use her as a character. Sarah: For all the creative consulting she did from about #26 on. And you have no idea how much that was. Tye-Dye: Who threatened my life whenever it was time for a new Realm Fic to be done! All the people who let me use their characters, and I know I've forgotten someone, but thanks to you for reading them. And lastly, thanks to those little voices in my head that told me what happened next. But can you do me one last little favor? For the purpose of my own curiousity: 1) Who was your favorite character? 2) What was your favorite story/story set? 3) What would you like to see happen that didn't?