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'''Arkanor''' was a [[Jenn-Kellon]] player who resided resides in and was an Elder of [[Woodscove]] on the [[Server Types#Wild server details|Wild Server]]. He followed follows [[Vynora]]. Arkanor specialized specializes in smithing, specifically [[Blacksmithing]]. His titles were are (in order of receipt): Miner, Blacksmith, Trollslayer, Goldsmith. He tended tends to have a sarcastic sense of humor, possibly too sarcastic, and would have asked ask that no one be offended and/or take him too seriously.

Arkanor gave Oni the deed to his house on 9 November, left all his items behind, and set out West towards Wild on 10 November. Crossing south of the Black Light, he suicided to the Landing and walked from there to the site of what would become the first Size 20 village in Gold 2, Woodscove. What he did in Woodscove matters little, save to say that he helped build some of its road network and initially served as the town blacksmith. Arkanor eventually became an Elder of Woodscove, and found a stable village at last.  Old Woodscove was founded on approximately 10 November, and on 23 December was expanded by the mayor Dadd to Size 50, making it the largest village in Wurm Gold history. In mid-February, with the introduction of Mol-Rehan, it was decided to disband Woodscove and re-establish it as one of the first major Mol-Rehan cities. The following is a brief description of 'Old Woodscove', lest it perish to the ages. Old Woodscove's 'citadel', the original Size 20 double-walled area, was a two-tiered city. The lower tier was for citizen housing and the upper tier for farm space and public access buildings. Following the expansion, a significant portion of the northwest was walled off and work had begun on an external trench. An enormous natural depression had been refined by Crazybill into the three-tier deep Woodscove Arena, with a level sand floor, sheer slabbed sides, and an enormous mine for hide-and-seek or gladiator entrances. New citizens established numerous buildings in this walled area. Unfortunately, much of the expanded Size 50 area, particularly to the southeast, was left unused, as virgin forestor shadowed valley. The Woodscove Petting Zoo included numerous champion animals, such as Champion Mountain Lions, Brown Bears, Black Bears, Deer, Dogs, Wolves, and Scorpions.

It is was at this point that Arkanor's story comes came to its closefor some time. Prior to the move, his motivation to play Wurm had declined for a number of reasons. The water no longer held its shimmer, the monotony of shaping iron no longer enticed, and many other things. He moved to Gold Coast with the other remaining citizens, preparing to head to a prospective deed site, but an encounter with bears and a champion scorpion left him dead with all his items and almost a gold in cash lost. While these were recovered by village mates, by the time Arkanor logged in several days later the items had been 'redistributed', leaving him with nothing. Many of his friends had left Wurm, lost to time and space. The spark of fun had not merely guttered, it had gone out. Arkanor never built a house in New Woodscove. He logged in occasionally to observe the village's progress. Features he observed of New Woodscove included the acropolis-like elevated walled village center (and the original site of habitation), the Russian Doll-like token houses, the successful walling of the entire Size 50 deed with no space outside the walls, and Crazybill's initial work on the dirt wall fortifications.  From mid February to mid May, the name and banner of Arkanor lay in the dust, abandoned.

On March 10thMay 16, Arkanor's on a whim returned to Wurm, reactivating his subscription expired and was arriving in a village he did not renewedrecognize, with a sad handful of familiar faces but many new fellow citizens. He never logged is currently engaged in (again) reconstituting his supply of tools and raw materials.