Today, May 25th is Dave Hargrave Day - also this year is Memorial Day and given that David Allen Hargrave was a military veteran it is fitting that they are the same day this year. (May 25, 1946 – August 29, 1988) Military Service: Hargrave served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War for six years, serving from August 28, 1964 through August 20, 1970. While in Vietnam, Hargrave regularly served as a combat photographer, often in the line of fire.
For Dave Hargrave Day - 2020 let us begin with another item from our anonymous guest artist and his tribute to Dave Hargrave and Arduin. I have enjoyed each of these, this one is my favorite of all of them. (Also a surprise for everyone at the very bottom of this essay!!!!!!)
When the original trilogy was combined into one volume, this was included:
I am going to close with two things, one a link to this post by Sarah Newton from 2014, be sure to read the post in the comments by Paul Mosher. Arduin, Bloody Arduin – Thinking About How It Could Be Done
The second is this: For Dave Hargrave Day the Arduin Guild Yahoo site was saved and is now resurrected as a forum at ArduinGuild: THE TOWER OF THE DRAGON
For Dave Hargrave Day - 2020 let us begin with another item from our anonymous guest artist and his tribute to Dave Hargrave and Arduin. I have enjoyed each of these, this one is my favorite of all of them. (Also a surprise for everyone at the very bottom of this essay!!!!!!)
When the original trilogy was combined into one volume, this was included:
IN MEMORIAM
DAVID ALLEN HARGRAVE THE DREAM WEAVER
MAY 25, 1946 – AUGUST 29, 1988
On August 29, 1988, David A. Hargrave passed from this world to the next. He left behind many friends and thousands of gamers who sat at his table, either in his home or at the numerous conventions he attended as a GM and Entrepreneur.
He is not and simply cannot be forgotten. He touched lives with his presence, with his thoughts, with his games and with his being. He was not a perfect man; indeed none of us are. But he influenced people and taught a wide variety of life’s lessons just as he had learned them.
It’s our belief that the “next world” David passed to was his own creation of Arduin. He’s there right now, beyond the Gates of the Plateau of Forever, living life to the hilt and scribing it all down in some great tome of knowledge that will one day be the source and cause of many an adventure and many a hoary legend of peril and woe.
He’s walking the streets of Talismonde’; he’s in Elric’s Keep at the Tower of the Dragon giving advice to the Albino with the Black Sword; he’s waving bon voyage, shouting “Bon Chance” to an expedition he’s outfitted for a treasure hunt in Green Hell (Eh…No. He wouldn’t be going there himself), or he’s gazing again upon the Misty Mountains as the Spring sun reveals the snowy cloak that’s settled upon the high, jagged peaks. He’s living in Arduin just as Arduin lives in him.
Without you David, none of it would have ever been. But with you? OH! What Glories, What Wonders we’ve all lived!
We hoist a mug of Rumble Tummy’s Ale in respectful salute to a man of extraordinary talent, a good friend and fond, fond memories of games Past, Present, and Future...
I am going to close with two things, one a link to this post by Sarah Newton from 2014, be sure to read the post in the comments by Paul Mosher. Arduin, Bloody Arduin – Thinking About How It Could Be Done
The second is this: For Dave Hargrave Day the Arduin Guild Yahoo site was saved and is now resurrected as a forum at ArduinGuild: THE TOWER OF THE DRAGON
Thank you for this site. I still have the original three books and they have influenced my game world over the years - though I moved on from O DandD and eventually settled on a form of 3rd ed.
ReplyDeleteBe well and adventure on.
Reyn