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+# Information about coders/wizards. Format of this file:
+# name;[http://homepageURL|bat];[http://pictureURL];freeform description$
+Darol;bat;bat://album123/aba.jpg;
+	The funniest wizard in BatMUD .. at least in his own mind.
+	<b>No, really! He is funny.</b>
+	The most notable of Darol's works so far is the Ancona manor,
+	but he has contributed to different kinds of smaller projects
+	as well. Amongst the fellow wizards he is known for his
+	megalomaniac obsession for documentation which sometimes
+	grows larger than the projects themselves.$
+
+Femko;bat;bat://album91/aae.sized.jpg;
+	The kinky wizard from Germany, the land of beer and bratwurst,
+	und lederhosen. His known work includes sub-areas in the
+	Valley of the Kings, such as the ship in Sesmia and Liscom's tower.
+	$
+
+Dralith;bat;bat://Pictures-by-Flirt/abe.sized.jpg;
+	One of the most active new wizards as of 2007. Often works on
+	fixing bugs and maintaining / recoding things, but also has
+	created E'siris, a city on the ethereal plane, among other
+	things.$
+
+Juggelo;bat;bat://album147/aac.sized.jpg;
+	During his wizardly career, mr. Juggelo has been a real all-around
+	handyman. His contributions include coding the feared eq-monster,
+	<b>ancient beholder Gou'ljeg</b>; working on maintaining areas and
+	monsters; working on the mudlib, fixing bugs, recoding, etc.
+	<i>He has probably touched the code of almost every single eq-monster
+	in the game</i>. He is also known for making several well-known tunes
+	(for example the race-tune of 2006), usually related to maintaining
+	game balance.<br /><br />
+
+	He ascended to archwizardhood in May 2007.$
+
+Shinarae;;bat://album87/agy.sized.jpg;
+	Archwizard with several areas <i>(many of them, like Wildspace and Drow Tower,
+	are not directly accessible from outworld)</i>, of which some are interconnected
+	thematically, or at least loosely through the master thief
+	Trilloch's story. His areas and monsters are rich in diversity
+	and content, both characteristics they are often either
+	loved or hated for. Ascended to archwizardhood with Shardik
+	in 2005.<br /><br />
+	Tarken interviewed Shinarae in 2006,
+	<a href="http://www.maroon.com/bat/interviews/shinarae.asp">read
+	it</a> for many interesting insights into his mysterious world,
+	and the origins of <b>Trilloch</b> himself.$
+
+Zin;bat;bat://album19/aax.jpg;
+	Feared, hated and loved, Zin is one of the grand archwizards of the
+	realm. His contributions include few areas and the whole new Nun
+	guild (Sisters of Las), and the related quests/tasks.$
+
+Mardus;bat;http://wiz.bat.org/~mardus/aicomp.jpg;
+	Japanophile and otaku extraordinaire. When Mardus is not fanboying
+	japanese girl-idols or buying photobooks, he might be fixing some
+	bugs around older areas.$
+
+Kyo;bat;bat://album104/aao.sized.jpg;
+	One of the most established eq-leaders as mortal, Kyo is now
+	rocking the BatWorld as immortal. His first finished project
+	was "Small Meadow" area with G'naa'Byeh in 2007. Several
+	industry analysts consider G'naa'Byeh to be one of the most
+	annoying eq-monsters in the game.$
+
+Favorit;bat;http://www.bat.org/albums/album141/abr.sized.jpg;
+	The tovarisch from Russia. Favorit immorted in late 2002, and
+	has worked mostly on non-game elements ever since. His best
+	known works include the improved news reader, exp-leecher
+	and Capture the Flag events. He ascended to archwizardhood
+	in October 2006.<br /><br />
+	Dryad did an in-depth interview with Favorit in 2005,
+	<a href="http://www.maroon.com/bat/interviews/favorit.asp">read
+	it</a> for some additional musings.$
+
+Durand;bat;bat://album02/aai.sized.jpg;
+	Durand likes to eat torches, and prefers them lit before
+	consumption. Rumours tell that his other favourite snack is
+	<b>cookies</b> of various kinds.<br /><br />
+	Bat-wise Durand's contributions include one of the
+	"ultimate" eq-monsters in game, <b>Tiamat, the Chromatic Dragon</b>
+	(coded with Tormac). His current work mainly involves
+	system maintenance of BatMUD servers. Sometimes he
+	fixes bugs and codes nice things like BatURL.
+	$
+
+Dino;bat;bat://album76/aab.sized.jpg;
+	His contributions are numerous, and include some areas,
+	the rainbow and EP-eater events and the blog command. He also acted
+	as a leading architect in creation of Valley of the Kings,
+	one of the biggest areas in game.
+	<br /><br />
+	<b>He also personally claims to have coded Durand.</b>
+	$
+
+Gore;bat;bat://album103/abf.sized.jpg;
+	One of the ancient archwizards. Although apparently retired
+	from BatMUD development, Gore's contributions in past have
+	included the party system, battle system, etc. He has
+	oftend acted as a public spokesman for BatMUD and B.A.T. Ry.
+	$
+
+Kitsune;;img/kitsune.jpg;
+	Your friendly neighbourhood newbie wizard. Kitsune has so far
+	produced one area, 'Public Gardens', which features specific
+	herbs and animals (for organs) - very useful feature for
+	alchemists all around! Regrettably she has been busy with real life
+	lately, but has two areas "in the making", so stay tuned.
+	<br /><br />
+	Tarken interviewed Kitsune in 2006, <a
+	href="http://www.maroon.com/bat/interviews/kitsune.asp">read about
+	it</a> on Dryad's site.
+	$
+
+
+############################# WIP ################################
+
+Malitrius;bat;;
+	Malitrius, the mighty wizard from Sweden sports an
+	impressive catalogue of created areas, several events
+	(including the events for LQ43, "Four Elements"), and
+	also has done original code for several race guilds.
+	$
+
+Melemkor;;bat://album130/ajj.sized.jpg;
+	Certainly one of the major contributors in the current BatWorld,
+	Melemkor's work spans throughout the game; implementation and maintenance of
+	the new sailor guilds and ships in general being just one part of
+	his repertoire. Besides those, he is also the mastermind behind
+	shipquests, though some of the work was delegated to other wizards
+	(Malack, Hablo, etc.)<br /><br />
+	Last, but certainly not least, we should mention his involvement
+	with the great continent tune, which moved us into the <b>Age of
+	Exiles</b>. Melemkor was the major architect behind this major change,
+	although many other wizards also worked on the new content.
+	<br /><br />
+	Melemkor speaks: <i>"Thanks for playing :) Some of my projects have been really
+	popular, others have had decidedly mixed opinions; I hope things
+	have generally worked out well, but it's always keeping things exciting
+	for the players that keeps me coding."</i>.$
+
+Amarth;bat;bat://album139/aam.sized.jpg;
+	Author of Shadowkeep city, several areas and the Bard guild.
+	$
+
+Tomba;bat;img/tomba.jpg;
+	Implemented the player cities, secret societies
+	(aka player guilds) and some races.$
+
+Noctur;bat;bat://album148/abo.sized.jpg;
+	<b>Noctur!</b> He brings light to our days, and every single
+	time he is on-line, happiness fills our hearts! 
+	$
+
+Heidel;bat;;
+	Among other things he has coded LQ46 (Master Hunter) and
+	area quest "Spirits of vengeance", but has also succeeded in
+	creating several interesting areas.
+	$
+
+Ulath;;img/ulath.jpg;
+	Man behind many things, Ulath has ascended the ranks of wizardhood
+	quickly by working on countless problems, fixing bugs, and
+	also creating new content. He is known to maintain the new
+	city code (used in New Rilynttar, Arelium, etc.) with Dralith.
+	$
+
+Blasterr;bat;bat://album126/aad.sized.jpg;
+	This dangerously handsome (as you can probably see!) newbie wizard
+	from Finland has thus far contributed one
+	finished area, a miniquest, and also worked on the E'siris-related
+	continent quests. He mentions that as of June 2007, he has 3 new areas
+	under development.
+	$
+
+Malar;bat;bat://album78/aav.sized.jpg;
+	Also coded the russian roulette room.
+	$
+
+Dazzt;bat;bat://album90/aax.sized.jpg;
+	Dazzt, also playfully known as Duz, is the current active maintainer
+	of the Nun guild.
+	$
+
+Zoso;bat;;
+	His best known work includes Caverns of the Undying (aka "Tunnel")
+	area, which has also been expanded by Merri.<br /><br />
+	Ramjett interviewed Zoso in 2006,
+	<a href="http://www.maroon.com/bat/interviews/zoso.asp">read it</a>
+	for fun and profit!
+	$
+
+Zonni;;;
+	One of the BatMUD's "God"-level wizards.
+	Creator of the feared Great Northern Swamps aka Zonni Swamp.
+	Was known for his unparalled cruelty towards players, in the
+	<i>good old times</i>.
+	$
+
+
+Jaf;http://www.jafdif.com/;img/jaf.jpg;
+	Janne Frösen, the Creator of BatMUD and one of the BatMUD's
+	"God"-level wizards. <b>Jaf started development of BatMUD for a
+	school project and it was opened in April 14th 1990</b>. He has not been
+	active in Bat for many, many years, and practically none of his code
+	has survived after 17 years. He is mudmarried to Gem.<br /><br />
+
+	(An incomplete history of BatMUD describes what has happened since
+	the beginning is available on www.bat.org,
+	<a href="http://www.bat.org/intro/history.php">read it</a>.)
+	$
+
+Aarugotti;;;
+	Level 200 archwizard. <b>Passed away on Monday, March 13th of 2000
+	at his home.</b> May he rest in peace.$
+
+Bj;;;
+	Original coder of the Shrine Search quest (LQ 41) and Unholy Cathedral area.
+	<i>Has passed away, may he rest in peace.</i>
+	<br /><br />
+	<b>Bj is a level 43 Angel (wizard).</b><br />
+	He was created before 1997 and he is 73d, 21h, 41min and 2s old.<br />
+	He was last on Sun Feb 08 04:05:11 1998 (9y, 138d, 20h and 28s ago).<br />
+	$
+
+Anipa;;;
+	One of the BatMUD's "God"-level wizards.
+	$
+
+Extechop;;;
+	One of the BatMUD's "God"-level wizards.
+	$
+
+Rincewind;;;
+	One of the BatMUD's "God"-level wizards.
+	$
+
+Ikar;;;Archwizard.$
+Mapmaker;;;Archwizard.$
+
+
+####################################################################
+Kimvais;;;$
+Zith;;;$
+Arakorni;;;$
+Machaon;;;$
+Sai;;;$
+Mordac;;;$
+Era;;;$
+Corto;;;$
+Grizzt;;;$
+Hablo;;;$
+Enandor;;;$
+Runeaxe;;;Besides his numerous areas, he coded the new Barbarian guild.$
+Darkbaron;;;$
+Lametoby;;;$
+Ruubio;;;$
+Neth;;;$
+Banba;;;$
+Belzoni;;;$
+Blitzer;;;$
+Bolo;;;$
+Brock;;;$
+Coren;;;$
+Cyberman;;;$
+Deras;;;$
+Digga;;;$
+Dire;;;$
+Dragoness;;;$
+Drakken;;;$
+Duke;;;$
+Elwood;;;$
+Entropy;;;$
+Finaldey;;;$
+Firefox;;;$
+Fizzl;;;$
+Franco;;;$
+Gala;;;$
+Gem;;;Mudmarried to Jaf, the creator of BatMUD.$
+Grimsh;;;$
+Gront;;;$
+Hackop;;;$
+Haplo;;;$
+Henri;;;$
+Horse;;;$
+Jaina;;;$
+Jessey;;;$
+Jobber;;;$
+Juzam;;;$
+Laku;;;$
+Lampsa;;;$
+Lanfear;;;LQ85 Flying Citadel, alchemist guild, plants, ores.$
+Luupy;;;$
+Madrid;;;$
+Malack;;;$
+Mandrake;;;$
+Marlor;;;Original coder of Stifsim.$
+Matte;;;$
+Merri;;;Expanded Zoso's Caverns of the Undying, adding Massive iron statue and Listar.$
+Moght;;;$
+Mordrin;;;$
+Naked;;;$
+Nalle;;;$
+Namhas;;;Coded Yaboz.$
+Natasha;;;$
+Nightbld;;;$
+Nwing;;;$
+Nym;;;$
+Orgoh;;;$
+Pahvi;;;$
+Panner;;;$
+Perin;;;$
+Pet;;;$
+Pickett;;;$
+
+Plura;;;
+	Archwizard and coder of the well-known classic area, "Plura's Castle".<br /><br />
+	<b>UUHUHSSCCAARYY!!! UUHHH!! AHRRUHH!!</b>
+	$
+
+Poet;;;$
+Quadra;;;$
+Questor;;;$
+Ramjett;;;$
+Rillion;;;$
+Rock;;;$
+Sarku;;;$
+Scarlet;;;$
+Scrounge;;;$
+Seance;;;$
+Serje;;;$
+Shades;;;$
+Shadowjack;;;$
+Shardik;;;Was also previously known as Dragonfly.$
+Sirdar;;;$
+Souc;;;$
+Starbyt;;;$
+Superelak;;;$
+Tormac;;;$
+Wane;;;$
+Well;;;$
+Zamphyr;;;$
+Zilch;;;$