Oh god, I didn't know it was going to be so soon. We were chatting in PM a little over a week ago.
He knows that I told him that I was going to honor him with a level of Undermountain dedicated to him in EfU, and his character would be in the mod with a statue of him. He said he would really like that. It's my way of remembering him in my way, since I saw him adventure through my NWN mod SOOOOO many times. I hope it gave him some fun, and took his mind off the illness, even for a few hours.
This is the first friend that I never even met that has died--and to tell you the truth, I never really thought I would be affected by the death of someone I never met face to face, but damn, the day he PM'ed me, I was so shocked, sad and just stunned. It was all I thought about.
I am now retiring Animal's username--I will keep his account open, but no one else can use the name Animal ever here on IW.
God, a sad day. Mark, old pal, take care. I'll always remember the awesome times we had, and watching you and the group in EfU having fun!
Long live the Dragonlord!!