# Credits

<h1 id="credits">Credits</h1>
<h2 id="original-staff-19972010">Original Staff (1997–2010)</h2>
<p>Dark Pawns is built on CircleMUD, itself derived from DikuMUD. The lineage: DikuMUD → CircleMUD 3.0 → Dark Pawns.</p>
<h3 id="creator">Creator</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Serapis</strong> (Derek Karnes) — Original creator and implementor. Founded Dark Pawns in September 1994 on CircleMUD 1.7.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="implementors">Implementors</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Orodreth</strong> (S. Thompson) — Joined February 1996. Co-implementor from October 1997. Primary maintainer through the Wolfpaw era and beyond. Original author of the DP history document (circa 1999).</li>
<li><strong>Frontline</strong> (R.E. Paret) — Joined March 1996. Co-implementor from May 1998. Maintained the Dark Pawns website, recorded the community history, and sustained the project through its later years.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="developers--builders">Developers &amp; Builders</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Tracer</strong> (C. Jackson) — Co-developer with Serapis in the earliest days (1994).</li>
<li><strong>Arak</strong> (B. Parker) — Coder, joined February 1996.</li>
<li><strong>Oddity</strong> (A. McConnell) — Head builder, joined February 1996. Left October 1997.</li>
<li><strong>Nimos</strong> — Builder, joined March 1996.</li>
<li><strong>Aralius</strong> (R. Martin) — Builder, joined March 1996.</li>
<li><strong>Doragar</strong> — Builder/coder, joined December 1999.</li>
<li><strong>Delirium</strong> — Immortal staff, joined December 1998. Demoted October 1999.</li>
<li><strong>Hulk</strong> — Immortal staff, joined December 1998. Demoted October 1999.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="hosting">Hosting</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Mystech</strong> — Serapis&rsquo; employer, hosted DP on <code>pawns.guru.org</code> (1997).</li>
<li><strong>Wolfpaw.net</strong> — Free MUD hosting provider, hosted DP from December 1998 through the paid era.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="resurrection-2025present">Resurrection (2025–Present)</h2>
<ul>
<li><strong>Zach Greene</strong> (zax0rz) — Go server port, modern infrastructure, and project lead for the 2025 revival.</li>
<li>Open source on <a href="https://github.com/zax0rz/dark-pawns">GitHub</a>.</li>
<li>Modern stack: Go server, Hugo website, WebSocket web client.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="community">Community</h2>
<p>Dark Pawns was played by hundreds of people over more than a decade. The player roster preserved on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20040712053500/http://www.dp-players.com/">dp-players.com</a> represents a snapshot from June 2004 — one moment in a long-running community. Everyone who rolled a character, joined a clan, or logged in at 3 AM to grind levels contributed to what Dark Pawns was.</p>
<p>The <a href="/credits/player-roster/">player roster</a> and <a href="/credits/wizlist/">wizard list</a> are preserved from original site archives.</p>

## Pages
### Player Roster

<h1 id="whos-on-line">who&rsquo;s on-line*</h1>
<hr>
<table>
  <thead>
      <tr>
          <th>Visible</th>
          <th>Level</th>
          <th>Class</th>
          <th>Name</th>
      </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
      <tr>
          <td>0h0m</td>
          <td>30</td>
          <td>Avatar</td>
          <td>Selene [!Feminism]</td>
      </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>
<p>Number of immortals online: 0 (max seen: 1)</p>
<p>Number of players online: 1 (max seen: 26)</p>
<hr>
<p><em>Page updated: 05:35PM Jun 12, 2004 (EDT).</em></p>

### Wizard List

<h1 id="wizards-list">Wizards List</h1>
<blockquote>
<p>Source: darkpawns.com/wizlist.html<br>
Author: R.E. Paret (Frontline)<br>
Preserved from Wayback Machine capture</p>
</blockquote>
<hr>
<p>The Wizards of Dark Pawns are the designers and creators of the game. Although many people have helped shape the world of Dark Pawns over the last six years, the current staff listed below is primarily responsible for the playability of this version. Wizards are a secret lot, and very powerful. They are not to be trifled with.</p>
<h2 id="staff">Staff</h2>
<ul>
<li><strong>Orodreth</strong></li>
<li><strong>Frontline</strong></li>
<li><strong>Doragar</strong></li>
</ul>