Michael "Talien" Tresca is a writer, communicator, speaker, artist, and gamer. He has an 11-year-old D&D role-playing campaign, Welstar, which is one of the six worlds in RetroMUD and where many of his short stories take place. Michael has published three D20 modules: "Tsar Rising", "All the King's Men," and "The Dancing Hut" from MonkeyGod Enterprises. He has written numerous supplements, including "Frost and Fur" and "Abyss," also from MonkeyGod Enterprises, "Mercenaries: Born of Blood" from Otherworld Creations, and "Combat Missions" from Paradigm Concepts. Michael has also contributed to "Relics" from AEG and "The Iron Kingdoms World Guide" from Privateer Press. The WeatherPixie Michael has also written magazine articles for D20 Weekly, Dragon Magazine, Imaginary Realities, The MUD Companion, Pyramid Magazine, RPGTimes, Scrollworks, and Spectre Press' Survival Kit series. He has reviewed a multitude of role-playing and computer games for Allgame.com, Gamers.com, RPG.net, and Talien and Maleficent's Bazaar. Michael has presented at various panels, including Bakuretsucon, Dragon*Con, and I-Con. When he's not writing, Michael can be found as his alter ego, Talien, on RetroMUD as an administrator. Michael lives in Connecticut with his wife, who is an editor, and his cat, who is fluent in English.

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