About Jonathan:
Native of Clinton, Iowa, grew up as Jonathan Rajcevich (step-father’s name), took biological father’s name at age eighteen. Joined the United States Marine Corps at age 17 on the delayed entry program while in High-School. Stepped onto the yellow footprints at MCRD San Diego on 26 September 1984, served on active duty until 1 October 2004. While on active duty, was stationed at MCRD San Diego CA, Camp Johnson NC, Camp Pendleton CA, Okinawa Japan, Cherry Point NC, Camp H.M. Smith HI, Waterloo IA, and Camp Lejeune, NC. Honorably Discharged in October 2004 and transferred to the retired list. Currently employed by the Department of the Navy and working as a civilian in support of the Marines on Camp Lejeune, NC.
Agnostic, Politically Right of Center, Highly Opinionated.
About JonathanMurray.com:
The theme used on JonathanMurray.com uses the colors of our nation’s flag as its primary colors. For reference, they are “Old Glory Red” (#bf0a30), White (#ffffff), and “Old Glory Blue” (#002868).
The pictures (above and right) are me, Jonathan Murray. The one above was taken at my grandmother’s house, holding a baby picture; I believe I was about 32 years old. The one at the right was taken when I was about 24, although I’m not certain on the dates of either.
Yes, I realize these pictures are old… as soon as I get a newer, decent one made, I’ll post it. I really haven’t changed that much, though – the years have been kind! No, really!
About L’ano Itar
A long time ago, in an RPG far, far away, I roleplayed a character named Roland. Roland was a FateSender, of the focus Lucidity. If you have no idea what I’m talking about (and most will not), feel free to investigate my pages on Underlight and the Order of the Sable Moon.
One of the key elements of Underlight was the individual player’s imagination. Teachers and Game Masters often “assigned tasks” to players which required them to research some element of the game and write a “history” of it. Some players took such writing assignments and expanded on them, in fact creating the history of the game world while playing as a character in that world. In the guise of Roland, a teacher of FateSenders, I wrote such stories.
The story of L’ano Itar was one of a legend that no one had ever known. L’ano Itar is simply the word “Rational” spelled backwards and fancied up a bit; “Rational” being a synonym for “Lucid”, it seemed a fitting way to create a somewhat mysterious and yet perfectly sensible name for a legendary FateSender.
Since that time the character name “L’ano Itar” (or Lano Itar/LanoItar) has appeared in a number of games, including Asheron’s Call and Dark Age of Camelot. It is almost certain that if you’ve ever run across that name, the player behind the character was me.
So for the conspiracy theorists who have been trying to link L’ano Itar to either Itar-Tass or some sort of middle-Eastern offshoot: Sorry, nothing silly like that. Although the Asheron’s Call character by that name as indeed a Gharu’ndim (a race of desert dwellers), that was merely a convenient coincidence that made the name fit well with the character. The name is nothing more than an original creation that has grown into my online persona.
So there you have it.
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