There are some who discover the world of roleplaying and remain merely visitors.

Others find a home there.

Travis has spent more than two decades making his home in the story.

His journey began in 1997, when the call of tabletop adventure first reached his ears. Finding a company of adventurers proved difficult in those early days, but fate has a curious way of opening doors. In 1999, Travis discovered a networked Vampire: The Masquerade live-action roleplaying chronicle—and stepped through the threshold.

He would not emerge unchanged.

What began as an opportunity to finally play became a journey spanning more than two decades. Travis rose through the ranks of the storytelling community, serving in storytelling positions at every level of the organization. He became not merely a player within the tales, but one of those entrusted with shaping them.

He helped craft chronicles.

He helped guide players.

He helped mentor storytellers.

And, perhaps most importantly, he helped create the moments that players would remember long after the dice were put away and the candles burned low.

For years, Travis stood behind the curtain, helping countless adventurers find their place within the story.

In 2020, he laid down the mantle of organizational leadership.

But he never abandoned the road.

Instead, Travis returned to the other side of the table—not as the keeper of the world, but as one of those who must venture into it.

Today, his adventures carry him primarily through the realms of Dungeons & Dragons, where he has found a particular fondness for smaller companies of adventurers. For while great armies and sprawling chronicles have their grandeur, Travis knows that some of the greatest stories are born around a table shared by only a handful of companions.

There, characters have room to breathe.

Friendships have room to grow.

And every choice carries the weight of the people sitting beside you.

It is perhaps fitting, then, that Travis now walks the realm as Thurisz.

For he has spent much of his life helping others tell their stories.

Now he gets to live one of his own.

He brings with him the experience of a storyteller, the instincts of a veteran player, and the hard-earned understanding that the greatest adventures are rarely about the destination.

They are about the people who walk the road together.

And when the road grows dark?

Well...

Travis has walked dark roads before.