Nemesis Patch (Concept design)

I've been playing an online MMO called Perfect World International for over three years now.  After the first four months, I got into a faction known as "Nemesis".  They were considered one of the best to be in, if not the most powerful.  Still, we had a name for ourselves on the "territory war" circle.  It's just what it sounds like.  Factions would fight for land every week.  A few times we were expected to crumble, but we never did.  We refused to fall, and eventually became the top faction in TW (Territory Wars) on our server.

But after two years, the leader didn't have it in her anymore, and no one could do what she did to keep it going.  So after the end of a "Season", at which point all lands are reset to being unowned and a server champ is crowned, in this case us, Nemesis disbanded.  A lot of us saw Nemesis as more than a gaming faction.  It really was a second home.  A place full of friends and comrades.  To allow us to remember everything we once had, I had a custom patch made.  Another member funded it, and anyone who wanted one got one, free of charge.  I added a short poem with each patch, and it drew more than a few tears.

I'll never forget the people I met there.  I know I know, it's only a game.  If you'd been in Nemesis, you'd understand that to many of us, it was a whole lot more.  For me, it actually helped my real life quite a bit.  Before my time in the TW arena, I'd never led anything that didn't turn disastrous.  I led a squad several times in Nemesis.  Quite successfully.

To Nemesis.  The first place I felt valued, respected, and above all, the first place my failings were irrelevant.

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This is the concept design I sent to the patch company.  I put the parts together in Photoshop CS2 (man am I out of date).
The "N" in a box was our faction icon for a time, but while we eventually changed to the twin swords, the original icon kind of stuck in our minds.
The logo at the bottom is the Perfect World International logo (used with permission) to remind us of the game we played.
The phrase "we're still here" was used in an image a faction member posted after a bitter rival organized a 6-way gank (AKA, 6 factions attacked us at once).  We successfully defended ALL 6 lands, AND won our attack later that day.
The Pink outline, well... on the TW map, each faction is given a color at random.  One season we ended up with a hot pink color for our map color.  There was joking and ribbing from within and without, all in jest and good fun.  Thus it's there to remind us of the crazy fun we had together.r.

The final patch design the company could produce can be found here.  (Link)