User:Alhadis

Alhadis
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Name	Alhadis
Born	April 18, 1987 (age 38); Queen Victoria Hospital, Melbourne
Name in real life	John Graham Gardner
Country	Australia
Current location	South Yarra, Melbourne
Languages	English
Time zone	AEDT (UTC+11:00)
Ethnicity	European
Height	171.5 cm (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Weight	115.5 kg (255 lb)
Hair	Dark brown
Eyes	Blue
Handedness	Right
Blood type	O+
Sexuality	Heterosexual
IQ	129
Alignment	Chaotic Good
Family and friends
Marital status	Single, not-looking
Siblings	1
Education and employment
Education
2006:	Cert. II in Multimedia
2007:	Cert. IV in Multimedia
2008–2009:	Adv. Diploma of Multimedia
Primary school
1992:	Norwood Preschool
1993–1994:	Mullum Primary
1994–1997:	Essex Heights
1998:	Healesville Primary
High school
1999–2004:	Healesville High
College
2006–2007:	Swinburne TAFE, Lilydale
2008–2009:	Swinburne TAFE, Wantirna
Hobbies, interests, and beliefs
Hobbies	Graphic design, programming, writing
Religion	Agnostic (formerly Anglican)
Politics	Democratic socialist
Movies	300, Aliens, Inglourious Basterds, John Wick, Nobody, Predator, The Godfather (parts I & II), The Thing
Shows	Better Call Saul, Breaking Bad, The Sopranos, Yellowjackets
Music	Ambient, Black metal, Death metal, Grindcore, Industrial, Noise, Power electronics, Thrash metal
Interests
	Astronomy, history, languages, science, typography
Contact info
Email	gardnerjohnggmail.com
Skype	serenityinturmoil
GitHub	Alhadis
Mastodon	mastodon.social/@Alhadis
YouTube	@JohnGardnerAlhadis
Bluesky	alhadis.bsky.social
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CSS-4	This user is an expert Cascading Style Sheets user.
js-N	This user is fluent in JavaScript.
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bat-1	This user is an occasional Batch programmer.
shell	This user can program in Bourne shell.
Perl-2	This user is an intermediate Perl programmer.
rb-2	This user is an intermediate Ruby programmer.
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Online, I go by the name Alhadis (/ælheɪ.dəs/ al-HAY-dəs). In the real world, people call me John.

My username is a reference to an old D&D character of mine, a street mage named Alhadis Di'Rayos. I chose it because the first online community I joined was the Wizards of the Coast forum in July 2002,^[1] specifically its D&D^[2] and world-building^[3] boards. I've used this handle on every website I've joined ever since.

Like every other name I devised for my high-school D&D sessions, the name "Alhadis" was assembled from random syllables I juggled mentally, often extemporaneously. It coincides with certain transliterations of حديث (al-Hadith, lit. 'the word'), which is why googling my username yields numerous results related to Islam or the Arabic-speaking world, despite my handle having no connection to either.

External Links

That's the extent of my (meaningful) social media presence. Bluesky and e-mail are the easiest ways of getting in touch, as I check these the most frequently.

Bookmarks

Notes

^ Last measured on 16 October 2025.
^ Formally-evaluated c. 2001 during high school.
^ I was put up a grade during the move between schools, finishing 1994 at a Grade 2 level instead of Grade 1. Hence the ostensibly “missing” school year in the dates listed here.

References

^ "alhadis | The Wizards Community". Archived from the original on 2015-09-18.
^ "Wizards.Com Boards » Dungeons & Dragons » Monster Manual". August 2002. Archived from the original on 2002-08-06.
^ "Wizards.Com Boards » Other Worlds » Homebrew". October 2002. Archived from the original on 2002-10-15.

[1] Last measured on 16 October 2025.

[2] Formally-evaluated c. 2001 during high school.

[3] I was put up a grade during the move between schools, finishing 1994 at a Grade 2 level instead of Grade 1. Hence the ostensibly “missing” school year in the dates listed here.

[wotc-joined-4] "alhadis | The Wizards Community". Archived from the original on 2015-09-18.

[wotc-dnd-5] "Wizards.Com Boards » Dungeons & Dragons » Monster Manual". August 2002. Archived from the original on 2002-08-06.

[wotc-homebrew-6] "Wizards.Com Boards » Other Worlds » Homebrew". October 2002. Archived from the original on 2002-10-15.

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