Damn that was one hell of a long post.
Very informative though, glad I took the time to read it.
Oddly enough I'm a player that came from Darkmists... isn't it ironic how some things work out? As far as the changes that where made to the "masters" cabal in DM they are no longer in affect, both mage/rager houses are the same now as all other houses in that game so the changes she put in didn't last all that long. And when I switched over the only two area's that where the same in switching was the Goblin Village and the Emerald Forest so there's not much of a similarity these days, though I'm sure there was back in the day.
As far as the code that was stolen from Darkmists it became known as Tartarus and still lerks around on the internet for those who care.
My 2 cents.