diff --git a/Projects/Server.Tests/Tests/Utility/HtmlEscapeTests.cs b/Projects/Server.Tests/Tests/Utility/HtmlEscapeTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..089852974
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Projects/Server.Tests/Tests/Utility/HtmlEscapeTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,242 @@
+using System;
+using System.Linq;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace Server.Tests;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Tests for the Html.EscapeHtml extension methods.
+/// These tests verify correct HTML entity escaping and edge cases.
+/// </summary>
+public class HtmlEscapeTests
+{
+    [Theory(DisplayName = "No escaping needed")]
+    [InlineData("")]
+    [InlineData("Hello World")]
+    [InlineData("Plain text without special characters")]
+    [InlineData("123456789")]
+    [InlineData("!@#$%^*()_+-=[]{}|;:,.?")]
+    public void EscapeHtml_NoSpecialCharacters_ReturnsUnchanged(string input)
+    {
+        var result = input.EscapeHtml();
+        Assert.Equal(input, result);
+    }
+
+    [Theory(DisplayName = "Single character escaping")]
+    [InlineData("<", "&lt;")]
+    [InlineData(">", "&gt;")]
+    [InlineData("&", "&amp;")]
+    [InlineData("\"", "&quot;")]
+    [InlineData("'", "&#39;")]
+    public void EscapeHtml_SingleSpecialCharacter_EscapesCorrectly(string input, string expected)
+    {
+        var result = input.EscapeHtml();
+        Assert.Equal(expected, result);
+    }
+
+    [Theory(DisplayName = "Multiple instances of same character")]
+    [InlineData("<><>", "&lt;&gt;&lt;&gt;")]
+    [InlineData("&&&&", "&amp;&amp;&amp;&amp;")]
+    [InlineData("\"\"\"", "&quot;&quot;&quot;")]
+    [InlineData("'''", "&#39;&#39;&#39;")]
+    [InlineData(">>>", "&gt;&gt;&gt;")]
+    public void EscapeHtml_MultipleSpecialCharacters_EscapesAll(string input, string expected)
+    {
+        var result = input.EscapeHtml();
+        Assert.Equal(expected, result);
+    }
+
+    [Theory(DisplayName = "Mixed content")]
+    [InlineData("Hello <world>", "Hello &lt;world&gt;")]
+    [InlineData("<div>Hello</div>", "&lt;div&gt;Hello&lt;/div&gt;")]
+    [InlineData("Tom & Jerry", "Tom &amp; Jerry")]
+    [InlineData("He said \"hello\"", "He said &quot;hello&quot;")]
+    [InlineData("It's a test", "It&#39;s a test")]
+    public void EscapeHtml_MixedContent_EscapesMixedSpecialCharacters(string input, string expected)
+    {
+        var result = input.EscapeHtml();
+        Assert.Equal(expected, result);
+    }
+
+    [Theory(DisplayName = "Starting with special character")]
+    [InlineData("<Hello", "&lt;Hello")]
+    [InlineData(">World", "&gt;World")]
+    [InlineData("&Start", "&amp;Start")]
+    [InlineData("\"Quote", "&quot;Quote")]
+    [InlineData("'Apostrophe", "&#39;Apostrophe")]
+    public void EscapeHtml_StartsWithSpecialCharacter_EscapesStart(string input, string expected)
+    {
+        var result = input.EscapeHtml();
+        Assert.Equal(expected, result);
+    }
+
+    [Theory(DisplayName = "Ending with special character")]
+    [InlineData("Hello<", "Hello&lt;")]
+    [InlineData("World>", "World&gt;")]
+    [InlineData("End&", "End&amp;")]
+    [InlineData("Quote\"", "Quote&quot;")]
+    [InlineData("Test'", "Test&#39;")]
+    public void EscapeHtml_EndsWithSpecialCharacter_EscapesEnd(string input, string expected)
+    {
+        var result = input.EscapeHtml();
+        Assert.Equal(expected, result);
+    }
+
+    [Theory(DisplayName = "Complex mixed scenarios")]
+    [InlineData("<p>Hello & goodbye</p>", "&lt;p&gt;Hello &amp; goodbye&lt;/p&gt;")]
+    [InlineData("&lt;already&gt;", "&amp;lt;already&amp;gt;")]
+    [InlineData("<tag attr=\"value\" data='test'>", "&lt;tag attr=&quot;value&quot; data=&#39;test&#39;&gt;")]
+    [InlineData("a<b>c&d\"e'f", "a&lt;b&gt;c&amp;d&quot;e&#39;f")]
+    [InlineData("&nbsp;", "&amp;nbsp;")]
+    public void EscapeHtml_ComplexScenarios_EscapesAllSpecialCharacters(string input, string expected)
+    {
+        var result = input.EscapeHtml();
+        Assert.Equal(expected, result);
+    }
+
+    [Fact(DisplayName = "Null string input")]
+    public void EscapeHtml_NullString_ReturnsEmpty()
+    {
+        string? input = null;
+        var result = input.EscapeHtml();
+        Assert.Empty(result);
+    }
+
+    [Fact(DisplayName = "Empty string input")]
+    public void EscapeHtml_EmptyString_ReturnsEmpty()
+    {
+        var result = "".EscapeHtml();
+        Assert.Empty(result);
+    }
+
+    [Fact(DisplayName = "Only special characters")]
+    public void EscapeHtml_OnlySpecialCharacters_EscapesAll()
+    {
+        const string input = "<>&\"'";
+        const string expected = "&lt;&gt;&amp;&quot;&#39;";
+        var result = input.EscapeHtml();
+        Assert.Equal(expected, result);
+    }
+
+    [Fact(DisplayName = "Ampersand must be escaped first")]
+    public void EscapeHtml_AmpersandFirst_PreventDoubleEscaping()
+    {
+        // This is critical: & must be escaped to &amp;
+        // If we're not careful, we could double-escape already-escaped content
+        const string input = "&lt;";
+        const string expected = "&amp;lt;";
+        var result = input.EscapeHtml();
+        Assert.Equal(expected, result);
+    }
+
+    [Theory(DisplayName = "ReadOnlySpan overload - no special characters")]
+    [InlineData("Hello World")]
+    [InlineData("Plain text")]
+    public void EscapeHtml_ReadOnlySpan_NoSpecialCharacters_ReturnsUnchanged(string input)
+    {
+        var result = input.AsSpan().EscapeHtml();
+        Assert.Equal(input, result);
+    }
+
+    [Theory(DisplayName = "ReadOnlySpan overload - with special characters")]
+    [InlineData("<div>", "&lt;div&gt;")]
+    [InlineData("Tom & Jerry", "Tom &amp; Jerry")]
+    public void EscapeHtml_ReadOnlySpan_WithSpecialCharacters_EscapesCorrectly(string input, string expected)
+    {
+        var result = input.AsSpan().EscapeHtml();
+        Assert.Equal(expected, result);
+    }
+
+    [Theory(DisplayName = "ReadOnlySpan overload - empty input")]
+    [InlineData("")]
+    public void EscapeHtml_ReadOnlySpan_Empty_ReturnsEmpty(string input)
+    {
+        var result = input.AsSpan().EscapeHtml();
+        Assert.Empty(result);
+    }
+
+    [Fact(DisplayName = "Consecutive special characters")]
+    public void EscapeHtml_ConsecutiveSpecialCharacters_EscapesAll()
+    {
+        const string input = "<<>>&&\"\"''";
+        const string expected = "&lt;&lt;&gt;&gt;&amp;&amp;&quot;&quot;&#39;&#39;";
+        var result = input.EscapeHtml();
+        Assert.Equal(expected, result);
+    }
+
+    [Fact(DisplayName = "Special characters with single normal character between")]
+    public void EscapeHtml_SpecialCharactersWithGaps_EscapesAll()
+    {
+        const string input = "<a>b&c\"d'e";
+        const string expected = "&lt;a&gt;b&amp;c&quot;d&#39;e";
+        var result = input.EscapeHtml();
+        Assert.Equal(expected, result);
+    }
+
+    [Fact(DisplayName = "HTML tags")]
+    public void EscapeHtml_HtmlTags_EscapesTagBrackets()
+    {
+        var input = "<html><body>Hello</body></html>";
+        var expected = "&lt;html&gt;&lt;body&gt;Hello&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;";
+        var result = input.EscapeHtml();
+        Assert.Equal(expected, result);
+    }
+
+    [Fact(DisplayName = "HTML attributes with mixed quotes")]
+    public void EscapeHtml_HtmlAttributesWithQuotes_EscapesCorrectly()
+    {
+        var input = "<a href=\"test\" data='value'>";
+        var expected = "&lt;a href=&quot;test&quot; data=&#39;value&#39;&gt;";
+        var result = input.EscapeHtml();
+        Assert.Equal(expected, result);
+    }
+
+    [Theory(DisplayName = "Whitespace handling")]
+    [InlineData("  spaces  ", "  spaces  ")]
+    [InlineData("\ttabs\t", "\ttabs\t")]
+    [InlineData("\nnewlines\n", "\nnewlines\n")]
+    public void EscapeHtml_Whitespace_PreservedAsIs(string input, string expected)
+    {
+        var result = input.EscapeHtml();
+        Assert.Equal(expected, result);
+    }
+
+    [Fact(DisplayName = "Performance: long string without special characters")]
+    public void EscapeHtml_LongStringNoSpecialCharacters_ReturnsQuickly()
+    {
+        var input = new string('a', 10000);
+        var result = input.EscapeHtml();
+        Assert.Equal(input, result);
+    }
+
+    [Fact(DisplayName = "Performance: long string with special characters")]
+    public void EscapeHtml_LongStringWithSpecialCharacters_HandlesCorrectly()
+    {
+        var input = $"Start{new string('<', 100)}End{new string('&', 100)}Final";
+        var expected =
+            $"Start{string.Join("", Enumerable.Repeat("&lt;", 100))}End{string.Join("", Enumerable.Repeat("&amp;", 100))}Final";
+
+        var result = input.EscapeHtml();
+        Assert.Equal(expected, result);
+    }
+
+    [Fact(DisplayName = "Unicode characters")]
+    public void EscapeHtml_UnicodeCharacters_PreservedWithSpecialCharsEscaped()
+    {
+        const string input = "Hello 世界 <test> & 🎉";
+        const string expected = "Hello 世界 &lt;test&gt; &amp; 🎉";
+        var result = input.EscapeHtml();
+        Assert.Equal(expected, result);
+    }
+
+    [Fact(DisplayName = "String overload matches ReadOnlySpan overload")]
+    public void EscapeHtml_StringVsReadOnlySpan_ProduceSameResult()
+    {
+        const string input = "<div>Tom & Jerry 'in' \"quotes\"</div>";
+
+        var resultString = input.EscapeHtml();
+        var resultSpan = input.AsSpan().EscapeHtml();
+
+        Assert.Equal(resultString, resultSpan);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Projects/Server/Utilities/Html.cs b/Projects/Server/Utilities/Html.cs
index 91d2b6f3b..9377c7014 100644
--- a/Projects/Server/Utilities/Html.cs
+++ b/Projects/Server/Utilities/Html.cs
@@ -14,9 +14,11 @@
  *************************************************************************/
 
 using System;
+using System.Buffers;
 using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 using System.Text;
 using Server.Buffers;
+using Server.Text;
 
 namespace Server;
 
@@ -237,13 +239,70 @@ public static class Html
     [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
     public static RawInterpolatedStringHandler Right(this ReadOnlySpan<char> text) => text.Right(-1);
 
+    private static readonly SearchValues<char> _htmlSearchValues = SearchValues.Create('<', '>', '&', '"', '\'');
+
     [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
-    public static string EscapeHtml(this string input) =>
-        new StringBuilder(input.Length).Append(input)
-            .Replace("<", "&lt;")
-            .Replace(">", "&gt;")
-            .Replace("&", "&amp;")
-            .Replace("\"", "&quot;")
-            .Replace("'", "&#39;")
-            .ToString();
+    public static string EscapeHtml(this string input)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(input))
+        {
+            return input ?? "";
+        }
+
+        return EscapeHtml(input.AsSpan());
+    }
+
+    public static string EscapeHtml(this ReadOnlySpan<char> input)
+    {
+        if (input.IsEmpty)
+        {
+            return string.Empty;
+        }
+
+        int indexOfAny = input.IndexOfAny(_htmlSearchValues);
+        if (indexOfAny < 0)
+        {
+            return input.ToString();
+        }
+
+        using var builder = ValueStringBuilder.Create(input.Length * 2);
+        int lastIndex = 0;
+
+        while (indexOfAny >= 0)
+        {
+            if (indexOfAny > lastIndex)
+            {
+                builder.Append(input[lastIndex..indexOfAny]);
+            }
+
+            char c = input[indexOfAny];
+            var replacement = c switch
+            {
+                '&'  => "&amp;",
+                '<'  => "&lt;",
+                '>'  => "&gt;",
+                '"'  => "&quot;",
+                '\'' => "&#39;"
+            };
+            builder.Append(replacement);
+
+            lastIndex = indexOfAny + 1;
+            indexOfAny = input[lastIndex..].IndexOfAny(_htmlSearchValues);
+            if (indexOfAny < 0)
+            {
+                break;
+            }
+
+            indexOfAny += lastIndex;
+        }
+
+        if (lastIndex < input.Length)
+        {
+            builder.Append(input[lastIndex..]);
+        }
+
+        var result = builder.ToString();
+        builder.Dispose();
+        return result;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/Projects/UOContent/Gumps/AdminGump.cs b/Projects/UOContent/Gumps/AdminGump.cs
index e9c91dba3..00e65887d 100644
--- a/Projects/UOContent/Gumps/AdminGump.cs
+++ b/Projects/UOContent/Gumps/AdminGump.cs
@@ -4095,15 +4095,15 @@ namespace Server.Gumps
             {
                 if (x is not KeyValuePair<IPAddress, List<Account>> a)
                 {
-                    return -1;
+                    return 1;
                 }
 
                 if (y is not KeyValuePair<IPAddress, List<Account>> b)
                 {
-                    return 1;
+                    return -1;
                 }
 
-                return a.Value.Count - b.Value.Count;
+                return b.Value.Count - a.Value.Count;
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/Projects/UOContent/Mobiles/AI/AnimalAI.cs b/Projects/UOContent/Mobiles/AI/AnimalAI.cs
index 9e33414c7..5107b57fe 100644
--- a/Projects/UOContent/Mobiles/AI/AnimalAI.cs
+++ b/Projects/UOContent/Mobiles/AI/AnimalAI.cs
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public class AnimalAI : BaseAI
             return true;
         }
 
-        if (!WalkMobileRange(combatant, 1, true, Mobile.RangeFight, Mobile.RangeFight))
+        if (!WalkMobileRange(combatant, 1, false, Mobile.RangeFight, Mobile.RangeFight))
         {
             if (Mobile.GetDistanceToSqrt(combatant) > Mobile.RangePerception + 1)
             {
diff --git a/Projects/UOContent/Mobiles/AI/ArcherAI.cs b/Projects/UOContent/Mobiles/AI/ArcherAI.cs
index 6491c42d5..19e0375c4 100644
--- a/Projects/UOContent/Mobiles/AI/ArcherAI.cs
+++ b/Projects/UOContent/Mobiles/AI/ArcherAI.cs
@@ -41,13 +41,7 @@ public class ArcherAI : BaseAI
             return true;
         }
 
-        if (Core.TickCount - Mobile.LastMoveTime > 1000 && !WalkMobileRange(
-                combatant,
-                1,
-                true,
-                Mobile.RangeFight,
-                Mobile.Weapon.MaxRange
-            ))
+        if (!WalkMobileRange(combatant, 1, false, Mobile.RangeFight, Mobile.Weapon.MaxRange))
         {
             this.DebugSayFormatted($"I am still not in range of {combatant.Name}");
 
diff --git a/Projects/UOContent/Mobiles/AI/BerserkAI.cs b/Projects/UOContent/Mobiles/AI/BerserkAI.cs
index f882d6fb5..4663ae8d0 100644
--- a/Projects/UOContent/Mobiles/AI/BerserkAI.cs
+++ b/Projects/UOContent/Mobiles/AI/BerserkAI.cs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public class BerserkAI : BaseAI
             return true;
         }
 
-        if (!WalkMobileRange(combatant, 1, true, Mobile.RangeFight, Mobile.RangeFight))
+        if (!WalkMobileRange(combatant, 1, false, Mobile.RangeFight, Mobile.RangeFight))
         {
             this.DebugSayFormatted($"I am still not in range of {combatant.Name}");
 
diff --git a/Projects/UOContent/Mobiles/AI/MageAI.cs b/Projects/UOContent/Mobiles/AI/MageAI.cs
index 03fe60a6a..0ca4893e5 100644
--- a/Projects/UOContent/Mobiles/AI/MageAI.cs
+++ b/Projects/UOContent/Mobiles/AI/MageAI.cs
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ public class MageAI : BaseAI
     {
         if (!SmartAI)
         {
-            if (!MoveTo(m, true, Mobile.RangeFight))
+            if (!MoveTo(m, false, Mobile.RangeFight))
             {
                 OnFailedMove();
             }
@@ -182,14 +182,14 @@ public class MageAI : BaseAI
             {
                 RunFrom(m);
             }
-            else if (!Mobile.InRange(m, Math.Max(Mobile.RangeFight, 2)) && !MoveTo(m, true, 1))
+            else if (!Mobile.InRange(m, Math.Max(Mobile.RangeFight, 2)) && !MoveTo(m, false, 1))
             {
                 OnFailedMove();
             }
         }
         else if (!Mobile.InRange(m, Mobile.RangeFight))
         {
-            if (!MoveTo(m, true, 1))
+            if (!MoveTo(m, false, 1))
             {
                 OnFailedMove();
             }
@@ -713,6 +713,14 @@ public class MageAI : BaseAI
         }
         else if (Mobile.Spell == null && Core.TickCount - _nextCastTime >= 0)
         {
+            if (Mobile.Controlled && c == Mobile)
+            {
+                DebugSay("I should not attack myself!");
+                Mobile.Combatant = null;
+                Action = ActionType.Guard;
+                return true;
+            }
+
             // We are ready to cast a spell
             Spell spell;
             var toDispel = FindDispelTarget(true);
diff --git a/Projects/UOContent/Mobiles/AI/MeleeAI.cs b/Projects/UOContent/Mobiles/AI/MeleeAI.cs
index edf0b108e..01ef3c06f 100644
--- a/Projects/UOContent/Mobiles/AI/MeleeAI.cs
+++ b/Projects/UOContent/Mobiles/AI/MeleeAI.cs
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public class MeleeAI : BaseAI
             }
         }
 
-        if (!MoveTo(combatant, true, Mobile.RangeFight))
+        if (!MoveTo(combatant, false, Mobile.RangeFight))
         {
             if (AcquireFocusMob(Mobile.RangePerception, Mobile.FightMode, false, false, true))
             {
diff --git a/Projects/UOContent/Mobiles/AI/PredatorAI.cs b/Projects/UOContent/Mobiles/AI/PredatorAI.cs
index fe5b06a6f..5e0e01520 100644
--- a/Projects/UOContent/Mobiles/AI/PredatorAI.cs
+++ b/Projects/UOContent/Mobiles/AI/PredatorAI.cs
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public class PredatorAI : BaseAI
             return true;
         }
 
-        if (!WalkMobileRange(combatant, 1, true, Mobile.RangeFight, Mobile.RangeFight))
+        if (!WalkMobileRange(combatant, 1, false, Mobile.RangeFight, Mobile.RangeFight))
         {
             if (Mobile.GetDistanceToSqrt(combatant) > Mobile.RangePerception + 1)
             {
diff --git a/Projects/UOContent/Mobiles/AI/ThiefAI.cs b/Projects/UOContent/Mobiles/AI/ThiefAI.cs
index ff707f3df..2d67de801 100644
--- a/Projects/UOContent/Mobiles/AI/ThiefAI.cs
+++ b/Projects/UOContent/Mobiles/AI/ThiefAI.cs
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public class ThiefAI : BaseAI
             return true;
         }
 
-        if (!WalkMobileRange(combatant, 1, true, Mobile.RangeFight, Mobile.RangeFight))
+        if (!WalkMobileRange(combatant, 1, false, Mobile.RangeFight, Mobile.RangeFight))
         {
             this.DebugSayFormatted($"I should be closer to {combatant.Name}");
         }
diff --git a/Projects/UOContent/Mobiles/BaseCreature.cs b/Projects/UOContent/Mobiles/BaseCreature.cs
index f9898d6cd..eb70e8454 100644
--- a/Projects/UOContent/Mobiles/BaseCreature.cs
+++ b/Projects/UOContent/Mobiles/BaseCreature.cs
@@ -2676,19 +2676,7 @@ namespace Server.Mobiles
 
             if (Body.IsHuman)
             {
-                switch (Utility.Random(2))
-                {
-                    case 0:
-                        {
-                            CheckedAnimate(5, 5, 1, true, true, 1);
-                            break;
-                        }
-                    case 1:
-                        {
-                            CheckedAnimate(6, 5, 1, true, false, 1);
-                            break;
-                        }
-                }
+                CheckedAnimate(Utility.RandomBool() ? 5 : 6, 5, 1, true, false, 1);
             }
             else if (Body.IsAnimal)
             {
@@ -2713,19 +2701,7 @@ namespace Server.Mobiles
             }
             else if (Body.IsMonster)
             {
-                switch (Utility.Random(2))
-                {
-                    case 0:
-                        {
-                            CheckedAnimate(17, 5, 1, true, false, 1);
-                            break;
-                        }
-                    case 1:
-                        {
-                            CheckedAnimate(18, 5, 1, true, false, 1);
-                            break;
-                        }
-                }
+                CheckedAnimate(Utility.RandomBool() ? 17 : 18, 5, 1, true, false, 1);
             }
 
             PlaySound(GetIdleSound());
diff --git a/Projects/UOContent/Mobiles/Familiars/BaseFamiliar.cs b/Projects/UOContent/Mobiles/Familiars/BaseFamiliar.cs
index 3997a3856..3ecc94db2 100644
--- a/Projects/UOContent/Mobiles/Familiars/BaseFamiliar.cs
+++ b/Projects/UOContent/Mobiles/Familiars/BaseFamiliar.cs
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ public abstract partial class BaseFamiliar : BaseCreature
             Hidden = m_LastHidden = master.Hidden;
         }
 
-        if (AIObject?.WalkMobileRange(master, 5, true, 1, 1) == true)
+        if (AIObject?.WalkMobileRange(master, 5, false, 1, 1) == true)
         {
             Warmode = master.Warmode;
             Combatant = master.Combatant;