diff --git a/client/app/assets/avatars/Caydiem.gif b/client/app/assets/avatars/Caydiem.gif
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5012696
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diff --git a/client/app/assets/avatars/Ordinn.gif b/client/app/assets/avatars/Ordinn.gif
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8623e0a
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diff --git a/client/app/axios/axios.ts b/client/app/axios/axios.ts
index 3702cb1..cf2e3dd 100644
--- a/client/app/axios/axios.ts
+++ b/client/app/axios/axios.ts
@@ -29,9 +29,13 @@ export const initializeAxios = (): Promise<void> => {
         return config;
       },
       (error: any) => {
+        nprogress.done();
+        
         // if code is unauthorized (401) then logout if already logged in
         if (error.response.status === 401 && userStore.user) {
           userStore.resetUser();
+          // redirect back to home page upon logout
+          window.location.pathname = '/';
         }
 
         return Promise.reject(error);
diff --git a/client/app/components/editor/editor.scss b/client/app/components/editor/editor.scss
index ee73fa1..9ff1239 100644
--- a/client/app/components/editor/editor.scss
+++ b/client/app/components/editor/editor.scss
@@ -48,6 +48,5 @@
 
   &__error-message {
     margin-bottom: 10px;
-    color: red;
   }
 }
diff --git a/client/app/components/editor/editor.tsx b/client/app/components/editor/editor.tsx
index 95ff3ca..16c1399 100644
--- a/client/app/components/editor/editor.tsx
+++ b/client/app/components/editor/editor.tsx
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ export class Editor extends React.Component<Props, State> {
               <div>{this.state.contentCharacterCount}/2000</div>
             </div>
 
-            <div className="editor__error-message">{this.state.errorMessage}</div>
+            <div className="editor__error-message red">{this.state.errorMessage}</div>
 
             <div><label>Preview</label></div>
             <div className="markdown-container">
diff --git a/client/app/pages/forum/forum.tsx b/client/app/pages/forum/forum.tsx
index 29920d5..5e81ed1 100644
--- a/client/app/pages/forum/forum.tsx
+++ b/client/app/pages/forum/forum.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import { Link, RouteComponentProps } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { inject, observer } from 'mobx-react';
+import { orderBy } from 'lodash';
 import { ThreadService } from '../../services';
 import { Editor, ForumNav, LoginButton, ScrollToTop } from '../../components';
 import { ThreadModel } from '../../model';
@@ -8,6 +9,8 @@ import { UserStore } from '../../stores/user-store';
 import './forum.scss';
 import { Oauth } from '../../util';
 
+const stickyImage = require('../../assets/sticky.gif');
+
 interface Props extends RouteComponentProps<any> {
   userStore: UserStore;
 }
@@ -40,10 +43,15 @@ export class Forum extends React.Component<Props, State> {
   }
 
   private async getThreads(categoryId: string) {
-    const threads = await ThreadService.getCategoryThreads(categoryId);
+    let threads = await ThreadService.getCategoryThreads(categoryId);
+    threads = this.orderBy(threads);
     this.setState({ threads });
   }
 
+  private orderBy(threads: ThreadModel[]) {
+    return orderBy(threads, ['sticky', 'updated_at'], ['desc', 'desc']);
+  }
+
   onNewTopic() {
     if (this.props.userStore.user) {
       this.setState({ showEditor: true });
@@ -94,7 +102,7 @@ export class Forum extends React.Component<Props, State> {
 
   renderCell(content: JSX.Element | string, style: any, center?: boolean, header?: boolean) {
     let classNames: string = '';
-    classNames += center && ' forum-cell--center';
+    classNames += center ? ' forum-cell--center': '';
     classNames += header ? ' forum-cell--header' : ' forum-cell--body';
     return <div className={`forum-cell flex-1 ${classNames}`} style={style}>{content}</div>;
   }
@@ -102,15 +110,20 @@ export class Forum extends React.Component<Props, State> {
   renderThreadRows() {
     const categoryId = this.props.match.params['id'];
     return this.state.threads.map((thread, index) => {
+      const authorBluePost = thread.user.permissions === 'admin' ? 'blue' : '';
+      const lastReplyBluePost = thread.last_reply.permissions === 'admin' ? 'blue' : '';
+      const sticky = thread.sticky ? <img src={stickyImage} title="Sticky"/> : '';
       return (
         <div className={`forum-row ${index % 2 === 0 && 'forum-row--dark'}`} key={index}>
-          {this.renderCell('flag', { maxWidth: '50px' })}
+          {this.renderCell(sticky, { maxWidth: '50px' }, true)}
           {this.renderCell(<Link to={`/f/${categoryId}/${thread.id}`}>{thread.title}</Link>, { minWidth: '200px' })}
-          {this.renderCell(<b>{thread.user.character_name || thread.user.battletag}</b>, { maxWidth: '150px' })}
+          {this.renderCell(<b className={authorBluePost}>{thread.user.character_name || thread.user.battletag}</b>, { maxWidth: '150px' })}
           {this.renderCell(<b>{thread.reply_count}</b>, { maxWidth: '150px' }, true)}
           {this.renderCell(<b>{thread.view_count}</b>, { maxWidth: '150px' }, true)}
           {this.renderCell(
-            <span>by <b>{thread.last_reply.character_name || thread.last_reply.battletag}</b></span>,
+            <div style={{ fontSize: '8pt' }}>
+              by <b className={lastReplyBluePost}>{thread.last_reply.character_name || thread.last_reply.battletag}</b>
+            </div>,
             { maxWidth: '200px' },
           )}
         </div>
diff --git a/client/app/pages/index.ts b/client/app/pages/index.ts
index 6bba6e4..ccc1bb9 100644
--- a/client/app/pages/index.ts
+++ b/client/app/pages/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 export * from './forum/forum';
+export * from './login/login';
 export * from './home/home';
 export * from './not-found/not-found';
 export * from './oauth/oauth';
diff --git a/client/app/pages/login/login.tsx b/client/app/pages/login/login.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a0edb3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/app/pages/login/login.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import { RouteComponentProps } from 'react-router-dom';
+import { ContentContainer } from '../../components';
+import { UserService } from '../../services';
+
+interface Props extends RouteComponentProps<any> {}
+
+interface State {
+  username: string;
+  password: string;
+  errorMessage?: string;
+}
+
+export class Login extends React.Component<Props, State> {
+  constructor(props: Props) {
+    super(props);
+    this.state = {
+      username: '',
+      password: '',
+    };
+  }
+
+  private async login(event: any) {
+    event.preventDefault();
+    const { username, password } = this.state;
+
+    try {
+      await UserService.login(username, password);
+      window.location.pathname = '/';
+    } catch (e) {
+      console.error(e);
+      this.setState({ errorMessage: 'Invalid login.' });
+    }
+  }
+
+  render() {
+    const { username, password } = this.state;
+
+    return (
+      <ContentContainer>
+        <form onSubmit={e => this.login(e)}>
+          <div className="form-group">
+            <label>Username</label>
+            <input
+              autoFocus
+              type="text"
+              className="input"
+              value={username}
+              onChange={event => this.setState({ username: event.target.value })}
+            />
+          </div>
+
+          <div className="form-group">
+            <label>Password</label>
+            <input type="password" className="input" value={password} onChange={event => this.setState({ password: event.target.value })} />
+          </div>
+
+          <div className="form-group">
+            <input className="input__button" type="submit" value="Submit" />
+            <span className="red" style={{ marginLeft: '10px' }}>
+              {this.state.errorMessage}
+            </span>
+          </div>
+        </form>
+      </ContentContainer>
+    );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/client/app/pages/thread/thread.tsx b/client/app/pages/thread/thread.tsx
index bcd5c6c..09547b8 100644
--- a/client/app/pages/thread/thread.tsx
+++ b/client/app/pages/thread/thread.tsx
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ export class Thread extends React.Component<Props, State> {
   }
 
   renderUserInfo(reply: ReplyModel) {
-    const { battletag, character_avatar, character_class, character_guild, character_name, character_realm } = reply.user;
+    const { battletag, character_avatar, character_class, character_guild, character_name, character_realm, permissions } = reply.user;
     return (
       <div className="reply__user-container">
         <Portrait imageSrc={CharacterService.getAvatar(character_avatar)}/>
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ export class Thread extends React.Component<Props, State> {
           {character_class && <div><small>{character_class}</small></div>}
           {character_guild && <div><small><b>Guild: </b>{character_guild}</small></div>}
           {character_realm && <div><small><b>Realm: </b>{character_realm}</small></div>}
+          {permissions === 'admin' && <div className="blue">Admin Poster</div>}
         </div>
       </div>
     );
@@ -101,6 +102,7 @@ export class Thread extends React.Component<Props, State> {
   renderReplies(): any {
     return this.state.thread!.replies.map((reply, index) => {
       const replyDark = index % 2 === 0 ? 'reply--dark' : '';
+      const bluePost = reply.user.permissions === 'admin' ? 'blue-post' : '';
       return (
         <div className="reply-container" key={index}>
           <div className={`reply ${replyDark}`}>
@@ -124,7 +126,7 @@ export class Thread extends React.Component<Props, State> {
 
               <div className="reply__content markdown-container">
                 {this.renderQuotedReply(reply)}
-                <div dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: marked(reply.content, { sanitize: true }) }}/>
+                <div className={bluePost} dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: marked(reply.content, { sanitize: true }) }}/>
               </div>
 
             </div>
diff --git a/client/app/pages/user-account/user-account.tsx b/client/app/pages/user-account/user-account.tsx
index 01fd13e..ae28884 100644
--- a/client/app/pages/user-account/user-account.tsx
+++ b/client/app/pages/user-account/user-account.tsx
@@ -35,7 +35,10 @@ export class UserAccount extends React.Component<Props, State> {
   }
 
   componentDidMount() {
-    this.getCharacters();
+    // only load characters if user is battenet user
+    if (get(this.props, 'userStore.user.access_token')) {
+      this.getCharacters();
+    }
   }
 
   private selectedCharacter(): CharacterModel {
@@ -85,43 +88,6 @@ export class UserAccount extends React.Component<Props, State> {
     this.setState({ selectedAvatarIndex });
   }
 
-  renderDropDowns() {
-    if (!this.selectedCharacter()) {
-      return <div></div>;
-    }
-    return (
-      <div>
-        <h2>Set your default character</h2>
-        <div style={{ margin: '0 10px 10px 0', display: 'inline-block' }}>
-          <select value={this.selectedCharacter().realm}
-            onChange={event => this.onRealmSelect(event)}>
-            {map(this.state.characters, (_, realm: string) => {
-              return <option key={`realm${realm}`}>{realm}</option>;
-            })}
-          </select>
-          <select style={{ marginLeft: '5px' }}
-            onChange={event => this.onCharSelect(event)}>
-            {map(this.state.characters[this.state.selectedRealm!], (value, index) => {
-              return <option key={this.state.selectedRealm! + index} value={index}>{value.name}</option>;
-            })}
-          </select>
-        </div>
-
-        <a onClick={() => this.onSave()}>Save</a>
-        <div className="avatar-list">
-          {this.selectedCharacter().avatarList!.map((val, index) => {
-            const avatarClass = this.state.selectedAvatarIndex === index ? 'avatar-list__item--selected' : '';
-            return (
-              <div key={index} className={`avatar-list__item ${avatarClass}`} onClick={() => this.onAvatarSelect(index)}>
-                <img src={val.imageSrc}/>
-              </div>
-            );
-          })}
-        </div>
-      </div>
-    );
-  }
-
   private async onSave() {
     const { name, guild, realm } = this.selectedCharacter();
     const selectedAvatar = this.selectedCharacter().avatarList![this.state.selectedAvatarIndex].title;
@@ -160,6 +126,43 @@ export class UserAccount extends React.Component<Props, State> {
     );
   }
 
+  renderDropDowns() {
+    if (!this.selectedCharacter()) {
+      return <div></div>;
+    }
+    return (
+      <div>
+        <h2>Set your default character</h2>
+        <div style={{ margin: '0 10px 10px 0', display: 'inline-block' }}>
+          <select value={this.selectedCharacter().realm}
+            onChange={event => this.onRealmSelect(event)}>
+            {map(this.state.characters, (_, realm: string) => {
+              return <option key={`realm${realm}`}>{realm}</option>;
+            })}
+          </select>
+          <select style={{ marginLeft: '5px' }}
+            onChange={event => this.onCharSelect(event)}>
+            {map(this.state.characters[this.state.selectedRealm!], (value, index) => {
+              return <option key={this.state.selectedRealm! + index} value={index}>{value.name}</option>;
+            })}
+          </select>
+        </div>
+
+        <a onClick={() => this.onSave()}>Save</a>
+        <div className="avatar-list">
+          {this.selectedCharacter().avatarList!.map((val, index) => {
+            const avatarClass = this.state.selectedAvatarIndex === index ? 'avatar-list__item--selected' : '';
+            return (
+              <div key={index} className={`avatar-list__item ${avatarClass}`} onClick={() => this.onAvatarSelect(index)}>
+                <img src={val.imageSrc}/>
+              </div>
+            );
+          })}
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+
   render() {
 
     if (this.state.noCharacters) {
diff --git a/client/app/routes.tsx b/client/app/routes.tsx
index 530b81e..c6673ab 100644
--- a/client/app/routes.tsx
+++ b/client/app/routes.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { BrowserRouter, Route, Switch } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { Provider } from 'mobx-react';
 import { initializeAxios } from './axios/axios';
 import { Footer, Header } from './components';
-import { Forum, Home, NotFound, Oauth, Realms, Thread, UserAccount } from './pages';
+import { Forum, Home, Login, NotFound, Oauth, Realms, Thread, UserAccount } from './pages';
 import { stores } from './stores/stores';
 
 // styling
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ export class Routes extends React.Component<Props, State> {
               <Route exact path="/f/:categoryId/:threadId" component={Thread} />
               <Route exact path="/oauth" component={Oauth} />
               <Route exact path="/user-account" component={UserAccount} />
+              <Route exact path="/login" component={Login} />
               <Route component={NotFound} />
             </Switch>
             <Footer />
diff --git a/client/app/scss/style.scss b/client/app/scss/style.scss
index 5f9d8d0..761a950 100644
--- a/client/app/scss/style.scss
+++ b/client/app/scss/style.scss
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 $fontPrimary: #cccccc;
 $linkColor: #FFB019;
+$bluePost: #00C0FF;
 
 html {
   font-family: Arial,Helvetica,Sans-Serif;
@@ -103,6 +104,12 @@ span.grey {
   cursor: pointer;
 }
 
+.form-group {
+  & + & {
+    margin-top: 10px;
+  }
+}
+
 .input {
   border: 1px solid lighten(#161616, 10%);
   background-color: #161616;
@@ -157,3 +164,17 @@ div {
     height: auto;
   }
 }
+
+.blue {
+  color: $bluePost !important;
+}
+
+.red {
+  color: red;
+}
+
+.blue-post {
+  p {
+    color: $bluePost;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/client/app/services/character.service.ts b/client/app/services/character.service.ts
index 95259e9..29a1e3f 100644
--- a/client/app/services/character.service.ts
+++ b/client/app/services/character.service.ts
@@ -151,6 +151,11 @@ const avatarList: AvatarModel[] = [
     title: 'undead_m',
     imageSrc: require('../assets/avatars/Undead_male.gif'),
   },
+  {
+    raceId: 0,
+    title: 'ordinn',
+    imageSrc: require('../assets/avatars/Ordinn.gif'),
+  },
 ];
 
 export const CharacterService = {
diff --git a/client/app/services/thread.service.ts b/client/app/services/thread.service.ts
index b218f97..c03b023 100644
--- a/client/app/services/thread.service.ts
+++ b/client/app/services/thread.service.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
-import { orderBy } from 'lodash';
 import axios from '../axios/axios';
 import { ThreadModel } from '../model';
 
 const getCategoryThreads = async (category_id: string): Promise<ThreadModel[]> => {
   try {
     const res = await axios.get(`/api/thread?category_id=${category_id}`);
-    return orderBy(res.data.data as ThreadModel[], (thread: ThreadModel) => {
-      return -(new Date(thread.updated_at));
-    });
+    return res.data.data;
   } catch (e) {
     console.error(e);
   }
diff --git a/client/app/services/user.service.ts b/client/app/services/user.service.ts
index 89f1d28..dc87f85 100644
--- a/client/app/services/user.service.ts
+++ b/client/app/services/user.service.ts
@@ -6,12 +6,13 @@ import { CharacterService } from './character.service';
 
 // fetch user and store in local storage
 const authorize = async (code: string): Promise<void> => {
-  try {
-    const res = await axios.post('/api/user/authorize', { code });
-    userStore.setUser(res.data.data);
-  } catch (e) {
-    console.error(e);
-  }
+  const res = await axios.post('/api/user/authorize', { code });
+  userStore.setUser(res.data.data);
+};
+
+const login = async (username: string, password: string): Promise<any> => {
+  const res = await axios.post('/api/user/login', { username, password });
+  userStore.setUser(res.data.data);
 };
 
 const getCharacters = async (): Promise<any> => {
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ const saveCharacter = async (character: any): Promise<any> => {
   
 export const UserService = {
   authorize,
-  saveCharacter,
   getCharacters,
+  login,
+  saveCharacter,
 };