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Live Op Announcement and Schedule
In the June Event, "From the Darkest Depths", we will be conducting a series
of Live Ops which will affect the fate of each individual world of Asheron's
Call. Since the Live Ops are radically different from previous Live Ops, and
since there are worldwide consequences for success or failure, we are giving
you some information about the structure of the Live Ops in advance so that
you may prepare and plan your strategy with other members of your faction.
The Live Ops concern the conflict between the Whispering Blade and the Rossu
Morta. Both the Black Knight and Count Dardante are aware of several
crystals unearthed by the tumultuous awakening of Grael. Both sides are
unaware of the exact dungeon in which these crystals are located, however,
and are sending out scouts to find the crystal and take it for their own
side.
There are some requirements to fully participate in these Live Ops. One must
be a full Player Killer (not a Player Killer Lite) in order to enter the
dungeon where the crystal is housed. One must also be a member of either the
Rossu Morta or the Whispering Blade to return the crystal to the appropriate
faction. If you are not both of these things, you will not be able to
directly affect the outcome of the Live Op (although you may be able to help
- see below).
For your convenience, PK altars are now present in both Chapter Houses, and
will remain as permanent fixtures to more easily facilitate conflict between
either group. If you want to fully participate as a PK, you may also want to
ensure that you have equipped yourself appropriately for the conflict,
remembering that during PK, items may be looted from your corpse by your
killer. Bonded items are therefore especially valuable during PK, as is
possessing sufficient high-valued items to prevent yourself from dropping
your own armor and weapons in case of death. You may also wish to
familiarize yourself to the myriad changes that were made to Asheron's Call
in March of this year, if you have not participated in PK in a while.
If you have aversions to participating as a PK, or have not officially
joined a faction, fear not - there are ways in which you may still
participate in the Live Op. Any character may choose to help search the
landscape, notifying your chosen faction if you happen to find a portal that
has changed to only allow PKs so that the attack group from your faction can
enter it to capture the crystal inside. Members of the Rossu Morta or
Whispering Blade also remain with either the Black Knight or Count Dardante,
in hopes that they will be able to volunteer further information that you
may disseminate to your faction.
People may also express some concern as to the schedule of events. For the
format we have chosen to use and the amount of manpower needed to run this
Live Op, it makes the most sense to only run a single occurrence of the Live
Op per world. Therefore, we are trying to schedule to accommodate the
location of the majority of our player base. We believe that the 7 PM start
time will allow the greatest number of players to participate in the Live Op
for this one-time only event.
We have rescheduled the event to occur at 8pm due to player feedback.
Finally, please be aware that, with this Live Op, we are introducing a
limited amount of server divergence - depending on the performance of both
factions, either the Rossu Morta or Whispering Blade will receive a small
advantage on that server. Therefore, if you are or plan to be a member of
either faction, it is in your best interest to participate in some manner in
this Live Op. We encourage you to participate in determining the history of
your world!
World and Date
Darktide: 7/6/06
Frostfell: 6/21/06
Thistledown: 6/28/06
Leafcull: 6/22/06
Wintersebb: 6/20/06
Morningthaw: 6/19/06
Solclaim: 6/30/06
Harvestgain: 6/27/06
Verdantine: 6/29/06
All events are scheduled to take place at 7pm EST
Note: All events are scheduled to take place at 8pm Eastern time. This is
a change from the previously announced 7pm time.
Andy Cataldo
AC Community Relations
Turbine Inc.
acataldo@turbine.com
Grael's Forces Attack - June 16, 2006!
PepperMage of TD reports: "Hiya
Maggie, Just wanna let you know that Grael's shadow forces have attacked
some of the towns. I'm guessing that they are the Original Shadow Spire
towns. The baddies are all 100+ shades led by Grael's Shadow Leiutenant who
drops part of a ripped note. Also there are seemingly random portal spawns
by the craters. The notes can't be used on each other so I'm guessing
they're for use in where ever the portals take you."
Gekkonidae of LC reports: "Go to each
of the following towns/areas:
Arwic, Eastham, Khayaban, Tufa, Tou Tou, Sawato, and the area near the Dark
Design dungeon (ToD needed) at 93.6N, 44.6W.
At each of these areas/towns there are tons of mid to higher level shadows.
You will need to look for the Grael's Lieutenant Shadow (boss monster). Kill
him and loot his corpse. Each Grael Lieutenant in each of the 7 areas
mentioned above will drop a piece of a broken letter. There will be 7 pieces
in total.
Combine all these 7 pieces (they only go together one way) to make an
Untranslated Letter. Take this to Cragstone to Bretself the Translator just
outside of Cragstone. Then take the translated letter finally to Wei Jhou
and take it to Sarkin Killcane and he will give you a title (Apprentice
Shadow Hunter) and a measily 2.4 million xp.
Thanx for maintaining your site all this time Maggie...great site :)
You allow Sarkin Killcrane to examine your A
Letter.
Sarkin Killcrane tells you, "No, I can't read this.
Thankfully it's not written on the typically disgusting shadow stationary. I
would really like to know what it says though. It could hold some clue as to
what the Shadow are trying to accomplish by attacking our towns. Take it to
Bretself in Cragstone, to get it translated."
You give Sarkin Killcrane Translation of the Torn
Letter.
Sarkin Killcrane takes the letter and reads it with focused intensity.
Sarkin Killcrane tells you, "As we suspected, Grael is
behind the recent attacks on our towns. He can't even wait for his island to
resurface before resuming his murderous ways. There are some important clues
in here that will prove most useful to us. Thanks to your clever work we may
be able to predict his next move."
Sarkin Killcrane tells you, "You've proven your value as a Shadow fighter.
Here's a reward for your hard work and a new title, Apprentice Shadow
Hunter."
You've earned 2,408,933 experience.
Sarkin Killcrane grants you the title Apprentice Shadow Hunter.
Thanks also to Kalazar of SC, Alchanar of LC,
fz, angeni, taran wandereriii, bladetooth, hawkeye pierced ima enchantress
and lots of GoH people :)!
Soul Crystal of the Dark Isle!
A chill wind blows across Dereth, carrying with it
an equally chill voice. The following words echo in the wind, "People of
Dereth, I know that we have not always been allies, but now is not a time
for us to be enemies. I have sent my Emissary to the place you call 'Bandit
Castle'. There, those who are strong enough may find a path to aid in the
battle against the Black Spear, the one called Grael. Seek my Emissary and
begin the path of retaliation against one who would destroy all of us."
Kalazar of SC, and Taomagicdragon of SC report of a new Shadow portal
that opened in Sanamar (June 17, 2006). Coords are 72N, 61.9W and it drops
you at the final Grael spire attack.
Kalazar from SC reporting on the NEW live event, the shard at the end of
the 4th dungeon seems invulnerable.
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********** The report from DT: Hi Maggie. The Udnan-team on Darktide just
completed killing the Soul Crystal of the Dark Isle, a level 275
special-fragment. The quest took a few hours before we faced the
crystal, which we spent a lovely hour and a half killing (it had a lot
of health). I've included some screenshots of the action. This was the
global msg our server got when we finished the quest:
In the depths below the Temple of N'cthail,
Chrisbenn's party has shattered the Soul Crystal of the Dark Isle! The
ancient Falatacot seals fall away as the flows of magic north of
Vissidal slowly right themselves.
The reward was a "sweet" tripple-major helm called Empowered Helm of
Isin Dule. If it wasn't 15000 py value, that is (screenshots of helm
included too).
Sincerely,
shizzuh of Dynasty of Amber, Darktide server.
********** Hi Maggie
Great site. Love your work. Just wanted to share this picture with you,
thought it looked cool myself. It is the new Empowered Version of the
Helm of Isin Dule along with the Shield of Isin Dule, while wearing dyed
red Noble Armor.
The character posing is Rexor-my level 187 axer/weapon tinker/magic item
tinker.
Thanks-have a great night!
Mandax (238 life/bow mage/tank)
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********** A report from Leafcull:
Hey today they triggered a quest called the Helm of Isi Dule. Here's a
few screenies I took of the helm and one of the items used. When the
crystal dies this happens to the person who killed it "Zyz Resisted it"
Crystal of the Dark Isle smashes you for 120
points with The sundering of the crystal.
Picture 2 from Left to Right: Gothmog of Death, Kasar's Slave Denman V,
Random Magic, Valients Devil
Thought you might enjoy this :)
Denman V of LC
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Hiya Maggie!
Scotty the Handy Man of LC here. You probably have and will receive more
intricate names and globals, but this is the basis of this quest.
A global went up around 6ish, telling us to go to Bandit Castle. There we
met an NPC who directed us to a portal 5 clicks away that portalled us to
some island with a falatacot temple and tons of tendrils. On this temple
were North, West, and East Dungeons, with the Everlasting Slumber port on
the top.
First, we were required to enter East, which was filled with Debuff All
traps at every ramp, and was, in itself, a giant maze. After taking all
lefts, one could reach the bottom. I think Zyz got there first. Once more
people arrived, we killed the Queen presider by the Eastern Vault door. She
dropped a key, which opened the vault door and some rubble rock things (3 of
them spawning every 15 seconds).
We give that to the new NPC in Bandit Castle and that flags us for the West
portal. This one was pretty straight-forward. Basically, you go north at the
4 way (at drop point) and go to a ledge to a pit. This ledge also had a
dispel all, so watch out. The majority of this dungeon was levers and
buttons to open doors. Again, it's pretty straight-forward. Just keep
pulling stuff and eventually you'll get through. On one of the last doors to
open with a lever is a pressure plate in the empty room to the South. You'll
know it when you're there. Going all the way through this dungeon led to
another Queen presider, whom also dropped a key to the Western Vault. Inside
were more rubble rock things.
After portalling back to Bandit castle and giving it to NPC once more, we go
to the North. This one was all lefts, and the monsters are grouped in like
2-4's in most areas. Again, very straight forward, but LONG tunnels. At the
end, guarded by the monotonous Tendrils (those things were such a pain.
Remember to bring weedkiller) is the portal to the Everlasting Slumber.
Inside was a jump down into a dispel all ledge overlooking a pit of acid
with translucent side stepping floors like in BM3, with a big ass Soul
Crystal hovering above it. Accidentally falling down into the acid, we
discovered that it was all an illusion and there was an invisible floor
above it. Killing the crystal was another story. It probably took about
30-45 minutes, and it kept casting "Galvanic" strikes, discs, bolts, etc.
that you could not protect against. It also dispelled weapon buffs.
Upon killing that, about 50 or so shards spawned all around the pit, and
bringing these shards to the guy in Bandit Castle gives xp (I'm guessing
about 10% of level) and the helm. Oh yeah, the helm. Empowered Helm of Isin
Dule (attached pic and stats) Zyz got the global on our server.
Thanks for updating the site. Hope you haven’t gotten your baby addicted to
this yet. Wait until the age of 2 before you unleash late-night quest
sessions!
-Scotty the Handy Man of LC
********** Hi Maggie,
Here some info I hope you find usefull for the new Helm of Isin Dule quest
with my notes at the bottom.
Kiriel Shadowborn tells you, "Thank you for coming. I
feared many would not be willing to hear me out."
Kiriel Shadowborn tells you, "Grael has awakened. My lord tried to stop
this, but it has come to pass. I fear the Black Spear's rage will consume
this world, if he is not stopped. To that end, my Lord has sent me to aid
you and all those who go with you."
Kiriel Shadowborn tells you, "First, a little lesson in history..."
Kiriel Shadowborn tells you, "Long ago, Grael, the Black Spear of the
Kemeroi, chose to sleep. The place he chose to sleep was an isle north of
here, north of Vissidal Isle. His presence covered the island in Shadow, and
the isle soon came to be called the Dark Isle."
Kiriel Shadowborn tells you, "Those Falatacot who followed the Old One,
N'cthail took a chance and used ancient seals to sink the isle below the
waves. It was their hope that none would ever wake Grael and that this world
would be free of him forever. Now, however, that wish has been undone by
another."
Kiriel Shadowborn tells you, "I have been shown the path to this temple. If
the ancient stories are true, there should be a crystal in this temple to
which the ancient seals are bound. The temple is heavily defended. There are
wards that block the use of the portals to the catacombs. I've located a
tablet that will allow me to enchant you to bypass the Eastern Temple
Catacomb's wards. Go into the Temple. There is a portal to the Temple opened
at 70.4N, 50.5E. Find the entrance to the Eastern Catacombs, bring back
anything you find that may aid us further."
You give Kiriel Shadowborn Eastern Temple Tablet.
Kiriel Shadowborn tells you, "Ahh, this should
help..."
Kiriel Nightborn examines the tablet, muttering over the runes while tracing
them with a finger. A cold darkness slowly covers the runes.
Kiriel Shadowborn tells you, "Beautiful. Not everything I need to gain you
access to the crystal, but it points to the remainder of the information.
There is a second tablet in the Western Catacombs. It contains the rest of
the enchantment I need to gain you access to the crystal. Enter the Western
Catacombs, find the tablet hidden there."
Kiriel Shadowborn intones softly and a cold chill
passes over you for a moment.
Kiriel Shadowborn tells you, "There, now you can enter
the Western Catacombs. Good luck."
Kiriel Shadowborn tells you, "The second tablet. Now
we're getting somewhere"
Kiriel Shadowborn tells you, "Now, I'll be able to complete the enchantment
gaining you access to the Northern Catacombs. At the bottom of the Northern
Catacombs, you should find the gate to the crystal we seek. Find it. Destroy
it. Bring me proof of its demise, and I will reward you."
Kiriel Shadowborn tells you, "There, now you can enter the Northern
Catacombs. Good luck, and take care. The path only gets more difficult from
here."
Kiriel Shadowborn tells you, "Have you done it? I can
feel the power flowing around you. If you have proof of the crystal's
demise, please, hand it to me so that I may reward you."
You give Kiriel Shadowborn Crystal Shard.
Kiriel Shadowborn tells you, "A shard of the partially
reformed Soul Crystal..."
Kiriel Shadowborn tells you, "It is good that this crystal not be allowed to
fully reform. There is a chance, if the Falatacot and the crystal were left
alone for long enough, that they could re-sink the Dark Isle, cutting us off
from the opportunity we sought in its raising."
Kiriel Shadowborn tells you, "Tell Please, accept this humble reward for
your continued efforts to keep the Dark Isle above the waves."
You've earned 46,949,665 experience.
Kiriel Shadowborn gives you Helm of Isin Dule.
Kiriel Shadowborn tells you, "My Lord thanks you for
your aid. It should be some time before the crystal can fully reform. If you
were to return in about a month, I'd be happy to reward you with another
helm. Providing, of course, that you bring me proof of the reforming
crystal's demise."
Crystal of the Dark Isle is level 275 and weak to bludgeoning. It drops
10-12 Cyrstal Shards on death if I am not mistaken. All elements do the same
damage except lightning, was getting 0's with lightning. You will want to
use imperil and fester as it took 7 of us a while (15 - 20 minutes) to kill.
In the last dungeon (Vault of Eternal Slumber) you will have a group of
plants with a dispel trap that is on a ledge. Below is a lot of acid but
there is an invisible platform above all of the acid so you will not have to
worry about jumping down. I would recommend just killing the plants and
walking to the edge and buff then jump down just because of the dispel. We
had one person die and he was able to run to the portal to the temple and
then take the "shortcut" portal that is on top of the temple to the Vault of
Eternal Slumber. The whole quest took us a couple of hours. The first
dungeon is a maze with dispell, have fun. The 2nd dungeon is more of a
puzzle but nothing hard to figure out. It also had dispels The third dungeon
didn't have any dispels and had a couple easy trigger system (levers and
buttons). And the last duongeon I mentioned above, was very small. There are
parts where it gets a little laggy with A HUGE amount of plants. Our fellow
consisted of Mages, Melees, and an archer. We used fire mainly and wall
spells of fire to take out the big groups of plants.
Like I said above, I hope this info is useful and thanks for the webs site,
I've been enjoying it for years.
-Drink Me of Morningthaw
********** WE checks in:
Hi Maggie - love your site. We always keep you bookmarked.
Our fellow was the first to get the kill of the Soul Crystal of the Dark
Isle on Wintersebb. We had a rough time with only 8 people finishing.
"In the depths below the Temple of N'cthail, Lonely
Mage Girl's party has shattered the Soul Crystal of the Dark Isle! The
ancient Falatacot seals fall away as the flows of magic north of Vissidal
slowly right themselves. The Soul Crystal of the Dark Isle shatters,
scattering pieces all around the chamber! "
The crystal was level 275 with unbelievable health. It took forever for us
to kill it. The finishing fellow consisted of Paloma, Lonely Mage Girl,
Saiya, Cali Chronic, Casey Ray the Hero, Alderonny, Hellraizor and myself
Katlaya. Lonely Mage Girl got the kill. Also in our starting fellow were
Kalathar, Wembly Fraggle, Tidbar, & Clarian, Bester's Informant & Dark
Strength. I've attached a couple pics of
the Soul Crystal.
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********** Hey Maggie,
I was in the second group to run the Isin Dule quest and when we
finished and turned in the helmet, we received a slightly different
version than the one you have posted... turns out that everyone who ran
it first on every server received a special helm.
Here is a screenshot with the regular helm that everyone else should be
receiving. It has less AL and is missing a few spells Thanks!
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The report from Skesis of VT: "Hey Maggie, Just
wanted to let you know who the participants were that destroyed the Soul
Crystal on Verdantine.
A deep rumble shakes Dereth as the Dark Isle begins
its slow rise from the bottom of the sea.
In the depths below the Temple of N'cthail, Minnie the Minx's party has
shattered the Soul Crystal of the Dark Isle! The ancient Falatacot seals
fall away as the flows of magic north of Vissidal slowly right themselves.
Congrats to:
Minnie the Minx
Tanaga
Shadowthrone
Tudor II
Indiff's Lady
Skeksis
Gandalf Gray
El
Blac Shadow
Diddly Done Right
Vixxxen Star
.... And a most honorable mention to:
Swansong
J D the Heartless
It was a hard fight, but in the end, we still consider you as victors. Well
met. I hope I'm not forgetting anyone, but I'm pretty sure that that's
everyone."
Whispering Blade vs Morta - First Report MT
Frank the Knife of MT reports: "I was in the second dungeon and this is
the orb that droped the item to win it for the RM. Thanks."
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Whispering Blade Stomps Rossu Morta on LC!
Hiya Maggie! My name’s Scotty the Handy Man, and I participated in the
live event Thursday 22nd as a Whispering Blade.
I’ve heard mixed reports from “I hate PK so I’m not going to do this crap”
to “I’m PK, never been before, it’s cool” and so I’m not going to go into
that.
First hand report? Well, the PKs that participated from Mad Marauders (our
monarchy) all got into a fellow, as well as Xyrd (who was our non-PK fellow
scout) and Jiggi-watt. (Full fellow: Lotuana, Lor’s Gal of Death, Fyacin,
Xyrd, Vici, Jiggi-watt, Kuni Xao-ping, and I.)
Many met about an hour before it started to get the feel of PK or just to
get to know each other. And…kill each other (The Black Knight even observed,
“The people are not working together and need to be disciplined or something
to that effect). When the Black Knight did show at 8, I had all my ports and
portal gems ready and at hand. It took him a while to “summon the magics and
gather information” but he finally said Khayyaban. So we all rushed over to
Khayyaban. With GoArrow at hand, I searched the 2 closest dungeons, to find
they were not PK only. Another person of my fellow did happen to find it and
we all ran to the coords for Winthura's Garden and entered. Through this,
people were chasing down each other and killing, no matter what side.
I found that we greatly outnumbered the Rossu Morta, and there were so few,
WB vs. WB didn’t seem too out of the ordinary. Upon entering, we found the
crystal in a lame spot- in the very front of the dungeon. What was even
weirder was there were only like 8 people in there. Once the crystal
encasement died, I happened to click at the right time and got the dropped
shard. Wow! A crystal…oh yes, to the chapterhouse. I clambered for the
recall orb, though no one was there to kill me. I traded with the knight and
he thanked me. Then we waited another 5 minutes to get everyone together and
the Knight said Baishi. So we went there, and a fellow member finally found
that dungeon 2 was Trialos. Scrambling, we got there, and had a little more
people there- I’d say about 15. When it died, I surprisingly got the 2nd
dropped shard. Though this time, people were chasing me while I looked for
my recall orb. Giving the shard to the Knight, he only thanked me again. Man
of few words, man of few yards. (He was so small, many thought he was
Borolean as a child.).
The third town was Stonehold, so I summoned a portal for my fellow, and we
all got there (I got there conjoined to my fellow and I had to relog).
Eventually, our fellow found the third dungeon, The Pit, and jumping the
very bottom was that last crystal. At the very last second, one of my fellow
jumped on me, blocking my view from getting that last crystal. BUT Vici,
another of our fellow did get it, despite even more people. After he gave
the last shard to the Knight, the Knight was like “Yay” and put the full
level VII life buff crystal in the corner. Then mass interspersed killings
ensued. Though I much more preferred a title, the Knight generously
inscribed my Silveran Sword for me, likewise to Vici’s Silveran Wand. Adso
came and threatened everyone and both Admins left, nothing more. (Full
inscription: In commemoration of your skill and bravery, for retrieving two
of the three crystals we sought. May your actions always bring honor to the
Whispering Blade.)
Sadly, I did not die once that day. I got all bonded armor and weapons and
packs-worth of DIs and didn’t die once. Oh well, I felt it challenged my own
ego and wit, and was proud to have supported the Whispering Blade. I think
the Rossu Morta need more people and teamwork for next time.
I’m sorry, I always forget to take pics in the most pivotal moments. I have
3 non-descript ones. How’s the baby? Did the first words pertain to
Asheron’s Call? ;)
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Hi Maggie,
Here's a screenshot from inside Whispering Blade chapterhouse at the start
of the live event on Leafcull. Sorry about the resolution, had to turn down
graphics in game for the event. We had a LARGE turnout on Leafcull for the
WB side (only about 9 on the RM side though).
Thanks,
Schugeldson,
Proud monarch of The Protectors of the Golden Flame
Leafcull server
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Shadow Hunter Title
Hey, another quest went live tonight... this time for a Shadow Hunter,
not an apprentice shadow hunter. I haven't seen anything about it yet so I
thought I should send this -- info and a pic below.
It is completed by doing the same thing as the apprentice shadow hunter
quest, but by killing captains that are now in the towns.
You get a shadow mote from each of them and they combine to make a shadow
shard which turns in to the same NPC Wai Jhou that was needed for the
apprentice title. You keep the shard at the end though, so maybe something
else is coming up.
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The quest was led by Kalathar and Wembley fraggle, those that particpated
were myself (S A I Y A), Bester's informant, Uber Mario, Fizzy Magoo,
Clarian, Lonely Mage Girl, Cylia and Ebb Stud. Hope I got everyone!
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Sweet Little Sister of Knights Reborn, HG reports: "Just as
we were about to go on Flutterbye's Bobo run, a global went out. Grael's
forces were attacking towns. Rithwic, Holtburg and Shoushi all showed clear,
so we guessed at the towns where the Shadow Lieutenants had been. Sure
enough, we started seeing messages about Arwic being full of Shadows. Not
just Shadows, but Nightmare Shadows, Shadow Wraiths, Shadow Phantoms, Lesser
Penumbral Horrors, Void Lords and two specials: Grael's Shadow Captain,
who's just another spellsword, and the Shadow Storms overhead. Shadow Storms
are black clouds with little bits of fire showing and they chain-cast Bolt
VII and Streak VII at people. They sometimes disappear for a while, but
can't be killed.
The specific locations change, as the Captains stray further from the spire
craters than the Lieutenants did, but the rest of the mechanics are the
same. One-time-only pickup of a Shadow Mote from each Captain corpse, a
particular sequence in which they're fitted together and xp and a title
(Shadow Hunter) from that Killcrane bod in Wei Jhou. One difference is that
we still have the Shadow Shards we assembled. XP is level-related."
Sword Win says, "what we do?"
Hysteria says, "You've earned 9,047,062 experience.Sarkin Killcrane grants
you the title Shadow Hunter."
Hysteria says, "turn the shard in"
You allow Sarkin Killcrane to examine your Shadow
Shard.
Sarkin Killcrane examines the shard.
Sarkin Killcrane tells you, "This was collected
from the Shadows attacking the towns? I'm afraid I don't know what to do
with it. You should probably hold onto it though. It may prove useful."
Sarkin Killcrane tells you, "You've proven your value again. Here's a reward
for your hard work, Shadow Hunter."
You've earned 9,647,487 experience.
Sarkin Killcrane grants you the title Shadow Hunter.
Sword Win says, "to who?"
Hysteria says, "i still have it"
Bartlo says, "he does not take it so"
Norselander says, "me too"
Sword Win says, "You've earned 9,647,487 experience."
Hysteria says, "i still have mine what do we do with it?"
You say, "Exact same as me, Sword Win."
Pic Descriptions:
1. Arwic, when I first arrived. Quite the party they were throwing.
2. Lesser Penumbral Horror. They look odd in groups in the distance.
3. Dead Town Crier, with something moving under his robes.
4. Shadow Captain. That's actually my third time in Arwic, after I'd gone
back round with the big allegiance gang. I debuffed his Deception and
Willpower and still had to stare in his face to get his stats:
280/300/280/300/360/380/4000/600/620.
5. Four images of Shadow Storms, including the two through Sanamar's Shadow
Portal, with four spells in the air at once (the Whirling Blade being less
obvious than the others).
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Hello Maggie, Here is a picture I took last night of Grael's
Shadow Captain in the town of Sawato on Thistledown (June 23, 2006) with my
father Bin jo and my low level bin-jo. Hope this helps!
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Flippy of LC reports on the forum: " I
wanted to get the warning out if your not already aware.
The towns of Eastham, Arwic, Sawato, Tufa, Tuo-Tuo, and Khayaban now have
been invaded with Shadows. The Shadows range in levels of 110 to 135, led by
a Level 161 Grael's Captain shadow (boss monster). I was actually logged in
with a mule on Friday night when it started. Two seconds after everything
spawned in, I was staring at my lifestone. I then brought on my level 192
battlemage, which was logged out in the middle of town, thinking this was
going to be like last Friday. 30 seconds later looking at my lifestone, I
made the realization, that umm no this was going to be a bit harder than
last Friday.
In addition to all of the shadows in town, black clouds spawn on/off over
town and cast all 4 different elemental magics for damage on any target that
is close. So if you have low level mules logged off in the middle of those
towns, you might want to wait until the shadows go away before logging in.
As far as running the quest, it is almost the same as the one that was
posted on patch page from last Friday 6/16. The difference is when you kill
the boss, you get a shadow mote that you connect with the other 6 from the
other shadow captains in the other town (plus the one out by the Dark Design
dungeon). After you have all the pieces put together, take it to the shadow
hunter in Wei Jhou. The Shadow hunter will give you about 9 million xp and
the title "shadow hunter". He does not know what to do with all of the motes
in their finished form and tells you to hold onto them; there might be a use
in the future.
This one is a bit more difficult to do than the last one. The one from last
Friday an allegiance member and myself ran the quest separately and neither
one of us died. This one we ran together to increase our survival rate and
still managed die a total of 9 times (6 my team mate, and 3 myself). Even
though I died more than I'm used to, it was still fun. It was also fun to
find that I was not the only one dieing. There were a couple people in
general chat mentioning that even after getting the reward, it did not burn
off all of their 20% Vitae. Also at 11:30 pm PST there were still a number
of un-recovered bodies scattered through the towns.
I hope this information helps out."
Killcrane's Ally
Hi Maggie,
Love your site, use it everyday. Anyway. At 9pm a message went out saying
that Grael's Forces were attacking Wei Jou. I took my followers Kenshin the
Wanderer and Strawberry' with me and we set out running from ob rim. When we
made it close to Wei Jou, we could hear the 2 shadow hunters screaming for
help. The town was in chaos, members from 5 different guilds fought among
each other as vast amounts of high level shadows attacked everyone. The
Shadow Hunter Killcrane was trapped inside a shadow prison and a
particularly vicious monster called "Makkar" was next to him. After fighting
our way into the town cutting through shadows and Isparians, we made it to
Makkar just after he was killed and despite a lot of war spells aimed out
way, me and Kenshin managed to loot 2 of his claws. Regretfully, we lost
Strawberry' in the attack and she wasn't able to loot a claw. We turned in
the claws to Killcrane and received about 47 million xp as well as the title
"Killcrane's Ally" in return for helping save him.
Jurist of TD reports: "Well this was during the attack on Wai-Jhou... I
believe me, fist and a number of other members of Asheron's Fury were
the first there. Anyhow, I was able to get a pic of the beast.. not a
great one, but lag was very bad."
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Harvestgain's Battle
Hey Maggie! Just a Quick Writeup about
the live event. The Whispering Blade came through with a clean sweep,
gathering all 3 crystals with ease. The first two were discovered by Jade
Lady, with Dakmor Kavu finding the third. Red Norah received the crystal on
the death of the first one while Draino Foamer took both the second and
third.
As a reward the chapterhouse now has a crystal that casts full level 7 life
buffs on use.
~Dakmor Kavu, HG
Screenshots:
Whispering Blade Assembled Company
1st Crystal
2nd Crystal
Reward Crystal
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Hey Maggie!!
Always a pleasure reporting for you!! Today in the world of HG, the
Whispering Blades were triumphant over the RM. It was a great Live Event!!
It was made even better by the Leaders of both sides, they did awesome
jobs!! About 60+ people showed at the WB chapterhouse today for this event!!
It was massive!! Around 5pm pst, the Black Knight showed (attached are
pictures ). We were given clues as to where we were to be able to find the
PK only dungeons for the crystals. The first dungeon was located in Tufa,
the second was located in Nedysa Castle (sp), and the 3rd was located in
Blue Spire right at the drop. It was great fun and I definitely think we
should have more of these events!! The prize for winning the event was a
large crystal that casts all level 7 life buffs on you!! Thx again to all
who participated in this live event!! It wouldn't have been fun without
all!! Thx again Maggie for your website, I use it everyday!!
Angelina Rayne
Harvestgain
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Just wanted to do a little input in the HG event scores. WB
was about 60-70 people and RM was about 15. So we didn't loose cause we
where bad, we where just really outnumbered. We where even first to 2 of 3
dungeons!
/Lan'fear - HG
A Mercenary Reaps His
Reward on TD
Hi Maggie!
Let me first start of by saying I love your site! lol
Our first dungeon was located near Candeth Keep. I got the first crystal
after a nasty battle.... But, instead of taking it to Dardante, I kept it
and dropped it in my villa chest.
2nd dungeon was some-what close to Qual. Oro got that crystal and turned it
in for the Whispering Blade team.
Finally, the third crystal... It was out by Wai Jhou. Snore Azoroth got that
crystal for team Whispering Blade and turned it in....
Finally, after the event... As I was going to turn NPK, Count Dardante used
his magic and froze me. Then began to question me as to why I would do such
a thing to Rossu. I began to explain to him I was in the event as a
mercenary. I was a hired man to get the crystal for Chef Wubbie. The Count
then killed me twice, and told me I would be the first the darkness would
come for....
All in all, the event was amazing on TD. I got my crystal and sold it to
Wubbie. My job was a complete success.
Nastazio of TD
Chef Wubbie's Side of the Story!
Chef Wubbie reports: What was Chef Wubbie Thinking?
At first, I was against the idea of a PK only event; I joined in on the
bashing and said I wouldn't participate. The more I thought about it and
read about the event, I thought hey, why not steal the event. Myth hijacked
the Shard of the Herald event and made it last much longer than it was
expected to. I admit my knowledge of the recent story arc is sketchy, but
it's not captivated me, and from posts I was seeing not many other people.
So the 3rd Option started. I was hoping to make it clear that the players
who hadn't chosen a faction should have just as much chance to affect the
event as 2 small factions, and possibly gain a different outcome and have
real server divergence.
I posted on the Turbine boards and told them up front I was out to get
control of the event :). I also offered to give up for Pack Cows, but there
was no attempt made to bribe me. There 'might' have been some controversy
and speculation as to my real motives. The Devs finally posted in a thread
announcing that they had considered what might happen if a 3rd party won the
event, and no one working for the 3rd Option would be banned as this was a
possible outcome of the event. The idea of a 3rd Option spread to other
worlds. I don't know their outcomes; I hope they fared better. I would
really like to see the changes made to the future of that world.
The 3rd Option was unable to gain any of the 3 crystals directly, but a
4th mercenary faction was embedded in at least one of the factions and after
the event, I purchased the crystal they controlled. I was hoping that the
idea of getting something different would motivate people to try the 3rd
Option and see the different outcome. I had hoped that even having just 1
crystal would lead to new lore and quests to try to decipher its purpose and
powers. There has been a Dev statement that its useless now and just a nice
trinket to remember the event.
The upside I think for the game is how many times I had to explain the
event to people and bring people up to speed that there was a 3rd Option.
People showed a lot of interest, but due to time restraints, they were
unable to attend. There was a lot of support and several people came forward
to back my offers of MMDs to gain the crystals. I think a lot of people went
from "oh a PK event" to "hey its an event where I can do something." In the
end the WB won with 2 crystals, but history will have to record that there
was someone from MR who got the first crystal and then offered it at auction
to anyone willing to bid.
I guess a simple chef had more resources than the Count and the Black
Knight. :D
There were many people who helped me and I wish I remembered all of their
names, but they all know that they have a chef's help when they need it.
Attached please find the screenshot of my pretty green crystal. I hope
someday its made hookable. In the meantime if you'd like to see the crystal
in person, for the low low price of 5 MMDs you too can see the crystal in a
trade window! :) Hey I spent 2k MMDs... I need to recoup my investment :)
Chef Wubbie - TD - I always said I was waiting for the patch where
tradeskills would save the world... :D
The Black Knight on SC!
Kalazar of SC sends this pic:
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TheKnight of SC sends this report and log:
Hiya Maggie, hope you and your family are doing well. Here is the chat
log from the Rossu Morta Said from Friday's Live Event that was held on
Solclaim on 06-30-2006 at 8PM EST. Of special humorus note is this:
You say, "Count on behalf of the Rossu Morta I present you with this Holy
Nanner Pie. May it strike down that joke of a Queen. Just don't eat it. =)
Count Dardante says "Mayhaps I will find it refreshing, Theknight."
You say, "I live to serve"
You bow deeply.
There was humor, discipline within our ranks, emotes by the count, and just
in general a good time was had by all. Crowley, who played as Count Dardante,
did an excellent job staying in character and we had a lot of fun with this
event. Crowley even mentioned the Nanner Pie I gave him on the official
forums here:
http://forums.ac.turbinegames.com/showthread.php?&postid=293112#post293112
Crowley said: "And Theknight, thank you for the pie. It brought joy to my
black, black heart. "
Next time we Rossu Morta won't fail and of course I'll bring more snacks for
the Count to munch on. =)
Regards
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You say, "Count on behalf of the Rossu Morta I present you with this Holy
Nanner Pie. May it strike down that joke of a Queen. Just don't eat it. =)
Count Dardante says "Mayhaps I will find it refreshing, Theknight."
You say, "I live to serve"
You bow deeply.
[We started buffing/We ended buffing]
Count Dardante says, "I will relay information to your representative in the
chapterhouse as I learn more."
Count Dardante says, "The crystal has come forth. I know not where, but it
is out there."
Richard' Cypher' says, "count dardante would it be possible that i could
swear to you?"
Count Dardante says, "The crystal has come forth. I know not where, but it
is out there."
Count Dardante says, "Richard, I cannot allow myself to take direct
vassals."
Count Dardante says, "Your service to the Rossu Morta is service enough."
Jothany says, "damn roommate plugged into my phone line and "by coincidence"
i got disconnected from dsl"
Count Dardante says, "It is good that you have returned, Jothany. Your role
will be an important one."
Count Dardante says, "The crystal is out there, my minions. Seek it out, and
bring it to me. I will give out information as fast as I get it."
Count Dardante says, "I should have more information... soon, Jelly Belly."
Count Dardante says, "Keep your heads up, Rossu Morta. I would be most
disappointed if the fight went out of you."
[We lost both crystals to the whispering blade by this point, but where
determined to get the last one.]
Count Dardante says, "It is close! The third crystal arises! Bring it HERE!
Bring it NOW!"
Count Dardante says, "Toss your weak Asheron to the side and embrace the
darkness. Embrace...killing...and you can approach the crystal. I'll try to
find it as before, but YOU must take it and bring it here."
Count Dardante says, "Has Jelly Belly left us?"
Count Dardante says, "Country Evil, do it for vengeance if not for anything
else."
Count Dardante says, "Well... Do not let me stand in your way then."
Count Dardante says, "I will give you as much information as I can, as soon
as it comes to me, Jelly Belly."
Count Dardante says, "Sort yourselves out, Rossu Morta."
Count Dardante says, "I am closing in on the third town."
Count Dardante says, "Seek it out near Shoushi! To Shoushi!"
Count Dardante says, "I leave the discipline to you to handle yourselves."
Count Dardante says, "Trade it to me, Richard."
Count Dardante says, "*shakehead*"
Count Dardante shakes his fist.
Count Dardante taps his foot.
Count Dardante says, "Trade it to me Richard."
Count Dardante says, "Well done. We have salvaged some honor of this night."
Count Dardante says, "I cannot reward you as richly as I am sure the Black
Knight will reward his lackeys."
Count Dardante says, "I will give you something to remember this night by."
Count Dardante gives you Orb.
You say, "I hope it's an autograph of the count"
Jelly Belly says, "It is."
You say, "thank you count"
Count Dardante says, "I will take care of your vitae, but you should remove
all your armor."
Count Dardante says, "My spell will remove all your enchantments."
Count Dardante says, "All who need vitae removed, follow me to the archery
range. And form a line."
Count Dardante says, "Remove anything that bestows enchantments."
Scathe says, "You're a cool guy Count, if not a tad pervy."
Count Dardante says, "Turn to your left and cough."
Count Dardante says, "All who have been dispelled, please step away."
Count Dardante says, "Are there any others who require me to remove their
vitae?"
Count Dardante says, "Are there any who have not received an orb from me?"
You say, "Count what is the status of Grael, is he roaming the land as we
speak?"
Count Dardante says, "Theknight... I should not speak of the Black Spear.
All will be revealed in time. Trust me on this."
Tarin Mage says, "who is the leader of the other faction?"
You bow deeply.
Tarin Mage says, "the black knight?"
Count Dardante says, "The Black Knight? He is the Bloodless Queen's whelp."
Alex the great' says, "count will tjhere be another pk event like this?"
Theknight thinks The Black Knight smells of
Elderberries and Hearing
Count Dardante says, "I know not what the future holds, Alex."
Count Dardante says, "If there are no others who require vitae dispelled, I
must be on my way. I am disappointed in your execution, but I cannot fault
your dedication."
Rage of Mages says, "Count, it is a pleasure to serve you."
Rage of Mages says, "May we show more resolve next time."
Rage of Mages kneels low.
You say, "We will try harder next time master. Have a safe trip home and
make sure and kick any chickens you see along the way."
Count Dardante says, "I have faith, Rage of Mages."
Count Dardante says, "Blood and fire, my friends. Blood and fire."
Count Dardante is recalling to the lifestone.
Richard' Cypher'says, "wheres his ls lol"
You say, "on the moon"
You say, "in apt number "
You say, "who knows heh"
Squire of the Golden Flame!
Bar none of HG reports: "Maggie we went to Arwic when the town criers
said the shadows were retreating into their portals and we were winning and
found a progressive spawn. We cleared it until a Grael Capt. spawned. Upon
dying he opens a portal which we took to find shadows and mukkir and a Boss
which dropped a piece of a strange device. Going to all 7 spire towns and
repeating this, we created a device into which fit last week's shadow shard.
The device is inert, but Sarkin Killcrane gave about 13.7Mxp and a title of
Squire of the golden flame. Our fellowship: Bar none, Uccello, Pure evil,
Tlosk, Halas Dremion."
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Hey Maggie - love the site!
Been around since Dec 1999 but have taken several breaks in between ... just
got back to AC couple months ago :) Yesterday I was in Arwic, alone,
wondering how fast this twisted shadow would send me to the LS when all of a
sudden a group of 25 or so came in and started clearing everything. I joined
them and made it through 5 of the 7 towns (only missing Tufa and Sawato
which I have no idea how I'm going to get now) - anyway along the journey I
took several pics and got some awesome views I thought I would share with
you. Hope you find them useful.
Take Care
Reven of LC
The Report From Darktide!
Endrin the Mercenary reports: "Hi Maggie, When the live event started, me
and my follower Kenshin the Wanderer recalled to the whispering blade house.
There were a lot of people there. We made 3 fellowships and the Black Knight
told us to first search near Stonehold. I found the dungeon first; it was
Muck Warrens. It took a long time to locate the crystal inside. Just as the
crystal was destroyed, the Rossu Morta showed up and attacked. Someone in
the WB managed to take the crystal and get back to the chapterhouse,
although I'm not sure who.
The Black Knight informed us the second crystal was near Sawato and joked
about what a nice town it was. Me and Sly Xaojin made it to the dungeon at
about the same time. It was a temple of some kind, I don't recall which one.
We made it to the crystal and killed it before the Rossu Morta even got to
the dungeon. I took the crystal back to the Black Knight and got a nifty
inscription on my shield.
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The third crystal was in the Renegade Incursion dungeon by Teth. I was
the third or forth person there. I died at the crystal in the ensuing chaos
as the Rossu Morta and Whispering Blade made it there at about the same
time. The Rossu Morta took the crystal, but it never made it into the hands
of Count Dardante as reports say he was killed by members of the Rossu Morta
in his own chapterhouse. Many spies and traitors also attempted to kill the
Black Knight during the battle for the crystals. Rob the Hand killed many
members of the Whispering Blade inside the chapterhouse with ravens fury.
Kenshin the Wanderer valiantly defended the Black Knight against multiple
foes. After the crystals, Adso showed up to talk to the Black Knight. As
Adso attempted to depart, however, he was killed by Circa Survive. All in
all, it was a very long, hard and confusing battle, but the Whispering Blade
prevailed on Darktide!"
Thanks to Kenshin the Wanderer for additional pics!
Shadow Vortex!
Jin Saotome of MT reports: "Heya Maggie! The live event in Arwic hit!
The Shadow Breach appeared, some sort of portal in the middle of Arwic's
crater surrounded by vicious Murkkir and a Makkar. We killed them and they
dropped "Necklaces of dark rage". Nobody could get into the portal, however!
I figured it out; you equip the necklace and then use the portal, like your
Whispering Blade/Rossu ring to enter a chapterhouse. I was all alone,
dropped into a bunch of Void Knights and Wretcheds till I told the rest of
my team how I got in, heh. We all traveled down to the bottom where a level
999 Shadow Vortex was waiting. It does MASSIVE Bludgeoning damage and shoots
spells at you. Some people got 1-hit by its physical attack. It did over
200+ to me and I had to back up, thank god it doesn't go anywhere. Once
defeated, a gateway opened up that led back to the Arwic Crater. We were
victorious! Here's some pics!"
He adds: "Maggie, me again! Turn in your inactive device to Rordian
Nightbane and show him an amulet. he gives you Grael's Claw! Show the amulet
to Sarkin and get the new Knight of the Golden Flame title and tiered XP!"
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Pics from SC courtesy of Kalazar of SC and Mordred the
Black!
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HG reports: "This is ongoing right now as acclient.exe just encountered a
problem and needed to close. *whimper*
The Vortex got hammered down well enough, although it's got a Tentacle-style
melee attack that took out a few people who went into the Pit. Its death
spawned the teaser pic and a new type of those ugly black things, from whose
corpses can be looted an amulet. You have to wear that amulet to go through
the new portal. You can take it off again once inside. We're not sure what,
if any difference that makes."
- Sweet Little Sister, Knights Reborn, Harvestgain.
Thanks also to Mark of FF!
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