The Cure.

I heard a rumor about a new camp been build at the fisherman village north of the Royal city in Ter Mur.

When we arrived at the camps we saw this disturbing sign at the entrance.

Quarantine area!

I had to go in to see what was going on.

What i saw was very disturbing!

I noticed some very sick gargoyles walking around the camp.

Inside the buildings there where a lot of working places that where set up as a alchemy workbench.

Looking trough the camp i saw mysterious person.

When i came closer he asked if i could help him and gave me two books.

I started to read the documents the mysterious healer gave me.

A plea for help

By (unknown)

Greetings Traveler!

I am overjoyed at your willingness to assist these afflicted gargoyles.

It is without question that your action are virtuous and I commend thee.

Fortunately I have been able to work out the basic reagents needed in the preparations of the cure.

Firstly you will require the Cuticle Sac of a Terathan as a binding agent.

These can be found on Terathan creatures within their keep on the outskirts of Papua.

Secondly, to combat the foul taste of the preparation you will require vanilla.

Vanilla can be found on various paragon creatures in Ilshenar, or those with a green thumb the raw plant can be cultivated from seeds found on creatures deep within the Exodus dungeon.

Third, in order to create the necessary solvent to dissolve the healing attributes of the cure you will require Raw Yeast.

Raw Yeast is often carried by Orcs as a common cooking ingredient in their foul tasting breads!

Fourth as sustenance for the Raw Yeast you shall require Sugar.

Sugar can also be found on Paragon creatures in Ilshenar.

For the horticulturist raw sugar cane can be cultivated from seeds found on Juka Magi,Kappa, or Plague Beasts.

Finally, you will require Blightborn Slime as a means of building immunity to this horrible blight.

My research indicates the slimes occur naturally within the depths of the Britain Sewers.

And the swamp south of Destard.

Once you’ve collected the reagents your task is to assist the the preparing the cure.

While the reagents necessary will always be the same, the combination in which they are to be used changes with each attempt at the reaction.

Succeed in determining the combination and your reaction will yield the cure!

Turn in your prepared cure in to me so that I can see that it is delivered to those afflicted .

For your assistance in this matter Queen Zhah has authorized unlocking the Royal Vault and as such should you be among those who turn in the most cures you shall be eligible for reward.

I thank thee again for your assistance. Only together and united shall our effort result in success, so that we may see the end of this horrid Blight!

I know now what i had to do.

When i got home i send out several of my friends to the location to collect the ingredients and i asked Scorpio to start growing a lot of Vanilla and Sugar as he can.

It is a good thing he already stocked up a big load on them.

I talked to several Grandmaster Alchemists to go to the camp side to try to make the cure.

Bochel, Jessica Slyfox and Seinentai gathered the reagents they had and traveled as fast as they could to the camp.

They all took a place at one of the alchemist workbench.

Before they started they read the second book i had received.

Laboratory Procedure

By (unknown)

Once you have collected the necessary reagents you may attempt to decipher the combination of each reagent necessary for the cure.

To begin your work visit the makeshift laboratories setup in the buildings here.

There, you will find a laboratory bench.

Of particular note the Flask, Heating Stand, and Tongs.

To add reagents, double click the flask.

You may add up to three of each reagent, and must add at least one of each reagent.

To empty the flask and get back the reagents added, double click the tongs.

When you are ready to test your combination use the heating stand.

You will begin the heating the contents and the numbers of correct reagents will be returned to you.

With each guess the reaction will become increasingly unstable, until ultimately if you do not succeed at preparing the cure, the reaction will catastrophically fail.

The combination of reagents changes with each success , and each catastrophic failure.

The alchemist knew now what to do and started to combine the reagents.

At first they had no idea what combination would be a good one.

It looked not easy to find the right combination.

Several flasks even blew up in their faces.

But my friends new that many lives dependant on their knowledge of alchemy.

Step by step they came closer to the right combination.

And then after some time…

Eureka!

A combination was found and poured in to a bottle.

Bochel ran to the Mysterious healer to give him the first bottle of the cure.

The healer was very happy to see this cure!

This was just the first bottle of many needed.

I will send all my friends out to gather as many reagents they can and ask my alchemist friends to work on as many bottles of cure they can.

New Frarc, Drachenfels News reporter.

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The Scores have been updated: June 27th 2012

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Call to Arms!

It was time to join Lord Dupre to fight and free Ver Lor Reg from the mechanical monsters.

It took only a short time before a army gathered around Dupre’s tents.

All of them were armed to the teeth and even the teeth were armed!

Ready to join Lord Dupre.

Dupre started his speech:

-“Good evening my brave warriors,

Today we going to free Ver Lor Reg from all evil!

I am happy to see so many of you here.

No more words! Let’s go to reclaim Ver Lor Reg!

No Mercy! We have to kill all enemies, without exception!

For God and fatherland!”

A gate opened and took us to the Center of Ilshenar near the steps to Ver Lor Reg.

We could not take the stairs to the town.

We had to go around trough the exodus dungeon.

We fight our way trough several minions .

At the west side a wall blocked our way.

Dupre told us to take it down.

There was a secret passage that would take us in the city.

Dupre uncovered it so we could make it trough.

The town or what was left of it was completely changed.

It was changed by the mechanical creatures.

Walls blocked our way, Dupre ordered us to take them down.

We had no idea what to expect when we go trough the wall.

More walls where blocking our path.

We could hear sounds behind these walls.

We had to get trough them and kill whatever was hidden behind it!

One by one we took down the walls and killed all the mechanical creatures.

Everyone fought really well and it seemed that this battle would be over before we knew.

It was a bit easy…. maybe too easy.

When we thought we had kill every mechanical creature a loud roar came from behind me!

I looked back and up and saw this huge half daemon half mechanical monster standing above me.

EXODUS!

I saw the fear in the eyes of my friends around me.

This was not looking good!

He took a swing at me and i tried to block him with my shield.

But  the force was so hard i flew several meters back trough the room.

Never have we encountered something this powerful.

I had so much pain, it was like every bone in my body was broken.

A rain of spells fell from the sky and i saw people dieing all around us.

Would this be our end?

Maybe this was the battle too many…

My friend Alia picked me up, “Get on your feet ,Knight!” she said.

She kept shooting arrows at him while she was helping me.

I looked around me but no matter how impossible this fight seemed to be, tamers kept sending there pets on him.

Spells and arrows kept flying around.

Everyone did what they been ask to do, defeat this evil!

We had to stop him now!

Or die trying!

This was the hardest battle we have been in.

But our persistence was bigger then the fear of death.

And after a while we started to get the upper hand.

We can defeat him … and we did!

When Exodus fell you can hear the cheering all over Ver Lor Reg!

Lord Dupre was pleased to see this great victory.

We where rewarded with a scroll of valiant commendation.

Dupre took us back to the Honor moongate of Ilshenar.

-“Very well, we killed Exodus!

And look what i found on him!”

We all got a copy of the journal.

-“We achieved a great victory today!

I have to thank you all for this!

The time has come to return to Britannia!

And it pleases me that it began with such great victory!”

But when Dupre wanted to enter the moongate, something very strange happened!

-“What happened to the moongate?

For sure it has to do with the death of Exodus!

The energy streams which we provoked with the death of Exodus corrupted the moongate!

Please follow me!”

Dupre took us out of Ilshenar with a gate to his camp.

After thanking us all again he left to get some rest.

We all had to go home and rest after this hard and long battle.

But i could not sleep before i read this weathered journal.

A Weathered Journal

By Lord Blackthorn

*This journal appears to be ancient, and has many gaps throughout; Only a handful of entries are still intact, and they seem as if they may not even be in order haphazardly written.* It vexes me greatly that even now, in my friends absence, still the throne has not been rendered unto me as should be my right. It is not as if I expect to hold the position forever, but in the absence of Cantabrigian someone is needed upon the throne to hold the realm together. I fear that if there is no ruler, that we shall fall like chaff and Ive yet to see any others who think themselves capable as rulers; perchance it is only a matter of time but as I’ve written this waiting vexes me.

In the course of my friend’s quest to reunite the shards, despite my misgivings about his plan and all the consequences it entails, I felt that it would be entirely idiotic of myself not to perform more research upon some of the magicks that Nystul and Cantabrigian’s claim will be utilized. Much of it seems somewhat similar to Gilforns research, but he prattled on about using my connection with Cantabrigian to try and force Nystul to tell him everything he knew. It seems that Nystuls distaste for me is more of a private matter than I imagined, or Gilforn would probably not have bothered asking.

A few assurances that Id try however, and he told me more about moongates and the teleportation technology than anyone but perhaps Nystul and the Stranger know. He was particularly interested in using moonstones in the process of creating permanent moongates. I feel that had I continued to ask questions, he may have spoken to me until both of us died of old age; I wonder if he is not obsessed over it in the same way that Anon is with those mongbats of his. Hopefully Heckles has had some success with speaking with Chuckles about the current state of things with Nystul, and if not, I can at least send him to the Lycaeum to pick up some more research materials for me.

This new land that theyve discovered could hold untold levels of power, but its most peculiar that it already contains shrines to the virtues and even a shrine to the idea of Chaos. Imust admit that I am at a loss as to what to make of such a thing. I have theories butis this Ilshenar the ruins that is left of a Sosaria, fallen prey to ever escalating fighting between the zealous forces of those who followed my philosophies and those who followed my friends? A world where Chaos was incorporated into the virtues? Or a place that somehow, by its own means, came to the same virtues we have and the idea of chaos entirely on its own and developed? Or could it be something even more fantastic than I could possibly imagine? I find myself stricken at once with anticipation and anxiety, curiosity and dread, and while I hope that this land will hold enlightenment to a great many thingsI fear that like our own, there may lurk untold horrors within its depths.

I have discovered somethingsomething drastic and terrible. A creature that goes by the name Exodus. I can tell that its power is familiar to me, and it reeks of Minaxs power and yet is subtly different but worse, I can sense just how powerful this Exodus is. Without Cantabrigian here I dont know who I can trust with this information; Nystul and Dupre have rarely ever been fond of me. There is a possibility though if only I can secure what I need. The creature thinks itself powerful enough to offer me Sosaria under my rule…but it means to do so by conquest. Any who read my political call to anarchy would know that freedom is something I believe all should have and exercise but I think I can convince this monstrous being otherwise and perhaps by tricking it, put myself in a position to stop it. I have already led it to believe I will return to it and allow it to place me into a different body some hideous amalgamation of flesh and machine. It then returned me to my own castle to prepare myself for conversion, but I know what I have to do.

I dont have much time as the creature expects me to return or will spirit me away again at anytime; at great expense and effort I managed to trace the flow of the spell used to summon me and correlate it with Ilshenars known geography to locate where this creature seems to be drawing power from. By removing or destroying this area, I should render it incapable of such feats, but I have no idea how well it can detect these things. In a position where all choices are fraught with danger, I can only choose the one that presents the least to the lands even if it may present the most to my own person. I may not be as powerful a mage as Nystul, but I have not let him far surpass me either. Gilforns ideas of moonstones, perhaps combined with blackrock and my own abilities its possible. It was difficult to obtain blackrock, but Heckles didnt fail me and nor has he ever. I hope that he realizes how essential his services were. If I cannot eliminate Exodus entirely and still have access to the blackrockthen I will destroy everything I can to prevent it from manifesting.

 New Frarc, Drachenfels News reporter.

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Rallying.

We where a bit surprise to hear that Lord Dupre himself wanted to have a meeting with us to plan to retake Ver Lor Reg.

We been given the coordinates of his camp northeast of Trinsic at: 97`1S; 25´26E

Mages casted several gates from Britain, Luna and the counselors hall directly to the camp.

We where curious to hear what Dupre wanted from us.

A large crowd gathered around the camp when eventually Dupre appeared from out of one of the tents.

It was for the first time many of us met this legendary warrior.

The people went silence when Dupre started his speech.

-” Good evening folk of Sosaria,

I am proud to see many faithful warriors here!

Welcome!

These days Sosaria is an unsafe place.

But now …  With this gathering we build the axis against the evil!

The situation in Ver Lor Reg is horrible,

but after a few days of scouting I am sure we can handle this!

With your help we will be able to get the evil out of Ver Lor Reg!

My plan is to attack the enemy next Sunday at 20:30 CEST!

The enemy will be very surprised about our attack…

and that’s what the most important point for our attack is…

the moment of surprise!

We will meet here in my camp next Sunday at 20:30 CEST!

I will instruct my mages to provide the same moongates like today.

Please try to bring as many of your friends as possible.

I expect anyone here who is able to hold a weapon!

The gender and the age do not matter!

For today we had enough about the war and the bad proceedings on Sosaria!

How ever…

now it’s time to celebrate the gathering of such honorable folk!

Meat and drink for my brave warriors!”

Dupre passed around the ale and meat but some of us had questions..

What to expect to find in Ver Lor Reg?

More mechanical creatures?

Ones again we all facing a hard battle…. and i fear several of us won’t return after the fight.

But we have to fight and free Ver Lor Reg…. or die trying….

After all the questions been answered Lord Dupre thanked us and left back to his tent.

We better rest well and prepare ourself for next Sunday!

New Frarc, Drachenfels News reporter.

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Sleeping Hamsters.

A strange stone appeared at the Luna Moongate.

And at the Ocllo Bank.

When touching the stone it gives a strange gift of a sleeping hamster!

I took this fellow home and left him to sleep on my bench.

I have been told the strange stone will only be at the Luna Moongate until Friday.

So anyone who wants a cute little hamster go and touch the stone and maybe collect a few extra for some friends as a gift who can not make it in the next days.

New Frarc, Drachenfels News reporter.

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Drachenfels Sports Report

The Scores have been updated: June 20th 2012

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The Gauntlet Returns!

We would like to invite all adventurers for a trip to Dungeon Doom to fight in the Gauntlet!

On  Saturday the 16th of June.

Leaving around 20:30 CEST on top of West Britain Bank!

Be there!

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Drachenfels Sports Report

The Scores have been updated: June 13th 2012

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History.

For many years , people have build houses and rebuild them or move to other house location.

But some houses been at the same place for years.

Those people have been rewarded with a special banner.

I wanted to show a few of those we found.

These are just a handful of houses who received the lovely banner.

And in the name of all the people of Drachenfels who received them, i would like to thank Mesanna to make time to place them.

New Frarc, Drachenfels News reporter.

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