The Nexus.

I was walking around Britain when i noticed this strange note on a wall.

When i arrived at the saloon i noticed several people going down to the cellar.

I was curious what was going down there.

When i was down the cellar i saw a strange figure in one of the rooms.

I had to see what he was up too…

– Greetings!

– ‘Alloa ‘Alloa ,what ‘ave we ‘ere? Wha’ ken ol’ Slim do fer ya?

– You are Slim?

– Tha’ be ma name, it be. Ya ain’ no bleedin’ guard,are ya?

– I am No Guard!

– Good,  Good,… Ya buyin’ or sellin’ then? ‘fraid I ain’looking’ fer much, but got. plen’y

– I am Buying.

– Now ya talkin’, but talkin’s easy…an’ free. Tell ya wot tho’…listen close, aye?

– Aye!

– Ya han’ over some gol’ an’ Ah’ll poin’ ya ta what everyone’s on abou’. Deal?

– It is a Deal.

– Well,lad, it’ll lead ya ta where ya wan’ ta go …but ya got ta pay. *rubs hands together*

*Gives Slim a pouch with 5000 gold coins*

– Grammercy, grammercy…Maps in tha box by tha wall.Ya follow it…

I took one of the maps from the box behind Slim.

It was a map of Ver Lor Reg.

I noticed a red X on the North West corner of the map.

I traveled as fast i could to the town.

The map pointed me to a smith shop.

When i went upstairs i noticed a rope leading into a big hole.

When i climbed down the rope i found myself in Exodus dungeon.

I know i have to be careful in here.

All kind of dangerous creatures dwell this place.

But there where strange devices around i never seen before.

They seemed to be broken.

When i stepped closer one of the exodus minions attacked me.

After i killed it i found a strange mechanical component on his corpse.

I had no idea what it was so i decided to take this with me and let my friend Bochel had a look at it.

He is used to tinker with all kinda things.

In a corner i saw toolkit and a journal from someone named Callie

I started to read the journal and it seems that Callie must have been here for days.

Journal:

Its been what seems like weeks since I have seen daylight.

I can no longer stand the isolation of this dark place, but my work here is paramount.

If what the fence says is true, there are untold riches to be uncovered from the machines with this mechanical citadel.

 My time has not been without peril, as I dodge attack daily from all manner of mechanical beast.

 I think though, I may have made a breakthrough!

 These bizarre tripods seem to be in a state of disrepair.

 I was able to fashion some tools from the corpse of one of the metallic behemoths.

Luck would have it these instruments allowed me to interact with these strange tripods!

Upon further examination it seems the intricacy of the circuitry varies but the outcome is always the same – when the correct circuit is connected the machine whirs to life and a small card is ejected.

For days I pondered the use of such an item until I discovered a likely recipient for such a thing.

I began feeding cards into the receiver, but to no avail, until without warning, I fed a card into the machine as I’d done previously and it came to life!

What I am to do with the result of such a task is yet unclear, but it would seem…

*the rest of the journal has rotted away*

After reading the journal i went to my friend Bochel to see if he could make me one of these tools.

After some tinkering with the mechanical components he made me a exotic toolkit.

I thanked him and i headed back to the Exodus dungeon.

I used the toolkit on one of the tripods and a circuit board opened.

I seen similar devices in the underworld and i know they can give a shocking experience if you not careful with these boards.

After several attempts it looks like i fixed the Nexus device.

A strange card came out of it.

I tried several more and collected more of these cards.

Near Callie’s journal i saw a another strange device where these card seem to be fit in.

Not much was happening at first but after entering about fifty cards a deed came out.

I was curious what this deed was for.

When i used the deed on the roof a Nexus magically appeared.

Its not something i have seen before and unlike the one in Exodus dungeon this one is in perfect working condition.

But what is it for?

New Frarc, Drachenfels News reporter.

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Easter Bunny.

EM Borbarad surprise us yesterday with a small visit at the counselors hall.

And he got a small surprise with him.

He placed on a table a Mutated Easter Bunny statue.

He gave us a little bit of time to touch the statue for a small Easter gift.

It was a cute little basket with two bunnies inside.

I would like to thank the UO team and the EM team for this small gift from all the people of Drachenfels.

And a Happy Easter To Everyone!

Before EM Borbarad left he said he would return with more of these gift in the next days.

So keep a eye on chat and the Easter bunny!

New Frarc, Drachenfels News reporter.

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Britain Burns! 

How is it possible we could not see this coming?

We have been fighting all night in the city against many city rioters.

West-Britain is overrun by them.

The city guards have there hands full on fighting the rioters.

There are just too many!

We tried to defend the town together with the guards.

We are loosing the town…….

I can’t believe they blew it up!

It all started yesterday evening when Elesil wanted to investigate the incidents in Britain.

Britain had raiders just like the other towns but nothing we could not control with arresting them.

But a few days ago some mysterious kegs appeared around West-Britain.

It seems that the kegs where made in Ver Lor Reg, the gargoyle city in the center of Ilshenar.

Elesil was right to go there first to know more about this kegs.

We had no time to loose so she quickly opened a gate to the entrance of the city.

In the city we found a gargoyle named Vral.

Elesil questioned him in a old language about the kegs.

Elesils face turned a bit pale when he told her what happened.

She translated what Vral told her.

It seems the kegs where made to blow up the rocks that where blocking the passages in central Ilshenar.

But the kegs been stolen by humans and they had only evil intention to use them.

But even worse…. they where planning to use the kegs today!

We had no time to loose to head back as fast as we could back to the capital.

But when we arrived hundreds of city rioters where all over the town.

We only had one choice…. fight!

They where everywhere!

Near the bank, in and around the castle,the docks, just everywhere!

We fought as well we could but some parts of town where already burning.

We did what we could to save the town,  then suddenly we heard a heavy explosion.

It came from the north.

We kept fighting towards Lord Blackthorns Castle.

When we arrived we saw what damage the kegs could do.

They blew up the bridge to the castle.

These kegs have a devastating power and there still many around the town.

If they use them they can blow up Britain.

Are we facing another Magincia?

Elesil asked us to keep defending the town while she investigate more whats going on.

As soon she knows more she will call on our help.

In the meantime we defend Britain and warn everyone to avoid West-Britain and all the bridges to East-Britain.

I hope help arrives soon, its going to be a long and bloody night here in town!

New Frarc, Drachenfels News reporter.

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Easter Fire.

Original Post by Yders Ap Thul

UOB Event Forum

Hail thee!

The Council of Yew presents an Easter fire at Easter Monday (9-4-2012) in the Council of Yew City start at 8pm CET with the help from EM Borbarad.
We arrange an egg search through Yew and give away some nice prices for the winners.
We serve food and drinks and hope a few people will find the way to us!
Happy Easter !!

Das Council gibt bekannt das am Ostermontag ab 20 Uhr auf der Council Lichtung ein Osterfeuer mit Hilfe des EM stattfindet.

Desweiteren organisieren wir eine Ostereiersuche die natürlich nachher auch prämiert wird.

Für Speisen und Getränke ist gesorgt.

Wir freuen uns auf zahlreiches Erscheinen.

Frohe Ostern !

The Council of Yew Village can be found South East of Yew.

Just follow the road out of Yew and get straight in town.

Or Just use the Teleportation Hub in New Magincia.

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The Fisher’s Rest.

I was invited in the opening of the new establishment The Fisher’s Rest.

But because of the situation in the towns i asked my good old friend Captain Seoman to have a look.

I knew he would not refuse a task like that knowing that there was free drinks to get.

When i looked at his notes this morning it seems that he had too much of the aquavit they gave him.

It is a good thing i can understand his gibberish a little.

The Fisher’s Rest can be reached easily with using the pink teleporter at the teleportation hub in New Magincia.

When arriving at The Fisher’s Rest i was welcomed by Elise the Saint and Thomas Tew.

They know how to treat a guest and gave me a bottle of aquavit.

It was no rum but at least we would not get a dry throat here.

More guests arrived slowly while i was running out of booze.

Elise was very nice and gave me two more bottles.

Some other guests where clearly landlubbers and tree huggers who could not hold there liquor!

Elise told me the idea of her shop.

Its not just a shop where you can buy fish pies and all kinda fish on the roof.

You can also buy everything you need for pirating or hunting pirates.

It has a nice inn too where you can relax and tell fish stories after a day of hard work.

In the corner you can find a handy MIB library.

This place also have a handy new feature.

It has a market where you can exchange your fish.

Some of us fisherman and woman have big fishmonger orders and have a hard time to get the right fish.

In the Fisher’s Rest you can trade your fish for the same type of fish you need.

The Market and the Inn are open every Wednesday from 8pm to 10pm CET for trading.

But trades can also be done every day.

Just buy a order book from Annabell the broker and leave your desired fish and amount in the book with your name and leave it in the mailbox.

They will complete your order as quickly as possible and contact you trough  general chat.

And of course not just fisherman and woman are welcome to have a drink in the Inn.

The Fisher’s Rest will be very helpful for all of us who wants to complete all those fishmonger quests fast!

New Frarc, Drachenfels News reporter.

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The Gardens of Drachenfels.

Part 4

On this April Fools’ Day we are not here to make any jokes with the next selection of wonderful gardens.

The creativity of certain people can result in marvelous creations.

I hope the next five gardens i selected can give you a smile on your face!

A fine selection if i may say so myself.

I hope the gardens of Drachenfels gave you some inspiration.

And if you are lucky, your garden will be next when the gardens of Drachenfels returns!

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Blackrock Casino Open It’s Doors!

Original Post by Gilmour

Knuckleheads

Greetings Gamblers, Travelers and Citizens of Sosaria
The Blackrock Casino will open it’s doors for it’s second scheduled event.

These events will probably be held every two weeks on a Saturday.
This event will happen… On Saturday, 31st of March ’12 starting 20:00 CEST

This being 2pm EST, 7pm UTC/GMT

The Casino will be open until last visitor leaves!
We have listened to feedback, and for this event there will be an additional bet size allowed at the tables.

You can now play with a 10k bet! For more info on the casino.

Please visit the Blackrock Casino Events page.

Hope to see everyone there.

The Staff of Blackrock Casino

New Frarc, Drachenfels News reporter.

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Arachnophobia!!

A small group of people where keeping a eye on the beach area where NinaLuna found the new gate to the netherworld.

Several different kind of spiders where spotted on the beach.

The group was trying to squash down these bugs that where crawling out of the gate.

Some of these arachnids where extremely dangerous.

The group did extremely well under these hard conditions but they knew they could not hold this forever.

When most of the island was cleared they all hurried to the counselors hall to see if professor Grimm could help them with the gate.

And reinforcement would be more then welcome too.

The hall was full with brave warriors who came to see the professor and help him where was needed.

He did seemed to be relieved that the gate was finally found by NinaLuna.

It was a long search for it.

Grimm told us that he investigated the ruin of his friends tower .

He found out that his friend had nothing to do with the strange gate, that he was at the wrong place at the wrong time.

The gate was made from another dimension and when the gate appeared in our world it produced a sort of vacuum and swallowed all around it up.

That’s what happened with his friends tower and his friend was killed during this event.

He wanted to get close to the gate to find a way to destroy it.

The professor think its possible to go trough the gate but we had to fight the invaders so he could slip trough the gate to see what is on the other side.

He mumbled some spells to find the right disguise to go to the other side.

Thanks to the small group of people who where on the island earlier it was not hard to get the professor towards the strange gate.

But when the professor stepped in the gate a huge ugly spider crawled out of it.

It only came for one thing, killing the human race!

No one was really scared of her treats, what could one spider do against us.

But nightmares became a reality when she called out on a army of spiders.

Hundreds of spiders attacked us from  everywhere.

Not only we had to stop this invasion but also overcome our fears of spiders.

It was a though fight against these eight legged freaks!

But i think the spider queen underestimated us when we killed all of them.

We found some strange vials on the corpses of the spiders.

Someone was not happy with her army slaughtered!

We where all ready to kill her too.

She seemed to entice us to follow her trough a gate.

She said it was save.

I had a bad feeling about this.

When we stepped trough the gate we found our self in the backroom of the ice dungeon.

The spider queen was pleased we stepped in her trap.

Several strange spiders jumped down from the ceiling on us.

The ice fiends in these small rooms where the least of our problems now.

 It was time for a final confrontation with the Queen!

We had enough of her, together we crushed her like a bug.

Just when she fell EM Borbarad appeared.

He ask where professor Grimm was.

We did loose track of him.

The crack to the netherworld was closed on Fire Island but we did not see the professor.

Is he lost on the other side?

A new crack now have appeared in the ice Dungeon.

Borbarad ask us to keep a eye out on this new gate and kill any creature that comes out of it again.

We have no idea how to close this gate, not without the help of the professor!

Where is he?

Now we can only wait till we hear again from EM Borbarad or the professor.

This morning one of my scouts when to have a look in the Ice Dungeon.

His report was shocking!

Several old demons came out of the crack to the netherworld!

I have to alert some people to fight them back into the gate!

 New Frarc, Drachenfels News reporter.

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Discovery!

After a long search, for another crack to the netherworld, it was finally discovered!

When most of us almost gave up on locating it, it was NinaLuna who found the strange gate.

It is located on Fire Island but its only reachable by ship or rune.

Now that NinaLuna found the location she left a note for Professor Grimm in the mailbox near the counselors hall.

I now think we will soon hear from the Professor to take action.

New Frarc, Drachenfels News reporter.

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