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=== Upcoming Fellowship Changes ===
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<font color=darkgoldenrod>
Town Crier tells you, "Sir Alayne of the Dereth Exploration Society has started a program to acclimate new residents of Dereth in these times of strife. For more information, you should seek out his agents in the nine arrival-nexus towns."
:Town Crier tells you, "Sir Alayne of the Dereth Exploration Society has started a program to acclimate new residents of Dereth in these times of strife. For more information, you should seek out his agents in the nine arrival-nexus towns."


Town Crier tells you, "News! Bael'Zharon is free! Hundreds are reported dead in the ruins below the Ithaenc Cathedral. The Hopeslayer is reported to have spells capable of shredding the mortal form into scraps of flesh. He is also protected by skirls of fiendish black mist that melt the flesh from all who encounter them."
:Town Crier tells you, "News! Bael'Zharon is free! Hundreds are reported dead in the ruins below the Ithaenc Cathedral. The Hopeslayer is reported to have spells capable of shredding the mortal form into scraps of flesh. He is also protected by skirls of fiendish black mist that melt the flesh from all who encounter them."


Town Crier tells you, "News! Bael'Zharon is free! The sun is dimming - stars can be seen during the day! Storms build up and break at random. Some nights the stars and moons do not appear! Has the whole world gone mad?"
:Town Crier tells you, "News! Bael'Zharon is free! The sun is dimming - stars can be seen during the day! Storms build up and break at random. Some nights the stars and moons do not appear! Has the whole world gone mad?"


Town Crier tells you, "I don't want to die."
:Town Crier tells you, "I don't want to die."


Town Crier tells you, "News! Bael'Zharon is free! Large tracts of land have turned black and barren!"
:Town Crier tells you, "News! Bael'Zharon is free! Large tracts of land have turned black and barren!"


Town Crier tells you, "News! Bael'Zharon is free! The seas and rivers have changed to blood! Thank heavens the wells still provide fresh water."
:Town Crier tells you, "News! Bael'Zharon is free! The seas and rivers have changed to blood! Thank heavens the wells still provide fresh water."


Town Crier tells you, "News! Bael'Zharon is free! Dogs and cats are living together!"
:Town Crier tells you, "News! Bael'Zharon is free! Dogs and cats are living together!"


Town Crier tells you, "So are swordsmen and war mages!"
:Town Crier tells you, "So are swordsmen and war mages!"


Town Crier tells you, "News! Despite the heroic efforts of Thistledown monarchs Drexel Fisthand, Fafhrd, Laurianna, Loren Silvercloak, Matt the Terrific, Mythrandia, Tim the Enchantor, and Wren the Blurry, the final Soul Crystal was shattered beneath the Ithaenc Cathedral!"
:Town Crier tells you, "News! Despite the heroic efforts of Thistledown monarchs Drexel Fisthand, Fafhrd, Laurianna, Loren Silvercloak, Matt the Terrific, Mythrandia, Tim the Enchantor, and Wren the Blurry, the final Soul Crystal was shattered beneath the Ithaenc Cathedral!"


Town Crier tells you, "In the tavern the other night, I heard an old mage swearing that he'd seen Bael'Zharon stalking across the landscape, bellowing a challenge for humans to face him. After hearing the stories about what happened on Ithaenc, I wouldn't fight him!"
:Town Crier tells you, "In the tavern the other night, I heard an old mage swearing that he'd seen Bael'Zharon stalking across the landscape, bellowing a challenge for humans to face him. After hearing the stories about what happened on Ithaenc, I wouldn't fight him!"


Town Crier tells you, "Residents of Ayan Baqur have seen many Virindi visiting Claude and Leopold. Some have seen undead sneak into his tent in the dead of night. That disreputable Ulgrim character..."
:Town Crier tells you, "Residents of Ayan Baqur have seen many Virindi visiting Claude and Leopold. Some have seen undead sneak into his tent in the dead of night. That disreputable Ulgrim character..."
:<font color=green>Town Crier spits on the ground.</font>


<font color=green>
:Town Crier tells you, "...claims that one night, the stars went out, and a figure wrapped in shadow visited."
Town Crier spits on the ground.</font>


Town Crier tells you, "...claims that one night, the stars went out, and a figure wrapped in shadow visited."
:Town Crier tells you, "Isn't it wonderful that the minalim has come into season in the Linvak Mountains? It almost makes up for the hennacin dying off in the winter cold."


Town Crier tells you, "Isn't it wonderful that the minalim has come into season in the Linvak Mountains? It almost makes up for the hennacin dying off in the winter cold."
:Town Crier tells you, "I've been hanging around a lot more with my high level friends. Want to join us on an ursuin hunt? It should be equally fun for us all!"


Town Crier tells you, "I've been hanging around a lot more with my high level friends. Want to join us on an ursuin hunt? It should be equally fun for us all!"
:Town Crier tells you, "Isn't it wonderful that the argenory has come into season in the northern mountains? It almost makes up for the verdalim dying off in the winter cold."


Town Crier tells you, "Isn't it wonderful that the argenory has come into season in the northern mountains? It almost makes up for the verdalim dying off in the winter cold."
:Town Crier tells you, "Isn't it wonderful that the lapyan has come into season along the coasts? It almost makes up for the berimphur dying off in the winter cold."


Town Crier tells you, "Isn't it wonderful that the lapyan has come into season along the coasts? It almost makes up for the berimphur dying off in the winter cold."
:Town Crier tells you, "It's getting cold. Good thing the ursuins are shedding, eh? There was nothing warmer than ursuin fur on those cold Isparian nights. Oh, how I miss home..."


Town Crier tells you, "It's getting cold. Good thing the ursuins are shedding, eh? There was nothing warmer than ursuin fur on those cold Isparian nights. Oh, how I miss home..."
:Town Crier tells you, "Travelers say that Elysa Strathelar has been seen again, seeking monarchs to oppose the Hopeslayer."


Town Crier tells you, "Travelers say that Elysa Strathelar has been seen again, seeking monarchs to oppose the Hopeslayer."
:Town Crier tells you, "News! The undead general Anadil and his spymaster Asmolum were slain at the Ithaenc Cathedral! The nomad mu-miyah of the shattered Dericostian army were seen carrying Anadil's broken form away south of Chalicmere Castle."


Town Crier tells you, "News! The undead general Anadil and his spymaster Asmolum were slain at the Ithaenc Cathedral! The nomad mu-miyah of the shattered Dericostian army were seen carrying Anadil's broken form away south of Chalicmere Castle."
:Town Crier tells you, "News! Aerfalle, the Lady of Aerlinthe, was sighted on Ithaenc last month, leading a portion of the Dericostian army. It is said that the undead suffered over 5000 casualties in the last month, and their population has dwindled to almost nothing. The scholars of Zaikhal assert that they will never again be major players in the world."</font>
 
Town Crier tells you, "News! Aerfalle, the Lady of Aerlinthe, was sighted on Ithaenc last month, leading a portion of the Dericostian army. It is said that the undead suffered over 5000 casualties in the last month, and their population has dwindled to almost nothing. The scholars of Zaikhal assert that they will never again be major players in the world."</font>


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<font color=darkgoldenrod>
Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "I told them not to break that crystal... I can't have anything nice."
:Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "I told them not to break that crystal... I can't have anything nice."


Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "I'm telling you, the water hasn't changed to blood - it's just an algae bloom!"
:Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "I'm telling you, the water hasn't changed to blood - it's just an algae bloom!"


Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "I hear that when Queen Elysa returns, she's going to teach archers Asheron's levitation spell. Then they won't need walls anymore."
:Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "I hear that when Queen Elysa returns, she's going to teach archers Asheron's levitation spell. Then they won't need walls anymore."


Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "I'll tell you why! Him and Elysa, all alone in that great big castle for ten years? Mm-hm. Tell me there's not a swooning romantic novel in there."
:Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "I'll tell you why! Him and Elysa, all alone in that great big castle for ten years? Mm-hm. Tell me there's not a swooning romantic novel in there."
:<font color=green>Ulgrim the Unpleasant winks, nudges you, and says no more.</font>


<font color=green>
:Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Asheron. Bah. If he's so all-fired tough, why isn't he stopping Bael'Zharon?"
Ulgrim the Unpleasant winks, nudges you, and says no more.</font>


Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Asheron. Bah. If he's so all-fired tough, why isn't he stopping Bael'Zharon?"  
:Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Claude won the Mr. Ayan Baqur contest? I demand a recount!"


Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Claude won the Mr. Ayan Baqur contest? I demand a recount!"
:Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Claude's running dog lackies rigged the Mr. Ayan Baqur contest vote! I must have a recount!"


Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Claude's running dog lackies rigged the Mr. Ayan Baqur contest vote! I must have a recount!"
:Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Recount it again! It's wrong! The Virindi don't even have fingers - how can you trust them to count the Mr. Ayan Baqur contest votes?"


Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Recount it again! It's wrong! The Virindi don't even have fingers - how can you trust them to count the Mr. Ayan Baqur contest votes?"
:Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Mayoi and Nanto must be counted again! The Virindi are trying to steal the Mr. Ayan Baqur contest election!"


Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Mayoi and Nanto must be counted again! The Virindi are trying to steal the Mr. Ayan Baqur contest election!"
:Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Voting? Whassat about, eh? Yeh don't vote for kings."


Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Voting? Whassat about, eh? Yeh don't vote for kings."
:Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Vitae is all a state of mind."</font>
 
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Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Vitae is all a state of mind."</font>


=== New UI and Game Changes ===
* [[Dyeing]]
** Three new types of dye plant have been introdued.
* [[Fellowships]] major update:
** Players can choose to use the communication advantages of a fellowship without having to share experience points. There is no level restriction for choosing this option.
** Experience points are shared equally amongst all members of the fellowship if everyone is within five levels of the fellowship's founder.
** Experience points will be shared proportional to the levels of the fellowship members if anyone is more than five levels apart from the founder, up to a difference of ten levels.
{|
|[[File:Fellowship Panel (Child of Daralet).jpg|thumb|Before and After: New fellowships with XP sharing.]]
|}
* [[Loot System]]
** [[Corpse Decay]] time is now a minimum of sixty minutes. All corpses will decay in the character's level times five minutes, or sixty minutes -- whichever time is longer.
* [[History Shelf]]
** The Zone's "[[Microsoft Zone Archive/Asheron's Lore/A Brief History for Travelers||The Story So Far]]" pieces are now available for free in the heritage group libraries at [[Zaikhal]], [[Hebian-to]], and [[Cragstone]]. Look for the white bookshelf.
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* [[Staff of the Nomads Quest]]
* [[Staff of the Nomads Quest]]
* [[Virindi Servant's Amulet Quest]]
* [[Virindi Servant's Amulet Quest]]
==== Live Events ====
* [[2000/12 - Bael'Zharon's Rampage]]
:<font color=green>Bael'Zharon says, "My master has eaten worlds. It has sucked the light from stars. Its power is in me. You have no chance, children.</font>
* [[2000/12 - Bael'Zharon's Defeat]]
:<font color=green>An adventurer has struck Bael'Zharon a mortal blow! The Hopeslayer, already weakened by the magic of Asheron, is driven from this plane of existence. As he retreats, his voice rends the air across Dereth, "Puppets of the Yalain! You have defeated me here, with the collusion of a great collection of rabble. But you will never rid the world of my power, and my minions will carry on the war without me! As for you, Dule! Base traitor! I sense your art in this artifact assembled by the last Yalain. Thee and thine are banished from Our sight for all time, and ye shall be hunted until the stars fall from their course! Marked are thee!" The Hopeslayer descends, shrieking, into Darkness.</font>


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* [[Chosen of Asheron (Hebian-To)]] - 41.9S, 83.0E
* [[Chosen of Asheron (Hebian-To)]] - 41.9S, 83.0E
* [[Chosen of Asheron (Zaikhal)]] - 14.7N, 2.3E
* [[Chosen of Asheron (Zaikhal)]] - 14.7N, 2.3E
* [[Gillian the Poacher]] - 66.3N 49.9E in Bandit Castle


==== Updated NPCs ====
'''Exploration Society agents:'''
* [[Celcynd the Dour]]
* [[Dai Ya the Scholar]]
* [[Flinrala Ryndmad]]
* [[Jilsaya bint Dah]]
* [[Lord Aleval]]
* [[Mara al-Luq]]
* [[Oi-Tong Ye]]
* [[Oi-Tong Ye]]
* [[Flinrala Ryndmad]]
* [[Rubid al-Jurma]]
 
* [[Shin Ro]]
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=== New [[Locations]] ===
=== New [[Locations]] ===
* [[Chakron Gate]]
* [[Chakron Gate]] - 52.9S 62.7W, north [[Obsidian Plains]]
* [[Upper Chakron Flux]]
** [[Lower Chakron Flux]]
* [[Lower Chakron Flux]]
** [[Upper Chakron Flux]]
* [[Empyrean Cloister]]
* [[Empyrean Cloister]] - 23.4S, 5.8E, east of [[Yaraq]]
* [[Empyrean Cloister Lower]]
** [[Lower Empyrean Mausoleum]]
* [[Empyrean Cloister Upper]]
** [[Upper Empyrean Mausoleum]]
* [[Heart of Darkness]]
* [[Tomb of the Dead]] - 18.4S, 9.3E, southeast of [[Tufa]]
* [[Upper Heart of Darkness]]
* [[Shade Stronghold]] - 73.5N, 0.2W, northwest of [[Crater Village]]
** [[Lower Heart of Darkness]]
* [[Upper Shade Stronghold]] - 73.5N, 0.2W, northwest of [[Crater Village]]
** [[Upper Heart of Darkness]]
* [[Sepulcher of the Hopeslayer]]
* [[Sepulcher of the Hopeslayer]]
* [[Shade Stronghold]]
* [[Wilderness Portals]]
* [[Upper Shade Stronghold]]
** [[Northern Point Portal]] - 45.9S, 90.8E, south of [[Tou-Tou]]
** [[River Mouth Portal]] - 28.8N, 6.7E, northeast of [[Zaikhal]]
** [[Southern Mt. Esper Portal]] - 8.7S, 6.8E, east of [[Yaraq]]
 
==== Updated Locations ====
* [[Starter Quests|Starter Quest]] dungeons updated (Level restrictions updated from 1-6 to 1-20; [[Exploration Society]] stamps added)
** [[Abandoned Shops]]
** [[Cave of Alabree]]
** [[Deserted Ruin]]
** [[Lost Distillery]]
** [[Musansayn's Vaults]]
** [[Old Warehouse]]
** [[Sea Temple Catacombs]]
** [[Shreth Hive]]
** [[Water Temple]]
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=== New [[Items]] ===
=== New [[Items]] ===


==== [[Empyrean Cloister Quest]] ====
{{Item Table Three|Caption=[[2000/12 - Bael'Zharon's Defeat]] ''(Live Event)''
| Asheron's Missive
| Instructions (Sepulcher of the Hopeslayer)
| Dark Singularity
| Dark Crucible
| Sepulcher of the Hopeslayer Portal Gem
| Remnants of Ilservian
| Fenmalain Soul Crystal Shard
| Caulnalain Soul Crystal Shard
| Shendolain Soul Crystal Shard
| Nexus Soul Crystal Shard
| Herald Soul Crystal Shard
| Great Work Soul Crystal Shard
| Fenmalain Staff of the Lightbringer
| Caulnalain Staff of the Lightbringer
| Shendolain Staff of the Lightbringer
| Nexus Staff of the Lightbringer
| Herald's Staff of the Lightbringer
| Great Work Staff of the Lightbringer
| Fenmalain Helm of the Lightbringer
| Caulnalain Helm of the Lightbringer
| Shendolain Helm of the Lightbringer
| Nexus Helm of the Lightbringer
| Herald's Helm of the Lightbringer
| Great Work Helm of the Lightbringer
}}


{{Item Table Three
{{Item Table Two|Caption=[[Empyrean Cloister Quest]]
  | Skull of Avoren Palacost
  | Skull of Avoren Palacost
  | Barbed Fletching Tool
  | Barbed Fletching Tool
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}}
}}


==== [[Exploration Society Letters]] ====
{{Item Table Two|Caption=[[Fletching]]: Barbed Ammunition
| Barbed Arrow
| Barbed Quarrel
| Greater Barbed Arrow
| Greater Barbed Quarrel
| Bundle of Barbed Arrowheads
| Bundle of Greater Barbed Arrowheads
}}


{{Item Table Three
{{Item Table Three|Caption=[[Exploration Society Letters]]: Quest Items
  | Lucky Gold Letter
  | Lucky Gold Letter
  | Scarlet Red Letter
  | Scarlet Red Letter
  | A Book of Quests for New Explorers
  | A Book of Quests for New Explorers
| Holtburg Information Guide
| Lytelthorpe Information Guide
| Rithwic Information Guide
| Al-Arqas Information Guide
| Samsur Information Guide
| Yaraq Information Guide
| Nanto Information Guide
| Shoushi Information Guide
| Yanshi  Information Guide
  | Al-Arqas Town Stamp
  | Al-Arqas Town Stamp
  | Holtburg Town Stamp
  | Holtburg Town Stamp
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}}
}}


==== [[Shadow Captain's Heaume Quest]] ====
{{Item Table Three|Caption=[[Exploration Society Letters]]: Stamped Letters
| Stamped Al Arqas Scarlet Red Letter
| Stamped Holtburg Scarlet Red Letter
| Stamped Lytelthorpe Scarlet Red Letter
| Stamped Nanto Scarlet Red Letter
| Stamped Rithwic Scarlet Red Letter
| Stamped Samsur Scarlet Red Letter
| Stamped Shoushi Scarlet Red Letter
| Stamped Yanshi Scarlet Red Letter
| Stamped Yaraq Scarlet Red Letter
| Stamped Al Arqas Lucky Gold Letter
| Stamped Holtburg Lucky Gold Letter
| Stamped Lytelthorpe Lucky Gold Letter
| Stamped Nanto Lucky Gold Letter
| Stamped Rithwic Lucky Gold Letter
| Stamped Samsur Lucky Gold Letter
| Stamped Shoushi Lucky Gold Letter
| Stamped Yanshi Lucky Gold Letter
| Stamped Yaraq Lucky Gold Letter
}}
 
{{Item Table Two|Caption=[[Exploration Society Letters]]: Armor
| A Society Leather Basinet (Retired)
| A Pair Of Society Leather Leggings (Retired)
| A Society Leather Breastplate (Retired)
| A Pair Of Society Leather Sleeves (Retired)
| A Society Leather Girth (Retired)
| A Pair Of Society Leather Bracers (Retired)
| A Pair Of Society Leather Pauldrons (Retired)
| A Pair Of Society Leather Boots (Retired)
| A Society Buckler (Retired)
| An Explorer Leather Basinet (Retired)
| A Pair Of Explorer Leather Leggings (Retired)
| An Explorer Leather Breastplate (Retired)
| A Pair Of Explorer Leather Sleeves (Retired)
| An Explorer Leather Girth (Retired)
| A Pair Of Explorer Leather Bracers (Retired)
| A Pair Of Explorer Leather Pauldrons (Retired)
| A Pair Of Explorer Leather Boots (Retired)
| An Explorer Buckler (Retired)
}}
 
{{Item Table Two|Caption=[[Exploration Society Letters]]: Weapons
| A Society Axe (Retired)
| A Society Crossbow (Retired)
| A Society Dagger (Retired)
| A Society Jitte (Retired)
| A Society Katar (Retired)
| A Society Spear (Retired)
| A Society Staff (Retired)
| A Society Sword (Retired)
| A Society Yumi (Retired)
| Society Wand of Acid (Retired)
| Society Wand of Fire (Retired)
| Society Wand of Frost (Retired)
| Society Wand of Lightning (Retired)
| An Explorer Axe (Retired)
| An Explorer Crossbow (Retired)
| An Explorer Dagger (Retired)
| An Explorer Jitte (Retired)
| An Explorer Katar (Retired)
| An Explorer Spear (Retired)
| An Explorer Staff (Retired)
| An Explorer Sword (Retired)
| An Explorer Yumi (Retired)
| Explorer Wand of Acid (Retired)
| Explorer Wand of Fire (Retired)
| Explorer Wand of Frost (Retired)
| Explorer Wand of Lightning (Retired)
}}
 
{{Item Table Two|Caption=[[Exploration Society Letters]]: Jewelry
| An Explorer Bracelet of Coordination (Retired)
| An Explorer Bracelet of Strength (Retired)
| An Explorer Necklace of Focus (Retired)
| An Explorer Ring of Endurance (Retired)
| An Explorer Ring of Quickness (Retired)
}}


{{Item Table Three
{{Item Table Three|Caption=[[Shadow Captain's Heaume Quest]]
  | Heart of Shadow
  | Heart of Shadow
  | Shadow Captain's Heaume
  | Shadow Captain's Heaume
}}
}}


==== [[Staff of the Nomads Quest]] ====
{{Item Table Two|Caption=[[Staff of the Nomads Quest]]
 
{{Item Table Three
  | Anadil's Tomb
  | Anadil's Tomb
  | Splintered Staff (Necropolis)
  | Splintered Staff (Necropolis)
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}}
}}


==== [[Virindi Servant's Amulet Quest]] ====
{{Item Table Three|Caption=[[Virindi Servant's Amulet Quest]]
 
{{Item Table Three
  | Virindi Servant's Amulet
  | Virindi Servant's Amulet
  | Fragment of the Singularity
  | Fragment of the Singularity
}}
}}


==== [[Sword of Lost Hope Quest|Bael'Zharon's Defeat]] ====
{{Item Table Three|Caption=[[Trophies|Craftable Trophies]]
 
| Book of Seasons
{{Item Table Three
| Dark Singularity
| Dark Crucible
| Sepulcher of the Hopeslayer Portal Gem
| Fenmalain Soul Crystal Shard
| Caulnalain Soul Crystal Shard
| Shendolain Soul Crystal Shard
| Nexus Soul Crystal Shard
| Herald Soul Crystal Shard
| Great Work Soul Crystal Shard
| Fenmalain Staff of the Lightbringer
| Caulnalain Staff of the Lightbringer
| Shendolain Staff of the Lightbringer
| Nexus Staff of the Lightbringer
| Herald's Staff of the Lightbringer
| Great Work Staff of the Lightbringer
| Fenmalain Helm of the Lightbringer
| Caulnalain Helm of the Lightbringer
| Shendolain Helm of the Lightbringer
| Nexus Helm of the Lightbringer
| Herald's Helm of the Lightbringer
| Great Work Helm of the Lightbringer
}}
 
==== [[Trophies|Trophies & Rewards]] ====
 
{{Item Table Three
  | Sickly Wisp Heart
  | Sickly Wisp Heart
  | Glowing Wisp Heart
  | Glowing Wisp Heart
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  | Ursuin Hide Coat (Winter)
  | Ursuin Hide Coat (Winter)
  | Ursuin Hide Helmet
  | Ursuin Hide Helmet
| Mattekar Hide
  | Furry Mattekar Hide Coat
  | Furry Mattekar Hide Coat
}}
}}


==== [[Dyeing|New Dye Plants]] ====
{{Item Table Three|Caption=[[Dyeing|New Dye Plants]]
 
{{Item Table Three
  | Argenory Plant
  | Argenory Plant
  | Lapyan Plant
  | Lapyan Plant
  | Minalim Plant
  | Minalim Plant
| Crushed Argenory Plant
| Crushed Lapyan Plant
| Crushed Minalim Plant
| Vial of Argenory Dye
| Vial of Lapyan Dye
| Vial of Minalim Dye
| Argenory Dye Pot
| Lapyan Dye Pot
| Minalim Dye Pot
}}
}}


==== [[List of Texts|Texts]] ====
{{Item Table Three|Caption=[[History Shelf]]
 
| History Shelf
{{Item Table
| General History of Dereth Vol. I
  | Asheron's Missive
| General History of Dereth Vol. II
  | Book of Seasons
| General History of Dereth Vol. III
  | Instructions (Sepulcher of the Hopeslayer)
| General History of Dereth Vol. IV
| General History of Dereth Vol. V
| General History of Dereth Vol. VI
| General History of Dereth Vol. VII
| General History of Dereth Vol. VIII
  | General History of Dereth Vol. IX
  | General History of Dereth Vol. X
  | General History of Dereth Vol. XI
}}
}}


=== Updated Items ===
* {{Icon Link|Brogord's Axe}} - Now [[Attuned]] and [[Bonded]].
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{{Creature Class|Golem
{{Creature Class|Golem
  | Tainted Golem
  | Tainted Golem
}}
{{Creature Class|Misc. Creature Class
| Bael'Zharon (Level 914 Creature)
}}
}}


{{Creature Class|Shadow
{{Creature Class|Shadow
| Bael'Zharon
  | Upper Shadow Heart Leader
  | Upper Shadow Heart Leader
  | Lower Shadow Heart Leader
  | Lower Shadow Heart Leader
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  | Mausoleum Guardian
  | Mausoleum Guardian
  | Mausoleum Warden
  | Mausoleum Warden
| Risen Knight
| Risen Soldier
}}
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  | Chakron Flux Virindi Servant
  | Chakron Flux Virindi Servant
}}
}}
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=== Images ===
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<gallery widths=200px heights=200px perrow=3>
File:Falls-cathedral.jpg|Ithaenc Cathedral Falls - before
File:Ithaenc Falls (The Child of Daralet) Live.jpg|Ithaenc Falls - now blood red
File:Child of Daralet Eclipse Live.jpg|Red sky and rain during an eclipse
File:Tainted Golem Live.jpg|Water Golems become Tainted Golems
File:Bael.jpg|Bael'Zharon on the rampage after being freed from his crystal prison.
File:Bael vs Asheron (Plateau Village) Live.jpg|Bael and Asheron fighting in Plateau Village
File:Anadil's Tomb Live.jpg|Anadil's Tomb now found in the Crypts of the Sand Kings
File:Lower Heart of Darkness Live 2.jpg|Lower Heart of Darkness
File:Chakron Gate Live.jpg|The Chakron Gate
File:Sword of Lost Hope Quest Live.jpg|Remnants of Ilservian Palacost (Bael'Zharon)
File:Shadow Captain's Heaume Live.jpg|Shadow Captain's Heaume
File:Furry Mattekar Hide Coat Live.jpg|Furry Mattekar Hide Coat for the Winter season.
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Revision as of 19:54, 30 July 2012

December 2000 - Announcements Page

Turbine Announcements

Teasers

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Upcoming Fellowship Changes

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Rollout

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Lore Articles

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Release Notes

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Letter to the Players

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State of the Code

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Video

Bael'Zharon's Day Out

A comical video detailing Bael'Zharon's rampage around Dereth.

Discoveries

Town Crier Rumors

Town Crier tells you, "Sir Alayne of the Dereth Exploration Society has started a program to acclimate new residents of Dereth in these times of strife. For more information, you should seek out his agents in the nine arrival-nexus towns."
Town Crier tells you, "News! Bael'Zharon is free! Hundreds are reported dead in the ruins below the Ithaenc Cathedral. The Hopeslayer is reported to have spells capable of shredding the mortal form into scraps of flesh. He is also protected by skirls of fiendish black mist that melt the flesh from all who encounter them."
Town Crier tells you, "News! Bael'Zharon is free! The sun is dimming - stars can be seen during the day! Storms build up and break at random. Some nights the stars and moons do not appear! Has the whole world gone mad?"
Town Crier tells you, "I don't want to die."
Town Crier tells you, "News! Bael'Zharon is free! Large tracts of land have turned black and barren!"
Town Crier tells you, "News! Bael'Zharon is free! The seas and rivers have changed to blood! Thank heavens the wells still provide fresh water."
Town Crier tells you, "News! Bael'Zharon is free! Dogs and cats are living together!"
Town Crier tells you, "So are swordsmen and war mages!"
Town Crier tells you, "News! Despite the heroic efforts of Thistledown monarchs Drexel Fisthand, Fafhrd, Laurianna, Loren Silvercloak, Matt the Terrific, Mythrandia, Tim the Enchantor, and Wren the Blurry, the final Soul Crystal was shattered beneath the Ithaenc Cathedral!"
Town Crier tells you, "In the tavern the other night, I heard an old mage swearing that he'd seen Bael'Zharon stalking across the landscape, bellowing a challenge for humans to face him. After hearing the stories about what happened on Ithaenc, I wouldn't fight him!"
Town Crier tells you, "Residents of Ayan Baqur have seen many Virindi visiting Claude and Leopold. Some have seen undead sneak into his tent in the dead of night. That disreputable Ulgrim character..."
Town Crier spits on the ground.
Town Crier tells you, "...claims that one night, the stars went out, and a figure wrapped in shadow visited."
Town Crier tells you, "Isn't it wonderful that the minalim has come into season in the Linvak Mountains? It almost makes up for the hennacin dying off in the winter cold."
Town Crier tells you, "I've been hanging around a lot more with my high level friends. Want to join us on an ursuin hunt? It should be equally fun for us all!"
Town Crier tells you, "Isn't it wonderful that the argenory has come into season in the northern mountains? It almost makes up for the verdalim dying off in the winter cold."
Town Crier tells you, "Isn't it wonderful that the lapyan has come into season along the coasts? It almost makes up for the berimphur dying off in the winter cold."
Town Crier tells you, "It's getting cold. Good thing the ursuins are shedding, eh? There was nothing warmer than ursuin fur on those cold Isparian nights. Oh, how I miss home..."
Town Crier tells you, "Travelers say that Elysa Strathelar has been seen again, seeking monarchs to oppose the Hopeslayer."
Town Crier tells you, "News! The undead general Anadil and his spymaster Asmolum were slain at the Ithaenc Cathedral! The nomad mu-miyah of the shattered Dericostian army were seen carrying Anadil's broken form away south of Chalicmere Castle."
Town Crier tells you, "News! Aerfalle, the Lady of Aerlinthe, was sighted on Ithaenc last month, leading a portion of the Dericostian army. It is said that the undead suffered over 5000 casualties in the last month, and their population has dwindled to almost nothing. The scholars of Zaikhal assert that they will never again be major players in the world."

Ulgrim Rumors

Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "I told them not to break that crystal... I can't have anything nice."
Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "I'm telling you, the water hasn't changed to blood - it's just an algae bloom!"
Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "I hear that when Queen Elysa returns, she's going to teach archers Asheron's levitation spell. Then they won't need walls anymore."
Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "I'll tell you why! Him and Elysa, all alone in that great big castle for ten years? Mm-hm. Tell me there's not a swooning romantic novel in there."
Ulgrim the Unpleasant winks, nudges you, and says no more.
Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Asheron. Bah. If he's so all-fired tough, why isn't he stopping Bael'Zharon?"
Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Claude won the Mr. Ayan Baqur contest? I demand a recount!"
Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Claude's running dog lackies rigged the Mr. Ayan Baqur contest vote! I must have a recount!"
Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Recount it again! It's wrong! The Virindi don't even have fingers - how can you trust them to count the Mr. Ayan Baqur contest votes?"
Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Mayoi and Nanto must be counted again! The Virindi are trying to steal the Mr. Ayan Baqur contest election!"
Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Voting? Whassat about, eh? Yeh don't vote for kings."
Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Vitae is all a state of mind."

New UI and Game Changes

  • Dyeing
    • Three new types of dye plant have been introdued.
  • Fellowships major update:
    • Players can choose to use the communication advantages of a fellowship without having to share experience points. There is no level restriction for choosing this option.
    • Experience points are shared equally amongst all members of the fellowship if everyone is within five levels of the fellowship's founder.
    • Experience points will be shared proportional to the levels of the fellowship members if anyone is more than five levels apart from the founder, up to a difference of ten levels.
Before and After: New fellowships with XP sharing.

New Quests

Live Events

Bael'Zharon says, "My master has eaten worlds. It has sucked the light from stars. Its power is in me. You have no chance, children.
An adventurer has struck Bael'Zharon a mortal blow! The Hopeslayer, already weakened by the magic of Asheron, is driven from this plane of existence. As he retreats, his voice rends the air across Dereth, "Puppets of the Yalain! You have defeated me here, with the collusion of a great collection of rabble. But you will never rid the world of my power, and my minions will carry on the war without me! As for you, Dule! Base traitor! I sense your art in this artifact assembled by the last Yalain. Thee and thine are banished from Our sight for all time, and ye shall be hunted until the stars fall from their course! Marked are thee!" The Hopeslayer descends, shrieking, into Darkness.

New NPCs

Updated NPCs

Exploration Society agents:


New Locations

Updated Locations


New Items

Asheron's Missive Instructions (Sepulcher of the Hopeslayer) Dark Singularity Dark Crucible Sepulcher of the Hopeslayer Portal Gem Remnants of Ilservian Fenmalain Soul Crystal Shard Caulnalain Soul Crystal Shard Shendolain Soul Crystal Shard Nexus Soul Crystal Shard Herald Soul Crystal Shard Great Work Soul Crystal Shard Fenmalain Staff of the Lightbringer Caulnalain Staff of the Lightbringer Shendolain Staff of the Lightbringer Nexus Staff of the Lightbringer Herald's Staff of the Lightbringer Great Work Staff of the Lightbringer Fenmalain Helm of the Lightbringer Caulnalain Helm of the Lightbringer Shendolain Helm of the Lightbringer Nexus Helm of the Lightbringer Herald's Helm of the Lightbringer Great Work Helm of the Lightbringer

Skull of Avoren Palacost Barbed Fletching Tool Empyrean Scalemail Shirt Obsidian Dagger

Fletching: Barbed Ammunition

Barbed Arrow Barbed Quarrel Greater Barbed Arrow Greater Barbed Quarrel Bundle of Barbed Arrowheads Bundle of Greater Barbed Arrowheads

Lucky Gold Letter Scarlet Red Letter A Book of Quests for New Explorers Holtburg Information Guide Lytelthorpe Information Guide Rithwic Information Guide Al-Arqas Information Guide Samsur Information Guide Yaraq Information Guide Nanto Information Guide Shoushi Information Guide Yanshi Information Guide Al-Arqas Town Stamp Holtburg Town Stamp Lytelthorpe Town Stamp Nanto Town Stamp Rithwic Town Stamp Samsur Town Stamp Shoushi Town Stamp Yanshi Town Stamp Yaraq Town Stamp

Stamped Al Arqas Scarlet Red Letter Stamped Holtburg Scarlet Red Letter Stamped Lytelthorpe Scarlet Red Letter Stamped Nanto Scarlet Red Letter Stamped Rithwic Scarlet Red Letter Stamped Samsur Scarlet Red Letter Stamped Shoushi Scarlet Red Letter Stamped Yanshi Scarlet Red Letter Stamped Yaraq Scarlet Red Letter Stamped Al Arqas Lucky Gold Letter Stamped Holtburg Lucky Gold Letter Stamped Lytelthorpe Lucky Gold Letter Stamped Nanto Lucky Gold Letter Stamped Rithwic Lucky Gold Letter Stamped Samsur Lucky Gold Letter Stamped Shoushi Lucky Gold Letter Stamped Yanshi Lucky Gold Letter Stamped Yaraq Lucky Gold Letter

File:A Society Leather Basinet (Retired) Icon.png A Society Leather Basinet (Retired)File:A Pair Of Society Leather Leggings (Retired) Icon.png A Pair Of Society Leather Leggings (Retired)File:A Society Leather Breastplate (Retired) Icon.png A Society Leather Breastplate (Retired)File:A Pair Of Society Leather Sleeves (Retired) Icon.png A Pair Of Society Leather Sleeves (Retired)File:A Society Leather Girth (Retired) Icon.png A Society Leather Girth (Retired)File:A Pair Of Society Leather Bracers (Retired) Icon.png A Pair Of Society Leather Bracers (Retired)File:A Pair Of Society Leather Pauldrons (Retired) Icon.png A Pair Of Society Leather Pauldrons (Retired)File:A Pair Of Society Leather Boots (Retired) Icon.png A Pair Of Society Leather Boots (Retired)File:A Society Buckler (Retired) Icon.png A Society Buckler (Retired)File:An Explorer Leather Basinet (Retired) Icon.png An Explorer Leather Basinet (Retired)File:A Pair Of Explorer Leather Leggings (Retired) Icon.png A Pair Of Explorer Leather Leggings (Retired)File:An Explorer Leather Breastplate (Retired) Icon.png An Explorer Leather Breastplate (Retired)File:A Pair Of Explorer Leather Sleeves (Retired) Icon.png A Pair Of Explorer Leather Sleeves (Retired)File:An Explorer Leather Girth (Retired) Icon.png An Explorer Leather Girth (Retired)File:A Pair Of Explorer Leather Bracers (Retired) Icon.png A Pair Of Explorer Leather Bracers (Retired)File:A Pair Of Explorer Leather Pauldrons (Retired) Icon.png A Pair Of Explorer Leather Pauldrons (Retired)File:A Pair Of Explorer Leather Boots (Retired) Icon.png A Pair Of Explorer Leather Boots (Retired)File:An Explorer Buckler (Retired) Icon.png An Explorer Buckler (Retired)

File:A Society Axe (Retired) Icon.png A Society Axe (Retired)File:A Society Crossbow (Retired) Icon.png A Society Crossbow (Retired)File:A Society Dagger (Retired) Icon.png A Society Dagger (Retired)File:A Society Jitte (Retired) Icon.png A Society Jitte (Retired)File:A Society Katar (Retired) Icon.png A Society Katar (Retired)File:A Society Spear (Retired) Icon.png A Society Spear (Retired)File:A Society Staff (Retired) Icon.png A Society Staff (Retired)File:A Society Sword (Retired) Icon.png A Society Sword (Retired)File:A Society Yumi (Retired) Icon.png A Society Yumi (Retired)File:Society Wand of Acid (Retired) Icon.png Society Wand of Acid (Retired)File:Society Wand of Fire (Retired) Icon.png Society Wand of Fire (Retired)File:Society Wand of Frost (Retired) Icon.png Society Wand of Frost (Retired)File:Society Wand of Lightning (Retired) Icon.png Society Wand of Lightning (Retired)File:An Explorer Axe (Retired) Icon.png An Explorer Axe (Retired)File:An Explorer Crossbow (Retired) Icon.png An Explorer Crossbow (Retired)File:An Explorer Dagger (Retired) Icon.png An Explorer Dagger (Retired)File:An Explorer Jitte (Retired) Icon.png An Explorer Jitte (Retired)File:An Explorer Katar (Retired) Icon.png An Explorer Katar (Retired)File:An Explorer Spear (Retired) Icon.png An Explorer Spear (Retired)File:An Explorer Staff (Retired) Icon.png An Explorer Staff (Retired)File:An Explorer Sword (Retired) Icon.png An Explorer Sword (Retired)File:An Explorer Yumi (Retired) Icon.png An Explorer Yumi (Retired)File:Explorer Wand of Acid (Retired) Icon.png Explorer Wand of Acid (Retired)File:Explorer Wand of Fire (Retired) Icon.png Explorer Wand of Fire (Retired)File:Explorer Wand of Frost (Retired) Icon.png Explorer Wand of Frost (Retired)File:Explorer Wand of Lightning (Retired) Icon.png Explorer Wand of Lightning (Retired)

File:An Explorer Bracelet of Coordination (Retired) Icon.png An Explorer Bracelet of Coordination (Retired)File:An Explorer Bracelet of Strength (Retired) Icon.png An Explorer Bracelet of Strength (Retired)File:An Explorer Necklace of Focus (Retired) Icon.png An Explorer Necklace of Focus (Retired)File:An Explorer Ring of Endurance (Retired) Icon.png An Explorer Ring of Endurance (Retired)File:An Explorer Ring of Quickness (Retired) Icon.png An Explorer Ring of Quickness (Retired)

Heart of Shadow Shadow Captain's Heaume

Anadil's Tomb Splintered Staff (Necropolis) Splintered Staff (Lightless Catacombs)File:Staff of the Nomads (Retired) Icon.png Staff of the Nomads (Retired)

Virindi Servant's Amulet Fragment of the Singularity

Book of Seasons Sickly Wisp Heart Glowing Wisp Heart Pulsating Wisp Heart Essence Flicker Essence Flare Dark Heart Small Shreth Hide Shreth Hide Large Shreth Hide Shreth Hide Gauntlets Shreth Hide Shoes Shreth Hide Pants Small Ursuin Hide (Winter) Large Ursuin Hide (Winter) Ursuin Scalp Ursuin Hide Girth Ursuin Hide Coat (Winter) Ursuin Hide Helmet Furry Mattekar Hide Coat

Argenory Plant Lapyan Plant Minalim Plant Crushed Argenory Plant Crushed Lapyan Plant Crushed Minalim Plant Vial of Argenory Dye Vial of Lapyan Dye Vial of Minalim Dye Argenory Dye Pot Lapyan Dye Pot Minalim Dye Pot

History Shelf General History of Dereth Vol. I General History of Dereth Vol. II General History of Dereth Vol. III General History of Dereth Vol. IV General History of Dereth Vol. V General History of Dereth Vol. VI General History of Dereth Vol. VII General History of Dereth Vol. VIII General History of Dereth Vol. IX General History of Dereth Vol. X General History of Dereth Vol. XI

Updated Items


Portal.dat


New Creatures

Golem

Misc. Creature Class

Shadow

Undead

Virindi


Images

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