Hopes and Fears

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October 2010 - Announcements Page

Patch Size: 4,556k (Client: 1,376k)

New Quests

Empyrean Rescue Quest

New Events

November 2, 2010: Siege on Shoushi
- Many dangerous critters staged an attack on Shoushi, including BZ. When the dust settled, Hero Tokens littered the ground among the many player corpses.
- Nullified Statues in each town are spraying purple electricity out of their tops, and 10th Anniversary Night Club Tickets have appeared nearby along with a Night Club Attendant to collect them.

Halloween content enabled.

Updated Quests

Mystery of the Black Pool seems to be retired, since the Black Pool has been destroyed. See new dialog for Asheron's latest dialog.

Monthly Explorer Society Quests
- 27 days: Undead Attack on Al-Jalima
- 13 days: Elysa's Favor Quest
- 6 days: Frest Greelving's Haunted Mansion

Monthly Game Hunter
- Vile Scarecrows, Vicious Scarecrows and Villainous Scarecrows
- Undead Sailors
- Pyre Champion in Graveyard
- Wight Mages in Graveyard
- Harvest Reaper

New NPCs

New Locations

There is a new underground location located at the north end of Freebooter Isle at approx 54.0S 97.6E (right beside Bandit Magma Tubes at 54.4S 97.2E) - similar to Gear Hunter Dungeon in Direlands - with a Mysterious Portal inside. Contains similar creatures (Gear Hunters, Gear Hunter Mages etc.) - Undead Commanders at the end.
Sparkling Portal

Updated Locations

Black Pool at 4.3S, 14.8E down the road south of Samsur - the Pool has been destroyed and the trio of Undead have disappeared. There is now a scar in the earth, and the sky is enshrouded in darkness overhead regardless of the time of day.

New Items

Armor

Empyrean Over-robe Empyrean Robe

Costume Items

Wooden Scarecrow Guise

Magic Casters

Wand (BZ)

Quest Items

Dark Apostate Shard Glowing Apostate Shard Engorged Bloodstone Shard Empyrean Robe

Updated Items

Festival Shirt (Black) - No longer covers the abdomen.
Festival Shirt (Orange) - No longer covers the abdomen.

New Creatures

Crystal

Engorged BloodstoneEngorged Bloodstone/

Misc. Creature Class

Void of Bael'ZharonVoid of Bael'Zharon/

Skeleton

Armored GuardianArmored Guardian/

Undead

Virindi

Apostate Nexus GuardianApostate Nexus Guardian/

New Dialog

Asheron

Asheron says, "The Archons went through with their plan to rid themselves of the Black Pool."

Asheron says, "I fear that the damage the caused to the land may have spread further down then they expected. If so than we must prepare for the fight that will come."

Asheron says, "This is exactly why I urged them to stop their plan. I can only imagine how his power may have grown while imprisoned so deep within the world."

Town Crier

Free Rumors

Town Crier tells you, "I've heard rumors that there is now more than one of Asheron's Emissaries mobilizing adventurers against the Apostate Virindi."

Town Crier tells you, "It seems the Archons may have succeeded in their quest to destroy the Black Pool. It is strange, though, that they seem to be missing or in hiding."

Town Crier tells you, "News! The Festivus time is once again upon us!"

Pyreal Rumors

Town Crier tells you, "Another of Asheron's Emissaries has been sighted just south of Cragstone. In all my time on Dereth, I've never seen Asheron so active. Dark times ahead, I tell you."

Town Crier tells you, "Asheron seems to be even more concerned now that the the ground has been damaged by the Archons magic. What is below the surface of this world that could worry him in this way?"

Ulgrim the Unpleasant

Free Rumors

Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "It's a shame those Archons went out of their way to get rid of that Black Pool. A drink of that substance gave me a buzz like I've never felt before."

Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Hmmph. Some stupid glowy-thing tried to get me to go on an adventure. What's with those things? It wouldn't even get me something to drink as a reward...

Stout Rumors

Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Asheron seems to be doing a lot of work lately to get some pile of lost Empyreans back. I hope at least one of them is a brewer, or a barkeep even."

Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Geraine causing trouble. The Archons causing trouble. Asheron worried about the consequences of the actions from those Archons. Sounds like another day in Dereth to me. I'll be here drinking, let me know if anything interesting happens like a giant winged creature were to show up and start laying waste to the land. Now that would be worth checking out."

Media

Portal.dat