February 14, 2019 Issue

Message from the Editor

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Architectural Work with Rufus

Major Update One

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Major Update Two

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Minor Update List

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Builder Updates and Implementations

New Area: The Seven Heavens

In religious or mythological cosmology, the seven heavens refer to the seven divisions of the Heavens: The abode of immortal beings, or the visible sky, including the expanse containing the Sun, Moon, and stars. This concept dates back to ancient Mesopotamian mythologies and can later be found in the Abrahamic religions such as Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. The Seven Heavens is a new area in Ancient and can be approached by solo characters for levels 45+. Some encounters and quests in the area, however, will require a small group to complete.

The Seven Heavens has a similar gameplay to that of Inferno and Medieval Japan in a sense that it is an area heavily based on completing quests to gain progress and discover & explore its secrets.

New Area: Irem, the City of Brass

According to the Qur'an, there are two creations that have free will: humans and djinni. The holy book says that djinni are made of smokeless flame or scorching fire and occupy a parallel world to that of mankind. Many are the legends, starting with the tales of the Arabian Nights, that tell about how humans and djinn meet and visit their respective worlds.

The most commonly known tales describe how human magicians master the secrets of the ether and summon then enslave powerful djinni to their bidding, restricting their access back to their home world and promising them a way back home in exchange for their favors.

Irem, the famed palace of a thousand pillars, is known throughout Arabian myths to be the home of some of the most powerful djinni, the efreeti. Lords of the fire element, efreeti rule the world of djinni and only dream of how they might repay mankind for the treatment once inflicted on their kind. One can imagine that if an efreet lord could enslave a human magician one day, that magician would have a tough time outsmarting the djinns and escaping their bottle!

New Expansion: Nikko

There's trouble at the Toshogu Shrine - where the late Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu was buried at the end of his reign - near the small village of Nikko. It seems a group of evil blood sorcerers have invaded the shrine with the objective to corrupt it! Can the Samurai of the late Shogun join his side one last time and defeat the malevolent cult of the bloodspeakers?

Nikko is a new L50 run for a large group in Medieval Japan.

New Expansion: Niflheim

The Aesir god Balder has been killed! Asgard weeps, mourning while the svart alfs continue to craft weapons in their forge. Who will venture into Niflheim - the Norse underworld - and beg Hel, the Goddess of Death, to allow the return the beloved Aesir to his family?

Niflheim is a new expansion to the level 50 solo-only area of Svartalfheim.

New Expansion: Abilene Jailhouse

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Other Additions

Will drop in a wall of text for ones that have happened since 2018 LT & Birthday.

Bug Fixes & Minor Changes

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Player News

XP Achievements

Honestly? The thing where this information gets sent to my email has been kind of wonky for like... ever, so I don't have all the information. :( However! Great job to all of those who have hit various XP milestones!

-Lamia

Clan Activity

The same thing that's wonky about XP achievements is wonky in regards to clans forming and disbanding. Sorry. :(