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'''December 2001''' - [[Announcements - 2001/12 - The First Strike|Announcements Page]]
'''December 2001''' - [[Announcements - 2001/12 - The First Strike|Announcements Page]]
== Turbine Announcements ==
=== Teaser ===
{{Patch Announcements Links
|  Current = None
| Original = http://www.zone.com/asheronscall/news/ASHEdec01teaser.asp
|  Archive = Announcements - 2001/12 - The First Strike#Teaser
}}


=== Rollout ===
== Game Changes ==
{{Patch Announcements Links
* The [[Training Academy]] has been introduced to train new arrivals to Dereth.
|  Current = None
* A new thrown weapon projectile launcher, the Atlatl, has been introduced. There are also standard darts for these Atlatls.
| Original = http://www.zone.com/asheronscall/news/ASHEdec01rollout.asp
* Players can now use thrown weapons while wearing a shield.
|  Archive = Announcements - 2001/12 - The First Strike#Rollout Article
* 250 [[Cottages]], 40 [[Villas]] and 10 [[Mansions]] added to the world.
}}
* [[Settlement Portals]] added for housing introduced during the [[The Gathering Storm]] event.
 
* Other changes:
=== Release Notes ===
{{Patch Announcements Links
|  Current = None
| Original = http://www.zone.com/asheronscall/news/ASHEdec01build.asp
|  Archive = Announcements - 2001/12 - The First Strike#Release Notes
}}
 
=== Letter to the Players ===
{{Patch Announcements Links
|  Current = None
| Original = http://classic.zone.msn.com/asheronscall/news/ASHEletterdec1.asp
|  Archive = Announcements - 2001/12 - The First Strike#Letter to the Players
}}
 
=== Letter to the Players 2 ===
{{Patch Announcements Links
|  Current = None
| Original = http://classic.zone.msn.com/asheronscall/news/ASHEletterdec3.asp
|  Archive = Announcements - 2001/12 - The First Strike#Letter to the Players 2
}}
 
=== Letter to the Players 3 ===
{{Patch Announcements Links
|  Current = None
| Original = http://classic.zone.msn.com/asheronscall/news/ASHEletterdec4.asp
|  Archive = Announcements - 2001/12 - The First Strike#Letter to the Players 3
}}
 
== Discoveries ==
=== [[Town Crier]] Rumors ===
 
:<font color=darkgoldenrod>Town Crier tells you, "Hear ye, hear ye! The Training Hall outposts of six Nexus towns have fallen to an unprecedented attack! The portals to the Halls have...disappeared! What of the poor Trainers who must still be trapped inside?"
 
:Town Crier tells you, "Environmentalists report that the rabbit population has gone into a sharp decline around the vicinity of a certain hill on the outskirts of Lytlethorpe. Meanwhile, shopkeeps and provisioners are reporting a sharp increase in the sale of carrots. Could these trends be related? I have a theory...it may be...oh nevermind."
 
:Town Crier tells you, "I heard there's a new shoe crafter in Lytelthorpe. Funny thing is...he'll make you one, but not a pair. Odd way to run a business, isn't it?"
 
:Town Crier tells you, "Those awful petrified pastries are back. I believe one of the ingredients, Brown Lumps, are sometimes dropped by Knaths if you can find them. I thought they were hunted to extinction, but people are still making those fossilized festival foods so the Knaths must be hiding somewhere. That or they're the same cakes from last year..."
 
:Town Crier tells you, "The Nexus Town Bowyers Guild has asked me to announce that this month they will be unveiling the latest in missile weaponry...the Atlatl! Thrown weapons experts-get yours while supplies last!"
 
:Town Crier tells you, "The Barkeeps are getting into the Festivities and are selling Festival Lights in Zaikhal, Cragstone and Hebian-To."
 
:Town Crier tells you, "Have you seen those new-fangled weapons the outpost town shopkeepers are selling?"
 
:Town Crier tells you, "Did you notice those giant Candy Sticks in town? I guess some mage got into the Festival Spirit... or perhaps just spirits! Anyway they cast all sorts of useful buffs on players, if you can get their attention."
 
:Town Crier tells you, "It seems that winter is almost here. The snows are returning. Let's just hope we don't get as much as we did two seasons ago with the whole Frore problem."
 
:Town Crier tells you, "I heard William Witty finally built himself a little cottage in Lytelthorpe. For a while I thought he'd never settle down! Always dashing here, dashing there... If I had a pair of slippers like his, why, I'd always keep moving too."
 
:Town Crier tells you, "Ugh, my cousin sent me another one of those horrible Fruitcakes again for the Winter Festival. I guess I can use it for a doorstop or something."
 
:Town Crier tells you, "Giant Snowmen in the world are said to be selling instructions on how to make a little Snowman."
 
:Town Crier tells you, "Our Queen has dispatched members of her own Guard to build and fortify Training Academies in the outposts of Holtburg, Shoushi, and Yaraq. These guards have been specially charged to train new arrivals in these uncertain times."
 
:Town Crier tells you, "Increasing portal disturbances have continued to threaten the 18 arrival points from Ispar. What...or who could be causing them?"
 
:Town Crier tells you, "The Arcanum has enchanted a perimeter of Obelisks around the safest boundaries of Holtburg, Yaraq and Shoushi. New arrivals are to be warned that venturing past these markers will lead them to uncertain and more dangerous territories."
 
:Town Crier tells you, "Been getting chilly lately. If you need some wood to keep warm or if you'd just like a Festival decoration, I hear there are two Woodsmen that have set up shops outside of Holtburg and Glendenwood." </font>
 
----
=== [[Ulgrim]] Rumors ===
 
<font color=darkgoldenrod>
:Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Oh, a new island, huh? You're all excited about it, huh? Here's one important question you have to ask yourself: Does it have Ulgrim on it? That should tell you all you need to know."<br>
 
:Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Psst, I've heard they were seen outside of towns recently. I've even heard that the Giant Snowmen are selling instructions on how to make more of the smaller ones. They are using witless fools to add to their frozen army. One more reason I stay out here in the desert."<br></font>
----
 
=== New UI and Game Changes ===
* New animation for house recall.
* [[Game Concepts]]
** The [[Training Academy]] has been introduced to train new arrivals to Dereth.
* [[Housing]]
** House owners no longer need to add other characters on their account to their guest list. This is now automatically done, and these characters will no longer appear on the guest list.
** House owners no longer need to add other characters on their account to their guest list. This is now automatically done, and these characters will no longer appear on the guest list.
** If an account owns a house, all characters on that account can now recall to that house with the command @house recall.
** If an account owns a house, all characters on that account can now recall to that house with the command @house recall.
* [[Thrown Weapons (Skill)|Thrown Weapons]]
** New animation for the house recall command.
** A new Thrown Weapon projectile launcher - the Atlatl - has been introduced. There are also standard darts for these Atlatls.
{|
** Players can now use thrown weapons while wearing a shield.
|[[File:House Recall Animation Live.jpg|thumb|100px]]
----
|}


=== New [[Quests]] ===
== New Quests ==
* [[Bunny Slippers Quest]]
* [[Sculpting a Snowman]]
* [[Training Academy Quest]]
* [[Training Academy Quest]]


==== Updated Quests ====
== Updated Quests ==
* [[Training Halls]] - Old tutorial quest now retired
* [[Training Halls]] - Old tutorial quest now retired


----
== New NPCs ==
 
=== New [[NPCs]] ===
* [[Academy Blacksmith]]
* [[Academy Blacksmith]]
* [[Academy Foreman]]
* [[Academy Foreman]]
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* [[Woodsman]]
* [[Woodsman]]


==== Updated NPCs ====
== Updated NPCs ==
* [[Giant Snowman]] - Now sells [[A Frozen Note]]
* [[Giant Snowman]] - Now sells [[A Frozen Note]]
* [[Snowman (NPC)|Snowman]] - Now sells [[A Frozen Note]]
* [[Snowman (NPC)|Snowman]] - Now sells [[A Frozen Note]]
* [[Greeter]] - Updated as part of the new [[Training Academy]]
* [[Greeter]] - Updated as part of the new [[Training Academy]]
* [[Training Master]] - Updated as part of the new [[Training Academy]]
* [[Training Master]] - Updated as part of the new [[Training Academy]]
----
=== New Locations ===
* 250 [[Cottages]], 40 [[Villas]] and 10 [[Mansions]] added to the world.
* [[38.3N, 52.6E - Cottage]]
* [[46.5N, 48.6W - Cottages]]
* [[76.7N, 30.5E - Cottages]]
* [[36.2N, 51.7W - Villa]]
* [[38.4N, 24.1E - Villas]]
* [[Settlement Portals]] for housing added during the [[The Gathering Storm]] event:
** [[Uziz]]
*** [[West Uziz Settlement]]
*** [[Arida Butte]]
*** [[Broken Sword Bethel Settlement]]
*** [[Narziz Cottages]]
*** [[North Uziz Settlement]]
** [[Baishi]]
*** [[North Baishi Cottages]]
*** [[Oboro]]
** [[Arwic]]
*** [[South Beach Pass Villas]]
*** [[Far Claw Villas]]
** [[Glendon Wood]]
*** [[Highland Manors]]
** [[Holtburg]]
*** [[West Holtburg Villas]]
** [[Plateau Village]]
*** [[Rivermouth Villas]]
** [[Stonehold]]
*** [[Dires' Door Estates]]


== New Locations ==
* [[Training Academy]]
* [[Training Academy]]
** [[West Holtburg Outpost|Holtburg West Training Academy]] - 42.3N, 30.6E
** [[West Holtburg Outpost|Holtburg West Training Academy]]
** [[South Holtburg Outpost|Holtburg South Training Academy]] - 39.3N, 33.4E
** [[South Holtburg Outpost|Holtburg South Training Academy]]
** [[West Shoushi Outpost|Shoushi West Training Academy]] - 33.7S, 69.7E
** [[West Shoushi Outpost|Shoushi West Training Academy]]
** [[Southeast Shoushi Outpost|Shoushi Southeast Training Academy]] - 36.7S, 76.0E
** [[Southeast Shoushi Outpost|Shoushi Southeast Training Academy]]
** [[North Yaraq Outpost|Yaraq North Training Academy]] - 18.7S, 1.7W
** [[North Yaraq Outpost|Yaraq North Training Academy]]
** [[East Yaraq Outpost|Yaraq East Training Academy]] - 21.5S, 1.3E
** [[East Yaraq Outpost|Yaraq East Training Academy]]


==== Updated Locations ====
== Updated Locations ==
* [[Palenqual's Cavern]] - Upper level requirement removed (was 5-45)
* [[Palenqual's Cavern]] - Upper level requirement removed (was 5-45)
* [[Starter Outposts]] destroyed in 6 [[Nexus towns]]:
* [[Starter Outposts]] destroyed in 6 [[Nexus towns]]:
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** [[South Yanshi Outpost]]
** [[South Yanshi Outpost]]


----
== New Items ==
{{Item Table|Caption=[[Armor]]
| Leather Cap (Training Academy)
| Leather Gauntlets (Training Academy)
| Leather Leggings (Training Academy)
| Academy Coat
| Bunny Slippers
| White Bunny Slippers
}}
 
{{Item Table|Caption=[[Cooking Items]]
| Peppermint Stick
}}


=== New [[Items]] ===
{{Item Table|Caption=[[Housing Items]]
{{Item Table Two|Caption=Atlatls introduced
| Snowman (Housing Item)
  | Atlatl
| Snowman with Fez
  | Atlatl Dart
| Two Headed Snowman (Housing Item)
| Small Pine Tree (Snow)
| Large Pine Tree (Snow)
| Wood
| Wreath
}}
 
{{Item Table|Caption=[[Keys]]
  | Greeter's Key
  | Quartermaster's Workshop Key
}}
}}


{{Item Table Three|Caption=[[Bunny Slippers Quest]]
{{Item Table|Caption=[[Misc Items]]
| White Rabbit Carcass
  | White Bunny Slipper
  | White Bunny Slipper
| White Bunny Slippers
  | Bunny Slipper
  | Bunny Slipper
| Bunny Slippers
}}
}}


{{Item Table Three|Caption=[[Sculpting a Snowman]]
{{Item Table|Caption=[[Potions]]
  | A Frozen Note
  | Academy Healing Potion
| Academy Mana Potion
| Academy Stamina Potion
}}
 
{{Item Table|Caption=[[Quest Items]]
| Academy Token
| Bellows
| Carpenter Wasp Wing
| Oil of Rendering
  | Headless Snowman
  | Headless Snowman
  | Unarmed Snowman
  | Unarmed Snowman
  | Noseless Snowman
  | Noseless Snowman
| Snowman (Housing Item)
| Snowman with Fez
| Two Headed Snowman (Housing Item)
}}
}}


{{Item Table Three|Caption=[[Training Academy Quest]]
{{Item Table|Caption=[[Text Items]]
  | Leather Cap (Training Academy)
  | A Frozen Note
| Leather Gauntlets (Training Academy)
| Leather Leggings (Training Academy)
| Academy Coat
| Academy Token
  | Combat and Spellcasting Guide
  | Combat and Spellcasting Guide
  | Guide to Healing
  | Guide to Healing
  | Guide to Raising Skills and Attributes
  | Guide to Raising Skills and Attributes
| Bellows
| Carpenter Wasp Wing
  | A Crumpled Note
  | A Crumpled Note
| Oil of Rendering
  | Application Form
  | Application Form
| A Crumpled Note
  | Orders to the Guards
  | Orders to the Guards
| Greeter's Key
  | Official Warning
  | Official Warning
| Quartermaster's Workshop Key
| Academy Healing Potion
| Academy Mana Potion
| Academy Stamina Potion
}}
}}
{{Item Table
 
{{Item Table|Caption=[[Trophy Items]]
| Vapor Golem Heart
| White Rabbit Carcass
}}
 
{{Item Table|Caption=[[Weapons]]
| Atlatl
| Atlatl Dart
  | Training Atlatl
  | Training Atlatl
  | Training Cestus
  | Training Cestus
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}}
}}


{{Item Table Two|Caption=[[Creature Trophies]]
== Updated Items ==
  | Peppermint Stick
{{Item Table
  | Vapor Golem Heart
  | Exquisite Elari Wood Bow
  | Welcome Letter
}}
}}


{{Item Table Two|Caption=Woodsmen
== New Emotes ==
| Small Pine Tree (Snow)
* Talk to the hand: *talk to the hand*
| Large Pine Tree (Snow)
* At ease: *at ease*
| Wood
* Pretend to be asleep: *play possum*
| Wreath
* Sit: *sit down*
}}
* Get comfortable: *cross legs*
 
* Get really comfortable: *sitback*
==== Updated Items ====
* Point left: *point left*
* {{Icon Link|Exquisite Elari Wood Bow}}
* Point right: *point right*
** [[High Tension String]] (Dam Mod +18%) increased to +20%
* Point to the left until you do another action: *pointing left*
** [[Precise]] (Bow +5 pts) increased to +10
* Point to the right until you do another action: *pointing right*
** [[Huntress' Boon]] (+5 pts damage) spell added
* Nudge left: *nudgeleft*
** [[Prey's Reflex]] (+6% Attack Bonus)  spell added
* Nudge right: *nudgeright*
* {{Icon|Welcome Letter (The First Strike)}} [[Welcome Letter#The First Strike|Welcome Letter]] - Text and icon updated.
* {{Icon Link|Training Hall Key}} - Retired.
----


=== New [[Emotes]] ===
== New Creatures ==
* Talk to the hand: *talk to the hand*.
* At ease: *at ease*.
* Play possum: *play possum*.
* Sit: *sit down*.
* Get comfortable: *cross legs*.
* Get really comfortable: *sitback*.
* Point left: *point left*.
* Point right: *point right*.
* Point to the left until you do another action: *pointing left*.
* Point to the right until you do another action: *pointing right*.
* Nudge left: *nudgeleft*.
* Nudge right: *nudgeright*.
----
 
=== Portal.dat ===
:[[File:Portaldat 200112.png]]
 
----
 
=== New [[Creatures]] ===
:{|
|valign=top width=220|
{{Creature Class|Golem
{{Creature Class|Golem
  | Sparring Golem
  | Sparring Golem
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  | Thieving Mosswart
  | Thieving Mosswart
}}
}}
|valign=top width=250|
{{Creature Class|Phyntos Wasp
{{Creature Class|Phyntos Wasp
  | Carpenter Wasp
  | Carpenter Wasp
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  | Candy Stick
  | Candy Stick
}}
}}
|}


== Images ==
== New Dialog ==
Click image for full size version.
;Town Crier
<gallery widths=200px heights=200px perrow=4>
{{Dialog|
File:Rithwic East Outpost Live.jpg|Destroyed Rithwic East Outpost
|Town Crier tells you, "Hear ye, hear ye! The Training Hall outposts of six Nexus towns have fallen to an unprecedented attack! The portals to the Halls have...disappeared! What of the poor Trainers who must still be trapped inside?"
File:Training Academy Live.jpg|The Training Academy
 
File:Atlatl Live.jpg|Atlatls introduced
|Town Crier tells you, "Environmentalists report that the rabbit population has gone into a sharp decline around the vicinity of a certain hill on the outskirts of Lytlethorpe. Meanwhile, shopkeeps and provisioners are reporting a sharp increase in the sale of carrots. Could these trends be related? I have a theory...it may be...oh nevermind."
File:House Recall Live.jpg|House Recall animation
 
File:Snowman with Fez Live.jpg|Sculpting a Snowman: Snowman with Fez
|Town Crier tells you, "I heard there's a new shoe crafter in Lytelthorpe. Funny thing is...he'll make you one, but not a pair. Odd way to run a business, isn't it?"
File:Candy Stick Live.jpg|Candy Stick Xmas buffing creature at a Sho town
 
File:Woodsman Live.jpg|Woodsman
|Town Crier tells you, "Those awful petrified pastries are back. I believe one of the ingredients, Brown Lumps, are sometimes dropped by Knaths if you can find them. I thought they were hunted to extinction, but people are still making those fossilized festival foods so the Knaths must be hiding somewhere. That or they're the same cakes from last year..."
 
|Town Crier tells you, "The Nexus Town Bowyers Guild has asked me to announce that this month they will be unveiling the latest in missile weaponry...the Atlatl! Thrown weapons experts-get yours while supplies last!"
 
|Town Crier tells you, "The Barkeeps are getting into the Festivities and are selling Festival Lights in Zaikhal, Cragstone and Hebian-To."
 
|Town Crier tells you, "Have you seen those new-fangled weapons the outpost town shopkeepers are selling?"
 
|Town Crier tells you, "Did you notice those giant Candy Sticks in town? I guess some mage got into the Festival Spirit... or perhaps just spirits! Anyway they cast all sorts of useful buffs on players, if you can get their attention."
 
|Town Crier tells you, "It seems that winter is almost here. The snows are returning. Let's just hope we don't get as much as we did two seasons ago with the whole Frore problem."
 
|Town Crier tells you, "I heard William Witty finally built himself a little cottage in Lytelthorpe. For a while I thought he'd never settle down! Always dashing here, dashing there... If I had a pair of slippers like his, why, I'd always keep moving too."
 
|Town Crier tells you, "Ugh, my cousin sent me another one of those horrible Fruitcakes again for the Winter Festival. I guess I can use it for a doorstop or something."
 
|Town Crier tells you, "Giant Snowmen in the world are said to be selling instructions on how to make a little Snowman."
 
|Town Crier tells you, "Our Queen has dispatched members of her own Guard to build and fortify Training Academies in the outposts of Holtburg, Shoushi, and Yaraq. These guards have been specially charged to train new arrivals in these uncertain times."
 
|Town Crier tells you, "Increasing portal disturbances have continued to threaten the 18 arrival points from Ispar. What...or who could be causing them?"
 
|Town Crier tells you, "The Arcanum has enchanted a perimeter of Obelisks around the safest boundaries of Holtburg, Yaraq and Shoushi. New arrivals are to be warned that venturing past these markers will lead them to uncertain and more dangerous territories."
 
|Town Crier tells you, "Been getting chilly lately. If you need some wood to keep warm or if you'd just like a Festival decoration, I hear there are two Woodsmen that have set up shops outside of Holtburg and Glendenwood."
 
;Ulgrim the Unpleasant
 
|Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Oh, a new island, huh? You're all excited about it, huh? Here's one important question you have to ask yourself: Does it have Ulgrim on it? That should tell you all you need to know."
 
|Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Psst, I've heard they were seen outside of towns recently. I've even heard that the Giant Snowmen are selling instructions on how to make more of the smaller ones. They are using witless fools to add to their frozen army. One more reason I stay out here in the desert."
}}
 
== Related Articles ==
* [[Announcements - 2001/12 - The First Strike#Teaser|Teaser]]
* [[Announcements - 2001/12 - The First Strike#Rollout Article|Rollout Article]]
* [[Announcements - 2001/12 - The First Strike#Release Notes|Release Notes]]
* [[Announcements - 2001/12 - The First Strike#Letter to the Players|Letter to the Players]]
* [[Announcements - 2001/12 - The First Strike#Letter to the Players 2|Letter to the Players 2]]
* [[Announcements - 2001/12 - The First Strike#Letter to the Players 3|Letter to the Players 3]]
 
== Media ==
<gallery>
File:Portaldat 200112.png|Portal.dat
</gallery>
</gallery>


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December 2001 - Announcements Page

Game Changes

  • The Training Academy has been introduced to train new arrivals to Dereth.
  • A new thrown weapon projectile launcher, the Atlatl, has been introduced. There are also standard darts for these Atlatls.
  • Players can now use thrown weapons while wearing a shield.
  • 250 Cottages, 40 Villas and 10 Mansions added to the world.
  • Settlement Portals added for housing introduced during the The Gathering Storm event.
  • Other changes:
    • House owners no longer need to add other characters on their account to their guest list. This is now automatically done, and these characters will no longer appear on the guest list.
    • If an account owns a house, all characters on that account can now recall to that house with the command @house recall.
    • New animation for the house recall command.

New Quests

Updated Quests

New NPCs

Updated NPCs

New Locations

Updated Locations

New Items

Leather Cap (Training Academy) Leather Gauntlets (Training Academy) Leather Leggings (Training Academy) Academy Coat Bunny Slippers White Bunny Slippers

Peppermint Stick

Snowman (Housing Item) Snowman with Fez Two Headed Snowman (Housing Item) Small Pine Tree (Snow) Large Pine Tree (Snow) Wood Wreath

Greeter's Key Quartermaster's Workshop Key

White Bunny Slipper Bunny Slipper

Academy Healing Potion Academy Mana Potion Academy Stamina Potion

Academy Token Bellows Carpenter Wasp Wing Oil of Rendering Headless Snowman Unarmed Snowman Noseless Snowman

A Frozen Note Combat and Spellcasting Guide Guide to Healing Guide to Raising Skills and Attributes A Crumpled Note Application Form Orders to the Guards Official Warning

Vapor Golem Heart White Rabbit Carcass

Atlatl Atlatl Dart Training Atlatl Training Cestus Training Dagger Training Hand Axe Light Training Crossbow Training Mace Training Short Sword Training Shortbow Training Spear Training Staff Training Wand Academy Atlatl Academy Cestus Academy Dagger Academy Hand Axe Academy Light Crossbow Academy Mace Academy Short Sword Academy Shortbow Academy Spear Academy Staff Academy Wand

Updated Items

Exquisite Elari Wood Bow Welcome Letter

New Emotes

  • Talk to the hand: *talk to the hand*
  • At ease: *at ease*
  • Pretend to be asleep: *play possum*
  • Sit: *sit down*
  • Get comfortable: *cross legs*
  • Get really comfortable: *sitback*
  • Point left: *point left*
  • Point right: *point right*
  • Point to the left until you do another action: *pointing left*
  • Point to the right until you do another action: *pointing right*
  • Nudge left: *nudgeleft*
  • Nudge right: *nudgeright*

New Creatures

Golem

Hollow Minion

Mosswart

Phyntos Wasp

Candy Stick

New Dialog

Town Crier

Town Crier tells you, "Hear ye, hear ye! The Training Hall outposts of six Nexus towns have fallen to an unprecedented attack! The portals to the Halls have...disappeared! What of the poor Trainers who must still be trapped inside?"

Town Crier tells you, "Environmentalists report that the rabbit population has gone into a sharp decline around the vicinity of a certain hill on the outskirts of Lytlethorpe. Meanwhile, shopkeeps and provisioners are reporting a sharp increase in the sale of carrots. Could these trends be related? I have a theory...it may be...oh nevermind."

Town Crier tells you, "I heard there's a new shoe crafter in Lytelthorpe. Funny thing is...he'll make you one, but not a pair. Odd way to run a business, isn't it?"

Town Crier tells you, "Those awful petrified pastries are back. I believe one of the ingredients, Brown Lumps, are sometimes dropped by Knaths if you can find them. I thought they were hunted to extinction, but people are still making those fossilized festival foods so the Knaths must be hiding somewhere. That or they're the same cakes from last year..."

Town Crier tells you, "The Nexus Town Bowyers Guild has asked me to announce that this month they will be unveiling the latest in missile weaponry...the Atlatl! Thrown weapons experts-get yours while supplies last!"

Town Crier tells you, "The Barkeeps are getting into the Festivities and are selling Festival Lights in Zaikhal, Cragstone and Hebian-To."

Town Crier tells you, "Have you seen those new-fangled weapons the outpost town shopkeepers are selling?"

Town Crier tells you, "Did you notice those giant Candy Sticks in town? I guess some mage got into the Festival Spirit... or perhaps just spirits! Anyway they cast all sorts of useful buffs on players, if you can get their attention."

Town Crier tells you, "It seems that winter is almost here. The snows are returning. Let's just hope we don't get as much as we did two seasons ago with the whole Frore problem."

Town Crier tells you, "I heard William Witty finally built himself a little cottage in Lytelthorpe. For a while I thought he'd never settle down! Always dashing here, dashing there... If I had a pair of slippers like his, why, I'd always keep moving too."

Town Crier tells you, "Ugh, my cousin sent me another one of those horrible Fruitcakes again for the Winter Festival. I guess I can use it for a doorstop or something."

Town Crier tells you, "Giant Snowmen in the world are said to be selling instructions on how to make a little Snowman."

Town Crier tells you, "Our Queen has dispatched members of her own Guard to build and fortify Training Academies in the outposts of Holtburg, Shoushi, and Yaraq. These guards have been specially charged to train new arrivals in these uncertain times."

Town Crier tells you, "Increasing portal disturbances have continued to threaten the 18 arrival points from Ispar. What...or who could be causing them?"

Town Crier tells you, "The Arcanum has enchanted a perimeter of Obelisks around the safest boundaries of Holtburg, Yaraq and Shoushi. New arrivals are to be warned that venturing past these markers will lead them to uncertain and more dangerous territories."

Town Crier tells you, "Been getting chilly lately. If you need some wood to keep warm or if you'd just like a Festival decoration, I hear there are two Woodsmen that have set up shops outside of Holtburg and Glendenwood."
Ulgrim the Unpleasant

Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Oh, a new island, huh? You're all excited about it, huh? Here's one important question you have to ask yourself: Does it have Ulgrim on it? That should tell you all you need to know."

Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Psst, I've heard they were seen outside of towns recently. I've even heard that the Giant Snowmen are selling instructions on how to make more of the smaller ones. They are using witless fools to add to their frozen army. One more reason I stay out here in the desert."

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Media