The Child of Daralet
December 2000 - Announcements Page
Turbine Announcements
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Upcoming Fellowship Changes
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Rollout
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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
- 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
- The Exploration Society has been founded to help new explorers who have arrived in Dereth.
- The fellowship system has received a major update. See this article for details.
- Many dungeons have been updated as part of the Exploration Society Letters quest.
- 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.
- Three new types of dye plant have been found in the colder regions of the land.
New Quests
- Empyrean Cloister Quest
- Exploration Society Letters
- Shadow Captain's Heaume Quest
- Staff of the Nomads Quest
- Virindi Servant's Amulet Quest
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
- Chosen of Asheron (Cragstone) - 23.6N, 49.1E
- Chosen of Asheron (Hebian-To) - 41.9S, 83.0E
- Chosen of Asheron (Zaikhal) - 14.7N, 2.3E
- Oi-Tong Ye
- Flinrala Ryndmad
New Locations
- Chakron Gate - 52.9S 62.7W, north Obsidian Plains
- Upper Chakron Flux
- Lower Chakron Flux
- Empyrean Cloister - 23.4S, 5.8E, east of Yaraq
- Empyrean Cloister Lower
- Empyrean Cloister Upper
- Tomb of the Dead - 18.4S, 9.3E, southeast of Tufa
- Shade Stronghold - 73.5N, 0.2W, northwest of Crater Village
- Upper Shade Stronghold - 73.5N, 0.2W, northwest of Crater Village
- Heart of Darkness
- Upper Heart of Darkness
- Sepulcher of the Hopeslayer
Updated Locations
- Starter Quest dungeons updated (Level restrictions updated from 1-6 to 1-20; Exploration Society stamps added)
New Items
Skull of Avoren Palacost
Barbed Fletching Tool
Empyrean Scalemail Shirt
Obsidian Dagger
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
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Heart of Shadow
Shadow Captain's Heaume
Anadil's Tomb
Splintered Staff (Necropolis)
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Virindi Servant's Amulet
Fragment of the Singularity
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
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
Asheron's Missive
Book of Seasons
Instructions (Sepulcher of the Hopeslayer)
Updated Items
Brogord's Axe - Now Attuned and Bonded.
Portal.dat
New Creatures
Images
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Ithaenc Cathedral Falls - before
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Ithaenc Falls - now blood red
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Red sky and rain during an eclipse
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Water Golems become Tainted Golems
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Bael'Zharon on the rampage after being freed from his crystal prison.
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Bael and Asheron fighting in Plateau Village
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Anadil's Tomb now found in the Crypts of the Sand Kings
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Lower Heart of Darkness
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The Chakron Gate
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Remnants of Ilservian Palacost (Bael'Zharon)
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Shadow Captain's Heaume
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Furry Mattekar Hide Coat for the Winter season.