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Aetherspace gnomes made a visit to the Basin of Life, offering a new game called "Bombard!". Sheia Silverwing won a contest with this new game, and the prize was a free Bombard! board for her aethership. Bombard! boards are now sold at Trader Bob's aethermanse shop.

The Spiritsinger Bards guild were put to the test in the Serenwilde Forest as their ancestral spirits were agitated by the Alabaster Road which split the forest in two. The bards were able to calm the spirits and work with them transform the forest itself to reconnect the northern and southern ends of the forest.

After a rash of mysterious disappearances of archangels, it was found the culprit was Shellma Natharian, a figure from the ancient histories. She raised spires of light that were draining the nexuses of Magnagora and the communes. It was then uncovered that the Dread Lord of Contagion was behind her resurrection and actions. However, the people of the Basin came together to take down the spires of light. In the end Shellma Natharian and the Dread Lord had a falling out and Shellma stole the Crown of Stars from him.

All collegiums are now officially open! New players will now enter the collegiums of Lusternia upon joining a city or commune. Each collegium has a set of unique quests designed to teach new players the mechanics of Lusternia and the history of their city and commune.

The second monk guild was founded in the Basin of Life, called the Tahtetso Guild. The first Guildmaster was Vesar, the first Guild Administrator was Doman, and the first Guild Champion was Desitrus.

An ominous weakening struck Mother Night during Winter Solstice, causing the Shadowdancers to have troubling dreams and visions. Tracking down a prophesy by the veneral dracnari mystic Shimotabi Xiim, they were eventually led to the discovery that Mother Night's abode in aetherspace was unveiled. There, led by the Avatar of Viravain, Kaervas d'Murani, they rebuilt the Throne of Darkness and aided Night's descent. As a reward to her devout, Mother Night bestowed upon all of Glomdoring the ability to build the Night Altar, a powerful construct for their nexus world.

A sick mugwump from Balach Swamp came in contact with several people who subsequently contracted the strange ailment. Though attempts at quarantine were attempted, the extremely contagious disease could not be contained and swept through the Basin of Life. Eventually, a cure was found by the healers of the land. The knowledge gained to find the cure further expanded the powers of the healing with new abilities to manipulate auras.

A New Player Guide was added to the website for newcomers to have a quick reference to Lusternia's many features.

In the Serenwilde Forest, dreams and prophesies of a great danger came to pass as an illness descended upon the Great Spirit of Mother Moon, one of the guiding forces of the forest. Her illness was traced to a creature calling herself Gromagh the Hag, who was absorbing the Moon's essence and giving birth to swarms of dark creatures. Those in the Serenwilde summoned forth the Elder Goddess Lisaera, who was able to heal Mother Moon and reveal the location of Gromagh the Hag in the veiled hills of the centaur people.

Serenwilde and Celest helped the kephera imprison the illithoid, and brought forth Zenobia, the Queen of Kephera Queens. Zenobia awarded Celest a surge of power and awarded Serenwilde to be the first guild to be trained in their martial arts, after conducting a scavenger hunt that Serenwilde won. Thus, Serenwilde will be home to the first guild of a new archetype: Monks!

Mages with the ability of psionics suffered severe headaches, as well as hearing garbled telepathic communications. However, the situation became dangerous when a psychic wave was unleashed that all but incapacitated those with psionics. Through much research and work, Aquamancers and Geomancers were finally able to set up a latticework of elemental crystals throughout the Basin to dampen the psychic wave.

In the ancient Shallamurine Cathedral, the insane undead priestess Marani Veloske was left unchecked for many years, allowing her to drain the essence from countless mortals until she was strong enough to challenge the cosmic planes themselves. Her strength was enough to subdue both Elohora the Lady of the Eternal Light and Luciphage the Supreme Master of the Demon Lords in an attempt to twist all creation into her warped belief of beauty above all. However, her powers were based on the songs of creation and the bards were eventually able to find a weakness that led to her defeat.