Archive for February 2019
Challenge of Beauty
As the Trials of Ascension raged on, the creative geniuses of the Basin of Life were busy at work in the background. One by one they crafted great works of art that, they hoped, would be worthy of protecting the Seal. To aid them in their imaginative exploits, they were granted a theme to place…
Read MoreUpcoming System: Timequakes!
There’s been a project that’s been brewing since last year that we are now going to fully focus our coding resources on called Timequakes (not to be confused with timequakes in aeonics). Though we had initially planned to keep this under wraps and release it through some events, we decided to be fully transparent and…
Read MoreDaily Credits!
Lusternia is now completely free to play! This means that rather than needing to purchase credits, you can earn credits in-game, at the rate of 20 bound credits/RL day. Also, cities and communes can earn credits every game year. Credits are still available for purchase on the website and elite memberships are still available in…
Read MoreChallenge of Death
There can be no life without death and, on the 7th of Vestian, 524 years after the Coming of Estarra, the Challenge of Death would choose its Sealbearer, the one who could spread the gift of the final sleep furthest throughout the land. Many challengers took to the field to drench the earth in blood,…
Read MoreChallenge of Life
On the 5th of Vestian, 524 CoE, the Challenge of Life was held. It was Malarious who cured the first diseased furrikin from its ailments, followed by Steingrim. Soon after Avurekhos appear as the third challenger. Poihala, Lorina and Eliron eventually joined the ranks. By the halfway mark of the Challenge it was these six…
Read MoreChallenge of Knowledge
The Trial of Knowledge took place on the 7th of Dioni, 524 CoE, and continued late into the night. The start was slow, with the initial questions proving to be a greater challenge than would have been expected. But slowly, little by little, the competitors have emerged. Once Kalaneya Shee-Slaugh of Glomdoring took the lead,…
Read MoreHelllooooo, Dolly d’Amour!
Ah, love is in the air and, once again, Madame Sylvie’s famous mother, the charming Dolly d’Amour, has returned to the Basin of Life to help the wandering lovelorn find love! Greet the lovelorn and then seduce them for love letters. If you get a love letter, bring it to Dolly, and if you give…
Read MoreChallenge of Nature
Early morning of the 16th of Juliary, 523 CoE, saw challengers gathered at Avechna’s Peak to take part in the Trial of Nature. Receiving a peculiar bioengineered plant, they have set off to cleanse the Basin of Life from remainders of Lyraan presence to strengthen the Seal of Nature. The first to find a clue…
Read MoreChallenge of Harmony
After Chaos, the Seal of Harmony came under contention. Contestants throughout Lusternia rose up with their voices to win hearts and minds of the denizens of the land. Though Jolanthe of Gaudiguch was the first to make her voice heard, Yendor, Enadonella, and Leticia of Glomdoring soon overtook her, followed by Ixion and Vatul of…
Read MoreChallenge of Chaos
The crash of the Lyraa Ey Rielys aetherbubble into Lusternia and its subsequent ripping away by Queenie of the Gnafia caused the fabric of reality to fray once more. Again the Nine Seals that held back the Soulless Kethuru were weakened. Thus the Trials to reinforce the Seals begin once more. The first Seal was…
Read MoreFebruary 2019 Newsletter
Ascension 2019! Ascension 2019! During the Elder Wars, the Goddess Kaenalye was hidden in a bubble of alternate reality known as Lyraa Ey Rielys, which was out of phase from the rest of reality; thus, hiding her from the Soulless Gods. However, this secure zone also became her prison, as she was trapped there through…
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