Challenge of Life 2024

A cauldron filled with pale blue smoke sits amidst other accoutrements of witchcraft, shrouded in blue and green light.

After proving their mettle in the challenge of the Seal of Nature, a far different challenge was presented with the Seal of Life: adventurers were tasked with the healing of diseased furrikin across the Basin of Life, searching far and wide for their sick patients in need of curing. Though many furrikin possessed the same…

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Seal of Nature 2024

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The nightmares of Panaxra, the Dreamshade have left traces of their corruption all over the Basin of Life and so those who would compete for the Medallion of Nature gathered to dispel the last of Her hold over the waking world. The power of Nature manifested to this generation as a series of corrupt mirrors…

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Bob’s Summer Special

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Trader Bob has once again unveiled to the Basin the forgotten vaults of treasures that he has unearthed over the years! Let’s face it, at his prices, he can afford to go around exploring for treasure. The lost treasures contained within are now available for the bearers of his golden keys, available for purchase on…

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Seal of Death 2024

An army marches forward in black and white, the front few soldiers clear in their platemail, the rearguard naught but silhouettes.

The formidable Challenge of Death has once again cast its ominous shadow over the citizens of the Basin of Life. From the farthest reaches of the world, warriors converged, each bearing their weapon of choice, their eyes alight with fierce determination. As the sun set upon the battlefield, the once serene lands ran red with…

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Seal of Harmony 2024

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The first trial of this Ascension, the citizens of the Basin once more gathered to see who would claim the Medallion of Harmony. Fourteen challengers and those who would assist them traveled the length and breadth of the First World to spread their influence to as many denizens as they could in the span of…

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March & June Artbard Results

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Congratulations to our Artbard participants from March and June! Alas, no submissions in April and May. If you’d like to join them, make sure you get your submissions in by the end of the month. HELP ARTBARD will explain all about what you can submit, and how to do so. March==( Bardic Winner )==Xiran ==( Bardic Runner-up…

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Beauty Challenge Stats

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We’d like to share some interesting Beauty Challenge stats with you. For some of those breakdowns, we can only go back as far as 2015 but we managed to get a few charts that account for the entire run of the challenges too. One of the things that we have heard over the years is…

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Beauty Submissions – Open

The time has come once again, and We challenge you to submit works worthy of the competition for the Seal of Beauty! Before We get into Our usual review of the submission guidelines, a note: Avechna’s announcement (Public News #1994) must be taken into consideration when creating and contributing to this Challenge of Beauty. How…

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Ascension Challenges and Schedule

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As the Nine Seals are threatened, with the Seal of Beauty broken and the others weakened, an Ascension is upon us. The Soulless Kethuru threatens to break out of imprisonment and Avechna, the Avenger has called for the worthy and brave to compete in Seal Challenges to select the Nine that will stand in the…

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Belated Summer Cornucopia

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Better late than never! Marutok took off with it but we finally managed to track down July’s promotion. Aethergoop Jars and Wonder Crates will continue to remain on the website until the end of the month. The first come with aethergoop, coins, and presents, while the latter with wonder crystals and presents. The aethergoop may…

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The Custodian and the Dreaming

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The night was young, mid-winter of the year 678 after the Coming of Estarra, and the Fellowship of the Roots was discussing the astounding power of the Dreaming – the wonder of dreams that are memories, both good and bad, and the warnings and pain they can bring. They went on like that through the…

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Following the Dreams

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On a chilly fall day of the year 676 after the Coming of Estarra, Makali Ganth set out for the pilgrim camp at the foot of Avechna’s Peak in search of a friend. The Fellowship of the Roots, of which he was a member, had not heard from Naesan Sweetfur in a while and were…

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Auctions Galore

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It’s high time for the auctions to begin! Starting now, we will be running 3 weeks of auctions – first credit auctions, then gold auctions, and then credit auctions again. Each set of auctions will generally run through the week, with the exception of this first week which will end approximately on weave on Monday…

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Silverfur Stargazers

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It was the middle of winter in the year 676, when grumbles of Professor Slabmika Mologmomo’s alerted everyone to her field reports being tardy, much like some of her students when coming to class. The Professor of Gorglognal Academy, located in the Gaaglin Swamp, was awaiting information from taurian twins who had recently begun working…

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Endzones Review

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Now that Endzones have been out for a while, we are looking at what tweaks we can make to make them more fun, more challenging, and more even. There are a number of issues that have been brought to us and put together they warrant a full reset of scores before they are implemented to…

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June Wheel Fortunes

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For the month of June, we have Iron Coins available to purchase from the website! You can spin these coins at the Wheel of Tzaraziko found at the Cave of Chaos. Additionally, playing for at least an hour on a given day will allow use of a free spin – SPIN WHEEL FREE! Check out…

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Spring Extravaganza

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For the month of May, we have a couple of things for you to take advantage of and look forward to! We’ll be having a 30% credit sale, meaning you’ll get an additional 30 credits for every 100 purchased. The above will come in handy as a sale on -all- artifacts in the in-game Artifact Shop (HELP…

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The Realm of the Majesty of the Dawn

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A great sadness befell the City of New Celest during the eve of Dioni, in the year 674, when a mote of cerulean light streaked across the skies above the sleepy city, descending towards the Pool of Stars. It was Meleris, the Keeper of the Pool of Stars that first noticed the mote of light as it bobbed sadly around…

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April Cornucopia

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For those of you just getting into Lusternia, or those of you ready to try something new, in April you can purchase lessons at discounted rates right off the website. Free classflexing will also be active throughout the month to allow you to try out a new class. See HELP PROMO DAYS for the classflex…

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Code Question Day

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This coming Tuesday (April 2nd) we’ll be hosting another Code Question Day on Discord. We will be answering whatever questions you may have that need looking up in code so you can make sure your reports are based on facts. If you have code questions not related to reports, we can answer that too! I…

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