Bad to the Bone
I hate Nocht. Well… Sometimes I do. Whereas he is the malicious God of the Night, I’m a rather boring computer tech in the boring Midwest. We’re nothing alike. (Though I do envy his gorgeous hair) But that’s the point of role play, right? The chance to be someone or something else. The chance to…
Read MoreGlory be to Glomdoring
I’m back. Sort of. I’m not any Viravain’s you’ve ever known. When you take on a role larger than yourself, one where multiple very talented players have added the cumulative weight of experience and history over the course of Lusternia’s operating history, it’s hard to fill their shoes. So the best way to do that,…
Read MoreA Treatise on Godly Relationships
When I was but a wee mortal growing up on the winding thoroughfares of [DATA REDACTED], one of the (admittedly many, many) aspects of Lusternia which most caught my interest was just how human the Divine were. They had their flaws and shortcomings, they had their moments of sorrow and triumph, and they had realistic…
Read MoreThe Waking of the Thorns
In the wake of the Ascension of Karlach Stormcrow, the Glomdoring was disturbed by a tiny visitor – the previously unknown Averi Nightshade. Emerging without fanfare from the shadows themselves, she demanded their help to aid the Wyrd. When asked of her purpose, she spoke only of one who slept, whose was as the Wyrd…
Read MoreAscension Event 2014
As events culminated in the Saga of the Red Star, the two twisted cosmic lords, Dumaliel and Grimbach, tried to empower themselves by draining the Seal of Beauty. This resulted, in the weakening of all Nine Seals that hold the Soulless Gods captive. As stated in the histories under Coming of Estarra, when the Nine…
Read MoreJanuary Vesteran Honours
For the January Vesteran Honours, Portius won the contest with the epic poem titled, “Jekkex”. In the artisanal category, Arimisia won with the painting entitled “Chief Everiine Silvermoon, the Wise”. Check out all of the winners in the Art-Bard Archives!
Read MoreTo Dust Returnest
Coming to the end of my time as a volunteer administrator for Lusternia has been a difficult journey for me. I’ve been playing Lusternia since open beta in 2004 and I have truly loved the game. Seven years later, I felt that I had achieved a lot as a player but that I would like…
Read MoreThe Merry Minstrel
In early Estar, the Voice of Gullagumbah stirred, mentioning a strang rumbling, unheard to the Minstrels He alerted. Confusion was abundant until the Basin rumbled, the sound emanating from the Northern Mountains. As the rumbling subsided, a soft melody was briefly heard, carried about upon the winds. As many wondered about the sounds, in the…
Read MoreMortalsickness
In some ways, becoming an eph comes with as many losses as it does gains. The first thing you do is qq your mortal for the very last time, and that, for many of us, was a hard decision to make. There’s a good number of admin who chose to apply for Havens because they…
Read MoreThe Occult and Cultists
There’s only thirty rank positions in a Divine Order. This is hard-coded in. No amount of begging, pleading, and even tricking a brief change through on Iosai (that broke everything) that was swiftly redacted, has won me any kind of slack in that realm. As I came to find out in the early days of…
Read MoreNovember Vesteran Honours
For the November Vesteran Honours, Thayan won the contest with the story titled, “The Fortal of Pate”. In the artisanal category, Arimisia won with the painting entitled “Vigil of the Red Star”.
Read MoreYear in Review 2013
Once again, we find another year has come and gone, and it comes time for me to look back and review the year as it has unfolded in 2013. What should be fresh in everyone’s mind is the Red Star event which has its roots extending back many years. Perhaps some of you may remember…
Read MoreRed Star Burning
As the Red Star grew ever closer to the Basin of Life, its influence was felt by all under its crimson glow. Some inhabitants of the Basin were more easily swayed by its lure and promises than others, taking up the moniker of ‘the Army of Love’ and touting the return of the Lovers and…
Read MoreSecrets of the Red Star Revealed
As the Red Star travelled closer and closer to Lusternia, its baleful crimson glow growing larger and larger, Archangels of Celestia and Archdemons of Nil began appearing on the roads in the Basin of Life, gazing up at its fiery light. Alarmed, the Demon Lords of Nil demanded that the archdemons be brought back to…
Read MoreDecember Vesteran Honours
For the December Vesteran Honours, Nihmriel won the contest with the play titled, “A Matter of Eminence”. In the artisanal category, Persayis won with the painting entitled “Song of His Heart”. Check out all of the winners in the Art-Bard Archives!
Read MoreOn Jason Wilkinson
Hearing about Jason’s death has been a bit of a shock to me. I haven’t spoken to him in any fashion for a few years, ever since coming up to the Havens as an Ephemeral. When we did interact, he was one of my favorite folks. He was a good guy – impulsive, like so…
Read MoreUnveiling the Pyresmith
Barely had the first reverse-rainstorm surged into the skies when intense headaches were visited upon numerous mortals across the Basin. Though initially dismissed as a side effect of the new weather patterns, this line of thinking was quickly dispelled as soon as a mysterious voice, speaking the ritual tongue of the Elders, addressed them in…
Read MorePlaxios and the Cloud Stalker
With the weather wildly out of order, citizens of the Serenwilde and Glomdoring communes turned to the four members of the Anas’im’aeklas for answers. Unfortunately for them, the leader of the organisation, Thalafir Oakvine, forbade his subordinates from accepting aid from the outside. Though some disagreed vocally with the assessment of the situation, all obeyed…
Read MoreOctober Vesteran Honours
For the October Vesteran Honours, Thul won the contest with the treatise titled, “History of the Creche Wars: The Book of Amonkari”. In the artisanal category, Arimisia won with the painting entitled “From The Ashes”.
Read MoreA Gathering Storm
Over the past year, four odd wanderers have made their way to the forests of Lusternia. First came the aloof loboshigaru, Diakala, to the Serenwilde, arriving suddenly and causing some small bit of consternation, who was followed soon after by a druid calling himself Tinjtak Gladheart raising a ruckus in Estelbar. Barely a quarter of…
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