Generated by All in One SEO Pro v5.0.0.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Lusternia Lusternia, Age of Ascension, an Iron Realms Entertainment Game ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://www.lusternia.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [Latest News](https://www.lusternia.com/latest-news/) - June 14 2020 Challenge of Nature By Aonia | 14 Jun 2020 Following the quick-witted challenge of the Seal of Harmony, explorers from around the Basin gathered atop Avechna's Peak to undertake the challenge of the Seal of Nature: a far-afield scavenger hunt across the Basin of Life for all manner of climes. The power - [Welcome to the Iron Carnival](https://www.lusternia.com/2026/08/01/welcome-to-the-iron-carnival/) - Following the success of our cross-game event back in December, I'm pleased to announce that the Iron Carnival has arrived! Run by the irascible Grimbeard and the foppish Percivale, the Iron Carnival was once a star-studded celebration that travelled otherworldly lands, putting on a dazzling show full of games, fairground amusements, and tasty treats. In - [New perks for newsletter subscribers](https://www.lusternia.com/2026/05/29/new-perks-for-newsletter-subscribers/) - Stay on top of all the news and happenings in Lusternia or Iron Realms, or both, with a newsletter sent directly to your inbox. Subscribe to our newsletter to be the first to know about new features, events, updates and more! Our goal is to provide an easy to digest snapshot, and we promise not - [Threadfall Egghunt](https://www.lusternia.com/2026/04/09/threadfall-egghunt/) - An industrious spirit, figurative or perhaps literal, has been hiding paper mache eggs all over the Basin of Life! Some of them you will find rolling on the ground, some have been buried, some are in the trees, and others… who knows! If you wish to look for them Tomarro at the pilgrim camp has - [Threadfall Has Begun](https://www.lusternia.com/2026/04/04/threadfall-has-begun-2/) - What's Threadfall? A festival season celebrating spring and coinciding with Easter! It's only our second time hosting it, too. Are we just looking for an excuse to throw presents at you? Maybe! When the Tapestry of Fate needs a good 'spring cleaning', the Fates declare Threadfall to be taking place - a season of thorough - [The Cost of Progress](https://www.lusternia.com/2026/04/01/the-cost-of-progress/) - [APRIL FOOL'S] The 12th of Shanthin, in the year 733 after the Coming of Estarra, was a chill autumn morning, though one could not quite tell such things in the City of Hallifax. With its position high in the skies and full weather control, it was a day like any other for Senior Researcher Inix - [Restaurants Are Here](https://www.lusternia.com/2026/02/23/restaurants-are-here/) - What's a dining experience without some new patterns? What's a pub without a bar? What's a cafe without some kawhe? Time to change that! NEW PATTERNS: BOOTH: available to Artisans (Booths). A new skill available at 50% Expert which allows one to construct booths. Booths are seating and table combined, seating up to 4 and - [Open for Dining: Restaurants](https://www.lusternia.com/2026/02/23/open-for-dining-restaurants/) - Welcome to the new dining experience: your shops can now become restaurants! Shops in the cities and communes can turn into restaurants with the help of Chancellors and their aides, and manse shops can turn into restaurants through activation of the new restaurant miniature artifact (ASHOP 1344). Restaurants can turn back into shops through the - [Season d'Amour](https://www.lusternia.com/2026/02/13/season-damour-3/) - Dolly d'Amour, residing in a cottage by Delport, has commenced Season d'Amour which has brought countless lovebirds to the highway and mountain roads. Help these daydreaming souls find what they are looking for! Every lovebird will desire something else so pay attention to their requests. You can complete the quest only once a weave by - [Custom Beast Submission System](https://www.lusternia.com/2026/02/03/custom-beast-submission-system/) - We are pleased to announce that the custom beast submission system is now live - see HELP CUSTOM BEAST SUBMISSIONS! This means that, rather than e-mailing support to request a custom beast, you will now fill out all the required information in-game. We will review the submission and get back to you, either approving it - [Commodity Prices](https://www.lusternia.com/2026/02/04/commodity-prices/) - We have been tweaking commodity prices and village production for a while now, with part one of this endeavour outlined in Changelog #2985 and part two in Changelog #3149. It's time for part three, and this one warrants an announcement post to bring all Trade Ministers' attention to these changes. Commodity prices in village commodity - [Design, Cartel, and Culture Updates](https://www.lusternia.com/2026/02/09/design-cartel-and-culture-updates/) - A big change for affiliated cartels has just been released. Affiliated cartels are those that belong to a nation and each nation has one of each type. Trademasters in those cartels are elected, not appointed. For as long as there have been cartels, only Trademasters could work on designs, requiring designers to mail them their - [Menestrean Wayfaire Arrives](https://www.lusternia.com/2025/04/21/menestrean-wayfaire-arrives/) - To celebrate Threadfall, the Menestrean Wayfaire has once more arrived in the Basin of Life, carrying stories of the Zemeran Coast and the Vernal Goddess Menestre. You can easily find the fairgrounds by navigating to the WAYFAIRE landmark and by completing the honour quest, also called WAYFAIRE, you can get all your daily credits in - [Lotteries, Special Days, and the Great Hunt](https://www.lusternia.com/2025/09/05/lotteries-special-days-and-the-great-hunt/) - Tzaraziko's been up to no good and has made lottery tickets rain from the skies. One must roll with the punches, and tickets, and so we're having lotteries! Whenever you do tasks that reward you with daily credits (HELP DAILY CREDITS), you will also receive lottery tickets. You can exchange those in one of the - [The Haunted House Opens](https://www.lusternia.com/2025/11/01/the-haunted-house-opens-3/) - The Haunted House is now open with lots of attractions provided by the business savvy of Trader Bob and his Merchant Peak's Coterie. It is located on the Stairs of Death on Avechna's Peak and can be reached by the temporary landmark - hauntedhouse. It appears Trader Bob has been cursed by Cimtri, the Oracle - [Lusternia's 21st Anniversary Events](https://www.lusternia.com/2025/11/23/lusternias-21st-anniversary-events/) - Lusternia has turned twenty-one years old! While we are holding the festivities later than usual this year, we will, as always, host a series of games, contests, and more to celebrate this momentous milestone with the in-character celebration known as the Festival of the Creatrix. All contests award 300 credits for 1st place, 200 credits - [The Creatrix Festival Is Upon Us!](https://www.lusternia.com/2025/11/24/the-creatrix-festival-is-upon-us/) - Lusternia is now 21 years old and the festivities are upon us! Agwesha is back, selling festival wares at Avechna's Peak at the handy FESTIVALWARES landmark. Among them, you will find area-wide fireworks, decorations, suspicious chocolate chickens, and more. The Chicken Rebellion is not far behind, plotting vengeance and rallying the troops. The Menestrean Wayfaire - [Days of Gratitude](https://www.lusternia.com/2025/11/27/days-of-gratitude-3/) - While not everyone celebrates Thanksgiving - either at all or does so earlier in the year - we wish those of you who do a happy one. We are grateful for the time all of you spend with us so if you are spending this time with family or friends (Or yourself! Everyone needs a - [Solstice Festivities](https://www.lusternia.com/2025/12/01/solstice-festivities-2/) - The Gnodfather's done it again! His ancient war against Ironbeard and Jolly Bundy has reached new heights as he has now teamed up with Ironbeard's estranged brother, Flintbeard! Together, they have fermented unrest within Jolly Bundy's workshop and caused much of the staff to take early retirement or quit altogether. The gnome toymakers are still - [Gnooomes! Oh wait-](https://www.lusternia.com/2025/12/20/gnooomes-oh-wait/) - Ironbeard Ironbeard has started making the rounds, bearing gifts for the lucky recipients. All you have to do is be online as Ironbeard will find you regardless of where you may be - in a tree, in a submarine, or in a domoth. Once you have received a gift, he will only add you back - [Huskies and Stockings](https://www.lusternia.com/2025/12/07/huskies-and-stockings/) - Huskies As Solstice nears, the inhabitants of Solstice Court have rolled up their sleeves and are preparing for the holiday season! Supplies, packages, and mail are all being carried back and forth over the Iceburn Plains by husky-drawn sleds. You might know one of their drivers already - Sarora Bowtail - but the holiday season - [End-of-the-Year Updates](https://www.lusternia.com/2025/12/14/end-of-the-year-updates/) - I've been planning this update post since the summer, pushing it back till I had more tangible and definite information to share with you all. Alas, life finds a way to mess even with the best laid plans, and here we are. So rather than post a detailed roadmap, we'll deviate a bit this time - [Solstice Activities](https://www.lusternia.com/2025/12/21/solstice-activities-4/) - Winter is Here Frost Spite's none too happy about winter being associated with joy sohe has cursed the Basin of Life with a frosty spell. Guess Solstice hasas many supporters as it does detractors! The weather has cooledeverywhere and snow has fallen in all nations of the Basin of Life.Magnagora and Gaudiguch will notice their - [City and Commune Solstice Quests](https://www.lusternia.com/2025/12/22/city-and-commune-solstice-quests-3/) - Each city and commune has a small quest that will award a special Solstice gift upon completion. These quests can be done by anyone from newbie to demigod. Note that you can only gain your own commune or city's gift! Find the denizen in question and greet them for more details. You can find them - [Solstice Updates](https://www.lusternia.com/2026/01/02/solstice-updates/) - As mentioned previously, the Solstice event came with a lottery and here are the results! 1st place - Numinous - 1000 credits2nd place - Eiselle - 500 credits3rd place - Azurai - 250 credits A total of 1536 presents have been sent in Lusternia alone and 91 players participated! We hope you enjoyed this crossrealm - [Recent Rapture Troubles](https://www.lusternia.com/2026/01/23/recent-rapture-troubles/) - Oof! Due to the recent updates to the Rapture Engine, which Lusternia uses, we have encountered a number of issues. We have crashed a number of times and that always involves a progress rollback - sometime just a few minutes, but sometimes even 20 minutes. We have been stable for most of today and the - [Aethergoop Crafts and Finks](https://www.lusternia.com/2026/01/17/aethergoop-crafts-and-finks/) - While we work on a way to bring back these crafts properly, we've deployed a temporary solution to help you restock. Those unruly finks that were hired to bring you all gifts over Solstice? They're back and have broken into Flintbeard's stash of supplies gathered to help him battle the hordes of Solstice-loving adventurers. That - [Referral System is Live!](https://www.lusternia.com/2026/01/23/referral-system-is-live/) - Got a friend who would actually click with Lusternia, or a returning veteran you have been trying to lure back? We just made it easier to bring them in, and you both get rewarded for sticking with it as they play. What's new Two referral types: New Player and Returning Player. Rewards for the player - [Solstice Schedule](https://www.lusternia.com/2025/12/20/solstice-schedule-4/) - With Lusternia's Solstice in full swing, here's the schedule for theremainder of the festivities. The Solstice Event has already started butthere is more to keep one festive coming! 19th December - Ironbeard and gnomes will start making appearances.20th December - Solstice Court will open and winter will come.21st December - Solstice Quests will open in - [The Haunting Has Begun!](https://www.lusternia.com/2025/10/31/the-haunting-has-begun-3/) - Once again, Atropos, the Eldest of the Fates, has broken her shears! This means that the Haunting is upon us and when anything dies, there is a chance its ghost will not find its way to the Portal of Fate. If you find one of these poor lost souls, you can capture it if you - [Player Gossip: Madame Listener](https://www.lusternia.com/2025/07/04/player-gossip-madame-listener/) - Tanula, the self-styled Madame Listener, has set up a tea shop at the pilgrim's encampment right by Tilibe's shop! She has invited any and all to come drink some tea and spill some tea, as she loves to listen to the hot gossip of the Basin of Life. While the location of her tent is - [Threadfall Has Begun](https://www.lusternia.com/2025/04/19/threadfall-has-begun/) - Threadfall? A new festival season celebrating spring and coinciding with Easter! When the Tapestry of Fate needs a good 'spring cleaning', the Fates declare Threadfall to be taking place - a season of thorough inspections of the Tapestry of Fate. Lachesis is declaring which frayed and straying threads need to be cut, Atropos is doing - [Season d'Amour](https://www.lusternia.com/2025/02/14/season-damour-2/) - Dolly d'Amour, residing in a cottage by Delport, has commenced Season d'Amour which has brought countless lovebirds to the highway and mountain roads. Help these daydreaming souls find what they are looking for! Every lovebird will desire something else so pay attention to their requests. You can complete the quest only once a weave by - [Lectures and Golden Nuts](https://www.lusternia.com/2025/02/14/lectures-and-golden-nuts/) - Here's your reminder that the Year 700 Lecture Series continues into the year 701 through reruns so if you missed any month during the original run, you can still make up for it. Remember there's a different topic each month and the lectures start at 8am and 8pm. You need a total of 8 attendances - [Behind The Clock: Divine Release Events](https://www.lusternia.com/2025/01/31/behind-the-clock-divine-release-events/) - In this new blog series, I'd like to talk about how some features, events, or other admin work comes to pass and what sort of time is involved in making it happen. The latter is intended as the focus of the series as that particular facet of admin work is often nebulous and hard to - [Aethergoop Removal](https://www.lusternia.com/2025/01/25/aethergoop-removal/) - The aethergoop change is here, it is time to sunset that entire system. From this post onwards, the vast majority of aethergoop changes have been rolled out as mentioned in Updates posts #2 and #3. We will now be updating the help files and preparing to add treasure map and genies curios to the artifact - [Server Move and Port Change](https://www.lusternia.com/2025/01/16/server-move-and-port-change/) - We have just what moved to a different server as part of legacy mode. This changes nothing for us in terms of capacity or lag as Lusternia is well optimised, and there are still areas to improve should any issues occur. What it does change, however, is how you connect to the game. If you - [New Version of the Nexus Client](https://www.lusternia.com/2025/01/16/new-version-of-the-nexus-client/) - We're thrilled to announce the release of an updated version of the Nexus client. This new version features a cleaner, more streamlined interface and enhanced functionality for character creation and management. You can access the new client at play.ironrealms.com or from your favorite Iron Realms game website. We invite all players to try out the - [Trader's Bob Vaults](https://www.lusternia.com/2025/01/01/traders-bob-vaults/) - It's January and a brand new year is here. Here's to a fine 2025! Trader Bob is celebrating by letting adventurers dive into the treasures gathered in his Iron Vaults. Anybody who completes their daily credits for the day will receive a key piece for Bob's vault all through January. Three key pieces may be - [Husky Adoptions](https://www.lusternia.com/2024/12/22/husky-adoptions/) - We have one last surprise for you right before the holidays: you can now become a proud owner of a husky beast! That's right, the years of teasing are over and huskies are here. You will be able to purchase a husky puppy from Bavdo at Solstice Court but only once the huskies accept you. - [City and Commune Solstice Quests](https://www.lusternia.com/2024/12/21/city-and-commune-solstice-quests-2/) - Each city and commune has a small quest that will award a special Solstice gift upon completion. These quests can be done by anyone from newbie to demigod. Note that you can only gain your own commune or city's gift! Find the denizen in question and greet them for more details. You can find them - [Solstice Activities](https://www.lusternia.com/2024/12/16/solstice-activities-3/) - With Solstice starting, here's a rundown of what is happening already! Ironbeard Ironbeard has started making the rounds, bearing gifts for the lucky recipients. All you have to do is be online as Ironbeard will find you regardless of where you may be - in a tree, in a submarine, or in a domoth. Once - [October and November 2024 Change Summary](https://www.lusternia.com/2024/12/15/october-and-november-2024-change-summary/) - The following is a summary of all recorded changes which happened in October and November 2024. If you follow changelogs already, there is nothing new here. However, all items in the changelogs from this month have been categorized into relevant categories for those who do not follow changelogs regularly. Artifacts Aethersuits have been recoded to - [Roadmap Updates](https://www.lusternia.com/2024/12/14/roadmap-updates/) - We've been cooking since the last update post and we definitely had what to think about. Legacy changes involve entrenched mechanics and often cannot be resolved with bandaids. Not that bandaids help solve or even alleviate many issues anyway, but neither do entire overhauls that drag on for years. We need to strike a balance - [September 2024 Change Summary](https://www.lusternia.com/2024/10/03/september-2024-change-summary/) - Hello, The following is a summary of all recorded changes which happened in September 2024. Artifacts All artifacts in ASHOP that were only purchaseable with aethergoop are now also purchaseable with credits. (Changelog 3025) Winter Curios are now available for purchase in ASHOP. You can search for them with ASHOP LIST KEYWORD WINTERCURIOS. See HELP - [Legacy Roadmap](https://www.lusternia.com/2024/10/06/legacy-roadmap/) - After last month's legacy mode news, we have been working hard to figure out what that means for the game as a whole. We've made some immediate changes to lesson, wondercrystal, and credit gains, but those barely scratch the surface of how deep monetisation has been woven into the fabric of the game. The reality - [Solstice Schedule](https://www.lusternia.com/2024/12/11/solstice-schedule-3/) - With Lusternia's Solstice on the horizon, we want to let you know what our schedule will look like ahead of time. All our regular events will be returning this year and there is a lot to keep one festive! 14th December - Ironbeard and gnomes will start making appearances.15th December - Solstice Vouchers will be - [Solstice Vouchers](https://www.lusternia.com/2024/12/02/solstice-vouchers-2/) - As Solstice nears, the inhabitants of Solstice Court have rolled up their sleeves and are preparing for the holiday season! Supplies, packages, and mail are all being carried back and forth over the Iceburn Plains by husky-drawn sleds. You might know one of their drivers already, Sarora Bowtail! But the holiday season requires more, much - ['Tis the Season of Giving!](https://www.lusternia.com/2024/12/01/tis-the-season-of-giving-3/) - For the month of December, Ironbeard and the Gnodfather are once again competing for Solstice domination! But this time you don't have to buy stockings to participate, you will be getting a stocking every time you complete all of your dailies for the day throughout December. And during the holidays themselves, HAPPYHOLIDAYS will be active - [July, August, and September 2024 Artbard Results](https://www.lusternia.com/2024/11/29/july-august-and-september-2024-artbard-results/) - Congratulations to our Artbard participants from July, August, and September! Alas, no submissions in October. 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. Remember the rewards have vastly increased and come - [Days of Gratitude](https://www.lusternia.com/2024/11/28/days-of-gratitude-2/) - While not everyone celebrates Thanksgiving - either at all or does so earlier in the year - we wish those of you who do a happy one. We are grateful for the time all of you spend with us so if you are spending this time with family or friends (Or yourself! Everyone needs a - [The Haunted House](https://www.lusternia.com/2024/10/31/the-haunted-house/) - The Haunted House is now open with lots of attractions provided by the business savvy of Trader Bob and his Merchant Peak's Coterie. It is located on the Stairs of Death on Avechna's Peak and can be reached by the temporary landmark - hauntedhouse. It appears Trader Bob has been cursed by Cimtri, the Oracle - [Lusternia's 20th Anniversary](https://www.lusternia.com/2024/10/13/lusternias-20th-anniversary/) - Lusternia is now 20 years old and the festivities are upon us! Agwesha is back, selling festival wares at Avechna's Peak at the handy FESTIVALWARES landmark. Among them, you will find area-wide fireworks, decorations, suspicious chocolate chickens, and more. The Chicken Rebellion is not far behind, plotting vengeance and rallying the troops. The Menestrean Wayfaire - [Lusternia's Twentieth Anniversary Events](https://www.lusternia.com/2024/10/10/lusternias-twentieth-anniversary-events/) - Lusternia has turned twenty years old! By Creatrix, that is certainly an accomplishment and we'll continue to go strong! As always, we're holding a series of games, contests and more to celebrate this momentous milestone, with the in-character celebration known of the Festival of the Creatrix. All contests bar the Great Hunt and Battlechess award - [Trader Bob's Marvellous New Stock](https://www.lusternia.com/2024/10/07/trader-bobs-marvellous-new-stock/) - As mentioned in Update post #2, we wish to immediately implement a way to purchase credits at a fixed rate. This has now been done and you can buy bound credits from the already fabulously wealthy Trader Bob at 15,000 gold per bound credit. Should Bob be out of credits, unlikely as that is to - [Progression Changes](https://www.lusternia.com/2024/09/10/progression-changes/) - Hello, We would like to just quickly make some announcements regarding level progression changes. For the sake of clarity and visibility, the following changes occured in Changelog 3025: Lesson gain has been largely increased to allow learning all of one's class skills through leveling alone, with the following progression:Level 1-20 - 25 lessonsLevel 21-40 - - [The Future of Lusternia](https://www.lusternia.com/2024/09/04/the-future-of-lusternia/) - Dear Lusternians, We know that news of the game going into legacy mode is bound to elicit distressing emotions among many because technically it means no more support from Iron Realms and no more paid staff. But we want to reassure you that as far as we are concerned it is business as usual here. - [Legacy Mode](https://www.lusternia.com/2024/09/04/legacy-mode/) - This is going to be a big announcement and a big change in many ways but we want to emphasise that you should read all of the upcoming announcement posts carefully before forming an opinion. This first one is a general announcement and explanation of the immediate changes, and the second one will be a - [Horizon Walkers Treasure Hunt](https://www.lusternia.com/2024/09/01/horizon-walkers-treasure-hunt-2/) - Tessie Snapfuse is hosting another treasure hunt (see Public News #1997) and as this one is slightly different than we usually do, here's a breakdown of how it works: BASICS: go to Tessie's tent at the pilgrim camp and STRETCH to get the compendium READ COMPENDIUM to learn what the clue is TRACE COMPENDIUM when - [Ascension of Abraxin](https://www.lusternia.com/2024/08/26/ascension-of-abraxin/) - With the Nine Challenges complete, Avechna, the Avenger declared that Ascension begins for Almighty Kethuru could not be held back any longer without the Nine Seals whole. Magnagorans were first to reach the Staff of Ascension, with Warlord Uzriel d'Vanecu, the Sealbearer of Life, to pick it up and pass it on to their chosen - [Ascension Gala - Afterparty](https://www.lusternia.com/2024/08/25/ascension-gala-afterparty/) - If you missed the Gala, the Gilded Chateau will remain open until the end of next week. It is located in Toronada Tidal Flats and you can get there fast with a new landmark - GALA. The official party is over but the site has a lot of entertainment to offer for its visitors still. - [Ascension Adjustments](https://www.lusternia.com/2024/08/21/ascension-adjustments/) - Last Ascension we added two new mechanics into the mix: Rotating Nodes and Prime Assaults. This year we're further expanding the mechanics to make the contest more dynamic and challenging. We will be testing all these changes with you from Friday onwards on my test server. What's here focuses on combat but there is one - [Challenge of Beauty 2024](https://www.lusternia.com/2024/08/18/challenge-of-beauty-2024/) - With the sweet return of dreams and the banishment of nightmares still fresh in the minds of the visionaries of the Basin of Life, the artists channelled their skills into capturing the essence of this theme for the Challenge of Beauty. Amazing creations both large and small have been crafted and sent forth for judging. - [Challenge of War 2024](https://www.lusternia.com/2024/08/18/challenge-of-war-2024/) - The Basin of Life's finest combatants assembled within the Klangratch Tournies to decide who was the finest champion and fight over the Medallion of War. Four teams battled it out and left nothing but blood and bodies upon the battlefield. Though the competition for the finals was fierce, one team claimed victory every step of - [Challenge of Knowledge 2024](https://www.lusternia.com/2024/08/18/challenge-of-knowledge-2024/) - With the Challenge of War settled, the Challenge of Knowledge gathered adventurers from all across the Basin to test their knowledge of many different topics within the Chamber of Knowledge. And what a quiz it was, with ups and downs and tough competition until the end. Qoivhae Vivalde of Celest took an early lead but - [Challenge of Chaos 2024](https://www.lusternia.com/2024/08/12/challenge-of-chaos-2024/) - Fur flew across the Prime Plane as the Hamster of Chaos manifested, her long cigar streaming smoke across the skies as her smaller, less chaotic brethren invaded the roads of Lusternia. The first to claim the Chaos Hamster was Freja, of Magnagora. Assisted mightily by her city, she evaded capture from all those who would - [Challenge of Justice 2024](https://www.lusternia.com/2024/08/10/challenge-of-justice-2024/) - In a riveting clash of eloquence and intellect, the mortals of the Basin of Life engaged in a fierce contest of egos, vying for supremacy and the title of Sealbearer. Each participant, driven by the unyielding desire to prove their mettle, stood before their peers with words as their weapons and minds as their shields. - [Challenge of Life 2024](https://www.lusternia.com/2024/08/04/challenge-of-life-2024/) - 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 - [Seal of Nature 2024](https://www.lusternia.com/2024/08/04/seal-of-nature-2024/) - 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 - [Bob's Summer Special](https://www.lusternia.com/2024/08/01/bobs-summer-special-2/) - 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 - [Seal of Death 2024](https://www.lusternia.com/2024/07/28/seal-of-death-2024/) - 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 - [Silverfur Stargazers](https://www.lusternia.com/2024/06/10/silverfur-stargazers/) - 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 - [Seal of Harmony 2024](https://www.lusternia.com/2024/07/28/seal-of-harmony-2024/) - 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 - [Beauty Challenge Stats](https://www.lusternia.com/2024/07/22/beauty-challenge-stats/) - 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 - [March & June Artbard Results](https://www.lusternia.com/2024/07/27/march-june-artbard-results/) - 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 )==ZylissaJune==( - [Beauty Submissions - Open](https://www.lusternia.com/2024/07/22/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 - [Ascension Challenges and Schedule](https://www.lusternia.com/2024/07/22/ascension-challenges-and-schedule/) - 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 - [Belated Summer Cornucopia](https://www.lusternia.com/2024/07/19/belated-summer-cornucopia/) - 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 - [The Custodian and the Dreaming](https://www.lusternia.com/2024/06/29/the-custodian-and-the-dreaming/) - 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 - [Following the Dreams](https://www.lusternia.com/2024/06/26/following-the-dreams/) - 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 - [Auctions Galore](https://www.lusternia.com/2024/06/12/auctions-galore/) - 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 - [Endzones Review](https://www.lusternia.com/2024/06/10/endzones-review/) - 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 - [June Wheel Fortunes](https://www.lusternia.com/2024/06/01/june-wheel-fortunes/) - 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 - [Trialante and the Woodbine Lyceum](https://www.lusternia.com/2017/09/20/trialante-and-the-woodbine-lyceum/) - The sound of sparrows graced the Serenwilde forest in the month of Kiani, 484 years after the Coming of Estarra. The brown and silver birds flew in flocks across the forest skies and attracted the attention of a number of Serens. Curious about the unusual visitation, Serens fanned out to try to find the birds. - [The Realm of the Majesty of the Dawn](https://www.lusternia.com/2024/04/06/the-realm-of-the-majesty-of-the-dawn/) - 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 - [Spring Extravaganza](https://www.lusternia.com/2024/05/01/spring-extravaganza/) - 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 - [April Cornucopia](https://www.lusternia.com/2024/04/01/april-cornucopia/) - 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 - [Code Question Day](https://www.lusternia.com/2024/03/30/code-question-day/) - 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 - [Reports Opening](https://www.lusternia.com/2024/03/20/reports-opening-2/) - Reports are now open! Based on your feedback, we have implemented a number of changes to reports but let us go over the basics first. If you are interested in writing a report, commenting or voting on one, or simply staying up to date on them, you should review HELP REPORTS and HELP WRITING REPORTS. - [Healing of the Majesty of Dawn](https://www.lusternia.com/2024/01/01/healing-of-the-majesty-of-dawn/) - It was late Dioni of the year 667 CE, when a radiant burst of dawn-hued light suddenly streaked across the midnight skies of the Basin. Travelling within it was Lord Valtreth, the Majesty of the Dawn, and His movements were erratic and following strange patterns as He visibly struggled with something. He was soon followed - [December & January Artbard Results](https://www.lusternia.com/2024/03/04/december-january-artbard-results/) - Congratulations to our Artbard participants from December and January! Alas, no submissions in February. If you'd like to join them for March, 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. December ==( Bardic Winner )== Zylissa January - [March Great Hunt](https://www.lusternia.com/2024/03/03/march-great-hunt/) - It's been a while! Hunters, stock up on curatives and practice your routes because a Great Hunt is fast approaching. See HELP GREATHUNT for the details. Start: March 11th (Monday), weaveEnd: March 14th (Thursday), weave As there is always some confusion around weave-related timing, I want to clarify that the start is not the weave - [March Quizzes](https://www.lusternia.com/2024/03/03/march-quizzes/) - The World Library will be hosting two History Challenges this month and we hope to see everyone there (Public #1984). The scope of the quizzes will be clear and finite, and prizes plentiful. The History Challenges will cover the Histories of Lusternia as available on the website only. We will not venture into Modern History, - [March Report Cycle](https://www.lusternia.com/2024/03/03/march-report-cycle/) - We'll be opening reports later this month but before we do so I'd like to ask for feedback on the current report format. Chiefly the issue of anonymity of report comments and current discouragement of open report discussions. We could make comments visible after reports close but perhaps still keep them anonymous. We could also - [March Present Extravaganza](https://www.lusternia.com/2024/03/02/march-present-extravaganza/) - For the month of March, we're switching things up a bit and running a present extravaganza with a twist. For every 25 credits you purchase for the month of March, you'll receive a present as well. Even better is that for the first 100 credits you purchase, you'll get an additional present for every 10 - [Skins, Jars, and Crates](https://www.lusternia.com/2024/02/24/skins-jars-and-crates/) - As promised, additional Season d'Amour skins are here! You can see the whole list with ASHOP LIST KEYWORD VALENTINES and the new ones are at the very bottom (ASHOP 1290-1298). There's also a new gnome weapon option - a mechanical perfume dispenser (ASHOP 1289). This one is not seasonal and will remain in the artifact - [Ephemeral Applications Open](https://www.lusternia.com/2024/02/19/ephemeral-applications-open-5/) - Do you have an interest in helping run Lusternia behind the scenes as a volunteer administrator? We are now opening applications for Ephemerals - administrators-in-training. If you are not sure what being an Ephemeral entails, you can read HELP VOLUNTEERS for an overview. We also encourage you to check out the two last godblogs about - [Year in Review 2023](https://www.lusternia.com/2024/01/15/year-in-review-2023/) - As is customary at the start of a new year, it is time to ruminate upon 2023! The first bigger story of the year revolved around the unearthed Spirit Squirrel Shrine, previously hidden in Tolborolla. The revelation was accompanied by new options for wiccans and druids in the form of hazelnut fae and squirrel companions. - [Seasonal Cards for Season d'Amour](https://www.lusternia.com/2024/02/01/seasonal-cards-for-season-damour-3/) - Throughout the month of February, you'll be able to purchase special seasonal cards with plenty of boons straight from the website. You can consume the cards for your own benefit, or send them to others as fancy gifts. Consuming them will reward you with a bronze heartbox, while sending will award the bronze heartbox to - [Trader Bob's Forgotten Vaults and Winter Curios](https://www.lusternia.com/2024/01/02/trader-bobs-forgotten-vaults-and-winter-curios/) - Trader Bob has once again unveiled to the Basin the forgotten vaults of treasures that he has unearthed over the years! The lost treasures contained within are now available for the bearers of his golden keys, available for purchase on the website! Contents of the vault include, but are not limited to, wondercrystals, caches of - [The Fall of Summer Heat as a New Dawn Rises](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/12/27/the-fall-of-summer-heat-as-a-new-dawn-rises/) - It was an early spring morning of the year 666 since the Coming of Estarra when a peculiar phenomenon was observed at dawn - a streak of golden light illuminated the skies. It lasted well into the night but as Solstice was near, most dismissed it as one of its hallmarks. It was only Serenwilde, - [November 2023 Artbard Results](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/12/23/november-2023-artbard-results/) - Congratulations to our Artbard participants from November! If you'd like to join them for December, 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. ==( Artisanal Winner )==Freja ==( Bardic Winner )==Yuli - [2023 Solstice Artifacts](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/12/23/2023-solstice-artifacts/) - We're happy to announce the release of new peppermint and coal artifacts. Be sure to check out HELP SOLTICE ARTIFACTS for the overview and the list of additional helpfiles per set. The powers are as follows. Peppermint Stein Level 1 (a simple peppermint stein):PEPPERMINT ACTIVATE SLOSH - Three times a month, you may cheerfully slosh - [City and Commune Solstice Quests](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/12/22/city-and-commune-solstice-quests/) - Each city and commune has a small quest that will award a special Solstice gift upon completion. These quests can be done by anyone from newbie to demigod. Note that you can only gain your own commune or city's gift! This year's reward is an ornament that smells just like your organisation! Find the denizen - [Solstice Vouchers](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/12/22/solstice-vouchers/) - Solstice Vouchers have now become available for those who have logged in for 21 days in December (see LOGINDAYS for your count). If you have received one, you can now exchange it for access to a shop located at the pilgrim gossip spot at the foot of Mount Avechna (landmark PILGRIMCAMP), where an elderly gnome - [Solstice Activities!](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/12/19/solstice-activities-2/) - With Solstice in full swing, here's a full rundown of what is happening right now! Ironbeard Ironbeard has started making the rounds, bearing gifts for the lucky recipients. All you have to do is be online as Ironbeard will find you regardless of where you may be - in a tree, in a submarine, or - [Solstice Schedule](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/12/14/solstice-schedule-2/) - With Lusternia's Solstice on the horizon, we want to let you know what our schedule will look like ahead of time. All our regular events will be returning this year and there is a lot to keep one festive! 17th December - Solstice Court will open and winter will come. 18th-31st December - Ironbeard and - [Tis the Season of Giving](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/12/01/tis-the-season-of-giving-2/) - For the month of December, Ironbeard and the Gnodfather are once again competing for Solstice domination! To participate, purchase solstice stockings directly from the website, which can then be hung in manses and commune and city rooms, max of 1 per room. Syntax: HANG FOR [ANONYMOUS]Syntax: STOCKINGS (to help track your stockings) At - [Cyber Monday Promotion](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/11/27/cyber-monday-promotion-2/) - Cyber Monday is here! Starting right now, you can buy a special package of 20 coins to be used with the Wheel of Tzaraziko for $19.99! This is a steep discount for such an amount of coins so it can only be purchased once per character. If you have participated in this last year, worry - [Days of Gratitude](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/11/22/days-of-gratitude/) - While not everyone celebrates Thanksgiving - either at all or does so earlier in the year - we wish those of you who do a happy one. We are grateful for the time all of you spend with us so if you are spending this time with family or friends (Or yourself! Everyone needs a - [Artifact Cart Returns](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/11/20/artifact-cart-returns/) - Ahead of and as part of a Cyber Monday promotion, the Artifact Cart returns to the website. Until the end of the month, you can buy artifacts directly from the website at a steep discount in the aforementioned Artifact Cart (30% off). The discount is even higher if you have an Iron Elite Membership of - [September & October 2023 Artbard Results](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/11/19/september-october-2023-artbard-results/) - Congratulations to our Artbard participants from September and October! If you'd like to join them for November, 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. SEPTEMBER ==( Bardic Winner )==Eiselle OCTOBER ==( Artisanal Winner )==Freja - [Lost, Found, and Returned: Memories, the Voice of Mahalla, and Manteekan, the Nightmare](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/11/18/lost-found-and-returned-memories-the-voice-of-mahalla-and-manteekan-the-nightmare/) - Brennan Stormcrow was not becoming senile. He was quite certain that he had not had a conversation with Xenthos An'Ryshe and Takhre Inseira about the presence of Juur the Spriggan at the Master Ravenwood Tree. He was positive that he had never heard that snippet of song before, and that there was absolutely nothing he - [Fellowship of the Roots](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/11/18/fellowship-of-the-roots/) - Driven to get to the bottom of the dreams they have been receiving, the Fellowship of the Roots set out to recruit more widely from across the Basin of Life. Whether their dream's source was benevolent, or not, they desired to comprehend it as they have been at the heart of too many coincidences of - [A New Acolyte of the Light is Chosen](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/11/06/a-new-acolyte-of-the-light-is-chosen/) - It was in the early hours of a cool autumn morning just after school had started that the playful laughter of children echoed through the quiet streets of New Celest. The laughter was first heard by Tridemon Regalis, who chased the children around the entirety of the city, from the Dragon's Grave, through the Memorial - [November Racing and Chests](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/11/01/november-racing-and-chests/) - For the month of November, we're double dipping in the rewards. Credit purchases from the website will come with special chests once more. For every 100 credits purchased, you will receive one chest. To sweeten the pot, you will also receive a chest at the first 25, 50, and 75 credit intervals, resulting in 4 - [The Haunting](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/10/31/the-haunting/) - Once again, Atropos, the Eldest of the Fates, has broken her shears! This means that the Haunting is upon us and when anything dies, there is a chance its ghost will not find its way to the Portal of Fate. If you find one of these poor lost souls, you can capture it if you - [Anniversary Contest Results](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/10/31/anniversary-contest-results/) - There is never a better time to rally for the chicken revolution than the Festival of the Creatrix. And so, each of the chicken generals posed a challenge to the inhabitants of the Basin of Life to see how well they could cope under pressure in the hope of finding a few who could join - [Crow's Return and a Mysterious Trade](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/10/27/crows-return-and-a-mysterious-trade/) - On the 13th of Urlachmar, the loud cries and cawing of the Glomdoring Forest's gathered crows echoed across the land, portending something imminent. Shooting across the Basin at great speed, Brother Crow returned to the Forest from his place at Lady Viravain's side. The mysterious Elder Goddess had departed the Forest some time ago, and - [Anniversary Present Exchange](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/10/24/anniversary-present-exchange/) - In celebration of Lusternia's anniversary week, you will be able to EXCHANGE PRESENTS! This will let you exchange 5 presents to form a glowing present. This glowing present has a 10% chance to be an Ultimate present, a 20% chance to be an Exceptional present or it will be a Superior present. It will -not- - [The Festival of the Creatrix](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/10/24/the-festival-of-the-creatrix-2/) - The Festival of the Creatrix has now been declared open! You can find the lovely Agwesha and all of her wares upon the Path of Solitude, where she will remain as long as the Festival is open. You can path track there with a landmark - FESTIVALWARES. Buy decorations, toys, and even the rare doll - [Lusternia's Nineteenth Anniversary Events](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/10/22/lusternias-nineteenth-anniversary-events/) - Lusternia has turned nineteen years old! And, as always, we're holding a series of games, contests and more to celebrate this momentous milestone, with the in-character celebration of the Festival of the Creatrix. All contests bar the Great Hunt and Battlechess award 300 credits for 1st place, 150 credits for 2nd place and 50 credits - [Hallifaxian Archives: Treason Case of 661 CE](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/10/22/hallifaxian-archives-treason-case-of-661-ce/) - Note to reader: The following is a compilation of entries from the legal notes of High Supreme Justice Lilliana Sunfar on the investigation and ultimate treason conviction over the course of 659 - 661 CE. Due to the historic and largely unprecedented nature of this crime in modern history, the Ministry of Justice, acting in - [The Mystery of Summer Heat](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/10/21/the-mystery-of-summer-heat/) - A storm rumbled over the Skarch Desert, gathering clouds looming ominously over the dunes. The sound of thunder barely disguised the sound of cackling laughter, the first hint that something was amiss. On a cold day, the 3rd of Urlachmar in the year 661 after the Coming of Estarra, Huskii Myeras of Serenwilde was the - [Muhanlesh Menace terrorizes Grey Moors](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/10/21/muhanlesh-menace-terrorizes-grey-moors/) - The power of the moon was waning on Avechary 7th, the year 660 CE, when an expedition headed by Feenol Leihm, Professor of Biological and Botanical Studies at the Gorlognal Academy, reached Muhanlesh Caverns. Accompanied by Research Assistant Phuslik Meshglog, the Professor sought to determine whether the old research facility still held any research notes - [October Wheel Spins](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/10/01/october-wheel-spins/) - For the month of October, 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 - [July & August 2023 Artbard Results](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/09/27/july-august-2023-artbard-results/) - Congratulations to our Artbard participants from July and August! If you'd like to join them for September, 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. July Bardic Contest Winner Your Eyes Were Green With Me by Xiran Runner-Up - [The Discovery of Gaaglin Swamp and Gorlognal Academy](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/09/10/the-discovery-of-gaaglin-swamp-and-gorlognal-academy/) - At the entrance to what the expedition soon learned was called Gaaglin Swamp, they found a pair of mugwumps - brother and sister - arguing vehemently. One was called Phelbin Gorlogg, and he was the chancellor of a mugwump place of learning called the Gorlognal Academy, which had unfortunately been sunk into the swamp recently - [Prophecies, Dreams, and Earthquakes](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/09/10/prophecies-dreams-and-earthquakes/) - It is said that prophecy only becomes clear in hindsight, and that for every sentence of foretelling, there are a dozen interpretations. And yet, the peoples of Basin of Life gathered prophecy nonetheless, as one organisation after another were alerted in dreams, intuition, and sensations that something strange was afoot, and that the world itself - [Of Moss and Machinations](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/09/06/of-moss-and-machinations/) - From a torn page covered in flecks of moss, written by Pachidrui Etloo. It all started with a seagull, a nuisance of a bird that I'd rather avoid in the future. Still, it alerted me and later others to the plight that plagued the Toronada Tidal Flats. It seems a new variation of moss had - [September Extravaganza](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/09/01/september-extravaganza/) - During the month of September, you will be able to choose from a veritable cornucopia: present rewards, discounted lessons, and curio packages! All throughout the month, for every 25 credits you purchase, you'll receive a present as well. Even better is that for the first 100 credits you purchase, you'll get an additional present for - [The Tale of Two Great Worms](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/08/25/the-tale-of-two-great-worms/) - Winter had released its grasp and spring had broken out in the early days of Kiani when sounds of a heated squabble echoed across the Basin. It would be Qistrel Strongleaf of the Serenwilde Commune who would first stumble upon Pachidrui Etloo, the herbalist newly settled there, being interrogated by none other than Ganine Natharian, - [Of huskies, and abominations](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/08/16/of-huskies-and-abominations/) - In the deep darkness of an Avechary night, a blast of icy wind blew south across the Basin of Life, carrying upon it the howling of dogs and the sounds of battle. The baying of the hounds was enough to catch the attention of many and the search began, with adventurers heading off in all - [Bored and Looking for Board](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/08/03/bored-and-looking-for-board/) - One fine Dioni day, Pyrlios, the resident vagabond of the Toronada Tidal Flats declared that conditions were perfect for wave surfing! There was only one problem though. Pyrlios had no surfboard to ride the waves with! No less than nine brave adventurers quickly came to his aid, and in his joy, Pyrlios invited them to - [Notes and Discussions from the Player Meeting](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/08/03/notes-and-discussions-from-the-player-meeting/) - For those of you who have not been able to participate in the player meeting which took place on July 21st, there is a thorough summary on the forums, curated by Xiran. Please have a look and ask any follow up questions there. In addition, the discussion spawned a number of extra topics that we - [Pachidrui's Hunt For New Flora](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/08/03/pachidruis-hunt-for-new-flora/) - A torn page from the journal of one: Pachidrui Etloo One last undertaking, it was to be. The final journey, as I had received word that there was a place in need of an herbalist, and I had grown tired of my home, of the plants and flora that grew there. I had taken to - [Producer Ride-Along #2](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/08/03/producer-ride-along-2/) - I would like to invite you all once more to a digital ride-along! It will take place tomorrow and will be hosted on a stage channel on our Discord server (see HELP DISCORD). The ride-along itself will be text-based rather than voice-based. If you are unfamiliar with how stage channels work, the gist of it - [Serenwilde Attacked](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/08/02/serenwilde-attacked/) - On a cold Roarkian day in the year 654 CE, a roar echoed over the foothills of the Northern Mountains, drawing the attention of those in the forest nearby. Soon, Qistrel, Veara, Huskii, Lendren, and Llani of the Serenwilde all gathered around Adasser and Caedir, two young warriors from the commune who were warily watching - [Bob's Summer Special](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/08/01/bobs-summer-special/) - 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 round exploring for treasure. The lost treasures contained within are now available for the bearers of his golden keys, available for purchase on - [Clandestine Correspondence](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/07/31/clandestine-correspondence/) - Ghalib d'Murani of Magnagora is not what one might call an imposing gentleman, nor one used to drawing attention to himself. There are, after all, many ways to wield power in the Engine of Transformation, and one need not be loud or brutish to be powerful. Subtlety, patience, and resourcefulness are useful tools for the - [Herbalist Shop](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/07/26/herbalist-shop/) - Come Sunday (July 30th), a new shop will be joining the commodity shops at the pilgrim camp. It will sell and buy herbs in the same fashion that Tilibe's and Voarag's shops buy and sell commodities. The intention with this shop, as with the others, is to be a last resort rather than the primary - [June 2023 Artbard Results](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/07/26/june-2023-artbard-results/) - Congratulations to our Artisanal contestants from June! If you’d like to join them for July, 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. Bardic Contest Winner The Noble by Sapphira Runner-Up The Necromentate by Nemetsk - [The Navigator Returns](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/07/25/the-navigator-returns/) - See… The night sky above Lusternia, dark, and as mysterious as the First World itself. Host to the great movements of the Sun and the Moon. To the dance of quick Eroee and slow Aapek; of Sidiak, Tarox, and Papaxi. To the eternal twinkling of the stars upon the firmanent. Except… not all the stars - [Mortal Coder Call](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/07/22/mortal-coder-call/) - We have once more opened applications for mortal coders. The position entails working with the game's coders to resolve bugs and implement minor features. Due to limited resources, we will only be accepting a small number of applicants. This call is open from now until the end of August, but we will be leaving the - [The plight of Krug Fleshkeeper](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/07/22/the-plight-of-krug-fleshkeeper/) - A storm was brewing one night in mid-Shanthin when distressed shouts and accusations pierced through the otherwise pleasant sound of rainfall. Waykeeper Qistrel Strongleaf and Huskii Myeras of Serenwilde were the first to arrive at the Balach Swamp, where they found Krug Fleshkeeper, the orc butcher of the nearby village of Acknor, wallowing in the - [Roadmap for Lusternia](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/07/21/roadmap-for-lusternia/) - State of the Team Before we look at our roadmap, it is important to take a look at the team working on it as that is highly relevant to the entire endeavour. We generally never talk about our team size because that number rarely reflects reality. Our volunteers do the best they can, when they - [Roadmap and a Meeting](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/07/17/roadmap-and-a-meeting/) - Later this week, on Friday (July 21st, 10pm GMT) we will be posting our roadmap for the rest of the year and a general status update on the goings on in Lusternia. We will be tackling topics such as a Year Arc, Ascension, Admin Requests, the various pending coding projects (such as Alliances, Economy, Conflict), - [The Summer Cornucopia](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/07/01/the-summer-cornucopia/) - In July, credit purchases from the website will come with special chests once more. For every 100 credits purchased, you will receive one chest. To sweeten the pot, you will also receive a chest at the first 25, 50, and 75 credit intervals, resulting in 4 chests total after purchasing the first 100 credits. Your - [The Blunder of Babette Boulanger](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/06/28/the-blunder-of-babette-boulanger/) - It was mid morning on a warm and pleasant spring day when the peaceful sounds of crashing waves were interrupted by the feminine cries of someone near the coastal village of Delport. Arriving upon the beach of the Inner Sea, Uzriel d'Vanecu of Magnagora stumbled upon Babette Boulanger, the Gold House attendant of Delport, who - [Gossip System](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/06/24/gossip-system/) - Those visiting the pilgrim camp at the foot of Mount Avechna will notice that it has become a hot gossip spot! You can now use the new landmark (pilgrimcamp) to get there faster from the Aetherplex too. You will be prompted about it being a gossip spot upon arrival and from there you can either - [Horizon Walkers Treasure Hunt](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/06/23/horizon-walkers-treasure-hunt/) - Whether you are an accomplished explorer or only starting out, this upcoming Horizon Walkers treasure hunt is for you. It will focus only on locations in the Basin of Life and will not be as challenging as a Nature Trial would be. Date: 30th June, 11:30pm GMT Rewards: 1st Place - 200 credits + reskinned - [Snow Valley Fish Tale](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/06/18/snow-valley-fish-tale/) - A peaceful Klangiary was interrupted by a dispute between Wapan Hromash and Worrel Fleece over which one was considered the better fisherman. What kind of fisherman could Wapan be if he lost his rod, however? Several targeted insults were traded across the Basin. Soon, a fishing contest was enacted in Snow Valley to cease the - [May 2023 Artbard Results](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/06/18/may-2023-artbard-results/) - Congratulations to our Artisanal contestants from May! If you’d like to join them for June, 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. Artisanal Contest Winner Calliope by Xiran Runner-Up The Lady of Lagoons by Gurashi Merit Presidio Blossoms by - [A Storm comes to the Skarch](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/06/11/a-storm-comes-to-the-skarch/) - The Skarch Desert seems to be a place full of mystery, and unexpected developments. In the early hours of the 5th of Urlachmar, 651 years after the Coming of Estarra, a cry for help was heard around the Basin of Life, then quickly muffled, as someone tumbled underneath the Skarch's vast sands. Quick adventurers would - [The Embrace of Winter](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/06/09/the-embrace-of-winter/) - Summer may well be almost upon us, beyond the realm of Lusternia, but it is winter here! We wish to keep you warm and comfortable in the Basin of Life so enjoy these new and improved crafts. This distinction is important this time around as we have both entirely new patterns for you, as well - [June Curio Marvels](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/06/01/june-curio-marvels-2/) - All through this month, you will be able to buy curio packages directly from the website. A number of curio packages that are only available in limited edition promotions are once again available too. Among them: race curios (for the sileni and nagasith races) toys masks bubbles batons genies treasure maps poteen pots macarons feature - [Of Squirrels and Shrines](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/05/30/of-squirrels-and-shrines/) - It was a particularly nice day at the very tail end of winter in the year 650 CE, when a loud screeching pierced the peaceful quietness. The source was obviously coming from Tolborolla, but so annoying was the noise that those who gathered to investigate were frantically scrambling all over the valley, unable for a - [Of Fire and Ledgers](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/05/30/of-fire-and-ledgers/) - From the diary of Xislia Dith, 19th of Roarkian, year 649: Knowing how much Chixesaka loves his coins, I figured I could really impress him with a nice ledger to keep track of all of his riches. So, not too long ago, I started studying how to bind books. Oddly though, every time I gave - [April 2023 Artbard Results](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/05/24/april-2023-artbard-results/) - Congratulations to our Artisanal and Bardic winners from April! If you’d like to join them for April, 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. Artisanal Contest Winner Sketch of Dreameater Moths by Gurashi Runner-Up The Inner Sea by - [Wheel Spins and Auctions](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/05/16/wheel-spins-and-auctions/) - As a mid-month surprise, we now have Iron Coins available to purchase from the website under Artifact Packages! They will stay there until the end of the month. You can spin these coins at the Wheel of Tzaraziko found at the Cave of Chaos. Check out HELP IRON COINS for more information. Also, as the - [Death and Harmony Challenges](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/05/14/death-and-harmony-challenges/) - Thanks to the enterprising spirit of Korue Dragnet and the desire of Master Quettle to show everyone a better way, we'll see a Death and Harmony Challenge in May once again. You will also have one more chance at these thematically reskinned artifacts for the winners.Death Challenge21st May, 11pm GMTHarmony Challenge27th May, 11:30pm GMT The - [Adventure is for the Brave](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/05/10/adventure-is-for-the-brave/) - The call came out on the 21st of Kiani, in the year 648 after the Coming of Estarra: I am looking for an adventurer. Come find me at the Triple Junction Inn. And indeed, adventurers arrived to find none other than Tapif the Furrikin, an adolescent of mildly mysterious origin, seeking to go on an - [Three May Auctions](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/05/08/three-may-auction/) - In May we will be running 3 weeks of auctions - first credit auctions, then gold auctions, and then credit auctions again. Each set of auctions will run throughout the week. Be sure to check out HELP AUCTIONS to learn about the system if it's your first time taking part. Gold auctions have received two - [Alliance System Proposal](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/05/06/alliance-system-proposal/) - I would like to invite all of you to have a read over the proposed new Alliance System that I have posted on the forums. Please leave any comments on the system you have there, and I'll make sure to review it as often as possible. You can find the thread here. - [Nexus Client on iOS](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/05/01/nexus-client-on-ios/) - We're excited to announce that the mobile version of the Nexus Client is finally on both Android and iPhone! That's right, you can now carry the epicness of Iron Realms Entertainment in your pocket and experience the thrill of MUD gaming whenever the mood strikes you. We've got you covered no matter what phone or - [May Credits and Auctions](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/05/01/may-credits-and-auctions/) - For the month of May, we have a couple 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! Extra credits will come in handy for upcoming auctions which will be opening May 8th. You will - [History Timeline Project](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/04/28/history-timeline-project/) - As those of you who have joined me on the Producer Ridealong may already know, one of our Ephemerals is working on a timeline project. Here to bring you more information on this upcoming feature is Scout himself, with a post on the forums outlining the details of the project. Be sure to check it - [March 2023 Artbard Results](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/04/23/march-2023-artbard-results/) - Congratulations to our Artisanal and Bardic winners from March! If you’d like to join them for April, 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. Bardic Contest Winner The Son of Steel and Gold by Uzriel Runner-Up The - [Ephemeral Applications Open](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/04/18/ephemeral-applications-open-4/) - Do you have an interest in helping run Lusternia behind the scenes as a volunteer administrator? We are now opening applications for Ephemerals - administrators-in-training. If you are not sure what being anEphemeral entails, you can read the thoroughly updated HELP VOLUNTEERS for an overview. We also encourage you to check out the two most - [Long Live Forum Archives!](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/04/17/long-live-forum-archives/) - Tired of using the Wayback Machine to get a look at our long-lost forums? So were we. When Lusternia moved to a new forum back in 2012, all previous content effectively became lost. Through some truly herculean effort on the part of one of our volunteers though, the old forums live again! They don't look - [Of squirrels](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/04/14/of-squirrels/) - In the thick of winter of 645 CE, the Kiakodan Nature Reserve was burglarised by unknown forces. Reported publicly by Gatekeeper Quillion Jones, the break-in resulted in the squirrel nursery, which was watched over by Tommut Whitlock, being utterly destroyed and the baby squirrels kidnapped. First on the scene was Exeryte Stormcrow of Glomdoring, who - [April 2023 Reports](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/04/10/april-2023-reports/) - We are opening reports for another round over the coming days, so we are giving you a bit of a heads up so you can start planning your reports. For this round of reports, we want to focus on combat. Primarily, we would like all reports to be either combat skill changes, or combat skill - [Happy Egg Hunt!](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/04/08/happy-egg-hunt/) - Egg hunt or squirrel hunt? Either way, the devious duo that kidnapped baby squirrels from the Reserve appear to have unleashed them, now grown, upon the Basin of Life. Thrown overboard from the airships of the kidnappers, the squirrels have landed all over safely thanks to built-in parachutes. Many still float about, pulled by the - [Website Redesign](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/04/01/website-redesign/) - We are excited to announce that our website is getting a fresh new look! Our team has been hard at work over the past few months, designing a logo that truly reflects the rich lore and history of Lusternia. We know that rebranding can be disorienting for people who are used to associating a particular - [April Present Extravaganza](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/04/01/april-present-extravaganza-3/) - For the month of April, we're running a present extravaganza with a twist. For every 25 credits you purchase for the month of April, you'll receive a present as well. Even better is that for the first 100 credits you purchase, you'll get an additional present for every 10 credits! That means purchasing 100 credits - [Manse Description Guidelines](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/03/26/manse-description-guidelines/) - Most of you are undoubtedly well-acquainted with the infamous "A very boring room. Change this" generic manse room title that comes pre-packed with a fulcrux orb and a room box. From this point onwards though, all new manse rooms will have a more in-character title and come with an actual description out of the box. - [February 2023 Artbard Results](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/03/26/february-2023-artbard-results/) - Congratulations to our Artisanal and Bardic winners from February! If you’d like to join them for March, 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. Bardic Contest Winner A Glimpse into a Memory by Eiselle Merit A Trill's - [Planned Downtime](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/03/23/planned-downtime/) - Tomorrow, March 24th, sometime between 4-5pm server time, Lusternia will be going offline for scheduled engine updates. We'll be sure to give you a warning ahead of time in-game and let you know as soon as the update is done. A backup will be done right before so that nothing gets lost, but be sure - [Producer Ride-Along](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/03/11/producer-ride-along/) - I would like to invite you all to an experimental digital ride-along with me that will take place tomorrow. It will be hosted on a stage channel on our Discord server (see HELP DISCORD) but the ride-along itself will be text-based rather than voice-based. If you are unfamiliar with how stage channels work, the gist - [March of Choices](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/03/01/march-of-choices/) - The month of March is once again the month of change, learning, and new experiences! For those of you just getting into Lusternia, or those of you ready to try something new, you can purchase lessons at discounted rates right off the website. In addition, credit purchases from the website will come with special chests - [Ealix Steps Up as Producer](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/02/25/ealix-steps-up-as-producer/) - It has been a bit over three months since we welcomed Ealix as an Assistant Producer for Lusternia and are happy to announce that he is now formally a Producer alongside myself. Orael, who had in the interim stepped down to an Assistant Producer role, has now transitioned into an Anomaly role and will continue - [January 2023 Artbard Results](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/02/25/january-2023-artbard-results/) - Congratulations to our Artisanal and Bardic winners from January! If you’d like to join them for February, 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. Bardic Contest Winner A Guide to Cookery by Aerotan Runner-Up The Importance of - [Seasonal Cards for Season d'Amour](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/02/01/seasonal-cards-for-season-damour-2/) - Throughout the month of February, you'll be able to purchase special seasonal cards with plenty of boons straight from the website. You can consume the cards for your own benefit, or send them to others. Consuming them will reward you with a bronze heartbox, while sending will award the bronze heartbox to the recipient. Every - [Year in Review 2022](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/01/17/year-in-review-2022/) - It's that time of the year again, time to ruminate upon the past year and look toward the future. Though 2022 has certainly been a slower year in terms of development, especially as the world beyond our digital nook continued to be less than kind all around, quite a few things happened. We started by - [December 2022 Artbard Results](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/01/17/december-2022-artbard-results/) - Congratulations to our Artisanal and Bardic winners from December! If you’d like to join them for January, 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. Bardic Contest Winner Life Before, Life Now by Aramantos Runner-Up 500 Years by Lendren - [Trader Bob’s Forgotten Vaults](https://www.lusternia.com/2023/01/01/trader-bobs-forgotten-vaults-2/) - Trader Bob has once again unveiled to the Basin the forgotten vaults of treasures that he has unearthed over the years! The lost treasures contained within are now available for the bearers of his golden keys, available for purchase on the website! Contents of the vault include, but are not limited to, wondercrystals, caches of credits, - [A Very Frosty Education](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/12/24/a-very-frosty-education/) - Earlier this year, in Urlachmar, Father Ratanele of Saint Gathlyn's Orphanage undertook the long journey to visit New Celest. He had made an appointment with Ayehenue, the Civic Engineer, who greeted him warmly by the Pool of Stars. The weary Father explained he felt compelled to travel so far to seek help from the kindred - [The Winter is Here](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/12/22/the-winter-is-here/) - The Frost Spite is a little bit miffed with the Basin of Life for reasons that will be clear from a forthcoming event post, but as a result: snow! Magnagorans will recognise this particular snow from some of their past winter balls and other snow-related shenanigans, but it is new for all the other organisations. - [Solstice Activities 2022](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/12/19/solstice-activities-2022/) - With Solstice in full swing, here's a full rundown of what is happening right now! Ironbeard From this post onwards, those logged into Lusternia may find themselves receiving a visit from Ironbeard, bearing a present for the lucky recipient. Gnomes Keep an eye out for Jolly Bundy sending his fellow gnomes out with a few - [Solstice Schedule 2022](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/12/15/solstice-schedule-2022/) - With Lusternia's Solstice on the horizon, we want to let you know what our schedule will look like ahead of time. All our regular events will be returning this year and there is a lot to keep one festive! 17th December - Solstice Quests will open in cities and communes.18th December - Solstice Court will - [November 2022 Artbard Results](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/12/15/november-2022-artbard-results/) - Congratulations to our Artisanal and Bardic winners from November! If you’d like to join them for December, 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. Artisanal Contest Winner Dracnoris: pg. 5 by Esei Runner-Up Destiny Devours by Alysi - ['Tis the Season of Giving](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/12/01/tis-the-season-of-giving/) - For the month of December, Ironbeard and the Gnodfather are once again competing for Solstice domination! To participate, purchase solstice stockings directly from the website, which can then be hung in manses and commune and city rooms, max of 1 per room. Syntax: HANG FOR [ANONYMOUS]Syntax: STOCKINGS (to help track your stockings) At midnight, the - [Cyber Monday Promotion](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/11/25/cyber-monday-promotion/) - This year we're combining Black Friday and Cyber Monday into one longer promotion, meaning you can buy a special package on the website between the 25th and 28th November inclusive. Starting right now, you can buy a special package of 20 coins to be used with the Wheel of Tzaraziko for $19.99! There is only - [Four Days of Gratitude](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/11/24/four-days-of-gratitude-2/) - While some of you are enjoying your Thanksgiving, it's not something that everyone celebrates. We hope that all of you who are celebrating are having a good time. We wanted to take a moment and say how grateful we are for you, the players, for all the time you spend here, and want to make - [New Artifacts and Customisation](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/11/20/new-artifacts-and-customisation/) - We are releasing a few new artifacts! Some are expansions of existing artifacts and systems, and some entirely new. To aid you in getting your hands on them, we have added them both to the Artifact Shop (see HELP ASHOP) and the Artifact Cart on the website under "New Artifacts". If you are using the - [October 2022 Artbard Results](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/11/13/october-2022-artbard-results/) - Congratulations to our Artisanal and Bardic winners from October! If you’d like to join them for November, 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. Bardic Contest Winner As the Braziers Burn, Episode One: Rollara and Wyclissa by - [iOS Nexus Testing](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/11/03/ios-nexus-testing/) - Iron Realms has released an iOS beta version for iPhones and iPads. If you are interested in helping with the testing process, you can download the app for your device here. Please follow the next link to learn how to submit bugs. Don't forget, you can also test the Android version here. Thank you! - [Crystal Racetrack November](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/11/01/crystal-racetrack-november/) - For the month of November, we're double dipping in the rewards. First off, for every 50 credits you purchase from the website, you'll receive one wondercrystal. Now's the perfect time to finish off that pesky Wonderbrazier or Wondercorn you've been working on. See SHOWREWARDS for the breakdown and remember that if you purchase more than - [Welcome, Lusternia!](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/11/01/welcome-lusternia/) - As Orael addressed in his news post, I will be stepping up as an Assistant Producer to Lusternia. As a start, I'd first like to extend my personal thanks to Orael for all the work he has put in over the years, both for you, the players, and myself and the rest of the administration - [Changes](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/11/01/changes/) - I wanted to write this note to you all to let you know that as of today, I'm stepping down from being Co-Producer of Lusternia. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to pull through on my promises, first with the economy and now with conflict. Truth be told, I offered to step down last year after - [The Haunted House Opens](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/10/31/the-haunted-house-opens-2/) - The Haunted House is now open with lots of attractions provided by the business savvy of Trader Bob and his Merchant Peak's Coterie. It is located on the Stairs of Death on Avechna's Peak and has a new temporary landmark - hauntedhouse - to help you get there. A wide selection of toys, dolls, and - [Anniversary Battlechess Results](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/10/23/anniversary-battlechess-results-3/) - The grand chicken revolution has been progressing too slowly for Xuck, the Strategic Chicken's taste. His comrades have been gnawing at the pieces of his chess set rather than practising manoeuvres! So he challenged the organisations of the Basin of Life to step forward and contend for the Chess Board of Libertas. Gaudiguch showed up - [Anniversary Quiz Results](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/10/24/anniversary-quiz-results-3/) - As the Festival of the Creatrix neared its end, Duck, the Confused Chicken announced a quiz to test the knowledge of the inhabitants of Lusternia. Promising bounties of seed and grain, Duck rounded up those eager to prove their knowledge. This time around he chose to focus on the intricacies of "upright" modern history and - [Treasure Hunt Results](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/10/22/treasure-hunt-results/) - Buck, the Iniquitous Chicken has become the chicken to go to for free items with a treasure hunt attached! This Festival of the Creatrix, he shouted from the top of Avechna's Peak, asking adventurers throughout the land to come and receive some glittering crystal shards he found near the Transcendental Fulcrux, noting that they gave - [Great Hunt Results](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/10/22/great-hunt-results/) - The Festival Great Hunt has concluded! Everybody who participated and reached the thresholds outlined in HELP GREATHUNT has received their rewards, and the top ten scorers in each tier have also received bound credits ranging from 50 for the tenth spot to 500 for the first. Listed below are the scores for this hunt's top - [The Menestrean Wayfaire Returns](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/10/16/the-menestrean-wayfaire-returns/) - The Menestrean Wayfaire has made its way into the Basin of Life once again! This year, you may find the Wayfaire just south of Delport. If you are having trouble, just look for the new temporary landmark - Wayfaire. As well as containing all of the usual attractions - multiple quests that culminate in an - [Anniversary Chicken Hunt Results](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/10/15/anniversary-chicken-hunt-results-3/) - Soon after the start of the Festival of the Creatrix, Cluck, the Revolutionary Chicken re-emerges to declare a repeat Revolution of the chickens upon Lusternia. Thousands upon thousands of chickens fluttered their way into the Basin of Life, cluttering the roadways, waterways, forests, and villages with their fluffy forms in an effort to set up - [Opening of the Festival of the Creatrix](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/10/15/opening-of-the-festival-of-the-creatrix-2/) - The Festival of the Creatrix has now been declared open! You can find the lovely Agwesha and all of her wares upon the Path of Solitude, where she will remain as long as the Festival is open. You can path track there with a new landmark - FESTIVALWARES. Buy decorations, toys, and even the rare - [Lusternia's Eighteenth Anniversary Events](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/10/13/lusternias-eighteenth-anniversary-events/) - Lusternia turns eighteen years old! And, as always, we're holding a series of games, contests and more to celebrate this momentous milestone, with the in-character celebration of the Festival of the Creatrix. All contests bar the Great Hunt and Battlechess award 300 credits for 1st place, 150 credits for 2nd place and 50 credits for - [September 2022 Artbard Results](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/10/13/september-2022-artbard-results/) - Congratulations to our Artisanal and Bardic winners from September! If you’d like to join them for October, 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. Bardic Contest Winner The Songs of Angels by Aramantos Runner-Up Empowering Bards and - [October Anniversary Extravaganza](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/09/30/october-anniversary-extravaganza/) - For the month of October, we're running an anniversary present extravaganza with a twist. For every 25 credits you purchase for the month of October, you'll receive a present as well. Even better is that for the first 100 credits you purchase, you'll get an additional present for every 10 credits! That means purchasing 100 - [Discord Verification](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/09/21/discord-verification/) - You can now verify your Discord account with Lusternia! To do so use the command VERIFY_DISCORD and follow the instructions provided. See HELP DISCORD for more information. For the moment, all it will do is assign the Verified role. Once we ensure that everything is working as intended, select channels will only be accessible to - [A Brilliant Revolution, Part I](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/09/21/a-brilliant-revolution-part-i/) - There are many ways to describe this city, many epithets to label it and countless adjectives to apply to it and its people. A common one that is heard from any soul who has walked the streets for any length of time, whether they love or hate it, is that it is a contradiction; endless - [August 2022 Artbard Results](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/09/14/august-2022-artbard-results/) - Congratulations to our Artisanal and Bardic winners from August! If you’d like to join them for September, 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. Bardic Contest Winner Sundry Tanka, 601-625 CE by Xiran Runner-Up A Call to - [Report Decisions and Second Chances](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/09/07/report-decisions-and-second-chances/) - We recently put out Report Decisions on the reports that were posted a few weeks ago. In an effort to improve the process and reduce the number of Sol 4's, we've selected a few reports that we agreed with the general problem but did not like the solutions, Those reports will be allowed a second - [September Artifact and Lesson Sale](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/09/01/september-artifact-and-lesson-sale/) - In September, you can buy artifacts directly from the website at a steep discount in the so-called Artifact Cart. The discount is even higher if you have an Iron Elite Membership. The new Feature Curios are available in their own New Curio category, and a number of limited-availability artifacts - normally available through Auctions or - [Toronada Beach Party](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/08/22/toronada-beach-party/) - With the sun beating down fiercely enough to drive back the waters of the Tidal Flats and, consequently, a beach party underway, you may have noticed the people and visitors of Toronada enjoying new crafts and constructions: lounging beneath the sun, wearing new clothes, playing new music. We believe there is no need for the - [Q&A: Ephemeralhood](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/08/17/ephemeralhood-qa/) - What does Eph training usually entail? Becoming a divine is the primary goal of training so everything is geared toward making sure our Ephemerals are ready for what's ahead. Sometimes trainees (or even established admin) realise that a behind-the-scenes role suits them more and they become Architects instead but we primarily seek to recruit and - [Nexus 3.0 Going Live](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/08/01/nexus-3-0-going-live/) - Iron Realms will be transitioning our game websites from the Nexus 2 client to the Nexus 3 client at some point in the next 12 to 15 hours. For those unaware, we have been working on a major update to the Nexus client. The new client offers a host of improvements including the following: Desktop - [Reports Opening](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/07/24/reports-opening/) - We're opening up reports once again. There was some discussion as to whether we should limit reports to only be 'Quality of Life' reports to reduce what is seen as constant attempts to 'nerf enemies while buffing allies'. We've decided that we do not want to limit reports in such a way at this time, - [Ephemeral Applications Open](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/08/10/ephemeral-applications-open-3/) - Do you have an interest in helping run Lusternia behind the scenes as a volunteer administrator? We are now opening applications for Ephemerals - administrators-in-training for Elder Divine positions. If you are not sure what being an Ephemeral entails, you can read HELP VOLUNTEERS for an overview. To apply for Ephemeralhood you must: Be 18 - [Q&A: Ephemeral Experiences](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/08/10/qa-ephemeral-experiences/) - You asked and they've answered! We've included answers both from Ephemerals and those who graduated so you have a wider range of insights. Question 1 What was your first day as an Ephemeral like? Skipper: A lot of reading, meeting new friends and divine I had dealt with as a mortal, and really just taking deep - [July 2022 Artbard Results](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/08/10/july-2022-artbard-results/) - Congratulations to our Artisanal and Bardic winners from July! If you’d like to join them for August, 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. Bardic Contest Winner Refusing to See the Darkness by Ialie Runner-Up The Adventures - [Summer Spins](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/08/01/summer-spins/) - For the month of August, 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, everyone will get one free spin per weave by using SPIN WHEEL FREE! Check out HELP IRON COINS for more information. Our Summertime - [Adventures in Botany and Apiculture](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/07/17/adventures-in-botany-and-apiculture/) - Though it was Juliary already, the middle of autumn, Hulleh Honeytongue decided it is better to start late than never. She had a garden to fill with fragrant blooms and she would not be deterred. The fact that she did not know the actual names of the flowers she was seeking was somewhat of an - [June 2022 Artbard Results](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/07/12/june-2022-artbard-results/) - Congratulations to our Artisanal and Bardic winners from June! If you’d like to join them for July, 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. Bardic Contest Winner The Splintered Mirage: In Defense of Cruelty by Eritheyl Runner-Up - [July Hamasterhunt](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/07/12/july-hamasterhunt/) - On July 23rd, 11pm GMT, get ready for a Hamsterhunt! There will be no sharing of hamsters, meaning they will vanish upon being picked up, and PK will be off. Killing and attacking are not permitted but you can hinder competitors in other ways (icewalls, etc.). Top competitors will receive: 1st Place - 200 credits2nd - [Wonderful July](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/07/01/wonderful-july/) - For the month of July, when you purchase credits on the website, you'll also receive one wonder crystal for every 50 credits purchased! That means if you purchase 1000 credits, you'll receive 20 crystals! Type SHOWREWARDS to see your status. That's not all as there is also a sale on -all- artifacts in the Artifact - [Feature Curios](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/06/25/feature-curios/) - A new set of curios called Feature Curios is now available on the website. Feature curios is a broad term for existing hair and beard curios, and the new beauty and blemish curios. Like hair/beard curios, beauty curios offer a bonus to prestige (you can stack hair/beard and a beauty curio), and blemish curios significantly - [Macaron Curios](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/06/22/macaron-curios/) - A new set of curios called Macaron Curios is now available on the website. This is a limited release that will only be available until the end of the month for the time being. They are consumable curios that offer very powerful bonuses that are balanced out by their limitations. Macarons provide the following bonuses: - [Year in Review 2013](https://www.lusternia.com/2014/01/11/year-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 - [To meet, and part, and meet again!](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/08/04/to-meet-and-part-and-meet-again/) - Meets are undoubtedly one of the high points in any situation involving long distances between folks who share the same hobbies. The internet is great, but sometimes you have to gossip about the latest in Hallifaxian drama in person... So we met! Zvoltz and I set out for Akron, and met Alary, Scax, and - [I Am The Vanguard Of Your Destruction](https://www.lusternia.com/2015/12/21/i-am-the-vanguard-of-your-destruction/) - I am deathly allergic to all forms of improvisation, spontaneity, and fun. So when I logged in to Lusternia on the morning of the thirteenth to cries of "hey, who is taking the last dream god?", and I looked and saw which role still needed filling, and then said, "well, I guess I can if - [Factions Roundtable!](https://www.lusternia.com/2017/05/02/factions-roundtable/) - Now that all of new guilds have been released, I thought it would be nice to give a little closure and behind-the-scenes insight to our overall process for both the events themselves and the development of factions. I wrote up a couple questions and nudged all of the admin who helped out to give their - [Sh*t Lusternians Say](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/01/02/sht-lusternians-say/) - A fun little video of what Lusternians say! You know it's true! Check it out! - [IRE Meet 2012 - Candid Moments](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/01/02/ire-meet-2012-candid-moments/) - Not every night were there deep philosophical discussions as we weighed the fate of mortals; rather, for an evening or two, the gods went out to let down their hair (or tentacles, as the case may be) to enjoy a few modest libations while decorously dancing to the music of the modern bards. Zvoltz - [IRE Meet 2012](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/01/02/ire-meet-2012/) - IRE admin met with players in Washington, DC during our annual meet this year. More Lusternia players and admin showed up than any other game! Thank you to everyone who showed up and a special commemorative item will show up in the inventories of everyone who attended. The highlight was undoubtedly when Skye made an - [A Treatise on Godly Relationships](https://www.lusternia.com/2014/03/04/a-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 - [Scandal in the Havens](https://www.lusternia.com/2014/08/20/scandal-in-the-havens/) - The morning sun had barely peeked out over the horizon; birds were chirping, butterflies were fluttering, squirrels were being squirrely and I was steadfastly ignoring all of it as I worked agitatedly at My forge, a scowl marring My otherwise Divine complexion. It was a disturbance to the north that had Me so riled up… - [Celest Versus The Hoop Snake](https://www.lusternia.com/2016/11/14/celest-versus-the-hoop-snake/) - It was recently brought to My attention that certain events transpired potentially implicating Myself in any number of ridiculous doings which befell certain individuals present at a recent meet in Washington, DC. To set the record straight, I did not so much as log into my computer that day, but I have interrogated those who - [The Havens Guide to Participating in Events](https://www.lusternia.com/2016/07/13/the-havens-guide-to-participating-in-events/) - As we progress through this year's overarching plot and learn more of what is happening with Father Sun, a number of us up in the Havens have been working on something to equip intrepid eventers - a guide to participating in events! This topic has been touched on in the past, both in blogs and on - [Year in Review: 2015](https://www.lusternia.com/2016/01/02/year-in-review-2015/) - Good times and bum times, I've seen them all And, my dear, I'm still here! These Stephen Sondheim lyrics run through my head as I think about this improbable project called Lusternia. While the notion itself was fantastic that I would create a new online game, at no time did I look forward and imagine - [A Day in the Life of an Old Admin](https://www.lusternia.com/2016/10/09/a-day-in-the-life-of-an-old-admin/) - The automatic doors slide open with a soft whoosh as a susurrus of conversation rolls over me like a breaking wave. It is 4:15 AM on Friday at Logan International Airport and the security queue is already overflowing into the ticketing area. With a resigned sigh, I jostle into the back of the line and - [SERENLEAKS: Notes on Adasser (or How to Help Us Help You RP)](https://www.lusternia.com/2015/07/29/serenleaks-notes-on-adasser-or-how-to-help-us-help-you-rp/) - SERENLEAKS: NOTES ON ADASSER (or How to Help Us Help You RP) Typically, when an administrator takes over a god role, they write about their reasons: Why did I take So-and-So? How difficult was the event that revealed X? What inspirations do I draw upon to develop God, the Godly God’s personality and beliefs? - [Year in Review: 2014](https://www.lusternia.com/2015/02/06/year-in-review-2014/) - Lusternia reached a tremendous milestone as 2014 marked its ten year anniversary. It seems like yesterday that I was rushing to finalize the rooms and skills so Lusternia could be released in October 2004 as we had planned. There was so much to do! The Skarch Desert had to be completely described (for rather contentious - [How-to: Release four gods at once](https://www.lusternia.com/2014/04/23/how-to-release-four-gods-at-once/) - What do you do when you take on the task of coming up with an event that will release four deities? At first, my answer was to sit immobile in front of the computer screen for a solid five minutes. Then, I let the slow, creeping paralysis of idea overload take me over until I - [Bad to the Bone](https://www.lusternia.com/2014/03/19/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 - [The Occult and Cultists](https://www.lusternia.com/2014/01/24/the-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 - [Near Misses: Becoming Mysrai](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/10/16/near-misses-becoming-mysrai/) - I came this close to not being Mysrai. As the clock ticked down to the finishing of my area and I kept finding small details to wrap up for the release, I was all set to go to Hallifax. That's right: I'm the reason you don't have Jadice right now. I'll wait for a bit - [Hoom-ings: An IronCon Confession](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/08/01/hoom-ings-an-ironcon-confession/) - This post is about recovery [1]. I haven’t really done much in Lusternia in two-ish years, maybe even longer. It isn’t like I haven’t done anything; I have done some things - mainly small stuff. But in comparison to the other volunteer administrators, and probably in relation to the work I am expected to - [Patronly Duties](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/07/20/patronly-duties/) - Whether it is replacing lost keys or creating new additions to cities and communes, Patrons and the Divine Pantheons of our organizations have a wide variety of “jobs” that they do. However, the scope of patronly duties isn’t found in the instruction manual for new gods. I think of myself as a generally active administrator - [Year in Review for 2012](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/01/18/year-in-review-for-2012/) - The Year of 2012 has flown by faster than any I have seen yet! As usual, at the end of the year, I like to look back and see what has transpired in Lusternia during the past twelve months. Frankly, I am rather proud of how many events and new releases took place during that - [Engineering a Skill](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/02/11/engineering-a-skill/) - While it was greater minds than I who designed and coded the new aerochemantics skill, I did have the pleasure of writing the skill lines you see when the skills are used. I was a bit nervous about this task since aerochem would be following beautifully written skills like aquachemantics and wildewood but in the - [Designing the Architect](https://www.lusternia.com/2012/02/25/designing-the-architect/) - Since we are currently accepting applications for new ephemerals, I thought I would make my debut blog post about my experience as an ephemeral and a bit about how Zvoltz was created. I have to say that, hands down, being in Havens has been one of the best experiences I have had in Lusternia. I - [Creating the Predator](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/06/12/creating-the-predator/) - Several players have expressed interest in learning more about what goes into the divine roles we play, particularly our thought processes and inspirations. Eventru already commented on his ideas in an earlier post, so I felt it was high time to discuss mine. I know I said before that I picked up Shikari because of - [Questions on Community Building](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/05/08/questions-on-community-building/) - I feel that one of the most challenging parts of being a patron god is trying to combat apathy and disinterest in your community. Once this feeling is present it becomes a systematic problem; everyone gets affected: people in positions, the layperson, the newbie, even the gods. I definitely feel at a loss when people - [We're All Human](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/04/15/were-all-human/) - I know what you're thinking—the divine? "All human"? Preposterous! After all, they do so much work for the game, how can they possibly have lives beyond it?! And we're flattered, trust me, but it's true: Not all of us are automatons devoting full capacity and resources to Lusternia (except maybe Eventru). Even Estarra likes to - [Leaving behind the mortal shell...](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/03/24/leaving-behind-the-mortal-shell-2/) - For some of us, leaving behind that mortal life can be one of the most difficult choices we've ever had to make. There are the quasi-friends that we love to see when we log in each day. There's the political turmoil that we've so embroiled ourselves in that we dare let our fingers off of - [Making Treebeard, I Mean Hoaracle](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/03/21/making-treebeard-i-mean-hoaracle/) - Hello, everyone! Rather than writing about my ephemeral days (which were filled with the same joys and trials that everyone has mentioned), I thought I would try to write something different! Seeing as Shikari’s latest post discussed him taking up an inactive god role, I will write about the other option an ephemeral has: creating - [Puny Mortals](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/03/15/puny-mortals/) - What’s your favorite thing about Lusternia? Is it the lore? The immersive storylines? Are you a master politico up to your armpits in intrigue and foreign policy? Do you own your city’s stage, making a name for yourself as a playwright? Or, failing all that, are you one of those who goes around smacking people - [Welcome to Haven’s Hideout!](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/03/09/welcome-to-havens-hideout/) - Haven’s Hideout is a blog for the Divine of Lusternia (i.e., the volunteer admin and staff) to post articles on their thoughts, experiences and insights about this awesome game. This will be a place for the Divine to let down their hair and go out-of-character, to share anecdotes about the drama, humor and intrigue they - [Nexus 3.0 Beta](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/06/17/nexus-3-0-beta/) - Iron Realms has been working on a new version of the Nexus client for the past year. For those of you that do not know, Nexus, is a web-based client that players use to connect to our game worlds. Our goal is to bring an improved experience, that can be easily accessed on desktop or - [May 2022 Artbard Results](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/06/13/may-2022-artbard-results/) - Congratulations to our Artisanal and Bardic winners from May! If you’d like to join them for June, 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. Bardic Contest Winner Aramantos' A Prayer to the Supernals Runner-Up Ialie's I'm - [World Forum Explores Taurian History](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/06/12/world-forum-explores-taurian-history/) - On the final day of the year 620 CE, the Mistress of the Forum announced that there would be a guest lecturer in residence for the coming year. The lecture concerned the history of the taurian people, their spiritual groups known as nerebo, and the complex variations found in other taurian groups both past and - [Wargames Challenge - Klangratch Champions Royale](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/06/12/wargames-challenge-klangratch-champions-royale/) - As per Public post #1935, the League is hosting wargames! First time hearing about the League? Check out Events #35. The event will take place on June 18th at 11pm GMT. The rules are as follows: the challenge will be hosted at Klangratch Tourniesthe format is wargames (2 teams)teams will be randomised (see Changelog #2634)there - [On the Road](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/06/09/on-the-road/) - It was the middle of autumn when Voarag Dragnet set off on a trip that would transform her life. Up till that point, she spent most of her days mining in any crevice she came upon, refining her finds, and then travelling village to village selling her wares. But recent developments encouraged her to try - [Customisation Changes](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/06/07/customisation-changes/) - Customisations are once again opened and the help files have been updated to reflect all the new changes. We'd like to give you a rundown of the most important changes and explain our reasoning behind the bigger ones. 1) HELP CUSTOMISATION INDEX or HELP 23, is a whole new help file section set aside for - [Producer Livestream](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/06/04/producer-livestream/) - Tomorrow, on Sunday, the 5th of June at 8pm GMT, Orael and Uilani will be hosting a livestream! We'll give you a rundown of the Havens' current development plans for Lusternia and where we are with them, as well as cover a number of other topics. Time permitting, there may also be an opportunity to - [June Curio Marvels](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/06/01/june-curio-marvels/) - All through this month, you will be able to buy curio packages directly from the website. A number of curio packages that are only available in limited edition promotions, including race curios (for the sileni and nagasith races), toys, masks, bubbles, batons, genies, treasure maps, and poteen pots, are once again available. Be on the - [May Challenges](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/05/11/may-challenges/) - Thanks to the enterprising spirit of Korue Dragnet and the desire of Master Quettle to show everyone a better way, we'll see a Death and Harmony Challenge in May.Death Challenge21st May, 11pm GMTHarmony Challenge29th May, 3pm GMT The first is a hunting challenge and the second is an influence challenge. If you are unfamiliar with - [April 2022 Artbard Results](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/05/08/april-2022-artbard-results/) - Congratulations to our Artisanal and Bardic winners from April! If you’d like to join them for May, 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. Bardic Contest Winner Selia's Sonnets of Supernal Praise Runner-Up Gurashi's The Ballad - [Auction Summary](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/05/02/auction-summary/) - As Week 1 is about to be underway, we'd like to give you a rundown of all that will be auctioned throughout the month and to save you the trouble of going through the lists carefully, we'll list an overview of the new options first. Keep in mind some of these are not new things, - [May Auctions Galore](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/05/01/may-auctions-galore/) - For the month of May, we have a couple things for you to take advantage of and look forward to! We'll be having a 30% credit bonus, meaning you'll get an additional 30 credits for every 100 purchased! Double XP Tuesdays will help you get to your experience/essence goals. And lastly, we'll be holding four - [The Curious Case of Specimen XSPS79, Part II](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/04/20/the-curious-case-of-specimen-xsps79-part-ii/) - It would not be even a month later that an inconspicuous letter was left at the Emperor's Lament Post Office. It revealed the location of the ship Magnagorans so sought and a warning: that a plethora of agents within the Gnafia did not care for interference, no matter from whom, and to take care to - [The Curious Case of Specimen XSPS79, Part I](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/04/20/the-curious-case-of-specimen-xsps79-part-i/) - It is uncertain whether it was the sight or the smell that the man remarked upon first, for the mark of stress near his eyes and nose both competed with the sheer wonder the man beheld: a behemoth of a beast, flopped upon the street as though from nowhere, overnight. Such was the tale that - [March 2022 Artbard Results](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/04/11/march-2022-artbard-results/) - Congratulations to our Artisanal and Bardic winners from March! If you’d like to join them for April, 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. Bardic Contest Winner Blaise's In Defense of Attitudinal Hedonism: a Gaudiguch Dissection - [Agriculture Commodity Shop](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/04/09/agriculture-commodity-shop/) - We've now introduced an agriculture commodity shop where players can buy and sell select commodities. You'll find the price of these commodities will change based on two factors. The first is a long-term slow change based on commodity input and output. The base selling and buying price will slowly rise or lower depending on the - [It's the Journey That Matters](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/04/09/its-the-journey-that-matters/) - On a calm wintry night, Tilibe stopped by the Toronada Bridge to water her horses. She had a long way ahead of her still, travelling to Rockholm the peddle her wares, so a short break was well advised. She did not expect this to go so poorly, however. Something growled in the night, her horses - [April Treasure Hunts](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/04/06/april-treasure-hunts/) - Do you know Lusternia's every nook and cranny? Are you a truly accomplished Explorer? We'll see! In April we'll be hosting two treasure hunts. The first one will be easy, the second one hard. Comparatively at least! The goal of the first one is to provide a more gentle introduction to how treasure hunts work - [April Fool's: New Auction Options](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/04/01/new-auction-options/) - While MUDs are among the oldest game genres, they have undergone remarkable changes to bring them more in line with the latest innovations in multiplayer gaming. To name but a few that have been introduced in Lusternia: daily questing - so-called dailies - that reward a unique currency (HELP DAILYCREDITS)auction house - where you can - [April Present Extravaganza](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/04/01/april-present-extravaganza-2/) - For the month of April, we're running a present extravaganza with a twist. For every 25 credits you purchase for the month of April, you'll receive a present as well. Even better is that for the first 100 credits you purchase, you'll get an additional present for every 10 credits! That means purchasing 100 credits - [A Charged Convergence](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/03/29/a-charged-convergence/) - On the 25th of Juliary, 614 years after the Coming of Estarra, members of Hallifax were called upon by Researcher An’ouri Oolin of the Diamond Research Project to learn of a new research development conducted within the laboratories. Researcher An’ouri Oolin briefly spoke to the members of the previous study of a specimen, delivered many - [Inclusivity Project: Tribal References](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/03/26/inclusivity-project-tribal-references/) - The event that took place in Serenwilde today (Event Post #491) is part of a broader project to address Native appropriation within Lusternia. This segment of the project deals with the concept of tribes and has been split into two parts: commune changes and global changes. The first is now out, the latter is to - [The Bonding of Kith and Kin](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/03/26/the-bonding-of-kith-and-kin/) - From the Journal of Alpheth Lunseer: I do not know what I expected, when I asked the Serenwilde to open the Henge to the others. Certainly, I knew that it would be overwhelming. After all, I have had only the trees for companionship these past decades. I did not even know how long it had - [A Gift for the Blessed](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/03/17/a-gift-for-the-blessed/) - In mid-Juliary of 613 CE, Elytho Serole made a breakthrough. Running from the Lodestar Athenaeum past the Pool of Stars, it was their hope to reach Light's Glory, the guildhall of New Celest's Magisterium of the Holy Father. Yet, they had not realised the great distance between the two parts of the city. Skirting past - [Introducing: The Celestine Rework](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/03/13/introducing-the-celestine-rework/) - A while ago, we made a proposal to take on one of the star map projects, being the Celestine Rework. Today, we finalize the release of the project and bring you the improved Celestine class. For information specifically on what changes have occurred, please see CHANGELOG 2620. We would like to extend our gratitude to - [February 2022 Artbard Results](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/03/11/february-2022-artbard-results/) - Congratulations to our Artisanal and Bardic winners from February! If you’d like to join them for March, 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. Bardic Contest Winner Lendren's Comparative Aesthetics Runner-Up Ilisa's Anything at All? Merit - [Exploration Update](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/03/11/exploration-update/) - As previously announced by Iashe on the forums in January, IRE has been working on a new Nexus client. A major part of this new client is the mapping features that are going to be directly affected by player exploration data. As a result of this change - we needed to make a significant change - [Manifestations of the Dreaming](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/03/07/manifestations-of-the-dreaming/) - While the full rundown of the latest changes can be found in Changelog #2613, we would like to give you a little extra insight into the decision to further amend some aspects of the Manifestations system. The biggest change sees Manifestations invincible throughout the empowerment process which we feel helps align this conflict event with - [March History Quizzes](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/03/06/march-history-quizzes/) - What better way to celebrate a month of learning than with a quiz? Better yet, two quizzes! The World Library will be hosting two History Challenges this month and we hope to see everyone there. The scope of the quizzes will be clear and finite, and prizes plentiful. The History Challenges will cover the Histories - [Forum Migration](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/03/03/forum-migration/) - We will be moving our forums sometime this month from Vanilla hosting to self-hosting. We are migrating the data so have no fear, all your logs and posts will still be there! The reason for the move is simple: forum usage has dropped significantly and Vanilla's hosting is fairly expensive. That said, even in the - [Sunflowers](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/03/03/sunflowers/) - In Roarkian, 612 CE, pilgrims at their resting camp on the side of Avechna's Peak gathered together to start a garden, wishing to beautify their camping site. Together, they had felt a need to alleviate the horrors and traumas of the past decades, where innumerable pilgrims and other travellers perished to the violence of recent - [March Learning Extravaganza](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/03/01/march-learning-extravaganza-2/) - The month of March is once again the month of change, learning, and new experiences! For those of you just getting into Lusternia, or those of you ready to try something new, you can purchase lessons at discounted rates right off the website. Have too many lessons already? Convert them to curios! Also, you can - [January 2022 Artbard Results](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/02/11/january-2022-artbard-results/) - Congratulations to our Artisanal and Bardic winners from January! If you’d like to join them for February, 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. Bardic Contest Winner Illyria's Shadows in the Fold Runner-Up Lendren's Unnumbered Merit - [The Shards of Li-varili](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/02/10/the-shards-of-li-varili/) - In the glow after the splintering of the Goddess Li-varili, many groups of Her shards, called the livari, rested lost and confused in the Basin of Life. They had fallen out of the Divine Havens to break free of Li-varili's prison. And yet, in doing so, they had also exiled themselves forever from the Divine - [The Judgment of Li-varili](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/02/10/the-judgment-of-li-varili/) - Whether by design or coincidence, Li-varili's observation crystal opened Herself to the mortals gathered, and they to Her in kind. By huddling close as though before Her altar, mortals could whisper to Her their private thoughts and feelings, just as Hers roiled within for them to feel in kind. Some swore that Her coven stood - [Testimonies Given, Judgments Prepared](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/02/10/testimonies-given-judgments-prepared/) - The conch shell upon Avechna's Peak echoed for many months with the words that mortals spoke in testimony. One by one they came, recounting memories, stories, hopes and regrets. Some cursed the name of the Goddess Li-varili, relaying the losses they and Lusternia at large had so suffered in past years: the storms and rage - [The Conch Shell and the Gods' Decree](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/02/01/the-conch-shell-and-the-gods-decree/) - In the middle of Dvarsh, the heavens opened without warning to the voices of the Gods. The time had come, They announced, to determine the Elder Goddess Li-varili's fate once and for all. Remembering well Her time when She first walked the Basin of Life masked, hidden from Their perceptions, They recognized that the mortals - [Seasonal Cards for Season d'Amour](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/02/01/seasonal-cards-for-season-damour/) - Throughout the month of February, you'll be able to purchase special seasonal cards straight from the website. If you recall how this worked last year, get ready for some changes that simplify the process. Cards:o see CARD for syntaxo can be written on with up to 120 characterso can be customised, PROBE for detailso can - [December 2021 Artbard Results](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/01/12/december-2021-artbard-results/) - Congratulations to our Artisanal and Bardic winners from December! If you’d like to join them for January, 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. Bardic Contest Winner Trakis' A is for Aquamancer Runner-Up Eritheyl's Rainmaker Artisanal - [Year in Review 2021](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/01/09/year-in-review-2021/) - As is customary at the start of a new year, let us ruminate upon Lusternia's 2021. There are two groups of people that 2021 would not have happened without - the godmin and the players. Certainly, that can be said of any year in Lusternia but it bears highlighting as the most critical element of - [Bob's Forgotten Vaults](https://www.lusternia.com/2022/01/01/bobs-forgotten-vaults-2/) - Trader Bob has once again unveiled to the Basin the forgotten vaults of treasures that he has unearthed over the years! The lost treasures contained within are now available for the bearers of his golden keys, available for purchase on the website! Contents of the vault include, but are not limited to, wondercrystals, caches of - [Solstice Activities](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/12/20/solstice-activities/) - With Solstice in full swing, here's a full rundown of what is happening! Ironbeard From this post onwards, those logged into Lusternia may find themselves receiving a visit from Ironbeard, bearing a present for the lucky recipient. Gnomes Keep an eye out for Jolly Bundy sending his fellow gnomes out with a few more presents. - [November 2021 Artbard Results](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/12/09/november-2021-artbard-results/) - Congratulations to our Artisanal and Bardic winners from November! If you’d like to join them for December, 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. Bardic Contest Winner Niralahi's Peril on the Sea Runner-Up Kennian's The Dagger - [Solstice Schedule](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/12/06/solstice-schedule/) - With Lusternia's Solstice on the horizon, we want to let you know what our schedule will look like ahead of time. All our regular events will be returning this year and there is a lot to keep one festive! 17th-19th - Solstice Quests will open in cities and communes.19th - Solstice Court will open.20th - - [December's Season of Giving](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/12/01/decembers-season-of-giving/) - Tis the Solstice Season! For the month of December, Ironbeard and the Gnodfather are once again competing for Solstice domination! To participate, purchase solstice stockings directly from the website, which can then be hung in manses and commune/city rooms, max of 1 per room. Syntax: HANG FOR [ANONYMOUS]Syntax: STOCKINGS (to help track your stockings) At - [Cyber Monday Package](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/11/29/cyber-monday-package/) - This Cyber Monday we have a new package for you but with the same old rules - one package per character. Throughout Monday, the 29th of November, from weave to weave, you will be able to buy a special package of 20 coins to be used with the Wheel of Tzaraziko for $19.99! - [Four Days of Gratitude](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/11/25/four-days-of-gratitude/) - While not everyone celebrates Thanksgiving - either at all or does so earlier in the year - we wish those of you who do a happy one. We are grateful for the time all of you spend with us so if you are spending this time with family or friends (or yourself, everyone needs a - [A Revelation, A Maze, A Ritual: The Return of the Silver Goddess](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/11/25/a-revelation-a-maze-a-ritual-the-return-of-the-silver-goddess/) - "Nehvi na'reaim yaeklas…" Caught in a flurry of snow, Serenwilde's festivities drew to an end as a new year and moon both turned. Alongside Nehvi, a carefree elfen lady recently returned to the commune, the shelterfolk gathered to observe Fair Galaphyrae conduct a wintry Sower rite and listen to poetry recited by Spirit-Touched Keyne, drawing - [Gaudiguch Gossip Special Edition - Corruption and Kouseki in Gaudiguch](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/11/19/gaudiguch-gossip-special-edition-corruption-and-kouseki-in-gaudiguch/) - It was any other day in Gaudiguch when the unexpected happened - the Freedom Council authorised mass destruction within the City of Freedom. Interviewing eyewitnesses, the explosion happened far beneath the city after a riot was started over the city's shortage of kouseki powder. While kouseki powder is not generally in high demand beyond the - [November Auctions](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/11/16/november-auctions/) - The auctions are now open and will close a little bit after Sunday's weave. As we're doing only one week of auctions in November, there is a mix of credit and gold auctions available. Because of that, which type is which is not as easily visible. Please double check each auction info! For gold auctions, - [From the Gaudiguch Gossip - An Advertisement on Page Three](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/11/12/from-the-gaudiguch-gossip-an-advertisement-on-page-three/) - Do you enjoy mucus, flesh, and ancient Illuminati experiments? Do your children ceaselessly bother you for a pet of some sort? Do you have an overabundance of coin, time, and energy to rear and raise new life? Well, you are in luck. The newly formed Vortex Preservation Society has made available a brand new invention - [October 2021 Artbard Results](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/11/09/october-2021-artbard-results/) - Congratulations to our Bardic competitors from October! If you’d like to join them for November, 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. Bardic Contest Winner Illyria's Gifts of the Night Runner-Up Gurashi's Song for the Drachou - [November Presents Extravaganza](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/11/01/november-presents-extravaganza/) - In the month of November, we're thankful and bring an armful of presents. For every 25 credits you purchase in November, you'll receive a present as well. Even better is that for the first 100 credits you purchase, you'll get an additional present for every 10 credits! That means purchasing 100 credits will net you - [Haunting Vengeance Results](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/10/31/haunting-vengeance-results-2/) - The Haunting brought many to the Haunted House and one eventful night the visitors gathered to compete in a vengeance game tournament. This time, however, they would not play in the setting of the Vernal Wars. They faced something much more recent - the times of the Curse of the Sunken Heart. The populace consisted - [Healing the Tar Pit Wastes](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/10/30/healing-the-tar-pit-wastes/) - It began with a simple correspondence. Over a decade past, Sprout Thornleaf had come to the Sowers of the Last Seed where they then remained, separated by choice from their cousin in the Tar Pits. This letter was the first they had received from him in some time, and it contained news. Some very interesting - [The Haunted House Opens](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/10/31/the-haunted-house-opens/) - The Haunted House is now open with lots of attractions provided by the business savvy of Trader Bob and his Merchant Peak's Coterie. A wide selection of costumes (including new ones!) can be purchased within in addition to a slew of activities available to enjoy: pumpkin carving, web-making in the basement, two unique vengeance games, - [The Haunting Has Begun](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/10/31/the-haunting-has-begun-2/) - Once again, Atropos, the Eldest of the Fates, has broken her shears! This means that the Haunting is upon us and when anything dies, there is a chance its ghost will not find its way to the Portal of Fate. If you find one of these poor lost souls, you can capture it if you - [Anniversary Quiz Results](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/10/24/anniversary-quiz-results-2/) - As the Festival of the Creatrix neared its end, Duck, the Confused Chicken announced a test of intelligence for the inhabitants of Lusternia. Taking a sharp turn from the previous quiz, this one focused more on the intricacies of "upright" history. An early lead was quickly established by a pack of four: Afrit, Eritheyl, Jolanthe, - [Anniversary Battlechess Results](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/10/24/anniversary-battlechess-results-2/) - Mid-Dvarsh did the frustrated lamentations of Xuck, the Strategic Chicken reach the Basin at large. The sorrow of his fellow feathered friends eating the pieces of his game rather than placing them drove him to the extreme: requesting the favoured game of the Gods themselves be played by adventurers throughout the Basin. Not seeking to - [Anniversary Treasure Hunt Results](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/10/24/anniversary-treasure-hunt-results-2/) - Life is hard when you're Buck, the Iniquitous Chicken. Everyone wants you to do something and you just want to sip on your pumpkin spice tea at the Triple Junction Inn. Thankfully there are many adventurers who are more than happy to spread joy in Buck's stead. Gifting them with little toy harlequins from the - [Anniversary Great Hunt Results](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/10/23/anniversary-great-hunt-results-2/) - The Festival Great Hunt has concluded. Everybody who participated received a number of credits, but the top ten scorers in each tier received bound credits ranging from 50 for the tenth to 500 for the first spot. Listed below are the scores for this hunt's top scorers. TOP TEN DEMIGOD+ 1 - Ayisdra - 1330002 - [The Menestrean Wayfaire](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/10/21/the-menestrean-wayfaire/) - As they do for every Festival of the Creatrix, Jal Czigany and his troop of performers returned to offer their entertainment for Lusternia. However, something was different this time: Long named after Jal Czigany, the Wayfaire has seen a re-dedication, renamed the Menestrean Wayfaire, in honour of the Vernal Goddess Menestre of the Laughing Heart. - [Anniversary Great Hunt Begins](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/10/18/anniversary-great-hunt-begins-2/) - The Great Hunt is on once again! Gather your supplies and set out to hunt and influence your way to victory! The Hunt will last until midnight GMT on October 22nd (at the weave). You will earn double experience during the Great Hunt and all your slaying and influencing will count towards the score. Check - [Anniversary Slippers Results](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/10/17/anniversary-slippers-results-2/) - As Luck, the Luxurious chicken once more attempted to dissuade her fellow chickens in the Revolution from making use of her prize possesion, the Heel of the Creatrix, adventurers from around the Basin once more stepped forward in an effort to wrest the artefact from the grasp of the nefarious Henmother in a game of - [Anniversary Chicken Hunt Results](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/10/16/anniversary-chicken-hunt-results-2/) - Soon after the start of the Festival of the Creatrix, Cluck, the Revolutionary Chicken re-emerges to declare a repeat Revolution of the chickens upon Lusternia. Thousands upon thousands of chickens fluttered their way into the Basin of Life, cluttering the roadways, waterways, mountains, forests, and villages with their fluffy forms in an effort to set - [Opening of the Festival of the Creatrix](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/10/16/opening-of-the-festival-of-the-creatrix/) - The Festival of the Creatrix has now been declared open! You can find the lovely Agwesha and all of her wares upon the Path of Solitude, where she will remain as long as the Festival is open. Buy decorations, toys, and even the rare doll of the Creatrix Herself so that you can celebrate the - [Lusternia's Seventeenth Anniversary Events](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/10/13/lusternias-seventeenth-anniversary-events/) - Lusternia turns seventeen years old in 2021! And, as always, we're holding a series of games, contests and more to celebrate this momentous milestone, with the in-character celebration of the Festival of the Creatrix. All contests bar the Great Hunt and Battlechess award 300 credits for 1st place, 150 credits for 2nd place and 50 - [Grub for the Sous Chef](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/10/10/grub-for-the-sous-chef/) - It was a bright Avechary morning when Mwami Honeypunch stepped out onto the Alabaster Road, her mind set on one thing: Food. Making her way to the Aetherplex, she was perplexed by the absolute flood of foods available. A platter of poutine? A bowl of creamy lobster soup, perhaps? All of these things caught her - [Celestine Rework Testing](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/10/07/celestine-rework-testing/) - The Celestine rework is loaded and ready for testing on my test server. If you would like to participate, please message me and I'll give you the information. Please refer to the changelogs on the test server for more information regarding testing and how to handle bugs/concerns/comments etc. Thank you for assisting in this testing - [September 2021 Artbard Results](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/10/09/september-2021-artbard-results/) - Congratulations to our Artisanal and Bardic winners from September! If you’d like to join them for October, 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. Bardic Contest Winner Jolanthe's The Fang of Crazen Runner-Up Sapphira's The Smitten - [October Artifact Sale](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/10/01/october-artifact-sale/) - In October, you can buy artifacts directly from the website at a steep discount in the so-called Artifact Cart. In addition, all throughout October, you can enjoy Tzaraziko's Unexpected Thursdays which will increase your chances of scoring critical hits! - [Ascension of Malayn](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/09/26/ascension-of-malayn/) - The first to hold the staff was Kalas Ruiku, picking it up swift as the wind from the Astrosphere of Pisces. He brought it to Kalas Malarious of Magnagora who had the support of the combined powers of Gaudiguch, Magnagora, and Serenwilde. Knowing well that the Almighty's power has manifested upon Capricorn, Malarious rushed there - [Calling Mortal Builders!](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/10/01/calling-mortal-builders/) - We are the Camenae, the Administrators of Building, and we are again looking for any Lusternians who enjoy creative writing, especially descriptive writing, and who would like to help Lusternia by apply to be a mortal builder. Currently, we are opening a formal applicant call in order to fill our pool of active builders. If - [Final Ascension - Changes](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/09/24/final-ascension-changes/) - If you recall from the livestream we did in February, we mentioned that for this year's Ascension we decided to keep the current format - a final fight for the staff - and tackle Ascension-related problems in three ways. The first prong was to tackle lag issues, the second to update, document, and balance individual - [Year 600 Celebration](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/09/22/year-600-celebration/) - It's year 600! A nice round number like that does not happen often so we'd like to do a little celebration. The world is not ending and does not need your help this time around though. To the contrary, nobody needs you to gather, influence, or slay 10 of anything to stave off doom. We - [Challenge of Beauty](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/09/19/challenge-of-beauty-9/) - The theme "Wake" brought to mind all manner of imagery for the designers of the Basin, who brought their creativity and ingenuity to the Trial of Beauty. Some focused upon the events of Li-varili and the awakened Sea Spirit, while others focused on the events of years gone by, while still others took the theme - [Challenge of Harmony](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/09/19/challenge-of-harmony-8/) - Juliary saw the adventurers of Lusternia fan out over the Prime Material Plane, called to the Challenge of Harmony to influence the hearts and minds of the denizens across the land. Lysandus of Magnagora was the first to convince many to support his cause, but quickly, Ilthilior from his same city overtook him, maintaining the - [Challenge of Life](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/09/18/challenge-of-life-9/) - In the middle of Klangiary did Avechna's mighty voice shake the firmament, marking the beginning of the Seal of Life. Denizens throughout the Basin of Life found themselves succumbing to a mysterious plague as the Domotheos of Life warbled, and only the intervention of adventurers might see it stable again. Though the plague seemed resistant - [Challenge of War](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/09/12/challenge-of-war-9/) - The Trial of War met the early days of Dioni, finding only four teams willing to brave the Avenger's promised tourney. Though much more traditional than the last occurrence of the Ascension Trials, the bouts proved no less intimidating, skilful, or entertaining for the fact. The Hallifaxian team (consisting of Calioliahali, Fillirriqili, and Qillilitli) and - [Challenge of Justice](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/09/12/challenge-of-justice-9/) - Thirteen challengers gathered in the Cave of Justice to declare their desire to participate in the Challenge of Justice. The debates that ensued were well-researched and passionate, and rarely short. Shango D'Cente rose in the rankings quickly, winning the debate with almost every opponent he faced. His only loss was to Kalas Ruiku but he - [August 2021 Artbard Results](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/09/09/august-2021-artbard-results/) - Congratulations to our Artisanal and Bardic winners from August! If you’d like to join them for September, 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. Bardic Contest Winner Xiran's A Listener's Initiation Runner-Up Coraline's Avechary - [Klangratch Exercises](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/09/03/klangratch-exercises/) - As Avechna has announced the Klangratch Exercises (Public Post #1909), we'd like to give you a bit more info on this event. Driven in part by reports that there were lag spikes during Chaos, but also a general desire to do some extra testing before the Final Ascension, we would like to field test a - [September Wheel Spins](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/09/01/september-wheel-spins/) - For the month of September, 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, everyone will get one free spin per day by using SPIN WHEEL FREE! Check out HELP IRON COINS for more information. IMPORTANT NOTE: - [A Lost Friend](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/08/29/a-lost-friend/) - A psionic bleed of emotions overflowed into the minds of users of telepathy and those of the kepheran race: glimpses of a worker going about her chores, tinged with an overwhelming feeling of loss and fear. The visions culminated in the location of Sahma, a young kephera from the Neferti Fungus Gardens, whose tears flowed - [Challenge of Chaos](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/08/29/challenge-of-chaos-9/) - The month of Urlachmar was chaotic indeed, as the Avenger rose into thefirmament to issue the Trial of Chaos to all mortals. The challenge,known to many, is a hamster hunt; but rather than simply collecting thefurry rodents that proliferate across the known world, the truer trialis to keep one's grip tight around the Purple Hamster - [Challenge of Nature](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/08/28/challenge-of-nature-9/) - In Estar, the Avenger awoke to call all of Lusternia to the Challenge of Nature, the third trial for the ultimate prize of Ascension. Mortals from across the cities and communes ascended the mountain known as Avechna's Peak to see if they knew the lands best, hoping to take the title of Sealbearer of Nature. - [Challenge of Knowledge](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/08/23/challenge-of-knowledge-9/) - In Tzarin did the Avenger rouse mortalkind, for it was the Trial of Knowledge that was now at hand. Bearing the honour of Inquisitor, Avechna began to ask questions of ancient and modern histories to all who dared to become the Sealbearer of Knowledge. 20 questions were asked overall, and in the beginning it appeared - [The Binding of the Lady of the Lagoons](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/08/22/the-binding-of-the-lady-of-the-lagoons/) - The only ingredient that Li-varili still needed for Her Curse was a broken song. She summoned to Her side Her loyal nereids Oinone, Iaira, and Klaia, who had all helped Her Bloodtide Coven perform this ritual, then coldly asked for Her mortals to determine which nereid should be sacrificed to complete the curse. Each nereid - [Before the Mirror of Distorted Visions](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/08/22/before-the-mirror-of-distorted-visions/) - In the wake of Kibirio's death, Captain Teyitha Contelli was understandably devastated. She mourned, she raged, she drank. Eventually, her drunken cries rang through the Basin of Life, attracting many concerned people to Triple Junction Inn. They watched with alarm as the taurian pirate downed drink after drink, crying out about Li-varili's inevitable betrayal -- - [The Curse of the Sunken Heart](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/08/22/the-curse-of-the-sunken-heart/) - Li-varili returned to a world much changed from the one She had left behind. The Enchantress had shared with Her all that had transpired since Her repose in Daeiv ma'Mornhai, culminating in the retrieval of the Sea Spirit and her subsequent return to slumber. Enraged by the betrayal of the Elder Gods in taking Her - [Challenge of Death](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/08/21/challenge-of-death-10/) - On 24 Avechary did Avechna's mighty voice resound through the heavens once more, decreeing that Death should once more fall across the land in an effort to repair the Domothean Seals. On 25 Avechary did He release His vigil over the land to all those who would partake in the slaughter, beginning the Trial of - [Ascension Times](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/08/16/ascension-times/) - Please keep in mind that the times listed below are in GMT, in accordance with the Lusternia time and date as seen on TIME. While these event times are not perfect for everyone across the globe, we have tried to include as much variety as we could to account for various timezone scenarios. We hope - [Summertime Skins II](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/08/15/summertime-skins-ii/) - As mentioned in Announce #1350, we are releasing the final round of summertime skins mid-month. Check out ASHOP LIST KEYWORD SUMMERTIME for the expanded list and please remember they will only be available until the end of August (but will return next August). While adding those in, we also made artifact pipes (like 561) skins - [Escape Amongst Sunblasted Ripples](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/08/11/escape-amongst-sunblasted-ripples/) - It was in Tzarin of Year 596 that strange, delirious visions appeared before the Basin of Life. Ones that warped Creation in sunblasted hues and slowly progressed into a loud blast, releasing mirific golden ripples throughout the Skarch Desert and Mount Zoaka. As adventurers rushed to investigate, they found a wavering tear hovering upon the - [And So the Heavens Sang the Sea to Sleep](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/08/07/and-so-the-heavens-sang-the-sea-to-sleep/) - The Sea Spirit had been rescued from the illithoids' lair, and returned to Carakhan's waiting arms. Like a startled child, the spirit began to calm as the Goddess sang to Her with the soft, rolling music of lapping waves: the melody one that She had once sung with Keltari, thousands of years ago. The storms of the Basin of Life seemed to shift in response to Sister Sea's drowsiness, the clouds thinning and the rains beginning to shift to drowsy mist. - [The Pursuit of Your Heart's Desire: The Search for Sister Sea](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/08/07/the-pursuit-of-your-hearts-desire-the-search-for-sister-sea/) - While Li-varili was tended by Lantra within Daeiv ma'Mornhai, the other Elders of the Basin of Life busied Themselves with the search of the missing Sea Spirit. Of those who searched, none worked more tirelessly to find Sister Sea than Carakhan, the Sculptor of Waves, whose fondness for the young being seemed to rival that of the slumbering Lady of the Lagoons. For like Li-varili, the Sculptor too had been present for the Sea's first failed Awakening as Keltari's mate, and Her own artistry was lovingly made manifest across the Sea's vast waves of Lusternia. - [July 2021 Artbard Results](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/08/07/july-2021-artbard-results/) - Congratulations to our Artisanal and Bardic winners from July! - [In the Eye of the Storm](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/08/06/in-the-eye-of-the-storm/) - As the Goddess Li-varili slumbered upon the healing mound, the Basin of Life was paying the price of the Sea Spirit's troubled Awakening. Toronada Tidal Flats remained flooded and the highways encircling the Basin were transporting more water and deep-sea monstrosities than goods or adventurers. The seas roiled with unprecedented storms, making maritime travel impossible, - [Ascension 2021 Dates](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/08/05/ascension-2021-dates/) - Each year in Lusternia, the Vernal Seals come under threat and must be defended, with a challenge to every Seal collecting those Nine who are worthy to stand in the Final Trial and hold aloft the Staff of Ascension. - [Of Magnolias and Fireweed](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/08/03/of-magnolias-and-fireweed/) - The world watched with anxious uncertainty over the cocoon of light bearing the Lady Li-varili within Daeiv ma'Mornhai, resting upon the healing mound of Lantra, the Empyreal. Taking on the solemn duty that the Hamadhi had borne within the Elder Wars, Lantra tirelessly focused Her energies upon healing the grave wounds that had been inflicted - [Summertime Artifact Adventure](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/08/01/summertime-artifact-adventure/) - Throughout all of August, there is a sale on -all- artifacts within the Artifact Shop (ASHOP). Absolutely everything is 20% off for the entire month of August. On top of that, when you purchase credits on the website, you'll also get Aethergoop! - [Experiments and Revelations on Continuum](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/07/19/experiments-and-revelations-on-continuum/) - It was in early Vestian of the Year 594 that a lost Vhedrin Skytamer ended up before the Matrix looking for directions to the Continuum Biosystems Engineering Station. - [After Me, the Flood](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/07/14/after-me-the-flood/) - The Eye of Dynara had gained a new owner in Li-varili, the Lady of the Lagoons. And yet the Goddess's ability to wield the most powerful Divine artifact in all of Creation was thwarted by Her many years of captivity and suffering. - [June 2021 Artbard Results](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/07/12/june-2021-artbard-results/) - Congratulations to our Artisanal and Bardic winners from June! - [Curio Packages](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/07/01/curio-packages/) - All through this month, you are able to buy curio packages from the website - a number of curio packages that were previously only available in limited edition promotions, including race curios (for the sileni and nagasith races) and every kind of trade curio are once again available. And this month, every Wednesday is Shanth's - [Double Up](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/06/30/double-up/) - Dear Cousin, Something interesting happened in the World Library recently, but I bet you can't guess what! A gnome trader named Captain Beppa visited the Library with a group of adventurers and offered us a new game, called Double Up, which she had found upon her journeys in aetherspace. The gnome described it as a - [Li-varili's Guide to Getting Other Gods to Respond](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/06/23/li-varilis-guide-to-getting-other-gods-to-respond/) - Some of you seem to want MORE Divine to grovel and play the fool to. The ones in your org having done the inevitable and grown bored of you, or gotten themselves, hopefully, trapped painfully forever. Poor you. So, what's the best way to get yourself someone to zap you, assuming I'm too busy for it? - [Promises: Made, Broken, and Discovered](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/06/21/promises-made-broken-and-discovered/) - The 9th of Dvarsh 592 CE dawned hot in the hills north of Serenwilde. There it was that Maylea, Bloom of Serenity sought to create a homeland for the kaelye race upon the First World, and all of Serenwilde turned out to support the Goddess in Her endeavour. In addition to the two exuberant kaelye, - [Whispers, Worms, and the Wyrd](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/06/21/whispers-worms-and-the-wyrd/) - It began with an invitation from the Silent Lord of the Glomdoring to the Lady of the Lagoons. Before the massive Master Ravenwood, Nocht introduced the still newly discovered Li-varili to the Wyrd and its inhabitants, whom the Goddess seemed both amused and enraged by in equal measure. Though the temperamental Elder gave no indication - [Portents and Homelands Sought](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/06/21/portents-and-homelands-sought/) - The portents were good. Serenwilde had been wondering about the newest revelations from their prophecies ever since the wildewood Sprout Thornleaf wandered into the Serenwilde, accidentally discovering a new portion of the prophecy that the Sowers of the Last Seed put so much stock into. The verse was deciphered after much drunken insight from the - [May 2021 Artbard Results](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/06/13/may-2021-artbard-results/) - Congratulations to our Artisanal and Bardic winners from May! - [Releasing the Prisoner of the Namiraa Trench](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/06/03/releasing-the-prisoner-of-the-namiraa-trench/) - The Empress' Last Breath sailed into the Inner Sea with sails unfurled as Captain Teyitha Contelli revealed her proud vessel to the Basin of Life. Though mortals prepared themselves for combat, the good Captain made her desire for peace clear as she requested a parley, inviting all interested aboard to learn of her crew's current quest. - [The Veloske Heirloom Heist](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/06/03/the-veloske-heirloom-heist/) - It is not unusual for terrified cries to carry down Magnagoran streets, but it is unusual for these cries to be those of a child and about a fight. So when an urchin thundered down the streets of Magnagora right after the stroke of midnight on Klangiary 14th, in the year 590, the city took notice. - [From the Gaudiguch Gossip - Special Edition: the Pavilion Exposed?!](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/06/03/from-the-gaudiguch-gossip-special-edition-the-pavilion-exposed/) - What was an otherwise uneventful month would quickly escalate within the desert streets of Gaudiguch, as Beloch Baruwski spoke over the city aethers of a delicate situation having just been handled within the Wasted Wakabi. - [All Hail Queen Eileen, Queen of the Leprechauns!](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/04/01/all-hail-queen-eileen-queen-of-the-leprechauns/) - The eldest child of Old Cashel Connlaodh has taken the leprechaun throne! - [There Was No Bloodshed in Kiakoda Reserve](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/05/22/there-was-no-bloodshed-in-kiakoda-reserve/) - Ah, this is the best life. Nothing like lounging by a nice warm pool of bubbling lava with a steaming cup of tea to melt the chill of frigid temps. - [June Promotion](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/06/02/june-promotion/) - For the month of June, when you purchase credits on the website, you'll also receive one wonder crystal for every 50 credits purchased! - [A Timely Proposal: The Tale of Project AEON and the Office of Sanitation](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/05/31/a-timely-proposal-the-tale-of-project-aeon-and-the-office-of-sanitation/) - Captain Irima Ironwing sounded the alarm in Hallifax last Klangiary when an unexpected security breach occurred at the elevator beneath the city. Her signal was swiftly answered by Qilllilitli Skydrifter, Calioliahali Skydrifter, Mmellialleh Skydrifter, Ayisdra Ysav'rai, and Intern Tem. Soon they encountered the suspicious individual within the elevator: a strange intruder named Rauye Rhineseer, a - [Server move](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/05/25/server-move/) - Our ISP is moving locations and has asked to move our servers to their new building. - [Calling for Guides](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/05/23/calling-for-guides/) - We are again calling for applications for the selection of Guides (HELP GUIDES). - [Auctions Week 4 - Additions](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/05/20/auctions-week-4-additions/) - We will be adding a few extra items to the last week of auctions. We know it's a bit late to announce it, given you have made decisions about what to bet on ahead of time, but we'd rather not sit on some of those cool last-minute ideas things till the next auction season. One - [Week 3 Auctions](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/05/17/week-3-auctions/) - Some changes and a request going forwards! Week 3 auctions await. - [Economy Revamp](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/05/12/economy-revamp-2/) - We have posted an updated economy proposal in the Ideas section of the forums and invite you all to check it out. - [April 2021 Artbard Results](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/05/09/april-2021-artbard-results/) - Congratulations to our Artisanal and Bardic winners from April! - [May Auctions](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/05/01/may-auctions/) - For the month of May, we'll be having a 30% credit sale and running auctions for both gold and credits. - [Position Change](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/04/20/position-change/) - Effective today, Ianir is stepping down from the position of Assistant Producer and will be transferring to a strictly roleplay-focused godmin role. - [Lurking Beauty and Danger in the Rhizoda Mangrove](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/04/10/lurking-beauty-and-danger-in-the-rhizoda-mangrove/) - Whispers of the dread pirates of Captain Teyitha Contelli have long been heard in passing across the Basin of Life, from daring heists on the high seas to the transport of illegal cargo in a black market. - [March 2021 Artbard Results](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/04/08/march-2021-artbard-results/) - Congratulations to our Artisanal and Bardic winners from March! - [Major Balance Changes](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/04/01/major-balance-changes/) - We have heard your concerns regarding an uneven playing field and rolled out a solution. - [April Present Extravaganza](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/04/01/april-present-extravaganza/) - For the month of April, we're running a present extravaganza. - [A Merry Ruckus on Avechna's Peak](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/03/15/a-merry-ruckus-on-avechnas-peak/) - Newton Caverns can be so dark. So dreary. So harsh. So boring! - [Official Discord](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/03/12/official-discord-2/) - We're happy to announce that we have opened our Official Lusternia Discord and we would love for all of you to join. You can find the link and more information under HELP DISCORD. We've prepared some staple channels for you - a place to post feedback, adorable pictures of animals, and discuss roleplay - but - [February 2021 Artbard Results](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/03/08/february-2021-artbard-results/) - Congratulations to our Artisanal and Bardic winners from February! If you’d like to join them for March, 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. Bardic Contest Winner Sapphira's Pain and the Psychological Runner-Up Velcora's - [The King is Drunk, Long Live the Party!](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/03/01/the-king-is-drunk-long-live-the-party/) - Once more, the anniversary of the death of Old Cashel Connlaodh, King of the Leprechauns has arrived! - [March Learning Extravaganza](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/03/01/march-learning-extravaganza/) - The month of March is one again the month of change and learning! - [Valentine Skins Going Away](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/02/26/valentine-skins-going-away/) - All Valentine-themed artifact skins available in the aritfact shop will be disabled on March 5th. - [Q&A Livestream](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/02/19/qa-livestream-2/) - The postponed livestream returns this Saturday - February 20th at 8 pm GMT. - [The hunter, the heirloom, and the blizzard](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/02/08/the-hunter-the-heirloom-and-the-blizzard/) - During the early days of Shanthin, year 581, a strong wind surged through the Basin. Thick white clouds carried by the strong winds formed above Snow Valley, releasing a flurry of snow. As the blizzard grew stronger, a loud cry echoed from the valley, barely loud enough to be heard over the wind. - [Mortal Reviewer Applications](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/02/12/mortal-reviewer-applications/) - We would like to remind you that We are as ever accepting applications for mortal reviewers to assist us in maintaining the design queue of the various crafting cartels across the Basin. - [Why Good Gods Leave](https://www.lusternia.com/2016/09/12/why-good-gods-leave/) - Burnout is a very, very real sensation that most of us encounter in the Havens. We have a fairly decent support group as members of the same administration, but there's no denying the crushing reality that is the number of hours it takes to perform any of our behind-the-scenes duties. Building areas, programming quests, slogging - [Week in the Life of an Insomniac Admin](https://www.lusternia.com/2016/09/27/week-in-the-life-of-an-insomniac-admin/) - Whenever summer comes around my sleeping habits become utterly atrocious. I work part-time during those months, waiting for the school year to begin and, with it, my job. The following diary is a result of this sleeplessness and having definitely too much time on my hands at times. Normally one would spread all of this - [Second Hand Shoes](https://www.lusternia.com/2015/08/17/second-hand-shoes/) - We all know that sometimes, when a Divine returns after a long time away, they're not quite the same. We all talk about it - though we pretend we're not, and do it behind closed doors. In our community there is a taboo against questioning whether the Divine you're interacting with now is played by - ["What is Elf on a Shelf, anyway?"](https://www.lusternia.com/2014/12/25/what-is-elf-on-a-shelf-anyway/) - One fateful day off, as I sat in front of my computer with a steaming cup of coffee, it dawned on me - Elf on a Shelf is a terrifying, horrible concept that has further polluted the beautiful idea of the holiday season. What mad, commercialism-driven fiend developed this evil toy that watches people from - [Notes on Suicide Prevention](https://www.lusternia.com/2014/11/26/notes-on-suicide-prevention/) - It is difficult to discuss suicide. As someone who has dealt with this idea personally and professionally, for a variety of organizations, I can vouch for how terribly hard it is for the person who is having suicidal thoughts and for the people who are doing everything they can in a supportive role. In the - [Comings and Partings](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/10/28/comings-and-partings/) - My mentor Shikari once told me that life in the Havens revolves around three events: the arrival of new ephemerals, the transformation of an ephemeral into an Elder God, and the resignation of an admin. The first event is exciting; imagine that your small organisation only received novices once or twice a year. How thrilled - [On Jason Wilkinson](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/12/03/on-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 - [To Dust Returnest](https://www.lusternia.com/2014/02/24/to-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 - [Glory be to Glomdoring](https://www.lusternia.com/2014/03/15/glory-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, to step - [Good Gods Gone Bad](https://www.lusternia.com/2014/08/28/good-gods-gone-bad/) - If there's one thing everyone has an opinion about, it's how a Divine should behave.You learn this almost immediately as an admin. Be aggressive and vocal in your org, but don't be too commanding or too opinionated. Be friendly and encouraging, but don't be too snuggly. Be a visible presence to prove that you're active, - [The Enchantress and the Silver Lady face off in Boston](https://www.lusternia.com/2014/08/08/the-enchantress-and-the-silver-lady-face-off-in-boston/) - It happened suddenly. The skies darkened slowly, the subtleness of Drocilla's touch upon the lands causing the air itself to become denser with Her will as She arrived in Boston. Noting the change immediately, Lisaera arrived on the scene to protect Her beloved city (yes, city, because sadly Boston isn't a commune - just go - [The kind of work a patron does](https://www.lusternia.com/2014/07/06/the-kind-of-work-a-patron-does/) - It's been a few months since I threw on the silver robes and started livening up the place with storm clouds and moonfire. By and large, I'm loving every second of it. The players of Serenwilde never cease to amaze me with their creativity and their passionate responses to every kind of stimuli. Were they - [Divine Relationship(ping)](https://www.lusternia.com/2014/05/14/divine-relationshipping/) - Isune has always been a romantic. In her first incarnation in Celest, one of her most memorable actions was swooning over Lacostian, a wise and handsome god of the Third circle. Did he ever share those feelings? Or was it merely platonic? These questions were never truly answered when Lacostian vanished from the Basin of - [Behind the Deceit](https://www.lusternia.com/2014/04/29/behind-the-deceit/) - One does not simply release Drocilla.After she's been expected/predicted by the players to arrive in the midst of some huge event, we couldn't just have her waltz in casually. So when we (Havens: The Next Generation) all ended up reaching Godhood so closely together and decided to do a multi-release, the plan for Drocilla's return - [Mortalsickness](https://www.lusternia.com/2014/02/04/mortalsickness/) - 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 - [8 Godly Tips on Running Events](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/11/13/8-godly-tips-on-running-events/) - Secret: I hate running events. Well, let me put it this way. I stress out ridiculously when I'm in charge of a release event of any sort. There's a lot I love about being an admin, but freaking out for hours over tiny lines of script that constantly defy me? That, to me, is less - [Four Lovesongs to Fair Cities](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/07/10/four-lovesongs-to-fair-cities/) - I'm a city girl.I was born in the Midwest, in a city more renowned for snow than for the wide and varied gardens, broad, placid lakes, and the multitude of bookstores scattered across the glacial landscape. When I moved for the first time, it was to the outskirts of another city, one of the first - [Juggling](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/06/14/juggling/) - What the average player might not appreciate about life in the Havens is that there are so many talents, so many people doing amazing things that have nothing to do with Lusternia at all. We have had many, many ephemerals and Gods in college, and several amazing eggheads in graduate school. We have had individuals - [Out of the Box: Gods at Play](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/04/30/out-of-the-box-gods-at-play/) - I've met a lot of the admin staff over the past few years that I've been volunteering for Lusternia. Since we tend to be rather monolithic, I'd like to share a few stories about them. I'd like to talk about what we get up to when we get together to drink, to talk, to compare - [Pop Culture Ikon](https://www.lusternia.com/2012/10/15/pop-culture-ikon/) - Creating a Lusternia trading card game has been one of my dreams almost since I came up as a wee little ephemeral and learned how to program mobs and quests. I've been sitting on the idea for a year or so now and finally decided that I had some free time to see if I - [Estarra Ustream](https://www.lusternia.com/2012/09/15/estarra-ustream/) - Robb French, the Producer of Lusternia, gave a live webcast on September 14, 2012 to discuss upcoming releases and answer questions. - [The Hour of the Beast](https://www.lusternia.com/2012/10/08/the-hour-of-the-beast/) - I recently had the pleasure of releasing the third Order beast in the game, my rage worgs, the first "litter" of which reached maturity just this morning. Coincidentally, a player asked me last week how I decided on appearance variables for my worgs, so I thought I'd address beasts in general. Prior to creating my - [Reincarnation](https://www.lusternia.com/2012/06/25/reincarnation/) - A few players have asked what it's like to take on an "older" godrole that an admin has played in the past. After some poking and prodding from Zvoltz, I've decided to write about my experiences with Isune - because, frankly, every godrole's situation is different. When we take an old godrole, sometimes the last - [A Great Adventure](https://www.lusternia.com/2012/05/15/a-great-adventure/) - As I sit here in my armchair, smoking jacket and bunny slippers donned, coding what may or may not be a fantastical new quest just for you lovely folks, I find my mind wandering back to my own questing days of yore. I enjoy a bit of 'figuring out' in a good quest, but I - [The Secret Lives of Gods](https://www.lusternia.com/2012/04/10/the-secret-lives-of-gods/) - When I was creating the character of Zvoltz, after I decided on his general background and personality, I spent some time thinking about his relationships with the other gods. Was he mad at Elostian for messing up the concept of Divine Circles? How did he feel about Eventru and Fain? Did he think Kalikai was - [A tree by any other name...](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/12/27/a-tree-by-any-other-name/) - Hope the holidays have found you well and the solstice gnomes did visit and stuff your stockings until they burst! This week, we have another message in the puzzle! The first person to post the message in the comments below (don't forget to sign in) wins 50 credits! Time yourself and see how well you - [Flowers and Open Ends](https://www.lusternia.com/2012/02/25/flowers-and-open-ends/) - Let's face it. However you feel about Maylea, she was an ephemeral-fueled concept from start to finish. Estarra mentioned an idea in passing--wasn't it something about a Georgia O'Keeffe-inspired Goddess? Other than that, there was no guidance. There's no mention of Maylea in the Elder Wars, something unusual in the current Pantheon. Everything about her - [The Year in Review for 2011](https://www.lusternia.com/2012/01/08/the-year-in-review-for-2011/) - My name is Robb French, Producer of Lusternia, also known as Estarra the Eternal. At the end of each year, I review the prior year in Lusternia. While I believe 2011 has gone smoothly, I will admit that I am disappointed that the playerbase hasn't grown as much as I had hoped. A larger playerbase - [April Puzzle](https://www.lusternia.com/2012/04/05/april-puzzle/) - Another puzzle to unwind. This one may or may not give a clue to something new on the horizon! The first person to post the message in the comments below (don't forget to sign in) wins 25 credits! Time yourself and see how well you do. Start the clock to time yourself: - [A Holiday Puzzle!](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/12/21/a-holiday-puzzle/) - Happy Holidays! I truly hope everyone has a joyous and abundant holiday this season. This little puzzle contains a message! The first person to post the message in the comments below (don't forget to sign in) wins 50 credits! Time yourself and see how well you do. Start the clock to time yourself: - [Second Puzzle for the Solstice!](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/12/06/second-puzzle-for-the-solstice/) - This artwork for this puzzle placed in the artisanal contest some time ago. The first person to post the artist's name in the comments below (don't forget to sign in) wins 10 credits! Time yourself and see how well you do. Start the clock to time yourself: - [Puzzle Day!](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/11/29/puzzle-day/) - Try your hand at solving this Lusternian jigsaw puzzle! Post below how long it takes you to complete. It took me almost an hour! Is this something you'd like to see more of? Start the clock to time yourself: - [DC MUD Meet](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/04/26/dc-mud-meet/) - One of my favorite things to do with any community - whether they be MUD players, DnD groups, or a cappella singers - is to have meets. I love it when a community of people who may not get to see each other in real life very often meet for the first time and immediately - [Peering into the Light (pt2)](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/09/08/peering-into-the-light-pt2/) - More than two months ago now I made a post, 'Peering into the Light (pt1)', and at its conclusion promised to talk a bit more on other aspects of Celest. After a few months of contemplation (and listening in on the Cantors a fair bit), I've decided to revisit the topic and pick up where - [Peering into the Light (pt1)](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/06/30/peering-into-the-light-pt1/) - After reading a numerous threads and posts on the forums and nearly four years as an administrator (boy, time flies!), I can say one of my greatest frustrations regarding New Celest is a matter of perception. Indeed, people look down on it, from the outside, and scoff loudly, while others from within offer-up hearty denials, - [Playing God](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/06/30/playing-god/) - I'm going to preface this post with something completely irrelevant to the topic - a short story. Estarra and I were sitting at Havens (this is very common), both terribly idle (also common), as I was in the other room watching Joan Rivers (ibid) because my poor dog (fun fact: Arco, the fae puppy, was - [The Origins of Eventru](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/06/30/the-origins-of-eventru/) - Well, once countless aeons ago, We were a small twinkle in Dynara's eye, whipped together as a grotesque amalgam of protoplasm on an unborn creche, eventually seeded and encouraged and grown, into a half-formed and then a full Elder God, shedding such a weak form into Our most glorious and radiant of Selves.... ...Or, I - [Behind the Curtain](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/06/30/behind-the-curtain/) - I've been an administrator for three and a half years - and I can say, without question, that I've changed, and grown, in that time. On the occasion a player will send me an OOC message in-game, or a forum message, or a comment, or an e-mail, etc, thanking me for the work I do - [Realpolitik](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/03/14/realpolitik/) - As those of you who know my in-game persona of Elostian will undoubtedly acknowledge, I enjoy talking. A lot. As such, my (long) entry into this phenomena called (we)blog will hardly come as a surprise. In fact, upon due reflection I will conclude that this form of interaction is infinitely preferable, since it saves me - [Spoon!](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/04/06/spoon/) - Being a God and an Administrator is really, really cool, because it affords us some opportunities to add to the world of Lusternia and spruce it up with nice things (Which I love doing!). We do our very best to bring you all things that are interesting and engaging...and sometimes, in our haste, we might - [Vengeance upon the infidels!](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/10/29/vengeance-upon-the-infidels/) - I don't often get the opportunity (or, admittedly, the inclination) to interact with players more than a significant distance from my particular realm of influence in Magnagora and the DisOrder of Morgfyre. This past month, we celebrated Lusternia's seventh (!) anniversary, and boy, was it a whirlwind! We saw several new games released of varying - [On Kate von Roeder](https://www.lusternia.com/2014/10/07/on-kate-von-roeder/) - Kate von Roeder, formerly Visaeris, is dead. Many of you are aware from the forum threads. And now, I find myself with the second post this year about suicide. Again, someone I knew. Fantastically talented, passionate, willful, always brilliant and interesting. Kate epitomized some of the best and worst qualities, but she never did it - [Mystics and Madmen](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/08/16/mystics-and-madmen/) - Gaudiguch is a city of contradictions and a city of passions. It has to be. After all, the main focus of the city is on frivolous revelry, on drunken, debaucherous celebration, and on tearing down the old in pursuit of the new. It's a city of Freedom, a city of Revolution, and a city where - [Shikari Part 2: Becoming God](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/03/21/shikari-part-2-becoming-god/) - I said in my last post that the process of becoming an ephemeral is both easy and difficult. So is the life of an ephemeral. On one hand, you have a fairly good time. There are lots of eye-opening things you learn while up in the Upper Havens, like how to create mobiles and make - [Shikari Part 1: From Ignorant to Ephemeral](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/03/12/shikari-part-1-from-ignorant-to-ephemeral/) - "Text-based? So there's a lot of reading? I don't know about that..." Yeah, I was one of those people. I've played MMORPGs for years, from Ragnarok Online on private servers to Guild Wars - and yes, I did dabble in World of Warcraft. But before 2008, I'd never played a MUD before, and I was - [Leaving behind the mortal shell...](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/03/24/leaving-behind-the-mortal-shell/) - For some of us, leaving behind that mortal life can be one of the most difficult choices we've ever had to make. There are the quasi-friends that we love to see when we log in each day. There's the political turmoil that we've so embroiled ourselves in that we dare let our fingers off of - [Divine Paper Pushing](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/04/05/divine-paper-pushing/) - I suppose it's about time I make my own blog post. I don't want the one reference of me on here to be blatant lies and slander! In a later post I'll likely talk about becoming a god and working with the lovely Glomdoring, but for my first post I thought I'd discuss the amazing, - [An aging perspective](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/03/23/an-aging-perspective/) - It's a unique experience to play one of the most critically viewed divine in all of Lusternia. You either hate my character or love her. You may feel she is played by someone who is running on a temper tantrum, or some other aspect of mild mannered thought of explanation as to why she is - [December Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/02/22/december-vesteran-honours/) - The December Vesteran Honours were announced! Congratulations to Nihmriel who won the bardic contest with her humorous play titled, "A Matter of Convenience", and Kharaen who won the artisanal contest with her portrait titled, "A woman's best friend is their Darkbeast". - [New Artbard System is Live!](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/09/05/new-artbard-system-is-live/) - Our new Artbard system is live and submissions for the September contest are open as normal! - [December 2020 Artbard Results](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/01/08/december-2020-artbard-results/) - Congratulations to our Artisanal and Bardic winners from December! - [November 2020 Artbard Winners](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/12/08/november-2020-artbard-winners/) - Congratulations to Esei and Uzriel, winners of the Artisanal and Bardic contests for November! - [January 2021 Artbard Results](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/02/08/january-2021-artbard-results-2/) - Congratulations to our Artisanal and Bardic winners from January! - [An Aspiring Star and the Mandolin](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/02/01/an-aspiring-star-and-the-mandolin/) - In the middle of Dioni, of the year 581, a voice was heard inviting those who heard to go to the Vesteran World Stage to witness the debut of the Basin's next star. - [Season d'Amour](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/02/01/season-damour/) - Throughout the month of February, you'll be able to purchase special seasonal cards that you can write notes on and deliver to anyone you want to send a little note to during Season d'Amour. See CARD for more information on how to write on and deliver these cards to others. Your messages will be limited - [Ephemeral Applications Open](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/01/21/ephemeral-applications-open-2/) - Do you have an interest in helping run Lusternia behind the scenes as a volunteer administrator? We are now opening applications for Ephemerals - administrators-in-training for Elder Divine positions. - [Economy Revamp](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/01/20/economy-revamp/) - As everyone is aware - one of our upcoming goals is to focus on the economy and re-working how it functions. The first part of this is really on us, which is to dig deep and determine how the mechanics of it function. - [January 20th Celebrations](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/01/20/january-20th-celebrations/) - For the next 24 hours, denizens of the Basin will listen to your magnificent tales enraptured and all pursuits of our adventurers will bring double the wisdom they normally do. - [Reports are Open](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/01/19/reports-are-open/) - One of the things we wanted to do during the Livestream was announce that we were opening up reports once again. - [Livestream Postponed](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/01/15/livestream-postponed/) - Apologies for the last minute nature of this announcement but we have to postpone our livestream (originally scheduled for the 16th) due to an emergency. We will update you when we find a new date for the livestream. - [Q&A Livestream](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/01/07/qa-livestream/) - Uilani and Orael are going to host the next Livestream on Saturday, January 16th at 8pm GMT. - [Bob's Forgotten Vaults](https://www.lusternia.com/2021/01/01/bobs-forgotten-vaults/) - Trader Bob has once again unveiled to the Basin the forgotten vaults of treasures that he has unearthed over the years! The lost treasures contained within are now available for the bearers of his golden keys, available for purchase on the website! Contents of the vault include, but are not limited to, wondercrystals, caches of - [Year In Review 2020](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/12/31/year-in-review-2020/) - Amidst a world full of many complications, Lusternia has continued to flourish and develop in 2020. Here's our round up of the year! - [New Producer](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/12/22/new-producer/) - Starting January 1, Uilani will be replacing Aonia as Co-Producer for Lusternia. She has been part of the Havens family for years and is very excited to step up to the challenge. - [Solstice Festivities](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/12/21/solstice-festivities/) - With Solstice in full swing, each city and commune has a small quest which will award a special Solstice gift upon completion. Shops with old Solstice rewards are open, as is Solstice Court! - [Merry Solstice to All!](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/12/11/merry-solstice-to-all/) - Ironbeard and Jolly Bundy's gnomes have descended upon Lusternia once more, to celebrate the Solstice season! Make sure you're logged in to catch them. - [Sad News](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/12/08/sad-news/) - We are very sad to announce that at the end of this month, Aonia will be stepping down as Producer of Lusternia. - [Season of Giving!](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/12/01/season-of-giving/) - Get more present from your stocking this year, with the return of Ironbeard and the Gnodfather's competition to dominate the Solstice season! - [Endzones Released!](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/11/14/endzones-released/) - After months of incredibly hard work from our dedicated team, we are incredibly proud to announce the release of our first Endzone area: the Ruins of Grimkeep! - [Entering Into the Wasteland](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/11/14/entering-into-the-wasteland/) - A guild of explorers welcomed adventurers into previously undiscovered depths of the Catacombs of the Dead, and led them to the ruins of an ancient city beyond. - [Endzone Releases This Weekend](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/11/09/endzone-releases-this-weekend/) - After months of work, we are incredibly proud to announce that our biggest project of 2020 - Endzone - releases this coming weekend. - [October 2020 Artbard Winners](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/11/08/october-2020-artbard-winners/) - Congratulations to our Artisanal and Bardic winners from October! If you'd like to join them for this month's round, 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. - [November Artifact Sale](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/11/01/november-artifact-sale/) - All through November, you can buy artifacts direct from the website! And every Wednesday will be Shanth's Harmonious Wednesdays. - [Haunting Vengeance Results](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/11/01/haunting-vengeance-results/) - Congratulations to Khnemu, who defied probability to win the Halloween Vengeance game as Crazen's Chosen, the lone killer! - [The Haunted House is Open!](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/11/01/the-haunted-house-is-open/) - The Haunting is upon us again, and Trader Bob has declared the Haunted House open! Don't forget to pick up a pamphlet to show you all the tricks and treats. - [The Haunting Has Begun!](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/10/31/the-haunting-has-begun/) - Once again, Atropos, the Eldest of the Fates, has broken her shears! This means that the Haunting is upon us and when anything dies, there is a chance its ghost will not find its way to the Portal of Fate. - [Anniversary Great Hunt Results!](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/10/26/anniversary-great-hunt-results/) - Congratulations to Zagreus, Xisiro and Tainala, who won the three tiers of the Anniversary Great Hunt! - [Anniversary Battlechess Results!](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/10/25/anniversary-battlechess-results/) - Congratulations to Magnagora, who have claimed the fabled Chessboard of Libertas for their own in the Anniversary Battlechess event! - [Anniversary Harmony Challenge Results!](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/10/25/anniversary-harmony-challenge-results/) - Congrats to Jolanthe, who has won the Anniversary Harmony challenge! She is followed by Galaphyrae in second and Sondayga in third. - [Anniversary Wargames Results!](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/10/24/anniversary-wargames-results/) - Congratulations to Zagreus, Sondayga and Yinuish, who won the Anniversary Wargames! - [Anniversary Death Challenge Results!](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/10/24/anniversary-death-challenge-results/) - Congratulations to Sondayga, who stands triumphant as the Anniversary Death victor! He is followed by Lysandus in second and Galaphyrae in third. - [The Haunting Arrives Next Week!](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/10/23/the-haunting-arrives-next-week/) - Next week, the Haunting begins in Lusternia! Read on for all of the times, dates, and details of our popular Halloween event. - [Anniversary Great Hunt Begins!](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/10/19/anniversary-great-hunt-begins/) - The Anniversary Great Hunt is on! Celebrate Lusternia's sixteenth year with an entire week of double XP, and the chance to win huge credit prizes. - [Anniversary Slippers Results!](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/10/18/anniversary-slippers-results/) - Congratulations to Ayisdra, who placed first in this year's very special Anniversary Slippers game! - [Anniversary Quiz Results!](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/10/18/anniversary-quiz-results/) - Congratulations to Jolanthe, who placed first in this year's Anniversary Quiz! - [Anniversary Chicken Hunt Results](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/10/18/anniversary-chicken-hunt-results/) - Congratulations to Zagreus, Ayisdra and Eritheyl, who stand triumphant in the Basin's first...chicken hunt? - [Anniversary Treasure Hunt Results](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/10/17/anniversary-treasure-hunt-results/) - Congratulations to Zoraida, Vexacion and Dys, who placed first, second and third in this year's Anniversary Treasure Hunt! - [Festival of the Creatrix Now Open!](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/10/17/festival-of-the-creatrix-now-open/) - The Festival of the Creatrix is now open! Join us in the coming fortnight for a number of contests in the Creatrix's honour. - [The Czigany Wayfaire Returns!](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/10/16/the-czigany-wayfaire-returns/) - As the Festival of the Creatrix approaches, the Czigany Wayfaire returns for another year! - [September 2020 Artbard Winners](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/10/10/september-2020-artbard-winners/) - Congratulations to our Artisanal and Bardic winners for September! - [October Wheel Whirliness](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/10/01/october-wheel-whirliness/) - It's Wheel time again for the month of October, and you can buy Czigany coins directly from the website! - [Roundtable: How Celest's Factions Got a Little TLC](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/09/25/roundtable-how-celests-factions-got-a-little-tlc/) - Following the revamp of New Celest's guilds earlier this year, the wonderful pantheon of Carakhan, Lantra and Terentia have gathered to bring you a roundtable discussion. They answer questions about why it happened, how it went, and give some glimpses into their behind-the-scenes work. - [Year In Review: 2019](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/01/08/year-in-review-2019/) - This year's been an eventful one in Lusternia - our Producers Ianir and Orael and Assistant Producer Aonia are here to round it up for you! - [Lusternia's Sixteenth Anniversary Events](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/09/19/lusternias-sixteenth-anniversary-events/) - Lusternia turns sixteen years old in 2020! And, as always, we're holding a series of games, contests and more to celebrate this momentous milestone, with the in-character celebration of the Festival of the Creatrix. All contests bar the Great Hunt and Battlechess award 300 credits for 1st place, 150 credits for 2nd place and 50 - [12th September Development Livestream](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/09/18/12th-september-development-livestream/) - This past Saturday, 12th September, Aonia and Orael held a livestream to announce the next Big Project for Lusternia: the Economy! - [Secrets of the Admin](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/09/14/secrets-of-the-admin/) - Our God Blog series is back with an investigation by our delightful Viravain - who has spun Her webs into the secrets of many of our wonderful Divine. - [Upcoming Livestream](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/09/11/upcoming-livestream/) - Join us this coming Saturday 12th September at 7pm GMT for a development livestream from our wonderful Producers! - [August 2020 Artbard Winners](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/09/10/august-2020-artbard-winners/) - Congratulations to our Artisanal and Bardic winners for August! - [Action Line Customisations!](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/08/17/action-line-customisations/) - Always wanted to make your mechanical parasol spew the rainbows that shine in your heart? Well, now you can - with action line customisation! - [July 2020 Artbard Winners](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/08/14/july-2020-artbard-winners/) - Congratulations to our Artisanal and Bardic winners from July! If you want to join them for August, make sure you make your submissions by the end of this month. HELP ARTBARD explains exactly how to submit. A reminder to please make sure you follow the instructions carefully, especially regarding the formatting of your descriptions. Bardic - [August Artifact Adventure](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/08/01/august-artifact-adventure/) - This August in Lusternia, take part in a huge sale in the artifact shop! - [September DoubleDipping](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/09/01/september-doubledipping/) - This September in Lusternia, you can double dip on your rewards when buying credits - getting both wondercrystals and racetrack tickets! - [Becoming Chaos](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/08/30/becoming-chaos/) - In this return to our fabled God Blogs, our very own Mysrai talks us through what it was like for Them to step into the Elder Divine's very large shoes. - [25th July Bugfixing Livestream Video](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/08/10/25th-july-bugfixing-livestream-video/) - For the second time, our wonderful producers and coders took to Twitch to fix some bugs! And there were some doozies... - [Ephemeral Applications Open](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/08/08/ephemeral-applications-open/) - Applications to become an ephemeral in Lusternia are now open until the 5th September! - [A Convergence of Timelines](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/07/18/a-convergence-of-timelines/) - A temporal backlash following the Final Trial of Ascension leads to a convergence of timelines - and a strangely familiar True Ascendant. - [Ascension Postmortem](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/07/13/ascension-postmortem/) - A statement from Orael and Aonia regarding the recent issues in the Final Trial of Ascension. - [Ascension of Parhelion](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/07/12/ascension-of-parhelion/) - After an incredibly close battle between Kalas Ixion of Chaos and Choros Shevat of Justice, it was Choros who rose to become the True Ascendant Parhelion! - [June 2020 Artbard Winners](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/07/09/june-2020-artbard-winners/) - Congratulations to our Artisanal and Bardic contest winners for June! Check out HELP ARTBARD in-game to find out how to join them next month. - [July Curio Bonanza!](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/07/01/july-curio-bonanza/) - All this month in Lusternia, you can buy our collectable curio packages direct from the website! On top of that, you have 25% increased influence damage every Wednesday in July. - [Challenge of Beauty](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/06/28/challenge-of-beauty-8/) - A huge number of dragon-themed designs were submitted for this year's Seal of Beauty, but one alone stood as the winner: a pedestal by Coraline Myeras! - [Challenge of War](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/06/28/challenge-of-war-8/) - Ten teams stepped into the arenas of the Basin of Life, but only one emerged: Team Equinox, comprised of Snald, Tarken and Ciaran. Congratulations to Ciaran, who now holds the Medallion of War! - [Challenge of Death](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/06/27/challenge-of-death-9/) - After an incredibly close battle, Malarious stands victorious as the Sealbearer of Death! - [In a World of Sugar Saturation](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/06/25/in-a-world-of-sugar-saturation/) - An adventure to find the perfect flower turns unexpected, as mortals find themselves led suddenly into the realm of the returned Crumkane, Lord of Epicurean Delights! - [Challenge of Knowledge](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/06/21/challenge-of-knowledge-8/) - Congratulations to Uzriel, who claims the Medallion of Knowledge as his own against an exceptionally challenging competition! - [Challenge of Life](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/06/20/challenge-of-life-8/) - Congratulations to Thalkros, holder of the Medallion of Life! He wins in a truly close match where he was only a few points ahead of second place. - [Farewell, Lusternia](https://www.lusternia.com/2019/10/04/farewell-lusternia/) - Without beating around the bush, I must tell you that I am leaving Lusternia. As I have pledged before that I would never abandon Lusternia, please know that this is not my choice and if there were any way I could stay in any capacity, I would. My great hope would be to return one - [Challenge of Nature](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/06/14/challenge-of-nature-8/) - Congratulations to Dys, once more the winner of the Medallion of Nature! - [May 2020 Artbard Results](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/06/14/may-2020-artbard-results/) - Congratulations to our Artisanal and Bardic winners for May! - [Challenge of Harmony](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/06/13/challenge-of-harmony-7/) - Congratulations to Jolanthe of Serenwilde, bearer of the Medallion of Harmony! - [A Meteoric Return](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/06/08/a-meteoric-return/) - The sudden onslaught of a meteor shower brings an unexpected addition to the Basin of Life in the form of two returning Goddesses! - [Inclusivity and Prejudice in Lusternia](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/06/08/inclusivity-and-prejudice-in-lusternia/) - In support of the Black Lives Matter movement and all kinds of injustice, we at Lusternia are committing to assessing and revising the content within our gameworld that evokes or reinforces prejudice. - [Black Lives Matter](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/06/07/black-lives-matter/) - Over the last week, millions of people have protested the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and countless others. Citizens of the United States and other countries are demanding justice and equity. We’re seeing a movement for change that hasn’t been seen in our lifetimes, and it’s long overdue. First, we stand with the Black - [Challenge of Justice](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/06/07/challenge-of-justice-8/) - After what may be one of the most savage brackets in the Challenge's history, Choros Shevat has emerged as the holder of the Medallion of Justice! - [Challenge of Chaos](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/06/07/challenge-of-chaos-8/) - Congratulations to Ixion, who stands as the holder of the Medallion of Chaos once more! - [The Challenge of Beauty Opens!](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/06/06/the-challenge-of-beauty-opens/) - Avechna, the Avenger has issued a challenge to mortalkind: for the Challenge of Beauty, designers must work to the theme of...Dragons! - [Iron Realms Relieves 1.5 Million in Medical Debt](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/06/01/iron-realms-donates-15000-to-rip-medical-debt/) - Iron Realms Entertainment is excited to announce a donation of $15,000 dollars to the Covid Heroes Fund from RIP Medical Debt. This is a direct result of your credit and pet purchases. Everyone at Iron Realms would like to thank our players for their generous donations. The support and response to this effort was amazing. - [June Present Extravaganza](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/06/01/june-present-extravaganza/) - This month in Lusternia, we're having a present party - and all of your friends are invited too! - [How to Betray Your Dragon](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/05/31/how-to-betray-your-dragon/) - This year's Ascension plot comes to a head in the final event leading up to the challenges, as the last groups of Mature Dragons attempt Yugomaru with the Seal of Time! - [By Draconic Decree](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/05/30/by-draconic-decree/) - The next group of Mature Dragons descend upon the Basin of Life, leaving deception, betrayal and burning trees in their wake. - [The Ascension of Fools](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/05/29/the-ascension-of-fools/) - Drama and destruction abound in Avechna's Peak, as the Mature Dragons make their first assault upon the Seal of Time - cracking it and causing the call for an Ascension. - [A Song of Fire and Water](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/05/25/a-song-of-fire-and-water/) - Trials, tribulations and dragons abound in the city of New Celest as holy relics and Saints alike are called upon to defend the city from assault. - [NPC Creation Livestream Recording](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/05/19/npc-creation-livestream-recording/) - This past weekend, our wonderful producers Aonia and Orael held the first ever NPC creation livestream! You can watch it right now, here on our website. - [NPC Livestream Results!](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/05/16/npc-livestream-results/) - We held our first ever NPC creation livestream, where players got to vote on an NPC who will turn up at a future event! And it's...well, it's something. - [Helping Covid Heroes Fund](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/05/13/helping-covid-heros-fund/) - A letter from our CEO, Matt Mihaly, telling you all about the charity drive across the Iron Realms for the next two weeks! - [Producer Livestream This Saturday!](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/05/11/producer-livestream-this-saturday/) - Our next producer livestream is this coming Saturday, 16th May! And this time, you get to help Aonia build an NPC for a future event. - [Retirement Changes](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/05/07/retirement-changes/) - We've reinstated retirement fully in Lusternia! You can once again retire into and out of Lusternia freely. - [April 2020 Artbard Results](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/05/08/april-2020-artbard-results/) - Congratulations to our Artisanal and Bardic winners for April! - [Covid-19 Update](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/05/06/covid-19-update/) - An update from Lusternia's team about the measures being taken to care for staff and volunteers during Covid-19. - [Ascension 2020 Dates](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/05/01/ascension-2020-dates/) - This year's Ascension is at a very different time - so we're giving you the dates in advance to help you plan! - [The Return of Auctions!](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/05/01/the-return-of-auctions/) - It's auction time once more this coming month, with not one, not two, but FOUR different auctions that cover artifacts and custom items both old and new. - [Of Darkness and Flame](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/04/29/of-darkness-and-flame/) - Success and catastrophe are served in equal measure to the City of Magnagora, as a True Dragon rains down fire and - well, other dragons - upon them. - [The Wisdom of Angels](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/04/28/the-wisdom-of-angels/) - The City of New Celest succeed in surviving their own visit from the Mature Dragons with the unexpected combination of childrens' games and a holy broom. - [Demigod Perks and Levels Beyond 100 Released!](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/04/18/demigod-perks-and-levels-beyond-100-released/) - A huge change has dropped for demigods in Lusternia today, with levels extending to 200 and demigod perks now accessible to buy! - [11th April Q&A Video & Transcription](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/04/13/11th-april-qa-video-transcription/) - If you missed it live, you can now watch the recording of Aonia and Orael's Q&A stream from the 11th April. Includes full transcription! - [March 2020 Artbard Results](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/04/08/march-2020-artbard-results/) - Congratulations to our Artisanal and Bardic winners for March! - [Producer Q&A Livestream](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/04/07/producer-qa-livestream/) - On Saturday 11th April, Orael and Aonia will be doing a Q&A livestream on Twitch! - [The Founding of the L.L.L.P.A.C.](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/04/02/the-founding-of-the-l-l-l-p-a-c/) - Adventurers travelled to the mountains to attend the unveiling of the Lapis Lazuli Landscape Permanent Art Collection, and help the artist Nada Sunfar. - [This April, Ride Forth!](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/04/01/this-april-ride-forth/) - Ride into battle in Lusternia with an even stronger trusty steed this month - when you perch atop your new Wondersaddle! - [Meanwhile, in Hallifax...](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/03/30/meanwhile-in-hallifax/) - The draconic emissary's visit to the city of Hallifax has a deadly end for one Senior Researcher, and conceals a far greater threat... - [Where were you, when the meteors fell?](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/03/30/where-were-you-when-the-meteors-fell/) - In Gaudiguch, things take a turn for the dramatic when a meteor shower is called down by a dragon emissary... - [Song of the Sculptor](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/03/22/song-of-the-sculptor/) - A group of adventurers discover a dwarf's plight in Avechna's Teeth, and find themselves assisting in the veneration of a lost Goddess of the Fourth Circle. - [Demigod Powers Rework Is Live!](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/03/19/demigod-powers-rework-is-live/) - The powers available to the Demigods of Lusternia have been revamped, the first stage of our project to bring you new endgame content. Shiny! - [A Message from the Lusternia Team](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/03/18/a-message-from-the-lusternia-team/) - A message from all of us at Lusternia about COVID-19 and what we're doing to help you deal with isolation. - [February 2020 Art-Bard Winners](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/03/08/february-2020-art-bard-winners/) - Congratulations to the winners of our Artisanal and Bardic contests for February! - [A Tale of Fantastical Dreams](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/03/04/a-tale-of-fantastical-dreams/) - A most serious, true, honest, and accurate account of the events in Serenwilde and Glomdoring in the recent months, definitely involving Spirits, and possibly also dragons. - [Crowning the Leprechaun Heir!](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/03/01/crowning-the-leprechaun-heir/) - It is time once more to crown a new leader of the Leprechauns - don't miss your chance to earn Czigany coins through this month! - [March is the Month of Learning!](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/03/01/march-is-the-month-of-learning/) - This month in Lusternia, enjoy a lesson sale and the chance to classflex for free - plus, artifact packages for each class! - [Farewell Ianir!](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/02/27/farewell-ianir/) - Farewell to Ianir, who has stepped down as Producer of Lusternia - and congratulations to Aonia for taking his place! - [Valentine's Day Celebrations!](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/02/15/valentines-day-celebrations/) - Artifact skins, arrow bonuses, and a credit sale - oh my! - [January 2020 Art-Bard Winners](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/02/10/january-2020-art-bard-winners/) - Congratulations to our Bardic and Artisanal winners for January! - [New Membership Options for Lusternia!](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/02/06/new-membership-options-for-lusternia/) - Lusternia is now offering three new membership options for your enjoyment. Players may purchase 3, 6, and 12 month memberships. The primary benefit of these new membership options is that your characters will receive all rewards up front. The rewards which are instantly advanced are the XP bonus, wondercrystals, and membership credits. Daily lessons are - [Love's In The Air This Month!](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/02/01/loves-in-the-air-this-month/) - Love is in the air this February, with an arrow-themed promotion! Shoot your loved ones, shoot your friends, shoot your enemies! Okay, maybe not them. - [Ascension 2020](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/01/26/ascension-2020/) - Adventurers have averted the need for an Ascension in Lusternia! But what does this mean for the future of the contest? - [The Vernal Paradox and the Seal of Time](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/01/26/the-vernal-paradox-and-the-seal-of-time/) - The story of Isikathi, Vernal Dragon of Time, and the Paradox that she became. - [A Mysterious Shattering and to Read A Shard of Glass](https://www.lusternia.com/2018/12/23/a-mysterious-shattering-and-to-read-a-shard-of-glass/) - As the world continued to experience a variety of disconcerting anomalies, the sound of shattering glass echoed from somewhere on Avechna's Peak. A squeak of alarm followed it - and then silence. Though a number of people explored the Peak to seek out the source of the sound, including a cautious investigation from a distance - [Daily Credits!](https://www.lusternia.com/2019/02/18/daily-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 - [Leprechaun March Madness!](https://www.lusternia.com/2019/03/01/leprechaun-march-madness/) - There is 30% price reduction on credits for the month of March! This means the actual price of credits is reduced by 30%, which are purchaseable at Credit Page! If you have Iron Elite, you will still get your 10% bonus credits on all credit purchases! Also, it is the anniversary of the death of - [Challenge of Chaos](https://www.lusternia.com/2019/02/09/challenge-of-chaos-7/) - 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 - [Challenge of Harmony](https://www.lusternia.com/2019/02/10/challenge-of-harmony-6/) - 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 - [Challenge of Nature](https://www.lusternia.com/2019/02/11/challenge-of-nature-7/) - 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 - [Helllooooo, Dolly d'Amour!](https://www.lusternia.com/2019/02/15/helllooooo-dolly-damour/) - 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 - [Challenge of Knowledge](https://www.lusternia.com/2019/02/17/challenge-of-knowledge-7/) - 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, - [Challenge of Life](https://www.lusternia.com/2019/02/17/challenge-of-life-7/) - 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 - [Challenge of Death](https://www.lusternia.com/2019/02/17/challenge-of-death-8/) - 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, - [Awakening the Spirit of Ilmdria Farirue](https://www.lusternia.com/2019/03/17/awakening-the-spirit-of-ilmdria-farirue/) - One windy morning in the Serenwilde forest, there came a strange whispering. Almost indecipherable at first, it echoed throughout the forest and drew the attention of those gathered at the Mother Moonhart. Daxi Strongleaf and Aydeksa Mzithrei were first to hear it, with Coraline Myeras returning to assist in their search thereafter. The three of - [Memorial Water Gardens: A Tale of a Tail](https://www.lusternia.com/2019/03/25/3761/) - It was late in Estar, 527 CE that Milosha Novikei and Yanitone Symfale of New Celest announced the official opening of the Memorial Water Gardens, a project that had been under construction for many years. The opening festivities were attended by citizens of all walks of life, from Prince Minkahmet D'Varden himself to a fisherman - [Strange Things!](https://www.lusternia.com/2019/05/07/strange-things/) - Throughout Lusternia, adventurers have started to experience strange things - sounds and sights and feelings that are not there. Keep an eye on these temporal oddities throughout the second week of May for a huge new release on the 11th! - [The Battle to Defend Time](https://www.lusternia.com/2019/05/12/the-battle-to-defend-time/) - In the middle of the 530th year after the Coming of Estarra, the people of the Basin of Life began to experience strange visions. Some came in dreams, whilst others would strike at random - bringing images from a titanic figure tearing away monstrous wings to the world transformed into immaculate and desolate forms. This - [Visitor in Blue](https://www.lusternia.com/2019/07/22/visitor-in-blue/) - In mid-year 535 CE, the Serenwilde had an unexpected visitor: While sewing some new attire for herself, Lief Myeras was visited by shadowy figure with a pair of oval, green eyes, who did not stay long, but left behind a single bouncing muku ball. Lief, though behind on the news, soon learned that the muku - [Definitely Not Plagued](https://www.lusternia.com/2019/08/14/definitely-not-plagued/) - Choco-late fiddle de dee, Charites have said it never shall be! Choco-late fiddle de dee, I want to put it in my tummy. What do you do when the sky is at dusk and up from the mountain there comes a big thrust of sunlight that spills from an old sunpride root? Over the mountain - [The Raezoning Behind the Syzygy](https://www.lusternia.com/2019/08/25/the-raezoning-behind-the-syzygy/) - Beams of light began flashing in the sky, and as the sun passed overhead, Eroee, Sidiak, Tarox, Papaxi, and Aapek were visible upon the face of the Sun in near-alignment. The light began to intensify, burning the flesh of citizens of the Basin and causing fires throughout, which led many though not all to seek - [A Shot in the Dark](https://www.lusternia.com/2019/08/25/a-shot-in-the-dark/) - Magicked thorn-serpents and cursed arrows flew across the skies of the Basin of Life when Maylea, Bloom of Serenity snuck into the Glomdoring in disguise to steal an item tied to Nocht, the Silent from His own order head, the Wyrden Haruspex of the Auguries, Rancoura. Nocht had rallied the power of the forest to - [On Prices Paid](https://www.lusternia.com/2019/09/10/on-prices-paid/) - On the eve of the New Moon, the still-cursed Elder God, Nocht, approached the Glomdoring commune with a task. A young Augur had brought to His attention the existence of a beautiful peacock named Shashi that resided in the realm of His nemesis, Maylea. Where they had seen a potential hostage as a bargaining chip, - [Lusternia Fifteen Year Anniversary Events](https://www.lusternia.com/2019/09/29/lusternia-fifteen-year-anniversary-events/) - Lusternia turns fifteen years old in 2019! This is truly a remarkable milestone for any game, but most especially a text game! Check out some of the events below and keep an eye out for the Czigany Wayfaire which usually shows up when there is festivity in the air! Hamster HuntDate: October 4, 2019Time: 3:00 - [The Festival of the Creatrix](https://www.lusternia.com/2019/10/13/the-festival-of-the-creatrix/) - For fifteen years, Lusternia has celebrated its Anniversary as simply the turning of the Cosmic Cycle. No longer! This annual event shall now be known as the Festival of the Creatrix - and in addition to all of the already scheduled events, you will find the following attractions this year: PARTY ITEMS! Upon Avechna's Peak, - [The Haunting is Upon Us!](https://www.lusternia.com/2019/11/01/the-haunting-is-upon-us/) - This Halloween, Lusternia is full of many scary delights for you to enjoy. Don't miss out - make sure you come and join us for your annual jumpscares! - [The Liar, the Madman, and the Shofet](https://www.lusternia.com/2019/11/17/the-liar-the-madman-and-the-shofet/) - It was just before the new year, in Roarkian of 545CE, that Gaudiguch began to experience strange sensations throughout their city. Strange shadows darting over the ground with no source to cast them, whispers with no mouth to speak them, and painful headaches where there had been no issue moments before. To some within the - [December 2019 Art-Bard Winners](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/01/08/december-2019-art-bard-winners/) - Congratulations to our Bardic and Artisanal winners for December! - [Trader Bob's Forgotten Vaults](https://www.lusternia.com/2020/01/01/trader-bobs-forgotten-vaults/) - This month, take a grab at the contents of Trader Bob's Forgotten Vaults, receiving prizes that could include a limited edition artifact! - [A Questing Countdown to Solstice!](https://www.lusternia.com/2019/12/23/a-questing-countdown-to-solstice/) - This year's Solstice quests have been released in Lusternia, rewarding a beautiful Solstice calendar! - [An Eye For An Eye](https://www.lusternia.com/2019/12/17/an-eye-for-an-eye/) - The tension between Maylea and Nocht continues as a team of infiltrators from Serenwilde make it into the Silent Lord's realm. - [Solstice Artifacts 2019!](https://www.lusternia.com/2019/12/13/solstice-artifacts-2019/) - This year's coal and peppermint artifacts have now been announced! Build yourself a set of peppermint mittens or a coal scarf, granting you the following abilities: Peppermint Mittens:1) HOLDHANDS - Hold hands with another person, offering them the calming warmth of your mittens and randomly curing a few afflictions upon their person and healing them - [November 2019 Art-Bard Winners](https://www.lusternia.com/2019/12/09/november-2019-art-bard-winners/) - Congratulations to our Bardic and Artisanal winners for November! - [December 2019 Newsletter](https://www.lusternia.com/2019/12/07/december-2019-newsletter/) - You can subscribe to our newsletter using the form on our website! Solstice Cheer in December Ho, ho, ho, and a Merry Solstice to you all! It’s coming up to that time where Lusternia becomes just a little bit more magical, a little bit more cheery, a little bit…Solsticey. The December Solstice promotion is underway, and the - [October 2019 Art-Bard Winners](https://www.lusternia.com/2019/11/10/october-2019-art-bard-winners/) - Congratulations to our Bardic and Artisanal winners for October! If you'd like a chance to join them for November, make sure you get your submission in by the end of this month. HELP ARTBARD will tell you all you need to know. - [Solstice Events in December!](https://www.lusternia.com/2019/12/07/solstice-events-in-december/) - Ho, ho, ho, and a Merry Solstice to you all! It's coming up to that time where Lusternia becomes just a little bit more magical, a little bit more cheery, a little bit...Solsticey. The December Solstice promotion is underway, and the halls have begun to be decked with many a stocking. But that's not all - [Solstice Stockings On Sale!](https://www.lusternia.com/2019/12/02/solstice-stockings-on-sale/) - Solstice Stockings are back on sale this December! Buy gifts for your friends or just for yourself. You deserve it! - [July 2019 Art-Bard Winners!](https://www.lusternia.com/2019/08/08/july-2019-art-bard-winners/) - Artisanals Winner Runner Up Merit Overlooking Wyrded Lands by Gurashi Tri by Trahey Perplexing Letter by Kyalrhin Aramel and Unicorn by Kethaera Bardics Winner Runner Up Merit Waking the Nightmare by Eliron The Quiet Ones by Ishra The Knights of the Sun and Moon by Portius My Visit to Tosha Monastery: A Compiled Journal by - [August 2019 Art-Bard Winners](https://www.lusternia.com/2019/09/15/august-2019-art-bard-winners/) - Artisanals Winner Runner Up Merit Danger in the Dark by Gurashi Ankrag Spooder Bunch by Kyalrhin Bardics Winner Runner Up Merit Expedition Excerpts Meeting the Kaelye by Alaksanteri By the Wheel Gate by Lief In Hallifax: A Poem by Aramel Pilfering and Poisoning by Portius Primer: Domoths by Xenthos View all artisanal and bardic winners - [September 2019 Art-Bard Winners](https://www.lusternia.com/2019/10/11/september-2019-art-bard-winners-2/) - Congratulations to our Bardic and Artisanal winners for September! If you'd like a chance to join them in November, make sure you get your submission in by the end of this month. HELP ARTBARD will tell you all you need to know. Bardic Contest Winner Lief's Forsaken, a Ballad Runner-Up Alaksanteri's Conceptual Sustainability Merit Portius's - [A New Wheel for November](https://www.lusternia.com/2019/11/01/a-new-wheel-for-november/) - This month, the Wheel of Tzaraziko has had a major revamp. Most of the prizes you know have either been shuffled around, been adjusted, or in some cases been removed entirely, to give coins much greater value. Coin spins are different as well - the wheel has been separated into an inner and outer wheel. - [Thanks, Goals, and the Future](https://www.lusternia.com/2019/10/05/thanks-goals-and-the-future/) - I'd like to start off by thanking Estarra for 15 years of building this amazing world. I spent the majority of those as a player, and was entirely enraptured by the depth of the lore and the inspiring worldbuilding that has coalesced into Lusternia. Under Estarra's hand, we've had such amazing events unfold, and areas - [A Roadmap for Lusternia](https://www.lusternia.com/2019/10/08/a-roadmap-for-lusternia/) - With all of the recent changes, we wanted to make sure to let people know what our main focus will be for the upcoming weeks. Here is out basic roadmap. Finalise Melder Rework We do not want to leave this project half-finished. There are obviously some tweaks that still need to be made. We have - [Introducing Aonia](https://www.lusternia.com/2019/10/09/introducing-aonia/) - Hello, The story of Lusternia and the lore behind it is the most important aspect of it -- we cannot stress that enough. When Orael and I were selected, we understood we would need a way to preserve that. Lusternia has a huge wealth of lore that no single person can hold in their minds. - [Year in Contemplation: 2018](https://www.lusternia.com/2019/01/07/year-in-contemplation-2018/) - There once was a man who was not a young man, who once thought he would write stories but his writings were unfinished or lacking, who once dreamt big dreams but they drifted away as many dreams do. His life was not unfulfilled; he found work that he was good at, fell in love with - [Mages & Druids Melder 2.0!](https://www.lusternia.com/2019/09/12/mages-druids-melder-2-0/) - Greetings, The Melder Revamp has been loaded in and is now officially live. This is a pretty big change to how melders work, function etc., so it is going to take some time getting used to and adapting how they work. While I believe we will need to make changes and adjustments depending on how - [Mages and Druids Coming to a Town Near You!](https://www.lusternia.com/2019/08/31/mages-and-druids-coming-to-a-town-near-you/) - Mages & Druids Coming to a Town Near You! Mages and Druids! The fruits of our labors are about to be realized as the updated mages and druids will be released in September! If you've been living under a rockeater, the mage and druid archetypes are in the midst of a major update which will - [Great Library Clarifications](https://www.lusternia.com/2019/08/11/great-library-clarifications/) - The divine scholars have convened together to discuss the workings of the Great Libraries, including the tasks of publishing and critiquing books as well as the nature of the Library Prestige Contests themselves. As a result of deliberations, there have been notable changes to HELP GREATLIBRARIANS and HELP PUBLISHING, and there is a new HELP - [Craft Design Overhaul](https://www.lusternia.com/2019/08/11/craft-design-overhaul/) - Greetings, Mortals. For some time now, We have been evaluating the strengths and flaws of Our design system. We believe that the Lusternian design system is one of the hallmarks of the game, and one of our greatest features. We also understand that over the decade and longer that it has existed, its rules have - [August 2019 Newsletter](https://www.lusternia.com/2019/08/09/august-2019-newsletter/) - Vesteran Honours Revealed! Artbard Winners Announced! The winners of the newly restarted artbard contests, also known as the Vesteran Honours, have been announced! In the bardics category, Eliron took first place for the play entitled, "Waking the Nightmare". In the artisanals, Gurashi won with the scenic painting, "Overlooking Wyrded Lands". Check out all the winners - [July 2019 Newsletter](https://www.lusternia.com/2019/07/05/july-2019-newsletter/) - Return of the Vesteran Honours! Art-Bard Contests Re-Opened Lusternia Art-Bard Contests, also known as the Vesteran Honours, are back on the website, albeit with a different look. As a trial run, we have opened up the contest for this month for artisanal and bardic entries, so please feel free to submit an entry. We have - [June 2019 Newsletter](https://www.lusternia.com/2019/06/10/timequakes-and-the-dawning-of-the-age-of-the-magi/) - Timequakes and the Dawning of the Age of the Magi Timequakes and the Battle to Defend Time In the middle of the 530th year after the Coming of Estarra, the people of the Basin of Life began to experience strange visions. Some came in dreams, whilst others would strike at random - bringing images from - [Spring Scavenger Hunt](https://www.lusternia.com/2019/06/22/spring-scavenger-hunt/) - Ydryin, the Scorched Hamadryad of Serenwilde, led a Scavenger Hunt with a flowery theme! It ran for a fair amount of time, but ultimately Chairman Ayisdra Ysav'rai of Hallifax puzzled out the clues and claimed his prize of a laurel crown of burning wisterias, as well as the honor of spending a full Lusternian day - [Ascension of Deichtine](https://www.lusternia.com/2018/03/17/ascension-of-deichtine/) - Verses of Magnora, MXXXIV: "Within the serpent's habitat shall mortals step before he dies" And so they did; but not without a Trial. When Avechna called the Final Ascension Challenge forth, the High Prophet Ghani n'Rotri swooped in and stole the Staff of Ascension for himself, and began to ascend as an Avatar of Kethuru. - [Timequakes Released!](https://www.lusternia.com/2019/05/12/timequakes-released/) - Since guilds have begun research projects in response to the temporal disturbances recently plaguing the Basin of Life, the new Timequake System has been released! Several times throughout a Lusternian month, a timequake may suddenly hit the Basin of Life. You will need to seek out the temporal rift that has opened and you can - [May 2019 Newsletter](https://www.lusternia.com/2019/05/08/may-2019-newsletter/) - Something Wicked This Way Comes Something Wicked This Way Comes! Throughout Lusternia, adventurers have started to experience strange things - sounds and sights and feelings that are not there. Keep an eye on these temporal oddities throughout the second week of May for a huge new release on May 11th! Crucible Curio Release! What are - [April 2019 Newsletter](https://www.lusternia.com/2019/04/11/april-2019-newsletter/) - Gnome Traders Arrive! Introducing Aetherspace Trading Gnomish aetherships have been touching down on random aetherbubbles, announcing their presence on the market channel. For the player who finds the gnome trader first, a trade for a specific crafted item can be made for an aethergoop crafted items! You may run across Rubie Royale, who is on - [Introducing Aetherspace Trading!](https://www.lusternia.com/2019/03/29/aethertraders/) - Every so often you will see an announce on the market channel of a gnome trader arriving on an aetherbubble. These traders are looking to trade specific crafted items for aethergoop crafted items. For example, the cooking trader may trade rockcandy for a platter of food if the food is valuable enough. If you find - [All Hail Gilligan, King of the Leprechauns!](https://www.lusternia.com/2019/04/01/all-hail-gilligan-king-of-the-leprechauns/) - For the first time ever, the youngest offspring of Old Cashel Connlaodh has taken the leprechaun throne! His older sister and brother are aghast at this development but the leprechaun population is rejoicing. All hail Gilligan, King of the Leprechauns! Congratulations to Gilligan and those who worked so hard on his behalf for those votes! - [March 2019 Newsletter](https://www.lusternia.com/2019/03/10/march-2019-newsletter/) - Ascension of Snald Final Ascension In an absolutely brutal Final Ascension, while it first appeared that Yendor of Glomdoring would walk to easy victory as the Chapion of Death, Malarious of Gaudiguch stole the Staff of Ascension away and came within minutes of claiming victory. But Yendor was eventually able to rally his allies to - [Ascension of Snald](https://www.lusternia.com/2019/03/09/ascension-of-snald/) - The first to hold the Staff of Ascension was Tarken, Champion of War, but it was Yendor, Champion of Death, who held the staff for a long stretch of time, nearly completing Ascension. Backed by Gaudiguch and New Celest, the Dark Forest seemed destined to win with Yendor at its helm. Magnagora and Hallifax were - [Ascension Events 2019](https://www.lusternia.com/2019/01/21/ascension-events-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 the aeons. Like many - [Challenge of Justice](https://www.lusternia.com/2019/03/02/challenge-of-justice-7/) - From all across the Basin, mortals came to battle with their words - facing off in a series of rapid debates to determine who would stand for the Seal of Justice during Ascension. At the end of all the debates it was Ixion who proved himself to have the sharpest tongue among the eleven competitors. - [Challenge of War](https://www.lusternia.com/2019/03/02/challenge-of-war-7/) - Not long after the Challenge of Justice completed, warriors from across the Basin flocked to Mount Avechna to battle, this time with sword and spell, in the Challenge of War. Four teams battled for over a day until finally the team of Deichtine, Yendor, and Tarken stood victorious above all. Tarken was chosen to bear - [Challenge of Beauty](https://www.lusternia.com/2019/02/25/challenge-of-beauty-7/) - 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 - [Upcoming System: Timequakes!](https://www.lusternia.com/2019/02/23/upcoming-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 - [Ascension Events 2018](https://www.lusternia.com/2018/01/07/ascension-events-2018/) - When the High Prophet Ghani n'Rotri was corrupted during the Taint Wars just before the Fall of the Holy Celestine Empire, he was captured and held in a dimensional prison by the Illuminati of Gaudiguch. For centuries, he was maintained there by the immortal guardians of the prison, but then finally escaped. Using his powers - [February 2019 Newsletter](https://www.lusternia.com/2019/02/03/february-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 - [January 2019 Newsletter](https://www.lusternia.com/2019/01/12/january-2019-newsletter/) - New Year Updates 2018: Year in Contemplation Rather than a typical year in review, the Producer of Lusternia shared the trials and tribulations that Lusternia faced in 2018, including a candid look at the reduced player base. However, no one is giving up on Lusternia, the staff remains, and the future holds many big changes, - [How to Rescue Aetherbubbles and Catch Up with Old Friends](https://www.lusternia.com/2018/12/24/how-to-rescue-aetherbubbles-and-catch-up-with-old-friends/) - The brave adventurers had broken through all of Queenie's defenses at the Facility save the last lines of defense upon the Aetherlasso itself. The Aetherlasso, which was tasked with pulling the Lyraa Ey Rielys aetherbubble towards the Facility, did not look at all like its more conventional namesake. Instead, it was an object bearing layers - [Professor von Fixit and the Aetherlasso of Doom](https://www.lusternia.com/2018/12/24/professor-von-fixit-and-the-aetherlasso-of-doom/) - Psionic waves crashed through the Prime Material Plane. Though at first perplexing, they soon revealed their origin, as the thousand linorii glowbats that had invaded Lusternia over the passing years spoke in unison. Hello? Help! This is Taimi, we're being pulled somewhere. We can see light. Many came to witness these panicked messages, including Sir - [A Collision Averted, and Wilds Displaced](https://www.lusternia.com/2018/12/24/a-collision-averted-and-wilds-displaced/) - A droning, sonorous hum filled all of Creation, cresting into a wave of vibrations that shook reality itself, blurring everything for a split second. The pressure that had been so present over the past months returned, even stronger than before. Throughout the cities and communes, the Keepers of the Nexii strained, as did their charges. - [A Catastrophic Collision and the Conclave of the Keepers](https://www.lusternia.com/2018/12/19/a-catastrophic-collision-and-the-conclave-of-the-keepers/) - With the departure of the kaelye to their homeland, there seemed to be as many questions around the years-long events involving the flora and fauna of Lyraa Ey Rielys as there had been answers. The Basin of Life, as it so often does, had fallen into the tension of waiting. Waiting for something to happen. - [December 2018 Newsletter](https://www.lusternia.com/2018/12/10/december-2018-newsletter/) - Hallifax Updates & Newbie Love! Hallifax Does the Time Warp! In Hallifax, the updates to their classes have been released! The new goal of Researchers is to build timewarp with the goal to timequake. They have a variety of tools at their disposal, but more importantly, these tools will also allow them to synergize with - [Going Home](https://www.lusternia.com/2018/12/08/going-home/) - As the last of her people returned to the kaelye basecamp aided by the peoples of Lusternia, Taimi Kivinen turned her mind to growing a ship from the algontherine egg that Tridemon of New Celest had given her. Not being an expert in the manipulation of creature traits, Taimi employed the services of the kaelye - [Kaelye Saved and Garosaurs Tamed](https://www.lusternia.com/2018/11/13/kaelye-saved-and-garosaurs-tamed/) - In Tzarin of the year 515 COE, a great crash echoed across the fabric reality, and a booming explosion rose from the vicinity of the northern Ackleberry Highway. "Auttakaa minua!" a mysterious voice cried, and a tall, blue-furred humanoid was spotted dashing past the Triple Junction and towards the Tar Pits. Citizens of every city - [A Kelpie in Mornhai](https://www.lusternia.com/2018/11/11/a-kelpie-in-mornhai/) - In an unusually chill Avechary, a croaking shout emerged from the Razines, as the 'DAGGUM CLOUDS BLOCKIN' OUT THE SUN' were indeed to blame for the lowered temperatures. Arriving quickly, Portius Nitraedes of Hallifax and Lord Kogon of New Celest quickly found a crotchety old kelpie by the name of Totarue trekking his way further - [November 2018 Newsletter](https://www.lusternia.com/2018/11/03/november-2018-newsletter/) - Celebrations and Hauntings Veritus n'Rotri and the Stuff One of Magnagora's most influential citizens sends forth an aether broadcast to chit chat with any who care to tune in. If you have a question for the Divine Havens or ideas for a new video, send them to estarra@lusternia.com! Anniversary Celebration Events Lusternia celebrated its - [Ghosts and Other Hauntings](https://www.lusternia.com/2018/10/31/ghosts-and-other-hauntings/) - Atropos would be most grateful if you put these ghosts into the Portal of Fate while she repairs the Shears of Fate. As a reward, if you rescue 20 ghosts, Atropos will give you a yummy little treat! (NOTE: Ghosts will dissipate after this event, so please don't try to hoard them in your manses - [Fourteen Year Anniversary Events](https://www.lusternia.com/2018/10/03/fourteen-year-anniversary-events/) - Lusternia turns fourteen years old in 2018! Check out some of the events below and keep an eye out for the Czigany Wayfaire which usually shows up when there is festivity in the air! Hamster HuntWinners:First Place: YendorSecond Place: Vyell Third Place: Amildur Catch hamsters as they run around throughout the land! The rarer the hamster, the - [Arrival of the Kaelye](https://www.lusternia.com/2018/11/02/arrival-of-the-kaelye/) - Sentient beings of a brand new race have appeared in Lusternia, following the arrival of the sinkers, the linorii, and garosaurs of months past. Adventurer of Lusternia have made contact with one particular such being, Taimi Kivinen, who stays now with a group her people, who are called the kaelye, at in the crash site - [On Weather, Research, and Consequences](https://www.lusternia.com/2018/11/01/on-weather-research-and-consequences/) - Dear Baby Sister, How are you doing? I hope your children are treating you well, and that you are safe? Tell them to forgive their Auntie Constance for not writing for some years. There's been strange weather in the world lately, and such strange happenings, and not even in Duum Village itself, if you can - [October 2018 Newsletter](https://www.lusternia.com/2018/10/03/october-2018-newsletter/) - Fourteen Year Anniversary Lusternia Turns Fourteen Years Old Back in October 2004, Lusternia opened its doors wide to an uncertain future. Now, fourteen years later, the Basin of Life still hasn't been devoured by the Soulless Gods and mortals have founded a dark commune, released two cities stuck in time, discovered and explored aetherspace, overcome - [The Garosaur Dilemma](https://www.lusternia.com/2018/10/02/the-garosaur-dilemma/) - The strange garosaur pups that spun cocoons were gathered in turn by the various linorii researchers, intent on studying this new lifeform. Unfortunately, they didn’t quite realize how large and vicious they became when they hatched from their cocoons. Indeed, thousands of these rabid garosaurs broke out of their respective laboratories and spread throughout the - [September 2018 Newsletter](https://www.lusternia.com/2018/09/05/3460/) - Death of the Dingbat! Dingbats Officially Retired Let us take a moment to remember our dearly departed dingbats. We used you to purchase dingbat dolls, gnomish gewgaws and other whimsical artifacts. Farewell, dear dingbats! But fear not! You can still purchase all these dingbat artifacts with aethergoop, which is a much more prevalent commodity. For - [The Linorii Menagerie and Garosaur Conundrum](https://www.lusternia.com/2018/09/03/the-linorii-menagerie-and-garosaur-conundrum/) - With the glowbat population stabilising thanks to the rigorous research of the Basin's foremost linorii researchers, each researcher published a comprehensive report based on their findings. With this stabilisation, it was thought that the commune and city members who aided the researchers would have time to relax and review the reports in peace and quiet. - [August 2018 Newsletter](https://www.lusternia.com/2018/08/07/august-2018-newsletter/) - A Drag Queen's Perspective! Lusternia Unleashed! Is Lusternia run by a drag queen? Well, someone got into Estarra drag to answer a player's question in a new Youtube series called Lusternia Unleashed! Find out all there is to know about the Immanidivinus and Threshold Abyss. If you have a question for the Divine Havens, send - [Glory to the Glowbats](https://www.lusternia.com/2018/08/02/glory-to-the-glowbats/) - Curiously, the strange growing sinkers found across the land appear to be affected by some mysterious ailment, causing them to first solidify and then explode into numerous glowbats! As if this wasn't peculiar enough, the ailment causes the sinkers to become stunted in their growth, leaving them small and devoid of the tangled threads... Six - [A Whale of a Tale](https://www.lusternia.com/2018/07/31/a-whale-of-a-tale/) - Suddenly, and against all probability, a void-whale manifested in the skies above Mount Avechna. Nearly slamming into its peak, the creature took flight across the Basin of Life, littering the ground with pieces of itself that had broken off during its reentry. Its wandering was not long, however. Attracted by the scent of a particularly - [Threads, Fall and Rise](https://www.lusternia.com/2018/07/26/threads-fall-and-rise/) - Strange weather. The people of the Basin of Life had thought that the rain of bouncing balls from the lightning-splashed sky was the end of it. But in Shanthin, 505 years after the Coming of Estarra, reality shook once more, and the very ground began to sprout with tangles of blue-green shimmering thread, which spread - [Transmological Visions](https://www.lusternia.com/2018/07/16/transmological-visions/) - While sinkers and threads plagued the Basin of Life, transmologists were plagued by a vision of the threads unearthing something looking like a box or a chest. Soon, the visions came true, and a chest was found off of a spectre-filled island. Mosachi Xeeth of Gaudiguch claimed to potentially have some knowledge as to the - [Peculiar Weather and Other Oddities](https://www.lusternia.com/2018/06/28/peculiar-weather-and-other-oddities/) - In Avechary of the year 503 after the Coming of Estarra, the skies of Lusternia cracked open with blue-purple lightning. The very atoms of reality shifted, and strange shapes and stars shifted in and out of view upon the firmament. While the inhabitants of the Basin of Life were reeling from these strange circumstances, a - [July 2018 Newsletter](https://www.lusternia.com/2018/07/04/july-2018-newsletter/) - Peculiar Weather and Other Oddities Peculiar Weather and Other Oddities When the skies cracked open with blue-purple lightning, the very atoms of reality shifted, and strange shapes and stars shifted in and out of view upon the firmament. This led to a rain of strange bouncing balls that seemed to have value for at least - [Calling Home Lord Nocht](https://www.lusternia.com/2018/06/27/calling-home-lord-nocht/) - Recently, a concerned muted slaugh approached Xenthos An'Ryshe within the Glomdoring forest, asking if he'd heard from the Silent Lord in recent times. Soon joined by Eliron Shee-Slaugh, a former member of His Order, both confirmed that they had no news to share. As the slaugh expressed her concern, and the gathering grew further, it - [June 2018 Newsletter](https://www.lusternia.com/2018/06/03/3393/) - Strange Storms Hit Basin of Life Strange Storm Alert! Something odd is afoot! The skies over Lusternia crackle with blue lightning. The stars struggle. Strange shapes and images shift in and out of view. Once a Lusternian day, rains of bouncing balls are falling out of the skies and bounding across the lands! A strange - [The Mists of Serenwilde](https://www.lusternia.com/2018/05/31/the-mists-of-serenwilde/) - A brilliant flash and massive crashing heralded a massive opening in the sky, and from it a comet of tenebrous mist fell to the Serenwilde forest. Those first to the scene were quick to find within the Centaur Hills an odd, dancing wisp of black mist with a flame within. After interacting with it, those - [Strange Storm Alert!](https://www.lusternia.com/2018/06/01/strange-storm-alert/) - Something odd is afoot! The skies over Lusternia crackle with blue lightning. The stars struggle. Strange shapes and images shift in and out of view. Once a Lusternian day, rains of bouncing balls are falling out of the skies and bounding across the lands! At the same time, a mysterious gnome in dark spectacles has - [Warrior Renovations](https://www.lusternia.com/2018/05/31/warrior-renovations/) - After weeks of development and testing, warriors have undergone a big renovation, with a number of skills updated and several new skills implemented. The primary focus of these changes was to give warriors more options and efficacy in group combat. Below is a list of the main updates. General Base damage has been increased Power - [Magnagora and New Celest Artwork](https://www.lusternia.com/2018/05/21/magnagora-and-new-celest-artwork/) - We commissioned some concept art for two of the original cities in Lusternia. First up is Magnagora, where the artist captured the dark, polluted, urban cityscape centered around the Megalith of Doom, seen rising through the tainted air in the background. For Celest, spiral shell towers frame the sea-inspired architecture in soft blues, whites and - [Retiring from Mysrai: Nothing but Love, Love, Love](https://www.lusternia.com/2016/12/27/retiring-from-mysrai-nothing-but-love-love-love/) - Five years ago, Mysrai came into being under circumstances outlined here: https://www.lusternia.com/near-misses-becoming-mysrai. Now, at the end of that five years, I have removed that hat, and many masks, and am, as Zvoltz put it, returning to dust. It's been a good, and glorious run, but life is simply to busy now to do Mysrai justice - [April 2018 Newsletter](https://www.lusternia.com/2018/04/03/april-2018-newsletter/) - Ascension of Deichtine Ysav'rai The Ascension That Failed When Avechna called the Final Ascension Challenge forth, the High Prophet Ghani n'Rotri swooped in and stole the Staff of Ascension for himself, and began to ascend as an Avatar of Kethuru. This had been Ghani n'Rotri's plan all along - his destiny as was writ in - [January 2018 Newsletter](https://www.lusternia.com/2018/01/07/january-2018-newsletter/) - Year in Review; Ascension 2018 Year in Review 2017 Each year, the Producer of Lusternia looks back on the prior year, reviewing past events, including the Saga of Ghani which spanned almost the entire year, new areas and quests, and the retirement of a Lusternia founder. Also, a major project is announced going forward into - [Lusternia Year in Review: 2017](https://www.lusternia.com/2018/01/06/lusternia-year-in-review-2017/) - I've been thinking back to when Lusternia was just a glimmer in my eye in early 2002. At that time, I was a volunteer admin in Achaea and loved creating stories and running events and designing and building areas and quests. When the offer to create my own MUD presented itself, I knew I did - [Advent of the Solstice Court](https://www.lusternia.com/2018/01/05/advent-of-the-solstice-court/) - 'Twas the season of Solstice drawing us near, once again feeling the thrill and warmth in the hearts of the young and old to celebrate the inherent festive merriment and generosity found within. We were pulled strongly towards the bright lights of the holiday that shone brilliantly to our eyes. Our arrival was heralded by - [The Final Revelation: Son of Steel and Gold](https://www.lusternia.com/2017/12/21/the-final-revelation-son-of-steel-and-gold/) - Each legacy is more than just a story;united all beginnings open doors -we embrace Fate and die for our own glory,as ages fade, but Promises endure. Alakar i'Xiia was uncertain which of his ancestors had agreed to this nonsense, but he didn't have time for it. A Verse of Magnora? Really? What did they take - [Apocalypse Has Come to Call](https://www.lusternia.com/2017/12/20/apocalypse-has-come-to-call/) - As much of the Basin slept, the Chaos Seal weakened. More were on the cusp of fading as Lief Myeras-Silvermoon made a valiant attempt to close portals and fight back the beasts - but after much of her toil she was overcome by the madness of the Soulless too much to continue. She ceased, only - [Watchers Wake to Fight the Fears](https://www.lusternia.com/2017/12/19/watchers-wake-to-fight-the-fears/) - Safely ensconced in the Tosha Monastery, Constance Walker was not idle. She had assured her allies in Serenwilde that they could work on curing Elsa without needing to return to Duum, a message that had been passed through the commune's alliance to reach Tekora Windwhisper. Ably assisted by the more knowledgable Avalni D'Varden, they began - [Renounce Ascent or Face Demise](https://www.lusternia.com/2017/12/18/renounce-ascent-or-face-demise/) - Wanda Murkle was under no illusions that she was the sort of person people liked. But then, she didn't have much of an interest in being liked. There would be rapture, and He would come and consume them all, and all would be as it ought to be. That was enough. If people thought her - [The Cards That Tumbled Down](https://www.lusternia.com/2017/12/17/the-cards-that-tumbled-down/) - The appearance of Verses of Magnora had become commonplace. In a scant matter of years, one after the other after the other had been uncovered, often heralding events that transpired soon after. But no matter how routine their delivery became - always taken to places or people of import, and always with talk of keeping - [Situation Report: Mirage Prison](https://www.lusternia.com/2017/12/12/situation-report-mirage-prison/) - The ancient portal is obviously of Illuminati design, though the technique appears equally old yet beyond my understanding. Witnesses report it was our own Jun D'Cente who discovered the combination required to gain entry to the splintered dimension of the Mirage Prison. The name of which I uncovered later with ease. Disorganised chaos reigned with - [Psionic Fleshfae: A Scholar's Treatise](https://www.lusternia.com/2017/11/21/psionic-fleshfae-a-scholars-treatise/) - Wandering the highways can be so utterly dull, especially when you get lost as often as I, but it is not without its advantages for a scholar. Meandering through the warren of life's roadways, I have had opportunities to study all manner of odd and unique flora and fauna. The most recent pustule outbreak was - [November 2017 Newsletter](https://www.lusternia.com/2017/11/01/november-2017-news-letter/) - New Monk Classes! Nunchaku Monks The Nunchaku monk class was released and is available in the City of Gaudiguch. These monks wield nunchucks that can be woven in stupendous patterns to mess with the minds of their opponents. With the new skill of Zarakido, these monks can tap into their inner will and the flows - [Upheaval in the Undervault](https://www.lusternia.com/2017/10/31/upheaval-in-the-undervault/) - Translated as best as possible from a scrawled, near-illegible slate recovered from the Xeeth Laboratories... Time... time... it came, my turn, Promised... a Promise. He's not happy I escaped. Promised... must protect... Basin. Deliver the words. Wrote them down so I won't forget. I burrowed up, get out, deliver the words. The time has come. - [Founding of the Tessenchi](https://www.lusternia.com/2017/10/31/founding-of-the-tessenchi/) - Dearest honoured mother, It fills me with joy to write you once again and communicate the duties of my life since last we met. As ever, I am a servant of the Queen of Queens and carry my discretion with dignity, but though it is a fell day that brought me back to you, I - [Founding of the Nunchaku](https://www.lusternia.com/2017/10/31/post-3165/) - It all started with when two rivals had a spat. Madam Yith, the recently ousted Illithoid Ambassador to Magnagora wandered into Gaudiguch seeking out Ambassador Ilogbog. Madam Yith eventually left, but not before lighting an ember, an ember that later emblazoned into an inferno. This ember sat with Ilogbog for a month or so when - [The Unity Syndrome](https://www.lusternia.com/2017/10/31/the-unity-syndrome/) - The presence of an unusual cage on Avechna's peak seemed to pique attentions around the Basin of Life. Soon after its appearance, odd pustules began to be coughed up by the dying, and the cage seemed to be absorbing some sort of energy in their last moments. An odd attempt by many in Magnagora was - [Lusternia 13 Year Anniversary](https://www.lusternia.com/2017/10/03/lusternia-13-year-anniversary/) - Lusternia turns thirteen years old in 2017! Does this mean we are entering our adolescence? Are the teens truly terrible? The next year we'll find out, but first it is time to celebrate! Check out some of the events below and keep an eye out for the Czigany Wayfaire which usually shows up when there - [October 2017 Newsletter](https://www.lusternia.com/2017/10/03/october-2017-newsletter/) - Lusternia Turns Thirteen Anniversary Celebrations Lusternia enters its terrible teens in October, turning 13 years old! Throughout the month there will be events to celebrate this momentous event. Also, keep an eye out for the Czigany Wayfaire which usually shows up for the festivities! Read more! Love on the Rocks Wedding bells rang discordantly across - [Love on the Rocks](https://www.lusternia.com/2017/09/09/love-on-the-rocks/) - Wedding bells rang discordantly across the Basin of Life, announcing in a celebratory dirge-like fashion the joining of a viscanti woman to an orclach man. But the supposed marital bliss was short-lived as Hethklyff Ruag took his newly-wedded bride to her new home. Caithryn Ruag's shrill, dissatisfied shrieking could pierce of the veil of death - [August 2017 Newsletter](https://www.lusternia.com/2017/08/09/august-2017-newsletter/) - As the Basin Turns Digging a New Life There has been a spate of activity throughout the Basin of Life, beginning with the orcs near the Shallach River who were digging under the oversight of the orclach Hethklyff Ruag. Something was discovered, orcs were turned to skeletons and a love story was revealed. Was this just - [Bad for Business](https://www.lusternia.com/2017/08/08/bad-for-business/) - (as heard from the mouth of Deotathi Miim) Oh, sure, city of Freedom, where anyone is FREE to muscle in on my market. What's this Kahn Lucas got that I haven't anyway? A sob story and magic potion? Hmph. No, tried and true wares is what I got. Countess Dys Mzithrei at least understands that, - [How Servants Pass the Time](https://www.lusternia.com/2017/08/08/how-servants-pass-the-time/) - Roarkian 14th, 480 CE: Getting lost while trying to find help is bound to make anyone a frustrated, weeping mess, right? Poor girl, this Moana Cracy, she arrived in quite the state of upset already. Things were uncertain when our own Heart of the Crescendo, Marquessa Xeii Shevat, could not calm the woman but as - [The Testimony of Baeroc Spineson](https://www.lusternia.com/2017/08/06/the-testimony-of-baeroc-spineson/) - From a testimonial pasted in Stewartsville and then very quickly taken down: Baeroc was a simple man, a weaver, oh yes, before his glorious transformation: a simple man from the Stewartsville outskirts who did not know the blessing he was given when the glorious greev spores blew past his cottage, when he was seeded with - [Wish you were here - love, Nirena](https://www.lusternia.com/2017/08/06/wish-you-were-here-love-nirena/) - Dear uncle, How's yer leg? I hope my cousins aren't giving ye too much trouble lately. Anyways, ye wouldn't believe the things that have happened to me since the beginning of the year! I know ye always shook yer head at my hunting and tracking ways. "Settle down to a real business", ye always said, - [The Essence of War](https://www.lusternia.com/2017/08/03/the-essence-of-war/) - Refusing defeat, Sirsia Pois arranged the robbery of Celest's schematics and, with Countess Kalas Cyna's permission, proceeded to build their own machine for the Engine to harness dark essence to re-taint the Inner Sea. After additional inspection, she found a flaw in the schematics and utilising wood and dark essence, fashioned a weapon that could - [Purification Backup Plans](https://www.lusternia.com/2017/08/03/purification-backup-plans/) - Though not immediately noticed, a dead fish arising from the foulness of the Sea, gave Velho Caleb Luminare much pause and he immediately requested guidance of his fellow citizens. Student Laurent and Duchess Auriella took to arms with many questions, but more urgently, seeking solutions. Laurent began by speaking with Lanikai, who seemed to not - [Tainted Promises](https://www.lusternia.com/2017/08/03/tainted-promises/) - On an otherwise normal day for the Engine of Transformation, one Sirsia Pois arrived and a deal was struck with the Warlord, Avurekhos Feyranti, and the Chaplain, Marcella n'Lochli to deliver a miraculous feat that would spread the Taint and the Glory of Magnagora further. Despite Sirsia Pois' own doubts about the true strength of - [Digging a New Life](https://www.lusternia.com/2017/07/31/digging-a-new-life/) - Grumbles and grunts echoed across the Basin as gruff orc-like voices shouted about their hard work to the unmoved demands of an orclach. Spirit Warden Xenthos An'Ryshe, Spider-tender Athree, Chaplain Marcella n'Lochli were the firsts to arrive, soon followed by Countess Kalas Cyna. The orclach in charge, Hethklyff Ruag, explained the incompetence of the hired - [Newsletter July 2017](https://www.lusternia.com/2017/07/10/newsletter-july-2017/) - Lusternia Gets a Facelift Website Facelift! Check out the new website. We've updated the entire look and feel which should be sleeker and easier to navigate around. Most especially, the new Portal page is an easy access interface to view in-game news, messages and logs. Unfortunately, we have not yet been able to resolve the - [The Turning Tides of New Celest](https://www.lusternia.com/2017/05/05/the-turning-tides-of-new-celest/) - During the month of Tzarin in the year, 471 ACE for reasons still not known the Tide Lord Murlough of the Red Tide began expressing displeasure that the city of New Celest worshipped and venerated the Supernals while knowing nearly nothing of the Tide Lords and often ignoring them. Daebach was the first to come - [The Tale of the Black-Striped Warrior](https://www.lusternia.com/2017/05/05/the-tale-of-the-black-striped-warrior/) - In the wake of the marriage between the centaur elder Tokota and his beloved Adushoc, the Serenwilde found themselves embroiled in a mystery. Shadows grew, whispers murmured, and strange visions danced at the corners of one's eyes. At first, this occurrence was time: a minor ill omen that seemed to some like the awakening of - [Deception and Madness Unleashed](https://www.lusternia.com/2017/05/09/deception-and-madness-unleashed/) - Chiku Swiftpad had never really been outside the Shanthmark Lodge. She was devoted to her studies, and more than a little determined to exceed the others in their meditations and their trials. It was a pleasant surprise to her, therefore, to be called before the Soothsayer Adaeze with a personal mission - and one that - [By the Power and Will of the Collective](https://www.lusternia.com/2017/05/07/by-the-power-and-will-of-the-collective/) - Like so many things, it began with the celebration of successful innovation and well-deserved congratulations to the team involved in its construction. What could go wrong with a Resonance Tower that could broadcast directly into the minds of every citizen...? Then came the static... --- [ NOISE IN THE MACHINE ] -------------------- > Estar 19th, - [Gaudiguch - From the Ashes](https://www.lusternia.com/2017/05/10/gaudiguch-from-the-ashes/) - STRANGER STRANGERS It was a quiet summer day in Avechary, 471, when strange happenings began in the City of Freedom, one of those insufferably hot days where all you want to do is curl up in a corner and nurse your hangover with a cold bottle of the next hangover. Dancers weren't dancing. Thinkers weren't - [Mamaac the Melder and the Sword of Serenity](https://www.lusternia.com/2017/05/16/mamaac-the-melder-and-the-sword-of-serenity/) - It was not long ago that Serenwilde was visited by the half-formed named Xarriv the Reaver, who had followed the memories of Charune, Lord of the Hunt across the Void and into the First World, wreaking havoc, and then was banished back to the Void by the Horned One Himself. And yet, mortal memory is - [When the Bells Toll in Magnagora](https://www.lusternia.com/2017/06/01/when-the-bells-toll-in-magnagora/) - The Curse The bells tolled for midnight in Magnagora, hailing the arrival of the 22nd of Shanthin in the year 471, as the Crimson Lady sounded her horn with urgency, suddenly making way for the docks. Aboard the vessel, captain Yishka Feyranti was met by Geomancer Sabella, Shango d'Cente, and Avurekhos Feyranti, before other concerned - [Duum for the Humanistic League](https://www.lusternia.com/2017/06/02/duum-for-the-humanistic-league/) - In the month of Estar, 475 years after the Coming of Estarra, the cities and forests of the Basin of Life were visited by two humans by the names of Elsa Fallows and Constance Walker. They claimed to be members of the Lusternia Humanistic League, an organization they described as being devoted to research about - [Year in Review: 2016](https://www.lusternia.com/2017/01/05/year-in-review-2016/) - What would Queen Maeve say about 2016? Perhaps she would remark how fantastic it was that she entered the year with the removal of the Brand of Nifilhema that she bore for so long. Or perhaps she would despair over the loss of her beloved consort. If this was how the year began for the - [Trialante, the Untamed Muse](https://www.lusternia.com/2017/07/01/trialante-the-untamed-muse/) - It was Avechary, 477 years after the Coming of Estarra, and the word in the Serenwilde was sparrows: Sparrows on the ground and sparrows in the trees and sparrows up in the sky. They sang a song that rang in the hearts of Serens who were present in the forest. Along with the sparrow song, - [April Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2017/06/11/april-vesteran-honours-7/) - For the April Vesteran Honours, Breandryn won the bardic contest with the news column titled, "Gaudiguch Gossip, Roarkian 471 CE". In the artisanal category, Xeii won with the portait titled "A relic of the future". Check out all of the winners in the Art-Bard Archives! Bardic Awards Bardic Winner Breandryn Bardic Runnerup Aramel Bardic Merit - [Battle for the Wheel](https://www.lusternia.com/2017/06/05/battle-for-the-wheel/) - Hail Basin, I, Lebo Needles, have requested and been sanctioned to allow this report for the Order of Shallach to be seen by all. It is rather rudimentary; I am still getting used to writing reports, but I hope it suffices and informs anyone who could not be present in Lirangsha. Cordially, Lebo Needles Shallah's - [March Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2017/05/07/march-vesteran-honours-7/) - For the February Vesteran Honours, Xeii won the bardic contest with the short story titled, "The Silver Storm and the Dying Crystal of the Forgotten". In the artisanal category, Xeii won with the portait titled "Serenwilde's Curious Heart". Check out all of the winners in the Art-Bard Archives! Bardic AwardsBardic WinnerAkatrielBardic RunnerupPortiusBardic MeritReylari and BreandrynArtisanal AwardsArtisanal - [February Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2017/04/05/february-vesteran-honours-7/) - For the February Vesteran Honours, Breandryn won the bardic contest with the newsletter titled, "Gaudiguch Gossip, Roarkian 458 CE". In the artisanal category, Arimisia won with the portait titled "Ice Angel Loranara". Check out all of the winners in the Art-Bard Archives! Bardic AwardsBardic WinnerBreandrynBardic RunnerupAramelBardic MeritPortius, Malarious and AsmodiaArtisanal AwardsArtisanal WinnerArimisiaArtisanal RunnerupanitaArtisanal Merit- - [Tales of a Whiskey Keg](https://www.lusternia.com/2017/03/26/tales-of-a-whiskey-keg/) - For some months now, the citizens of Gaudiguch had been having a strong desire for whiskey. As time went on, the urges became stronger and their thoughts turned towards where they could sate their sudden thirsts. Eventually, Tremula, Letarne, Danquik and a few others made their way to see Beloch at the bar and upon - [The Hunter and the Reaver](https://www.lusternia.com/2017/03/22/the-hunter-and-the-reaver/) - A distant horn resonated through the boughs of Serenwilde, catching the attention of Wobou and Kay at the Moonhart Mother. As they alerted their commune and discussions began to form, a giant crack was heard from the hills of Northern Serenwilde, followed by waves of psionic energy. A tree once made by the Horned One - [Second Annual Ascension Gala](https://www.lusternia.com/2017/03/03/second-annual-ascension-gala/) - It was the first day of Klangiary, one of those Autumn days where all had begun to become crisp and golden; one of those days where life could start all over again. I had placed all my hopes for that day, for that new life, on a letter. The letter was silk, expensive and keen - [January Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2017/03/02/january-vesteran-honours-7/) - For the January Vesteran Honours, Aramel won the bardic contest with the play titled, "The Alchemy of Love". In the artisanal category, Ciaran won with the portait titled "Ciaran and Yephry". Check out all of the winners in the Art-Bard Archives! Bardic AwardsBardic WinnerAramelBardic RunnerupPortiusBardic MeritSluelugh and BreandrynArtisanal AwardsArtisanal WinnerCiaranArtisanal RunnerupArimisiaArtisanal MeritSsaliss - [Ascension Event 2017](https://www.lusternia.com/2017/02/25/ascension-event-2017/) - Towards the end of the Saga of the Black Sun, a figure emerged which weakened the Nine Seals. As stated in the histories under Coming of Estarra, when the Nine Seals are weakened, there is only one way that they can be recharged: through the ascension of a mortal!Beginning in February , there will be - [Flocking to the Swan Song](https://www.lusternia.com/2017/02/13/flocking-to-the-swan-song/) - An errant cloud drifting uncontrolled on a breeze revealed Hathi Aves, Warden of the Swans, and his young son, Taelo Aves, a pair of trill dedicated to tending the Clarramore's swan flock. Their portion of the Clarramore Cloud Gardens was set adrift and recently reunited with the estate properly. In his travels, Hathi Aves found - [Towers of the Magi](https://www.lusternia.com/2017/02/08/towers-of-the-magi/) - In late Dioni 466 a croaking voice was heard emanating from the Undervault tunnels under the Razine Mountains, calling out to Professor Pheslida Pheeif-Zluush that he was looking to bring her the requested supplies. Yarith Shevat of Hallifax was the first to join the Professor and meet Oblo Bllem, whose still heavily laden wheelbarrow indicated - [Ascension Events & Much More](https://www.lusternia.com/2017/02/03/ascension-events-much-more/) - Challenge of ChaosIn the aftermath of Mahaadi's invasion of Faethorn and a civil war between Goldenclaw and Dawnburst, the Basin of Life found itself pressed against the knife's edge of Kethuru's destructive power. Indeed, the Seals of Knowledge, Chaos and War had cracked, and it was time for the Trials of Ascension once more. Avechna, - [December Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2017/02/03/december-vesteran-honours-8/) - For the December Vesteran Honours, Breandryn won the bardic contest with the story titled, "The Brave Little Faeling". In the artisanal category, Arimisia won with the portait titled "Come, to the Torturer". Check out all of the winners in the Art-Bard Archives! Bardic AwardsBardic WinnerBreandrynBardic RunnerupPortiusBardic MeritAramel and XeiiArtisanal AwardsArtisanal WinnerArimisiaArtisanal RunnerupPhoebusArtisanal MeritAeral and Gero - [Welcoming the Welkin](https://www.lusternia.com/2017/01/28/welcoming-the-welkin/) - For several months, mortals had observed curious formations of clouds within the sky of the Prime Material Plane. But though they engendered curiosity, few made any attempt to investigate the meteorological occurrences - save for Primus Gero and Castellan Yarith of the Institute, who with the help of the Matrix Research Facility managed to discover - [Conquering the Mountain](https://www.lusternia.com/2017/01/26/conquering-the-mountain/) - As the mysterious melting ice along the northern end of Avechna's Teeth finally gave way, a cacophony of stampeding orcs echoed through the Basin. Shortly after their victorious conquest settled down, a scream of terror erupted as frightful terrors began to plague their population.First upon the scene, Marquis Falmiis of Hallifax battled his way through - [Bane of the Ice Angels](https://www.lusternia.com/2017/01/21/bane-of-the-ice-angels/) - It was a warm autumn day, full of golden rays of sunlight, when winter made itself known at the fabled Aetherplex Chamber in the form of Kurteba, a winded igasho scholar. The shards of ice bedecking his robe still in the process of melting, he wasted no time looking for what he came for: skilled - [Return of the Pyresmith](https://www.lusternia.com/2017/01/20/return-of-the-pyresmith/) - It was a normal day in the city of Gaudiguch. The sun was shining, the party was popping, and whiskey flowed freer than the lava falls. The jovility ground to an abrupt halt when a masked visage invited itself into the minds of the entire populace to issue both a warning and an apology of - [Salvation of the Orcs](https://www.lusternia.com/2017/01/18/salvation-of-the-orcs/) - As the lingering warmth of autumn faded away, several citizens of Magnagora began to report sightings of shifty looking orcs on Spectre Island, all sneaking about while carrying large sacs of spectral essence. All attempts to detain one of the thieving braves failed as the orcs always managed to evade capture by the slimmest of - [The Lightweavings of Isune](https://www.lusternia.com/2016/12/25/the-lightweavings-of-isune/) - Arriving with little fanfare, an eccentric trill artiste meandered through Hallifax to seek aid from the city's finest artist. With the air of a mysterious stranger, this eccentric trill beseeched the Chairman Falmiis Shevat himself for escort to speak with whom she sought, Shalmae Silverplume. After ruffling a few feathers and subsequently smoothing them over, - [The Lightweavings of Isune](https://www.lusternia.com/2016/12/25/the-lightweavings-of-isune-2/) - Arriving with little fanfare, an eccentric trill artiste meandered through Hallifax to seek aid from the city's finest artist. With the air of a mysterious stranger, this eccentric trill beseeched the Chairman Falmiis Shevat himself for escort to speak with whom she sought, Shalmae Silverplume. After ruffling a few feathers and subsequently smoothing them over, - [The Path to Amberni](https://www.lusternia.com/2016/12/23/the-path-to-amberni/) - As the Song of Ail'Fae Runia rang throughout the Basin of Life, strengthened in some part by the higher vibrational hum of the Elemental Planes, the Solar Queen was overwhelmed. The skies of Faethorn glowed a gentle amber and twisted under the weight of ethereal magic; as if called into being by this situation, a - [The Solar Queen's Edict](https://www.lusternia.com/2016/12/23/the-solar-queens-edict/) - It began roughly five years ago. After the Goldenclaw Coven cursed the Basin of Life - misinterpreting the efforts of the Basin as colluding with their Dawnburst enemies - and after the return of the beloved Sako Tleem, Queen Maeve was struck by an idea. And such an idea smouldered and flared, coming to life - [Blackened Sun, Won't You Come, and Burn the World in Flame?](https://www.lusternia.com/2016/12/23/blackened-sun-wont-you-come-and-burn-the-world-in-flame/) - After an amusing transmission sent by Perriwinkle Sweetpease, the communes of the Basin of Life reconvened the next month, in late Avechary. Butter's husband ready: the Song of Ail'Fae Runia was to be sung. And thus, the ingredients were sought - not, of course, after worries were abated that the Rite of hai'Gloh Zemordia would - [The Secrets of Iklara](https://www.lusternia.com/2016/12/17/the-secrets-of-iklara/) - Streams of colour blanketed the First World as, on the 7th of Estar, the year 461, Ashtariel, of a Thousand Hues, made Her Presence known amidst cries for Her Sibling Mysrai, the Thousandfold. Endless months had passed with cryptic messages passed to those who devoutly visited Her Fulcrux, most notably Captain Rolan Vessandril, Breandryn, Xypher - [Races](https://www.lusternia.com/2016/11/06/races/) - Coming soon! - [Portal](https://www.lusternia.com/2016/12/09/portal/) - [October Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2016/11/29/october-vesteran-honours-8/) - For the October Vesteran Honours, Aramel won the bardic contest with the poem titled, "Elegy for the Sun Fae". In the artisanal category, Gavriel won with the study titled "Carrion Bird". Check out all of the winners in the Art-Bard Archives! Bardic AwardsBardic WinnerAramelBardic RunnerupZitto and PortiusBardic MeritAerotanArtisanal AwardsArtisanal WinnerGavrielArtisanal RunnerupLylith and PhoebusArtisanal MeritIalie - [The Alligator Conundrum of Professor Pheeif-Zluush](https://www.lusternia.com/2016/11/27/the-alligator-conundrum-of-professor-pheeif-zluush/) - Sounds of arguments and fighting echoed from the Razine Tunnels in the Undervault, and a stressed professor had to open her expedition to public assistance. Professor Pheslida Pheeif-Zluush made a plea to the Basin at large, and first to answer her call was Falmiis of Hallifax, who was quick on his toes with the assistance - [Cries from the Asylum](https://www.lusternia.com/2016/11/13/cries-from-the-asylum/) - Despite being a common occurrence within the i'Xiia Asylum, an unusual wailing came forth that was followed by the harsh shouting of a warden trying to subdue an unruly patient. Heard across the prime plane, this attracted the attention of several individuals who decided to check on the situation. As a lone patient pleaded for - [From the Stars Came Ashtariel](https://www.lusternia.com/2016/11/10/from-the-stars-came-ashtariel/) - Strange sights in the sky above the Skarch during the month of Estar, 456, brought adventurers far and wide to investigate - and though this desert, the place where Lord-and-Lady Mysrai first descended into the Basin of Life, has seen many a bizarre event, those that unfolded this day were of a kind unprecedented. Those - [September Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2016/10/29/september-vesteran-honours-8/) - For the September Vesteran Honours, Stratas won the bardic contest with the short story titled, "The Web of Fear". In the artisanal category, Gavriel won with the study titled "A Night on the Town". Check out all of the winners in the Art-Bard Archives! Bardic AwardsBardic WinnerStratasBardic RunnerupLavinya, Portius, and ReynaBardic MeritAramel, Andara, and LendrenArtisanal AwardsArtisanal - [Return of the Machine God](https://www.lusternia.com/2016/10/16/return-of-the-machine-god/) - To the joy of many, Roark's beacon within the Transcendant Fulcrux burned brightly into the sky, calling an Elder God home to the First World. That joy quickly turned to consternation and horror as the beacon turned a sickly green and a hole was torn in the fabric of reality, giving glimpse to the Void - [Twelve Year Anniversary Games](https://www.lusternia.com/2016/10/15/twelve-year-anniversary-games/) - Lusternia began its journey twelve years ago, opening its doors on October 7, 2004. What is more appropriate then to celebrate this momentous event with fun, games and surprises!October 4, 2016 - Hamster HuntTime: 4:00 p.m. PSTEvent: Hamster Hunt!Winners:First Place: Falmiis (300 credits)Second Place: Ixion (150 credits)Third Place: Tremula (50 credits)Catch hamsters as they run - [August Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2016/10/06/august-vesteran-honours-6/) - For the August Vesteran Honours, Irillia won the bardic contest with the play titled, "Flight and Fortuity". In the artisanal category, Lylith won with the portrait titled "Lylith and Companion". Check out all of the winners in the Art-Bard Archives! Bardic AwardsBardic WinnerIrilliaBardic RunnerupPortius and IlianBardic MeritNihmriel and AramelArtisanal AwardsArtisanal WinnerLylithArtisanal RunnerupXiaranArtisanal MeritIalie and Aeral - [July Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2016/09/06/july-vesteran-honours-8/) - For the July Vesteran Honours, Stratas won the bardic contest with the story titled, "The Tower of Silence". In the artisanal category, Mica won with the portrait titled "Dedicant Eolae, of the Hart". Check out all of the winners in the Art-Bard Archives! Bardic AwardsBardic WinnerStratasBardic RunnerupPortiusBardic MeritVersalean and FluturaArtisanal AwardsArtisanal WinnerMicaArtisanal RunnerupAimrathArtisanal MeritCiaran, Ialie and - [The Curious Case of Sako Tleem](https://www.lusternia.com/2016/08/31/the-curious-case-of-sako-tleem/) - It began with a post produced by Scanlan Stormcrow (reproduced here):------A mystery is afoot, and it's one I dare to share,For we can find a carriage, but we only find it bareBe it once fast-moving, and rickety round the bend,I never thought i'd be the one, to speak of -this- untimely end.So I implore you - [The Curse of the Jungle](https://www.lusternia.com/2016/08/28/the-curse-of-the-jungle/) - Roughly a month passed before Doctor Creshok was revisited by Falmiis and Ileein Shevat and Tamashi of Hallifax, who asked whether or not the cure for the skinrot outbreak was ready. It was, at least, but the question of dissemination was asked. Calibration of the gnomish machines was out of the question; not only was - [Children's Hour](https://www.lusternia.com/2016/08/27/childrens-hour/) - Unspared, even the Blasted Lands suffered massive ill-effect from the curse of Brother Lion. The lands were overrun and the gravediggers likewise became extra menacing. But, what of the children? The viscanti children roaming and meandering these tainted lands found themselves cornered and at the mercy of the curse!Two notable figures arrived looking for assistance - [Welcome to the Jungle](https://www.lusternia.com/2016/08/26/welcome-to-the-jungle/) - Something was amiss.Mraxin, the Perihelion of the Dawnburst Druids, had not returned for months, years even. It was Turiki, the Guardian of the Aphelion, who took it upon herself to venture from her post to see if any one within the Basin of Life had heard from him. In Glomdoring, she attempted to get her - [June Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2016/08/06/june-vesteran-honours-8/) - For the June Vesteran Honours, Portius won the bardic contest with the story titled, "Pilgrim". In the artisanal category, Alaksanteri won with the portrait titled "Viscanti Marquessa". Check out all of the winners in the Art-Bard Archives! Bardic AwardsBardic WinnerPortiusBardic RunnerupBleuuBardic MeritNaralis and ArianArtisanal AwardsArtisanal WinnerAlaksanteriArtisanal RunnerupMaralaArtisanal MeritTremula and Elyse - [The Ancestral House of Strongleaf](https://www.lusternia.com/2016/07/18/the-ancestral-house-of-strongleaf/) - During an otherwise uneventful Winter's day in Serenwilde, Arian of the Moondancers and Niina Yfae'dren began to notice the pixies in the forest stirring with mischief. Several of them had small slips of torn parchment clutched in their fingers.Curious as to what the pixies could have gotten up to, they began to collect these slips - [The Return of the Navigator and Weiwae, the Golden Heart](https://www.lusternia.com/2016/07/04/the-return-of-the-navigator-and-weiwae-the-golden-heart/) - In the beginning of the month of Tzarin, 444 years after the coming of Estarra, Penderglass T. Chartwright informed New Celest that their assistance was needed to maintain a portal that Darvellan, the Navigator was preparing between the First World and the Void. A steady supply of Light essence was required to keep the portal - [May Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2016/07/01/may-vesteran-honours-8/) - For the May Vesteran Honours, Portius won the bardic contest with the story titled, "The Life of Manana Kamini". In the artisanal category, Zarialle won with the portrait titled "The Megalith Stands Against the Sun Fae". Check out all of the winners in the Art-Bard Archives! Bardic AwardsBardic WinnerPortiusBardic RunnerupEmmalineBardic MeritThul and SalomeArtisanal AwardsArtisanal WinnerZarialleArtisanal RunnerupHakaiArtisanal - [Calling Upon the Dawnbursts](https://www.lusternia.com/2016/06/27/calling-upon-the-dawnbursts/) - When the Sun crested again early in Dioni, it was clear that Hallifax's Project Eclipse would no longer be able to withstand the onslaught of solar energy brought down by Father Sun. Thus, the Basin of Life sought out a more permanent solution. Gathering before the elder sunpride tree, figures like Crek Ysav'rai, Zyphora Windwhisper, - [The Magnifying Glass](https://www.lusternia.com/2016/06/26/the-magnifying-glass/) - The typical winter was not what was in store for the Basin of Life. Instead of chill and frost, the temperatures spiked once more as Father Sun again grew large in the sky and bore down upon the world's inhabitants. It started slow at first: a gentle simmer that soon grew more and more intense. - [April Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2016/06/07/april-vesteran-honours-6/) - For the April Vesteran Honours, Aithera won the bardic contest with an essay titled, "Essays on Lucidan Hues". In the artisanal category, Unzareh won with the extremely cute portrait titled "Drunk Viscanti". Check out all of the winners in the Art-Bard Archives! Bardic AwardsBardic WinnerAitheraBardic RunnerupMalikaiBardic MeritPortius and ScanlanArtisanal AwardsArtisanal WinnerUnzarehArtisanal RunnerupZarialle and PhoebusArtisanal MeritCiaran and - [Mystery at Highwater Keep](https://www.lusternia.com/2016/06/04/mystery-at-highwater-keep/) - On the sixth of Dvarish, 443 years after the Coming of Estarra, the Basin was surprised to hear Gonore of Highwater Keep shout across the Basin about intruders. Quickly various people from around the Basin noticed boulders strewn across the mountains, caused by the quick and stealthy invasion of two Goldenclaw wiccans named Jyoath and - [Sun Flares and Mysteries](https://www.lusternia.com/2016/05/23/sun-flares-and-mysteries/) - As the Sun grew inexorably larger in size, the peoples of the Basin of Life deal their best to ascertain the dangers that awaited them. In Serenwilde, Arian, Nuzi, and Delei assisted the naiad Isotta as she suffered from heat; meanwhile in Gaudiguch and Magnagora, Malarious and Tadhg were told prophesies from the Drachou and - [Hello world!](https://www.lusternia.com/2016/05/22/hello-world-2/) - Welcome to Iron Realms Entertainment Sites. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging! - [Temperatures Rising](https://www.lusternia.com/2016/05/19/temperatures-rising/) - It was the astrologers of the Basin who first noticed it: an increase in solar power that was distorting their attempts to take astrolabe readings. Across the organisations, they began to remark upon it to their companions - Fiik zi'Prouep of the Shadowdancers conferred with the faeling Tiarnis and Sikris Sablewing, who quickly turned her - [March Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2016/05/06/march-vesteran-honours-6/) - For the March Vesteran Honours, Versalean won the bardic contest with the short story titled, "The Wyrdenwood". In the artisanal category, Zarialle won with the portrait titled "Lady Drocila Beauteous Ruin in Contemplation". Check out all of the winners in the Art-Bard Archives! Bardic AwardsBardic WinnerVersaleanBardic RunnerupsSylandra and AlaryBardic MeritPortius, Thul, Salome, and StratasArtisanal AwardsArtisanal WinnerZarialleArtisanal - [Hooray for the Baby Animal Wrangler!](https://www.lusternia.com/2016/05/04/hooray-for-the-baby-animal-wrangler/) - A commotion occurred in Avechna's Peak this month as a number of baby animals, being grown to increase the numbers in the Nature Reserve, escaped their pens and began to run amok within the nurseries. The usually meek Quillion Jones was soon sent into a frustrated panic, and called out to help.To his relief, Tiarnis - [February Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2016/04/08/february-vesteran-honours-8/) - For the February Vesteran Honours, Sylandra won the bardic contest with the play titled, "Flying Against the Wind". In the artisanal category, Zarialle won with the portrait titled "Yarou n'Lochli, Conductress of Discord". Check out all of the winners in the Art-Bard Archives! Bardic Awards Bardic Winner Sylandra - [A Skunk by Any Other Name](https://www.lusternia.com/2016/04/04/a-skunk-by-any-other-name/) - The Great Spirit Skunk chose a quiet day for his return to Faethorn. Perhaps it was indeed that quietness that attracted his mischievous nature, or something entirely different, but the serene spell was broken the moment a skunk paraded through the famous Faethorn baths. Practicioners of Wicca and those skilled with Totems could sense the - [Ascension Event 2016](https://www.lusternia.com/2016/03/12/ascension-event-2016/) - As events culminated in the Dreaming and later with the false Maeve, the Seals of Nature and Beauty became weakened, which in turn weakened the rest of the Nine Seals. As stated in the histories under Coming of Estarra, when the Nine Seals are weakened, there is only one way that they can be recharged: - [January Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2016/03/04/january-vesteran-honours-6/) - For the January Vesteran Honours, Stratas won the bardic contest with the story titled, "The Black Rabbit of Glomdoring, Part 1". In the artisanal category, Arimisia won with the disturbing study titled "Maggots Into Flies". Check out all of the winners in the Art-Bard Archives! Bardic Awards Bardic Winner Stratas - [December Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2016/02/03/december-vesteran-honours-7/) - For the December Vesteran Honours, Stratas won the bardic contest with the play titled, "The Triumph of Glomdoring, A Play". In the artisanal category, Ciaran won with the study titled "Reaching Nirvana". Check out all of the winners in the Art-Bard Archives! - [The Everlasting Haze](https://www.lusternia.com/2016/01/31/the-everlasting-haze/) - Dame Maeve was defeated, the Seals were weakened, and everyone retreated to their homes to recover from the battle. Little did the people of Glomdoring know that something else retreated with them. Odd things began appearing in the Glomdoring forest, dark shadowy figures that they would perceive from the corner of their eye. Then fear - [Faethorn Nightmares and Tribulations](https://www.lusternia.com/2016/01/12/faethorn-nightmares-and-tribulations/) - The Maeve, still saddened by the untimely death of her Consort, sat on her throne as she always did, stoically and with the dignified air of a queen in mourning. The world around her slowly returned to normal and the Faethorn Court, once teeming with confusion and despair, became a quiet reflection of its monarch's - [The Unbranding of Queen Maeve of the Fae](https://www.lusternia.com/2016/01/05/the-unbranding-of-queen-maeve-of-the-fae/) - Darkness fell across the Ethereal Plane. When the Silver Goddess, alarmed by the change, arrived to tend to the land She loves, all seemed normal: the Queen of the Fae sat, as always, on her throne, her Consort by her side, and the fae of the Faethorn Court went about their daily activities. As far - [November Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2016/01/04/november-vesteran-honours-7/) - For the November Vesteran Honours, Portius won the bardic contest with the poem titled, "Eight Against the Prison". In the artisanal category, Arimisia won with the study titled "He-Who_Avenges-Kittens". Check out all of the winners in the Art-Bard Archives! - [Centaur Pendants](https://www.lusternia.com/2016/01/03/centaur-pendants/) - Midspring found the centaur colts with an abundance of energy, demanding to play tag with a visitor to Serenwilde, Domo Tenderhoof. The older centaur refused, claiming he was too busy trying to make centaur pendants. Serenwilders Sondayga, Lleuke, Aeldra, Rivius, Avurekhos, Zinnaella and Kurut gathered around the centaurs and quickly offered their assistance to Domo, - [Dreaming of Gods: Waking Up Is Hard to Do](https://www.lusternia.com/2015/12/25/dreaming-of-gods-waking-up-is-hard-to-do/) - Towards the end of their time in the Dreaming, the mortals were in fierce rebellion while the Circle of the Deep raged against them for not accepting them as the new pantheon of gods. However, with the help of Mysrai and Maylea's loyal servants Sebitti Silkenhand and the peacock known as Shashi, Hoaracle eventually was - [Dreaming of Gods: Reshaping Reality](https://www.lusternia.com/2015/12/25/dreaming-of-gods-reshaping-reality/) - The Circle of the Deep wasted no time in shaping the Dreaming world to their whims.Sciomore, the Logician, descended upon the city of Hallifax, immediately drawing the present citizenry to stand before him at the Matrix. The city and its people belonged to him, he declared. In response, the assembled Board members attempted to inure - [Dreaming of Gods: Flashback and Flashforward](https://www.lusternia.com/2015/12/25/dreaming-of-gods-flashback-and-flashforward/) - Over 200 years ago, the first indication that something powerful roamed the Dreaming was exhibited when several entities took possession of Elemental Lords (see Events 102). While it was never clear then who these dreamweavers were, it has now been revealed that they were members of the Circle of the Deep, a group of dreamweavers - [The Age of Ascension Ends](https://www.lusternia.com/2015/12/14/the-age-of-ascension-ends/) - All of creation shuddered, as the Soulless Gods broke free of their prisons. As Estarra the Eternal appeared to deal with the threat, she was devoured by Kethuru. Thus, it was up to the Elder Gods to defeat the Soulless, but to no avail. Jadice rose up to defend Hallifax and was defeated by Illith. - [Salmon Dreams](https://www.lusternia.com/2015/12/05/salmon-dreams/) - It was late in the evening, on the 22nd of Roarkian, when Magee Gladheart, granddaughter of Rocky, the tree climbing furrikin shouted out to the basin of life that she had found 'it', and needed help. Kiradawea from Hallifax was the first to find Magee Gladheart and to ask what it was that Magee had - [October Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2015/12/03/october-vesteran-honours-7/) - For the October Vesteran Honours, Zarialle won the bardic contest with the collection titled, "The Magnagoran Election Poems". In the artisanal category, Arimisia won with the study titled "Commander of the Armies of Darkness". Check out all of the winners in the Art-Bard Archives! - [September Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2015/11/07/september-vesteran-honours-7/) - For the September Vesteran Honours, Salome won the bardic contest with the play titled, "Sign of the Spider". In the artisanal category, Arimisia won with the portrait titled "Kalas Jazris". Check out all of the winners in the Art-Bard Archives! - [Lusternia Eleven Year Anniversary Events!](https://www.lusternia.com/2015/10/12/lusternia-eleven-year-anniversary-events/) - Lusternia began its journey eleven years ago, opening its doors on October 7, 2004. What is more appropriate then to celebrate this momentous event with fun, games and surprises!October 4, 2015 - Hamster HuntTime: 2:00 p.m. PSTEvent: Hamster Hunt!Winners:First Place: Ixion (300 credits)Second Place: Arimisia (150 credits)Third Place: Llewell and Thalkros (50 credits)Catch hamsters as - [August Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2015/10/02/august-vesteran-honours-5/) - For the August Vesteran Honours, Stratas won the bardic contest with the report titled, "Quiet Harmony: Reflections On Lord Nocht and the Harbingers". In the artisanal category, Malinov won with the sketch titled "A Sunrise Hatching". Check out all of the winners in the Art-Bard Archives! - [July Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2015/10/02/july-vesteran-honours-7/) - For the July Vesteran Honours, Kalnid won the bardic contest with the report titled, "Magnagoran Mycology". In the artisanal category, Ppersayis won with the portrait titled "Daughter of Crow". Check out all of the winners in the Art-Bard Archives! - [Elemental Upheavals and a Hidden Artist Colony](https://www.lusternia.com/2015/08/17/elemental-upheavals-and-a-hidden-artist-colony/) - All was quiet, yet all was amiss, when the Manifestations disappeared. Unnoticed, they slinked away, out of perception, not a trace of their disappearance left behind. That is, until they started to feed. One by one, the creatures of the elemental planes began to disappear.First to notice were the citizens of Hallifax, the life sucked - [June Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2015/08/07/june-vesteran-honours-7/) - For the June Vesteran Honours, Vasilissa won the bardic contest with the story titled, "Drinker of Tears". In the artisanal category, persayis won with the portrait titled "The Nightmare". Check out all of the winners in the Art-Bard Archives! - [May Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2015/07/01/may-vesteran-honours-7/) - For the May Vesteran Honours, Portius won the bardic contest with the epic titled, "Plague". In the artisanal category, Arimisia won with the haunting portrait titled "Descent into Madness". Check out all of the winners in the Art-Bard Archives! - [April Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2015/05/31/april-vesteran-honours-5/) - For the April Vesteran Honours, Zitto won the bardic contest with the treatise titled, "Ante-Hoc Material-Contract Temporal Correction". In the artisanal category, Daraius won with the graphic depiction of "Worms and You". - [March Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2015/04/30/march-vesteran-honours-5/) - For the March Vesteran Honours, Zitto won the bardic contest with the treatise titled, "An Overview of the Various Migrant's Disorders". In the artisanal category, Daraius won with the portrait titled "A Humble Bureaucrat". Check out all of the winners in the Art-Bard Archives! - [A Prisoner Released](https://www.lusternia.com/2015/04/27/a-prisoner-released/) - Glomdoring remained vigilant in their guard of the Traitor's prison, watching and waiting as the Wyrd took its toll on His frozen form. Stifled cries and hushed whispers reached out to those who would come to watch, the only hints of life that remained from the Elder. As the days progressed, the contact became more - [Of Manteekan and Glomdoring](https://www.lusternia.com/2015/04/24/of-manteekan-and-glomdoring/) - After nearly two months of silence, and the sky free of the haze, a cool breeze blew over the Basin, and a fine mist stretched over the sky. Preparing themselves for the worst, each city and commune armed themselves for another battle, yet strangely, the mists did not move, resigned to lingering in the air - [Of Frost Spite and Snowcats](https://www.lusternia.com/2015/04/24/of-frost-spite-and-snowcats/) - Nearly a month passed before the strange mists that escaped during Maylea's return would come to be seen once more. Without warning, a foul storm began to form over the Northern Mountains, sending hail raining down the mountainsides. Awoken by the strange weather, the Frost Spite rose over Mount Wend, his temper stirred by the - [Of Mists and Squonks](https://www.lusternia.com/2015/04/24/of-mists-and-squonks/) - Joy filled the skies upon Maylea, the Bloom of Serenity's return to the Basin, yet happiness is not all that was revealed upon Her return. Trailing Maylea on Her journey through the Void was an odd mist that lurked just outside of Her perception, waiting. As the sky was torn open by the combined efforts - [The Shadow of Wisdom, the Seeker of Tales and the Bloom of Serenity](https://www.lusternia.com/2015/04/20/the-shadow-of-wisdom-the-seeker-of-tales-and-the-bloom-of-serenity/) - When the Elder Gods left for the Void, the creches that housed the half-formed were sealed away, a last attempt to keep them safe from the hunger of the Soulless Gods. Many were simply forgotten in the ensuing aeons; their Divine guardians consumed by the Soulless, or Their minds turned to more pressing matters.For some - [The Emerald Enclave](https://www.lusternia.com/2015/04/17/the-emerald-enclave/) - In search of answers to their many questions, the organisations of the world turned to their own people for assistance. In the city of Hallifax, Researcher Inix Aalin conducted a series of experiements, assisted by Chairman Zitto Shevat, Force Commander Elanorwen Pavok, Shedrin Shevat, and several others. The city of Celest, meanwhile, attended a sermon - [The Aegis of Vestera](https://www.lusternia.com/2015/04/15/the-aegis-of-vestera/) - Thunder split the sky above the Balach Swamp, and reality was torn asunder as a rift opened at its centre, spilling the nightmares of Great Muud on an unsuspecting world.Those first few unfortunate enough to scout out the vortex perished to the beasts, which were tough enough to fell even the hardiest of demigods. Eventually, - [The Keepers of Dreams](https://www.lusternia.com/2015/04/15/the-keepers-of-dreams/) - Power stirred within the First World, and Dreamweavers throughout the land - though few in number - were the first to feel the touch of the Dreaming upon the Basin of Life. It was not long before the less sensitive masses felt this surge of power too, and speculation began to ripple through the cities - [February Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2015/03/31/february-vesteran-honours-6/) - For the February Vesteran Honours, Tremula won the bardic contest with the manuscript titled, "A Treatise on the Ancient Path to Celestian Sainthood". In the artisanal category, Azula won with the portrait titled "Etaso, the Waxing Gibbous". Check out all of the winners in the Art-Bard Archives! - [January Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2015/02/25/january-vesteran-honours-5/) - For the January Vesteran Honours, Alaksanteri won the bardic contest with the treatise titled, "Trinities and Endless Cycles". In the artisanal category, Yarith won with the painting titled "Pentagram". Check out all of the winners in the Art-Bard Archives! - [Trial of Ascension: Rise of Lady Kaimanahi](https://www.lusternia.com/2015/02/21/trial-of-ascension-rise-of-lady-kaimanahi/) - During the Trial of Ascension, three Sealbearers stepped forward to face off for the final event: Princess Kelly McCloud of New Celest, Kalas Ixion of Magnagora and Kalas Malarious of Gaudiguch. Princess Kelly took possession of the Staff of Ascension early and dominated throughout the event, surrounded by her subjects of New Celest as well - [Ascension Event 2015](https://www.lusternia.com/2015/02/16/ascension-event-2015/) - As events culminated in the Saga of the Scourge of Nature, the small, hidden Soulless God known as Nemach merged his essence with nature through the healing mound of Mornhai, an ancient artifact of the Elder Gods. By siphoning power through the Seal of Nature, all Nine Seals that hold the Soulless Gods captive were - [Spinning Fire](https://www.lusternia.com/2015/02/14/spinning-fire/) - During early Avechary, 405 years after the Coming of Estarra, a young dracnari maiden named Asaami stumbled into the City of Gaudiguch, seeking the assistance of the Pyromancers's guild. Ashed Shahrizai, a member of the Circle of the Five Sacred Fires in the Pyromancers, was the first to come to her aid. She spoke of - [December Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2015/01/29/december-vesteran-honours-6/) - For the December Vesteran Honours, Ventidius won the bardic contest with the short story titled, "Ezekiel's Sorrow". In the artisanal category, Niun won with the portrait of "Brother Crow". Check out all of the winners in the Art-Bard Archives! - [A Geomancer's Dream](https://www.lusternia.com/2015/01/11/a-geomancers-dream/) - As adventurers far and wide prepared themselves for the coming Ascension Trials, the rest of the Basin continued in motion, the Soulless threat looming over them like a dark shadow. In Magnagora, a geomancer researcher named Rasebal i'Xiia, long wrapped up in his research on the Taint and its effect on the earth, stumbled out - [Trapping the Soulless](https://www.lusternia.com/2015/01/03/trapping-the-soulless/) - Lanterns trailed through the sky, vessels of prayer set aloft as mortals gathered to see the ritual completed. It was not long, however, before the memories of the aslaran turned from hope to fear, as a deep, dark presence began to make itself known once more. The flames of the lanterns quickly died, replaced by - [The Tale of Two Sanctuaries](https://www.lusternia.com/2015/01/03/the-tale-of-two-sanctuaries/) - Between a roc and a hard place, Arien Siar'luin was the first to stumble upon a contingent of spriggans, fiercely defending the entrance into the area above. Fortunately, Serenwilden reinforcements were right behind her, and together, they forced their way into tunnels obscured by icy fog. Climbing upwards, they arrived at the entrance into a - [Return of Nature's Scourge](https://www.lusternia.com/2015/01/03/return-of-natures-scourge/) - It was a quiet month that followed as the Scourge of Nature held firmly, not a single sighting of mushrooms reported or rotten whiff caught. Still, tension and uncertainty hung in the air after Estarra the Eternal Herself had proclaimed the influence to be of Soulless origin. Without knowing the underlying cause, could the infestation - [The Rotting of Nature](https://www.lusternia.com/2014/12/27/the-rotting-of-nature/) - Marked by celebrations in many an organisation, the festive and monumental year 400 CoE culminated in the arrival of the Solstice season, which was made even more joyous by the reappearance of the quite content Crumkane, Lord of Epicurean Delights. In the spirit of the holiday, Jolly Bundy and his entourage of red-clad gnomes brought - [November Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2014/12/11/november-vesteran-honours-6/) - For the November Vesteran Honours, Portius won the bardic contest with the poem titled, "Old Maka's Embassy". In the artisanal category, Niun won with the portrait of "Milo, the Blossoming Corpse". Check out all of the winners in the Art-Bard Archives! - [A Desperate Experiment](https://www.lusternia.com/2014/12/06/a-desperate-experiment/) - Late in Juliary 399, a commotion was heard in the Meliashmora of Imperial Secrets. A distraught harlequin trouper raised his voice to the heavens in horror and hope that some kind adventurer would hear of his plight. A sworn servant of Alodale, the Villainous Lord, the harlequin was affronted to have been violently accosted whilst - [October Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2014/11/21/october-vesteran-honours-6/) - For the October Vesteran Honours, Thayan won the bardic contest with the play titled, "The Disappearance of Sako Tleem". In the artisanal category, Daganev won with his rendition of "The Treeripper Flag and Shield". Check out all of the winners in the Art-Bard Archives! - [The Navigator Cometh](https://www.lusternia.com/2014/11/02/the-navigator-cometh/) - It was 396 years after the Coming of Estarra when, shortly after the First World saw the end of another Great Hunt, that the Elder Darvellan, the Navigator, returned. Having found the beacon left in the Void, Darvellan appeared in His newly made fulcrux within Avechna's Peak, announcing His happiness at being home once more. - [Tales of the Flesh](https://www.lusternia.com/2014/11/02/tales-of-the-flesh/) - What with Atropos' shears having been 'misplaced', the departed souls of the slain were left roaming the Basin circa Roarkian, 396. The mortals who went about gathering these ghosts on Atropos' behalf were sometimes regaled with tales from one of the past lives of the ghosts, though words of warning were to be heard from - [September Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2014/11/02/september-vesteran-honours-6/) - For the September Vesteran Honours, Daganev won the bardic contest with the story titled, "A Personal Account of the Founding of the Ebonguard". In the artisanal category, Persayis won with the portrait entitled "Vespertine Acolyte". Check out all of the winners in the Art-Bard Archives! - [Lusternia Ten Year Anniversary!](https://www.lusternia.com/2014/10/24/lusternia-ten-year-anniversary/) - Lusternia began its journey nine years ago, opening its doors on October 7, 2004. What is more appropriate then to celebrate this momentous event with fun, games and surprises!October 4, 2014 - Hamster HuntTime: 6:00 p.m. PSTEvent: Hamster Hunt!Winners:First Place: Arimisia (300 credits)Second Place: Rivius (150 credits)Third Place: Zitto (50 credits)Catch hamsters as they run - [August Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2014/09/19/august-vesteran-honours-4/) - For the August Vesteran Honours, Perais won the bardic contest with the epic titled, "Concerning the Vassal Packs of Hallifax". In the artisanal category, Persayis won with the painting entitled "Blessings of the Moon". Check out all of the winners in the Art-Bard Archives! - [July Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2014/09/01/july-vesteran-honours-6/) - For the July Vesteran Honours, Portius won the bardic contest with the epic titled, "The Glorious Expedition". In the artisanal category, Arimisia won with the painting entitled "Svana Burns for You". Check out all of the winners in the Art-Bard Archives! - [June Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2014/08/04/june-vesteran-honours-6/) - For the June Vesteran Honours, Nimhuire won the bardic contest with the villanelle titled, "Moondancer Villanelle". In the artisanal category, Arimisia won with the painting entitled "Rebirth". Check out all of the winners in the Art-Bard Archives! - [Lost Secrets of the Paladins Revealed](https://www.lusternia.com/2014/07/22/lost-secrets-of-the-paladins-revealed/) - During Klangiary, 388CE, those versed in the arts of Sacraments were given to visions of a paladin seeking their aid. Briefly confirming with others in New Celest whether they had visions as well, parties went out seeking the vision's source, going to such places as Spectre Isle and Skarch Desert. When they found no success - [May Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2014/06/28/may-vesteran-honours-6/) - For the May Vesteran Honours, Alary won the contest with the story titled, "Of the Dreaming". In the artisanal category, Arimisia won with the painting entitled "Shikari's Surrender". Check out all of the winners in the Art-Bard Archives! - [April Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2014/05/30/april-vesteran-honours-4/) - For the April Vesteran Honours, Thayan won the contest with the story titled, "The Chateau d'Amour". In the artisanal category, Feyrll won with the painting entitled "The Beauty and the Beast". Check out all of the winners in the Art-Bard Archives! - [The Madness of Mwauka](https://www.lusternia.com/2014/05/14/the-madness-of-mwauka/) - Only a few days after the return of the Lord Predator to the Basin of Life, shouts hailing from Verasavir Valley pierced the silence of the Basin of Life. From the sound of it, an argument had broken out between two taurian of the valley. Citizens of New Celest and Serenwilde reached the valley first - [Return of the Predator](https://www.lusternia.com/2014/05/12/return-of-the-predator/) - Early in the month of Tzarin, a small number of residents of the Glomdoring Forest experienced strange visions of things they could not quite describe - or, truly, comprehend. After a quick investigation, they deduced that only the members of Lord Shikari's Order had witnessed these - a revelation of concern, for the Predator had - [March Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2014/05/01/march-vesteran-honours-4/) - For the March Vesteran Honours, Nihmriel won the contest with the novella titled, "The Greatest of All Possible Triumphs". In the artisanal category, Persayis won with the portrait entitled "Mysrai, Harlot of the Revolution". Check out all of the winners in the Art-Bard Archives! - [Troubled Waters](https://www.lusternia.com/2014/04/28/troubled-waters/) - In the wake of the triumphant return of the four Elder Gods, in the eventful year 381 after the Coming of Estarra, much rejoicing and celebration took place among the organisations of the Basin and in the Divine Havens alike. Serenwilde welcomed the Silver Goddess with joy and relief, their fervent prayers full of longing - [Founding of the Gourmet Ghetto](https://www.lusternia.com/2014/04/05/founding-of-the-gourmet-ghetto/) - Alerted by screams of agony bellowing out of the village Delport, the mortals of the Basin rushed to investigate, only to find the village mostly filled with hideous abominations, shadows of the villagers they once were. Stumbling upon Madame Sylvie, Chatelaine d'Amour, they were shocked to see her unchanged by the atrocity that afflicted the - [February Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2014/04/02/february-vesteran-honours-5/) - For the February Vesteran Honours, Portius won the contest with the short story titled, "The Life of Ilesa Windwhisper". In the artisanal category, Arimisia won with the painting entitled "The Sky Guard". Check out all of the winners in the Art-Bard Archives! - [The Cyaethl Affair](https://www.lusternia.com/2014/03/25/the-cyaethl-affair/) - Relative peace across the southern Basin was disturbed when cries for help were heard from several villages, but quickly cut off, leaving only a sinister silence. An investigative team from Gaudiguch included Alary, Seraku and Persayis, but they could find no trace of the missing villagers from Dairuchi. Haezon and a group from Glomdoring were - [The Waking of the Thorns](https://www.lusternia.com/2014/03/04/the-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 - [Ascension Event 2014](https://www.lusternia.com/2014/03/04/ascension-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 - [January Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2014/02/26/january-vesteran-honours-4/) - 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! - [The Merry Minstrel](https://www.lusternia.com/2014/02/23/the-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 - [November Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2014/01/12/november-vesteran-honours-5/) - 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". - [Red Star Burning](https://www.lusternia.com/2014/01/09/red-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 - [Secrets of the Red Star Revealed](https://www.lusternia.com/2014/01/08/secrets-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 - [December Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2014/01/08/december-vesteran-honours-5/) - 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! - [Unveiling the Pyresmith](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/12/03/unveiling-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 - [Plaxios and the Cloud Stalker](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/12/03/plaxios-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 - [October Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/11/28/october-vesteran-honours-5/) - 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". - [A Gathering Storm](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/11/18/a-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 - [September Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/10/29/september-vesteran-honours-5/) - For the September Vesteran Honours, Tacita won the contest with the poem titled, "Shadowfire Lament". In the artisanal category, Ried won with the portrait entitled "Nocht, the Silent". Congratulations to all the rest who placed in the artisanal and bardic contests this month. - [Lusternia Nine Year Anniversary!](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/10/19/lusternia-nine-year-anniversary/) - Lusternia began its journey nine years ago, opening its doors on October 7, 2004. What is more appropriate then to celebrate this momentous event with fun, games and surprises! October 4, 2013 - Hamster Hunt Time: 6:00 p.m. PST Event: Hamster Hunt! Winners: First Place: Kelly (300 credits) Second Place: Vivet (150 credits) Third Place: - [August Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/10/01/august-vesteran-honours-3/) - For the August Vesteran Honours, Darius won the contest with the story titled, "The Zoo". In the artisanal category, Arimisia won with the painting entitled "The Waltz of Fain". Congratulations to all the rest who placed in the artisanal and bardic contests this month. - [Red Star Rising!](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/10/01/red-star-rising/) - The ominous red star that astrologers have been warning about has suddenly winked into view, raining a shower of fiery crimson motes. This seems to have had a serious impact on some bards who are searching for libraries. Help the bards this month and perhaps unravel some of the mysteries that have occurred throughout the - [July Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/09/03/july-vesteran-honours-5/) - For the July Vesteran Honours, Siam won the contest with the poem titled, "Moon Dirge". In the artisanal category, Elyse won with the portait entitled "Hallifaxian Bureacrat". Congratulations to all the rest who placed in the artisanal and bardic contests this month. - [June Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/07/31/june-vesteran-honours-5/) - For the June Vesteran Honours, Irillia won the contest with the mystery titled, "The Eepok Oolin Casefiles: The Stewartsville Murder Mystery". In the artisanal category, Persayis won with the disturbing portait entitled "Lichseed". Congratulations to all the rest who placed in the artisanal and bardic contests this month - [The Night Market](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/07/09/the-night-market/) - The paradigms rippled in the furious gale of reality, invisible but to the eyes of those trained in the secretive art of paradigmatics. Slowly, the realization begin to spread among the Illuminati that there was an immense force disturbing the paradigms. As they wondered of its source, a cloaked Illuminatus arrived at the Eternal Flame - [Valtreth: Dawning of a New Light](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/07/08/valtreth-dawning-of-a-new-light/) - An otherwise quiet period of meditation and uneasy waiting was broken quickly for Azula Vivalde and Duchess Sidonie Kissane-McCloud of New Celest, their reveries interrupted by none other than the Supernal Japhiel. The Illuminator of Merciful Justice relayed to Azula and Sidonie visions of a great and terrible darkness, of a power that bespoke something - [An Exalted Exit](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/07/04/an-exalted-exit/) - It was a cold morning on the eleventh of Vestian when the Exalted Lord appeared in the skies over New Celest. Drawn and grim, He called for the aid of the Architect, decrying the absence of Terentia and the lack of Her presence upon the First World. Zvoltz heeded the call of the Exalted Lord, - [May Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/06/13/may-vesteran-honours-5/) - For the May Vesteran Honours, Thul won the bardic contest with the story titled, "The Divergent Branches - The Wyrden Basin". In the artisanal category, Rivius won with the masterpiece entitled "Secret Beneath the River". Congratulations to all the rest who placed in the artisanal and bardic contests this month - [Fumes in the Pyramid of Pyromancy](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/06/03/fumes-in-the-pyramid-of-pyromancy/) - Akungi Sain called out on the Pyromancer aetherwave, asking for help in a worried voice. Alary responded quickly, but she quickly panicked as Akungi fainted and was unable to provide any helpful information. Soon, tremors began to rock the Pyramid of the Pyromancers in Gaudiguch, worsening the stress on both Akungi and Alary. Luckily for - [The Dreadform Rampage](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/06/03/the-dreadform-rampage/) - The eternal conflict between Zvoltz and Mysrai sparked anew as Mysrai utilised a new weapon. Seeking vengeance for Her injury by Zvoltz's hammer, the Shifting Goddess released the Dreadform of Iklara from the depths of Her realm. Riding it into battle against Zvoltz and Hallifax, a furious fight broke out in the skies over the - [April Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/05/17/april-vesteran-honours-3/) - For the April Vesteran Honours, Thul won the bardic contest with the story titled, "The Divergent Branches - The Second Age of Nature". In the artisanal category, Valkia won with the portrait entitled "Serenading Mother Night". Congratulations to all the rest who placed in the artisanal and bardic contests this month - [March Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/04/30/march-vesteran-honours-3/) - For the March Vesteran Honours, Tacita won the bardic contest with the conclusion of the epic titled, "The Age of Supremacy: Part 5 of 5". In the artisanal category, Sakr won with the portrait entitled "Lady Viravain". Congratulations to all the rest who placed in the artisanal and bardic contests this month - [February Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/04/04/february-vesteran-honours-4/) - For the February Vesteran Honours, Thul won the bardic contest with the short story titled, "Words of Power". In the artisanal category, Persayis won with the portrait entitled "Shadow Kissed". Congratulations to all the rest who placed in the artisanal and bardic contests this month - [The Bards and the Lost Book](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/03/25/the-bards-and-the-lost-book/) - Shouting over his jubilant discovery, Adalgiso Batyun drew the attention of many from both communes and from all four cities. Upon arrival, they heard tell of "Love of Story", an ancient book that had been written off as pure myth. Having found the cover, Adalgiso believed he'd found proof of its existence - and excitement - [Spirit Groundhog in the Blasted Land](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/03/05/spirit-groundhog-in-the-blasted-land/) - Early in the month of Dioni, the tae'dae Theodorous Rosefelt set out into the Basin in search of a specific rodent. He had heard that a rodent hunt had just finished, and had hopes that someone had seen the one he was looking for. Not long after he set out, he happened upon some members - [Code Yellow in Hallifax](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/03/05/code-yellow-in-hallifax/) - "A Code Yellow anomaly has been detected within the Centre for Aeromantic Engineering," the cold, monotonous voice of the Collective announced, breaking the usual silence of the City of Hallifax. Mobilizing to the Centre, Kialkarkea Diodorus made a quick sweep of the tower. Soon, she discovered that the statue recently discovered during the War of - [Ascension Event 2013](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/03/02/ascension-event-2013/) - At the end of the War of the Wheel, when the Time Dames brought together the two halves of the Heart of Shallah, one from the Knights of Shallah and one from Lirangsha Retreat, they were able to summon forth Goloth Maxyenka, whose power emanated from the Soulless God Crazen. However, their tampering in the - [January Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/03/02/january-vesteran-honours-3/) - For the January Vesteran Honours, Tacita won (again!) the bardic contest with the ongoing saga titled, "The Age of Supremacy: Part 3 of 5". In the artisanal category, Persayis won with the portrait entitled "Born of Flame". Congratulations to all the rest who placed in the artisanal and bardic contests this month! - [December Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/03/02/december-vesteran-honours-4/) - For the December Vesteran Honours, Tacita won the bardic contest with the first part of a novel titled, "The Age of Supremacy: Part 2 of 5". In the artisanal category, Fania won with the portrait entitled "Elder Goddess Trillillial". Congratulations to all the rest who placed in the artisanal and bardic contests this month! - [The End of the War of the Wheel](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/01/08/the-end-of-the-war-of-the-wheel/) - It began just before the end of Estar 344, during the afternoon of the last day of the month. Rusacha, Dame of the Weft shouted her discovery, and her sisters soon shouted their celebration. The Wheel of the Goloths turned and churned forth dominators and wraiths, fought back by many of the Basin of Life - [July Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/01/02/july-vesteran-honours-4/) - For the July Vesteran Honours, Irillia won the bardic contest with the play titled, "From Crystal We are Created". In the artisanal category, Reodan won with the painting simply entitled "Aquamancy". Congratulations to all the rest who placed in the artisanal and bardic contests this month! - [August Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/01/02/august-vesteran-honours-2/) - For the August Vesteran Honours, Rancoura won the bardic contest with the poem titled, "A Silent Caw for Crow". In the artisanal category, Fania won with the portrait entitled "Junia and the Hummingbird". Congratulations to all the rest who placed in the artisanal and bardic contests this month! - [Lusternia Eight Year Anniversary!](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/01/02/lusternia-eight-year-anniversary/) - Lusternia began its journey eight years ago, opening its doors on October 7, 2004. What is more appropriate then to celebrate this momentous event with eight days of fun, games and surprises! Be sure to here during that time as there will sure to be something for everyone! October 4, 2012 - Hamster Hunt Time: - [September Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/01/02/september-vesteran-honours-4/) - For the September Vesteran Honours, Akyaevin won the bardic contest with the story titled, "The Last Sit". In the artisanal category, Fania won with the portrait entitled "Meliana With Her Bears". Congratulations to all the rest who placed in the artisanal and bardic contests this month! - [October Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/01/02/october-vesteran-honours-4/) - For the October Vesteran Honours, Irillia won the bardic contest with the play titled, "Of Holograms and Hearts". In the artisanal category, Elyse won with the portrait entitled "Ur'dead Knight". Congratulations to all the rest who placed in the artisanal and bardic contests this month! - [November Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/01/02/november-vesteran-honours-4/) - For the November Vesteran Honours, Tacita won the bardic contest with the first part of a novel titled, "The Age of Supremacy". In the artisanal category, Sakr won with the portrait entitled "Gaudiguch Battle Maiden". Congratulations to all the rest who placed in the artisanal and bardic contests this month! - [October Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/01/02/october-vesteran-honours-3/) - For the October Vesteran Honours, Auturius won the bardic contest for the story, "A Different Perspective". In the artisanal category, Lilian won with her portrait entitled, "Lyethal Silverwolf". Congratulations to all the rest who placed in the artisanal and bardic contests in October! - [Red Cross Credits](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/01/02/red-cross-credits/) - The holiday season is a time for giving and turning our thoughts to charitable acts. As such, Lusternia will be donating 10% of all revenue generated from credit sales from December 15 to the end of the year to the Red Cross. Purchasing credits now will not only help your character but will also help - [November Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/01/02/november-vesteran-honours-3/) - For the November Vesteran Honours, Stratas won the bardic contest for the epic poem, "The Triumph of Glomdoring". In the artisanal category, Lilian won with her portrait entitled, "Flowergirl Maeah". Congratulations to all the rest who placed in the artisanal and bardic contests in November! - [Ascension Event 2012](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/01/02/ascension-event-2012/) - At the end of the Era of the Wounded Sky, the Soulless God Zenos was partially released through the manipulation of mortals by the Ice Angels. Further, the power of the Soulless God was amplified through the capture of two Voices of Elder Gods. Though eventually the Voices were freed and Zenos was defeated, the - [Challenge of Chaos](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/01/02/challenge-of-chaos-6/) - The Nine Seals have been weakened and thus the first Challenge has been called within the Basin of Life to restore their strength once again. For one day the Purple Hamster of Chaos has challenged all that would take her on to a wild and chaotic chase across the Basin of Life. At the end - [New Releases: Two Bard Guilds, Shamanism and a God](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/01/02/new-releases-two-bard-guilds-shamanism-and-a-god/) - After the Icewynd Epic Event concluded, several big releases hit Lusternia. First, druids received access Shamanism, a new skillset that allows druids to manipulate the weather and tap into the rhythms of of nature itself, which translates into visions of the past, present and future. Both the Hartstone and Blacktalon guild can take this skill. - [Challenge of Nature](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/01/02/challenge-of-nature-6/) - The Trial of Nature lead adventurers across the face of Lusternia, even into the frigid heart of the Icewynd! At the end of the trial, one stood triumphant - Xenthos An'Ryshe, who won by a large margin, despite difficulties of his own. First Place: Xenthos (Holder of the Medallion of Nature) Second Place: Svorai (700 - [Challenge of Knowledge](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/01/02/challenge-of-knowledge-6/) - Many came from across the Basin of Life, seeking to prove their knowledge of the past and present! For long the trial remained close, with Phoebus and Solanis battling it out for the first position for much of the challenge. As it grew to a close, however, one stood the clear victor. First Place: Solanis - [December Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/01/02/december-vesteran-honours-3/) - For the December Vesteran Honours, Druken won the bardic contest for the treatise titled, "The History of the Shee-Slaugh Court". In the artisanal category, Maellio won with her portrait entitled, "Turilira - Radian Glass Shadhahvar". Congratulations to all the rest who placed in the artisanal and bardic contests in November! - [Challenge of Harmony](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/01/02/challenge-of-harmony-5/) - Mortals come from each of the cities and communes of the Basin for a battle, not of blades and magic, but of words. Spreading out across the Basin and into the higher planes and aetherspace, mortals sought to sway the minds of the denizens in Lusternia in their quest to claim the Medallion of Harmony. - [Challenge of Life](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/01/02/challenge-of-life-6/) - On the 22nd of Kiana, 317 CoE, a serious outbreak of a lethal and fast-spreading illness fell upon the furrikin race. Many citizens of the Basin gathered, and subsequently split, to save as many as possible. Almost five hundred were infected, and there were fatalities in the hundreds. However, by a (very!) small margin, those - [Challenge of Death](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/01/02/challenge-of-death-7/) - Mortals from across the Basin gathered with weapons drawn and ready, each eager to test their deadly skill on the denizens of Lusternia in the Challenge of Death. Though Malarious took the lead at first, Inagin of New Celest powered past him and maintained a strong hold on first place. Xena, Malarious, and Talan raced - [Challenge of Beauty](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/01/02/challenge-of-beauty-6/) - Trademasters from all across the Basin of Life submitted their finest designs, vying to provide the most creative, most aesthetically appealing, and most attractive creation in order to claim the Seal of Beauty! Numerous designs of outstanding quality were submitted, but the Seal ultimately went to Maellio Onz'Verheu of Hallifax! 1st: Maellio (a mandala of - [Challenge of Justice](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/01/02/challenge-of-justice-6/) - The Challenge of Justice saw many great debates while the Administrators of Fate referreed. Though competition was fierce, Morbo arose as the preeminent debater and claimed the the Seal of Justice!The following prizes were also awarded: Second Place (700 credits): Talan Third Place (500 credits): Hyde Fourth Place (250 credits): Ethelon Fifth Place (100 credits): - [January Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/01/02/january-vesteran-honours-2/) - For the January Vesteran Honours, Arafinwe won the bardic contest for the story titled, "A Memory of Note - I - Sariin". In the artisanal category, Arunasapta won with her painting entitled, "The Scarlet Goddess Astride the Dreadform of Iklara". Congratulations to all the rest who placed in the artisanal and bardic contests this month! - [February Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/01/02/february-vesteran-honours-3/) - For the February Vesteran Honours, Naia won the bardic contest for the story titled, "The Perfect Sword". In the artisanal category, Phoebus won with her painting entitled, "Companion". Congratulations to all the rest who placed in the artisanal and bardic contests this month! - [April Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/01/02/april-vesteran-honours-2/) - For the April Vesteran Honours, Fareneth won the bardic contest for the story titled, "Descent into darkness; a study into the Void". In the artisanal category, Maellio won with her portrait of "Father - Daughter". Congratulations to all the rest who placed in the artisanal and bardic contests this month! - [May Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/01/02/may-vesteran-honours-4/) - For the May Vesteran Honours, Morbo won the bardic contest with the comedic story titled, "A Hero Arises: Part One. The Dread Chicken of Delport". In the artisanal category, Phoebus won with her portrait of "Ai'dayi Lars". Congratulations to all the rest who placed in the artisanal and bardic contests this month! - [June Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/01/02/june-vesteran-honours-4/) - For the June Vesteran Honours, Cierce won the bardic contest with the comedic short story titled, "A World In Ruins: To the Sea, Someday". In the artisanal category, Arunasapta won with a study entitled "Portrait of the Artist's Husband in Templar Regalia". Congratulations to all the rest who placed in the artisanal and bardic contests - [April Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/01/02/april-vesteran-honours/) - For the April Vesteran Honours, Tacita won the bardic contest for the poem, "Ode to a Nighthag". In the artisanal category, Lorina won with her portrait entitled, "Lady Kelly La'Saet, Marshal of the Dove". Congratulations to all the rest who placed in the artisanal and bardic contests in March! - [March Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/01/02/march-vesteran-honours/) - For the March Vesteran Honours, Kyair won the bardic contest for the poem, "Flood Skies". In the artisanal category, Lilian won with her portrait entitled, "Tree-Hugging Serens". Congratulations to all the rest who placed in the artisanal and bardic contests in March! - [February Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/01/02/february-vesteran-honours/) - Congratulations to everyone who placed in the artisanal and bardic contests in February! Bardic Honours:Winner: Alysi for the short story entitled "Drunk with Power"Runnerup: KiradaweaMerit: Arath and Miciah Artisanal Honours:Winner: Tedd for the portrait entitled "Dynamic Duo"Runnerup: Phoebus Merit: Synbios, Rivius, and Morshoth - [Call for Testimonials](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/01/02/call-for-testimonials/) - We need testimonials on our shiny new website! If you want to submit a testimonial, please go to the Testimonials page. - [January Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/01/02/january-vesteran-honours/) - The January Vesteran Honours were announced! Congratulations to Sylandra who won the bardic contest with her disturbing story titled, "The Strange Case of Miss Fairquilliion", and Sylvanis who won the artisanal contest with his self-portrait titled, "Typical Sylvanis". - [Challenge of War](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/01/02/challenge-of-war/) - Many teams answered the call of the Challenge of War and fought in the arena in an attempt to reveal who would bear the Seal of War. The first match was won by Malarious, Ixion, and Thalkros. The second match was won by Fillin, Lothringen, and Destridas. Third was won by Shuyin, Krellan, and Sidd, - [Challenge of Nature](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/01/02/challenge-of-nature/) - For the Challenge of Nature, magical spyglasses were used to find clues for a scavenger hunt that ranged across the entire Basin of Life. The winner was Rika Talnara, who claimed the Medallion of Nature for the second year in a row! Second place went to Talan (700cr), third to Xenthos (500cr), fourth to Narynth - [September Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/01/02/september-vesteran-honours-3/) - For the September Vesteran Honours, Rathan won the bardic contest for the poem, "First Light". In the artisanal category, Lilian won with her portrait entitled, "Asmodea Kamau, Lady of Bitter Frost and her ice dragon Xischa ". Congratulations to all the rest who placed in the artisanal and bardic contests in September! - [Lusternia Seven Year Anniversary!](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/01/02/lusternia-seven-year-anniversary/) - Lusternia began its journey seven years ago, opening its doors on October 7, 2004. What is more appropriate then to celebrate this momentous event with seven days of fun, games and surprises! Be sure to here during that time as there will sure to be something for everyone! October 7, 2011 - Hamster Hunt Time: - [August Vesteran Honouors](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/01/02/august-vesteran-honouors/) - For the August Vesteran Honours, Kyair won the bardic contest for the poem, "She - A Reflection of Lisaera". In the artisanal category, Fania won with her portrait entitled, "Senna as Faeling". Congratulations to all the rest who placed in the artisanal and bardic contests in August! - [July Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/01/02/july-vesteran-honours/) - For the July Vesteran Honours, Auturius won the bardic contest for the treatise, "The Words of the Five". In the artisanal category, Lilian won with her landscape entitled, "Mischievous Mnemosyne and the Slumbering Kolm". Congratulations to all the rest who placed in the artisanal and bardic contests in July! - [June Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/01/02/june-vesteran-honours/) - For the June Vesteran Honours, Ushaara won the bardic contest for the play, "Submission". In the artisanal category, Tempeste won with her landscape entitled, "Over the edge of the Transphenortex Grid". Congratulations to all the rest who placed in the artisanal and bardic contests in June! - [May Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2013/01/02/may-vesteran-honours/) - For the May Vesteran Honours, Laelia won the bardic contest for the short story, "Web of Vengeance". In the artisanal category, Lilian won with her portrait entitled, "Black Chef Sotsepmet Koicei". Congratulations to all the rest who placed in the artisanal and bardic contests in May! - [A Balloon to Remember](https://www.lusternia.com/2012/12/30/a-balloon-to-remember/) - In the warmth of early Dvarsh, 343 CE, a hot air balloon rising from an island in the Inner Sea encountered some difficulty and crashed to the sea. The balloonist, a half-trill with only vestigial wings named Sepehr Skytamer, was soon located by Xenthos An'Ryshe, Eritheyl Zayah, Lawliet Letara, Squire Suspira, and Saoirse Kissane. Members - [A Future Changed?](https://www.lusternia.com/2012/12/11/a-future-changed/) - With a quiver the statue of marble and coral, bearing the likeness of a strange and outlandish merian, began to move. With a quiver the attention of the Aquamancers and soon all of New Celest was drawn to the Spires of Aquamancy, and with a quiver of her hands and feet and soon her face, - [New Celest and Conquering Angkrag](https://www.lusternia.com/2012/12/07/new-celest-and-conquering-angkrag/) - As the month of Klangiary began, the sounds of warfare arose near the village of Rockholm. Shouts rose up as Queen Ethilwen's guards rushed to defend their homeland, easily repelling the invading skeletons and undead. As she shouted for Rockholm to recognize her as Queen and come to her aid, a separate force of skeletons - [The Last of the Mysterious Doors](https://www.lusternia.com/2012/12/02/the-last-of-the-mysterious-doors/) - The City of Hallifax rang with warnings of the Code Black anomaly that had manifested in the Centre for Aeromantic Engineering in the form of a strange door. For many months, the Aeromancers collected cloudy essence in an effort to stabilise the temporal anomaly. In the end, the entire city scoured the planes for essence - [That Which Lies Beneath](https://www.lusternia.com/2012/12/01/that-which-lies-beneath/) - Worker's hammers pounded beneath the City of Gaudiguch as the Grand Cipher, Dys Mzithrei was seen speaking with Mysrai, the Thousand Hands before the Lava Falls. Robed figures slipped to and from the Living Heart of the Eternal Flame in the wake of this conversation, moving with a strange purpose. The Illuminati spoke little of - [The Opening of the Hartstone Door](https://www.lusternia.com/2012/11/24/the-opening-of-the-hartstone-door/) - Following the release of the mysterious door in the Aquamancers Guild, the Druids of the Hartstone focused their efforts on the temporal doorway that appeared in their sacred glade. After many months of effort by Saran, Hiriako, Qistrel and others, they were finally able to open the rift which led to a small grove. Strangely - [The Retreat of the Time Dame](https://www.lusternia.com/2012/11/22/the-retreat-of-the-time-dame/) - A loud keening rose up from the Southern Mountains, followed by a loud explosion. A fountain of rock and debris shot up from the middle of the mountain range as the Wheel of the Goloths wobbled up into the air and hovered over the Basin of Life. However, the Wheel was damaged, letting loose erratic - [Lars Legrand's Trouble with Rocs](https://www.lusternia.com/2012/11/20/lars-legrands-trouble-with-rocs/) - From a familiar farm in Delport, Lars Legrand began a journey that would lead him to trouble. Percy Legrand welcomed her cousin to her farm only to discover that Lars had tired of his life working in the mill and had made the decision to start his own farm. Knowing his cousin, Percy, to be - [The Aquamancer's Doorway](https://www.lusternia.com/2012/11/19/the-aquamancers-doorway/) - Countless months of effort were poured into the strange temporal doorway that appeared in the Spire of Aquamancy in New Celest. Telperion, Gracia, Tridemon, Neos, Alondal, Yaffi, Lorina and other Aquamancers worked tirelessly in the effort, ultimately succeeding in anchoring the doorway to the present era. With their tutor Manchal, they pressed through the opening - [The Death of the Wyrden Glory](https://www.lusternia.com/2012/11/12/the-death-of-the-wyrden-glory/) - Descending into the Glomdoring Forest, Xynthin, the Ascended God of Life and the Wyrden Glory, came to fulfill his promise. "It is time," He murmured, and tore apart Brennan Stormcrow, the undead guardian of the Master Ravenwood. Many of the Glomdoring stood awestruck as the God claimed the heart of the druid before departing. The - [The Tale of Xynthin, Wyrden Glory](https://www.lusternia.com/2012/11/02/the-tale-of-xynthin-wyrden-glory/) - Unveiled, the Ascended God Xynthin began to answer questions as quickly as He could, ever keeping His perceptions outwards, cautiously searching. Shocked silence and stunned faces looked upon Him, though as His tail unwound, Ragniliff and Xenthos began to realize and piece together more and more. And so the sad story of Xynthin was told. - [The God Unveiled](https://www.lusternia.com/2012/11/02/the-god-unveiled/) - For months the Veiled God lurked in the shadows of the Glomdoring, speaking with those who dwelled within. Though they pressed Him for detail, questions were oft answered with questions of His own, and topics shifted so readily that many began to realize they knew nothing about Him. Speculation ranged as to His true identity - [And The Wheel Spins](https://www.lusternia.com/2012/10/29/and-the-wheel-spins/) - Time and time again Stepasha's undead stormed the Basin of Life, claiming sections of land rife with energy, particularly those of a darker nature, and drawing them out. Krangar, Guardian of Destruction lead charge after charge into the Grey Moors, Shallach, Hifarae Hills, Skarch and other places. With time, their numbers grew, and many came - [Binding of the Wheel, Revenge of the Dame](https://www.lusternia.com/2012/10/26/binding-of-the-wheel-revenge-of-the-dame/) - Working tirelessly, Glomdoring set about completing a task they knew would cripple the Time Dames and their legions of dominators, to bind and hold the Wheel of the Goloths itself. Using the Ebonglom Wyrdling as their vehicle for this great feat, those of the Merciless Forest fed it hundreds upon hundreds of the strange temporal - [Wounding of the Wheel](https://www.lusternia.com/2012/10/25/wounding-of-the-wheel/) - True to her promise, Stepasha, the Dame of Destruction, returned to attack the Glomdoring Forest. For more than a day the deathwatch beetles within the forest have clicked and chimed their eerie song, anxiously skittering amongst the trees. Soon the very Voice of Mahalla wailed and shrieked, the mournful tones of her song filling the - [An Ominous Portent](https://www.lusternia.com/2012/10/23/an-ominous-portent/) - Throughout the Basin of Life dark omens appeared, ranging from the superstitious Serenwilde to the fastidious and intellectual Hallifax and everyone of all faiths between. Lorrie of Magnagora was the first to hear tell of the dark days to come, and it was fitting - for Magnagora was the first to suffer. Snaikka i'Xiia cried - [Czigany Wayfaire Arrives in the Basin of Life](https://www.lusternia.com/2012/10/05/czigany-wayfaire-arrives-in-the-basin-of-life/) - The wondrous, extraordinary and magnificent Czigany Wayfaire has arrived in the Basin of Life to celebrate Lusternia's anniversary! Led by Jal Czigany himself, the Czigany Wayfaire is a fantastic place of games, food and fun. With the mythical beasts of Garridan Lowara, the dark foretellings of Madam Vadoma Drabardi, the whimsical antics of Lady Natayla - [The Children of the Basin and Mystery of the Janderi](https://www.lusternia.com/2012/09/17/the-children-of-the-basin-and-mystery-of-the-janderi/) - As the early morning sun rose over the mountains, so too did the Wheel of the Goloths rise into the sky, shooting bolts of energy which tore open temporal rifts across the firmament. For a few moments, half-seen images of possible futures, including a disturbing future for a Guardian of the Dark Forest, and events - [An Aborted Invasion in Hallifax](https://www.lusternia.com/2012/07/30/an-aborted-invasion-in-hallifax/) - Alarms rang out across the frosted platforms of Hallifax as strange anomalies manifested across the cold streets. Hordes of shambling zombies stepped from these to attack citizens in the streets. The citizens searched in vain for the source of the undead plague. In a blaring of sirens and an artificial voice of stern gemwork, the - [Rise of House n'Lochli](https://www.lusternia.com/2012/07/08/rise-of-house-nlochli/) - During maintenance of the n'Lochli family mausoleum within Magnagora, a mischievous imp labourer escaped the whip of Lord Ayman, Architect of the Engine with a small silver key. Demanding the return of her family's property, Lady Ardath n'Lochli quietly sought aid from the Iron Council for the imp to be captured and destroyed for descrating - [A Mysterious Cube](https://www.lusternia.com/2012/07/01/a-mysterious-cube/) - The Wheel of the Goloths became active once again. This time an enormous cube made up of smaller cubes emerged from the wheel, as it began to give a message to all those who had gathered. But just before the message could be completed, the cube became unstable and exploded into hundreds of shards. What - [A Matter for Mushrooms](https://www.lusternia.com/2012/06/26/a-matter-for-mushrooms/) - It was a seasonably normal day in Dioni when the Wheel of Goloths appeared once more, spiraling through the skies above the Razine Mountains. A grim, red light raced across the heavens, heralding the arrival of another spinning portal. Like clockwork, the eerie voice of a commanding Dame blared a dark portent to the Basin - [The Shame of a True Ascendant](https://www.lusternia.com/2012/06/17/the-shame-of-a-true-ascendant/) - In an unprecedented event, Estarra the Eternal stripped the True Ascendant form from Xynthin, who now walks in shame under the guise of Xenthos. What transgressions the once great Xynthin did to deserve such a punishment remains a mystery. - [The Mystery of the Feyranti Estate](https://www.lusternia.com/2012/06/12/the-mystery-of-the-feyranti-estate/) - The Wheel of Goloths became active once again, releasing a squadron of the Dominators, led by Ludlya, Time Dame of the Flow, who immediately invaded Avechna's Teeth on a mission that led them to attempt to commandeer the blood diamond mines in the hidden Feyranti Estate. The invasion overwhelmed the estate, enough so that the - [The Rebirth of the Cavaliers](https://www.lusternia.com/2012/05/13/the-rebirth-of-the-cavaliers/) - It was but a late autumn evening in the 324th year since the Coming of Estarra when the Wheel of the Goloths rose from its dank, stinking pit in the Balach Swamp. Spinning faster and faster, an aura of cobalt energy grew to surround it and threatened the weft of time itself. Before doing any - [The Isle of Olimsito](https://www.lusternia.com/2012/05/08/the-isle-of-olimsito/) - At the beginning of Tzarin, strange scenes began to be seen across the Inner Sea. First noticed by Elodres Diluculo who raised the alarm to Celest, the entire Basin was made aware by the shouts of Helstren, the Harbourmaster of Celest, who also shouted of seeing the Wheel of the Goloths floating across the surface. - [Tale of the Tae'dae Pilgrim](https://www.lusternia.com/2012/05/05/tale-of-the-taedae-pilgrim/) - Late into spring, a portly tae'dae was found wandering through the mountains, apparently lost in the environs. After several misguided attempts to be led to Avechna's Peak, two citizens of Hallifax, Elleiya Windwhisper and Tulemrah Shevat, responded to his plea for help. Upon inquiry, it was revealed that the pilgrim was searching for the cure - [The Vengeance of Fiabelhie Stillriver](https://www.lusternia.com/2012/04/22/the-vengeance-of-fiabelhie-stillriver/) - Spring, usually a celebration of rebirth, brought strange tidings to the Serenwilde. Instead of newborn creatures and budding leaves, Miakoda cried out with alarm at the Mother Moonhart, sensing a fear in the trees themselves. Leaves were falling early, a foulness leeching their life away. Iasmos came to investigate, and found the Wheel of the - [March Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2012/04/20/march-vesteran-honours-2/) - For the March Vesteran Honours, Wuylinfe won the bardic contest for the story titled, "A Fateful Coincidence". In the artisanal category, Aubrey won with her portrait of "Lekius". Congratulations to all the rest who placed in the artisanal and bardic contests this month! - [The Turning of the Wheel of the Goloths](https://www.lusternia.com/2012/04/15/the-turning-of-the-wheel-of-the-goloths/) - Eyes all across the Basin turned upward near the beginning of Juliary, 322 C.E. as an ominous silver-blue energy flickered across the sky. The bolts of energy met over the Southern Mountains, and the sky seemed to buckle as images from throughout history flashed across the firmament. The images cycled faster as the intensity of - [A Masquerade Ball With Unexpected Guests](https://www.lusternia.com/2012/02/26/a-masquerade-ball-with-unexpected-guests/) - The Grand Hallifaxian Ball began on the 1st of Shanthin, hosted by the Symphonium guild and rife with music and entertainment for all. Conducted by Morshoth and Eritheyl Windwhisper, various events were planned full of dancing, feasting, and games. Invitations were sent out far and wide, some even reaching the Divine havens to cordially request - [The Flowering of Maylea](https://www.lusternia.com/2012/02/25/the-flowering-of-maylea/) - After many years of growing up outside of the Serenwilde, a familiar face wandered back into the forest. Allessa, the beloved child once at the centre of a war between the orders of Nocht and Maylea, followed her heart and the urge she felt to return to the Serenwilde to attend to some important matter. - [Trial of Ascension: Rise of Xynthin](https://www.lusternia.com/2012/02/19/trial-of-ascension-rise-of-xynthin/) - During the Trial of Ascension, three Sealbearers faced off for the final event: Kelly McCloud, Princess of Celest; Sir Kalas Ixion of Magnagora; and Spirit Warden Xenthos An'Ryshe of Glomdoring. Sir Ixion was supported by an alliance of Magnagora, Serenwilde and Hallifax while Xenthos and Kelly mainly had support only from their respective organizations. As - [The Sacrifice of the Enigma](https://www.lusternia.com/2012/02/18/the-sacrifice-of-the-enigma/) - The Soulless God Kethuru attempted to use the temporal fields around the City of Hallifax to break free while the Nine Seals were in a weakened state. Opening a rift over Hallifax, the Soulless God began to ooze forth, draining the floating city's power and energy. The Elder God Elostian quickly came to the aid - [Bridge Over Hallifax](https://www.lusternia.com/2012/02/06/bridge-over-hallifax/) - Late in the month of Dioni, 317 years after the Coming of Estarra, Eritheyl Skyplume began to find metal bolts lying around the City of Hallifax. Becoming concerned that the bolts had fallen from an important machine or that they could cause structural instability in the city, Erithel, along with Lawliet Letara and Oberst Ushaara - [Challenge of War](https://www.lusternia.com/2012/02/04/challenge-of-war-6/) - Avechna called out for the mightiest of warriors to come out and they did, indeed! Gathering upon Mount Avechna, teams were selected and the matches began. First to battle was the team from the Grand Province of Magnagora made up of: Kalas Ixion, Fillin and Munsia D'cente` versus the multi-national team of Malarious, Ethelon a'Ishial - [Wounded Sky Epilogue: Putting It All Together](https://www.lusternia.com/2012/01/04/wounded-sky-epilogue-putting-it-all-together/) - In the aftermath of the Wounded Sky, scholars and researchers have investigated the events over the past several decades, conducting interviews and drawing conclusions, and have been able to piece together the clues into a more accurate narrative of the Eras of the Wounded Sky. This is their conclusions. It began in the month of - [The Eye and the Acorn](https://www.lusternia.com/2012/01/03/the-eye-and-the-acorn/) - Ail'an Gloria had a final parting gift for the Heir of Ellindel, Sondayga Zayah - a great acorn, many times the size of those birthed by oak trees. With a whispering thought the Giving Tree had told Sondayga what he must do, and so the Heir of Ellindel traveled into the Icewynd, seeking out the - [The Final Gift](https://www.lusternia.com/2012/01/03/the-final-gift/) - With the Soulless God Zenos freed, the Basin of Life were gripped in his clutches, as he sent the deadly Kilgaru wind rampaging throughout the land. It seemed all hope was lost. But then a slim ray of hope appeared. Answering the call of the Tree of Trees, druids gathered to try and decipher the - [The Eye of Zenos](https://www.lusternia.com/2012/01/01/the-eye-of-zenos/) - Surrounding the Iceburn Plains was a range of mountains, where the ruins of the Jeweled City of Climanti stood. More interestingly, trill were discovered high up in the mountain peaks, a total of four tribes who served the Guardians of the Icewynd, whom they called the Ice Angels. Also, abandoned caves were discovered, newly evacuated - [An Undiscovered Country: The Icewynd Commeth!](https://www.lusternia.com/2012/01/01/an-undiscovered-country-the-icewynd-commeth/) - From the Northern Mountains, strong winds blew in, carrying clusters of crimson clouds. The angry red clouds coalesced into a massive storm over the Basin of Life. Within the clouds, enormous ruby red eyes can occasionally be seen amidst the crimson lighting that leapt from cloud to cloud. From the eye of the storm, an - [A Storm of Blood](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/12/30/a-storm-of-blood/) - For several months, prophesies have led to the unearthing of the new quatrains from the Verses of Magnora, but what these dire foretellings could mean was a cipher to scholars of the Basin of Life. Then, without warning, a storm of red clouds blew in from the north, ruby red eyes flashing among the crimson - [Birth of the Giving Tree](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/11/28/birth-of-the-giving-tree/) - For many days, druids felt the pain and suffering that suddenly afflicted the trees of the forests while the Moonhart Mother Tree and Master Ravenwood Tree began to sicken. Both Serenwilde and Glomdoring were alarmed at this development and eventually made their way to the Tree of Trees to beseech the help of this ancient - [A Song (or two or three) for the Basin](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/11/19/a-song-or-two-or-three-for-the-basin/) - Toward the end of Roarkian, a visitor was spotted wandering throughout the Basin, seeking fresh inspiration. Tired of the same old songs to be found within the dated material given them, the wandering bards of the Basin elected to send Adalgiso Batyun forward as supreme advocate, who took up the mantle determined to bring new - [Lady Clarramore, Her Sister and a Fancy Dress Ball](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/11/12/lady-clarramore-her-sister-and-a-fancy-dress-ball/) - In Dioni, a scant few months after Clarramore Manor secured manufacturing and distribution of a new perfume, a cart was seen loading materials and workers into the manor's upper level, much to the consternation of Lady Hyacinth. The first to inquire into these goings-on was Eritheyl Skyplume, Execumatrix Magnificus, though soon many others, mostly from - [Lady Clarramore and the New Help](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/11/07/lady-clarramore-and-the-new-help/) - The exasperated shouts of Lady Clarramore were carried down into the Basin on the cold winter winds one afternoon in Estar. Soon after, her trill servants took to the skies to search for what it was that vexed the Lady. However, it seemed that they were unsuccessful in their search. The servants soon returning back - [Vanquishing the Miasma](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/11/01/vanquishing-the-miasma/) - Apparently created by the mysterious beings known as the Forsaken, the dread miasma continued its progression towards the crystal sphere that was created by another group of mysterious beings known as the Guardians of the Icewynd, apparently as part of an ancient conflict between the two groups. One of the Guardians had come to the - [Revenge of the Miasma](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/11/01/revenge-of-the-miasma/) - The miasma that has been spread across the Basin of Life began a renewed and more vigorous onslought to reach the crystal sphere atop the ancient glacier, which was constructed by the Guardians of the Icewynd to stop the complete destruction of the weather which ultimately led to the Era of the Wounded Sky. One - [The Mystery of Mount Wend](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/10/28/the-mystery-of-mount-wend/) - In early spring of Kiani, as the snow ought to be melting, Agitho Merule came to New Celest, riddled with fever. It was not so quick to thaw on perilous Mount Wend, and the Saint Gathlyn's orphanage was suffering for it. Sir Raikogen Tanestra and Faragan Diluculo answered the call to serve the Light. Finding - [The Rocksuckers of Shallach](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/10/24/the-rocksuckers-of-shallach/) - Late in the month of Shanthin, groups of orcs were found wandering the highways of the Basin of Life, who were literally "stoned" from licking strange rocks covered with crystals. The wandering orcs were first found by Shedrin Shevat, Morbo Gordian, Tulemrah Shevat, Ushaara La'Saet, Morshoth Skyplume and Eritheyl Skyplume, all of Hallifax, who promptly - [A Small Homecoming in Zoaka](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/10/24/a-small-homecoming-in-zoaka/) - Bodha, a humble crafter of ceremonial pipes who had decided to spend years in far off realms, researching and seeing creatures as well as sights unseen by many, is now once again a resident of the Zoaka, where he was born and raised. When his former location suddenly and mysteriously shifted to a much more - [Breaking the Miasma](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/10/01/breaking-the-miasma/) - For nearly a month, the Basin of Life anguished beneath the arrival of the strange, murmuring silver miasma that appeared in the Oleanvir Valley and spread quickly through New Celest and the Inner Sea, inexplicably reaching eastward. Relief was had at last when a figure appeared over the Snow Valley, alighting near the spherical crystal - [The Coming of the Miasma](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/10/01/the-coming-of-the-miasma/) - A terrifying event occurred that some claimed were foreshadowed by the strange dreams that were plaguing the people of the Basin of Life for several months. The temperature suddenly dropped and a cold wind turned the sickly yellow clouds of the wounded sky into swirling maelstrom. Within the putrid storm, glowing red eyes appeared, surrounding - [The Genesis of the Wounded Sky](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/07/06/the-genesis-of-the-wounded-sky/) - As the end of 299 CE quickly approached, unbeknownst to many in the Basin of Life, powerful forces worked to secure the means to shape the fate of the First World. Following the kidnapping of Jeremiah and raids of the previous month, the ice devils -- enemies of the Basin apparently under the command of - [A Verse, Ice Skulls and a Kidnapping](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/07/03/a-verse-ice-skulls-and-a-kidnapping/) - Early last month, Hoopah Hopekeep of Tolborolla was disturbed by the dreams of the Great Spirit known as the Daughter of the Rivers. When a ritual was performed to seek counsel from the River Daughter, her prophesy led to one of the infamous Verses of Magnora. The meaning of the quatrain was unclear to those - [Secrets of the Czigany Past](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/06/13/secrets-of-the-czigany-past/) - A messenger got waylaid off while traveling through the mountains by the gaseous cloier which had broken through the aetherways in an experiment gone awry. Once the cloeir was vanquished, a strange cask was found that was meant for Jeremiah Gryphta, a Czyigany wanderer who has settled in the Basin of Life. Once Jeremiah received - [Tale of the Lone Lyrebird](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/06/13/tale-of-the-lone-lyrebird/) - A dark day it was in late Urlachmar, though the brilliant radiance emanating from Avechna's Teeth did little to underscore the fact. Marani Veloske, White Priestess of the Shallamurine Cathedral, declared that the Basin of Life had too long been subject to the filth and debauchery of life, and with her fellow priestesses and countless - [A Tale of a Vortex Valve](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/05/17/a-tale-of-a-vortex-valve/) - Late in Estar, strange keenings from a valve on the Plane of Vortex drew the attention of the Illuminati. To the disgust of Arian L'Aumes, who had recently traveled through the valve, it became apparent that the opening was sickened and afflicted by parasitic fleshlings. Rot and gangrene spread through the fleshy lips, turning from - [The Return of the Scarlet Goddess](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/05/09/the-return-of-the-scarlet-goddess/) - As the beacon on Avechna's Peak flared to life and the ground began to shake, the Even-Bladed sensed a Divine presence returning to the First World. However, as Terentia, the Sidereal Prince, and the Exalted took flight from the Resurgence of the Light, it became clear that the presence emerging above the Peak was no - [Bitter Ice Plagues the Northern Mountains](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/05/05/bitter-ice-plagues-the-northern-mountains/) - With a crashing of frigid air in the Northern Mountains and an ominous swirling of flakes, the ice skulls which had recently plagued the Basin of Life returned, sending the cities and communes scrambling after. Greeted first by the warriors of Glomdoring, amidst them Talan Ysav'rai and Viynain Erid'in, the skulls were routed, the survivors - [Family/House System Updates!](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/05/03/familyhouse-system-updates/) - Long desired, they are finally here! Most notably, the means of gaining honour have been increased drastically, as well as a new 'House Orientation' system has been implemented which has an affect on how much honour that is gained via certain actions. Harkening back to the days of the Holy Celestine Empire and the seven - [Great Hunt Winners!](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/04/25/great-hunt-winners/) - Congratulations to all those who participated in the Great Hunt and won bound credits! For the first time, we've ran three tiers so there were three Top Ten sets and lots of credit awards! Demigod+ Tier 1st Veyrzhul (500 credits) 2nd Munsia (450 credits) 3rd Lothringen (400 credits) 4th Kelly (350 credits) 5th Saoirse (300 - [Of Ice Skulls and Tattoos!](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/04/16/of-ice-skulls-and-tattoos/) - Not long after the accident in the Arthar'rt Observatory, the ice skulls were seen again, this time invading the Tosha Monastery. Response was quick from the inhabitants of the Basin who helped the Tosha monks repel the invasion, even as the ice skulls evolved into full fledged ice devils. Unfortunately, the attack was not without - [An Accident in the Arthar'rt Observatory](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/04/16/an-accident-in-the-artharrt-observatory/) - Starting with an ominous crash and the frustrated cries of Atrian Lerit'r, trouble was brewing at the Arthar'rt Observatory. The scientist had been frantically trying to assemble his teleportation device before his brother, Eduyik Lerit'r, and his brother's wife, Metharme Lerit'r, came to visit him and see his work. Eduyik and his wife had taken - [Eileen Connlaodh, Queen of the Leprechauns](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/03/21/eileen-connlaodh-queen-of-the-leprechauns/) - After months of hard drinking and deliberations, the leprechauns have once again chosen Eileen Connlaodh to be Queen of the Leprechauns! This decision was helped along by the players who themselves had to imbibe in drink in order to interact with the wee leprechaun folk. Eileen's brothers, Seamus and Gilligan, have departed while the leprechauns - [Wyrden Blessing Brings New Life](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/03/20/wyrden-blessing-brings-new-life/) - During the month of Avechary, the members of Glomdoring Forest discovered a stranger in their forest: Amhika Rotwood, an elfen from beyond Glomdoring's borders, had arrived seeking the truth about certain rumours. While she avoided explaining her reasons in great detail, she revealed that she wished to learn the secret from Rowena of childbirth through - [Leprechaun Celebration Leads to New Election](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/03/17/leprechaun-celebration-leads-to-new-election/) - On the 33 and 1/3 anniversary of the death of Old Cashel Connlaodh, King of the Leprechauns, the leprechaun population gathered to celebrate his reign. However, as the green ale flowed, old arguments rose about who should lead the leprechauns, which finally resulted in overthrowing Eileen Connlaodh as the reigning queen, calling for a new - [Winter's End](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/02/28/winters-end/) - As the strange icy weather worsened, the comets kept pelting the Basin of Life, releasing ice larva which through several stages of growth grew into hideous creatures known as the ice devils. As crops began to wither and the cold began to take its toll, the ice devils began to spread throughout the land. Some - [War, Butterflies, Strange Smells, Secrets and Snow](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/02/26/war-butterflies-strange-smells-secrets-and-snow/) - As war broke out between Hallifax and an alliance between New Celest, Glomdoring Commune and Gaudiguch, raids upon the Cosmic Plane of the Continuum resulted in the destruction of the Master Crystals. Afterwards, not seen since the Taint Wars, Gaudiguch initiated Project Paradox, releasing a cloud of reality-altering butterflies that swarmed over the floating city - [Closed Beta Testing Ends!](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/02/22/closed-beta-testing-ends/) - We thank our stalwart testers for all the hard work. Certainly, their efforts have made Lusternia a more stable environment than it may otherwise have been. - [Anniversary Harmony Challenge](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/02/22/anniversary-harmony-challenge/) - A Harmony Challenge was held as an anniversary event. First place went to Viynain, second place to Krellan, and third place to Talan. - [Anniversary Death Match](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/02/22/anniversary-death-match/) - A Death Match was held as an anniversary event. First place went to Vathael, second place to Shuyin, and third place to Nyir. - [Anniversary Hamster Hunt](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/02/22/anniversary-hamster-hunt/) - Lusternia celebrates it's Fifth Year Anniversary! The first anniversary game was a hamster hunt. First place went to Talan, second place to Lehki, and third place to Ceren. - [Lusternia Lore Wiki Launch](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/02/22/lusternia-lore-wiki-launch/) - We've launched the official Lusternia Lore Wiki! It is completely player run and includes detailed information on all skill sets. Keep checking back and watch it grow! - [Vathael Wins Great Hunt!](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/02/22/vathael-wins-great-hunt/) - Congratulations to Vathael for coming in first place in the Great Hunt! Second place went to Veyrzhul and third place to Jozen! - [Great Hunt Begins!](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/02/22/great-hunt-begins/) - The Great Hunt has been called across all of Iron Realms! Players can win bound credits by bashing creatures, with the top ten winners receiving extra credit reward. Also, all players experience double experience while the hunt is active! - [Return of Morgfyre](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/02/22/return-of-morgfyre/) - After the Elder God Raezon completed some successful experiments in the Sea of Despair, unforeseen reactions took place which resulted in the manifestation of three alien beings rising up and being drawn to the City of Magnagora. After much destruction and fighting among the beings, eventually one rose to dominance who turned out to be - [July Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/02/22/july-vesteran-honours-3/) - The July Vesteran Honours were announced! Congratulations to Lendren who won the bardic contest with Quarter, Part IV: Pragmatism and Ried who won the artisanal contest with Voice of the Red Masque -- the second win in a row for Ried! - [New Ship in Sea of Despair](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/02/22/new-ship-in-sea-of-despair/) - The Undead Emperor Ladantine commissioned a young viscanti alchemist named Yishka Feyranti to prepare a special potion for himself. As part of the payment, Emperor Ladantine raised up a ship from the depths of the Sea of Despair for Yishka to commandeer to help her gather rare and exotic ingredients. While the results of Yishka's - [Rocs vs. Manticores!](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/02/22/rocs-vs-manticores/) - The feud between lucidians and dracnari erupted to new heights with the discovery of an ancient artifact called the Mirror of Tzaraziko. This mirror was high up in the clouds and fought over between the dracnari who used rocs of the Razine Mountains to gain access to the mirror and the lucidians who used the - [Glomdoring Ritual Area](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/02/22/glomdoring-ritual-area/) - A new ritual area opened up in the Glomdoring Forest, dedicated to Night and Crow along with Spider, Bat, Beetle and Wasp. After the Crown of Gloriana was lost and then found, the ancient nai'Dorin Blood Rite was reenacted, which created the Ebonglom Crown and further empowered the dark forest. - [Oleanvir Graveyard Mystery](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/02/22/oleanvir-graveyard-mystery/) - Some small drama occurred at the graveyard in Oleanvir Valley when its caretaker discovered artifacts within the mausoleums were apparently stolen. Suspecting graverobbers or even worse, adventurers came to give aide and discover the cause of the hubub, which turned out to be much more mundane than first thought. The artifacts were returned to the - [Toy Wars: Conclusion](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/02/22/toy-wars-conclusion/) - The Toy Wars boiled to greater heights when new strange figurines attacked the gnome world known as the Facility in a bid to decimate the gnomish population. However, this enabled the gnomes to finally track down the Toymaker who was residing in the gnome colony known as Bottledowns. Again, it appeared the power behind the - [Holy Supernal Raziela's Final Freedom](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/02/22/holy-supernal-razielas-final-freedom/) - In an unexpected and dramatic interlude from the Toy Wars, the cities of Magnagora and New Celest allied together in a heroic attempt to finally thwart the dominance of the communes and enact the mythical Xion Initiative to free the Holy Supernal Raziela. However, the alliance was also a cover by the Demon Lords of - [Toy Wars: The Toymaker's Wife](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/02/22/toy-wars-the-toymakers-wife/) - Congratulations to Ilyarin and his crew for tracking down the Toymaker's Wife (aka Yoftie r'Wesmak) who was hiding out in the quarantined aetherbubble known as Mucklemarsh. Interestingly enough, Mucklemarsh was also the home of the finks. It was also home to the parastic horrors known as the slivven, who preyed on gnomes. - [Toy Wars: Kidnapping Professor Gargle von Fixit](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/02/22/toy-wars-kidnapping-professor-gargle-von-fixit/) - Professor Gargle von Fixit, the gnome who was instrumental in tracking down the Toymaker's Wife, was kidnapped! It took many hours to find where the Professor was hiding but eventually Captain Talan Ysav'rai of the aethership known as the Great Arachnid and her crew found and freed him. - [Toy Wars: The Beginning](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/02/22/toy-wars-the-beginning/) - Dynami, Ayrna and Adala were the first to discover that the toys sold by Yoftie r'Wesmak's were not all they seemed, as they began steal gold and commodities from their owners. Kiradawea, Iytha and Sahmiam tried to track down Yoftie r'Wesmak and discovered that her name was an anagram for "Toymaker's Wife". When the gnomes - [End of the Toy Sale](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/02/22/end-of-the-toy-sale/) - The old lady gnome named Yoftie r'Wesmak arrived one last time at the Aetherplex, sweating and looking about nervously. She had with her the last of her wares, dozens and dozens of dolls which she put up for sale at the rock bottom price of 100 gold coins each. The merchants Richter and Celeris were - [June Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/02/22/june-vesteran-honours-3/) - The June Vesteran Honours were announced! Congratulations to Aramel who won the bardic contest with Blood and Stone and Ried who won the artisanal contest with Lessons. - [Cheap Toys Arrive in the Basin!](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/02/22/cheap-toys-arrive-in-the-basin/) - A strange old lady gnome with the unlikely name of Yoftie r'Wesmak has been making sporadic appearances at the Aetherplex. She sells extremely high quality toys at bargain prices. News of her visits has been slowly spreading and demand for her wares has been on the rise. - [Great Hunt!](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/02/22/great-hunt-3/) - As part of Iron Realms' Summer Slaughter, Lusternia ran a Great Hunt as well as a double expereince weekend. The winner of the Great Hunt was Vathael Feyranti who took home the 500 credit first place prize. Congratulations! - [Forging Updates](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/02/22/forging-updates/) - The final tweaks to forging were implemented, which makes forging easier than ever for warriors who take this craft skill. The focus on forging was the result of a survey on the Official Forums which asked players what coding project they wanted Lusternia to concentrate on this month. Special thanks to Desitrus who helped as - [May Vesteran Honours](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/02/22/may-vesteran-honours-3/) - The May Vesteran Honours were announced! Congratulations to Nariah who won the bardic contest with The Fall of House d'Vanecu and Serella who won the artisanal contest with Moon's Chosen. - [New Celest Amphitheatre](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/02/22/new-celest-amphitheatre/) - With the building of an amphitheatre in New Celest, an emissary of the Holy Supernals arrived to take up residence within and help the Star Council dispense justice. Thus arrived Thiodone Ladyn, the Illuminator's Magistrate, who was personally instructed by the Holy Supernal Japhiel to conduct the Ritual of Petala. Justice was almost immediately carried - [The Arthar'rt Observatory](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/02/22/the-artharrt-observatory/) - A lucidian scientist named Atrian Lerit'r joined the lucidians of the Arthar'rt Observatory in the Northern Mountains. Atrian had recently received funding from the Observatory Board of Directors to research and build a new teleportation device, which would perhaps be strong enough to reach the lost city of Hallifax or other historical sites that were - [Return of Raezon](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/02/22/return-of-raezon/) - After the discovery of the Mirror of Vestera, the strange artifact acted as a receiver for the communications of the Elder God known as Raezon who had disappeared decades earlier in order to pursue some arcane research out in the depths of the Void. Apparently, Raezon was lost and unable to return to the First - [War: Commune vs. Cities](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/02/22/war-commune-vs-cities/) - While searching for the means to free the Holy Supernal Raziela from the bonds of Faethorn, the Celestines of New Celest found themselves in discussions with the tainted city of Magnagora wherein the usually opposing cities contemplated combining elemental forces to confound the nature magics of the communes. Whether or not an alliance would have - [The Malacoda Manor](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/02/22/the-malacoda-manor/) - In the Blasted Land, an archaelogist disappeared researching some ancient ruins. Upon investigation, the ruins turned out to be the remains of the Malacoda Manor, thought destroyed during the Taint Wars. Though very little of the manor itself was left, a powerful artifact known as the Mirror of Vestera was discovered within. The artifact was - [Specializations in Enchantment and Alchemy](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/02/22/specializations-in-enchantment-and-alchemy/) - Llandros of the Cacophony won the gnomish Scrapgiving holiday contest, penning the jingle "Gnomish Grand Idea". Meanwhile Lendren Starfall won the dwarvish Klangfest holiday contest with his bawdy song, "Fourplay". Lendren gave up his prize to the runner-up, Sylphas Talnara for his song, "Wild Witches". The prizes turned out to be new trade skill specializations. - [Trial of Ascension: Rise of Viynain](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/02/22/trial-of-ascension-rise-of-viynain/) - During the Trial of Ascension, not many Sealbearers dared to wield the Staff of Ascension, but two contenders rose to dominate the event: Xiel Peulus of the Spiritsingers who bore the Seal of Nature, and Veyrzhul La'Saet of the Celestines who bore the Seal of Harmony. Buttressed by their allies, the two Sealbearers fought each - [Challenge of Beauty](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/02/22/challenge-of-beauty-5/) - For nearly two years, artists have been preparing their greatest works to enter into the Challenge of Beauty. The winning entry went to a Master Chef, who was none other than Silferras Ysav'rai of the Blacktalon with a platter of the planes which left those who sampled it fulfilled in both spirit and belly! Second - [Challenge of Life](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/02/22/challenge-of-life-5/) - When a plague of maladies and ailments struck the furrikin population, the Challenge of Life began. A champion emerged in their hour of need, as Xenthos An'Ryshe of the Ebonguard demonstrated his profound knowledge of healing, thus claiming the Seal of Life! Second place went to Nydekion La'Saet of the Paladins, third place went to - [Challenge of Death](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/02/22/challenge-of-death-6/) - The clash of swords and magic echoed throughout Lusternia as the Trial of Death commenced, calling out for the most bloodthirsty of mortals to meet the darkest of challenges. In the end, no one could compare to the skill of Vathael Feyranti of the Serenguard who left a sea of blood behind him as he - [Challenge of Death](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/02/22/challenge-of-death-5/) - At the behest of Avechna, contenders eager to enter the Challenge of Harmony came from all corners of the Basin of Life. Throughout the challenge, they sought out all sentient life, influencing them to bring harmony to the land. Finally, Veyrzhul La'Saet of the Celestines rose to be the one who travelled the furthest and - [Challenge of Knowledge](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/02/22/challenge-of-knowledge-5/) - For the Challenge of Knowledge, Avechna gathered the wisest sages, scholars and intellectuals to test thier knowledge. After many grueling questions, it became clear that Ishant Nightshade of the Shadowdancers was truly worthy to claim the Seal of Knowledge! Second place went to Nariah d'Iasani of the Nihilists, third place went to Karnagan De'Unnero of - [Challenge of Nature](https://www.lusternia.com/2011/02/22/challenge-of-nature-5/) - Avechna gathered many people of the Basin of Life together to vie for the Challenge of Nature as part of Lusternia's Ascension 2009 event. Looking through a magical kaleidoscope, contestants saw brief clues of the path they needed to follow to find the Seal of Nature. 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The sound had been building for some time, but now it erupted into the - [Book of Tauro](https://www.lusternia.com/histories/book-of-tauro/) - ← Back to Histories Book of Tauro After that idiot Tae embarrassed us all by shambling up onto the dais and rambling nonsense for half the afternoon, we all breathed a sigh of relief when he finally left with Bollikin and Xyl on the quest to find Dracnoris. Well, not all of us sighed with - [Book of Trillillial](https://www.lusternia.com/histories/book-of-trillillial/) - ← Back to Histories Book of Trillillial I awoke to another perfectly beautiful day among many such perfect days. Had I known it would be the last such perfect day I would ever know, perhaps I would have cherished it more, imprinted it harder upon my memory, savoured each sweet breath and each happy laugh - [Book of Tae](https://www.lusternia.com/histories/book-of-tae/) - ← Back to Histories Book of Tae Something pulled my ear. Most disagreeable. I awoke from my nap to see a small pixie fluttering by my nose. Of course, I demanded to know why she woke me up, and she said I was late for the Elder Meeting. I explained most forcibly that I had - [Book of Orlachmar](https://www.lusternia.com/histories/book-of-orlachmar/) - ← Back to Histories Book of Orlachmar "Line up for inspection!" I shouted, strolling down the line of the two hundred and fifty Elders assigned to my formation. Only about a fourth of my formation were Warriors of the Second Circle. The rest were volunteers, Creators and Awakeners, even Thinkers and Artists. But we needed - [Book of Mugowumpois](https://www.lusternia.com/histories/book-of-mugowumpois/) - ← Back to Histories Book of Mugowumpois The summons hit me right in the third eye, filling my inner vision with a pulsating white light and my head with an irritating tonal vibration. Of course, I immediately recognised the touch of Xyl. But what could prissy Xyl want? Someone to hold his hand while he - [Book of Loboshi](https://www.lusternia.com/histories/book-of-loboshi/) - ← Back to Histories Book of Loboshi Dust billowing behind her, Tauro came running over the hills, carrying the broken form of Orlachmar over her shoulder. Keeping pace next to her was Fain, shouting directions at her and pointing towards the Gladdyn Forest. Overhead, Illith the Leviathan crawled through the sky, her ripped lower half - [Book of Krokano](https://www.lusternia.com/histories/book-of-krokano/) - ← Back to Histories Book of Krokano Part 1 Part 2 Like a vengeful hammer, we smashed into Dahkra'kai, a valley turned to black ash, then frozen into lakes of rotting ice. The Soulless known as Crazen the Greedy had taken to ground there. Crazen was a hideous mass of gelatinous ooze that - [Book of Igaso](https://www.lusternia.com/histories/book-of-igaso/) - ← Back to Histories Book of Igaso Part 1 Part 2 I am Igaso of the Crimson Eyes. I am a warrior, Second Circle through and through, but I'm also just a soldier. I have always been and always will be. I don't have the intelligence of Kalikai or the craftiness of Morgfyre - [Book of Elfenehoala](https://www.lusternia.com/histories/book-of-elfenehoala/) - ← Back to Histories Book of Elfenehoala Part 1 Part 2 The screams of the dying fae filled the air, causing the Maeve Consciousness to roar in fury and to channel ethereal power towards the latest attack on the Serynwodenhillirim. I could sense the energies of Spirit Moon and the White Hart buttressing - [Book of Dracnoris](https://www.lusternia.com/histories/book-of-dracnoris/) - ← Back to Histories Book of Dracnoris I know our ending looms deep within the emptiness of the Void. The question is, should I stir and wake? Should the others know? I came into being long before the Star Gods (as we used to call the young Elder Gods). That is how ancient I am, - [Book of Clangorum](https://www.lusternia.com/histories/book-of-clangorum/) - ← Back to Histories Book of Clangorum Part 1 Part 2 Hope is a glorious tonic, and we had drunk deeply of its drought. Fain provided us hope, visions of victory just beyond the crest of the horizon. Just the idea of victory lifted us more than we thought possible. The toll of - [Book of Bollikin](https://www.lusternia.com/histories/book-of-bollikin/) - ← Back to Histories Book of Bollikin Walking along the rolling green hills of the Ackeleheliorna Forest, Tae and I watched the world burn. Sheets of flames crisscrossed the sky, swallowing clouds and expelling superheated mists. 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Physically, they look like extremely diminutive elfen, even smaller than the furrikin, and they all have - [Recent Events](https://www.lusternia.com/recent-events/) - Portal By Estarra / Dec 9, 2016 Read More → Hello world! By ironrealms / Dec 5, 2016 Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start writing! Read More → Races By Estarra / Nov 6, 2016 Coming soon! Read More → Hello world! By ironrealms / May 22, - [Elfen](https://www.lusternia.com/elfen/) - Elfen Descended from the Elder Goddess Elfenehoala, the elfen race have always had a close affinity to the forests. They consider themselves the saviors of Lusternia as they were who first discovered the ailing Fae, spirits of nature, and healed them and likewise the forests. They are a lithe, beautiful people, with delicate pointed ears - [Dwarf](https://www.lusternia.com/dwarf/) - Dwarf Descended from the Elder God Clangorum, the dwarven race originally called themselves the clangoru, but humans, when they first arrived in Lusternia, for some reason insisted on referring to the clangoru as dwarves, a term which eventually became accepted in the common vernacular. Although they look like humans, they are substantively shorter and stockier, ## Contest Entries - [Settlements of the Ancient Loboshigaru](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/settlements-of-the-ancient-loboshigaru/) - Greetings, Hallifax. Thank you for coming to this lecture. I have come here to expound on the history of the shards of Loboshi and their historical settlement patterns. I realize that it is a narrow topic, but history is a noble field and understanding other cultures, and their history, is key to interacting with them. - [Primer: Domoths](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/primer-domoths/) - The script for a lecture on the Domoths. Discussed within are their history, how they are claimed, and why they are claimed. * Immanidivinus * Imagine, if you will, a glowing pool of white energy, pulsing in tune with an unheard beat. After a brief time, nine patches appear on one end of it, their - [Tips; Tricks; Trepidation in Questing](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/tips-tricks-trepidation-in-questing/) - Book Tips, Tricks, Trepidation in Questing F O R E W A R D Hey, this is just a little message from the author of this book, Kyalrhin. I'm glad that this subject has piqued your interest enough to spend even a couple moments of your time to glance over this modest tome. I hope - [Palga and the Body Changer](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/palga-and-the-body-changer-2/) - PALGA AND THE BODY CHANGER It has been a few weeks since Palga started her traning as a detective under Chajomi. Today was her first case as the lead. Palga was a young mugwump from Balach Swamp that decided research wasn't her calling. She found peace in helping others by solving crimes. Chajomi and Palga - [The Thornwatch and the Wyrdling](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-thornwatch-and-the-wyrdling/) - An events post written for the Thornwatch: The Wyrdling is a mighty beast, transformed by the Glomdoring from what it once was; a small furrikin, frail and frightened. Thus was born a creature which is an ultimate symbol of the Glomdoring's power, and it is imbued with that self-same strength-- it can bend many other - [The Huting of Squid](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-huting-of-squid/) - Call me Impish. That's not my name, though I suppose to an outsider it seems close enough to most Gnome names. We don't usually get imps in aetherspace. But I had an uncle, once, who spent some time down there in Newton Caverns, and he sees all sorts. "You're impish," he said to me once, - [The Knights of the Sun and Moon](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-knights-of-the-sun-and-moon/) - There was a time when the whole world shifted and groaned, when the Soulless ones sought to feast on the world. There was a time when the Elders were gone, but their heirs still remained to fight, hard-pressed though they were. The wildest of beasts hunted the world, for it was yet young, and warlords - [Wyrden Treatise I](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/wyrden-treatise-i/) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wyrden Treatise I: Freedom in Fetters an essay by Versalean ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE FIRST TRUTH ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Good neighbour, there is a paradox scribed deep upon the hearts of the lesser races, and it is thus: an adventurer will fight against unspeakable odds in order to protect her freedom... yet given the choice to exercise freedom, - [The Wyrd Rises](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-wyrd-rises/) - Act 1: The Island Tiny shapes circle high overhead in a clear blue sky, the distant cry of gulls carried on the wind. Beneath, waves of a much deeper hue roll across the surface of the sea, their tops dashed to a frothy white by a steady wind. The ocean extends in all directions as - [Chajomi and the Murder in the Library](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/chajomi-and-the-murder-in-the-library/) - CHAJOMI AND THE MURDER IN THE LIBRARY It was early in the wintry month of Urlachmar when the call came into detective Chajomi's office. He was to report to the world library. The Aslaran rushed over to the location and found the building had already been placed under a lock down. Officers were at the - [Pilfering and Poisoning](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/pilfering-and-poisoning/) - I woke up, as usual, because Gaudiguch's distinctive stench was assaulting my nose. It is a uniquely awful odor. I'll grant you that every city has its own smell, and most of them are foul. Celest reeks of fish and false faith. Magnagora smells of corpses, and Hallifax has the scent of a thousand different - [The Adventures of Elaesree Shevat and the Unexpected Dazzling](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-adventures-of-elaesree-shevat-and-the-unexpected-dazzling/) - ------------------------------------------- The Adventures of Elaesree Shevat and The Unexpected Dazzling ------------------------------------------- Beating her wings steadily to maintain her altitude, Elaesree Shevat looked down over the mountains beneath her and squinted. It had been a few months since her last adventure, and she was slightly ashamed to admit that she was eager for something else of - [The Adventures of Elaesree Shevat and The Hooded Lucidian](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-adventures-of-elaesree-shevat-and-the-hooded-lucidian/) - ------------------------------------------- The Adventures of Elaesree Shevat and The Hooded Lucidian ------------------------------------------- It was yet another wondrous sunrise over the city of Hallifax, every beautiful colour adorning her surroundings with all the shades of the dawn. And yet something was amiss - Elaesree Shevat was disturbed. Perched up at the highest point she could find, she - [My Visit to Tosha Monastery: A Compiled Journal](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/my-visit-to-tosha-monastery-a-compiled-journal/) - FOREWORD The following is a compilation of journal entries that I have made detailing the events I have experienced during my recent visit to the mystical Tosha Monastery located amongst the Razines. Please forgive the omission of the dates - I could not keep track of actual dates during much of my entries, for reasons - [Setta and the Search for Enlightenment](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/setta-and-the-search-for-enlightenment/) - Setta and the Search for Enlightenment Setta shifted her fingers over the controls, directing the unwieldy beast a few degrees further through the aether. Flashes of light gave way to explosions of color, as beautiful and ephemeral as a passing butterfly - but Setta only stifled a yawn in response. Hours had passed since she'd - [Leelos Sunfeather and the Gilded Sage](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/leelos-sunfeather-and-the-gilded-sage/) - Did you know that Hallifax sponsors an organization of ghost hunters? We're not famous, but we do exist. I will grant you that we are technically historians, specializing in gathering information about the past by interrogating those who experienced it. Some are cantankerous, some are merely cadaverous, but all of them have precious information. Most - [Opening Ceremony -- Glomdoring's Solstice Festival; 548 CE](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/opening-ceremony-glomdorings-solstice-festival-548-ce/) - Opening Ceremony -- Glomdoring's Solstice Festival, 548 CE *** The following is a record of the Opening Ceremony of Glomdoring's Solstice Festival in the year 548 after the Coming of Estarra, which took place before the Master Ravenwood Tree within the Glomdoring. The theme of the Festival was Rebirth; a notion manifested within the ceremony's - [In Hallifax: A Poem](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/in-hallifax-a-poem/) - O shining city, bright as day, Glittering in the sun's swift rays: A grievous trouble I must relay, That I have encountered in my stay. For, you see, you're quite a maze, Therefore, I pray, don't be amazed, When I say that I was lost and strayed In Hallifax. They say no need for a - [The Last Feather; Chapers 9; Epilogue](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-last-feather-chapers-9-epilogue/) - 9. Decades have passed, and yet the glory of the Wyrd is the same, The Drums of the Dead remain as they have in the flying years Just as Crow's wings blocked Father Sun, and Mother Moon above. It was his call among the other subtle whispers through the Silence, the Pack who still roams - [A Reference Book for the Husbandry of Planar Beasts](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-reference-book-for-the-husbandry-of-planar-beasts/) - A Reference Book for the Husbandry of Planar Beasts F O R E W O R D =============== Welcome back to the wonderful world of beasts, my cohorts in beastial desires! Kyalrhin here, publishing results with over one hundred zimoru applications of these beasts that are bought and sold in Cosmic planes! Also Faethorn. Might - [Reference Book for Guild Beasts](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/reference-book-for-guild-beasts/) - F O R E W O R D ====================== Hello, this is a brief greetings from the researcher of beasts, Kyalrhin Ysav'rai. If you are fine with being completely spoiled by my acquired knowledge, then venture forth eagerly, greedily, and avariciously! If you wish to maintain an aloofness to the world of beasts, I refer - [An Elegy for Sivriel](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/an-elegy-for-sivriel/) - An Elegy for Sivriel Dear Mother, You were loved. Enshrined in Moonhart's circle, Grandfather kept up high a painting of you and your sisters, a trio of eternal maidens. I oft gazed upon you there; now I barely recall summer scent and silver hair. I'm sorry. I knew not the loss of a distant star. - [A Study on the Effects of Essence](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-study-on-the-effects-of-essence/) - Table of Contents Introduction ......... Page Two Fusion of Essence .... Page Three Foreword ............. Page Four Lab A Results ........ Page Five Lab B Results ........ Page Six Lab C Results ........ Page Seven Conclusion ........... Page Eight Introduction: This study examined the effects of the various essences from the elemental and ethereal planes. - [The Song of the Seagull](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-song-of-the-seagull/) - Oh, it's true that the lyrebird could sing a sweet song, And it's true that the nightingale could sing along, But Keepers of Song, how could you forget the seagull? Alas, all night he squawks and cries for attention, Though of course his shrill voice goes without mention, But then, who would think to sing - [Puns and why they are counter-productive to productive processes](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/puns-and-why-they-are-counter-productive-to-productive-processes/) - Puns and why they are counter-productive to productive processes Once a pun a time, there was a man whose mind was ruined by a pun. What does this sentence invoke within one's brain? Feelings of glee and a light chuckle may come from some, but others may feel a groan of displeasure with their face - [The Quiet Ones](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-quiet-ones/) - THE QUIET ONES ---------------- Ishra Ysav'rai If e'er a Muse were fit to grace A humble poet's efforts writ Mother Night, become my ink Will my paltry quill to flit Reveal Thy Father in Thine own face! Beneath the thrum of Shadowbeat The throbbing Silence yet remains Punctuating notes with rests The stillness giving life - [The Unwinnable Fight](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-unwinnable-fight/) - I was bestowed with the honour of Knighthood in the Paladins at a very young age. Under the guidance of my brother Kurama, my mentor Raikogen and the ever-watchful Lady Kelly, I was trained in the ways of the blade, becoming good enough to actually be able to defeat a few people in sparring sessions. - [By the Wheel Gate](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/by-the-wheel-gate/) - BY THE WHEEL GATE a book of haiku and tanka by Lief Myeras-Silvermoon 01. contents. 02. foreword. 03. a profusion: summer. 17. a wilting: autumn. 29. a death: winter. 41. a renascence: spring. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- foreword. Why does this book begin in summer? Because summer is when I started writing it. "By the Wheel Gate" tells - [Summer Song](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/summer-song/) - SUMMER SONG Yesterday, I dreamt of summer again: Of her short, delicious nights, Listening to the crickets' song when Sleeping 'neath starry lights. I dreamt of shadows, long as days, Stretching from the trees, Dancing to the sunlight's rays While caught upon the breeze. I dreamt of peaches and of plums, Glittering there like gems, - [The One Law: A poetic interpretation](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-one-law-a-poetic-interpretation/) - The One Law We in Gaudiguch have an old way of seeing the law It might be weird to those who fall outside our wall Be not prey to those who lost their way Love is the law, Love under will Shall ever drive our cause Freedom of Will When you seek to do your - [Bug Spray: A Kepheran Tragedy](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/bug-spray-a-kepheran-tragedy/) - Bug Spray: A Kepheran Tragedy ----------------------------- Kraek Lerit'r was having an unexpectedly frustrating day. He had sold his perfumed sprays in a lot of places with great success (or at least, with reasonable success). He had even managed to convince the orchard tenders in the Clarramore Gardens to buy his special sprays, and they make - [Maiden Wilde](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/maiden-wilde/) - MAIDEN WILDE -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= In the darkest, blackest midnight wood, Two footsteps ran as fast as they could, Headed where the brambles stood Went the form of a maiden Wilde. The branches crunched beneath her feet, Reminding her of a music sweet, As steady as her own heartbeat In the chest of this maiden Wilde. No - [The Hundred Year War](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-hundred-year-war/) - Have you ever wondered how different things would be If certain things in history just never came to be? What if the Threshold Abyss never took place? What if Ayridion still stood tall, Ascended God from the mortal race? I sometimes wondered, ideas coming to light If the powers of the Immanidivinus were still within - [Elegy for the Fallen](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/elegy-for-the-fallen/) - Prelude: The Black-and-White Striped In the waning of the year the shadow came, Fell and fearsome, flanked by flame. The innocent perished, their curtailed lives spilt out in blood and unseen knives. Who was our bane? Whose sullen wrath and age-old vengeance fuelled his path? This restless spirit, who understood nothing of love or wisdom, - [Conceptual Sustainability](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/conceptual-sustainability/) - Conceptual Sustainability by Alaksanteri Elithysius Index 3 ........................................... Preamble 4 .................................. Culture Manifesto 5 ................................. Culture Intentions 6 ............................... Societal Reflections 7 .........................................Final Words Preamble The letter adjoined to the fourth page of this volume was forwarded to the Council of Freedom on Dvarsh 14th of 508 CE. Certain parts of it have been concealed - [Cryptography Series - A Primer on Hallifaxian Encryption](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/cryptography-series-a-primer-on-hallifaxian-encryption/) - Cryptography Series - A Primer on Hallifaxian Encryption A Note From the Hallifaxian Bureau of Internal Security It is the pleasure of the Bureau of Internal Security to present the following primer on cryptography. Encryption of messages in some form has existed in Hallifax since the founding of the city, though the processes involved have - [Forsaken - a ballad](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/forsaken-a-ballad/) - FORSAKEN - a ballad -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- I wander through familiar trails With birdsong in my breast, A melody within my sails And all around me blessed With dancing color, with prismatic light, With beauty to arrest. These long and winding, these familiar trails Once led me to one place: A safe harbor for all my ails, - [My Little Dirigible](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/my-little-dirigible/) - My Little Dirigible "Dock, Chunky!", I say, and he whistles and chirps as he putters back into my hands in response, mechanical hand grabbing my own. I beam proudly at him, my loyal little dirigible. Over a decade ago I had bought him from a gnomish merchant, for two thousand aethergoops. Painted over in bright, - [Gaudiguch Gossip; Roarkian 417 CE](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/gaudiguch-gossip-roarkian-417-ce/) - A long delay, we know, but the return of a certain Crimson Eye had us abed for more than a few days with what surely could have only been a terrible stomach bug. The press room has stopped spinning, though, so we're back in action! --------------------| THE GAUDIGUCH GOSSIP |--------------------- -------< Best source in the - [One Law; Five Freedoms](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/one-law-five-freedoms/) - One Law, Five Freedoms ---------------------- Introduction ------------ Being the City of Freedom, Gaudiguch upholds the values of Liberty, Truth and Justice above all else. While outsiders might consider the citizenry as wayward hedonists with a rather questionable set of morals, some citizens might agree with these outsiders and consider it a compliment. Although the citizens - [A Pinch of Salt - Properties and Applications](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-pinch-of-salt-properties-and-applications/) - A Pinch of Salt - Properties and Applications Preface ------- Salt is a commodity that made quite the headline not so long ago, when it rose to the infamy of being the most in-demand commodity - at one point even being sold for two thousand gold coins a bag. Originating from the seas and the - [A Blank Sheet Of Paper](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-blank-sheet-of-paper/) - A sheet of paper lies squarely upon the center of a dark wooden desk which has been well-polished until it gleams. Hunched before it, sitting in a chair made of the same dark material, a large figure ponders the page, holding a crow's feather quill in hand. The page is pristine, not even the smallest - [Fluidity of Self: A Philisophical Reflection](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/fluidity-of-self-a-philisophical-reflection/) - +----------------------------+ | Fluidity of the Self: | | A Philosophical Reflection | +----------------------------+ The concept of the self has been pondered for many centuries, whether we are doomed to be a specific way for all time or change constantly like the ebb and flow of the tide. Often times it is the perception that we - [The Princess And The Dragon](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-princess-and-the-dragon/) - The Princess and the Dragon Long ago, in a faraway kingdom, lived a little princess. Born to a brave and noble king who was loved by all, and surrounded by loving and talented sisters, the little princess had every material comfort that anyone could possibly need. But alas! Material comforts are not all that one - [The Monstrous Tale of Califa y'Bolgari](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-monstrous-tale-of-califa-ybolgari/) - THE MONSTROUS TALE OF CALIFA Y'BOLGARI Foreward: Transcribed in these pages is the story of Califa y'Bolgari, which was found buried in the rubble of the Arthar'rt Observatory. For ease of reading, it has been condensed and neatly organised from its original version, which was written on barely legible vellum of an aged and worn - [A Collection of Songs for the Wildarrane](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-collection-of-songs-for-the-wildarrane/) - A COLLECTION OF SONGS FOR THE WILDARRANE by Lief Myeras-Silvermoon 01. Table of Contents 02. Introduction 03. Shashi 04. Seasons 05. Oak 06. Bloom 07. Unbroken 08. Storm 09. Flutter 10. Spring 11. Moon . . . Introduction As an artist who likes her neatly even-numbered lines in sonnets and ballads, I've always struggled with - [Expedition Excerpts - Meeting the Kaelye](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/expedition-excerpts-meeting-the-kaelye/) - Expedition Excerpts Meeting the Kaelye Alaksanteri Elithysius Roarkian 1st, 518 CE Index 3 ..... The Kaelye 24th of Estar, in the year 516 CE 4 ..... Sunyata 6th of Dioni, in the year 517 CE 5 ..... How the Kaelye met the Gnomes 15th of Shanthin, in the year 518 CE 6 ..... A Visit - [Enjoy the Hunt in Silent thought](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/enjoy-the-hunt-in-silent-thought/) - I don't know how to feel, Are you still mine or am I gone? I rarely wake to see you grow, To make you happy and to glow. Perhaps I'll be waking soon, But it's not a promise I can keep. I pray to them that you will thrive, To keep that fervour and that - [Waking the Nightmare by Eliron Shee-Slaugh](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/waking-the-nightmare-by-eliron-shee-slaugh/) - Scene 1: On Avechna's Peak -------------------------- Scenery: Against the black backdrop of the stage, a spotlight shines down to illuminate a well-worn and winding mountain path that widens into a natural plateau. Stark blue light radiates from the ragged edges of a strange rift in the sky, naught but the Void visible beyond it. Cast: - [On the Necessity of Extraplanar Colonization](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/on-the-necessity-of-extraplanar-colonization/) - Our resources are finite. That is a simple fact of life, one which we must accept. The resources inside the Basin of Life are particularly limited. We cannot rely on the rest of the material plane to solve that problem. The Soulless gods saw to that. Fortunately, we are not restricted to the material plane. - [Love Poems; Volume III](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/love-poems-volume-iii/) - LOVE POEMS, VOLUME III by Lief Myeras-Silvermoon 01. Table of Contents 02. Dedications 03. A Song 04. If 05. Stars 06. Fear 07. Want 08. Cicada DEDICATIONS Like Volume II, this book is dedicated to those I love in every way and shape that I love them. These people are my friends and my family, - [The Deaging](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-deaging-2/) - It all began with the desire to perfect the Penumbra dance of Glomdoring. To make one eternally beautiful and young. The top researchers of Hallifax that specialized in various fields of temporal aging worked on their science and magic mixtures to bring this dream to a reality.... However, it seems the basic design of the - [Elfenehoala 1](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/elfenehoala-1/) - The screams of the dying fae filled the air. - [Aramel and Unicorn](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/aramel-and-unicorn/) - Aramel riding unicorn; hunting Illithoids with a beam generator - [Holly and Hemlock](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/holly-and-hemlock/) - True Beauty is Breaking in Order to Rebuild - [Ialie Starfall](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/ialie-starfall-2/) - The rainbow princess - [Perplexing Letter](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/perplexing-letter/) - Magnagora rejected Kyalrhin's entreaty for a taint wyrm with a letter containing dangerous levels of egg puns. If you are curious about the letter; please message me. - [Pride Dragon](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/pride-dragon/) - Pride Month may not exist in Lusternia but dragons may still be proud of their colors. - [Snow Valley](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/snow-valley-2/) - [Tolborolla Valley](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/tolborolla-valley/) - [A Warrior vs Milla](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-warrior-vs-milla-2/) - Milla a pink kitten that used to reside in the Aetherplex was a source of annoyance for many across the Basin of Life. - [The Master Ravenwood](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-master-ravenwood-2/) - The Master Ravenwood; surrounded by the mountain peaks. - [Elfenehoala 2](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/elfenehoala-2/) - Just before our final jump - [The Moonhart Mother Tree](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-moonhart-mother-tree/) - [Bothering](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/bothering/) - Soft voices whisper to you from the phantasmal shroud - murmurs of cruel amusement at your question - [Aquamancer with (vegan) dragon turtle companion](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/aquamancer-with-vegan-dragon-turtle-companion/) - I don't know what I'm doing; but it has a lot of colours - [Mark of Xule](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/mark-of-xule/) - When I play Lusternia and look at some of the things I own; I see the text It bears the distinctive mark of Xule; so I decided to give that undescribed mark a look. This is what I drew. - [Initiation](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/initiation/) - Tonatiuh meets the Shofet and pleads his case to join the Beloved - [Lips](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/lips/) - This is old; my I like the lips. - [Lief and Savit](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/lief-and-savit/) - My rendition of Lief of Serenwilde and Savit - [Reference for Guild Beasts: Crows](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/reference-for-guild-beasts-crows/) - Yes; some crows literally have an aura of evil. - [Toadie Gurashi](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/toadie-gurashi/) - For some reason; these hats are popular. Want to be a toadie too Just PORTAL ENTER GLOM_SHOP_11 at the Atherplex! - [Shoulder Smolder](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/shoulder-smolder/) - Beauty Is Inevitable - [Liah Carries the Scourge; Evette d'Rose](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/liah-carries-the-scourge-evette-drose/) - Well; carry doesn't always mean mount - [the blackthorns](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-blackthorns/) - The boughs of the large blackthorn moan loudly as they shake sending a new shower of petals cascading across the fulcrux. - [Lady Aleyah Shee-Slaugh](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/lady-aleyah-shee-slaugh/) - A Self-Portrait - [An Unexpected Visitor](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/an-unexpected-visitor/) - Your vision suddenly snaps back to full focus and the numbness is replaced with a sharp; blinding pain at your last thought - What am I - [Death](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/death/) - Death Is The Major Arcana Meaning Change And Transformation Though Not Always Bad - [Winged Trio](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/winged-trio/) - This one I made some time ago. A poster-like picture of Hallifaxian trills I know best; two still living and one now dead. - [You are MUCH smaller than before.](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/you-are-much-smaller-than-before/) - A faeling racehat was acquired; and much winged-but-flightless fun was had between Gurashi and Ilistala! - [Ankrag Spooder Bunch](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/ankrag-spooder-bunch/) - A couple variations that you can get when raising spiders from Angkrag. - ['It is okay. We love you. You are Beloved.'](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/it-is-okay-we-love-you-you-are-beloved/) - Mysrai stands on Her tiptoes; hovering upwards until She places Her lips gently to your forehead. - [What Would You Say](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/what-would-you-say/) - These Things Are Dark And Unknowable To Me - [Open Shades](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/open-shades/) - O' despondent bird, whose song rests torn apart, I shall open my window and shades, I cannot promise the past, no brand new start, Instead take in the warmth and succor, How your feathers have marred, beaten down from the rain, We shall caress and clean your wings, How your talons chipped from carrying all - [Where the Black Rose Grows](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/where-the-black-rose-grows/) - If I should fall a final time And never breathe again Take me home where the black rose grows And 'neath the shadowed boughs The forest is where I came up That's where you'll lay me down Along the stream where I was wed You'll find me once again For my home where the black - [Mother Night and Her Lotus](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/mother-night-and-her-lotus/) - Featuring the nightlotus. - [Legacy.](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/legacy/) - A hush has fallen on the world, as though the air was stilled. And now the mere word "legacy" has set some hearts to chill. It's not clear why this happened, and it's not sure where we'll go. Perhaps some outer force beyond control has made it so. To those who have lost heart or - [Of Fire and Shadow](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/of-fire-and-shadow/) - In the heart of the forge where embers glow, Two souls entwine in a dance of fire and shadow. One, a warrior with a blade’s gleaming edge, The other, a tempest with a heart unpledged. By day, the fire burns steady and bright, A guardian of justice, a beacon of fire. But as the dusk - [Reunification](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/reunification/) - She stares at him, azure eyes meeting her own as he looks back at her. Her breath catching, she suddenly feels the flicker of a memory, lost long ago to the echoes of the void, before her new life, before the Portal wiped everything she had ever known. There is something about him, captured in - [The Speaker of a Thousand Way's Prayer](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-speaker-of-a-thousand-ways-prayer/) - * . ' * * . ' * * . ' * Not a man of many words, With many things to say, Such as these drifting dreams, When You'll return someday. In Your embrace we'll fall, Us waiting things, Your mournful Beloved, Loose, tattered strings. Weave us as You did before, Into a selcouth - [Panaxra, the Dreamshade](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/panaxra-the-dreamshade/) - "With surprising tenderness, She strokes the Seal, trailing tendrils quivering with anticipation. In the blink of an eye, She thrusts Her arm elbow-deep into the rose gold disc. Reality shudders and time stands still for a moment. Then a silent detonation booms throughout the First World, and the howling of untold nightmares begins to fill - [Whispers of Serens](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/whispers-of-serens/) - In the heart of emerald shade, where shadows softly creep, Lies Serenwilde, a forest vast, where ancient secrets sleep. Beneath the canopy of green, where moonlight softly weaves, The whispers of the ancients call through rustling autumn leaves. The fae, they dance in twilight’s glow, with melodies of old, Their voices weave the tales of - [Poetic Lines on Crow and Night](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/poetic-lines-on-crow-and-night/) - A talon taps a tune on meat-stripped bone, Forgotten feather falls from ebon crown - Crow's single eye sees all from darkwood throne, The darkened forest spreading all around. The setting sun, with fingers long and red, Paints shadows in the twilight and the dark. Crow's ragged form, a deeper, mirrored dread, His shadow black - [Mother Night - Gloriana](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/mother-night-gloriana/) - An artist's interpretation of what Mother Night may have looked like before the Taint Wars. - [For Valtreth](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/for-valtreth/) - I've sat on this very beach, toes buried in the sand, a countless number of times before, gazing into the skies above. As I study the waves crashing against the shore, I predict the changes of the tide almost down to the minute. Here is where I watch the lights flickering on the horizon, - [Folly Folio: A Clash in Lapping Waves](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/folly-folio-a-clash-in-lapping-waves/) - A Clash in Lapping Waves -12 Roarkian, 673 CE- He builds his castle in the sand, stakes flags on tower mounds, and in his magnanimity, leaves driftwood drawbridge down. He stands with back to sparkling shore, surveys his majesty, and when the tide comes rolling in, his tears go to the sea. He sees a - [Words of Power](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/words-of-power-2/) - When one does not know what to write To manifest one's poetic might There's naught for it but to endeavour Or silence one's true voice forever If trials of word and sword alike Would fain at points of weakness strike Which slays erelong? Which saps all will? Misjudge not the humble, deadly quill For what - [Breaking the Cycle of Injustice by Defending the Helpless: A Young Celestian's Perspective](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/breaking-the-cycle-of-injustice-by-defending-the-helpless-a-young-celestians-perspective/) - In a world teeming with darkness and strife, there exists a calling that transcends personal ego and ambition, a sacred commitment to break the cycle of injustice by defending the helpless. Celestians exemplify this noble duty. In this essay, we shall explore how Celestians play a pivotal role in the pursuit of justice, their unwavering - [Rose-Coloured Glasses, Removed](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/rose-coloured-glasses-removed/) - Rot and ruin and smog-smothered skies, We whisper and watch as Magnagora slowly dies, Never fast enough, but steady and sure, Bleeding culture, becoming such a terrible bore, Roads that crumble, a bell-tower never ringing, The Voice of Jagrerox silenced, now unsinging, The city turned to nothing but a dry husk, Trapped, unchanging, stuck forever - [Beacon of Harmony](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/beacon-of-harmony-2/) - O scintillate, thine glowing hearts That oscillate in lockstep beat O spark and soar, harmonic arts And coruscate in minds complete O call the tempest, call the storm O summon whirlwinds, bid the squall Be free! Let clarity transform And flowing tessen trails enthrall O’er crystal spheres and noble sky Of nimble thought and fleetest - [The Seal of Kiakoda Reserve](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-seal-of-kiakoda-reserve/) - The handsome seal that lounges on the fields of snow and ice. - [Echoes of Malevolence: Understanding the Darkness of Nil's Demonic Folly](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/echoes-of-malevolence-understanding-the-darkness-of-nils-demonic-folly/) - Within the plane of Nil, the teachings promulgated by the enigmatic Demon Lords have, over the annals of time, maintained a steadfast grip on the hearts and minds of their ardent adherents. Yet, in the face of this prevailing devotion, it is an inescapable imperative to subject these doctrines to the most exacting scrutiny. Concealed - [Back to the Ivory](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/back-to-the-ivory/) - The sea glitters like a thousand blue diamonds. Rolling waves lapping against golden sands to leave trailing foamy hands; a lover's fingers that longingly grasp. The sky is crystal - endlessly blue. Littered with fat clouds that beg a bite or curious hands to grasp and form into shapes only the eyes can see. And - [The Enigmatic Earth Lords: Unveiling Their Significance](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-enigmatic-earth-lords-unveiling-their-significance/) - In the world of Geomancy, the Earth Lords stand as powerful and enigmatic beings, each embodying distinct aspects of the Earth element. They play a vital role in the lives of all Magnagorans, impacting everything from the shaping of landscapes to the pursuit of knowledge and the wielding of power. This paper aims to delve - [A Night in Snow Valley](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-night-in-snow-valley/) - A cold night in Snow Valley! Wind, snow, and sabre-toothed cats! Oh my! - [Rhyme Time at Camelalia](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/rhyme-time-at-camelalia/) - Gotta camel spittin' rhymes, In the sunshine, Need a desert groove? He's got the front line, Got that humpback beat, That you know is prime, Tracks that flow, Through the sands of time, In Gaudiguch, Watch for Camel's spittin' Camelalia! Yeah, the book is written, 'Bout a contrary camel, No mere mortal can - [The Stars Above Your Wounded Sky](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-stars-above-your-wounded-sky/) - The Stars Above Your Wounded Sky -2nd of Juliary, 656 CE- The ghost you'd chase while courting love, I knew her face, oh how I'd stare. Her hopes, her dreams, unknown to me, Just features painted fine and fair, Enshrined within this gallery. As if among the stars above, Her smile, her grace, her silver - [Your Eyes Were Green With Me](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/your-eyes-were-green-with-me/) - Your Eyes Were Green With Me -25th of Urlachmar, 655 CE- Did I lose you to the sea, Or were you the one to leave? I remember when your eyes were green. Traces like footsteps in the sand, Washed away from Verdant Land. Did I lose you to the sea, Sailing to shores beyond me? - [Changing Moon of Today and the Fae](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/changing-moon-of-today-and-the-fae/) - Gentle, cool, silver light from above shines through the leaves Waking up to laughter, rustles, nymphs whisper in the trees Nymphs? My vials decayed but perhaps my senses remain Bonds formed, minds melded, strings between hearts retain "My Child", a voice behind me spoke, an apron hanging upon her neck "Defender", from above a lady - [The Necromentate](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-necromentate/) - Our smog was all gone. And the sun shined so bright. All our masters could say Was to stay out of sight! I lurked there with Ardrak. In shadows that fall. And said "Oh great Ardrak Give me demons to call!" To bright to go play and too clear to go out So we lurked - [The Noble](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-noble/) - She is clothed in dignity and strength, they adorn her more regally than silks and pearls. No fear for the future pinches her noble visage, her proud head tilted, cheeks framed by artful curls. For she knows herself; confidence radiates in every step, she is a woman of the Engine, noble blood runs through her - [Calliope](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/calliope/) - Calliope, the indulgent nereid, using Uzriel's wizzer image box at a fragrant garden before the Theatre of Bloody Threnodies. - [The Lady of Lagoons](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-lady-of-lagoons/) - After more than a thousand years, the Lady Li-varili is released from the Morokeshe Seat. - [Presidio Blossoms](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/presidio-blossoms/) - Looking up at the cherry blossoms at midnight, only a single phrase comes to mind: "With this ink, I thee wed." - [Sketch of Dreameater Moths](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/sketch-of-dreameater-moths/) - The mothies of Mysrai's Godrealm are all noisy and good! - [The Inner Sea](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-inner-sea/) - Light radiating from the Golden Temple pierces the crystal blue waters from above. - [The Tale of Ser Eduart, Deathknight of the Jackal](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-tale-of-ser-eduart-deathknight-of-the-jackal/) - The Tale of Ser Eduart Deathknight of the Jackal -- The Spring -- Every night the rains come. And every night, the butterflies take to hiding. But not me. I wait. While the other elfen warriors slumber, lost in their dreams caused by scattered stardust, I sit atop my steed, waiting for a thunder that - [Magnagora Personified](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/magnagora-personified/) - Magnagora is a nation that has bred many notable and accomplished citizens, reknowned the world over in many fields. It has produced mighty warriors, fearless explorers, brilliant scholars, sage priests, ingenious artists and all manner in between and combined. Many Ascendants have risen from Magnagora, both Vernal and True, and many have stood triumphant as - [The Only Real Path](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-only-real-path/) - A man may suffer greatly when encased by bounds and rules, be held in ropes and cages and made feeble foil of fools; Yet a man can free his body with his strength and wits and tools, but the tightest of all shackles, those we place on our own souls. A woman stands and shouts - [Unchanging Grace](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/unchanging-grace/) - Standing comfortably beneath her Arbour Does Raziela sing No sword No armor Her voice empowered by the Light Her hands held open A warm invite Against the Taint does she stand No flame to wield No shield in hand But she does not shy from taking action Through Love Through warmth And - [Unlocking the Magic of Enigmatic Medley Stew: A Journey of Self-Discovery](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/unlocking-the-magic-of-enigmatic-medley-stew-a-journey-of-self-discovery/) - This latest publication is a feature of my latest recipe. The Enigmatic Medley Stew. This stew is perfect for any occasion! It's a warm, comforting stew that will surely please everyone's taste buds. Tender carrots, wild onions, and sunflower seeds are simmered in aromatic herbs, spices, and honey for a rich, hearty flavor. The secret - [The Understudy: Part 1](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-understudy-part-1/) - The world is a haze. A seething, churning cloud populated with an inky, smoggy blackness. In a few moments, the darkness achieves various hues of gray, coiling out into a cloudy sky above the sooty skyline of a sprawling city. The hissing turbulence of steam accompanies the grinding of clockwork as the tenements bathe in - [The Son of Steel and Gold](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-son-of-steel-and-gold/) - Born of gold and forged in steel his destiny is set in stone for though he stands at Emperor's heel his true path will be walked alone. - Quatrain MXXXII, The Verses of Magnora The ignorant masses may be asking themselves now, "Who might it be that was born of gold and forged in - [Primal](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/primal/) - Just one more and this will be done, Volcex was thinking. The crystal sphere bounced back up into his hand. Now if I can just figure out how to get to… Crumkindivia? Is that really what it's called? How could anything real be named that? He went back to poring over aetherscrolls, and that's why - [Rhizoda at Dusk](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/rhizoda-at-dusk/) - A pair of weather-beaten trees endure on the beach, finally enjoying a respite from the tempestuous Elder's rage. - [A Trill's Song: Virtues](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-trills-song-virtues/) - _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ __ We keep our silence through thick and thin We hide our secrets and never give in And every day we face a new challenge But it's never too much for us to manage We carry the weight of our choices - [A Glimpse into a Memory](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-glimpse-into-a-memory/) - My memory is still fragmented, and there are moments I am unsure if I remember an actual event or a dream, but I do remember life as a child in the beautiful Valley of Tolborolla. It was then, as it is now, a place of peace and serenity. There are a few memories of my - [A Couple of Valentines](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-couple-of-valentines/) - A pair of cutesy Lusternia-themed Valentine's day cards featuring Calioliahali and her spouse, Gurashi! - [The Gloriana](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-gloriana/) - The Gloriana River is a reminder of what used to be. - [Dracnoris: pg. 8](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/dracnoris-pg-8/) - Part 8/8. Final page of the Book of Dracnoris. - [The Dunes of Iklara](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-dunes-of-iklara/) - Can one truly map the dunes as they shift beneath a sky of crimson lightning? - [Mother Night Cometh](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/mother-night-cometh/) - Cloaked in the garb of shadows, Mother Night reveals herself to a young supplicant. - [Painful Step Forward](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/painful-step-forward/) - What is this dead weight? My heart a stone in my chest. Cold, lifeless, limp; dead. Bereft of pain's blessed kiss, A void of nothingness. An empty space, a blank line; Name now erased. Stained and tattered, A tapestry of our life, Want and need, endlessly Left unfilled. I waited, For eons I waited, Time's - [Petrichor Sings](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/petrichor-sings/) - "Clouds shifting high above the world we know. Where will we go? And what will we dream?" "Oh Toronada sands, golden and gleam..." - Petrichor - [The Importance of Community: Lessons from Bennin Wigglebottom](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-importance-of-community-lessons-from-bennin-wigglebottom/) - "Herbs are a gift to us, not something we are entitled to." Alyvia Ethereal Ritualist 7th of Shanthin in the year 100 CE. -Dedication- My first book is dedicated to my new family in Serenwilde. Thank you for welcoming me into your forest. This book is also dedicated to my mentor, who has guided me. - [Etsija's Tale](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/etsijas-tale/) - One dark winter, a great bear came down from the bitter cold of the mountains and made a den in the river upstream of a tribe of fishers. Its hair was shaggy and black as night, and its roar could flatten trees and make the bravest warrior quail with fear. It caught every fish in - [A Guide to Cookery](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-guide-to-cookery/) - Index: Introduction p01 1 Attire p02 2 Mise en Place p03 3 Organizing Your Kitchen p04 I. Storing Your Ingredients p05 II. Storing Your Cookware p06 III. Water p07 IV. Heating Fuel p08 V. Preparation Area p09 VI. Cooking Area p10 VII. Service Area p11 VIII. Waste Area p12 IX. Scullery p13 4. Cutting, Weighing, - [Dracnoris: pg. 7](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/dracnoris-pg-7/) - Page 7/8 - so close to the end now. - [The Cosmic Plane of Iklara](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-cosmic-plane-of-iklara/) - Bartered from the Night Market, a map of the Cosmic Plane of Iklara. - [A Sunny Respite](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-sunny-respite/) - You pause for a moment to think of those who have come before you, those who have been affected by this tragedy and who are suffering still. Then, with a hopeful smile you say: "Yes - I will help you plant a sunflower." - [500 Years](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/500-years/) - ========= 500 Years ========= A collection of poems by Lendren Starfall, written in the years leading to their 500th birthday, some of them improvised and off the cuff. ----------------- the restless dead ----------------- Something ineffable Nigh undefinable Binds you, impossible Irreconcilable Peace unattainable Rest is denied to you Loss insurmountable You haunt us, what haunts - [Secrets of Gods in Magnagora](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/secrets-of-gods-in-magnagora/) - Secrets of Gods in Magnagora Found of Over Centuries. In This Book Do Dwell. Fear Them Not. Not All Secrets Harm. An introduction follows, one that I hope will show my humility. As a follower of Morgfyre, I know it will be taken with a grain of salt. That I can understand secrets known of - [The Sprawling Ravenwood](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-sprawling-ravenwood/) - Higher and higher, the branches of the mighty Ravenwood reach, stretching out towards the eternal face of Mother Night's shroud. - [Dracnoris: pg. 6](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/dracnoris-pg-6/) - A brief glimpse at the world of Lusternia. - [Life Before, Life Now](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/life-before-life-now/) - I don't recall life before the portal. I often wonder who I was then. Even my first years after stepping through are but a blur in my mind's eye. But I've since witnessed the unforgettable, things hardly to be imagined, moments I could relive a thousand times over and still be left breathless at the - [Destiny Devours](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/destiny-devours/) - It appears as though the inhabitants of Aquagoria will not be deterred from their quest. - [Dracnoris: pg. 5](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/dracnoris-pg-5/) - Introduction of the Fates. - [As the Braziers Burn, Episode One: Rollara and Wyclissa](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/as-the-braziers-burn-episode-one-rollara-and-wyclissa/) - Act I - Rollara Scene I: Rollara's kitchen. Characters: Rollara and Nyssi. ------------------------------------ The curtain opens to reveal a cozy kitchen and two women sitting at a table eating breakfast. The sun shines through the open window and the faint scent of both sulfur and incense wafts in, creating a not unpleasant counterpoint to the - [The Wyrd Encroaches...](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-wyrd-encroaches/) - A seed can flourish even when the surrounding forest changes with more than the seasons. - [A Prayer for Guidance](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-prayer-for-guidance/) - May the Light guide my hands, that they bring justice swiftly. May they never fail in their service. May I take no pleasure in the death of any foe who succumbs to my blade. Methrenton, make me Your weapon. May the Light guide my spirit, that I stand for the innocent. May I be always - [Gurashi Sings 'Toronada Sands'](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/gurashi-sings-toronada-sands/) - A six-fingered sileni strums and sings lyrics introduced along with the guitar by Petrichor, a fae of unknown dynasty. - [Dracnoris: pg. 4](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/dracnoris-pg-4/) - The Book of Dracnoris, page 4. - [Behold, the Hand](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/behold-the-hand/) - Despite great harm to Herself, the Enigmatic retrieved the Leviathan's eye... - [Empowering Bards and Scholars](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/empowering-bards-and-scholars/) - Introduction From The Playwright: Hello! This play has been written to serve as a fun way to instruct students in the finer details of empowering bards and scholars before bringing them to the library and stage. I hope that it also serves to entertain them, and anyone else who watches (even if they already - [The Songs of Angels](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-songs-of-angels/) - Tread softly, dear one, for we are in the midst of angels. Can you hear them calling? Can you hear their songs? Breathe in the crisp air of Celestia. Feel the sand beneath your feet. Marvel in the beauty of this creation. Feel at home here, find comfort. There is serenity in this place. There - [A Call to Arms (A speech before battle)](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-call-to-arms-a-speech-before-battle/) - I will stand by you, dear friends. Even if it means unto my death. I will raise my symbol in your defense. I will slay our enemies at your call. Heed my promise and bear witness. I will never forsake you in your time of need. Know my heart is steadfast and resolute. May we - [Dracnoris: pg. 3](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/dracnoris-pg-3/) - Page 3/? of the Book of Dracnoris. - [Beneficent Eminence Arae Villarreal, Alabaster Adherent](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/beneficent-eminence-arae-villarreal-alabaster-adherent/) - Just a fun little portrait of Arae conducting experiments on the skull of her enemies. - [The Thief's Truefavor](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-thiefs-truefavor/) - Gurashi bearing the Saffron truefavor of Mysrai, Thief of Hidden Apogees. - [The Trials and Trails of Barnaby Daryngton - Part 1: Hot Pursuit](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-trials-and-trails-of-barnaby-daryngton-part-1-hot-pursuit/) - The scene opens into a busy marketplace, bustling with crowded storefronts spilling over themselves as they jockey for visual position amongst the throng of people browsing. The view pans upwards, past the faded awnings before settling on a towering, resplendent alabaster wall casting its gilded shadow down upon the rabble. The beautifully pruned limbs of - [Sundry Tanka, 601-625 CE](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/sundry-tanka-601-625-ce/) - Sundry tanka by Xiran Stormcrow, from 601 to 625 CE. Rites ----- To: T -19th of Kiani, 604 CE- Sanctum circled thrice in refractions of colour. Rooted willow grace while in loving mayhem blooms tulip of a dragon egg. To: K -18th of Shanthin, 605 CE, under the Waxing Crescent- Waxing in pink dawn of - [From the Megalith](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/from-the-megalith/) - Even in the vertex of Night, the Megalith glows. It draws all manner of beings to its power. But sometimes, beings emerge from within it. Along with other things... - [The Initiate](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-initiate/) - “Come with me,” they said, Through the fire and the ash, Under shadow and point, The four-sided stone, Wreathed in secrets, And mysteries old. “But I know better,” I said. Knowledge is cheap, It cares not of your status, Of family, Of fame. And I can find my own way, Beyond the veil hiding right. - [The Eternal Flame](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-eternal-flame/) - A source of power and majesty. A symbol of freedom. A beacon of what yet might be. Rising from Time Forgotten. - [Holy War](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/holy-war/) - Bleed with me, my brother. What stronger bond can be formed? Stand beside me as we face our enemies, unwavering and resolute to our fate. For, what is death but a new beginning? To die for one's cause is the greatest honour. May we be always worthy to heed that calling. May the Light never - [The Edge of Transformation](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-edge-of-transformation/) - On Becoming Necessary --------------------- Necessity: being required or indispensable; the principle according to which something must be so, by virtue either of logic or of natural law therefor a condition that cannot be otherwise In your youth, people tend to make you feel as though you are necessary to this world in one way or - [Book of Dracnoris: pg. 2](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/book-of-dracnoris-pg-2/) - "...as the fountainhead of all life ought to be." - [Ivory's Prayer](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/ivorys-prayer/) - Ivory awakens, pure and bright, Severing the veils, of a long Ebon night. Hear our whispers, Hear our pleas, Beyond Saffron dreams, and the shifting sea. Our hearts weeps, A mournful song, The Paradigms miss You, Your presence now gone. However there's hope, We smile through the pain, Move on step by step Loving each - [The Adventures of Tut: Genesis](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-adventures-of-tut-genesis/) - "Careful steps, young Paladin. Careful steps as you walk through along your fallen. Do you see them? Do you see the spectral reflections of life once lived? Do they frighten you? Yet here you are, marching to Magnagora." "How long has it been since you left? How long has it been since you've set out - [Refusing to See the Darkness](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/refusing-to-see-the-darkness/) - "Discerning between true and untrue perspectives is the root of Wisdom." Lady Maylea, the Tenets of Quietude ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Content warning: This work of cautionary fiction contains imagery and subjects related to toxic relationships, substance abuse, mob violence and execution. Foreword ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The origin of this short story comes from a study of the - [I Wonder](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/i-wonder/) - I love you now as I loved you then, Encompassing, devouring ache that knows no bounds, Endless, Hungering, Consuming, My heart until it is naught but a void left empty, Barren. Yet, Beyond reach you lie, As you have always lied, So far, very far away. And I cannot touch, I cannot grasp, Even graze - [Memoirs After the Battle](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/memoirs-after-the-battle/) - The din of battle is still ringing in my ear as I begin my work of assessing the wounds of those who fell in battle. I can't help but let out an exasperated curse under my breath. The butchery of fighting has left so few that I can save, just corpses mangled beyond recognition. Still, - [I Would Rather](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/i-would-rather/) - Let's just say that I would rather do certain things instead of others. I like swinging swords and bashing skulls more than almost any of my brothers. I'd rather be covered in blood and guts than have my hair all clean and proper. That gorgog stench really isn't so bad compared to the smell - [Mysteries, a Preface of](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/mysteries-a-preface-of/) - There's something to be said about the mysteries that hide within the pyramids of the city of Freedom. Is that what draws the populace to her walls or is there simply an allure to those who call themselves citizens? It can be hard to decipher just what brings the unenlightened to her doorstep, but one - [Book of Dracnoris: Pg. 1](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/book-of-dracnoris-pg-1/) - Page 1/? of an Elder Wars webcomic. - [Geomancer's Journal, Part 1](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/geomancers-journal-part-1/) - I am Radrafdin, of House n'Kylbar, and have begun this journal to help note down my newly received task set forth by my parents. Growing up amidst five siblings, and lost amidst the middle of the sequence of births, exhibiting no truly impressive skill or political mind, i've never been viewed as more than dead - [Journey through a Soulless](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/journey-through-a-soulless/) - As the Balach swamp exploded with fire and ash, revealing the minions of the Soulless God Muud, I knew what needed to be done. Sensing a disturbance within the dream realm at the heart of this issue, I prepared myself for the inevitable task ahead of me: Reaching the Sleeping Child. While the rest of - [The Application, Functional Processes and Implementation of Crystal Technologies Within the Environs of the Commonwealth of Hallifax](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-application-functional-processes-and-implementation-of-crystal-technologies-within-the-environs-of-the-commonwealth-of-hallifax/) - 3rd of Tzarin, 64 I am Radrafdin, of House n'Kylbar, and have begun this journal to help note down my newly received task set forth by my parents. Growing up amidst five siblings, and lost amidst the middle of the sequence of births, exhibiting no truly impressive skill or political mind, i've never been viewed - [Kalas Jazris](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/kalas-jazris/) - A once Sohei of the Ninjakari. - [Snow Valley](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/snow-valley/) - Icy wind viciously whips through the snowy valley. The local animals having already sought out shelter from the impending storm save for the larger snow cat that prowls seeking any unsuspecting pray. - [Svana Burns For You](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/svana-burns-for-you/) - "Burn! Burn it to the Ground! What's that!? I can't hear you over the sound of your forest burning down!" The mighty taurian cackled insanely over the roaring inferno around her. - [Drocilla, the Enchantress](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/drocilla-the-enchantress/) - "In that moment, She lets out a dark chuckle as Her form suddenly ripples, Her features melting and reforming into Someone else entirely. Her body still shifting upon billowing winds, the visage of utter perfection floats in a fiery halo of golden tresses." -Drocilla's return event - [Vigil of the Red Star](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/vigil-of-the-red-star/) - The winds of a gathering storm is once again ripping through the First World of Lusternia. With the appearance of the ominous red star in the sky, many strange events have begun to take hold. First the bards, then strangers claiming to be a part of an organization dating back to the times of the - [Made Her Smile!](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/made-her-smile/) - Once upon a time Arimisia asked Munsia to smile for her, however she was refused. Arimisia vowed revenge and that she'd get what she wanted. Time past and soon Munsia forgot all about the vow made that day. When she least expected it, the sly fox snuck up behind the elusive wolf and at long - [Elanorwen Nightshade](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/elanorwen-nightshade/) - Slowly stepping from the security of the dense forest, Elanorwen takes in the beauty that is Glomdoring. - [Chief Everiine Silvermoon, the Wise](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/chief-everiine-silvermoon-the-wise/) - Deep within the heart of Serenwilde, there is a small clearing near Moon River that has been long forgotten to most. A decrepit ritual ground of their ancestors is brought roaring back to life as spells and incantations are woven in a disparate cry to the guardian spirits of the Wilde. Lending his ever wild - [The Nil Fly](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-nil-fly/) - Some time back, I did an artisanal with this little guy called Spaz and called him a Nil Fly. For a long time I have been trying to get someone to do a research project on them and I think I have finally pulled it off! - [Illuminatus unveiled](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/illuminatus-unveiled/) - "Vestiphobia. Nil!" The illuminatus swore to herself. She'd recovered her senses but not her robes, torn off under the thrall of the affliction. Without the illusionary magics sealed into the fabric, her true form was revealed. Leathery skin to absorb blows, giant hands to crush and smite, and a nose full of viscous slime, among - [Aiyana the Red Panda Furrikin](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/aiyana-the-red-panda-furrikin/) - A self-portrait, Huzzah! - By Aiyana - [Opening Doors into the Astral](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/opening-doors-into-the-astral/) - Shifting through the realms - By Nadjia - [Portrait of the Artist's Husband in Templar Regalia](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/portrait-of-the-artists-husband-in-templar-regalia/) - In which one particular dracnari Templar displays a flail and a suit of well-fitted armour in the Gaudiguchian style, presented against an abstract background. While there has been perhaps some stylization in certain details, the twinkle in his eye was most carefully duplicated, lest he be rendered unrecognisable. The artist is aware that many Bonecrushers - [Before the Snake's Skull](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/before-the-snakes-skull/) - After my long trek through the Blasted Lands, I had finally arrived. I had heard legends about the long-dead basilisk that slept eternally in the sandy canyons nearby, forever hissing at the world as if it dared to be the source of all southern winds. I would say I didn't believe them, but deep down - [Star-eyes](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/star-eyes/) - --- on quiet days, beware his gaze, on cold nights, be warned his eyes, scroll in hand, a written demand, beware, be wary, of Siam and the Lib'ry --- Self-portrait of Siam 'Star-eyes' Isilya. - By Siam - [Stickyfingers](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/stickyfingers/) - A Leprechaun. Cute things, don't you think? - By Golgothura - [Silent Scream](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/silent-scream/) - An editorial piece depicting Lord Nocht. - By Golgothura - [Fainite Mask](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/fainite-mask/) - A mask I made in my college course representing a Fainite mask. I know the colours are reversed but it was too late to reverse it (And I would have screwed it up) so I added the horns and feathers. I think the colours by themselves make it very Fainite re - By Kashchei - [Lady of Flowers](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/lady-of-flowers/) - The Elder Goddess Maylea reclines among some bluebells. - By Serella - [Friend or Foe?](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/friend-or-foe/) - Distrusted by many, Lady Somaria y'Kaliath works as a free artist and still is a stunningly beautiful woman. Here she is, depicted in her grotto in the Aetherways. - By Saaga - [Zodiac](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/zodiac/) - Lusternia's night sky and constellations. Scroll right to see them all, and watch for the lines and names. - By Lendren - [The Silver Goddess](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-silver-goddess-2/) - Lisaera, as imagined by Saaga: "Can you hear Her silent sigh on the forest's edge? The trees are kissing with crowns in embrace. Teaches Her children the argent sights - the secrets of Silvery nights." - By Saaga - [College mosaic](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/college-mosaic/) - I saw this mosaic on the floor of the College of Tainted and Necromantic studies and I decided to paint a picture of it. - By Iytha - [The Seal of Keph](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-seal-of-keph/) - The Great Seal of Keph is made of a kephera wax that is harder than reinforced steel. Covering the entire eastern wall, the thick oval seal vibrates as its outer ring slowly turns. Glyphs and runes are carved upon the turning ring, and in the center of th - By Steingrim - [Atellus](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/atellus/) - A true Tahtetso closing in on an unsuspecting shard of Illith, Atellus' eyes gleam with kindness and unique humour. The once mute novice quickly outshone his mentor, Saaga. - By Saaga - [Map of Scorpion Caves](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/map-of-scorpion-caves/) - Survey Map of the Scorpion Caves. - By Steingrim - [The Colourful Aesthete](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-colourful-aesthete/) - Lady Isune, surrounded by hummingbirds in all the colours of the raibow in a freshly painted sky! The opaline eagle, her symbol, is also present. - By Saaga - [Lady of Glomdoring](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/lady-of-glomdoring/) - Viravain, having Her body-adorning spiderwebs woven anew, pauses momentarily to spare a haunted glance to the onlooker within Her Dark Forest. - By Saaga - [The glorious Exalted](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-glorious-exalted/) - Eventru, Crown of the Exalted, depicted in the rising dawn on the sands of Celestia. Cherubs accompany Him. In His hand He wields a globe of pink lights, symbolizing His healing of Lady Raziela. - By Saaga - [Canine Nightmare](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/canine-nightmare/) - Gwyllgi, the Dog of Darkness, watches over a pair of fresh pods, patiently awaiting the birth of Night's newest servants. - By Tysiphid - [Lady and the Dragon Turtle](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/lady-and-the-dragon-turtle/) - Lady Terentia, as I view Her - the warrior has time for the small. Here She is instructing a curious onlooker on how to help birth turtles. A young dragon turtle is unsure what to think upon hearing of such things... - By Saaga - [Wyrden Muse](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/wyrden-muse/) - A Harbinger looses herself in the thrums of the Shadowbeat. Even in the face of bold Moon, the Wyrd is strong. - By Tysiphid - [A fatherly figure](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-fatherly-figure/) - A fatherly figure - at least to His own! Elostian, the Enigma as He was when Saaga first met Him. - By Saaga - [Torturous Beauty](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/torturous-beauty/) - This trill Nihilist is everything the ideal servant of Lady Nifilhema should be: dark, secretive and indulgent in pain. - By Athine - [The Opposites](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-opposites/) - Blessed be the 'Dancers of the Wyrd and the Wilde, for one works to illuminate and dispel the mysteries of the dark, while the other worships and welcomes its secretive embrace. Two beings, so alike in thought and strength, yet for vastly different motive - By Xiel - [The Facility](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-facility/) - A map of the Facility aether bubble. - By Rhosyn - [Tzaraziko](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/tzaraziko/) - One of the Vernals, in a pencil attempt. - By Sarin - [Project Cosmic Hope](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/project-cosmic-hope/) - Animated .GIF of Project Cosmic Hope... Southpark Style! - By Daganev - [Nature](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/nature/) - A Tae'dae skilled in the art of Totems bonds with the numerous spirits of nature. - By Folken - [Jeitara, the Seductress](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/jeitara-the-seductress/) - Deep below the Inner Sea, Jeitara as she is conspiring to capture Joiya and conquer Carai Caroo. - By Alaksanteri - [Arkae](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/arkae/) - - You ponder a dragon claw nekai thoughtfully, looking it up and down. Standing north of roots the young nekotai ponders the nekai thoughtfully in his wicked manticore hide greatrobes. - By Arkae - [Autumn Falls](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/autumn-falls/) - -----------------------[ Part 1: A Life Lost ]----------------------- Harmonious melodies... The softest of touches... A tender smile that could extinguish nightmares... These were the only remaining memories that six-year-old Leiyra had of her beloved mother, Rhiann, a strikingly-gorgeous elfen priestess. Her father, Cynd, a human mage, was weeping... The only time that young Leiyra could ever recount - [Rolan's Ride](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/rolans-ride/) - *---*---*---*---*---*---*---*---*---*---*---*---*---*---* A musical accounting of the brave exploits of the gallant Templar Captain Rolan Vessandril as he bravely traversesthe countryside, protecting the city of Freedom in its time of dark, dire need on his famed adventure known to Gaudiguch merely as... Rolan's Ride - [Witch Hunt](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/witch-hunt/) - Tosha gave me wisdom. He gave me control over myself. He did not give me a purpose. That gift came from the Empire. Not from Celest, though their priests gave me a silver star to wear around my neck. Not from Hallifax, though its crystalsingers wrought the lantern that focused the magic of my order. - [The Silver Storm and the Dying Crystal of the Forgotten](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-silver-storm-and-the-dying-crystal-of-the-forgotten/) - Without warning, the earth erupted, quaking with a fury that tore across the Basin of Life. The ground's loud roar deafened all other sounds, drowning out even the ecstatic cries of the mad earthmelders in Magnagora who howled along with their patron element. As if tearing at itself with miserable claws, great crevices were riven - [An Introduction to Reality Theory: First Exposures](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/an-introduction-to-reality-theory-first-exposures/) - Introduction to Reality Theory: First Exposures Reality is a rarely explained phenomenon that considered to be a "given". Yet, we do not quantify the alteration of it similar to how we may quantify a change in the passing of - [Sestina for Jilai Clarramore](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/sestina-for-jilai-clarramore/) - Once, as a child, she envied the swans.In her father's house, amid the bloomof wind wisps, and her budding dreams,they soared in pairs, matched in love.In silence, white-winged, without fear,songless themselves, they lived in song. Now, when her voice is raised in song, She thinks of them, those drifting swans,thinks of her hope and of - [Gaudiguch Gossip, Roarkian 458 CE](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/gaudiguch-gossip-roarkian-458-ce/) - We're baaaaaaaaaaaaack! To be fair, we never really were GONE, per se, just...Well, it's a long story involving a writing retreat in the Shifting City and said city doing what it does eponymously best and leaving us a bit stranded in non-existence for a few score years, but fortunately there's an entire village of edible - [The Skylark Doctrine](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-skylark-doctrine/) - If there is any topic that wins eternal favor with historians, it is war. The high stakes that every soldier wagers end it an air of majestic intensity, while the importance that it has to the state's public image ensures that such research receives excessive funding. The tendency of militaries to keep excellent records is - [Death of an ur'Guard](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/death-of-an-urguard/) - Riax patrolled past the Megalith again, its giant structure protruding into the sky above the Plane of Nil. His armour jangled with each step, his skull-adorned greataxe clanging rhythmically. It was nearly the end of his shift and his body was beginning to weaken with fatigue. Riax sighed as he looked up into the cold, grey sky and gathered - [The Alchemy of Love](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-alchemy-of-love/) - ----------------------------Dramatis Personae----------------------------Madame SYLVIE, of the Chateau d'AmourLISETTE Tautou, a young womanANEIRA, a MoondancerSir ARCHIBALD Prescott, a knightCountess CECELIA, of StewartsvilleLord MONTGOMERY Estenborough, a noblemanLady FENNELA Estenborough, his sisterALBERT Dimple, the butlerBESSIE, the cookOld SALTY Duncan, a fishermanAn elfen driver --------------Act I--------------* Scene 1: The interior of a carriageThis carriage is a utilitarian affair, though it bears - [The Pride of Orlachmar of Yore](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-pride-of-orlachmar-of-yore/) - With fist raised high and sword in hand,An Orclach Captain leads his bandTo riches greater then gems or gold.For glory, blood, and vict'ries toldDid marching boots and clashing steelRouse unbeating hearts to feelThe pride of Orlachmar of yore. "To strike fear all across this land,"Shouted fearless Cap-i-tan,"We must purge the young and old,the weak, the sick, - [Ashskins](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/ashskins/) - Once upon a time, long ago in an aetherbubble far away, there lived a beautiful young princess. Her mother and father were King and Queen of a lovely kingdom and they loved the princess very much. However, one day, as the family sat in their throne room, as they did most every day to listen - [Soot and Roses](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/soot-and-roses/) - I don't know why people complain about the smog. It means that people are working and changing. A clean city is a stagnant city. A stagnant city offers no opportunities. Why would anyone hate the smell of opportunity?That is why I took deep breaths as I walked through the streets. My opportunity was waiting for - [A Collaborative Correspondence](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-collaborative-correspondence/) - 96 ------- Act I ------- The scene is dark and indistinct, like a hazy deep blue twilight, still as a winter's eve. Slowly, it brightens to show an airy laboratory, high up in a tower overlooking a crystal city. * SCENE 1: An airy crystal laboratory This is a spacious, domed room with smooth white - [The Illithoid Extraction](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-illithoid-extraction/) - I heard the pigeon knocking on my window a few hours before sunrise. Itknocked seven times, and then it paused. That was the signal. There waswork to be done.A man in my line of work does not keep his employers waiting. I dressedand armed myself as quickly as I could, and then I made my - [The Brave Little Failing](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-brave-little-failing/) - She came alive in a library, nerves awakening with a fiery blaze as awareness flooded her mind, and she screamed. Birth is never easy, often bloody and is defined by pain, and hers was no different. From blank nothing to sentience and stimuli - the nascent mind prepares itself, grows in gestation and slowly awakens - [Song for Three Artists](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/song-for-three-artists/) - *The author wishes to clarify that the poem was written prior to the Aesthete's return. And so Dynara's thoughtful handsDid form Her canvas, three great lands--Aye, sea and soil 'neath glowing skies.O'er them did three Divine preside,Their beauteous art none e'er shall hide.In Their memory verses rise. Carakhan, Sculptor of Waves, She shaped the life-giving seas,Powerful, fierce as - [A Gardener's Guide to Winter](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-gardeners-guide-to-winter/) - ----------------- Dedication ----------------- Much has been said of the Ellindel Arboretum as the foremost example of gardening and horticulture in the Basin, though for too long we have kept that wisdom among our own people, and failed to share it throughout the world. That the Serenwilde boasts of having the most thriving and varied plants - [The Gallant Highwayman](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-gallant-highwayman/) - The carriage barreled along the dark highway, jostling and swaying to give the viscanti Lord a rather enticing view of his ward's heaving bosom. "Magnagora will love you," he assured the young woman, leering closer with an unctuous grin to lightly smooth down one stray flaxen curl. Doe eyes like sapphires stared back up at him, - [The Wretched Wreck](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-wretched-wreck/) - Why did I choose to investigate a rotting hulk of a shipwreck when Icould have spent my time searching a nice, comfortable library? Success.My studies had been going swimmingly for months, so I decided to stretchmy legs and seek out the occult in a challenging environment. It tooknothing more than the tender ministrations of a - [The Fall of Fair Icewynderkyl](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-fall-of-fair-icewynderkyl/) - Deep within Icewynderkyl,Amidst the ice and snow,There once were trees of glorious green,In times long, long ago.For deep within Icewynderkyl,The dryads roamed, so fair.And this is where great Father stalked,Seeking His prey there.Oh, deep within Icewynderkyl,The Nightmare found His quarry,And sought to give out His Elixir,Beneath black skies so starry.Alas! But in Icewynderkyl,Shrouded in its - [Vendetta](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/vendetta/) - Justice is that which puts conflicts to an end without the absolute destruction of one party or the other. Thus justice can come in many shapes and sizes, from the rule of a mighty court, to simple restitution, to vulgar bloodshed. One who would understand justice must study all of these myriad mutations, and he - [Elegy for the Sun Fae](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/elegy-for-the-sun-fae/) - Coronuli, crowned with honeyed light, restless fae of flickering flame, child of the Sun, in twirling flight casts fire below as his impish game. Town and village feel his darts, Striking fear in mortal hearts.Nimbuli, she of the golden eyes, with hidden form and blazing hair, springs with lithe limbs from the skies, her power - [A Serendipitous Quest, Ch. 1](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-serendipitous-quest-ch-1/) - There once was a little girl, whose mother loved her very much. When she was born, her mother was given a gift more precious than silk or gold. She was given a choice. Her mother had been born a slave, as had her father, and their parents, and so would the girl have been had - [A Modest Proposal for the Salvation of Lusternia](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-modest-proposal-for-the-salvation-of-lusternia/) - It is a most lamentable and fearful state in which Lusternia perpetually rests. The Children of Magnora clamor ceaselessly within their various cages and prisons, endlessly striving towards the unwinding of our very reality. Who among us, whether they be a ecclesiastic servant of the Celestian half-formed or taint-drunk cog of the Engine, does not - [The Peculiar Warlord](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-peculiar-warlord/) - Have you heard the story of the Peculiar Warlord? If not, I shall tell it to you. There was a time - and it doesn't really matter when, for this tale happens in that hazy once upon a time where all stories exist - when there was a child. This child was both fortunate and - [The Web of Fear](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-web-of-fear/) - The Web of Fear: A Tale of the Black Rabbit Enlay was not supposed to be here, of this he was certain. But this time there were no cutting warnings or creepy fae giving him notice. Indeed, no warnings had come at all. And so he found himself weaving and dodging past the balls of explosive - [The Life of Indii Exet](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-life-of-indii-exet/) - INTRODUCTIONThe study of history is a matter of evidence and inference, but there isstill an art to writing sustained historical narratives. One mustexamine the paltry facts that have survived the wrath of the ages,consider the ways in which they might fit together, and draw conclusionsabout the lives and deeds of our forefathers. That is no - [Rise of a Crone](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/rise-of-a-crone/) - To you my athame I give,As within you doth nature live, And the shadow shall fade awayBeneath the dancing of the fae. The Moon doth keep my spirit bright,To worship under healing light, The crone I take forevermoreWisdom eternal I adore. With Albion shall I reside,Mind and heart to be put aside,My soul to rest with Mother - [Bards of the Basin](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/bards-of-the-basin/) - Stoic and expressive are the bards of Hallifax,Crystal instruments and lyrics so lax.Operatic phrase and classical score,Airy and sweet with placid encore.In exclusive salons do they belong,Not in battle, amidst the throng. Ethereal notes attend the Spiritsinger tune,Wildearrane strains by the weak light of Moon.Rough, unpolished, ill-trained and unkempt,To cover one’s ears does the melody tempt.Swinging - [Rhyming Songs for the Wilde’s Children](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/rhyming-songs-for-the-wildes-children/) - *************************************** A collection of silly rhymes to for young children. From morning tonight give your tender charges the precious gift of fun and rhyme. *Dedicated to Lendren and his rambunctious children* *************************************** A Song for the Morning ~This is the perfect song to sing to children to begin their day, wakethem up gently with promises of love and sunshine~ ================================Where is - [Creativity Games for Festivals and Gatherings](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/creativity-games-for-festivals-and-gatherings/) - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-Creativity Games for Festivals and Gatherings-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-written by Lendren Starfall-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-Being a collection of fun, festive games you can easily organize and play at guild gatherings, festivals, balls, ceilidhs, parties, and other celebrations. These games are all easy to organize and run, do not require any special skills or equipment, can be played anywhere, and are easy - [The Hunting of the Squid](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-hunting-of-the-squid/) - Call me Impish. That's not my name, though I suppose to an outsider it seems close enough to most Gnome names. We don't usually get imps in aetherspace. But I had an uncle, once, who spent some time down there in Newton Caverns, and he sees all sorts. "You're impish," he said to me once, - [A Very Hallifaxian Fairy Tale](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-very-hallifaxian-fairy-tale/) - A Very Hallifaxian Fairy Tale Cast list:Hilatr Zhalee, a trill bureaucratAiath Xai, a lucidian apprentice artistPeedee Oh, a fairy godrobotClak, Minister for Citizen Happiness and ProductivityAnd a few other unimportant people Act I, Scene I In a drab, crystal-walled office filled with plain, functional furniture, a young trill sits disconsolately at a desk. The white, downy feathers which - [Of Waves and Spires: An Exploration on New Celestian Foundations](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/of-waves-and-spires-an-exploration-on-new-celestian-foundations/) - Table of Contents 1...Title Page 2...Quotation 3...Table of Contents 4...Author's Note 5...A Study of Celestian Structure 6...His Foundations in New Celest 7...A Comparative of the Sculptor of Waves & Architect Cited Works & Supplemental Resources 8...Interview of Former Celestian Citizen Yarith 9...Interview of Celestian Citizen Bleuu 10..Interview of Celestial Citizen Malikai11..Cited Works Author's Note To - [Flight and Fortuity](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/flight-and-fortuity/) - FLIGHT AND FORTUITYA Play in Three Acts CAST Angelique Standing at the cusp of womanhood, Angelique carries herself with a confident bearing, her straight shoulders drawn back and her chin held high. A short-sleeved, slim-fitting linen dress hugs her willowy figure, finished with a snowy-white collar and cuffs. Thick reddish-gold hair cascades past her shoulders, held back with - [The Treacherous Trees](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-treacherous-trees/) - No man can study the hidden secrets of the world without danger. I have survived attacks from men who hoped to keep their mysteries hidden from my sight. I have braved the traps of those who guarded their lore through artifice. I have survived even those secrets which were dangerous in their own right. The - [Wyrden Treatise I, by Versalean](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/wyrden-treatise-i-by-versalean/) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Wyrden Treatise I:Freedom in Fettersan essay by Versalean-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------THE FIRST TRUTH-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Good neighbour, there is a paradox scribed deep upon the hearts of the lesser races, and it is thus: an adventurer will fight against unspeakable odds in order to protect her freedom... yet given the choice to exercise freedom, she will usually choose not to. You - [Aria of Seasons](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/aria-of-seasons/) - ARIA OF SEASONS by Flutura ------------------------------------ ROLES ------------------------------------ Flutura Tall and lissome of figure, Flutura Shevat is attired in a shimmering evening gown of midnight blue, its close-fitting shape lending emphasis to the voluptuous curvature of her silhouette. This lucidian female appears artfully constructed of wine-hued amethyst, translucent and gleaming in the presence of the - [The Tower of Silence](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-tower-of-silence/) - The Tower of Silence A Tale of the Black Rabbit She ran as fast as she could manage, frantically scrambling across the heath in her effort to get away. Somewhere behind her she could hear her brother trailing her, calling her name. She didn’t care. She had to get as far away as she could. But fear dulled - [Operation Mint](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/operation-mint/) - This document is declassified for the betterment of the historical record by order of Portius Nitraedes in his capacity as Chief Superintendent of the Sentinel Company. All reasonable educational and scholarly uses of this document are authorized for all members of the general public. Commercial uses of this document are forbidden except where expressly permitted - [The Heart Rending: Part One](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-heart-rending-part-one/) - “Go ahead.” boomed a low, vibrating voice somewhere off in the emptiness. Immediately, my dress slipped off my body and fell to the ground. I eyed my surroundings wondering where the gods were watching from, if they were watching at all. Wanting to cover up my nude body, but remembering earlier instructions, I was forced - [Pilgrim](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/pilgrim/) - I recently heard the most marvelous story from a harlot. She heard it from a monk who was not terribly enthusiastic about his vows, and that monk heard it from a vintner. The vintner heard it from a poet, which leads me to believe that it is entirely true. You can always trust a story - [The Rise of the Stygian Raven](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-rise-of-the-stygian-raven/) - “Oha…” I heard her call over our bond with one another. Something in her voice stopped me dead in my tracks as I hunted through the remains of Castle Djarrakh. Since the day she could speak, she took to calling me “Oha”, which meant “Master”, according to her. Some ways she said it gave me - [Becoming a father](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/becoming-a-father/) - [The following text is an excerpt from a journal written by Arian, some 150+ years ago]As my soul meditated and resolved its issues over the years I had slumbered, I returned to the realms many years older. It was strange to be awake after so long, and I felt lost and confused. So much had - [The Life of Manana Kanimi](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-life-of-manana-kanimi/) - Virtue is the result of self-control. Wild passions lead people todestruction, deviancy, and disobedience. Therefore the civilized soul isin a state of perpetual war against its own base impulses which must beconquered for it to have any hope of virtue or achievement.It is an unfortunate truth that some people are more heavily burdenedwith these natural - [The Last Feather - Chapters 9 - Epilogue](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-last-feather-chapters-9-epilogue/) - 9.Decades have passed, and yet the glory of the Wyrd is the same,The Drums of the Dead remain as they have in the flying yearsJust as Crow's wings blocked Father Sun, and Mother Moon above.It was his call among the other subtle whispers through the Silence,the Pack who still roams the undergrowth of hemlock and - [The Divergent Branches - The Tarnished Age](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-divergent-branches-the-tarnished-age/) - Foreword: I hold this to be true: the world we know is not the sole, defining timeline. As Xynthin demonstrated to us, possibilities have a world of their own. What can be, is, and has a life as true and as vibrant as our own. And though the barriers between worlds are mighty, they are not - [A Memory of Selskia](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-memory-of-selskia/) - A Memory of Selskia--------------------"This one is a snapdragon," she says, pointing out a spray of red-orangeflowers sprouting from a single stem. Lady Maylea's realm is wonderful.Lush with colour and life. I peer at it, before looking back up at Momma. It's strange how we're just about the same height now--she used to be so tall!But 'Da is even - [Essays on Lucidian Hue](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/essays-on-lucidian-hue/) - Hue distribution of the Hallifaxian lucidian populationA random sample of mid to upper caste adult (age 16 or greater) Hallifaxian lucidians were surveyed regarding their hue. The survey had a 98% response rate, which appears consistent with response rates of previous surveys. The remaining 2% were investigated by the appropriate authorities, and found to have - [The Fabulous Fable of Phabmud](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-fabulous-fable-of-phabmud/) - I recently had the dubious pleasure of hearing the life story of one of the most unfortunate men in the history of the world. He was not bold or beautiful. He was not intelligent or interesting. His name was Phabmud. That is a terribly unfortunate name even by the standards of the Mugwumpi language, but - [Thieves of the Red Sun: Part One - Trouble in Celest](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/thieves-of-the-red-sun-part-one-trouble-in-celest/) - The thief moved slowly through the long stone hallway, not making a sound. He virtually clung to the grey walls, just another shadow in the darkness. He paused for a moment, stretching every inch of his six foot frame, eyes and ears straining in the blackness. There it was again, the sound of sandaled feet - [The Sentinel Tree](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-sentinel-tree/) - The Sentinel TreeBy: Malikai Indara The lone tree stood in the clearing, devoid of life; his leaves wind-scattered across the desolate plains stretching between two forests. Life had moved past him and yet he stood sentinel, watching over his dead stretch of land as if waiting for the day when life would grace it again. - [The Black Rabbit of Glomdoring, part 2](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-black-rabbit-of-glomdoring-part-2/) - The Black Rabbit of Glomdoring, Part 2The Uncaring WinterBy Stratas Shee-Slaugh Calling what Enlay felt now 'cold' would have been a colossal understatement. The bitter chill whipped and scourged at his back as he trudged forward, leading the way for Nisha and her piercing eyes. Even his thickest coat offered no protection against the harshness - [History of the Creche Wars: The Book of Chirurji](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/history-of-the-creche-wars-the-book-of-chirurji/) - (Author's Note: This is the 4th chapter of an ongoing series, following The Book of Gobilogra, and the final chapter of the First Kidnapping arc.)***It is held to be true that all living things, from the lowest grub to the most terrifying Primordial, possess three qualities.First is Body, the combination of energies which grant life - [Fledging Fables - A Song of Beauty](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/fledging-fables-a-song-of-beauty/) - "For Beauty, With Compassion, In Sacrifice."-The tenets of Isune--------------------------------- A young sparrow fresh from the nest had begun her first journey into the skies. Being new to this world, and naturally curious in nature, she dove and twirled through the clouds, chirping happily at her newfound freedom. With the sunlight shining brightly off her wings and her song echoing through - [The Last Feather - Chapters 5-8](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-last-feather-chapters-5-8/) - Crow. Crow. Crow.The death-drums did pound,How hearts would rise in thrill, in fear,Crow. Crow. Glorious and mighty, They pounded onwards, speaking tonguesAs Eliar was lead by the slinking Predator's pride,The distance closing upon the border's of the Darkest Heart,Shadows did creep and beguile, as they pass'd,The cool touch of them sweeter than any lightThat had - [Musings on Life, Paths, and the Why](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/musings-on-life-paths-and-the-why/) - Will is a concept we all know of, and hopefully have some sort of grasp on. Will is your life, and what you want to do with it. It’s your destiny and your fate, but with you as the shaping focus. And as you grow, so does your Will. It changes as you do, what - [The Wyrdenwood, by Versalean](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-wyrdenwood-by-versalean/) - The Wyrdenwoodby Versalean ====ONE==== Once, the womb of Fate opened and threw a faeling into the Basin of Life, and within him warred both virtue and vice: the first, a thirst for knowledge of all things; the second, a desire to be. Yet, through study of the glorious Wyrd, that fool unlearned the lies that enslave the - [Almay](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/almay/) - There is glory in conquest, that is well known,in the shining shield wall, in bloodshed and strifeor in the long war, in the most sacred of strugglesagainst the world's secrets, against the unknown.That war is the noblest, it surpasses the restin what triumph attains, in how all people gain.Spires, if you can recall all you - [History of the Creche Wars: The Book of Gobilogra](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/history-of-the-creche-wars-the-book-of-gobilogra/) - (Author's Note: This is part 3 of a series, starting with the Book of Amonkari)***I miss not those days, the endless empty years of war and slaughter, when We had no greater purpose than to invade the creches of Dynara's other abandoned children, and they had no greater purpose than to invade us. Looking back, - [Duet of Shards](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/duet-of-shards/) - Dawning comes with rosy hue,and colour fills the sky.I cannot help but turn from you,wings spread that I might fly.For I am a child of Trillillial,and you are a child of XylAnd you who cleave unto the ground, will you ever know my thrill?Dawning comes with hours aneweach day a gift of time.The hours in - [Internal Combustion: The Workings of Pyrochemantics](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/internal-combustion-the-workings-of-pyrochemantics/) - [ -- I -- Introduction -- ]To what end do we walk this world? We are as wanderers, lost in the desert, and parched from thirst. But water is scarce, and we must learn to seek it out, lest we shrivel up and die from our own ignorance. For this truly is a drought of - [The Nightmare Memory – Dame Maeve](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-nightmare-memory-dame-maeve/) - Oh sweet mother of the ethereal realmOh unwavering goddess to which nature does bendWhy do you hold such pain that does whelm?Tell me, do you want the pain to end? You are unraveling, my sweetSoon you shall cease to beSoon the soil shall have another corpse of which to eatCome now, will you show me your - [On Civilised Service](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/on-civilised-service/) - Table of Contents1...Title Page2...Table of Contents3...Author's Note4...Foundations5...The Wards of Our Fathers6...Shine, Continuum7...Mother Collective's Nursery Songs8...Lullay, Lullau (The Nesting Song)9...A Little Bolt of Lightning10..The Willow & the Skylark11..The Ugly SnowdropAUTHOR'S NOTEOver the course of the year 433 C.E it was my greatest pleasure to serveas an indentured musician underneath the Archon of Accord, Vivet Pavokwho tasked - [The Cataclysms: Koor, Scythe of the Masque.](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-cataclysms-koor-scythe-of-the-masque/) - The Cataclysms: Koor Koor n'Rotri stared straight ahead at his commander. The two massive maces felt good in his hands, the words of the commander flying over his massive head. Not many things could survive his crush grip; his weapons made of the toughest steel from Rockholm's mines. Massive plate armour gave him a hulking look, - [Poem of Transformation](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/poem-of-transformation/) - Long ago, when the Basin was youngthe Voices of Creation hath sungMany beautiful things were madeCities were formed as they playedMagnagora was one of these fewWhere culture and population grewScientists and scholars arrivedand thus the city began to thrive.On that day the Emperor spokeThe scholars thoughts were provokedTo transverse to the Supra PlaneFor power he - [The Revelation](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-revelation/) - Higher gods, Higher gods!?They defy all the odds. From whence do They come? Should we care where from? Aelish the lead to Celest He wentAfter slaying the Soulless and fixing the rentOf all destruction with a waving handLooking the heroes Him and His band. Karagash, Iron God, made His choice by strengthThe Engine He claimed and tested at lengthHunts - [Praise for the Hallifaxian Pantheon](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/praise-for-the-hallifaxian-pantheon/) - I'll sing of a city, fairest of all,that treats Beauty and Truth as divineA floating jewel whose spires stand tallWhere Science and Art intertwine.Oh Hallifax, by Harmony blessedWhere logic and reason do reignCollectivist peace brought to those distressedWhile our culture puts others to shameI'll sing of the pair whose dreams were made wholeDespite the doom - [The Black Rabbit of Glomdoring, part 1](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-black-rabbit-of-glomdoring-part-1/) - The Black Rabbit of Glomdoring: Part 1By Stratas Shee-Slaugh Enlay wasn't supposed to be here alone, of this he was certain. Part of that was remembering Nisha telling him so, in her usual shrill, cutting tones. She loved to scold him ahead of time, knowing he was going to find himself in trouble regardless. That way, - [History of the Creche Wars: The Book of Volkh](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/history-of-the-creche-wars-the-book-of-volkh/) - (Author's Note: Part 2 of History of the Creche Wars, following the Book of Amonkari.)In the face of invasion, We changed, all of Us. Tablack changed most, like He'd been waiting for this conflict all His life, but We all adapted, in big ways or in small, to the invaders who continued to come. Those - [The Tale of Harvarhall](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-tale-of-harvarhall/) - There are two ways that a man might win glory in this life. The first isby doing praiseworthy deeds, and the second is by recording those deedswith undying words. I choose the second.Of whom shall I write if not the great lords of Harvarhall, who heapedglory upon their names before they passed from the world? - [Nitrae](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/nitrae/) - Book One I'll sing of bloodshed and fury, of virtuous war and the sack of a temple, the fall of the idols of a thought-fearing race. I'll sing of the glory of Nitrae herself, and how she went forth with an army behind her, into the world to carry cruel war away from the spires - [Luck's Whimsy](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/lucks-whimsy/) - The light of scattered candles in the dreary alcove served little to peak my interest in my studies, illuminating only the dust that drifted through the air of the chamber. Sighing, I brought myself closer to the scroll and as my mind lingered upon the mysteries contained within, every word became increasingly more obtuse and - [Waiting for Urlach](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/waiting-for-urlach/) - A horde of monstrosities lumbered forwards, bellowing and roaring as they advanced on the troop of orclach. Poor spawn of Kethuru, they gibbered and flailed when they weren't flinging tentacles about. "Gar Harun Orlachmar!" cried out a Death Marshal, commanding in armour of blackened steel. A gigantic tongue lolled across the ground towards him and - [The Triumph of Glomdoring, A Play](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-triumph-of-glomdoring-a-play/) - The Triumph of GlomdoringA recital of Wyrden MajestyBy Stratas Shee-SlaughForeword:It seems at this point an aeon ago that the events of this glory-filled month transpired. Much has changed since then, and indeed, modern audiences may find it a bit odd, given the state of alliances presently. But there is no mistaking it. I wrote of - [Death of the Sparrowhawk](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/death-of-the-sparrowhawk/) - There was once a great tree seated within a grassy field. In this field all manner of creatures thrived: in the roots of the tree lived a serpent and by its trunk a wild hound kept its den. Atop the tree a sparrowhawk perched, its watchful eye surveying all about it. The three quarreled to - [One Down](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/one-down/) - She swung the claymore clumsily at the fink warrior, the blow cutting deeply into the small creature, who collapsed onto the ground, lifeless. She picked up the corpse. This felt wrong. Her body felt all wrong. Her hands were fine, but her arms were...wrong. It didn’t make any sense. Ten finks. That should be enough to - [Coming of the Higher Gods](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/coming-of-the-higher-gods/) - 'Twas it a Dream or fairy tale wrought, The Creatrix Herself soon became naughtBut a memory 'tween mortals and kinWhile the Soulless raged through the din. Could not be true this outcome, Estarra was All and we were numbFrozen in place watching the scene,Horrified, chilled, by the obscene. Each Elder God raised up arms,Using Their power and mighty charms'Twas - [Sonnet for an Absent Mother](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/sonnet-for-an-absent-mother/) - Once I, with Maiden's curiosity,Followed your footsteps with clumsy treadDancing to moonsong and fae's gaietyAlong silver-shot paths where Mother leadCrone's Wisdom taught beneath sacred treesThe secrets of Moon's darkest waysTogether sought what the silver pool seesand then warmed our foes with moonfire's blazeBut you now dance by light of other flamesRhythmless where you once trod - [Raziela's Champion: Orson the Cannibal](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/razielas-champion-orson-the-cannibal/) - Raziela's Champion Helena There have been as many fighters as stars throughout the Basin. Some are brutal killers, glorifying in slaughter and blood. Others fight with honour, and find death a necessary evil for the greater good. In Celest, both and many more are present, but only one that was ever called Raziela's Champion. Her name was Helena. - [Eight Against the Prison](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/eight-against-the-prison/) - The stage's lights brighten only marginally as the curtain rises,revealing the illithoid Nyggoth standing in a dark cavern, surroundingby a crowd of miserable illithoid scavengers.The sound of countless soldiers marching echoes out from the darkness,followed by several loud cracks and crashes.Nyggoth: Shards of Illith, do you hear the creaking and cracking of thestones? The hives - [One in Faces Three](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/one-in-faces-three/) - The fires of the forge that sharpen and honeA howling blizzard, the winter's embraceWeeping in taking, the Path of the CroneDarker than night 'neath the Mournful Moon's gaze Brightness of day with its blessing of warmthRefreshing and cool, the Silver Falls' soundPersuading, shielding - the Motherly PathEmpow'ring and bringing fullness around Weakened, come, and listen by the - [Dreams of Vengeance. Part 1.](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/dreams-of-vengeance-part-1/) - I can only imagine that this is the feeling of death. My spirit rises from my slouching body, but I can still feel my fingers against the wooden panel floor. Nobody knows how our spirit can leave our bodies but still feel the physical sensations of touch, but I'm sure some of my former comrades - [Journey to the Spires](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/journey-to-the-spires/) - Old Hallifax was often in the habit of sending colonists out into the world to expand the city's economic power. Some expeditions thrived, others failed, and still others prospered for a time before collapsing into irrelevance. A rare few of them had an even greater misfortune than that. They lost contact with Hallifax due to - [Memento Mori](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/memento-mori/) - I remember...The darkened trees, the moss, the wet loam, the clacking stones of the sheltered bank. Beside a river, beneath a skeletal tree of the Thorns and Web. There in the darkness was despair. Sheltered, on the bank. Evermore a lack of purpose. No meaning in the dark. Sheltered from the world.I remember...Wandering. Listless, aimless, - [The Magnagoran Election Poems](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-magnagoran-election-poems/) - (~ Chapter One: The Idea ~)While the nobles squabbled and discussed the upcoming election, the urchins of the streets of Magnagora jeered and snickered in the shadows. A few thought themselves quite clever and would gather trading poems and songs, satisfied to idle in the filth than use their gifts towards advancing themselves or the - [Sweetest Uncertainty](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/sweetest-uncertainty/) - From vastly different worlds they come,At odds in many a way.Until by chance their paths did cross,And thus began a new day. She walked the woods, dance and sangWith playful joy did live.With flowers and nature did communeWith generous spirit give. Blessed she was with grace and wit,Crowned with tresses of gold.Simple beauty, fair and sweet,Admired by - [The Daughters of Crow: Evolution to Perfection](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-daughters-of-crow-evolution-to-perfection/) - 1.........Title Page2.........Dedication [not included]3.........Table of Contents4.........Introduction5.........Omens of Glory6.........The Testament of Ignacious7.........Analysis & Conclusion9.........References10........Raven to Crow Tongue Index-INTRODUCTIONMuch like the shadows of yore, the great change of the forest ofGloriana has been often hailed in many pieces of scholarly transcriptsin a general manner, an overview that has lead to sweeping over manygrand details of the Wyrd - [Hunting the Mountains of Madness](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/hunting-the-mountains-of-madness/) - What shall my legacy be,what shall people remember of me,perhaps a lasting final image,stronger than any carnage? The Mountains of Madness, Earth. 210 years after the Coming of Estarra. Kalliel Ignotus Harmon was a brave man. Back when he had been a paladin he had trekked to the horrific depths of Nil itself. Slaughtering demons at the behest - [The Deaging](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-deaging/) - It all began with the desire to perfect the Penumbra dance of Glomdoring. To make one eternally beautiful and young. The top researchers of Hallifax that specialized in various fields of temporal aging worked on their science and magic mixtures to bring this dream to a reality.... However, it seems the basic design of the - [The Art of the Lower Wards](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-art-of-the-lower-wards/) - IntroductionIt can be easy, in a city as beautiful as Hallifax, to take the breathtaking vistas, the exquisite statuary, and the inspiring installations of light and sound for granted. This is not inherently a bad thing. It speaks to the high standards of Hallifaxians, to the excellence which forms the backdrop of our lives, and - [The Blood Links](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-blood-links/) - Carry you, I do, in the folds of cloaksand the ears of figurines. Tucked awayyou sleep in shadowy bliss, as is befittingthe Glomdoring kith. I keep you hidden,dearest blood, in the vaulted heights of chapelsand the burrows of spiderlings and pill bugs. Let them speak of you as they wish, forwhat are words to Wyrden glories? - [I, Kea](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/i-kea/) - DRAMATIS PERSONAELeloosroo Harabroo: The Unfortunate ScientistZvoltz: The Lord ArchitectMolooon Dibloo: The Incompetent ScientistTeleeee Molmon: The Unusually Stupid ScientistNelelldic Mrelcree: The Marginally Skilled ScientistKlasli Staic: The Long-Suffering JudgeKea: The Bird----SCENE ONE: THE EXPERIMENTA booming blast of thunder echoes across the dark stage.Suddenly, a bright bolt of crackling lightning flares upon the stageas the lights suddenly turn - [Winds of the WIlde](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/winds-of-the-wilde/) - Flurries wisp snow along iced paths. Branches silvered under Moon's shine. Whispered to me of events long past. Memories within moonhart pine. Breezes lilt, songs of fae and fawn. Inspired of Hart, clear in mind. Dew glistens in the hope of dawn. - [The Sign of the Spider](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-sign-of-the-spider-2/) - A script, by ~S. Nightshade - CAST OF CHARACTERS (not in order of appearance):Roderick (notated as ROD.):Swarthy and with a raven-hooked mien, this elfen man stands alert and anxious dressed in shades of obsidian and grey. Two nekais are pressed at his hips, and his long legs appear to tremble with each step. A votive tattoo of - [The Enginseer's Tale](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-enginseers-tale/) - The Enginseer's tale Coldness. Wetness. The earliest things I remember. I hate them. I will always hate them. Like many out of the portal of Fate, I never knew my birth parents until later in life, and so had only only a few unpleasant memories to call my own. Abandoned on the Old Grand Crossing like so much trash, I - [Journy of the Mind Chapter One](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/journy-of-the-mind-chapter-one/) - We looked out upon the Basin as we stood along the Path of Dreams, glancing at our homes. As we came closer to doing what was needed as we listen to echoes on the wind coming from the city of Hallifax. As we turned to the floating city, we all knew what was being sent - [Malorne's Journal](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/malornes-journal/) - The first page of this small journal is bordered by messy, completely unintelligible writing. Only the barest resemblance of an occasional character to a letter from teh Common alphabet is able to differentiate between some form of hieroglyphic doodling and an attempt at script.In the very centre of the page, someone with a child's hand-writing has very - [Fafri in Love](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/fafri-in-love/) - Spires, sweet spires, you who shine up in the sky,who serve as the beacon to all of the worldto teach them of virtue, of the steady mind,I beg that you share your sweet remembrance with me,of the fair faced soldier, who won great acclaimat the right hand of great Jekkex, doing great deeds,when at lasthe - [The Engine](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-engine/) - The Engine grinds a harsh sibilant,Cranking, turning, discordant squeals,A lullaby that haunts and seeks tormentWhile hearts pulse to the crooning peals. Born from faith like a hangman's noose,We have risen above the chains of old,The Taint surged forth and set us loose,Giving us strength for all to behold. Ever steady and constant it turns,Its threnody careening in - [Quiet Harmony: Reflections on Lord Nocht and the Harbingers](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/quiet-harmony-reflections-on-lord-nocht-and-the-harbingers/) - Quiet Harmony: Reflections on Lord Nocht and the HarbingersBy Stratas Shee-Slaugh --Songs and Silence: An Introduction--As Mother Night spreads her dark shroud over the skies, a strange silence settles over the Basin of Life. A stillness and sense of quietude permeates the air. But the silence is nothing more than an illusion, a deception to trick - [The First Chord](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-first-chord/) - She paused. She could hear the noise from the building ahead of her. Music and swordplay, the latter of which being what caused her to stop before opening those large doors of petrified wood; though her younger brother might call that music as well - he was always interested in things like that. She wasn't alone. - [The Sign of the Spider](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-sign-of-the-spider/) - THE SIGN OF THE SPIDERA script, by S. Nightshade-CAST OF CHARACTERS (not in order of appearance):Roderick (notated as ROD.):Swarthy and with a raven-hooked mien, this elfen man stands alert and anxious dressed in shades of obsidian and grey. Two nekais are pressed at his hips, and his long legs appear to tremble with each step. - [The Tide of the Dream](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-tide-of-the-dream/) - The tide of the dreamBatters against the walls of the BasinWe wonder what it does meanTo the arms of our Father, we do hasten With His might, he swims upstreamTo find the source of this torrentIt is here that He plans His schemeTo use His four axioms and set a warrant For the Dreamer has stirredAn event - [Magnagoran Mycology](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/magnagoran-mycology/) - On the Selection of Fungi Suitable for Long-Term Cultivation within the Undercity The ability to consume meat, the physical makeup of mortals and animals, is a trait common to all sharded races. The tendency to do so varies both between races(furriken diets tend to consist more heavily of vegetables with some fish, while aslaran ones - [On Leclee Sunfar and the Construction of the Clarramore Cloud Gardens](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/on-leclee-sunfar-and-the-construction-of-the-clarramore-cloud-gardens/) - *~,~*~,*~,~*~,~*~,~*~,~*~,~*~,~*~,~*~,~*~,~*~,~*~,~*~,~*~,~*~,~*~,~*~,~* To quote one of the greatest authors of the modern age:'The mark of a paragon of the Collective is absolute devotion to not only the Collective itself, but also its ideals, accompanied by the highest possible degree of skill directed towards supporting those ideals. It is necessary and proper to record the details of the - [The Scars of Katrina](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-scars-of-katrina/) - The finest specimen. Yes she was. Her eyes closed softly, as if in prayer, her body still, as if dead. Blood had dried around her wrists where she had struggled, and the spikes from the choker on her neck had crimson mattered fur around the tips. Yet she was beautiful, youth in her body and - [A brief look at the Thorns](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-brief-look-at-the-thorns/) - There are a number of symbols held by the Mistress of the Thorns. Many that guide Her faithful and Her forest. Let us start with the Rose. Nothing more than a flower with thorns on the stem. Small insects may spread pollen of a flower to make more. The flower is nothing more than something - [The Nightmare](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-nightmare-2/) - The children of Glomdoring sleep beneathThe many branches that do keepOur little babes safe from our enemies teethInto soil do their blood-stained bodies seep When the might of the Wyrd is brought full forceAnd the Lady awakens, her beauty brightThe forest takes of their essence, its dinner, the main courseFrom Her thorn whip, our foes have - [Foresight - Chapter One](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/foresight-chapter-one/) - Foresight - Chapter One You may call me Fennolyn, Fennolyn S'thar. Bit of an odd juxtaposition, an elfen name beside a lucidian surname; I find it trips on the tongue, sounds a bit forced. An elfen, surely, should prefer the ground beneath his feet and a canopy of leaves above his head over the cold, austere - [Shadows in the Well: An Insight into Caoihme Dell and Wydyr Glade](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/shadows-in-the-well-an-insight-into-caoihme-dell-and-wydyr-glade/) - [--The Valley of Healing--]Deep within the mountains of Avechna's Teeth lies an unassuming spring with an unknown source. From this place mysterious the water flows through the spring, tumbling down the mountainside and picking up a furor and intensity that belies the water's humble origin. There, where it crashes to the earth below, the river - [Whispering Wings](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/whispering-wings/) - The CityOnce, long before the return of the Elder Gods, there was a great and beautiful city. Their power came from their location, for the city was located at the head of the best pass in a great chain of mountains. Their wealth came from controlling the trade through this pass, and from the mountains - [The Journal of Irihona Kanimi](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-journal-of-irihona-kanimi/) - INTRODUCTIONJournals have been popular in Hallifax for most of the city's history.They have taken many different forms over the years, each suited to theneeds of the assorted castes and subdivisions thereof. These range fromthe private diaries of the artists, a format which resembles thosecommon in other nations, to the narrative ledgers of the merchants whichinclude - [Memoirs of the Taint](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/memoirs-of-the-taint/) - Sluaa - Mugwump Housewife in Magnagora----------------------------------------- - What a beautiful day it is! There is so much excitement in the streets of Magnagora, truly the Fates have smiled down on us. So many have gathered at the Stone of Truth to watch the procession of the Emperor to the Supra plane, but I was never much - [Drinker of Tears](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/drinker-of-tears/) - There is an unusual fae who travels ethereal Glomdoring with knob-bent fingers and limbs all bone. When one comes to barter with her they may glimpse (for her voice is comparatively sweet) hands sliding like maggots from her fine silk sleeves. Long, grasping things, they tip and cup while yellowed nails scratch the air. She - [Heretics](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/heretics/) - The peal of enraged tribal warcriesreverberated beneath the lush canopy provided byancient trees.Spears arced through the air andthe ground upon which the three companions rancame alive to oppose their egress.Walls of briars sprung up around them,yet they ducked, wove, and ignited eachas they raced to the edge of the forestand freedom.The wails grew nearer, though.Ducking - [Desva ey'Luna](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/desva-eyluna/) - Desva ey’LunaThis grimoire is for the primary usage of the Serenwilde commune, to use as they see fit to dance in song, worship, praise and meditation, to seek all things through movement and song in gratitude and humble service to Mother Moon and the White Hart on high. I give this gift freely, and joyfully - [The Olashan Ethnographies](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-olashan-ethnographies/) - INTRODUCTIONThe Holy Celestine Empire was a proud patron of scholarship,particularly that which was thought either to have practical value forthe crown or to be particularly prestigious. These two goals intersectedin several fields including the study of foreign cultures. Suchresearch had practical value insofar as it helped the empire toestablish trade relationships and to plan its - [The Doom That Came To Marcus d'Lardick](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-doom-that-came-to-marcus-dlardick/) - Marcus d'Lardick cursed as he scaled the cliffs, looking for something else to kill. There must be more gargoyles, or even stoneghasts. Something to vent his anger on. He found a naturally formed cave and marked it in his mental map for later. Blood exile. Did anyone think to tell him he was torturing an informant - [Palga and the Body Changer](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/palga-and-the-body-changer/) - PALGA AND THE BODY CHANGERIt had been a few weeks since Palga started her training as a detective under Chajomi. Today was her first case as the lead. Palga was a young mugwump from the Balach Swamp that decided research wasn't her calling. She found peace in helping others by solving crimes.Chajomi and Palga walked - [The Crystal Armonica](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-crystal-armonica/) - The Crystal Armonica An Instrument Designed for Hallifaxian Orchestal Settings Index Page 1 - Index Page 2 - Dedication Page 3 - Introduction Page 4 - Structure Page 5 - Theory Page 6 - Commentary Page 7 - Possible Modifications Page 8 - Final Notes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dedication This text is dedicated to the Symphonium of Hallifax in satisfaction of certain - [The Last Feather - Chapters 1 - 4](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-last-feather-chapters-1-4/) - The Last Feather: Chapters 1 -4By Salome Nightshade Spring, it comes!The Well of Souls overflows,By the bluebells in the tender heat,Under the silver-moon leaves,In the caress of the Father's glistening heat,Eliar pondered and wondered.Beneath the blush of Mother's cradle,All was peaceful, swaddled and beloved,Fae-creature's songs tinkling trills,Along Ellindel's healing river,There was in Southwards the shadow's claimAlong - [Love and Hate in Hallifax](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/love-and-hate-in-hallifax/) - Love and Hate in Hallifax Grand Libretto, Nyxx Ysav'rai paces the area before the Matrix back and forth nervously. "Where the Nil is he?!" She throws her hands up in the air in exasperation. "He was supposed to be here days ago!" Sublime Opus, Pejat Onz'Verheu frowns sympathetically at Nyxx, "I am sure he will be here soon." Nyxx - [Plague](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/plague/) - BOOK ONEPlague in the city, such is my bleak themedeath in the streets, the weeping and wailingof the badly afflicted, I'll sing of their pain.I'll sing too of virtue, of the long warthat thinking men fight, of the great battleagainst the pains of the world, illness and griefwhich cruel nature itself rains down upon us.There - [Understanding the Black Tide - Perceptions and Contrasts between Two Volumes](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/understanding-the-black-tide-perceptions-and-contrasts-between-two-volumes/) - ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Understanding the Black TidePerceptions and Contrasts between Two Volumes A First Research Log written by Aekatli ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Not many volumes concerning Lady Sarye the Black Tide seem to be available on the shelves. The views of her are extrememely divergent and controversial. She is intriguing in all the mysteries surrounding her and which she does not allow us - [Commentaries on the Third Razine Deployment](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/commentaries-on-the-third-razine-deployment/) - This book is a translation of the original work by Air Marshal AxcuiOckek, who lived and served the Collective during the Early ImperialPeriod. Only seven copies of the original book have survived to thepresent day, none of which are completely legible. As such, thetranslation herein has been constructed from the legible sections ofeach of the - [Ante-Hoc Material-Contract Temporal Correction](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/ante-hoc-material-contract-temporal-correction/) - Ante-Hoc Material-Contract Temporal CorrectionThe Use of Temporal Manipulation To Utilize Future Preparedness in Present AdversityA work by Zitto Shevat, Doctoral Candidate of the Matrix Research InstitutePrepared in Satisfaction of Fellowship Requirements, and for submission in the Taroch Symposium of 415 CoEat the Institutional Society of HallifaxWith gratitude toPrimus Vivet Pavok,Lord-Librarian Portius Windwhisper,And the Sentinel Company - [Rebirth](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/rebirth-3/) - I am risen anewFrom a long slumberAnd degenerationTo the unsettling whispersOf a Lord in hidingThe familiarity of its pangLong since thought lostNow renewedAdorned in steel Steeped in TaintSymbiotic and sinuousAwake from dreams of conquestTo devour againI hunger - [The Nightmare Reborn](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-nightmare-reborn/) - The following is a dramatised record of events within the Glomdoring Forest Commune, concerning the resurgence of Manteekan, the Nightmare at the bidding of the Goddess Viravain. All dialogue was voiced or willed as written, with naught absent save for slight mundanities and those utterings not crucial to that which unfolded.---------------------------"Greetings, Glomdoring."Her thoughts pierced the - [Chajomi and the Unseen Field](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/chajomi-and-the-unseen-field/) - CHAJOMI AND THE UNSEEN FIELDAslaran detective Chajomi arrived on the scene and walked over to the body. The local department in charge of the murder was already gathered around. Chajomi looked down at the loboshigaru body, it having large deep cuts in the flesh. Most of the fur was shave off as well, no where - [Purple is the new Gold](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/purple-is-the-new-gold/) - Purple is the new Gold Cast in order of appearance: Chir Druba, a wandering minstrelJohn Buttle, a teenage boyKwava Snowfur, a young igashoa cerulean genieAssistant Archibald, a part-time aethership pilotPurple PetuniaTheodorus Gryphta Act IA cosy, if messy, tavern has been bolstered against the winter chill with thick drapes and a sturdy shutters. A huge fire roars in the - [Mirror, Mirror](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/mirror-mirror/) - Once upon a time, there was a young maiden who lived amongst the winding trees of Gloriana, the Southern Forest. It was here for the maiden that she everywhere she went the light of the sun danced, and summer blazed effortlessly into the verdant gleam of many a spring. The rivers rose and fell with - [A Song of Oily Shadows](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-song-of-oily-shadows/) - We sworl, we dance, we soar through the nightCaliginous wings catch every eddy of wind with artful dipsThe sky is blotted underneath our flightWe dive suddenly, and beneath our talons - skin rips.The forest passes beneath our deadly shadowAs the fauna scatter, our eyes track with unnerring speedThere, amongst the shadow lies a shimmering glowOur - [The Lives of Oxcox and Icdick Pavok](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-lives-of-oxcox-and-icdick-pavok/) - All historical research relies on the analysis of incompleteinformation. The historical records pertaining to old Hallifax are inparticularly poor condition, due to damages caused by the barbarians ofGaudiguch during the Taint Wars. The majority of records predating theTaint Wars exist only in a fragmentary state, with the result that thefacts of the period must be - [An Ancient Prayer to the Legion](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/an-ancient-prayer-to-the-legion/) - An Ancient Prayer to the Legion***Lord, erode the dark and eerie void inside our empty souls,Help us to hollow out the false and dig inside the Hunger we feel.May we never be contented,May we, breathless, consume endlessly our most sombre ambitions,May we consume our own minds to seek what hides even further. Lord, muse our intelligence - [An Overview of the Various Migrant’s Disorders](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/an-overview-of-the-various-migrants-disorders/) - An Overview of the Various Migrant’s Disorders This work was commissioned by one Mimie of Hallifax, an immigrant herself who had only a few years before the commission joined our glorious society after having left the cultural sink-hole that is the Duchy of Gaudiguch. This transition is unsurprisingly a jarring one, given the sharp divide - [Chronicles of Winnae the Puissant, Chapter 1](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/chronicles-of-winnae-the-puissant-chapter-1/) - Chapter 1: The Black Gyre Orphanage. Ever since its rebirth hundreds of years ago, the rust-red city of Magnagora has known many heroes. It is a city known for merciless cruelty in pursuit of the utmost results. It has had many heroes, but none so inspiring or as controversial as kind-hearted Winnae. Winnae was a man - [A Diamond of the First Water](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-diamond-of-the-first-water/) - A DIAMOND OF THE FIRST WATER A YOUNG LADY'S GUIDE TO DECORUM----------------INDEX PAGE 3: Foreword PAGE 4: Grooming PAGE 5: Comportment PAGE 6: Conversation PAGE 7: Courting PAGE 8: Social Gatherings ----------------------- PAGE 3 - FOREWORD This book is intended as a basic guide and introduction toproper, decorous behaviour for young noble ladies of theMagnagoran Houses. It gives recommendations for - [An Exploration of the Realm of the Enigma](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/an-exploration-of-the-realm-of-the-enigma/) - An Exploration of the Realm of the Enigma At the very apex of Mount Seirode, where the craggy peaks stand cloaked in dew and mist at sunrise, there is an enveloping shroud of twilight, impenetrable to the naked eye. This obfuscating veil is commonly known to be a portal to one of the Godrealms, - [Ritualism and the Moon](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/ritualism-and-the-moon/) - [----RITUALISM AND THE MOON----]By Farella Lunseer, translated by A. Siar'luinMoon and Her many faces have never ceased to fascinate the outsiders, from Her place reigning over the Spirit of the Night, to Her subtle presence within the day. She is considered in my mind, the Greatest of all Spirits to come into Creation before the - [No Mercy](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/no-mercy/) - A young deer starves in the forest. The weakness in her legs causes them to wobble uncertainly. Her brown eyes fill with fear. Somewhere above the vine-draped canopy the sun is setting, or the moon is rising. The deer trudges over mossy riverbanks smelling at the growth for signs of nourishment, but all she finds - [Voyage Through Time Controversy](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/voyage-through-time-controversy/) - Time travel is a theory filled with all sorts of controversies. From the religious cults to the rational researchers, people view it as an unattainable technology and others will fear that taboo. If an individual is able to go back and forth into the Time-Stream, the scientific society could make tremendous advances within a wide - [A Treatise on the Ancient Path to Celestian Sainthood](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-treatise-on-the-ancient-path-to-celestian-sainthood/) - *~,*~,*~,*~,*~,*~,*~,*~,*~,*~,*~,*~,*~,*~,*~,*~,*~,*~,*~,*~,*~,*~,*~, Contents: I. ForewordII. Notable SaintsIII. CanonisationIV. InsightV. ConclusionVI. Bibliography *~,*~,*~,*~,*~,*~,*~,*~,*~,*~,*~,*~,*~,*~,*~,*~,*~,*~,*~,*~,*~,*~,*~, I. These studies were based solely on the more ancient practises. Practises are subject to change between the ancient and modern day, and further research and argument is expected on the process to Celestian Sainthood. Canonisation is a subjective topic that many will dispute, and these are personal - [Old Maka's Doom](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/old-makas-doom/) - City of spires, can you yet recallthe old man of the pack, the first of his kindto come to your aid, and make your fate his own?If remembrance persists, then grant me the wordsto tell of old Maka's doom, his return to the wheel.He spent his last days in pursuit of a foea traitor, a - [Chajomi and the Sweet Crown](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/chajomi-and-the-sweet-crown/) - CHAJOMI AND THE SWEET CROWNThe doors opened to the factory and a cascade of sweet aromas flooded out into the outside air."Welcome, everyone, to the Sweet Crown production factory." said a tour guide with a wide smile. A tall elfen male stepped out of the doors with a large smile on his face. Dressed in - [Tribal Necromancy - Spiritsingers Excorable Energy](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/tribal-necromancy-spiritsingers-excorable-energy/) - On the practice of trapping the soul to service through song I had been thinking about the ur'dead, the gar'dead, all the sorts ofundead I knew, when I realised that I had never truly explored whatscience I knew about the formation of spirits. In this tome, I set forthwhat I discovered about the undead nature of all - [The Silver Trinity: Tales of Change](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-silver-trinity-tales-of-change/) - [These documents penned by Arien Siar’luin record the events of the Serenwilde and Lady Lisaera from 393 CE – 400 CE. The re-occuring documentations may be added to as more of the Lady Lisaera’s actions influence the Basin of Life.] ~Upon the Silver Haze of a Waking Dream~ Dated the 23rd of Dvarsh, in the year - [Escape, part 1: Suffer](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/escape-part-1-suffer/) - Marcus entered the prison humming to himself. Or it might have been humming, but being as tone-deaf as he was, nothing that came out of him would ever be called music. A new arrival piqued his interest now, a young Paladin that had bumbled into Shallamar and attempted to kill the Ur'dead there. After they - [The Trials and Ordeals of Lang Thay, Artist of Hallifax](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-trials-and-ordeals-of-lang-thay-artist-of-hallifax/) - The Trials and Ordeals of Lang Thay, Artist of Hallifax An account of the self-imposed exile, period of vagabondage, and various challenges faced by the historic Hallifaxian artisan Lang Thay in producing one of her greatest masterpieces -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Frustrations of Genius Hallifax has been home to many of the most talented and prolific artists in the history of - [A Sonnet for Viravain](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-sonnet-for-viravain/) - Arose in my home song, lifting my soulArose the need, capture blood of the songsA rose in hand, bards I ask come alongA rose desires blood, to become wholeArose shaded of Night, imperialArose a blade in hand, slit throat in songA rose budding, bloss'ming, fin'lly bloom'ngA rose bloom'd, Lady Viravain reveal'tArose the blade, Nightshade's last - [Arduff's Notes](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/arduffs-notes/) - 15th of Methril, 544 I.E It seems the repercussions of the unforgettable events of the Emperor's project have begun to creep back in on us. Though I am but a furrikin, a simple farmer of the Bluetail clan, I will do my part to protect my people and ensure our legacy continues. Magnagora has begun stirring again, - ['Neath the winter moon](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/neath-the-winter-moon/) - They come,tiny glitt'ring diamonds that bejewel the verdant green,the bracing chill of the wind that whips across the Inner Sea,the silence that falls o'er the skies after the crashing of the storm,the cloying taste of resin and earth that sticks to the tongue. We are the protectors of the green,the tenders of the trees, the singers - [A Brief Scholarly Review of the Kelpie Maiden.](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-brief-scholarly-review-of-the-kelpie-maiden/) - Today is the 2nd of Klangiary, 398 years after the Coming of Estarra.The Kelpie Maiden is a beautiful, single-masted ship, with bright white sails. The vessel, once a member of the New Celest Fleet, sails the Inner Sea under Captain Yadothune Nerale.I set out on my quest by scouring the Inner Sea for the Kelpie - [Magnagoran Haiku, glorifying the 7 Noble Houses](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/magnagoran-haiku-glorifying-the-7-noble-houses/) - modern n'Lochli rise above i'Xiia rootsEmpress Avatar De'Unnero's sting An innovative poisonthe Poet Cyborg black d'Murani the consummate bird of preyfear the kestrel's claws Neophyte Kalas? the common surpassed the lords noble in itself the midnight dragon Feyranti, Draxbaylock's flamepity it burnt out Revan's bag of tricks Their eternal servitudeRise, the magus - [Trinities and Endless Cycles](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/trinities-and-endless-cycles/) - TRINITIES AND ENDLESS CYCLESAlaksanteri Elithysius *** - We value the Tainting of our beings for it truly freed us from the grasp of the weak, we became enlightened for the touch of the Soulless manipulated our forms and our thoughts so that we evolve to reject imposed dogmas and gain greater tools of understanding. We consider - [Urlach](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/urlach/) - Shattered bones mending, fallen flesh serving, grim resolution and unending duty,the heir to the twice-born, who was slaughtered and healed,of these I shall sing if remembrance persistsso speak, history, and lend me the words.Dionamus raged in the depths of wrathwhen he heard of of mighty Urlach's greatest deed,of his innovation, of his design,of the vast - [An Aetherspace "Sea Song" Honoring the Navigator](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/an-aetherspace-sea-song-honoring-the-navigator/) - You ever see a black dragon, asail?Or a glittering starbeast?Careful, should be, in the aetheric seaLest you become deceased!Cardinal points are a suggestionRemember: steer clear the VoidYou don't want your ship blown to smithereensOr yourself to be destroyed! Sail the aethers, grab the Helm, pilot!Sail the aethers, grab the Helm!Space's the only home you can roamSail - [A Tentacular Tea Party](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-tentacular-tea-party/) - Cast Marjory May, a human tea drinkerMaud Mumble, a mugwumpi tea drinkerQuiwugrog, the HairibleWimpana, Quiwugrog's sidekick Act I, Scene I The curtains open on a cosy parlour, snugly furnished with a pair of velvet armchairs and an oaken tea table. Family portraits in simple oval frames crowd the walls, and a roaring fire blazes in a small fireplace. - [On the Art of the Vassal Packs](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/on-the-art-of-the-vassal-packs/) - INTRODUCTIONWhile the loboshigaru population of old Hallifax was best known for itsmilitary service to the city, a number of Hallifaxian loboshigarudedicated their efforts to the pursuit of the arts. The art produced bythese loboshigaru citizens often differed from that produced by citizensof other races. The unique traits of the art created by members of thevassal - [Tah'vrai el'anhatam (Duty of the Heart)](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/tahvrai-elanhatam-duty-of-the-heart/) - Rushing wind comes, its chill adorning the dormant bluebellsand ivy sinew. Clover of four and three, so chopped and lean,as they prick through the frozen grass. Colts grow their shaggy hairs.The fae hide in silhouettes of trees, as shadows grow long, and the Moonis a laden mother. It seemed an unusually early winter, I thought,when - [Nil's Reward](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/nils-reward/) - There is a beauty in the rose, And all the flora fairBut every wise Nihilist knows'Tis wasted time to stareAt lovely things ephemeral,At beauty bound to fade;Be they flowers or emeralds,Their lustre's soon mislaid.The glory of the battlefield,The surge of hearts in love,All these to Nil's dark wisdom yieldFor 'tis a thing aboveSuch mortal woes, - [Vernal Haikus](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/vernal-haikus/) - screaming souls beneath lo, the legacy of godsevil done for goodblack helm freely forged gift, from soldier to a mageappearance matters they drowned the fool there more useful in sleep than life baiting the hungeredmortal potential even the gods respectedrose like unto them four trapped, one remains - [Hallifax](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/hallifax/) - Hallifax, with spires reaching high.Up and Up into the vast of the sky.A collective below, all one together.A finely oiled machine of crystal and feather. Bridges connecting Galleries to LabSciences and Arts, the passions they grab!As Hallifax connects us, brother to brotherWith a purpose refined as like no other. Higher Emotions of Love, Beauty, Honour and TruthWe - [Examining Chaos for Order](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/examining-chaos-for-order/) - To most people, the opposite of order is disorder or chaos. However, what if the two were not the same and what is normally called chaos may actually be a non-traditional form of order? First, if this assertion is true then the idea that chaos and disorder are synonyms must be divorced from each other. - [Gentle flowing water](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/gentle-flowing-water/) - Gentle flowing water in a calmly moving streamwhat a soothing sight for my eyes to have seen.Millions of droplets going down to the Moon Lakeever going onwards and never their bond to break.It is the sight of this that makes my heart so gladto have to leave this behind would indeed be most sad.It is - [Ezekiel's Sorrow](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/ezekiels-sorrow/) - "This won't work, Marcus. You can't have yellow ink on yellow paper, nobody will be able to see it. What? We still need to see it. For Loredana's sake" moaned Ventidius, the Iron Magus, as he scrawled across his desk a new blueprint. His office was a grand affair, gold and iron a perfect marriage - [Attack of the Nighthawks](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/attack-of-the-nighthawks/) - Haunted dreams of black and goldTaloned spirits, shadowed foldFill the branches, ground and skyYet the canopies still hold Hunters track and Warriors killOthers heal and search at willOur Forest unified as oneEnemies all feel the chill Butterflies of mooncloaked guise,brought to us by Spirit wise,Gave back power to the Croneof Silver Lady, Thrice-Comprised Feel the storm under your - [The joy of winter](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-joy-of-winter/) - Though winter may appear so careless and cruelA warmth may be found that burns without fuelFor despite of the frost that takes life awayThere are things that endure on calmly and stayConsider the flower which blooms amidst the chillWhich no amount of coldness can ever killConsider love which knows no seasonsBut shines on brightly for - [Old Maka's Embassy](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/old-makas-embassy/) - I shall sing of the packs that served in the spireshow they came to be, how they were ralliedby old Maka himself, and the deeds that he didto bring them to Hallifax, to make the packs serve.Nurturing spires, if you find my work pleasingthen recall what he did, and teach me the wordsthat I might - [A Birch's Ghazal](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-birchs-ghazal/) - Large loud steps crunched crisp snowO, I long to see youYour small form, new to meO, small one, who are you?Two 'hind you stand tall, proud,O, can I be proud, too?Your soft voice called me yoursO, tell me: you, mine, too?Shard of Moon's aunt, why leave?O, old ones, I'm not through!I met you, you left - [A pondering of portals -- Emmaline](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-pondering-of-portals-emmaline/) - Some portals are fatedwhile others, divineSome portals for novicesclearly definedNewton's sweet portalsBoth golden and ironkept by fink and gnomeWho seem never to tireAnd isn't it strange?An arrangement like this?To have beautiful portals locked tight in their fists? Should they not be free To serve whom they choose?Open and welcomeOr rejecting their use?Such strong arches like thesesurely - [The Disappearance of Sako Tleem](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-disappearance-of-sako-tleem/) - The Disappearance of Sako Tleem Cast: Gumpty Wattle, a helper gnomeKioul, Culinary WarriorMaendwen Syllamn, a lovesick elfen cookWehka Waykhu, the greatest detective of all timeGertrine the GreeterSako Tleem, the carriage driver ACT ONEScene OneThe pale glow of dawn slowly lightens the dark stage, revealing a small house in a nondescript street. The door opens and a tall dracnari - [Lessok](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/lessok/) - If I may beg you to remember your painsinflicted by cowards, fools, and the oneswho flee your embrace, then I shall singof black-hearted treason, highest of crimes,and he who bore the grim lash of justice,cold-hearted Lessok, a bloody caste comrade.Lessok pursued him, the one they called Maithohwho had drunk deep of the mind-numbing wineand tasted - [Labyrinth of Dreaming](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/labyrinth-of-dreaming/) - Succumbing to darkness was easy. The lull of slumber's whispered song called to me as readily as life gives breath, and oh I was ready for her. A softly sensual touch brushed over my heavy eyelids, weary from the things I had seen, my body equally as weary from the things I had endured. So - [Bedroom Tales: A Story Written for the Stage](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/bedroom-tales-a-story-written-for-the-stage/) - *curtain up* The lights fall upon a small child's bedroom, the interior completely laced with pink. A young Jerica n'Lochli walks into the room, and turns to the door, tapping her foot impatiently. "Now, Tremula!" She impatiently moves to the bed, folding away a portion of the large, fluffy blanket and sitting on it. She turns her head - [Against Portius](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/against-portius/) - The piles of glass high up there in the skyand the men who wear chains as crowns on their headsthose are my themes, and of them I shall singfor the spires have taught me the words I should writeof the art of high reason, and reason's high artand of the man of the spires who - [A Personal Account of the Founding of the Ebonguard](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-personal-account-of-the-founding-of-the-ebonguard/) - A Personal Account of the Founding of the Ebonguard:Written by its founder Daganev Treeripper They say some people live in the past, having not accomplished much since then. I am one of those people. You would be too, if your life was like mine. I reached what I thought was the pinnacle early, and spent most of - [An Introspection by Alary Ysav'rai](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/an-introspection-by-alary-ysavrai/) - When I stepped out of the Portal of Fate, I never expected to see myself where I am now. I'm rolling in success, my Will is strong, and I have a collection of dear friends who support me and help me grow in turn. I have almost everything I've ever wanted, I have families and - [Why Are You in My Garden, Again?](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/why-are-you-in-my-garden-again/) - Oh? Who are you? Would you care to hear a story?Yes? We’ve been here for so long, so terribly long. Not all of us know how we got here, but I am one of the few whose memory stands firm. However, time passes… seemingly without my noticing. It seems just yesterday that the Glomdoring was - [Fledging of Brother Crow](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/fledging-of-brother-crow/) - Fresh from the PortalSo lost and confusedLearn quick or soon dieWalking within treeslooking down at preymy hunger grows moreFailure around me Mixing with success Only success now Emotion drives allEvery strength consumesEven the sadnessBrother unitedHis Murder flies highCawing in Triumph Guided by his EyePerfection masteredGlory to the Wyrd - [Child of Prophesy](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/child-of-prophesy/) - Child of prophesy born under fated Moon and NightBane of Night's dark shadows, hope of blessed Moon's Light.Beloved parents sought shelter, but fear gave them pauseRunning from defenders who would aide in their cause.Pursued by the Wyrd, on a mission of dark intentSought by the First Forest, protection was their bent. But alas, the merciless ones - [Concerning the Vassal Packs of Hallifax](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/concerning-the-vassal-packs-of-hallifax/) - The Loboshigaru race has a long and honorable history in Hallifax. While their population in the modern era is minimal, in the past Hallifax was graced with a number of loyal Loboshigaru packs. These "vassal packs" served the Collective loyally and well, forming an important part of the military. These packs were destroyed when the - [Heralds of Summer](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/heralds-of-summer/) - the warmth of the summer sun brushes my skin, and I am enveloped in perfection.eyes closed, I stand, the ground beneath soft and pliant, teeming with life.around me the forest sways in a cooling wind, - [The Concerns of Brother Kunak the Alone](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-concerns-of-brother-kunak-the-alone/) - Editor's Note:The following text was discovered within the library-tomb of Master Letep, Keeper of Clarity, which lies below the Tosha Monastery. Though the chamber itself rests in very good condition, no doubt diligently maintained by the monks who still seek the ancestral masters' guidance, many of its documents have, over time, become illegible, or are - [An Examination of Glomdoring's Motto from a Collectivist Viewpoint](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/an-examination-of-glomdorings-motto-from-a-collectivist-viewpoint/) - The Forest of Glomdoring has a motto, "Nothing matters but Glomdoring." How does this compare with the Hallifaxian ideal of Collectivism? Let us take a look at the motto's meaning. On a first look, the phrase is literal in that there is nothing more important than the Forest as a whole. That even within it, - [Moondancer Villanelle](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/moondancer-villanelle/) - The Moon, her course through the heavens steersWe, with hope, follow her guiding lightTo dance the turning of the yearsThrough sorrows that throng, through many tearsThrough grief, and pain, and sorry plightThe Moon, her course through the heavens steersTimes of peace follow times of fearsAs change comes to both wrong and rightSo dance the turning - [The Musings of a Mortal - Chapter One: What am I?](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-musings-of-a-mortal-chapter-one-what-am-i/) - Authors note: This is but one chapter of a larger book in progress, a work akin to a journal bearing my thoughts and musings on many topics, and my struggle to have my mortal mind encompass them all.---What am I? Yes, I ask what, not who, for in this investigation I have undertaken, the who - [Of Phoenix Grand](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/of-phoenix-grand/) - Upon a night I did once Dream,Of colours, smells and sounds,To me came a mighty gleam,It set alight the very grounds. Much to my surprise and awe,A great bird emerged, With a vibrant caw,Upward this bird surged. Beak open and talons spread wide,She flew toward the sky,Epoch reached, she began to glide,Past all creation did she fly. Wings aloft - [The Labyrinth of the Damned](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-labyrinth-of-the-damned/) - It is often accepted as a simple, necessary obstacle between us mortals and the Supreme Master. Often it is passed through with as much haste and as little consideration as possible - leastwise by those who manage to make it to the Throne of the Beast at all.But the Labyrinth of the Damned is more - [Families, the Portal of Fate and its Effects on Memories](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/families-the-portal-of-fate-and-its-effects-on-memories/) - This essay, while scholarly in nature, does not use empirical data and relies more on a idealistic mindset in its contents.Most mortals walk into the Portal of Fates at a young age and step from it around the end of their childhood. The processes of the Portal on the child's body are apparent - memory - [The Lives of Etuo Shevat and Harolo Windwhisper](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-lives-of-etuo-shevat-and-harolo-windwhisper/) - It is right and proper that every citizen of Hallifax should have a deep love for his comrades. I do not refer to romantic love, nor that which is felt between friends, or family, or even for objects of admiration. I refer to a love that is deeper, more profound, and even more rarely felt. - [Unveiling the Silverfist](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/unveiling-the-silverfist/) - Disclaimer: Any errors in portrayal or content are the fault of the author and not anyone depicted here. THE INKLINGNot long ago as years are measured, during the time of the returning Red Star, not when it first appeared among the stars, nor when it unleashed its horror once again, but as it approached, as it - [Prayers Unto the Five](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/prayers-unto-the-five/) - -- Nifilhema -- Our Lady of Iron Maiden,Weeping Amaranth,Turn Thine cruel eye to the Fold,Submit unto us torments unearthlyThat we be cleansed through suffering,Our purpose clear,Our mortal vessels forged in pain,Our implements held in skillful hands. And bless our Unholy Trinity of NilWith pain unending,Always writhing in their sides,That they be the most merciless of Yours. O' Queen - [A Ritual to Lord Nocht](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-ritual-to-lord-nocht/) - Aislynn says, "Thank you all for joining me this day to honour our Silent Lord. I ask that out of respect for the nature of His Realm, you do not speak unless it is necessary for the ritual."Gray tendrils of fog begin to creep into the room, seemingly coming from the very earth itself until - [Of the Dreaming](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/of-the-dreaming/) - Dreams are a unique thing, everyone has them, and each dream is different. For me, the Dreaming means more. Every Dream has a meaning, every meaning a parable, and every parable a lesson. How can I begin to interpret dreams sometimes so abstract that the sheer preposterousness of them makes my simple head spin. Sometimes, - [Blessed Nation](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/blessed-nation/) - Blessed of nations, rise above all,At our feet, all others will fall.Taint-touched we change from weakness to might,Reborn in blood and iron, we fight.Fear does not bind us,The taint will guide us,Raise your banner, we charge through the night.From destruction and chaos were brought,Altered and stronger were we wrought.We thirst and we hunger, always anew,Inspired - [The Life of Tishoh Windwhisper](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-life-of-tishoh-windwhisper/) - The mark of a paragon of the Collective is absolute devotion to not only the Collective itself, but also its ideals, accompanied by the highest possible degree of skill directed towards supporting those ideals. It is necessary and proper to record the details of the lives of those paragons for the education of those who - [Evolution of Song](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/evolution-of-song/) - Several singing voices meet, formed to make my heart's blood beat. Mother known of shadow born, beloved though her mind was torn, Father lost of fleeting dreams, soft composure rent in screams, Terror uncle wrapped in frost, within the Silence never lost, Mentor uncle brave and strong, who in our eyes can do no wrong, - [The Journal of Davyn Feyranti](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-journal-of-davyn-feyranti/) - INTRODUCTIONDavyn Feyranti was the youngest son of Dalthani Feyranti, and he chose a path separate from the rest of the family.Little was known about his life until his journal was discovered, but only a few pages were legible. Despite that, our family has decided to share the contents with the world as a picture of the years and - [The Chateau d'Amour](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-chateau-damour/) - The Chateau d'Amour In a gorgeous, fragrant salon at the Chateau d'Amour lounges the equally gorgeous and fragrant Madame Sylvie, the Chatelaine. She is wearing a luscious pink silk gown wrapped around her luscious body, and the expression of her beautiful face is serene -- even languid. But a steely glint lurks in her dark - [The Ouroborian Priestess](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-ouroborian-priestess/) - THE OUROBORIAN PRIESTESS *** PART I : THE RITUAL A bank of oppressive fog rolls into the room.A proud viscanti emerges from the haze. Holding herself with a graceful stance, she walks forward. As she stops, her grey eyes look around pondering her surroundings with reserve. Her fiery red hair is loosely maintained in place behind her - [Lothoh](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/lothoh/) - O most glorious city which graces the sky,father of knowledge, of valour and hope,mother of beauty, of order and love,I am your child, and I beg for a boon,that you in your glory might serve as a guideand give me some sign from your orderly systems,some clue from my comrades, the voice of the peers,that - [Of Willful Poems](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/of-willful-poems/) - Scarlet Dreams The blood, she runs,The anger, she burns,The love, she smoulders,The passion, she bleeds,The Will, she forms. All of these form the Scarlet,All and much more, does the Scarlet breathe.Passion is her ploy, passion is her key.She loves strongly, and she hates just as strongly.Her Will guides her in her path, always there, the light ahead. In - [Ugly Love](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/ugly-love/) - Tonight I desire a leper,yes, let it be known. A wrecked thing. The carrion beetleswould even find yougrotesque and yet Isee that beauty, thatWyrden skin that speaksof far greater flesh-workthan necromanticmemories and flesh-potGaudi dreams. I am in love with the hideousand I claim it is for mydeeper magic that I fleeto such a damaged carcass,such a useless - [The Descent Into Madness](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-descent-into-madness/) - Journal entry 9 - 3 Juliary 309 CEReconnaisance was my job today, to venture forth and make an update on the area.Very little information was given to me, but I was to gain as much as I could on thislargely unexplored location and then report back to my superiors. Just me on my own, a new - [The Power of Awakening](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-power-of-awakening/) - The chances are that you are living under the lamentable concept that love is a great power, an emotion sent to raise us to heady heights and capable of plunging us into unfathomable lows. Perhaps you are right, in some manners. The mortal concept of love certainly has power; a power that even those who - [Letters of Love](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/letters-of-love/) - Letters of Love -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Cast A young lucidian studentComposed of blue crystal seemingly hewn from the heart of a glacier, this young, robustly-built academic is evidently one of the Institute, the guild's badge emblazoned upon the left breast of his robe. Clad in a scholarly black robe that billows around his crystalline form, he also wears a pair - [The Greatest of All Possible Triumphs](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-greatest-of-all-possible-triumphs/) - The Greatest of All Possible Triumphs Cast:Etorix Roko, a scientist of HallifaxSelluhani Valush, a princess of Celest (the bride)Sir Okero Kamore, a knight of CelestPhabgafo Fibudo, an aetherchannel personalityLord Harolin Snowplume of Hallifax (the bridegroom)Miss Iladreh Brightfeather, a member of the SymphoniumCrui Xoa, a Master Scientist of Hallifax Act IThe stage curtains open to reveal a grand - [Voidcopper Musings](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/voidcopper-musings/) - The paths of Mysrai are manyfold, each a different way to find ourselves, and through that, find ourselves drawing ever closer to our most perfect selves, manifesting our Wills to realize our dreams, to Grow in beautiful colors and patterns, and accomplish what we have always been capable of. Voidcopper is the path that incorporates a - [Sacrifice Worth fighting for](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/sacrifice-worth-fighting-for/) - We are specks of sandagainst the soulless thattower overus in patience, waitingfor when wefail and moving forwardsto consumeus all.Faith is needed, inthose divinebeings who have foughtthe Soulless andlost friends and enemiestogether one and the same,but we striveon for lifeto makeTheir sacrifice notin vain and itis so easy tosquander things givento usbutthis must not be,for when - [Portian Fables, Volume Two](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/portian-fables-volume-two/) - The Two PrincesA long, long time ago, Celest ruled over all. Those were dark days forthe Basin of Life, for in those days Celest thought it was proper tochoose rulers not by their cleverness, nor even by their courage, butrather by blood. I do not think that any man can truly claim to know howmany - [The Song of the Fallen Stars](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-song-of-the-fallen-stars/) - Seeking ever closer, seeking You from afar,We see You, we know You, we honour Your cause,You have given all that You could to us mortals down below,We honour You, with the deeds that forever more, shall call to You,Tear flowing, tears falling, we feel the loss of Your embrace,We seek You, we find You, we - [In The Beginning](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/in-the-beginning/) - This is the story of the eldest of our ancestors, pieced together from scraps and fragments found in the Great Library of Magnagora. He is the first of the House Feyranti bloodline we can determine. The scraps were written in an archaic form that was very difficult to translate, and I apologize for any roughness - [under beauty's gaze](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/under-beautys-gaze/) - i took the fire in my heart and turned it to crystal, shatteringthe last breath of His love falling to make us all, shardsof memory that no longer remain. i wanted to know that pain,the mutual sacrifice of an eternity forgetting one another.i cannot imagine a world in which i watched their hearts splinter,even if - [The Gilded Poppy](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-gilded-poppy/) - The Gilded PoppyA poppy knows not what she dreams,She knows not what her fate will be.Merely, she exists, billowing along the breeze.At least, that is the fate of most poppies...But not for one, not for one lone, crimson, poppy. This poppy had no name,No sense of self, reallyBut she had a dreamA grand dream,One very large - [The Life of Ilesa Windwhisper](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-life-of-ilesa-windwhisper/) - It is both necessary and proper that the deeds of the Collective'sheroes be recorded and remembered. Their stories have the potential toplace children on the path of virtue and to restore faith in theCollective to those who have lost it. Furthermore, the mere act ofrecording the glory of those heroes, those paragons of the Collective,drives - [Creatures of the Elemental Planes: A Study of Their Effect on Their Environment](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/creatures-of-the-elemental-planes-a-study-of-their-effect-on-their-environment/) - INTRODUCTIONThe Elemental Planes are a vast place, truly, and home to a vast number of creatures quite unlike those seen upon the Prime Plane. Of course, there are similarities in some cases - the mantes of the Fire Plane have their more diminutive cousins in the forests of our own Plane, after all. But then, - [The Last Memory of Trillillial](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-last-memory-of-trillillial/) - Once upon a time, many centuries ago, there lived a man named Arathlil. He was one of the first generations of the race that had come to be known as the trill, who were possessed of many of the memories of the Elder Goddess that had splintered to form them. Or, at least, they had been - [Jekkex](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/jekkex/) - I sing of glories won by the tip of the spear,of great deeds done, and greater words spoken,yet I sing not of lords, nor high-minded princes,but virtuous men bound by love and by hopeto mighty Hallifax, and the Collective's laws.Who each took their oaths to the people's defenceor to knowledge itself, hard-won by their minds.Of - [Of Thorns and Foes: a Rondeau](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/of-thorns-and-foes-a-rondeau/) - In Glomdoring the thorns they growand bury deep where darker waters flow.Pricking flesh as seconds tick, eternal blight,but constant memory of this place, of Night.There are no better teachers, save a worthy foe. We are dead in dullness until the Wyrden seeds do sowthe oiled machinations of witches and Crow.Who knew that eyes could find such - [Song of the Seasons](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/song-of-the-seasons/) - The forest has a heartbeat,can you hear it?In the lush green depths is where it is strongest.Subtle, yet strong.Pulsing beneath the surface,it drums a beat within my soul. In the spring the song is simple,sweet and soft.Then with a rush the notes emerge singly, then together.Every life sings along.The tentative notes of wakingthe melodies emerge, and - [The Craftsmen and the Thief](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-craftsmen-and-the-thief/) - Below the Southern Mounts does Paavik lieA calm and quiet place if e'er there was.And to this place do I and my steed flyTo set the village craftsmen all abuzz.The cyclopean fools will flock to meOnce racechange glamours all are safely woundAnd ere the year ends, all will bend their kneeAs I their simple minds - [Sweet Dreams](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/sweet-dreams-2/) - Sweet dreams, an epiphany,Something that I can't deny.Something as sweet as honey,And as soft as an aslaran's kiss.Searching helplessly for such a thing,All I see are dreaded dreams,That plague my thoughts,And keep me up at night.A gleaming red is all I see,A discordant melody, all I hear.For what is this, an omen perhaps?And what of - [A Matter of Eminence](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-matter-of-eminence/) - A Matter of Eminence Cast: Lady Etu Aikan, a master artist Mr Steo Tolton, butler to Lady Aikan Lord Goldacre, an artist Lord Kracok, an artist Miss Jakui Jakecu, aide to Lady Aikan Mrs Vhasha Wulay, housekeeper to Lady Aikan Lord Kret Krelaw, Minister of Culture Finan, Lord Kracok's aide Act I, Scene I In - [What the Evening Taught Us](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/what-the-evening-taught-us/) - The morning has come again, snuck up as a thiefand slit our pursestrings. It is always this way.The Heart of Darkness is pristinely ugly inthis graying light, my dear.But hush, hush, sweet evening childfor morning's light is but a twinge. The dusk is our birth pang,our darkened midwife.And we'll dance our coven dances yet.I'll hear your - [The Fortal of Pate](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-fortal-of-pate/) - The Fortal of Pate Act I Scene IWith a soft, swishing whisper, the curtains slowly rise to reveal a scene in the Newton Caverns. Globes full of glowing insects light up a spotlessly clean street, neatly constructed from stone. The openings to several gnome holes line up along the roadway, from inside which the sounds of - [The Engine's Hymn](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-engines-hymn/) - Listen and heedThese damning wordsThat burn with stifling Nil-fireAnd submit toThe subtle plansFormed by this mechanism dire!Hear them rumbling!Whining!Cams and cranks and springs and grinding gears!Look to the eastSee and despairFrom igasho to faeling small,Ur'life prevailsAnd starlight fadesAs Tainted earth embraces all!Hear them rumbling!Whining!Cams and cranks and springs and grinding gears!Slaves to the Chain,Servants of - [A Song Of Crow](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-song-of-crow/) - I'll sing you now a song of Crow,That's never been sung before,So forevermore the land shall know,The things he must restore.Born twisted, he was, in times long past,And in Truth he was reforged,To free the realms at long, long lastFrom the heresies Hart disgorged.The fae he brings to Mother NightWhen in her arms remade,Are sheltered - [Maiden, Mother and the Crone](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/maiden-mother-and-the-crone/) - Ever changing, shining bright,Goddess of the Silver Light,Hear my words, hear my prayers,With this poem I here do share,And mark my words forever sown,The Maiden, Mother and the Crone.Blessed be, so full of life,Never once so full of strife.Maiden tartness, bright and young,A brand new verse still unsung.A budding flower still ungrown,The Maiden, Mother and - [History of the Creche Wars: The Book of Amonkari](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/history-of-the-creche-wars-the-book-of-amonkari/) - The first lesson be humility.Long before the Golden Age of Peace, before even Auseklis first stepped outside His creche to explore those beyond, I was strongest. It be fact, in those days: most of my brothers and sisters be without interest in battle at all, and after a time only proud Tablack be having the - [Kiss of the Beast](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/kiss-of-the-beast/) - { When one despairs in the City of Dreams, in the City of Fire, the only peace that can be found is drawn from the gilded pipe of a hookah or licked from the bottom of a bottle. Freedom comes to those who walk between, their heavy-lidded gazes lifted to the stars in search of - [Brave Little Serenguard](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/brave-little-serenguard/) - Birds from the nest so high,waiting to learn to fly.Leaves from the braches high,floating on a windy sigh.Clouds up above so high,drifting through the clear sky.Brave little Serenguard,marching from home.Spring time for Serenguard,earth smells of loam.Marching to war he goes,a war not his own.Brave little Serenguard,marching from home.Out in the farmer's field,seed pods release their - [Musings on Chaos and Order - a mortal perspective.](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/musings-on-chaos-and-order-a-mortal-perspective/) - Order and Chaos are undeniable elements of the world in which we live, both occurring naturally and driven by mortal and immortal forces. They stand in defiance and opposition of each other, yet I would propose that the two are inextricably linked, pulling and pushing ceaselessly. What is one without the other? Can they exist, - [A Eulogy for the Serenwilde](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-eulogy-for-the-serenwilde/) - To My Cousins in the Serenwilde: You are already dead. I say this not because my husband has decided to personally end you. Truly, your death is an old thing, a slow and lingering demise drawn out over hundreds of years. It is older than this current round of hostilities, or the last round of hostilities, or - [A Season of Colours](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-season-of-colours/) - The somnolent chill of Autumn's first frostGraces crimson canopy with crystalline death pumpkin scarlet goldHued cacophony spilling from above; - [No Matter How Dark.](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/no-matter-how-dark/) - By: Entrias PavokMy eyes snapped open, her eyes boring into mine as if she had been willing me awake. I couldn't help but smile back at her, my Ihui."Today is the day." she whispered, soft-spoken as ever. "Are you ready?"A grin flew across my face as I collected my thoughts. We had waited for our - [Shadowfire Lament](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/shadowfire-lament/) - you came to me first in veils.swathed in bandages, i had no ideaof the truth that lay beneath, hidden. it was my birthday. you offered me a gift; a tiny pieceof verdant virulent life, of the Wyrdwith which you had such affinityover which you had so much control oh rapture, rapture, so sweet and cruelthe depths of your - [Skinrot: A Study and Analysis](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/skinrot-a-study-and-analysis/) - In the year 283, a veritable maelstrom of chaos swept across the basin: freak weather, creatures made of sand, and most terrifying of all, peace and joy in Acknor. All of this is recorded within the newsboards by some helpful scribe or other and can be recalled in full within Events 210, Events 211, and - [No Easy Way](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/no-easy-way/) - "Master," asked the young one, apprentice to the smith,"Why hit things with your hammer? We could just make stuff withA simple spell of super-heat, a charm to cool it down,We'd swiftly turn out armaments, the fastest smiths around!"The hammer strikes.Clang.The reply comes.Clang.It's the best way.Clang.It's the right way.Clang.The only way.Clang."But, master," argues he, "it is - [The Architecture of Hallifax](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-architecture-of-hallifax/) - Introduction It is the year 254 CE and the legendary city of Hallifax has at lastre-emerged. Once more is the Basin of Life graced with its extraordinarycrystal spires, long frozen in time and inaccessible. For hundreds of years, Hallifax has lived on in stories of its wondrouscrystal structures and its marvels of engineering. Now these myths havereturned - [Ludicrous Lusternian Limmericks](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/ludicrous-lusternian-limmericks/) - Disclaimer: No offense intended, have a chuckle!--Lavinya, a scion of the Taint,Was known to be less than a saint.She'd crucify and wrack,Stick pins in your back,And that would be showing restraint.--Lord Eventru, He nearly disappeared,And this, the Sidereal Prince most feared.Amidst a bright flash of light,Two lovers saved from their plight,Divine procreation is weird.--Shuyin, he's - [Exercises for a Cavalier's Steed](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/exercises-for-a-cavaliers-steed/) - Exercises for a Cavalier's Steed The Tutors will teach you that a large part of being a Cavalier is having a close bond with your chosen steed. Before they even accept you as a student, you must build an understanding and a bond of loyalty between yourself and your beast. Once this is accomplished, you are allowed - [Cycle of Avarice](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/cycle-of-avarice/) - Whether with new recruits, or seasoned knights, They've lost all count of journeys far from home. Sword raised to mantes, starsuckers and blights, A trail of endless combat do they roam. Beneath the stars, the sun and Mother Moon Another group of fighters seeks their gold. And ev'ry warrior of this rogue platoon Is equal - [Theft of a Great Beginning](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/theft-of-a-great-beginning/) - “I’ll have another story for you when I return,” he said before he kissed her nose. Stron always said and did this just before he left; their little rite. Always the same way and ever, his promise was good. Rina was routinely astonished that he could still take her words with that little gesture. Even - [The Zoo](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-zoo/) - Author's note: This piece of fiction is set in a not-too-distant future in which the Collective of Hallifax has succeeded in encompassing all of the Basin of Life.Scroll in hand, already fatigued by the monotony of routine, I once again patrolled my lonely catwalk, assured time and again of its necessity. My breath clouded in - [Metaphors for Love: A Collection of Sonnets](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/metaphors-for-love-a-collection-of-sonnets/) - Endless Nights===================== Beneath the slow, dark turn of stars and dust,stand I, hope shining like a candle flame,soul joined with flutes and lyres that rich declaimthe love I hold for you in strains robust.Through cold and clouded nights that I distrust,in constancy I stay, desire the same.Morn sings of you in gold, dusk croons your name,aubades - [Hexen Moondancer](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/hexen-moondancer/) - Moonlight wanesEvening fallsGuardian standsWith trembling handsMoonlight blinksDarkness reignsThe SilverlitIs seen no moreFaethorn heldBy rotten lieBut keeps the vowTo serve the NightFae are boundAnd freedom goneNature chokesIn Wyrd Taint spunShadows creepIn EtherWildeAs Night's one seeksTo make it reekAnd Guardian standsAnd Guardian fearsAnd Guardian hearsA Lady shoutand fall...Then darkness paledBy darker orbThat wades through skyAnd sees it - [The One-Eyed Knights](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-one-eyed-knights/) - Part 1: Showdown at Castle Djarrakh "We expected you on the plains," Vasdan intoned."Your expectations for us mean nothing, traitor," said the First."Your words are meaningless, as was your vow," said the Second."We serve the Castellan," said the Third, as he unsheathed two enormous hammers from the boiled leather frogges strapped across his back.Vasdan considered each - [The Flooding of New Celest](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-flooding-of-new-celest/) - Let all of you who hear these wordsListen and hearken well,Of when Nature's wrath was wokenand on New Celest fell.'Twas in the midst of Urlachmar,When winter winds did blow,Fair Faethorn all in white arrayedslept soft in silent snow.When came a cry to pierce all hearts,Save those of hardened stone.A brownie's cry as cruel arms boreHim - [Historical Documents Relating to House d'Illici](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/historical-documents-relating-to-house-dillici/) - My Dearest Diluvia, I beg you, my daughter, come to your senses. I know not what charms the brigand Twistshank has laid upon you, but you must see him for the fiend that your family, and indeed all of honourable society, knows him to be. That he emerged from these trials unscathed, where so many - [Moon Dirge](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/moon-dirge/) - Luna falls: Death's noose, Maiden-sprung,Her youth, defiled; her life blood, wrung,Fair mirror, cleft: her Gibbous wanes,The Maiden fell to deeds arcane!Selene fades, her life now sped,The Mother, gone; her cradle, red.The Full Moon stained, defied, defiled,Life's bossom torn, and to doom, exiled.Albion withers, her existence claimed,The Crone is maimed: old wisdom failed.Age to ashes, ground to - [Memorial, for A](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/memorial-for-a/) - The bat eats the fly and I still eat the sun.Hear the Drums of the Dead as they beatthattak tak takof our truths.Glomdoring truths. The beetle chews the dead and I still gnaw on memories.Motherless child of the regal and the blighted,I think so often of her presence. Not Her presence. But hers.The Wyrd coddles the - [The Eepok Oolin Casefiles: The Stewartsville Murder Mystery](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-eepok-oolin-casefiles-the-stewartsville-murder-mystery/) - It was a beautiful, sunny day in the Basin of Life, but junior scientist Eepok Oolin of Hallifax wasn't enjoying it in the least.Only yesterday, he had spent the entire day happily hunched over a desk in the city's Onyx Research Laboratory, feverishly absorbed in working to solve a series of complex equations on metaplanar - [Morokeche](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/morokeche/) - On the first day, Glabburn woke in confusion. He rose from the chair he found himself in, looking about uneasily. The mugwump stood at the center of a circle of dim light, the granite floor beneath his feet vanishing into blackness in all directions. A sense of unease came over him as he stared into - [Beggarly Minstrel](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/beggarly-minstrel/) - In this life you've got to eat, got to do what's best,And here I am, and at my best, it's more like a fest!Minstrel days are long,Minstrel days are strong,Full of whiskey, parties many, and lots of jaunty jest!Fun's my name with silver tongue and scandalous fame,I never starve when I can beg a pretty, - [The Divergent Branches - The Wyrden Basin](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-divergent-branches-the-wyrden-basin/) - A NOVICE’S GUIDE TO THE WYRDEN BASIN By Thul Nightshade, Keeper of the Blackened Bones Greetings, novice, and welcome to the Ebonguard and the service of the Wyrd. You do not know it yet, but your tah’vrai will take you to far-off lands, distant from the guarding shadows of the Master Ravenwood. Rest easy, however, for a - [Nature Spirits for Cubs: The Teachings of Brother Bear](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/nature-spirits-for-cubs-the-teachings-of-brother-bear/) - Nestled deeply inside a cave within the northeastern parts of Avechna's Teeth rests a powerful brown bear. She sleeps softly on the ground of the cave, one paw wrapped about her small cub of only a few months. Her shaggy fur rustles as her labored breathing gently raises and lowers her chest, rocking the small - [Reflections](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/reflections/) - The air smells of heather and rowan, the fragrance laced through with the sharp tang of loam and rot and the damp of the recent rain. The scent of a wild place, unmolested by civilization and unmarred by the encroaching filth of the cities.Visibility is limited, hampered by a towering wall of skeletal trees heavily - [The Dawn and the Dusk](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-dawn-and-the-dusk/) - “Sit.” Lalina instructed of the young pupils who gathered about the flowing hem of her silvery robes. She waited until the small group of rambunctious children settled their squirming and readied themselves for another of her fascinating stories.“Today,” she started in her purr of a voice that oft calmed even the most gruff of men - [Of Cake and War](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/of-cake-and-war/) - The Bawdy Butterfly Cafe !!Menu!!**Soporific Soup**Can’t sleep? Try our range of soups! A combination of gentle spices and a secret ingredient will quickly have you nodding off.**Cakes of Happiness*One bite of our famous tea-time treats is all it takes to boost your happiness and smother you in joy! Our secret ingredients guarantee it!**Platters of Plenty**Feeling weak - [A Treatise on War in the Modern Age](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-treatise-on-war-in-the-modern-age/) - A Treatise on War in the Modern Ageby -- by Ur'General Lothringen d'Murani Introduction There are many factors a nation must weigh before choosing whether ornot it will be beneficial to plunge itself into war against another;however, these judgments are often left to politicians. It is the taskof the general, and his soldiers, to conduct a campaign - [A Letter To The Soulless](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-letter-to-the-soulless/) - A life long-lived has taught me many things. Caution. Hatred. Fear. None of these truly describe the vitriol I feel for what we know as the Taint, the life touched and twisted by those without souls. It is an emotion tinged by such depth of being as to be an experience rather than thought. It - [The Divergent Branches - The Second Age of Nature](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-divergent-branches-the-second-age-of-nature/) - Foreword: I hold this to be true: the world we know is not the sole, defining timeline. As Xynthin demonstrated to us, possibilities have a world of their own. What can be, is, and has a life as true and as vibrant as our own. And though the barriers between worlds are mighty, they are not - [The Ballad of the Taint Wars](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-ballad-of-the-taint-wars/) - ==Canto I==In those shining days long pastthere lived a king of kingsThe greatest of the merian raceHis name was Ladantine The seventh in a line so longthat ruled the Holy landThat shone from on the island inthe Sea that was so grand From island shore to desert sunFrom moors to mountain peakThe emperor stretch'd his grip farand - [Faces of Mysrai](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/faces-of-mysrai/) - Behind the Veil I hear the call...The smell of poppies overwhelms all.I feel beckoned from beyond,Should I answer? Or respond?The curiosity blooms like a weed,Revelry aged like wine or mead.{ The poppies waft, dazzling my senses, }{ Consuming, enlivening, no pretenses. }They called Your name in the streets,Answering to serve with sweet treats.Childlike Urchin in - [A Minstrel's Musings](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-minstrels-musings/) - A Vilanelle of Alin'dor:Nestled beneath the mountains tallStretching into the desert sandsStood Alin'dor, before the fall.There laugher reigned with joy for allThere rulers spoke no harsh commandsNestled beneath the mountains tall.Answering Freedom's siren callSettled the once nomadic bandsIn Alin'dor, before the the fall.Kethuru came to bring in thrallThe city who brooked no demandsNestled beneath the - [The Collectivist in Exile](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-collectivist-in-exile/) - I was born in Hallifax to a good family, a long line of loyal and competent scientists. I was educated in the customary way for one of my class. Having excelled in my studies, I joined the scientific caste and made a name for myself as a promising young researcher in the life sciences. Thus - [The End of an Age](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-end-of-an-age/) - The End of an Age by Thul Deftpaw, of the Fog --+-- “This shouldn’t be a surprise,” Reeree Starleaf said glumly as she stood alongside her fellows. “It was only once before Marilynth that He was awakened. Hundreds of years without a peep after that. And then we started waking Him every twenty or so.” The furrikin sighed. - [A Lesson in Temperance](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-lesson-in-temperance/) - Major Characters:Sir Sturin Dreymis, Shakiniel’s ChargeLady Idriane Valentre, Hope’s DefenderWarlord Greymont Feyranti, Fist of LuciphageScene IAs you attentively await the curtain to rise, an announcer begins to shout from an unknown location: “The scenes you are about to witness, though fictitious, are graphic, containing magical depictions of violence and gore. Viewer discretion is advised.”As the - [An Ode to Mother Moon](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/an-ode-to-mother-moon/) - She shines above the ailing firSpreading her power and lightNone dare to challenge herAll must bow to her mightWhence she comes and whence she goesWith ne’re a sound nor sight‘Tis a mystery to allBut one thing is certain to all her foesWhether you be bard or knightNone can resist her callSlivers of silver and bridges - [Lessons of the Mother Scorpion](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/lessons-of-the-mother-scorpion/) - **Lessons of the Mother Scorpion** Though I possess no heart,I know now that it is the heart that possesses me. I exist only for the Wyrd. Nothing matters but Glomdoring. From the Darkness I gaze upon the basin, my shoulders heavy - [The Age of Supremacy: Part 5 of 5](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-age-of-supremacy-part-5-of-5/) - The Age of Supremacy: Part 5A Novel of Vengeance, Betrayal and the WyrdBy Tacita Shee-Slaugh Chapter 13---------- When the Keeper of the Blackened Bones returned to the Glomdoring forest, the remaining commune members were all gathered at the Master Ravenwood tree, waiting for her return. She arrived covered in blood, her once-white tunic soiled beyond repair and - [Teenia Windwhisper and The Lost Expedition](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/teenia-windwhisper-and-the-lost-expedition/) - Not many people realize it, but being a scientist can be a dangerous job. You never know when a laboratory accident could cut your thread short. It's even more dangerous when your laboratory is the Basin itself.That is why we have contingency plans for when an expedition vanishes. I, or someone like me, is deployed - [Gaudiguch's Glory: A Villanelle](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/gaudiguchs-glory-a-villanelle/) - Feeding the Flame for Gaudiguch's GloryEssence and flesh increase our Power.We'll grow strong through Freedom's Esprit.Greater than any forestal tree,We'll build ourselves unto a tower,Feeding the Flame for Gaudiguch's Glory.Hearts beat true to The Law of Gaudi,"Love Always" through creed we empower,We'll grow strong through Freedom's Esprit.Spending our days on planes so fiery,For crawlers, hogs, - [Words of Power](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/words-of-power/) - “They shall suffer for this,” seethed Nasir n’Rotri, as his orcish and skeletal laborers hammered away at the stone. “They dare displace us from our rightful home? For this… for this indignity, the dwarves shall suffer! Celest shall suffer! The whole of the Basin shall suffer, I swear it!”“You tell them, sir,” Magda d’Murani said - [As Cacti Do](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/as-cacti-do/) - Amidst the sprawling dunes and sandstorms of dear Skarch, where once a towering forest took root, life now reflects this harshness left in wake of the Old Ones. Where perhaps one might have spied squirrels, bears, raccoons and other such critters, venomous serpents and worms now build their dens beneath the sands.While outwardly rough, not all of the Skarch - [The Age of Supremacy: Part 4 of 5](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-age-of-supremacy-part-4-of-5/) - The Age of Supremacy: Part 4A Novel of Vengeance, Betrayal and the WyrdBy Tacita Shee-Slaugh Chapter 10---------- Miara and Llain were thrust unceremoniously from sleep by a piercing scream that echoed across the commune's aether. Snapping straight to attention, they both scrabbled about for clothes and armour and weapons. 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Lost in stasis, hidden places,   a word within - [Tempest of Fate](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/tempest-of-fate/) - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Tempest of Fate by Lendren Starfall -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Cast (in order of appearance) General Leosin, Hidden Steel ........ insurrection leader and tactician General Asa Spring-Born ....... insurrection leader and would-be Vernal General Phell Gatewalker ............... insurrection leader and empath Daoshen, The Tempest ............................. tyrannical conqueror Storm Sentry Quire .................... sentry of the Citadel of Storms - [Opening Speech of the Collectivist Ball](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/opening-speech-of-the-collectivist-ball/) - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Opening Speech of the Collectivist Ball -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- written and directed by Grand Libretto Eritheyl Windwhisper, Scion of Beauty recorded on 1st Shanthin 318 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Cast Eritheyl Windwhisper, Grand Libretto of the Opera ............ Eritheyl -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- You examine an ornate crystal stage and see: Pristine in appearance, the stage has been left relatively bare for - [A Day in the Life of a Tattoo Artist](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-tattoo-artist/) - 9am --- The blind tattoo artist shuffled over to where I lay on the bench, brandishing her needle and tints. 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A figure begins to walk down the aisle, revealing the Sublime Opus of the Symphonium, Morshoth - [The Perfect Sword](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-perfect-sword/) - Some people look at a lump of iron and see merely that. A dull, dark rock of cold metal with no particular shape or form. When Sir Meekin looked at a lump of iron, he saw a world of possibilities. A suit of armor measured and tempered to its wearer so that no part of - [Tales of the Night Queen: The First Chapter](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/tales-of-the-night-queen-the-first-chapter/) - At times, I must enquire of myself to what extent these inhabitants of the Wyrden Wood are loyal. Many come from beyond our borders, claiming enthralment and the desire to serve. To what extent, however, does the Dark Forest call to them? 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After only a few seconds she - [An Introductory Analysis of the Taint](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/an-introductory-analysis-of-the-taint/) - An Introductory Analysis to the Taint _____________________________________ Having lived in Magnagora for 137 years, I never once questioned the true nature of the Taint. I always assumed, much like the Serenwilders, Glomdoring and even Celestines that it was the remnants of the now ancient arrival of Ketheru upon our Primal plane-- a disease of sorts - [A Memory of Note - I - Sariin](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-memory-of-note-i-sariin/) - Life is a rhythm. It plays a symphony of its own accord. Peaking and lulling in its own time. Every person a player in a grand orchestra. Their memories an echo in the grand hall of The Basin. Just as memories and echoes fade in and out, so too do the players . . . - [Epiphany - a Tainted Warrior’s Legacy](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/epiphany-a-tainted-warriors-legacy/) - In the dawn of my solitude This voice whispers to me Of sweet nothings. A loneliness I feel More often each dusk. This life of agony Of torment Stares at me through Steamed mirrors. I scream silently. Within my soul My heart My mind An overwhelming Calmness of death Makes me tremble With excitement With - [Vengeance! F'ai Glomdoring!](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/vengeance-fai-glomdoring/) - So here we are, gathered this day the last standing, to our dismay. Ten of us left, but who is who? Surely, my brothers, it's not you! As I sleep, rebels move at night Plotting against us, such the plight. Dark Knight avenge us, join the fight While Brother Crow takes flight. It was him, - [The History of the Shee-Slaugh Court](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-history-of-the-shee-slaugh-court/) - The History of the Shee-Slaugh Court by Druken Shee-Slaugh Forward ~~~~~~ Lhiannan Shee-Slaugh, Queen of the Slaugh and august avatar of the Great Spirit Night, is a proud woman. Her machinations are aligned entirely with the Great Spirit's, whose beauty and cunning Lhiannan emulates in volumes. She and her brother avatars, Glumki Thorneye and Gwyllgi, - [The Dragon and the Dairy Cow](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-dragon-and-the-dairy-cow/) - 'The shadows of Mother Night are an ever-shifting being. They evolve and reshape with the movement of Father Sun and Mother Night, adapting to their new enviroment. Adaptation is the tool of the strong.' ~ Liturgy of Adaptation In a wonderous forest in a time before recorded history, lived a cow. It was an ordinary - [An Introduction to the Martial Arts](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/an-introduction-to-the-martial-arts/) - /=====================\ | An Introduction to the Martial Arts | \=====================/ +---------+ | Preface | +---------+ In the pages of this tome we will cover the basics of kat as well as many other possible questions you may have. Things will be broken down into the simplest examples and answers we can find to ensure a - [Crowned is the Night](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/crowned-is-the-night/) - It had started out entirely innocently. At least, that was what he told himself. It being the fourth hour, tea was taken as they sat down to discuss the latest issues of note within the coven, as was their custom. On this occasion there had been little to consider, as plans for the upcoming events - [The Triumph of Glomdoring](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-triumph-of-glomdoring/) - Sing to me songs, o Muse, of triumphant Glomdoring's victorious conquest march Her mighty warriors crushing foes beneath their heels. The Demon Lords of Nil did fall The Crystal orbs of Hallifax destroyed and lo, the Avatars of Moon were faced by Wyrm, and Claw, by Crow, and Song, by Night and fierce protectors of - [A Game of Vengeance](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-game-of-vengeance/) - A sly grin across the face, The splatter of blood across a lone window pane. A single scream fills the air The shadow of death creeping away from the door. Maniacal laughter bellows through the alley, Poison flows through the veins. A thud against the cobblestone ground, The last breath seeping through the lips. Justice - [Sometimes the Wind Dances](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/sometimes-the-wind-dances/) - "Sometimes the wind dances, Mama." Orinora was five and head-strong, her will as hard as the marbled sapphire and amethyst that made up her small lucidian form. Her mother sighed, setting aside the temporal dissertation she had already been distracted from, and explained that while the wind may blow, and the aerials' movements may mimick - [Mysrai - Mirrors of the Fiery Dancer](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/mysrai-mirrors-of-the-fiery-dancer/) - Sulfur paves this journey of enigmatic bends stinging as it lingers in the air, the swirls of liquid suffering prance along the racetracks of mental exhaustion. Withered streaks of dried flowers lay in seeping arms of decades past, drenched with permeation... This atonement - this lament, this grief mottles the consciousness. Completed, the lines emerge, - [The Doll and the Harbingers - by Amaryllis](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-doll-and-the-harbingers-by-amaryllis/) - An ill, deluded heathen doll spoke once with the Harbingers: ‘How can you have the savage gall of claiming justice to be yours?’ ‘Blind doll,’ the Harbingers replied, ‘Hearken now Glomdoring’s call!’ And then, with keening voice they cried A haunting and compelling song: ‘Our web is steely cold and dark and strong as oakvine’s - [A Different Perspective](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-different-perspective/) - The beginning of the Elder Wars: that first, fated skirmish between the Heralds of Magnora and the vaunted leaders of the Elder Gods. But "skirmish" is too charitable a term for the massacre that ensued when the blue-skinned one, Amberle, reached a hand out to one of the greater Heralds - as if concepts such - [A Sonnet of Lord Baalphegar](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-sonnet-of-lord-baalphegar/) - Hidden in shadows stands the Prince of Dark Fates Centered in his web, with its countless strands. Shrouded in darkness, patiently he waits Playing on the strings of those who are his hands. His voice whispers words of guile and deceit, Softly playing on the fears of the weak Or luring fools with promises sweet, - [Lament of the Wounded Sky](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/lament-of-the-wounded-sky/) - My beautiful heavens, who has wounded you so? Gone are the azure pools with cloud-frosted borders and depth beyond the darkest sea, sundered now by tongues of amethyst flame. From whence do these stolid shadows surface, casting the world in a dappled amber so unlike the crisp clarity I knew... Gone is your vibrant twilight - [Chaos and Consumption - Act One, Scene One](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/chaos-and-consumption-act-one-scene-one/) - Chaos and Consumption Act One, Scene One: A Crossing of Threads ========================================== CAST: Chix'ani, the dracnari nomad - leader of a ragtag tribe of desert roamers Xisanil, a dracnari youth - energetic and outspoken son of Chix'ani A dracnari female (unnamed) - common member of the nomad tribe Chendethi, mercenary of the Sunscar - enigmatic - [Paean of Revelation](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/paean-of-revelation/) - When coping no longer soothes your soul I am here Surrounding the bare essence of waking dreams Choose to allow My tide to encourage you Be here Grow with a sustenance of a wisdom Known only with the absence of lies Exist For no other can be where you are No other can know your - [The girl from the plains. Chapter 7](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-girl-from-the-plains-chapter-7/) - Night has fallen over the city of Endel. Luc and her two companions have spent the day hiding out and going over their plans for assault. As the bell tolls for sundown, and the crescent moon rises in the horizon, the three begin a dash through the empty alleys, avoiding contact as they make their - [A Tale of Two Twins](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-tale-of-two-twins/) - The following is a brief story-song that I feel is deeply reflective of a lot of the interplay and political standing I've heard of and witnessed between the Serenwilde and Glomdoring since I stepped through the Portal of Fate. ---------- In forest watched by Mother Moon, two brothers born one afternoon. One was light and - [First Light](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/first-light/) - Dawn breaks. The sand-grain sun peeks over silhouettes, toothy shadows cut from the horizon. Now a splinter, now a sliver, it grows rapidly to a half-hidden disk of gold. First light races over the twilit skies, crashing 'gainst the far side, spilling over. Rocs flex sleep-drawn wings, rustling feathers as they watch a basin filling - [A Love that Found No Shame](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-love-that-found-no-shame/) - Eyes so dark, and lips so red, Lovely be my D. With the cruelest smile on his face, He did look at me. Dearest boy, I sang, you do have me bound, Around your little finger, I do find me wound. Will you free my heart? A kiss is all I ask. Had I that, - [Crystal Study: Vibrational Frequencies](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/crystal-study-vibrational-frequencies/) - Crystal Study: Vibrational Frequencies ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Developed and pursued by Junior Fellow Eritheyl Zayah, M.TS in conjunction with the Department of Metaplanar and Transdimensional Physics of the Institutional Society of Hallifax ----------------------------------------------------------------------- PAGE ONE: Contents ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Page 1 .... Contents HYPOTHESIS Page 2 .... Overview, Thesis and Process of Study RESEARCH - PROPERTIES Page 3 .... - [Confessions of a Herbalist](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/confessions-of-a-herbalist/) - The Judge bade her sat down, and she did with no small amount of shaking. Perhaps the thing most noticeable about her was her hands; the long and slender fingers were peppered with a rainbow of colours. Deep blues and purples were the most numerous, along with streaks of green and brown. The unmistakable hands - [Ode to Mother Moon](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/ode-to-mother-moon/) - Once again the sun has set, And dreaded Night has spread her cloak To shroud the sky in Wyrden gloom The dimling stars are not enough To pierce this dreaded miasma Of nature fused with cursed taint But in this dreary, blackened sky, A silver lady dances forth To bless the Basin with her light. - [Flora of the Glomdoring](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/flora-of-the-glomdoring/) - +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Flora of the Glomdoring by Arkzrael +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ CONTENTS Introducton..................................3 Part One: Trees Master Ravenwood........................4 Ravenwood...............................5 Hemlock.................................6 Rowan...................................7 Blackthorn..............................8 Other Arboreal Plant Life...............9 Part Two: Flowers, Shrubs and Plants Black Roses............................10 Spore Grasses..........................11 Ferns and Vines........................12 Part Three: Spores, Molds and Fungus Mushrooms..............................13 Wyrden Black Moss......................14 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ o Introduction o After the rise - [Celestian musings](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/celestian-musings/) - As I stand here by the Pool memories come unbidden, Flowing like the tides, their intentions deeply hidden. Wars and alliances both flash before my eyes, Friends and lovers and enemies I despise Raids on Nil and Celestial defense Shielding the planes from a grave offense In all the years I've called this my home, - [She - A Reflection of Lisaera](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/she-a-reflection-of-lisaera/) - In the hazy shallow depths of sterile screams she wilts away in the sacred grove. Filled with absence, this void, she reaches within the blackness of vitality. Pouring down from blue heavens, these silver streaks of life gently carress passionate weeps of sorrow. She is. In the silent reverie of stigmatic and twisting paths. - [Lessons from the Shell](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/lessons-from-the-shell/) - Epithets of disgust followed me from the local furrikin children as I wandered my village of Estelbar. "Freak!" was a common title bestowed upon me, one of the few turtle furrikin (or furless furrikin, for that matter) ever seen in my ancestral home. I suppose I was used to it after hearing it for over - [The Words of the Five](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-words-of-the-five/) - This tome was discovered half-buried in one of the lesser House crypts, in the Bonehoard of Magnagora. Encrusted with gravedirt and scarcely legible, it took some considerable effort to reconstruct its contents. I confess, I may have took some liberties with it - but trust me when I say the spirit of the thing remains - [Fireflies](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/fireflies-2/) - Some would speak of faraway lands happily chasing childhood dreams; Others may delve into blistering sands in search of Tzaraziko's Hand. But as for me, I'd much rather be surrounded by leaves and loam - And so I chose a path much closer to home... one evening, as fireflies roamed. I stumbled across a hidden, - [Love, Time, and the Scientific Method](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/love-time-and-the-scientific-method/) - ============== |Form a Hypothesis| ============== "For every fact there is an infinity of hypotheses, and for every hypothesis an infinity of realities." 12th of Kiani Year 265 acoe A shaggy aslaran man streched his grizzled fingers out, touching the scarred bark of a tall oak tree. A wide smile spread across the man's lips as - [From the Outside Looking In - Aetherspace](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/from-the-outside-looking-in-aetherspace/) - Introduction Likely the first thing any pilot will tell you about aetherspace is that it is large. The swirling aether which cradles the Basin of Life is indeed unfathomably vast. Aetherspace is what separates the places habitable for we mortal adventurers and denizens from the Void. It is what fills the space between the planes - [The Dreamer's Struggle: My Prayer for Answers](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-dreamers-struggle-my-prayer-for-answers/) - Inside these fires of rage subside but for a moment in Your presence. Outside these clouds of rain overwhelm most of my days to dark ends. Within this spirit of pain cries for a helping hand to hold me. Without this my only cage controls the only true freedom crazy foolish desire. Beginning the wickedness - [The Parable of the Hunters](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-parable-of-the-hunters/) - Far beyond the boundaries of the sheltering mountains which encircle the Basin of Life, there is a narrow valley, ringed in by rocky ridges and dense thickets ranged by ferocious creatures. As with most places outside the Basin, the devastations of the Elder Wars left it ravaged and broken. Nothing clings to life there, save - [Collectivism and individualism, take one.](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/collectivism-and-individualism-take-one/) - The soft sound of droplets falling from the roof onto the cold stonefloor of the aetherplex is the only relief of the otherwise deafening silence surrounding me. I'm not alone though. A sister of my kin has been standing here as well for a while. Neither of us say a word to the other, as - [A Beggar's Tale](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-beggars-tale/) - Sighing heavily, the old beggar continued his solitary rounds of the dusty streets of Magnagora. He was every bit the quintessential stereotype: his clothes filthy, his white hair tangled and matted, his belongings carelessly thrown over his shoulder in a tattered, sagging bindle. His struggle was the struggle of all who have been cast out - [The Fate of the very Radiant (And very Delicious) Moonglory Fruit](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-fate-of-the-very-radiant-and-very-delicious-moonglory-fruit/) - Once upon an otherwise sleepy Roarkian eve, whilst I poked at an equally sleepy squirrel, I heard - and the trees did with me grieve - at what sounded like an explosive quarrel! I took the windy forest paths cautiously and with skies so clear, as Night covered the land in Her veil, I looked - [An Enlightened Master to His Students: On Freedom](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/an-enlightened-master-to-his-students-on-freedom/) - Let us recall the tale Of the reveller and the wren Our reveller danced the night away Then retired to his den He awoke to light, sweet birdsong, Turned his face to Father Sun, And there upon the windowsill Perched his tawny musician The reveller was elated At so tender and pure a sight He - [Cipher, Part Zero: Substitution](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/cipher-part-zero-substitution/) - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Cipher Part Zero: Substitution by Lendren Starfall -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Cast (in order of appearance) Commissar Emma Fairquillion ..................... spymaster of Hallifax Dr. Penn Taroch .................................... cryptographologist Jex Berresen ...................................... infiltration expert Undermarshal Lessla Iborchi ............................. Templar guard -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Prologue ........................................................... p2 Scene 1: Medium .................................................... p3 Interlude .......................................................... p4 Scene 2: Message ................................................... p5 Interlude - [Submission](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/submission/) - Submission -=-=-=-=-=-=- A play long-promised to an inspiring and greatly missed friend, by Comrade Ushaara. Characters =-=-=-=-=-=-= o Major Xicat Taroch . . . Politburo Officer. o Lady Aeloa Taroch . . . Xicat's wife, famous opera singer. o Colonel Educlu Taroch . . . Xicat's father, retired officer. o Junior Sgt. Haredon Sunfar . - [The Mighty Oak](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-mighty-oak/) - ----The Mighty Oak---- There once was an oak tree who was tall and strong, with sturdy limbs and healthy leaves, with a canopy so brilliant that he was envied by all; from the smallest seed to the largest hornbeam. The oak was proud of his being, existing as he was in a prime state of - [Love in Scarlet](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/love-in-scarlet/) - Enveloped by the lulling strains of waltz, we dance, my beloved and I. The other couples twist and turn around us, never pausing, like well-oiled pieces of clockwork. Copious amounts of rustling chiffon and mirror-smooth silk clad the ladies in the latest fashions, the gentlemen have donned extravagant suits for the occasion. Their chosen colours - [They Who Dream, Part One: Of Redemption](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/they-who-dream-part-one-of-redemption/) - Sai's eyes droop and he cannot stop himself from yawning--"rrrrrwwwwwaaaaaawwwwwwuuhhhhhh," the dracnari indulges, exhaling a whorl of steam which dances ghostily in the crisp mountain air before a stray breeze takes it away. A steady percussion of raindrops outside the mossy cove that is their night's shelter works its hypnotic magic upon Sai's mind as - [Web of Vengeance](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/web-of-vengeance/) - ---------- One ---------- The hallway was long and dark, with bookshelves along one wall, and a long line of portraits along the other. The girl's heart pounded behind her ribs as she walked down the hallway, her footsteps echoing into that waiting silence. She felt as though the portraits were watching her, those grave and - [Unheard, Unseen](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/unheard-unseen/) - It is strange to live in a world that is not made for you. Everything here is so very big. When I sit at a table...no. That is a lie. I do not sit at tables. Either I hover before them or I stand, tip-toed, on the edge of the chair provided. The chair is - [Rise of the Lich Marshal](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/rise-of-the-lich-marshal/) - A call of arm, attention, and salute while a crowd gathers the streets of pollute. The ceremony of honour awaits to begin; Discipline and Sacrifice are the only sin. The bell resounds, the Commander stands, a booming voice, a silence he commands. Beginning with honor, duty, and service, only those of the 'Guard who are - [Observational notes regarding Fate-Touched, section 2](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/observational-notes-regarding-fate-touched-section-2/) - Herein lies recorded excerpts from the observational notes of one Loosin Helsiric Splitwing, beginning on the twenty-first of Vestian, two hundred and eighty years after the coming of Estarra. These recordings are being taken by a memory crystal technique rediscovered by a colleague of mine to capture only the auditory data, and so allow for - [The Rampage of the Strange Shifting Serpents of Sand](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-rampage-of-the-strange-shifting-serpents-of-sand/) - Some have asked me what I like to do in my spare time - Besides dreaming at the Moonhart Mother Tree, or trying to make 'mammoth' rhyme. I tell them about the the reason why (in the Tidal Flats) I seldom strayed away from my comfy spot - From digging up clams or wearing silly - [The girl from the plains, Chapter 6](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-girl-from-the-plains-chapter-6/) - “So, here we are.” The city of Endel stretches out before them. A towering keep of stone surrounded by large walls, and beyond that the sprawling city itself, which is again surrounded by another wall of stone. Luc, Daf and Insight gazes down on the city from their vantage point. “So how are we going - [To Shame Destiny - Chapter One](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/to-shame-destiny-chapter-one/) - It was always a time of excitement when the troupe of bards would pay a visit to our village. Several days of festivity would ensue upon their arrival. They would always arrive on almost the exact same date each year - preceded by the sighting of a large, colorful bird one of them kept as - [Ode to a Nighthag](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/ode-to-a-nighthag/) - so proud you are, yet shrouded behind veils of shadow - though we know so much of you as mother night envelops you, caresses you and us as we are near you. though your face is hidden, i am certain that you are as beautiful as a clear sky when the moon does not hide - [The 'Mother' Moonhart Tree](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-mother-moonhart-tree/) - Wandering down tangled forestal trails towards a faint cursing up ahead; (A Hartstone druid surrounded by totems about to revert to their natural state!) I found myself drifting off to reminisce about the first time I did tread there: I'd been meandering through the forest afoot - upon all the aethers were nary a peep, - [Observational notes regarding Fate-Touched, section 1](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/observational-notes-regarding-fate-touched-section-1/) - Herein lies recorded excerpts from the observational notes of one Loosin Helsiric Splitwing, beginning on the twenty-first of Vestian, two hundred and eighty years after the coming of Estarra. These recordings are being taken by a memory crystal technique rediscovered by a colleague of mine to capture only the auditory data, and so allow for - [Strength of a furrikin](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/strength-of-a-furrikin/) - Strength of a furrikin Once you could get up, and look right in the mirror. Grinning at the image of one who is a victor. But now all I can see is the image of my terror. I look at myself and all I can see is an error. I used to think that strength - [The Girl from the plains: Chapter five](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-girl-from-the-plains-chapter-five/) - "So..." Luc eyes the Power standing before her. After pulling herself and Daf away from the Loboshigaru and Aslaran, she swiftly flew them a distance towards Endel, before she suddenly faltered and crashed into the ground. None of them were badly hurt, but following this, the Power had let go of Luc and Daf and - [Hymn of the Wyrden Wood](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/hymn-of-the-wyrden-wood/) - ~)(~ Hymn of the Wyrden Wood ~)(~ Come to me, in the shadows of the eventide Find in me, the answer to your prayers Trust in me, to bless your troubled mind With my solemn whispers casting away the weakness of your bleeding heart. - The shadows ever reigning o'er the violet-misted woods, Sweeping through - [A Study of The Sakarich](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-study-of-the-sakarich/) - The History of The Sakarich The history of the Basin of life is more intricate than any mortal could hope to fully comprehend. Even some of the Elders who have returned to us from the Void have found Themselves unable to clearly remember details. The result is a rich and expansive history that, while fully - [Flooding Skies](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/flooding-skies/) - He who wets the earth with tears shall reap joy. Filling the sky with pockets of windswept dust, He gives His eternal admiration to the trees. They who sway in gale, praise song to He who weeps. Swelling over the dirt, these puddles form, their reflection but a reminder of this building pain. The sorrow - [The Light and the Dead, Part One: The Fall of the Dawn Brigade](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-light-and-the-dead-part-one-the-fall-of-the-dawn-brigade/) - In Part One, we find our protagonist Malikai in command of a contingent of Dawn Brigade troops, preparing to defend their position from a group of undead creatures. Will he survive this encounter? ========================================================================== The heavy, blackened steel armor covering Malikai's body felt even heavier than usual, as he peered out across the many miles - [An Ode to Celest](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/an-ode-to-celest/) - When all hope seems lost, Within the Basin of Life When the Taint comes to fruition, And we all pay the cost. There is but a single star That fills the night sky Leading all to Celest Seen from afar Beauty from the purest water To the structures of wonder All flowing together smoothly An - [The Girl from the Plains](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-girl-from-the-plains/) - The atmosphere around Luc and Daf is decidedly cool. No words or glances are shared between them, and instead both of them continue onwards with their eyes turned to the ground. The sun is slowly setting in the distance, marking the end of an extra-ordinary day. "Daf… we’re setting up camp." Daf tilts his head - [Beauty and the beast](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/beauty-and-the-beast/) - Beauty and the Beast "Will you marry me?" The words, so simple and few, yet so powerful, echo in my mind as I look on the young man before me. The light from the great Flame makes my shadow dance over his face, but the flickering licks of fire can’t even compare to the glow - [Drunk with Power](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/drunk-with-power/) - Drip. Drip. Drip. The blindness persisted for hours. It was unsettling, to feel the molding cave palpitate around me and to lack the sight to witness its imposing existence bearing down. But its breath was warm and damp, a sharp contrast to the inherent chill of the night air. At least I thought it was - [A Forbidden Love](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-forbidden-love/) - A forbidden love, between Aslaran and Human. So innocent and pure, just like a dove Yet what more can they do then? Furred paw and fleshly hand, locked together as one. The moment shortly lasting, but oh so grand. While both realizeit is a fight not easily won. Days pass by so quickly, Yet the - [The Politician and the Toad](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-politician-and-the-toad/) - Dracnari mystics are renowned for their cryptic sayings. The supplicants who visit them often depart no more enlightened than they arrived as the mystics deliver their words of wisdom through ambiguous parables and allegories. Perhaps this is because the masters understand that knowledge that must be earned is better cherished; perhaps they are encouraging the - [In Search of Glory](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/in-search-of-glory/) - "In Search of Glory" Major Characters: Lord Norrith Ranier Sir Sturin Dreymis Sir Idrian Valentre SCENE I Silence overtakes the stage as a soft, female voice begins to sing a beautiful, entrancing song. Slowly, the heavy, maroon curtains begin to rise, and the singing grows louder and more disturbing, as if lamenting. After a few - [The Strange Case of Miss Fairquilliion](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-strange-case-of-miss-fairquilliion/) - ...A Tale of Imperfections... Chapter One: Perhaps if I were lucidian, my lack of a heart could be forgiven. But alas, a trill is expected to smile as brightly as a crystal's sheen, to flutter and flit about with the ease of a cloud. Is that not so? Are we not the fairer of Hallifax's - [Proposal of Love](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/proposal-of-love/) - To and for you, my love Always together, push or shove Your support takes me high Through the clouds passing by. Never do I go a month or day Without you coming to my mind And with your smile so kind I feel the love you portray. No matter where we go or are Whether - [Sanctuary](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/sanctuary/) - A One Act Play CAST: Lunesah Scarletfeather (costume: bard) Her head feathers piled high upon her head, this youthful trill girl has a bright smile and smooth, porcelain skin. With tall regal bearing and graceful poise, she is dressed in a gown of fine golden silk that bustles in the back and flows into an - [The Storm in my Heart - I](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-storm-in-my-heart-i/) - To this date, I still don't know why he was crying when I woke up that morning, looking up at his gentle face in the soft light of the sun. I was stirred awake by the sound of voices drifting in and out of my head. Opening my eyes, I saw him standing there by - [How Xaldrin Stole the Solstice](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/how-xaldrin-stole-the-solstice/) - The Gnodfather was thwarted, But no peace attained, For though he had lost, The Seals had been drained. Ascension was coming And the Soulless were near, But now weren't the time For trembling and fear. FOR It was the Winter Solstice, That time of the year, For candy and presents And holiday cheer! In the - [A Son's Perspective](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-sons-perspective/) - My father was a great man. There is no arguing this and I have neither reason nor inclination to do so. I have been told of his greatness since I was a child and I witnessed it for myself as I grew older. Even my jaded eyes could see the way faces would light up - [The Saviour of Solstice](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-saviour-of-solstice/) - There once was an epic Gnafian plot To subvert the Seals and spread stony rot The heart of Solstice, fetters of ice! Simple vengeance would not suffice! And so did the Basin descend Aetherships rounding dimensional bends Glomdoring, Hallifax, even Gaudiguch too! Ye'd think this a stage for a fragging snafu! But no, dear reader, - [Remind Them, Young Seren](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/remind-them-young-seren/) - A Seren so little, Basin he observed By greed and the Taint, faith to Nature was obscured A tiny tear rolled down his innocent face Weeping for hist'ry that was truly erased Forgotten was Nature, forgotten was She Who once held in Her arms, all things with much glee So few do remember, so few - [A Matter of Convenience](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-matter-of-convenience/) - 'A Matter of Convenience' Major Characters: Lord Raat Eepex, Master Artist Lady Indruk Xibak, Master Scientist Kroek Exley, Butler to Lord Eepex Telofrey Hiliah, abigail to Lady Xibak Minor Characters: Sheeloh Cloudsinger, an artist Tiloney Alee, an artist Cefron Swee, a serial philanderer Etter Swalgron, a nobody Chadrah Greywing, Mistress of the Ceremonies Act I - [Searching](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/searching/) - In the back of my mind lies a thought. A thought of darkness. A thought of death. With wild anticipation and lusty dreams is a creation of night. A creation of light. How goes the sun and the moon on the tracks of the night. When once we circled them and with humiliation they now - [The girl from the plains: Chapter Three](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-girl-from-the-plains-chapter-three/) - The silence is deafening. Luc, Elizabeth and Daf are moving with a hurried grace along the dirt roads along the border of the Jojatiim wilderness, with none of them saying as much as a worse. There are no birds singing, nor any sound of animals rustling in the undergrowth. Elizabeth is pulling ahead, with Daf - [The Divine Compendium of the Elder Wars](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-divine-compendium-of-the-elder-wars/) - ~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@ @~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~ THE DIVINE COMPENDIUM OF THE ELDER WARS a scholarly work by Maestra of Gaudiguch ---------------------------------------------------------------------- AUTHOR'S NOTE The following information is no more and no less than what it is presented as; a reference text for those students interested in learning about those Divinities Who took part in the Elder Wars. Importantly, no - [Solid Air: a Study](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/solid-air-a-study/) - o-----------------------------------------o | | | SOLIDIFIED/STASIS-ENGAGED AIR | | A.K.A. | | "SOLID AIR" | | | | a study by: | | -Aeromantic Engineer Ileein Shavatt- | | | o-----------------------------------------o Introduction and Statement of Purpose The purpose of this experimental project is to artificially induce the effect known as "solid air." "Solid air" (henceforth referred - [Aetherspace Battle](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/aetherspace-battle/) - There is a sublime calm that permeates the aethers. A quiet that extends from the ship to the very bone. An unspoken bond reached from trusting the others to protect your interests along with their own. The ship breathes an excited sigh, anticipating the battles ahead. She knows that the time is nigh: Soon our - [Stories of the Fall: Live for Me](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/stories-of-the-fall-live-for-me/) - In the harsh and unforgiving light of day, the waters of the Inner Sea grudgingly reveal their flaws to the burning scrutiny of the sun's eternal gaze. A smear of oil glistening here. Bobbing flotsom there. The sharp lines of jutting rock piercing the surface, their pits and crags distinct. Yet when the sun has - [Undeserving Eyes](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/undeserving-eyes/) - Undeserving Eyes A Three Act Play CAST: Shalushae Silverplume (costume: bard) A graceful figure, this trill has wings the soft silver of starlight and a gentle smile. Sky blue eyes gaze beyond her feathery bangs and provide a pleasant contrast to her sunkissed skin. An elegant white gown ties about her neck and flows to - [Cosmogenesis](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/cosmogenesis/) - ------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------ COSMOGENESIS an historic poem by Maestra ------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------ FIRST MOVEMENT - The Daughters of Yudhe (wherein the first Consciousness awakens, and the forces of creation and destruction are made) First there was Nothing. Neither light nor dark, Yet in Nothing all possibilities Cavorted, Grew, Increased, Became and HARK: Thence emerged Yudhe, a consciousness - [At the Wayfaire](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/at-the-wayfaire/) - "So. This is the Wayfaire huh?" Arath eyes the much-too-brightly coloured tents in the distance with detached disdain. The place is much too noisy, with too many children and general tomfoolery. Yet from what he had heard, helping out these overenthusiastic tricksters with their games will earn him a hefty reward. He checks over himself - [Routine](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/routine/) - At dawn, Syrinix Fairquillion began the shortest reign as Mayor of Hallifax in the history of the city. She rose early. This of all days was a day for punctuality, after all. Taking extra care with her morning ablutions, she ensured her bright red feathers were suitably groomed and her similarly-colored plumes swept back in - [Aesthetic Apprehension of Continuum Polyhedral Denizens](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/aesthetic-apprehension-of-continuum-polyhedral-denizens/) - ________________________________________________________________________ Aesthetic Apprehension of Continuum Polyhedral Denizens by Junior Fellow Tsianina Skyplume ________________________________________________________________________ An analysis of the polyhedral denizens of the Continuum according to the principles of Aesthetic Appreciation. ________________________________________________________________________ Table of Contents 2 - Statement of Inquiry 3 - Catalog of Denizens 4 - Geometrical Analysis 5 - Structural Principles 6 - Harmonic Resonance - [Introspection](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/introspection/) - To find for oneself the solitude for introspection often desired and rarely accomplished is a gift so precious as to never be wasted. In touching my fingertips to the rippling surface of the Megalith, I know, as I always do, the boundless possibilities that await those who harness its gifts. Feeling a flicker of a - [Estarra Is All](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/estarra-is-all/) - ESTARRA IS ALL -by Shrurizaiid Shadowheart- This is the melody for the song. They are piano notes. Low C is middle C. High C is the C an octave above middle C. Bb is B flat. I realize that I have not the means to include the speed or length of a note, but the - [The girl from the plains: Chapter one](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-girl-from-the-plains-chapter-one/) - "Hey, Luc. Snap out of it and help me carry this bag." The voice of a middle-aged woman echoes sharply through the musty interior of the shop. The owner of the voice is a broad-shouldred, tall woman, with muscular arms and legs. Her eyes hide a mischevious glint, even when her face is contorted in - [Nightshade Blues](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/nightshade-blues/) - Beseeched she, the Night for Beauty, and beauty it was she found; Glanced she at the mirror silv'ry, and beauty she saw profound; Raised she her arms to sky; she swore, all shall her beauty behold; From then on, Night's blessing she bore, Walked proud, did she, so fair;Cold. Wore she, for years, the Crown - [A Rhyming Haiku, On all the Fae of Faethorn. And of the Moon too](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-rhyming-haiku-on-all-the-fae-of-faethorn-and-of-the-moon-too/) - 1. With his pot belly The leprechaun you behold A sly thief of gold 2. Blessings are her ware Sky-clad except for her hair She is the maiden 3. Clad in shoddy clothes Happily tickling my foes He is a brownie 4. But a girl she seems Though of the skies she is queen The - [The Gas-Lamps of Magnagora](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-gas-lamps-of-magnagora/) - O Magnagora, of the gas-lit streets! A dark and sooty place when seen by day, But when night sets in and the sun retreats, Its gas lamps flare to life and light the way. Like magic, they all flicker on at once, As though rekindled by a hidden hand-- A secret kept by Lain, whose - [Rise and Fall](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/rise-and-fall/) - Rise and Fall (All's Fair In Politics). A Play in Two Acts "A Hallifaxian official is murdered in plain view in the midst of a whirling society ball - but the murderer denies all knowledge of the deed..." Principals: Irin Longwing, a servant in the service of the Cloudwalker Gallery. Spends his days carrying deliveries - [Keep the Cauldron Full My Son](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/keep-the-cauldron-full-my-son/) - Keep the cauldron full my son Fling the shadows wide Cast your spell and curse the foe And bring him down to die. Keep the cauldron full my son Don’t let the moonlight blind Your eyes and ears must falsehood pierce And there, the foe you’ll find Keep the cauldron full my son In service - [Heartstone](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/heartstone/) - The first sign that something was going on was the hat. Mayor Shaar Longplume was not the kind of woman who wore hats. Not that hats were popular in Hallifax anyway; all the winds made them somewhat impractical. And while some Hallifaxians might indulge in whimsy, it was certainly not the norm. Perhaps that's why - [The Girl from the Plains: Prologue](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-girl-from-the-plains-prologue/) - It happened in the days of fear. When chaos covered the land, and life was a constant struggle just to survive. In the times when the soulless fiends rampaged across the land and turned all that they came across to death and decay. But even in this backdrop of destruction, mortals find within themselves the - [Friends and Family](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/friends-and-family/) - Part I Family In the beginning there were two boys. One was called Allon and the other was named Ginesh. Allon lived a simple and humble life as the servant of Ginesh's family. Despite this, the two were good friends. Ginesh was born into a wealthy and noble merchant family that owned vast estates in - [Hope](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/hope/) - Hope ~ a pair of sonnets It all began with Hope, that sightless muse, Who in her blindness sought to grasp the stars. She held them in her hands and tore them down, And left the midnight sky a pool of scars. Our brightest minds thought better of her plan. We knew that muse would - [Ode to the Paladins](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/ode-to-the-paladins/) - = = = = = = = ~Ode to the Paladins~ = = = = = = = I / \ II -- | -- III | \ | / | \ | / IV V / | \ | / | \ | VI -- | -- VII \ / VIII The reaching dawn - [The Lady's Apprentice](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-ladys-apprentice/) - ~+~ The Lady’s Apprentice ~+~ --- The Cast (in order of appearance): Vilaesa Sunsoarer, the Silver Sunrise: (Costume: artist) Delicate and cold, this trill stands tall and regally with her nose held high. Sparkling sapphire eyes peer about herself with obvious disdain while her lips are pursed, as if amused at something unfortunate. Plumage dyed - [Sweet Singularity](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/sweet-singularity/) - "Lyreth, you bird-brained nincompoop!" Elostian's gaseous presence flared and roiled in consternation as the Sidereal Prince backed away, raising his delicate hands in defense. "Elostian? I - I didn't know you were there. Why, I was just admiring this beauty of a... what is it, exactly?" Lyreth rubbed his perfect little chin and contemplated the - [Megalith Stone - a Sea Shanty](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/megalith-stone-a-sea-shanty/) - This song is sung by sailing crews on their way back to the Magnagoran docks. A Supervisor sings the verses with the entire crew - regardless of rank - joining in on the refrain. It is a remarkable testament to the unity of the Engine's cogs, and the steady cadence helps the Serfs stay synchronized - [Only Stories Told](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/only-stories-told/) - Do you see beyond the sky? O'er yonder, far above the clouds Perhaps beneath the threads we see Whispered laughters heard unseen A vision granted, bright and clear The paths we walked, the ways they've been When all things were just fresh and green When all things were just fresh and green.. Seeker hear, do - [Dark Hope, Act III: Sinking Into Darkness](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/dark-hope-act-iii-sinking-into-darkness/) - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Dark Hope by Lendren Starfall -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Cast (in order of appearance) Maura ............................. a dark-skinned, haunted young woman Ling ............................................ an athletic young man Lisha ............................................. a savvy young woman Leopold ..................... an aristocratic fae of the Court of Night Marielle .................................. a troubled young changeling Tildeman ....................................... a punctilious guardian The Faceless Man - [Spatial Anomaly](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/spatial-anomaly/) - The loud series of thuds that echoed throughout her quarters ripped Rein from her dreams in a most unceremonious fashion. Letting out a ragged exhale, she pushed herself up into a seated position and glanced around groggily. The knocking sounded once more, louder this time, “I am on my way, thank you Tec,” she called - [Harmonic Harmonies](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/harmonic-harmonies/) - Harmonic Harmonies Twelve gems crystal spun Balanced so - like a haiku Perfect every one ... cradled by turquoise on ocean tides, rippling waves against the fierce squalls ... gentle jade exists in spirit, soul, soothing song blossoming spring leaves ... garnet cannot lie golden eyes through autumn eaves lay frail thoughts to rest ... - [Five Fates and a Portal](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/five-fates-and-a-portal/) - ~*~ Scene 1 ~*~ [Set: Snug Bedroom - Though small for the bed stand, wardrobe and desk it holds, this bedroom manages to be snug instead of cramped. The tightly woven dark rug on the floor adds to the snug feel, while a potted vine on the desk is doings its best to consume both - [Rockeater Holocaust](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/rockeater-holocaust/) - Standing in the sinister darkness of the Glomdoring, the trill clutched close to his staff for light. The night skies overhead were moonless and heavy, the forest silent all around him. Lillilio Stuffyquill turned sharply as soft footsteps announced the arrival of a grim-looking druid. "So, Lillilio Stuffyquill. You have finally come." "Yes, I have - [Live, Laugh, Love](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/live-laugh-love/) - =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- LIVE, LAUGH, LOVE -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= "Oh crud," I thought when I woke up on this warm spring morning in Serenwilde, bombarded by colors and smells so vivid and strong that it's a wonder anyone's ever been able to fall asleep here. Leaping off my hammock to shake the leaves and pollen off, I swiftly climbed - [Dark Hope, Act II: Children Are The Future](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/dark-hope-act-ii-children-are-the-future/) - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Dark Hope by Lendren Starfall -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Cast (in order of appearance) Maura ............................. a dark-skinned, haunted young woman Ling ............................................ an athletic young man Lisha ............................................. a savvy young woman Leopold ..................... an aristocratic fae of the Court of Night Marielle .................................. a troubled young changeling Tildeman ....................................... a punctilious guardian The Faceless Man - [A Dreamscape without Form](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-dreamscape-without-form/) - Once upon a softly moonlit night whilst dreaming, in a daze, Before my eyes danced motes of light as if all set ablaze. Shining forth from countless points some quite near, others far - In my mind I did them anoint: varied constellations of stars! Spinning gently in the air against a canvas dark, Runic - [Parable of the Pearl](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/parable-of-the-pearl/) - ------------------------------------- |~~~~~~~ * * * * * * * * * * ~~~~~~~| | Parable of the Pearl | |~~~~~~~ * * * * * * * * * * ~~~~~~~| ------------------------------------- by Tanwen Skyplume ---- There once was a small fishing village that was going through a time of poverty, for lately fish in - [Fireflies of the Night](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/fireflies-of-the-night/) - Little Seeker, In the cold darkness of the night, blinking lights are a welcome sight, Flitting merrily, to and fro, they raise one's spirits when they are low. But beware of their bewitching dance, that seeks to mesmerise and entrance, For innocent creatures they are not, In their embrace, you will decay and rot. For - [The Madness of a Shallamurine Priestess](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-madness-of-a-shallamurine-priestess/) - (A series of parchments, written in hastily scribbled handwriting, recovered from behind a painting of the Vernal Goddess Juliana in the Shallamurine Cathedral...) My name is Verna. I am a priestess of the Shallamurine Cathedral, a human by birth, from a simple farm on the outskirts of Stewartsville. I chose to devote myself to the - [Dark Hope, Act I: A Greater Calling](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/dark-hope-act-i-a-greater-calling/) - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Dark Hope by Lendren Starfall -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Cast (in order of appearance) Maura ............................. a dark-skinned, haunted young woman Ling ............................................ an athletic young man Lisha ............................................. a savvy young woman Leopold ........................ an aristocratic fae of the Night Court Marielle .................................. a troubled young changeling Tildeman ....................................... a punctilious guardian The Faceless Man ..................... - [A Song for Night](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-song-for-night/) - All the wyrden faerie lights give their own dizzy delights. None are spared, all are entranced, captured by their spiral dance. Their inherent eerie grace oft dole out the best of praise. Watch the seamless colour flow dazzle you with shifting glow. While dancing with quiet flair, they trace patterns in the air: hexen bane - [I dream a dream of death](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/i-dream-a-dream-of-death/) - I dream of death. I sleep little and when I do it is fitful and fleeting. Yet when slumber finds me, I invariably dream of an end. When I was young I dreamt the dreams of youth; power, wealth, love. Would that I had such desires now. It is our nature to desire that which - [Soaring](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/soaring/) - Little trill dreams of big blue sky. Isune’s calling, and she doesn’t know why You’re sleeping, when sun’s about to rise! Take your paintbrush. Color those skies. (Oh, child of wind, descendant of air Can you think of any life more fair?) Wings beat fast, like a lovesick heart. Gravity’s lost you and you notice - [The Scroll of Five Dead Frogs](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-scroll-of-five-dead-frogs/) - (The following is a set of parables, intended to encapsulate the teachings of the Wyrden Idols of the Nekotai.) -------- [Spider] -------- Once, there was a frog who resented a spider. Leaping and lashing his tongue at all the delicious flies tired him, and he looked with jealousy on the spider, who merely sat in - [The Singing Contest: A Tall Story](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-singing-contest-a-tall-story/) - It happened one very fine morning that Icelus was depressed. As anyone acquainted with him will know, when Icelus is depressed there is no discussing anything else. He is a great artist of misery. He works despair with the skill of a tailor, casts it about his shoulders like a warm fur cloak and settles - [A Trip To The Library](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-trip-to-the-library/) - O---------------------------------------------O | | | | | | | A Trip To The Library | | by Amani Naevelle | | | | | | | O---------------------------------------------O Greetings dear readers, Working within a Great Library, I often encourage people to find wandering scholars to invite back to our Library. I also notice that sometimes those poor - [The True Sages of Hallifax](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-true-sages-of-hallifax/) - I spread my wings and fall from the edge of the glittering crystal railing. Air rushes around me as I plummet down, and exquisite exhilaration floods my being as I tilt up and begin to soar. Around me, the universe blazes with coloured radiance, every spire and junction catching the light of the sun and - [Crescendo of Transformation](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/crescendo-of-transformation/) - Steeped in shadow, darkness' sway, The Crescendo of Transformation drifts our way, And, should by chance stop to stay, A deathly note he'll strum today. Cacophonous echoes do loom, Jagrerox's voice, shrill through the gloom, He'll force them to listen, those unwilling to hear, The screaming threnody, like a churning gear. Melodious attraction, binds like - [Songs of Silent Light](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/songs-of-silent-light/) - Quiet you with my song Come to me, those tired with the world. Come to me, ye weary of the heart. Rest in my warm embrace. Soothe your wracked mind Calm your stormy soul. Be quiet now. Sleep in peace. I'll quiet you with my song, exalt you on high with my love, with my - [Elemental Dreams](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/elemental-dreams/) - FOREWORD: ------------ A story about how the Wind and other Elemental Lords came to be, set in the time after Dynara and Magnora left in search of the Nameless Son of Yudhe and before the events of the Book of Dracnoris. With Dynara absent, the Gods found themselves trying to imitate Her, by shaping and - [The Crow Without Voice](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-crow-without-voice/) - The Crow Without Voice I perched atop a tree in a burning world, as Sun's luminous rays laid fire to the skies as He departed at the end of another day. I watched as Mother Night, in Sun's leave, slew what remained of His touch on the land, Her shadows devouring the last threads of - [Forest Elegy](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/forest-elegy/) - I. Muses who inspire my voice, spirits who have witnessed much, Lend me strength of song and soul, as I speak of time's hoar touch. Sing now of the forest glens, of light of sun and light of moon Sing of the silver waters still, in whose depths the stars are strewn. Where now are - [Fables of Night](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/fables-of-night/) - =================================================== ============= Fables of Night ============= ============= by ============= ============= Amani Naevelle ============= =================================================== A collection of fables teaching some of Mother Night's lessons. ================================================== =============== Chapter One: Fear ================ ================================================== 'Fear is but the web in which the spider sits. My fear is the web, and I the spider. There is no fear but - [A Little Bit Of Spice](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-little-bit-of-spice/) - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- A Little Bit Of Spice by Lendren Starfall -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Cast (in order of appearance) Lisinda ......................................... a mirthful young girl Whelsten .......................................... a playful young boy Brenna ........................................... a curious young girl Meredec ............................................... an elderly bard -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- SCENE Spice1: Dozens of hanging drops of cloth, gauzy and translucent, have been painted with images - [Spring Ditty](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/spring-ditty/) - Wildflowers by the road Mark a path seldom known Through the green, and through the wyrd Flashing limbs, inscribed with woad At trail's end, silence falls As the woods unfold a hall A dell, concealed, in the depths Hides a secret, closely kept Willows cry, beeches weep Blooms blossom and sap seeps A throne, a - [To War](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/to-war/) - From panoramic perch, See the darkness spilling down, In blotchy streaks of ink, To cover daylight's ground. As plumes of industry rise, And the machination of gears churn, The ur'Guard march from their towers, The enemies of the Taint will burn. Screams of mandolins grow louder, The crescendo reaches it's peak, His Voice guides their - [Shadow Dance](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/shadow-dance/) - Shadow Dance ACT 1 SCENE 1 SCENE DRESSING: Twisted and gnarled ravenwood trees grow here in tangled array. The leaves hang from them looking barely alive, with dark splotches of rot on most. A deep layer of composting foliage covers all the ground and cause any movement to be a noisy affair. Here and there, - [Treasure of the Elders](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/treasure-of-the-elders/) - Treasure of the Elders by Thul, Son of Tae Dryfount laid outside the Basin of Life. Local legend had it that the statue in the center of town was once an Edifice of Power, linking the town to the Elemental Plane of Water, but that Celestine forces had conspired to destroy it out of jealousy - [Voices on the Wind](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/voices-on-the-wind/) - =====Cast===== Thilmin â€" He is a tall standing trill. His bight white wings rest protectively around his body as he is wearing an elegant artist robe. While having a medium build, he is by no means muscular. Kloclak â€" He is an average height Luicidian made of ruby and sapphire. He wears a researcher’s lab - [My Mother's love](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/my-mothers-love/) - My Mother's love is nothing like the norm; Niflhemia is far more caring than her hand's touch; If summer be warm, why then her gaze be frozen; If solace be pain, untold pain grows in her heart. I have heard words benevolent, tender and kind, But no such words hear I in her speech; And - [The Book of Lafu](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-book-of-lafu/) - I feel them coming. I feel them coming as I wake, turning over to wash my face in the utilitarian basin provided for me. I feel them coming as I dress, pulling on the rag-tag assortment of clothing that is all that remains to me. I feel them coming as I eat, consuming the dull - [A Faeling's Study Of The Personalities Of Maylea's Works](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-faelings-study-of-the-personalities-of-mayleas-works/) - ======================================================================== A Faeling's Study Of The Personalities Of Maylea's Works ======================================================================== Match the description, temperament, and character with the right flower. ======================================================================== 1. My yellow smile Friendly and unpretentious Casting seeds on winds. 2. Colourful towers There is no fire in my breath Only bright laughter. 3. Giggling like children Playing tag, chasing through fields - [The Beautiful Mugwump](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-beautiful-mugwump/) - There once was a mugwump Slick as could be Her slippery skin Made a wet filigree The pride of her village Her slimy self was And mugwumps for miles Were all fiercely abuzz A mugwump of beauty Was this young delight And, confidently She one day made flight Away from her hometown The lusts of - [A Parable of Vigilance](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-parable-of-vigilance/) - A moral parable, told to the youths of Celest. --------------------- The ancient city was magnificent. Rising from a cradled bowl in the midst of a tropical, placid island, the view from the battlements was stunning - miles of azure ocean in every direction, and, at nightfall, brilliant sunsets dripping ochre and scarlet above the distant - [The Delport Festival of Cuisine](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-delport-festival-of-cuisine/) - Many years ago, the villagers of Delport used to hold a grand contest every year. The Delport Festival of Cuisine was famed across the Basin for the delicacy of its culinary creations, and hopeful chefs travelled to Delport from all the surrounding cities and villages in order to compete. The theme of the festival was - [Jeanne wants to go home. A new hope](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/jeanne-wants-to-go-home-a-new-hope/) - "Ohoi there Kira!" Jeanne yells as she enters the quiet halls of the Hallifaxian library. Her long, white tail sways happily behind her and bungles into several bookcases, almost knocking out a few books in her eagerness. "Shh. Calm down little girl." Jeanne looks up from the book she's writing and turns towards her young - [Rite of the Mask](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/rite-of-the-mask/) - Rite of the Mask by Thul, Son of Tae Deep in the caverns of the Glomdoring, there stands a garden without life. Barely visible in the dim torchlight, great white constructs stand in mockery of trees, thick trunks and bare branches built of bone. Flowers of skulls and phalanges sit in damp, rocky beds. Hollow - [Summer Cotillion](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/summer-cotillion/) - It was the peak of the high season, and at the grandest of the ballrooms, with gold chandeliers and gleaming green marble, the highest of high society was gathered, in their very finest gowns and suits. The ladies were resplendent in shimmering silks and satins, and everywhere you looked there was silver and pearl, gold - [Maiden of the Mist](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/maiden-of-the-mist/) - Wreathed in ethereal mists, she flits To and fro, and side to side. Her slender form, a gentle caress, Light as the breeze supporting her. Her crescent wings beat softly, Glittering in the moonlight. Fragile and frail, yet for it All the more entrancing. In a realm shaped by silver hands, She dwells sheltered and - [The Kid](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-kid/) - He peers up at me, With deep, beseeching eyes. Young, he looks yet his eyes say otherwise Uneducated, yet learned In the weary paths of life Indeed, an Celestian Mage in The Righteousness of the Light Like a tired mule, tireless He plods on from day to day; The days stretch into eternity With no - [The pursuit of Purpose](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-pursuit-of-purpose/) - The pursuit of Purpose "I sit on this rock as i attempt to perceive reality. Father Sun rose in the morning and now sets in the distance, and surely in its place will come the moon. They say this cycle is what defines time, yet it is itself never-ending, a clear definition of eternity. What - [The Incident of the Platypus: A Very Tall Story](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-incident-of-the-platypus-a-very-tall-story/) - All stories begin with 'Once upon a time', yes? Of course. Once upon a time there was a rat of superior handsomeness and equally superior faculties whose name was Dantes (that is me). And at the same unspecific point in time there was also Mushka, the most glorious lady rat in Lusternia. Ah! She is - [Queen of the Night](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/queen-of-the-night/) - She stares with hardened grace Queen of darkness, saving face Though daggers gleam and eyes watch Slitted and bloody with dress blotched Angered with times yet unseen And history in make believe Still, she stands stronger more Not swaying nor betraying form Hungry hands claw the ground While savage lips and echoes abound Even in - [Chloe Cloudrunner: The Summoning](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/chloe-cloudrunner-the-summoning/) - Chloe Cloudrunner was a very pretty squirrelkin, although her lack of interest in her appearance tended to show. Her fur was the bright white of freshly fallen snow, soft as the down on a baby duck. Often, she would wear ribbons of vibrant purple, to match her eyes. She was cheerful and friendly, always energetic - [By the Full Moon](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/by-the-full-moon/) - By the full moon, gentle silver light A little faeling Makes a heavy flight The stars are brightened, with no clouds to block the way She never knew what he would do, nor knew what she would say Always felt, always knew Something that she'd had to do But did he know? Could he look - [Picadilly Silverleaf and the Ancient Athame](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/picadilly-silverleaf-and-the-ancient-athame/) - This narrative is the first in a series of documented adventures of Picadilly Silverleaf, affectionately known as "Pic." Who is Picadilly Silverleaf you ask? Well, many titles have been bestowed upon this most incredible young elfen. Savior of Gnomes, healer of body, inadvertent adventurer; these are but a few. You see, most of all, Pic - [Part 1 - There Once Was a Girl in the Wilde](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/part-1-there-once-was-a-girl-in-the-wilde/) - There once was a girl in the Wilde Who laughed and played and smiled She was always flying on her broom You could never find her in her room But a problem, this little witch did have A good night's rest, she'd never had It wasn't that she tossed and turned For just falling asleep, - [Snowflake: A Tale of Love](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/snowflake-a-tale-of-love/) - Snowflake: A Tale of Love The life of a wandering bard can be rough. I live day to day, hand to mouth. I sing tales and stories for my living. Sometimes folk are generous, and I'll earn enough to put up somewhere for the night. Sometimes hard times come around; when the prices of meat - [Ode to Aloldyne Blontine](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/ode-to-aloldyne-blontine/) - Here's to an adventurer, The finest, so I'm told. There's no merian as daring, As adventurous, as bold. Hail to young Aloldyne, So bravely he goes forth, And boldly takes a daring trip, One island to the north. Some would see the Plane of Earth And its majestic slopes. Some would see Celestia, And drink - [A Memoir](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-memoir/) - Slumped over at my favourite table in the common room of the Paunchy Pilgrim, I woke to the sound of a noisy figurine battle, coming from the smoky game room. The distinctive sound of gold sovereigns being jingled together; the slurred yelling of men even more drunk than I was - this is what I - [Convinving Meditation Initiates](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/convinving-meditation-initiates/) - **Prologue** It is almost shameful, now, looking at these pages now… to see to what levels I was reduced… In retrospect I guess we're all omnipotent, almost, judging ourselves critically because we know things we did not back then. Perhaps shame isn't really appropriate, isn't warranted… but it is there nonetheless- nudging softly when it - [Contraption, Part 3: Levers](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/contraption-part-3-levers/) - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Contraption, Part 3: Levers -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- by Lendren Starfall -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Cast, In Order Of Appearance Allessa Delphine .......................... Captain of the Motley Roger Llarrell Silverwing ........................ Empath of the Motley Roger Sha Tallowtail ................... Starboard Gunner of the Motley Roger Donatarro .......................................... Wesmin's Bodyguard Wesmin ........................................ Purveyor of Curiosities Chelle D'athenor ............ Field Lieutenant, Special - [Bury Your Dead!](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/bury-your-dead/) - ====================================================================== | F O R E W O R D | ====================================================================== This is a tale to be told, read aloud, shouted, whispered, completed with motions and gestures. It is a work of fiction: a creation myth of the guardians based on the Nekotai's Wyrden Idols. We know not where the guardians come from, or - [The Great Race X: Fear, death and treachery.](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-great-race-x-fear-death-and-treachery/) - Treachery "Lead me to you?" The words barely escaped Emirie's lips before Mind lunges forward and makes a jabbing motion towards Emirie. There is a brief glint of light reflected from metal, and a flash of blue and white, before I see Trickle in a warding pose between Emirie and Mind. In Mind's grasp is - [Contemplations of Ill-Fated Romance](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/contemplations-of-ill-fated-romance/) - Above Magnagora, the stars aligned and burned With tainted child, the viscanti learned A pair of nobles both filthy and rich, A nobleborn son to Lord Luciphage's Fist. Tutored from birth of Nihilistic thought Power and grandour is for what this boy sought. "My dearest son, you shall always go without want Your lessers, those - [A Snowshoe Lamentation](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-snowshoe-lamentation/) - In a valley, long, long ago, in the summer of a time gone by, Between towering Mountains, a River did sow the seeds of a Valley of Snow. Sunlight bellowed through the air sweeping proudly past frosted floes - In the mists shone a rainbow fair, 'cross bleached banks of powdered snow. Rising up from - [O Hallifax](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/o-hallifax/) - O Hallifax ~ an ode to the Beacon of Harmony I lay myself to rest and drift to sleep, And in my mind's eye dream of vistas vast. I fly o'er deserts and o'er mountains leap, And come upon a sky-bound jewel at last. She drifts amid the airy windswept blue, A glinting gem beneath - [Virtues of Night](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/virtues-of-night/) - Palest flesh entwined with dark, Enchanting voice that all must hark. Enthrallment gained in shadow's flight - There is no beauty but in Night. Howling darkness disquieting the brave, When shades are through - no soul to save. Chilling blood - unbearable sight! There is no horror but in Night. Movement on a breath of - [The Lion in the Stars](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-lion-in-the-stars/) - Isn't that the way of things? You're all finally well, and it's pouring outside. Well, you're all in luck... Old Bear Thul has a story for you. No, you can't go outside anyways. That's probably how you all got sick in the first place, you know. Well, "Nyah" to you too, young one. You want - [The Diary of Ahrivkah i'Xiia](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-diary-of-ahrivkah-ixiia/) - Being born into the bosom of one of the Great Houses of Magnagora is never an easy thing. Taking one's life from the Matriarch of the i’Xiia line promises an existence of intrigue and games. Indeed, it is from one of these many games that I first drew breath. My arrival into this world was - [Contraption, Part 2: Gears](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/contraption-part-2-gears/) - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Contraption, Part 2: Gears -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- by Lendren Starfall -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Cast, In Order Of Appearance Allessa Delphine .......................... Captain of the Motley Roger Llarrell Silverwing ........................ Empath of the Motley Roger Giselle Delacroix ..................... Port Gunner of the Motley Roger Sha Tallowtail ................... Starboard Gunner of the Motley Roger Wesmin ........................................ Purveyor of Curiosities Donatarro - [A Song of Estelbar](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-song-of-estelbar/) - 'Tis the way that it is 'Tis the way that it's been From time immemorial For years upon end In the tiny village of Estelbar In the Furrikin village of Estelbar The sun sets low on the Tolborolla Valley As shepherds and farmers head home. In the fields and the meadows they dare not dally, - [Rebirth of a Phoenix](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/rebirth-of-a-phoenix/) - Out from the dust and flame, Once again a proud noble being, To roam free or to be tamed To breathe fire and send the enemy fleeing, Feathers of orange, yellow, and red With a body weaved from legendary embers. One wrong move followed by the fiery crimson dead, So the best approach be it - [On Indigo Wings](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/on-indigo-wings/) - Gilded wing and indigo, Sweet her voice, and ancient glow, Black and fallen, first and fairest, Behold the Lady of paths unknowing. What portal passed Forbidden Lord? Two swords to guard, an empty hall. Left behind and nothing grasp, She sings her songs and drifts alone. Cassana, sweet, and garbed in fire, Black and blue, - [Passing.](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/passing/) - I had lost my flagon in the sand as I trekked towards Gaudiguch. Hopefully they would have more grog by the time I showed up. My throat was parched, my lips were cracked, and by Roark's fuzzy toes I had damned well better find something to drink soon or I'd be pissier than Ashtorath on - [Nihilistic Evolution: The Tainted Path and its Rewards](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/nihilistic-evolution-the-tainted-path-and-its-rewards/) - Introduction: With the discovery of the lost cosmic planes, I seek to transcribe histories and literature that will be referred to in the future as classical doctrine at a time of discovery. While my works as always will refer primarily to the path of Nihilism and the cosmic teachings associated with it, I will of - [Pigeonmancer](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/pigeonmancer/) - A most curious sight I saw quite recently, a sea of clouds set all ablaze - In its midst a flame absently filling the air with a smoky haze. Rippling across land, to the north reaping novices in its wake - A shattered clock the Hand brought forth back into Time, the cities did fade. - [A Treatise on Consent and Suffering](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-treatise-on-consent-and-suffering/) - A Treatise on Consent and Suffering - A Study of the Teachings of Lady Nifilhema, Queen of Insufferable Cruelty Written by Isabel, Prophet to Lady Nifilhema INTRODUCTION AND NOTES My name is Isabel, and I follow the Queen of Insufferable Cruelty. The following is a collection of my thoughts -- though I am Her prophet, - [Fae for Mother Moon](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/fae-for-mother-moon/) - Within the realms of Queen Maeve, I run fast, merrilly. Climbing trees, and soaring sky With my broom and loyal fae. Upon my hands, a flow'r I held that glowed of silver dim. Giv'n to me by Mother Moon Through First Crone, Albion. It was to mark me as Her child as I speak with - [A Game Between Bears](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-game-between-bears/) - -------------------- A Game Between Bears --------------------------------------- by Thul, Son of Tae ------------------- "Foul creature of the Taint!" a voice boomed across Faethorn. "Unhand that leprechaun and begone from here at once!" The tae'dae warrior being addressed turned, twin flails at the ready, to see another of his race stomping up the path towards him. Where - [Contraption, Part 1: Springs](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/contraption-part-1-springs/) - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Contraption, Part 1: Springs -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- by Lendren Starfall -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Cast, In Order Of Appearance Allessa Delphine .......................... Captain of the Motley Roger Llarrell Silverwing ........................ Empath of the Motley Roger Giselle Delacroix ..................... Port Gunner of the Motley Roger Sha Tallowtail ................... Starboard Gunner of the Motley Roger -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Table of Contents Scene 1: - [Puffs of Grey and White.](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/puffs-of-grey-and-white/) - I walk through Sombre streets, Where up above The sombre grey Sky sits With its murky Wispy clouds, Puffs of grey And some white. It changes, the Colours will swirl Above the sombre city. Red taints the air, Black taints the air, Blues and oranges, Yellows and greens, It is all there. But then, night - [The Healer's Compendium (First Edition)](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-healers-compendium-first-edition/) - ---------------------------------------- | The Healer's Compendium | ---------------------------------------- A dissertation of the methodology behind healing, practical applications, and understanding of the healing arts. As written by Marina Whytetower Dedicated to Lacostian. May Your memory never be forgotten, Father. ~Abstract & Introduction~ To begin to understand the process of the healing arts, it is best to go - [The great race IX: Power corrupts.](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-great-race-ix-power-corrupts/) - Power seems to corrupt anyone. The thought crosses Thunkin's mind as everyone around him scurries to return to their position. He had seen it as well. The strange woman had somehow stolen a loboshigaru straight out of the ship and she was now fleeing away from them. Such power is something Thunkin has never witnessed - [Sorrow and Transformation](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/sorrow-and-transformation/) - [The small book in which the following text was written was found at the bottom of the Glomdoring chasm, as if it had been cast down from above. There was no name written to accompany it, and the title it is given here was chosen by the one who found it. The following is what - [Into Darkest Shadow](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/into-darkest-shadow/) - The children of the light will tell you to beware the darkness, for things sneak within the shadows like cowardly vermin, instead of displaying candidly their powers in plain view. They will say that only those with guilt-laden hearts and fiendish minds walk amidst the shadows, and that they fear much, for how often they - [Silver Elegy](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/silver-elegy/) - You graced us with Your presence, Among us in many a guise. You walked amid the stars above, Keeping open a watchful eye. Where You stepped, we blossomed. Where You danced, we bloomed. We were close to Your light, The light of Silver Moon. Near You, eye of the tempest, We gazed outwards to the - [Dreams of a Silver Tree](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/dreams-of-a-silver-tree/) - I chanced upon a silver tree once, in aeons past. Out of the bushes, I'd stumbled free, hoping for shelter at last - For I was lost within a storm, I sought to escape that bitter rain! A peaceful glade - the Tree gave form under its branches, warmth remained. The pollen formed a snowy - [The man from Glomdoring](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-man-from-glomdoring/) - There once was a man from Glomdoring, Who worried his friends found him boring. He jumped at the chance, To prove his romance, With an Artisanal drawing. A sketch of an orclach he drew, With skin quite a marvellous hue, Of vomit and faeces: The jarring syntheses, A'topped by a great head toned blue. His - [Old Prophecies of Night](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/old-prophecies-of-night/) - Descended of Treeheart and all she brewed amassed the magick of forests, anewed A Tree to the North, to guard the Stag a beacon of Moon and the bitter white hag To the West rose a Tree, laden with sap were Great Bear dwelled in nigh-constant nap The Southern winds blew through a great Dark - [The Kings of Lorfenada](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-kings-of-lorfenada/) - Fool Queen Aetherspace Adventures, Volume 3: The Kings of Lorfenada by Thul, Son of Tae .oO()Oo. It is the Age of Ascension, and those mortals touched by Fate can rise and become gods. But power is hard to attain, outside the confines of the great Cities and the Communes. For those unwilling to shoulder the - [The Great Race VIII (2): Second opinion](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-great-race-viii-2-second-opinion/) - Second opinion Before I joined the crew of the Snow Arrow I felt highly uncertain that it was a wise idea. I am just one individual, and by no means do I have the same strength as lady Winterfur. I worried that I would not have the strength or ability to protect her like I - [Memories of the Halfway-Hive](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/memories-of-the-halfway-hive/) - My little girl came to sit on my knee, Vibrant and youthful, so full of energy. "Papa! Papa! A story!" she implored. "The one about the forest! Tell me more!" "Oh, it's far too late," came my reply. But, I must confess, that was a lie. I was tired from battle, my head did ache. - [Faith, Hope, and Charity](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/faith-hope-and-charity/) - "Faith, Hope, and Charity" Cast of Characters: Alakar i'Xiia, Master of the Asylum Ceria Inalai Nacal Dekoven Corrin, an Asylum patient an Asylum doctor Author's Note: While this work may be read as a moderately independent script depicting the i'Xiia Asylum and its staff and inhabitants during the period following the coming of the Taint, - [Dream-bard](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/dream-bard/) - I saw you in a midnight dream, a lyre o’er your arm hung, a note as clear as moonlight lying hidden on your tongue Upon your starry instrument you plucked a secret tune, singing me the starlit Stag and praise to Mother Moon You sang my bones so heavy, you sang my blood so red, - [The Narrative of Kyrkroix Redwing; Part I: The Mistress](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-narrative-of-kyrkroix-redwing-part-i-the-mistress/) - -I- "Diedricht has returned." My mother's serene words could not quell the sheer exhilaration that enveloped me at that moment. My brother had returned; that was the greatest start to any day, ever. I immediately shrugged the blanket from my body, rubbing the sleep from my eyes. "Wh-where is he," I asked oddly, surprised at - [A Simple Gift](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-simple-gift/) - A simple gift is all they wish, as they flit and fly about. Sprites do love a Mother's leaf, and hate it when you shout. With thankful heart I took but four and drifted through the grove. To seek out those who'd wandered far, from mother's caring love. We met beside a waterfall; the first - [The Crows](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-crows/) - It was old, perhaps a few hundred years old. It was made completely of silver, tarnished to a dirty black and intricately carved with each of the four sides depicting distorted faces: one with a wicked looking grin and teeth like daggers, dripping blood; another showed a malevolent face, the eyes flashing with strength and - [The Death of Degur Othag](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-death-of-degur-othag/) - Foreword This book is not a work of historical accuracy. It is, instead, a work of fiction. In the world in which this book is set, the events of Project Cosmic Hope transpired in a radically different fashion than what occurred in actual historical fact. As such, this book is meant to be a glimpse - [Ill-Fated Prophecy and Traitors](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/ill-fated-prophecy-and-traitors/) - Chapter 1 It was a Magnagoran summer day and the smog of the tainted city hung low over the horizon, lazily curling and seeping about the atmosphere so as to choke out the blue sky and leave a warped, hellish dome over the city. The smog did more than glaze the city over with the - [Love's Plight II](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/loves-plight-ii/) - Chapter 3 ========= "I really think this is a waste of our time sweetest." A condescending smile touched Aandra's lips as she listened amused to her beloved's rants. Her silver eyes gleamed feverishly in the candle light and her skin was warm, almost moist, but she was sitting upright in the large double bed of - [Twilight](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/twilight/) - I play with sound and silence, I, the hated, I the scorned. I play from my heart, You hear nothing but dissonance. I could teach you of wonders, The sweet rush of melody, the thrum of harmony. You listen not. I weave light and shadows, I, the horrible. I, the worthless. I bring forth images - [The Great Race VIII: The Nightmare Returns](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-great-race-viii-the-nightmare-returns/) - I could scarcely believe my ears. The words “It's Mind” echoed through my ears as I began to recall the story my daughter had told me. “Mind” as she was called, was a frighteningly powerful creature whom my daughter had somehow earned the enmity of. How, she had no idea, and from what I knew, - [A Treatise on Tarot Predictions](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-treatise-on-tarot-predictions/) - ----====#### Introduction ####====---- Tarot has been looked upon as a method of inflicting various effects on an opponent, increasing one’s own abilities and of bringing death to your foes. Rarely however, is the practice of Tarot used to determine matters of fate and prophecy. Each of the tarots has its own set of meanings, which - [Twelve Months](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/twelve-months/) - +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | the first month ESTAR middle winter | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Estar is named for Estarra, the Eternal, the Goddess in whom dwell | | the powers of creation and destruction, the origins of existence. | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ Estar it was when first I met her, a chance meeting as if she came from another world. - [Mere Fabrications](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/mere-fabrications/) - It was winter in the righteous principality of New Celest, the familiar ocean breezes of the Inner Sea carrying with them an unfamiliar chill. The sky was a hazy shade of grey that obscured any form of true sunlight, the occasional snow-flurry finding its way down onto the rooftops. It just so happened that beneath - [The Discerning Palate: Dracnari](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-discerning-palate-dracnari/) - The following is an Exerpt from the book 'The Discerning Palate: A True Gourmet's Guide to Sapient Flavours of the Basin', from the chapter on Dracnari. It is a thorough treatise, if not as whimsical as '101 Recipes to Make with Novices'. ----------------------------------- Dracnari is a vastly underused meat, for many people fear that it - [Lunatic poetry](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/lunatic-poetry/) - 'twixt Flake and bloom I ply my art With 'nary a glance my way. For they and I, I play my part, So heed you now what I say. For their protection, show the direction Remind them of their tah'vrai With verbal confection, show them perfection And thus you shall save the fae. From cold - [Memoirs of the Nihilist: the First Veil](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/memoirs-of-the-nihilist-the-first-veil/) - I was sitting at one of the desks lined neatly along the study room of the Tower of Dark Fates, pouring over numerous textbooks and manuals perched precariously throughout its surface, when I was called for the first lesson out of many that have initiated me into the cabalistic teachings of Nihilism. The gaslamps flickered - [Still Life.](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/still-life/) - I ponder the marble block before me, hands trailing down the sides to mark where I might cut the stone away. The room was hot, and the dust was almost stifling in the air as I donned a small mask and proceeded to carve away at this as yet unformed masterpiece. Smoothing away the chips - [The Great Race VII: Third Round](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-great-race-vii-third-round/) - Third round Emirie jumps carefully from foot to foot, looking over the crowd one more time. It was almost time for the final elimination round to start, and Ester and Ista were still nowhere to be found. Worry filled the heart of the young furrikin as she desperately hopes to catch a glimpse of her - [Morgfyre's Fables](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/morgfyres-fables/) - This is the beginning of a work by Revan n'Kylbar to honour his Lord, Morgfyre and to spread His doctrine throughout the Basin. - Tale of the Wasteful Idiot Once there was a man who was rich, fat and powerful. Ever beholden to the tenets of the Masque, he lived a luxurious lifestyle and would - [An Act of Kindness](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/an-act-of-kindness/) - The chill Roarkian wind whistled down through the Engine, circling the city as it lashed the tents of the Gloaming with icy blasts, cold fingers sneaking through gaps in the ramshackle wood and tattered fabric. Winter's encroaching grip was not ameliorated by the waves of heat that rolled off the Blasted Lands, and so it - [Waiting For Spring](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/waiting-for-spring/) - ONE It cannot be endured, he said It has gone on too long, she said What's good will all be ruined, he said What they have done is wrong, she said They've brought this on themselves, he said There's few of them around, she said Our vengeance shall be swift, he said Let's lay them - [Vortex](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/vortex/) - It was meant to be a routine trading mission. "Queen! The module, it's-" A crackling over the channel, sharp, deafening, followed by the acrid smell of burnt flesh, as the voice abruptly fell silent. The command room, the centerpoint of the ship, its heart, was quiet and still, broken only by punctuated flickering flashes of - [Algontherine Life](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/algontherine-life/) - Part One: Birth Warmth and darkness surrounded the small entity. Secure within its physical limitations, the tiny sentience sent forth tendrils of consciousness, barely brushing against the currents of the dimensions. Her physical limitations kept her consciousness from delving too deep, but she was happy skimming the surfaces of the few thoughts she came into - [A Bedtime Story](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-bedtime-story/) - The young Furrikin settled into his untidy nest of a bed. "Bedtime story, yay!" he squealed, bringing a tired smile to the eyes of his mother. "All right, a bedtime story. A short one, since it's so late. What do you want to hear? The Emperor and the Tae'dae? You haven't heard that one in - [The Shadow's Caper](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-shadows-caper/) - Silken strands like spider's threads, Whispering wind where none ought stir. Darkened veil across the sky, Shred the clouds and steal the lie. Silver not within that place, Dark of moon and summon fae. Up the knife and down the point. Dance in circle, shadows call. But dark the sky, and not of clouds; Hot - [The Rite of Expiation](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-rite-of-expiation/) - Now draw a circle in the Earth And stand inside the center there And stand as those about you glare These Geomancers, too-aware Now bow your head and stop and wish Before your weakest moment was Before you gave in to your flaws And know that you've broken these laws Then take a razor-edge flint - [The History of Fatalism in Magnagora](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-history-of-fatalism-in-magnagora/) - The history of Fatalistic traditions and practices within Magnagora goes hand in hand with its very evolution â€" from inception to its current stage. The founding of the city was based solely on the passages found within the most famous prophecies Lusternia knows â€" the Verses of Magnora â€" passed down from Keph of a - [The great race VI: A nightmare in Xion.](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-great-race-vi-a-nightmare-in-xion/) - A nightmare in Xion. The silence aboard the Snow Arrow is deafening. Only the heavy breathing of the crew can be heard where it echoes dimly through the ship. And then, the silence is irrevocably shattered as everyone breaks into cheers of happiness. "We gone did it!" Ista cheers as she pounces onto Ester, knocking - [Symphony of the Deep](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/symphony-of-the-deep/) - I put It to my ear And listened well And straightaway, like a bell, Came low and clear The slow, sad murmur of far distant seas Whipped by an icy breeze Upon a shore Wind-swept and desolate. It was a sunless strand that never bore The footprint of a man Nor felt the weight Since - [Meaning](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/meaning/) - Words are like oyster shells. Many see only their outer hardness, But the wise hold and open them And sometimes find within them hidden pearls. Words are like lightning strokes. Many see only frightening flashes, But the wise pause and wait And hear the echo of their great thunder. Words are like moonflowers by day. - [Night's Marking](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/nights-marking/) - Spiders creeping, not a sound Forest darkening, all around Day will fade and night will come Shadows for those chosen sons Stars shine while darkness devours Night battles for many hours Until Sun asserts his powers Fear not ye, lest light will win His power fades; darkness to begin... “Joseth!” I hear a clal from - [The Contest](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-contest/) - "Drink!" With the first call of the night, I felt my heart racing. This was it; the chance to prove myself. I peered inquistively at the fire and ice cocktail about to burn my throat and shot my head back. A small cough escaped me, but I kept my bearings. I knew I was still - [Quarter, Part IV: Pragmatism](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/quarter-part-iv-pragmatism/) - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Quarter written by Lendren Starfall Being an account of an extraordinary day, seen from four viewpoints, none of them the whole truth. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Part IV: Pragmatism -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Cast High Wisdom Jesslana Mes'ard Pollera Starleaf, Blue-Blossom Nerren Talnara, Wind Song -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- SCENE ArborealLibrary: Stone walls line the stage, strewn with vines and flowers which seem - [Wyrden Flux](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/wyrden-flux/) - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Wyrden Flux -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- written and directed by Ambassador Druken Inseira, Aria of the Dark Harmony recorded on 23rd Dvarsh 197 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Follow a writer's mind into the future. What will happen to the green forest if it does not accept the dark forest's gifts? -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Cast An enshrouded musician ......................................... Eliron Druken Inseira ................................................. - [Turmoil](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/turmoil/) - Fighting back and forth City versus Forest Battling until the dawn Forest versus City Crusades erupt on Prime Moving to Cosmic and Ethereal New alliances are formed Breaking many old deals Down and down we go Into the heart of Conflict Wavering to and fro On the brink of Destruction Friend against Friend Friend against - [Manifesto of the Midnight Legion](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/manifesto-of-the-midnight-legion/) - Manifesto of the Midnight Legion ====Legionnaire’s Creed==== We of the Midnight Legion, the sovereign military guard of Magnagora, do hereby swear our allegiance to the Engine and the great Dominion, the taint, the Megalith in all its manifestations, and the Warlord of our lands. Shall our lands or planes come into contention, our swords and - [Love's Plight](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/loves-plight/) - Chapter 1 ========= The whitewashed room was comfortably spacious and lavishly appointed with luminous pearl furniture that reflected the light with a warm halo. Slender chairs of burnished silver flanked a desk that stood by the open windows, its surface inlaid with the effigy of a cerulean topaz angel. A man perched cautiously upon one - [Memoirs of malice](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/memoirs-of-malice/) - "What is this...?" the child asks intrigued, reaching out... Corpulent drops of rain slid down the leaden glass panes of the window in thick, greasy rivulets. The staccato beat of the drops lulled me as I leaned my brow against the cool glass, narrowing my eyes to transiently look up at the dense, roiling clouds - [At what price, Life? (Part 1)](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/at-what-price-life-part-1/) - Chapter One of Two. She screams into the night as I make my incision, cutting deep into her lower abdomen with a single steel scalpel. Struggling against her bonds, she cries as I invade her, peering deep within her bloodied gut for some clue, some hint as to what made her tick. The scent of - [The great race V: Close encounters](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-great-race-v-close-encounters/) - Thunkin's heart is beating heavily. When he accepted the invitation to join the Snow arrow crew, he was hoping that he wouldn't have to actually do something. Maybe tighten a loose screw and make sure that there was enough energy to fuel the ship, but he'd never expected to actually do any flying. Well, it - [The Voyage Home](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-voyage-home/) - Our aethership has settled into a steady orbit around the unknown, uncharted aetherbubble. For the moment, all is quiet, other than the gentle hum of the command chair in which I sit. I take the moment to gaze out through the glass of the hull, marveling at the vastness of aetherspace. Marveling at my own - [Imperishable](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/imperishable/) - O Lovely Rose Quintessence of beauty! Only yesterday You danced in the whispering wind; Today, Cupped in my hands Are your golden petals your destiny and mine Forever locked in sweet embrace. O blossom sweet Today, you smile, Tomorrow you weep And like a flash of lightning In one fleeting breath Sink into Time's Ceaseless - [Blood and Stone](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/blood-and-stone/) - One ---------------- Thoril remembered when his mother's wards came to Rockholm, amid much whispering and shaking of heads. He was too young still to understand what they meant: the elders who tugged their beards and shook their heads, the matrons who gossiped and declared that no good would come of it. He asked his mother - [Quarter, Part III: Courage](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/quarter-part-iii-courage/) - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Quarter written by Lendren Starfall Being an account of an extraordinary day, seen from four viewpoints, none of them the whole truth. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Part III: Courage -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Cast Sir Kevvlen Ellessen, Knight of Dawn Troubadour Chelle Lightsoigne Page Tenny, of the Armies of Light Dame Aellen La'Saet, Scion of Eternity -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- SCENE CelestStreets: An - [Behind Cosmic Hope](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/behind-cosmic-hope/) - Year 543 "They are going where they shouldn't even stick their noses, if you ask me." "Kaila, dear, your being harsh, aren't you? Emperor Ladantine knows what he's doing, give him a break. This could be the moment we've been waiting for, think of the possibilities." I didn't bother putting my opinion in either. Every - [Whispers to the Light](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/whispers-to-the-light/) - I was standing on Celestia, when I heard a gentle cry. The voice asked me to spread her Love, to free the Basin from the Taint. As soon as the voice fell silent, another filled the void. She reminded me of my oath to die for those I love. Shaken, I started to tremble, when - [Sanguine Steel, a short poem of the Masque.](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/sanguine-steel-a-short-poem-of-the-masque/) - Crimson desire, strong and clear; Serving Fain, my one request. Bring Him gold, sanguine smeared; Heap up corpses, at His behest. Slay the merians, bring their corpses; Crying elven, slay them quick. Chittering kephera, not forgotten; Stained with ichor, our blades are slick. Grovelling, we come before Him; Mask covers all, His eyes glint red. - [The great race IV: Reminiscent of memories](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-great-race-iv-reminiscent-of-memories/) - Reminiscent of memories "And in 16th place, Snow arrow, who will be the last ship to advance to the next round." To say that we were happy would be an understatement. It took a few moments for us to realize just what that meant, but then... well. I would not be surprised if even ms - [Statues](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/statues/) - Coarse gravel crunched under Nerele's feet as he moved along the path, striding towards the distant hut. The path behind him wound throughout a dusty wasteland, the featureless distance obscured by heat haze and wind-stirred dust. Before him, the land was almost as bland as that behind. The only respite from such were dozens of - [Ashes, Ashes](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/ashes-ashes/) - (or: a story of Sister Sthai d'Iasani, Petal of the Amaranth) The pages are ivory and grey as they flutter from her fingers. A soft-breathed syllable is all that is required, however, to turn them to falling stars and ashes whisked away by the swift wind from the east. Skirls of silvery ashes flutter from - [Changes Part 1](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/changes-part-1/) - I sat rigidly atop a hill in the vast fields of the Tainted Plane, my tail swung loosely behind me, brushing the brown, coarse grass with each back and forth swing. It was a quiet evening, I remember that. Cocking my head backwards, I saw a quick shadow fly over me and disappear into the - [Magnagoran Songs for Children](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/magnagoran-songs-for-children/) - The Quiet Lullaby ======================== Lulla, lulla, lullaby, Warm and safe the baby lies. Feast of carmine, tears of red, the ravens honour all the dead. Lulla, lulla, lullaby, only mourners are the flies. Droning sacred ancient hymns, the music of the buzzing wings. Hush now baby, don't you cry, listen to the lullaby. Cuddled safe - [Quarter, Part II: Trickery](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/quarter-part-ii-trickery/) - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Quarter written by Lendren Starfall Being an account of an extraordinary day, seen from four viewpoints, none of them the whole truth. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Part II: Trickery -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Cast Kaleeza M'thal'ren, Dark Marshall Xylly Lopeclaw Mahalla's Prophetess, Sarrym Llynnl -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Scene 2: Trickery -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- SCENE GlomdoringCaves: An inky gloom hangs over this cramped cave at - [An Unlikely Hero's Tail (Part One)](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/an-unlikely-heros-tail-part-one/) - It wasn't a particularly large pack of shards of Loboshi that lived nestled within the Southern Mountains, it was, in fact, quite small compared to the other 'wild' packs. It was the pack that had been founded under the leadership and watchful eye of Agwoshi Mooncatcher. Agwoshi was the oldest Loboshigaru that anyone in any - [A poem of old, to rally anew](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-poem-of-old-to-rally-anew/) - Do you know of, Gaudiguch flame? Lost now to time, with no one blame. The spires that rise, into Hallifax air. Does knowing their loss, bring you despair? The tree called Honeysap, removed from the world, did once stand in Ackleberry, its sticky blooms unfurled. The city of Celest, with its zealous hosts. The isle - [The Archmage](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-archmage/) - “What did you say serf?” the Archmage demanded. “No offence was meant, my Lord. I was just repeating what I heard from one of Mystagogue Sharuk’s aides. He overheard the Mystagogue say to the Warlord that you were involved in secret meetings with the Great House d’Murani. I believe he was trying to insinuate that - [The Tailor's Song](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-tailors-song/) - Snip and snap and snip again! my shears by candlelight shall cut a song of love and loss from linen snowy white. The story long ago began (my needle tells it fair), I was a young and foolish cur with haughtiness to spare. But even hearts so full of pride as was the one in - [Chicken Soup.](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/chicken-soup/) - The sounds were deafening, almost a wall of noise pushing through the streets of Celest. Trumpets blared out a martial melody, while children ran screaming and yelling through the alleyways of the outer city. It was a day to beat all other days, a day these children would remember for the rest of their lives, - [One more time](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/one-more-time/) - Fer wild, pale wings drawn around herself tightly, guarding against the elements, an aged Trill woman stood gazing out across the Basin from her vantage point high atop Avechna's peak. Mighty winds blew about her, the icy gusts slicing like blades through her ragged feathers. Leaning against the imposing walls of the ancient temple that - [Birth of the Spiders](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/birth-of-the-spiders/) - Foreword ------------- When the Lady Viravain descended upon the First World, She set about creating myriad creatures whose descendants now roam on, above, and under our land. While some of Her circle aspired to create large and ferocious beasts, She instead preferred the smaller, subtler animals. Though She was best known for creating Brother Raven, - [several sibilant songs](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/several-sibilant-songs/) - little bat winged child singing young-life songs -- seeking collective shards, of elder's essence splintered, i wonder do you recognise your maker? through blood with blood mixed primal forces made me, only filtered, weak divinity shall guide me. little fae-child, flutter-by wings of beauty i am, mother night in my eyes and arms and heart. - [Tainted (Part 1)](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/tainted-part-1/) - The scent of onions, sharp and stringent, rose unbidden to Trel’s nose. He angrily scrubbed a meticulously manicured hand across the back of his face and scowled across the distance toward the village of Stewartsville that sprawled lazily before him, its collection of green fields and modest homes laid out like a patchwork quilt. Harman, - [Sonnets](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/sonnets/) - Inner Sea In the deep darkness of the Inner Sea, Where light is scarce, save from the lantern fish, Below the dolphins, princes leaping free To whom to frolic is the only wish: The water cold can crush men like a vice, And swiftest currents drag one to their death: Bones break: skin shivers, liquid - [The Clockwork Maiden](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-clockwork-maiden/) - Once upon a time, there was a girl who wished to be a puppet, the prettiest puppet there ever was, and she was quite pretty and porcelain and lovely with rosebud lips, but pretty is never enough. She was not beautiful, for she was all disgusting curves and flesh and swelling things and blood in - [Care And Spice](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/care-and-spice/) - It's amazing how a simple whiff of summer air can wholly rejuvenate a person. It's been months since my parents' divorce. It was well-publicized, spread across many news boards, as everyone seemed to think their two sovereigns were of import. A close Talnara friend of mine told me of the manifold lies about my mother - [Quarter, Part I: Violence](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/quarter-part-i-violence/) - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Quarter written by Lendren Starfall Being an account of an extraordinary day, seen from four viewpoints, none of them the whole truth. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Part I: Violence -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Cast Warlord Klaareck y'Bolgari, Magister of Boulders Vellera y'Kaliath, Agony and Ecstasy Aois-Dana Jek, the Perfect Third Commander Ileen d'Murani of Death's Battalion Llessq Vessn, The Unseen - [Oh Raziela](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/oh-raziela/) - Oh Raziela full of love Within her garden far above. Calling all to know her heart Just as pure as the whitest dove. Oh Raziela sweet and fair, Innocence has bound you there. Caught up by the wilden fae As flowers blossom in your hair. Oh Raziela spreading joy Imprisoned as if a toy By - [Ode to The Light](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/ode-to-the-light/) - Wandering these lonely roads I've come from far away I didn't know where to go Until I saw you My Eyes! My Eyes! Were filled with such a sight When I looked up at you When I looked upon The Light Coming up a little closer Was feeling insecure Wasn't sure if I should go - [Love's Labours Mocked](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/loves-labours-mocked/) - Love's Labours Mocked a play by Lyla Oubliette Cast: Ardan, a young Viscanti male Melyna, a merian priestess Darkan, a warlike Viscanti lord Tysne, his wife Rovar, a paladin of Celest Bikiwillien, a Furrikin of the wilde Mirik, an Elfen slave Tjorrn, a Tae'dae slave Tberin, a Tae'dae slave and brother of Tjorrn A Nihilist - [The Great Race. Chapter 2. Introducing the crew.](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-great-race-chapter-2-introducing-the-crew/) - Introducing the crew. Emirie groans as she shakes the pain from her head and forces her eyes up. Blurry shapes move around her as her eyes adjust to the light. "Nghn..." she moans as the shapes slowly start to morph into coherent forms. "Hey everyone. She's waking up. Come quickly." There's a rush of new - [The Maw of Greed](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-maw-of-greed/) - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE MAW OF GREED authored and scribed by Hadrian =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- "Come to us," the charming little faeling said to me. Her coterie nodded in agreement and gestured for me to join them. Gathered in a weald specked with radiantly lush trees and playful bushes, the group of richly dressed faelings and elfen seemed mentally - [Paint His World](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/paint-his-world/) - Having trudged very far from the Igasho caverns, Ovuhhar found himself tired. However, that was permissable, and even passable, for he had not come to Mount Zoaka to relax. A good friend of his, Ushinaa, Master of the Wyvernkeepers, had sent him a letter requesting a visit. Scaling the mountain was a difficult task for - [Queen in Check](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/queen-in-check/) - The anatomy of broken dreams, Scales that fall from eyes at last. Cunning wind and cunning weft, Scholar's pen, assassin's neck. A cold wind through the dusty streets, Silk-wrought mask and dusted hands, Dig beneath the books of old, Nothing garnered, all is sold. Through the window, darkly, now, The past is buried, shall not - [A Cycle of Dance](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-cycle-of-dance/) - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Waxing Crescent: ...now is my dawning, and I shall grow through her... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The girl stands in a line with others, watching the priestesses pass by. They are serene and untroubled, like visions or spirits from the ethereal, followed by the subtle, sparkling glimmers of silver that mark the passage of their cloaked fae. - [Ten Seconds to a Better World](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/ten-seconds-to-a-better-world/) - I strode along, not on any path, not knowing where or on what I stepped, and not caring. Animals quivered in fear of me, plant life had no chance or choice but to die under my foot falls. The mightiest of beasts; animal, and the more intelligent ones alike, shook at the sight of the - [A Tangled Maze of Webs](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-tangled-maze-of-webs/) - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A Tangled Maze of Webs by Tacita Inseira ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The curtains rise to reveal the stage unnaturally plain. Where an elegant backdrop might be hung, there is merely a cyclorama of pure black. A dirty white sheet forms a carpet to the stage, rumpled in several places, a slew of half-decayed leaves strewn across - [Ill-Prepared](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/ill-prepared/) - A whorl of colour, spiraling into nowhere, and a too-familiar shudder in the floor. Missed again, damn it. We couldn't tell how things were going on the ground. Ill-prepared, we had no communication aethers open to hear how they were faring. Heck, we didn't even really have a crew, and we were on the wrong - [The Festival of Lights](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-festival-of-lights/) - The lights danced around like glowing fireflies, while the air felt hot due to the moisture of love, sensuality and perfume, with a mix of heated bodily odors that wasn't unpleasant. The wooden floors spun due to the sweet nectar drink, which infused her with pleasant warmth that reminded her of sad tales told within - [The Master's Hand: Part One](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-masters-hand-part-one/) - In the umbral corners of my twisted heart I know only terror of the Crimson Lord I am humbled. -Celina d'Murani Umbral night had descended upon the tainted city, and Syverin, a relatively young geomancer and Scarlet Priest of the Red Masque, found his steps quickening as he passed beneath the leering gazes of light - [A Trip to the Festival of Light](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-trip-to-the-festival-of-light/) - It was a wonderful morning, the sun was shining, birds were singing and the faintest sound of music was carried along on the wind. This sound caught my attention as I was helping my mother in our little garden, tending the carrots and apple trees as I hurried along after her. I reached out a - [Verses from the Wilde: An Exploration of Poetic Form](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/verses-from-the-wilde-an-exploration-of-poetic-form/) - Here I provide a selection of poems and writings, each one a study of a different poetic form. Taking different elements of the Wilde as my theme, I endeavour to make the most of each style of writing to fully convey each notion in a pleasing, sometimes challenging, manner. Beneath Wilde Trees Beneath Wilde Trees - [A Hero's Tale](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-heros-tale/) - Part One Our story starts in Shanthmark-town, Where deep inside a humble home, The loving husband’s desperate frown Is matched by his despairing moan. The sheets were stain’d like crimson waves, A folded, crumpled, filthy mess The midwife’s tears’ a young boy bathes, Who lies amidst the bloody mess. His fur was matted by the - [Faethorn in Red](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/faethorn-in-red/) - The seasons change in other shades on Planes other than ours And while the forest in the North has cloaked Herself in browns. While duller hues of purple and of green embrace the Wyrd, The Tainted and Empyreal, clutching at cloaks, seared By winds, faint traced in bitterness In looming winter’s emptiness The coming, frozen - [Tainted Rite of Passage, Part 2](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/tainted-rite-of-passage-part-2/) - Chapter 4 ========= I readied myself for the evening's festivities, dressing myself in the latest fashion provided by my own Lady Nifilhema who had so graciously allowed me to stay with her for who knows how long. My ruined silken pants had been replaced with a pair that was so immaculately tailored by the tailor - [The Great Race. Chapter 1. Crashlandings.](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-great-race-chapter-1-crashlandings/) - "There! It should be working now!" A tall, relatively speaking, rat-like furrikin named Thunkin, shouts over the noise of the engine he has been working on. He waves the oily remains of a bush in his right paw. "Looks like this thing clogged up the" "Save yourself the chatter serf, and turn of the infernal - [Star Council Report #78457: A Facility Tale](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/star-council-report-78457-a-facility-tale/) - Report #78457 NOTICE: THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN CENSORED BY ORDER OF THE STAR COUNCIL. SENSITIVE INFORMATION HAS BEEN REMOVED. Brief: The following is a journal recovered from the remains of , captain of the . It was discovered by captain of the . 9 Estar, 174 aCE My first entry. I’ve long loathed the idea - [All I See](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/all-i-see/) - -All I See- From the cities of shadows To the bastion of Light. From the Taint and the hunger, To the dawning of day. And casting off burdens, My wrists are unchained, Mine skin become mortal, My mastery, changed. Once I was the crimson and black, Raised a finger, death to call. Once I flew - [The Tragedy of Raven](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-tragedy-of-raven/) - Cast: White Hart, Guardian of the Serenwilde Commune Brother Raven, Sentinel of the Gloriana Commune Ladantine VI, Emperor of the New Celestine Empire ========================================================= ========================================================= SCENE: A sun-dappled clearing in the woods. Many beautiful trees encircle the locale, their branches swaying gently, as if dancing. Silvery leaves fall perpetually from the cloudless sky, though their - [Sanity is Overrated.](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/sanity-is-overrated/) - You may not know it to look at me, but I'm the Warlord. Really. Wielding the power of the Tainted Earth, I run the city, make sure the novices are well taken care of, feed the beggars, and water the flowers that grow around the base of the Megalith. When the enemy attacks, my very - [Lords of Earth and Stone](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/lords-of-earth-and-stone/) - Year: 198CE As the cycle of power is wont to do, the Merians of New Celest had the upper hand in their never-ending crusade against the Taint. In the past year alone, dozens of raids and incursions into the sacred Plane of Earth had forced its guardians, the Earth Lords in the Citadel of Rock, - [All Together Now](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/all-together-now/) - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- All Together Now a comedy by Lendren Starfall -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- SCENE Aetherplex: The spherical chamber is formed from a hollow geode comprised of dozens of precious gemstones. Large jagged formations of rubies, sapphires, diamonds and emeralds line the walls and ceiling. The floor has been cut and polished to a brilliant shine, revealing concentric circles - [A Crime in Stewartsville](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-crime-in-stewartsville/) - A blade hissing in twilight, slicing through fog thin ribbons spiraling down, down lying in a heap on the stone floor A splash of morphite, dormant sleep restraining victims captive in a dreamless prison of incapacitation and indolence A paranoid dementia overtaking minds of those under roof, fingers pointing at suspicion but the guilty prevail - [The Song of Silence](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-song-of-silence/) - I walked through the Wyrden Wood one night And came on a most alluring sight A clearing, that I'd not seen before A clearing that I now much adore. For on that silent, moonlit eve I paused for a spell, seeking reprieve My feet were weary, my strength was spent weary from a meaningless event. - [Tribute to Flowers](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/tribute-to-flowers/) - Across a flowery field since lost to the Basin, a young goddess travelled through. With each brisk touch of Her hand against the petals, each flower sprang to its rightful colour; roses became red, the sunflowers became yellow. All throughout the fields, colours swept abundantly. This was Her charge, this was Her heart's foremost call. - [Freehand Haiku of a Nameless Artisan.](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/freehand-haiku-of-a-nameless-artisan/) - Portal fresh novice, Walks into Magnagora, Skills to be chosen. Kata, stealth, and more. Herbs? No. Poisons? No. Jewelry? No. Nothing is right. And yet, he reads on Artisans Needed! he hears; The Beauty Seal comes. Artifice from wood; Designs of steel and leather, Designs of grandeur. And so he learns this, patterns fill his - [Murder Case of Madness](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/murder-case-of-madness/) - =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Episode One: A Plastic Pineapple =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= "Foolish? I think not." "Yes, you are. The idea itself is plain ridiculous. Why in the world would someone hide something inside a plastic pineapple?!" "It's to ensure their safety, of course! Who knows what kind of important evidence could be here, hidden so no one else could - [The Great House of Paavik](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-great-house-of-paavik/) - ===ACT 1=== =SCENE ONE= SCENE Porch: This well-proportioned porch lies attached to the regal mansion atop a cliff, overlooking the isolated road which flows into a bustling village. The summer breeze playfully whistles through its floorboards and a smattering of vines adorns the roof, a decoration rather than weed. A round table and four rocking - [Cycles of Power: The Seasons](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/cycles-of-power-the-seasons/) - ================ | Introduction | ================ The world is controlled by cycles. Everything in nature, everything created by the Divine, and everything created by Mortals revolves around a cycle. The moon starts off black in the sky, gradually getting brighter and larger until it hits the peak of luminosity when it is the crown jewel of - [Horror From the Void, Part One: Enter the Enraged](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/horror-from-the-void-part-one-enter-the-enraged/) - While the people in the Basin of Life slept, a meteor silently screamed across the star-pocked vault of the heavens. Tinsels of interstellar frost clung like old spider webs to the surface of the super massive sphere, and motes of dust from some distant and yet undiscovered astral plane followed slowly behind it, a brushstroke - [Twelve Seasons in the Engine](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/twelve-seasons-in-the-engine/) - ~Estar~ ...is the season of beginnings, but for the girl, it is an ending - golden motes of dust shining in the attic as Maman prepares, painstakingly, bathing in oils, having her skin rubbed down by mugwumpi servants below, being dressed in her finest silks. It is Death Day. "Now darling, go play with your - [The Fledgling](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-fledgling/) - Mother Night draped her blanket of darkness over the Basin of Life and the mysterious scent of solitude fell with it. Loud chimes rang out across the Sea of Despair as the Bell Tower in Magnagora performed its annual duties. Fervent whispers of prayers to Mother Moon could be heard underneath the branches of Serenwilde’s - [Peace cannot stand](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/peace-cannot-stand/) - I present here two poems, each with its own perspective of the same situation. Not a silver of shadow filtered through the somber hazel dust of ravaged decrepit furniture. Not a whisper in the wind but a piercing intermingling odor of decaying exoskeletons and bloodied indigo flesh. It is havoc at peace. Sons of Illith - [Twisted Strings](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/twisted-strings/) - Twisted Strings I am a daughter of the holy light forged from ashes of the fallen glory and bathed in starlit reverence gold, I keep a secret sadly told. He hails from the mighty Magnagora strong and solid in his intent and wielding harsh his tainted lyre, his voice rings out the will of Aia. - [nature's jewel, caretaker's mute](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/natures-jewel-caretakers-mute/) - why do you weep she asked i could not raise my head for the pain for beauty, i said beauty? then you must weep she asked tears of joy no, no you do not understand tears of sorrow of sorrow for beauty that could not be it is without wyrd and so without joy she - [Gifts](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/gifts/) - The crisp scent of ice lingered just above the smell of burning wood, drifts of smoke rising from the small leather hut nestled beneath frozen cliffs. The path leading to it was packed down and dirty, grime and blood frozen black into the snow. Crude pictures were painted on the side in different shades of - [The littlest Cacophonist](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-littlest-cacophonist/) - Vincent the Viscanti was an unfortunate soul, on a good day. Fresh out of the portal of fate, little, sickly, and frail, few people in Magnagora paid him any attention due to no is obvious lack of aptitude and potential. His physical appearance was truly pathetic. His splotchy complexion had an unnatural greenish tint that - [Musings of a Tainted Soul](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/musings-of-a-tainted-soul/) - The taint has made me what I am. A vicious creature of Nil, a leader of demons and a scourge of the angels. A festering creature of wounds, scarred by ritualistic torture and marked with the wounds of battle and death. But I cannot be imprisoned by the Fate's plan for I am undead and - [Fateful Homage](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/fateful-homage/) - The cold, tainted air bit at my skin as the Ritualist called us forth before the great black gates of the Silent Cathedral. Many had gathered before to this place, whether it be for solemn worship or gatherings, but this, I felt, was to be something different altogether. The crowd gathered, many of whom were - [Furrikin Blues](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/furrikin-blues/) - -------------------------- | Furrikin Blues | -------------------------- My fur is wet! My fur is wet! My fur is really, really wet! I shake and shake and shake and shake, and rain is all I get. Every time I go out it pours down on me. I've enough water in my fur to fill an entire sea! - [Ofelia's Apprentice](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/ofelias-apprentice/) - "Ofelia's Apprentice" is a coupling of two poems claimed from the diaries of a young Geomancer, Nephi, apprentice of the Maker of Mountains, Ofelia y'Bolgari. The two styles, first a villanelle and then a series of haiku, can in fact be read aloud as prayers or chants, so precisely are they written. Given the ritualistic - [A Weaving](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-weaving/) - E E F V M U E B Weave of time and warp of thread E u O F R W I T E A D S E R W E H songs of living tales of dead A P O T I L yarns of deeds, stop, start, win, concede S W E E - [A somber interlude](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-somber-interlude/) - A somber interlude The sun rises slowly up over a small, brown mountain cottage, bathing it in warm light after a long, cold night. A tall pear tree stands beside the cottage, and beneath the tree stands a simple white bench. On that bench sits a female rabbit furrikin. Her body has several bare patches - [The Gauntlet of Life](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-gauntlet-of-life/) - =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- The Gauntlet of Life -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= authored and scribed by Hadrian Mother listened when I told her to stop. She didn't usually listen - once she'd started she'd be hard-pressed to stop. But this time my plea was muted by the blood sliding back into my throat, and I guess the prospect of me choking - [Fundamental Nine](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/fundamental-nine/) - Fundamental nine: Combined, imbued in all things More than just blessings. NATURE Acorns become trees Cross hillsides, seeking the sky Trees become acorns. CHAOS Even Fates are blind, Truth itself shifts on new paths: What will be will change. HARMONY Out of the same stuff Yudhe shaped alike all things: Many, and yet one. BEAUTY - [The Eyes of the Slaugh](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-eyes-of-the-slaugh/) - Some days I ponder the workings of the mind behind the haunting eyes of the Slaugh. What sort of tragic ideas and poisoned plots play against her hollow thoughts? Oh, this solace I find just with a mindless stare within those hollow eyes, taking in the beauty within. The feeling of a curious joy within - [Wolfsong](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/wolfsong/) - Hear now the tale of a Wolf and her song For while the tale is short, the story’s begun I hope that it never should become unspun For your song, my Wolf friend, is not done. Many friends can be good, as you may have found But when you look up, they’re pushing you around - [Fall of the Graywind Pack (part 1)](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/fall-of-the-graywind-pack-part-1/) - We loboshigaru are a proud race of hunters and warriors. Like Brother Wolf, to us there is no greater bond than that of the pack. After all, the name loboshigaru means “Wolf of Loboshi” in the divine tongue, after the Elder Goddess to Whom we owe our creation, and to Whom we give the name - [Reflections of an old soul](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/reflections-of-an-old-soul/) - :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::::NNNNNNNN::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN::::::::::::N:::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::NNN:::::::::NNNNNNNN:::::::::NNN:::::::NN:::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::NNN::::::::::::::NNNNNN:::::::NNNNNN:::NNN::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::NN:::::::::::::::::NNNNNN:::::NNNNNNNNNNNN:::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::NN::::::::::::::::::::NNNN::::NN::::::::NN::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::NN::::::::NNNN::::::::::NNNN:NNN::::::::NN:::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::NN::::::::NNNNNNN:::::::::NNNNN:::::::::NN::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::NNN::::::::N::::NNN::::::::NNNN:::::::::NN:::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::NNN::::::::::::::NN::::::::NNNN::::::::NNN:::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::NNN::::::::::::::NN:::::::::NNN::::::::NN::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::NNN::::::::::::::NN:::::::::NNN:::::::NNN::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::NNN:::::::::::::NN::::::::::NNN::::::NNN:::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::NNNN:::::::::::NN:::::::::::NNN::::::NNN:::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::NNNNN:::::::::NNN:::::::::::NNN:::::NNN::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::NNNNNN::::NNNN:::::::::::::NNN:::::NNN::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::NNNNNNNNNN:::::::::::::::NN:::::NNNN::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::NNN:::::NNNN::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::NN::::::NNNN::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::NN::::::NNNN::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::NN:::::::NNNN::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::NN::::::::NNNN::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::N::::::::::::::::NN:::::::::NNNNN:::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::NNNN:::::::::::::NNN:::::::::::NNNNN::::::::::NN::::::::::: :::::::::::::NNNNN:::::::::::NN::::::::::::::NNNNN::::::::NN:::::::::::: ::::::::::::::NNNNNN:::::NNNN:::::::::::::::::NNNNNNNNNNNNN::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::NNNNNNNNN:::::::::::::::::::::::NNNNNNN:::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::O--------------------------------------------O:::::::::::: ::::::::::::::| Reflections of an Old Soul |:::::::::::: ::::::::::::::O--------------------------------------------O:::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: O------ PROLOGUE -------O After a hundred and fifty years of study, thought, teaching, and endless - [Teatime in the Engine: The Prophet's Pupil](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/teatime-in-the-engine-the-prophets-pupil/) - Night falls on Magnagora, and the gaslamps in the city streets are flaring to life one by one beneath the smog in blue-tongued light, hazy in the yellow smoke hanging low over the winding streets. The mortals of the city are careful now, downcast eyes and hurrying feet, for the lich-kings of the city awake. - [Poems from the Serenwilde](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/poems-from-the-serenwilde/) - =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Poems from the Serenwilde =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- authored and scribed by Hadrian _._._._._ The First --------- Every bright new break of day A new ray contorts my heart; I do enjoy this wit unmatched, But grow ever less attached To the pulsing of this world, This dim swirl of love and hate: To procreate or desecrate: - [Crimson Revelations](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/crimson-revelations/) - _____________________________ | Crimson Revelations | | | | | |Contents- Page 1| |Prayers to Our Lord- Page 2| |Foreword- Page 3| |His Masquerade- Page 4| |Hate and Contempt- Page 5| |Arrogance and Envy- Page 6| |Fear and Grief- Page 7| |Conclusion- Page 8| |____________________________| Through His hate, may only the worthy rise. Through His wrath, - [Thunk](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/thunk/) - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Thunk by Lendren Starfall -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- SCENE Five: The stage is bare apart from five dark-skinned children in the center. The cheerful strains of birdsong fill the air. PROP Siblings4 (Five): Only one of the five children is depicted by an actor. The other four, two boys and two girls who look very similar, are - [Sibling Rivalry - A Tale of the Beginning](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/sibling-rivalry-a-tale-of-the-beginning/) - Sibling Rivalry - A Tale of the Beginning This is a recreation of the Cosmogenesis wherein I have taken a great many liberties and a great deal of artistic licence. It is how I imagine things to have gone, and is quite unlikely to be accurate. That said, I have tried to be true to - [Two Poems for Moon and Wilde](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/two-poems-for-moon-and-wilde/) - ~ Chasing Moonbeams ~ Mother Moon's light drifts through the trees like a lantern, A silver gleam in the distance, smaller than a willowisp. Where are you going, Mother Moon? I will follow you, Through the forests and glades where you cast your light, Under the shade of the Moonhart trees. Mother Moon's light drifts - [What is and what t'aint.](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/what-is-and-what-taint/) - I went to Magnagora With the gold that I’d accrued; I met a shaggy Igasho, And he said, “Taint to you.” “T’aint what?!” I spat, in ignorance, “Taint springtime, or t’aint fall? I don’t see why you tell me, ‘t’aint,’ Because there’s no point at all.” The igasho looked down at me, An eyebrow he - [Emirie in Space: Chapter VII](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/emirie-in-space-chapter-vii/) - Emirie in Aetherspace: Chapter VII: A note from Yellow Everyone has the capacity for doing what is good. Being good is the natural state of being. To live is to be social. One cannot exist completely on your own. You will always have to relate to someone somehow. Thus you come to extend and give - [Nihilistic Fundamentals: Of the Demon Lords and Nil](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/nihilistic-fundamentals-of-the-demon-lords-and-nil/) - +====================================================================+ N I H I L I S T I C F U N D A M E N T A L S O F T H E D E M O N L O R D S A N D N I L Written by Seditionist Romero Edited by Heresiarch Nariah d'Iasani +====================================================================+ ===================================================================== - [A Tyrant's Tragic Tale](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-tyrants-tragic-tale/) - ======================== A Tyrant's Tragic Tale = ======================== -------- Prologue -------- Heed my call, o spirits of Moon, Grant me your voices, all your wit, To tell this story I'm about to knit Of past events long forgotten Though still living in some minds, Who, wishing it not become rotten, Tell it to their offsprings, their - [For the Lady](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/for-the-lady/) - A single dewdrop Glistening on the gossamer web Seemingly devoid of life; Only a reflection in the water Reveals the smiling spider. The darkened leaves Lie dank and rotting on the ground Amongst the decaying mosses; Only the footsteps trodden black Reveal the presence that walked there. The velvet roses Scent the air sweetly, Yet - [Rainbow Orchid](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/rainbow-orchid/) - Rainbow Orchid A faint black mist from sandy ground arising, Pale lilacs, purple aroma enfolding, Silver moonlight on young sweetgrass shim'ring. Yellow buttercups push cheerfully up through red stone, Sturdy bark, brown guard 'gainst peril wind-blown, Merry snowflakes dancing white zephyr-thrown. Summer sands are gold as leaves autumnal, Waves of blue that flow persistent, gentle, - [Memory](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/memory/) - It is the night of the full moon once more. The full moon always brings unrest to me, when Night's utter darkness is lessened by the bright silver of her sister. I sit by my cauldron, and watch the passage of the moon across the sky. I wonder what will become of the nightshade, if - [The Amaranth in Three Stages](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-amaranth-in-three-stages/) - - The White Amaranth - Unfolds, unfolds, in marble glory, Austere and painless, Wise beyond knowing. Her lips are curved in secret smile, The woman plotting, the string uncut. Hail to the Lady of the Snow White Amaranth, Her hair is loose, like the maiden fair. Her King is gone to throne and hall, Her - [Songs of Shadow](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/songs-of-shadow/) - Shadows' Flight --------------- Under shelt'ring trees Feather brushes black feather Restless in the light Sun's path spans the sky Gliding soft o'er the Basin In pursuit of Night Bright silken sunrays Weave a joyous tapestry Through the radiant air Fading streamers gleam Amidst spun tendrils of dusk Bringing night to bear Burst of onyx black - [Beyond Compare](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/beyond-compare/) - Ribbons of sunlight spun in glorious gold Weave through the trees with rare bright-gilded grace See the beauty that Serenwilde does hold Within its blessedly verdant embrace Shall I depict thee, fairest of forest In strokes of snow on a Roarkian day Or shall I paint a scene of lively Dvarsh When the gay summer - [Words of the Scarlet Priestess](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/words-of-the-scarlet-priestess/) - I am Hatred: I am shadowed. My patience never ending. My touch is cool and calm. I linger in the darkest corners of your heart. Beating. Thumping. Churning just beneath the stony surface. I am shielded with lies, hidden by deception. I etch my whispers into your skull. My will chills the back of your - [The Secrets of Stones: Part I](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-secrets-of-stones-part-i/) - "Bloody Nil." As the words escaped his muzzle, they were soon left behind as the young aslaran darted past the trees, his beige fur blending in with his surroundings. The sound of chains and whips echoed in the humid air. Someone shouted in the distance, but the aslaran had crouched to all fours and was - [Children's rhymes from Magnagora](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/childrens-rhymes-from-magnagora/) - The children of Magnagora are often seen singing and laughing with odd and sometimes silly rhymes. What follows is a small collection displaying four of those rhymes. The first rhyme is used as a skip-rope rhyme that the children play with. The second appears to have existed before the Taint, the last lines being change - [The Magnagoran Winter](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-magnagoran-winter/) - The Magnagoran Winter ===================== Winter in Magnagora is marvellous sight. The snowfall casts a blanket over the whole city, keeping the undesirable scenery from sight. All from the industrial n'Rotri Spike which pumps soot ceaselessly into the atmosphere, through the Gloaming the fires of which burn deep into the night with smoke of hideous colours - [Kafe, Spiked](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/kafe-spiked/) - "Ey, a pence fer t' lad, e's dancing wif t' Viscountess!" I turned to look. We all turned to look. After all, it's not every day you see a Serf dancing with a fine Lady of the Houses, after all. If you told me a year ago, or even yesterday, that Tradian would be dancing - [Riddles of Discovery](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/riddles-of-discovery/) - Riddles, offered with a humble heart in discovery - or remembrance - of a fresh new world. 1: I sing in the wind, I laugh in the breeze. I herald the autumn and winter's white freeze. My voice rings out chiming, My form flashes shining. What am I? 2: I cause celebration, the mirth of - [Worthless Chosen, His Ears](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/worthless-chosen-his-ears/) - It had been barely a month since the visions had plagued the Urth Osifer and left him a shattered mess in the alley. His fellow Urths had seen him enter the Tower of Dark Fates, covered in muck and slime. They had laughed and mocked him, their cold and hateful manner caused Osifer to near - [The Masquerade](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-masquerade/) - Watch how they dance - Enticing their malice on toes of desire And without second glance They create their own Chance And engulf their burning fires. Watch how they hover - Dresses flying across the cracks The dark secrets they cover With the lips of a lover And a bloody knife â€" stabbing backs. Watch - [Separate Lives](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/separate-lives/) - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Separate Lives -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- by Lendren Starfall -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- An extravaganza of music and dance, of love, longing, and Fate. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Cast, In Order of Appearance Musical Consort: Consort Violin Consort Viola Consort Lute Consort Lyre Scene 1: The Tybol Mansion, Climanti Bellara Tybol: a young merian lady of high birth Rossene Seledill: a lady-in-waiting Gilde - [Nil's Torment](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/nils-torment/) - Rip from me, my very soul, let the demons devour me whole. Guide me into this place of hate, leave me alone inside the gate. The gates of Nil, they open wide, inviting me to step inside. Shed the fragile human skin, become like those damned within. Devoid of any lasting thing, I can still - [Nihilism: The Path of Screams](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/nihilism-the-path-of-screams/) - +------------------------------------------------------------+ N i h i l i s m =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= T h e P a t h o f S c r e a m s =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- R a t t u s k d ' M u r a n i +------------------------------------------------------------+ C o n t e n t s =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Page 3 Preface - [Caoin an Siorfaidh](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/caoin-an-siorfaidh/) - A Lament to the Eternal Sages O! Lady Maylea, Rainbow Maiden of the Bloom Where are the lovely days long past before misty haze and shadow were cast? Might they be beneath the flowing limbs of the Tree of Trees and Her splendid Kin? Are they forever gone, scrawled in our doom? O! Lord Charune, - [Psalm for Lord Fain](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/psalm-for-lord-fain/) - Psalm for the Crimson Masque Written by Kashchei. Crimson Lord, I beg your attendance, I am but simple wood and string, I am but a maggot in your presence, yet i ask for your judgement. Without you I am without purpose, I let the winds of change buffet me a mere play thing for the - [Merian Sandals](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/merian-sandals/) - "Why are you barefoot?" Inside, I sighed with irritation. Outside, I thinned my lips slightly and focused the utmost of my attention on a heavy tome perched atop the pedestal before me. It would be foolish to display feelings as carelessly as this tome divulges its contents to any literate passer-by. Childlike, I hoped he - [Emirie in space: Chapter V](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/emirie-in-space-chapter-v/) - The rescue. Slowly, the sun climbs up in the sky, and the gentle golden rays play over Emirie's eyes. The young girl rubs her drowsy eyes and forces the sleep out of her mind. She sits up in the bed and her eyes sweep across the surroundings. Her mind drifts back to yesterday, how Toi - [The Sundering](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-sundering/) - The Sundering A Brief Family History The Talnaras are a family whose history is entwined with that of the Serenwilde. In the archives of Moondance Tower, there are records of the family dating back to the time of Ellindel Treeheart, speaking of "That canny and numerous Talnara clan, fashioners of ingenious crafts", which seems to - [Moonsong](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/moonsong/) - O Mother Moon, 'neath heavens starry dome I wait for you- my heart is in my hands your silver orb speaks of hearth and home and calls to me wherever I may roam. Though far and wide my path may wind away from ancient glades and Mother's warm embrace I cherish memories of golden days - [Rossinon](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/rossinon/) - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Rossinon -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- written and directed by Lendren Starfall, Cuirr Arrane -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- A vignette of self-discovery and exploration. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Cast Rossinon ...................................................... Lendren -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Produced in association with the Seeds of Change Repertory Company. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- SCENE: Dark The stage is entirely dark, completely obscured without even a hint of the lambence of sun and moon - [Benevolence](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/benevolence/) - Benevolence: A Historic Supposition of the i'Xiia Asylum's Inception. Characters: Alakar i'Xiia, Master of the Asylum Ceria Inalai, Matron of the Asylum Nacal Dekoven, Tidekeeper of Celest and Director of Asylum Security Sundry Mentally Disturbed Mugwumps Darkness pervades the theatre. Not a whit of light may be seen, and there is no sound to be - [Still in the Dark, part 1](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/still-in-the-dark-part-1/) - The sky that day was a beautifully rich gold color in the light of the setting sun. Clouds streaked the scene with faint shades of amethyst and magenta, and a cool autumn breeze stirred the leaves gently in the Woods of Ackleberry. The leaves on the surrounding trees were a magnificent variety of colors, ranging - [A Dirge For Ayridion](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-dirge-for-ayridion/) - But a moment to the sky, and the threshold beyond. Effortless, searing, white against endless blue - But a moment to the Havens, and there high above, An ending, a rending, a thread torn apart. Here, in the above, an Abyss to render an ending, To the age of Vernals, the Threshold in fiery light. - [The Worthless Chosen](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-worthless-chosen/) - "Urth!" The word rang out loudly in his mind. His eyes snapped open and he brushed off that tattered robe that he called 'proper attire' and stirred into motion. Beady black eyes scoured his surroundings. He had slept in the gutters again and the muck and midden had soaked into the fabric, leaving a foul - [A Twisted Skein](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-twisted-skein/) - .-----------------------. | | : A Twisted Skein : : by Linaeve d'Murani : | | ._______________________. CAST: ===== Hyssop Iris Viscount Eavan Nulyma Viscountess Parthinia Nulyma Erling Scene 1: The Magnagoran Market Scene 2: The Chamber of Looms Scene 3: Hyssop's Bedchamber Scene 4: The Weaver's Study Scene 5: Hyssop's Bedchamber Scene 6: The Viscountess's - [Mice and Lions, a Journey of the Mind's Eye](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/mice-and-lions-a-journey-of-the-minds-eye/) - Mice and Lions A Journey of the Mind's Eye My stomach growled fiercely as if it were a wolf threatening to give a rabbit chase while I sat disrobed amid a double circle of speckled, moss-covered stones. The fasting had not been hard to undertake given the excitement built up behind what I was about - [Chapter 4: Safe haven](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/chapter-4-safe-haven/) - Emirie has never been a very spiritual individual, and has always trusted her own power and ability rather than the powers of some powerful entity far away from her life. But right now, she is praying out to every power in the world from pure frustrated despair. Her mind screams to her body that she - [Renewal](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/renewal/) - Unending is the Moonhart tree, changeless and eternal, Her branches steadfast through the years, sacred and immortal. Standing strong and tall against the southern wood, A beacon to all nature, to purity and good. Or so we thought, in those days before the Mother ailed, echoing throughout the Wilde, the cause of pain still veiled. - [A Tale of Lake and Bear](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-tale-of-lake-and-bear/) - A long, long time ago, the First World was newly born, and the Spirits newly awakened. Mother Moon hung silvery and luminous under Mother Night's shroud, while Spirit Sun rose over the horizon each day shining glorious and golden, and all of them were filled with the bright spirit of their Creator. One day, Mother - [The Five Are One](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-five-are-one/) - New Celest, what a test, bring the light, join the fight. Light is one, finely spun, glittered twine, oh so fine. All alone, one's a stone, desolate, bare as bone. Five ideals, large appeals, act as one, hardly done. Seasons come, seasons go, light remains, time does flow. Life anew, hardly knew, what's in store, - [Torn Apart From Within](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/torn-apart-from-within/) - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Torn Apart From Within by Lendren Starfall -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Cast (in order of appearance) Jhoana Laroune Methleshen d'Rekknet Wenden Rathlann y'Evesten -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Produced in association with the Seeds of Change Repertory Company. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Scene the First -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- SCENE Outdoors: The stage is mostly bare. A broad cloth drop hangs at the back of the stage - [The New Celestian National Anthem](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-new-celestian-national-anthem/) - See the Star, shining bright, symbol of the Holy Light. Guiding on for all to see, leading those such as we. (Chorus) New Celest! Take the test! Here she stands, in the west. Standing tall, proud and bright, Sturdiness against the Blight. The Supernals is who we seek, for we are as the meek, taking - [The Song of Isune](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-song-of-isune/) - The Lady of Wings, Compassion's Own, Turned Her back upon the world. Spreading wings, flew into the Void, Her face averted, Her wounds unhealed. And then within that darkling plane, Heard call of beacon, returned in fire, A white-clad city, a mortal realm, That spoke of light and practised dark. Pity, unknowing, insulting the scars, - [Crumkindivia: A Bittersweet Tale](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/crumkindivia-a-bittersweet-tale/) - Crumkindivia: A Bittersweet Tale As the Elders and Soulless clashed upon the First World, elsewhere deep in aetherspace a sparkling figure flew frantically against the aetheric currents. Arriving at a vast expanse of emptiness, He stopped and summoned from His being a block of pinkish goo. Cupping and rolling this strange object in His hands, - [Haiku, Enchained](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/haiku-enchained/) - Often, a ninjakari wonders why he kills, and what repercussions it will bring in the future, both physical and mental. These are merely the thoughts of one Shaddus Mes'ard, as he stalks a victim, in order to right a wrong. Shadows beckon me Chain bound thoughts driving me on Soul slowly singing Perching I sit - [The Littlest Illithoid](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-littlest-illithoid/) - The constant dripping of unclean water from the ceiling of the damp chamber was muffled by the excited murmurs of six slimy illithoid children, their milky faces veiled by patches of grime and soot. Dressed in nothing more than tattered tunics, they sat around a decrepit stone ledge protruding from the prison wall, somehow resembling - [Letters of the Forests](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/letters-of-the-forests/) - The following letters were found in a box in an abandoned treehouse in the Northern Serenwilde. Dear Glissia Ravenquill, It has been many months since I have written to you. I hope I find you well. Ever since I last wrote to you, I have been able to add many more scrolls to my personal - [Blossoms - A Children's Tale](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/blossoms-a-childrens-tale/) - What, why do you cry? Oh dear, Isanya has mocked you because she thinks you not beautiful? Well, never mind that, my dear little pup. Do you see the flowers? Are they not lovely? Well, then, Sit here and I will tell you a tale of the flowers and She who painted them, long ago - [Crystal Rain](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/crystal-rain/) - He'd always thought she was beautiful. Like the legendary romance of the Elders, she awoke a more emotional side he might otherwise have tried to deny. Something about the careless elegance of her tumbling copper feathers, the flash of her viridian eyes, or the restless curl of her wings â€" he could never quite tell. - [Emirie in Space: Chapter III](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/emirie-in-space-chapter-iii/) - Chapter 3: A new world. A blinding headache is Emirie's first clue that she is still alive. Her head pounds, her arms ache and intense nausea flows through her body, but she is alive and bobbing softly. Her eyes twitch as she struggles to open them, but finally she manages to force them open. The - [Tales of a Merian: Nyalian Born](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/tales-of-a-merian-nyalian-born/) - It's difficult to imagine, when I look back on the history of my ancestors. They were a branch of Merians cast under the waves to guard the mistakes of Old Celest. Imperial, noble, they bore on their shoulders the failed experiment that created the foul monstrosities known later as the gorgogs. But woe be, that - [All In Due Time: Part One](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/all-in-due-time-part-one/) - ALL IN DUE TIME: PART ONE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Written by Bellarin PART ONE: ~~~~~~~~~ I'd like to remember that day in Avechary as a rainy day. I think it fits the mood of what happened that day. But no, just your wonderful sun-shiny day. One of those days that makes you think it's gonna be a - [Shattered Hands IV](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/shattered-hands-iv/) - Chapter 9: Last Best Chance 23rd of Gorgani, 542nd year of the Imperial Empire. Seven hours before the assault on Celest. Around the great Circle of Light, Princess Marilynth leaned over the round marble table that graced the main council room of the Star Palace. Looking directly across at the humble Celestine across from her, - [Emirie in Space: Chapter II](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/emirie-in-space-chapter-ii/) - Chapter 2: Troublesome Aethers Emirie places the last plate on the table before she steps back to admire her work. She did it very well this time. She remembered knife and fork, and didn't break any cups, and "where are the spoons?" Emirie slumps audibly as she realize that she forgot something again. "Coming Dauth." - [The Price of Beauty](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-price-of-beauty/) - Moonlit night blankets the sky, The world in Mother's sweet embrace. Raindrops that the clouds did cry, Upon the river's surface grace. A tainted beauty bathed in those waters, Ivory skin bare and raven hair flowing. A peeping girl did sneak, peer and dawdle, Enamored by Beauty captivating. Beauty did notice the snooping voyeur, And - [Words of a Tainted](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/words-of-a-tainted/) - The smell of Taint, the smell of fear, I have never forgotten what it's like to be here, embracing the darkness, embracing undeath, reveling in destruction until my last breath. Rocks and soot, and earth too, who will be destroyed next, me or you? Will it be a loved one, family, or friend, Who, then, - [For the Engine!](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/for-the-engine/) - "For the Engine!" Four works for the glory of Magnagora and its Patrons By Terakh Feyranti ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Prayer to Lord Fain, of the Red Masque Great Lord of the Red Masque, Please look well on this lowly maggot Though I certainly do not deserve Your approval Great Lord, He Who is All, May my - [Winter's Gloom](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/winters-gloom/) - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Winter's Gloom -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- written by Lendren Starfall -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Being the true story of the final desecration of Gloriana and descent into delusion of the remnants of the Summer Court. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- the third of three parts of the play cycle -- Gloriana's Second Fall -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Cast Viravain, Mistress of the Webs: Elder Goddess of - [Fruits of Gloaming](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/fruits-of-gloaming/) - -The Liturgy of Nocturnal Ascent- Softly comes the breath of Dusk, Stirs the skin, the mortal husk. Soon to wane, blasphemed light Folds and falls to blackest Night. Fear to those whom She would smite. Pitch descent of somber glory, Star, Moon shall cow before Thee. Ebon hand of mercies not Grips the heart and - [Vagabonds](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/vagabonds/) - Between the mountains, moor and bay, Within the forest green, Amid the plain - with every day The vagabonds are seen. The roamers, picking out their way Where do they go - ah, who can say? These vagabonds, they are the best; They watch out for their own. Wand'ring together, cursed or blessed, All trials - [Solstice Eve](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/solstice-eve/) - 'Twas the eve afore Solstice And throughout Celest The mood was quite joyous As the sun sank in the west. In a nondescript barrack Near the pool filled with Stars Stood a venerable Paladin His body covered in scars As he hung up his axe And prepared for his sleep He thought of his deeds - [Tactics](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/tactics/) - The battle had raged on, unabated, for days, the two opposing forces clashing again and again on the lofty peaks of the Razine mountain ranges. Spells flew back and forth constantly: the scourging, freezing hailstorm of this or that Aquamancer returned in kind with a brutal boulderblast from their Geomantic counterpart. Paladins and ur'Guard matched - [New Celest City Anthem](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/new-celest-city-anthem/) - Prince of Nations, City of Light Together always shall we Fight Striving to destroy the blight Supernals protect our home Guard the last fortress of hope From the taint’s corrupting grope Make her influence reach Afar All Hail our New Celest From her docks to her parks Celest’s beauty draws remarks To her shores let - [Forbidden Union](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/forbidden-union/) - Silken darkness whispers across the wood Shadowed leaves rustle beneath wind's caress Silently, Night draws round her sable hood And spreads her starstruck shroud o'er sky's canvas Ethereal breezes edged with faeleaf sweet Eluding mortal grasp, unfettered song Of fae in glorious dance and slumber deep In Faethorn, realm of wishful dreams long gone Through - [From the Ashes](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/from-the-ashes-2/) - From the Ashes A true story of recent events, as recollected by Terakh Feyranti. Cast of Characters: The youth: Terakh Malikar Obscu Ralanbek The Elders: Shikha, the Mighty Morvior, the Enlightened Malarious, the Great An unnamed elder The Enemies: Narsrim, the Foolish Nydekion, the Pretty Eventru, the Naïve Two unnamed knights The Story: [The scene - [The Exile, part I](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-exile-part-i/) - All was darkness and rushing water, and the chirping of bugs. Eyelids fluttering, he stirred briefly, uncertainly, a low, animal whimper coming from his throat. Somewhere, beyond the edge of his fuzzy perception, something was moving through the woods with a crashing of branches and clattering of metal. Then there was a halting, and the - [The Day the World Was (Ch. 17-20)](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-day-the-world-was-ch-17-20/) - Chapter XVII ---------------------- Moments ---------------------- Darkness slipped over the horizon, its hands grasping hungrily at the ground. The sky lay cloudless and barren, still aflame with a palette of crimsons, deep purples, and earthy yellows. A crisp breeze played about the hands of Catarin, who stood upon a jutting outcrop of the Razine mountains. Her - [Faces of the Legion](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/faces-of-the-legion/) - What follows is a sermon written and delivered by Jael d'Murani, expanding and discussing the teachings of Lord Morgfyre, the Legion. ***** Impresario Jael d'Murani, of Vitriolic Verse intones, "The faces and teachings of the Legion are multifarious and widely varied. He Himself embodies the very precepts by which we shape our lives and actions, - [Raindrops](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/raindrops/) - Raindrop falling past A dream held within each one Searching for my own Raindrop falling past A thousand would-be futures Searching for my own Thousands fall in time A thousand futures, now lost Mine, slipping away Choices must be made Journeys must all begin somewhere Must take my first step But where shall I go? - [Lunar Hours](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/lunar-hours/) - Evensong : Moonrise in the Wilde Dusk settles softly, veiling the bright day, casting dim shadows on the green way. Nightingales warble, herald the dark, and all turns to slumber, awaiting the lark. Night's prelude murmurs, chilling and cruel, black ink unfolding in a clear pool. Winds whisper coldly, startling the leaves with rhapsodies to - [Thoughts on an Endless Sea](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/thoughts-on-an-endless-sea/) - I can see an endless sea stretching far and wide, From the starry-eyed reflections in its depths I cannot hide. The elemental water feels slick against my skin, Oily power swirling, seeks an opening to creep within. I cannot see an end to this, this great and starry sea, My arms are flailing wildly, I'm - [Love Lost](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/love-lost/) - A little girl so full of love, Innocent but for Her place, With golden hair and gentle eyes, Serenity writ on Her face. Matron to the Celestines, And figurehead in vicious war; A little girl, though, nonetheless, Without a crime to suffer for. Despite the vines and vile runes, The Lady teaches, "Love all things," - [How Autumn Got Its Colours](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/how-autumn-got-its-colours/) - Long ago, when the seasons were young and had only just made their homes in the most fertile part of the Ethereal Plane, they looked more alike than they do now, as young sisters bear a closer resemblance than they will when they grow into adulthood. They dwelled together and shared all things, playing and - [Mother](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/mother/) - Dark woman, wise woman, dreaming mugwump soul, you are gone and ever lost to me. You cannot speak but only reach for me, your dreaming mugwump child -- your face filled with shadows, your hands filled with tears. I reach for you, too. I cannot see, but only feel the parts of you I long - [Shattered Hands, Volume III](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/shattered-hands-volume-iii/) - "Shattered Hands, Volume III" Chapter 6: Reunions 19th of Gorgani, in the 543rd year of the Imperial Empire. One day after the recovery of the Cosmic Hope Expedition. The Great Pyramids glowed against the sky of the new moon, as the streets of Gaudiguch were illuminated neatly by pyromantic magics. But the city's brightness did - [The Challenge of Death](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-challenge-of-death/) - "Enchanter for hire!" pierced his head And a lantern was lit in his mind "I could ensnare the Seal of Death If the proper tools I could find!" Quietly, with the air of one calm Though brimming with excitement inside He asked for sigils, one hundred strong - The enchanter happily obliged The "monolithic" order, - [Kafe, Black](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/kafe-black/) - "The Marquessa will see you shortly." Six months and seven days in the Fields of Nil, and I'd been relegated to cooling my heels in the well-appointed foyer of the n'Lochli Manor. Pulling off my cherub-skin gloves, I clapped them against a thigh and cast my eye across the elegant confines of the chamber. Little - [A Different Kind of Fate](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-different-kind-of-fate/) - A raucous, throaty tone erupted from the violin that was poised so delicately in the girl's fingers. Waves of ankle-length hair, the color of blood, swirled around her shadowy-skinned frame in a sensual dance. 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In my mind I hear the merian and elfen screams, their voices bringing pleasures to my dreams, they sometimes say we are insane and mad, but if we - [Crow's Kin](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/crows-kin/) - ------------ | Esssence | ------------ Within the darkened heart and soul 'pon branches draped with ebon stole The murders of the woods convene 'midst jostling form and strident scream A snatch of wings, a flash of eye A raucous throat-rip of a cry A flurry of black plumage sheened with mauve, from wyrden essence gleaned - [Simultanaeity](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/simultanaeity/) - Will you come and walk with me? Silver forests beckoning. Nestled between leaf and tree, Is forgotten reckoning; Sun and shadows shifting free, Seasons in their slow turning, Are revealed for all to see, Unified and concurring. Casting off the cloak of rest, Cleanse away the mire of past. Now we choose a bright new - [Kindred Opposites](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/kindred-opposites/) - She walks through the streets of the Capitol, Seeking what? She does not know. In her work, knowledge she sought to extol, In order to grow To better serve her Demon Lords And Demon Lady too. She sought this power so That her enemies would lie low, And her foes would be far and few. - [La Donna](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/la-donna/) - "Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you...La Donna!" The announcer, a portly, overbearing viscanti, bowed and deferred quickly off. As he slunk out stage left, a second figure emerged from the opposite wing, proceeding in a stately march. It was a female, garbed in a heavy, billowing gown of antique white lace with dusky rose embellishments. - [Many Songs About Cookies](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/many-songs-about-cookies/) - - Cookies, Cookies - Cookies, cookies, heated nice and hot. Cookies, cookies, iced with ire and hate. Cookies, cookies, feed them to a tot, Geomancer cookies, they feed them to their mate! If I had a cookie, with some caramel, I'd feed it to my mammoth, it would love me well. And if I had - [An Occasion for Pearls](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/an-occasion-for-pearls/) - The room was lit only faintly. A candle by the bed, and a candle by the mirror. Those in the windows were left unlit, so that they wouldn’t draw attention from the street. In the last grey vestiges of night, Magnagora's towers loomed enigmatically, as shadows that cower beneath the light. Mama was sitting before - [Crow's Honour: A Ritual of Power](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/crows-honour-a-ritual-of-power/) - -------------------------------- Crow's Honour: A Ritual of Power -------------------------------- In which a faithful crow of the Murder honours K'ian Doim and his Aspects. ----------------------------- Cast (in order of appearance) ----------------------------- Arianor, a Blacktalon druidess Lhiannan, Queen of the Slaugh A Willowisp, of Faethorn Crow, Great Spirit of the Glomdoring ------------- | Scene One | ------------- Dusk - [Shards of Autumn](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/shards-of-autumn/) - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Shards of Autumn -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- written by Lendren Starfall -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Being the true story of the terrible aftermath of Lord Raezon's betrayal and Lady Viravain's possession, and the heroic efforts that saved the Basin of Life against Kethuru. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- the second of three parts of the play cycle -- Gloriana's Second Fall -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Cast - [Destiny's Web](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/destinys-web/) - A tale of the Rise of the first Vernal God, and of love ensnared in destiny's web. ----------------- Characters ----------------- Gorob Lyrea el'Arai Lord Rithaen el'Arai, ruler of Glomborolum Various nobles of Glomborolum Illith the Leviathan A minstrel ----------------- Prologue ----------------- EFFECT 1: The scene is dark as a starless night, still and empty as - [Ode to the Supernals of Light](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/ode-to-the-supernals-of-light/) - Throughout the eons of time, Winds swept and time passed, Whilst civilizations grew, the land was dormant Answering to the running call of the gods. An empire fell and grew anew, Bringing light from it’s peoples everlasting desire. Wise Cantors sing of their supernal masters, Who are balanced in their mighty stations, By the eternal - [Several Sides of the Same Jewel](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/several-sides-of-the-same-jewel/) - As I stood in Magnagora, thinking about all those others in the world just trying to get by, I began to think of how they all viewed my dear City. I did these poems in what I'm told is furrikin style. ------ My Magnagora In the streets, my friends are seen. Yes, this is my - [Symfale Story](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/symfale-story/) - - Found amongst jumbled papers from the re-founding of Celest - To whom it may concern: I am in search of a distinguished Celestian gentleman named Vlath Symfale. He owned a small watercraft and worked as a merchant. I remember him as a jovial fellow, merian of course, and wearing a monocle. If he survived - [The Darkest Year](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-darkest-year/) - --------------- Summer --------------- In the spring, the land was dying. Nothing grew, nothing bloomed. It was as if the earth had died, and all was barren. We - the elfen of the forests - had thought that death was imminent. How could it not be, when even the seeds feared to grow? Patches of dark - [Three Songs From the Engine](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/three-songs-from-the-engine/) - --+The Maskmaker's Dirge+-- Bleached feathers from a dead God's bird, Crimson tongues torn from Urlach's corpse. Jade-wrought gears in the Engine forged, Bronze bones torn from Vernal ruins. Dracnari scales from a heretic's back, Merian fins from those skinned alive. Plundered gold thread to make up the lack, Of the skin that we tore from - [Inheritance VII](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/inheritance-vii/) - On the morn of the first day of Vestian, in the year four hundred and ninety-eight of the Holy Celestian Empire, the first and only son of Emperor Ladantine VI was brought forth into the remains of the First World. Great celebrations and gaiety blossomed throughout the pearly white streets of the city of Light - [Shattered Hands, Volume 2](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/shattered-hands-volume-2/) - "Shattered Hands", By Ur'Marshal Karnagan De'Unnero, the Implacable Chapter 4: Anomalous Readings 13th of Gorgani, in the 543rd year of the Imperial Empire. Twenty-five minutes before the Incident. The team of orclach warriors milled about on the great dais in Magnagora, their murmured conversations breaking apart as a single woman moved through them towards a - [The Wind Sings to the Warrior Trills](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-wind-sings-to-the-warrior-trills/) - They hear the rushing wind sing, "Prepare for battle about to start! Go fast! Be fleet of wing. Be strong of arm and strong of heart." Well forged armour, beautifully shined, weapons honed, and feathers gleaming. Like battle banners the wind makes wind, embroidered robes are streaming. Soon the winds let loose a battle cry, - [Transverse](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/transverse/) - To complete this puzzle, figure out what word, abbreviation, or short phrase each clue describes, and fill it into the corresponding squares, one letter per square. When you can't figure out one clue, look at the clues crossing it to get some of the letters. No clue's answer will be the same as any other - [The Day the World Was (Ch. 11-14)](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-day-the-world-was-ch-11-14/) - ================== Chapter XIV: Sacrifices ================== Wind gathered about the gathering within the Glomdoring Forest, catching along stray leaves to shatter them against the hungry dawn. Robed in black, a circle of Shadowdancers watched Metea bow over Druken's seemingly sleeping body. The nearby bards had ceased their playing, their funeral procession songs having been given over - [Faeling-Style Poetry](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/faeling-style-poetry/) - People expect things A rainbow poem from me I will not dash hopes .:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:. Rainbows are lovely So boring to write about This I will admit .:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:. I am cold this night This winter left me to mourn Spring’s passing is too swift .:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:. Gnomes dressed in bright red Quick run and beg for a - [Through the Eye of Night](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/through-the-eye-of-night/) - Look, mortal, through the Eye of Night And see just as your Mother sees Behold the empty shells you love Tools of the maternal gaze Peer down upon your tiny home To grasp your insignificance You alone are nothing at all Through the piercing Eye of the Night Be amazed at the lengths she takes - [Acrostic Poems on the Demon Lords of Nil](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/acrostic-poems-on-the-demon-lords-of-nil/) - Lady Nifilhema, Queen of Insufferable Cruelty Lost upon Nil, wanders an aquamancer mage Any direction you may turn, any path you may take Demon hoardes screaming your name, screaming in rage You'll fall any minute now, your body will break No way out, no escape, but only fear Into the taint, you run round and - [Evening Song, part two](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/evening-song-part-two/) - Evening Song, part two IV Darkness shrouds the desert and covers the sky with a blanket of brilliant stars. Yet small grains of sand in whisps of wind still find their way to the eyes and mouth of travelers unaccustomed to the conditions of Skarch.On the very edge of hearing, one can sense a slight - [Solstice Cheer](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/solstice-cheer/) - The day before solstice is snowy, and the sky is slate-grey like the brooding rock of the mountains. I wake to the sound of Billa screaming at Bobo for messing up her fur, and grimace as I dress in the cold, for the fire has gone out in the night. Solstice! I fear there will - [A Trio of Dark Poems](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-trio-of-dark-poems/) - -------- |AT BIRTH| -------- Black roots anchored in the Ground. Leafless branches twisted and Gnarled. The trunk of shadows bear The heavy burden of Compassion and care. Mine soul... Golden wreathed the Mirror Is listless. Reflections mimic a face fixed into a Sneer. Impervious to jaunt and jeer, This shining pool has shed many a - [Gears of Clay, Chapters 6 - 8](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/gears-of-clay-chapters-6-8/) - End of Chapter 5: The gears in the machine on the floor begin to pick up speed, and the singing of the angels rises to an eerie and unnatural crescendo, and I feel life, real life, begin to surge back into my body. The vein of Shain's thoughts suddenly blooms into my own memory, and - [The Unknown Journal](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-unknown-journal/) - [The following is the annotated journal of an unknown Hartstone Druid, found and transcribed by Zia Talnara in the year 194.] Walking through the Skarch is in some ways like walking through the Astral plane. Flurries of sand obscure the vision and make even the mountains looming nearby seem to be strange and distorted. Every - [Twelve faeling-style poems of the Last Forest](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/twelve-faeling-style-poems-of-the-last-forest/) - Most people assume that the unique form of poetry called "faeling-style poetry" (or sometimes "haiku") was first developed by the faelings, as an unprecedented fusion of the poetic impulses of the elfen with the fae's insightful perception of the world around them. Some believe that the fae spoke in poetry of this sort even before - [The Jahidd Saga - Part 3: The Final Moments](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-jahidd-saga-part-3-the-final-moments/) - Part 3 â€" The Final Moments When the end manifested itself, its prophetic virtue altered Fate itself… =-*-= Frost chilled the iron bars and covered them with a thin layer of cold. Thoughts of summer orchards and autumn harvests entered Jahidd’s mind, yet none of them brought solace. The weeks had passed since Lilian had - [The Blasted Lands](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-blasted-lands/) - THE PROCESSION Four, four. Who are the four that go? In black, in red, in blue. Here they stand, alone in twilight. And four go down. Do four ascend? But no, there is no fourth. But three. And a stone in the night. There is no fourth And the stones must mend A secret kept, - [A Priest's Prayer: Lonely Souls and Torture](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/a-priests-prayer-lonely-souls-and-torture/) - Chapter Five: The further I went west, the greener the landscape became. I had forgotten what the young grass under my bare feet felt like; what moistness could do to the skin. My flesh was cracked, dry, and dirty. For once, my heart was not racing to enjoy the cooling waters before death came to - [Untitled](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/untitled-3/) - "Demonic Presence" The Holy Emanations of Shallamar once exhibited every quiet grace and precept that Celestia stood for. As all know, the spread of the Taint changed that for the better - but perhaps there were other machinations deeper under the surface. Observe for yourselves the Holy Emanations in all of their glory. Bear witness - [The Moonhart Children](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-moonhart-children/) - Long and long ago, when the Serenwilde commune was in its youth, there were no moonharts growing amidst the oaks and birches and hornbeams of the forest. One of the daughters of the Serenwilde at that time was a woman named Glorizel, who dreamed above all else of raising her own children and passing on - [False Summer](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/false-summer/) - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- False Summer -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- written by Lendren Starfall -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Being the true tragedy of Gloriana's brief return and tumultuous desecration, and the stalwart but sometimes misguided efforts of the Summer Court. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- the first of three parts of the play cycle -- Gloriana's Second Fall -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Cast Brylle Silverleaf: a member of the Moon - [Song of the Aois-Dana](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/song-of-the-aois-dana/) - ---------------------------------------- Strain I: The Voice's Prelude, "His Song" ---------------------------------------- I dreamed one night, a masked mirage, into my dreams he came, his voice swelled like a symphony and beckoned me by name. He played for me my violin, he touched the strings with gold, entrancing me with horrors; tales the Fates have never told. I - [Acknor's Shadow](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/acknors-shadow/) - ------------------------------- Acknor's Shadow ------------------------------- Characters Ellory Pufftail, a furrikin maiden Avren Pufftail, the baby furrikin Delatini Pufftail, the furrikin matron Yojimbo Buntz, the apothecary Vroshnak the Destroyer, an orc Grokgar, the Yellow Overseer ------------------------------- Prologue ------------------------------- The scene shimmers slightly, giving a blurred vision of a bright, sunlit field. An unseen voice says, "It is - [Gears of Clay, Chapters 2 - 5](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/gears-of-clay-chapters-2-5/) - End of Chapter 1: This time I was not fast enough, and I felt one hand wrap around my throat, and squeeze. Instead of snapping my neck, as it easily could have, it began to drag my body across the floor...towards the machine. As sparks began to cloud my vision and air escaped my lungs, - [The Jahidd Saga: Part 2 - Begging for Answers](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-jahidd-saga-part-2-begging-for-answers/) - It was deception that led to the inconceivable intertwining of threads... =-*-= Mystic waters caressed the golden sands tenderly. No footprints violated the sacredness of this hallowed isle; no evil permeated this holy atmosphere. Perhaps it was the will of the Fates that the balance here be broken, for a dripping claw burst from the - [Flame of Her Heart: A Tribute](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/flame-of-her-heart-a-tribute/) - From the weakened Seals, the Basin’s strife, Born, he was, from the Ashes of Sacrifice, Bearing His Medallion of Life. And from that day, His flame brought to her, hope. The Flame of her Heart flickered. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fresh and young, mysterious He came, He sought and shielded the Idol of Beauty. And from within Her - [High Magic - Symbolisms & Uses](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/high-magic-symbolisms-uses/) - An Introduction, Short and Sweet ---------------------------------------------------------- While most students of High Magic will not be taught this for various reasons, it is an inevitable conclusion that one will make once he or she completes his or her study in the School of High Magic. While it does not preach anything like the Holy Light of - [To Pursue the Sun and Moon](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/to-pursue-the-sun-and-moon/) - To Pursue the Sun and Moon Fables are the window to imagination. =-=-= CAST: =-=-= Grandmother Jiini Grandson Granddaughter Mother Night Father Sun Mitul, the Mixed One Oriana, the Lost Child Approacher #1, #2, #3, #4 =-=-=-=-= COSTUMES: =-=-=-=-= Grandmother Jiini: This old, human crone has silver hair, gnarled hands, and wrinkles so embedded into - [Four Poems For Fain](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/four-poems-for-fain/) - ------THE FAITHFUL------ Empty, passing, turned away- Fading, leaving, lost to time. A single face fades in the night- Red and black to gray, then naught. Turn aside, oh turn aside- From greedy eye and hungry blade. Out of sight, the mask is out of mind- Foundations shake as the music fades. Dancing, whirling, masks in - [Evening Song](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/evening-song/) - I Saaga The yelping of coyotes resounds within the darkening evening. Coyotes are the nomads and the wolves of the desert; wild animals that travel in packs and move long distances in search of prey in these arid surroundings. Their burrows and dens are in the sandy foothills, one knows not to venture too close - [Gears of Clay, Chapter 1](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/gears-of-clay-chapter-1/) - As I slipped in closer to my target, I swept my finger tips over the stone floor, whispering words of encouragement to my forest. Immediately around me, the ground began to bloom, like an ethereal nebulae coming into existence. Shimmering green vines laced themselves through the broken stone floor, and patterns of glowing leaves began - [The Pervasiveness of the Element Earth and the Taint](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-pervasiveness-of-the-element-earth-and-the-taint/) - Introduction When I started writing this, it was to be a short, fairly informal essay on the Element of Earth and its correlation to the Taint, meant only to satisfy a writing assignment for my Guild. However, as I wrote, I became rather enthralled by an idea that had never before occurred to me: That - [The Act](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/the-act/) - The Act A play by Ashai Cast Lhiagh, the Knife Lhiach, the Blade Mother Night Act the First Equally Different [Setting . In the grove of the Master Ravenwood. Brother Crow is perched in the Great Tree, centered in the : he surveys the forest with a keen eye. Mother Night lingers in the air, - [Aia's Memory: Words of the Engine](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/aias-memory-words-of-the-engine/) - As the past to this present, all will show The history of our Engine, for all to know An old Celestine Emperor, so eager for power Set up Project Cosmic Hope soon to turn sour As powers were released to flow through the air Descending upon mortals and blocking out the sun The essence of - [Pixie Dust](https://www.lusternia.com/honours/entry/pixie-dust/) - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |\ /| |_\ /_| |__\ Pixie Dust /__| |__/ by Zia Talnara \__| |_/ \_| |/ \| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A play about the usefulness of pixie dust. CAST: ~~~~ Mother Moonhart - Narrator. Periwinkle Tretali, Pure Chime - A sweet faeling. Adherant of the Maiden, Ymor Niran - A young moondancer. 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