Previous Article | Back to News Summary | Next Article
Public News Post #19980

Festivi Noctus event four: A Scavenger Hunt

Written by: Inquisitive Mind, Ireth Trismegistus
Date: Tuesday, March 28th, 2017
Addressed to: Everyone


Greetings Sapience,

Once again I take to the news to announce another event, the fourth in our two year span. This one is surrounding the Eternal night. This event will be a scavenger hunt resembling the gathering of clues and answering them much like they had to do to stop the ongoings of this time period. I will list the items at the end of the news post, and you will need to send me a signed or personal letter with the -exact location- of each item. For example, if I ask for something like the Flame of Yddrasil, the general area will not be accepted, you will need "Inside the World Tree" for it to be counted.

The person that gets their letter to me the fastest with the most correct items will be the winner. So, if your letter is first, but you only have 5 correct, and the next person sends me a letter with 10 they will be in first place. All letters are due by Chronos 1. However, I will accept letters up to the beginning of the next arena event.

Now for a bit of history:

It seems to have started with a mysterious news letter posted to the events board on Daedalan first of 426. A man named Tarvarius did something to the Disc of Nocturne causing it to hold Sapience within an eclipse while he stole power from the sun, according to the post. A demon called the nychtaur began rampaging cities. Chaos vortexes began appearing in Ashtan and the forests gleamed with an errie green light. (EVENTS 204)

Then later unicorns began dying mysteriously, and Lady Valnuarana beseeched Lord Thoth for their shades. A mysterious covenet was struck between the two Divine. Thoth agreed that She may have all but one male unicorn shade. That one shade She was not to have him until the day the Night swallowed up the Sun and the Moon. However, She would not know him when that day came. (EVENTS 205)

When this came to pass, the unicorn was released. But he was not released as the unicorn that Lady Valnurana once knew, he was released as the Nychtaur, a raging bull demon that rampaged through the cities of Sapience and killing without disgression. The shades of the other unicorns were pulled into the mortal world as well. Fountains ran red with blood. "At the site of these fountains small tears between the Dreamrealm and ours were opened through which the unicorns entered, manifesting within our world as ebon-maned nightmares, ethereal steeds who imparted all those they passed with peculiar waking dreams." (EVENTS 206)

Much like the Living Spire these events continued over many months. Parts of Sapience ran red with blood, while we mortals fought to stop it. Apolliana gave them a series of clues to lead them to ending the Eternal Night. Feel free to read these events on your own, after all, those who do not know their history are often doomed to repeat it.

Please find the following and send me a personal or signed letter with their exact location:
Grand orrery in Hashan
Disc of Nocturne
A Shimmering marble archway
An elderly birch tree
A pale altar
A statue of a troll
A Plinth of Darkness
An aged oaktree
A'leess, Oracle of Yrluawe

Good Luck!
Ireth Trismegistus

Penned by my hand on the 16th of Ero, in the year 738 AF.


Previous Article | Back to News Summary | Next Article