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Ebon Gate Opens 9pm on 10/4/2024
Posted on 10/03/2024 05:00 PM CDT by Webstaff

Once again, the veil between realms thins and the aurora-filled skies of Naidem draw near, inviting adventurers to wander her orchards, woods, streets, and river.  Some select few will visit Naidem specifically for the S. P. E. C. T. R. E. and S. H. A. D. O. W. Conference taking place in the Evermore Hollow Hotel, others will visit to explore what new memories the denizens of Naidem have conjured into existence.  And even more will come with hopes of seeing a familiar face among the Unliving.

This year at the Ebon Gate Festival, there will be multiple quests, storylines, a brand-new game “Undergrowth of Bittmere Woods” or colloquially “the Witch’s Garden.”

Storyline – Ivensra’s Fate

Look for Casivit, Brixit, and Pennysel during the opening week of Ebon Gate to learn more about this year’s storyline on the Ebon Gate Grounds.  Progression in the storyline will be a combination of live roleplaying events and quest-based automations.  The storyline begins the first week, takes a break for merchant week and services, then continues in the final week.  You can keep up with the storyline by visiting the regularly updated wiki page.

Return of the Treasure Trove

Four Treasure Troves will be open again this year in Gavelsdown Hall at the heart of Evermore Hollow.  These troves will have a variety of custom service certificates for profession customizations, personal customizations, sought after item customizations, and unique items.

Some examples of what you will see in the Treasure Trove are:

  • Containers filled with unlocked, fully customized, and unique items (multiple)
  • High Quality Armor or Weapons
  • High Quality Enhancives
  • Dead Pet & Coffin
  • And many more…

Also, new this year…

  • Idol Customizations
  • Mount Feature Customization
  • Full Mount LOOK Customization

Customizations will also return in the trove, offering up certificates for the Customization of AC Grooming, Sonics, Nexus Orb, Wizard Familiar, Nightmare, Transfer, Spirit Servant, Swear, LogPhrase, Signature Verb, Bolt, Werepuppy, Leech, Perfume, Coffee, Tea, Tobacco, Candy tin, Loresong, Fatal Afflares, Illusion Pin, Ezscripts, Major Sanctuaries, and Death Message.

Additionally, the shop “The Roof Over” will see a return of the Private Property Trove, a trove that is accessible to individuals that own private properties only.  We’ve expanded the offerings and added in the option for Nereid’s Cradle properties to have some options.

The options for everyone include: Move a Property (New), Bird/Bug/Critter Add, Artwork Install, Mood Messaging Additions, Food Additions, and Mailboxes.

The options restricted from Nereid’s Cradle are: Workshop addition, Shrine addition, Room addition

The Trove begins collecting tokens on the 11th and runs through the 30th.

Antiquarian Manor

Sylinaar continues to hide out in the gardens of the Antiquarian Manor, offering enhancive-related services during the month of October.  Sylinaar provides estimates before completing the work, so be sure to ask him about MAX, PERMANENCY, RECHARGE or COST.

The half-elven traveler will be appearing at Ebon Gate to give away her Gilded Locus invention!  Her prices will be reset since she appeared at Duskruin, and she has learned the ability to SWAP properties for 5k soul shards!  If you have a locus, simply ask her about ADD, BOOST, or SWAP. I f you do not have a locus, simply ask her for NEW LOCUS, and she'll give you one for free!

Quinton Manse

New Offerings have been added to Quinton Manse!  Unlock Certificates for Yansio clothing are available on the shelves.  Beatie Babies and their unlock certificates have also been added.

SuperSpec unlocks have been moved to Fresh from the Coven, a new shop that is located the neighborhood of Fate’s Holding.

New Shops!

Naidem is happy to announce its newest shops opening in the various neighborhoods around Evermore Hollow.  They are:

  • The Kettle Black – Home of the Popcorn Kettle
  • The Old Ossuary – Home of the Scrimshaw Knife
  • Twisted Glory – Home of the Twisted Weapons
  • The Twisted Lodge – Home of the Twisted Shields
  • Fortified – Home of the Twisted Armor
  • Sounds Beyond (delayed) - TBA
  • Such Sights to See (delayed) - TBA
  • Piper’s Peepers – Home of the Jeepers Creepers Series
  • Nereid’s Voice – Home of the Ocarina
  • Chimes In the Mist – Home of the Belled Clothing Line
  • Whisper Pages – Home of New Lore Books
  • Playful Prisms – Home of Kaleidoscopes and Juggling Balls
  • Starlit Cavern (delayed) - TBA
  • Fresh from the Cove - TBA

Shop Updates!

Several shops have had new additions or unlock certificates added to them.  They are:

  • Market Makers – Announcement Hawker Unlock
  • Rodnir’s Bait and Tackle – Fish Unlock for Jeepers Creerps
  • Sizzle and Spice
  • Twisted Ways

New Area to Explore

The southern wood of Bittermere Wood has been expanded.  Explore the darker forest at your leisure.

New Foraged Items

Nineteen new foraged items have been added to Naidem!

New Instrument

Be sure to visit Nereid’s Voice to purchase your very own ocarina.  This is the first new instrument add with all new messaging in years.  With over 140 messages across every play style, the ocarina uses the woodwind skill.

Luminary Festival

As the month of October winds down, the denizens of Naidem will be opening up a special area of the Orchard for their annual Luminary Festival.

Lore

Be sure to catch up on lore of the realm before visiting!  Some of your reading can include…

The Mandrake and the Witch

The Lantern of the Ferryman

Harvest Luminary Festival Traditions

With more to come!

Live Games!

Remember to keep a close eye on the FESTIVAL VERB and our Calendar to join us for live game!  Our Games include:

  • Blind Luck
  • Cryptic Chronicles
  • Pyrestarters
  • Spooky Ciphers
  • Haunted Spirits
  • Wheel of Misfortune
  • GHOUL

Have you completed your Registry of he Newly Unliving?  Make sure you visit the Town Hall to get started on this quest.  This book is a fantastic tool for Merchant Week where all raffles and working merchants will be listed, with hot links that take you right to the merchant’s door step!

Ride the lazy river and visit our fishing areas for fun prizes and Custom Death announcements!

Opening night, Trick-or-TreatHerb Hunt, and Arena of the Abyss will immediately be available.

The Witch’s Garden and Sonreeva will be open starting the 18th.

Purchase a Reunion Vault!  It will have the following items inside:

•    Two 25-use keys (for Trick-or-Treat, Herb Hunt)
•    Two 25-use cubes (for Arena of the Abyss or the new game)
•    +50% Exp - 30-day death certificate
•    90-use death’s sting salve
*   Lotus Oil
•    The Ferryman’s Lantern^
•    A Glass Pane Folio^^

^The Ferryman’s Lantern (lore to be released soon) is a wrought iron lantern that is decided to be placed at the feet and will move on spindled legs with its owner.  It will provide ambient messaging that changes based on the Season, 4-specfic Holidays (Cholen’s Eve, Zelia’s Warning, Festival of Oleani, and Eve of Reunion), which glass panes are installed in the lantern, and if it is in Naidem.

The lantern has two special features, the ability to briefly steal light from the surrounding area or the ability to dispel local shadows.  These features can only be done in Naidem.

Each lantern has four windows, that can be fitted with panes found in the various games.

Additionally, the Lantern will tell the Tale of the Ferryman when appropriately manipulated.  This tale is portrayed through illusions, shadows, and a disembodied voice.

^^A glass pane folio is designed to hold your spare windowpanes when they are not installed in the lantern.  It can hold a total of 75 glass panes weightlessly.  Glass panes can be altered.

The lantern can be broken to obtain an RPA Orb.

These Lanterns attune.




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