The North Never Rests

[Viper3X 1056]

The day is frigid. Cold. An eerie calm settles over the land of Anthos as northern winds approach. The wind whistles peacefully, following a placid rhythm. Families gather in their homes to shelter from the bitter cold. Near the arch to the frozen wastelands of the North, brave warriors gather and prepare for war. A messenger dressed in heavy fur cloaks layered with frost approaches the hardened individual thought to be the general of the armies. The messenger quickly hands the note over to the commander and mounts his horse without delay. He begins riding toward safer territory with great haste. The leader of the army unfolds the parchment. The note reads,

 

"Something isn't right. The cultists lurk throughout the North in small groups, and much of them are weak. The lieutenants of the dark followers continue to watch over them, as if they are waiting. They are adorned in magically-bound suits of armor, and what truly lies underneath is still a ghastly mystery. We fear they are the dark ones that few adventurers have lived to speak tales of. We pray not. But something isn't right. They know we're here, but they do not react in fear. It's as if they have been waiting for this moment for a very long time. We cannot wait any longer.

 

Prepare your men for battle. We strike tonight."

 

The North never rests. The eerie calm presence that lingered quickly vanishes as bloodshed approaches. Shrieking echoes travel through the air as ice shifts and clashes against ice. Avalanches collide against mountainsides in a desperate manner as if nature itself is trying to escape the imminent danger. The skies begin to darken. They begin to lurk.

 

Will you fight the darkness?

[Event: "War in the North" at 5:00 PM EST]

[Neri 3590]

((dat music choice))

[SparehoeCakes 547]

Hehehehehhehehehehehehehehehehehehehhehehehhhehehehehehehehehehehehehe   

[Ford 1996]

ugh. 

[Volutional 935]

[Kickstarted and Running 965]

Why would you do this today? There's already a battle! Carrion scum will fall today and we will need time to resharpen our blades

[Dizzy771 900]

Battle might actually still be going by then. huehue

[Cyndikate 2303]

I would like this battle a lot better if it wasn't announced like that. 

 

I really think the players who knew ICly should know of this battle.

[Viper3X 1056]

The event was planned for today because it worked best for the nation leaders. It was meant to happen last Saturday but we had server issues. The time was picked by nation leaders, not me. If the battle is still going on we can always postpone it an hour or so. Also, what do you mean by "I really think the players who knew ICly should know of this battle."? People do know of the battle IC. Also, it was the players that organized this event, not me. They wanted to attack the North again and I decided to make it meaningful rather than just another battle.

[Drazker 307]

The antags are bad. There, I said it.

Only ones with PvP magic.

Want to dabble in political affairs but don't abide by political rules, like warclaims. Why? "Well, we're the Antags of course!"

No engaging storyline, just 'show up, pvp, die' events.

Antags can fly around and spawn mobs. #yolo

There are no events where the playerbase at large get an opportunity to learn about the past of Setherien and Aruzond. There has never been a reason even provided for why the Northmen attack and corrupt things, at least not explained to the playerbase at large. One is just to assume ' 'cause they're the bad guys'. I hate to be that guy who references Aegis, but Iblees and the undead had a story and motives that fueled their actions. They didn't just come from 'impenetrable ice land' and fly down south to smite the players when they felt like it.

[Samoblivion 532]

The antags are bad. There, I said it.

Only ones with PvP magic.

Want to dabble in political affairs but don't abide by political rules, like warclaims. Why? "Well, we're the Antags of course!"

No engaging storyline, just 'show up, pvp, die' events.

Antags can fly around and spawn mobs. #yolo

There are no events where the playerbase at large get an opportunity to learn about the past of Setherien and Aruzond. There has never been a reason even provided for why the Northmen attack and corrupt things, at least not explained to the playerbase at large. One is just to assume ' 'cause they're the bad guys'. I hate to be that guy who references Aegis, but Iblees and the undead had a story and motives that fueled their actions. They didn't just come from 'impenetrable ice land' and fly down south to smite the players when they felt like it.

 

(( That changes today. ))

[Viper3X 1056]

The antags are bad. There, I said it.

Only ones with PvP magic.

Want to dabble in political affairs but don't abide by political rules, like warclaims. Why? "Well, we're the Antags of course!"

No engaging storyline, just 'show up, pvp, die' events.

Antags can fly around and spawn mobs. #yolo

There are no events where the playerbase at large get an opportunity to learn about the past of Setherien and Aruzond. There has never been a reason even provided for why the Northmen attack and corrupt things, at least not explained to the playerbase at large. One is just to assume ' 'cause they're the bad guys'. I hate to be that guy who references Aegis, but Iblees and the undead had a story and motives that fueled their actions. They didn't just come from 'impenetrable ice land' and fly down south to smite the players when they felt like it.

How did today's event apply to warclaims at all? If anything, the players needed the warclaim for attacking the North, but in reality they didn't need one because it was an event. Antags cannot fly around and spawn mobs -- seriously, who's doing this? I haven't seen it so far. However, sometimes I handle the mob-spawning while vanished so that Dark Lieutenants do not need to cast it. It gets chaotic when multiple people start spawning mobs on top of each other, so I take care of it so that it's balanced. Unfortunately, today's event never should have happened. We had the event planned, but then the server restarted and began to experience server issues. It took forever for people to finally be able to log in, and by the time we were able to everyone was gone. No one showed up for the event, so I decided to log out to deal with the war complaints. I then had to go afk for a bit and when I come back I find out that people eventually came to the North and the antags retaliated. This ended badly, however, as I wasn't there to manage the event or open the North. Sorry about that. Nonetheless, the North will be opened tomorrow and people will finally be able to explore there and learn about the Black Scourge and Setherien. The antagonist isn't being remade, it's being redirected. I'm only one person, however, and trying to manage the main antagonist while dealing with hundreds of other problems on a daily basis isn't easy. There are problems within the antag, yes, but I plan on doing my best to fix them. However, there are more pressing issues right now, like fixing server stability. What's the point in making the antagonist better if we can't even have a fun event due to server crashes and lag?

[Gathius di Silvari 73]

I wish I knew about the North attack... and I wish it didn't happen after the biggest battle in months... D':

[Cyndikate 2303]

The antags are bad. There, I said it.

Only ones with PvP magic.

Want to dabble in political affairs but don't abide by political rules, like warclaims. Why? "Well, we're the Antags of course!"

No engaging storyline, just 'show up, pvp, die' events.

Antags can fly around and spawn mobs. #yolo

There are no events where the playerbase at large get an opportunity to learn about the past of Setherien and Aruzond. There has never been a reason even provided for why the Northmen attack and corrupt things, at least not explained to the playerbase at large. One is just to assume ' 'cause they're the bad guys'. I hate to be that guy who references Aegis, but Iblees and the undead had a story and motives that fueled their actions. They didn't just come from 'impenetrable ice land' and fly down south to smite the players when they felt like it.

 

Do you expect us to have tea and crumpets with people in full armor who come and shoot arrows at us and PVP us on sight?

 

Funny, we scripted the fight so you guys can win, and guess what, you still lost the battle. We TRIED to lose.

[Drazker 307]

Do you expect us to have tea and crumpets with people in full armor who come and shoot arrows at us and PVP us on sight?

 

Funny, we scripted the fight so you guys can win, and guess what, you still lost the battle.

 

lol nice attitude