The Day Of Reckoning

[firespirit44 1323]

 

You stumble across a ruined temple within the Wilderness of the Fringe. It bears no name, has no rooms, and bears no presence of the living. You venture inside, seeing what treasures this ancient temple beholds.

 

Past the vines and leaves, you enter a clearing. There is no treasure, no traps, no monsters. But before you, lays a expansive hall, decorated with a mural depicting a time long gone.

 

 

 

Your gaze stretches across the room, as pictures form in your mind. A ancient war, to which Nine warriors fought.

 

 

Immolated by the dragon's breath, they die in a fiery fate.

 

A city of pigmen, burning up in flames. Its inhabitants enslaved

 

And the Nine Golden warriors turned into the dreaded, blue Harbingers. Once known as the Hiistguls.

 

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You remember a old saying in a tavern, where it all began:

 

 

And so he laid to waste the few sons of Urugan, Malin, Horen, and Krug, who would search the world over to find him. Proud and great some of them were and yet he immolated them. Their holy quest silenced, their lights snuffed by his cursed tendrils of flame. Long ago they fell ago to under domination of his dark powers, and so they became Hiistgul. Shadows under his great shadows, his most terrible of servants.

 

 

"But the one thing the storyteller forgot to speak, the resurgence of the greatest weapon known to the mortal races. The Golden Lance."

 

 

A figure in the dark approaches. A old man with runic tattoos running from head to toe. He gestures towards the ceiling, the one place you forgot to look.

 

 

"Ten Apostles were appointed by the Aengul Xan. Nine Apostles went through the portal, to chase after the dreaded wyrm Setherian, Eight rose blackened, charred, and burnt, with only their armour left, their eyes filled with fiery hate.

 

And this time, Setherian stirs from the Red Realm, Burzumkototaz. His dark wings will cast a shadow upon the Fringe, as he unleashes his demons and servants upon us. The mortal races must prevail, or history is doomed to repeat itself like it did in Aegis. And Heroes have emerged, seeking the pieces of the Lance to make it whole once more."

 

 

"And then, the day of Reckoning will be upon us."

 

[Hey guys this is firespirit44 here. As you are all aware, there has been plenty of  Scourge/Lance related events strewn across Anthos and the Fringe. For those of you who have been keeping track, this is the final hour. We will be opening a portal to the Scourge Island of Kislev, where you will have a chance to wage total war against Setherian once and for all. The battle will take place starting from 25th (Friday), all the way to 27th (Sunday). Thats as much detail as I can give OOCLY. I hope all of you will come, and this is the final stretch to say goodbye.

 

[firespirit44 1323]

The Day of Reckoning Cometh

 

 

And so events come to pass. It has been three elven days since the rifts opening, leading the mortal races to the Realm of Burzumkototaz, or the Red Realm. The mortal races have fought valiantly and with valour, killing three of the four dark lords, taking more ground as the approach the Citadel of Doom.

 

 

But the strongest dark lord slowly awakes, as his brethren falls. Balrog the Demon, and whatever Harbinger left will make their last stand there.

 

 

For the solstice will come, and Setherian will open a portal to a new land. His servants have been seen casting magics upon the dysfunctional portal near the human encampments, in preparation for the Black Wyrm.

 

 

Hey guys firespirit44 here. Today is the final battle! You will need to storm the Citadel of Doom starting from around 3PM EST/8pm GMT, defeat Balrog, and kill Setherian before he opens the portal to another land! I hope you all have fun, but fair warning: antag spells ahve been buffed for the final event to make it even more of a challenge. Good luck!

 

 

Day 2

 

 

The denizens of the Fringe fought valiantly in constant warfare against the Black Scourge. The combined might of the Decterum and Dwarves secured the Pass of the Damned, whereas on the opposite side the elves and humans took the Watchtower. The island of Kislev trembles, as new foes rise to meet the invaders, some say the Four Dark Lords will rise from their domains, and cast the mortals down.

 

 

For the humans and elves, their triumph at the Watchtower has opened the path to the Dragon Barrens, where it is rumoured Malghourn the Stone Serpent resides with his flight.

 

 

As for the orcs and dwarves, they face the Forges, and Skidrow the Dreaded. The Giant in charge of leading Setherian's forces from Anthos, trying to break into the Fringe. It was only due to the flood waters and the defenders that halted him. But there is none of that now. His army of undead soldiers and giants lies in wait, ready to decimate anyone who would cross paths. 

 

 

Hey guys this is firespirit44 once more. For tomorrow/today, you guys will have to first take a objective and secure it, and killing two of the four dark lords. You secure a objective by destroying the endercrystal protecting it. The event officially starts at 3PM EST/8PM GMT, until 5pm EST/11PM GMT. Worry not there will still be after events even if you do miss the main events. A fair warning though, Skidrow and Malghourn will not be easy to take down. The entire map is free to be explored now, except the Citidel.

 

 

 

Day 1

 

 

Rifts start appearing all around the Fringe, as the monsters and demons pour forth from its vortex. 

 

 

No nation is spared in the domination of the Fringe. Setherian and his Black Scourge will destroy everything in its path.

 

 

You can run.

 

 

But you cannot hide.

 

Tomorrow the event will start at 3pm EST 8PM GMT and conclude anywhere around 5pm EST/10PM GMT. You will need to acquire two respective objectives. For the humans and elves, you will need to take the Tower. For the dwarves and the orcs, you will need to take control of the pass. To ensure you complete the objective, the endercrystal between both locations need to be destroyed. A announcement will be made when you have done so. You may build in the antagworld, feel free to create a forward base. Be warned though, just as easily as you create, we can destroy just as easily. You are allowed to break blocks.

 

 

Yesterday's post on the cipher:

A note is sent out to plenty of people within the Fringe, word is the toughest cipher in creation, created to protect a prophecy the Prophet of Xan, Hilan the First, made himself.

 

YSEKIETAAAOZWVVDECFUJPLVDXSOHBXIAKST,CWEKGSETISOTQWZFVLUGPLRHICQXHAXKRMQUSZTUGXWQWW.GBOGAZQKFENWDEEXY,ZVPUIJTLYDILCFUUTSLWQLRXNMKIEHRNYTF.TCEXUPUCVHWYJIEDDYZEKIZNRUHSQRVRTUGQ.ZOYUIRKTUGHNOORA,YYTGVBHTUGHXSLGIQ,SOWJLBFRAXNSGVNVE,HOWUSTTUGJSXRR.ZVPBJTLYFXSLNVYTBXNSIVVYGR,GBOXUPYYMRZISENEVLKZEWVOINPVCCWEYTBSVSY.YSEKIETAALGGDPJLYFAGBEHHEOESTEFHVLNPGOSYWYLNQ,GBOZMGSTUGQUCYUMFTNTVLKHTPIVDNVIL.UBWBJSEALOGGEEVYKIAHPQEAESCVKVLPYPD,CWWOGSEISRRPQPNYCRFKLEPRTBOOZWXUPONEIYZCEX.YHZSUTM,HSQRVRHRSVSYVNPNVLZCEKIJZRYFANSCHEQLEZQRNCWGWUZSGCKK.

 

The only clue given:

 

Look at the ceiling.

[gabriel101x1 463]

First

 

EDIT:  Fakq...

[Maletone Blazebeard (Aqua) 130]

((;-; I'm on a school overnight *weeps in tent* ill be back saturday at noon though >:D expect me))

[Aislin 4354]

 

YSEKIETAAAOZWVVDECFUJPLVDXSOHBXIAKST,CWEKGSETISOTQWZFVLUGPLRHICQXHAXKRMQUSZTUGXWQWW.GBOGAZQKFENWDEEXY,ZVPUIJTLYDILCFUUTSLWQLRXNMKIEHRNYTF.TCEXUPUCVHWYJIEDDYZEKIZNRUHSQRVRTUGQ.ZOYUIRKTUGHNOORA,YYTGVBHTUGHXSLGIQ,SOWJLBFRAXNSGVNVE,HOWUSTTUGJSXRR.ZVPBJTLYFXSLNVYTBXNSIVVYGR,GBOXUPYYMRZISENEVLKZEWVOINPVCCWEYTBSVSY.YSEKIETAALGGDPJLYFAGBEHHEOESTEFHVLNPGOSYWYLNQ,GBOZMGSTUGQUCYUMFTNTVLKHTPIVDNVIL.UBWBJSEALOGGEEVYKIAHPQEAESCVKVLPYPD,CWWOGSEISRRPQPNYCRFKLEPRTBOOZWXUPONEIYZCEX.YHZSUTM,HSQRVRHRSVSYVNPNVLZCEKIJZRYFANSCHEQLEZQRNCWGWUZSGCKK.

 

Kai Hui we do not speak Asian please translate, thank you.

[knightly11 | lotc_fox 111]

yeah boi

[Demotheus 651]

Lotha the Impish glares at the old man as she tries to pull a piece of gold from the wall.

 

Woops.

[Frigated 66]

*Spotted the temple many early days into the fringe as he was going to build a college next to it.*

[jasonwolf 3]

Time to run through ever cipher I know!

[youdude 104]

Aw shiee, this makes me moisten with anticipation

[Ned Lud 1260]

A peasant glances nervously at a recently disturbed patch of earth in the midst of his turnip field. All nine pieces of the golden lance dwell ominously below, awaiting sale on the Trade Forum.

[Bircalin 332]

The Ranger sits calmly beneath the comforting shade of a birch tree, decadent yet sturdy in its age - the branches flowering outwards in weedy veins. He sat with his hood cast back, the cold mask set against his side as his legs sprawled out before him, enjoying the rare feel of the sun's warmth on his bearded face. A sturdy yew bow rests over his lap, adorned in maple leaf wrappings save for the grip, intricate runes and markings etched over the frame, casting an elegant look upon the weapon in exposed areas.
His bare fingers plucked at the bowstring tiredly as he rests, a thin white sheen appearing along the string with each increase of tension before slowly fading away as he fiddles with it like a bard and his lute.

T'was a moment of tranquility rarely captured in these times - one of self-reflection and meditation. However such precious moments come not without cost; chaos brews upon the horizon like a cackling hag's cauldron. Soon, he will don his garbs once more and face the threat alongside the Wyrmstalkers he had readied, alongside the Lance he had found himself within, alongside the fellow kin of Anthos and lands alike to end the turmoil Setherien had caused once and for all.

[ℤ∃ʁ∅ 823]

Ramza Mantisuku looks at that, "****...Glad I moved from the mansion.. that was in my backyard......" he sighs in relief.

[Lawrna 440]

Lelien wheezes at the sight of the code.

[The Fact Core 511]

Harbinger Nihil chills in the red realm, awaiting the incoming forces with a cup of tea.