LotC's Hallowe'en Events!

[Taiga 764]

~ Hallowe'en in Asulon ~

Happy October tLotC! I hope everyone has enjoyed this year so far, despite the impending doom, looming overhead on December 21, 2012. But who cares about those little things when we have a holiday to celebrate!

For all ET/LM members, please look at this for a general outline of the planned events for Oct. 31. Here includes a timeline and instructions for carrying it out.:

http://www.lordofthecraft.net/forum/index.php?/topic/73942-event-team-atten-hut-halloween/#entry605732

What We Have Planned:

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Masquerade!

( The event is set to take place Tomorrow on Hallowe'en, October 31 at 5PM EST | 10 PM GMT 6 PM EST | 11 PM GMT )

-As you go about in your daily life, a small crowd gathers around a crier. He is dressed in the elaborate, swathing robes of a Monk of the Cloud Temple, singing a small song with a Lyre in hand.-

"The day is nigh for a fete is to be held!

Honour our work and our yield!

Grasp thy partner, and frolic about!

Pray for a year without drought!

Charade thine face in a baffling mask,

Who be you, I might ask!

Befuddle and confuse,

Trickery we must use,

Begone spirits, bane of our task!"

-The man sets his lyre down at the end of his little song and addresses the audience before him.-

On the day of the Autumn Solstice, a grand masquerade will be held in the halls of the Cloud Temple of Asulon! All are welcome to attend to attend the masquerade in celebration of our bountiful yields and plentiful harvests! Wear a mask and disguise yourself as another to trick the devious spirits that plague our wheat farms! Drink, and be merry with tankards of pumpkin ale and a hearty menagerie of companions!

Come one, come all! Do not be coy! Festivities await in this grandest of celebrations!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwoLNtUuCVk

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The Dark of the Moon

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This event will commence on the 31st of October, starting shortly after the Masquerade.

Idea submitted by firespirit44. The original post is located here: http://www.lordofthecraft.net/forum/index.php?/topic/72820-the-dark-moon/page__pid__595758#entry595758

This is an excerpt from his post, with the addition of some corrections. Give credit to firespirit44!

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The thick shroud of night falls. You find yourself running through the woods, praying you don't meet a zombie or a skeleton hiding behind a pillar. An eerie light flickers before you in the North, casting shadows of the trees on the ground. You hurry there in haste, slipping between the trees and hiding in the penumbra of light, simply to be greeted by a warm campfire and a chubby fellow, slowly strumming his guitar, his back against a quaint little caravan. The steeds seems to be missing, but you do not care about that now. A brief exchange later, the man joyously ushers you to the campfire as he sings you the song of his people. The song was quite odd, even somber, as he sang the high pitched tune. The sound was high enough to make your hairs stand on the end, and yet, the music was hauntingly beautiful. The song dies and he stops, all is quiet as the leaves rustles and the fire crackles. He looks at you with his bright green eyes, asking if you would like to listen to a story.

Secretly yearning for another song, and deciding it would be rude to reject the man who gave you shelter, you acquiesced.

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In the dark of the night, all is quiet in the Darkmyst Cemetry

It has been many years since the Dead have been laid to rest, and who says they are at peace?

Ambitions, Love, Regret, Hate. One does not leave the earthly planes without fulfilling their deepest desire.

Caged in the earth, their spirits forced to sleep and be silent.

And yet, there comes a day. When the moon shines so bright, and the hour strikes past midnight

The caged are freed, the Aenguls and Daemons lulled to sleep.

And on that day, the spirits roam free.

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A slight shiver is sent down you spine. Zombies and Skeletons are certainly real— reanimated corpses of once living things. But a entity that only has one goal, and will not be laid to rest by a blade or arrow? The thought it unnerving.

The Fat man glances at you from the corner of his eyes, and laughs rambunctiously, slapping his thighs as if your face was the funniest thing he ever saw. He grins broadly, and sets his guitar to one side.

"Careful lad/lass, there too exists those who have not been laid to rest. Their bodies defiled by worms, and never given the proper burial. And in these accursed woods, a shortage of unnamed corpses are a plenty."

What The Event Will Be About:

For a week, including Halloween the event team shall roam around the lands, having the ability to fly and be invisible. They will choose to haunt certain areas, and each event team person will have their own 'desire', that players need to put them to rest. Failure to do so will result in haunting the person, or just causing them a nuisance in general.

For example there could be this 7 year old kid ghost, that has been killed by a wolf when she picked flowers by the stream. All she ever wanted was a nice bouquet of flowers on her grave.

This simple sentence already provides so much potential rp. Depending on the 'ghost', the players MIGHT have to find

1) Where is the body? You have to lay the body to rest.

2) What does she truly want? She might whisper hatred of wolves and recall her anguish of never getting flowers, but which does she want more? A body of a dead wolf or just a simple bouquet of flowers?

3) And what happens if you try running away from her? Will she continue to haunt you or return to her usual spot of haunting, which is near the stream?

Basically this event, is calling the event team to assemble a ton of mini quests by the actors all over Asulon on their whim. Each ghost has a different story, therefore the way to treat them is differently as well. You might not even want to try and help the ghost, but kill it instead with holy magic. But who knows what might happen if you dispel a vengeful ghost?

Depending on how the general public perceive these ghosts, further rp will accumulate unto the day of Halloween, where the choices made by the players will affect what happens on Halloween itself.

For example, if tons of players choose to 'kill/dispel' said ghosts, the ghosts might band together into one giant being known as the Nightmare, and in all its hate and terror it might sweep its vengeance across the mortal beings. Aka boss fight route.

But if enough players accept and complete said mini quests, these ghosts might get together and leave for 'Heaven' on the same day, forming a spectacular light show, and gifting all those who helped them a small present, knowing their spirits can finally leave this plane of existance for the next.]

The Dark of the Moon - Act 2

> This event will take place at any time, in the week to follow. Keep your eyes and ears out for this one! <

Not all spirits are restless apparitions, seeking for eternal elysium. Some of these beings are the remains of bloodthirsty warriors, forever condemned to the thralls of bloodlust and war. Residing in the eternal void of nothingness, they are perpetually seeking for a method to sate their lust. They are drawn to places of conflict, ancient battlefields, and blood, their existences flickering betwixt and between these planes of existence.

Strange happenings occur under the Dark of the Moon...

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Stay tuned for the final event...

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Have an Event? I will be willing to add more into the list if you so desire!

In the meantime, Happy Hallowe'en! Drive safely, use a light while trick-or-treating, and never hop into a white van when they offer you candy.

Everyone should get one of the NPC heads to wear for the day, either the zombie or skeleton.

[Agent Miller 26]

This is gonna be fun. ME GUSTA HALLOWEEN!!! (This is the actual translation from English to Spanish so wtf??)

[Skippy 2466]

:D

[Pum! 106]

D'awww.. This sounds fun. I'm three hours behind EST.. So 3 o'clock for me! Me will try and get there. I'll be late, dough. My school goes until 3:15. T.T

[Taiga 764]

D'awww.. This sounds fun. I'm three hours behind EST.. So 3 o'clock for me! Me will try and get there. I'll be late, dough. My school goes until 3:15. T.T

Don't worry! We'll try to compensate for other people with additional events! We're still in the creative process, so expect more!

[Shorsand 2006]

Everyone should get one of the NPC heads to wear for the day, either the zombie or skeleton.

[shiftnative 3103]

Bravo Syrenne !

I hope to attend and hopefully everyone takes some memorable screenshots! :>

[~≈Panda≈~ 290]

Panda doesn't think that a robe and mask will hide Rina's flamboyant hair~

She just needs to be clever about it...

This all sounds so fun, Panda cannot wait! * sleepy yay dance *

[firespirit44 1323]

I think its fair to have it a 24 hour holiday thing?

A week long party, ingame.

[Birdwhisperer 1174]

:( I won't be home for the masquerade. The ghost event will be fun, though!

[MrSyth 636]

...It's a bit hard for us GMT'ers as well. I agree on the idea of a 24-hour feast, aka 1 ingame week. The current time, 11pm GMT, isn't within my range. I live in Holland, thus it'd be 12pm for me. That's unreasonable, seeing as I'll be having to go to work tomorrow morning at 6.

Have a great party everyone!

[Taiga 764]

I'm with Pumkin, it seems events completely neglect the PST timezones. Considering school ends at 3:07, and it takes awhile to get home, I'll end up missing the big event of that day.

In regards to catering to all players of every time-zone, we shall have multiple events set up throughout the day. I shall speak with the ET and try to cook some other events up during these times. I myself will not be present at the Masquerade, so I am counting on the ET to carry it out correctly.

I will also move the Masquerade event back one hour to 5 PM EST (10 PM GMT), in attempts to draw more people into our little event.

I'm sorry for the inconvenience, but we have to cater to many players around the world, and we simply cannot attend to everyone. It is unfair to say the least, but I will try to compensate with different activities throughout the entire week, so stay tuned!

[Dilara(lotteje13) 227]

i would like to be at the masquerade but its a bit late for me :/ too bad...

[Lirinya 4021]

That video...I love you.

[Fourthbrook 8]

I hope I can be there. It sounds fun. I plan to be workin on plugins all evenin but i think I shall take a break.

Now to pick out a mask.