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Roaring lion heads decorated the snapping red pennants that fluttered in the arctic breezes that swept through the tourney grounds. With just a slight tilt of his head, Siethidi could see the opposing banners of hunter green with the bright gold, rearing stags as they, too, fluttered from their purchases. He was feeling lighter as he watched the bustling grounds and a smile brightened his features as he watched his grandmother ascend the small hill towards the Aelotoi contingent that had set up there. They had named their small cairn Cysaelotar and filled it with their laughter and their celebrations of memory. He was reminded once again that he needed to thank the scholars at Summit Academy for suggesting the invitation.
Everything was in order.
Summit Academy and Rumor Woods open once again for the Battle of the Lion and the Stag on June 11, 2021, at 9 pm.
Each bringing with it a bounty of new offerings.
Summit Academy
Old offerings for the customizations of player body build, wings, and distinguishing marks are still available at Ostwicke Hall, which also includes…
* 18 brand new body builds
* 18 brand new Wing Quirks
* 18 brand new Wing designs
Old offerings for Log Phrases are available at Sebastian House, which has had 10 brand new log phrases added to it.
Old offerings for specialized Swears are still available at The Groundskeeper’s Cottage, as well as 10 brand new swears.
Let us not forget to mention Thurgine Hall, where many older spell customizations are joined by 152 new customizations for the spells Fire spirit, Spirit Guide, Manna, Major Sanctuary, Transference, Well of Life, Animate Disk, Tangleweed, Call Swarm, Planar Shift, Hand of Tonis, Familiar gate, and Empathic Assault. Brand new to Summit Academy this year are offerings for the spell Tremors, Blink, and Telekinesis.
Not to be left out of the advancements, Brickburn Hall continues to provide its long list of Spell Preparations, as well as 25 new offerings.
A Time to Remember
To honor all that has passed this year, for all of us, the Ceremony of Remembrance will be coming to Rumor Woods. A bonfire has been created at the top of the Aelotoi Cairn and will burn brightly for all but an hour of each day when the poor attendant will need to seek rest. As the nights wear on, different groups of Aelotoi will perform their own small ceremonies that players are welcome to join.
Festival Bonfire is a newly added environmental item that allows you to interact with it. You can feed it foraged items, paper items, and even woven garlands as part of your own personal Ceremonies of Remembrance. Please be sure to ANALYZE this new addition for further information on its interactive verbs.
Memory Zones have been created throughout Cysaelotar for you to roleplay with during your visit. They are designed to let you send your wishes to those that have passed or to simply make a wish. Enjoy them at your leisure.
The Pixie and the Dragonfly
A new game has been added to the grounds for those less inclined to jousting and tracking animals. A pixie hides in the foliage of a lush alpine garden that has been hidden away from the world. If you catch her, she will present you with a rare flower, but have no fear, even if you do not bring your rare flower to the Aelotoi attendant, you will still be gifted for your troubles.
As a rare find, a morning glory pin is a home to the newest pet in Elanthia, that of the carefree dragonfly. Much like foxes, this pet attunes to the first person to summon it.
Mounted Mayhem
With the biggest offering yet, Rumor Woods welcomes the Cervidae Family as the most recent addition of mounts. This year, the offerings are:
Common: Buck, Deer, Doe, Stag
Uncommon: Caribou, Elk, and Reindeer
Uncommon Race Specific: Antelope (Halfling & Gnome), Gazelle (Sylvan), Moose (Giantman), and Muntjac (Dwarf)
Rare: Hart (Animal is Male Only), Hind (Animal is Female Only)
Additionally, a fruit for each mount-type will be offered to allow common mounts to be upgraded to uncommon status. This will provide additional verbs and more customization options with the Ostler.
Common Horse for coin. This year, the common mount of a horse can be purchased for silvers.
Lastly, the Mount Travel system has been updated to allow for group travel. This new feature requires that all members of the leader’s party have the system unlocked and that their daily travel allowances haven’t been expended.
Land of Lore
Three new documents have been created for Rumor Woods this year. Two have been released, but there is one more left to be announced. In case you missed it, here are the first two:
Erithi Fashion from Formal to Casual (https://gswiki.play.net/Erithi_Fashion)
A Tale of Companionship (https://gswiki.play.net/A_Tale_of_Companionship)
Let us not forget the two new materials that will be released during this event. One has already been announced. And one is on its way!
New Material: Shadarl (https://gswiki.play.net/Rumor_Woods/2021_saved_posts#New_Material:_Shadarl)
A Gift of Flowers
Rumor Woods and Cysaelotar are teeming with flowers, plants, leaves, and grasses that are unique to the area. Please feel free to pluck them from their home. Each is prepared to use with the tools of the Weaving System. If you are lucky, perhaps you will find one of the rare leaves, flowers, or grasses that are sometimes tugged free by the arctic winds that zip through the alpine glade.
Speaking of the Weaving System be sure to visit the shop in Cysaelotar that features seven new weaving tools!
Haunted by Memories
Throughout the festival, different merchants have come together to provide items that will fill you with memories of the past. Be sure to visit...
Spirits Within – This shop is filled with haunted shrouds known as Imbued Shrouds that carry with them the memory of their past owners.
Pigments of Memory – Filled with waxpaper designs, this shop provides you with tattoos that remind you of a past, shared life with another person. Find designs for your child, parent, sibling, lover, or comrade-in-arms throughout the shop. Looking for calendar, Discord, and in-game announcements regarding merchant visits for this shop.
Channeled Affections – With a spin of their inner bands, these spinner rings provide introspection and can be linked to another adventurer. When used with the appropriate links, you can share memories or just let them know that you are thinking of them, even if you are both across the Dragonspine!
New Items to Uncover
This year, there are several new items available for purchase throughout the festival. Some of those items are:
* Aelotoi Wing Charms – jewelry that adorns the wings of an aelotoi
* Dermal Piercers – a piercing tool that lets you create subdermal jewelry
* The Elanthian Binder – a device designed to house all your loose papers
* Feather Jewelry – jewelry doodads and baubles that turn feathers into earrings
* Ferocious Eyes – a mask that lets you change your eye features
* The Flower Press – a device that lets you decorate your parchment with foraged designs
* Holy Sheaths – sheaths that provide religious zest
* Jolly Jousters – mechanical toy jousters
* Layered Erithi Clothing – six new interactive erithian clothing items
* Layered Giantman Clothing – three new male-centric Kindred Garb items
* New-Style Charms and Charm Bracelets – weightless carrying and interactions of your favorite charms
* Saddles for Tortoises and Deer – New Saddles for new mounts
* Spell Prep Item Certificates – Add a spell preparation phrase to your unscripted item for more spell casting zeal
* And so much more...
Many favorites are getting upgrades as well. Things like...
* Knight Wear Unlock Certificates and Designs
* Look at Me Jewelry Unlock Certificates
* Spinner Ring Unlock Certificates and Memory Unlocking
And never fear, your old favorites are back and available as well!
All of this information is easily accessed through the recently re-vamped wiki page for Rumor Woods. Visit the newly reformatted and incredibly player-friendly pages at: https://gswiki.play.net/Category:Rumor_Woods
We can’t wait to see you at...
Rumor Woods: The Battle of the Lion and the Stag starting tonight June 11th, at 9 pm and running until 11:59 on June 27, 2021!
~*~ Thandiwe ~*~
ASGM of Events
>> Common Horse for coin. This year, the common mount of a horse can be purchased for silvers.
Just a suggestion for future consideration.
I'm still of the opinion that mounts (and common mount related capabilities) should be a part of the base game system and not sequestered behind an additional pay wall. Please give some consideration to opening up additional silver-based options that can be applied to the silver-based mounts going forward.
That way people that only want to pay with in-game currency can take advantage of the mount system on their two bit ponies.
People that want to have their fancy shmancy status mounts can spend additional $$$ for the privilege with the added bonus of looking down on the two bit pony owners as they ride about.
My assumption is that the introduction of silver-based mounts is meant to tempt additional players into buying into the broader pay event. Given how little there is to do with a plain mount (I have one that I bought from another player with silvers) it is not that much of an enticement overall.
Make the mount system available as part of the base game. Get me hooked on my two-bit pony and the related mount system so its something that I want to continue using. Then I'll most likely happily spend additional $$$ to upgrade to a fancier mount when the right one comes along. Under the current event offering, I end up writing off the event and the mount system before I even leave the starting gate.
Thanks for the consideration and good luck with the event!
-- Robert
>> A mongrel kobold points at you and yells, "Mine! Chasin!"
Just a suggestion for future consideration.
I'm still of the opinion that mounts (and common mount related capabilities) should be a part of the base game system and not sequestered behind an additional pay wall. Please give some consideration to opening up additional silver-based options that can be applied to the silver-based mounts going forward.
That way people that only want to pay with in-game currency can take advantage of the mount system on their two bit ponies.
People that want to have their fancy shmancy status mounts can spend additional $$$ for the privilege with the added bonus of looking down on the two bit pony owners as they ride about.
My assumption is that the introduction of silver-based mounts is meant to tempt additional players into buying into the broader pay event. Given how little there is to do with a plain mount (I have one that I bought from another player with silvers) it is not that much of an enticement overall.
Make the mount system available as part of the base game. Get me hooked on my two-bit pony and the related mount system so its something that I want to continue using. Then I'll most likely happily spend additional $$$ to upgrade to a fancier mount when the right one comes along. Under the current event offering, I end up writing off the event and the mount system before I even leave the starting gate.
Thanks for the consideration and good luck with the event!
-- Robert
>> A mongrel kobold points at you and yells, "Mine! Chasin!"
Options 61+ for body types seem to be missing nouns that refer to a person's body.
~The Ostwicke Theater Department Presents: A Build for All Roles~
No matter what role you foresee yourself playing, there is a body build to match. Choose yours here!
Available choices for Body Build for anyone are:
1. none 2. a thin petite frame 3. a muscular physique
4. a hunched and frail body 5. an hourglass figure 6. a delicately lithe build
7. a portly and stout build 8. a husky build 9. a stocky frame
10. a slender build 11. a fragile physique 12. a full-figured body
13. a voluptuous body 14. a broad-shouldered slender frame 15. a delicately boned, waifish body
16. a curvaceous figure 17. a trim build 18. a gaunt frame
19. a thickset build 20. a brawny figure 21. a scrawny physique
22. a lean, rangy build 23. a trim figure 24. an emaciated body
25. a small-boned build 26. a large-boned build 27. a pudgy body
28. a portly figure 29. a gaunt, spare physique 30. a balletic body
31. a strong, robust physique 32. a gangly frame 33. a slim body
34. a rotund frame 35. a thin, wiry frame 36. a butterball-shaped figure
37. a plumpish figure 38. a curvy, well-rounded figure 39. a brawny, richly muscled figure
40. a svelte figure 41. a sinewy build 42. a lithesome, nimble build
43. a top-heavy build 44. a wide-legged build 45. a shrimpy build
46. a thick, porcine body 47. a heavy, potbellied body 48. a jelly-bellied body
49. a dainty-sized body 50. a disproportionate, lumpy body 51. a narrow-shouldered frame
52. a nicely proportioned frame 53. a sparse, overly thin frame 54. a bantam-sized frame
55. a well-toned frame 56. a solid and husky physique 57. a broad-centered physique
58. a robust and strapping physique 59. a muscular, able-bodied physique 60. a hard-muscled physique
61. a broad-shouldered, stocky 62. a slight, wiry 63. a fit and robust
64. a muscled, but soft 65. a chunky, yet toned 66. a bony, wiry
67. a fragile, slender 68. a powerful, stocky 69. a barrel-chested, robust
70. a diminutive, yet wiry 71. a spritely, small 72. a rotund, broad-shouldered
73. a tall, lissome 74. a perky, petite 75. an oversized, hulking
76. a particularly plump 77. a pudgy, softly muscled 78. a short, wide-hipped
-WM
~The Ostwicke Theater Department Presents: A Build for All Roles~
No matter what role you foresee yourself playing, there is a body build to match. Choose yours here!
Available choices for Body Build for anyone are:
1. none 2. a thin petite frame 3. a muscular physique
4. a hunched and frail body 5. an hourglass figure 6. a delicately lithe build
7. a portly and stout build 8. a husky build 9. a stocky frame
10. a slender build 11. a fragile physique 12. a full-figured body
13. a voluptuous body 14. a broad-shouldered slender frame 15. a delicately boned, waifish body
16. a curvaceous figure 17. a trim build 18. a gaunt frame
19. a thickset build 20. a brawny figure 21. a scrawny physique
22. a lean, rangy build 23. a trim figure 24. an emaciated body
25. a small-boned build 26. a large-boned build 27. a pudgy body
28. a portly figure 29. a gaunt, spare physique 30. a balletic body
31. a strong, robust physique 32. a gangly frame 33. a slim body
34. a rotund frame 35. a thin, wiry frame 36. a butterball-shaped figure
37. a plumpish figure 38. a curvy, well-rounded figure 39. a brawny, richly muscled figure
40. a svelte figure 41. a sinewy build 42. a lithesome, nimble build
43. a top-heavy build 44. a wide-legged build 45. a shrimpy build
46. a thick, porcine body 47. a heavy, potbellied body 48. a jelly-bellied body
49. a dainty-sized body 50. a disproportionate, lumpy body 51. a narrow-shouldered frame
52. a nicely proportioned frame 53. a sparse, overly thin frame 54. a bantam-sized frame
55. a well-toned frame 56. a solid and husky physique 57. a broad-centered physique
58. a robust and strapping physique 59. a muscular, able-bodied physique 60. a hard-muscled physique
61. a broad-shouldered, stocky 62. a slight, wiry 63. a fit and robust
64. a muscled, but soft 65. a chunky, yet toned 66. a bony, wiry
67. a fragile, slender 68. a powerful, stocky 69. a barrel-chested, robust
70. a diminutive, yet wiry 71. a spritely, small 72. a rotund, broad-shouldered
73. a tall, lissome 74. a perky, petite 75. an oversized, hulking
76. a particularly plump 77. a pudgy, softly muscled 78. a short, wide-hipped
-WM
The whetstone is for the trimmers. If you buy a single trimmer and the whetstone, then you unlock the trimmer to utilize the verb FLIP. Flip switches the trimmers from creating horse to deer to tortoise. It also unlocks it for all future mounts that will be able to wear woven items.
~*~ Thandiwe ~*~
ASGM of Events
~*~ Thandiwe ~*~
ASGM of Events
