Zone Opening! The City of Txiki Ardi

A small band of men and woman set forth from the City of Medievia in search of adventure and fortune. After many years of blazing trails and slaughtering evil beasts, they decided to start a small community for like-minded people. After a few months of searching they found a wondrous glen and thought it would be a great place to start their city. They named the city after their leader.

Many generations later, their values of heroism, honor, adventure, and cunning had attracted many people to the small glen and it was now a robust little city. The Mayor decided to hold contests to reward those people who were outstanding in the values of cunning and bravery. Others heard of this and came with their own trophies to award. The Mayor proclaimed that those who won the contests would be called Grandors and would receive special prizes called quest points, some would even have special items bestowed upon them for winning the hardest and most
challenging quests.

NOTE:
This zone has currently two special features with more to be added.

1. There is a quest shop located within this zone. This is the one that was moved from the Warrior Quarter of the City of Medievia recently. Certain quests will award participants or winners with special tokens. These tokens can be used to buy special quest items.

2. There is a portal to a linking room that allows players to use a quest key to enter Zone Quests. Currently this is zone 295 and 581. You will purchase a token and then exchange this at the quest shop for the key to the zone you wish to run.

Each zone is designed to be run solo, and they will reset the same as a normal zone when you enter them. This means you check check loads before running so all risk of the getting nothing is on your shoulders. If the game crashes we will consider reimbursements, email reimburse@medievia.com. Each key will last 14 days from purchase.

**** If anyone finds any bugs or ways to abuse the above, contact Selthios immediately. Anyone abusing the system will be dealt with harshly. ****

Congratulations Selthios and Aewen for their first zone! While not a regular xp or eq zone, it does provide small amounts of both. This has been a long, hard project, and Selthios would like to thank Aewen for her patience, because it wouldn't have happened without her. A big thank you to Marisol for her work in editing the rooms, and to Fayla as always for her patience and support. Good work guys!

On a special note. You as players are invited to join in to make comments about the zone. And by that we mean CONSTRUCTIVE comments. Please send any comments you have to wom@medievia.com, which is the WOM distribution list.

Arethusa, Banana Queen Extraordinaire

Zone Opening! Misty Isle by Ardothica

A page taken from Ergale's memoirs, having recently been discovered in Trellor:

"In my wanderings, I once came across a lake hidden deep in the forest east of Mount Vryce. The locals tended to avoid the lake as much as possible, even though game was plentiful nearby. They feared a strange race of people called syrens. These enchantingly beautiful creatures, all female, were surprisingly cruel.

"The locals believed that the syrens lived on a island at the center of the lake. I could not verify the existence of the island, as the surface of the lake was continually enshrouded by a dense fog.

"Someone who claimed to have been to the island and back stated that the syrens were performing ritual sacrifices at the center of the island. Apparently, their purpose is to feed a bog with the life-force of those they can capture. This, in turn, provides a source of nutrients for special trees that grow on the island. It is believed that the fruit of
these trees is the source of new life for the syrens. In this way, they are able to reproduce without the need of an opposite sex. Strange as this whole idea may sound, no one has ever seen a male syren."

Suggested Levels:

Solo: 21-31
Small Group: 18-25
Large Group: 15-21
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Number of Rooms: 116
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PK type: LPK & NPK

Ardothica has added yet another excellent zone to the landscape of Medievia. Thanks go to Fayla for her excellent coding of the procs in this zone and to Miatrylle for being the WRE in charge of the zone. This was my first zone to "wom" and I'd like to thank the A-team for their assistance and patience.

Aewen, WoMa

Available God Positions

We're presently accepting applications for various god positions. If you are interested, please read HELP APPLICATION and apply using the appropriate application form.

Builders:

If you are interested in becoming a builder please read HELP BUILDING and send your application to nykaul@medievia.com. If your application has errors, you will be given a brief explanation of why it has not been accepted. You may also be denied if your application does not reach a certain standard, but you are welcome to redo your application and try again. Advice on getting approved is under HELP BUILDING_TIPS. Previous applicants are encouraged to reapply if they believe they can meet our current building standards.

Autoquest Writing Assistants:

Autoquest writers must be well versed in all aspects of the game, from newbie to hero, therefore, no application will be tended from players who do not have a mortal at the third multi or greater. If you are interested in this position please read HELP AQ APPLICATION and send completed applications to hruvesta@medievia.com and cc to nykaul@medievia.com

New Player Helpers:

NPH Gods help new players get situated in the game. Please note that you must have an existing Avatar character in order to be considered for this position. If interested please read HELP NPH APPLICATION and send your
completed application to nykaul@medievia.com.

Quest Zone Builders:

We are also still looking for Quest Zone Builders. Please refer to ANN 656 for more information about this position.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Festivities, including the token quest, have begun!

The token quest will run until midnight tomorrow night (Friday night).

Look for Claddagh in the wilderness to recover your little piece of his magical pot of gold. Collect shamrocks and four-leaf clovers to participate in the token quest. You can find shamrocks and clovers on all mobs in Medievia except those in the wilderness and the Catacombs. The holosection and the token quest have begun. They are running right now. The token quest will run until midnight Friday night. The holosection will stay out until midday Saturday.

Be one of the top five token collectors and receive your prize when the quest is completed. If you are in the top five, your name will be echoed and you will receive your prizes in the mail. As always, the player in first place gets more prizes than other winners, and remember there are also medals!

St. Patrick's Day cards are always available at Medievia Stationers in the market of Medievia City. And last but not least, the fountains in the game will gush green beer tonight and tomorrow. Please drink responsibly.

- Kostia and the Medievia Holiday Staff

Hero Autoquests - Player Submissions Now Being Accepted!

Is there a zone you know better than your own neighborhood? Are there mobs in the game that feel like your friends? Or enemies?

We are in the midst of our Hero Autoquest project, and we would like to give our players the chance to contribute their knowledge and expertise and help make Hero Autoquests truly special!

Requirements:

1. You must have achieved the level of hero.
   
2. The zone or zones involved in your autoquest must be places that heroes frequent
   
3. You must know the story of the zone. We aren't just looking for someone
   who knows how to run a zone - we are looking for the type of person who solved a zone and who knows all the details of the zone's storyline.
   
4. Your submission should be well-written and detailed. It should involve
   dialogue. It could involve tracks (the choose your own adventure type of
   aq). Your submission should be challenging or even nearly impossible. You
   can even suggest new mobs, new objects, or even a new rooms in an existing zone to help tell your story.
   

You can submit more than one autoquest. Rewards will be given and will be based on the number of autoquest proposals you submit that are deemed hero-quality aqs.

***Note: The HAQ Department reserves the right to reject any submission that we feel does not live up to our standards.

Rewards:

1 -- Medal
10 -- Cooler Medal
20-- Coolest Medal + a mystery gift*

*Yes, this means we haven't figured out what it is yet - but we'll come up with something good.

-The Hero Autoquest Department

Please e-mail your submissions to celylia@medievia.com with the subjectline: hero aq <#> from . You will receive an acceptance or rejection letter within two weeks.

Use the following format:

AutoQuest Name:
Points:
Classes: (CMWT)
Involves: (NPK/CPK)
Overall story behind this AQ:

Objective 1: (FIND MOB/KILL MOB/FIND ROOM/FIND OBJECT/GIVE OBJECT MOB)
This mob/item/room is found in zone: #
Time allowed: hours, minutes
Flags: (Solo, no portal, no dragon, no death, etc)
Mob (Scruff) says: (well thought-out dialog here)
Mob (Scruff) says: (well thought-out dialog here)

Objective 2: (FIND MOB/KILL MOB/FIND ROOM/FIND OBJECT/GIVE OBJECT MOB)
This mob/item/room is found in zone: #
Time allowed: hours, minutes
Flags: (Solo, no portal, no dragon, no death, etc)
Mob (Scruff) says: (well thought-out dialog here)
Mob (Scruff) says: (well thought-out dialog here)

(unlimited objectives)