While Vortea leads an expedition to the Abyss Caverns, many finley remain in town, daily life marching ever on. For most residents of Whistler Crest, life has been mostly the same. Except from one little thing... Fae spirits.

Fae spirits appearing around town, visible to those who normally cannot see them. Residents started to report seeing fae in their homes, in shops around town. Often the small spirits are just looking at them, but many are getting into trouble! Whether it be getting into food, knocking over breakable objects, or taking off with items! It has gotten so intense, the odd behaviour caught the attention of the Spiritualists. They have gathered together and announced to the town a plan to deal with the mischievous fae.

Good day everyone! It was brought to our attention that for unknown reasons, Faes are pestering the townsfolk. We will do our best to investigate the situation, but as the spirits are roaming through the streets, we will need to take certain steps to ensure no tragedy happens when interacting with them.

Some of you may be familiar with this item. It's a crystal used to store Mana. When it's sufficiently charged, it may serve as a good repellant. As we are dealing with minor spirits, I reckon placing them in your house or around town should be enough to discourage spirit activity in those areas. We will gladly offer our guidance and help to anyone willing to help us charge the crystals.

As for the... more malevolent Fae... Those crystals can be used to capture them. Once they are contained, we can release them away from the town.

One of the ways to deal with the spirits without causing any harm is simply trying to keep them away from households. Finley can charge the crystal with the help of the Spiritualists and a bit of their mana to create a repellent for the mischievous fae. It’s only a temporary measure, but will help the particularly affected locations. Leota and the Spiritualists will also be catching the more malevolent spirits. Although most of the spirits are just causing minor mischief, some have been… different. They ask any townsfolk with magical capabilities to help charge the crystals with more potent mana, allowing them to capture the destructive spirits, and to go out with a Spiritualist to catch them. Sure hope we figure out the cause of this soon…

Prompt Requirements:

Draw your character helping repel the mischievous fae! They can be encountering a fae spirit, working with one of the Spiritualists to charge a crystal, putting up some of the repelling crystals, or other similar actions! Additionally, if your character knows at least 1 tier of Magic, you can draw your character joining the spiritualists in catching the more malicious fae. These fae are not acting like themselves, and may cause mild bumps and bruises, but cannot seriously harm your character.

Pictures must have a complex background, and at least one fullbody in order to count!

Deadline: December 14th

Prompt here

Rewards: For helping the Spiritualists, if you do not own one already, you will be rewarded with a planchette of choice and 10 Capella.

Note: 10 Capella is a universal reward, while one of the planchettes may be picked if you do not own either. If you own one planchette - you may not claim another, even if it's a different one.

Imp runner ups - 50 Capella each
ZT4R_F4LL
Potat-Queen

Nostra runner ups - 80 Capella each
AnonymoussBat
Calmlittlestar
shihai
NeverHill

Please put in a claim for your rewards as soon as possible to avoid it getting buried!

Expedition Type: Major - 1 Month
Biome Type: Cave
Average Threat Level: Tier 5 - Your character can be inflicted with Severe scarring wounds, please proceed with the utmost care!

It's been many a year since Swift had led the questing teams to this overwhelmingly dark cave system, and at Vortea’s request, he has relaunched the expedition teams to reinvestigate them for any abnormal signs or activity. Will your character heed the call of adventure?

Before you lies a cave that descends into unspeakable blackness... Should you choose to go forward, you should take a torch (or a fire Draken) or else you're sure you will be completely unable to see what's ahead of you. Several small Drakesprites screech as you enter, swooping around your head playfully before exiting the cave into the sunlight.

This cave descends deep underground, farther than anyone would think they'd have to climb downwards. Be sure to bring your best climbing paws or claws, because it's going to be a workout from here. As you make your way down, common cave sights come into view. Stalactites and stalagmites hang in view everywhere and litter the ground. You should step carefully, so as not to trip over anything! Through narrow passageways, you hear running water... and skittering? Rather, a slinking noise... many slinking noises... gooping? It doesn't sound good. Should you be able to see, creatures blacker than night come into view. Simply unimaginable horrors - though they are small. They lumber and stutter and become more numerous the deeper you go.

The deepest, coldest, parts of the cave host monstrosities that dwarf the previously known Voidstructs, enormous, lumbering forces with haunting whispering groans and slow, angry movements. These are definitely new presences, and thankfully, are sparse enough to be able to avoid them….for the most part. The very deepest parts of the Abyss Cave are cold enough to see ones breath, and strange items are scattered on the ground, unrecognizable, but clearly something. Glittering dust, and crystalline Voidshard fragments are also spread throughout the underbelly of the cave, and are available to grab if you wish, to show to Vortea once you get out.

POTENTIAL ENCOUNTERS

Because of the darkness encompassing this area, you may choose to collaborate with teams that can guide you forward. (A Draken with fire magic or a Nyulop or Astralit able to generate light would be particularly helpful!)

Only officially registered questing teams may take this expedition.

To reiterate, you and your team will have 1 month to draw up the appropriate requirements in order to pass this event.

REQUIREMENTS

*A full image consists of at least one full body with a detailed background, fully shaded

Major or plot-heavy areas will be explored over the course of one real-world month.
These events will have you drawing anywhere from one to three full pictures (shading and background included) of your character (and their team) exploring the area.

If you run solo, you should complete 3 full pictures before the end of the expedition.

If you have 2-3 team members, you should complete 2 full pictures before the end of the expedition.

If you have a full party (4 team members), you should complete 1 full picture before the end of the expedition.

Each team member can draw as many separate entries as required - (If you choose this option, EVERY TEAM MEMBER MUST DRAW AT LEAST ONE IMAGE.) - OR you can choose to collaborate with your team members to meet the requirement.

REWARDS

In order to qualify for rewards, the team leader must submit their entry to the prompt, and include a link to all other images if there are any. If the collaboration option is chosen, the team leader must be the one to submit the final image(s), and assure that all team members are listed as collaborators. Team members then may submit a claim for their rewards after the prompt is approved. (In the event that your team leader is absent and you have completed your work, message a High Council mod on Discord.)

Every team member who participates in this Expedition will receive +200 EXP and +20 Capella. PLEASE SUBMIT TO THE PROMPT FOR THIS EXPEDITION TO CLAIM THE REWARDS! You may only claim this ONCE

If you participated in this event, you will receive a Void Shard! If you have participated in the first Abyss Cavern expedition, you may NOT claim a second Voidshard.

Upon completion of this expedition, something special will be released!

You have until December 14th at 11:59 PM CST to submit your entries to the Expedition folder and prompt.
Good luck, teams!

As the month of October comes to an end, so too does Halloween Havoc. 

Just a reminder that the DTA's for the Halloween Havoc adopts are still running! If you are still wanting to enter, you have a few days to do so! As a reminder for the deadlines:

The Harlequin Imps are still running until Novemeber 6th at 11:59 CST!

The Nostraumbus are still running until Novemeber 7th at 11:59 CST!

Second, after a long long time coming...

Draken Magic Rework!

Draken magic has finally recieved its completion through a major overhaul! Please carefully read through the updated magic guide as well as check the directories for the updated techniques! Magic Mastery is now possible for Draken. If you have previously learned any magic as a Draken, you may choose equivalent techniques from the new list to match your old ones. Many of the old techniques still remain, however, if you had learned a technique that no longer exists now, you may simply use that previous proof to exchange for a completely different technique. If you need any assistance, feel free to ask in our Discord!

If you need something small to do this Novemeber...

Whistler Crest is running its own Huevember!

This is an entirely optional prompt, but instead is for if you are looking for something small to do during the month of Novemeber! You'll get a small reward out of it as well!

 

These vary in level, so make sure you can earn them before applying!

 

 

It seems there's something happening in the guild hall... Perhaps we'll know more about that soon?

Well well! Seems like you managed to find the escapees!

 

I can't just leave them like this unfortunately, so good thing you brought them back! Just a little touch of this and that, and they'll be right as rain!

 

 

If any Finley are still stuck as a Luros, Asra cures them as the final day of October fades... 

_{mmmmmm torkey - star--burnt}

With that, we've reached the end of this month's newsletter! Thank you for reading and see you next month!

 

 

And with the arrival of October, you know what that means…

Halloween Havoc

But before we get into that excitement, we have a couple other things to look at first!

To start with, Whistler Crest’s site registration will be open all month this time! Since it’s a holiday, we want everyone to get the chance to get their account settled, characters transferred, and other such needs! Just like last month, if you post about the opening or about the Halloween Havoc event on any other social media, you can submit a claim linking to the post to earn yourself 30 capella! Spread the word and spooky cheer!

 

These vary in level, so make sure you can earn them before applying!

 

 

It’s Halloween Havoc! And it looks like someone has returned…

 

View the first prompt here…

 

The event will be running all month long and has one week deadlines for each prompt, so be prepared. There is a mountain of goodies waiting for you!

Will you partake in Asra’s challenges?

With that, we've reached the end of this month's newsletter. See you next month!