Solhaven/saved posts
Time of Day Messaging
Topic: Solhaven
Message #: 2653
Author: GS4-LYDIL
Date: 08/19/2017 03:22 PM EDT
Subject: Time of Day in Solhaven
Recently the time of day system was updated to have more messaging for the Solhaven region. The way the system works is that as we move from one period to another, a message can fire based off where you are located. There are six times during the day in which there is messaging - Dawn, Mid-Morning, Noon, Mid-Afternoon, Sunset, and Midnight. Prior to this update there were only a handful of messages specific to the Solhaven region, and most of those were for Dawn. Now all six time periods have at least a half dozen messages all relating to the Solhaven/Vornavis region and its geography.
I would also like to note that the various geographical features that are mentioned in the messaging are based in part on the feedback many gave on their favorite places in and around Solhaven. You did not know it at the time, but I would like to thank you all for the inspiration you gave for some of the new messaging.
-Lydil
South Haven House?
Topic: Solhaven
Message #: 9845
Author: SEREH
Date: 6/18/2008 8:58:22 PM
Subject: South Haven House?
I was wandering in South Haven this afternnon and I saw this:
[Solhaven, The Crooked Way]
A large house, with its sharply-sloped roof and arched windows, breaks the monotonous construction of the other tightly-packed buildings directly north. The heavily blackened timbers, viciously warped wooden beams and shattered glass bespeak of some sort of cataclysmic damage to the structure, and its doors are barred with rusted slabs of iron. A strange silence pervades the area, broken only by the wind whistling sharply through the winding alleyway. You also see a small black wardstone.
Obvious paths: southeast, southwest
I looked at the house:
The blackened house barely looks as if it could stand, but it's here all the same. A dark parchment has been affixed to its barred doors.
I read the parchment:
In the Common language, it reads:
"By order of the Guild, this place and the foul magic that caused such catastrophic destruction is henceforth banned from this area as of Fashanos 15th, 5098."
Who knows the history? I've been all over the place and never noticed or heard of this house - completely missed it.
S,s
Topic: Solhaven
Message #: 9848
Author: GM-Thandiwe
Date: 6/18/2008 11:13:35 PM
Subject: Re: South Haven House?
If by T. you mean me, then I can share what little I know - which is probably the same that you do.
At one point dark magics were performed within the house - the usual foulness of kidnappings, murder, death, etc. As a precaution against further dark tidings, the Mercantile Guild set the wards in the area and boarded up the house.
Now, there was a point when the GSS was running that dark things happened around there, but for the life of me I can't remember. Perhaps someone else can shed some light upon it. Was this the location of the dark experiments that held incubation cubes for the Kraken? The one that had the patterns in the floor that needed specific spells cast at it to allow entry?
Also, there was the rumor that the Erithi poisoner - the one that poisoned the Charl Priest who was the father or husband of the local Niiman priestess - had taken up residence there or in a tunnel nearby. Anyone know for certain?
~Thandiwe
Topic: Solhaven
Message #: 9854
Author: GM-Voraviel
Date: 6/19/2008 8:06:59 AM
Subject: Re: South Haven House?
The original catastrophe that caused it to be condemned was that it was the source of a massive fire in South 'Haven at some nebulous point in history, and since alot of South 'Haven is basically held up by a bunch of wooden piers, this was considered a Very Bad Thing. This was conveyed as something that happened before Solhaven opened up. The Mercantile Guild eventually just said to hell with it and stopped all magic there. This was what Mikos told me to keep in mind when I built the area, anyway.
As to what happened there to cause the fire, mum's the word. I don't know what, if any, hints Lothwyn dropped when he was at the rein.
In recent player history, it was briefly set as the backdrop to the Draezir offshoot storyline of the shadow-things in the GSS. That was that storyline where stuff exploded out of Revalos' head, ate commoners from around the city, and Alisaire got all schmoozy with evil black things from a nightmare realm. I was reading alot of Alan Moore at the time, so it was kinda gross and weird.
The sign doesn't have anything to do with the GSS stuff, tho.
~ V
Topic: Solhaven
Message #: 9858
Author: GM-Voraviel
Date: 6/19/2008 9:42:13 AM
Subject: Re: South Haven House?
Aaaand I'm reminded of even more crap that happened there under the guise of:
It was where the Witch Hunter that killed Empress Mynal'lyanna was found to be hiding and summarily captured.
It was where that Erithi poisoner lady hid out alot, but I forget whether or not that was part of WoN.
We should write this down somewhere, I suppose.
~ V