Ebon Gate Festival/2026 auction

The 2026 Ebon Gate Auction is scheduled for Sunday, November 1, at 2pm ET.

A service pass is required for the auction.

Ebon Gate 2026 Auction

Take your seat in Evermore Hollow’s Gavelsdown Hall at 2pm EDT on November 1, 2026 as the gavel falls for the Ebon Gate Auction.

Between 30 and 35 rare treasures will cross the auction block throughout the event.

We will pause for a quick fifteen-minute intermission at 4:00 PM before the bidding continues.

Announcements & Teasers

Discord Message Link: Discord Auction - Read Only
Author: GM Thandiwe
Date: 10/29/2026

The Offerings at the Ebon Gate Auction to take place at Gavelsdown Hall will include the following:

• 3 Property Improvement Offerings (These are modifications or adjustments to not new properties.)
• 2 New Properties
• 2 Bungalow Properties
• 11 Misc. Items
• 14 Mechanical Items

The Mad Manners Manuel

You analyze the leather grimoire and sense that the creator has provided the following information:
The Mad Manners Manual (also known as Miss Manners' Mad Manual)
A crescent-tooled midnight leather grimoire clasped in tarnished silver is a book of etiquette with three books bound into one spine.  It is currently showing Zelia's Guidebook to the Celestial Table.
 
You may OPEN, CLOSE, READ, TURN, FLIP, LOOK at, and SHOW the grimoire to others.  Zelia's pages will not stay in order; each READ recites one of her rules at random.
 
PINCH the spine while holding it to cycle to the next book: Zelia's Guidebook to the Celestial Table, A Treatise on the Proper Governance of the Table, or Rai'kan: A Guide to the Erithi Tea Ceremony.  The page resets to the beginning whenever the book changes.
 
ADD a registered tableware item TO the open pages while holding both, and its design becomes an illustration in the book.  The item is consumed, so you will be asked to ADD again to confirm.  A new illustration of the same kind replaces the old one.  Each noun is illustrated as one kind of tableware:
    Fork:          fork
    Spoon:         spoon
    Knife:         knife
    Chopsticks:    chopsticks, chopstick
    Teaspoon:      teaspoon
    Plate:         plate
    Saucer:        saucer
    Napkin:        napkin
    Teapot:        teapot, kettle
    Teacup:        teacup, tea-bowl, teabowl
    Pitcher:       pitcher, jug, ewer
    Glass:         beaker, chalice, cup, flute, glass, goblet, tumbler, wine-bowl
    Carafe:        carafe, decanter
    Mug:           mug, tankard, stein
    Serving Bowl:  crock, tureen, urn
    Bowl:          bowl
    Platter:       platter, salver, tray, trencher
 
POINT the grimoire AT a Tier 5 Basketifier, and each illustration replaces the basket's design of the same kind, one for one.  Only tableware the basket already holds (unlocked with its voucher) can be replaced; the rest stay in the book.  You will be shown what will transfer and asked to POINT again to confirm.  Illustrations that transfer leave the book.  The manual can transfer illustrations once per day, resetting at midnight.
 
There are no tableware illustrations within the grimoire yet.
 
The title and the three books within cannot be altered, though a merchant may change the grimoire's description by giving each title a unique LOOK and LONG.  Please keep the noun synonymous with grimoire.

Private Property 1 - The Widow's Lantern Inn

Nestled between the mist-choked forests of Wraithenmist and the dark waters of the Lake of Shadowed Sorrows, the Widow's Lantern Inn is an ancient lakeside establishment with an active fishing pier, comfortable accommodations, and carefully tended grounds. Though its living proprietors have long since departed, the property remains remarkably well maintained by the spectral staff and guests who continue their daily routines, seemingly undisturbed by the passage of centuries.

Private Property 2 - Ianthine Rose

Situated above a tea shop in Ta'Nalfein, the Ianthine Rose is an elegant private suite once renowned for its former owner's lavish dinner parties and refined hospitality. Richly appointed chambers offer comfortable accommodations, while exclusive rooftop access leads to a secluded sky garden and pool. Immaculately maintained and filled with intriguing details, the residence retains a few carefully concealed secrets for the observant visitor to discover.

Wyrom's Offerings

Wyrom Wonders - With Thandiwe's permission, here are some small teasers of things I donated.

• Temporal Weapon (One Hundred Seconds)
• Monster Flesh
• Hidden Bracer (Will come with an update for all bracers to make them more appealing)
• Resistances

Some Teasers

Introducing the Man-on-Fire Doublet and the Icy Waistcoat.

And...

You analyze the jacquard doublet and sense that the creator has provided the following information:
 
~*~ Wisp Waistcoat
 
This jacquard doublet can be lit with a wisp lantern from Naidem, even a skeletal one from outside Naidem, or with a Naidem coneflower!  While wearing the doublet and holding a wisp lantern or coneflower, TWIST the doublet to tuck the lantern in.  The lantern is consumed and the garment glows for four hours, with ambient messaging while it is worn.
When the light gutters out, the spent lantern remains inside.  PLUCK the doublet to remove it (PLUCK also puts the light out early), then TWIST in a fresh lantern to light it again.
 
Verbs: BOW, PULL, PUSH, RUB, SALUTE, SHAKE, STRIDE, TICKLE, TURN, and WAVE.
 
It is fully alterable, but the fabric form must remain actual fabric.  The lit form is also alterable, and the lit description (long and show) can make reference to the garment being lit.
 
The noun may be changed to any of the following: coatee, coat, doublet, greatcoat, houppelande, jacket, longcoat, overcoat, topcoat, vest, or waistcoat.  The messaging references a collar, a placket, buttons, seams, an inner pocket, and a lower hem, so the garment should keep those.
 
The wisp hue (the color named in the messaging) comes from the lantern or coneflower tucked in, so it may only be changed with a different one.
 
CURRENT SETTINGS:
Normal garment:  a dove grey jacquard doublet detailed in tone-on-tone stitching
Show of normal garment:  Fashioned from embossed dove grey jacquard, the structured doublet features a high, stiff collar and a fitted, waist-length cut.  The chest and shoulders are detailed with intricate tone-on-tone stitching, and is fastened down the center with a row of dark metal buttons.  Layered over the shoulders are short, structured wings that give way to fitted long sleeves, while the lower hem splits into a brief, overlapping peplum.  A subtle, natural sheen plays across the fabric's raised, ornate patterns.
 
Lit garment:  a luminous dove grey jacquard doublet displaying pale-patterned stitching
Show of lit garment:  Tailored in embossed dove grey jacquard, the structured doublet is patterned with bioluminescent will-o-wisps in deep pale hues.  It features a high, stiff collar and a fitted, waist-length cut, fastened down the center with dark metal buttons.  The brief, overlapping peplum at the hem, shoulder wings, and sleeves are subtly outlined with matching pale wisp lights, echoing a gentle, otherworldly glow that catches the ornate patterns on the fabric.
 
Wisp hue:  pale
No wisp lantern is tucked inside.

You analyze the black velvet gown and sense that the creator has provided the following information:
 
~*~ Shadow Gown
 
This black velvet gown will react to shadow and darkness spells being cast at it and transform into a shadow-wreathed gown!
While in this state it has ambient messaging.  PROD or EXTINGUISH it to let the shadows withdraw early.
 
Verbs: CURTSY, PONDER, PULL, PUSH, RUB, SASHAY, SHAKE, TICKLE, TURN, and WAVE.
 
It is fully alterable, but the fabric form must remain actual fabric.  The shadowed form is also alterable, and the shadowed description (long and show) can make reference to the gown being EMPOWERED.
 
When altering gowns, please keep in mind that the messaging references full skirts and a fitted bodice.  Accordingly, these pieces should NOT be altered to have short/tight/fitted skirts.  Also, anything that resembles a sheath dress is not appropriate for this gown.
 
The shadow tint (the word used for the darkness in the messaging) may also be customized.  There's more room than the traditional 15, so descriptions needn't be one word only, but let's keep it reasonable.  "Ink-dark" = Okay.  "Violet-edged" = Okay.
Faintly luminescent absinthe green-tinged aquamarine and cerulean = Too much.
 
CURRENT SETTINGS:
Normal gown:  a midnight black velvet gown with a sweeping skirt
Show of normal gown:  
 
EMPOWERED gown:  a shadow-wreathed black velvet gown lost beneath a clinging miasma
Show of EMPOWERED gown:  
 
Shadow tint:  violet-plumed ebon

• a set of shadowdeath vambraces that can transform into brigandine armor.

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