Council of Light

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The Council of Light is a society within Elanthia that characters may join. It has two chapters in Elanthia; one in Solhaven, the other in Ta'Vaalor. Prior to the existence of these two chapters, there was one chapter located in Wehnimer's Landing - it no longer exists.

Joining the Council

Solhaven

  • The character must first seek out the Haggard Matron NPC in order to obtain an invite to the council. The character will receive this invite if he or she simply stands around the haggard matron long enough, as it is one of its randomized actions.
  • The character must go to Kraken Manor and solve the puzzle therein in order to gain access to the Manor.
  • The character must find the Grand Poohbah in the Manor. After the Poohbah gives the character a brief chat, the character must recite, "I will not betray the council."

Ta'Vaalor

  • The character must first seek out a ragged old blind man and stand around him for the invite just like the haggard matron.
  • The character must then enter the catacombs and find a niche, go inside, and solve the puzzle therein.
  • The character must then seek out the Poohbah and recite before him, "I will not betray the council." just as in Solhaven.

Obtaining ranks

There are four NPCs that the character must interact with in order to gain ranks: The Master of Gifts, the Master of Service, the Inquisitor, and the Taskmaster.

The Master of Gifts

The Master of Gifts randomly assigns the character a skinning task. The character must obtain a certain amount of skins and OFFER them individually to the Master. The character need not skin the creatures himself.

The Master of Service

The Master of Service tasks the character to bring certain items to him, which are usually able to be purchased from a nearby shop. To offer an item to the master, one must place it on the altar first and then use the OFFER verb.

The Inquisitor

The Inquisitor simply asks the character a question, which the character must ANSWER. The character need not answer immediately, but may research the subject before giving the answer. Failure to answer correctly will delay the character's acquisition of a new sign. The question will remain until the character finds the answer.

A list of COL Inquisitor answers may be found here.

The Taskmaster

The taskmaster, after all the tasks are completed, will then give the character a new sign after a certain time period has elapsed. This time period increases should the character incorrectly answer a question by the inquisitor. The time counts down as soon as a new sign is obtained.

Demotion

A character in the Council of Light may be demoted for one of two reasons.

  • The character is taking too long to gain his next rank, angering the Poohbah. He will receive a warning before this occurs.
  • The character breaks his oath of silence not to reveal any of the society's secrets, angering the dark assassin. This usually results in a demotion of five ranks and death.

Sign Effects

Rank Name Effect Mana Cost Spirit Cost Cost Paid Duration
1 Sign of Recognition Allows the character to identify other members and their relative ranks. 0 0 N/A Immediate
2 Signal Use sign language to communicate with other society members in the room. 0 0 N/A Immediate
3 Sign of Warding +5 to DS. 1 0 Invoked 10 sec/level
4 Sign of Striking +5 to AS. 1 0 Invoked 10 sec/level
5 Sign of Clotting Stops all bleeding. 1 0 Invoked 10 sec/level
6 Sign of Thought Gives the same effect as rubbing a crystal amulet. 1 0 Invoked 1 min/level
7 Sign of Defending +10 to DS. 2 0 Invoked 10 sec/level
8 Sign of Smiting +10 to AS. 2 0 Invoked 10 sec/level
9 Sign of Staunching. Stops all bleeding. 1 0 Invoked 20 sec/level
10 Sign of Deflection Adds +20 to Bolt DS. 3 0 Invoked 10 sec/level
11 Sign of Hypnosis Calms a random target a with hidden warding check. 0 1 Invoked Variable
12 Sign of Swords Adds +20 to AS. 0 1 Dissipates 10 sec/level
13 Sign of Shields Adds +20 to DS. 0 1 Dissipates 10 sec/level
14 Sign of Dissipation Adds +20 to TD. 0 1 Dissipates 10 sec/level
15 Sign of Healing Fully regenerates all hit points. 0 2 Invoked N/A
16 Sign of Madness Adds +50 to AS and subtracts -50 from DS. 0 3 Dissipates 10 seconds
17 Sign of Possession Mass calms the room with a hidden warding check. 0 4 Invoked Variable
18 Sign of Wracking Fully regenerates all mana. 0 5 Invoked N/A
19 Sign of Darkness Teleports the user to a "safe point" or to the nearest Council chapter (whichever is closer). 0 6 Invoked N/A
20 Sign of Hopelessness Causes you to decay while dead.
(Previously allowed the character to commit suicide and receive a spirit death.)
0 0 N/A N/A

Note that the various durations listed here are for members who have mastered the Council; non-masters will find shorter durations which increase with rank. There also appears to be a slight randomization of a few seconds for the durations which are rank/level based (that is, signs will not always fall in the order they were invoked).

Breaking the Oath

Should the character's oath to the council be broken, the character will be penalized.

Obvious Spirit Drain

If a character drains spirit resulting in their present spirit being half or less of their total spirit, the effect will be noticed by anyone present. If such spirit drain occurs and there are non-Council members present, the Council member will be stripped of his or her powers for a period of time determined by the Poohbah. If the character is hidden or invisible, this will prevent anyone present from observing the spirit drain; however, Sign of Darkness will still reveal too much in either case because the teleportation vortex is always visible and can be seen (the spirit drain will not occur until after the teleportation occurs).

Talking about the Council

Should the character speak about the Council or its secrets with non-Council members, the character is subject to be killed by the dark assassin, demotion, and in some cases, expulsion.

See Also

Related Links

Council of Light information including answers to Inquisitor questions from Solhaven and Ta'Vaalor, and a little list of skins asked for, and where to skin them.