Ebon Gate Festival/announcements 2022

General Information

This year we are introducing the realm of Naidem, the land between where those that have died but are not ready to move on, or the respective deities are not ready to claim them, reside. This will be the new, permanent grounds for the Festival of Ebon Gate.

Evermore Hollow

The village of Evermore Hollow is surrounded by orchards, woods, and a lazy river. The Inner Circle hosts regular town-like shops with everything from an herbalist, an alchemist, a bank, a gemshop, and a pawnshop.

There are five manor houses there:

• Evermore Hollow Town Hall - This is the seat of government.
• Gravelsdown Hall - Home of the Trove and much more.
• Wrencrest Rookery - Home of the Merchant Lounge.
• Quinton Manse - Home of Unlock Certificates for items not sold at EG.
• Antiquarian Manor - Home of the Rare Finds.

Neighborhoods

Evermore Hollow has six neighborhoods that can be visited for ambiance or shopping. They are:

• Moorlyn - Merchant Shops
• Winterbriar - Merchant Shops
• Vigil's End - Merchant Shops
• Fate's Holding - Merchant Shops
• Innocent's End - Home of the Live Games
• Endeltime Estates - Home of Trick-or-Treating

To the North of Evermore Hollow is the Ember Ridge Orchard, which has fruit and nuts that can be harvested from its trees.

To the East of Evermore Hollow is the Bittermere Woods, an enchanted forest of oversized towering mushrooms, and psychedelic wonders, and home to the Herb Hunt where it is rumored that Mandrakes can be found.

To the West of Evermore Hollow is Graveyard Temporalis. Crypts and Mausoleums are surrounded by tombstones, curving pathways, and various haunts. This is also the home of a new quest. Just outside the gates of the graveyard is a portal that leads to the Arena of the Abyss.

Curling along the southern edges of the town, a lazy river called Gleyminn Anni River leads to four different Fishing Areas, where guests can search the haunted waters for the twisted denizens in hopes of winning prizes.

The Breakdown - Games

Trick-or-Treating is returning once again. Entries can be purchased in the Simucoin Store. And the following prizes can be obtained:

• Candy
• Invitations to the Eve of Reunion Event (rare)
• Treasure Trove Tokens
• Soul Shards
• Gemstones

Simucoin Cost: 100 per entry

Fishing is returning once again. You will be able to purchase a Fishing Pass that will give you access to fishing for the entire duration of the Festival. Once you have the pass, you can enter fishing using silvers. The Prizes are:

• Trinkets and Baubles
• Gemstones
• Spell Prep Customizations
• Spell Customizations
• Flare Tokens
• NEW Death Announcement Customization
• Wishing Well Token
• Soul Shards

Simucoin Pass Price: 2,000 for the entire event Silver Cost: 10,000 per entry

Arena of the Abyss is returning once again. Entry will be a Simucoin item. The Prizes are:

• Green Orbs
• Bone Rings
• Fusion Tokens
• Dried-out Hearts
• Soul Shards

Simucon Cost: 10 per entry

Herb Hunt is a new game being added. A couple is looking for the rare Toadshade in the Gardens of Bittermere Woods. They are happy to take any herbs that you find there, but the best prizes are the fabled Toadshade, a particularly shy plant that is rumored to be able to get up and walk around. The Prizes are:

• Gemstones
• Simucoin Items
• Soul Shards
• Mandrake Pet

Simucoin Cost: 100 per entry

Breakdown - Live Services, Merchants, and Games

Once again we will be offering a pass that will give you access to the fun Live Games and all of your favorites are coming back! This year's schedule is:

• Platinum - Friday, September 30th at 9pm - October 7th at 9pm
• Prime - Friday October 7th at 9pm - October 14th at 9pm

Look for the Calendar Announcements with greater details on specific times and Game Listing by name, but along with the live games, the Costume Contest will be returning with the addition of a new Cooking Contest.

Raffles and Merchant services will return with the following schedule:

• Platinum - Friday, October 7th at 9pm - Friday October 14th at 9pm
• Prime - Friday, October 14th at 9pm - Friday October 21st at 9pm

All Live Games, Raffles, and Merchant Services will be in silvers.

Ghoul will be returning with a special schedule! This, too, will be a silvers purchase only but it will require the Live Games and Services pass.

Here are all of the details for the Ebon Gate Cooking Contest!

Please note: The single service pass gives you access to Live Games, Merchant Services, and Raffles.

Simucoin Cost: 3,000 for the entire event

Back by Popular Demand The Weekend of October 21st, from 9pm on Friday Night through 9am Monday the 24th, no roleplaying events, storylines, games, or merchanting will be taking place.

Eve of Reunion Event

On October 29th, the Eve of Reunion Event returns for Prime, followed by Platinum on October 30th.

Everyone who gets an Invitation will have the opportunity to purchase bone ring charging goo and will get one of the remaining trove items.

Breakdown of Other Offerings

• The Fusion Shaman will be returning. He may look different, but he will be on the streets of Evermore Hollow.

• The Enchanter will also be returning to charge your magic items, he too will be wandering the streets of Evermore Hollow.

• The Return of the Permifier! This will return and will be accepting your soul shards.

And an Old Familiar Face now finds himself haunting Evermore Hollow, offering his unique services for those that can find him wandering the streets.

There will be a means to sell back your various treasure finds (Fusion Tokens, Trove Tokens, Spell Customs, etc) in Gavelsdown Manor. We have moved this to its own room so that guests do not have to go to the Trove and it will always be accessible.

Nestled away in Quinton Manse, the Flarer is back! Flare tokens will now drop in appropriate tiers through Fishing. You can then use your flare token with the Auto Flarer.

Antiquarian Manor will have a unique purchasable item that allows you to house your Rare Materials in it. There will also be an NPC that will turn your unscripted discards into Rare Materials for you.

Offerings at Quinton Manse

Situated in the Inner Ring, Quinton Manse is a multi-floor domicile dedicated to offering a variety of services to visitors.

Eastern Nook - Auto Flarer - This NPC will be taking your flare tokens and transferring those flares to the item of your choice. The cost is nearly half of what it was on Caligos Isle. He will also have some custom flare certificates on sale at his location.

Western Nook - Dabbler - This NPC will be removing properties from your item. Just like the dabbler at Duskruin, this NPC will charge you to have those removed. The cost is the same. He will also have custom flare certificates on sale at his location

Garden - An Old Friend - Without saying too much to ruin the surprise, there is an NPC that will be hanging out in the Quinton Garden that will offer a special service for Soul Shards. This service hasn't been offered in a number of years.

The Parlor - Fusion Shaman - This NPC will accept your fusion tokens and perform the task of creating fusion orbs for you.

The Study - The following unlock certificates will be available off the shelf:

• sticky ichor green substance - recharges your bone ring
• Arkati Sigils
• Beard Critters
• Bone Shaman Cloaks
• Bone Shaman Clothing
• Teabowls
• MechaParrots
• The Scripted belt
• Siolan Daggers
• Spiffy Jacket
• Stufimals
• Super Spectacles
• Twisted Weapons (fire, frost, and vacuum varieties)
• Ungowns
• Zetoile's Toys

The Sitting Room - The following unlock certificates are available off the shelf:

• Eviscerating Knives
• Of the Cloth
• The Old One-Two
• Globus Elanthias
• Dragonfly Festival Clothing
• Hair Baubles
• Hair Do-hickeys
• Tonsorial Tricks
• Ribbonator
• Weaving Lathe
• Black Rose Deck
• Aldoran Sandals of Velathae
• Mourning Flowers
• Thelsia's Jewelry Box
• Hidden Locket

The Kitchen has

• Cookies
• Pastries

Offerings at Antiquary Mansion

Owned by a recluse, Antiquary Mansion is a museum-like abode filled with rare finds. Some of these finds will be available throughout the festival, while others will be rare in nature and have specific opening and closing times for guests to purchase from them.

The Main Halls are filled with curios and display cases. Some of the things you will find there that can be purchased at any time are:

• Ko'nag
• Widowwood
• To name a few...

Down one of the halls, in a special study, An Antiquarian works behind his desk. If you give him your unscripted items that have rare materials in their base description, then he will give you back a piece of rare material.

Example: If you give an unscripted golvern word to the antiquarian, then he will return to you a trade bar of golvern that can only be used as alter fodder.

If you give him a zydris mirror, then he will give you back a branch of zydris.

He also has on his desk a unique item that will let you store up to 20 different types of rare materials and allow them to stack. The Antiquarian's Apparatus is a rare find!

Lastly, there is a sealed room that during certain parts of the festival will be opened so that even rarer materials can be purchased, but they will have limited quantity.

Teasers

Ancestral Assistant

Graver/Gouge used to alter the article field (first 15, in the 15/15/15) of weapons that only have a 15/15/15.

• Will not work on scripted weapons.
• Gravers work on metal weapons. Gouges work on wood weapons.
• Unlocks add FLIP (make it wearable on belt) and RAISE (see below).

RAISE allows for the removal of temporary flares, padding, and resistance (and a few other things) on any armor/shield/weapon item as long as it does not have a script and is not restricted to a character/account.

• Pricing: OTS 500 soul shards, Tier 1 (RAISE 1x/day) 2000 soul shards, Tier 2 (RAISE 5x/day) 2500 soul shards, and Tier 3 (RAISE 10x/day) 2500 soul shards.

Covert Creatures

• New script Covert Creatures and shop
• OTS, 50 soul shards, clothing item that holds 1 costume look created by pushing a bug from Bugs on Parade or a sea creature from Life Aquatic into it
• Other unlocks include additional fluff verbs + costume slots
• A total of 4 tiers, with 4 costume slots and the clothing slot (all able to have SHOWs)
• At Tier 4, you have the option to put a line of illusion above your inventory or over your inventory

All Fingers and No Crumbs

• New Script Small Diner's Board will appear in the shop All Finges and No Crumbs
• OTS - 500 soul shards, gives you access to a Host Diner Board that can have 3 food items placed on it (6 at Tier 2, 9 at tier 3) and be shared with 4 people (6 at Tier 2, 8 at Tier 3).
• Each Guest Board can be SPUN to select an eating style (OTS - Plain or Ham-Handed, Tier 2 adds Fussy, Tier 3 adds dainty)
• OTS it will create a plain board, Tier 2 a plain or tea board, and Tier 3 a Drink Sampler Board or a Blind Drink Sampler Board
• Each board given to a guest gets a 1-hour timer on it. At the end of the hour, a spectral servant will reclaim the board. If the Guest logs out, then the servant will find them when they log in, but your board will refresh before then so that you do not get punished.
• Customizations include: Servant, Teacup, Saucer, and Glass
• Recognizes utensils.

Basketifier

You analyze your white wicker basket and sense that the creator has provided the following information:

Welcome to the Basketifier, straight out of the shop Preserving Breads at Evermore Hollow!

This basket is designed to hold food items for you. It will keep them fresh and unlimited until you decide to remove them.
It is currently tier 3 of 4, which means it will house 12 food items.
It can store more food items and unlock more functionality at higher tiers, which can be obtained by purchasing certificates in its shop of origin.
To use the basket, simply follow these steps:
1. PUT - use this to add food items to the basket.
2. RUB - use this to prepare a food item for removal.
3. TURN - Use this to remove a food item from the basket.

To create a picnic, follow these steps:
1. PULL - to pull the blanket out. This will move all food to the blanket, and the basket will be turned into a trashcan.
2. PUSH - to clean up the picnic. This will move all food and the blanket back into the basket and return the basket to its natural state.

To create a table, follow these steps:
1. PROD - to set the table out. This will move all food items onto the table, and the basket will be turned into a trashcan.
2. TINKER - to clean up the table. This will move all food back into the basket and return the basket to its natural state.

Alterations:
The basket may be altered freely, but it must remain a basket. It can have a long or show description.
Basket's Blanket: a fringed red and black cloth
It must maintain a noun of blanket, cloth, tablecloth, or something similar. It may have a long or a show description and must be made of fabric.
Table Base: a rough oak table
The table must keep the noun table. It may have a long or a show description and needs to be made of wood.

Creepy-Crawly Jar

• Belt-worn jar that preserves and displays a specimen for your scientific studies and/or companionship.
• Customize your preservative, specimen, and jar material. Only one merchant session needed to alter the jar and customs! Provide dye additives to make your preservative extra fancy.
• 30 Soul Shards OTS. 30 Soul Shards Tier 2. 60 Soul Shards Tier 3
• Tier 1: 4 Fluff Verbs
• Tier 2: 4 Fluff Verbs
• Tier 3: Toggle between singular/plural specimens. Use a gem-form Bugs on Parade bug or Life Aquatic sea creature to temporarily replace the custom specimen. 1 Additional Fluff Verb

>turn my tube
You swirl the yellow-tinged preservative in your glass tube, causing the lengthy pallid tapeworm inside to complete a slow rotation.  As it spins, you carefully study the specimen at every angle, squinting thoughtfully.

>shake my tube
You violently shake your glass tube, the yellow-tinged preservative frothing into the empty space at the top.  The lengthy pallid tapeworm bobs wildly before gradually settling back into a serene stillness.

>push my tube
You press your teddy bear bee against your tube.  The clear glass surface ripples like water, slowly absorbing the teddy bear bee.

>kiss my tube
Overcome with sheer love for your chubby teddy bear bee, you lift your tube and plant an adoring kiss on the clear glass surface.  The chubby teddy bear bee does not return your affections, clearly playing coy.

>lean my tube
You tilt your tube, observing the chubby teddy bear bee as it sways in the yellow-tinged preservative inside, bouncing gently off the clear glass sides.

>wear my tube
You attach a slender glass tube preserving a chubby teddy bear bee to your belt.

>lean my tube
You shift your weight to one side, the chubby teddy bear bee swaying in the yellow-tinged preservative inside your glass tube.

Flask Belt

Are you a pirate? Are you a drunk? Are you a drunk pirate? Well, have I got the belt for you!

Introducing: The Flask Belt. Wear your flask (or jug or bottle) on your belt and display it with style.

wear my belt
You wrap a tri-looped sable nubuck belt around your waist and buckle it into place.

>ponder flask
You gaze thoughtfully at your flask.

push my belt
You slip your flask into a small pocket on the side of your sable nubuck belt and fasten it into place.

>tap my belt
You tap a tri-looped sable nubuck belt with a flask hanging from a small pouch on the side that you are wearing.

>pull my belt
You unfasten the pocket on the side of your sable nubuck belt and slide a flask out from it.

Super-Fish-All Tackle Box

This bone tackle box can store up to 20 types of Fishing Line, Fishing Lures, or Fishing Weights used in the fishing system. They will also stack, but must be identical. Each tray can hold up to 25 of the same item.

It has the following verb options: gaze (lists fishing gear stored), pluck (removes selected fishing gear), tinker (cycle through the trays of fishing gear).

There are some sinewy loops on the side of the bone tackle box, conveniently placed to secure a fishing rod.

The box has not been unlocked to hold any fish.

Altering Instructions:

All rules in ALTER apply. Use the following guidelines and exceptions along with them:

1. You can give a tackle box a long description but never a show. 2. These can not be crafted entirely from rhimar but a lining is allowed in their descriptions. Other flaring materials are NOT allowed. 3. The article must contain the word tackle just prior to the noun field and the noun must be box. 4. It can not be deepened or lightened. 5. An alterer may be able to do Customizations on this for you.

Customizations:

Material/Construction - bleached fish bones Clasped/Latched style - skull-clasped Lid (adjective) - iron-framed Trays - carved trays Loops/Straps - sinewy loops Label (adjective) - carved

unlocks will allow it to store fish like a rhimar-lined chest, and the final tier has an auto-closing feature like mechanical containers.  5 fish with one unlock, 10 fish with the final unlock.  OTS is 1000 soul shards, and each unlock tier is 500 soul shards.

Templeton Shor'toes Sugars

• Confection Shop at Ebon Gate
• Seven new Bittle's Frosting options that are exclusive to Ebon Gate
• New Item the Frosting Bucket
• New Item the Baker's Case
• The Frosting Bucket will store Bittle's Frosting, up to 30 types, unlimited.
• The Baker's Case will store Bittle's Frosting Tips, up to 30 types, unlimited.

The Uncouth Wallflower Gown

• New item called Uncouth Wallflower Gown Item for the unrefined.
• Has 5 tiers.
• Tiers 3-5 give extra customizations
• Can not be altered

turn my gown

You dance with grace and poise, swishing your skirts of your orange gown about you and hoping that you remember all the moves correctly. You pirouette on one foot, feeling divine and light, and then wonder what is going on as your foot gets tangled in the suddenly loose underskirts. Flailing like a mad woman, you tumble to the ground in a pool of fabric.

(everyone else sees) Twisting and twirling, Person's limbs seem to be akimbo to her waist, but somehow, she manages to perform a small pirouette. As she completes her turn, the skirts tucked into the waistband -- exposing parts better left covered -- cause the hem to awkwardly bunch, and she stumbles over them, only to fall to the ground in a pool of fabric.

eat my gown

You take a great big bite of your oatmeal raisin cookie, causing crumbs to filter down across your orange gown and into your decolletage. You begin digging them out by licking your fingertip and patting them on each crumb, being sure to eat the ones you manage to dig out.

Suddenly remembering your surroundings, you slowly look up with a blush.

snort my gown

You laugh at your circumstances, the familiar sound of your voice ringing out as you clutch the stomach of your orange gown and wave off any would-be rescuers with your free hand.

Others: Braying like an uncultured swine, Person clutches the stomach of her orange gown as she laughs, flapping her other hand wildly in the air.

drink my gown

You guzzle your smoky tea, the amber liquid dribbling past your lips and down your chin. You curl your fingers into a fist at the edge of your orange gown's sleeve and use it to wipe your chin.

swoon gown

Attempting to mimic the dramatic antics of a lady you once saw at court, you sigh gustily and place the back of your wrist against your forehead, then flop to the ground. Unfortunately, you must have missed some nuance of how the lady you witnessed did this, because you smack your head on a round table on your way down and knock yourself unconscious in a pool of your own skirts.

With an exaggerated sigh, person dramatically throws her wrist against her forehead and affects a swoon. Unfortunately, she is much too close to a round table on she way down and knocking herself unconscious in a pool of her skirts.

dance my gown

You sashay about, enjoying the dance until your feet utterly betray you by getting the heel of your grey linen footwraps caught in the lower edge of your orange gown. Unable to pop it free, you bounce on one foot for several seconds before just slamming your foot down. Unfortunately, it takes the bodice with the skirts, and you quickly clutch the neckline back in place. You emit what you hope is a delicate, embarrassed laugh.

Analyze

You analyze your orange gown and sense that the creator has provided the following information:

Welcome to the Uncouth Wallflower Gown of Evermore Hollow.

The gown is a multi-tier clothing item designed for the awkward person who doesn't have the grace that some were gifted with at birth. It is a multi-tier item that can be completely customized by its owner at higher tiers.

A wrinkled orange gown is currently Tier 5 of 5.

Fluff Verbs: Dance, Drink, Eat, Gawk, Gaze, Giggle, Glance, Lean, Pat, Ponder, Pull, Snort, Sob, Swoon, and Turn

   The gown cannot be altered, lightened, or deepened.  But has the following customization options:

   CLEAN   - wipes out all customization fields

   FLIP    - Changes the long description of the gown to a preset w. buttons

   GAZE    - Provides a list of available Article Options on the gown

   GAWK    - Provides a list of available Noun Options on the gown

   GLANCE  - Provides a list of Gemstone Designs on the gown

   NUDGE   - Adds a gemstone to customize long descriptions about buttons on the gown

   PINCH   - Changes the Article of the gown

   PONDER  - Provides a list of Ribbon Designs on the gown

   POUR    - Changes the Adjective of the gown by allowing you to pour dye on it

   PUSH    - Adds a ribbon to customize long descriptions about ribbons on the gown

   TWIST   - Changes the long description of the gown to a preset w. ribbons

   TICKLE  - Changes the noun of the gown

   WHISPER - Fast-Tracks customization options by whispering custom #.

A merchant can offer the following customizations for you:
Article Customizations:
Custom 1: To Be Designed
Custom 2: To Be Designed
Ribbon Embellishment Customizations:
Custom 1: To Be Designed
Custom 2: To Be Designed
Gem Embellishment Customizations:
Custom 1: To Be Designed
Custom 2: To Be Designed

Any items used to modify the gown will be consumed upon use.

As your eyes roam your orange gown, your mind wanders to the ways you can change it.

  ~*~*~*~*~*~*~ The Uncouth Wallflower Gown Noun List ~*~*~*~*~*~*~

   1.  ballgown       5.  gown                 9.  robes

   2.  bliaut         6.  houppelande         10.  shift

   3.  dress          7.  kaftan              11.  smock

   4.  frock          8.  kirtle              12.  surplice

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You may TICKLE the gown to cycle through the options or WHISPER my gown NOUN # to change its base noun.

>gaze my gown

  ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ The Uncouth Wallflower Gown Article List ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

  1.  a baggy            7.  a low-cut        13.  an off-shoulder

  2.  a flounced         8.  a low-necked     14.  an oversized

  3.  a frilled          9.  a shapeless      15.  Not Yet Customized

  4.  a lace-edged      10.  a soft-shoulder  16.  Not Yet Customized

  5.  a lace-laden      11.  a starched

  6.  a loose-fitting   12.  a wide-necked

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You may PINCH the gown to cycle through the article options or WHISPER my gown Article # to change the article.

You distract yourself with thoughts of button embellishments for your orange gown.

          ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ The Uncouth Wallflower Gown Gem Embellishment List ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

1.  back-laced in gemstone-beaded coarse doghair               9.  skirt-pinned at varying lengths by dull gemstone brooches

2.  chain-draped in discolored gemstone disks                 10.  sporting sleeves of unevenly cut and gemstone-beaded gauze

3.  cinched by mismatched gemstone buttons                    11.  trailing misaligned gemstone buttons

4.  corset-bound in faux gemstone toggles                     12.  trimmed in stained gemstone-beaded panels

5.  dotted in looping bustles bound by gemstone pins          13.  unevenly pleated by garish gemstone pins

6.  flanked by tattered sleeves pinned in gemstones           14.  with enormous chiffon frills bound by gemstone fibulas

7.  pin-tucked by bent copper thumbtacks with gemstone heads  15.  Not Yet Customized

8.  sashed in bawdy gemstone-beaded tapestry panels           16.  Not Yet Customized

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You may FLIP the gown to cycle through the gem embellishment options or WHISPER my gown GEM # to change the current gem embellishment.

You distract yourself with thoughts of ribbon embellishments for your orange gown.

          ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ The Uncouth Wallflower Gown Ribbon Embellishment List ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

  1.  belted in oversized and garish ribbons                    9.  quaintly bowed with ribbons at the hemline

  2.  festooned in colorful ribbon-tied turkey feathers        10.  unevenly bustled by lopsided ribbons

  3.  garishly cinched by an enormous ribbon bow               11.  waist-lashed in frayed ribbons

  4.  of ribbon-woven knitted camel hair                       12.  with glossy puff sleeves banded in ribbon bows

  5.  ribbon-frilled in stiff ruffles trailing down the back   13.  adorned in a spiraling cornucopia of ribbon fruit

  6.  shoulder-to-hip sashed in stretched ribbons              14.  draped in layers of floor-sweeping ribbon-laced tulle

  7.  sporting sleeves banded in unraveling ribbons            15.  Not Yet Customized

  8.  tapering from a ribbon-festooned bodice                  16.  Not Yet Customized

          ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

You may TWIST the gown to cycle through the ribbon embellishment options or WHISPER my gown RIBBON # to change the current ribbon embellishment.