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

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.