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"Aren't you bored with that silly little Pumpkin Patch that Rowan has been obnoxiously flying around yet?" Minerva paused, flicking her tail in a twinge of what might've been a rare fleck of jealousy. "Speaking of boredom, I was a little tired of conjuring up trees and dirt paths and thought you all might enjoy a little change of scenery." Her ominous laughter seemed to suggest that she recognized how comfortable the pets had become in the forest, and she was only comfortable when others were on edge.
Turning toward the shadows with a wink, Minerva waved a single gloved hand in the air, beckoning her troops of Griffins to emerge before disappearing in a spiral of darkness herself. With red eyes piercing, the feathered beasts took to the skies, leaving behind a trail of feathers that led to an eerily quiet beach...
Introducing the Haunted Lake!
You might be puzzling to yourself, wondering why a supposedly spooky area has a cartoon feel. I'd be happy to answer that. :3
In October, as each week passes, the intensity of the season's magic grows with the opening of more features.
Wouldn't it be cool if we could "see" evidence of the magic taking hold?
That's where the Haunted Lake background comes in! Through a series of background art contests, we are giving you the opportunity to illustrate this magic phenomenon.
Essentially, each week a new background image will be uploaded--with more detail and perhaps even different features from the last--though the essence of the Haunted Lake (beach, water, sky) will remain. If this intrigues you, please consider entering!
--* Round 1 is now open here! *--
Best of luck! :3
You will find 20 pets--including the 6 above--in your Haunted Lake travels, but rest assured that we will be adding many, many more!
Note: I have gotten a few requests for extensions on Halloween pet submissions, so keep an eye out for a new thread for all you stragglers. ;) I'm not quite done accepting pets from the initial thread, but I will let you know as soon as I finish.
The pumpkins that we all have such a strong love/hate relationship with have returned!
Both pumpkins can be found in the Haunted Lake area, but you know we can't make them too terribly easy to amass.
If this is your first October on Aywas, you're probably wondering why these two pumpkins elicit such strong emotions from us, and why anyone would want a large hoard of them, right? Let me explain:
The above items (Melo Pumpkin and Halloween Pumpkin) will be used as exchange currency in our Seasonal Shop that will open at the end of the month.
When the shop doors open, you will find some items priced in Melo Pumpkins, but most will be priced in Halloween Pumpkins. However, we do offer an exchange option so that you can trade in your MPs for HPs (example: 5 Melo Pumpkins = 1 Halloween Pumpkin). The official trade-in rate has not yet been decided.
You will also encounter 10 collectable items during your stay on the beach, including the 4 above.
Hold onto these, for they are more than holiday souvenirs. Not only will we be opening up a special Museum Collection for them when our curator is ready, but they will also come in handy later in the month as the magic intensifies!
Have fun out there, and be careful when talking to strangers!
(As a new area, the Haunted Lake has a few quirks that we're working out, including a silly trivia bug. Things should smooth out in the next few days. <3)
- Eri
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(#17) on Mon Oct 5, 2015 11:10pm
- Ethy (busy)
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Posted on: Mon Oct 5, 2015 11:53pm
*intense screaming*
- Spirit_of_Auron
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Posted on: Mon Oct 5, 2015 11:55pm
Kitiara (#42051) that's not a typo, that's a meme.
- Wolfy
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Posted on: Mon Oct 5, 2015 11:58pm
Also, yay! Lesser Tendril gems! I hope more Ornagas get submitted to the edit repository X3
- Tyger
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Posted on: Tue Oct 6, 2015 12:00am
NEW GARU SO CUTE!!
Also everything else
And omg things. Also stuff. And. *flails*
SO EXCITE!!!!
- Kozmotis
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Posted on: Tue Oct 6, 2015 12:02am
"Something runs past in haste, but you could not make out the -- wait.. Was that Spenser?"
LOL. Had to comment about how it made me laugh :D
- moving
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Posted on: Tue Oct 6, 2015 12:04am
there is a problem it keeps asking me the same question with the awncer being the same on all of them and arnt we supose to have new monsters to battle not the ones that are at the river
- Gone x2
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Posted on: Tue Oct 6, 2015 12:16am
ornaga ornaga ornaga ornaga I NEED ALL THE THINGS ;u;
- Vixen
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Posted on: Tue Oct 6, 2015 12:17am
Eri & Dew (#17)
As to keeping an eye on numbers, I think the tendrils may be a tad too common? I've only been adventuring for a little while and I've got 13 XD I had never heard of them before now, but I guess people are excited because they're rare- so I wouldn't want some crazy deflation to happen :)
- Ethy (busy)
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Posted on: Tue Oct 6, 2015 12:18am
I have a problem with the quests. So far there are 28 pets and monsters in the Lake, but I got a quest that asks me to encounter 33. I guess I'll have to skip this quest. :v
Posted on: Mon Oct 5, 2015 11:47pm
There's even questing allowed! I mean, it used to be disabled for event areas O.o