Posts by Estarra
The Garosaur Dilemma
The strange garosaur pups that spun cocoons were gathered in turn by the various linorii researchers, intent on studying this new lifeform. Unfortunately, they didn’t quite realize how large and vicious they became when they hatched from their cocoons. Indeed, thousands of these rabid garosaurs broke out of their respective laboratories and spread throughout the…
Read MoreSeptember 2018 Newsletter
Death of the Dingbat! Dingbats Officially Retired Let us take a moment to remember our dearly departed dingbats. We used you to purchase dingbat dolls, gnomish gewgaws and other whimsical artifacts. Farewell, dear dingbats! But fear not! You can still purchase all these dingbat artifacts with aethergoop, which is a much more prevalent commodity. For…
Read MoreThe Linorii Menagerie and Garosaur Conundrum
With the glowbat population stabilising thanks to the rigorous research of the Basin’s foremost linorii researchers, each researcher published a comprehensive report based on their findings. With this stabilisation, it was thought that the commune and city members who aided the researchers would have time to relax and review the reports in peace and quiet.…
Read MoreAugust 2018 Newsletter
A Drag Queen’s Perspective! Lusternia Unleashed! Is Lusternia run by a drag queen? Well, someone got into Estarra drag to answer a player’s question in a new Youtube series called Lusternia Unleashed! Find out all there is to know about the Immanidivinus and Threshold Abyss. If you have a question for the Divine Havens, send…
Read MoreGlory to the Glowbats
Curiously, the strange growing sinkers found across the land appear to be affected by some mysterious ailment, causing them to first solidify and then explode into numerous glowbats! As if this wasn’t peculiar enough, the ailment causes the sinkers to become stunted in their growth, leaving them small and devoid of the tangled threads… Six…
Read MoreA Whale of a Tale
Suddenly, and against all probability, a void-whale manifested in the skies above Mount Avechna. Nearly slamming into its peak, the creature took flight across the Basin of Life, littering the ground with pieces of itself that had broken off during its reentry. Its wandering was not long, however. Attracted by the scent of a particularly…
Read MoreThreads, Fall and Rise
Strange weather. The people of the Basin of Life had thought that the rain of bouncing balls from the lightning-splashed sky was the end of it. But in Shanthin, 505 years after the Coming of Estarra, reality shook once more, and the very ground began to sprout with tangles of blue-green shimmering thread, which spread…
Read MoreTransmological Visions
While sinkers and threads plagued the Basin of Life, transmologists were plagued by a vision of the threads unearthing something looking like a box or a chest. Soon, the visions came true, and a chest was found off of a spectre-filled island. Mosachi Xeeth of Gaudiguch claimed to potentially have some knowledge as to the…
Read MoreJuly 2018 Newsletter
Peculiar Weather and Other Oddities Peculiar Weather and Other Oddities When the skies cracked open with blue-purple lightning, the very atoms of reality shifted, and strange shapes and stars shifted in and out of view upon the firmament. This led to a rain of strange bouncing balls that seemed to have value for at least…
Read MorePeculiar Weather and Other Oddities
In Avechary of the year 503 after the Coming of Estarra, the skies of Lusternia cracked open with blue-purple lightning. The very atoms of reality shifted, and strange shapes and stars shifted in and out of view upon the firmament. While the inhabitants of the Basin of Life were reeling from these strange circumstances, a…
Read MoreCalling Home Lord Nocht
Recently, a concerned muted slaugh approached Xenthos An’Ryshe within the Glomdoring forest, asking if he’d heard from the Silent Lord in recent times. Soon joined by Eliron Shee-Slaugh, a former member of His Order, both confirmed that they had no news to share. As the slaugh expressed her concern, and the gathering grew further, it…
Read MoreJune 2018 Newsletter
Strange Storms Hit Basin of Life Strange Storm Alert! Something odd is afoot! The skies over Lusternia crackle with blue lightning. The stars struggle. Strange shapes and images shift in and out of view. Once a Lusternian day, rains of bouncing balls are falling out of the skies and bounding across the lands! A strange…
Read MoreStrange Storm Alert!
Something odd is afoot! The skies over Lusternia crackle with blue lightning. The stars struggle. Strange shapes and images shift in and out of view. Once a Lusternian day, rains of bouncing balls are falling out of the skies and bounding across the lands! At the same time, a mysterious gnome in dark spectacles has…
Read MoreThe Mists of Serenwilde
A brilliant flash and massive crashing heralded a massive opening in the sky, and from it a comet of tenebrous mist fell to the Serenwilde forest. Those first to the scene were quick to find within the Centaur Hills an odd, dancing wisp of black mist with a flame within. After interacting with it, those…
Read MoreWarrior Renovations
After weeks of development and testing, warriors have undergone a big renovation, with a number of skills updated and several new skills implemented. The primary focus of these changes was to give warriors more options and efficacy in group combat. Below is a list of the main updates. General Base damage has been increased Power…
Read MoreMagnagora and New Celest Artwork
We commissioned some concept art for two of the original cities in Lusternia. First up is Magnagora, where the artist captured the dark, polluted, urban cityscape centered around the Megalith of Doom, seen rising through the tainted air in the background. For Celest, spiral shell towers frame the sea-inspired architecture in soft blues, whites and…
Read MoreApril 2018 Newsletter
Ascension of Deichtine Ysav’rai The Ascension That Failed When Avechna called the Final Ascension Challenge forth, the High Prophet Ghani n’Rotri swooped in and stole the Staff of Ascension for himself, and began to ascend as an Avatar of Kethuru. This had been Ghani n’Rotri’s plan all along – his destiny as was writ in…
Read MoreAscension of Deichtine
Verses of Magnora, MXXXIV: “Within the serpent’s habitat shall mortals step before he dies” And so they did; but not without a Trial. When Avechna called the Final Ascension Challenge forth, the High Prophet Ghani n’Rotri swooped in and stole the Staff of Ascension for himself, and began to ascend as an Avatar of Kethuru.…
Read MoreJanuary 2018 Newsletter
Year in Review; Ascension 2018 Year in Review 2017 Each year, the Producer of Lusternia looks back on the prior year, reviewing past events, including the Saga of Ghani which spanned almost the entire year, new areas and quests, and the retirement of a Lusternia founder. Also, a major project is announced going forward into…
Read MoreAscension Events 2018
When the High Prophet Ghani n’Rotri was corrupted during the Taint Wars just before the Fall of the Holy Celestine Empire, he was captured and held in a dimensional prison by the Illuminati of Gaudiguch. For centuries, he was maintained there by the immortal guardians of the prison, but then finally escaped. Using his powers…
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