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It began with a post produced by Scanlan Stormcrow (reproduced here): —— A mystery is afoot, and it’s one I dare to share,For we can find a carriage, but we only find it bareBe it once fast-moving, and rickety round the bend,I never thought i’d be the one, to speak of -this- untimely end. So…

Roughly a month passed before Doctor Creshok was revisited by Falmiis and Ileein Shevat and Tamashi of Hallifax, who asked whether or not the cure for the skinrot outbreak was ready. It was, at least, but the question of dissemination was asked. Calibration of the gnomish machines was out of the question; not only was…

Unspared, even the Blasted Lands suffered massive ill-effect from the curse of Brother Lion. The lands were overrun and the gravediggers likewise became extra menacing. But, what of the children? The viscanti children roaming and meandering these tainted lands found themselves cornered and at the mercy of the curse! Two notable figures arrived looking for…

Something was amiss. Mraxin, the Perihelion of the Dawnburst Druids, had not returned for months, years even. It was Turiki, the Guardian of the Aphelion, who took it upon herself to venture from her post to see if any one within the Basin of Life had heard from him. In Glomdoring, she attempted to get…

For the June Vesteran Honours, Portius won the bardic  contest with the story titled, “Pilgrim”. In the artisanal category, Alaksanteri won with the portrait titled “Viscanti Marquessa”. Check out all of the winners in the Art-Bard Archives!               Bardic Awards Bardic Winner Portius Bardic Runnerup Bleuu Bardic Merit Naralis…

During an otherwise uneventful Winter’s day in Serenwilde, Arian of the Moondancers and Niina Yfae’dren began to notice the pixies in the forest stirring with mischief. Several of them had small slips of torn parchment clutched in their fingers. Curious as to what the pixies could have gotten up to, they began to collect these…

In the beginning of the month of Tzarin, 444 years after the coming of Estarra, Penderglass T. Chartwright informed New Celest that their assistance was needed to maintain a portal that Darvellan, the Navigator was preparing between the First World and the Void. A steady supply of Light essence was required to keep the portal…

For the May Vesteran Honours, Portius won the bardic  contest with the story titled, “The Life of Manana Kamini”. In the artisanal category, Zarialle won with the portrait titled “The Megalith Stands Against the Sun Fae”. Check out all of the winners in the Art-Bard Archives!               Bardic Awards…

When the Sun crested again early in Dioni, it was clear that Hallifax’s Project Eclipse would no longer be able to withstand the onslaught of solar energy brought down by Father Sun. Thus, the Basin of Life sought out a more permanent solution. Gathering before the elder sunpride tree, figures like Crek Ysav’rai, Zyphora Windwhisper,…

The typical winter was not what was in store for the Basin of Life. Instead of chill and frost, the temperatures spiked once more as Father Sun again grew large in the sky and bore down upon the world’s inhabitants. It started slow at first: a gentle simmer that soon grew more and more intense.…

For the April Vesteran Honours, Aithera won the bardic  contest with an essay titled, “Essays on Lucidan Hues”. In the artisanal category, Unzareh won with the extremely cute portrait titled “Drunk Viscanti”. Check out all of the winners in the Art-Bard Archives!               Bardic Awards Bardic Winner Aithera Bardic…

On the sixth of Dvarish, 443 years after the Coming of Estarra, the Basin was surprised to hear Gonore of Highwater Keep shout across the Basin about intruders. Quickly various people from around the Basin noticed boulders strewn across the mountains, caused by the quick and stealthy invasion of two Goldenclaw wiccans named Jyoath and…

As the Sun grew inexorably larger in size, the peoples of the Basin of Life deal their best to ascertain the dangers that awaited them. In Serenwilde, Arian, Nuzi, and Delei assisted the naiad Isotta as she suffered from heat; meanwhile in Gaudiguch and Magnagora, Malarious and Tadhg were told prophesies from the Drachou and…

It was the astrologers of the Basin who first noticed it: an increase in solar power that was distorting their attempts to take astrolabe readings. Across the organisations, they began to remark upon it to their companions – Fiik zi’Prouep of the Shadowdancers conferred with the faeling Tiarnis and Sikris Sablewing, who quickly turned her…

For the March Vesteran Honours, Versalean won the bardic  contest with the short story titled, “The Wyrdenwood”. In the artisanal category, Zarialle won with the portrait titled “Lady Drocila Beauteous Ruin in Contemplation”. Check out all of the winners in the Art-Bard Archives!               Bardic Awards Bardic Winner Versalean…

A commotion occurred in Avechna’s Peak this month as a number of baby animals, being grown to increase the numbers in the Nature Reserve, escaped their pens and began to run amok within the nurseries. The usually meek Quillion Jones was soon sent into a frustrated panic, and called out to help. To his relief,…

For the February Vesteran Honours, Sylandra won the bardic  contest with the play titled, “Flying Against the Wind”. In the artisanal category, Zarialle won with the portrait titled “Yarou n’Lochli, Conductress of Discord”. Check out all of the winners in the Art-Bard Archives!               Bardic Awards Bardic Winner Sylandra…

The Great Spirit Skunk chose a quiet day for his return to Faethorn. Perhaps it was indeed that quietness that attracted his mischievous nature, or something entirely different, but the serene spell was broken the moment a skunk paraded through the famous Faethorn baths. Practicioners of Wicca and those skilled with Totems could sense the…

As events culminated in the Dreaming and later with the false Maeve, the Seals of Nature and Beauty became weakened, which in turn weakened the rest of the Nine Seals. As stated in the histories under Coming of Estarra, when the Nine Seals are weakened, there is only one way that they can be recharged:…

For the January Vesteran Honours, Stratas won the bardic  contest with the story titled, “The Black Rabbit of Glomdoring, Part 1”. In the artisanal category, Arimisia won with the disturbing study titled “Maggots Into Flies”. Check out all of the winners in the Art-Bard Archives!           Bardic Awards Bardic Winner Stratas…