Four Lovesongs to Fair Cities

I’m a city girl. I was born in the Midwest, in a city more renowned for snow than for the wide and varied gardens, broad, placid lakes, and the multitude of bookstores scattered across the glacial landscape. When I moved for the first time, it was to the outskirts of another city, one of the…

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The Night Market

The paradigms rippled in the furious gale of reality, invisible but to the eyes of those trained in the secretive art of paradigmatics. Slowly, the realization begin to spread among the Illuminati that there was an immense force disturbing the paradigms. As they wondered of its source, a cloaked Illuminatus arrived at the Eternal Flame…

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Valtreth: Dawning of a New Light

An otherwise quiet period of meditation and uneasy waiting was broken quickly for Azula Vivalde and Duchess Sidonie Kissane-McCloud of New Celest, their reveries interrupted by none other than the Supernal Japhiel. The Illuminator of Merciful Justice relayed to Azula and Sidonie visions of a great and terrible darkness, of a power that bespoke something…

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An Exalted Exit

It was a cold morning on the eleventh of Vestian when the Exalted Lord appeared in the skies over New Celest. Drawn and grim, He called for the aid of the Architect, decrying the absence of Terentia and the lack of Her presence upon the First World. Zvoltz heeded the call of the Exalted Lord,…

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Juggling

What the average player might not appreciate about life in the Havens is that there are so many talents, so many people doing amazing things that have nothing to do with Lusternia at all. We have had many, many ephemerals and Gods in college, and several amazing eggheads in graduate school. We have had individuals…

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May Vesteran Honours

For the May Vesteran Honours, Thul won the bardic contest with the story titled, “The Divergent Branches – The Wyrden Basin”. In the artisanal category, Rivius won with the masterpiece entitled “Secret Beneath the River”. Congratulations to all the rest who placed in the artisanal and bardic contests this month

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Fumes in the Pyramid of Pyromancy

Akungi Sain called out on the Pyromancer aetherwave, asking for help in a worried voice. Alary responded quickly, but she quickly panicked as Akungi fainted and was unable to provide any helpful information. Soon, tremors began to rock the Pyramid of the Pyromancers in Gaudiguch, worsening the stress on both Akungi and Alary. Luckily for…

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The Dreadform Rampage

The eternal conflict between Zvoltz and Mysrai sparked anew as Mysrai utilised a new weapon. Seeking vengeance for Her injury by Zvoltz’s hammer, the Shifting Goddess released the Dreadform of Iklara from the depths of Her realm. Riding it into battle against Zvoltz and Hallifax, a furious fight broke out in the skies over the…

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April Vesteran Honours

For the April Vesteran Honours, Thul won the bardic contest with the story titled, “The Divergent Branches – The Second Age of Nature”. In the artisanal category, Valkia won with the portrait entitled “Serenading Mother Night”. Congratulations to all the rest who placed in the artisanal and bardic contests this month

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Out of the Box: Gods at Play

I’ve met a lot of the admin staff over the past few years that I’ve been volunteering for Lusternia. Since we tend to be rather monolithic, I’d like to share a few stories about them. I’d like to talk about what we get up to when we get together to drink, to talk, to compare…

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March Vesteran Honours

For the March Vesteran Honours, Tacita won the bardic contest with the conclusion of the epic titled, “The Age of Supremacy: Part 5 of 5”. In the artisanal category, Sakr won with the portrait entitled “Lady Viravain”. Congratulations to all the rest who placed in the artisanal and bardic contests this month

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February Vesteran Honours

For the February Vesteran Honours, Thul won the bardic contest with the short story titled, “Words of Power”. In the artisanal category, Persayis won with the portrait entitled “Shadow Kissed”. Congratulations to all the rest who placed in the artisanal and bardic contests this month

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The Bards and the Lost Book

Shouting over his jubilant discovery, Adalgiso Batyun drew the attention of many from both communes and from all four cities. Upon arrival, they heard tell of “Love of Story”, an ancient book that had been written off as pure myth. Having found the cover, Adalgiso believed he’d found proof of its existence – and excitement…

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Spirit Groundhog in the Blasted Land

Early in the month of Dioni, the tae’dae Theodorous Rosefelt set out into the Basin in search of a specific rodent. He had heard that a rodent hunt had just finished, and had hopes that someone had seen the one he was looking for. Not long after he set out, he happened upon some members…

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Code Yellow in Hallifax

“A Code Yellow anomaly has been detected within the Centre for Aeromantic Engineering,” the cold, monotonous voice of the Collective announced, breaking the usual silence of the City of Hallifax. Mobilizing to the Centre, Kialkarkea Diodorus made a quick sweep of the tower. Soon, she discovered that the statue recently discovered during the War of…

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Ascension Event 2013

At the end of the War of the Wheel, when the Time Dames brought together the two halves of the Heart of Shallah, one from the Knights of Shallah and one from Lirangsha Retreat, they were able to summon forth Goloth Maxyenka, whose power emanated from the Soulless God Crazen. However, their tampering in the…

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January Vesteran Honours

For the January Vesteran Honours, Tacita won (again!) the bardic contest with the ongoing saga titled, “The Age of Supremacy: Part 3 of 5”. In the artisanal category, Persayis won with the portrait entitled “Born of Flame”. Congratulations to all the rest who placed in the artisanal and bardic contests this month!

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December Vesteran Honours

For the December Vesteran Honours, Tacita won the bardic contest with the first part of a novel titled, “The Age of Supremacy: Part 2 of 5”. In the artisanal category, Fania won with the portrait entitled “Elder Goddess Trillillial”. Congratulations to all the rest who placed in the artisanal and bardic contests this month!

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Engineering a Skill

While it was greater minds than I who designed and coded the new aerochemantics skill, I did have the pleasure of writing the skill lines you see when the skills are used. I was a bit nervous about this task since aerochem would be following beautifully written skills like aquachemantics and wildewood but in the…

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Year in Review for 2012

The Year of 2012 has flown by faster than any I have seen yet! As usual, at the end of the year, I like to look back and see what has transpired in Lusternia during the past twelve months. Frankly, I am rather proud of how many events and new releases took place during that…

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