Ascension Challenge Awards: Because of concerns that players would be
going for the "prizes" of the ascension challenges rather than for the
ultimate goal of ascending to godhood, we have decided not to award
permanent blessings to the winners. Each winner will receive an honour
and a unique gift from me. The gift may or may not have a power, but
that will not be revealed until after the final challenge.

Concerning the Ascended God, please be aware that it is not a role for
everyone and so think carefully before going for the gold (so to speak).
The Ascended God will not be hold any administrative powers or have any
part in the game design or implementation of Lusternia. Rather, the
Ascended God will solely be focused on running an order and developing
plots and/or events regarding his or her role. It is definitely not for
someone who likes bashing or PKing and the social interaction with other
players will likewise change (you can't be buddies with old chums and
still be an effective god). That said, the role will be many and
exciting opportunities, especially for those who want to develop
storylines and events or just develop a divine persona that will enrich
the realm.

We will be updating the challenges on an ongoing basis. Below are some
updates to Chaos, War and Beauty challenges.

Seal of Chaos: Though a hamster hunt sounds like a simple enough affair,
there are a few twists which will be revealed at the hunt. Just note
that holding the Purple Hamster is not as easy as it may appear. There
will also be second and third place prizes for those who hold the most
hamsters.

Seal of War: Four Wargames will be held with teams of 3. After all four
are won, the winning four teams will have a final wargame against each
other to determine the overall winning team. Once the final winning team
is decided, the team members are given a choice. Decide among them who
they support for Ascension and who will take the Seal, or enter a
Free-For-All and the winner of the FFA will be the winner of the Seal of
War.

Seal of Beauty: The Trademaster of each trade cartel may submit one
design that has been accepted (either public or cartel-specific), on
behalf of the cartel. The artist of that design must be specified as it
needn't be the Trademaster. For example, Trademaster Tom of the Lollipop
cartel may submit a design and specify Jane as the artist. If that
design wins, Jane would be considered the winner of the challenge. To
enter, the Trademaster should message the Charites with the Cartel's
entry and specify who the artist is at that time. The winner of this
challenge will receive the Seal of Beauty.

See http://www.lusternia.com/ascension2007.php for complete information.


Penned by My hand on the 8th of Tzarin, in the year 165 CE.