Shadowmoor News
Camelot:
here we come! We have been accepted for the Dark Age of Camelot Beta 4! A total of 12 accounts are granted to our guild. According to the latest info posted by Sanya_Mythic, the Beta 4 should begin in mid-August. A private Camelot Beta board has been setup and the members who are going to be part of the SR-DAoC team already received and agreed on the Mythic NDA Agreement. Message
Board: downtime Apparently Ken is having some problem in fixing his new hardware at UO Tao Circle. As a result, the whole UOTC message board system is still down as of today. Hopefully our board will be back soon. Ironically enough, it never went down for 3 years and now that the Mythic guys are going to test our website and message board, down it goes *shakes his head*. Message
Board: possible downtime today Ken Masters just posted this on the Development board: I'm going to be upgrading the server's hardware, so there will be another outage of considerable length late in the afternoon. Again, sorry for the inconvenience, but performance will improve overall, and is required for the additional software I'm installing. This most likely will mean a downtime for our message board today. Sorry for any inconvenience: it should be back in a few hours. Application
for DAOC submitted Folks, the application for the DAOC guild beta program has been submitted. If we get accepted, I will need the email addresses of each member who will get into the beta (they will most likely send you an individual application form). They are planning to let about 1000 players into this specific guild beta period. As Arwin pointed out already, even if the guild is accepted, we may not get all the accounts that we asked for. If this is the case we will have to leave somebody behind, depending on the number of accounts that they will grant us. Let's not discuss the picking methods for now, I am sure that we can come out with something half-decent anyway *smile*. Considering the thousands of guilds that are submitting their application for this beta, I would guess that our chances to get into the beta are VERY low so please don't keep your hopes too high. Dark
Ages of Camelot Guild Beta As many of you know already both I and Arwin and a some other SR members (and friends) have been following this new amazing game called Dark Age Of Camelot. The game is deep into Beta 3 now and starting from August they are launching a specific beta program for guilds. They need to test guild mechanics. So, as a guild, we have a chance to be accepted into the Beta Program. A guild in DAOC is made of min. 8 players. I must send the application within the 15th, July so please if you are interested in testing this game anser to this post with the following information: 1) If you are interested in beta testing this game Dark Age of Camelot Guild Beta The
Phoenix A new tale is up: Phoenix. Brought to you by Arwin. The old timers will find it rather interesting, I think. Yew
Announcements The Yew Mayor, Jas Lightstryder released a public notice. It deals with the recent events within the Council. Read the Latest Yew Announcements Shadowmoor
Council Decisions Yesterday the village council met to discuss several things. Here is a quick report on the decisions made: 1) Lucius Antius is the new Guard Captain 2) Devon the young joins the Shadow Rangers as Ranger Initiate 3) The exploration of the new land of Ilshenar will begin soon. A series of exploration missions are planned for the upcoming weeks. Everybody interested should contact Nathan Yew
Council Decisions "Citizens of Yew, Read the rest of the story here Making
the war/alliance list smaller As some of you may know already we are in the process of peacing a lot of
guilds. Several reasons for doing this: Shadowmoor
Village Council postponed The Shadowmoor Village Council, originally scheduled for Monday the 26 has been postponed to next Sunday (April 1st) at 3pm Moonglow time. Reason for this is that several council members could not attend at the meeting if we did it at the original planned time. Terathan
Caves The hunt in the underground caves of the Terathan Keep was well... interesting *grins*. It started like what seemed a complete disaster but after a while we managed to reorganize and set up some decent tactic to deal with the incredible amount of terathans and ophidians living in that horrid place. We managed to *almost* reach the area known as "the Hell", slaying all sorts of Ophidians in the process. Upon reaching the large pit properly called "Hell" a dragon came after us, like we didn't have enough stuff to deal with already *chukles*. A good time was had by all I think. It sure was a good experience. A special mention to Devon the young woodsman for showing great courage in following the experienced party into the Terathan Caves Shadowmoor
Village Council The next session of the Shadowmoor Council will meet at the Village Hall on Monday, March the 26th, at 3pm Moonglow clock. It will start with a public session where citizens are invited to voice their concerns, ideas and suggestions. A closed session will follow. Merchandising
section added I added a link to the merchandising page again. You can again order your Shadow Rangers t-shirt or coffee mug *winks*. UOTC
forums are down Apparently the whole UOTC server is down. Should be a temporary issue, keep checking it from time to time. Winterfell
Market Day Winterfell Township is hosting a Market Day this Saturday (Mar. 24) starting at three in the afternoon. A very interesting event, and an occasion to get to know the winterfellians better. You can find all the details here Yew
Confidence Vote, Final Results The final results for the Yew Confidence Vote can be found here Terathan
Keep Underground On Sunday the 25th, at 3pm Moonglow time, we'll gather a hunting party. Our mission: the complete exploration of the Terathan Keep (underground dungeon). Our goal will be the exploration of this huge complex of caves: the basement, the Star Room, the "Hell" and.. if we feel like daring too much: the Balron room. Come at the village fully equipped, ready for the hunt and don't be late! Update
on Artarion and Xenthyl Saturday night, Xenthyl appeared at the abbey to assert his innocence in attacking the baker in Jhelome. I only caught the tail end of the conversation, but Xenthyl swears he thought the baker was Artarion in disguise, and that he is still commited to destroying Artarion and Ventryn. I also noticed one other thing. He is now riding his phantom horse again. Upon returning to the village, we saw a horde of fire elementals in the village, and Artarion. He also mentioned "they" would probably kill us before he got to. He summoned a few drakes, as well as a daemon, in an attempt to get us to reveal where "she" is. He eventually left, and when we checked the cell, Ventryn had been awaken by the conflict. We discussed several things, and Ventryn was quite helpful. He also pointed out that if Xenthyl has his horse, it means the soulbinder armor is activated. Which would be impossible, because only Ventryn knows how to do so. However, seeing as he may have under went the same draining ritual as Qua'Tel, someone could have very well stolen this knowledge. Several questions still remain. Who's pulling Artarion's strings, and Xenthyl's? Necropolis
and Shadowclan fort raid After a shadowclan raid on the Abbey (Trammel), a party of Shadow Rangers, Free Corps and some other guild was formed for a counter attack. They traveled to the Shadowclan Fort where they found very little resistance and then headed to Necropolis. According to the reports, it was a very good battle. The Undead defended their Keep valiantly and the attackers had their hard time getting into it. In the end the keep was conquered. Website
move I had to switch to angelfire. As of now i seems very fast and it allows us 50 MB of free web hosting space. We will see how reliable they are. Please if you have time check the website and let me know if anything is wrong with it (links, pictures not showing, missing pages, etc). Also I removed the "Merchandise" section from the site since I suspect that it made the tripod guys mad... The public, private and council boards should be fixed as well. Guildstone
problems Since the last patch there are some problems with the guildstone: it is impossible to declare peace on any guild we are warred with. For this reason at the time being we are not accepting war declarations: we could not peace them in case of trouble. Merchandise
section added A new Merchandise section has been added to the website. Thanks to Edgar (who surely got some time in his hands), you can now wear a Shadow Rangers t-shirt! Check it out! Gallery
updated The gallery has been updated with a couple screenshots from yesterday's village council. A
Bard in the bunch Danith Runesong joins us as Ranger Initiate. Welcome in the bunch! The
Phantom's Betrayal Britannia News Network has a new article up, explaining the recent events that had several of our members involved. Shadowmoor
Council Meeting - Update The Shadowmoor Council will meet today (Monday, March the 12th) at 4pm Moonglow clock. It was originally scheduled at 3pm. Landslore
Challenge results The Challenge is now over, with the following winners: Winner: Lancelot of the Rangers of Heart (awarded with a Clothing bless deed) The Gallery was updated with some screenshots taken during the course of the event, don't miss the opportunity to give a look! Congratulation to all the winners! A
new Ranger Auriel Zorana joins as Ranger Initiate: she distinguished herself during the Landslore Challenge, showing great knoweldge of our lands along with good skills as a ranger. Everybody welcome her in the band! Yew:
Confidence Vote Check the latest announcement from the Yew Council about the Confidence Vote. Shadowmoor
Village Council The next session of the Shadowmoor Council will meet Monday, March the 12th, at 3pm Moonglow clock. It will start with a public session where citizens are invited to voice their concerns, ideas and suggestions. A closed session will follow. In this occasion prospective members sponsored by the First Ranger, First Druid and Guard Captain may be interviewed. Stratics interview
with the Shadow Rangers Stratics posted an interview with Nathan. Some little misconceptions and the first part of the interview was cut down (this part was mainly about the history of our guild, I can't blame the reporter). Overall the report is quite accurate. My thanks to Galen Wilding of the UOSS Catskills team for inviting our guild to an interview! Read it before it scrolls down! Xenthyl
appears and calls for a gathering Xenthyl has asked that any interested in learning more about Artarion's past gather outside Trammel Yew Empath Abbey at 7pm moonglow (est) time. The
new Officers of the Yew Militia The following was posted on the Abbey walls: "For all to know, the high officers of the Yew Militia are as follows: Centu, of the Keepers of Justice These are the only current officers in the militia, anyone saying otherwise would be incorrect. Signed, Yew
Census The census of Yew if now open in preparation for the coming vote of confidence next Monday. Learn more. Updated
list of groups banned from Yew Another edict from the Yew Mayor, Jas Lightstryder. It contains an updated and hopefully complete list of groups and individuals banned from town. Read the edict. Recent
Yew Council Decisions The latest edict from the Yew Council can be read here Yew
Council Erupts in Violence UOSS: "Today's meeting of the Yew Council was interrupted by a violent outburst which left two zombies un-animated, and the room in chaos..." Read the rest of the story here A
new village resident Aure Calendros joins us as a Villager. She is the sister of Teleri the Guard and is a bard/healer. Everybody welcome her to the village! Trinsic
Council authorizes Shadowmoor Caravan Yesterday a delegation from Shadowmoor composed by Nathan Longbow, Aeeyia, Tiffany the Grandmaster Tailor and Lwyins the Grandmaster Bowyer headed to Trinsic. There they headed for the Town Hall where they requested for an audience with the town council. Once allowed they asked permission for a caravan of Shadowmoor to reach Trinsic and set up a market. The authorities then suggested that the caravan would head to Trinsic in time for the next Grand Market, scheduled sometime at the end of the month. The Shadowmoor caravan was also offered some escorting service upon reaching the southern lands. Landslore
Master Challenge - Update! An important update to the rules set for the Master Challenge event has been posted on our public message board. Make sure to read it! Read about Landslore Master Challenge Artarion
Claims Qua'Tel Deceased UOSS: "Artarion, the mage who has been waging attacks against many Yew affiliated communities, stated Saturday afternoon that Qua'Tel was indeed killed during last week's joint attack on Yew, Felucca by both Artarion and Scaramandine the Elder..." Read the rest of the story here New
tales posted Two new tales by Okami have been posted on the Tales page Yew
Bans Defied From UOSS: "In direct defiance of bans issued by the city's reigning council, Yew was
entered Saturday night by members of the Death Corps, the Crimson Alliance, the
Black Guard of Satamarin, and the Undead Minions of the Well. They appeared at
Empath Abbey in force, engaging in combat with members of the Knights of Yew,
the Celts, and others who chose to uphold the bans... " Artarion
and Scaramandine the Elder Attack Yew Big events in Yew and elsewhere tonight. An accurate report was posted on the UOSS Castkills News (note: you find a link to Catskills News at the top of this page): "In response to a tip from a source within the Shadow Rangers, hinting at important developments in the Ventryn case, Tymaron and I visited Yew tonight, finding a large number of our fellow Britannians assembled there." Yew
Council Decisions The latest Yew Council Decisions can be found here. A
new Ranger joins us Anasazi Fremont joins us as Ranger Initiate. Yet some more work for our First Ranger it seems *winks*. BNN
on Ventryn's return The BNN reporters posted a good article on the recent events concerning Artarion and Ventryn. There is even an interesting hint about the famous "Ventryn staff". You can read the article here. Announcing
the Landslore Master Challenge! Do you think that you are the perfect Ranger? Do you dare to claim that you know our lands like your pockets? Show us your skills! Win the Landslore Master Challenge! THE CHALLENGE PRIZES ADDITIONAL RULES DATE & TIME SUBSCRIPTIONS Gallery
updated with shots from the Fire Dungeon expedition The Gallery now contains two pictures taken during the Descent into Fire Dungeon. The event was a great success: we had up to 12 hunters taking part in the expedition. As planned, we entered the dungeon from the Serpents Hold entrance, fought our way to the bottom and then headed back to the lost lands exit. From there we had another rough time reaching the jungles: the volcanos area was filled with the same kind of creature that abound in the caves: efreetes, fire elementals, hell hounds, lava serpents... In the dungeon itself, among other creatures, we battled the lich lords, deamons, efreetes, evil mage lords, liches. Stay tuned for the next guild hunt! Village
Scout As largely announced by all the medias, after 9 months and 18 days the village scout Crokneru has been promoted from "Ranger Initiate" to Shadowmoor Scout. To celebrate the event, a potrait of the rogue was posted on the Gallery page. A
tale about Artarion attack on the moor The Tales page has been updated with a tale from Ruden Solic, a former member of our guild and a good friend to all of us. He was kind enough to submit an excellent story about Artarion attack on Shadowmoor. Edict
from the Yew Council An important announcement was made today by the new Yew Council. It was pinned on the Abbey wall and elsewhere in Yew. Descent
into Fire Dungeon On Sunday the 25th (at 3pm EST) we'll gather a hunting party and head to the lost lands. Our mission: the complete exploration of the Fire Dungeon. Keep in mind that this mission is rated as extremely dangerous. Just to give you an idea or what we'll face: lich lords, liches, deamons, efreetes, evil mage lords, hell hounds, lava serpents, predator hellcats. The entrance to the dungeon itself is already very dangerous. The first level should be relatively easy while the deeper level is a true hell. This will be an occasion to test our team strategies but also a way to break the routine of costant fighting in Yew and Shadowmoor. Hopefully our enemies who seem to costantly target the green cloaks will leave us alone this time (yes this is a plea to you evil GMs: leave us alone! *grins*). If you plan on attending please let me know in advance so I can organize some sort of plan. We'll gather at the Lost Lands lighthouse and from there we'll sail to the volcanos area. Come fully equipped and don't be late! Promotions Lucius Antius and Teleri Calendros have both been promoted to the rank of Shadowmoor Guard for their efforts in defending the village during Artarion's attacks. Congratulations to both of them! Guildstone
control transferred You all probably noticed my absence for the past few weeks. That's because of my horrible internet connection. Once every 3 days I'm able to play for a short period of time, and I don't feel I'm able to perform the stonecontroller duties. Thus, I transferred the guildstone to Nathan. Direct all of your questions and complaints (poor Nate) to him. I hope to be back very soon. UOSS
links us! Just today I found out that the UOSS guys added the village of Shadowmoor to their "Catskills Community" section. They also added the Shadow Rangers to their "Catskills Guilds" section. Now, if you have absolutely nothing else to do and you don't have a life other than your almighty guild, you could go there and vote for our links: eventually one day we'll show up in the list of the top-rated Catskills links. What for? I have no idea. But sounds like a k3w7 thing to do *grins* Taking
a break from UO As most of you know, I've been coming down with a bad case of UO burnout, and the only thing that's kept me logging on was the seer stuff going on. I probably won't be logging on all week, as I have a slew of offline games I need to finish, and I quite frankly wont have to worry about anything I kill in those hopping back up and screaming "U BROKE ROE UR A BAD RP IM TELLING UR GM!" or anything equally moronic. I'm hoping that given a week's break, I'll be able to get back to my usually tolerant self. And someone make sure to leave food in Ventryn's cell. I don't want to log back in to find him starved to death Deep
Forest Ranger Rangers it has been a while since I have had the privliage to announce this and it fills me with pride to do so once again. Let it be known that Edgar has completed his quest and now wears the cloak of the Deep Forest Ranger. Please take the oppertunity to congragulate this ranger on a job well done. Note from Nathan: if you want to know more about Edgar's quest check out the following tales What about that bow I and What about that bow II. You can find them in the Tales section. Shadowmoor
under attack - Ventryn captured The Shadows Rangers Gallery has been updated with ten screenshots of friday's events. The turnout was quite impressive, at one point I counted 50+ heads in the village! I wish I had someone in the other places taking shots. According to the reports, the Purple Guardians of Honor castle was assaulted by orcs, ettins and trolls while the Aegis glade got ice creatures. Not sure on the Covenant Manor. We sure got the attention of fire creatures. If someone has more shots of the event (even taken in places other than Shaodwmoor), please email them to me: I will gladly add them to the gallery. Attack
on Shadowmoor expected today! As reported by Okami, we were informed that the evil wizard Artarion may launch a massive attack on Shadowmoor, Aeegis Glade and the other "crystal" places today (friday) at 7pm EST. This is a call to all the rangers and guards, druids and villagers! Take up your weapons for our village is in danger! Defense
of Yew Just a quick report on yesterday's attack on Yew. Pirates (U.P. and Buc) and Legion of Dark Nation launched a large scale attack on Yew. Defending Yew: Serpents Knights, Knights of Yew, Shadow Rangers, Griffons. Also several independants(sorry but I can't remember if there was any other guild other than K*J who didn't interfere anyway). The enemy tried to take control of the winery roof while another rather large group tried to launch an attack from behind our lines (they moved in from the North-Western side of the abbey). Good battle overall. In the end the defenders won with little causalities. I believe that 99% of the attackers died (*mutters something about a damn fast Lady Vivian*). This battle once again showed us that Yew can defend itself well if there is good coordination and cooperation between the guilds. On a side note, I was impressed by the Order of Silver Serpent: they fought bravely for Yew. My respect goes to them and their leaders. First
Ranger Im sorry to say fellow rangers the rumors are true. Im the First Ranger agian!!! Yay! come on all rejoice. Im looking forward to this term Ive been away from it too long. Got some nice ideas ill be sharing with the council. This is gonna be the golden age of shadowmoor mark my words! For starters ill be watching out for you Iniates the next week or so. I want to have time to get to know each of you a bit better. Ok well thats all for now I have to get back to the council board theres alot of stuff there i need to catch up on. Its amazing just how much the elders do that we never even know aobut. Everyone thank an elder today! Perigon no hard feelings I do hope we are still pals :) Delucian
Carnival The Delucia folks are organizing a carnival festival on Saturday! The program is really interesting and I believe that we woodsmen can have some good fun there (I look forward for the Tippler's Tilt and Explosive Encounter events!). Here you find a link to the calendar of the events (scroll down the page a little to find it). We could gather at the moor and then head for Delucia togheter if there are enough people interested! |
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