Important Event: First Antarok Alpha Anniversary

[Haruspex]

✦ First Antarok Alpha Anniversary ✦

As of March 23rd, 2025, Antarok will be one year old!

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We are halfway to having the site finished!​

To celebrate with a bang, for anyone playing during the month of March '25, they may write a 1,000+ word story with a prompt to earn two of the following options on one Player Character of their choice:

• Event Minor Merit: An Event Minor Merit to spend on your character, or one of their CNPC's. You may use it to refund your most recent Minor Merit, if you wish. Maximum 1 per character.
• Event CNPC: Create a CNPC with 250 starting experience instead of 100, or an upgrade of 150 more starting XP to an existing one. Maximum 1 per Player Character account.
• Experience: 25 Experience to spend as you wish.
• Seasonal Points: 2,000 additional Seasonal Points to spend for the Spring Season!
• Alkahest Pouch: 243 Grams of Alkahest Dust belonging to one specific Metaphor of your choice!

Link back to this thread in your Canonization request.
This event is for the month of March only. Failure to post at least a Placeholder
for your Prompt by the end of March will disqualify you from a reward.​

For the following prompts, you will be expected to study
the relevant material and portray it as best you can!
You may weave other Seasonal Points purchases into the story.

Ælheim

"A Wisp has taken an interest in you. They attempt to possess your body; did they succeed? In either case, they lead you to a cache of belongings in an ancient ruin. You might have even made a new friend (CNPC)."

If you have any questions about Wisps or what kinds of ruins you might find in Ælheim, message Vicissitude.

Arcanis

A Rakshasa has taken an interest in you. They attempt to possess your body or one of your belongings; did they succeed? In either case, they lead you to a cache of belongings not far into one of the Mirage Kingdoms. You might have made a new friend (CNPC/SNPC), or a meddling, scheming rival (ANPC) who claws at your plans at every turn!

If you have any questions about Rakshasa or Mirage Kingdoms, message Postmaster / Desiderata.

Jian

An Adult Dragon belonging to your Clan (if you have one) has taken an interest in you. They attempt to garner your worship and loyalty; did they succeed? In either case, they lead you to their lair and ask you to open an Artificed Gnomish Puzzlebox from their hoard. Your symbolic reward is inside, but solving it will require pulling upon various levers, slats, and knobs to disassemble it piece by piece. Impressed by your wit, they might even consider you an ally worthy of their aid in battles to come (CNPC).

You may not keep the puzzlebox itself, it belongs to the Dragon!

If you have any questions about Dragons or Jian, message Merciful.

Elsewhere

A Ghost has taken an interest in you wherever you might find yourself, be it the Ur'Duun, far above upon the floating isles of Céleste, or the depths of Lacon. They attempt to possess your body or one of your belongings; did they succeed? In either case, they lead you to a cache of belongings not far into a ruin. You might have even made a new friend (CNPC).

If you have any questions about Ghosts or wherever "elsewhere" might be, message Haruspex.

✦ Happy Anniversary, Antarok! ✦