As everyone knows by now, the famed artist and veteran exile Sor is leaving the lands. Sor has contributed heavily to the Puddleby community over the past two decades, and his fine artwork has done more to define the look of our islands than any other artist. He was a compulsive gambler, and I will miss the many nights I spent sitting with him at the card tables of the Golden Butterfly, cursing Jack Vintian’s name.
Today, as a going away ceremony of sorts, Sor held an enormous auction for the items he’d collected over the years. Many of the finest items from Sor’s treasure hoard were auctioned off, and were sold for astounding prices. Some of the items that fetched high prices were EP Portal Stones, Catsbane Necklaces, and a Pass Key, which went for a whopping 80,000 coins.
As for myself, I had saved up some money for the auction, and managed to snag a lump of Tin Ore and a Skein of Silk.
The last Chaos Storm seems to have been more chaotic than usual. When I stepped out of the library after the Storm had passed, I found that town had reverted to how it had been more than two decades ago! I also found that I had been stripped of my profession and nearly all my items, and I seemed to have gained a little weight.
As other exiles began stepping out of the library(or where the library had been, before the Storm), they too learned of the changes that had taken place, and their reactions ranged from anger to bemusement. Polerand took full blame for the situation.
Today the Journeymen Muwe and Richard encountered a most singular creature to the north of the Orchard. The creature was called a Pog, and it bore a striking resemblance to a male human, though it was hostile, and did not speak.
With some help, the pair managed to lead the Pog to the Prison in Puddleby. There, the two tried to interrogate the creature, but the Pog made no response whatsoever.
After many moons of deliberations, the judges of the Better Homes and Treehouses Competition have selected their winner: The Pimping Pad of the Zo Mephisto! Our Clan Lord Fleming met with Mephisto in the lands today, and personally handed him his winnings of 10,000 coins. Mephisto thanked us for the contest, and informed us that the winnings will go towards a Used Furniture Store that he is working on. Congratulations Meph!
Also deserving of congratulations is Tara, who’s Lizard Lounge was selected as the runner-up in the contest. For a look at all of the finalists’ houses, with commentary from each of the judges, see the House Contest Scrolls. You can also find visionstones there of all the houses that were submitted to the contest.
It was quite an eventful day today. It started off with a meeting in the newly rennovated Clan House, followed by a chaotic hunt on Dal’Noth Isle(which I’m sure we’ll read about later in the minutes).
Afterwards, I headed to Puddleby Hollows to teach a class on Mystic teleportation. The attendance for the class was good, and I hope everyone was able to learn something from it. Following the lecture, Harper offered me a position as the Director of Mystical Studies at the University of Puddleby. I happily accepted, and hope to contribute the the University in my new position!
After that, I headed to the Orga Camp for an FMOCR to replace the teleportation stone I broke two days ago. We had quite an impressive party, thanks in large part to Kazik’s recruitment efforts, and we were easily able to make our way through the four Orga camps, though we did have some trouble getting back out.
After the successful raid, I returned to town, and was able to obtain two butterfly trophies for the Clan House, with the help of Sio’s half-sister Contstance. Finally, as I was sitting in town, Ansset surprised me with the gift of a Tor Shell, which we took to Hendrux, and he fortunately accepted. Now I have a Gitor in the making– I just need to write some music for it!
It was quite an eventful day today, and I’m grateful to all the wonderful people who were a part of it.
I’ve begun teaching some classes at the University of Puddleby, and its been pretty fun. Last moon I taught an introductory course on phantasms, and took the class on a field trip to Umbrion’s Keep, and just today I taught a class on the history of Dal’Noth Isle.
I think the University of Puddleby is a really great organization, and it’s fun to be able to pass on some of my knowledge to other exiles. This upcomming Sunday I will be teaching another class, this time on teleportation, at 7pm PST. If you want to learn more about this mystic art, I encourage you to attend. I promise it will be informative!
Today I got to participate in a bard audition in which the journeyman mystic Ansset auditioned for the position of bard quester. After a brief introduction, Ansset played five wonderful casserole pieces for us. My personal favorite was his first song, which was entitled “The Young Rockodiles’ Wedding March”.
After Ansset finished performing his pieces, the assembled bards gathered in the Bard Tower to discuss his performance. After some deliberation, Ansset was accepted into the Bard’s Guild as quester! F’nom grudos Ansset!
Today I got to participate in the promotion ceremony of Puddleby’s newest full Mystic, K’vynn! There was a small celebration in town, with kegs of beer and root beer generously payed for by Ma’ta Rincewind, and we were successfully able to get K’vynn completely drunk, as is Mystic tradition. F’nom grudos, Ma’ta K’vynn!
I stepped out of the library today, and found myself on the receiving end of a headbutt. I looked around, expecting to see an excited Zo, but instead found town overrun by a bunch of drunken reindeer.
Reindeer trophies had been exactly what I was looking for, so I took out my chain and quickly began chaining the reindeer as soon as the fighters felled them. Soon, I had a sizable collection of reindeer carcasses, and with the help of Kazik and Philip Peltkeeper, I was able to get them stuffed.
I soon learned, however, that the reindeer belonged to a Drunken Elf, who’s animals had escaped after they had gotten a hold of the “special feed.” A number of exiles helped gather the remaining reindeer, and returned them to the grateful sylvan.
Meanwhile, Kazik and I returned to the clan house to display our newly won trophies. With the addition of the reindeer, the Bawkmas display is finally complete!
Merry Bawkmas everyone! Don’t let Santa’noth catch you doing anything naughty!
Ezail and I managed to dig Ayella out from under a pile of books in the library today, and once we dusted her off and cleared out all the cobwebs, we took her to see the Tree along with Ailidh and Siobhan.
Afterwards, Ayella and Ezail decided to move out of Puddleby Hollows, and purchased a new treehouse in Arbordale. However, the sneaky Ayella ran off before we began moving the furniture. Luckily, Treebeard and Marko soon showed up to help with the move.
Once we’d carried all of the furniture to the treehouse, Ezail ordered Marko to decorate the new home as he saw fit. Despite some initial grumbling, Marko did a great job in placing all the furniture (perhaps he should be put in charge of decorating the clan house next?).
Congratulations to Ezail on her new home, and welcome back Ayella!
