Legends

In a great bout in this months pet battle Lord Seledor was crowned Decembers Wolf Spider Wallop Champion! His selection bringing us full circle within the realm of pet battles is the Battle Chicken Lizard! The very beast that began these year long, monthly pet battles! Get those yardbirds trained up and we’ll see you all at the Trammel EM Hall on Monday January 30th around 8:30pm for a gate to the Legends Arena to get registered!

With an added bonus for this year we will also be adding an EM hosted pet training session midway through the month for tamers looking to level up thier entries! January’s date will be 1/25/11 9pm till the dogs go home at the Trammel EM Hall.

With the Holidays done and gone we are pleased to announce that the New Magencia home of Maximus (LIFE) has been named the Legends Holiday House Decoration Contest Winner!

With an entry that hands down just told the shard to not even attempt to contend this absolutely beautiful display of holiday goodness was not only a vision for Legends but the entire populace of UO as well. Great Job Maximus and we hope to see this again next season!

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By: Jerricco

 

Those curious enough to investigate the many lanterns spread throughout Legends found themselves in Nujelm at Professor Higglebottom’s museum. Higglebottom had succeeded on gathering a large number of followers for a task which would require just that. Higglebottom explained to the crowd that the museum before them was a collection of his fathers findings and studies. However, his father’s research was left unfinished and many artifacts have yet to be recovered but his father left behind a journal of his research. He spoke of an ancient civilization that had hidden away an artifact of great strength. The artifact is told to give its bearer the gift of eternal life. To pick up where his father left off he asked the crowd to accompany him to a location where he thought this ancient artifact may be found.

The excursion began in an unknown location that appeared to be somewhere within the Lost Lands. The group gathered around a camp fire then set off into a village occupied by a tribe of hostile savage warriors. After advancing to the end of the village a hole leading underground was discovered. As the darkness of the underground cave gave way to lit torches the group encountered two small passages swarming with savage warriors. The only way to advance further was to confront the warriors and the group slowly pushed its way down the passages. The losses on both sides quickly piled up but the group continued to slowly press forward.


Finally, the dark passage ways both ended in a large room. Inside this large room one could see the artifact resting peacfully on a ritual table near the center. As the group began to engulf the room several more defenders revealed themselves and the battle ensued.


It took a team effort to drop the final monsters and once the room was clear Higglebottom appeared and swept up the artifact, it was the very artifact that his fathers journal had told of.

The artifact has now found a new home in the museum. I encourage everyone to visit the museum in northeastern Nujelm to see the current collection. Higglebottom rewarded those in attendance with a sash to commemorate their bravery. Before the night was over Higglebottom promised of more adventure once the pages of his fathers journal had been deciphered. He also spoke of his assistant Pablo who had gone missing when he attempted to scout out the artifact days before. If you have any information on the whereabouts or have seen Pablo I would report this to the Communications Center in Britain.

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With an exciting choice for this months beast the Reptalon will provide some intriguing battles in this months pet tourney! Join us on Oct. 20th @9pm est at the EM Hall in west Brit to enter your beast into this months competition!

I must say it was an excellent turn out for the Legends Treasure Hunters Championships. EM Helios opened the gates at around 8:30pm and crowds began to gather in the city of Nujelm at the large chess board. Legends compiled a total of six teams consisting of at least four members each. The VFW* guild was well represented as they were able to form three teams. Teams were each given robes so members could be easily identified by color. Then each team chose a name, a couple of my favorites were the pink team’s Zeke’s Raiders and the orange team’s Skara Diggers.

The guidelines for the hunt were then laid out by Helios. Each team would have to complete six treasure hunter maps in order, each map progressing in difficulty from level one up to level six. The first team to complete the level six map and have its captain return to Helios would be declared winner. After some brief instructions and introductions fireworks initiated the competition.

It wasn’t long before VFW 3 returned with all the maps completed thus cementing the yellow robed hunters as champions. Team VFW 3 was able to complete the maps in a rather astonishing time which couldn’t have been more then a half hour.

The remaining teams slowly trickled in with Zeke’s Raiders bringing up the rear returning in just under two hours time. By the end a crowd of spectators had gathered and even EM Miko was in attendance. The newly crowned Legends champions now have the privilege of issuing an open challenge to the current treasure hunters champions amongst the other Ultima Online shards with hopes that the Treasure Hunters Championship Trophy will find its way onto the Legends shard. The fun had to end eventually and after the final announcement by Helios he departed in rather spectacular fashion.

Bravo to the Legends shard on an excellent event and good luck to VFW 3 in your future hunt!

Even after so much information has been gathered deep from within Khaldun in recent weeks so many mysteries still surround the tomb. Those who attended this past Sundays bookclub meeting were introduced with some new tasks that will hopefully help to spread knowledge and spark interest on Khaldun throughout Legends.

Those brave enough to venture down into the depths of Khaldun have been ask to find and record the scriptures and readings found on the several paintings and murals spread all throughout the tomb. The locations of the paintings would also be a good source of knowledge to observe and report. Along with the paintings it was also asked to take note of any other mysterious objects or findings within the walls of the tomb. This could be anything that looks strange or out of place so be on guard and prepared to observe that which you may normally ignore.

From my own experiences of being deep withing the tomb I have found that it is best to keep a low profile. This means the ability to stealth or a mage who can cast invisibility would be best suited as the monsters can overwhelm and surround victims rather quickly. If you lack these skills then stock up on invisibility potions or make sure you only explore the tomb in large groups with healers and those who can resurrect. I would also suggest that if you do try to gather a group you do not announce this to the mass of the population as murderers could be waiting if the wrong person were to hear of such an expedition. If you are able to gather any of this information it has been asked that you record it into a book and drop a copy into the green mailbox found at the Communications Center in Trammel Britain next to the EM Hall. I wish those who take this task upon themselves a safe return.