Grael's Forces Attack

Story Arc:
The War of Blood and Shadow
Introduced: From the Darkest Depths	Previous Event - All Live Events - Next Event

Summary

This event ran for 4 weeks from June to July 2006.

Grael's Shadow Lieutenant

Grael's Shadow Lieutenant and his army attack the locations where the Shadow Spires fell including: Arwic, Eastham, Khayaban, Tufa, Tou Tou, Sawato and the Dark Design dungeon near Eastwatch.
The Lieutenant at each of the locations drops a piece of a ripped note, which can be combined with the other pieces to form A Letter. The letter can be translated and then handed in to Sarkin Killcrane of Wai Jhou for an XP reward (3%) and the title Apprentice Shadow Hunter.

Grael's Shadow Captain

Grael's Shadow Captain and his army of high level Shadows attacks Arwic and the other former Shadow Spire attack sites.
The Shadow attacks on the seven locations (six towns plus Dark Design) have become stronger. Now more powerful Shadows, including Void Lords, Shadow Nightmares and Shadow Wraiths, have appeared, and in most cases they're actually inside the towns, rather than surrounding them. They're also joined by Shadow Storms and Lesser Penumbral Horrors (mini Shadow Grievvers that spawn from the corpses of the towns' Criers).
The Captain at each site drops a Shadow Mote on death, which can be combined to form a Shadow Shard. The shard can be shown to Sarkin Killcrane for the title Shadow Hunter.

Grael's general attacks Wai Jhou

Grael's general, Makkar, and creatures including Void Lords, Shadow Wraiths, Mukkir Sadists, Small Fledgling Mukkir and Adolescent Mukkir attack the Direland outpost of Wai Jhou.
Makkar drops a claw on death, which can be given to Sarkin Killcrane to break the spell that was cast on him by the Mukkir General. In return, Sarkin rewards you with xp (99 mill max) and the title Killcrane's Ally.

Grael's forces retreat (Week 3)

Grael's Shadow Captain reappears in Arwic and the other towns after each new spawn is cleared. When the captain is defeated, a portal opens to a dungeon. In most dungeons, there is a generic Mukkir General, but In Arwic the general is Makkar himself. The generals each drop a Piece of a Device on their corpse.
When the seven pieces from each general are combined it forms an Incomplete Device. The device can be used with the Shadow Shard from earlier to create the Inactive Device.

A Shadow Breach opens in Arwic (Week 4)

Once again, the spawns at the Arwic Shadow crater have changed. This time, several VoD-level Shadows, some Barbaric Panumbral Mukkirs.
General Makkar also makes another appearance, this time near the breach with the other Mukkir. He drops an Amulet of Dark Rage, which when wielded allows the wearer to enter the breach.
A Shadow Vortex at the bottom of the dungeon is found and killed and a portal to Arwic then appears.
After the vortex is destroyed, players can show their amulets to Sarkin Killcrane for xp and the title Knight of the Golden Flame.
The Inactive Device can be shown to Sarkin Killcrane for xp and the title Squire of the Golden Flame.
The amulet can also be shown to Riordin Nightbane, who will then accept the Inactive Device and give you Grael's Claw in return.

Creatures

Shadow

Mukkir

Maps

Items

Piece of Torn Letter Partially Repaired Letter A Letter (Translation of the Torn Letter) Translation of the Torn Letter Makkar's Claw Makkar's Eye Shadow Mote Partial Shadow Shard Shadow Shard Piece of a Device Section of a Strange Device Incomplete Device Inactive Device Head of a Barbaric Panumbral Mukkir Amulet of Dark Rage Grael's Claw

Title Rewards

Give Translation of the Torn Letter to Sarkin Killcrane
Titles:	Apprentice Shadow Hunter

Show a formed Shadow Shard to Sarkin Killcrane
Titles:	Shadow Hunter

Break Makkar's spell on Sarkin Killcrane by giving him Makkar's Claw
Titles:	Killcrane's Ally

Destroy the Shadow Vortex and show the Amulet of Dark Rage to Sarkin Killcrane
Titles:	Knight of the Golden Flame

Show the Inactive Device to Sarkin Killcrane
Titles:	Squire of the Golden Flame

Images

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Grael's Shadow Lieutenant
Grael's Shadow Captain
Mukkir General
Makkar
The Arwic Crater
Shadow Breach
Grael's Claw
Sarkin Killcrane

Dialog

Grael's forces descend upon Arwic!

Grael's Shadow Lieutenant says, "My lord will strike you down twenty fold for this interference human!"

Grael's Shadow Lieutenant cries "He rises even now! Lord Grael will sweep the light away with his rage!"

Grael's Shadow Lieutenant laughs as its body dissipates, "Good, there is strength in your rage! The Spear of the Mukkir will feast upon your hearts!"

Grael's Shadow Captain says, "You filth! Your kind serve the rotting witches and their perverse deities!"

Grael's Shadow Captain laughs as its body dissipates, "Can you feel it? His rage washing over these lands. You cannot resist his will."

Mukkir General screams in an uncontrollable rage, "I will claw your eyes out!!! I will feast on your hearts in His name!"

8th July 2006

"The skies over Arwic grow dark as a vortex of shadow forms in the old spire crater. Shadows everywhere grow darker and more defined and a cold sense of forboding grips the races of Auberean."

When the Shadow Vortex was killed

"The Brave Fighters of Arwic have defeated the Shadow Vortex threatening us all, but a new darkness has been left behind in it's wake."

"The Shadow Vortex twists and lashes at the sky. It rips a hole in the ground as it dissipates."

After one of the Mukkir appearing from the breach was killed

Barbaric Panumbral Mukkir spasms as it's wounds seep ichor, "You have opened the Breach! He told us of your mindless destruction. Truly you are closer to the Darkness than you know."

Death of Makkar

Makkar says, "Your pressence here was anticipated. You have proven a suitable vessel for his rage. Enter the Breach! Your only future is as a follower of our great Lord."