Halloween 2013

{{event| Taken from show event.
 * holiday=Halloween
 * year=2013
 * date_from=October 31
 * date_to=November 3
 * creator=Morpheus
 * builders=
 * highlights=Pumpkin Cannons, Pk Chaos, Undead waves, event areas and quests, Costume Contest, New areas
 * summary=An event organized by Morpheus to celebrate Halloween 2013, it ran from Thursday Oct 31 to Sunday Nov 3.
 * schedule=

Thursday, October 31

 * The first waves of vampires, werewolves, and ghosts will be released on the mainland and the mid-level islands! Hunt them down to collect prizes.
 * The witch Verda will return, and has a fun little quest to do.
 * Several pk arena battles will be run, with rewards for the winners.

Friday, November 1

 * The Zankous Castle event area will be open again for the event. This is a level 30 to 32 group area with a quest.
 * Giant Frankenstein monsters will be out rampaging through cities for high level groups to hunt.
 * Pumpkin cannons will be set up in various locations.
 * Several pk arena battles will be run, with rewards for the winners.

Saturday, November 2

 * A new level 22 area, a thieves den, will be opened on Archais southwest of Gad's Mountain. This is a mid level area, with several quest hooks back to Seaside and Gad's Landing.
 * Costume contests (see board 8 on friday night for details)
 * The last of the pk arena battles will be run, with rewards for the winners.

Sunday, November 3

 * For latecomers, most of the long-running activities will still be open, but the contests and pk battles wont be run.

From the ghost:-
 * bugs=Several players reported an initial problem where some of the undead were attempting to kill idle players at waypoint sites.
 * pk=Throughout the event several pk arena battles were run, with prizes awarded to the winners.
 * items=

From the vampire loaded with random affects:-

From the werewolf loaded with random affects:-

Egg-o-matic 1031
Verda appeared east of unholy. As part of a quest she gave players an egg-o-matic 1031 and invited them to egg their pals. The egg-o-matic was a quest item with a dproc that allowed the wearer to attempt to shoot raw eggs at mobs and other players.


 * competion_name=Costume contest
 * competion_detail=The contest took place on November 1st and involved players choosing a theme and dressing up in a selection of their own equipment. There were two sessions on the day at 11am and 9pm EST, contestants were given a half hour to report to the designated room, to revealed their costume and theme.  There were two prizes categories most complete set and most creative.
 * competion_winners=
 * MORNING - most creative - Owyn, the mummy
 * MORNING - most slots - Katarra, the orc berserker
 * EVENING - most creative - Kiera, the punk rocker
 * EVENING - most slots - Storm, the law officer

Pumpkin cannons
As usual pumpkin cannons were setup in prominent locations, just outside some of the major towns and cities.

Winners
The top ten distances in the pumpkin cannon contest were:

10 - Diggle   781 feet 9 - Cheetah   783 feet 9 - Katarra   783 feet 9 - Lexie     783 feet 8 - Eldrin    786 feet 7 - Akai      787 feet 7 - Athlon    787 feet 6 - Tux       788 feet 5 - Brianna   789 feet 5 - Tamayo    789 feet 4 - Caroline  790 feet 4 - Slej      790 feet 4 - Wily      790 feet 3 - Katye     792 feet 2 - Sheldoor 797 feet 1 - Daedelia 798 feet

Prizes
The prizes were a quest and a shirt


 * areas=
 * Zankous Castle (temporarily opened for event)
 * Thieves den near Gad's Mountain (reopened and updated with a selection of new quests)

Zankous Castle
On Halloween 2013 the area was temporarily reopened and a new quest added. A portal was added south of the city of Ralnoth leading to the castle, players then battled their way to the throne room to kill the Demon Prince Zankous, who was threatening to invade the mortal realm. Upon successfully killing the prince, players were rewarded with a deed and quest item.

The prince's last words were:-

The quest item stats were:-


 * mobs=
 * a kender vampire
 * a spooky ghost
 * a werewolf
 * Giant Frankenstein
 * Demon Prince Zankous
 * The witch Verda

Wandering Undead
The event opened when random wandering undead creatures started to appear all over the mainland and mid-level islands. The undead were aggro and attacked players on sight, those that hunted them were rewarded with a death loaded item and a repeatable deed which gave a double cap for the first four kills.

First wave

 * a kender vampire
 * a spooky ghost
 * a werewolf

Second wave

 * A Giant Frankenstein


 * quests=
 * Dismembered frankenstein into pieces on halloween 2013!
 * Put a stop to Zankous second attempt at a demon invasion on Halloween 2013.
 * Egged a pal on halloween, leaving them with egg on their face!
 * Helped to turn the haunters into the haunted on Halloween 2013!
 * Winner in the Halloween costume contest of 2013.
 * Cannon master in the 2013 pumpkin cannon contest!
 * Winner of one of the Halloween Havoc's of 2013.

The event was well received and many messages thanking the organizers were posted to board 8. The popularity of the pk battles and that there were rewards given led to some players commenting on the future of pk in the game. }}
 * reception=