Summer Solstice 2013

{{event| {{{!}} class="wikitable" ! Date ! Summary {{!}}- {{!}} June 4 {{!}} Event announced {{!}}- {{!}} June 11 {{!}} Mephit quest {{!}}- {{!}} June 21 to 25 {{!}} Main event {{!}}- {{!}} June 25 20:40 server time {{!}} Event areas go offline {{!}}- {{!}} July 4 {{!}} Promotional contest closes {{!}}- {{!}}} Contest that was setup to help promote alter aeon in new ways across different media sites. Players were invited to submit original content of all types i.e. videos, screenshots, fanfic, fanart to alteraeon@facebook.com where the top three would receive a prize. Originally scheduled to run to June 21 the contest was extended to July 4 to allow more people to enter. {{{!}}class="wikitable" ! Placing ! Player ! Prize (credits) ! Video ! Summary {{!}}- {{!}} 1st {{!}} Wily {{!}} 3000 {{!}} promotional video {{!}} Edited version of the original soundtrack. {{!}}- {{!}} 2nd {{!}} Athlon {{!}} 2000 {{!}} Weyoun is my brother {{!}} Spoof of the player weyoun and clan dominion. {{!}}- {{!}} 3rd {{!}} Fehlan {{!}} 1000 {{!}} {{!}} dclient walkthrough of Subterranean ruins. {{!}}}
 * holiday=Summer Solstice
 * year=2013
 * date_from=June 11
 * date_to=July 4
 * creator=Shadowfax
 * builders=Kagome, Draak
 * highlights=
 * global_mobs=Fire mephits
 * new_areas=
 * code_advancement=
 * theme=Fire Plane Invasion
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 * summary=Summer Solstice 2013 was an event to celebrate the world's longest day and the middle of summer in the northern hemisphere. It was organized by Shadowfax with assistance from other gods and builders such as Kagome and Draak. It begun on the 4th June when a storyline started to develop where fire elementals were mysteriously appearing in the prime plane. As the event progressed more details were revealed, a repeatable quest was added until finally on the 21st June (summer solstice) new areas and a global quest opened up.  The quest involved conquering two new high level areas and concluding the storyline for which players were rewarded with a special one time quest item.  The quest and areas were kept open until 25th June to allow all players a chance to run them before been shut off, ready to be redeveloped and reopened at a later date. Alongside the event, Shadowfax issued a promotional contest which is now closed.
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 * competion_name=Promotional Contest
 * competion_detail=
 * competion_winners=
 * Subterranean Ruins Leve1-3
 * Subterranean Ruins Level 4-7
 * Subterranean Ruins Level 8


 * quests=

Mephit quest
Talking to the red mage in the town of Zin revealed the following in the build up to the main event.

This was a repeatable quest where players were required to find mephits, kill them and bring the resulting ash back to the red mage for analysing. Players were rewarded with a couple hundred gold and an xp cap.

Shadowfax favor quests
for main article see shadowfax quests


 * Locate and destroy the shrine of Igneous
 * Harvest firewater weed
 * Harvest a fire root
 * Retrieve fragments of Shadowfax's divine essense

Once a mephit was located and destroyed it left behind its ash. This item has multiple uses as well as being able to be given to the red mage to aid his research in exchange for gold and xp quest rewards, it was also used to brew potions, to make bombs. or even sold on auction.
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Note the mephit ash does not last forever it's condition will degenerate over time, it is therefore advisable to use it as soon as possible before it disappears.


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Fire invasion counterattack
The main event started June 21 at 5pm server time, several groups ran the event and Shadowfax led a group so that lower level players could also participate. Instructions were provided on the event channel:

Various global strings heralded the upcoming event:

A temporary portal to the Ethereal Plane of Fire was found one up from the Zin waypoint. Groups of player fought their way through the area, which was loaded with various fire elementals and other evil sky-creatures. The boss mob was Pyrenius the Demonlord. Shadowfax and Pyrenius conversed briefly before the inevitable battle.

Pyrenius taunted players while they fought:

Upon Pyrenius' defeat, the following exchange occurred. This launched the second stage of the quest.

The next event area was then opened, accompanied by these global strings:

Players then searched for the entrance to the second area, which was quickly located in the northwestern Northern Ocean. Inside this area, which was the innards of a giant machine, players made their way to the Scalding Lord, the root of all the trouble. While moving around inside of the Unfathomable Bathysphere, players could hear the insane ranting of the Scalding Lord:

The Scalding Lord's rants intensified when the players finally caught to him:

The "skin" was a mechanical construct that was simply an outer shell. When it was destroyed, the true form of the Scalding Lord was revealed.

Upon the death of the Scalding Lord, all players received a cloak of flames as a reward for completing the quest.


 * areas=
 * The Fathomless Bathysphere (Huge machine beneath the Northern Ocean)
 * Ethereal Plane of Fire

Event was well received and several messages from players thanking and praising the builders who helped organize it were posted to board 8. The following are board and show event postings by shadowfax at various points during the event.
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 * see_also=
 * Shadowfax's log of the event
 * Alter Aeon Youtube channel
 * Alter Aeon Facebook page