Advent 2014

December 2014 was the start of series events to celebrate Advent, Christmas and the New Year it included:-.

• Advent gifts (December 1 to 31)
• Christmas Carol Contest (December 13 to 22)
• New skills and spells. (December 1 to 31)
• Xmas 2014 event (December 24 to 27)
• Year end 2014 event (December 30 to January 1)
• Large decorated Christmas tree in Ralnoth
• Tree mobs
• Holiday themed arena mob pk sets.

Advent Gifts

see Daily gifts

The advent gifts were back for there third year.

Christmas Carol Contest

On December 13, scrooge posted on board 7 inviting people to write alter aeon themed Christmas carols. The contest ran until 22 December at which time it closed for world builders to vote on their favorites. The results were announced on December 1st.

Date:    2014 Dec 13 19:01
From:    scrooge
Subject: Christmas Carol Contest
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As part of this year's festivities holding a Christmas carol writing
contest. This is taking well known Christmas carols or songs and changing
their lyrics and titles to give them an alter aeon flavor. The winners will
be voted on by the world builders, to ensure greater neutrality names will
be removed before voting. Prizes will be awarded to the top three of 2.5k,
1k and 500 credits respectively, with a possible extra prize of 500 credits
for the best video or sound file. To submit an entry either mudmail scrooge
or email soda@xirr.com. Multiple entries will be allowed for increased
chances of winning however players will only be eligible for one of the
prizes. Competition will close for entries on December 22nd. Note: written
content may be added to books for the library and videos may be uploaded to
youtube.com/AlterAeonProductions at a later date, if you wish to opt out of
this please mark it on your submission.

After 22nd December the contest closed and world builders voted on their favorites. The results were announced on January 2nd

Winning Carols

There were 23 carols entered and 2 recordings which were posted to the Contest board.

Xmas 2014 event

See Xmas 2014

The theme was Santa's workshop.

Year end 2014

See Year end 2014

The theme was Jack frost kidnapping the new year baby.

New skills

• level 27 cleric curse revocation for temporarily removing a target's ability to teleport and recall.
• Level 24 cleric skill cursebreaker for removing curses on items.
• Level 12 warrior skill, knockback for creating distance between attacker and target
• tanking withdraw
• Level 10 druid skill, call squirrel.for quickly acquiring acorns.
• Level 13 druid spell, [[deadoak].for quickly acquiring wood.
• Swarms of bats and swarms of rats added to the druid call animal skill.
• Add new warrior shield block skill, and modify the way parry works.
• Add new level 6 druid skill, carve weapon.
• Add 'gather staff' to allow gathering of wood to make druid spellstaffs.
• Add level 25 druid tincture, trollsblut.
• Add new level 10 skill, 'firebrand', for carving (burning runes onto leather)
• Add the lighteater skill for necromancers.
• Add the silence skill for necromancers.
• Add the disenchant skill for necromancers.
• Add new level 31 necromancer skill, demonic wardbreaker.