Aelis

Here are the tags for reference (if that's too much of a spoiler feel free to delete this bit). Tag Descriptions

I would like to suggest a revision of some of the new tag titles and descriptions, especially the ones in Necrovion, as their texts, in my opinion, are contradictory to some core MD concepts. While I have never been a Necrovion citizen, its concepts have always interested me and my character has been historically close to a good number of people from the land. The taming branch, in particular, feels very disconnected from what I know of the land and its creatures. I'll go over the ones that caught my eye, but I'd like to hear from everyone. Feel free to point out other tags that might look strange or perhaps tell me that I'm overthinking things and should ignore these. Taming Branch Brood Tender: "feeds and waters the young creatures of Necrovion, the ones that hatch from the taint". Does that refer to the Dark creature? If by any chance this might refer to a Shade, what of the information in the AL that "shades can not cross water" (https://magicduel.com/page/AdventureLog/view/97 and https://magicduel.com/page/AdventureLog/view/429)? Could shades be watered? Shade Handler: this one is strange to me. Shades handled with a rod and a calm voice? Moving them from one place to another without losing any? Like sheep? Is that possible? Dust Drover: this one may imply that shades feed where liquid dust pools (Deathmarrow, I guess)? "drives shades back fed"? "counts them"? Looks like sheep again. Soul Twister: nothing too drastic here, but "Twists souls at the stone of the twisted souls" sounds way too sloppy to my taste. Memory Branch Dust Sifter: "sifts the dust of Necrovion through fine cloth for the grains that shine". If by dust we mean liquid dust, that just does not seem like a thing to me. "...still tastes it", taste liquid dust? What would that imply? Shade Listener: I actually like this one a lot, but again, the tag here bears heavy implications in terms of MD lore. Dust Distiller: distil liquid dust? Is that doable? Blades quenched in liquid dust? That sounds like something that'd do a lot to a person. Dust Refiner: "refines liquid dust until it is clear enough to set into metal". Like the previous one, is that doable? There are some other tags that caught my attention for different reasons, I'll list them here: Ferry Hand: does that one imply the person can reach the Angien Shrine? Should that particular tag open the scene to the player? That would be cool, I guess, but perhaps too powerful. Mist Bottler: now that the strange mist is gone, should that tag remain? The rest of its branch seems fine, though. Let me know what you think.

I hope I'm mistaken and my old eyes deceive me, but a fellow citizen depleting their own land? What is the realm coming to?

I agree with all 3 points. Also, while not exactly in abuse territory (as far as I know), I'd also think it'd be interesting to: Charge a cancellation fee, as there are a lot of things that end up "cancelled by seller". I think "testing the market" by setting things up for auction is detrimental to potential buyers (N) and only benefits the seller (1).

An 'itemlock' spell would be interesting indeed. But in my opinion, it should have a small duration, similar to its counterparts attacklock and movelock.

Probably related: https://forum.magicduel.com/topic/29128-gwi-arrow-puzzle/ Mods, feel free to delete the following topic as it reports the same problem: https://forum.magicduel.com/topic/29108-champions-challenge-tile-effects-are-broken/

I have been thinking about a possible direction for the Caretakers, particularly in light of their historical association with death and preservation. Rather than treating these as separate responsibilities, I think they can be brought together through the idea of memory and what remains after loss. Death in the realm is rarely permanent. People, alliances, even lands may wither only to return many years later. What is lost in the process may therefore be something subtler and more delicate: a role, a relationship, a place, a practice, a memory, or simply the way something once was. I have proposed a new alliance statement to the Grand Duke and now I would like to make it public and hear from you. I believe this could be a good direction to move beyond the focus on death that has defined much of the Caretakers' identity for so many years. I would welcome your thoughts, objections and suggestions. Let us see what it stirs.

Creatures earth: Cloaked shade water: Cloaked shade air: Cloaked shade fire: Cloaked shade Creature stage The one with this description (I think it's the first stage): Unlike most shades, this one appears to be hiding its form. A loose fitting cloak is draped over it, and while it appears to have upper limbs, its shape is more mutable than one would assume. What you feed it: A small white cube: A small translucent cube taken from the night itself. Its use is unknown but its value is defenetly priceless. Result: A paradox: a Shade given form by the cube. Perhaps something like the rotating white sphere from the Traveler Adventure Log story.

I think Primordials point too much to something that exists in the beginning. I think something along the lines of the following words make more sense to me: Integral, Inner, Intrinsic, Core, Essential. None of those sound as enticing as Primordial, though. Perhaps this concept would benefit from an original MD name, like fenths (fenthlings? :P The name would lack our wiiya though).

Nice! I missed seeing actual lore connections about new features From the little I've seen, they apparently can come in a wide variety of colors. That reminds me of this old post (https://forum.magicduel.com/topic/19234-colors-in-md/). This bit in particular: It seems to me that "highly wild feature" matches this pet update just fine.

I hereby declare my loyalty to the cause of CARD. The land gives us plenty. Let us work in community to make it so that everyone can have access to resources. I will provide fellow members with heat stones to help fuel our spells. Long live CARD!

At Champion's Challenge, when you click at the signpost to activate the challenge, the tiles (and the signpost itself) turn to this broken img thing.

As a former member, it pains me a little to see it disbanded, but that's life. Death as a game mechanic may be (temporarily) gone, but I think it remains as a symbol. Perhaps a new leader, if someone ever shows up, could focus on that? For the time being, though, could the alliance be left in a state of suspension? Something like the Kelle'tha Order? Maybe leave it open to be reclaimed by the inactive members only (if they ever return)? I must say I find it amusing that, in practice, the most active alliance over the last couple years (at least if measured by individual activity) might get disbanded while the others stay untouched. Since we are on it, should we kill them all? 😆

I was thinking about the relation between Mur,the Lands of the East and its unique features as a land and I found this "art imitates life" coincidence (tried to get the right angle as best as I could): If you look at it from other perspectives, you can see that the details on the top of the columns and the triangular bit above the columns (I don't know how to name it) are very similar to the temple in our realm. One last observation: pay attention to the heart-shaped thingy on the lower part of the rightmost gate. It reminds me of Marind Bell's gates, which feature a somewhat similar detail. I wonder what else can one find given enough patience to (digitally) wander around these streets...

Wings I like the symmetry in this one. It's the best "circular frame" I got so far. To get this one, I pulled a continuous stream from the bottom and another from the top, with a slight difference in length on the latter. The trick is not to pull all the way to make the streams meet. I left some space between them to create the center shape.