The Shattered Epitaph Halloween Event

The Shattered Epitaph
The Makers' Circle presents a Halloween event

Beneath the oldest yew in Necrovion lies a small grave with no name upon it. The tombstone once held a portrait of a little girl, chiseled in bone-white marble, and danced in the moonlight. No one living remembers who she was. The Wardens will say only this: the Lantern Wraith visits that grave more than any other, the lamp still burns for her long after every other light has gone out, and on quiet nights a child's laughter drifts between the stones.

Two nights ago a storm tore through the Yard. By dawn the portrait lay shattered in fifty pieces, flung across the graves by a wind that smelled of something older than rain.

Now the Lantern Wraith has made a decree: whoever restores her face first shall be rewarded. But the Wardens have sworn to guard every grave, and to them, anyone picking through the stones looks like a grave-robber.

Starts When: October 24th at 11:45 PM server time, at the Gate of Necrovion. The hunt runs through Halloween and ends with a closing ceremony on October 31st.

Prizes: The first to restore the portrait receives a commemorative item. Every participant receives Halloween Candy, though it isn't quite like ordinary candy. Sometimes you get a trick instead.

How to Play

• Fragments ride the wind. Shards will fall into chat throughout the event. Claim one by speaking the words I lay this shard to rest. Others are tucked away in clickables across the realm, and some may be slipped into your messages by an unseen hand. Search every corner, because the wind is strong this time of year.

• The Caretakers keep their own. Approach one and say Caretaker, I seek the Epitaph. Answer their riddle or complete their task and you'll walk away unharmed maybe even with a fragment of the epitaph. You may choose to stand your ground instead. It's unwise, but you do you.

• Mind their patience. If you're chased off, wait at least 5 minutes before approaching that Caretaker again. Fail a riddle while standing your ground and no Caretaker will deal with you for 10 minutes. This is your only warning.

• Two a day, no more. You may win at most 2 fragments from any one Caretaker each day.

• The dead remember everything. Some fragments are given only to those who know the right words, so read carefully.

• Restore her face. The first to send the Lantern Wraith the complete, correctly assembled portrait wins.

Rest now, little one. Someone will find you.

Edited 9 hours ago9 hr by Seigheart