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ThankGroup

2026-10-26T06:25:02Z

Mwadmin: cosmetic fixes

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/* ----------------------------------------------------------------
|shareMultiple Version 1.1.3 | ThankGroup Version 2.5.3 | 20261025
------------------------------- Description -----------------------
Shares is an expansion of the default /share command to accept multiple names, to ease sharing and thanking groups of people.
----------------------------- Usage ---------------------
##### type "/th?" for online help
type:
'''''sh [name*] [name] [name] [name] [name]'''''
to share up to your maximum number of people.
*You can type partial names as you can with the default share command.

'''''/ths'''''
to build thank list of people sharing to you and from you (in and out).

'''''/tn'''''
to thank the next person on the list

'''''/ath'''''
to automatically thank and set through the list

'''''/thga [name] [name] [name]'''''
---------------------------- Setup -----------------------------
Add the line below to your default macro file:
include "Shares.txt"

Note: to work properly you might have to remove the line
"sh" "/share " @text "\r" from your default macros file.
or you can use other built in triggers:
"shm" & "/shm" (stands for ''share multiple'')
------------------------ Feedback/Info -------------------------
This macro makes a list of people to thank numerous ways. Then you can call the AutoThank if you want to thank a person every 4 minutes (set with "delay" global. the delay by default is just over 4 minutes, 1200 Frames).

The Default Triggers are listed below, feel free to edit them. A short description is listed next to each trigger.

** Thank Options controls several options. including just a number ("/tho 3") will set the person at that position in the list (3 in this case) as the next exile to thank. With "debug" set to 0 or 1 it will allow debug messages to show up and allow you to load a default list of people to thank into the ThankGroup by activating the default share shortcut,"sh", which you can set in listA below. With the "off" option ("/tho off") it turns off the AutoThank loop.

*The v.2.1.3 comment format is as follows:
<<m_macroname>> (default trigger|s <required text> [optional text]) short description.
** the single less than some text and greater than denotes strings so when you see "/thg [message]"
** the vertical bar "|" is used to denote valid options (arguments) the macro accepts
** all macros are prefixed with "m_" in the file for quick searching and avoiding false hits from "call <macro>"
** global variable have their type & [:specific function] in tech speak
along with a short description

If you find any bugs or have suggestions, contact noivad either in game or
at his mac dot com address. This macro is "/Thank-ware."
------------------------- version change notes ----------------
v.2.1.2 "ThankRandom" was added by request of Rroot (REMOVED 2.5)
v.2.1.3 *fixed a small bug that threw an error, but didn't stop the macro
*Added <<tags>> to functions and comments
*Added ThankHelp macro
v.2.1.4 Added ability to remove a person from the list with /thgc <number>
*Added ThankGroup Help "/thh" or "/thgh"
v2.1.5 bug fixes to list behavior broken in 2.1.4 feature addition
v.2.1.6-7 bug fix for increment not working.
v2.3 fixes moveUp bug. ThankRandom is Broken & has been
v.2.5.2 & 1.1.2 won't add people that are already on list
v.2.5.3 small cosmetic changes
--------------------------------------------------------------- */
/****** Share Triggers ******/
"sh" call shareMultiList //changes /share to add multiple people
"/shm" call shareMultiList // also adds to myTG
"shm" call shareMultiList //{m_shareMultiList}

/****** Thank Group Triggers ******/
"/moveup" call moveUp //removes players who are now offline
"/th?" call ThankHelp //Online ThankGroup command help
"/ath" call AutoThank //Starts an Automatic thank loop | "off" to stop
"/thb" call BuildDefault //Builds the default or saved list
"/thg" call ThankGroup //Thanks the next person on the list
"/thga" call AddToThankGroup // Adds a person to ThankGroup list
"/thgwho" call WhoAmIThanking // Shows the ThankGroup list
"/thg?" call WhoAmIThanking //
"/thgc" call ClearThankGroup //Clears out ThankGroup
"/thgh" call ThankHelp //Online ThankGroup command help
"/thgm" call ThankMessage //sets the message given with karma
"/thm" call ThankMessage
"/thh" call ThankHelp //Online ThankGroup command help
"/thn" call ThankNext // Thanks next person in the list
"/tho" call ThankOptions // see ** Above or {{m_ThankOptions}} below
//"/thr" call ThankRandom // BROKEN: See * Above
"/ths" call ThankSharers //loads shares into thank list
"/tn" call ThankNext //Thanks the next person on list

set debug 0 //<<debug>> (bool:toggle) turns on and off debugging
set modeverbose 1 //first trigger will remind people how to use. set to 0 to turn off
set theMessage " Thank you " //<<EditMe>> your default message
set myThankGroup[0] "" //in case thankTarget is set to 0
set listA "Talin Silky Klur Natas Shadowfire" //EDIT to your friends

/* -- Do not Edit below this line if not Familiar with Macros -- */

set slotG 1 //<<slotG>> (int:index) is the pointer for the list
set currentIndex 1 //which slot is current
set thankTarget 1 //internal current index
set thankTotal 0 //<<thankTotal>> (int:sum) <<!=DO_NOT_EDIT>> {?}Number in list
set ATH 0 //<<ATH>> (bool:toggle) controls automatic thanking
set delay 1201 //<<delay>> (int:timer) controls pause between {m_AutoThank}
set ht[0] "There is no entry here"
set ent 0
set initSwitch 0

/* *************** shareMultiple v1.1.3 ****************** */
//<<m_shareMultiList>> (sh|/shm|shm <name> [name]) shares & adds to list
shareMultiList
{
setglobal ht[sh] "*'sh|/shm|shm <name> [name]' shares & adds exiles to list"
setglobal ht[1] "*'sh|/shm|shm <name> [name]' shares & adds exiles to list"
if slotG < 1
setglobal slotG 1
end if

if @text != ""
set count 0
label LOOP
if count <= @text.num_words
"/select " @text.word[count] " \r"
if @selplayer.simple_name == ""
set count + 1
goto LOOP
end if
"/share " @selplayer.simple_name " \r"
if debug == 1
message "*attempted share with " @text.word[count] " in LOOP"
end if
pause 1
if "No player named " < @env.textLog
set count + 1
goto LOOP
end if

set i 1
LABEL COMPARELOOP

//ADDED 20220625 EXPERIMENTAL trying to search array for string
if myThankGroup != ""
//message "myThankGroup:" myThankGroup
if myThankGroup < @selplayer.simple_name
message @selplayer.simple_name "in myThankGroup"
end if
end if
//ABOVE ADDED

if myThankGroup[i] == @selplayer.simple_name
message "* " @selplayer.name " already in list SKIPPING"
set count + 1
pause 25
goto LOOP
else
if i < thankTotal
set i + 1
goto COMPARELOOP
end if
setglobal myThankGroup[slotG] @selplayer.simple_name
pause 1
if debug == 1
message "* [" slotG "]" myThankGroup[slotG] " added to thank group."
end if
setglobal slotG + 1
setglobal thankTotal + 1
if count < @text.num_words
set count + 1
end if
pause 25
goto LOOP
end if
end if
else
"/share\r"
end if
label END
}

/******************* Thank Group v2.5.3 ********************/
//<<m_ThankGroup>> (/thg [message]) Thanks exile|s in list (activates AutoThank)
ThankGroup
{
setglobal ht[thg] "'/thg [message]' Sets the default message & activates AutoThank (i.e '/thg thanks for the hunt!'). '/thg /reset' clears the list."
setglobal ht[2] "'/thg [message]' Sets the default message & activates AutoThank (i.e '/thg thanks for the hunt!'). '/thg /reset' clears the list."

if @text == "reset"
call ClearThankGroup
goto END
else if @text == "/reset"
call ClearThankGroup
goto END
else if @text == ?
message thga
message theMessage
else
if @text != ""
setglobal theMessage @text
end if
end if
pause 1
call AutoThank
message ending thanks
label END
}

//<<m_AddToThankGroup>> (/thga <name> [name]) adds exile|s to list
AddToThankGroup
{
setglobal ht[thga] "'/thga <name> [name]' adds exile|s to list"
setglobal ht[3] "'/thga <name> [name]' adds exile|s to list"
set num_people @text.num_words //gets the number of names to add (only use one word names for accuracy)
set slot 0 //must start one less than total to add
if debug == 1
message "slotG=" slotG
end if
if @text == ?
message ht[thga]
end if
label ADDLOOP
if slot <= num_people
"/select " @text.word[slot] "\r"
if debug == 1
message "@selplayer.simple_name: " @selplayer.simple_name
end if
pause 1
if @env.textLog < "No player named "
if debug == 1
message "* " @text.word[slot] " NOT FOUND"
end if
set slot + 1
goto ADDLOOP
else if @selplayer.simple_name == ""
if debug == 1
message "* " @text.word[slot] " EMPTY"
end if
set slot + 1
goto ADDLOOP
else
set i 0
LABEL COMPARELOOP
if myThankGroup[i] == @selplayer.simple_name
message "* " @selplayer.name " already in list SKIPPING"
set slot + 1
goto ADDLOOP
else
if i < thankTotal
set i + 1
goto COMPARELOOP
end if
setglobal myThankGroup[slotG] @selplayer.simple_name
if debug == 1
message "*myThankGroup[" slotG "]= " myThankGroup[slotG]
end if
pause 1
set slot + 1
setglobal slotG + 1
setglobal thankTotal + 1
if debug == 1
message "thank total: " thankTotal
end if
goto ADDLOOP
end if
end if
end if
if modeverbose == 1
call WhoAmIThanking
end if
label END
}

//<<m_ClearThankGroup>> (/thgc) clears and resets list
ClearThankGroup
{
setglobal ht[thgc] "'/thgc [num]' clears and resets list, with a number it removes that entry in the list"
setglobal ht[4] "'/thgc [num]' clears and resets list, with a number it removes that entry in the list"

if @text == ""
message "Clearing thank group"
setglobal thankTarget 1
setglobal counted 1 //NEW2021 was 0
setglobal thankTotal 1
setglobal myThankGroup ""
setglobal slotG 1
message thankTarget "*" counted "*thanktotal:" thankTotal "*" myThankGroup "*slotG:" slotG "*"
else if @text == 0
setglobal currentIndex @text
call moveUp
else if @text > 0
if @text <= thankTotal
setglobal currentIndex @text //CurrentIndex used by moveUp
call moveUp
end if
end if
label END
}

//<<m_ThankNext>> (/tn [message]) actually does the thanking
ThankNext
{
if initSwitch == 1
setglobal ht[tn] "/tn [message]' manually thanks the next person and sets the message"
goto END
end if

if thankTotal < 1
message "*ThankNext*no one in thank list, adding shares in (/ths)**"
call ThankSharers
setglobal modeverbose 1
end if

if thankTarget < 1 //protects against out of bounds array calls
setglobal thankTarget 1
else if thankTarget > thankTotal
setglobal thankTarget 1
end if
"/select " myThankGroup[thankTarget] "\r"
if @text == ""
"/select " myThankGroup[thankTarget] "\r"
call ThankMessage
"/thank " @selplayer.name " " theMessage " :)\r"
else
"/thank " myThankGroup[thankTarget] " " @text "\r"
end if
pause 1

set tocheck @env.TextLog

//checks log for failure
if tocheck < "You have no karma to give."
if debug == 1
message "**m_ThankNext:Unable to give karma to " myThankGroup[thankTarget] " holding place."
end if
else if tocheck < "is not in the lands."
if debug == 1
message "*m_ThankNext:Unable to give karma (No Target):Advancing"
end if
setglobal missingTarget 1
call moveUp
if debug == 1
message "tht/tot:" thankTarget ":ThankTotal:" thankTotal
end if
else if thankTarget < thankTotal
call thankFeedback //20220625 EDIT switched order
setglobal thankTarget + 1 //20220625 EDIT switched order
else if thankTarget >= thankTotal
call thankFeedback //20220625 EDIT switched order
setglobal thankTarget 1 //20220625 EDIT switched order
end if

label END
}

thankFeedback
{
if debug == 1
message "*thanking " myThankGroup[thankTarget] "/thh for help"
setglobal modeverbose 0
end if
}

WhoAmIThanking //<<m_WhoAmIThanking>> (/thgwho)|(/thg?) outputs the myTG
{
if initSwitch == 1
setglobal ht[thgwho] "'/thgwho|/thg? [reset|/reset]' shows the list or optionally resets it"
goto END
end if
if @text == "reset"
call ClearThankGroup
else if @text == "/reset"
call ClearThankGroup
end if
if thankTotal < 1
message "**The thank group is empty. Try /ths or /thga <name> [name] to add people"
goto END
else
message "*My thank group is currently: "
setglobal counted 1 //must be 1 for start of array 20220621

label LOOPSTART
if counted <= thankTotal
if counted == thankTarget
message "[" counted "]*" myThankGroup[counted]
else
message "[" counted "]" myThankGroup[counted]
end if
setglobal counted + 1
goto LOOPSTART
end if
end if
label END
}

/****** SHARERS *******/
// <<m_ThankSharers>>
ThankSharers // (/ths) adds all people sharing you, and all the people you are sharing with to the thank list
{
if initSwitch == 1
setglobal ht[ths] "'/ths' adds all people sharing you to the list"
goto END
end if
set count 0
set countB 0
set i 0
set j 0

if debug == 1
message "ThankShares In: " @my.shares_in.num_words
message "Shares in are " @my.shares_in
message "ThankShares Out:" @my.shares_out.num_words
message "Shares out are " @my.shares_out
message "thankTotal: " thankTotal
message "myThankGroup:" myThankGroup
end if

label LOOP0
if count <= @my.shares_in.num_words
"/select " @my.shares_in.word[count] " \r"
if @selplayer.simple_name == ""
set count + 1
goto LOOP0
else if debug == 1
message "(L0)Start: select exile" @selplayer.simple_name
end if
pause 1

set i 1
LABEL COMPARELOOP
if debug == 1
//message "(L0C1) ThankGroup[" i "]" myThankGroup[i]
end if
if myThankGroup[i] == @selplayer.simple_name
message "*" @selplayer.name "in list (L0) SKIPPING"
set count + 1
goto LOOP0
else if i < thankTotal
set i + 1
//message "i:" i
goto COMPARELOOP
end if
setglobal myThankGroup[slotG] @selplayer.simple_name
pause 1
if debug == 1
message "* [" slotG "]" myThankGroup[slotG] " added to thank group. (L0)"
end if
setglobal slotG + 1
setglobal thankTotal + 1
if count < @my.shares_in.num_words
set count + 1
goto LOOP0
end if
pause 25
end if

label LOOP2
if countB <= @my.shares_out.num_words
"/select " @my.shares_out.word[countB] " \r"
if @selplayer.simple_name == ""
set countB + 1
goto LOOP2
else
if debug == 1
message "(L2)Start: select exile" @selplayer.simple_name
end if
end if
pause 1
set j 1
LABEL COMPARELOOP2
if debug == 1
//message "(L2C2) ThankGroup[" j "]" myThankGroup[j]
end if
if myThankGroup[j] == @selplayer.simple_name
message "*" @selplayer.name "in list (L2) SKIPPING"
set countB + 1
goto LOOP2
else if j < thankTotal
set j + 1
//message "j:" j
goto COMPARELOOP2
end if
setglobal myThankGroup[slotG] @selplayer.simple_name
pause 1
if debug == 1
message "* [" slotG "]" myThankGroup[slotG] " added to thank group. (L2)"
end if
setglobal slotG + 1
setglobal thankTotal + 1
if countB < @my.shares_out.num_words
set countB + 1
goto LOOP2
end if
pause 25
end if

label END
if debug == 1
call WhoAmIThanking
end if
}

//<<m_ThankOptions>> (/tho) sets tTarget to 0|number or switches debugging on
ThankOptions
{
if initSwitch == 1
setglobal ht[tho] "'/tho [<number>||debug 0|1||off||message <message>]' sets next person thanked to 0|<number>, switches debugging on or off, turns on or off AutoThanking, or sets a new message"
goto END
end if
if @text == ""
setglobal thankTarget 0
call WhoAmIThanking
else if @text.word[0] == "debug"
if @text.word[1] < 2
setglobal debug @text.word[1]
end if
if debug == 1
message "*Debugging is on"
else if debug == 0
message "*Debugging is off"
end if
else if @text.word[0] == "off"
setglobal ATH 0
else if @text.word[0] == "on"
call AutoThank
else
if @text.word[0] > 0
if @text.word[0] <= thankTotal
setglobal thankTarget @text.word[0]
end if
else
message "*That number won't work. The highest number you can set it currently: " thankTarget
pause 7
message "*Blame Polerand! ;)"
end if
else if @text.word[0] == "message"
set words @text.word[count]
set counter 1
label MESSAGEBUILDER
if counter > words
setglobal theMessage interim
message "the message is now: " theMessage
else
set interim.word[counter] @text.word[counter] " "
set counter + 1
goto MESSAGEBUILDER
end if
end if
label END
}

// AutoThank 1.0 "/ath"
AutoThank //<<m_AutoThank>> (/ath ["0"|"off"]) turns on*|off automatic thanks
{
if initSwitch == 1
setglobal ht[ath] "'/ath [0|off]' turns off automatic thanks. With no arguments it turns it on."
goto END
end if
if @text.word[0] == "off"
setglobal ATH 0
goto ENDoff
else if @text.word[0] == "0"
setglobal ATH 0
goto ENDoff
end if
setglobal ATH 1

label LOOPA
if ATH == 1
pause delay
if thankTarget <= thankTotal
call ThankNext
goto LOOPA
else
message "***You are out of people to thank.***"
message "***To Add more type /thga <name> [name] ..."
end if
end if

label ENDoff
message "*AutoThank is Off"
label END
}

//<<m_BuildDefault>> List Building Function
BuildDefault
{
if initSwitch == 1
setglobal ht[thb] "'/thb' builds the thank list using the default in Friends"
goto END
end if
label LOOPA
if count > listA.num_words
setglobal myThankGroup[slotG] listA.word[count]
if debug == 1
pause 1
message "*" myThankGroup[slotG] " added to thankgroup."
end if
set count + 1
setglobal slotG + 1
setglobal thankTotal + 1
pause 20
goto LOOPA
end if
label END
}

// *m_moveUp* Reorganizes the thankgroup List triggered by ClearThankGroup '/thgc 0'
moveUp
{
if thankTotal > 0
setglobal currentIndex thankTarget
message "currentIndex:" currentIndex "exile to thank " myThankGroup[currentIndex]
message "**moving up**thankTotal:" thankTotal "*"

label DECLOOP
setglobal cIndexPlus currentIndex
setglobal cIndexPlus + 1 //CRITICAL: moves to next exile on list

if cIndexPlus > thankTotal
message "*m_moveUp*cIndexPlus Exceeds thankTotal"
//setglobal myThankGroup[currentIndex] "" //20220619 edit from currentIndex //20220703 EDIT bug check!
if debug == 1
message "*Thanklist reorganized* '/thg?' to see it (or '/set debug 1'"
end if
setglobal cIndexPlus thankTotal
else if currentIndex == thankTotal //20220625 ADDED
if myThankGroup[cIndexPlus] != ""
setglobal myThankGroup[currentIndex] myThankGroup[cIndexPlus]
setglobal currentIndex + 1
goto DECLOOP
end if
if thankTarget == currentIndex
message " [" currentIndex "]* " myThankGroup[currentIndex]
else
message " [" currentIndex "] " myThankGroup[currentIndex]
end if
else //overwrites current exile
if myThankGroup[cIndexPlus] != ""
setglobal myThankGroup[currentIndex] myThankGroup[cIndexPlus]
end if
if myThankGroup[currentIndex] == myThankGroup[cIndexPlus]
if thankTarget == currentIndex
message " [" currentIndex "]* " myThankGroup[currentIndex]
else
message " [" currentIndex "] " myThankGroup[currentIndex]
end if
end if
setglobal currentIndex + 1
goto DECLOOP
end if
setglobal thankTotal - 1
setglobal slotG - 1
end if
if thankTotal < currentIndex
if debug == 1
message "mTG[cI]" myThankGroup[currentIndex] currentIndex
end if
setglobal currentIndex 1
end if
}

//<<m_ThankMessage>> (/thm|/thgm) Sets and|or shows the message
ThankMessage
{
if @text == "/m"
message theMessage
else if @text == "/message"
message theMessage
else if @text == "?"
message theMessage
else if @text == ""
random
setglobal theMessage " because why not? "
or
setglobal theMessage " Thanks "
or
setglobal theMessage " Thank you "
or
setglobal theMessage " Thankx "
or
setglobal theMessage " Why? Because we like you "
or
setglobal theMessage " not that it really matters, but here's some good karma "
or
setglobal theMessage " Woo! Woo! "
or
setglobal theMessage " got Karma? "
or
setglobal theMessage " hu! hu! "
or
setglobal theMessage " a GK a day keeps the departs away "
end random
else if @text != ""
setglobal theMessage @text
end if
}

//<<m_ThankHelp>> {/thgh|/?th|/thh }Lists how to control macro
ThankHelp
{
setglobal hEntry 0
set initSwitch 1
call InitThG
if @text == "overview"
message "*Shares.txt::ThankGroup builds a list of exiles to thank."
message "*/type '/th? quickstart' for a basic command list"
message "*The <commands> are: sh, ath, thb, thg, thga, thgc, thgwho, tho, thr, ths, tn and are preceded with a slash '/'"
message "type '/th? <command> for more info on each command"
else if @text == "quickstart"
message "*'/thga' and their names (with no spaces) to add people"
message "*'/thg' followed by any message to send to the group."
message "*'/tn' to thank the next person manually"
message "*'/ath 0' or '/tho off' to stop the macro"
message "*'/th? message' see what current message is"
else if @text == "message"
message "*" theMessage
else if @text != ""
if @text == "sh"
message " " ht[1]
else if @text == "thg"
message " " ht[2]
else if @text == "thgc"
message " " ht[4]
else if @text == "th?"
message "*************************"
message "*Universal Self Destruct Activated*"
message "*************************"
message "*10..."
pause 3
message "*Now you've done it!*"
pause 2
message "*9..."
pause 5
message "*8..."
pause 5
message "*7..."
pause 5
message "*6..."
pause 5
message "*5..."
pause 5
message "*4..."
pause 5
message "*3..."
pause 5
message "*2..."
pause 5
message "*1..."
pause 5
message "*0"
message "*BOOM!*"
else
setglobal ent @text
message ht[ent]
end if
else
message "*type '/th? overview' or 'th? quickstart' for instuctions"
message "*more information is available in the macro file 'Shares.txt'"
//message "*thanks for trying this macro. Feedback is welcome"
end if
label END
}

InitThG
{
if initSwitch == 1
call shareMultiList
call AutoThank
call ThankGroup
call AddToThankGroup
call WhoAmIThanking
call ClearThankGroup
call ThankNext
call ThankOptions
// call ThankRandom
call ThankSharers
end if
setglobal initSwitch 0
}
==Debug==
"/debug"
{
if debug == 0
setglobal debug 1
message "´debug activated."
else
setglobal debug 0
message "´debug deactivated."
end if
}
</code>

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*20260923: Memorial for permanently fallen players:
[[File: 2026memorial.png|left|thumb| Exiles Gathered in the Memorial Garden]]

*20260919: This week, on September 19, 2026 at 10:00 (PST) the Lore Tour will journey through the Vale of Giants to the town of Fountfell. There, we’ll meet with the blacksmith Kasarra, who has been crafting Silksteel armor for us. We’ll find out whether it’s ready and perhaps pick her brain for other smithing ideas. Her ingenuity has already helped our blacksmiths learn many new techniques. If time allows, we’ll stop by the Rockslide Tavern to visit with Egremora. She always has great stories to share, and loves hearing ours in return. Perhaps we can tell her about our recent adventures in the Shadowspring Citadel and our encounter with the Skitterkin! Come prepared with a story or two of your own! (Also maybe Kasarra will take pity on Seaforth and craft him some new armor) — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Garr Garr]

*20260912: Lore Tour continues Saturday, September 12, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we plan to wander the lands to visit the V'wunquinhun and to receive their blessings. It’s is hard to believe it has been so long. Also, our plan is to focus on the other nine, since we ran into the one in Shadowspring last time. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260905: Lore Tour returns Saturday, September 5, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings and delve deeper into Shadowspring. We will need strong help and sharp minds to brave to darkness. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260904: Portal move announcement portal will move tomorrow or Saturday (~4-5 Sept) for all of September to Frigid Cavern. Depending on V'wunkays or anything special for v1500, maybe it will be more variable. Stay tuned to Koppi for any changes! — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.OrgDuLac Org Du Lac]

*20260822: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 22, 2026 at 10:00 This week we plan to divert slightly on the trail of the Skitterlings to deliver Trillbane his song! We've invited him over to the Rockslide Tavern in Fountfell for some needed refreshments, so we'll have to travel through Vale of Giants to meet up with him and hear the song Coriakin has written for him. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260815: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 15, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings and our exploration of the area beneath Shadowspring. As before, strong help of all kinds would be appreciated! — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20280808: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 8, 2026 at 10:00. This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. After our realization that the goats and Trillbane have finished the shortcut, we plan to stop by and tell Tart’targ of our progress before heading back beneath Shadowspring. Strong help will be needed to defeat the things crawling around in the darkness. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260801: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 1, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. With the earth aligned ancient machines charged, we plan to make our way north through Vale to the nodes north of there, ultimately making our way to the GMV Ruins. Last time in the Fire ruins the Mystics felt the Ick to the west, towards that area. While there we can try some different tactics against the Ick, hopefully we can find an effective approach. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260718: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the '''Skitterlings'''. We plan to meet with Tart’targ and catch up with her on our success in taking down an Ick Promontory. Then we’ll see if we can hunt down any more of them that may have appeared around the ancient machines in the Eastern Mountains. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260711: **Lore Tour** continues July 11th at 10AM (PST). This week we're planning to head into the **Shadowplane** to search for clues about the forgotten Oubleir in our efforts to find the Fruit of the Crooked Tree. Last time we were investigating them we talked with a large shadow mantuan in the Shadow forest and they mentioned that we had the wrong mantuan, and that the rest of the herd were smaller baby mantuan. We plan to search through the shadowplane to see if we can locate them and see what they might say. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

[[File: WantedSkitterlings.png|left|thumb| Skitterlings Wanted.]]
*20260704: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 4, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we will be continuing on the on the trail of the Skitterlings. Our plan is to meet again with Tart'targ, update her on our efforts and then check on some sightings of the Skitterlings near their nest in the Vale of Giants. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260620: Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 20, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we will continuing on the on the trail of the Skitterlings. Our plan is to meet with the Nacerean Order and talk with them about how we might be able to utilize blood magic in our efforts against the Ick. Maybe we could even get the bloodpool itself to help us out in some way.

*20260613: Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 13, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we will be needing some help on the trail of the Skitterlings. With the delivery of the Green Drake mushrooms to Tart’targ, we’re almost ready to delve into Shadowspring, but we need some time for the Goats to finish their digging and for us to finish composing a song for Trillbane. So we need your help in coming up with ideas to buy us time. What can we do to the Ick to stymie its spread or to distract it, slowing it from spreading further towards Sunspire and the other ancient machines? While catching up with Tart’targ we’ll share our theories and head over to one of the nodes to try some out. So bring your ideas, theories and equipment, explain how it might help, then we can try it out and see what happens. Hopefully we can figure out a plan from this testing.
**So far we’ve observed that the Ick seems to be growing, seeing out the energies of the ancient machines. The Skitterlings, it seems, are just along for the ride. Hopefully that’s helpful in forming your ideas.

*20260606: Lore Tour returns Saturday, June 6, 2026 at 10:00. This week we will travel through the Vale of Giants to the Heartwood Glade in search of the Green Drake mushrooms that Tart’targ needs to help us get deeper into Shadowspring. And as a reminder, we promised her we wouldn’t imbibe them ourselves, lest our bodies be turned into mud and forced to wander without our minds. ⁠hunting_hall⁠ While there, we also plan on checking on the progress the goats, Trillbane, and the Mountain Hermit have made on making a shortcut into Shadowspring. We had last wrangled some unruly goats with them, so hopefully they’ve made good progress. ⁠hunting_hall⁠ Once we gather the mushrooms, we need to make sure we get them back to Tart’targ, as they are prone to spoilage. When we get back to her, we can report on the spread of the Ick we had observed near the GMV Ruins creeping up towards Sunspire. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260530: Hello, bards and others! The May 30th concert will be our next themed concert. The concert will feature music inspired by or written about the Shadowplane. I’m sure everything will be fine and there will be no unexpected visitors or unfortunate occurrences. Bards, you’re invited to write something new about the Shadowplane! This isn’t officially a contest, just a composing challenge, but I’ve already received some donations so…. Who knows what’ll happen!

[[File: LTatSPwEle.png|left|thumb| Lore Tour Consults a Shadow-phant, and learns to do nothing.]]

*20260523: Lore Tour continues Saturday, May 23, 2026 at 10:00. This week we will return to the Shadow Forest. As a reminder, we had been working for some time on a way to restore the altar in the Windweft Ice Caves, to restore access to Purgatory and maybe see if we could help the spirit of Gaiyl return. To do that, we were tracking down how the Ancients built the altars in the first place. From the stories left in their triangle language near the Ancient machines we know that Mataline had went to the Shadowplane and stole a piece of shadow and brought it back with her. Stories that Egremora told us say that with that piece stone was infused with the power of the shadows to become altars. From other stories from the protectorate, we’ve been able to put together that this piece of shadow was actually fruit of the crooked tree. From that same crooked tree we were presented two seeds, one that we planted in Fane, and the other that was planted in the Dreamless Protectorate. By feeding the Fane seedling, it eventually grew into a tree with an entrance to the Shadow Forest. It is our hope that our next clues on where to find the fruit we need to make progress. While there, we will try and make sense of the forgotten Oubleir. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260516: The week on Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 10:00 (PST) the Lore Tour will be checking up on the bees we helped settle into one of the caves in the Ash Barrens. But before we go there, we'll be heading into the Greymyr Passes to meet up with Nauliana the beekeeper. Hopefully we can convince her to join us in visiting the bees and maybe she can teach us ways to help them thrive. We'll see where that leads us and I sure everything will be totally 100% safe. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Garr Garr]

*20260509: Lore Tour continues Saturday, May 9, 2026 at 10:00. This week we will continue on the trail of the Skitterlings checking in on the ancient machines in the eastern mountains to see what the Ick has been up to. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260502: **Lore Tour** returns 10AM PST. This week we will return again to the **Book Fort**, this time we plan to head to the Sky-library. While we’re there we’ll try and sort out the whole regal situation between the jerk knights and Seaforth.

*20260425: BARD CONCERT

*20260418: Lore Tour continues Saturday, April 18, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we will return into the Book Fort, this time heading to the Mosey Meadows.

*20260411: This week on Saturday, April 11, 2026 at 10:00 (PST), the Lore Tour will be heading up to Sombrion’s Cloud to investigate something strange going on. A friend of mine was recently up there doing some “research” when all of a sudden a Sarir ran by screaming. Something about “Run!” and “It just landed!” He just thought it was your normal Sarir ramblings and didn’t follow up because it was just a Sarir you know? But when he told me, I figured we should probably go check it out. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260404: Lore Tour returns Saturday, April 4, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we will venture into the Book Fort! — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260314: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 14, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). Double check that time! This week we plan to pay a visit to the Verminate on Ash to see what they’ve been up to lately in tormenting the Darshak. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260307: Lore Tour returns Saturday, March 7, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings by searching for some inspiration for @Coriakin’s song about Trillbane. — Phroon

*20260221: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 21, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan help Trillbane wrangle some goats that have wandered away from clearing the path to Shadowspring. Trillbane mentioned they were last seen in the rocky areas above Vale, so we’ll check there first. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260214: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue our investigations into the Skitterlings and the Ick. We plan to check on the nest we’ve found below the Vale of Giants, we also hope to run into Trillbane and ask how me might be able to help clear the way into Shadowspring Citadel.

*20260207: Lore Tour returns Saturday, February 7, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to investigate the new Stout Chains, traveling deep into the Orga Stronghold to hunt for Fire Water. We may also poke around and see if we can figure out how the Orga make the stuff and reproduce it ourselves. While out that way, if we see Trillbane we also plan to ask him about how the goats are doing on clearing the way into Shadowspring, and what we might do to speed that up. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260124: Lore Tour continues Saturday, January 24, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to use the current portal armistice to investigate the Heart of Ice in the Glacial Deeps. Hopefully we can meet the Fountfell smith Kasarra there and show them what we’ve been able to discover so far. We also hope to talk to some of the Windspinners there to see what they have been able to learn.

*20260117: Lore Tour continues Saturday, January 17, 2026 at 10:00. This week we plan to catch up on the status of the Bath House. I’ve heard a report from Loom'tir that most of the staff have returned from a mandatory Peaceton vacation, and that they could use help with the finishing touches for their grand reopening.

*20260110: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 10, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. Following up on the investigation of the fighter nodes in the Eastern Mountains we plan to visit with Tart’targ and discuss what we’ve both observed. We also plan to deliver most of the materials that we were tasked to collect a while ago that would be used in a ritual to get down to where the Skitterlings seemed to be coming from in Shadowspring.

*20260103: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 3, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. Before the Bawkmas holiday Tart’targ identified that the Skitterlings seemed to be spreading along with a strange vine-web substance. We’ve since seen Skitterlings and this substance near several of the ancient machines in the Eastern Mountains. We plan to continue our investigation by traveling to the earth attuned machines and checking on their current status.

==2025==
*20251213: Lore Tour returns Saturday, December 13, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. Last week we unexpectedly found one of their nests underneath Vale in the ruins up to Fountfell, suggesting they have expanded outwards from their spot beneath Shadowspring. We plan to revisit the nest and see what else we can learn from it.

[[File:CL-20251206-Skittlerlings.png|thumb|frame|left|These guys are in quite the predicament!]]
*20251206: Lore Tour returns Saturday, December 6, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings with a trip through the Vale of Giants to check on the goat’s progress on clearing a path into Shadowspring for Trillbane.

*20251122: Lore Tour continues Saturday, November 22, 2025 at 10:00. This week we plan to check in with the Verminate Two. Five (as they were five vermin in a cloak) became Two after Three stayed behind to rule over the mountain of lunch boxes we had delivered. We then invited Two to join us in Puddleby where they were learning to cook in Haricot’s kitchen. The Verminate were working on plans to topple the Darshak buildings in Ash City, as well as learning rune magic. We hope to check in with them and see what progress they’ve made and if we can be of any help.—Phroon

[[File:CL-2025115-Dance_Off.png|thumb|frame|left|The November 15st 2025 Lore tour Dance Off!]]
*20251115: Instead of your usual Lore Tour, it's a dance off Dance Off!

*20251108: Lore Tour returns Saturday, November 8, 2025 at 10:00 (PST). (Double check that time!). This week we plan to return to the trail of the Skitterlings. We plan to head through Vale of Giants to Heartwood Glade to check on the progress of the path into Shadowspring. With luck the goats may have broken enough rock to make us a path inside. Strong help as always would be appreciated. — Phroon

[[File:CL-20251101LoreTour.png|thumb|frame|left|The November 1st 2025 Lore tour meets at the alliance castle.]]
*20251101: Lore Tour returns Saturday, November 1, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). (Double check that time!). This week we plan to have a spooky Tsrrin themed adventure. The day of the dead will be over so you can come back out of the library and don your costume to celebrate with us!

*This month's bard concert will be in the bards' guild hall on Saturday October 25th at 11AM (PDT). Normally we have our Feast of Tsirrin concert in the playhall, but we need to be in the bards' guild building because it'll also be Valadorei's audition to become a full bard! I hope you can all make it out to support her!

*20251018: Lore Tour continues Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue our Ethereal Science with Bosun Higgs on western Tenebrion’s Island in efforts to repair the damage that the Darshak had done to the Ethereal Plane. It seems that Higgs has already successfully removed the Kyuem the Darshak had forced into place, but there is still more work to be done.

*20251011: **Lore Tour** continues Saturday October 11 at 10AM (PDT) After the nothing-counts tour of last week we again plan to head through **Vale of Giants** up to **Fountfell** to speak with the smiths there about our success in locating the heart of ice. A while ago they were searching for the heart in hopes to use it in the process of creating some kind of armor. Vale has been particularly happy when we’ve visited recently, so strong help would be appreciated.

*20251004: Lore Tour returns Saturday, October 4, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to head through Vale of Giants up to Fountfell to speak with the smiths there about our success in locating the heart of ice. A while ago they were searching for the heart in hopes to use it in the process of creating some kind of armor. Vale has been particularly happy when we’ve visited recently, so strong help would be appreciated.

*20250927: Bard Concert: Bard Concert on Saturday, September 27, 2025 at 11:00! I'll bring 2 new songs (one of which is for the contest and the other one is exploring more of my CLmetal / CLrock era) and others are hoping to have new stuff too! — Bingro

*20250925: Dear Puddleby Friends,
**It is time to pause and remember those we have lost over the years.
**Baffina & Baffette, Eyeball, K’Pyn, The Good Cat, Tonoto, Tyndall, Xenos & Panos are much missed in Puddleby and in the world. Each year we come together on or around the anniversary of Tyndall’s passing, 20 years ago, in order to celebrate the lives of these friends who have passed, as well as others we miss.
**Please join us to share memories, whiskey, cigars, beer, songs, and bonfires in the Memorial Garden outside Alliance Castle on Thursday, September 25, 2025 at 19:00 (PDT). Here in Puddleby we call it "mosey time." Follow the candles from West Gate.
**Whether you knew them or not, whether you are a regular in Puddleby, brand new, or watch from the library, please feel welcome. We would love to see you. Please also reach out to friends who might not see this message – we'd love to see them, too.
**Xenos & Panos wished us all “a happy and fruitful life and the good sense to live it with no regrets.”
*20250913: Lore Tour returns Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:00. This week we plan to head through Vale of Giants to Heartwood Glade to check on the progress on clearing the way into Shadowspring. We’ve been digging our way to Shadowspring to investigate the mysterious Skitterlings scuttling beneath the citadel. Both Trillbane and Tart’targ have been helping us, so we’re planning on stopping by to see if they need anything.

*20250906: Lore Tour returns Saturday, September 6, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to head to Tenebrion’s Island to check on the abandoned Darshak Temple where they were conducting ethereal research. Lugubrion had asked us to remove ethereal detritus from a stash there. There were also report of some sort of ethereal accountant there, we plan to investigate that as well. — Phroon

*20250829: Friday, August 29, 2025 at 19:00 (PDT) the mosey (and Whirlwind) will be bringing those interested to book 2

*20250823: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 23, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to head to Ash City to deliver lunch to Five. Pack up on lunch boxes from Haricot’s and be prepared to fight some Darshak.

*20250816: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 16, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to head back to the Glacial Deeps beneath the Frigid Caverns in Silversnag Ascent in the Eastern Mountains to continue our investigations into the Heart of Ice. This week we hope to talk to the Windspinners there about the Heart and other discoveries.

*20250802: Lore Tour returns Saturday, August 2, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. With mushrooms in hand from last time, we plan to scout around Fountfell looking for potential ways into the depths below Shadowspring. We’ve been able to recruit the assistance of Trillbane for a cut of the spoils and a song. Perhaps he’ll be willing to help us find the trailhead.

*20250719: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 19, 2025 at 10:00AM (PDT). To continue our investigation into the mysterious Skitterlings found beneath Shadowspring Citadel we plan to go hunting for the mushrooms Tart’targ needs to unseal the path down to where the Skitterlings are believed to be nesting. We plan to start our search by meeting with her to remind ourselves what we’re looking for.

*20250628: Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to visit with the inscrutable Mountain Hermit in the Vale of Giants gauntlet to ask him about the current goings on in the Eastern Mountains. There’s been a lot going on; our search for the Stormlyric Monastery, explorations of the Frigid Cavern for the Heart of Ice, and a council of different factions discussing Sombrion’s presence. And that’s on top of our recent discovery and investigation of the skitterlings. The hermit’s enigmatic perspective on these things will help guide our turbulent investigations. — Phroon

*20250607: This week the Lore Tour will be heading back to the bowels of Ash Island to investigate what our vermine and spriggin friends have been up to since we last visited. While there we should probably be on the lookout for The Widow Lactrodectia and her creations. Also, We will probably try to rob any rich new Darshak Lords that have settled in Rosentide since the last time we looted the place. All these things and more may or may not happen! Join us to find out! — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Garr Garr]

*20250605: v1436. When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of human civilization — Daniel Webster (1782–1852)
**Sorry for the delay. Our gerbils were a bit overwhelmed by the amount of art pouring into our library (over 8200 individual images!) They needed some cuddles, reassurance, and a little reprogramming.
**Speaking of 8200+ amazing pieces of artwork: thank you again to our volunteer artists, who have been expanding the Clan Lord world for the past 25 (27?) years. We wouldn’t be the same without you!

*20250531: Coriakin reports: Bard concert at Lugubrion's Keep next weekend! Saturday, May 31st at 11AM pacific time. Come on out and hear some organ music!

[[file:fountfell-lore-tour.png|thumb|The Lore Tour in Fountfell]]
*20250517: Lore Tour continues Saturday, May 17, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT) this week we will visit the Rockslide Tavern in Fountfell to hear stories from Egremora and to ask about the strange Skitterlings we saw deep inside Shadowspring Citadel. We may also stop by and visit with Pelaegia to get her perspective on these strange creatures. — Phroon

*20250510: **Lore Tour** continues 10AM (PDT) this week we will travel deep into **Shadowspring Citadel**. Known as the Gates of the Moon by the Ancients, these ruins housed a tear to the Shadowplane that was sealed by exiles years ago. We plan to delve its depth to reveal any new mysteries, and to check on the odd skittering creatures we saw before. We will need strong help to brave the dangers within, including those versed in revealing the rifts and traps within, as well as some of our friends who have trained plenty of Horus.
[[File:CL-Fountain 2025-05-07.png|thumb]]
*20250507: Update v1432
**Yes, I will spend the livelong day
**With Nature in this month of May;
**And sit beneath the trees, and share
**My bread with birds whose homes are there.
**“In May” — W. H. Davies (1871–1940)
**Thank you to our volunteers and artists for their continued work!
**Other than some behind-the-scenes bug fixes, everything else for this update is a secret. Or maybe not-so-secret?

*20250419: Lore Tour continues Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT) this week we have a trip led by the Fledgelings into the Bookfort. Check it out, at your local library. — Phroon

*20250412: Lore Tour returns Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT) this week we plan to head to the Shadowplane and the Protectorate to hunt for clues on how to succeed in future trips to the Shadow Forest. If there's time, we may also visit some Shadowbears. Strong help and bright lanterns will be needed to traverse the dangerous plane.

*20250405: Lore Tour returns Saturday, April 5, 2025 at 10:00AM (PDT) this week we plan to delve into The Land of Dank Believe aka Bookfort. We plan to revisit previous year’s sections of the Bookfort including exciting adventures like fighting in a book on the moon and defeating a wizard on a cloud. Please suspend your disbelief at the door.
*Next Update April 2nd. — Phroon

*20250322: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 22, 2025 at 10:00 (AM PDT) this week we plan to head to Silversnag Ascent and the Frigid Cavern to continue our investigations into the Heart of Ice. Rumor says there may be others looking for the same thing we are, maybe they’ll have some clues for us. — Phroon

*20250315: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 15, 2025 at 10:00AM (PDT) this week we plan to select a plan from various plans. We are awaiting confirmation of the plan while we plan to make our selection. We hope to plan on your attendance. (Silversnag? TI? Shadowplane? East Forest!? Who knows where Lore Tour will go!?).
**Lore Tour update: This week we plan to travel to TI to investigate the Darshak Temple that was under construction there. — Phroon

*20250308: **Lore Tour** continues 10AM PST. this week we plan to go on an adventure hosted by the Order of the Fledgelings!

*20250305 v1423 Update
**Choice is how you can tell an intelligent man from a fool. — Henrik Ibsen (1828–1906)
**You’ll have to explore to see what’s new this Chaos Storm.

*20250301: **Lore Tour** returns 10AM PST this week we plan to drop on by **Sombrion’s Keep** to explore the appropriated island and to deliver materials towards a permanent Agronox landing pad. We’ll be needing plenty of agronox feathers, mirror shards, logs of wood, sturdy limbs, skiens of silk, blue baubles, and shiny medallions. We’ll also see if we can fit in some squabbling with a Wizard, or at least a good rifling through his things.
*20250215: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 15, 2025 at 10:00 (PST) this week we plan to head to Ash City to do some more ambassadorial liaising in the Gorvin tradition. Following our defeat of Endrondus there’s sure to be some interesting things happening in Rosentide.

*20250208: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 8, 2025 at 10:00AM (PST) this week we plan to head to the Shadow Forest and the Shadow Bard’s Field! Strong help and many lanterns will be needed to survive. — Phroon

*20250205 v1419 Update
**We love the things we love for what they are. — Robert Frost (1874–1963)
**Testing potential new Champion ability: Charge. It has some small limits to the number of uses for now, until we figure out balancing. Apply for testing in Champ HQ.
**A few stubbornly wild pets can now be tamed by healers.
**Boostus got a little boost.
**Young lights can now better ward off the dangers of the dark.

*20250201: Lore Tour returns Saturday, February 1, 2025 at 10:00 (PST) this week we plan to head back to Silversnag Ascent and the Frigid Cavern to check on the crumbling ice within. These Ancient ruins always seem to contain much history for us to understand. — Phroon
*20250118: (10AM PST) Lore Tour this week plans to explore the Shadow Forest. Strong help and sun lanterns will be required.
*20250111: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 11, 2025 at 10:00 (PST) this week we plan to head back to Ash to continue our investigate Ausrine’s mysterious Ankh. I'm sure we'll encounter absolutely no more misunderstandings whatsoever.

*20250104: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 4, 2025 at 10:00 (PST)this week we plan to head deep into to the third circle of the Abyss to investigate Ausrine’s mysterious Ankh. Strong help would be appreciated for this trip.

*20250101 v1414 Update
**I have learned that to be with those I like is enough. — Walt Whitman (1819–1892)
**Season’s Belated Beatings!

==2024==
*20241221: Lore Tour continues Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 10:00AM PST this week we plan to return to Silversnag Ascent to search for a heart of ice for Kasarra’s smithing experiments. — Phroon
*20241214 10AM PST: Arbordale, Puddleby, Merdi, day 22 of Autumn, 639.
Letter to Giben at Fountfell
**Titus [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Kojiro Kojiro] DeLouche St. Thoomingnon, son of Pomponious, Lord Seaforth, to Giben, Dwarf - If you and the scouting party are well I shall be glad. From your official despatch I have, in common with everyone else, received the liveliest satisfaction; for you have given us that strong hope of success, of which, in sole reliance on you, I was assuring everyone. The emissary smith has taught to Powean the working of litharge. To practical end, he has learned the making of the Gilded Breastplate which was awarded me in recognition of valor on behalf of the People. This he learned only after smashing to
**Issues remain. We know not how to channel the Earth’s power through the armor, beyond its shining brilliance to strike fear into the hearts of enemies sensible of it. Further, I have reread the minutes of that initial meeting with Kassara, who defamed my biceps, from which it is clear that a second armor type was discussed of which Powean has not been taught. This is referred to as flexible, perhaps a mesh, perhaps for rapid attackers rather than line troops. The requirements mentioned steel, lead, arachnoid silk and ice. I know not whether the reference to ice is meant literally – is it an annealing step? A type of ice magic? I pray we will not be competing with the Mystics for sapphires.
**Your correspondence reaches me here, conveyed by what means I know not, from Fountfell. It seems we must send you another scouting party, as the above questions remain to be resolved. Do send reports regarding the route, in particular the grasping cedar forest west of the settlement. I will bring you a package of the smoked jellyfish I know to be your favorite and not native to high altitudes. We return this Saturday, December 14, for Lore Tour. Watch for our coming.
*20241123 10AM PST: At the behest of Pirate King, Witchy Kitty, [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Stinkfist Captain Stinkfist]:
**Arrr, now that we have successfully lulled Endrondus into a false sense of security, it is time to enact the Pirate King's daring and cunning plan to undermine the Darshak Cult. Yarr, this plan is top secret and will be explained on the day.
**Enclosed is a doodle of the Witchy Kitty Pirate King winking* — Valadorei
*20241116 10AM PST: “Arrr! Witchy Kitty Pirate King here! We will be following up on our Rainbow Diplomacy efforts! I'm told we should visit Alder to discuss the Bee Prophecy and related things, so yarr, seems like a good place to start. We also have our new friends from the Verminate and our Spriggin allied uhh mercenaries err... special advisors to the Verminate. The Verminate will need more shiny things for the rainbow generator, so bring shiny things, sunstones and gems of any kind are specially needed. Probably bring them snacks too, what is the food equivalent of the shiniest gem? Bring the answer to that question please. For our Spriggin friends..... yarr just bring coins for them. The Witchy Kitty Pirate King of Lok'Groton will make a substantial donation and the Forces of Whimsy would surely look very kindly upon a large gift of coins from Puddleby. Lastly, time permitting, yarr we got this very bad darshak priest man named Endrondus, he is a very bad man and for the good of the island chain, he gots to go. He needs to die for his many crimes going back centuries, definitely not because we built a rainbow generator and gave it to sentient vermine right in front of him. We totally didnt do that... and if we did it was on purpose and part of a much larger plan in accordance with The Gorvin Mandate regarding the Darshak Cult. Fun and inventive and practical ways to dispose of this very bad darshak man are welcome. See you there! With Love, The Witchy Kitty Pirate King” — Stinkfist

*20241109 10AM PST: Arbordale, Puddleby, Sombdi, day 71 of Spring, 639.
**Letter to Giben at Fountfell
**Giben - The state of things in regard to my steel visions, in which I know that you are supremely interested, and our subsequent discoveries beneath Melabrion Bay is this, as far as can be as yet conjectured. The ceiling ore is steel and lead alloyed, and delivery of ingots of what I refer to here as ‘litharge’ has been secured to skilled metalworkers in Fountfell, said ingots being alloy and bone ash. The ingots are stamped with a Dwarven symbol for Earth, for lead, and a sword, referencing steel. You may share my skepticism as to virtue of the litharge to us, as warriors – boluses for slings? will we have boots of lead, for stamping vermine, or fighting on the sea floor? Recall our schooling in philology – I believe the litharge stamp to be a specifier of the Champion in the ancient language of the Even Shorter Dwarves.
**I call upon you to join me this approaching Saturday for Lore Tour, and I will make the same demand upon all Puddlebeans. Saturday, then, we lead with steel and follow with lead. We shall make a concerted expedition to this Fountfell, this mountain beyond the History of Salandra, and there turn speculation into knowledge. — Titus Kojiro DeLouche St. Thoomingnon, Lord Seaforth
[[File:CL-v1406SplashScreen.png|thumb|frame|right|The v1406 Clan Lord Splash Screen]]
*20241106: CL v1406 Update
**Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion. — Democritus (c. 460 bce – c. 370)
**A statue remembering The Good Cat has been added to the Memorial Garden.
**A few cats waited until exiles were done trick-or-treating to put on their own costumes, wander around, and beg for treats.
**Improved <mumble>, <mumble>, and <mumble>.
**Three new areas will now properly give exploration awards. Anyone who has explored these areas already will be able to do so again to receive the reward. — Delta Tao

*20241102 10AM PDT: Come help us fulfil a prophecy with Science! Or something like that. I'm not in charge. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Garr Garr]

*20241019 10AM PDT: Lord Seaforth (formerly Kojiro):
**Attn Puddleheads: A Levée is called to new ore finds in Tokhans - Saturday, Lore Tour. The gods demand Metal. I demand fancier armor. Bring tools.

*20241005 10AM PDT: Lore Tour returns this Saturday to the shadow garden in the haunted fane. After all the extra trips we made, we now believe that we may have enough dream fragments to grow the tree even bigger! Nothing could possibly go wrong as the seed was freely given! We'll likely need a strong group to ensure the success of this endeavor so make sure to show up.

*20240921 10AM PDT: THE TRIAL BY PUN-BAT OF PAULA FRESHLAND!!! Happuning Saturday 10 am PST. Don’t miss your chance to see just-ice snow its hand in the Puddleby Courthouse! Will Maximus try to defend his damsel and wind up in damncell or will he get rid of his jailousy and shake Paula’s clutch on him and purse-ue a path of honor and truth. The Punsecutor General will be handling the trial on behalf of the people and all other Puddleby citipuns. You.Cannot.Afford.To.Miss.This!!!! — Pun’isher

*20240907 10AM (PDT): GREETINGS PUDDLEBEARS AND PUDDLEBEANS. THE GREAT BEAR SPIRIT HAS BEEN KEEPING WATCH OVER OUR SHADOW NOT-BEAR FRIENDS, AND HAS NOTICED THAT THEY HAVE BEEN GROWING IN POWER. THE GREAT BEAR SPIRIT ADVICES US TO SHOW THEM OUR PUDDLE HONOR, BY ENGAGING IN SOME DIPLOMATIC WRESTLING ON THEIR TURF. WE SHALL MAUL AND SLASH TO EXCHANGE BEAR KNOWLEDGE. BRING HONEY. — Biro

*20240817: Arr, Puddleby! I have been keeping my bees informed of da news, but dey told me da uvver bees are restless. Dey are not satisfied wit second hand news nor wit so few of us reportin' it. Reekfoot's weddin' is da hops what broke da bison's back.
**DEREFORE (da Captain said dat part is important) we are going to visit my bees on August 17, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT) to make dis right. After we tell dem da news officially, we will ask what we can do to assuage da uvver bees' bovveration. Warm up your newsing voices. Polish your armour. Bring your big axes an' wax your moonstones. Dis could get messy. — Dandelion

*20240810: Proclamation from the Pirate King:
**Arrr, so a Rumorstorm has informed me that my brother, local traveling non-darshak pirate blood conjurer Reekfoot has gotten married and did not invite me due to his unhappiness at placing 3rd in the 420th Regional Dance Offs. I am told from a presumably reliable source that Rumorstorm heard that Reekfoot has indeed married some Darshak of some amount of renown. FURTHERMORE, I heard tell that Reekfoot NOW wants an audience with us, the Citizens of Puddleby What's gonna go down? I dunno, there is a lot of information flying around, what has everyone else heard? Cuz I heard the UoP Janitors totally murdered the dance floor at the reception. I also heard we are going to do GREAT!
**7 word summaries:
***Reekfoot makinup fer sumting, bloo peel, PROFIT!
***Killing Darshaks for Profit, or for Reekfoot...

*20240803: oh uh, Lore Tour: We're fighting Shadow Plane nihilism. Which is, obviously, the worst kind of nihilism. — Ausrine

*20240727: It almost time again! On July 27th at 11AM (PDT) we'll be hearing Aurelie audition for Questership und thus hear lots of new music you certainly don't want to miss out on! Also, rumour has it, there is a surprise waiting to be revealed at or around the concert!
*20240720: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 20, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we plan to follow up on some strange new apparitions sighted during a recent visit to the Shadowplane. Was it a one-off sighting? We'll need strong fighters and would welcome mystics, especially those with a sun lantern. If we don't have enough mystical support, we may go mad and climb the walls or gnaw off each others' limbs. — Phroon

*20240713: Lore Tour Saturday July 13th and 10AM PDT: The Romanus Mystery
**An intriguing cold case file came to light in the last month. During the bank counter heist Romanus was killed—or was he? We need to ascertain whether Romanus was always a shadow guild agent that exiles killed, or was he replaced by an agent. Judging by the events as recorded by the PPD, Romanus wouldn’t have helped the exiles if he was simply a shadow guild agent. Assuming that is true, If he is alive, and was captured by shadow guild agents, then we have to find where they are keeping him. Given the roster of Puddleby Police Department is down to 2 active members — myself & lieutenant deputy of puns, Pun’isher. We need all able citizens to help us crack this case. — Sheriff Noivad

*20240706: [https://discord.gg/W688R9aM?event=1254919822534250597 Lore Tour] Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 6, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we plan to travel to Fountfell and Silversnag Ascent to follow up on clues about the history of Mataline's Silver Key.

*20240629: Next bard concert will be Saturday June 29th at 11AM pacific time, featuring the return of @Bingro and hopefully @Fantasia too! If I did this right, this should be your local time: Saturday, June 29, 2024 11:00 AM (PDT).
*20240622: Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 22, 2024 10:00 AM. — Phroon
*20240615:Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 15, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we will be traveling with the mysterious Orchid into Fane to show her the sapling that has been growing in the Shadowy garden there. It is our hope that she will be able to lend us some clarity as to what might happen if we continue to foster the tree’s growth. As usual, strong help would be useful, Rinakki isn’t the most welcomed in Fane anymore and will need our help in reaching the garden. — Phroon

*20240608: Lore Tour returns Saturday, June 8, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we will be visiting with Rinakki to discuss the newly planted seeds growing in the Fane Shadowgarden and the Shadowplane Protectorate. — Phroon

*20240601: Lore Tour returns Saturday, June 1, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we will travel into Fane and check in on the shadowy garden within. — Phroon
*20240518: Greetings! Have any of you been experiencing a strong pull to go to the shadowplane during the lore tour this weekend? Im sure there has to be a reason behind this alluring humming I keep hearing. It's causing me to have some very strong feelings, a sort of yearning to go where I belong. Would you folks be willing to check it out? We should speak with the Evenas and any of those who follow the Way of the Candle and ask if they have experienced this in the past. There's almost no chance of anything bad happening. Feel free to bring your brooms just in case though. — Brisk
**Normal time, Saturday, May 18, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT).
**Soul Hunter summary: Shadowplane. Lotsa lore, some tour. Good things only.
*20240511: Lore Tour continues Saturday, May 11, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we plan to help Pavela’s contact Five on Ash disrupt the Darshak supply lines.

*20240504: Lore Tour returns Saturday, May 4, 2024 10:00 AM. This week we plan to travel meet with Pavela and then travel to Ash to do what we usually in Ash City. Darshak be warned. — Phroon

*20240427: Bard concert coming soon! We'll be back in the guild hall this weekend so questers can play too if they want. Hope to see you there this Saturday 11AM PDT.
[[File:CL-LoreDanceOff20240420.png|right|thumb|The Lore Dance Off.]]

*20240420: xLore Tour continues Saturday, April 20, 2024 10:00 AM. For a date this special, Stinkfist has sent the following plan:
**Lore Tour: The 420th Randomly-Timed Regional Lok'Groton Championship Dance Off
**Yarr so apparently it is indeed time for Regionals. You may have noticed the various established dance crews practicing in the book fort's new Arboretum! You also may have been at the last lore tour where Reekfoot showed up and totally served Puddleby in an attempt to demoralize and psych us out before Regionals.
**So what ARE Regionals? Why is this the first I'm hearing about this?
**It’s a dance off obviously. I dunno, that isn't for me to say, seems like a you thing but I am told it goes back to the "Times of the Ancients" or something.
**But to explain anyways so we can establish THE RULES and THE PRIZES
**Each dance crew will perform one dance routine which will be judged by a panel of highly qualified judges. The judges will score each performance. After every crew has performed there will be an audience vote, which is what actually matters, this is just the way the Ancients did things. I don't pretend to understand why judges if a popular vote determines who wins, I didn't make up the rules, I'm just officiating them.
**Cheating! Is oddly legally allowed by the rules. So we should expect Reekfoot to try and pull SOMETHING devious and probably violent in an attempt to win.
**The rules also state that ANYONE can enter solo or as a crew and individuals are technically allowed to be in multiple dance crews if they choose.
**THE PRIZES:
***1st Prize: Ownership of an empty hut of your choosing in the West Phisney Island Outpost neighborhood. Decorate as you please! + A Big Box of Book Fort Swag + 200k to split amongst your dance crew
***2nd Prize: 1 very large pile of coins (100k) + A Big Box of Book Fort Swag
***3rd Prize: A big box of book fort swag + a reasonably nice pile of coins (50k)
**Where are we dancing off at? The Puddleby Player's Theater in West Puddleby
**When again? 10am PDT on Saturday the 4/20th
**Who are the judges again? Famed local residents of Lok'Groton who we are friendly with and your Pirate King, who is a judge purely to prevent Reekfoot from winning.
**Last place will be awarded personalized Odius Ode courtesy of Pun'isher.

*20240413: Lore Tour continues Saturday, April 13, 2024 10:00 AM: Lore Tour: The Phisney Island Follow Up
**Arrr! Pirate King Witchy Kitty and Magician Majesticos Stinky here again to tell you all about what awesome thing we will be doing next.
**First up, we got some Direbears to welcome to Phisney Island and say Rawr hey tharr to! That'll be nice, for bears are our friends!
**Since they are usually close by, we should probably go and let the Sarir know what has been going on.
**Then, we got some loose ends to tie up, starting with Pavela, Kestrel's Spy on the island that we so generously allowed to walk last we were there. We will need to deal with her in some fashion. There are ideas of how to do this being floated.
**Lastly.. we got that Abyss tainted Darshak mini-temple that Venables hid in to deal with. So we are going to test some of Katpus and the Janitor's research regarding rainbow death/life cannons on it.
**So yarr, we are going to blast the crap out it with rainbows powered by cutting edge magical science and the awesome knowledge of the University of Puddleby! Go Science!
**I’m sure we'll learn something from the test. So yarr we are probably gonna need some mystics and other sources of sun energy and sunbeams for this! Also if ya got any rubies, sapphires, or even topaz bring them! Also sun zu! That seems helpful!
**A responsible ethereal trained mystic would be appreciated as we will be unleashing large amounts of rainbows near an active kyeum but science hasnt proven any ill effect of rainbows on things ethereal but it is yarr like wise to keep an eye on such things just to be safe!
**Soul Hunter's TLDR: Bears, Sarir, Haha Spy, Rainbow Blast Abyssness!
*20240406: Lore Tour returns Saturday, April 6, 2024 10:00 AM. This time we will delve into the Book Fort! — Phroon
*20240403: The v1375 update is scheduled for Wednesday 3 April 2024. —Phroon
*20240330: This month's concert is about a week away: Saturday, March 30, 2024 11:00 AM (PST). It's been a while since we've heard any organ music, so we're thinking of having it at Lugubrion's Keep (assuming that we can find someone to open for us). Hope to see you there!
*20240323: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 23, 2024 10:00 AM, we have the following message from Stinkfist:
**Black flags have been spotted on the ocean!
**Lets go steal their stuff!
**Cuz iz my birfday!
**Arr!
**The Witchy Kitty Pirate King Magician Majesticos Cap'n Stinky
*20240316: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 16, 2024 10:00 AM (PST). This time we will return to the Shadowplane to continue our investigations and check out of the shadowbears have been up to anything. As usual, strong help would be appreciated. —Phroon
*20240309: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 9, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT)! Summary from Stinkfist:
**Arrr here ye here ye!
**We will be heading to the Phisney Island Outpost for the signing of a historic treaty!
**Our local notary Brisk will preside over the signing of this treaty. Surely this will go smoothly and without any snags or unknown unknowns, as Brisk has one job and yarr!
**So come! Sign this most historical treaty and hang out with our Allies!
**Soul Hunter's TLDR: Brisk, Phisney Island, fancy paper, sign it!

* 20240302: March 2nd, 10AM PDT: Arrr! Hear this declaration from the Pirate King: This Saturday will mark one "finally" off our calendar — deposing the so-called leader of the Darshak on Phisneyland Island, Penn Venables.
**Penn's been hiding in his half-built temple for decades now since we repeatedly shamed him in battle. Based on a tip we got from a dead Darshak, we learned he'll be out and about and vulnerable during this week's Lore Tour. We were told to be careful because of his weapons of mass destruction.
**Ambassador Gorvin tells us that letting his ethereal doomsday devices blow everything up is bad and we should prevent this at all costs, so we're going to be super careful as we wreck this guy and steal his stuff. We probably won't sink the whole island into the sea. Our magic is better than his. We have bards, bears, beer, bees, a catapult, and a super cool ocean witch.
**Soul Hunter summary: Kill bad Darshak leader, no explode island.

*20240224: Next week's bard concert will also feature Supplanter's audition for bard quester! Please come to the guild hall on Saturday, February 24, 2024 11:00 AM to cheer him on! — Coriakin (Master Bard)

*20240217: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 17, 2024 10:00 AM. Stinkfist has passed on the following plan for this week to set up for the upcoming confrontation with Venables:
**Arrr,
**Attention: As per our intel provided by the Door-Hench Diebeer with a K, the Darshak will be up to something in two zodiacs time now on TI.
**Working with our agent the Immortal Sasour the Hatchet†, who we previously liberated from Venables Camp. We will be laying the groundwork for rebellion and ending Venables grasp on Phisneyland Island forever and foiling Kestrel's plans at the same time.
**As cover for this operation, we will also be stealing a great deal of stuff.
**† Sasour the Hatchet was purged of abyssal influence via rainbows and then made immortal by Ausrine and her hat that she isnt wearing. Also he touched Puddleby's altar. Also Ausrine turned him into a blind amphibian with a gilded broom a few times. He is magically oathbound to Puddleby. He be cool.
**Soul Hunter Summary: Save Phisneyland, prepare for victory, plunder booty.

*20240210: **Lore Tour** continues February 10 at 10AM (PDT). This time we plan to head to **Ash Island** to fight some Darshak. Kestrel’s doorman has enjoyed his post for quite some time, I’m sure Ambassador Gorvin will help him with that.—Phroon
** For this tour we will be needing the assistance of weather controlling mystics (preferably multiple).—Gorvin

[[File:CL-LoreTour20240203.png|right|thumb|Brave adventurers explore the Org cave.]]
*20240203:Lore Tour (Saturday, February 3, 2024 10:00 AM PDT) will involve taking Bravery The Org to the org sanctuary on Centaur Island. For anyone not familiar, Bravery is a young org that Stinkfist rescued from being abandoned at Junko's and decided to teach to be a hero. He begain taking it on his adventures to teach what he could, and has also asked several other exiles to escort Bravery around to show him the world. After many zodiacs of mentoring the time has come to release Bravery into his new home!

*20240120: **Lore Tour** continues January 20, at 10AM PST. This time we plan to return to the **Shadowplane** and continue our exploration there! As usual, strong help would be appreciated.

*20240113: **Lore Tour** continues <t:1705168800:F>. This time we plan to do a few things surrounding the **Org Sanctuary**, starting with a visit to the Ensconcement Village to tell them about the success setting up the sanctuary, a stop by the Org Cave for some Panther Caps, and then swing over to Centaur to drop off any mushrooms we find and to deliver the presents we picked up during the Bawkmas tour to thank them for all their efforts setting up the sanctuary.

*20240106: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 6, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we plan to kick things off by paying a visit to the Shadowguild and seeing what they’ve been up to. I’m sure that ambassador Gorvin will help us navigate the situation with skill.

==2023==
*20231224–20231225 at 6:30AM (24th) & 6:30PM (25th): I heard Santa will be coming two times this year for 30 minutes each time. I hope it fits your schedules and if not feel free to let me know and I will see if a special appearance can be made for you after Bawkmas/Skrismas/Season's Beatings.
**Slot 1: Sunday, December 24, 2023 6:30 AM
**Slot 2: Monday, December 25, 2023 6:30 PM Cheers! 🎅

*20231216: Lore Tour continues Saturday, December 16, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we're planning to travel to Fane and investigate reports of developments with the shadowy seed planted in the garden there. As usual, a strong group and especially strong healers to deal with the ghosts within would be appreciated.

*20231209: **Lore Tour** continues December 9, 2023 at 10AM Pacific. This time we're planning to celebrate the bawkmas spirit by visiting a few snowy areas throughout the lands in search of some presents for the Centaur to thank them for all their help with the Org Sanctuary.

*20231204:In the morning of the day 218 of year 635 (OOC 7pm Pacific, Monday December 4th, just after Lorikeet's hunt time), Mystic guild will be holding a meeting with Sombrion the Wizard and the Abbess Madrona of the Foghaven Monastery. Location of the meeting is on the platform of the Foghaven Monastery. All exiles are invited to join.
**For that meeting, please let us move the purple portal to OP (and green at town) at least on that day... unless we think we can handle having the portal at **outside** of Foghaven Monastery.
**Also I'd like to ask supports from our capable fighters, healers and flute players for safe travel to Foghaven Monastery and back for all exiles who wants to join the meeting on the day.

*20231118: Lore Tour continues Saturday, November 18, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we will be returning to the Shadowplane to continue our exploration there. As usual, strong help would be appreciated.

*20231111: Lore Tour continues Saturday, November 11, 2023 10:00 AM (PST). This time we will be returning to Shadowspring Citadel! It’s been a while so we hope to check on things there especially the Agronox seal to the and how the Page of Rend that sent us to the Shadowplane there reacts to us visiting again, as well as some of the crumbly stairs deep within. This will be a difficult trip, so strong help (and your friends that know Horus well) would be appreciated. While we’re at it, we’ll have to see if Pelaegia is interested in a trip back and maybe see if there’s anything we can do to help her with the repairs.

*20231104: Lore Tour returns Saturday, November 4, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we will be checking out the Org Sanctuary.

*20231021: Lore Tour continues Saturday, October 14, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we will having a spooky time with a Feast of Tsrrin theme. — Phroon

*20231014: Saturday, October 7, 2023, 10AM (PDT) Lore Tour: The Prime Orb of Unstable Infinity
**Yarrr! By now you've surely read my excellent guide Orbs of Unstable Infinity and You. It is very illuminating:⁠
**But what is better than an excellent guide? The real thing. I think we can get Tart'targ to help us find it.
**First, some history. Me chief gunner and good matey Garr has a long and terrifying history of humiliating the Darshak. For instance, this time when Garr just burned the Thaumaturge and his minions to death.
**http://www.thoomcare.com/archives/003485.html
**As you can read in the comments there, long ago I made a note "Loots for Garr. Pirates rule!"
**In the years since that battle, I, the Pirate King of Lok'Groton, have searched for the perfect reward for saving a whole plane of existence against the jerk that tried to merge us with the ether (also just… showing up and kickin' ass with the Pirates since the start). Gotta find some GOOD loot for that!
**During one of my astral projection explorations I finally found it. It was an Orb. An Orb just full of Unstable AND Infinity, and I just knew, in my heart of Pirate Kingly hearts, that I needed to see what exactly Garr would do with this.
**I got back to Puddleby and thought, "Ya know, this thing is really dangerous if someone like the Brions or someone got their hands on it." So I hid it and gave Tart'targ the clues to how to find it. Cuz safety first!
**Arr, anyways, enough really fascinating history of Garr bein' awesome and me astral projecting. For the Lore Tour, we will gather in town and wait for Tart'targ to show up and bring us the clues to where I hid the Orb for safekeeping. We will then go on an adventure to retrieve the Orb from the very safe and very logical place to hide an artifact of unstable infinity. Then, later we will find out how Garr chooses to use his great power (and the Orb) with great responsibility.
**Yarr! Join us as we celebrate Garr and I try and make good on a decades old note!
**There will likely be time for people with Lesser Orbs (yarr, those have been turning up lately) to use said Lesser Orbs. Even lesser ones are probably best used under the supervision of trained Witches and Magicians. This is definitely not like the time with the soul glasses, why would you even think that?
**The Pirate King is not entirely responsible for any uses or side effects of the Orbs that results in harm to an exile or our plane of existence. Hopefully, any such cases will be super duper funny. The disclaimer in my guide to orbs of unstable infinity apply here too.
**Soul Hunter version:
**IOU note to Garr. Magic orbs. Treasure hunt!

[[File: CL-LoreTour-20231008.png|thumb|right| 180px |The Lore Tour in the Shadow Plane]]

*20231007: Lore Tour returns Saturday, October 7, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we plan to return to the Shadowplane and continue our exploration there. As usual, a strong group would be appreciated.

*20230927: This is the 18th year since Tyndall passed away. He was loved by many in life, and is remembered both as a cherished friend and a Puddlebean legend.
**Every year, we mark this time and come together in order to celebrate the lives of friends that we’ve lost over the years: Xenos & Panos, Baffina & Baffette, Tyndall, Tonoto, Eyeball, and K’pyn.
**Please join us to share memories, whiskey, cigars, beer, songs, and bonfires in the Memorial Garden outside Alliance Castle on September 27, 2023 7:00 PM.
**Whether you’re a constant presence, you've been in the library for a while, or you’re somewhere in between, we’d really love to see you. Please also reach out to friends who might not see this message – we’d love to see them, too.

*20230927: The next Healer Hunt will be Wednesday, September 27, 2023 5:30 PM This hunt is for healers and their pets. All are welcome: bring your pet…
*20230923: Ok, so lore tour this week… bearing in mind the captain has tasked me with fixing the planes… AGAIN… I have been struggling if we should go to Geharza or not. Barely by a slim margin I have been convinced (with the help of bribes) to bear arms and go back to the ice caves (But if we run into loose Tipulids again I won’t complain.) So… it turns our that SOMEONE decided to teach the bears how to use altars… (I’m totally not looking at you Inu) and now we have to bear the burden of killing cursed bare bears, cursed armored bears, and cursed bears that need to learn that vowels are a thing. So we’ll head back to the ice caves this week, and this time we’ll need a permanent broom bearer to sweep the bear out of the evil bears and the bear out of the shadow touched Inus. That’s step one. Step two is to have Bearo and Raksbeara and Punibear to convince the evil bears not to be so evil and to double our bear guard on our totally peaceful and not destructive rainbow death cannon. Once that is done we need to try and un-bear curse that altar in ice caves. Normally we’d just tell the Gorvbot to break the altar even more, but it sounds like some people want to fix the altar so they can learn more PF ranks from not ghost Gaiyl… Final step is loot… There better be loot Stinky…..
**For Soul Hunter… Bears again… Murder again… Inu’s fault… Loot!!!
[[File: CL-LoreTour-20230916.png|thumb|right| 180px |The Lore Tour battles armored shadow bears!]]

*20230916: Lore Tour: Sat 10am pacific
** RAAAAAAAWRRRRRRRR RA-ROOAAAARRRRRRRRRR Rawr-BEARRRROOOOOOO
**Rawr-rawr-ROAR-rawr-rawwrrrr-snarl.
**ROAR! RAWR! ROOOOOAAAARRRR!!! RAwr-RA-raWR!! ROAR ROAR ROAR!!!!!!!
**[bear snort]
**THE GREAT BEAR SPIRIT'S CUB BIRO WILL FEED ON THE WEAK BODIES OF THE SHADOWS WHO HAVE FORGOTTEN HOW TO BE BEARS AND SHOW THEM HOW TO BE BEARS AGAIN.
**BRING YOURSELF HONOR, CONQUER FEAR, SPILL SHADOW BLOOD, SEND NOT-BEARS BACK INTO THE DARK.
**For Soul Hunter: Rawr vs Those who pretend to be Rawr!
*20230909: Lore Tour: The Darshak Candidate
**Arrr, here ye here ye, yarr good. Garr... write this down...
**So for some time Kestrel has stated her goal is to establish a new unifying leader of the local Darshak. One way or another, the cult will put someone in charge. An like, ta be honest, all their candidates suck. Creepy Thoom Guy sucks, Rebel Guy sucks, Venables sucks, Necro sucks, all the Darshak nobles suck. So yarr, why don't we make our own?
**So we're gonna kidnap Sasour the Hatchet as he is easily the chillest Darshak we know. We invited him to the Counterheist and he got drunk and laughed at the Shadowguild getting slain in the streets. He's perfect.
**Then probably do some magic to make sure he is a "Force of Abyss Smiting Justice for Puddleby"
**Now this is a complex plan with a lot of ins and outs and such that I will make...er.. explain as we go!
**And to really sell that we are indeed kidnapping Sasour instead of just being like "hey what's up buddy? wanna go drink?" we're gonna need to kill lots and lots of Darshak on our way... Maybe break or take anything that looks important, I dunno, ye do ye in that regard.
**Side benefits: Sasour the Hatchet is likely to know things about Venables' secret weapon the Sarir are so afraid of. Knowledge that may help us devise some sort of counter measure against this "island destroying weapon" at least that's what the Sarir said it was.
**Maybe we could goad Venables into destroying..........
**The Pirate King just kinda wandered off rambling at this point about various schemes weighing the pros and cons of tricking Venables into just blowing up the island and calling it "problem solved"
**For Soul Hunter:
**Kidnap, Friend, Magic, Murder Darshak, Magic, Scheme, Lulz
*20230902: Per captain Stinky: This week on Lore Tour (Saturday September 2nd at 10AM PDT)
**Adventures in Magical Super Science:
**While Katpus and the highly trained researchers from the University of Puddleby (they're definitely not janitors) were conducting super scientific experiments in the Castle Alliance, they may or may not have blown a hole in reality. Katpus seems a bit embarrassed about it, so we don't need to make it into a big deal.
**Whatever may have happened, Katpus' researchers have gone missing, and so have the bears who were guarding her laboratory. In a probably unrelated coincidence, a respectable and probably wealthy individual has shown up claiming some important artifacts have gone missing. There are two mysteries to be investigated and almost certainly booty to be had. For science!
**Soul Hunter Version:
**Portal, Mystery, Bears, Booty

*20230819: **Lore Tour** continues. This time we plane to head to **Fane** and investigate the shadow garden growing there, and perhaps see if the crooked seed we received in the Shadowplane takes root there. If that seed eventually grows and bears fruit, the hope is it will enable us to repair the Windweft altar and restore their connection to Purgatory. As Fane is a very dangerous place, a strong group would be appreciated.

*20230812: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 12, 2023 10:00 AM PDT. This time we plan to continue our investigations into repairing the Ice Cave Altar. We’re thinking of visiting with Pelaegia who we last left in Fountfell Foghaven, and then head over to the Windweft Ice Cave and see if the mysterious gift from the crooked tree in the Shadowplane leads us towards any success in recreating the Ancient’s shadow magic that created the altars.

*20230805: Lore Tour Saturday August 5, 2023 at 10AM (PDT): Hello! It is I, fake Phroon [Brisk], coming to you with an update on Lore Tour this zodiac! It'll be August 5th at the same time as usual. We are planning on trying to visit Nylar to hear of this deal that his minions mentioned that he has for "Sapeeva". For good measure, we hope to bring a "Sapeeva" or close approximation with us. We may need to fight, we may need to bribe, or we may need to gamble. Whatever it is, it's sure to be a good time so come on out if you are free. Cheers!

*20230722: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 22, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT), this time we plan to pay another visit to the Org Cave and see if we can make some progress in becoming friends with the Org. We also plan to continue our investigations into the strange weather in the Ensconcement, and see if perhaps we can find a route up to Stormlyric.

*20230715: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 15, 2023 10:00 AM to return to the Shadowplane, to revisit the protectorate and maybe see if we can find more clues of how Shaer travels the plane freely. As usual, a strong group will be needed!

*20230708: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 8, 2023 10:00 AM PDT, this time we return to the Shadowplane, to visit the protectorate and then to seek the devourer of dreams. As usual, a strong group will be necessary for the trek through this dangerous plane.
**If do we manage to slay the dreamdrinker, we plan to return again to the shadowplane next week too (Saturday, July 15, 2023 10:00 AM PDT) and revisit the protectorate within the same chaos storm, and maybe see if we can find more clues of how Shaer travels the plane freely. So mark your calendars for two weeks of back-to-back shadowplane exploration!

*20230705: The v1336 update: Lightning and thunder require time, the light of the stars requires time, deeds require time even after they are done, before they can be seen and heard. — Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
**More intense weather arriving. Those with elaborate hair-dos or delicate umbrellas can limit certain effects by using the '''''/options strongWeather off''''' command.

*20230701: Hello Puddleby! I come to you tonight as a guest "Phroon". I am in need of some assistance during the Lore Tour this weekend. You see, Tart'targ the wisest witch, had asked us to keep an eye on Sombrion. This has been fairly difficult for me as my eyesight is extremely poor and his keep hovers so high in the sky. However, even my peepers couldn't miss the addition of one of Sombrion's Sarir at the Bison Plains outpost. I'm not saying we need to tattle but we NEED to tell Tart'targ about this. Who knows? Maybe we will see a Witch and a Wizard face off? That wouldn't be terrible. I will be collecting bets and will even go as far as giving a favorable 2 to 1 odds on the Wizard. Anywho, don't be late to this one! You won't want to miss a moment! — Brisk
**Lore Tour took a trip to see Tart'targ and inform her of the Sarir being in the bison plains outpost, Hygra I think was the name. She was not so concerned with this as long as it did not come out that Sombrion was the cause of the abnormal weather that Hygra was studying. We discussed the trip with Pelaegia to Foghaven and how we saw shapes in the fog and heard howling on the wind. She mentioned that Andrachnea, the Abbess of Stormlyric, is known for being a bit standoffish even for witches. We spoke of how Andrachnea disapproved of Forsythia's study of the Org and remembered that we may have left her in the Orga Stronghold. We began to leave to go rescue her and ran into a bit of an issue.
**All of a sudden a Shadowguild Thief knocked me over...I thought he was looking for the bets I was collecting for the Witch vs Wizard duel. We chased them across the estuary and then ran across much stronger friends of the thieves. It looked like some of them had flown into the area on balloons to lead the rest of them. You could tell some were just taking orders and trying to take out as many of us as possible but others seemed to be more interested in a single thing, a thoom. We protected Coriakin the best we could but when he fell he was not taken. Confused, we pressed on until clearing the majority of the shadowguild. We cornered a leader and he said that they were looking for "Sapeeva". His reinforcements came and we tried to corner him again but eventually he managed to find a balloon and escape. As he was leaving he told us that he had a message for us to deliver..."Tell Sapeeva Nylar will cut him a deal." — Brisk

*20230624: The next bard concert is on June 24th at 11AM pacific time. Hope to see you there!

*20230617: Lore Tour returns Saturday, June 17, 2023 10:00 AM PDT, this time we plan to investigate the mysterious (and mist-erious) fog seen throughout the Eastern Mountains. We’ll probably also pay Pelaegia a visit and see what she has to say about these mists. We’ll likely be heading to Foghaven, the mountain haven of fog, so an appropriately strong group would be appreciated.

[[File:LoreTour20230610.png|thumb|right| 200px |The Lore Tour Headed for the Orga Stronghold speaks to '''Forsythia''']]
*20230610: **Lore Tour** returns 10AM PDT, this time we plan to travel deep into to the Orga Stronghold to rescue the Org trapped there! We may take them back to the Org Cave, or they may be the first residents of the new Org Sanctuary on Centaur Island. We may also pop over and have a visit with Trillbane while we’re in the neighborhood. A stronger group would be appreciated.

*20230603: ''Rustles out from under a pile of library books, glances at calendar'' Lore Tour at normal time this weekend (June 3rd, 10AM PDT). Plan is to poke at some of the dark mirrors in the lands and see if we can learn anything about Shaer's Gate.

*20230520: Lore Tour continues Saturday, May 20, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). We plan to return again to the Shadowplane to continue our explorations there. As usual, a strong group would be very helpful.

*20230513: Lore Tour! Operation: Friendship Hammer (10am pacific, usual lore tour time) We've reached a critical stage of the plan to create the Org Sanctuary... we must get some Orgs big and small to trust us enough to get in some cages and be brought to Centaur Island.... So how do we do that?
**I’m unsure but I bet that super cool ocean witch Pelaegia knows a thing or two about it! An she has been wanting to get out and about more so, this seems like a win/win. Bring Pelaegia to the village/Org caves, listen to tales of Orgs from way back when (and anything else we want to talk to her about) and maybe feed some Orgs some panther caps, perhaps bring some caps back for Tart'targ! Perhaps... make Org friends!
**Now, we should be careful, we've been hitting the Darshak rather hard lately and they have expressed an interest in kidnapping our good super cool ocean witch friend... and Tart'targ has turned some into blind amphibians... so ya know... be vigilant! There is no telling what an uppity visiting Darshak Noble may decide to do to prove how great they are or some such nonsense like that.

*20230506: Lore Tour: The Great Kennel Caper (Saturday 10am pacific as usual) The Elusive and Illusive Phroon Thoom, Heist and Counter-Heist Master Extraodinaire has a lead on a stockpile of feral cages somewhere on Ash Island. We need cages for our Org Sanctuary to safely transport the Orgs. The Darshak on Ash backed by Gathner have had an easy time lately since our slaying of Dorcas Direstorm as we've been focused on taking Venables down a few notches while keeping the Gathner backed Darshak agents on the island from being able to get the upper hand there..... so depleting the Ash 'Shak's ability to wrangle and train ferals seems like a solid move that furthers our goals quite nicely!
**Now I know what you be thinkin! "Cap'n! What if them cages be cursed??" Well I'm way ahead of you, and with the help of local mystics and my magician prowess, I have most of a ritual planned to purge away any Abyssal taint the cages may have! (If you are a local mystic and would like to help with this ritual, please contact me, your Pirate King and Master Magician).
**Darshak Nobles continue to visit from Gathner, bringing with them their top tier guards, so be on the look out for fancily dressed swabs who need to be shown a quick way to their forever home in the Abyss!
**In summation! Kennel Heist! Plunder any plunder of opportunity! Get home with magically purified loot! Further details to come!
**Bring: Crowbars, vines, chains, a can do attitude, strongest ranger morphs, and anything else you can think of to aid in this endeavor! See you there!

*20230503: The v1327 update is scheduled for Wednesday 3 May 2023

*20230429: Next month's bard concert (on April 29th at 11AM PDT) will be a special one. As many of you know, Lugubrion was so affected by the tragic fate of his brother Tenebrion that he's retreated from the world and has become a recluse. As someone who's struggled with depression myself, I've decided to try to help Lugubrion in the hopes that he'll be able to recover from his condition. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20230422: Lore Tour continues Saturday, April 22, 2023 10:00 AM (time in your local timezone). This time we plan to return to the Shadowplane. As usual, a strong group would be very helpful. Our plan is to travel to the protectorate through the shadow sea and also to check out if any of the new pages of rend interact with the shadowplane. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

[[File: CL-LoreTour-20230415.png|thumb|right| 180px |The Lore Tour revisits the centaurs with Pelaegia]]
*20230415: Lore Tour! (Saturday 10am pacific blah blah blah) Arrrr! This time we will be taking a stroll over to visit Pelaegia and Tart'targ briefly and see if Pelaegia can come out and play! Once we have picked up everyone's favorite Super Cool Ocean Witch, we will make for the Org cave to try and harvest (hopefully) the last of the mushrooms we need for the Org Sanctuary on Centaur Island. I’m sure Pelaegia will be happy to see the Centaur after all these thousands of years! Yarr! This seems pretty straight forward and nothing could possibly go wrong! Definitely! None of our past actions could conceivably come back to haunt us! For suresies! (Anything that does go wrong will be promptly blamed entirely on Trillium's ankh which is full of cursed)

*20230408: at 2PM (PDT) Saturday April 8th, Clan Lord Open Tactical Hunt (CLOTH) plans to go to the bridge to refine leading and dropping in the right spot and possibly the Slate Caves to practice dodging webs/projectiles. This is open to all, and I encourage newer players to attend, especially if you fall a lot. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Noivad Noivad]

*20230408: Lore Tour continues Saturday, April 8, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we plan to visit The Land of Dank Believe, aka the Book Fort. Bring your imagination and suspend your disbelief, the myrms dug a hole to the sky. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20230405: v1323. The sky is the daily bread of the eyes. — Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
**Hunt trophies are now furniture.
**Phantasmagorical improvements.

*20230401: **Lore Tour** returns 10AM PDT. This time we plan to visit with Egremora and Pelaegia in **Fountfell**, hear a few stories and think about what to do next.

**With Cimmbrion's assistance we've been able to grow some water lilies the two brothers created together back during happier times, and their gift has helped raise Lugubrion's spirits a bit. However, he's still embarrassed by the state of his keep, so to help him with that I'm hoping to hire builders from Puddleby to help renovate it. And to raise funds for that, next month I'll be holding a benefit concert at Lugubrion's keep!

**To make this concert special I will finally premiere the suite I've been working on for years: "The Healer's Lament," which attempts to evoke the trials and tribulations of a healer's life. It'll feature at least five brand new pieces, never before performed, and I'm extra excited because Lugubrion has graciously allowed us to not only use his keep for the performance, he's allowing us to use a brand new instrument - an organ from a thoomish temple! It has a sound unlike anything we've heard before, and I'm excited to share the music I (and the other bards) have been writing for it.

**This is a benefit concert, so I will be asking for donations to help with the cause. Building supplies to aid with the renovations would be very useful, and I will be matching any donations of coins (at least until I run out of coins myself). Even if you can't make a donation I hope you can come! I've invited Lugubrion to be there as our guest of honour and every person there would be a show of support to someone in dire need of it.
**Again, it'll be on Sat. April 29th at 11:00 AM PDT at Lugubrion's Keep. I hope to see you there!
— [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

** 8 word summary for Soul Hunter: "New tunes! New Instrument?! Help Lugubrion... donations please!"

*20230405: The v1323 update is scheduled for Wednesday 5 April 2023.

*20230325: Hello, all! This month’s concert (on March 25th, 11am pacific time as usual) is themed around Spring. Expect a lot of uplifting music about new beginnings or possibly about getting rained on instead. Either way, should be a good time. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20230323: there will also be a very special NNK open hunt adventure on thursday the 23rd at 5pm pacific! Expect various laws including but not limited to physics, nature, and reality to be broken! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Stinkfist Stinkfist]

*20230318: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 18, 2023 10:00 AM (time in your local timezone). This time we plan to return to Shadowspring to finally deliver Pelaegia’s present! We will need strong help to brave the dangers within. We also need some help between now and the Lore Tour to charge some of the machines to open the way into Shadowspring. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20230318: *Arrr! Lore Tour Recap! The Shadowplane had indeed shifted in many ways. The ground seemed less bitey, which I blame on Inu and her masterful ambassadorship. Keep hugging them Shadow Trees! Yer doing great!We also discovered a new “cave” which was just full of boo and scary and pretty and confusion.
**Another page of rend was discovered and perhaps most importantly a new phantasm page was found! We only covered a fraction of the Shadowplane so more to find and explore seems very likely! Oh and sadly Brisk failed to do that thing, perhaps next time (we are all rooting for ya buddy!)

**Next lore tour we will (charging nodes permitting) be visiting Shadowspring Citadel to bring Pelaegia her birthday presents! Probably other reasons too, more information and hype coming soon!

*20230311: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 11, 2023 10:00 AM PST. This time we will return to the Shadowplane to continue our investigations into the malevolent forces within. We’ve already seen that the shadows have reacted to us, we plan on investigating if they have changed further following our contact with them. We will need many sharp minds, strong fighters, and brave healers to endure the dangers within. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20230304: Lore Tour returns Saturday, March 4, 2023 10:00 AM PST. This is the day the portal is scheduled to move to the village, so we’re planning on going there to get a mystic a mark. We’ll also check the Org cave for more Panther caps and bring them to the centaur for their work on the Org sanctuary. If we have time we might also do some other stuff too. We’ll be traveling through vale and parts of the ensconcement, so strong help will be helpful. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]
*20230302: 2023-03-01 v1318 Update: ''Sometimes we need the fog to remind ourselves that all of life is not black and white.''—Jonathan Lockwood Huie (b. 1945)'''Those who venture north may notice new snell edges being tested. Please share your feedback!'''
*20230225: Bard concert this weekend! Saturday Feb 25th at 11AM PST, at the bards’ guild hall in north field. Noivad will be auditioning for full bard again, so come cheer him on! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]
*20230224: MediaWiki has been updated to v1.39.2. As usual, please report any unexpected changes.
*20230218: Lore Tour! Saturday 10am pacific!!Arrrr, we require more lab equipment for constructing the rainbow death/life cannon!We've already stolen the Oh-Venn from Penn Venables, now we return for the rest of his stuff!
**During the Oh-Venn heist we discovered that Venables has been training sciencemancers who can open ethereal portals and shoot mighty blasts of chain lightning. Thus an elaborate and complex scheme is required to get his lab equipment.
**The plan is simple and elaborate, eloquent yet basic. The perfect mix of blunt force and sneakery!
**We will pick a location to "conduct a magical ritual to seal off the island from the ethereal plane" to get his attention and draw him in. Additionally we will tell the local sarir population of Venables' dastardly plans to shackle Tenenbrion's spirit and bend it to his will, which is probably not a complete and total lie.
**Also Kalian and I have a secret weapon up our sleeve should we require it.
**Once Venables' forces are committed to the battle a small rag tag group will break off and sneak into the lab and take everything they possibly can and get out before Venables has time to know what happened.
**Like all great plans, should you have additional ideas feel free to contact myself, Phroony, Kalian, or anyone else who seems like an authority figure for this sort of thing. As always, the plan will be "do all the plans"
**We will need as many exiles as possible to pull this off and there will be no small roles to play in this daring heist!
**Bonus if we can get any notes regarding what Penn has exactly been up to with the ethereal plane. All we know so far is he seems to have access to an isolated sphere of it.
**Be there! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Stinkfist Stinkfist]

*20230216: [https://clanlord.net/images/CL-Boats%20are%20too%20expensive%20480.mp4 The Typical End to an Estuary/Mountain/Bison Plains Hunt] because we don’t want to spend 100c or fall before the estuary exit. And [https://clanlord.net/images/CL-LA%20Excellence.mp4 Punisher Has mad skills falling—Laughing Academy Excellence!]

*20230211: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 11, 2023 10:00 AM PST. This time we will be continuing to examine mountain springs in Vale and Fountfell, with a possible detour to the Org Caves for some Spotted Panther Caps. These areas, and especially the route to Fountfell, are difficult, so strong help would be helpful. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20230204: Lore Hunt. Step 1: Bears. Step 2: Tart'targ talk." Step 3: Mountains. The Lore Tour returns with Biro negotiating for bear support, the group asking Tart'targ if a certain plant is okay to plant, and a trip to the mountains to find a place to plant the seeds.

*20230201: [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Stinkfist Stinkfist] is organizing a raid on Venable's Laboratory at February 1, 2023 7:30 PM. As you may know, Venable is verified ne'er-do-well, who has spent several decades looting Tenebrion's Keep for anything of value and has built himself a reasonably well stocked lab with those ill-gotten gains. Any equipment, Darshak or Wizard in origin, poses a threat to the region if left in the hands of Venable. As such, it is best if it is secured in the safe, respectful, and responsible hands of Puddleby and our resident catapult enthusiast, Katpus. — Ausrine

*20230201: the '''v1314''' update is scheduled for Wednesday 1 February 2023: Life is found in animals and plants. But in animals it is patent and obvious, whereas in plants it is hidden and not clear. To establish its existence requires considerable research. The question at issue is whether plants have or have not a soul, and a capacity for desire, pain, pleasure, and discrimination. — Aristotle (384–322 BCE)
**''You’ll have to explore for this month’s changes.''

*20230128: Reminder! This Saturday at 11 pacific time will be the next concert. This concert will be shadow-themed... bards are encouraged to come with pieces inspired by the shadowplane and its effects. I can confirm that at least three new pieces will be premiered! Anyone who's out of the loop on the shadowplane storyline and is hoping for a recap - this is your chance! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

**Note: The shadowplane can make our thoughts reality and affect our minds, and it may have developed an interest in music for, er, reasons not worth getting into at this time. I've been assured that playing a bunch of music themed around the shadowplane is "not necessarily a really bad idea" and the chances of opening a rift there is unlikely. But shadow creatures have appeared at concerts before, so be warned that safety is not guaranteed. And if possible, bring a friend who can monitor you for signs of shadow madness.

*20230121: Per Stinkfist:
Arrr! In light of recent events set into motion by our favorite Myrm, we will be conducting negotiations with the Centaur to construct an Org sanctuary on their fair island. We are benevolent and wholesome now! Go us!

Also probably just yelling at Katpus that they are building us a Rainbow Death Cannon. Aymi said it is a life cannon actually and that sounds lovely and very thoughtful of us to build!

After negotiations we will either be pillaging the Darshak to secure funding or to take out our frustrations as that seems to be the most ethical option.

Either ways, gonna be greats! We are benevolent and good!

For those who like things in list form I've broken down the captains message.
This week on Lore Tour:
1. Talk to some overtly angry quadripeds about building a sanctuary for the ancestors of the people who murdered like 99% of their ancestors (Bring your Orga morphs for laughs)
2. Talk to a notoriously slow builder about a super difficult upcoming project we have for her
3. Facestab Darshak until they give us more loot
4. What could go wrong?

* 20230114: Lore Tour continues Saturday, January 14, 2023 10:00 AM PST. We are planning on helping Tart’targ deliver our gift to Palaegia. We hope to be traveling into Shadowspring, depending on if we get things open beforehand. Otherwise, we might be powering some of the ancient machines.

*20230111: Lore Tour Followup @Ausrine says: There will be a follow up to Tar'Targ/ Pelaegia gift giving on (OOC Wednesday Jan 11 7PM Pacific Time).

* 20230107: MediaWiki updated to v.1.39.1. As always, please report any unexpected behavior. If you don’t change your theme, the following doesn’t apply. ''Note: if you change the skin/theme from the current one, I noticed some pages do not render properly. So, if you encounter this, simply change your theme to Vector (2010 or 2022). This should fix the issue.''

[[File:LoreTour1022.jpg|thumb|right| 180px | The Lore Tour successfully reaches our goal.]]
* 20230107: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 7, 2023 10:00 AM PST. This time we are planning to deliver Pelaegia's gift to Tart'targ. '''Update: The Tour was successful!'''

* 20230104: Update '''v1310''' is here. Secrets abound, and unexplored places wait patiently for exiles to find them.
''“There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.”'' — Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) '''Here’s wishing everyone a ranky New Year!'''

==2022==
*20221230: Let there be music! Be prepared and mark your calendars for the concert on FRIDAY, 30th December at 1pm pacific time. There will be old and maybe even new music played! — Bingro

[[File:MerryBawkmask.jpg |250px|left|Merry Bawkmas!]]
*20221224–25: '''Santa''' will come out twice this year to check if you were naughty or nice at the following times for a whopping half hour each Saturday, December 24, 2022 7:00 PM PST and Sunday, December 25, 2022 8:30 AM PST. If you can't make it during these times, don't worry he will be available to deliver a few days after Bawkmas as well (Gotta love travelling on Bawkmas day!). — Brisk

*20221217: Lore Tour continues Saturday, December 17, 2022 10:00 AM PST. This time we will be continuing to help Tart'targ search for a gift for Pelaegia in Silversnag Ascent. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221210: '''Lore Tour''' continues Saturday, December 10, 2022 10:00 AM PST. This time we will be exploring, likely in the Eastern Mountains. What will we find? Who knows! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

[[File:GottaGetACloak.jpg|250px|left|new fur-lined cloaks are available.]]
[[File:Cloaks.jpg |250px |left |more cloaks]]
*20221207: With the 1306 update, A new area is discovered. Cold and Snowy reopens for winter. And new Cloaks are able to be made.

*20221203: Lore Tour returns Saturday, December 3, 2022 10:00 AM PST. We will be returning again to the Shadowplane, this time to try and track down and defeat the devourer of dreams mentioned by the denizens of the protectorate. As this will be a tough expedition, strong help would be appreciated. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221126: The next concert is Nov 26 at the usual time, 11am pacific.— [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20221119: Lore Tour continues Saturday, November 19, 2022 10:00 AM PST. We will be returning to the Shadowplane to continue our explorations and to try and rescue another Lost Dreamer that has been stranded there. As usual, strong help would be appreciated.

*20221112: **Lore Tour** returns Saturday, November 12th @ 10AM PST (be mindful of the recent US time change). Stinkfist just handed me the following on a scroll with the plan:
> After deliberation and conferment with Kalian, who can't stand the thought of Darshak having nicer things than him, Ambassador Gorvin and his position of Darshak murder is always good, Garr who just wants to burn stuff, and general mad cackling by the Pirate King of Lok'Groton it has been decided that we will return to Ash City to "murder, pillage, and take the fancy things that those nobles brought there"
> Loot and pillage and make Kestrel too afraid to EVER leave her tower. There will be loot this time, Stinky has some promising leads on that. A cat witch told him about it in a dream!
— [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221105: Lore Tour returns Saturday, November 5, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. This time we will be retuning to the Shadowplane to continue to explore and view the strange sculptures within. We believe we have discovered a stable way to exit the shadowplane so a depart is no longer certain, but we still could use many strong exiles to help brave the dangers within. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221029: Next weekend’s bard concert in the Puddleby Theatre will be Tsirrin themed! Come in costume to enjoy spooks and spoops. Ghosts and shadow madness are a definite maybe, safety not guaranteed. It’ll be at the usual time, Saturday, October 29, 2022 11:00 AM PDT — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20221022: Lore Tour continues Saturday, October 22, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. This tour will be Feast of Tssrin themed. Come join us in your favorite costume to help bust some ghosts! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221015: No worries Phroon. Lore Tour returns 10AM PDT. Stinky says we’re going on a “Classic Pirate Kingly Adventure.” All ye need is to show up with plenty of pack space so we can help our friends out. 🏴‍☠️ ❣️ Also I want more Vision Stream art, wah wah wah. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.InuTeisei Inu Teisei]

*20221008: Lore Tour continues Saturday, October 8, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. We plan to return once again to explore the Shadowplane, this time focusing on exploring the mysterious shadow ocean and lands beyond. Again, strong help will be helpful. Sadly, a way out of the plane has yet to be found, so until it is a depart is certain. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221006: H’loi! I expect there will be a meeting between Tar’Targ and Cimmbrion at the lake in Northern Puddleby on Thursday October 6, 2022 7:00 PM PDT. Possibly in Arial Eth'lenn’s home or outside. All exiles are invited to attend. A neutral, third party would be appreciated but you are nai required to act as such. — Ausrine

*20221001: Lore Tour returns Saturday, October 1, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. We plan to return to the Shadowplane, and explore the strange lands within. Strong help will be helpful in exploring the plane. Luckily we still have loan of Pelaegia’s lantern to calm our minds. A stable path in has been discovered, but we have yet to find a way back home. It is very likely that this will be a one-way trip, EPS and Purgatory Pendants do not seem to work in the Shadowplane. Unless we find another way out, a depart is certain. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221029: The next concert will be on Saturday, October 29, 2022 11:00 AM PDT and take place in the theatre. It'll be Feast of Tsirrin themed, so wear a costume! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20220924: Alright, then! Bard concert next weekend at Egremora’s tavern, at Saturday, September 24, 2022 11:00 AM (PDT). Bonus points for anyone who brings a song that’s a story. Raks, any chance you can reprise that story about Dandelion and Helpful? 🙂 — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20220922: It has been 17 years since [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Tyndall Tyndall], the beloved sylvan warrior, passed away. He was loved by many in life, and is remembered both as a cherished friend and a Puddlebean legend.
**Every year, we mark this day by coming together to celebrate our memories of Tyndall and our other lost comrades: [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Baffina Baffina] and [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Baffette Baffette], slayers of orga; [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Tonoto Tonoto], the mapmaker; [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Eyeball Eyeball], courageous and funny; [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.KPyn K'pyn], the King of Pins.
**We newly grieve the passing of [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Xenos Xenos] the Brave and [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Panos Panos] the Boar, who were pillars of our community for decades and will be remembered well as long as we are here to do it. They wished us all “a happy and fruitful life and the good sense to live it with no regrets.”
**Please join us to share memories, whiskey, cigars, beer, songs, and bonfires in the Memorial Garden on September 22, 2022 7:00 PM. All are welcome. If you knew any of these exiles, you are warmly encouraged to attend and to share your stories. If you are grieving someone from outside the lands, know that this is a space where you can hold that in community. If you would like to show love and friendship to exiles who have lost beloved people, know that your presence will do that.
**There are a lot of people who might be interested attending this memorial, but don't keep a close eye on [http://www.thoomcare.com/ Thoomcare], Discord, or Facebook. If you have the capacity, we invite you to help bring our little town together by reaching out to folks who you think would be interested in coming but won't notice these posts. Thank you! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Largo Largo]

*20220917: Lore Tour continues Saturday, September 17, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. We plan to return to Egremora’s bar in Fountfell, have a few drinks, convey Sarasera’s hellos and talk about repairing the Windweft altar. And maybe if we have time a story or two. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220910: Lore Tour continues Saturday, September 10, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. We plan to return again to Shadowspring and continue our investigation into the Pages of Rend and possibly return to the Shadowplane. We will again need strong exiles to travel through Shadowspring and brave the dangers of the Shadowplane. We will need to try to stay nearer the sun lantern, lest we all slowly go mad and lash out at our friends. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220907: The v1293 update is scheduled for Wednesday 7 September 2022.

*20220903: Lore Tour continues Saturday, September 3, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. Our plan is to return to the depths of Shadowspring Citadel, investigate the shadows, read some triangles, visit with Pelaegia, and if we can make it check on the Agronox Seal. As always, Shadowspring is filled with difficult creatures and we could use a strong group.
Many thanks to all those who have charged the ancients machines recently, your help has been instrumental in making this happen. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220827: Monthly Bard Concert Saturday. 11AM PDT.

*20220820: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 20, 2022 10:00 AM (PDT). Some time ago we had contact with Darshak from Gathner led by Kestrel and her associate Dorcas. We will be visiting them with our chosen ambassador [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Gorvin Gorvin] to conduct further negotiations regarding the future of Darshak in our island chain. See Ambassador Gorvin for details. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220813: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 13, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. We plan on continuing our checking of the ancient machines, and our search for changes made by the ancient spelling and grammar checking machine. We’ve already observed some changes in the triangles and we suspect there might be a few more changes to be found. We will be trying to visiting Heartwood Glade in the Vale of Giants, and revisiting Sunspire, so some strong help will be appreciated. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220827: Bard Concert “Next concert August 27 at the same time!” — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20220806: Lore Tour returns Saturday, August 6, 2022 10:00 AM (PDT). We plan on revisiting some of the ancient machines in the Eastern Mountains, checking to see if the shadows are there and if any of them might be that Ancient spelling and grammar checking machine. We plan on visiting some of the tougher machines to get to, so strong help would be appreciated. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220730: Bard Concert: on Saturday July 30th at 11am pacific time, but it won’t be in the bards’ field. Instead head over to west town near Prometha’s bonfire for our beach party themed concert! Enjoy sun, sand, and surf while enjoying songs about sun, sand, and surf. Wear your best beach attire and get ready to cuddle in close because there won’t be a stage. See you then!
**''(For bards who don’t have many/any beach-themed songs, other music’s fine. But if you’ve got something - great!)''

[[File:CL-LoreTour.jpg | right]]
*20220723: Lore Tour: Astral Projection Shenanigans Saturday, July 23, 2022 10:00 AM

**Today’s lore tour followed Stinkfist’s guidance and ended up on a trip through a variety of…. peculiar locations. First a dark cave filled with mauling and crushing spirits, then to a desolate peak floating in the sky, to a trool village, and beyond. Eventually we ended up in a marsh with some meshra interested in trade, and a strange obelisk that hummed inanely in thoomish. Stinkfist decided we needed to steal it, but an attempt to astrally project it back to Puddleby went awry and we ended up in the shadowplane instead! We were led to a giant shadowplane-ish statue of, er, me. I'm still puzzling that out. But before we knew it we ended up back in the Puddleby mushroom hut, with the obelisk there! Unfortunately, the obelisk was right in the middle of the pool there and promptly sank. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20220714 — created template sitenavbar (using quick links). To insert it in pages use sitenavbar between a set of 2 curly braces “{{}}”.
*20220706 — The v1284 happened on Wednesday, July 6, 2022

*20220702 — Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 2, 2022 10AM PST/5PM UTC. We’re continuing the search for luminous scales and a sun wyrm’s shadow. Or search will take us back to Gungla Island and the dark places within. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220625 — Next Bard Concert: June 25, 2022 11AM PST, 2PM EST

*20220618 — Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 18, 2022 10:00 AM (PST). Our plan this time is to follow up on rumors of new caves in the Rocky Cavern and search for clues for the luminous scales. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon?from=Profiles.Phroon Phroon]

*20220611 — Lore Tour: “plans are still a bit vague, as they may change depending on what happens. The general plan is to:

1) visit Tart’targ so [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Aurelie Aurelie] can deliver Cimmbrion’s message (and hopefully defuse some of the hostilities).

2) Visit Strangler Fig to try to get more information about the Book of Rend or about the books that the shadowguild stole from her.

3) Visit the rocky cavern to talk to the Sun Wyrm there and ask about acquiring luminous scales. Rumor has it that it requested a “dance with the shadows” or something along those lines, so I’m really hoping people come up with a better idea than “Make Coriakin Try To Summon Shadows” which was already suggested. Not by me.” — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

[[File:Not_Bear_Counter_Heist_The_Mystery_of_Mehans_Armor.png| 200px | left]]

*20220604 - Lore Tour June 4th. Destination Windweft Mountain. ''(plan pictured left)'' UPDATE: “Lore Tour successfully fought an evil armored bear likely infested with shadows that was trying to usurp Birosson’s place as chieftain of the glacier bears. Mehan’s armor was dinged to destruction, sadly, but at least it’s not being used for nefarious purposes. Or by nefarious porpoises.” — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]
*20220521 - Lore Tour May 21 at the usual time: 10am PDT/1pm EDT, 7pm CEST/UTC+2. “Coriakin reports: Next week's Lore Tour will be to the Vale to try to find Master Spruce. On the way, we hope to visit Strangler Fig for a quick chat. May 21, 10am PDT”
*20220514 - Lore Tour (10AM PST) [[File:CL-Haunted_Fane.jpg| 250px | right]]
*20220430 - Next bard concert will be April 30 at 11am pacific time! — Coriakin
*20220226 - Bard Concert, Saturday Feb 26, at 11AM PST
*20220212 Lore Tour is Saturday Feb 12, at 10 am PST/1 pm EST
*20220205 - Saturday Feb 5th 10am PST/1pm EST Lore Tour: The 2nd Battle for the Ancient Bear Caves. BE THERE! SAVE THE BEBE BEARS!" Update: Bebe Bears saved.
*20220129 - Next Bard Concert: January 29, 2022 11AM PST, 2PM EST ”who will win the Museum Token?“ UPDATE: Bingro V’arndal won!
*20220115 - Updated to MediaWiki 1.37.1 (Please report any unexpected behavior.)

==2014–2017==

*201707xx - Updated to the latest version of MediaWiki. Please report any unexpected behavior.
*201505XX - Updated to yet another version. Hopefully this v. has more pep.
* Added Rank Message and Ranger Progress in Actual Tablular format — oh the power of 1990s layout!
* A new contributor has appeared (happy to make accounts by request)
* fixed a few little things here and there as needed.
* Master Fistus is apparently a bro.

*20140731 - Updated to the latest stable release of Media Wiki on my Branch. If you see any weirdness [http://vagilemind.com/clanlord/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=265 let me know] (on the Sentinel/Discord).

*201407 - Added to Group Survival Guidelines, updated how to dodge webs, added in more into about controlling where you fight and fluid movements with in the group.

20140326 - Updated to the latest version of Media Wiki (released 20140311).

==Past Events==
8/22/2012: 
Puddleby Archery Contest Rules 
Date - Sept. 2 
Time - 1:30 p.m. PDT, 4:30 p.m. EDT, 8:30 p.m. GMT 
Locations - Spiritwood, University, Castle 

The following are the rules and regulations regarding the Archery Contest scheduled for Sept. 2nd. Please come and enjoy the festivities. Beer, food, and fun are certain to be had. Each exile will need a projectile weapon to compete; however, javelins or bows and quivers with three arrows included will be sold the day of the contest. Please be aware the bow, arrows, and quiver will be sold for the same coins the NPC's require to make them, and exiles will not be charged for seta scales, tusks, sturdy limbs, and feathers. I believe the total for a bow and set of arrows is 150c. 

The Prizes: First place will pick first from the prize pool, second place will pick second… 

1. Lyfelidae Claw 2. 5000 Coins 
3. Furlined Cloak 
4. Puma Pelt 
5. Orgaberry 
6. Waterproof Boots 
7. Caustic Gland 
8. Lilaberry, other items... 

Arsenal: Current inventory status available for contest 

1. 5 Javelins (75c each) 
2. 8 Bow and 11 quivers with 5 arrows each. (150c each set) 
3. 1 Boomerang 
4. 12+ arrows, judges at each round will have extra in case of breakage 

Three Rounds: Three rounds open to all. (Mystic, Healer, Fighter all have chance to win) 

Round 1. Test of Hunting (3 pts.) 
a. 1st round held in the Spiritwood 
b. Each contestant will be allowed three shots to kill or wound a spriggin. 

Round 2. Test of Accuracy (3 pts.) 
a. 2nd round held in the University 
b. Each contestant will take three shots at three different distances. 

Round 3. Test of Will (3 pts.) 
a. 3rd round held within the Castle 
b. One shot of moonshine then 20 secs to fire 3 arrows at a stationary target. 

Tiebreaker - if required 
a. Tiebreaker round options include a group hunt, cash bonus round, etc... 
b. The last contest did not require the tiebreaker, but judges will vote on round 

Contributors: Special thanks to many exiles... Natas for letting me remove that lyfe claw from his thick ghorak skin. Neko No Kessha for their large cash prize and promotion. Coldy for his endless questing of prizes and finance. Fiona for her gracious donation of the super sleek puma pelt. Chmee for his berry collection. Taryn for her vast storage fees and arsenal assembly. Maeght, Connie, Talas, Fredor, Yosaku, Grog, Arbitur, the Hunter's, D'ead, and many other exiles I am forgetting who generously donated arrow and bow ingredients over the past decade. 

Special thanks to the Clump for helping to promote the contest! http://www.clanlord.net/clump/ 
Special thanks to the Sentinel for helping to promote the contest! http://www.vagilemind.com/clanlord/ 
And finally, special thanks to the entire Neko No Kessha clan for helping to promote the contest! http://nekonokessha.wordpress.com/ 

3/26/2012: I have implemented a self-signed security (SSL) certificate that enables HTTPS to protect passwords and thus accounts. All links should redirect to https now. I would like to get an official certificate when expenses allow it, but just the static IP is ~ $50/year. Most browsers will warn people visiting about it, but it is legitimate, but check it out to make sure it is of the proper origin first. (Only a player could have made it.) Also, the new home of the CLUMP is on clanlord.net in case you never look at the URL address bar.

2/27/2012: Yet another long hiatus. I was informed by Talas that he couldn't edit pages. I looked into it and realized that I upgraded the underlying PHP to 5.3.x but not MediaWiki to comply with the changes. '''BAD ADMINISTRATOR!''' For now, I've reverted to PHP 5.2.x and pages are now editable. I'll try not to be so sloppy next time I update the underlying structure. Unfortunately, my attention has been diverted as I investigate and evaluate various technologies to handle possible Clan Lord and other non-CL projects I've been considering beginning. I am thinking about implementing the Zend2 framework for a CL timeline site, but it is still in Beta. If you know Zend2 or just Zend, any online resources you think would be valuable to look at to speed learning/evaluating them would be welcome. ''noi... at noi... dot net is a good contact address for that.''

==2011==
9/8/2011: Long hiatus as I worked on refining my PHP skills by building a site from scratch, and not related to the CLUMP2. I've been gone for a bit and haven't had time to update. Luckily others have filled in a bit. Please send me feedback on pages you'd like and unclear explanations. If you're a professional writer or a really good amateur, I'd appreciate your input as well.

Also, I'm kicking around the idea of making a CL timeline in PHP. I'm kicking around ideas. If you'd like to discuss please goto the coffee and donuts section of the [http://www.vagilemind.com/clanlord/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=8912&p=184041#p184041 Sentinel].

==2010==
8/25-27/2010: clump2.noivad.net transition made! new URL! Fresh, unspoiled DB!

Currently moving all data to a new DB. Unfortunately all accounts will be destroyed, to remake an account contact me directly with your email address for confirmation. Contributors, please do not make pages without any connection to other pages, or any pages to "protect" them.--[[User:Mwadmin|Mwadmin]] 06:02, 25 August 2010 (PDT)

7/27/10: Registration has been stopped. Accounts are created by request only now.

7/06/10: Welcome Arindal Immigrants.

==2009==
1/18/09: Welcome back old players and welcome new players. Clan Lord now has no monthly fees. New Areas and new Islands abound in the last few years. Ask about Death Trap Noids (DTN), Metzetli Island (Metz), and The Mountain Glen (Glen) for a look at all the changes. If you remember Tenebrion he's been trapped in the Ethereal Plane (EP) for a few years. Fighters have 3 subclasses now: Champions, Rangers and Bloodmages. Healers just recently acquired 2 new tools! There are many minor changes as well. Catch up with what's been happening at [http://www.thoomcare.com/ Thoomcare].

==2008==
8/11/08: A new page entitled [[10 Things for Groups]] is available to peruse at your leisure. [[Aura Healing]] ability needs a page, aside from the [[Healer_Trainers#Radium|Radium]] as do [[Special_Fighter_Types#Blood_Mages|Blood Mages]].

6/19/08: One Step Closer
The CLUMP is one step closer to being a legitimate entity. I found a cheap ssl cert site, [http://www.rapidsslonline.com/rapidssl-certificates.php RapidSSL], and we now has internets certificates! Also, in order to pay for said certificate, I added a paypal donate button to the donations page in case anyone ever visits it.

6/3/08: "Oh that crazy Org!"
[[Image:MySQLBUs.png|right]]
I updated links to Org Du Lac's [http://bestiary.puddleby.net/beast.php Bestiary] after I noticed that he updated his site to php a while back and I never updated the links. We've already got php, It's very nice!

Double checked that the database this puppy runs on is backed up every night after many months of blind faith. looks good! See >>>>

Minor diction change: I now prefer the term "creature" to refer to anything that you kill for experience. I'll slowly roll that out as I notice it in the pages.

10 things for groups is taking shape and I may include Michael's version of what not to do in groups, edited for language of course. (Interestingly enough some of the topics he covers ARE mentioned in the notorious [[Group_Hunting#How_NOT_to_handle_bad_situations|How NOT to handle bad situations]] subsection of group hunting.

We're up to 86 pages! Wow! Only a few of which are not used. I'll be trimming down the unused pages soon. If you have pages that you don't want deleted that aren't being used. Please link them to another page so I know not to touch them.

'Til next time! Same Thoom time same Thoom channel!

6/2/08: Updated a few pictures and links. More [[Links]] are welcome.
A Mystic page was added.
Currently compiling player suggestions for 10 things for hunting in groups at [[http://www.vagilemind.com/clanlord/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4568 The Sentinel]]. Please feel free to add to the discussion there.

== Miscellaneous ==
[[Image:nabisco.png]]

Input is welcome on the [https://discordapp.com/channels/270291133798547456/270291133798547456 Discord Server ] or anywhere.

[[Image:hole.png]]

Thank you to everyone that has contributed so far. I've read over your changes and It's obvious some people are a lot clearer writers than me, also I like the healer perspective being fleshed out in the healing section, particularly the [[Healing#Rodding|rodding]] section.

==Additions==
Also, I've just added a new Appendix: [[Command Reference]].

11/27 Updated the Wiki to version 1.8.2. This should mean nothing to you, just thought I'd note it.

12/5 The Clump will be temporarily offline for a few days in the next week or two. It will return to its regularly scheduled serving as soon as possible. I'll update the Sentinel when it goes offline.

1/17 Updated to [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki MediaWiki] 1.8.3 because of a vulnerability in the system that could allow session information such as passwords be redirected to another site. 1.8.3 deals with this problem. there should be no noticeable change in using the CLUMP to users.

2/23 I've updated to MediaWiki 1.9.3 everything seems to work that I've checked. if you experience anomalies or can't log in. mail noivad -at- mac -dot- com. I had to update because there was a security issue, and we all know how much we like things not to be spammed and taken over.

3/15 I've added little things like external links to other's pages within the manual instead of just the links section to make it more expansive and interactive. I'll continue to do this as I come across places to link things to. I also encourage people to add clan lord related links to the manual and links page.

-The manual is pretty well fleshed out and more accurate thanks to contributors now, and updates made by me will be less frequent, but that doesn't mean I'm going to neglect it. It's my mission to keep this manual as current and accurate as possible without spoiling too much.

-I'm trying to get a mystic section with what knowledge they can share, but there appears to be considerable resistance to even basic info within the council, and without their approval I'm holding off on even trying to get any information.

6/13 Updated to MediaWiki 1.10.0 e-mail me with any problems... besides trying to get the e-mail to work (unless you know a solution) or have a link with info about fixing it.

6/14 After a long and arduous adventure '''e-mail from the CLUMP is now active'''. All users please verify your e-mail address given because I'm turning on an option to require e-mail address verification before one can edit.

12/02/07: Updated to MediaWiki 1.11.

1/29/08: Updated to MediaWiki 1.11.1 -- Security vulnerability patched.

== Additions Log==

Added [[Mystics]]: Requested info about mystics from mystic council — it took a while!

6/2007 Added: [[Knighthood|Knighthood]]

1/0x Added [[Links|link]] to http://bestiary.clanlord.net/index.html Org Du Lac's Bestiary].

1/06 Adding [[Tactics#Standing_too_close_to_a_Snell_Border|standing too close to snell border]] under [[Tactics]].

12/2x Added another reason to chain while leaving a snell in [[Tactics#Chaining|Chaining]].

12/0x Added [[Macros]].

11/27 Adding [[Fighting#Fighting Basics|Fighting Basics]]: Very basic combat info for beginners: swing and fall back. Use a brick if you have one or terrain while you regain your balance. Added: fighting tip about how reach is dependent on movement speed.

[[Image:Manx.png|center]]
11/26 Add: All hail the reigning president !

Added in more material about writing macros to the [[Macros]] Page. ''It is completed.''

10/xx Added: [[Creatures#Chain Lightning|Chain lightning]] info: if you see a bolt bounce, get away from others drawing lightning.
Add how to take down a bolt bouncer: have each fighter stand on opposite sides of the 'lock and the lightning won't bounce.

10/xx Added: [[Healing]] page. ''may have to split it into multiple sections.''

10/xx Added in section on the [[Healing#The_Combat_Zone|combat zone]]. Always decide where to fight monsters, not the other way around. Have healers recognize and stay out of the combat zone or behind the fighters.

9/xx Added: [[Tactics#Dodging Webs|Dodging Webs]]

8/xx Added a section to [[Tactics#Retreating|retreating]] telling people how to provide cover for injured or exiles how might not make it out of the snell if you leave them caught between a rock and a hard place.

8/xx Added [[If Unable to Retreat#Focus on Greatest Threat|Focus]] on creatures when in a tough situation.
Explain greatest threat and to kill first.

To Add Basic explanation of trainers: Atkus uses up more balthus, Darkus slows down regia, Evus teaches a bit of everything, but the atkus to balthus ratio is tilted to eat balance slowly. Virtually no fighter trainers are "pure" trainers, most have a mixture of other elements in them.

==Wanted==
2026: WANTED: A rewritten champion page.

Wanted: Info on Radium, anything you find missing!
''Thanks to Kenegluk for pointing out holes in coverage!''

Iriel Red contributed a book for the logo, and in my humble opinion made a great logo for the CLUMP.

I'd like to get information on knights and knight items since I often get asked that by exiles looking to become one. So, if any knights out there want to share, please make a page with the answers. (:
** Inu says: See above, page created, linked in to appendix and here.

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==2026==
*20261017: Lore Tour continues Saturday, October 17, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we plan to go on a spooky adventure fit for the season! — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20261010: Lore Tour continues Saturday, October 10, 2026 at 10:00 This week we plan to head to the Shadow Forest and visit the Oubleir. Last we had found some Mantuan that offered hints on what to do with them, this time we’ll try some of that out. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20261003: Lore Tour returns Saturday, October 3, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we plan to visit the depths of Shadowspring to investigate the broken mirrors at the Gates of the Moon. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260923: Memorial for permanently fallen players:
[[File: 2026memorial.png|left|thumb| Exiles Gathered in the Memorial Garden]]

*20260919: This week, on September 19, 2026 at 10:00 (PST) the Lore Tour will journey through the Vale of Giants to the town of Fountfell. There, we’ll meet with the blacksmith Kasarra, who has been crafting Silksteel armor for us. We’ll find out whether it’s ready and perhaps pick her brain for other smithing ideas. Her ingenuity has already helped our blacksmiths learn many new techniques. If time allows, we’ll stop by the Rockslide Tavern to visit with Egremora. She always has great stories to share, and loves hearing ours in return. Perhaps we can tell her about our recent adventures in the Shadowspring Citadel and our encounter with the Skitterkin! Come prepared with a story or two of your own! (Also maybe Kasarra will take pity on Seaforth and craft him some new armor) — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Garr Garr]

*20260912: Lore Tour continues Saturday, September 12, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we plan to wander the lands to visit the V'wunquinhun and to receive their blessings. It’s is hard to believe it has been so long. Also, our plan is to focus on the other nine, since we ran into the one in Shadowspring last time. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260905: Lore Tour returns Saturday, September 5, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings and delve deeper into Shadowspring. We will need strong help and sharp minds to brave to darkness. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260904: Portal move announcement portal will move tomorrow or Saturday (~4-5 Sept) for all of September to Frigid Cavern. Depending on V'wunkays or anything special for v1500, maybe it will be more variable. Stay tuned to Koppi for any changes! — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.OrgDuLac Org Du Lac]

*20260822: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 22, 2026 at 10:00 This week we plan to divert slightly on the trail of the Skitterlings to deliver Trillbane his song! We've invited him over to the Rockslide Tavern in Fountfell for some needed refreshments, so we'll have to travel through Vale of Giants to meet up with him and hear the song Coriakin has written for him. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260815: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 15, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings and our exploration of the area beneath Shadowspring. As before, strong help of all kinds would be appreciated! — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20280808: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 8, 2026 at 10:00. This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. After our realization that the goats and Trillbane have finished the shortcut, we plan to stop by and tell Tart’targ of our progress before heading back beneath Shadowspring. Strong help will be needed to defeat the things crawling around in the darkness. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260801: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 1, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. With the earth aligned ancient machines charged, we plan to make our way north through Vale to the nodes north of there, ultimately making our way to the GMV Ruins. Last time in the Fire ruins the Mystics felt the Ick to the west, towards that area. While there we can try some different tactics against the Ick, hopefully we can find an effective approach. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260718: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the '''Skitterlings'''. We plan to meet with Tart’targ and catch up with her on our success in taking down an Ick Promontory. Then we’ll see if we can hunt down any more of them that may have appeared around the ancient machines in the Eastern Mountains. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260711: **Lore Tour** continues July 11th at 10AM (PST). This week we're planning to head into the **Shadowplane** to search for clues about the forgotten Oubleir in our efforts to find the Fruit of the Crooked Tree. Last time we were investigating them we talked with a large shadow mantuan in the Shadow forest and they mentioned that we had the wrong mantuan, and that the rest of the herd were smaller baby mantuan. We plan to search through the shadowplane to see if we can locate them and see what they might say. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

[[File: WantedSkitterlings.png|left|thumb| Skitterlings Wanted.]]
*20260704: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 4, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we will be continuing on the on the trail of the Skitterlings. Our plan is to meet again with Tart'targ, update her on our efforts and then check on some sightings of the Skitterlings near their nest in the Vale of Giants. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260620: Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 20, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we will continuing on the on the trail of the Skitterlings. Our plan is to meet with the Nacerean Order and talk with them about how we might be able to utilize blood magic in our efforts against the Ick. Maybe we could even get the bloodpool itself to help us out in some way.

*20260613: Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 13, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we will be needing some help on the trail of the Skitterlings. With the delivery of the Green Drake mushrooms to Tart’targ, we’re almost ready to delve into Shadowspring, but we need some time for the Goats to finish their digging and for us to finish composing a song for Trillbane. So we need your help in coming up with ideas to buy us time. What can we do to the Ick to stymie its spread or to distract it, slowing it from spreading further towards Sunspire and the other ancient machines? While catching up with Tart’targ we’ll share our theories and head over to one of the nodes to try some out. So bring your ideas, theories and equipment, explain how it might help, then we can try it out and see what happens. Hopefully we can figure out a plan from this testing.
**So far we’ve observed that the Ick seems to be growing, seeing out the energies of the ancient machines. The Skitterlings, it seems, are just along for the ride. Hopefully that’s helpful in forming your ideas.

*20260606: Lore Tour returns Saturday, June 6, 2026 at 10:00. This week we will travel through the Vale of Giants to the Heartwood Glade in search of the Green Drake mushrooms that Tart’targ needs to help us get deeper into Shadowspring. And as a reminder, we promised her we wouldn’t imbibe them ourselves, lest our bodies be turned into mud and forced to wander without our minds. ⁠hunting_hall⁠ While there, we also plan on checking on the progress the goats, Trillbane, and the Mountain Hermit have made on making a shortcut into Shadowspring. We had last wrangled some unruly goats with them, so hopefully they’ve made good progress. ⁠hunting_hall⁠ Once we gather the mushrooms, we need to make sure we get them back to Tart’targ, as they are prone to spoilage. When we get back to her, we can report on the spread of the Ick we had observed near the GMV Ruins creeping up towards Sunspire. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260530: Hello, bards and others! The May 30th concert will be our next themed concert. The concert will feature music inspired by or written about the Shadowplane. I’m sure everything will be fine and there will be no unexpected visitors or unfortunate occurrences. Bards, you’re invited to write something new about the Shadowplane! This isn’t officially a contest, just a composing challenge, but I’ve already received some donations so…. Who knows what’ll happen!

[[File: LTatSPwEle.png|left|thumb| Lore Tour Consults a Shadow-phant, and learns to do nothing.]]

*20260523: Lore Tour continues Saturday, May 23, 2026 at 10:00. This week we will return to the Shadow Forest. As a reminder, we had been working for some time on a way to restore the altar in the Windweft Ice Caves, to restore access to Purgatory and maybe see if we could help the spirit of Gaiyl return. To do that, we were tracking down how the Ancients built the altars in the first place. From the stories left in their triangle language near the Ancient machines we know that Mataline had went to the Shadowplane and stole a piece of shadow and brought it back with her. Stories that Egremora told us say that with that piece stone was infused with the power of the shadows to become altars. From other stories from the protectorate, we’ve been able to put together that this piece of shadow was actually fruit of the crooked tree. From that same crooked tree we were presented two seeds, one that we planted in Fane, and the other that was planted in the Dreamless Protectorate. By feeding the Fane seedling, it eventually grew into a tree with an entrance to the Shadow Forest. It is our hope that our next clues on where to find the fruit we need to make progress. While there, we will try and make sense of the forgotten Oubleir. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260516: The week on Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 10:00 (PST) the Lore Tour will be checking up on the bees we helped settle into one of the caves in the Ash Barrens. But before we go there, we'll be heading into the Greymyr Passes to meet up with Nauliana the beekeeper. Hopefully we can convince her to join us in visiting the bees and maybe she can teach us ways to help them thrive. We'll see where that leads us and I sure everything will be totally 100% safe. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Garr Garr]

*20260509: Lore Tour continues Saturday, May 9, 2026 at 10:00. This week we will continue on the trail of the Skitterlings checking in on the ancient machines in the eastern mountains to see what the Ick has been up to. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260502: **Lore Tour** returns 10AM PST. This week we will return again to the **Book Fort**, this time we plan to head to the Sky-library. While we’re there we’ll try and sort out the whole regal situation between the jerk knights and Seaforth.

*20260425: BARD CONCERT

*20260418: Lore Tour continues Saturday, April 18, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we will return into the Book Fort, this time heading to the Mosey Meadows.

*20260411: This week on Saturday, April 11, 2026 at 10:00 (PST), the Lore Tour will be heading up to Sombrion’s Cloud to investigate something strange going on. A friend of mine was recently up there doing some “research” when all of a sudden a Sarir ran by screaming. Something about “Run!” and “It just landed!” He just thought it was your normal Sarir ramblings and didn’t follow up because it was just a Sarir you know? But when he told me, I figured we should probably go check it out. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260404: Lore Tour returns Saturday, April 4, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we will venture into the Book Fort! — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260314: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 14, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). Double check that time! This week we plan to pay a visit to the Verminate on Ash to see what they’ve been up to lately in tormenting the Darshak. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260307: Lore Tour returns Saturday, March 7, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings by searching for some inspiration for @Coriakin’s song about Trillbane. — Phroon

*20260221: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 21, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan help Trillbane wrangle some goats that have wandered away from clearing the path to Shadowspring. Trillbane mentioned they were last seen in the rocky areas above Vale, so we’ll check there first. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260214: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue our investigations into the Skitterlings and the Ick. We plan to check on the nest we’ve found below the Vale of Giants, we also hope to run into Trillbane and ask how me might be able to help clear the way into Shadowspring Citadel.

*20260207: Lore Tour returns Saturday, February 7, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to investigate the new Stout Chains, traveling deep into the Orga Stronghold to hunt for Fire Water. We may also poke around and see if we can figure out how the Orga make the stuff and reproduce it ourselves. While out that way, if we see Trillbane we also plan to ask him about how the goats are doing on clearing the way into Shadowspring, and what we might do to speed that up. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260124: Lore Tour continues Saturday, January 24, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to use the current portal armistice to investigate the Heart of Ice in the Glacial Deeps. Hopefully we can meet the Fountfell smith Kasarra there and show them what we’ve been able to discover so far. We also hope to talk to some of the Windspinners there to see what they have been able to learn.

*20260117: Lore Tour continues Saturday, January 17, 2026 at 10:00. This week we plan to catch up on the status of the Bath House. I’ve heard a report from Loom'tir that most of the staff have returned from a mandatory Peaceton vacation, and that they could use help with the finishing touches for their grand reopening.

*20260110: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 10, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. Following up on the investigation of the fighter nodes in the Eastern Mountains we plan to visit with Tart’targ and discuss what we’ve both observed. We also plan to deliver most of the materials that we were tasked to collect a while ago that would be used in a ritual to get down to where the Skitterlings seemed to be coming from in Shadowspring.

*20260103: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 3, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. Before the Bawkmas holiday Tart’targ identified that the Skitterlings seemed to be spreading along with a strange vine-web substance. We’ve since seen Skitterlings and this substance near several of the ancient machines in the Eastern Mountains. We plan to continue our investigation by traveling to the earth attuned machines and checking on their current status.

==2025==
*20251213: Lore Tour returns Saturday, December 13, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. Last week we unexpectedly found one of their nests underneath Vale in the ruins up to Fountfell, suggesting they have expanded outwards from their spot beneath Shadowspring. We plan to revisit the nest and see what else we can learn from it.

[[File:CL-20251206-Skittlerlings.png|thumb|frame|left|These guys are in quite the predicament!]]
*20251206: Lore Tour returns Saturday, December 6, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings with a trip through the Vale of Giants to check on the goat’s progress on clearing a path into Shadowspring for Trillbane.

*20251122: Lore Tour continues Saturday, November 22, 2025 at 10:00. This week we plan to check in with the Verminate Two. Five (as they were five vermin in a cloak) became Two after Three stayed behind to rule over the mountain of lunch boxes we had delivered. We then invited Two to join us in Puddleby where they were learning to cook in Haricot’s kitchen. The Verminate were working on plans to topple the Darshak buildings in Ash City, as well as learning rune magic. We hope to check in with them and see what progress they’ve made and if we can be of any help.—Phroon

[[File:CL-2025115-Dance_Off.png|thumb|frame|left|The November 15st 2025 Lore tour Dance Off!]]
*20251115: Instead of your usual Lore Tour, it's a dance off Dance Off!

*20251108: Lore Tour returns Saturday, November 8, 2025 at 10:00 (PST). (Double check that time!). This week we plan to return to the trail of the Skitterlings. We plan to head through Vale of Giants to Heartwood Glade to check on the progress of the path into Shadowspring. With luck the goats may have broken enough rock to make us a path inside. Strong help as always would be appreciated. — Phroon

[[File:CL-20251101LoreTour.png|thumb|frame|left|The November 1st 2025 Lore tour meets at the alliance castle.]]
*20251101: Lore Tour returns Saturday, November 1, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). (Double check that time!). This week we plan to have a spooky Tsrrin themed adventure. The day of the dead will be over so you can come back out of the library and don your costume to celebrate with us!

*This month's bard concert will be in the bards' guild hall on Saturday October 25th at 11AM (PDT). Normally we have our Feast of Tsirrin concert in the playhall, but we need to be in the bards' guild building because it'll also be Valadorei's audition to become a full bard! I hope you can all make it out to support her!

*20251018: Lore Tour continues Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue our Ethereal Science with Bosun Higgs on western Tenebrion’s Island in efforts to repair the damage that the Darshak had done to the Ethereal Plane. It seems that Higgs has already successfully removed the Kyuem the Darshak had forced into place, but there is still more work to be done.

*20251011: **Lore Tour** continues Saturday October 11 at 10AM (PDT) After the nothing-counts tour of last week we again plan to head through **Vale of Giants** up to **Fountfell** to speak with the smiths there about our success in locating the heart of ice. A while ago they were searching for the heart in hopes to use it in the process of creating some kind of armor. Vale has been particularly happy when we’ve visited recently, so strong help would be appreciated.

*20251004: Lore Tour returns Saturday, October 4, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to head through Vale of Giants up to Fountfell to speak with the smiths there about our success in locating the heart of ice. A while ago they were searching for the heart in hopes to use it in the process of creating some kind of armor. Vale has been particularly happy when we’ve visited recently, so strong help would be appreciated.

*20250927: Bard Concert: Bard Concert on Saturday, September 27, 2025 at 11:00! I'll bring 2 new songs (one of which is for the contest and the other one is exploring more of my CLmetal / CLrock era) and others are hoping to have new stuff too! — Bingro

*20250925: Dear Puddleby Friends,
**It is time to pause and remember those we have lost over the years.
**Baffina & Baffette, Eyeball, K’Pyn, The Good Cat, Tonoto, Tyndall, Xenos & Panos are much missed in Puddleby and in the world. Each year we come together on or around the anniversary of Tyndall’s passing, 20 years ago, in order to celebrate the lives of these friends who have passed, as well as others we miss.
**Please join us to share memories, whiskey, cigars, beer, songs, and bonfires in the Memorial Garden outside Alliance Castle on Thursday, September 25, 2025 at 19:00 (PDT). Here in Puddleby we call it "mosey time." Follow the candles from West Gate.
**Whether you knew them or not, whether you are a regular in Puddleby, brand new, or watch from the library, please feel welcome. We would love to see you. Please also reach out to friends who might not see this message – we'd love to see them, too.
**Xenos & Panos wished us all “a happy and fruitful life and the good sense to live it with no regrets.”
*20250913: Lore Tour returns Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:00. This week we plan to head through Vale of Giants to Heartwood Glade to check on the progress on clearing the way into Shadowspring. We’ve been digging our way to Shadowspring to investigate the mysterious Skitterlings scuttling beneath the citadel. Both Trillbane and Tart’targ have been helping us, so we’re planning on stopping by to see if they need anything.

*20250906: Lore Tour returns Saturday, September 6, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to head to Tenebrion’s Island to check on the abandoned Darshak Temple where they were conducting ethereal research. Lugubrion had asked us to remove ethereal detritus from a stash there. There were also report of some sort of ethereal accountant there, we plan to investigate that as well. — Phroon

*20250829: Friday, August 29, 2025 at 19:00 (PDT) the mosey (and Whirlwind) will be bringing those interested to book 2

*20250823: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 23, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to head to Ash City to deliver lunch to Five. Pack up on lunch boxes from Haricot’s and be prepared to fight some Darshak.

*20250816: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 16, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to head back to the Glacial Deeps beneath the Frigid Caverns in Silversnag Ascent in the Eastern Mountains to continue our investigations into the Heart of Ice. This week we hope to talk to the Windspinners there about the Heart and other discoveries.

*20250802: Lore Tour returns Saturday, August 2, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. With mushrooms in hand from last time, we plan to scout around Fountfell looking for potential ways into the depths below Shadowspring. We’ve been able to recruit the assistance of Trillbane for a cut of the spoils and a song. Perhaps he’ll be willing to help us find the trailhead.

*20250719: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 19, 2025 at 10:00AM (PDT). To continue our investigation into the mysterious Skitterlings found beneath Shadowspring Citadel we plan to go hunting for the mushrooms Tart’targ needs to unseal the path down to where the Skitterlings are believed to be nesting. We plan to start our search by meeting with her to remind ourselves what we’re looking for.

*20250628: Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to visit with the inscrutable Mountain Hermit in the Vale of Giants gauntlet to ask him about the current goings on in the Eastern Mountains. There’s been a lot going on; our search for the Stormlyric Monastery, explorations of the Frigid Cavern for the Heart of Ice, and a council of different factions discussing Sombrion’s presence. And that’s on top of our recent discovery and investigation of the skitterlings. The hermit’s enigmatic perspective on these things will help guide our turbulent investigations. — Phroon

*20250607: This week the Lore Tour will be heading back to the bowels of Ash Island to investigate what our vermine and spriggin friends have been up to since we last visited. While there we should probably be on the lookout for The Widow Lactrodectia and her creations. Also, We will probably try to rob any rich new Darshak Lords that have settled in Rosentide since the last time we looted the place. All these things and more may or may not happen! Join us to find out! — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Garr Garr]

*20250605: v1436. When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of human civilization — Daniel Webster (1782–1852)
**Sorry for the delay. Our gerbils were a bit overwhelmed by the amount of art pouring into our library (over 8200 individual images!) They needed some cuddles, reassurance, and a little reprogramming.
**Speaking of 8200+ amazing pieces of artwork: thank you again to our volunteer artists, who have been expanding the Clan Lord world for the past 25 (27?) years. We wouldn’t be the same without you!

*20250531: Coriakin reports: Bard concert at Lugubrion's Keep next weekend! Saturday, May 31st at 11AM pacific time. Come on out and hear some organ music!

[[file:fountfell-lore-tour.png|thumb|The Lore Tour in Fountfell]]
*20250517: Lore Tour continues Saturday, May 17, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT) this week we will visit the Rockslide Tavern in Fountfell to hear stories from Egremora and to ask about the strange Skitterlings we saw deep inside Shadowspring Citadel. We may also stop by and visit with Pelaegia to get her perspective on these strange creatures. — Phroon

*20250510: **Lore Tour** continues 10AM (PDT) this week we will travel deep into **Shadowspring Citadel**. Known as the Gates of the Moon by the Ancients, these ruins housed a tear to the Shadowplane that was sealed by exiles years ago. We plan to delve its depth to reveal any new mysteries, and to check on the odd skittering creatures we saw before. We will need strong help to brave the dangers within, including those versed in revealing the rifts and traps within, as well as some of our friends who have trained plenty of Horus.
[[File:CL-Fountain 2025-05-07.png|thumb]]
*20250507: Update v1432
**Yes, I will spend the livelong day
**With Nature in this month of May;
**And sit beneath the trees, and share
**My bread with birds whose homes are there.
**“In May” — W. H. Davies (1871–1940)
**Thank you to our volunteers and artists for their continued work!
**Other than some behind-the-scenes bug fixes, everything else for this update is a secret. Or maybe not-so-secret?

*20250419: Lore Tour continues Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT) this week we have a trip led by the Fledgelings into the Bookfort. Check it out, at your local library. — Phroon

*20250412: Lore Tour returns Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT) this week we plan to head to the Shadowplane and the Protectorate to hunt for clues on how to succeed in future trips to the Shadow Forest. If there's time, we may also visit some Shadowbears. Strong help and bright lanterns will be needed to traverse the dangerous plane.

*20250405: Lore Tour returns Saturday, April 5, 2025 at 10:00AM (PDT) this week we plan to delve into The Land of Dank Believe aka Bookfort. We plan to revisit previous year’s sections of the Bookfort including exciting adventures like fighting in a book on the moon and defeating a wizard on a cloud. Please suspend your disbelief at the door.
*Next Update April 2nd. — Phroon

*20250322: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 22, 2025 at 10:00 (AM PDT) this week we plan to head to Silversnag Ascent and the Frigid Cavern to continue our investigations into the Heart of Ice. Rumor says there may be others looking for the same thing we are, maybe they’ll have some clues for us. — Phroon

*20250315: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 15, 2025 at 10:00AM (PDT) this week we plan to select a plan from various plans. We are awaiting confirmation of the plan while we plan to make our selection. We hope to plan on your attendance. (Silversnag? TI? Shadowplane? East Forest!? Who knows where Lore Tour will go!?).
**Lore Tour update: This week we plan to travel to TI to investigate the Darshak Temple that was under construction there. — Phroon

*20250308: **Lore Tour** continues 10AM PST. this week we plan to go on an adventure hosted by the Order of the Fledgelings!

*20250305 v1423 Update
**Choice is how you can tell an intelligent man from a fool. — Henrik Ibsen (1828–1906)
**You’ll have to explore to see what’s new this Chaos Storm.

*20250301: **Lore Tour** returns 10AM PST this week we plan to drop on by **Sombrion’s Keep** to explore the appropriated island and to deliver materials towards a permanent Agronox landing pad. We’ll be needing plenty of agronox feathers, mirror shards, logs of wood, sturdy limbs, skiens of silk, blue baubles, and shiny medallions. We’ll also see if we can fit in some squabbling with a Wizard, or at least a good rifling through his things.
*20250215: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 15, 2025 at 10:00 (PST) this week we plan to head to Ash City to do some more ambassadorial liaising in the Gorvin tradition. Following our defeat of Endrondus there’s sure to be some interesting things happening in Rosentide.

*20250208: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 8, 2025 at 10:00AM (PST) this week we plan to head to the Shadow Forest and the Shadow Bard’s Field! Strong help and many lanterns will be needed to survive. — Phroon

*20250205 v1419 Update
**We love the things we love for what they are. — Robert Frost (1874–1963)
**Testing potential new Champion ability: Charge. It has some small limits to the number of uses for now, until we figure out balancing. Apply for testing in Champ HQ.
**A few stubbornly wild pets can now be tamed by healers.
**Boostus got a little boost.
**Young lights can now better ward off the dangers of the dark.

*20250201: Lore Tour returns Saturday, February 1, 2025 at 10:00 (PST) this week we plan to head back to Silversnag Ascent and the Frigid Cavern to check on the crumbling ice within. These Ancient ruins always seem to contain much history for us to understand. — Phroon
*20250118: (10AM PST) Lore Tour this week plans to explore the Shadow Forest. Strong help and sun lanterns will be required.
*20250111: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 11, 2025 at 10:00 (PST) this week we plan to head back to Ash to continue our investigate Ausrine’s mysterious Ankh. I'm sure we'll encounter absolutely no more misunderstandings whatsoever.

*20250104: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 4, 2025 at 10:00 (PST)this week we plan to head deep into to the third circle of the Abyss to investigate Ausrine’s mysterious Ankh. Strong help would be appreciated for this trip.

*20250101 v1414 Update
**I have learned that to be with those I like is enough. — Walt Whitman (1819–1892)
**Season’s Belated Beatings!

==2024==
*20241221: Lore Tour continues Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 10:00AM PST this week we plan to return to Silversnag Ascent to search for a heart of ice for Kasarra’s smithing experiments. — Phroon
*20241214 10AM PST: Arbordale, Puddleby, Merdi, day 22 of Autumn, 639.
Letter to Giben at Fountfell
**Titus [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Kojiro Kojiro] DeLouche St. Thoomingnon, son of Pomponious, Lord Seaforth, to Giben, Dwarf - If you and the scouting party are well I shall be glad. From your official despatch I have, in common with everyone else, received the liveliest satisfaction; for you have given us that strong hope of success, of which, in sole reliance on you, I was assuring everyone. The emissary smith has taught to Powean the working of litharge. To practical end, he has learned the making of the Gilded Breastplate which was awarded me in recognition of valor on behalf of the People. This he learned only after smashing to
**Issues remain. We know not how to channel the Earth’s power through the armor, beyond its shining brilliance to strike fear into the hearts of enemies sensible of it. Further, I have reread the minutes of that initial meeting with Kassara, who defamed my biceps, from which it is clear that a second armor type was discussed of which Powean has not been taught. This is referred to as flexible, perhaps a mesh, perhaps for rapid attackers rather than line troops. The requirements mentioned steel, lead, arachnoid silk and ice. I know not whether the reference to ice is meant literally – is it an annealing step? A type of ice magic? I pray we will not be competing with the Mystics for sapphires.
**Your correspondence reaches me here, conveyed by what means I know not, from Fountfell. It seems we must send you another scouting party, as the above questions remain to be resolved. Do send reports regarding the route, in particular the grasping cedar forest west of the settlement. I will bring you a package of the smoked jellyfish I know to be your favorite and not native to high altitudes. We return this Saturday, December 14, for Lore Tour. Watch for our coming.
*20241123 10AM PST: At the behest of Pirate King, Witchy Kitty, [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Stinkfist Captain Stinkfist]:
**Arrr, now that we have successfully lulled Endrondus into a false sense of security, it is time to enact the Pirate King's daring and cunning plan to undermine the Darshak Cult. Yarr, this plan is top secret and will be explained on the day.
**Enclosed is a doodle of the Witchy Kitty Pirate King winking* — Valadorei
*20241116 10AM PST: “Arrr! Witchy Kitty Pirate King here! We will be following up on our Rainbow Diplomacy efforts! I'm told we should visit Alder to discuss the Bee Prophecy and related things, so yarr, seems like a good place to start. We also have our new friends from the Verminate and our Spriggin allied uhh mercenaries err... special advisors to the Verminate. The Verminate will need more shiny things for the rainbow generator, so bring shiny things, sunstones and gems of any kind are specially needed. Probably bring them snacks too, what is the food equivalent of the shiniest gem? Bring the answer to that question please. For our Spriggin friends..... yarr just bring coins for them. The Witchy Kitty Pirate King of Lok'Groton will make a substantial donation and the Forces of Whimsy would surely look very kindly upon a large gift of coins from Puddleby. Lastly, time permitting, yarr we got this very bad darshak priest man named Endrondus, he is a very bad man and for the good of the island chain, he gots to go. He needs to die for his many crimes going back centuries, definitely not because we built a rainbow generator and gave it to sentient vermine right in front of him. We totally didnt do that... and if we did it was on purpose and part of a much larger plan in accordance with The Gorvin Mandate regarding the Darshak Cult. Fun and inventive and practical ways to dispose of this very bad darshak man are welcome. See you there! With Love, The Witchy Kitty Pirate King” — Stinkfist

*20241109 10AM PST: Arbordale, Puddleby, Sombdi, day 71 of Spring, 639.
**Letter to Giben at Fountfell
**Giben - The state of things in regard to my steel visions, in which I know that you are supremely interested, and our subsequent discoveries beneath Melabrion Bay is this, as far as can be as yet conjectured. The ceiling ore is steel and lead alloyed, and delivery of ingots of what I refer to here as ‘litharge’ has been secured to skilled metalworkers in Fountfell, said ingots being alloy and bone ash. The ingots are stamped with a Dwarven symbol for Earth, for lead, and a sword, referencing steel. You may share my skepticism as to virtue of the litharge to us, as warriors – boluses for slings? will we have boots of lead, for stamping vermine, or fighting on the sea floor? Recall our schooling in philology – I believe the litharge stamp to be a specifier of the Champion in the ancient language of the Even Shorter Dwarves.
**I call upon you to join me this approaching Saturday for Lore Tour, and I will make the same demand upon all Puddlebeans. Saturday, then, we lead with steel and follow with lead. We shall make a concerted expedition to this Fountfell, this mountain beyond the History of Salandra, and there turn speculation into knowledge. — Titus Kojiro DeLouche St. Thoomingnon, Lord Seaforth
[[File:CL-v1406SplashScreen.png|thumb|frame|right|The v1406 Clan Lord Splash Screen]]
*20241106: CL v1406 Update
**Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion. — Democritus (c. 460 bce – c. 370)
**A statue remembering The Good Cat has been added to the Memorial Garden.
**A few cats waited until exiles were done trick-or-treating to put on their own costumes, wander around, and beg for treats.
**Improved <mumble>, <mumble>, and <mumble>.
**Three new areas will now properly give exploration awards. Anyone who has explored these areas already will be able to do so again to receive the reward. — Delta Tao

*20241102 10AM PDT: Come help us fulfil a prophecy with Science! Or something like that. I'm not in charge. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Garr Garr]

*20241019 10AM PDT: Lord Seaforth (formerly Kojiro):
**Attn Puddleheads: A Levée is called to new ore finds in Tokhans - Saturday, Lore Tour. The gods demand Metal. I demand fancier armor. Bring tools.

*20241005 10AM PDT: Lore Tour returns this Saturday to the shadow garden in the haunted fane. After all the extra trips we made, we now believe that we may have enough dream fragments to grow the tree even bigger! Nothing could possibly go wrong as the seed was freely given! We'll likely need a strong group to ensure the success of this endeavor so make sure to show up.

*20240921 10AM PDT: THE TRIAL BY PUN-BAT OF PAULA FRESHLAND!!! Happuning Saturday 10 am PST. Don’t miss your chance to see just-ice snow its hand in the Puddleby Courthouse! Will Maximus try to defend his damsel and wind up in damncell or will he get rid of his jailousy and shake Paula’s clutch on him and purse-ue a path of honor and truth. The Punsecutor General will be handling the trial on behalf of the people and all other Puddleby citipuns. You.Cannot.Afford.To.Miss.This!!!! — Pun’isher

*20240907 10AM (PDT): GREETINGS PUDDLEBEARS AND PUDDLEBEANS. THE GREAT BEAR SPIRIT HAS BEEN KEEPING WATCH OVER OUR SHADOW NOT-BEAR FRIENDS, AND HAS NOTICED THAT THEY HAVE BEEN GROWING IN POWER. THE GREAT BEAR SPIRIT ADVICES US TO SHOW THEM OUR PUDDLE HONOR, BY ENGAGING IN SOME DIPLOMATIC WRESTLING ON THEIR TURF. WE SHALL MAUL AND SLASH TO EXCHANGE BEAR KNOWLEDGE. BRING HONEY. — Biro

*20240817: Arr, Puddleby! I have been keeping my bees informed of da news, but dey told me da uvver bees are restless. Dey are not satisfied wit second hand news nor wit so few of us reportin' it. Reekfoot's weddin' is da hops what broke da bison's back.
**DEREFORE (da Captain said dat part is important) we are going to visit my bees on August 17, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT) to make dis right. After we tell dem da news officially, we will ask what we can do to assuage da uvver bees' bovveration. Warm up your newsing voices. Polish your armour. Bring your big axes an' wax your moonstones. Dis could get messy. — Dandelion

*20240810: Proclamation from the Pirate King:
**Arrr, so a Rumorstorm has informed me that my brother, local traveling non-darshak pirate blood conjurer Reekfoot has gotten married and did not invite me due to his unhappiness at placing 3rd in the 420th Regional Dance Offs. I am told from a presumably reliable source that Rumorstorm heard that Reekfoot has indeed married some Darshak of some amount of renown. FURTHERMORE, I heard tell that Reekfoot NOW wants an audience with us, the Citizens of Puddleby What's gonna go down? I dunno, there is a lot of information flying around, what has everyone else heard? Cuz I heard the UoP Janitors totally murdered the dance floor at the reception. I also heard we are going to do GREAT!
**7 word summaries:
***Reekfoot makinup fer sumting, bloo peel, PROFIT!
***Killing Darshaks for Profit, or for Reekfoot...

*20240803: oh uh, Lore Tour: We're fighting Shadow Plane nihilism. Which is, obviously, the worst kind of nihilism. — Ausrine

*20240727: It almost time again! On July 27th at 11AM (PDT) we'll be hearing Aurelie audition for Questership und thus hear lots of new music you certainly don't want to miss out on! Also, rumour has it, there is a surprise waiting to be revealed at or around the concert!
*20240720: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 20, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we plan to follow up on some strange new apparitions sighted during a recent visit to the Shadowplane. Was it a one-off sighting? We'll need strong fighters and would welcome mystics, especially those with a sun lantern. If we don't have enough mystical support, we may go mad and climb the walls or gnaw off each others' limbs. — Phroon

*20240713: Lore Tour Saturday July 13th and 10AM PDT: The Romanus Mystery
**An intriguing cold case file came to light in the last month. During the bank counter heist Romanus was killed—or was he? We need to ascertain whether Romanus was always a shadow guild agent that exiles killed, or was he replaced by an agent. Judging by the events as recorded by the PPD, Romanus wouldn’t have helped the exiles if he was simply a shadow guild agent. Assuming that is true, If he is alive, and was captured by shadow guild agents, then we have to find where they are keeping him. Given the roster of Puddleby Police Department is down to 2 active members — myself & lieutenant deputy of puns, Pun’isher. We need all able citizens to help us crack this case. — Sheriff Noivad

*20240706: [https://discord.gg/W688R9aM?event=1254919822534250597 Lore Tour] Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 6, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we plan to travel to Fountfell and Silversnag Ascent to follow up on clues about the history of Mataline's Silver Key.

*20240629: Next bard concert will be Saturday June 29th at 11AM pacific time, featuring the return of @Bingro and hopefully @Fantasia too! If I did this right, this should be your local time: Saturday, June 29, 2024 11:00 AM (PDT).
*20240622: Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 22, 2024 10:00 AM. — Phroon
*20240615:Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 15, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we will be traveling with the mysterious Orchid into Fane to show her the sapling that has been growing in the Shadowy garden there. It is our hope that she will be able to lend us some clarity as to what might happen if we continue to foster the tree’s growth. As usual, strong help would be useful, Rinakki isn’t the most welcomed in Fane anymore and will need our help in reaching the garden. — Phroon

*20240608: Lore Tour returns Saturday, June 8, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we will be visiting with Rinakki to discuss the newly planted seeds growing in the Fane Shadowgarden and the Shadowplane Protectorate. — Phroon

*20240601: Lore Tour returns Saturday, June 1, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we will travel into Fane and check in on the shadowy garden within. — Phroon
*20240518: Greetings! Have any of you been experiencing a strong pull to go to the shadowplane during the lore tour this weekend? Im sure there has to be a reason behind this alluring humming I keep hearing. It's causing me to have some very strong feelings, a sort of yearning to go where I belong. Would you folks be willing to check it out? We should speak with the Evenas and any of those who follow the Way of the Candle and ask if they have experienced this in the past. There's almost no chance of anything bad happening. Feel free to bring your brooms just in case though. — Brisk
**Normal time, Saturday, May 18, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT).
**Soul Hunter summary: Shadowplane. Lotsa lore, some tour. Good things only.
*20240511: Lore Tour continues Saturday, May 11, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we plan to help Pavela’s contact Five on Ash disrupt the Darshak supply lines.

*20240504: Lore Tour returns Saturday, May 4, 2024 10:00 AM. This week we plan to travel meet with Pavela and then travel to Ash to do what we usually in Ash City. Darshak be warned. — Phroon

*20240427: Bard concert coming soon! We'll be back in the guild hall this weekend so questers can play too if they want. Hope to see you there this Saturday 11AM PDT.
[[File:CL-LoreDanceOff20240420.png|right|thumb|The Lore Dance Off.]]

*20240420: xLore Tour continues Saturday, April 20, 2024 10:00 AM. For a date this special, Stinkfist has sent the following plan:
**Lore Tour: The 420th Randomly-Timed Regional Lok'Groton Championship Dance Off
**Yarr so apparently it is indeed time for Regionals. You may have noticed the various established dance crews practicing in the book fort's new Arboretum! You also may have been at the last lore tour where Reekfoot showed up and totally served Puddleby in an attempt to demoralize and psych us out before Regionals.
**So what ARE Regionals? Why is this the first I'm hearing about this?
**It’s a dance off obviously. I dunno, that isn't for me to say, seems like a you thing but I am told it goes back to the "Times of the Ancients" or something.
**But to explain anyways so we can establish THE RULES and THE PRIZES
**Each dance crew will perform one dance routine which will be judged by a panel of highly qualified judges. The judges will score each performance. After every crew has performed there will be an audience vote, which is what actually matters, this is just the way the Ancients did things. I don't pretend to understand why judges if a popular vote determines who wins, I didn't make up the rules, I'm just officiating them.
**Cheating! Is oddly legally allowed by the rules. So we should expect Reekfoot to try and pull SOMETHING devious and probably violent in an attempt to win.
**The rules also state that ANYONE can enter solo or as a crew and individuals are technically allowed to be in multiple dance crews if they choose.
**THE PRIZES:
***1st Prize: Ownership of an empty hut of your choosing in the West Phisney Island Outpost neighborhood. Decorate as you please! + A Big Box of Book Fort Swag + 200k to split amongst your dance crew
***2nd Prize: 1 very large pile of coins (100k) + A Big Box of Book Fort Swag
***3rd Prize: A big box of book fort swag + a reasonably nice pile of coins (50k)
**Where are we dancing off at? The Puddleby Player's Theater in West Puddleby
**When again? 10am PDT on Saturday the 4/20th
**Who are the judges again? Famed local residents of Lok'Groton who we are friendly with and your Pirate King, who is a judge purely to prevent Reekfoot from winning.
**Last place will be awarded personalized Odius Ode courtesy of Pun'isher.

*20240413: Lore Tour continues Saturday, April 13, 2024 10:00 AM: Lore Tour: The Phisney Island Follow Up
**Arrr! Pirate King Witchy Kitty and Magician Majesticos Stinky here again to tell you all about what awesome thing we will be doing next.
**First up, we got some Direbears to welcome to Phisney Island and say Rawr hey tharr to! That'll be nice, for bears are our friends!
**Since they are usually close by, we should probably go and let the Sarir know what has been going on.
**Then, we got some loose ends to tie up, starting with Pavela, Kestrel's Spy on the island that we so generously allowed to walk last we were there. We will need to deal with her in some fashion. There are ideas of how to do this being floated.
**Lastly.. we got that Abyss tainted Darshak mini-temple that Venables hid in to deal with. So we are going to test some of Katpus and the Janitor's research regarding rainbow death/life cannons on it.
**So yarr, we are going to blast the crap out it with rainbows powered by cutting edge magical science and the awesome knowledge of the University of Puddleby! Go Science!
**I’m sure we'll learn something from the test. So yarr we are probably gonna need some mystics and other sources of sun energy and sunbeams for this! Also if ya got any rubies, sapphires, or even topaz bring them! Also sun zu! That seems helpful!
**A responsible ethereal trained mystic would be appreciated as we will be unleashing large amounts of rainbows near an active kyeum but science hasnt proven any ill effect of rainbows on things ethereal but it is yarr like wise to keep an eye on such things just to be safe!
**Soul Hunter's TLDR: Bears, Sarir, Haha Spy, Rainbow Blast Abyssness!
*20240406: Lore Tour returns Saturday, April 6, 2024 10:00 AM. This time we will delve into the Book Fort! — Phroon
*20240403: The v1375 update is scheduled for Wednesday 3 April 2024. —Phroon
*20240330: This month's concert is about a week away: Saturday, March 30, 2024 11:00 AM (PST). It's been a while since we've heard any organ music, so we're thinking of having it at Lugubrion's Keep (assuming that we can find someone to open for us). Hope to see you there!
*20240323: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 23, 2024 10:00 AM, we have the following message from Stinkfist:
**Black flags have been spotted on the ocean!
**Lets go steal their stuff!
**Cuz iz my birfday!
**Arr!
**The Witchy Kitty Pirate King Magician Majesticos Cap'n Stinky
*20240316: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 16, 2024 10:00 AM (PST). This time we will return to the Shadowplane to continue our investigations and check out of the shadowbears have been up to anything. As usual, strong help would be appreciated. —Phroon
*20240309: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 9, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT)! Summary from Stinkfist:
**Arrr here ye here ye!
**We will be heading to the Phisney Island Outpost for the signing of a historic treaty!
**Our local notary Brisk will preside over the signing of this treaty. Surely this will go smoothly and without any snags or unknown unknowns, as Brisk has one job and yarr!
**So come! Sign this most historical treaty and hang out with our Allies!
**Soul Hunter's TLDR: Brisk, Phisney Island, fancy paper, sign it!

* 20240302: March 2nd, 10AM PDT: Arrr! Hear this declaration from the Pirate King: This Saturday will mark one "finally" off our calendar — deposing the so-called leader of the Darshak on Phisneyland Island, Penn Venables.
**Penn's been hiding in his half-built temple for decades now since we repeatedly shamed him in battle. Based on a tip we got from a dead Darshak, we learned he'll be out and about and vulnerable during this week's Lore Tour. We were told to be careful because of his weapons of mass destruction.
**Ambassador Gorvin tells us that letting his ethereal doomsday devices blow everything up is bad and we should prevent this at all costs, so we're going to be super careful as we wreck this guy and steal his stuff. We probably won't sink the whole island into the sea. Our magic is better than his. We have bards, bears, beer, bees, a catapult, and a super cool ocean witch.
**Soul Hunter summary: Kill bad Darshak leader, no explode island.

*20240224: Next week's bard concert will also feature Supplanter's audition for bard quester! Please come to the guild hall on Saturday, February 24, 2024 11:00 AM to cheer him on! — Coriakin (Master Bard)

*20240217: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 17, 2024 10:00 AM. Stinkfist has passed on the following plan for this week to set up for the upcoming confrontation with Venables:
**Arrr,
**Attention: As per our intel provided by the Door-Hench Diebeer with a K, the Darshak will be up to something in two zodiacs time now on TI.
**Working with our agent the Immortal Sasour the Hatchet†, who we previously liberated from Venables Camp. We will be laying the groundwork for rebellion and ending Venables grasp on Phisneyland Island forever and foiling Kestrel's plans at the same time.
**As cover for this operation, we will also be stealing a great deal of stuff.
**† Sasour the Hatchet was purged of abyssal influence via rainbows and then made immortal by Ausrine and her hat that she isnt wearing. Also he touched Puddleby's altar. Also Ausrine turned him into a blind amphibian with a gilded broom a few times. He is magically oathbound to Puddleby. He be cool.
**Soul Hunter Summary: Save Phisneyland, prepare for victory, plunder booty.

*20240210: **Lore Tour** continues February 10 at 10AM (PDT). This time we plan to head to **Ash Island** to fight some Darshak. Kestrel’s doorman has enjoyed his post for quite some time, I’m sure Ambassador Gorvin will help him with that.—Phroon
** For this tour we will be needing the assistance of weather controlling mystics (preferably multiple).—Gorvin

[[File:CL-LoreTour20240203.png|right|thumb|Brave adventurers explore the Org cave.]]
*20240203:Lore Tour (Saturday, February 3, 2024 10:00 AM PDT) will involve taking Bravery The Org to the org sanctuary on Centaur Island. For anyone not familiar, Bravery is a young org that Stinkfist rescued from being abandoned at Junko's and decided to teach to be a hero. He begain taking it on his adventures to teach what he could, and has also asked several other exiles to escort Bravery around to show him the world. After many zodiacs of mentoring the time has come to release Bravery into his new home!

*20240120: **Lore Tour** continues January 20, at 10AM PST. This time we plan to return to the **Shadowplane** and continue our exploration there! As usual, strong help would be appreciated.

*20240113: **Lore Tour** continues <t:1705168800:F>. This time we plan to do a few things surrounding the **Org Sanctuary**, starting with a visit to the Ensconcement Village to tell them about the success setting up the sanctuary, a stop by the Org Cave for some Panther Caps, and then swing over to Centaur to drop off any mushrooms we find and to deliver the presents we picked up during the Bawkmas tour to thank them for all their efforts setting up the sanctuary.

*20240106: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 6, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we plan to kick things off by paying a visit to the Shadowguild and seeing what they’ve been up to. I’m sure that ambassador Gorvin will help us navigate the situation with skill.

==2023==
*20231224–20231225 at 6:30AM (24th) & 6:30PM (25th): I heard Santa will be coming two times this year for 30 minutes each time. I hope it fits your schedules and if not feel free to let me know and I will see if a special appearance can be made for you after Bawkmas/Skrismas/Season's Beatings.
**Slot 1: Sunday, December 24, 2023 6:30 AM
**Slot 2: Monday, December 25, 2023 6:30 PM Cheers! 🎅

*20231216: Lore Tour continues Saturday, December 16, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we're planning to travel to Fane and investigate reports of developments with the shadowy seed planted in the garden there. As usual, a strong group and especially strong healers to deal with the ghosts within would be appreciated.

*20231209: **Lore Tour** continues December 9, 2023 at 10AM Pacific. This time we're planning to celebrate the bawkmas spirit by visiting a few snowy areas throughout the lands in search of some presents for the Centaur to thank them for all their help with the Org Sanctuary.

*20231204:In the morning of the day 218 of year 635 (OOC 7pm Pacific, Monday December 4th, just after Lorikeet's hunt time), Mystic guild will be holding a meeting with Sombrion the Wizard and the Abbess Madrona of the Foghaven Monastery. Location of the meeting is on the platform of the Foghaven Monastery. All exiles are invited to join.
**For that meeting, please let us move the purple portal to OP (and green at town) at least on that day... unless we think we can handle having the portal at **outside** of Foghaven Monastery.
**Also I'd like to ask supports from our capable fighters, healers and flute players for safe travel to Foghaven Monastery and back for all exiles who wants to join the meeting on the day.

*20231118: Lore Tour continues Saturday, November 18, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we will be returning to the Shadowplane to continue our exploration there. As usual, strong help would be appreciated.

*20231111: Lore Tour continues Saturday, November 11, 2023 10:00 AM (PST). This time we will be returning to Shadowspring Citadel! It’s been a while so we hope to check on things there especially the Agronox seal to the and how the Page of Rend that sent us to the Shadowplane there reacts to us visiting again, as well as some of the crumbly stairs deep within. This will be a difficult trip, so strong help (and your friends that know Horus well) would be appreciated. While we’re at it, we’ll have to see if Pelaegia is interested in a trip back and maybe see if there’s anything we can do to help her with the repairs.

*20231104: Lore Tour returns Saturday, November 4, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we will be checking out the Org Sanctuary.

*20231021: Lore Tour continues Saturday, October 14, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we will having a spooky time with a Feast of Tsrrin theme. — Phroon

*20231014: Saturday, October 7, 2023, 10AM (PDT) Lore Tour: The Prime Orb of Unstable Infinity
**Yarrr! By now you've surely read my excellent guide Orbs of Unstable Infinity and You. It is very illuminating:⁠
**But what is better than an excellent guide? The real thing. I think we can get Tart'targ to help us find it.
**First, some history. Me chief gunner and good matey Garr has a long and terrifying history of humiliating the Darshak. For instance, this time when Garr just burned the Thaumaturge and his minions to death.
**http://www.thoomcare.com/archives/003485.html
**As you can read in the comments there, long ago I made a note "Loots for Garr. Pirates rule!"
**In the years since that battle, I, the Pirate King of Lok'Groton, have searched for the perfect reward for saving a whole plane of existence against the jerk that tried to merge us with the ether (also just… showing up and kickin' ass with the Pirates since the start). Gotta find some GOOD loot for that!
**During one of my astral projection explorations I finally found it. It was an Orb. An Orb just full of Unstable AND Infinity, and I just knew, in my heart of Pirate Kingly hearts, that I needed to see what exactly Garr would do with this.
**I got back to Puddleby and thought, "Ya know, this thing is really dangerous if someone like the Brions or someone got their hands on it." So I hid it and gave Tart'targ the clues to how to find it. Cuz safety first!
**Arr, anyways, enough really fascinating history of Garr bein' awesome and me astral projecting. For the Lore Tour, we will gather in town and wait for Tart'targ to show up and bring us the clues to where I hid the Orb for safekeeping. We will then go on an adventure to retrieve the Orb from the very safe and very logical place to hide an artifact of unstable infinity. Then, later we will find out how Garr chooses to use his great power (and the Orb) with great responsibility.
**Yarr! Join us as we celebrate Garr and I try and make good on a decades old note!
**There will likely be time for people with Lesser Orbs (yarr, those have been turning up lately) to use said Lesser Orbs. Even lesser ones are probably best used under the supervision of trained Witches and Magicians. This is definitely not like the time with the soul glasses, why would you even think that?
**The Pirate King is not entirely responsible for any uses or side effects of the Orbs that results in harm to an exile or our plane of existence. Hopefully, any such cases will be super duper funny. The disclaimer in my guide to orbs of unstable infinity apply here too.
**Soul Hunter version:
**IOU note to Garr. Magic orbs. Treasure hunt!

[[File: CL-LoreTour-20231008.png|thumb|right| 180px |The Lore Tour in the Shadow Plane]]

*20231007: Lore Tour returns Saturday, October 7, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we plan to return to the Shadowplane and continue our exploration there. As usual, a strong group would be appreciated.

*20230927: This is the 18th year since Tyndall passed away. He was loved by many in life, and is remembered both as a cherished friend and a Puddlebean legend.
**Every year, we mark this time and come together in order to celebrate the lives of friends that we’ve lost over the years: Xenos & Panos, Baffina & Baffette, Tyndall, Tonoto, Eyeball, and K’pyn.
**Please join us to share memories, whiskey, cigars, beer, songs, and bonfires in the Memorial Garden outside Alliance Castle on September 27, 2023 7:00 PM.
**Whether you’re a constant presence, you've been in the library for a while, or you’re somewhere in between, we’d really love to see you. Please also reach out to friends who might not see this message – we’d love to see them, too.

*20230927: The next Healer Hunt will be Wednesday, September 27, 2023 5:30 PM This hunt is for healers and their pets. All are welcome: bring your pet…
*20230923: Ok, so lore tour this week… bearing in mind the captain has tasked me with fixing the planes… AGAIN… I have been struggling if we should go to Geharza or not. Barely by a slim margin I have been convinced (with the help of bribes) to bear arms and go back to the ice caves (But if we run into loose Tipulids again I won’t complain.) So… it turns our that SOMEONE decided to teach the bears how to use altars… (I’m totally not looking at you Inu) and now we have to bear the burden of killing cursed bare bears, cursed armored bears, and cursed bears that need to learn that vowels are a thing. So we’ll head back to the ice caves this week, and this time we’ll need a permanent broom bearer to sweep the bear out of the evil bears and the bear out of the shadow touched Inus. That’s step one. Step two is to have Bearo and Raksbeara and Punibear to convince the evil bears not to be so evil and to double our bear guard on our totally peaceful and not destructive rainbow death cannon. Once that is done we need to try and un-bear curse that altar in ice caves. Normally we’d just tell the Gorvbot to break the altar even more, but it sounds like some people want to fix the altar so they can learn more PF ranks from not ghost Gaiyl… Final step is loot… There better be loot Stinky…..
**For Soul Hunter… Bears again… Murder again… Inu’s fault… Loot!!!
[[File: CL-LoreTour-20230916.png|thumb|right| 180px |The Lore Tour battles armored shadow bears!]]

*20230916: Lore Tour: Sat 10am pacific
** RAAAAAAAWRRRRRRRR RA-ROOAAAARRRRRRRRRR Rawr-BEARRRROOOOOOO
**Rawr-rawr-ROAR-rawr-rawwrrrr-snarl.
**ROAR! RAWR! ROOOOOAAAARRRR!!! RAwr-RA-raWR!! ROAR ROAR ROAR!!!!!!!
**[bear snort]
**THE GREAT BEAR SPIRIT'S CUB BIRO WILL FEED ON THE WEAK BODIES OF THE SHADOWS WHO HAVE FORGOTTEN HOW TO BE BEARS AND SHOW THEM HOW TO BE BEARS AGAIN.
**BRING YOURSELF HONOR, CONQUER FEAR, SPILL SHADOW BLOOD, SEND NOT-BEARS BACK INTO THE DARK.
**For Soul Hunter: Rawr vs Those who pretend to be Rawr!
*20230909: Lore Tour: The Darshak Candidate
**Arrr, here ye here ye, yarr good. Garr... write this down...
**So for some time Kestrel has stated her goal is to establish a new unifying leader of the local Darshak. One way or another, the cult will put someone in charge. An like, ta be honest, all their candidates suck. Creepy Thoom Guy sucks, Rebel Guy sucks, Venables sucks, Necro sucks, all the Darshak nobles suck. So yarr, why don't we make our own?
**So we're gonna kidnap Sasour the Hatchet as he is easily the chillest Darshak we know. We invited him to the Counterheist and he got drunk and laughed at the Shadowguild getting slain in the streets. He's perfect.
**Then probably do some magic to make sure he is a "Force of Abyss Smiting Justice for Puddleby"
**Now this is a complex plan with a lot of ins and outs and such that I will make...er.. explain as we go!
**And to really sell that we are indeed kidnapping Sasour instead of just being like "hey what's up buddy? wanna go drink?" we're gonna need to kill lots and lots of Darshak on our way... Maybe break or take anything that looks important, I dunno, ye do ye in that regard.
**Side benefits: Sasour the Hatchet is likely to know things about Venables' secret weapon the Sarir are so afraid of. Knowledge that may help us devise some sort of counter measure against this "island destroying weapon" at least that's what the Sarir said it was.
**Maybe we could goad Venables into destroying..........
**The Pirate King just kinda wandered off rambling at this point about various schemes weighing the pros and cons of tricking Venables into just blowing up the island and calling it "problem solved"
**For Soul Hunter:
**Kidnap, Friend, Magic, Murder Darshak, Magic, Scheme, Lulz
*20230902: Per captain Stinky: This week on Lore Tour (Saturday September 2nd at 10AM PDT)
**Adventures in Magical Super Science:
**While Katpus and the highly trained researchers from the University of Puddleby (they're definitely not janitors) were conducting super scientific experiments in the Castle Alliance, they may or may not have blown a hole in reality. Katpus seems a bit embarrassed about it, so we don't need to make it into a big deal.
**Whatever may have happened, Katpus' researchers have gone missing, and so have the bears who were guarding her laboratory. In a probably unrelated coincidence, a respectable and probably wealthy individual has shown up claiming some important artifacts have gone missing. There are two mysteries to be investigated and almost certainly booty to be had. For science!
**Soul Hunter Version:
**Portal, Mystery, Bears, Booty

*20230819: **Lore Tour** continues. This time we plane to head to **Fane** and investigate the shadow garden growing there, and perhaps see if the crooked seed we received in the Shadowplane takes root there. If that seed eventually grows and bears fruit, the hope is it will enable us to repair the Windweft altar and restore their connection to Purgatory. As Fane is a very dangerous place, a strong group would be appreciated.

*20230812: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 12, 2023 10:00 AM PDT. This time we plan to continue our investigations into repairing the Ice Cave Altar. We’re thinking of visiting with Pelaegia who we last left in Fountfell Foghaven, and then head over to the Windweft Ice Cave and see if the mysterious gift from the crooked tree in the Shadowplane leads us towards any success in recreating the Ancient’s shadow magic that created the altars.

*20230805: Lore Tour Saturday August 5, 2023 at 10AM (PDT): Hello! It is I, fake Phroon [Brisk], coming to you with an update on Lore Tour this zodiac! It'll be August 5th at the same time as usual. We are planning on trying to visit Nylar to hear of this deal that his minions mentioned that he has for "Sapeeva". For good measure, we hope to bring a "Sapeeva" or close approximation with us. We may need to fight, we may need to bribe, or we may need to gamble. Whatever it is, it's sure to be a good time so come on out if you are free. Cheers!

*20230722: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 22, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT), this time we plan to pay another visit to the Org Cave and see if we can make some progress in becoming friends with the Org. We also plan to continue our investigations into the strange weather in the Ensconcement, and see if perhaps we can find a route up to Stormlyric.

*20230715: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 15, 2023 10:00 AM to return to the Shadowplane, to revisit the protectorate and maybe see if we can find more clues of how Shaer travels the plane freely. As usual, a strong group will be needed!

*20230708: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 8, 2023 10:00 AM PDT, this time we return to the Shadowplane, to visit the protectorate and then to seek the devourer of dreams. As usual, a strong group will be necessary for the trek through this dangerous plane.
**If do we manage to slay the dreamdrinker, we plan to return again to the shadowplane next week too (Saturday, July 15, 2023 10:00 AM PDT) and revisit the protectorate within the same chaos storm, and maybe see if we can find more clues of how Shaer travels the plane freely. So mark your calendars for two weeks of back-to-back shadowplane exploration!

*20230705: The v1336 update: Lightning and thunder require time, the light of the stars requires time, deeds require time even after they are done, before they can be seen and heard. — Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
**More intense weather arriving. Those with elaborate hair-dos or delicate umbrellas can limit certain effects by using the '''''/options strongWeather off''''' command.

*20230701: Hello Puddleby! I come to you tonight as a guest "Phroon". I am in need of some assistance during the Lore Tour this weekend. You see, Tart'targ the wisest witch, had asked us to keep an eye on Sombrion. This has been fairly difficult for me as my eyesight is extremely poor and his keep hovers so high in the sky. However, even my peepers couldn't miss the addition of one of Sombrion's Sarir at the Bison Plains outpost. I'm not saying we need to tattle but we NEED to tell Tart'targ about this. Who knows? Maybe we will see a Witch and a Wizard face off? That wouldn't be terrible. I will be collecting bets and will even go as far as giving a favorable 2 to 1 odds on the Wizard. Anywho, don't be late to this one! You won't want to miss a moment! — Brisk
**Lore Tour took a trip to see Tart'targ and inform her of the Sarir being in the bison plains outpost, Hygra I think was the name. She was not so concerned with this as long as it did not come out that Sombrion was the cause of the abnormal weather that Hygra was studying. We discussed the trip with Pelaegia to Foghaven and how we saw shapes in the fog and heard howling on the wind. She mentioned that Andrachnea, the Abbess of Stormlyric, is known for being a bit standoffish even for witches. We spoke of how Andrachnea disapproved of Forsythia's study of the Org and remembered that we may have left her in the Orga Stronghold. We began to leave to go rescue her and ran into a bit of an issue.
**All of a sudden a Shadowguild Thief knocked me over...I thought he was looking for the bets I was collecting for the Witch vs Wizard duel. We chased them across the estuary and then ran across much stronger friends of the thieves. It looked like some of them had flown into the area on balloons to lead the rest of them. You could tell some were just taking orders and trying to take out as many of us as possible but others seemed to be more interested in a single thing, a thoom. We protected Coriakin the best we could but when he fell he was not taken. Confused, we pressed on until clearing the majority of the shadowguild. We cornered a leader and he said that they were looking for "Sapeeva". His reinforcements came and we tried to corner him again but eventually he managed to find a balloon and escape. As he was leaving he told us that he had a message for us to deliver..."Tell Sapeeva Nylar will cut him a deal." — Brisk

*20230624: The next bard concert is on June 24th at 11AM pacific time. Hope to see you there!

*20230617: Lore Tour returns Saturday, June 17, 2023 10:00 AM PDT, this time we plan to investigate the mysterious (and mist-erious) fog seen throughout the Eastern Mountains. We’ll probably also pay Pelaegia a visit and see what she has to say about these mists. We’ll likely be heading to Foghaven, the mountain haven of fog, so an appropriately strong group would be appreciated.

[[File:LoreTour20230610.png|thumb|right| 200px |The Lore Tour Headed for the Orga Stronghold speaks to '''Forsythia''']]
*20230610: **Lore Tour** returns 10AM PDT, this time we plan to travel deep into to the Orga Stronghold to rescue the Org trapped there! We may take them back to the Org Cave, or they may be the first residents of the new Org Sanctuary on Centaur Island. We may also pop over and have a visit with Trillbane while we’re in the neighborhood. A stronger group would be appreciated.

*20230603: ''Rustles out from under a pile of library books, glances at calendar'' Lore Tour at normal time this weekend (June 3rd, 10AM PDT). Plan is to poke at some of the dark mirrors in the lands and see if we can learn anything about Shaer's Gate.

*20230520: Lore Tour continues Saturday, May 20, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). We plan to return again to the Shadowplane to continue our explorations there. As usual, a strong group would be very helpful.

*20230513: Lore Tour! Operation: Friendship Hammer (10am pacific, usual lore tour time) We've reached a critical stage of the plan to create the Org Sanctuary... we must get some Orgs big and small to trust us enough to get in some cages and be brought to Centaur Island.... So how do we do that?
**I’m unsure but I bet that super cool ocean witch Pelaegia knows a thing or two about it! An she has been wanting to get out and about more so, this seems like a win/win. Bring Pelaegia to the village/Org caves, listen to tales of Orgs from way back when (and anything else we want to talk to her about) and maybe feed some Orgs some panther caps, perhaps bring some caps back for Tart'targ! Perhaps... make Org friends!
**Now, we should be careful, we've been hitting the Darshak rather hard lately and they have expressed an interest in kidnapping our good super cool ocean witch friend... and Tart'targ has turned some into blind amphibians... so ya know... be vigilant! There is no telling what an uppity visiting Darshak Noble may decide to do to prove how great they are or some such nonsense like that.

*20230506: Lore Tour: The Great Kennel Caper (Saturday 10am pacific as usual) The Elusive and Illusive Phroon Thoom, Heist and Counter-Heist Master Extraodinaire has a lead on a stockpile of feral cages somewhere on Ash Island. We need cages for our Org Sanctuary to safely transport the Orgs. The Darshak on Ash backed by Gathner have had an easy time lately since our slaying of Dorcas Direstorm as we've been focused on taking Venables down a few notches while keeping the Gathner backed Darshak agents on the island from being able to get the upper hand there..... so depleting the Ash 'Shak's ability to wrangle and train ferals seems like a solid move that furthers our goals quite nicely!
**Now I know what you be thinkin! "Cap'n! What if them cages be cursed??" Well I'm way ahead of you, and with the help of local mystics and my magician prowess, I have most of a ritual planned to purge away any Abyssal taint the cages may have! (If you are a local mystic and would like to help with this ritual, please contact me, your Pirate King and Master Magician).
**Darshak Nobles continue to visit from Gathner, bringing with them their top tier guards, so be on the look out for fancily dressed swabs who need to be shown a quick way to their forever home in the Abyss!
**In summation! Kennel Heist! Plunder any plunder of opportunity! Get home with magically purified loot! Further details to come!
**Bring: Crowbars, vines, chains, a can do attitude, strongest ranger morphs, and anything else you can think of to aid in this endeavor! See you there!

*20230503: The v1327 update is scheduled for Wednesday 3 May 2023

*20230429: Next month's bard concert (on April 29th at 11AM PDT) will be a special one. As many of you know, Lugubrion was so affected by the tragic fate of his brother Tenebrion that he's retreated from the world and has become a recluse. As someone who's struggled with depression myself, I've decided to try to help Lugubrion in the hopes that he'll be able to recover from his condition. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20230422: Lore Tour continues Saturday, April 22, 2023 10:00 AM (time in your local timezone). This time we plan to return to the Shadowplane. As usual, a strong group would be very helpful. Our plan is to travel to the protectorate through the shadow sea and also to check out if any of the new pages of rend interact with the shadowplane. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

[[File: CL-LoreTour-20230415.png|thumb|right| 180px |The Lore Tour revisits the centaurs with Pelaegia]]
*20230415: Lore Tour! (Saturday 10am pacific blah blah blah) Arrrr! This time we will be taking a stroll over to visit Pelaegia and Tart'targ briefly and see if Pelaegia can come out and play! Once we have picked up everyone's favorite Super Cool Ocean Witch, we will make for the Org cave to try and harvest (hopefully) the last of the mushrooms we need for the Org Sanctuary on Centaur Island. I’m sure Pelaegia will be happy to see the Centaur after all these thousands of years! Yarr! This seems pretty straight forward and nothing could possibly go wrong! Definitely! None of our past actions could conceivably come back to haunt us! For suresies! (Anything that does go wrong will be promptly blamed entirely on Trillium's ankh which is full of cursed)

*20230408: at 2PM (PDT) Saturday April 8th, Clan Lord Open Tactical Hunt (CLOTH) plans to go to the bridge to refine leading and dropping in the right spot and possibly the Slate Caves to practice dodging webs/projectiles. This is open to all, and I encourage newer players to attend, especially if you fall a lot. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Noivad Noivad]

*20230408: Lore Tour continues Saturday, April 8, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we plan to visit The Land of Dank Believe, aka the Book Fort. Bring your imagination and suspend your disbelief, the myrms dug a hole to the sky. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20230405: v1323. The sky is the daily bread of the eyes. — Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
**Hunt trophies are now furniture.
**Phantasmagorical improvements.

*20230401: **Lore Tour** returns 10AM PDT. This time we plan to visit with Egremora and Pelaegia in **Fountfell**, hear a few stories and think about what to do next.

**With Cimmbrion's assistance we've been able to grow some water lilies the two brothers created together back during happier times, and their gift has helped raise Lugubrion's spirits a bit. However, he's still embarrassed by the state of his keep, so to help him with that I'm hoping to hire builders from Puddleby to help renovate it. And to raise funds for that, next month I'll be holding a benefit concert at Lugubrion's keep!

**To make this concert special I will finally premiere the suite I've been working on for years: "The Healer's Lament," which attempts to evoke the trials and tribulations of a healer's life. It'll feature at least five brand new pieces, never before performed, and I'm extra excited because Lugubrion has graciously allowed us to not only use his keep for the performance, he's allowing us to use a brand new instrument - an organ from a thoomish temple! It has a sound unlike anything we've heard before, and I'm excited to share the music I (and the other bards) have been writing for it.

**This is a benefit concert, so I will be asking for donations to help with the cause. Building supplies to aid with the renovations would be very useful, and I will be matching any donations of coins (at least until I run out of coins myself). Even if you can't make a donation I hope you can come! I've invited Lugubrion to be there as our guest of honour and every person there would be a show of support to someone in dire need of it.
**Again, it'll be on Sat. April 29th at 11:00 AM PDT at Lugubrion's Keep. I hope to see you there!
— [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

** 8 word summary for Soul Hunter: "New tunes! New Instrument?! Help Lugubrion... donations please!"

*20230405: The v1323 update is scheduled for Wednesday 5 April 2023.

*20230325: Hello, all! This month’s concert (on March 25th, 11am pacific time as usual) is themed around Spring. Expect a lot of uplifting music about new beginnings or possibly about getting rained on instead. Either way, should be a good time. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20230323: there will also be a very special NNK open hunt adventure on thursday the 23rd at 5pm pacific! Expect various laws including but not limited to physics, nature, and reality to be broken! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Stinkfist Stinkfist]

*20230318: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 18, 2023 10:00 AM (time in your local timezone). This time we plan to return to Shadowspring to finally deliver Pelaegia’s present! We will need strong help to brave the dangers within. We also need some help between now and the Lore Tour to charge some of the machines to open the way into Shadowspring. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20230318: *Arrr! Lore Tour Recap! The Shadowplane had indeed shifted in many ways. The ground seemed less bitey, which I blame on Inu and her masterful ambassadorship. Keep hugging them Shadow Trees! Yer doing great!We also discovered a new “cave” which was just full of boo and scary and pretty and confusion.
**Another page of rend was discovered and perhaps most importantly a new phantasm page was found! We only covered a fraction of the Shadowplane so more to find and explore seems very likely! Oh and sadly Brisk failed to do that thing, perhaps next time (we are all rooting for ya buddy!)

**Next lore tour we will (charging nodes permitting) be visiting Shadowspring Citadel to bring Pelaegia her birthday presents! Probably other reasons too, more information and hype coming soon!

*20230311: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 11, 2023 10:00 AM PST. This time we will return to the Shadowplane to continue our investigations into the malevolent forces within. We’ve already seen that the shadows have reacted to us, we plan on investigating if they have changed further following our contact with them. We will need many sharp minds, strong fighters, and brave healers to endure the dangers within. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20230304: Lore Tour returns Saturday, March 4, 2023 10:00 AM PST. This is the day the portal is scheduled to move to the village, so we’re planning on going there to get a mystic a mark. We’ll also check the Org cave for more Panther caps and bring them to the centaur for their work on the Org sanctuary. If we have time we might also do some other stuff too. We’ll be traveling through vale and parts of the ensconcement, so strong help will be helpful. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]
*20230302: 2023-03-01 v1318 Update: ''Sometimes we need the fog to remind ourselves that all of life is not black and white.''—Jonathan Lockwood Huie (b. 1945)'''Those who venture north may notice new snell edges being tested. Please share your feedback!'''
*20230225: Bard concert this weekend! Saturday Feb 25th at 11AM PST, at the bards’ guild hall in north field. Noivad will be auditioning for full bard again, so come cheer him on! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]
*20230224: MediaWiki has been updated to v1.39.2. As usual, please report any unexpected changes.
*20230218: Lore Tour! Saturday 10am pacific!!Arrrr, we require more lab equipment for constructing the rainbow death/life cannon!We've already stolen the Oh-Venn from Penn Venables, now we return for the rest of his stuff!
**During the Oh-Venn heist we discovered that Venables has been training sciencemancers who can open ethereal portals and shoot mighty blasts of chain lightning. Thus an elaborate and complex scheme is required to get his lab equipment.
**The plan is simple and elaborate, eloquent yet basic. The perfect mix of blunt force and sneakery!
**We will pick a location to "conduct a magical ritual to seal off the island from the ethereal plane" to get his attention and draw him in. Additionally we will tell the local sarir population of Venables' dastardly plans to shackle Tenenbrion's spirit and bend it to his will, which is probably not a complete and total lie.
**Also Kalian and I have a secret weapon up our sleeve should we require it.
**Once Venables' forces are committed to the battle a small rag tag group will break off and sneak into the lab and take everything they possibly can and get out before Venables has time to know what happened.
**Like all great plans, should you have additional ideas feel free to contact myself, Phroony, Kalian, or anyone else who seems like an authority figure for this sort of thing. As always, the plan will be "do all the plans"
**We will need as many exiles as possible to pull this off and there will be no small roles to play in this daring heist!
**Bonus if we can get any notes regarding what Penn has exactly been up to with the ethereal plane. All we know so far is he seems to have access to an isolated sphere of it.
**Be there! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Stinkfist Stinkfist]

*20230216: [https://clanlord.net/images/CL-Boats%20are%20too%20expensive%20480.mp4 The Typical End to an Estuary/Mountain/Bison Plains Hunt] because we don’t want to spend 100c or fall before the estuary exit. And [https://clanlord.net/images/CL-LA%20Excellence.mp4 Punisher Has mad skills falling—Laughing Academy Excellence!]

*20230211: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 11, 2023 10:00 AM PST. This time we will be continuing to examine mountain springs in Vale and Fountfell, with a possible detour to the Org Caves for some Spotted Panther Caps. These areas, and especially the route to Fountfell, are difficult, so strong help would be helpful. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20230204: Lore Hunt. Step 1: Bears. Step 2: Tart'targ talk." Step 3: Mountains. The Lore Tour returns with Biro negotiating for bear support, the group asking Tart'targ if a certain plant is okay to plant, and a trip to the mountains to find a place to plant the seeds.

*20230201: [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Stinkfist Stinkfist] is organizing a raid on Venable's Laboratory at February 1, 2023 7:30 PM. As you may know, Venable is verified ne'er-do-well, who has spent several decades looting Tenebrion's Keep for anything of value and has built himself a reasonably well stocked lab with those ill-gotten gains. Any equipment, Darshak or Wizard in origin, poses a threat to the region if left in the hands of Venable. As such, it is best if it is secured in the safe, respectful, and responsible hands of Puddleby and our resident catapult enthusiast, Katpus. — Ausrine

*20230201: the '''v1314''' update is scheduled for Wednesday 1 February 2023: Life is found in animals and plants. But in animals it is patent and obvious, whereas in plants it is hidden and not clear. To establish its existence requires considerable research. The question at issue is whether plants have or have not a soul, and a capacity for desire, pain, pleasure, and discrimination. — Aristotle (384–322 BCE)
**''You’ll have to explore for this month’s changes.''

*20230128: Reminder! This Saturday at 11 pacific time will be the next concert. This concert will be shadow-themed... bards are encouraged to come with pieces inspired by the shadowplane and its effects. I can confirm that at least three new pieces will be premiered! Anyone who's out of the loop on the shadowplane storyline and is hoping for a recap - this is your chance! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

**Note: The shadowplane can make our thoughts reality and affect our minds, and it may have developed an interest in music for, er, reasons not worth getting into at this time. I've been assured that playing a bunch of music themed around the shadowplane is "not necessarily a really bad idea" and the chances of opening a rift there is unlikely. But shadow creatures have appeared at concerts before, so be warned that safety is not guaranteed. And if possible, bring a friend who can monitor you for signs of shadow madness.

*20230121: Per Stinkfist:
Arrr! In light of recent events set into motion by our favorite Myrm, we will be conducting negotiations with the Centaur to construct an Org sanctuary on their fair island. We are benevolent and wholesome now! Go us!

Also probably just yelling at Katpus that they are building us a Rainbow Death Cannon. Aymi said it is a life cannon actually and that sounds lovely and very thoughtful of us to build!

After negotiations we will either be pillaging the Darshak to secure funding or to take out our frustrations as that seems to be the most ethical option.

Either ways, gonna be greats! We are benevolent and good!

For those who like things in list form I've broken down the captains message.
This week on Lore Tour:
1. Talk to some overtly angry quadripeds about building a sanctuary for the ancestors of the people who murdered like 99% of their ancestors (Bring your Orga morphs for laughs)
2. Talk to a notoriously slow builder about a super difficult upcoming project we have for her
3. Facestab Darshak until they give us more loot
4. What could go wrong?

* 20230114: Lore Tour continues Saturday, January 14, 2023 10:00 AM PST. We are planning on helping Tart’targ deliver our gift to Palaegia. We hope to be traveling into Shadowspring, depending on if we get things open beforehand. Otherwise, we might be powering some of the ancient machines.

*20230111: Lore Tour Followup @Ausrine says: There will be a follow up to Tar'Targ/ Pelaegia gift giving on (OOC Wednesday Jan 11 7PM Pacific Time).

* 20230107: MediaWiki updated to v.1.39.1. As always, please report any unexpected behavior. If you don’t change your theme, the following doesn’t apply. ''Note: if you change the skin/theme from the current one, I noticed some pages do not render properly. So, if you encounter this, simply change your theme to Vector (2010 or 2022). This should fix the issue.''

[[File:LoreTour1022.jpg|thumb|right| 180px | The Lore Tour successfully reaches our goal.]]
* 20230107: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 7, 2023 10:00 AM PST. This time we are planning to deliver Pelaegia's gift to Tart'targ. '''Update: The Tour was successful!'''

* 20230104: Update '''v1310''' is here. Secrets abound, and unexplored places wait patiently for exiles to find them.
''“There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.”'' — Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) '''Here’s wishing everyone a ranky New Year!'''

==2022==
*20221230: Let there be music! Be prepared and mark your calendars for the concert on FRIDAY, 30th December at 1pm pacific time. There will be old and maybe even new music played! — Bingro

[[File:MerryBawkmask.jpg |250px|left|Merry Bawkmas!]]
*20221224–25: '''Santa''' will come out twice this year to check if you were naughty or nice at the following times for a whopping half hour each Saturday, December 24, 2022 7:00 PM PST and Sunday, December 25, 2022 8:30 AM PST. If you can't make it during these times, don't worry he will be available to deliver a few days after Bawkmas as well (Gotta love travelling on Bawkmas day!). — Brisk

*20221217: Lore Tour continues Saturday, December 17, 2022 10:00 AM PST. This time we will be continuing to help Tart'targ search for a gift for Pelaegia in Silversnag Ascent. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221210: '''Lore Tour''' continues Saturday, December 10, 2022 10:00 AM PST. This time we will be exploring, likely in the Eastern Mountains. What will we find? Who knows! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

[[File:GottaGetACloak.jpg|250px|left|new fur-lined cloaks are available.]]
[[File:Cloaks.jpg |250px |left |more cloaks]]
*20221207: With the 1306 update, A new area is discovered. Cold and Snowy reopens for winter. And new Cloaks are able to be made.

*20221203: Lore Tour returns Saturday, December 3, 2022 10:00 AM PST. We will be returning again to the Shadowplane, this time to try and track down and defeat the devourer of dreams mentioned by the denizens of the protectorate. As this will be a tough expedition, strong help would be appreciated. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221126: The next concert is Nov 26 at the usual time, 11am pacific.— [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20221119: Lore Tour continues Saturday, November 19, 2022 10:00 AM PST. We will be returning to the Shadowplane to continue our explorations and to try and rescue another Lost Dreamer that has been stranded there. As usual, strong help would be appreciated.

*20221112: **Lore Tour** returns Saturday, November 12th @ 10AM PST (be mindful of the recent US time change). Stinkfist just handed me the following on a scroll with the plan:
> After deliberation and conferment with Kalian, who can't stand the thought of Darshak having nicer things than him, Ambassador Gorvin and his position of Darshak murder is always good, Garr who just wants to burn stuff, and general mad cackling by the Pirate King of Lok'Groton it has been decided that we will return to Ash City to "murder, pillage, and take the fancy things that those nobles brought there"
> Loot and pillage and make Kestrel too afraid to EVER leave her tower. There will be loot this time, Stinky has some promising leads on that. A cat witch told him about it in a dream!
— [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221105: Lore Tour returns Saturday, November 5, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. This time we will be retuning to the Shadowplane to continue to explore and view the strange sculptures within. We believe we have discovered a stable way to exit the shadowplane so a depart is no longer certain, but we still could use many strong exiles to help brave the dangers within. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221029: Next weekend’s bard concert in the Puddleby Theatre will be Tsirrin themed! Come in costume to enjoy spooks and spoops. Ghosts and shadow madness are a definite maybe, safety not guaranteed. It’ll be at the usual time, Saturday, October 29, 2022 11:00 AM PDT — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20221022: Lore Tour continues Saturday, October 22, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. This tour will be Feast of Tssrin themed. Come join us in your favorite costume to help bust some ghosts! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221015: No worries Phroon. Lore Tour returns 10AM PDT. Stinky says we’re going on a “Classic Pirate Kingly Adventure.” All ye need is to show up with plenty of pack space so we can help our friends out. 🏴‍☠️ ❣️ Also I want more Vision Stream art, wah wah wah. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.InuTeisei Inu Teisei]

*20221008: Lore Tour continues Saturday, October 8, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. We plan to return once again to explore the Shadowplane, this time focusing on exploring the mysterious shadow ocean and lands beyond. Again, strong help will be helpful. Sadly, a way out of the plane has yet to be found, so until it is a depart is certain. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221006: H’loi! I expect there will be a meeting between Tar’Targ and Cimmbrion at the lake in Northern Puddleby on Thursday October 6, 2022 7:00 PM PDT. Possibly in Arial Eth'lenn’s home or outside. All exiles are invited to attend. A neutral, third party would be appreciated but you are nai required to act as such. — Ausrine

*20221001: Lore Tour returns Saturday, October 1, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. We plan to return to the Shadowplane, and explore the strange lands within. Strong help will be helpful in exploring the plane. Luckily we still have loan of Pelaegia’s lantern to calm our minds. A stable path in has been discovered, but we have yet to find a way back home. It is very likely that this will be a one-way trip, EPS and Purgatory Pendants do not seem to work in the Shadowplane. Unless we find another way out, a depart is certain. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221029: The next concert will be on Saturday, October 29, 2022 11:00 AM PDT and take place in the theatre. It'll be Feast of Tsirrin themed, so wear a costume! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20220924: Alright, then! Bard concert next weekend at Egremora’s tavern, at Saturday, September 24, 2022 11:00 AM (PDT). Bonus points for anyone who brings a song that’s a story. Raks, any chance you can reprise that story about Dandelion and Helpful? 🙂 — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20220922: It has been 17 years since [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Tyndall Tyndall], the beloved sylvan warrior, passed away. He was loved by many in life, and is remembered both as a cherished friend and a Puddlebean legend.
**Every year, we mark this day by coming together to celebrate our memories of Tyndall and our other lost comrades: [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Baffina Baffina] and [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Baffette Baffette], slayers of orga; [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Tonoto Tonoto], the mapmaker; [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Eyeball Eyeball], courageous and funny; [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.KPyn K'pyn], the King of Pins.
**We newly grieve the passing of [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Xenos Xenos] the Brave and [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Panos Panos] the Boar, who were pillars of our community for decades and will be remembered well as long as we are here to do it. They wished us all “a happy and fruitful life and the good sense to live it with no regrets.”
**Please join us to share memories, whiskey, cigars, beer, songs, and bonfires in the Memorial Garden on September 22, 2022 7:00 PM. All are welcome. If you knew any of these exiles, you are warmly encouraged to attend and to share your stories. If you are grieving someone from outside the lands, know that this is a space where you can hold that in community. If you would like to show love and friendship to exiles who have lost beloved people, know that your presence will do that.
**There are a lot of people who might be interested attending this memorial, but don't keep a close eye on [http://www.thoomcare.com/ Thoomcare], Discord, or Facebook. If you have the capacity, we invite you to help bring our little town together by reaching out to folks who you think would be interested in coming but won't notice these posts. Thank you! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Largo Largo]

*20220917: Lore Tour continues Saturday, September 17, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. We plan to return to Egremora’s bar in Fountfell, have a few drinks, convey Sarasera’s hellos and talk about repairing the Windweft altar. And maybe if we have time a story or two. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220910: Lore Tour continues Saturday, September 10, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. We plan to return again to Shadowspring and continue our investigation into the Pages of Rend and possibly return to the Shadowplane. We will again need strong exiles to travel through Shadowspring and brave the dangers of the Shadowplane. We will need to try to stay nearer the sun lantern, lest we all slowly go mad and lash out at our friends. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220907: The v1293 update is scheduled for Wednesday 7 September 2022.

*20220903: Lore Tour continues Saturday, September 3, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. Our plan is to return to the depths of Shadowspring Citadel, investigate the shadows, read some triangles, visit with Pelaegia, and if we can make it check on the Agronox Seal. As always, Shadowspring is filled with difficult creatures and we could use a strong group.
Many thanks to all those who have charged the ancients machines recently, your help has been instrumental in making this happen. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220827: Monthly Bard Concert Saturday. 11AM PDT.

*20220820: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 20, 2022 10:00 AM (PDT). Some time ago we had contact with Darshak from Gathner led by Kestrel and her associate Dorcas. We will be visiting them with our chosen ambassador [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Gorvin Gorvin] to conduct further negotiations regarding the future of Darshak in our island chain. See Ambassador Gorvin for details. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220813: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 13, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. We plan on continuing our checking of the ancient machines, and our search for changes made by the ancient spelling and grammar checking machine. We’ve already observed some changes in the triangles and we suspect there might be a few more changes to be found. We will be trying to visiting Heartwood Glade in the Vale of Giants, and revisiting Sunspire, so some strong help will be appreciated. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220827: Bard Concert “Next concert August 27 at the same time!” — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20220806: Lore Tour returns Saturday, August 6, 2022 10:00 AM (PDT). We plan on revisiting some of the ancient machines in the Eastern Mountains, checking to see if the shadows are there and if any of them might be that Ancient spelling and grammar checking machine. We plan on visiting some of the tougher machines to get to, so strong help would be appreciated. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220730: Bard Concert: on Saturday July 30th at 11am pacific time, but it won’t be in the bards’ field. Instead head over to west town near Prometha’s bonfire for our beach party themed concert! Enjoy sun, sand, and surf while enjoying songs about sun, sand, and surf. Wear your best beach attire and get ready to cuddle in close because there won’t be a stage. See you then!
**''(For bards who don’t have many/any beach-themed songs, other music’s fine. But if you’ve got something - great!)''

[[File:CL-LoreTour.jpg | right]]
*20220723: Lore Tour: Astral Projection Shenanigans Saturday, July 23, 2022 10:00 AM

**Today’s lore tour followed Stinkfist’s guidance and ended up on a trip through a variety of…. peculiar locations. First a dark cave filled with mauling and crushing spirits, then to a desolate peak floating in the sky, to a trool village, and beyond. Eventually we ended up in a marsh with some meshra interested in trade, and a strange obelisk that hummed inanely in thoomish. Stinkfist decided we needed to steal it, but an attempt to astrally project it back to Puddleby went awry and we ended up in the shadowplane instead! We were led to a giant shadowplane-ish statue of, er, me. I'm still puzzling that out. But before we knew it we ended up back in the Puddleby mushroom hut, with the obelisk there! Unfortunately, the obelisk was right in the middle of the pool there and promptly sank. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20220714 — created template sitenavbar (using quick links). To insert it in pages use sitenavbar between a set of 2 curly braces “{{}}”.
*20220706 — The v1284 happened on Wednesday, July 6, 2022

*20220702 — Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 2, 2022 10AM PST/5PM UTC. We’re continuing the search for luminous scales and a sun wyrm’s shadow. Or search will take us back to Gungla Island and the dark places within. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220625 — Next Bard Concert: June 25, 2022 11AM PST, 2PM EST

*20220618 — Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 18, 2022 10:00 AM (PST). Our plan this time is to follow up on rumors of new caves in the Rocky Cavern and search for clues for the luminous scales. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon?from=Profiles.Phroon Phroon]

*20220611 — Lore Tour: “plans are still a bit vague, as they may change depending on what happens. The general plan is to:

1) visit Tart’targ so [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Aurelie Aurelie] can deliver Cimmbrion’s message (and hopefully defuse some of the hostilities).

2) Visit Strangler Fig to try to get more information about the Book of Rend or about the books that the shadowguild stole from her.

3) Visit the rocky cavern to talk to the Sun Wyrm there and ask about acquiring luminous scales. Rumor has it that it requested a “dance with the shadows” or something along those lines, so I’m really hoping people come up with a better idea than “Make Coriakin Try To Summon Shadows” which was already suggested. Not by me.” — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

[[File:Not_Bear_Counter_Heist_The_Mystery_of_Mehans_Armor.png| 200px | left]]

*20220604 - Lore Tour June 4th. Destination Windweft Mountain. ''(plan pictured left)'' UPDATE: “Lore Tour successfully fought an evil armored bear likely infested with shadows that was trying to usurp Birosson’s place as chieftain of the glacier bears. Mehan’s armor was dinged to destruction, sadly, but at least it’s not being used for nefarious purposes. Or by nefarious porpoises.” — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]
*20220521 - Lore Tour May 21 at the usual time: 10am PDT/1pm EDT, 7pm CEST/UTC+2. “Coriakin reports: Next week's Lore Tour will be to the Vale to try to find Master Spruce. On the way, we hope to visit Strangler Fig for a quick chat. May 21, 10am PDT”
*20220514 - Lore Tour (10AM PST) [[File:CL-Haunted_Fane.jpg| 250px | right]]
*20220430 - Next bard concert will be April 30 at 11am pacific time! — Coriakin
*20220226 - Bard Concert, Saturday Feb 26, at 11AM PST
*20220212 Lore Tour is Saturday Feb 12, at 10 am PST/1 pm EST
*20220205 - Saturday Feb 5th 10am PST/1pm EST Lore Tour: The 2nd Battle for the Ancient Bear Caves. BE THERE! SAVE THE BEBE BEARS!" Update: Bebe Bears saved.
*20220129 - Next Bard Concert: January 29, 2022 11AM PST, 2PM EST ”who will win the Museum Token?“ UPDATE: Bingro V’arndal won!
*20220115 - Updated to MediaWiki 1.37.1 (Please report any unexpected behavior.)

==2014–2017==

*201707xx - Updated to the latest version of MediaWiki. Please report any unexpected behavior.
*201505XX - Updated to yet another version. Hopefully this v. has more pep.
* Added Rank Message and Ranger Progress in Actual Tablular format — oh the power of 1990s layout!
* A new contributor has appeared (happy to make accounts by request)
* fixed a few little things here and there as needed.
* Master Fistus is apparently a bro.

*20140731 - Updated to the latest stable release of Media Wiki on my Branch. If you see any weirdness [http://vagilemind.com/clanlord/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=265 let me know] (on the Sentinel/Discord).

*201407 - Added to Group Survival Guidelines, updated how to dodge webs, added in more into about controlling where you fight and fluid movements with in the group.

20140326 - Updated to the latest version of Media Wiki (released 20140311).

==Past Events==
8/22/2012: 
Puddleby Archery Contest Rules 
Date - Sept. 2 
Time - 1:30 p.m. PDT, 4:30 p.m. EDT, 8:30 p.m. GMT 
Locations - Spiritwood, University, Castle 

The following are the rules and regulations regarding the Archery Contest scheduled for Sept. 2nd. Please come and enjoy the festivities. Beer, food, and fun are certain to be had. Each exile will need a projectile weapon to compete; however, javelins or bows and quivers with three arrows included will be sold the day of the contest. Please be aware the bow, arrows, and quiver will be sold for the same coins the NPC's require to make them, and exiles will not be charged for seta scales, tusks, sturdy limbs, and feathers. I believe the total for a bow and set of arrows is 150c. 

The Prizes: First place will pick first from the prize pool, second place will pick second… 

1. Lyfelidae Claw 2. 5000 Coins 
3. Furlined Cloak 
4. Puma Pelt 
5. Orgaberry 
6. Waterproof Boots 
7. Caustic Gland 
8. Lilaberry, other items... 

Arsenal: Current inventory status available for contest 

1. 5 Javelins (75c each) 
2. 8 Bow and 11 quivers with 5 arrows each. (150c each set) 
3. 1 Boomerang 
4. 12+ arrows, judges at each round will have extra in case of breakage 

Three Rounds: Three rounds open to all. (Mystic, Healer, Fighter all have chance to win) 

Round 1. Test of Hunting (3 pts.) 
a. 1st round held in the Spiritwood 
b. Each contestant will be allowed three shots to kill or wound a spriggin. 

Round 2. Test of Accuracy (3 pts.) 
a. 2nd round held in the University 
b. Each contestant will take three shots at three different distances. 

Round 3. Test of Will (3 pts.) 
a. 3rd round held within the Castle 
b. One shot of moonshine then 20 secs to fire 3 arrows at a stationary target. 

Tiebreaker - if required 
a. Tiebreaker round options include a group hunt, cash bonus round, etc... 
b. The last contest did not require the tiebreaker, but judges will vote on round 

Contributors: Special thanks to many exiles... Natas for letting me remove that lyfe claw from his thick ghorak skin. Neko No Kessha for their large cash prize and promotion. Coldy for his endless questing of prizes and finance. Fiona for her gracious donation of the super sleek puma pelt. Chmee for his berry collection. Taryn for her vast storage fees and arsenal assembly. Maeght, Connie, Talas, Fredor, Yosaku, Grog, Arbitur, the Hunter's, D'ead, and many other exiles I am forgetting who generously donated arrow and bow ingredients over the past decade. 

Special thanks to the Clump for helping to promote the contest! http://www.clanlord.net/clump/ 
Special thanks to the Sentinel for helping to promote the contest! http://www.vagilemind.com/clanlord/ 
And finally, special thanks to the entire Neko No Kessha clan for helping to promote the contest! http://nekonokessha.wordpress.com/ 

3/26/2012: I have implemented a self-signed security (SSL) certificate that enables HTTPS to protect passwords and thus accounts. All links should redirect to https now. I would like to get an official certificate when expenses allow it, but just the static IP is ~ $50/year. Most browsers will warn people visiting about it, but it is legitimate, but check it out to make sure it is of the proper origin first. (Only a player could have made it.) Also, the new home of the CLUMP is on clanlord.net in case you never look at the URL address bar.

2/27/2012: Yet another long hiatus. I was informed by Talas that he couldn't edit pages. I looked into it and realized that I upgraded the underlying PHP to 5.3.x but not MediaWiki to comply with the changes. '''BAD ADMINISTRATOR!''' For now, I've reverted to PHP 5.2.x and pages are now editable. I'll try not to be so sloppy next time I update the underlying structure. Unfortunately, my attention has been diverted as I investigate and evaluate various technologies to handle possible Clan Lord and other non-CL projects I've been considering beginning. I am thinking about implementing the Zend2 framework for a CL timeline site, but it is still in Beta. If you know Zend2 or just Zend, any online resources you think would be valuable to look at to speed learning/evaluating them would be welcome. ''noi... at noi... dot net is a good contact address for that.''

==2011==
9/8/2011: Long hiatus as I worked on refining my PHP skills by building a site from scratch, and not related to the CLUMP2. I've been gone for a bit and haven't had time to update. Luckily others have filled in a bit. Please send me feedback on pages you'd like and unclear explanations. If you're a professional writer or a really good amateur, I'd appreciate your input as well.

Also, I'm kicking around the idea of making a CL timeline in PHP. I'm kicking around ideas. If you'd like to discuss please goto the coffee and donuts section of the [http://www.vagilemind.com/clanlord/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=8912&p=184041#p184041 Sentinel].

==2010==
8/25-27/2010: clump2.noivad.net transition made! new URL! Fresh, unspoiled DB!

Currently moving all data to a new DB. Unfortunately all accounts will be destroyed, to remake an account contact me directly with your email address for confirmation. Contributors, please do not make pages without any connection to other pages, or any pages to "protect" them.--[[User:Mwadmin|Mwadmin]] 06:02, 25 August 2010 (PDT)

7/27/10: Registration has been stopped. Accounts are created by request only now.

7/06/10: Welcome Arindal Immigrants.

==2009==
1/18/09: Welcome back old players and welcome new players. Clan Lord now has no monthly fees. New Areas and new Islands abound in the last few years. Ask about Death Trap Noids (DTN), Metzetli Island (Metz), and The Mountain Glen (Glen) for a look at all the changes. If you remember Tenebrion he's been trapped in the Ethereal Plane (EP) for a few years. Fighters have 3 subclasses now: Champions, Rangers and Bloodmages. Healers just recently acquired 2 new tools! There are many minor changes as well. Catch up with what's been happening at [http://www.thoomcare.com/ Thoomcare].

==2008==
8/11/08: A new page entitled [[10 Things for Groups]] is available to peruse at your leisure. [[Aura Healing]] ability needs a page, aside from the [[Healer_Trainers#Radium|Radium]] as do [[Special_Fighter_Types#Blood_Mages|Blood Mages]].

6/19/08: One Step Closer
The CLUMP is one step closer to being a legitimate entity. I found a cheap ssl cert site, [http://www.rapidsslonline.com/rapidssl-certificates.php RapidSSL], and we now has internets certificates! Also, in order to pay for said certificate, I added a paypal donate button to the donations page in case anyone ever visits it.

6/3/08: "Oh that crazy Org!"
[[Image:MySQLBUs.png|right]]
I updated links to Org Du Lac's [http://bestiary.puddleby.net/beast.php Bestiary] after I noticed that he updated his site to php a while back and I never updated the links. We've already got php, It's very nice!

Double checked that the database this puppy runs on is backed up every night after many months of blind faith. looks good! See >>>>

Minor diction change: I now prefer the term "creature" to refer to anything that you kill for experience. I'll slowly roll that out as I notice it in the pages.

10 things for groups is taking shape and I may include Michael's version of what not to do in groups, edited for language of course. (Interestingly enough some of the topics he covers ARE mentioned in the notorious [[Group_Hunting#How_NOT_to_handle_bad_situations|How NOT to handle bad situations]] subsection of group hunting.

We're up to 86 pages! Wow! Only a few of which are not used. I'll be trimming down the unused pages soon. If you have pages that you don't want deleted that aren't being used. Please link them to another page so I know not to touch them.

'Til next time! Same Thoom time same Thoom channel!

6/2/08: Updated a few pictures and links. More [[Links]] are welcome.
A Mystic page was added.
Currently compiling player suggestions for 10 things for hunting in groups at [[http://www.vagilemind.com/clanlord/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4568 The Sentinel]]. Please feel free to add to the discussion there.

== Miscellaneous ==
[[Image:nabisco.png]]

Input is welcome on the [https://discordapp.com/channels/270291133798547456/270291133798547456 Discord Server ] or anywhere.

[[Image:hole.png]]

Thank you to everyone that has contributed so far. I've read over your changes and It's obvious some people are a lot clearer writers than me, also I like the healer perspective being fleshed out in the healing section, particularly the [[Healing#Rodding|rodding]] section.

==Additions==
Also, I've just added a new Appendix: [[Command Reference]].

11/27 Updated the Wiki to version 1.8.2. This should mean nothing to you, just thought I'd note it.

12/5 The Clump will be temporarily offline for a few days in the next week or two. It will return to its regularly scheduled serving as soon as possible. I'll update the Sentinel when it goes offline.

1/17 Updated to [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki MediaWiki] 1.8.3 because of a vulnerability in the system that could allow session information such as passwords be redirected to another site. 1.8.3 deals with this problem. there should be no noticeable change in using the CLUMP to users.

2/23 I've updated to MediaWiki 1.9.3 everything seems to work that I've checked. if you experience anomalies or can't log in. mail noivad -at- mac -dot- com. I had to update because there was a security issue, and we all know how much we like things not to be spammed and taken over.

3/15 I've added little things like external links to other's pages within the manual instead of just the links section to make it more expansive and interactive. I'll continue to do this as I come across places to link things to. I also encourage people to add clan lord related links to the manual and links page.

-The manual is pretty well fleshed out and more accurate thanks to contributors now, and updates made by me will be less frequent, but that doesn't mean I'm going to neglect it. It's my mission to keep this manual as current and accurate as possible without spoiling too much.

-I'm trying to get a mystic section with what knowledge they can share, but there appears to be considerable resistance to even basic info within the council, and without their approval I'm holding off on even trying to get any information.

6/13 Updated to MediaWiki 1.10.0 e-mail me with any problems... besides trying to get the e-mail to work (unless you know a solution) or have a link with info about fixing it.

6/14 After a long and arduous adventure '''e-mail from the CLUMP is now active'''. All users please verify your e-mail address given because I'm turning on an option to require e-mail address verification before one can edit.

12/02/07: Updated to MediaWiki 1.11.

1/29/08: Updated to MediaWiki 1.11.1 -- Security vulnerability patched.

== Additions Log==

Added [[Mystics]]: Requested info about mystics from mystic council — it took a while!

6/2007 Added: [[Knighthood|Knighthood]]

1/0x Added [[Links|link]] to http://bestiary.clanlord.net/index.html Org Du Lac's Bestiary].

1/06 Adding [[Tactics#Standing_too_close_to_a_Snell_Border|standing too close to snell border]] under [[Tactics]].

12/2x Added another reason to chain while leaving a snell in [[Tactics#Chaining|Chaining]].

12/0x Added [[Macros]].

11/27 Adding [[Fighting#Fighting Basics|Fighting Basics]]: Very basic combat info for beginners: swing and fall back. Use a brick if you have one or terrain while you regain your balance. Added: fighting tip about how reach is dependent on movement speed.

[[Image:Manx.png|center]]
11/26 Add: All hail the reigning president !

Added in more material about writing macros to the [[Macros]] Page. ''It is completed.''

10/xx Added: [[Creatures#Chain Lightning|Chain lightning]] info: if you see a bolt bounce, get away from others drawing lightning.
Add how to take down a bolt bouncer: have each fighter stand on opposite sides of the 'lock and the lightning won't bounce.

10/xx Added: [[Healing]] page. ''may have to split it into multiple sections.''

10/xx Added in section on the [[Healing#The_Combat_Zone|combat zone]]. Always decide where to fight monsters, not the other way around. Have healers recognize and stay out of the combat zone or behind the fighters.

9/xx Added: [[Tactics#Dodging Webs|Dodging Webs]]

8/xx Added a section to [[Tactics#Retreating|retreating]] telling people how to provide cover for injured or exiles how might not make it out of the snell if you leave them caught between a rock and a hard place.

8/xx Added [[If Unable to Retreat#Focus on Greatest Threat|Focus]] on creatures when in a tough situation.
Explain greatest threat and to kill first.

To Add Basic explanation of trainers: Atkus uses up more balthus, Darkus slows down regia, Evus teaches a bit of everything, but the atkus to balthus ratio is tilted to eat balance slowly. Virtually no fighter trainers are "pure" trainers, most have a mixture of other elements in them.

==Wanted==
2026: WANTED: A rewritten champion page.

Wanted: Info on Radium, anything you find missing!
''Thanks to Kenegluk for pointing out holes in coverage!''

Iriel Red contributed a book for the logo, and in my humble opinion made a great logo for the CLUMP.

I'd like to get information on knights and knight items since I often get asked that by exiles looking to become one. So, if any knights out there want to share, please make a page with the answers. (:
** Inu says: See above, page created, linked in to appendix and here.

== Clan Lord Advertisement ==
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Links

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This section is for CL related links. Please add links (or send in links to add) for your or other’s CL content
==Clients/Accounts==
*'''Mac Client OS X/macOS 10.6–10.14''':
http://www.deltatao.com/downloads/clanlord/mac/ClanLord.dmg
*'''Mac Client macOS 10.14+''':
https://clanlord.org/

* '''Trowl's new* client''' for Current Windows, Linux, & MacOS:
https://github.com/MrNice/trowllord-releases/releases

*'''GoThoom''', Distortions client for MacOS (Intel & Apple Silicon), Windows, and Linux.
https://gothoom.m45sci.xyz/

*'''Windows 7–10''' Client:
http://www.deltatao.com/downloads/clanlord/win32/ClanLord.zip
** Quicktime for Windows** (for sound):
https://support.apple.com/en-us/106402 ''**See '''Setting up clients''' Windows 10 section''

* '''Linux''' (or others) use the Java Client:
https://clanlord.gitlab.io/clanlord-java-client/

*'''Web Client ''' ''(very experimental, use at own risk)''
https://clanlord.squib.co.nz/
https://clanlord.squib.co.nz/mobile.html
*'''Clan Lord Account Portal''' for character and account adds/modifications
https://deltatao.com/portal/

*'''Setting Up clients and tips''':
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d3e0pJ89EX9jyWJ1t8L7BadswVdAac3rg-n5_PsDJgc/ Reproduced here: [[Getting (Back) Into Clan Lord]]

== General ==
'''Clan Lord Status Page''':
''Shows who is clanning, status messages and Koppi announcements.''

https://deltatao.com/clanlord/status/

''†Replaces OS X Informer Widget for newer systems''

'''Clan Lord Beginner Tips'''

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdgCRd3SgT0

'''Clan Lord Account Portal''' Create new accounts, new characters, pay optional fee 
* https://deltatao.com/portal/
'''Clan Lord''' official web pages (on Delta Tao’s Site): 
* http://www.deltatao.com/clanlord/index.html

'''Clan Lord Manual'''
* https://deltatao.com/clanlord/manual/what_to_do.html

'''Discord Server''' Where CL players exchange banter, information and coordinate hunts, portal location poll, etc. ''*If you can’t join, ask a player in-game or on discord for an invite to the server. Try noivad#5954 if you don’t know anyone. Or '' 
* https://discord.gg/4NyqjzTFNZ *

''(*NOTE: This link works as of 20250604)''

https://www.deltatao.com/clanlord/getting-started/tips.html

'''Playing Fullscreen on Windows'''

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdgCRd3SgT0

'''ThoomCare''' Media Network ''“Still Thoomin’ after all these years!”'' — Clan Lord News: 
* http://www.thoomcare.com/

'''Puddleby Hunt Calendar'''
* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ngu-rVJCMt4uTN_VzbvSGFO7mnfWRgou-QtuweFEcMQ/edit?gid=0#gid=0 Weekly Hunt Calendar]

'''Legder Info'''
* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/155PfZm7WdWCAfg47Lt_8C6Xr20Ntumd4yKIDWXQ1VAM/edit?gid=0#gid=0]

'''The Puddleopedia''' — History, Information and More about Clan Lord: 
* http://www.puddleopedia.org/

'''Rank Tracker''' by Ruuk
*https://ranktracker.squib.co.nz

'''Clan Lord Splash Screen History''' ''(a compendium of splash screens for Clan Lord)''
* https://github.com/thesquib/clan_lord_images

'''Gorvin's Fashion Preview''' This site is for pre-dye/bleach coloring clothing to see how different dyes and bleaches mix and preview the change in coloring color without wasting berries in game. So you know how your clothing will turn out.
* http://gorvin.50webs.com/fashion.html

== Maps ==
'''Clan Lord Centralised Map Repository''' by Fundin
* http://www.tidyup.co.uk/clanlord/site/index.html

'''Here Be Dragons''' (fairly up-to-date maps)
* http://maps.clanlord.net

'''Puddleby'''
* http://www.thoomcare.com/puddleby_island_map_soul_hunter_low_res.jpg

'''Trymon’s Map of Lugubrion’s Keep'''
* http://puddleby.com/trymon/maps/lugubrion/demesne_center.html?x=780&y=700

'''Phroon’s Maps'''
* http://cls.phroon.net/wiki/Maps

==Art==
Clan Lord '''Artwork Tutorial''' How to make art for use in CL:
* http://clart.noivad.net/

==Guides==

Org Du Lac's '''Bestiary''': A list of all the creatures in the game.
* http://bestiary.clanlord.net/index.html

'''The Pirates of Lok'Groton''' by Gil Galad
* http://pirates.clanlord.net/

'''Haffron's creature coin level list:'''
* https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xNCG-PHFd4Xmfcw7OpzFcOnkJk3bXCpaxUHctP0rGzM/edit?gid=0#gid=0

'''Destian’s Guide to CL Pets'''
* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6ejD_9X1i

'''Ranger Studies''': Site to track creatures studied & keep track of duvin. Creature Stats from Bestiary.
* http://studies.clanlord.net

'''Bestiary''': listing of all creatures in game with approximate stats.
* http://bestiary.clanlord.net/index.html

'''Orga''' by Sednarb
* http://www.sednarbscrolls.com
Winds of Dawn's '''Exile Guides''': (for new exiles) 
* http://www.windsofdawn.org/

Winds of Dawn '''Links''': 
* http://www.windsofdawn.org/links/

The Clan Lord '''Bard's Guild''': 
*http://clanlordbard.org/about.html

List of '''Exile Trainers''' by [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Farhope Farhope]: 
*http://farhope.puddleby.info/trainers/unknowntrainers.html

'''Ledger Holder Directory''' by [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Kerrah Kerrah] 
*http://www.ledgers.puddleopedia.org/

'''MediaWiki Cheat Sheet'''
*https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Cheatsheet

'''Gorvin’s Clan Lord Reverse Engineered''' ''(spoilers)''
*http://gorvin.50webs.com/CLRev/

== Clan Lord Related Applications ==

* [http://studies.clanlord.net '''Clan Lord:Ranger Study Chart (BETA)'''] by [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Gil-Galad Gil-Galad] helps you keep track of all your ranger studies. It has been tied in with the [http://bestiary.clanlord.net/index.html Org Du Lac’s Bestiary] because both of these are hosted on [clanlord.net] as well.

*[http://daytime.begeg.net/ '''Daytime Calculator'''] is a tool that shows you the current in-game time, season, zodiac, moon phase and even the length of day/night. You can also create timestamps for a scheduled hunt and don't have to care about problems with time zones as everyone who clicks on the link then can set their own timezone to see their local hunting start time. See the explanation on the page as well.

*[https://github.com/dfsw/scribius/wiki '''Scribius'''] by [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.SoulHunter ''Soul Hunter''] is a log scanner. It tallies ranks in each trainer an exile has, plus many other things such as lasties left, chain break percentages, coins earned, and more. ''(Mac Only)''

*[https://github.com/thesquib/Amanuensis/releases '''Amanuesis'''] This is Ruuk's new Scribus. there is also a new feature that reports how quickly you have killed every type of monster, within the best 24h and within the best 2h.

*[https://stylunk.clanlord.org/ '''Stylunk'''] from [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Skirwan ''Skirwan''] is a CL clothing dye computing program that lets you mix dyes on clothing to see what colors you can get.

===Ruuk’s Sites:===
*[https://clanlord.squib.co.nz/player '''CL Movie Player'''] '''BETA'''

* [https://github.com/thesquib/Amanuensis/releases '''Amanuensis'''] is a clan Lord Text Log scanner that counts kills, coins, lastys and more for MacOS, Windows and Linux! '''BETA'''

* [https://clanlord.squib.co.nz/bard-editor.html '''Clan Lord Bard Editor'''] is for bards and bard questers to compose music.

==CL Monitoring App/sites==
*[https://hexaedre.com/apps/trinary/ '''Trinary'''] App shows the status of the world. Requires MacOS 15.6+.

*[http://www.deltatao.com/clanlord/status/ '''CL Informer web page'''] that displays the same information as the Clan Lord Informer widget. 

*[http://faircraft.com/clstatus/ '''Clan Lord Informer Widget'''] an OS X widget that monitors the curently active clanners, Koppi and [[Command Reference| /status]] messages and other announcements. 

*[http://clmov.de/tool/cs/ '''Clan Lord Status Safari Extension'''] is an Extension for Safari that shows the number of players online and links to the [http://www.deltatao.com/clanlord/status/ CL Informer web page].

*[http://seankerwin.org/iClan/ '''iClan'''] an application for monitoring who's in the world while you are offline, also announces [[Command Reference| /status]] messages using OS X's built in Text-to-Speech. 

*[https://github.com/Deafjams/Clanning '''Clanning'''] by [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Kinon Kinon] and has since stopped maintaining it. It is now on only available on GitHub. However, it needs to be updated for Mavericks and up. It is another Mac App for monitoring who is currently clanning.

==Music==
*[https://clanlord.squib.co.nz/bard-editor.html Bard editor]
*[https://clanlord.gitlab.io/clanlord-bard-tool/ Bard Tool (Java)] is a java application like mTooth and Tune Helper, but being JAVA it works on any computer.

*[http://www.donaldsonworkshop.com/baraboo/mtooth.html '''mTooth'''] a Clan lord application for writing music in Clan Lord Tune Format. 

*[http://oomz.net/TuneHelper20.dmg '''Tune Helper 2.0'''] is like mTooth, for writing song in CL tune format as well, but more recently updated, though it is not 64bit. So it will run up to macOS 10.14.x (Mojave). ''direct download''

*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKprs08YIDM mid2CL script tutorial] — Coriakin demonstrates how to use mid2CL to take midi files and create CLTF text files.

== Bard Sites ==
*[https://open.spotify.com/show/5pduHSbDurFLbGKbnsM702 Spotify] Clan Lord Bardcast: Bingro's Spotify feed, where bards talk about barding, weekly.

*[http://www.donaldsonworkshop.com/baraboo/songwriting/ Baraboo's Guide to Writing Songs That Don’t Suck.] A guide for writing songs that don’t suck.

*[http://www.donaldsonworkshop.com/baraboo/cltf.html Baraboo's CL Music Notation site] is a page that explains how to compose music for play in Clan Lord.

* [http://rakster.puddleby.info/ Rakster] is a repository of the music written by bards in Puddleby. It goes nicely with mTooth and the CLTune Helper.

*[https://music.clanlord.net/bardsfield/index.php?title=Main_Page Bard’s Field CLTF music] is a repository for CL Tune Format music, by Bingro

*[http://www.wkresse.de/WekaDev/mid2cl/ MIDI to Clan Lord converter] an app that takes MIDI files and converts them to Clan Lord Tune Format. Windows, Linux, Mac (Intel only)

*[https://www.dcode.fr/text-splitter Text Splitter] for CLTF songs written in one large block to break up the pieces for CL’s 512 character limit.

*[https://www.youtube.com/@thepuddlebylistener6881 The Puddleby Listener] Youtube videos chronicling the music of many talented bards in Delta Tao's Clan Lord

==Macros==
The CLUMP’s [[Macros| Macro Section]]

Clan Lord’s Official Manual for Clan Lord macros
*http://www.deltatao.com/clanlord/macros/index.html

Direct link to the Official Macro Manual
* http://www.deltatao.com/clanlord/macros/manual.html

Better Living's Macro Language Reference: 
* http://fastfeet.bzui.net/language/index.shtml
* http://fastfeet.bzui.net/macros/

==Macro Apps==
Del‘Arus’ Clan Lord Macro Editor
* https://gitlab.com/clanlord/clanlord-macro-editor/-/releases

==Macro Sites==
Slyph's Macro Generator (write a Cad/Merc Staff Macro or a SunGem macro for you):
* http://slyph.vagilemind.com/macros/

Noivad’s Quik’NDirtyMFMacro ''Make a custom Auto self-heal, Cad, Aura, and Cad List, Macro''
* http://clanlord.net/moonstone_functions-template.php

Gorvin's CL Macros Page ''(Here you can get the latest versions of /sharecads and the right-clicker macro {staples in the community}.)''
* http://gorvin.50webs.com/macros/index.html

Inu Teisei’s CL Macro Repository on GitHub
* https://github.com/CL-LA/macros

Magnic’s CL Macro Repository on GitHub
* https://github.com/maxtraxv3/Macros

==Other==
*[https://deltatao.com/portal/sign-in Delta Tao’s Clan Lord Account Portal]: buy accounts, characters, etc.

*[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/Cheatsheet-en.png MediaWiki Editing Cheat Sheet]

*[https://www.zazzle.com/store/deltatao Delta Tao Merchandise on Zazzle]

*[http://www.deltatao.com/ Delta Tao]

*[https://github.com/skirwan/clan-lord-client-issues/issues Clan Lord (Clieunk) Issues] Report and track Clan Lord (Clieunk) Issues and updates.

*[https://www.youtube.com/user/linlustudios Inu Teisei’s CL Movies]

*[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d3e0pJ89EX9jyWJ1t8L7BadswVdAac3rg-n5_PsDJgc/edit Come Back to Clan Lord]

*[https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Stories Stories from the world]

*[https://noivad.wordpress.com/2012/01/05/why-i-dont-recommend-clan-lord/ Why I Don’t Recommend Clan Lord]

*[https://www.deltatao.com/clanlord/court_archives/ Puddleby Court Logs Archive]

==For Fun==
Stick Lord: Hoggle’s humorous take on exiles.
* http://sticklord.com/ https://sticklord.com/archives.html
Lil' Noivad
* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVVrymmzhE0
Lil' Daimoth
* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRqTvpgHgSs
L.A. Inquirer
* http://thelainquirer.blogspot.com/

==Exile Journals==
Puddleby.com home of many exile scrolls
* https://puddleby.com/
Azriel's Scroll-Spot
* http://azriel.puddleby.info/
Cammie in Exile
* http://exile-cammie.livejournal.com/
Creed's Screed
* http://www.hieran.com/creedscreed/
Drablak’s Journal: Thoomings
* http://h3o.ca/blog/
Eden, The Warrior Thooming
* http://warriorthoom.blogspot.com/
Eirian Caldwell, an Impulsive Fen
* http://eirianc.wordpress.com/
Fishylish
* http://fishylish-cl.livejournal.com/
Gloria
* http://gloriaclass.blogspot.com/
Iriel Red: Myrmfodder
* http://irielred.blogspot.com/
Jeanne & Moon Kitty's Journal
* http://moonwarrior.livejournal.com/
Kisa's Sketchbook
* http://kisacl.wordpress.com/
Largo: Long Live the Largocracy
* http://journal.largocracy.com/
Lily Fren: Lily’s Memoirs
* http://puddleby.com/lilyfren/
Lundar
* http://puddleby.com/lundar/
Magnic
* http://magnic.livejournal.com/
Nekko No Kessha {Clan}
* http://nekonokessha.wordpress.com/
Order of the White Elephant {Clan}
* https://web.archive.org/web/20081022205349/http://owe.puddleby.info/index.html
Rroot
* http://mysticalrroot.blogspot.com/
ser Slyph, the Foxweir Knight
* http://serslyph.blogspot.com/
Trymon's Tome
* http://puddleby.com/trymon/

==GM Journals==
Slarty Spoils Clan Lord
* http://slartyramble.blogspot.com/ (RSS Feed: [feed://slartyramble.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss] )
Joe Delta - Joe’s rambling thoughts about life, games, movies, and Macintosh
* http://deltatao.com/deltajoe/
Yappy’s Blog: Yap Yap Yap: Barkings From an Associate Game Designer
* http://yappygm.blogspot.com/2012/03/ready-for-change.html (RSS Feed: [feed://yappygm.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default] )

== Dead Sites ==
''These sites are no longer actively maintained because the player/s who made them have moved on. However there is still some good information at these sites, and they are worth a look. Note: system requirements to play Clan Lord have changed. See Delta Tao's Clan Lord web site above for the current requirements.'' ''(Please use the [https://web.archive.org/ wayback machine] to see whatever was salvaged from these sites.)''

The Sentinel was a phpBB (bulletin board) site where players discussed CL and debated each other run by Vagile. This site has been dead for a long time, but there's an archive of some of it:
* https://clanlordsentinel.netlify.app/
''Note: much of the banter has moved to the CL Discord server run by Kalian.''

Clan Lord FAQ: 
* https://web.archive.org/web/20131208022133/http://www.clanlord.com/faq/

Better Living Through Fast Feet: (aka the Art of Running) 
* https://web.archive.org/web/20220414232239/http://fastfeet.bzui.net/

Braveheart's Clan Lord Guide: 
* http://www.sundragonclan.com/guide/

'''Drablak’s Hideaway''' (Various content Main landing page)
* https://web.archive.org/web/20090105200853/http://drablak.pucks.org:80/dhw/fMain/Main.html

Drablak's New Exile '''Guides''': 
* https://web.archive.org/web/20211201000609/ttp://drablak.pucks.org/dhw/gd/wisdom.php

Drablak's Macro Instructions: 
* https://web.archive.org/web/20220125043716/http://drablak.pucks.org/dhw/gd/Macros/Macro101.php

'''Maps''' by Drablak and others: 
* http://h3o.ca/d/maps/Travels.php

'''Azriel’s Maps'''
* https://web.archive.org/web/20110725180904/http://azriel.puddleby.info/mapindex.html ''(has many up to date maps including Eastern Mountains)''

Macros

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[[Category: Advanced|{{PAGENAME}}]]
Ideas for this page include sample macros and a manual in and of itself... 

''Maybe we could write a macro manual.... if we did it'd go something like this:''

Macros are little snippets of text that allow a person to save typing or trigger complex actions with the click of a button or press of a key. Why would anyone want to use macros? Well when you have to type out ''/action smiles.'' for the 50th or 500th time you'll wish you could just type ''sm'' to smile. Or let's say you always equip your shield when you equip your sword. Normally you'd have to type ''/equip long sword.'' and then ''/equip wooden shield''. With a macro you could simply press F7 and equip and/or — if you get fancy — unequip your sword and wooden shield.

==Existing Macros==
Before you start writing macros, check your default file for the premade ones included. Here are a few more common ones included by default:
"??" "/help " @text "\r"
"aa" "/action " @text "\r"
"gg" "/give " @text "\r"
"ii" "/info " @text "\r"
"kk" "/karma " @text "\r"
"mm" "/money\r"
"nn" "/news\r"
"pp" "/ponder " @text "\r"
"sh" "/share " @text "\r"
"sl" "/sleep\r"
"t" "/think " @text "\r"
"tt" "/thinkto " @text "\r"
"th" "/thank " @text "\r"

== Installing and Troubleshooting Macros ==

To install macros in a separate file, you simply add the name of the file in quotes (inch marks technically, not actual quotes*) to the character’s macro file or the default macro file after the '''include''' keyword, and reload your macros. example: ''include "my_macro.txt"''

The macros must all reside in the same folder called Macros In the same folder as the application with the old client,
For full info and steps see [[Installing Macros]].

The new client allows macro & text log location to be customizable.

For help in [[Troubleshooting macros]] see the linked page.

*You may have to turn off “Use Smart Quotes” in the app, or in the OS’s Preferences/Settings.

== Premade Macros ==
===Modified Nightbird Trainer Messages Macro ===
I have modified and updated [[Trainer_Progress_Mesages-Nightbird|Nightbird’s Trainer Messages Macro]] that translates trainer progress messages to rank ranges to show a message in the sidebar rather than ponder ranges. I also added in the messages past 2249 rank range.
===Zu Macros===
a quick zu macro is available here [[Omega_Zu]] (omega_zu4.mac) for 10 seed bags. [[Sack_O_Zu]] (Sacko_zu.txt) is for 50 seed bags

*''I should rename them quick Lori killer… :)''

===Dice Rolling Macro===
this convenient macro auto equips a pouch of dice and rolls with <number of Dice> "d" and <sides of die>. So, 2d10 would be 2 ten-sided dice: [[DiceRoll]]

===Link to Build a Healing Macro===
Healers can try [http://clanlord.net/moonstone_functions-template.php Moonstone Functions] to make a custom macro allows you to:

#heal yourself automatically—no need to type *uu* or */use*,
# cad an exile by right-clicking them,
# set an Fkey to heal a selected exile.
*FKey assignment, functions:
**First press of Fkey sets exile, shift-Fkey locks healing on if the same person is already selected. If you have another person selected, shift-Fkey re-assigns the key to the selected person. Now as of version 2.8.5 it automatically changes your icon to armed or unarmed and you can set Function keys (F3-F15 by default) to heal specific exiles quickly. If you already have a function key assigned to an action, make sure to not generate a macro with colliding Fkey assignments. To do that simply choose F0 from the pull down.

===Link to Gorvin’s Dynamic Share Cads===
If you're looking for '''Dynamic Share Cads''' where you automatically share a healer who is cadding you, you can get it here: [http://gorvin.50webs.com/macros/index.html Gorvin's Macros] This macro is very useful on large hunts with more than 5 healers.

===Sunstone/Crystal/Gem Macro===
All Exiles with sunstones, suncrystals and sungems might want to get the [http://www.noivad.net/files/macros/tc_macro.txt tc_macro v2.5.8] to allow you to more conveniently use the devices easier. This macro uses a textlog scanner to work so you might wish to add the line: ''@login call GoScan'' to your default macros file.

An updated version called [[Scanner.txt]] does additional things like translates trainer messages to rank counts, and translates unused Duvin messages to unused Duvin count. It is easy to add things to scan for in this new version. ''See the macro for details.''

===Bard Macros===
These [[Bard Macros]] make adding, removing & equipping instruments a breeze.

===Blood Mage Macros===
These [[Blood Mage Macros]] might come in handy as well! They cover the essential debuffs, but not feigning it seems (can someone add it?)

===Champion Macros===
Champions might want to get these [[ChampionMacrosSH|Champion Macros by Soul Hunter]]. This macro set covers –ite equipping and use, StoneForm, Lava Cloak, Tell Blade, Labrys, Shield Stone, and Shield Equipping.

===Ranger Macros===
Rangers might want to check out this basic '''[[Rangery|ranger macro]]''' that covers shield stone, belt of the wild and heartwood charm use, as well as conveniences for /judge and /reflect.

Shadrock has a specific [[mm-macro|Multi-morph Macro]] he shared. It’s an alternative to the ranger macro above.

===Armor Macro===
If you have armor you can try this [[ArmorMacrosSet|set of armor macros]].

===Share Group: Quickly share a list of exiles===
Not so new, but useful, is Shares.txt [[ThankGroup]] macro, which was split off from ThankGroup. It allows you to share multiple people by simply typing each name in one line with no spaces. i.e. '''sh noivad elenis talin silky creed'''. Note you may have to disable the default "sh" that triggers ''/share'' The Thank function works in conjuction autoadding people shared like this to your thanklist. Or typing '''/thga <name> [simplename] [simplyname]''' etc. to add people to your thank group. then call it manually by typing '''/tn [message]''', or activate it to autothank people on the list every few minutes by typing '''/ath [message]'''. I recently Ironed a few bugs in this so, update this macro if you already downloaded it.

===Event Scanning Macro===
This [[Scanner.txt]] macro allows one to set up an automatic scan of every line of text that comes in a separate time. You can easily add your action reaction simple by inputting a trigger and a reaction macro. It already has boat rental, rank count, seed juggling, and other small macros.

===Kudzu Macros===
People who want to plant Kudzu will want to check out the [http://clanlord.net/macros/omega_zu4.mac Omega Zu Macro 4] (4.1 as of 20220714). On limited testing no bugs were found. It also swaps bags but there is no longer a delay in planting as in version 3. It now detects if you didn't plant a seed because your inventory is full without looking at the text log. This macro is about as low latency as I you can get for the features.

===Other Macros===
Check out [[Macros Contributed]] for other macros people have made. Feedback for macros is appreciated. If you have and want to edit it, feel free so long as you test your edits. If you do not have an account, you can request one.

== Types of Macros ==

There are three types of macros:
text replacement macros that trigger while the person is still inputting text into the text box and,
text expression macros that trigger when a person hits the return key and,
key macros that trigger when one hits a key (or keys) .

===Replacement Macros===
Replacement macros are the simplest, and are defined by placing the text you want to trigger the replacement between single quotes, with the text you wish to have in replaced with in double quote after it. For instance
'' 'zu' "Kudzu"'' would make it so anytime you typed the word "zu" it would be replaced in the text input box with "kudzu."

'zu' "kudzu"
'kb' "kitty beach"

===Expression macros===
Expression macros replace what you type in the text box with whatever text or actions you define.
Once the return key is pressed the macro engine takes over and inputs what you specify within the body of the macro. This can be one line or many lines. These could be simple actions such as ''"wave"'' could be replaced with ''"/action waves and smiles at " @selplayer.name "\r"'' or it could be replaced with this slightly more complex macro:

"aa"
{
"/action prepares to do something dramatic!\r"
pause 12
"/action " @text "\r"
}

Using the above macro, let's say [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Manx Manx] typed out:
aa doesn't put the cap back on the toothpaste!
it would be replaces with this in the action text box:
Manx prepares to do something dramatic!
and 3 second later:
Manx doesn't put the cap back on the toothpaste!

===Key Macros===
Key macros are those that are triggered by hitting one of more keys. this can be:
option-shift-p "/useitem bag of kudzu seedlings 1\r"
to plant a kudzu seedling from a kudzu bag to
control-click "/pull " @click.name "\r"
control-shift-click "/push " @click.name "\r"

or:
F3
{
if @my.right_item == "Axe"
"/equip Short Sword\r"
else if @my.right_item == "Short Sword"
"/equip Dagger\r"
else if @my.right_item == "Dagger"
"/equip chocolate\r"
else if @my.right_item == "Chocolate"
"/equip axe\r"
end if
}

====Valid Trigger Keys====
* examples included...

The function keys (F1 through F15)
* F3 call heal1

command-''any key''
* command-s "/pose sit \r"

option-''any key'' (only on the Mac, not valid on windows)
* option-l "/pose lie \r"

control-''any key''
* control-d call dance1

alt-''any key'' (only on windows?)
* alt-F3 "/equip dagger \r"

shift-''any key'' (useful for windows - use with care, may have unintended consequences)
* shift-9 call plantzu

end

home

help

pageup

del

pagedown

click ''(this is a mouse button click)''

control-click ''(right-click on the Mac)''

click2 ''(right-click on Windows)''

wheelup (wheel on a mouse, scrolling up)

wheeldown (wheel on a mouse, scrolling down)

'''The following work when NumLock is on.''' ''(Note: "*" and "/" do not work as valid triggers on the Windows.)''

numpad-1 ''(or any number from 0-9, or */-+. on numpad)''
* numpad-- call dance2

alt-numpad-1 ''(or any number from 0-9, or */-+. on numpad)''
* alt-numpad-5 "/pose surp\r"

control-numpad-1 ''(or any number from 0-9, or */-+. on numpad)''
* control-numpad-/ call dance3
* control numpad-6 call dance6

==Macro Syntax==
One of the toughest things to understand when learning a language is the proper syntax. For some reason a lot of manuals and books assume you'll pick up the proper syntax through example. However, this is hit and miss. If someone doesn't know '''why''' they are putting quote before some triggers and not others, they could very easily make the mistake of putting them in the wrong place, or not including them at all. So, before we delve into the real nitty gritty of Clan Lord's macro language, We will cover proper syntax, and a bit.

===Triggers===
First, things first: the macro language (and any almost every programming/scripting language out there) is structured to take the word or key press that triggers the action first then reads the commands that follow the trigger. For one command macros, you can simply put a few spaces between the trigger and the command.
''"trigger" "command"''
for macros with more than one command you have to put a return between each command because the macro language can only take one command per line. In order for the macro interpreter to know where one multi-line macro ends and another one starts, you have to put curly braces "{}" around all the lines of the macro, each brace goes on a line of its own as shown:
''"trigger"''
''{
command
command
command
...
}''

=== Note: Macro Loading Order/Duplicate Triggers ===
If you have macros with the same triggers, then only the first one to load will be the only one you can trigger. ''i.e. If you have '''''F3 "/use /pet\r"''''' in your healing macro file, and '''''F3 "/equip cad\r"''''' in your default macro file, if the '''''include "healing.txt"''''' is ''above'' the second declared F3, then F3 will only trigger ''/use /pet\r'' This is because when the macros are loading includes at the top of your default, or character macro file are as if you pasted the included macro file's text in the position the include is at.''

===Where to use Quotes===
Next quotes are used around two things in the macro language, and depending on where they are their meaning changes. either they are used around text that's intended as the trigger, or they are used around text you wish to have output to the text bubble/box over your character's head or output to your message sidebar, verbatim. That's why, for instance, if you want to be able to select a character (by command-clicking on them), let's say Andarius, and then simply type ''hi'' to say something, in addition to "Hi" you'd put quote around
''"/hi"''
and around
"hi " '''@selplayer.name''' ". Fancy weather we're having today.\r"
which outputs
''hi Andarius. Fancy weather we're having today."
Note that the reserved variable ''@selplayer.name'' doesn't have quotes around it. This is because if it did, type it out as
"Hi @selplayer.name . Fancy weather we're having today.\r"
the output to your text bubble would look like this:
Hi @selplayer.name . Fancy weather we're having today.
Instead we terminate the quoted string with a quote after a space* and then use the '''\r''' that translates into a return, as if you hit the return key.

Also note that the '''\r''' must be within double quotes as in this example:
"wva" "Waves at " @selplayer.name "\r"
====The importance of Spaces====
*Without the space the output would read like this: ''HelloAndarius. Fancy weather we're having today.'' If that was a command instead of "hi," you would generate an error. i.e:
scripting:
"aa" "/action" @text "and looks smashing doing it.\r"
and typing ''aa eats a piece of bread''
would generate this error message in your message sidebar:
''''ACTIONEATS' is not a recognized command.'''

====Escape Sequences====
An escape sequence is used to stop the macro interpreter from translating a character as a reserved character. For instance, the quote mark is reserved to define the start and end of literal text input or output from the CL client. But what if someone wants to macro something that has quote marks in the text output:

Macroing without an escape sequence before the quote mark
"/nnmacros" "you should read the scroll entitled "Macros" for all your macro questions.\r"
would generate this:
you should read the scroll entitled Macros"forallyourmacroquestions.
along with a quote mark in your text box.
You should instead use this to generate the correct line of text:
"/nnmacros" "you should read the scroll entitled \"Macros\" for all your macro questions.\r"
which would output this: ''you should read the scroll entitled "Macros"for all your macro questions.''

Also, if you precede a regular character with a backslash, the macro interpreter treats that character as a one of the special characters. ''\r'' is equivalent to pressing the return key. There are no other documented escape sequences for regular characters. {If someone has a list please send it to noivad.}

==Variables==

you declare variables before you first use them by using the ''set'' command. if a variable is declared inside a macro, that variable is local and is not passed to other macros or functions in the game. They only exist as long as the macro is running. Thus a simple loop for scanning the text log could have i meaning the counter while in another macro i could be used as a holder for the current inventory item. In the following example neither variable i interferes with each other because both are local to the macro they reside in:

"/loopmacro"
{
set i 0
set loopMax 60
label Loop
if i< loopMax
set i + 1
''command...''
pause 40
''command..."
goto Loop
end if
}

F3
{
if @my.right.item != "moonstone"
set i @my.right_item
"/equip moonstone\r"
"\use 5\r"
pause 8
"/equip " i "\r"
else
"\use 5\r"
end if
}

Global variables are declared outside any macro or function and can be accessed by any macro or function once set. The only time a global variable is reset to its initial declared value is when the macros are reloaded which is each time you connect to the server and whenever you choose ''Reload Macros'' from the ''Options'' menu. For instance let's say you have a macro that constantly heals you when you have a moonstone equipped:

F4
{
label Healingloop
if @my.right_item == "moonstone"
"/use \r"
end if
goto Healingloop
}

However let's say you want to be able to active ''/sleep'' and not have you moonstone interrupt your sleep. All you would need to do is add a global variable declaration outside the ''/sleep'' and healing loop macros, and refer to it to see if you should use your moonstone. To set a global variable inside a macro you type ''setglobal <global variable name>'':

set gSleepToggle 0

"sl"
{
"/sleep\r"
setglobal gSleepToggle 1
}

F4
{
setglobal gSleepToggle 0
label Healingloop
if gSleepToggle == 0
if @my.right_item == "moonstone"
"/use \r"
end if
end if
pause 12
goto Healingloop
}

Now whenever you enter ''sl'' your character will sleep and the gSleepToggle variable will be set to 1. When the healing loop looks checks to see if it should execute the commands it will see that the global variable is set to 1, and not execute the commands. However when you press F4 the gSleepToggle global variable will change back to 0 and the commands in the if statement will execute.

===Reserved Variables===
There are certain predefined variables in the macro language that allow you to get information from the client as to the current state of things in the game. A brief description of each follows:

'''@env Variables''' are variables with an @env prefix to control how macros execute.

*'''@env.echo (true/false)''' After any \r in a macro, replaces the text in the input box by the text that was sent by the macro. for instance if your trigger was ''/snooze'' and in the macro ''"/action Zzzzz....\r"'' was what was sent my the macro you set ''@env.echo to be true'' after you typed ''/snooze'' the text input box would have ''/action Zzzzz....\r''. in it. if you do not define this variable in a macro the default ''@env.echo'' is false.

*'''@env.debug (true/false)''' gives extra information on macro loading and execution.This is useful when you're debugging a macro.

*'''@env.key_interrupts (true/false)''' If this is true a macro stops executing when a key is pressed. If it's false then a macro will keep executing while the person presses keys on the keyboard.

*'''@env.click_interrupts (true/false)''' stops executing a macro when you click in the graphics pane of the game window (where clicks move your character).

*'''@env.TextLog''' is the last line of text in the log window. Textlog scanning is a controversial command because of it's power. One could write a macro that scanned the text log every frame and if a certain phrase was present they could have their character do something in response to it.* See [[#Delta_Tao.E2.80.99s_Clan_Lord_Scripting_Policy | Delta Tao’s Clan Lord Script Policy]] below for guidelines for this variable’s acceptable use.

'''''@my'' Variables''' are variables that concern your character.

*'''@my.name''' is used to insert your name into a macro command, that way if you have multiple characters and you want one macro to make them do something with their name in it, or to check if they are the selected player you can include it in your default file instead of writing two duplicate macros:

if @sel.player_name == @my.name
''command''
''command''
end if

* '''@my.simple_name''' is the same as ''@my.name'' except it has no spaces or punctuation.

* '''@my.right_item''' is the name of the item in your right hand.

* '''@my.left_item''' is the name of the item in your left hand.

* '''@my.forehead_item''' is the name of the item on your forehead.

* '''@my.[slot]_item''' is the name of the item in the slot named. (Torso, Legs, Shoulder, Neck, Finger, Hand, Head, etc.)

*'''@sel.player_simple.name''' is used to make the target of a macro the selected player. (You can select a player by command-clicking on them or by typing ''/select <name>''.)

'''''@click'' Variables''' are variables that concern what was clicked on in a CL Window.
*'''@click.name''' is the complete name of the exile clicked on in the Players Window.
*'''@click.simple_name''' is the name of the exile clicked on in the Players window, without spaces or punctuation.

'''Miscellaneous Variables'''

*'''@text''' is the complete text in the panel. For instance if you had a macro that was triggered by typing ''/set'' and you enter ''/set verbose on,'' then ''@text'' would equal ''verbose on.''

*'''@textsel''' is the selected text in the panel. this works exactly the same as ''@text'' but it only includes the words highlighted.

*'''@first''', '''@last''', '''@prev''', and '''@next''' are variables that represent player names on the current player list and can be used with the ''/select'' command. ''/select @first'' will select the first name in the player window, and ''/select @last'' will select the last name. If a player is already selected, ''/select @prev'' and ''/select @next'' will select the previous player and the next player on the list, respectively.

==Conditional Arguments (If)==

now macros that execute pre-planned actions are fine, but sometimes you want to add a little intelligent behavior to your macro. (In programming circles this is called ''Logic''.) So, you use an ''if'' statement to test whether the following is true. If it is not the code between the ''end if'', next ''else'' or ''else if'' statement is not executed.

''If {this is true}''
{run this command set}
''Else if {that is true}
{run that command set}
''Else {in the case that none are true}''
do this instead
''End if''

An if statement can be as simple as 3 lines. The opening ''if'' test, the command you wish to execute if it is true and the closing ''end if'' statement to let the interpreter know the next statements are not conditional, and should be run no matter what. All If statements must include an ''end if'' at the end even if there are no lines following the if test.

If you want to test multiple conditions from the same information you use the ''else if'' statement. That way you don't have a lot of single "if ... end if'' statements and you don't run the risk of executing multiple commands that could contradict each other and give you unexpected results. For instance. Let's say you want a one key macro to swap your weapon with your purse. You would have to use an ''else if'' statement so you didn't test each case individually and always wind up with the second item listed equipped.

F4
{
If @my.right_item == "dagger"
"/equip purse\r"
else if @my.right_item == "purse"
"/equip dagger\r"
end if
}

Also if you have multiple else ifs that can evaluate to be true, only the first true result is parsed. So, if you ask if x is greater than 10 and then ask if x is greater than 20 and the number x equals 23, then only the first part of the if statement is executed. There are several ways aroundf this problem, but the easiest is to test the most restrictive condition first. This would be the proper way to write this macro:

if x > 20
<command 1>
else if x > 10
<command 2>
end if

Now when a number greater than 20 is compared, only command 1 is executed.

Notice there is no ''else'' statement in the above example. If you don't want anything to happen if nothing is true you can simply omit the ''else'' statment. The reason in this case is if you have something like your chain equipped and you accidentally hit F4, instead of your chain macro on F5, you don't unchain people you're trying to rescue.

===Comparison Operators===
A very common macro is a chain macro. But how do you test to see if you do not have your chain equipped? or how do you test if one number is greater than or less than another? or if a phrase appears in the text you're comparing. Simply use the proper operators.

*'''==''' means equal to
*'''!=''' means not equal to
*'''<''' means less than or when you're comparing text it tests to see if the phrase is in the text.
*'''>''' means greater than

== Loops ==
''* See [[#Delta_Tao.E2.80.99s_Clan_Lord_Scripting_Policy | Delta Tao’s Clan Lord Script Policy]] below for guidelines for acceptable use of Loops.'' Loops are sections of code that you wish to repeat either a set number of times or infinitely. You may wish to scan the people clanning automatically when you log in for friend you can share with, and instead of typing

if characterName == myFriend
"/share characterName\r"
end if
over and over for each friend...
you could start a loop by first labeling the part you want the loop to start at, and then at the end of the commands you want r-executed, you type ''goto'' and the name of the label.

label Start
<command>
<command>
<...>
Goto Start

The above loop will execute as long as the macros are allowed to run.* In order to control the number of time the loop repeats you include a counter declared outside the loop, & increment the counter inside the loop and test the counter to see if it is less than the maximum number of loops you wish to make. For instance let's say you want to info everyone playing in the game with one command.

'''set counter 0''' //<--counter “initialized”/“declared” outside the loop (before the starting label)
set maxLoops 20 //<--limit set once outside the loop
label Start //<--labeled "Start" for future goto reference (can call it anything: “go“•“testStart”•etc.)
if '''counter''' < maxLoops //<--tests to see if the loop count is under the maximum number of loops you want
<command>
<command>
pause 1
'''set counter + 1''' //<--each pass through the loop adds 1 to the counter
goto Start //<--tell the macro to go back to the label named “Start"
end if

The fact that you can name labels almost anything means you can have multiple labels all leading to other part within the same macro. To go to another function use '''call <function name>'''

''*Note: There are certain snells, such as the jail and the hospital where all macros are stopped by the client. In those cases you want to put your macros that are called at login in another manually triggered macro.''

==Functions==

functions look exactly like macros, except there are no quote around the trigger word. They are activated by other macros using the ''call'' command.

"sl"
{
"/sleep\r"
setglobal sleepToggle 1
call ''function_name''
}

''function_name''
{
pause 480
if sleepToggle == 1
"/ponder Zzzzz....\r"
<commands...>
end if
}

The above example is very simple and not really deserving of a independent function, unless you want other ways to trigger your macro. For instance, in the following typing either ''/sleep'' or ''sl'' will accomplish the same goal:

"/sleep" call sleeper
"sl" call sleeper

This is done so if you want to change your macros operation and there multiple triggers for it in your macros you only have to change one thing and not the same thing in multiple places.

== Arrays ==
Arrays are essentially lists of similar types of things. Instead of declaring a variable such as ''ExileOne'', ''ExileTwo'', etc to build a list, you declare and array ''Exile[1]'', ''Exile[2]''. This makes handling list of things much easier because you can make a loop and advance the number that points to the entry in the list to advance to the next item to process that as well. You could even make a conditional statement that tests every item in the list and only activates on the ones you are looking for:
SomeMacro
{
set currentItem 0
label SCANLOOP
if ItemList[currentItem] == "cloak"
''(do these commands)''
else
''(do these other commands)''
end if

set currentItem + 1
if curentItem > ''(end of list)''
goto ENDOFMACRO
else
goto SCANLOOP
end if

label ENDOFMACRO
}

Arrays are simple to make, basically you take a variable name (that is not reserved) and place the element number in the array in square brackets '''[x]''' that you wish to access.
for instance, the following makes a list out of exiles entered after the macro trigger by looping through the list of words and then advancing the pointer by one. When the point is not less than or equal to the number of words, the loop is exited and a sidebar message informs you that the list is built. A concrete example of using this to make a shares list is in the Shares macro :
set ExileList ""
"/adex" call buildExileList

buildExileList
{
set pointer 0

label LOOPSTART
setglobal ExileList[pointer] @text.word[pointer]
set pointer + 1
if pointer <= @text.num_words
goto LOOPSTART
end if

label END
message "You list is built"
}

if you added that to your macro file, reload your macros or logged in and then tpye '''/adex Melben Creed Fiona Hoggle Natas''' and hit enter the macro would build a list with Melben as item ''0'' in the array and continuing until it reache Natas at the end of the list in position ''4'' in the array.

Also you could retrieve that list with another macro that stepped through each item and output it. This is a shorten, and simplified version of my share list macro. The full version is in '''[[Shares.mac]]''':
/* ************************** shareMultiple v1.0.1 ************************** */
//<<m_shareMultiList>> (sh|/shm|shm <name> [name]) shares & adds to list
shareMultiList
{
setglobal helpText[sh] "*'sh|/shm|shm <name> [name]' shares & adds exiles to list"
setglobal count 0
if @text == ""
if debug == 1 //debug flag for testing purposes
message "No people listed. Defaulting to " listA //listA is defined elsewhere outside of this macro
call BuildDefault //Build Default is essentially identical to LOOPB below, but with a static predefined list (listA)
else
"/share\r"
end if
else if @text == "?"
message helpText[sh]
else
label LOOPB
if count < @text.num_words
"/share " @text.word[count] "\r"
set count + 1
pause 20
goto LOOPB
end if
end if
}

== Examples ==
Some of these Example Macros are taken directly from my macros.

<code>
control-click "/pull " @click.name "\r" //This is a right click on mac 
control-option-click "/push " @click.name "\r" 
</code>
===Control-Click Select Exile Macro===
control-click
{
$any_click
"/select " @clicksplayer "\r"
}
===Poses===
option-f1 "/pose lie \r"
option-f2 "/pose akimbo \r"
option-f3 "/pose leanleft \r"
option-f4 "/pose leanright \r"
option-f5 "/pose celebrate \r"
option-f7 "/pose kneel \r"
option-f8 "/pose angry \r"
option-f9 "/pose attack east \r"
option-f10 "/pose bless \r"
option-f12 "/pose attack southwest \r"
end "/pose leanright \r"
home "/pose leanleft \r"
help "/pose leanleft \r"
pageup "/pose akimbo \r"
del "/pose bless \r"
pagedown "/pose seated \r"
shift-end "/pose pray \r"
shift-home "/pose akimbo \r"
shift-pageup "/pose leanleft \r"
shift-pagedown "/pose seated \r"

===Equip/Unequip Right Macro===
// A quick equip/unequip toggle macro
set rsaveitem @my.right_item
set defaultritem "greataxe"
set ritem ""
set debug 0

command-f2
{
setglobal ritem @my.right_item
if debug == 1
message "ritem is: " ritem
end if
if ritem == "nothing"
"/equip " defaultritem "\r"
else
setglobal rsaveitem ritem
"/unequip right\r"
end if
}
===A Quick EPS Macro===
//A Quick EPS macro
"/eps"
{
setglobal ritem @my.right_item
if debug == 1
message "ritem is: " ritem
end if
if ritem != "EtherealPortalStone"
setglobal rsaveitem ritem
"/equip etherealportalstone \r"
if @text.word[0] == "check"
message "***EPS Ready***"
goto end
end if
end if
"/use\r"
label end
}

===A Quick Chaining Macro===
//The QuickChain

set rsaveitem ""
f5 call flybychain

'''wheelup''' call flybychain

flybychain
{
if @my.right_item != "chain"
setglobal rsaveitem @my.right_item
"/equip chain\r"
end if
pause 1
"/use \r"
}

''Note: Notice you can assign multiple triggers to a macro. In this case '''f5''' and '''mouse wheelup''' are the triggers that call the same function.''

===Shieldstone===
escape call toggleShieldstone

toggleShieldstone
{
if @my.finger_item == "Shieldstone" //skips equip phase if true
goto ON
end if

label EQUIP
"/equip shieldstone\r"

label ON
"/useitem shieldstone\r"
pause 1

label CHECK //Checks for Shieldstone failures …
if @env.textLog >= "Your Shieldstone goes inert"
pause 6 //avoids RNG duplicate break
goto EQUIP //…if so equips backup (if you have 1)
end if
}

===Sleep Macro===
//''Here's and example of a random operation, note it starts with '''random''' and separate '''or'''s for each possible random action, and finally terminating with '''end random'''.
"sl"
{
set @env.click_interrupts "true"
setglobal sleepToggle 1
set count 0
"/pose lie\r"
pause 5
"/action feels sleepy and takes a nap\r"
pause 5
"/sleep\r"
label start
if count < 15
set count + 1
{
if modeVerbose == 1
random
"/ponder ZZzzzzz.......\r"
or
"/ponder zzzZZZZzzzz...\r"
or
"/ponder ...zzzzZZZZzzz\r"
or
"/ponder .z.z.z.Z.Z.z.z\r"
or
"/money\r"
end random
else
random
"/karma\r"
or
"/money\r"
or
call exilepicker
pause 4
"/thank " @selplayer.simple_name "\r"
end if
}
pause 500
goto start
end if
}

<code>
"u" "/use " @splayer "\r" 
"uu" "/use " @splayer "\r" 
"uuu" "/use " @splayer "\r" 
"uuuu" "/use " @splayer "\r" 
</code>

=== Blood Mage's Feign Death ===
click4
{
$any_click
"/useitem Bloodstone /dead \r"
}

=== Basic Ranger Macro ===
''see [[Rangery]]''.

for Shieldstone Macro see [[Shieldstone]] page

===Set Variables Macro===
This macro is a pretty simple macro, but gives you an idea of what more involved macros do. This is an actual macro that I use to ''remind'' myself of my own macro commands available ''(similar to clan lord's built in macro help, using the same syntax)'' as well as a short help message ''(activated by '''/set <command> ?''')'' if needed. Note the use of the '''''@text.word''''' array (which is the automatically generated and filled with each word you enter in the text box. As always the first word after the trigger is actually zero ''0'' not ''1''.
"/set" //non-optimized to add: messageVariable and call InstructionMessages
{
if @text.word[0] == "?"
message "*The following variables are available to set using this command:"
pause 4
message "*verbose [0|1|?], longsleep [on|off|?]"
pause 4
message "*clock, bag [(number)], maxbag (number), wh(isper) [on|off], debug [on|1|off|0]"
else if @text.word[0] == "verbose"
if @text.word[1] == "?"
message "* This variable sets whether or not to associate an \"/action\" or \"/narrate\" with a macro."
pause 16
message "\"1\" is on, \"0\" is off."
if modeVerbose == 0
message "*Verbose mode is off."
else
message "*Verbose mode is on."
end if
else
if @text.word[1] == 1
setglobal modeVerbose @text.word[1]
else if @text.word[1] == 0
setglobal modeVerbose @text.word[1]
else
message "Error: Verbose Mode must be set to 0 or 1."
goto end
end if

if modeVerbose == "1"
message "*Verbose mode: On."
else if modeVerbose == "0"
message "*Verbose mode: Off."
end if
end if
else if @text.word[0] == "debug"
if @text.word[1] == "?"
message "*This variable sets whether debigger messages are displayed when testing a macro."
pause 12
if debug == 0
message "*debug is off."
else
message "*debug mode is on."
end if
else if @text.word[1] == 1
setglobal debug @text.word[1]
else if @text.word[1] == 0
setglobal debug @text.word[1]
else if @text.word[1] == "on"
setglobal debug 1
else if @text.word[1] == "off"
setglobal debug 0
else
message "Error: Debug Mode must be set to 0 or 1, or off and on."
goto end
end if
message "debug is set to: " debug
else if @text.word[0] == "longsleep"
if @text.word[1] == "?"
message "*This variable is used to toggle the long sleep macro \"on\" and \"off\"."
if longsleep == 0
message "*longsleep is off."
else
message "*longsleep is on."
end if
else if @text.word[1] == "off"
setglobal longsleep 0
message "*longsleep is off."
else if @text.word[1] == "on"
setglobal longsleep 1
message "*longsleep is on."
end if
else if @text.word[0] == "bag"
if @text.word[1] == "?"
message "*This variable is used to select a bag number to use for kudzu planting."
message "the current bag is " bag_number "."
end if
if @text.word[1] > 0
setglobal bag_number @text.word[1]
"/selectitem \"bag of kudzu seedlings <#" bag_number "\"\r"
message "the current bag is " bag_number "."
end if
else if @text.word[0] == "maxbag"
if @text.word[1] == "?"
message "*This variable is used to set how many kudzu bags you have on you."
message "the number of kudzu bags is " max_bag "."
end if
if @text.word[1] > 0
setglobal max_bag @text.word[1]
message "you number of kudzu bags is set at " max_bag "."
end if
end if

label end
}

===Torin's Exile Picker Macro===
// Pick a player at random.
"/pick" call exilepicker

exilepicker
{
set numPlayers 0
"/select " @last "\r"
set lastExile @selplayer.simple_name
"/select " @first "\r"
set Exile[1] @selplayer.name
if @selplayer.simple_name == lastExile
set numPlayers 1
goto ranPicker
end if
set exileCounter 1

label exileCountLoop
"/select " @next "\r"
set exileCounter + 1
set Exile[exileCounter] @selplayer.name
if @selplayer.simple_name == lastExile
set numPlayers exileCounter
goto ranPicker
end if
goto exileCountLoop

label ranPicker
set ranPick @random
set ranPick % numPlayers
set ranPick + 1
set randomExileClanning Exile[ranPick]
"/select " randomExileClanning "\r"
label endexilepicker
}

== Continued Reading ==

For more information on macros see the [[Links#Macro Information|Macro Information]] section on the links page.

If you want to go straight to the GM’s mouth check out [http://www.deltatao.com/clanlord/macros/manual.html|The Official Macro Manual] on the [http://www.deltatao.com/clanlord/|Delta Tao Clan Lord Section]

For more example macros and ideas for organizing your own, see [[Macros Contributed]].

For help with errors or problems with macros, see [[Troubleshooting macros]].

=Delta Tao’s Clan Lord Scripting Policy=
I would recommend reading this to be aware of DT’s stated policy regarding Macros. Be especially aware of any macros that give the character a benefit without any intervention of the clicker. Clickers using auto hunting and auto healing macros have been punished for running automatic, beneficial macros and made examples of more than once. This Section is from Delta Tao’s Site for the Acceptable uses of macros. No content has been changed, and it is here solely to make finding this information quick and easy. Delta Tao remains the copyright holder of this policy text.
START DELTA TAO SCRIPTING GUIDELINES.
==Overall Guidelines==

If you, the human, are paying attention to what's going on,
interacting with the world, and gaining enjoyment from doing so, then
you're fine. Macros that enrich your interactions without replacing
them, that embellish your play without playing for you, are "good
scripting".

If you're not there to notice what's happening, not playing the game
on a minute-to-minute basis, that's "bad scripting".

Naturally there are still borderline cases. If your character is on
a keep-awake macro in town while you sit at your desk, glancing up at
the game every couple of minutes, that's not ideal, but it's pretty
much okay by me. If you run the same macro while you go out to
dinner, that's bad. If your "keep-awake macro" includes killing rats
or healing people automatically, that's also bad.

A script that fires off a response automatically when someone does something rather than you hitting a key to fire off the script is frowned upon. One is closer to helping you play, the other closer to playing for you.

==Scripts Not Allowed==
*Looping Auto-hunt macros: Those that move a character in a direction random or not the loop.
*Looping Auto-heal macros: Those that allow another player to request for you to heal themselves or anyone else by moving to touch them or using a caduceus on them.

==Grey Area Macros==

*Keep Connection Alive Scripts: Those that keep you connected to the server for any length of time in order bypass the auto-disconnect script. The longer they keep you connected, the worse they are and more attention you'll attract. Often this is the wrong kind of attention.
*Looping Auto-reply macros: macro's that respond using any text bubble, pose, thank, curse, share, befriend, record automatically in response to any action scanned out of the event text log (using the @env.textLog command).
*Spamming Macros: Macros that, when triggered, quickly fill up lines in the text log faster than most people could reasonably read, ones that appear to make the text animate [i.e. ":)" ";)" ":)"] or that repeat the same sentence over and over. (Use "pause" with the number of frames to wait before continuing to speak and experiment with the time delay in a private place so you don't annoy other players.) [There are 4 frames per second]

==Encouraged Scripts==
Scripts that reduce typing and errors that are triggered with a key command or typed phrase, activate one time, then terminate gracefully.

==Violation of the Macro Policy==
Violations of these guidelines can result in arbitrary and extreme punishment based on the Game Master's mood.

==Exceptions==
The Script known as "Algernon" is the exception to these rules because we think he's cute and cuddly.

"Squib" is another auto-heal npc and has also been allowed to heal in town center.

©Copyright 2000, [[http://www.deltatao.com/ Delta Tao Software]].

=== Addendum ===
They are still not entirely sure about Stora.

CLUMP:Current events

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Click the Discussion Tab to see recaps of Lore Tours!

==2026==
*20261010: Lore Tour continues Saturday, October 10, 2026 at 10:00 This week we plan to head to the Shadow Forest and visit the Oubleir. Last we had found some Mantuan that offered hints on what to do with them, this time we’ll try some of that out. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20261003: Lore Tour returns Saturday, October 3, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we plan to visit the depths of Shadowspring to investigate the broken mirrors at the Gates of the Moon. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260923: Memorial for permanently fallen players:
[[File: 2026memorial.png|left|thumb| Exiles Gathered in the Memorial Garden]]

*20260919: This week, on September 19, 2026 at 10:00 (PST) the Lore Tour will journey through the Vale of Giants to the town of Fountfell. There, we’ll meet with the blacksmith Kasarra, who has been crafting Silksteel armor for us. We’ll find out whether it’s ready and perhaps pick her brain for other smithing ideas. Her ingenuity has already helped our blacksmiths learn many new techniques. If time allows, we’ll stop by the Rockslide Tavern to visit with Egremora. She always has great stories to share, and loves hearing ours in return. Perhaps we can tell her about our recent adventures in the Shadowspring Citadel and our encounter with the Skitterkin! Come prepared with a story or two of your own! (Also maybe Kasarra will take pity on Seaforth and craft him some new armor) — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Garr Garr]

*20260912: Lore Tour continues Saturday, September 12, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we plan to wander the lands to visit the V'wunquinhun and to receive their blessings. It’s is hard to believe it has been so long. Also, our plan is to focus on the other nine, since we ran into the one in Shadowspring last time. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260905: Lore Tour returns Saturday, September 5, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings and delve deeper into Shadowspring. We will need strong help and sharp minds to brave to darkness. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260904: Portal move announcement portal will move tomorrow or Saturday (~4-5 Sept) for all of September to Frigid Cavern. Depending on V'wunkays or anything special for v1500, maybe it will be more variable. Stay tuned to Koppi for any changes! — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.OrgDuLac Org Du Lac]

*20260822: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 22, 2026 at 10:00 This week we plan to divert slightly on the trail of the Skitterlings to deliver Trillbane his song! We've invited him over to the Rockslide Tavern in Fountfell for some needed refreshments, so we'll have to travel through Vale of Giants to meet up with him and hear the song Coriakin has written for him. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260815: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 15, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings and our exploration of the area beneath Shadowspring. As before, strong help of all kinds would be appreciated! — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20280808: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 8, 2026 at 10:00. This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. After our realization that the goats and Trillbane have finished the shortcut, we plan to stop by and tell Tart’targ of our progress before heading back beneath Shadowspring. Strong help will be needed to defeat the things crawling around in the darkness. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260801: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 1, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. With the earth aligned ancient machines charged, we plan to make our way north through Vale to the nodes north of there, ultimately making our way to the GMV Ruins. Last time in the Fire ruins the Mystics felt the Ick to the west, towards that area. While there we can try some different tactics against the Ick, hopefully we can find an effective approach. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260718: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the '''Skitterlings'''. We plan to meet with Tart’targ and catch up with her on our success in taking down an Ick Promontory. Then we’ll see if we can hunt down any more of them that may have appeared around the ancient machines in the Eastern Mountains. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260711: **Lore Tour** continues July 11th at 10AM (PST). This week we're planning to head into the **Shadowplane** to search for clues about the forgotten Oubleir in our efforts to find the Fruit of the Crooked Tree. Last time we were investigating them we talked with a large shadow mantuan in the Shadow forest and they mentioned that we had the wrong mantuan, and that the rest of the herd were smaller baby mantuan. We plan to search through the shadowplane to see if we can locate them and see what they might say. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

[[File: WantedSkitterlings.png|left|thumb| Skitterlings Wanted.]]
*20260704: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 4, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we will be continuing on the on the trail of the Skitterlings. Our plan is to meet again with Tart'targ, update her on our efforts and then check on some sightings of the Skitterlings near their nest in the Vale of Giants. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260620: Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 20, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we will continuing on the on the trail of the Skitterlings. Our plan is to meet with the Nacerean Order and talk with them about how we might be able to utilize blood magic in our efforts against the Ick. Maybe we could even get the bloodpool itself to help us out in some way.

*20260613: Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 13, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we will be needing some help on the trail of the Skitterlings. With the delivery of the Green Drake mushrooms to Tart’targ, we’re almost ready to delve into Shadowspring, but we need some time for the Goats to finish their digging and for us to finish composing a song for Trillbane. So we need your help in coming up with ideas to buy us time. What can we do to the Ick to stymie its spread or to distract it, slowing it from spreading further towards Sunspire and the other ancient machines? While catching up with Tart’targ we’ll share our theories and head over to one of the nodes to try some out. So bring your ideas, theories and equipment, explain how it might help, then we can try it out and see what happens. Hopefully we can figure out a plan from this testing.
**So far we’ve observed that the Ick seems to be growing, seeing out the energies of the ancient machines. The Skitterlings, it seems, are just along for the ride. Hopefully that’s helpful in forming your ideas.

*20260606: Lore Tour returns Saturday, June 6, 2026 at 10:00. This week we will travel through the Vale of Giants to the Heartwood Glade in search of the Green Drake mushrooms that Tart’targ needs to help us get deeper into Shadowspring. And as a reminder, we promised her we wouldn’t imbibe them ourselves, lest our bodies be turned into mud and forced to wander without our minds. ⁠hunting_hall⁠ While there, we also plan on checking on the progress the goats, Trillbane, and the Mountain Hermit have made on making a shortcut into Shadowspring. We had last wrangled some unruly goats with them, so hopefully they’ve made good progress. ⁠hunting_hall⁠ Once we gather the mushrooms, we need to make sure we get them back to Tart’targ, as they are prone to spoilage. When we get back to her, we can report on the spread of the Ick we had observed near the GMV Ruins creeping up towards Sunspire. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260530: Hello, bards and others! The May 30th concert will be our next themed concert. The concert will feature music inspired by or written about the Shadowplane. I’m sure everything will be fine and there will be no unexpected visitors or unfortunate occurrences. Bards, you’re invited to write something new about the Shadowplane! This isn’t officially a contest, just a composing challenge, but I’ve already received some donations so…. Who knows what’ll happen!

[[File: LTatSPwEle.png|left|thumb| Lore Tour Consults a Shadow-phant, and learns to do nothing.]]

*20260523: Lore Tour continues Saturday, May 23, 2026 at 10:00. This week we will return to the Shadow Forest. As a reminder, we had been working for some time on a way to restore the altar in the Windweft Ice Caves, to restore access to Purgatory and maybe see if we could help the spirit of Gaiyl return. To do that, we were tracking down how the Ancients built the altars in the first place. From the stories left in their triangle language near the Ancient machines we know that Mataline had went to the Shadowplane and stole a piece of shadow and brought it back with her. Stories that Egremora told us say that with that piece stone was infused with the power of the shadows to become altars. From other stories from the protectorate, we’ve been able to put together that this piece of shadow was actually fruit of the crooked tree. From that same crooked tree we were presented two seeds, one that we planted in Fane, and the other that was planted in the Dreamless Protectorate. By feeding the Fane seedling, it eventually grew into a tree with an entrance to the Shadow Forest. It is our hope that our next clues on where to find the fruit we need to make progress. While there, we will try and make sense of the forgotten Oubleir. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260516: The week on Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 10:00 (PST) the Lore Tour will be checking up on the bees we helped settle into one of the caves in the Ash Barrens. But before we go there, we'll be heading into the Greymyr Passes to meet up with Nauliana the beekeeper. Hopefully we can convince her to join us in visiting the bees and maybe she can teach us ways to help them thrive. We'll see where that leads us and I sure everything will be totally 100% safe. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Garr Garr]

*20260509: Lore Tour continues Saturday, May 9, 2026 at 10:00. This week we will continue on the trail of the Skitterlings checking in on the ancient machines in the eastern mountains to see what the Ick has been up to. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260502: **Lore Tour** returns 10AM PST. This week we will return again to the **Book Fort**, this time we plan to head to the Sky-library. While we’re there we’ll try and sort out the whole regal situation between the jerk knights and Seaforth.

*20260425: BARD CONCERT

*20260418: Lore Tour continues Saturday, April 18, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we will return into the Book Fort, this time heading to the Mosey Meadows.

*20260411: This week on Saturday, April 11, 2026 at 10:00 (PST), the Lore Tour will be heading up to Sombrion’s Cloud to investigate something strange going on. A friend of mine was recently up there doing some “research” when all of a sudden a Sarir ran by screaming. Something about “Run!” and “It just landed!” He just thought it was your normal Sarir ramblings and didn’t follow up because it was just a Sarir you know? But when he told me, I figured we should probably go check it out. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260404: Lore Tour returns Saturday, April 4, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we will venture into the Book Fort! — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260314: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 14, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). Double check that time! This week we plan to pay a visit to the Verminate on Ash to see what they’ve been up to lately in tormenting the Darshak. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260307: Lore Tour returns Saturday, March 7, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings by searching for some inspiration for @Coriakin’s song about Trillbane. — Phroon

*20260221: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 21, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan help Trillbane wrangle some goats that have wandered away from clearing the path to Shadowspring. Trillbane mentioned they were last seen in the rocky areas above Vale, so we’ll check there first. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260214: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue our investigations into the Skitterlings and the Ick. We plan to check on the nest we’ve found below the Vale of Giants, we also hope to run into Trillbane and ask how me might be able to help clear the way into Shadowspring Citadel.

*20260207: Lore Tour returns Saturday, February 7, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to investigate the new Stout Chains, traveling deep into the Orga Stronghold to hunt for Fire Water. We may also poke around and see if we can figure out how the Orga make the stuff and reproduce it ourselves. While out that way, if we see Trillbane we also plan to ask him about how the goats are doing on clearing the way into Shadowspring, and what we might do to speed that up. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260124: Lore Tour continues Saturday, January 24, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to use the current portal armistice to investigate the Heart of Ice in the Glacial Deeps. Hopefully we can meet the Fountfell smith Kasarra there and show them what we’ve been able to discover so far. We also hope to talk to some of the Windspinners there to see what they have been able to learn.

*20260117: Lore Tour continues Saturday, January 17, 2026 at 10:00. This week we plan to catch up on the status of the Bath House. I’ve heard a report from Loom'tir that most of the staff have returned from a mandatory Peaceton vacation, and that they could use help with the finishing touches for their grand reopening.

*20260110: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 10, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. Following up on the investigation of the fighter nodes in the Eastern Mountains we plan to visit with Tart’targ and discuss what we’ve both observed. We also plan to deliver most of the materials that we were tasked to collect a while ago that would be used in a ritual to get down to where the Skitterlings seemed to be coming from in Shadowspring.

*20260103: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 3, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. Before the Bawkmas holiday Tart’targ identified that the Skitterlings seemed to be spreading along with a strange vine-web substance. We’ve since seen Skitterlings and this substance near several of the ancient machines in the Eastern Mountains. We plan to continue our investigation by traveling to the earth attuned machines and checking on their current status.

==2025==
*20251213: Lore Tour returns Saturday, December 13, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. Last week we unexpectedly found one of their nests underneath Vale in the ruins up to Fountfell, suggesting they have expanded outwards from their spot beneath Shadowspring. We plan to revisit the nest and see what else we can learn from it.

[[File:CL-20251206-Skittlerlings.png|thumb|frame|left|These guys are in quite the predicament!]]
*20251206: Lore Tour returns Saturday, December 6, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings with a trip through the Vale of Giants to check on the goat’s progress on clearing a path into Shadowspring for Trillbane.

*20251122: Lore Tour continues Saturday, November 22, 2025 at 10:00. This week we plan to check in with the Verminate Two. Five (as they were five vermin in a cloak) became Two after Three stayed behind to rule over the mountain of lunch boxes we had delivered. We then invited Two to join us in Puddleby where they were learning to cook in Haricot’s kitchen. The Verminate were working on plans to topple the Darshak buildings in Ash City, as well as learning rune magic. We hope to check in with them and see what progress they’ve made and if we can be of any help.—Phroon

[[File:CL-2025115-Dance_Off.png|thumb|frame|left|The November 15st 2025 Lore tour Dance Off!]]
*20251115: Instead of your usual Lore Tour, it's a dance off Dance Off!

*20251108: Lore Tour returns Saturday, November 8, 2025 at 10:00 (PST). (Double check that time!). This week we plan to return to the trail of the Skitterlings. We plan to head through Vale of Giants to Heartwood Glade to check on the progress of the path into Shadowspring. With luck the goats may have broken enough rock to make us a path inside. Strong help as always would be appreciated. — Phroon

[[File:CL-20251101LoreTour.png|thumb|frame|left|The November 1st 2025 Lore tour meets at the alliance castle.]]
*20251101: Lore Tour returns Saturday, November 1, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). (Double check that time!). This week we plan to have a spooky Tsrrin themed adventure. The day of the dead will be over so you can come back out of the library and don your costume to celebrate with us!

*This month's bard concert will be in the bards' guild hall on Saturday October 25th at 11AM (PDT). Normally we have our Feast of Tsirrin concert in the playhall, but we need to be in the bards' guild building because it'll also be Valadorei's audition to become a full bard! I hope you can all make it out to support her!

*20251018: Lore Tour continues Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue our Ethereal Science with Bosun Higgs on western Tenebrion’s Island in efforts to repair the damage that the Darshak had done to the Ethereal Plane. It seems that Higgs has already successfully removed the Kyuem the Darshak had forced into place, but there is still more work to be done.

*20251011: **Lore Tour** continues Saturday October 11 at 10AM (PDT) After the nothing-counts tour of last week we again plan to head through **Vale of Giants** up to **Fountfell** to speak with the smiths there about our success in locating the heart of ice. A while ago they were searching for the heart in hopes to use it in the process of creating some kind of armor. Vale has been particularly happy when we’ve visited recently, so strong help would be appreciated.

*20251004: Lore Tour returns Saturday, October 4, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to head through Vale of Giants up to Fountfell to speak with the smiths there about our success in locating the heart of ice. A while ago they were searching for the heart in hopes to use it in the process of creating some kind of armor. Vale has been particularly happy when we’ve visited recently, so strong help would be appreciated.

*20250927: Bard Concert: Bard Concert on Saturday, September 27, 2025 at 11:00! I'll bring 2 new songs (one of which is for the contest and the other one is exploring more of my CLmetal / CLrock era) and others are hoping to have new stuff too! — Bingro

*20250925: Dear Puddleby Friends,
**It is time to pause and remember those we have lost over the years.
**Baffina & Baffette, Eyeball, K’Pyn, The Good Cat, Tonoto, Tyndall, Xenos & Panos are much missed in Puddleby and in the world. Each year we come together on or around the anniversary of Tyndall’s passing, 20 years ago, in order to celebrate the lives of these friends who have passed, as well as others we miss.
**Please join us to share memories, whiskey, cigars, beer, songs, and bonfires in the Memorial Garden outside Alliance Castle on Thursday, September 25, 2025 at 19:00 (PDT). Here in Puddleby we call it "mosey time." Follow the candles from West Gate.
**Whether you knew them or not, whether you are a regular in Puddleby, brand new, or watch from the library, please feel welcome. We would love to see you. Please also reach out to friends who might not see this message – we'd love to see them, too.
**Xenos & Panos wished us all “a happy and fruitful life and the good sense to live it with no regrets.”
*20250913: Lore Tour returns Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:00. This week we plan to head through Vale of Giants to Heartwood Glade to check on the progress on clearing the way into Shadowspring. We’ve been digging our way to Shadowspring to investigate the mysterious Skitterlings scuttling beneath the citadel. Both Trillbane and Tart’targ have been helping us, so we’re planning on stopping by to see if they need anything.

*20250906: Lore Tour returns Saturday, September 6, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to head to Tenebrion’s Island to check on the abandoned Darshak Temple where they were conducting ethereal research. Lugubrion had asked us to remove ethereal detritus from a stash there. There were also report of some sort of ethereal accountant there, we plan to investigate that as well. — Phroon

*20250829: Friday, August 29, 2025 at 19:00 (PDT) the mosey (and Whirlwind) will be bringing those interested to book 2

*20250823: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 23, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to head to Ash City to deliver lunch to Five. Pack up on lunch boxes from Haricot’s and be prepared to fight some Darshak.

*20250816: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 16, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to head back to the Glacial Deeps beneath the Frigid Caverns in Silversnag Ascent in the Eastern Mountains to continue our investigations into the Heart of Ice. This week we hope to talk to the Windspinners there about the Heart and other discoveries.

*20250802: Lore Tour returns Saturday, August 2, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. With mushrooms in hand from last time, we plan to scout around Fountfell looking for potential ways into the depths below Shadowspring. We’ve been able to recruit the assistance of Trillbane for a cut of the spoils and a song. Perhaps he’ll be willing to help us find the trailhead.

*20250719: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 19, 2025 at 10:00AM (PDT). To continue our investigation into the mysterious Skitterlings found beneath Shadowspring Citadel we plan to go hunting for the mushrooms Tart’targ needs to unseal the path down to where the Skitterlings are believed to be nesting. We plan to start our search by meeting with her to remind ourselves what we’re looking for.

*20250628: Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to visit with the inscrutable Mountain Hermit in the Vale of Giants gauntlet to ask him about the current goings on in the Eastern Mountains. There’s been a lot going on; our search for the Stormlyric Monastery, explorations of the Frigid Cavern for the Heart of Ice, and a council of different factions discussing Sombrion’s presence. And that’s on top of our recent discovery and investigation of the skitterlings. The hermit’s enigmatic perspective on these things will help guide our turbulent investigations. — Phroon

*20250607: This week the Lore Tour will be heading back to the bowels of Ash Island to investigate what our vermine and spriggin friends have been up to since we last visited. While there we should probably be on the lookout for The Widow Lactrodectia and her creations. Also, We will probably try to rob any rich new Darshak Lords that have settled in Rosentide since the last time we looted the place. All these things and more may or may not happen! Join us to find out! — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Garr Garr]

*20250605: v1436. When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of human civilization — Daniel Webster (1782–1852)
**Sorry for the delay. Our gerbils were a bit overwhelmed by the amount of art pouring into our library (over 8200 individual images!) They needed some cuddles, reassurance, and a little reprogramming.
**Speaking of 8200+ amazing pieces of artwork: thank you again to our volunteer artists, who have been expanding the Clan Lord world for the past 25 (27?) years. We wouldn’t be the same without you!

*20250531: Coriakin reports: Bard concert at Lugubrion's Keep next weekend! Saturday, May 31st at 11AM pacific time. Come on out and hear some organ music!

[[file:fountfell-lore-tour.png|thumb|The Lore Tour in Fountfell]]
*20250517: Lore Tour continues Saturday, May 17, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT) this week we will visit the Rockslide Tavern in Fountfell to hear stories from Egremora and to ask about the strange Skitterlings we saw deep inside Shadowspring Citadel. We may also stop by and visit with Pelaegia to get her perspective on these strange creatures. — Phroon

*20250510: **Lore Tour** continues 10AM (PDT) this week we will travel deep into **Shadowspring Citadel**. Known as the Gates of the Moon by the Ancients, these ruins housed a tear to the Shadowplane that was sealed by exiles years ago. We plan to delve its depth to reveal any new mysteries, and to check on the odd skittering creatures we saw before. We will need strong help to brave the dangers within, including those versed in revealing the rifts and traps within, as well as some of our friends who have trained plenty of Horus.
[[File:CL-Fountain 2025-05-07.png|thumb]]
*20250507: Update v1432
**Yes, I will spend the livelong day
**With Nature in this month of May;
**And sit beneath the trees, and share
**My bread with birds whose homes are there.
**“In May” — W. H. Davies (1871–1940)
**Thank you to our volunteers and artists for their continued work!
**Other than some behind-the-scenes bug fixes, everything else for this update is a secret. Or maybe not-so-secret?

*20250419: Lore Tour continues Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT) this week we have a trip led by the Fledgelings into the Bookfort. Check it out, at your local library. — Phroon

*20250412: Lore Tour returns Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT) this week we plan to head to the Shadowplane and the Protectorate to hunt for clues on how to succeed in future trips to the Shadow Forest. If there's time, we may also visit some Shadowbears. Strong help and bright lanterns will be needed to traverse the dangerous plane.

*20250405: Lore Tour returns Saturday, April 5, 2025 at 10:00AM (PDT) this week we plan to delve into The Land of Dank Believe aka Bookfort. We plan to revisit previous year’s sections of the Bookfort including exciting adventures like fighting in a book on the moon and defeating a wizard on a cloud. Please suspend your disbelief at the door.
*Next Update April 2nd. — Phroon

*20250322: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 22, 2025 at 10:00 (AM PDT) this week we plan to head to Silversnag Ascent and the Frigid Cavern to continue our investigations into the Heart of Ice. Rumor says there may be others looking for the same thing we are, maybe they’ll have some clues for us. — Phroon

*20250315: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 15, 2025 at 10:00AM (PDT) this week we plan to select a plan from various plans. We are awaiting confirmation of the plan while we plan to make our selection. We hope to plan on your attendance. (Silversnag? TI? Shadowplane? East Forest!? Who knows where Lore Tour will go!?).
**Lore Tour update: This week we plan to travel to TI to investigate the Darshak Temple that was under construction there. — Phroon

*20250308: **Lore Tour** continues 10AM PST. this week we plan to go on an adventure hosted by the Order of the Fledgelings!

*20250305 v1423 Update
**Choice is how you can tell an intelligent man from a fool. — Henrik Ibsen (1828–1906)
**You’ll have to explore to see what’s new this Chaos Storm.

*20250301: **Lore Tour** returns 10AM PST this week we plan to drop on by **Sombrion’s Keep** to explore the appropriated island and to deliver materials towards a permanent Agronox landing pad. We’ll be needing plenty of agronox feathers, mirror shards, logs of wood, sturdy limbs, skiens of silk, blue baubles, and shiny medallions. We’ll also see if we can fit in some squabbling with a Wizard, or at least a good rifling through his things.
*20250215: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 15, 2025 at 10:00 (PST) this week we plan to head to Ash City to do some more ambassadorial liaising in the Gorvin tradition. Following our defeat of Endrondus there’s sure to be some interesting things happening in Rosentide.

*20250208: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 8, 2025 at 10:00AM (PST) this week we plan to head to the Shadow Forest and the Shadow Bard’s Field! Strong help and many lanterns will be needed to survive. — Phroon

*20250205 v1419 Update
**We love the things we love for what they are. — Robert Frost (1874–1963)
**Testing potential new Champion ability: Charge. It has some small limits to the number of uses for now, until we figure out balancing. Apply for testing in Champ HQ.
**A few stubbornly wild pets can now be tamed by healers.
**Boostus got a little boost.
**Young lights can now better ward off the dangers of the dark.

*20250201: Lore Tour returns Saturday, February 1, 2025 at 10:00 (PST) this week we plan to head back to Silversnag Ascent and the Frigid Cavern to check on the crumbling ice within. These Ancient ruins always seem to contain much history for us to understand. — Phroon
*20250118: (10AM PST) Lore Tour this week plans to explore the Shadow Forest. Strong help and sun lanterns will be required.
*20250111: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 11, 2025 at 10:00 (PST) this week we plan to head back to Ash to continue our investigate Ausrine’s mysterious Ankh. I'm sure we'll encounter absolutely no more misunderstandings whatsoever.

*20250104: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 4, 2025 at 10:00 (PST)this week we plan to head deep into to the third circle of the Abyss to investigate Ausrine’s mysterious Ankh. Strong help would be appreciated for this trip.

*20250101 v1414 Update
**I have learned that to be with those I like is enough. — Walt Whitman (1819–1892)
**Season’s Belated Beatings!

==2024==
*20241221: Lore Tour continues Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 10:00AM PST this week we plan to return to Silversnag Ascent to search for a heart of ice for Kasarra’s smithing experiments. — Phroon
*20241214 10AM PST: Arbordale, Puddleby, Merdi, day 22 of Autumn, 639.
Letter to Giben at Fountfell
**Titus [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Kojiro Kojiro] DeLouche St. Thoomingnon, son of Pomponious, Lord Seaforth, to Giben, Dwarf - If you and the scouting party are well I shall be glad. From your official despatch I have, in common with everyone else, received the liveliest satisfaction; for you have given us that strong hope of success, of which, in sole reliance on you, I was assuring everyone. The emissary smith has taught to Powean the working of litharge. To practical end, he has learned the making of the Gilded Breastplate which was awarded me in recognition of valor on behalf of the People. This he learned only after smashing to
**Issues remain. We know not how to channel the Earth’s power through the armor, beyond its shining brilliance to strike fear into the hearts of enemies sensible of it. Further, I have reread the minutes of that initial meeting with Kassara, who defamed my biceps, from which it is clear that a second armor type was discussed of which Powean has not been taught. This is referred to as flexible, perhaps a mesh, perhaps for rapid attackers rather than line troops. The requirements mentioned steel, lead, arachnoid silk and ice. I know not whether the reference to ice is meant literally – is it an annealing step? A type of ice magic? I pray we will not be competing with the Mystics for sapphires.
**Your correspondence reaches me here, conveyed by what means I know not, from Fountfell. It seems we must send you another scouting party, as the above questions remain to be resolved. Do send reports regarding the route, in particular the grasping cedar forest west of the settlement. I will bring you a package of the smoked jellyfish I know to be your favorite and not native to high altitudes. We return this Saturday, December 14, for Lore Tour. Watch for our coming.
*20241123 10AM PST: At the behest of Pirate King, Witchy Kitty, [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Stinkfist Captain Stinkfist]:
**Arrr, now that we have successfully lulled Endrondus into a false sense of security, it is time to enact the Pirate King's daring and cunning plan to undermine the Darshak Cult. Yarr, this plan is top secret and will be explained on the day.
**Enclosed is a doodle of the Witchy Kitty Pirate King winking* — Valadorei
*20241116 10AM PST: “Arrr! Witchy Kitty Pirate King here! We will be following up on our Rainbow Diplomacy efforts! I'm told we should visit Alder to discuss the Bee Prophecy and related things, so yarr, seems like a good place to start. We also have our new friends from the Verminate and our Spriggin allied uhh mercenaries err... special advisors to the Verminate. The Verminate will need more shiny things for the rainbow generator, so bring shiny things, sunstones and gems of any kind are specially needed. Probably bring them snacks too, what is the food equivalent of the shiniest gem? Bring the answer to that question please. For our Spriggin friends..... yarr just bring coins for them. The Witchy Kitty Pirate King of Lok'Groton will make a substantial donation and the Forces of Whimsy would surely look very kindly upon a large gift of coins from Puddleby. Lastly, time permitting, yarr we got this very bad darshak priest man named Endrondus, he is a very bad man and for the good of the island chain, he gots to go. He needs to die for his many crimes going back centuries, definitely not because we built a rainbow generator and gave it to sentient vermine right in front of him. We totally didnt do that... and if we did it was on purpose and part of a much larger plan in accordance with The Gorvin Mandate regarding the Darshak Cult. Fun and inventive and practical ways to dispose of this very bad darshak man are welcome. See you there! With Love, The Witchy Kitty Pirate King” — Stinkfist

*20241109 10AM PST: Arbordale, Puddleby, Sombdi, day 71 of Spring, 639.
**Letter to Giben at Fountfell
**Giben - The state of things in regard to my steel visions, in which I know that you are supremely interested, and our subsequent discoveries beneath Melabrion Bay is this, as far as can be as yet conjectured. The ceiling ore is steel and lead alloyed, and delivery of ingots of what I refer to here as ‘litharge’ has been secured to skilled metalworkers in Fountfell, said ingots being alloy and bone ash. The ingots are stamped with a Dwarven symbol for Earth, for lead, and a sword, referencing steel. You may share my skepticism as to virtue of the litharge to us, as warriors – boluses for slings? will we have boots of lead, for stamping vermine, or fighting on the sea floor? Recall our schooling in philology – I believe the litharge stamp to be a specifier of the Champion in the ancient language of the Even Shorter Dwarves.
**I call upon you to join me this approaching Saturday for Lore Tour, and I will make the same demand upon all Puddlebeans. Saturday, then, we lead with steel and follow with lead. We shall make a concerted expedition to this Fountfell, this mountain beyond the History of Salandra, and there turn speculation into knowledge. — Titus Kojiro DeLouche St. Thoomingnon, Lord Seaforth
[[File:CL-v1406SplashScreen.png|thumb|frame|right|The v1406 Clan Lord Splash Screen]]
*20241106: CL v1406 Update
**Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion. — Democritus (c. 460 bce – c. 370)
**A statue remembering The Good Cat has been added to the Memorial Garden.
**A few cats waited until exiles were done trick-or-treating to put on their own costumes, wander around, and beg for treats.
**Improved <mumble>, <mumble>, and <mumble>.
**Three new areas will now properly give exploration awards. Anyone who has explored these areas already will be able to do so again to receive the reward. — Delta Tao

*20241102 10AM PDT: Come help us fulfil a prophecy with Science! Or something like that. I'm not in charge. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Garr Garr]

*20241019 10AM PDT: Lord Seaforth (formerly Kojiro):
**Attn Puddleheads: A Levée is called to new ore finds in Tokhans - Saturday, Lore Tour. The gods demand Metal. I demand fancier armor. Bring tools.

*20241005 10AM PDT: Lore Tour returns this Saturday to the shadow garden in the haunted fane. After all the extra trips we made, we now believe that we may have enough dream fragments to grow the tree even bigger! Nothing could possibly go wrong as the seed was freely given! We'll likely need a strong group to ensure the success of this endeavor so make sure to show up.

*20240921 10AM PDT: THE TRIAL BY PUN-BAT OF PAULA FRESHLAND!!! Happuning Saturday 10 am PST. Don’t miss your chance to see just-ice snow its hand in the Puddleby Courthouse! Will Maximus try to defend his damsel and wind up in damncell or will he get rid of his jailousy and shake Paula’s clutch on him and purse-ue a path of honor and truth. The Punsecutor General will be handling the trial on behalf of the people and all other Puddleby citipuns. You.Cannot.Afford.To.Miss.This!!!! — Pun’isher

*20240907 10AM (PDT): GREETINGS PUDDLEBEARS AND PUDDLEBEANS. THE GREAT BEAR SPIRIT HAS BEEN KEEPING WATCH OVER OUR SHADOW NOT-BEAR FRIENDS, AND HAS NOTICED THAT THEY HAVE BEEN GROWING IN POWER. THE GREAT BEAR SPIRIT ADVICES US TO SHOW THEM OUR PUDDLE HONOR, BY ENGAGING IN SOME DIPLOMATIC WRESTLING ON THEIR TURF. WE SHALL MAUL AND SLASH TO EXCHANGE BEAR KNOWLEDGE. BRING HONEY. — Biro

*20240817: Arr, Puddleby! I have been keeping my bees informed of da news, but dey told me da uvver bees are restless. Dey are not satisfied wit second hand news nor wit so few of us reportin' it. Reekfoot's weddin' is da hops what broke da bison's back.
**DEREFORE (da Captain said dat part is important) we are going to visit my bees on August 17, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT) to make dis right. After we tell dem da news officially, we will ask what we can do to assuage da uvver bees' bovveration. Warm up your newsing voices. Polish your armour. Bring your big axes an' wax your moonstones. Dis could get messy. — Dandelion

*20240810: Proclamation from the Pirate King:
**Arrr, so a Rumorstorm has informed me that my brother, local traveling non-darshak pirate blood conjurer Reekfoot has gotten married and did not invite me due to his unhappiness at placing 3rd in the 420th Regional Dance Offs. I am told from a presumably reliable source that Rumorstorm heard that Reekfoot has indeed married some Darshak of some amount of renown. FURTHERMORE, I heard tell that Reekfoot NOW wants an audience with us, the Citizens of Puddleby What's gonna go down? I dunno, there is a lot of information flying around, what has everyone else heard? Cuz I heard the UoP Janitors totally murdered the dance floor at the reception. I also heard we are going to do GREAT!
**7 word summaries:
***Reekfoot makinup fer sumting, bloo peel, PROFIT!
***Killing Darshaks for Profit, or for Reekfoot...

*20240803: oh uh, Lore Tour: We're fighting Shadow Plane nihilism. Which is, obviously, the worst kind of nihilism. — Ausrine

*20240727: It almost time again! On July 27th at 11AM (PDT) we'll be hearing Aurelie audition for Questership und thus hear lots of new music you certainly don't want to miss out on! Also, rumour has it, there is a surprise waiting to be revealed at or around the concert!
*20240720: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 20, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we plan to follow up on some strange new apparitions sighted during a recent visit to the Shadowplane. Was it a one-off sighting? We'll need strong fighters and would welcome mystics, especially those with a sun lantern. If we don't have enough mystical support, we may go mad and climb the walls or gnaw off each others' limbs. — Phroon

*20240713: Lore Tour Saturday July 13th and 10AM PDT: The Romanus Mystery
**An intriguing cold case file came to light in the last month. During the bank counter heist Romanus was killed—or was he? We need to ascertain whether Romanus was always a shadow guild agent that exiles killed, or was he replaced by an agent. Judging by the events as recorded by the PPD, Romanus wouldn’t have helped the exiles if he was simply a shadow guild agent. Assuming that is true, If he is alive, and was captured by shadow guild agents, then we have to find where they are keeping him. Given the roster of Puddleby Police Department is down to 2 active members — myself & lieutenant deputy of puns, Pun’isher. We need all able citizens to help us crack this case. — Sheriff Noivad

*20240706: [https://discord.gg/W688R9aM?event=1254919822534250597 Lore Tour] Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 6, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we plan to travel to Fountfell and Silversnag Ascent to follow up on clues about the history of Mataline's Silver Key.

*20240629: Next bard concert will be Saturday June 29th at 11AM pacific time, featuring the return of @Bingro and hopefully @Fantasia too! If I did this right, this should be your local time: Saturday, June 29, 2024 11:00 AM (PDT).
*20240622: Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 22, 2024 10:00 AM. — Phroon
*20240615:Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 15, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we will be traveling with the mysterious Orchid into Fane to show her the sapling that has been growing in the Shadowy garden there. It is our hope that she will be able to lend us some clarity as to what might happen if we continue to foster the tree’s growth. As usual, strong help would be useful, Rinakki isn’t the most welcomed in Fane anymore and will need our help in reaching the garden. — Phroon

*20240608: Lore Tour returns Saturday, June 8, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we will be visiting with Rinakki to discuss the newly planted seeds growing in the Fane Shadowgarden and the Shadowplane Protectorate. — Phroon

*20240601: Lore Tour returns Saturday, June 1, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we will travel into Fane and check in on the shadowy garden within. — Phroon
*20240518: Greetings! Have any of you been experiencing a strong pull to go to the shadowplane during the lore tour this weekend? Im sure there has to be a reason behind this alluring humming I keep hearing. It's causing me to have some very strong feelings, a sort of yearning to go where I belong. Would you folks be willing to check it out? We should speak with the Evenas and any of those who follow the Way of the Candle and ask if they have experienced this in the past. There's almost no chance of anything bad happening. Feel free to bring your brooms just in case though. — Brisk
**Normal time, Saturday, May 18, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT).
**Soul Hunter summary: Shadowplane. Lotsa lore, some tour. Good things only.
*20240511: Lore Tour continues Saturday, May 11, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we plan to help Pavela’s contact Five on Ash disrupt the Darshak supply lines.

*20240504: Lore Tour returns Saturday, May 4, 2024 10:00 AM. This week we plan to travel meet with Pavela and then travel to Ash to do what we usually in Ash City. Darshak be warned. — Phroon

*20240427: Bard concert coming soon! We'll be back in the guild hall this weekend so questers can play too if they want. Hope to see you there this Saturday 11AM PDT.
[[File:CL-LoreDanceOff20240420.png|right|thumb|The Lore Dance Off.]]

*20240420: xLore Tour continues Saturday, April 20, 2024 10:00 AM. For a date this special, Stinkfist has sent the following plan:
**Lore Tour: The 420th Randomly-Timed Regional Lok'Groton Championship Dance Off
**Yarr so apparently it is indeed time for Regionals. You may have noticed the various established dance crews practicing in the book fort's new Arboretum! You also may have been at the last lore tour where Reekfoot showed up and totally served Puddleby in an attempt to demoralize and psych us out before Regionals.
**So what ARE Regionals? Why is this the first I'm hearing about this?
**It’s a dance off obviously. I dunno, that isn't for me to say, seems like a you thing but I am told it goes back to the "Times of the Ancients" or something.
**But to explain anyways so we can establish THE RULES and THE PRIZES
**Each dance crew will perform one dance routine which will be judged by a panel of highly qualified judges. The judges will score each performance. After every crew has performed there will be an audience vote, which is what actually matters, this is just the way the Ancients did things. I don't pretend to understand why judges if a popular vote determines who wins, I didn't make up the rules, I'm just officiating them.
**Cheating! Is oddly legally allowed by the rules. So we should expect Reekfoot to try and pull SOMETHING devious and probably violent in an attempt to win.
**The rules also state that ANYONE can enter solo or as a crew and individuals are technically allowed to be in multiple dance crews if they choose.
**THE PRIZES:
***1st Prize: Ownership of an empty hut of your choosing in the West Phisney Island Outpost neighborhood. Decorate as you please! + A Big Box of Book Fort Swag + 200k to split amongst your dance crew
***2nd Prize: 1 very large pile of coins (100k) + A Big Box of Book Fort Swag
***3rd Prize: A big box of book fort swag + a reasonably nice pile of coins (50k)
**Where are we dancing off at? The Puddleby Player's Theater in West Puddleby
**When again? 10am PDT on Saturday the 4/20th
**Who are the judges again? Famed local residents of Lok'Groton who we are friendly with and your Pirate King, who is a judge purely to prevent Reekfoot from winning.
**Last place will be awarded personalized Odius Ode courtesy of Pun'isher.

*20240413: Lore Tour continues Saturday, April 13, 2024 10:00 AM: Lore Tour: The Phisney Island Follow Up
**Arrr! Pirate King Witchy Kitty and Magician Majesticos Stinky here again to tell you all about what awesome thing we will be doing next.
**First up, we got some Direbears to welcome to Phisney Island and say Rawr hey tharr to! That'll be nice, for bears are our friends!
**Since they are usually close by, we should probably go and let the Sarir know what has been going on.
**Then, we got some loose ends to tie up, starting with Pavela, Kestrel's Spy on the island that we so generously allowed to walk last we were there. We will need to deal with her in some fashion. There are ideas of how to do this being floated.
**Lastly.. we got that Abyss tainted Darshak mini-temple that Venables hid in to deal with. So we are going to test some of Katpus and the Janitor's research regarding rainbow death/life cannons on it.
**So yarr, we are going to blast the crap out it with rainbows powered by cutting edge magical science and the awesome knowledge of the University of Puddleby! Go Science!
**I’m sure we'll learn something from the test. So yarr we are probably gonna need some mystics and other sources of sun energy and sunbeams for this! Also if ya got any rubies, sapphires, or even topaz bring them! Also sun zu! That seems helpful!
**A responsible ethereal trained mystic would be appreciated as we will be unleashing large amounts of rainbows near an active kyeum but science hasnt proven any ill effect of rainbows on things ethereal but it is yarr like wise to keep an eye on such things just to be safe!
**Soul Hunter's TLDR: Bears, Sarir, Haha Spy, Rainbow Blast Abyssness!
*20240406: Lore Tour returns Saturday, April 6, 2024 10:00 AM. This time we will delve into the Book Fort! — Phroon
*20240403: The v1375 update is scheduled for Wednesday 3 April 2024. —Phroon
*20240330: This month's concert is about a week away: Saturday, March 30, 2024 11:00 AM (PST). It's been a while since we've heard any organ music, so we're thinking of having it at Lugubrion's Keep (assuming that we can find someone to open for us). Hope to see you there!
*20240323: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 23, 2024 10:00 AM, we have the following message from Stinkfist:
**Black flags have been spotted on the ocean!
**Lets go steal their stuff!
**Cuz iz my birfday!
**Arr!
**The Witchy Kitty Pirate King Magician Majesticos Cap'n Stinky
*20240316: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 16, 2024 10:00 AM (PST). This time we will return to the Shadowplane to continue our investigations and check out of the shadowbears have been up to anything. As usual, strong help would be appreciated. —Phroon
*20240309: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 9, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT)! Summary from Stinkfist:
**Arrr here ye here ye!
**We will be heading to the Phisney Island Outpost for the signing of a historic treaty!
**Our local notary Brisk will preside over the signing of this treaty. Surely this will go smoothly and without any snags or unknown unknowns, as Brisk has one job and yarr!
**So come! Sign this most historical treaty and hang out with our Allies!
**Soul Hunter's TLDR: Brisk, Phisney Island, fancy paper, sign it!

* 20240302: March 2nd, 10AM PDT: Arrr! Hear this declaration from the Pirate King: This Saturday will mark one "finally" off our calendar — deposing the so-called leader of the Darshak on Phisneyland Island, Penn Venables.
**Penn's been hiding in his half-built temple for decades now since we repeatedly shamed him in battle. Based on a tip we got from a dead Darshak, we learned he'll be out and about and vulnerable during this week's Lore Tour. We were told to be careful because of his weapons of mass destruction.
**Ambassador Gorvin tells us that letting his ethereal doomsday devices blow everything up is bad and we should prevent this at all costs, so we're going to be super careful as we wreck this guy and steal his stuff. We probably won't sink the whole island into the sea. Our magic is better than his. We have bards, bears, beer, bees, a catapult, and a super cool ocean witch.
**Soul Hunter summary: Kill bad Darshak leader, no explode island.

*20240224: Next week's bard concert will also feature Supplanter's audition for bard quester! Please come to the guild hall on Saturday, February 24, 2024 11:00 AM to cheer him on! — Coriakin (Master Bard)

*20240217: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 17, 2024 10:00 AM. Stinkfist has passed on the following plan for this week to set up for the upcoming confrontation with Venables:
**Arrr,
**Attention: As per our intel provided by the Door-Hench Diebeer with a K, the Darshak will be up to something in two zodiacs time now on TI.
**Working with our agent the Immortal Sasour the Hatchet†, who we previously liberated from Venables Camp. We will be laying the groundwork for rebellion and ending Venables grasp on Phisneyland Island forever and foiling Kestrel's plans at the same time.
**As cover for this operation, we will also be stealing a great deal of stuff.
**† Sasour the Hatchet was purged of abyssal influence via rainbows and then made immortal by Ausrine and her hat that she isnt wearing. Also he touched Puddleby's altar. Also Ausrine turned him into a blind amphibian with a gilded broom a few times. He is magically oathbound to Puddleby. He be cool.
**Soul Hunter Summary: Save Phisneyland, prepare for victory, plunder booty.

*20240210: **Lore Tour** continues February 10 at 10AM (PDT). This time we plan to head to **Ash Island** to fight some Darshak. Kestrel’s doorman has enjoyed his post for quite some time, I’m sure Ambassador Gorvin will help him with that.—Phroon
** For this tour we will be needing the assistance of weather controlling mystics (preferably multiple).—Gorvin

[[File:CL-LoreTour20240203.png|right|thumb|Brave adventurers explore the Org cave.]]
*20240203:Lore Tour (Saturday, February 3, 2024 10:00 AM PDT) will involve taking Bravery The Org to the org sanctuary on Centaur Island. For anyone not familiar, Bravery is a young org that Stinkfist rescued from being abandoned at Junko's and decided to teach to be a hero. He begain taking it on his adventures to teach what he could, and has also asked several other exiles to escort Bravery around to show him the world. After many zodiacs of mentoring the time has come to release Bravery into his new home!

*20240120: **Lore Tour** continues January 20, at 10AM PST. This time we plan to return to the **Shadowplane** and continue our exploration there! As usual, strong help would be appreciated.

*20240113: **Lore Tour** continues <t:1705168800:F>. This time we plan to do a few things surrounding the **Org Sanctuary**, starting with a visit to the Ensconcement Village to tell them about the success setting up the sanctuary, a stop by the Org Cave for some Panther Caps, and then swing over to Centaur to drop off any mushrooms we find and to deliver the presents we picked up during the Bawkmas tour to thank them for all their efforts setting up the sanctuary.

*20240106: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 6, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we plan to kick things off by paying a visit to the Shadowguild and seeing what they’ve been up to. I’m sure that ambassador Gorvin will help us navigate the situation with skill.

==2023==
*20231224–20231225 at 6:30AM (24th) & 6:30PM (25th): I heard Santa will be coming two times this year for 30 minutes each time. I hope it fits your schedules and if not feel free to let me know and I will see if a special appearance can be made for you after Bawkmas/Skrismas/Season's Beatings.
**Slot 1: Sunday, December 24, 2023 6:30 AM
**Slot 2: Monday, December 25, 2023 6:30 PM Cheers! 🎅

*20231216: Lore Tour continues Saturday, December 16, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we're planning to travel to Fane and investigate reports of developments with the shadowy seed planted in the garden there. As usual, a strong group and especially strong healers to deal with the ghosts within would be appreciated.

*20231209: **Lore Tour** continues December 9, 2023 at 10AM Pacific. This time we're planning to celebrate the bawkmas spirit by visiting a few snowy areas throughout the lands in search of some presents for the Centaur to thank them for all their help with the Org Sanctuary.

*20231204:In the morning of the day 218 of year 635 (OOC 7pm Pacific, Monday December 4th, just after Lorikeet's hunt time), Mystic guild will be holding a meeting with Sombrion the Wizard and the Abbess Madrona of the Foghaven Monastery. Location of the meeting is on the platform of the Foghaven Monastery. All exiles are invited to join.
**For that meeting, please let us move the purple portal to OP (and green at town) at least on that day... unless we think we can handle having the portal at **outside** of Foghaven Monastery.
**Also I'd like to ask supports from our capable fighters, healers and flute players for safe travel to Foghaven Monastery and back for all exiles who wants to join the meeting on the day.

*20231118: Lore Tour continues Saturday, November 18, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we will be returning to the Shadowplane to continue our exploration there. As usual, strong help would be appreciated.

*20231111: Lore Tour continues Saturday, November 11, 2023 10:00 AM (PST). This time we will be returning to Shadowspring Citadel! It’s been a while so we hope to check on things there especially the Agronox seal to the and how the Page of Rend that sent us to the Shadowplane there reacts to us visiting again, as well as some of the crumbly stairs deep within. This will be a difficult trip, so strong help (and your friends that know Horus well) would be appreciated. While we’re at it, we’ll have to see if Pelaegia is interested in a trip back and maybe see if there’s anything we can do to help her with the repairs.

*20231104: Lore Tour returns Saturday, November 4, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we will be checking out the Org Sanctuary.

*20231021: Lore Tour continues Saturday, October 14, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we will having a spooky time with a Feast of Tsrrin theme. — Phroon

*20231014: Saturday, October 7, 2023, 10AM (PDT) Lore Tour: The Prime Orb of Unstable Infinity
**Yarrr! By now you've surely read my excellent guide Orbs of Unstable Infinity and You. It is very illuminating:⁠
**But what is better than an excellent guide? The real thing. I think we can get Tart'targ to help us find it.
**First, some history. Me chief gunner and good matey Garr has a long and terrifying history of humiliating the Darshak. For instance, this time when Garr just burned the Thaumaturge and his minions to death.
**http://www.thoomcare.com/archives/003485.html
**As you can read in the comments there, long ago I made a note "Loots for Garr. Pirates rule!"
**In the years since that battle, I, the Pirate King of Lok'Groton, have searched for the perfect reward for saving a whole plane of existence against the jerk that tried to merge us with the ether (also just… showing up and kickin' ass with the Pirates since the start). Gotta find some GOOD loot for that!
**During one of my astral projection explorations I finally found it. It was an Orb. An Orb just full of Unstable AND Infinity, and I just knew, in my heart of Pirate Kingly hearts, that I needed to see what exactly Garr would do with this.
**I got back to Puddleby and thought, "Ya know, this thing is really dangerous if someone like the Brions or someone got their hands on it." So I hid it and gave Tart'targ the clues to how to find it. Cuz safety first!
**Arr, anyways, enough really fascinating history of Garr bein' awesome and me astral projecting. For the Lore Tour, we will gather in town and wait for Tart'targ to show up and bring us the clues to where I hid the Orb for safekeeping. We will then go on an adventure to retrieve the Orb from the very safe and very logical place to hide an artifact of unstable infinity. Then, later we will find out how Garr chooses to use his great power (and the Orb) with great responsibility.
**Yarr! Join us as we celebrate Garr and I try and make good on a decades old note!
**There will likely be time for people with Lesser Orbs (yarr, those have been turning up lately) to use said Lesser Orbs. Even lesser ones are probably best used under the supervision of trained Witches and Magicians. This is definitely not like the time with the soul glasses, why would you even think that?
**The Pirate King is not entirely responsible for any uses or side effects of the Orbs that results in harm to an exile or our plane of existence. Hopefully, any such cases will be super duper funny. The disclaimer in my guide to orbs of unstable infinity apply here too.
**Soul Hunter version:
**IOU note to Garr. Magic orbs. Treasure hunt!

[[File: CL-LoreTour-20231008.png|thumb|right| 180px |The Lore Tour in the Shadow Plane]]

*20231007: Lore Tour returns Saturday, October 7, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we plan to return to the Shadowplane and continue our exploration there. As usual, a strong group would be appreciated.

*20230927: This is the 18th year since Tyndall passed away. He was loved by many in life, and is remembered both as a cherished friend and a Puddlebean legend.
**Every year, we mark this time and come together in order to celebrate the lives of friends that we’ve lost over the years: Xenos & Panos, Baffina & Baffette, Tyndall, Tonoto, Eyeball, and K’pyn.
**Please join us to share memories, whiskey, cigars, beer, songs, and bonfires in the Memorial Garden outside Alliance Castle on September 27, 2023 7:00 PM.
**Whether you’re a constant presence, you've been in the library for a while, or you’re somewhere in between, we’d really love to see you. Please also reach out to friends who might not see this message – we’d love to see them, too.

*20230927: The next Healer Hunt will be Wednesday, September 27, 2023 5:30 PM This hunt is for healers and their pets. All are welcome: bring your pet…
*20230923: Ok, so lore tour this week… bearing in mind the captain has tasked me with fixing the planes… AGAIN… I have been struggling if we should go to Geharza or not. Barely by a slim margin I have been convinced (with the help of bribes) to bear arms and go back to the ice caves (But if we run into loose Tipulids again I won’t complain.) So… it turns our that SOMEONE decided to teach the bears how to use altars… (I’m totally not looking at you Inu) and now we have to bear the burden of killing cursed bare bears, cursed armored bears, and cursed bears that need to learn that vowels are a thing. So we’ll head back to the ice caves this week, and this time we’ll need a permanent broom bearer to sweep the bear out of the evil bears and the bear out of the shadow touched Inus. That’s step one. Step two is to have Bearo and Raksbeara and Punibear to convince the evil bears not to be so evil and to double our bear guard on our totally peaceful and not destructive rainbow death cannon. Once that is done we need to try and un-bear curse that altar in ice caves. Normally we’d just tell the Gorvbot to break the altar even more, but it sounds like some people want to fix the altar so they can learn more PF ranks from not ghost Gaiyl… Final step is loot… There better be loot Stinky…..
**For Soul Hunter… Bears again… Murder again… Inu’s fault… Loot!!!
[[File: CL-LoreTour-20230916.png|thumb|right| 180px |The Lore Tour battles armored shadow bears!]]

*20230916: Lore Tour: Sat 10am pacific
** RAAAAAAAWRRRRRRRR RA-ROOAAAARRRRRRRRRR Rawr-BEARRRROOOOOOO
**Rawr-rawr-ROAR-rawr-rawwrrrr-snarl.
**ROAR! RAWR! ROOOOOAAAARRRR!!! RAwr-RA-raWR!! ROAR ROAR ROAR!!!!!!!
**[bear snort]
**THE GREAT BEAR SPIRIT'S CUB BIRO WILL FEED ON THE WEAK BODIES OF THE SHADOWS WHO HAVE FORGOTTEN HOW TO BE BEARS AND SHOW THEM HOW TO BE BEARS AGAIN.
**BRING YOURSELF HONOR, CONQUER FEAR, SPILL SHADOW BLOOD, SEND NOT-BEARS BACK INTO THE DARK.
**For Soul Hunter: Rawr vs Those who pretend to be Rawr!
*20230909: Lore Tour: The Darshak Candidate
**Arrr, here ye here ye, yarr good. Garr... write this down...
**So for some time Kestrel has stated her goal is to establish a new unifying leader of the local Darshak. One way or another, the cult will put someone in charge. An like, ta be honest, all their candidates suck. Creepy Thoom Guy sucks, Rebel Guy sucks, Venables sucks, Necro sucks, all the Darshak nobles suck. So yarr, why don't we make our own?
**So we're gonna kidnap Sasour the Hatchet as he is easily the chillest Darshak we know. We invited him to the Counterheist and he got drunk and laughed at the Shadowguild getting slain in the streets. He's perfect.
**Then probably do some magic to make sure he is a "Force of Abyss Smiting Justice for Puddleby"
**Now this is a complex plan with a lot of ins and outs and such that I will make...er.. explain as we go!
**And to really sell that we are indeed kidnapping Sasour instead of just being like "hey what's up buddy? wanna go drink?" we're gonna need to kill lots and lots of Darshak on our way... Maybe break or take anything that looks important, I dunno, ye do ye in that regard.
**Side benefits: Sasour the Hatchet is likely to know things about Venables' secret weapon the Sarir are so afraid of. Knowledge that may help us devise some sort of counter measure against this "island destroying weapon" at least that's what the Sarir said it was.
**Maybe we could goad Venables into destroying..........
**The Pirate King just kinda wandered off rambling at this point about various schemes weighing the pros and cons of tricking Venables into just blowing up the island and calling it "problem solved"
**For Soul Hunter:
**Kidnap, Friend, Magic, Murder Darshak, Magic, Scheme, Lulz
*20230902: Per captain Stinky: This week on Lore Tour (Saturday September 2nd at 10AM PDT)
**Adventures in Magical Super Science:
**While Katpus and the highly trained researchers from the University of Puddleby (they're definitely not janitors) were conducting super scientific experiments in the Castle Alliance, they may or may not have blown a hole in reality. Katpus seems a bit embarrassed about it, so we don't need to make it into a big deal.
**Whatever may have happened, Katpus' researchers have gone missing, and so have the bears who were guarding her laboratory. In a probably unrelated coincidence, a respectable and probably wealthy individual has shown up claiming some important artifacts have gone missing. There are two mysteries to be investigated and almost certainly booty to be had. For science!
**Soul Hunter Version:
**Portal, Mystery, Bears, Booty

*20230819: **Lore Tour** continues. This time we plane to head to **Fane** and investigate the shadow garden growing there, and perhaps see if the crooked seed we received in the Shadowplane takes root there. If that seed eventually grows and bears fruit, the hope is it will enable us to repair the Windweft altar and restore their connection to Purgatory. As Fane is a very dangerous place, a strong group would be appreciated.

*20230812: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 12, 2023 10:00 AM PDT. This time we plan to continue our investigations into repairing the Ice Cave Altar. We’re thinking of visiting with Pelaegia who we last left in Fountfell Foghaven, and then head over to the Windweft Ice Cave and see if the mysterious gift from the crooked tree in the Shadowplane leads us towards any success in recreating the Ancient’s shadow magic that created the altars.

*20230805: Lore Tour Saturday August 5, 2023 at 10AM (PDT): Hello! It is I, fake Phroon [Brisk], coming to you with an update on Lore Tour this zodiac! It'll be August 5th at the same time as usual. We are planning on trying to visit Nylar to hear of this deal that his minions mentioned that he has for "Sapeeva". For good measure, we hope to bring a "Sapeeva" or close approximation with us. We may need to fight, we may need to bribe, or we may need to gamble. Whatever it is, it's sure to be a good time so come on out if you are free. Cheers!

*20230722: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 22, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT), this time we plan to pay another visit to the Org Cave and see if we can make some progress in becoming friends with the Org. We also plan to continue our investigations into the strange weather in the Ensconcement, and see if perhaps we can find a route up to Stormlyric.

*20230715: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 15, 2023 10:00 AM to return to the Shadowplane, to revisit the protectorate and maybe see if we can find more clues of how Shaer travels the plane freely. As usual, a strong group will be needed!

*20230708: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 8, 2023 10:00 AM PDT, this time we return to the Shadowplane, to visit the protectorate and then to seek the devourer of dreams. As usual, a strong group will be necessary for the trek through this dangerous plane.
**If do we manage to slay the dreamdrinker, we plan to return again to the shadowplane next week too (Saturday, July 15, 2023 10:00 AM PDT) and revisit the protectorate within the same chaos storm, and maybe see if we can find more clues of how Shaer travels the plane freely. So mark your calendars for two weeks of back-to-back shadowplane exploration!

*20230705: The v1336 update: Lightning and thunder require time, the light of the stars requires time, deeds require time even after they are done, before they can be seen and heard. — Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
**More intense weather arriving. Those with elaborate hair-dos or delicate umbrellas can limit certain effects by using the '''''/options strongWeather off''''' command.

*20230701: Hello Puddleby! I come to you tonight as a guest "Phroon". I am in need of some assistance during the Lore Tour this weekend. You see, Tart'targ the wisest witch, had asked us to keep an eye on Sombrion. This has been fairly difficult for me as my eyesight is extremely poor and his keep hovers so high in the sky. However, even my peepers couldn't miss the addition of one of Sombrion's Sarir at the Bison Plains outpost. I'm not saying we need to tattle but we NEED to tell Tart'targ about this. Who knows? Maybe we will see a Witch and a Wizard face off? That wouldn't be terrible. I will be collecting bets and will even go as far as giving a favorable 2 to 1 odds on the Wizard. Anywho, don't be late to this one! You won't want to miss a moment! — Brisk
**Lore Tour took a trip to see Tart'targ and inform her of the Sarir being in the bison plains outpost, Hygra I think was the name. She was not so concerned with this as long as it did not come out that Sombrion was the cause of the abnormal weather that Hygra was studying. We discussed the trip with Pelaegia to Foghaven and how we saw shapes in the fog and heard howling on the wind. She mentioned that Andrachnea, the Abbess of Stormlyric, is known for being a bit standoffish even for witches. We spoke of how Andrachnea disapproved of Forsythia's study of the Org and remembered that we may have left her in the Orga Stronghold. We began to leave to go rescue her and ran into a bit of an issue.
**All of a sudden a Shadowguild Thief knocked me over...I thought he was looking for the bets I was collecting for the Witch vs Wizard duel. We chased them across the estuary and then ran across much stronger friends of the thieves. It looked like some of them had flown into the area on balloons to lead the rest of them. You could tell some were just taking orders and trying to take out as many of us as possible but others seemed to be more interested in a single thing, a thoom. We protected Coriakin the best we could but when he fell he was not taken. Confused, we pressed on until clearing the majority of the shadowguild. We cornered a leader and he said that they were looking for "Sapeeva". His reinforcements came and we tried to corner him again but eventually he managed to find a balloon and escape. As he was leaving he told us that he had a message for us to deliver..."Tell Sapeeva Nylar will cut him a deal." — Brisk

*20230624: The next bard concert is on June 24th at 11AM pacific time. Hope to see you there!

*20230617: Lore Tour returns Saturday, June 17, 2023 10:00 AM PDT, this time we plan to investigate the mysterious (and mist-erious) fog seen throughout the Eastern Mountains. We’ll probably also pay Pelaegia a visit and see what she has to say about these mists. We’ll likely be heading to Foghaven, the mountain haven of fog, so an appropriately strong group would be appreciated.

[[File:LoreTour20230610.png|thumb|right| 200px |The Lore Tour Headed for the Orga Stronghold speaks to '''Forsythia''']]
*20230610: **Lore Tour** returns 10AM PDT, this time we plan to travel deep into to the Orga Stronghold to rescue the Org trapped there! We may take them back to the Org Cave, or they may be the first residents of the new Org Sanctuary on Centaur Island. We may also pop over and have a visit with Trillbane while we’re in the neighborhood. A stronger group would be appreciated.

*20230603: ''Rustles out from under a pile of library books, glances at calendar'' Lore Tour at normal time this weekend (June 3rd, 10AM PDT). Plan is to poke at some of the dark mirrors in the lands and see if we can learn anything about Shaer's Gate.

*20230520: Lore Tour continues Saturday, May 20, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). We plan to return again to the Shadowplane to continue our explorations there. As usual, a strong group would be very helpful.

*20230513: Lore Tour! Operation: Friendship Hammer (10am pacific, usual lore tour time) We've reached a critical stage of the plan to create the Org Sanctuary... we must get some Orgs big and small to trust us enough to get in some cages and be brought to Centaur Island.... So how do we do that?
**I’m unsure but I bet that super cool ocean witch Pelaegia knows a thing or two about it! An she has been wanting to get out and about more so, this seems like a win/win. Bring Pelaegia to the village/Org caves, listen to tales of Orgs from way back when (and anything else we want to talk to her about) and maybe feed some Orgs some panther caps, perhaps bring some caps back for Tart'targ! Perhaps... make Org friends!
**Now, we should be careful, we've been hitting the Darshak rather hard lately and they have expressed an interest in kidnapping our good super cool ocean witch friend... and Tart'targ has turned some into blind amphibians... so ya know... be vigilant! There is no telling what an uppity visiting Darshak Noble may decide to do to prove how great they are or some such nonsense like that.

*20230506: Lore Tour: The Great Kennel Caper (Saturday 10am pacific as usual) The Elusive and Illusive Phroon Thoom, Heist and Counter-Heist Master Extraodinaire has a lead on a stockpile of feral cages somewhere on Ash Island. We need cages for our Org Sanctuary to safely transport the Orgs. The Darshak on Ash backed by Gathner have had an easy time lately since our slaying of Dorcas Direstorm as we've been focused on taking Venables down a few notches while keeping the Gathner backed Darshak agents on the island from being able to get the upper hand there..... so depleting the Ash 'Shak's ability to wrangle and train ferals seems like a solid move that furthers our goals quite nicely!
**Now I know what you be thinkin! "Cap'n! What if them cages be cursed??" Well I'm way ahead of you, and with the help of local mystics and my magician prowess, I have most of a ritual planned to purge away any Abyssal taint the cages may have! (If you are a local mystic and would like to help with this ritual, please contact me, your Pirate King and Master Magician).
**Darshak Nobles continue to visit from Gathner, bringing with them their top tier guards, so be on the look out for fancily dressed swabs who need to be shown a quick way to their forever home in the Abyss!
**In summation! Kennel Heist! Plunder any plunder of opportunity! Get home with magically purified loot! Further details to come!
**Bring: Crowbars, vines, chains, a can do attitude, strongest ranger morphs, and anything else you can think of to aid in this endeavor! See you there!

*20230503: The v1327 update is scheduled for Wednesday 3 May 2023

*20230429: Next month's bard concert (on April 29th at 11AM PDT) will be a special one. As many of you know, Lugubrion was so affected by the tragic fate of his brother Tenebrion that he's retreated from the world and has become a recluse. As someone who's struggled with depression myself, I've decided to try to help Lugubrion in the hopes that he'll be able to recover from his condition. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20230422: Lore Tour continues Saturday, April 22, 2023 10:00 AM (time in your local timezone). This time we plan to return to the Shadowplane. As usual, a strong group would be very helpful. Our plan is to travel to the protectorate through the shadow sea and also to check out if any of the new pages of rend interact with the shadowplane. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

[[File: CL-LoreTour-20230415.png|thumb|right| 180px |The Lore Tour revisits the centaurs with Pelaegia]]
*20230415: Lore Tour! (Saturday 10am pacific blah blah blah) Arrrr! This time we will be taking a stroll over to visit Pelaegia and Tart'targ briefly and see if Pelaegia can come out and play! Once we have picked up everyone's favorite Super Cool Ocean Witch, we will make for the Org cave to try and harvest (hopefully) the last of the mushrooms we need for the Org Sanctuary on Centaur Island. I’m sure Pelaegia will be happy to see the Centaur after all these thousands of years! Yarr! This seems pretty straight forward and nothing could possibly go wrong! Definitely! None of our past actions could conceivably come back to haunt us! For suresies! (Anything that does go wrong will be promptly blamed entirely on Trillium's ankh which is full of cursed)

*20230408: at 2PM (PDT) Saturday April 8th, Clan Lord Open Tactical Hunt (CLOTH) plans to go to the bridge to refine leading and dropping in the right spot and possibly the Slate Caves to practice dodging webs/projectiles. This is open to all, and I encourage newer players to attend, especially if you fall a lot. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Noivad Noivad]

*20230408: Lore Tour continues Saturday, April 8, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we plan to visit The Land of Dank Believe, aka the Book Fort. Bring your imagination and suspend your disbelief, the myrms dug a hole to the sky. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20230405: v1323. The sky is the daily bread of the eyes. — Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
**Hunt trophies are now furniture.
**Phantasmagorical improvements.

*20230401: **Lore Tour** returns 10AM PDT. This time we plan to visit with Egremora and Pelaegia in **Fountfell**, hear a few stories and think about what to do next.

**With Cimmbrion's assistance we've been able to grow some water lilies the two brothers created together back during happier times, and their gift has helped raise Lugubrion's spirits a bit. However, he's still embarrassed by the state of his keep, so to help him with that I'm hoping to hire builders from Puddleby to help renovate it. And to raise funds for that, next month I'll be holding a benefit concert at Lugubrion's keep!

**To make this concert special I will finally premiere the suite I've been working on for years: "The Healer's Lament," which attempts to evoke the trials and tribulations of a healer's life. It'll feature at least five brand new pieces, never before performed, and I'm extra excited because Lugubrion has graciously allowed us to not only use his keep for the performance, he's allowing us to use a brand new instrument - an organ from a thoomish temple! It has a sound unlike anything we've heard before, and I'm excited to share the music I (and the other bards) have been writing for it.

**This is a benefit concert, so I will be asking for donations to help with the cause. Building supplies to aid with the renovations would be very useful, and I will be matching any donations of coins (at least until I run out of coins myself). Even if you can't make a donation I hope you can come! I've invited Lugubrion to be there as our guest of honour and every person there would be a show of support to someone in dire need of it.
**Again, it'll be on Sat. April 29th at 11:00 AM PDT at Lugubrion's Keep. I hope to see you there!
— [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

** 8 word summary for Soul Hunter: "New tunes! New Instrument?! Help Lugubrion... donations please!"

*20230405: The v1323 update is scheduled for Wednesday 5 April 2023.

*20230325: Hello, all! This month’s concert (on March 25th, 11am pacific time as usual) is themed around Spring. Expect a lot of uplifting music about new beginnings or possibly about getting rained on instead. Either way, should be a good time. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20230323: there will also be a very special NNK open hunt adventure on thursday the 23rd at 5pm pacific! Expect various laws including but not limited to physics, nature, and reality to be broken! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Stinkfist Stinkfist]

*20230318: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 18, 2023 10:00 AM (time in your local timezone). This time we plan to return to Shadowspring to finally deliver Pelaegia’s present! We will need strong help to brave the dangers within. We also need some help between now and the Lore Tour to charge some of the machines to open the way into Shadowspring. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20230318: *Arrr! Lore Tour Recap! The Shadowplane had indeed shifted in many ways. The ground seemed less bitey, which I blame on Inu and her masterful ambassadorship. Keep hugging them Shadow Trees! Yer doing great!We also discovered a new “cave” which was just full of boo and scary and pretty and confusion.
**Another page of rend was discovered and perhaps most importantly a new phantasm page was found! We only covered a fraction of the Shadowplane so more to find and explore seems very likely! Oh and sadly Brisk failed to do that thing, perhaps next time (we are all rooting for ya buddy!)

**Next lore tour we will (charging nodes permitting) be visiting Shadowspring Citadel to bring Pelaegia her birthday presents! Probably other reasons too, more information and hype coming soon!

*20230311: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 11, 2023 10:00 AM PST. This time we will return to the Shadowplane to continue our investigations into the malevolent forces within. We’ve already seen that the shadows have reacted to us, we plan on investigating if they have changed further following our contact with them. We will need many sharp minds, strong fighters, and brave healers to endure the dangers within. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20230304: Lore Tour returns Saturday, March 4, 2023 10:00 AM PST. This is the day the portal is scheduled to move to the village, so we’re planning on going there to get a mystic a mark. We’ll also check the Org cave for more Panther caps and bring them to the centaur for their work on the Org sanctuary. If we have time we might also do some other stuff too. We’ll be traveling through vale and parts of the ensconcement, so strong help will be helpful. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]
*20230302: 2023-03-01 v1318 Update: ''Sometimes we need the fog to remind ourselves that all of life is not black and white.''—Jonathan Lockwood Huie (b. 1945)'''Those who venture north may notice new snell edges being tested. Please share your feedback!'''
*20230225: Bard concert this weekend! Saturday Feb 25th at 11AM PST, at the bards’ guild hall in north field. Noivad will be auditioning for full bard again, so come cheer him on! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]
*20230224: MediaWiki has been updated to v1.39.2. As usual, please report any unexpected changes.
*20230218: Lore Tour! Saturday 10am pacific!!Arrrr, we require more lab equipment for constructing the rainbow death/life cannon!We've already stolen the Oh-Venn from Penn Venables, now we return for the rest of his stuff!
**During the Oh-Venn heist we discovered that Venables has been training sciencemancers who can open ethereal portals and shoot mighty blasts of chain lightning. Thus an elaborate and complex scheme is required to get his lab equipment.
**The plan is simple and elaborate, eloquent yet basic. The perfect mix of blunt force and sneakery!
**We will pick a location to "conduct a magical ritual to seal off the island from the ethereal plane" to get his attention and draw him in. Additionally we will tell the local sarir population of Venables' dastardly plans to shackle Tenenbrion's spirit and bend it to his will, which is probably not a complete and total lie.
**Also Kalian and I have a secret weapon up our sleeve should we require it.
**Once Venables' forces are committed to the battle a small rag tag group will break off and sneak into the lab and take everything they possibly can and get out before Venables has time to know what happened.
**Like all great plans, should you have additional ideas feel free to contact myself, Phroony, Kalian, or anyone else who seems like an authority figure for this sort of thing. As always, the plan will be "do all the plans"
**We will need as many exiles as possible to pull this off and there will be no small roles to play in this daring heist!
**Bonus if we can get any notes regarding what Penn has exactly been up to with the ethereal plane. All we know so far is he seems to have access to an isolated sphere of it.
**Be there! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Stinkfist Stinkfist]

*20230216: [https://clanlord.net/images/CL-Boats%20are%20too%20expensive%20480.mp4 The Typical End to an Estuary/Mountain/Bison Plains Hunt] because we don’t want to spend 100c or fall before the estuary exit. And [https://clanlord.net/images/CL-LA%20Excellence.mp4 Punisher Has mad skills falling—Laughing Academy Excellence!]

*20230211: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 11, 2023 10:00 AM PST. This time we will be continuing to examine mountain springs in Vale and Fountfell, with a possible detour to the Org Caves for some Spotted Panther Caps. These areas, and especially the route to Fountfell, are difficult, so strong help would be helpful. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20230204: Lore Hunt. Step 1: Bears. Step 2: Tart'targ talk." Step 3: Mountains. The Lore Tour returns with Biro negotiating for bear support, the group asking Tart'targ if a certain plant is okay to plant, and a trip to the mountains to find a place to plant the seeds.

*20230201: [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Stinkfist Stinkfist] is organizing a raid on Venable's Laboratory at February 1, 2023 7:30 PM. As you may know, Venable is verified ne'er-do-well, who has spent several decades looting Tenebrion's Keep for anything of value and has built himself a reasonably well stocked lab with those ill-gotten gains. Any equipment, Darshak or Wizard in origin, poses a threat to the region if left in the hands of Venable. As such, it is best if it is secured in the safe, respectful, and responsible hands of Puddleby and our resident catapult enthusiast, Katpus. — Ausrine

*20230201: the '''v1314''' update is scheduled for Wednesday 1 February 2023: Life is found in animals and plants. But in animals it is patent and obvious, whereas in plants it is hidden and not clear. To establish its existence requires considerable research. The question at issue is whether plants have or have not a soul, and a capacity for desire, pain, pleasure, and discrimination. — Aristotle (384–322 BCE)
**''You’ll have to explore for this month’s changes.''

*20230128: Reminder! This Saturday at 11 pacific time will be the next concert. This concert will be shadow-themed... bards are encouraged to come with pieces inspired by the shadowplane and its effects. I can confirm that at least three new pieces will be premiered! Anyone who's out of the loop on the shadowplane storyline and is hoping for a recap - this is your chance! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

**Note: The shadowplane can make our thoughts reality and affect our minds, and it may have developed an interest in music for, er, reasons not worth getting into at this time. I've been assured that playing a bunch of music themed around the shadowplane is "not necessarily a really bad idea" and the chances of opening a rift there is unlikely. But shadow creatures have appeared at concerts before, so be warned that safety is not guaranteed. And if possible, bring a friend who can monitor you for signs of shadow madness.

*20230121: Per Stinkfist:
Arrr! In light of recent events set into motion by our favorite Myrm, we will be conducting negotiations with the Centaur to construct an Org sanctuary on their fair island. We are benevolent and wholesome now! Go us!

Also probably just yelling at Katpus that they are building us a Rainbow Death Cannon. Aymi said it is a life cannon actually and that sounds lovely and very thoughtful of us to build!

After negotiations we will either be pillaging the Darshak to secure funding or to take out our frustrations as that seems to be the most ethical option.

Either ways, gonna be greats! We are benevolent and good!

For those who like things in list form I've broken down the captains message.
This week on Lore Tour:
1. Talk to some overtly angry quadripeds about building a sanctuary for the ancestors of the people who murdered like 99% of their ancestors (Bring your Orga morphs for laughs)
2. Talk to a notoriously slow builder about a super difficult upcoming project we have for her
3. Facestab Darshak until they give us more loot
4. What could go wrong?

* 20230114: Lore Tour continues Saturday, January 14, 2023 10:00 AM PST. We are planning on helping Tart’targ deliver our gift to Palaegia. We hope to be traveling into Shadowspring, depending on if we get things open beforehand. Otherwise, we might be powering some of the ancient machines.

*20230111: Lore Tour Followup @Ausrine says: There will be a follow up to Tar'Targ/ Pelaegia gift giving on (OOC Wednesday Jan 11 7PM Pacific Time).

* 20230107: MediaWiki updated to v.1.39.1. As always, please report any unexpected behavior. If you don’t change your theme, the following doesn’t apply. ''Note: if you change the skin/theme from the current one, I noticed some pages do not render properly. So, if you encounter this, simply change your theme to Vector (2010 or 2022). This should fix the issue.''

[[File:LoreTour1022.jpg|thumb|right| 180px | The Lore Tour successfully reaches our goal.]]
* 20230107: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 7, 2023 10:00 AM PST. This time we are planning to deliver Pelaegia's gift to Tart'targ. '''Update: The Tour was successful!'''

* 20230104: Update '''v1310''' is here. Secrets abound, and unexplored places wait patiently for exiles to find them.
''“There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.”'' — Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) '''Here’s wishing everyone a ranky New Year!'''

==2022==
*20221230: Let there be music! Be prepared and mark your calendars for the concert on FRIDAY, 30th December at 1pm pacific time. There will be old and maybe even new music played! — Bingro

[[File:MerryBawkmask.jpg |250px|left|Merry Bawkmas!]]
*20221224–25: '''Santa''' will come out twice this year to check if you were naughty or nice at the following times for a whopping half hour each Saturday, December 24, 2022 7:00 PM PST and Sunday, December 25, 2022 8:30 AM PST. If you can't make it during these times, don't worry he will be available to deliver a few days after Bawkmas as well (Gotta love travelling on Bawkmas day!). — Brisk

*20221217: Lore Tour continues Saturday, December 17, 2022 10:00 AM PST. This time we will be continuing to help Tart'targ search for a gift for Pelaegia in Silversnag Ascent. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221210: '''Lore Tour''' continues Saturday, December 10, 2022 10:00 AM PST. This time we will be exploring, likely in the Eastern Mountains. What will we find? Who knows! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

[[File:GottaGetACloak.jpg|250px|left|new fur-lined cloaks are available.]]
[[File:Cloaks.jpg |250px |left |more cloaks]]
*20221207: With the 1306 update, A new area is discovered. Cold and Snowy reopens for winter. And new Cloaks are able to be made.

*20221203: Lore Tour returns Saturday, December 3, 2022 10:00 AM PST. We will be returning again to the Shadowplane, this time to try and track down and defeat the devourer of dreams mentioned by the denizens of the protectorate. As this will be a tough expedition, strong help would be appreciated. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221126: The next concert is Nov 26 at the usual time, 11am pacific.— [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20221119: Lore Tour continues Saturday, November 19, 2022 10:00 AM PST. We will be returning to the Shadowplane to continue our explorations and to try and rescue another Lost Dreamer that has been stranded there. As usual, strong help would be appreciated.

*20221112: **Lore Tour** returns Saturday, November 12th @ 10AM PST (be mindful of the recent US time change). Stinkfist just handed me the following on a scroll with the plan:
> After deliberation and conferment with Kalian, who can't stand the thought of Darshak having nicer things than him, Ambassador Gorvin and his position of Darshak murder is always good, Garr who just wants to burn stuff, and general mad cackling by the Pirate King of Lok'Groton it has been decided that we will return to Ash City to "murder, pillage, and take the fancy things that those nobles brought there"
> Loot and pillage and make Kestrel too afraid to EVER leave her tower. There will be loot this time, Stinky has some promising leads on that. A cat witch told him about it in a dream!
— [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221105: Lore Tour returns Saturday, November 5, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. This time we will be retuning to the Shadowplane to continue to explore and view the strange sculptures within. We believe we have discovered a stable way to exit the shadowplane so a depart is no longer certain, but we still could use many strong exiles to help brave the dangers within. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221029: Next weekend’s bard concert in the Puddleby Theatre will be Tsirrin themed! Come in costume to enjoy spooks and spoops. Ghosts and shadow madness are a definite maybe, safety not guaranteed. It’ll be at the usual time, Saturday, October 29, 2022 11:00 AM PDT — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20221022: Lore Tour continues Saturday, October 22, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. This tour will be Feast of Tssrin themed. Come join us in your favorite costume to help bust some ghosts! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221015: No worries Phroon. Lore Tour returns 10AM PDT. Stinky says we’re going on a “Classic Pirate Kingly Adventure.” All ye need is to show up with plenty of pack space so we can help our friends out. 🏴‍☠️ ❣️ Also I want more Vision Stream art, wah wah wah. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.InuTeisei Inu Teisei]

*20221008: Lore Tour continues Saturday, October 8, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. We plan to return once again to explore the Shadowplane, this time focusing on exploring the mysterious shadow ocean and lands beyond. Again, strong help will be helpful. Sadly, a way out of the plane has yet to be found, so until it is a depart is certain. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221006: H’loi! I expect there will be a meeting between Tar’Targ and Cimmbrion at the lake in Northern Puddleby on Thursday October 6, 2022 7:00 PM PDT. Possibly in Arial Eth'lenn’s home or outside. All exiles are invited to attend. A neutral, third party would be appreciated but you are nai required to act as such. — Ausrine

*20221001: Lore Tour returns Saturday, October 1, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. We plan to return to the Shadowplane, and explore the strange lands within. Strong help will be helpful in exploring the plane. Luckily we still have loan of Pelaegia’s lantern to calm our minds. A stable path in has been discovered, but we have yet to find a way back home. It is very likely that this will be a one-way trip, EPS and Purgatory Pendants do not seem to work in the Shadowplane. Unless we find another way out, a depart is certain. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221029: The next concert will be on Saturday, October 29, 2022 11:00 AM PDT and take place in the theatre. It'll be Feast of Tsirrin themed, so wear a costume! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20220924: Alright, then! Bard concert next weekend at Egremora’s tavern, at Saturday, September 24, 2022 11:00 AM (PDT). Bonus points for anyone who brings a song that’s a story. Raks, any chance you can reprise that story about Dandelion and Helpful? 🙂 — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20220922: It has been 17 years since [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Tyndall Tyndall], the beloved sylvan warrior, passed away. He was loved by many in life, and is remembered both as a cherished friend and a Puddlebean legend.
**Every year, we mark this day by coming together to celebrate our memories of Tyndall and our other lost comrades: [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Baffina Baffina] and [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Baffette Baffette], slayers of orga; [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Tonoto Tonoto], the mapmaker; [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Eyeball Eyeball], courageous and funny; [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.KPyn K'pyn], the King of Pins.
**We newly grieve the passing of [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Xenos Xenos] the Brave and [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Panos Panos] the Boar, who were pillars of our community for decades and will be remembered well as long as we are here to do it. They wished us all “a happy and fruitful life and the good sense to live it with no regrets.”
**Please join us to share memories, whiskey, cigars, beer, songs, and bonfires in the Memorial Garden on September 22, 2022 7:00 PM. All are welcome. If you knew any of these exiles, you are warmly encouraged to attend and to share your stories. If you are grieving someone from outside the lands, know that this is a space where you can hold that in community. If you would like to show love and friendship to exiles who have lost beloved people, know that your presence will do that.
**There are a lot of people who might be interested attending this memorial, but don't keep a close eye on [http://www.thoomcare.com/ Thoomcare], Discord, or Facebook. If you have the capacity, we invite you to help bring our little town together by reaching out to folks who you think would be interested in coming but won't notice these posts. Thank you! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Largo Largo]

*20220917: Lore Tour continues Saturday, September 17, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. We plan to return to Egremora’s bar in Fountfell, have a few drinks, convey Sarasera’s hellos and talk about repairing the Windweft altar. And maybe if we have time a story or two. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220910: Lore Tour continues Saturday, September 10, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. We plan to return again to Shadowspring and continue our investigation into the Pages of Rend and possibly return to the Shadowplane. We will again need strong exiles to travel through Shadowspring and brave the dangers of the Shadowplane. We will need to try to stay nearer the sun lantern, lest we all slowly go mad and lash out at our friends. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220907: The v1293 update is scheduled for Wednesday 7 September 2022.

*20220903: Lore Tour continues Saturday, September 3, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. Our plan is to return to the depths of Shadowspring Citadel, investigate the shadows, read some triangles, visit with Pelaegia, and if we can make it check on the Agronox Seal. As always, Shadowspring is filled with difficult creatures and we could use a strong group.
Many thanks to all those who have charged the ancients machines recently, your help has been instrumental in making this happen. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220827: Monthly Bard Concert Saturday. 11AM PDT.

*20220820: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 20, 2022 10:00 AM (PDT). Some time ago we had contact with Darshak from Gathner led by Kestrel and her associate Dorcas. We will be visiting them with our chosen ambassador [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Gorvin Gorvin] to conduct further negotiations regarding the future of Darshak in our island chain. See Ambassador Gorvin for details. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220813: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 13, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. We plan on continuing our checking of the ancient machines, and our search for changes made by the ancient spelling and grammar checking machine. We’ve already observed some changes in the triangles and we suspect there might be a few more changes to be found. We will be trying to visiting Heartwood Glade in the Vale of Giants, and revisiting Sunspire, so some strong help will be appreciated. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220827: Bard Concert “Next concert August 27 at the same time!” — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20220806: Lore Tour returns Saturday, August 6, 2022 10:00 AM (PDT). We plan on revisiting some of the ancient machines in the Eastern Mountains, checking to see if the shadows are there and if any of them might be that Ancient spelling and grammar checking machine. We plan on visiting some of the tougher machines to get to, so strong help would be appreciated. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220730: Bard Concert: on Saturday July 30th at 11am pacific time, but it won’t be in the bards’ field. Instead head over to west town near Prometha’s bonfire for our beach party themed concert! Enjoy sun, sand, and surf while enjoying songs about sun, sand, and surf. Wear your best beach attire and get ready to cuddle in close because there won’t be a stage. See you then!
**''(For bards who don’t have many/any beach-themed songs, other music’s fine. But if you’ve got something - great!)''

[[File:CL-LoreTour.jpg | right]]
*20220723: Lore Tour: Astral Projection Shenanigans Saturday, July 23, 2022 10:00 AM

**Today’s lore tour followed Stinkfist’s guidance and ended up on a trip through a variety of…. peculiar locations. First a dark cave filled with mauling and crushing spirits, then to a desolate peak floating in the sky, to a trool village, and beyond. Eventually we ended up in a marsh with some meshra interested in trade, and a strange obelisk that hummed inanely in thoomish. Stinkfist decided we needed to steal it, but an attempt to astrally project it back to Puddleby went awry and we ended up in the shadowplane instead! We were led to a giant shadowplane-ish statue of, er, me. I'm still puzzling that out. But before we knew it we ended up back in the Puddleby mushroom hut, with the obelisk there! Unfortunately, the obelisk was right in the middle of the pool there and promptly sank. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20220714 — created template sitenavbar (using quick links). To insert it in pages use sitenavbar between a set of 2 curly braces “{{}}”.
*20220706 — The v1284 happened on Wednesday, July 6, 2022

*20220702 — Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 2, 2022 10AM PST/5PM UTC. We’re continuing the search for luminous scales and a sun wyrm’s shadow. Or search will take us back to Gungla Island and the dark places within. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220625 — Next Bard Concert: June 25, 2022 11AM PST, 2PM EST

*20220618 — Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 18, 2022 10:00 AM (PST). Our plan this time is to follow up on rumors of new caves in the Rocky Cavern and search for clues for the luminous scales. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon?from=Profiles.Phroon Phroon]

*20220611 — Lore Tour: “plans are still a bit vague, as they may change depending on what happens. The general plan is to:

1) visit Tart’targ so [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Aurelie Aurelie] can deliver Cimmbrion’s message (and hopefully defuse some of the hostilities).

2) Visit Strangler Fig to try to get more information about the Book of Rend or about the books that the shadowguild stole from her.

3) Visit the rocky cavern to talk to the Sun Wyrm there and ask about acquiring luminous scales. Rumor has it that it requested a “dance with the shadows” or something along those lines, so I’m really hoping people come up with a better idea than “Make Coriakin Try To Summon Shadows” which was already suggested. Not by me.” — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

[[File:Not_Bear_Counter_Heist_The_Mystery_of_Mehans_Armor.png| 200px | left]]

*20220604 - Lore Tour June 4th. Destination Windweft Mountain. ''(plan pictured left)'' UPDATE: “Lore Tour successfully fought an evil armored bear likely infested with shadows that was trying to usurp Birosson’s place as chieftain of the glacier bears. Mehan’s armor was dinged to destruction, sadly, but at least it’s not being used for nefarious purposes. Or by nefarious porpoises.” — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]
*20220521 - Lore Tour May 21 at the usual time: 10am PDT/1pm EDT, 7pm CEST/UTC+2. “Coriakin reports: Next week's Lore Tour will be to the Vale to try to find Master Spruce. On the way, we hope to visit Strangler Fig for a quick chat. May 21, 10am PDT”
*20220514 - Lore Tour (10AM PST) [[File:CL-Haunted_Fane.jpg| 250px | right]]
*20220430 - Next bard concert will be April 30 at 11am pacific time! — Coriakin
*20220226 - Bard Concert, Saturday Feb 26, at 11AM PST
*20220212 Lore Tour is Saturday Feb 12, at 10 am PST/1 pm EST
*20220205 - Saturday Feb 5th 10am PST/1pm EST Lore Tour: The 2nd Battle for the Ancient Bear Caves. BE THERE! SAVE THE BEBE BEARS!" Update: Bebe Bears saved.
*20220129 - Next Bard Concert: January 29, 2022 11AM PST, 2PM EST ”who will win the Museum Token?“ UPDATE: Bingro V’arndal won!
*20220115 - Updated to MediaWiki 1.37.1 (Please report any unexpected behavior.)

==2014–2017==

*201707xx - Updated to the latest version of MediaWiki. Please report any unexpected behavior.
*201505XX - Updated to yet another version. Hopefully this v. has more pep.
* Added Rank Message and Ranger Progress in Actual Tablular format — oh the power of 1990s layout!
* A new contributor has appeared (happy to make accounts by request)
* fixed a few little things here and there as needed.
* Master Fistus is apparently a bro.

*20140731 - Updated to the latest stable release of Media Wiki on my Branch. If you see any weirdness [http://vagilemind.com/clanlord/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=265 let me know] (on the Sentinel/Discord).

*201407 - Added to Group Survival Guidelines, updated how to dodge webs, added in more into about controlling where you fight and fluid movements with in the group.

20140326 - Updated to the latest version of Media Wiki (released 20140311).

==Past Events==
8/22/2012: 
Puddleby Archery Contest Rules 
Date - Sept. 2 
Time - 1:30 p.m. PDT, 4:30 p.m. EDT, 8:30 p.m. GMT 
Locations - Spiritwood, University, Castle 

The following are the rules and regulations regarding the Archery Contest scheduled for Sept. 2nd. Please come and enjoy the festivities. Beer, food, and fun are certain to be had. Each exile will need a projectile weapon to compete; however, javelins or bows and quivers with three arrows included will be sold the day of the contest. Please be aware the bow, arrows, and quiver will be sold for the same coins the NPC's require to make them, and exiles will not be charged for seta scales, tusks, sturdy limbs, and feathers. I believe the total for a bow and set of arrows is 150c. 

The Prizes: First place will pick first from the prize pool, second place will pick second… 

1. Lyfelidae Claw 2. 5000 Coins 
3. Furlined Cloak 
4. Puma Pelt 
5. Orgaberry 
6. Waterproof Boots 
7. Caustic Gland 
8. Lilaberry, other items... 

Arsenal: Current inventory status available for contest 

1. 5 Javelins (75c each) 
2. 8 Bow and 11 quivers with 5 arrows each. (150c each set) 
3. 1 Boomerang 
4. 12+ arrows, judges at each round will have extra in case of breakage 

Three Rounds: Three rounds open to all. (Mystic, Healer, Fighter all have chance to win) 

Round 1. Test of Hunting (3 pts.) 
a. 1st round held in the Spiritwood 
b. Each contestant will be allowed three shots to kill or wound a spriggin. 

Round 2. Test of Accuracy (3 pts.) 
a. 2nd round held in the University 
b. Each contestant will take three shots at three different distances. 

Round 3. Test of Will (3 pts.) 
a. 3rd round held within the Castle 
b. One shot of moonshine then 20 secs to fire 3 arrows at a stationary target. 

Tiebreaker - if required 
a. Tiebreaker round options include a group hunt, cash bonus round, etc... 
b. The last contest did not require the tiebreaker, but judges will vote on round 

Contributors: Special thanks to many exiles... Natas for letting me remove that lyfe claw from his thick ghorak skin. Neko No Kessha for their large cash prize and promotion. Coldy for his endless questing of prizes and finance. Fiona for her gracious donation of the super sleek puma pelt. Chmee for his berry collection. Taryn for her vast storage fees and arsenal assembly. Maeght, Connie, Talas, Fredor, Yosaku, Grog, Arbitur, the Hunter's, D'ead, and many other exiles I am forgetting who generously donated arrow and bow ingredients over the past decade. 

Special thanks to the Clump for helping to promote the contest! http://www.clanlord.net/clump/ 
Special thanks to the Sentinel for helping to promote the contest! http://www.vagilemind.com/clanlord/ 
And finally, special thanks to the entire Neko No Kessha clan for helping to promote the contest! http://nekonokessha.wordpress.com/ 

3/26/2012: I have implemented a self-signed security (SSL) certificate that enables HTTPS to protect passwords and thus accounts. All links should redirect to https now. I would like to get an official certificate when expenses allow it, but just the static IP is ~ $50/year. Most browsers will warn people visiting about it, but it is legitimate, but check it out to make sure it is of the proper origin first. (Only a player could have made it.) Also, the new home of the CLUMP is on clanlord.net in case you never look at the URL address bar.

2/27/2012: Yet another long hiatus. I was informed by Talas that he couldn't edit pages. I looked into it and realized that I upgraded the underlying PHP to 5.3.x but not MediaWiki to comply with the changes. '''BAD ADMINISTRATOR!''' For now, I've reverted to PHP 5.2.x and pages are now editable. I'll try not to be so sloppy next time I update the underlying structure. Unfortunately, my attention has been diverted as I investigate and evaluate various technologies to handle possible Clan Lord and other non-CL projects I've been considering beginning. I am thinking about implementing the Zend2 framework for a CL timeline site, but it is still in Beta. If you know Zend2 or just Zend, any online resources you think would be valuable to look at to speed learning/evaluating them would be welcome. ''noi... at noi... dot net is a good contact address for that.''

==2011==
9/8/2011: Long hiatus as I worked on refining my PHP skills by building a site from scratch, and not related to the CLUMP2. I've been gone for a bit and haven't had time to update. Luckily others have filled in a bit. Please send me feedback on pages you'd like and unclear explanations. If you're a professional writer or a really good amateur, I'd appreciate your input as well.

Also, I'm kicking around the idea of making a CL timeline in PHP. I'm kicking around ideas. If you'd like to discuss please goto the coffee and donuts section of the [http://www.vagilemind.com/clanlord/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=8912&p=184041#p184041 Sentinel].

==2010==
8/25-27/2010: clump2.noivad.net transition made! new URL! Fresh, unspoiled DB!

Currently moving all data to a new DB. Unfortunately all accounts will be destroyed, to remake an account contact me directly with your email address for confirmation. Contributors, please do not make pages without any connection to other pages, or any pages to "protect" them.--[[User:Mwadmin|Mwadmin]] 06:02, 25 August 2010 (PDT)

7/27/10: Registration has been stopped. Accounts are created by request only now.

7/06/10: Welcome Arindal Immigrants.

==2009==
1/18/09: Welcome back old players and welcome new players. Clan Lord now has no monthly fees. New Areas and new Islands abound in the last few years. Ask about Death Trap Noids (DTN), Metzetli Island (Metz), and The Mountain Glen (Glen) for a look at all the changes. If you remember Tenebrion he's been trapped in the Ethereal Plane (EP) for a few years. Fighters have 3 subclasses now: Champions, Rangers and Bloodmages. Healers just recently acquired 2 new tools! There are many minor changes as well. Catch up with what's been happening at [http://www.thoomcare.com/ Thoomcare].

==2008==
8/11/08: A new page entitled [[10 Things for Groups]] is available to peruse at your leisure. [[Aura Healing]] ability needs a page, aside from the [[Healer_Trainers#Radium|Radium]] as do [[Special_Fighter_Types#Blood_Mages|Blood Mages]].

6/19/08: One Step Closer
The CLUMP is one step closer to being a legitimate entity. I found a cheap ssl cert site, [http://www.rapidsslonline.com/rapidssl-certificates.php RapidSSL], and we now has internets certificates! Also, in order to pay for said certificate, I added a paypal donate button to the donations page in case anyone ever visits it.

6/3/08: "Oh that crazy Org!"
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I updated links to Org Du Lac's [http://bestiary.puddleby.net/beast.php Bestiary] after I noticed that he updated his site to php a while back and I never updated the links. We've already got php, It's very nice!

Double checked that the database this puppy runs on is backed up every night after many months of blind faith. looks good! See >>>>

Minor diction change: I now prefer the term "creature" to refer to anything that you kill for experience. I'll slowly roll that out as I notice it in the pages.

10 things for groups is taking shape and I may include Michael's version of what not to do in groups, edited for language of course. (Interestingly enough some of the topics he covers ARE mentioned in the notorious [[Group_Hunting#How_NOT_to_handle_bad_situations|How NOT to handle bad situations]] subsection of group hunting.

We're up to 86 pages! Wow! Only a few of which are not used. I'll be trimming down the unused pages soon. If you have pages that you don't want deleted that aren't being used. Please link them to another page so I know not to touch them.

'Til next time! Same Thoom time same Thoom channel!

6/2/08: Updated a few pictures and links. More [[Links]] are welcome.
A Mystic page was added.
Currently compiling player suggestions for 10 things for hunting in groups at [[http://www.vagilemind.com/clanlord/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4568 The Sentinel]]. Please feel free to add to the discussion there.

== Miscellaneous ==
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Input is welcome on the [https://discordapp.com/channels/270291133798547456/270291133798547456 Discord Server ] or anywhere.

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Thank you to everyone that has contributed so far. I've read over your changes and It's obvious some people are a lot clearer writers than me, also I like the healer perspective being fleshed out in the healing section, particularly the [[Healing#Rodding|rodding]] section.

==Additions==
Also, I've just added a new Appendix: [[Command Reference]].

11/27 Updated the Wiki to version 1.8.2. This should mean nothing to you, just thought I'd note it.

12/5 The Clump will be temporarily offline for a few days in the next week or two. It will return to its regularly scheduled serving as soon as possible. I'll update the Sentinel when it goes offline.

1/17 Updated to [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki MediaWiki] 1.8.3 because of a vulnerability in the system that could allow session information such as passwords be redirected to another site. 1.8.3 deals with this problem. there should be no noticeable change in using the CLUMP to users.

2/23 I've updated to MediaWiki 1.9.3 everything seems to work that I've checked. if you experience anomalies or can't log in. mail noivad -at- mac -dot- com. I had to update because there was a security issue, and we all know how much we like things not to be spammed and taken over.

3/15 I've added little things like external links to other's pages within the manual instead of just the links section to make it more expansive and interactive. I'll continue to do this as I come across places to link things to. I also encourage people to add clan lord related links to the manual and links page.

-The manual is pretty well fleshed out and more accurate thanks to contributors now, and updates made by me will be less frequent, but that doesn't mean I'm going to neglect it. It's my mission to keep this manual as current and accurate as possible without spoiling too much.

-I'm trying to get a mystic section with what knowledge they can share, but there appears to be considerable resistance to even basic info within the council, and without their approval I'm holding off on even trying to get any information.

6/13 Updated to MediaWiki 1.10.0 e-mail me with any problems... besides trying to get the e-mail to work (unless you know a solution) or have a link with info about fixing it.

6/14 After a long and arduous adventure '''e-mail from the CLUMP is now active'''. All users please verify your e-mail address given because I'm turning on an option to require e-mail address verification before one can edit.

12/02/07: Updated to MediaWiki 1.11.

1/29/08: Updated to MediaWiki 1.11.1 -- Security vulnerability patched.

== Additions Log==

Added [[Mystics]]: Requested info about mystics from mystic council — it took a while!

6/2007 Added: [[Knighthood|Knighthood]]

1/0x Added [[Links|link]] to http://bestiary.clanlord.net/index.html Org Du Lac's Bestiary].

1/06 Adding [[Tactics#Standing_too_close_to_a_Snell_Border|standing too close to snell border]] under [[Tactics]].

12/2x Added another reason to chain while leaving a snell in [[Tactics#Chaining|Chaining]].

12/0x Added [[Macros]].

11/27 Adding [[Fighting#Fighting Basics|Fighting Basics]]: Very basic combat info for beginners: swing and fall back. Use a brick if you have one or terrain while you regain your balance. Added: fighting tip about how reach is dependent on movement speed.

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11/26 Add: All hail the reigning president !

Added in more material about writing macros to the [[Macros]] Page. ''It is completed.''

10/xx Added: [[Creatures#Chain Lightning|Chain lightning]] info: if you see a bolt bounce, get away from others drawing lightning.
Add how to take down a bolt bouncer: have each fighter stand on opposite sides of the 'lock and the lightning won't bounce.

10/xx Added: [[Healing]] page. ''may have to split it into multiple sections.''

10/xx Added in section on the [[Healing#The_Combat_Zone|combat zone]]. Always decide where to fight monsters, not the other way around. Have healers recognize and stay out of the combat zone or behind the fighters.

9/xx Added: [[Tactics#Dodging Webs|Dodging Webs]]

8/xx Added a section to [[Tactics#Retreating|retreating]] telling people how to provide cover for injured or exiles how might not make it out of the snell if you leave them caught between a rock and a hard place.

8/xx Added [[If Unable to Retreat#Focus on Greatest Threat|Focus]] on creatures when in a tough situation.
Explain greatest threat and to kill first.

To Add Basic explanation of trainers: Atkus uses up more balthus, Darkus slows down regia, Evus teaches a bit of everything, but the atkus to balthus ratio is tilted to eat balance slowly. Virtually no fighter trainers are "pure" trainers, most have a mixture of other elements in them.

==Wanted==
2026: WANTED: A rewritten champion page.

Wanted: Info on Radium, anything you find missing!
''Thanks to Kenegluk for pointing out holes in coverage!''

Iriel Red contributed a book for the logo, and in my humble opinion made a great logo for the CLUMP.

I'd like to get information on knights and knight items since I often get asked that by exiles looking to become one. So, if any knights out there want to share, please make a page with the answers. (:
** Inu says: See above, page created, linked in to appendix and here.

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CLUMP talk:Current events

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=Lore Tour Summaries=
==2026==
[[File:CL-Defaced_and_abused.png | thumb | frame right | The Lore Tour fought hard but we ran of time—so many mobs!]]
*20261003: Today Lore Tour delved back into the depth of Shadowspring Citadel, looking to return to the ruins we think are the "Gates Of The Moon," the place where the ancient mirror to the Shadowplane once was. We were able to fight through the resistance in the Vale, as well as the Skitterlings infesting the tunnels, and eventually made it to the shimmering water and stone walkways where the ruined mirrors can be found. Although the mirrors seemed to have no power remaining in them, mystics were able to sense some power still coursing through the stones near them.
**On the way down, we'd noticed several carvings left by some recent visitor, although we couldn't figure out the purpose of them. The one of the carvings featured a T in a triangle, so the guess is that it may have been Tart'targ... although Garr points out the similarity of the carvings to those found on Kizmia's Island. Perhaps it's worth following up with Fat Alice and the other witches there?
**We didn't have time to assault the Skitterling Nest itself, so if the person who made the carvings ventured all the way into the heart of it, we weren't able to follow their trail the rest of the way. Who knows... maybe Trillbane got there first?
**At the end we started hypothesizing about the energy that was found there. Maybe it's related to the water? Many nearby villagers worship the water as "Mother River," and Phroon mentioned there's a thoom that tells a story of finding something silvery in the river that transformed him. Might be worth investigating further!
**Soul Hunter TLDR: Skitterlings still tough but we're getting stronger.

*20260919: This week, the Lore Tour journeyed through the Vale of Giants (Where we were ambushed by roughly three million badgers) before making its way to the town of Fountfell. There, we met with Kasarra, who delivered a prototype of the Silksteel armor she has been developing to Cecil. She explained that she needs many more ice prisms to simplify the blacksmithing process enough to teach it to our town’s blacksmiths and offered to employ someone to gather them for her. Lord Seaforth of the Many Titles also acquired a newly crafted plate from Kasarra to replace the one stolen by Trillbane the Scoundrel. Kasarra added that she also might be able to teach Powean a few improvements to the stout chain design we recently learned to make. After leaving the blacksmith, we stopped by the Rockslide Tavern for a drink and an exchange of stories with Egremora. She shared a tale about Master Spruce, revealing more of his history before he became the gnarled, old, nap-loving hermit we know today. We ended the evening with Coriakin recounting our recent discoveries beneath the Shadowspring Citadel, including some of the gates we found there. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Garr Garr]

*20260822: For today's Lore Tour we stayed in town to perform the new song I wrote for Trillbane, with the help of Xepel and a quickly-conscripted Polerand (who did a great job!). Trillbane loved the song, and also loved forcing an infuriated Seaforth to hand over his armour which was also promised in the bargain. After Seaforth performed the angriest striptease in history, Trillbane showed off his new look, trained a few people, and then returned to... whatever he was doing. The possibly-mythical town of Rankerton was mentioned.
**Afterwards, Lore Tour graciously escorted me to Heartwood Glade to look for another piece of sonorous heartwood, the newly discovered bard instrument part. After a fierce battle, we reached the deepest part of the glade where Haffron discovered what we were looking for. So, it looks like the bard contest next week will now have prizes for the top two entrants! Thanks everyone have prizes for the top two entrants! Thanks everyone — Phroon

*20260808: For Lore Tour we followed the plan and met with Tart'targ, who said Trillbane had already stopped by and let her now. We then went into the dark beneath Shadowspring, where we fought our way deeper in the dark but ultimately had troubles getting across a bridge that had been gummed up by pebbles and Skitterlings and we ended up departing. — Phroon

*20260801: For Lore Tour we followed the plan and fought our way to the Foghaven Monoliths where we found and defeated another Ick Promontory. We then headed up to GMV Ruins where we found the usual infestation of Skitterlings and Ick, but no major growth. Along the way we had felt flow the Ick to the south, so having checked the potential sources of that flow we followed it to the glade. There in corner where the goats and Trillbane had been working we discovered a brand new path! Following it we found ourselves in Ancient ruins that I believe may be a formerly unreachable section of Shadowspring, possibly down below the Agronox seal. We were late on time, but delved in deeper where we found an area filled with darkness pierced by shafts of light. We were quickly overwhelmed by Skitterlings and thanks to miraculous chaining we were able to make it back home safely. — Phroon

*20260711: For Lore Tour we traveled to the Shadowplane and sought out five of the baby Mantuan. When given a mirror shard, each of them gave us a hint as to an item each Oubleir would want. But one of them warned us that some Mantuan are actually bears in disguise. So we have a bit of a puzzle to solve. — Phroon

*20260704: For Lore Tour, we briefly visited with Tart’targ who has been a bit more hospitable as of late. She told us that she has felt rumblings through the mountains and we explained that we had enlisted the help of the bloodpool in battling the Ick, which she said was likely the source of the rumbling. She then cautioned us on the use of the consequences of using the bloodpool that way, some of which a few of us shared. For now my personal hope is that the bloodpool can at least slow down the expansion of the Ick. Tart’targ also mentioned that she had seen more growth of the Ick, and her and Pelaegia recently did some pruning of the Ick in the Ancient Bear Caves, using some of the Bloodmage blood we had given her. We then checked out ABC, finding that the Ick was pruned back, and that there were signs that the bloodpool had actually managed to spread that far, its red glow creeping through the cracks in the rock. From there, we followed the veins of the Ick to the Skitterling nest and after many rocks and frustrating potions managed to get inside. There we found an Ick Promontory, a large concentration of Ick. We slowly fought it and each time we did damage a number of Unstable Skitterlings were set loose from it. It seemed to repair itself quickly, but with sufficient offense by going into overtime we were able to defeat it. We will likely need to keep an eye out for other promontories that may have formed in other areas with the Ick. — Phroon

*20260620: For Lore Tour we visited with Nacerus in the Savannah Maha cave. We talked for a while, and we eventually described the danger of the Ick to them. The bloodmages with us then fed a sample of the Ick to the pool, but found it quite low. In efforts to re-fill it we went to Vale, which was especially happy this time. There we fought quite a few stong trees, and at the end we slayed an especially strong enlivened hierophant that we chained back to the bloodpool. The pool seemed sufficiently satiated, and Nacerus said that they expected the pool would start flowing towards the Ick now that it had a taste for it. Hopefully this will mean pitting one primeval force against another. As Pookoiko mentioned, we could use help keeping the pool well satiated so it can reach the Ick. — Phroon

[[File: CL-20260606LoreTour.png|thumb|frame right|The Lore Tour meets with Tart'targ]]
*20260606: Shadrock did a good job of summarizing things through pictures. But to sum up, we traveled through Vale to the Hearwood Grove. We did not see the hierophant, but managed to get the Green Drake mushrooms to Tart’targ. She seemed quite happy to receive them, and their magic caused her to split into many copies of herself for a short while. Afterwards, she was in suspiciously good spirits. Lion-O then exchanged the exile blood samples he had been collecting with Tart’targ, I believe for a pot of tea. (It was hard to keep track of all the final offers). She then thanked us profusely, complimenting us more than her usual demeanor, and we were on our way. We only managed to get halfway home before she sunstoned something about a Mantuan. Probably something we’ll need to talk to her about more, later. — Phroon

*20260523: For Lore Tour we ventured into the Shadow Forest, and managed to have a nice conversation with a purple mantuan. It said that it didn't remember much, and that it wasn't very important. My takeaway from it all is that we still need to make more sense of the other Oubleir. We visited one, a goat leaping across other goats and branches in a tree in the shadow orchard, but we didn't have any breakthroughs yet. Thanks again to all the stong help that showed up, we were especially light on healers until more joined up. — Phroon.

*20260516: Today on the Lore Tour we met up with Nauliana the beekeeper who lives in the greymyr passes and escorted her to the friendly bees who have set up a hive in the Ash Barrens. From there we found that the bees must be going somewhere to get food as there was nothing nearby. We escorted Nauliana to Alder's hut as that is one of the only other living places on the island. While there, Nauliana heard that there might be some interesting yeasts in Rosentide (Ash City) and asked us if we might be an emissary to the Darshak in obtaining this mead. We did what we do best and "negotiated" with the Darshak to obtain quite a bit of grog and a bottle of fancy vintage wine. We returned to Nauliana and Alder to deliver the booze and while we were gone, they discovered that the bees must be flying all the way to Kizmia's Island for their food. Now we need to find a way to help them closer to their home, specifically with fresh water. After that we escorted Nauliana safely back home. The End — Garr

*20260502: It wasn't particularly plot-heavy yesterday. We ran around collecting sandwich ingredients for Sammy — which requires killing several bosses — Mr. T for ketchup, Ramandu for bologna, Skybrary-Q'vynn for milk, finishing the circuit in Tangleberry Forest for lettuce, then formulating the sandwich in a hidden area in the northeastern sky part of skybrary (and maybe I missed one ingredient?), then exiting Skybrary from the Sky exit and talking to Sammy. Some knights came after Seaforth throughout, and at the end also "a" false Seaforth was killed. But I'm not sure if it was "the" false Seaforth. So there still seems to be some contest to his rule — maybe next year there will be more to find out. —Org du Lac

[[File: CL-20260411LoreTour.png|thumb|frame right|Nap and Story Time]]
*20260411: Quick recap of the Lore Tour: Our group ascended to Sombrion’s Cloud using the new Agronox flight path, where we met one of Sombrion’s Sarirs. The Sarir alerted us to a drake causing trouble, and we volunteered to help resolve the situation. As we searched for the elusive creature, the mystics among us began receiving mysterious messages from the drake itself, who revealed its name: Zayayr. It appeared Zayayr wanted to communicate. Though, as Lord Seaforth remarked, speaking isn’t exactly our group’s strong suit unless we’re all fallen. Fortunately we all fell and Zayayr dragged our fallen bodies away from danger and engaged us in conversation. We spoke for a bit and it seems like Zayayr and Sombrion may come to blows in the near future since it didn’t seem like Zayayr wanted to leave the nice stormy cloud, and we know Sombrion doesn’t like to share. (Zayayr did mention that he might put Sombrion in a cage and make him dance, I for one would love to see this) Eventually we were rescued and talk moved to a lightning drake egg that had been recovered by Haffron many years ago. Zayayr got wind of this asked for the egg and said that it had been looking for it for quite some time. After some additional wandering around we were able to connect Haffron with Zayayr to deliver the egg. We’ll see what happens if this egg hatches, but Zayayr thanked us and granted us a great boon in the form of knowledge. Zayayr went back to roosting in the northwestern part of Sombrion’s cloud. Travelers venturing in that direction should be cautious, as Zayayr is now there.

*20260404(.2): For this Lore Tour we hunted some clones, checked out the some of the Danger Rooms, visited a Maximum Mystic, went to the moon and read a story book. A few of us stayed after and also investigated the rank vault. — Phroon
*20260404 (.1): [[File: CL-20260404LoreTour1.png|thumb|frame right|Deputy of Puns, Pun'isher takes a break]] KPUN Lore Tour Bookfort Field Reporter Punny PewPew Gillespie: Stuff! —> 7 Images
[[File:CL-20260404LoreTour2.png|thumb|frame right|It’s getting hot in here]]
[[File:CL-20260404LoreTour3.png|thumb|frame right|House Keeping!]]
[[File:CL-20260404LoreTour4.png|thumb|frame right|Fountain]]
[[File:CL-20260404LoreTour5.png|thumb|frame right|Marshmellow vs. Broom]]
[[File:CL-20260404LoreTour6.png|thumb|frame right|Crying Bison]]
[[File:CL-20260404LoreTour7.png|thumb|frame right|A haphazardly laid wall of exiles]]

[[File:CL-20260314LoreTour.png|thumb|frame|right|Foot Grabbing!]]
*20260314: For this Lore Tour, we met up with Two in Haricot’s kitchen. Queueing in to the kitchen took some time, but through charades Two asked us to bring back six more Verminate from Ash. Once there, we ran into a few down-on-their-luck dwarves trying to escape from the island while we were searching through the city for the Verminate Two had mentioned. I think one of dwarves may have been experimented on by the Darshak, but I was running around a lot and might have missed some of the details. Eventually we ended up in the Ash City temple. Fighting our way in, we eventually found the Verminate we were looking for in the form of a cloaked figure. We escorted them back to Puddleby where they joined with Two to become Eight. The Verminate seem to be learning, as both Six and Eight were able to say some words of common. The tour concluded with Eight watching over Haricot’s stew and the foot-grab-line.

[[File:CL-20260222LoreTour.png|thumb|frame|left|The Ick]]
*20260221: Recapping Lore Tour. Following Trillbane's request, we headed up to the higher places north of the Vale of Giants to see if we could corral some of the goats that had wandered away from their work clearing the path into Shadowspring. This went about as well as you'd expect, with the goats slowly wiping us out while we tried to trap them in Kuzdu. Luckily with Salandra moving the Kudzu around, we were able to trap some of the goats so that the mountain hermit was able to gather them up to calm them down. With a few goats wrangled, we went down to the Heartwood Glade and wrangled more goats with mobile Kudzu walls. While there, Kalian stumbled onto some of the Green Drake mushrooms Tart'targ had mentioned we'd need for the ritual to get us into the deepest parts of Shadowspring. Encoruaged by Trillbane, Kalian first tried to eat them but being unsuccessful he rubbed them to break them down into smaller pieces. That released a lot of spores that spread quickly that we accidentally inhaled. This was apparently not the way to prepare them to focus the mind, and we began to see all sorts of colors dance in our vision. We then found ourselves in another place, perhaps the astral plane talking to a man in a bubble on a giant frog. When we woke up from this stupor, we found ourselves back in the temple with everyone in the lands and then fell to the side effects. How much of this actually happened I'm not sure, but with the goats returned I think we're closer to getting into Shadowspring and finding the source of the Skitterlings and the Ick.

*20260214: Tl;dr: The ents were extra enty, the ick was extra icky, and the goats were extra goaty today. Our time was nearly up when Trillbane stole hearts and brought us home, promising he would call us next week.

**Full Story:
**Bumbling into Vale was difficult and we nearly didnt make it through the exile grinder to our target only a few snells in. In a reversal of fortune, the trees felled nearly all of us. After quite a few chain runs from Naferu the magnificent, we found some tinder and a match and turned the giants into little more than embers. This was good news as our day hinged on making it to the ruins in the center of the vale. We proceeded down through the ruins to the recent gap that revealed a skitterling colony feeling OK. Cupid must have thrown a boomerang as the bloodmages attempted to ritual sacrifice the mystics in attendance, per usual. The pair of them were held in a tight embrace by the ick and yanked underground and squeezed out a few times claiming to see something that looked like the shadowspring citadels private underground parts. While being thrust underground, the mystics noted the icky vines were excessively swollen, and with what was up for debate. Were they throbbing of ancient machine energy? Slurping light from mystics? Dipping the tip of a vein into the blood pool? Gushing with the shimmering flood "water" in Shadowspring Citadel?
**Karma being what it is, and sutures running in low supply, we left the tunnel of bug love and headed to check on the heartwood glade. After a quick 5 minutes of swinging at the wood of the hierophant and splashing coins to all, we felt on top of the world and got too cocky. A gang of trees snuck around us and banged a hole in our defenses. We mounted a sloppy second offense but it was of no use, our bodies were wadded together in a fallen heap and our hope was blown. First, Phroon had his fun dragging some of us around but we found respia was insufficient for the stamina required. Kalian then stepped up but broke a chain grabbing too many, too fast and within a few seconds even he was overcome with a turbo rooting. Finally, Trillbane used some fancy stout chain lassoing and pulled us all out, snuck inside a crack no bigger than a taco, and escaped to a pink sunset over the village.
**There was a light refreshment of health, some casual chit chat, and plans to meet up to call the turbo goats back to work or give them the booty.

*20260124: This Lore Tour we were able to brave the Glacial Deeps and meet up with Kasarra. After fighting our way to the heart of ice, with the help of several mirror shards and a ritual around the heart Kasarra was able to fuse together a brand new silksteel breastplate. Kasarra also talked about setting up a forge near the heart, but the ice near there appears unforgiving. She said her next step will be to figure out a way to reproduce the silksteel armor without a ritual. After we finished up, she followed us back to Puddleby and is currently instructing our smiths how to make stout chains. It seems Orga Firewater may be used in the process. —Phroon

*20260110–20260117: To better flush out Brisk’s summary of two Lore Tours ago; we talked with Tart’targ about the Skitterlings and the vine/web/vein substance that seems to be the primary infection. Tart’targ called that substance the Ick and we talked about ideas for how we might deal with it. They asked for the occasional assistance of our Blood mages, but mainly said we were waiting on Trillbane’s work on clearing a path into Shadowspring. Tart’targ also accepted the feathers and bottle of wind for the eventual ritual to open the depths of Shadowspring. Following the meeting, we went to ABC and followed the Ick’s feeding of the machine’s energy to the west beneath Vale and to the Skitterling nest, where the energy flowed from the North, East, and to the south. We posited that it was flowing from ABC, GMV ruins, the vale gauntlet node and, Fire Ruins towards Shadowspring. —Phroon

*20260103: To recap, Lore Tour found quite the infestation of Skitterlings and the strange webby-viney substance in ABC and Fire Ruins. The mystics present felt similar feelings that Tart’targ had expressed in her previous notes, that the Skitterlings were secondary, tagging along with the strange substance. Salandra also posited that the vines were acting as veins, feeding on the power of the ancient machines and bringing it back to something. We visited the GMV Ruins but ran out of time to clear it, but saw a number of Skitterlings there as well. We checked Sunspire and were relieved to find it clear of the infestation. For now, it seems that only the fighter nodes have been affected. As such we don’t plan on putting much power into the healer or mystic nodes for a while, hopefully that won’t encourage the web-vine-veins from spreading to them.—Phroon

==2025==
[[File:CL-2025115DanceOff.png|thumb|frame|left|The November 15th 2025 Dance Off Winners.]]
*20251115: Dance Off Winners
**Maximum Rankage
*** With an amazingly synchronized routine. Is there a visionstone? I hope so! (VisionStone of the Dance Competition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbul6liA2hU ''No Nikki Glasers have been harmed in the making of this visionstone.'')
**Garr
***With in this sylvan's opinion, the most amazing routine. Pies and insults were thrown. We saw the amazing color-changing Ausrine, who was perhaps an unwilling participant in the routine.
**Laughing Academy
***Who also put pie to good use, summoned a unique dancer, and caused general mayhem. It looked like Ausrine got her revenge on Garr. Remember to treat her nicely, that was terrifying.
**Red Quill
***Who obviously should have won with a history lesson and legal defense that mostly fell on deaf ears.
**Runners-Up: Ravenstorm, who was disqualified, and Shadrock's Dancing Darshak (possibly also disqualified).

*20251108: Soul Hunter recap:
**beatdown by trees, beatdown by goats
**Longer version:
**We didn't make it to the trail of the Skitterlings. If the Vale had been a little more cooperative, with fewer pesky trees growing where they grow, with fewer snakes in the grass, with a little more organization or teamwork… well. Some zodiacs that's just how it goes. Despite Phroon's leadership and Seaforth's strategic mastery, we got flattened. Repeatedly.
**We are nothing if not persistent, so we kept coming back for another helping. A few departs later, chain runs from Naf, Phroon, Elenis and I'm nai sure who else, we made it to the edge of the Heartwood Glade. Warawonda was in fine form, and seemingly managed to sweet talk the forest into letting us in. A few more whispered sweet nothings might have been in order—there were even more trees there, along with (gulp) turbo goats. Why did it have to be turbo goats?
**Supposedly, the Mountain Hermit has those goats working on headbutting a path into the Shadowspring Citadel, but their work site abutted our foray and caused us to crumble. So! Today we learned that the progress bar there has a pair of horns and works best undisturbed. — Kani
[[File:CL-20251101LoreTourRecap.png|thumb|frame|right|Lore Tour Recap: The secret ingredient was pumpkin
– Kevas]]
*20251101: From Cimmbrion on Spring 48, 643 : Well done! Please pass along my thanks to the people of Puddleby. That was a close one, but Lugubrion tells me that the incursion near Venables' temple has stabilized. Even better, the turbulence throughout the plane caused by the Darshak portal is subsiding. That takes care of one of the main obstacles to crystallizing the ethereal plane. If we continue to plant both crystals and kyuems in earnest, I have good hope that the plane will be more responsive now. —Cimmbrion

*20251018: TL;DR Loretour recap: "Ethereal Plane ain't nuthin' to f--k with."
**For Lore Tour today we successfully repelled an Ethereal Incursion! We were able to plant a replacement Kyuem that should be more significantly more stable than the previous Kyuem that the Darshak had wedged into position. Many thanks to everyone who showed up! This is a huge step in stabilizing the Ethereal Plane.

*20251011: For this week's Lore Tour we wandered through a very happy Vale up to Fountfell and talked to the smith Kasarra about stout chains, fire water, the heart of ice and ice prisms. They also said that Ha'ri had dispatched an employee to Shadowspring that hadn't reported back, we investigated and found Skitterlings who tried to drag Garr into the floor. They were quickly dispatched, but we still need to go deeper and investigate further. Kasarra also plans to join us on a trip to through the Frigid Caves to the Heart of Ice.

*20250405: Lore Tour recap: We ventured first to the gloomy zoo where the Samahee Raider and some inconveniently-misplaced caltrops were no match for our crew. Then into the pop-up storybook where we found that Lord Seaforth's posse rolls way, way deeper than the Evil Noble King and his Jerk Knights.
**Fun turned to tragedy when the Wizard Q'vynn pulled himself out of his hat and we found ourselves fighting not one but two awful wizards. Even Mehan couldn't save us from that one, so we blew hot air in their faces and went home.
**Soul Hunter recap: Classic Bookfort hijinks; double boss wizards no bueno. —Kani

*20250315: Lore tour was quite fun today; got to find "heretical" experiments, various ghosts, and discover how "nonsensical" book plumbing is (ether) —Kordal
*20250308: Today's Lore Tour was UNEXPECTED and UNPROFESSIONAL
** But all good things. We met the charming Skipper and bet on snail races, beat up some darshak to find a delicate valuable in one of their ships. Said valuable was a scroll I couldnt read, and while Cecil thinks im illiterate, it just takes a mystic to do the job sometimes. Thank you Warawonda for your reading skills! Skipper was delighted, made some flirtatious moves towards me but I am MARRIED. But flattered. Then we met with Brooke in town to give her the scroll! The official plans for the fountain! But it seems she may be Skippers lover, who knows! Fountain construction set to 'soon'. — Palmeri

*20250301: Today’s lore tour went to Sombrion’s floating island, where we encountered some shadowguild (I think) members who were trying to prevent Sombrion from reaching the shadowplane. We gave them materials to set up an Agronox landing spot and then proceeded to Sombrion’s keep to tour his towers full of stuff. Danger Girl Bessie figured out that some of the clouds around Sombrion’s keep could be walked on, a feat that others attempted to imitate with only partial success. Caution is advised (along with a parachute) if you’d like to try that for yourself.
** Soul Hunter TLDR: Cloud 2 has numerous ranks atop towers!
*20250215: Recap: with the death of High Priest Endodontist, a vacuum has opened within the Darshak power structure. We visited three individuals who seem to be proposing themselves to fill that vacuum. One - in the temple, the leader of the Seamstresses, who believes only they know how to put things back together. Two, in Ash City, a spider lady called Lacrodextrous, which I believes translates as either "Tear Weaver" or else "Milkfingers". Thirdly, at the docks, an unnamed pirate warlord. We also fought some new undead: the "Besotted Corpse", several of which came out of the Ash Brewery full of extra-hoppy IPA and required over 1000 Atkus to hit. — Lord Seaforth

*20250208: This week we bravely attempted to venture towards the Shadow Bard Field. We made quick work of outer Gho-Wei, then ran into a huge group of Rotting Stares in the Fane, an ill portent.
**We eventually dispatched them, but venturing into the Shadowplane things took a darker turn. In spite of our mighty corps of mystics and some of the strongest fighters and healers in the lands, things quickly Spiraled out of control. Taunts from Shadow Chargus did nothing to improve the mood, and we wonder if Coriakin will ever be reunited with his lost pet, Chaconne.
**SH Recap: Shadow Wipeout! — Kani

*20250118: tl;dr Big shadow book, well of not-stupidity. — Kani
*20250111: Lore tour recap: We did it! We lore toured and we lifted the curse that was on me. We ventured to the Ash City temple looking to clear up a misunderstanding with the Darshak Endrondus. The misunderstanding being that I had his ankh and that it was cursed and that he was the conduit to lifting that curse since it was him that made the pact with K’THAAXOTROXZ in the first place. After a lot of fighting, the curse manifested itself in the form of… exiles not being able to recognize friend from foe and needing to focus up to avoid hitting each other.
**Also, Shadowfire was narrowly able to avoid being seduced by a young Darshak noble. And just when we were getting to the room that Endrondus was hiding in, he escaped through a back passage with Amdiroth, where the two returned to the surface and split from each other. We were able to find Endrondus and slay him - I placed the Ankh in his robes where it exploded, but due to some excellent healing we were able to make a full recovery while Amdiroth gabbed at us about needing to find a new high priest or something. Also, I officially adopted young Eraunsi Winemoon whom Elenis got addicted to root beer, but he left to sail the seas looking for his father. Hopefully he doesn’t drown, as his parent that would be very sad. I am quite proud of him for spreading his wings and venturing out on his own though. It brought a tear to my eye.
**K’THAAXOTROXZ is still at large, but hopefully with the death of Endrondus, it no longer has business with the Darshak and we don’t hear from it for some time.
**Thanks to all that attended. The way the curse manifested this time meant that our fighters had to be extra vigilant and restrained, and they did that exceptionally well. —Ausine
**SH Summary: I was there! Killed ash stuff got exp, lost "kidnapped" kid. — Soul Hunter
*20250104: Lore Tour Recap: We did it! We went to Abyss 3. While in the Abyss the Ankh grew more powerful and we gained a better understanding of how the curse manifests itself, which is as a ‘curse of misunderstanding’! This resulted in some unexpected twists when the Ankh was used to make fallen healable. Genderswapped fledglings! Garr as a Thoom! We also met Krrait, a low level abyssal entity in service to K’THAAXOTROXZ. Elenis made some ill-advised deal with it to get a cloak so if you’re murdered by him in the near future, it wasn’t an accident. We learned that the Ankh was part of a bargain made between the Darshak Endrondus and K’THAAXOTROXZ and that without it, Endrondus might be in breach of their agreement. With this learned, we exited the Abyss and went in search of K’THAAXOTROXZ in the mines on Ash Island.
**On our way to the mines, the Ankh’s power diminished and the transformations of other exiles ceased. However, my transformation remained. While fighting darshak on our way to the mines, one of them accused me of impropriety with his wife! He was slain but while we were searching for a way into the mines we came across none other but his son, Eraunsi Winemoon, who looked just. like. me. We convinced the lad that his supposed father had fled into the mines and my so- the lad was able to find an entrance that we could follow him through. While we didn’t find K’THAAXOTROXZ itself, I did sense a power, dark and slumbering, heavier than the Earth while we were there, so that was concerning. Also I got my normal form back! Eraunsi Winemoon never found his father, but I didn’t feel right sending him back to the darshak so we got him a room at the Purple Tor for now.
**Soul Hunter Synopsis - I don’t even know where to begin. See Inu's TLDR. — Ausrine
**TL;DR: Laughing Academy™ Mystic adopted abandoned boy
**2nd TL;DR: What could possibly go wrong?™—Inu Teisei

==2024==
*20241214: Lore Tour Recap: Lord Seaforth of the 800 titles led us back to Fountfell to visit the smith Kasarra because she had offered to help our smiths learn new things again or something. When we got there her Sister Lasarra told us that she was mumbling something about about hearts of ice and then wandered off. We know there's a nearby mountain with lots of icy things so we decided to check it out. We made our way up Silvershag Ascent and found Kasarra at the top. She told us that she was looking for the or a heart of ice. It was hard to tell (I'm not a great listener) We told her that we'd totally check it out and get back to her. Someone observant then noticed she was wearing an awesome set of lead boots. Since Lord Seaforth is full of wit and charm he was able to convince Kasarra once again to make the trek to Puddleby and teach Powean how to make Lead boots. She's there now making sure he doesn't make any mistakes.
**Soul Hunter Synopsis: Our Smiths can make Lead Boots!

*20241119: Tuesday Pet Patrol have some attendance, Apprentice Fearr and Tsune joined Captain Planet and I. We start with some clean of both bear cave, and proceed to Lilly Pond where local critter were a bit above Captain an my pet. Fortunatly colonel chomp did the job. (are we in the Emperor's army ?). I’ll wait you for next hunt on Tuesday, November 26, 2024 at 12:00PM PST.

*20241116: Recap of Lore Tour
**TLDR: Visited Alder. Left lots of stuff in his house. Made a war contract with the spriggins. Tried to fight Endrondus. Scary halls and scary walls. Money, pranks, woodworking. The Green New Hope.
**Today the exiles of Puddleby took a trip to Ash Island in hopes of re-vegification of the island through a variety of means.
**First order of business was a visit to Alder. Alder was quite shocked at our arrival and our subsequent “conscription” (we are better than forcing old men into our service). But he sort of agreed by non-disagreement to aid in the re-vegification efforts. All of our rainbow generator shiny and magical objects were stashed inside his home (again we can do better).
**Secondly, we summoned spriggins with a great variety of wealth, coins and shiny expensive things. “Bye!”, the Spriggin was very intent on collection of coinage. She was also very ambiguous about her terms. But… thanks to our very special donors:
***Gnomyamuni - 10k
***Shadowfire - 25k
***D'Ead - 28k
***Cecil - 50k
***Ravenstorm (the Prince of Fens) - 56k+
***Kalian - 250k
***Witchy Kitty Pirate King - 665,000c
**We are still accepting donations as well and there will be awesome swag, names on plaques or donuts, or just prestige. See the Cap’n about donations they will help provide more favorable terms with the spriggins.
**Finally, we were visited by our verminate friend Five who warned us of high levels of danger coming from the Super Dark Temple containing Endrondus. Our incursion went less than desirable, as Endrondus summoned a few super Greater Deaths. We had to retreat and live to try again soon. Endrondus will meet his end.
**Post Stink Script: Oh, Ausrine and her hat that she isnt wearing warned of a great evil deep in the mines under Ash Island where Endrondus was drawing his power from. — Valadorei

*20241109: Well, after an arduous journey to Fountfell, we had an informative conversation with one of the smiths, who announced she would come to puddleby with us and teach people to make a new kind of armor. — Eirian
**[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGPQZm_0DbM Lore Tour Visionstone of 20241109]
*20241102: to recap: we uhh made a deal with spriggins to go to some sorta prank war with the Darshak. that should like… hamper creepy thoom's plan. — Stinkfist
*20241012: Today lore tour went to the Dreamless Protectorate in the shadowplane to help Thistle finish crafting her Sun Lantern, and with it she was able to help fight against the madness of the Shadowplane. Phroon offered a dream fragment to the sapling growing in the protectorate, which seems healthy but still a long way from growing to maturity. Perhaps that's a good thing? I wonder how the dreamless would feel if it grows to reveal a portal in the heart of their sanctuary.
**With the new lantern-bearer in tow, we then went to the shadow bear cave. We were able to fight our way to the flaming shadow bear idol, which is quite a sight if you're fond of, er, creepy teddy bears and the like. Unfortunately we didn't have the strength to fight our way into the last chamber, but luckily we were able to retrieve all our fallen before making our escape. No word on the newly-discovered shadow forest - perhaps we'll return there on a future date with more lanterns.
**Soul Hunter TLDR: New lantern! Same bears. Don't stand in fire! — Coriakin

*2024105:Today Lore Tour travelled to the shadow garden in the heart of the haunted fane, to feed more dream shards to the sapling that had been planted there some time ago. It must have been close to maturity, because it quickly grew to full size... and in doing so revealed a portal! Entering the portal took us to a strange shadow forest full of deadly monsters, and the madness that pervades the shadowplane seemed even stronger there. We fought our way through several snells of twisting clearings and pathways between the trees, before chancing upon a portal that returned us to the shadowgarden.
**There is clearly much more to explore in this place, but doing so will require better preparation to deal with the shadow madness. If you plan to go, bring as many lantern-bearers as you can.
**Soul Hunter TLDR: "Why does nobody want to hang out?" Ouchouchouchouchouch

*20240921 10AM PDT: Trial by Puns. Guilty. Ambush. Escape. Puddleby victorious.
*20240907: Today's Lore Tour went to the bear cave in the shadowplane, with the goal of proving to the shadow bears that we are worthy of respect and friendship by our strength of arms. We fought our way into the depths of the bear cave, deeper than we'd ever gone before, until we found ourselves facing a giant bearish altar burning with cold flames. Onashi and Biro proclaimed this an affront to the Great Bear Spirit, and attempted to purify the altar with honey. This immediately angered the shadow bear cultists which swarmed us and we were all but wiped out... but in the end the last ones standing were a badly-wounded Kalian, and Garr surrounded by smoking shadow bear corpses.
**Did we manage to gain the respect of the shadow bears? Hard to say. Was the freezing fire of the shadow bear altar purified? Not completely, certainly, but Onashi and Biro suspect we made progress on both of those goals. Perhaps a future trip will lead to more definitive results? At least we now know to advance slowly and be wary of ambushes in those twisting, narrow passages.

*20240817: Da Lore Tour started at da Sout Farms Empire, where we met wit da Home Hive. Da bees were all abuzz wit annoyance at bein' out of da loop. We told dem da news about Reekfoot's weddin'. Calmed, dey told us to go visit uvver bees. Ably led by Garr, we follered da bees from one hive to da next. By landin' on an' buzzin' at Bink, Noivad, Giben, an' Bessie, dey let us know where to go next. Each place had meaner defenders, it seemed, dat were 'ventually defeated by our strong forces, tactics, an' pluck. We spread da news to da Dead Tee Hive in Sout Forest, da Lundar's Lake Hive, da Tree Top Hive on Metzetli Island, and Alder's Hive on Ash. Den, to Alder's astonishment, da hive swarmed! He recommended a place wit mud for dem to establish a new hive. Dey liked da cave opening in da dry river bed, and all stayed dere, but for da one who decided to adventure wit Bessie a while. Mayhap one day dat river bed will have water again an' trees an' flowers an' uvver living tings will flourish dere again.
**TL:DR @Soul Hunter/Lexa Displeased bees appeased. New Hive. Hope for Ash? — Dandelion
** "Mean bee friends. Bees appeased. New hive." — Dande
** "Bees Needs Feeds, Queen Find New Home" — Inu
** "Bees bees bees ash river cave" — Garr
** "Appreciating our flowering friends, but not Reekfoot." — Haffron
*20240803: Inut's recollection: We found at least one more dream fragment. Peeps who had them already also fed theirs to our favorite shadow treeling. The shadow treeling likes it when you sing to it, at least it did when Inut sung to it. @Coriakin, I wonder if it will like happy bard songs about itself or the shadow plane in general?
**SH/L summary: Singing to shadow treelings makes them happy.
*20240622: Today lore tour went to the shadowplane, and ended up listening to a story told by a shadowy statue(?) of a figure reading a book. The story talked about how before there was a tear between the planes, there was a "door" and a "key." A key made out of shining silver that opened the door to the shadowplane from our reality. "To turn the lock of worlds, the key must be made from stuff beyond this world." The rest of the story matches what we've heard of the ancients' struggle with the shadowplane: things started out fine, but after a time the shadowplane grew hostile and invaded the material plane.
**However, there's an epilogue: after the doors between words were closed, the inventor that made the key in the first place managed to slip back into the shadowplane to try to observe it in secret. While there, a second key was produced, an "inky black key that writhed in the hand," which was used to open a dark lock described as "a blemish in the darkness above the other world." Where this lock led isn't known, but the inventor passed through it and the storyteller concluded with "The end, she said. I have not seen her since."
**Perhaps this means that the storyteller heard the story from the inventor herself? Who knows. The writhing key sorta sounds like the pages from the book of rend, maybe it was used to create a passage back here? Or maybe it's something else, and the inventor passed through it to another world we don't yet know of. Hard to say, but the story suggests that the ancient who was the first one to visit the shadowplane survived the invasion, and then returned to the shadowplane once it was over and the rifts sealed. I think. — Coriakin
**Soul Hunter TLDR: Shadowplane storytime, Palmeri says, "WHAT AM I" — Biro

*2024615: Last week Lore Tour escorted Rinakki to the haunted fane to check on the tree that was planted in the shadowy garden there. It was apparently not thriving in that location, so a careful combination of magic and horticulture was employed to move it to a more auspicious location. It was provided with fresh soil imported from the material plane and memory shards (although no exiles' memories, as far as I could tell), and seemed to be thriving a bit more. It may be worth checking on again soon to see what effect our efforts had.
**Oh, and our efforts were briefly hampered when the high priestess left her sanctuary/study/cell/whatever to confront us in a hallway. She might have been looking for Rinakki, but fortunately didn't manage to find her.
**Soul Hunter TLDR: Happy little shadow tree. Everything is fine. Everything is fine. — Coriakin
Rinakki moved the sapling and replanted it I think inside the shadow plane just a little south of where it was. Good dream shards were placed in it. — Inu
*20240608: For this episode of Lore Tour we wanted to bring our concerns about the shadowy trees growing from those crooked seeds to local interplanar horitculture expert and generally suspicious person Rinakki/Strangler Fig/Mirna/Sie'Limpa/Myr'prentice. She's assumed a different identity to join a variety of organizations (mystic academy, shadowguild, Windspinners, fane cultists, etc), and perhaps none of those is her true name. She seems to be gathering power and knowledge to further her own mysterious goals, and despite seeming untrustworthy she's held up her end of bargains in the past. Most notably, she taught us the ritual for the Agronox Seal, which was used to seal the rift to the shadowplane at the bottom of the Citadel. She deals in connections, mostly between people, which she can extract (symbolically? Literally?) and then strengthen or weaken as she chooses. It's weird and disturbing, so I'll say no more about it now but ask me later if you have more questions.
**In any event, we went to her hideout in the Bison Plains, only to discover that she'd gone to Svart'targ's cave in the Undermarsh. An ill-fated shortcut into a mass of blind but hungry meshra left all of us fallen except a slowly-drowing stoneformed Garr, and Klur above water but being chased by bears and a rift. Somehow Klur came through for us yet again and we were able to recover, rescue our sunken friends, and eventually continue on to Svart'targ's cave.
**I wish I could explain what the conversation was about, but I got very confused halfway through and I'm not sure I understand it entirely. The short version is that Rinakki is interested in the trees growing from the crooked seeds and is willing to accompany us to the Haunted Fane next zodiac to meet Peng Peng and see how the tree there is doing.
**She seems more unconcerned about the existence of these trees, but then again she wasn't concerned about the gaping hole to the shadowplane at the bottom of the citadel so that doesn't mean anything. If someone else can summarize any other important talking points we covered that would be useful, but what I remember from the talk is her being unhelpful but willing to come with us next zodiac. The tea was tasty though.
**Soul Hunter TLDR: Breathing is important. Meshra bad. Witches confusing. Tea! — Coriakin

*20240601: Lore tour went to the Haunted Fane on Gho Wei to check on the tree growing from the crooked seed that was planted there many zodiacs ago. Now that we know that the trees need memories on which to grow, it makes sense that it hasn’t developed much - not much around except undead with few remaining memories. So unless visitors start trying to feed it memories it looks like the danger posed by that tree is relatively is relatively minimal. For now.
**Soul Hunter TLDR: Shadow tree seeds eat memories? Super gross. Eww. — Coriakin
[[File:CL-LoreTour-20240518-ATree.png|right|thumb|The group tries to decide if they should plant a seedling. (20240518)]]
*20240518: Warning: Today's lore tour recap is pretty heavy on the Proper Nouns. If you want more background on who and what these places are, please say so. Lore tour today went to the Shadowplane today at Brisk's behest. As you may remember, on two previous trips there a mystic was gifted a "Crooked Seed" from a crooked tree. The mystics claimed the tree spoke to them, asking them to find a place to plant the seed. Sativa planted his seed in Peng Peng's garden in the Haunted Fane, and as it grew it opened a portal to a garden that appears to be part of the shadowplane. Today Brisk proposed to go to the Dreamless Protectorate in the Shadowplane to ask for guidance about what he should do with the seed he was carrying.
**After a short walk through the shadow islands, and a not-so-short row across the shadow ocean trying to first find and then catch the moving exit, we finally made it to the Protectorate. But no sooner did we finally get there, then Brisk seemed to be overcome by an irresistible desire to plant the seed. While the gathered exiles debated whether this was a good idea or not, Brisk snuck past us and planted the seed right at the spot where Shaer's Gate stood — the portal to and from the shadowplane in ancient times. And almost immediately, a small shadow tree grew in that spot.
**I and several others were aghast, but the residents of the Protectorate stoically accepted this shadowy addition to their sanctuary without protest. Pelaegia mentioned that the tree was unlikely to grow without nutrients, which was reassuring. However, some exiles were intrigued to see what the tree would develop into: perhaps it would open a gateway to somewhere, much like the first tree? Kalian, reasoning that the tree might subsist on memories like many other shadow beings, tried to feed it a dream fragment he'd been carrying. The tree indeed absorbed the dream fragment, and it instantly started to grow more. (edited) 
**At that point we had to leave, so we left the tree under the observation of Chroma of the Protectorate. The tree might develop more on its own, but I highly recommend not bringing it any more dream fragments as that might cause it to mature faster. Unless that's what you want.
**The trip out was mostly uneventful, but if you're a healer — remember that you should only heal the Lost Dreamer if you feel comfortable escorting it the whole way out. Experience managing a pet is good practice for that.
**Oh, speaking of pets, I have a personal request. I brought my pet foxweir Chaconne for moral support, but we were separated while on the shadow ocean and I wasn't able to find her. She hadn't returned to the stable by the time I had to go to the library, so if anyone's heading back to the shadowplane anytime soon, please keep an eye out for an out of place frost foxweir. Thanks.
**Soul Hunter TLDR: Another shadow tree planted. What could go wrong? — Coriakin
[[File:CL-LoreTour-20240511-SupplyLines.png|right|thumb|Pavela plots with exiles to disrupt Darshak supply lines. (20240511)]]
*20240511: For today's Lore Tour we escorted the disguised Pavela Winemoon (aka Ramandoon) to Ash Island to rendezvous with her contact "Five" and associates to lay groundwork for disrupting Darshak supply lines. Under cover of raiding the darshak outpost to steal loot from the ships, we secretly hid Five's verminate compatriots aboard all the ships present. I can neither confirm nor deny rumors that Five was revealed to be five verminate in a cloak while finding a hiding spot aboard one of the ships.
**I’m not sure what the next step is. Perhaps the verminate spies will sabotage the ships themselves at a later date. Perhaps they're gathering info to let us know when a vulnerable convoy will be arriving for us to sink/raid. Or something else entirely? I guess we'll find out!
**But not next week. Apparently the plan is to go to the shadowplane next week. I'm sure everything will be fine…
[[File:CL-LoreTour-20240504-Ramandu.png|right|thumb|A pirate secretly dressed as Ramandu (20240504)]]
*20240504: For Lore Tour today we went to TI to check on Pavela Winemoon, a formerly (and possibly still) Darshak-associated person who helped us take over the darshak outpost on TI. She mentioned three possible targets on Ash Island that for follow-up actions against the Darshak, and we decided to pursue two of them. First, we'd go deface Kestrel's Tower to, uh, demoralize our foes with psychological warfare, and then meet with one of Pavela's contacts who could help us disrupt supply lines from the main Darshak settlement of Gathner. Pavela offered to escort us to our targets but was worried about being recognized, so Pe Ell donated an orange cloak to disguise her as a Ramandu.
**After a pitched battle we made it to the tower, where Kestrel's halfling servant was taunted in the traditional manner and then numerous signs were posted.
**Signs included:
***"Welcome to the tower of failure! Please leave soiled clothing with Dotterel,"
***"Your tower is bad and you should feel bad,"
***"Take pride in our town. Keep yon tower Darsak free,"
***"Ramandu is better and richer than every Darshak ever. Combined even. Ramandu is the bestest in the world and carries all his riches on his person always."
***"Only thing in Dotterels mind is "peepee poopoo peepee poopoo""
**Next we went to the temple where we encountered Pavela's contact Five, who was definitely not a pile of rodents in a cloak. After a hefty bribe from Kalian, Five agreed to help us locate some darshak shipping next week. On the way out the necromancer Amdiroth was briefly mocked, and we escorted "Ramandu" to safety.
Soul Hunter recap: Darshak mocked and stolen from. More next week.

*20240420: The last Lore Tour was less of a tour and more of a tour de force. After Stinkfist's nefarious brother Reekfoot showed up to mock Puddleby's dancing skills last week, we stepped up to the challenge to Serve or Be Served. There were a variety of impressive performances including Inu and the Shadow Friends, Punisher representing Bear Force One, Bessie's Interpretive Dance, Fungal Fey and the Mush Rooms, Red Quill's Dance Squad, Garr's taunting and pie-ing of Reekfoot, and Reekfoots "dance" presentation that was mostly violence.
**After the performances, the scores provided by the distinguished judges were unceremoniously thrown out due to possible judge bribery and/or tampering, and instead the attendees were invited to vote. Apparently Puddleby feels that summoning horrifying shadow monstrosities isn't a desired part of a dance presentation, so Inu's shadow fiends came last and were subjected to brutal mockery, cheerfully provided by Pun'isher. In the end the voting was very close, but my own clan's entry was victorious! To paraphrase Stinkfist: "Red Quill winning a RP-related event, what a surprise."
**Thanks to everyone who participated! — Coriakin
*20240406: First we went and joined Ramandu on his search of the Great Toad Spirit — and fought The Ramandu in the Bookfort.
**Then we all went into the purple crayon adventure notebook and defeated Clthoomu.
**From there, a detour to visit the difference dance crews — puffins, pets, bears and badgers who were practicing for "Regionals."
**Then finally and at great length, a foray into Gorvin's danger rooms. They were very perilous and at times it looked like we wouldn't make it, but the dire seasteed (or whatever it's called) was smashed, we won, and cake was eaten in celebration that we finally weren't stuck and because it was Jamboree's birthday.
**Soul Hunter Recap: Big mob, SH wanted sharecads.
[[File:CL-LoreTour-20240316-Post Hunt.png|right|thumb|headless exile bears invade Town Center 20240316]]
*Tour Visionstone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lG_xYjB1AA8

*20240316: Arrr! Hear this declaration from the Pirate King:
**BRNJBJRN: "FIGHT TO THE DEATH, THE CHALLENGE APPROACHETH"
**A Shadow Brinclone (You may remember the Adventure to recover Mehan's Armor....) has uhhh roared a challenge through the planes to Puddleby. Come fight him in his shadowy cave.
**So, for Puddleby and those inclined to THE GREAT BEAR SPIRIT, we shall answer this call to combat.
**Now from previous encounters and expeditions into the Shadowplane we know that these Shadow Bears are rather mighty. Bring yer best. Iz gonna be dangerous. We got this.....
**Yarr it should be noted that this... seems to be the result of a chain of events started accidentally by Mehan when she lost her armor riding an agronox (it could happen to anyone) and then continued by one Inu Teisei (with some help from Sativa) when they checks notes temporarily bound the shadow bears to the ice altar, which presumably gave the Shadowplane lots and lots of time to learn all about bears....
**If this goes poorly, this is their fault. If this goes well and works out for us somehow, they get medals.
**Fight with RAWR ROAR RAWR and Honor in Glorious Bear Combat!
**Soul Hunter TLDR: Shadow ROAR RAWR RAWR ROAAAAAAR adventure time.
*20240309: Lore Tour Recap, as best I can understand it: With Venables' dead and his crew scattered, a treaty was to be signed to reward those who helped us with responsibility for the outpost. Unfortunately, Brisk managed to lose his reading glasses, so the signing was derailed as we traipsed across the archepelago looking for them. Along the way we discovered and possibly-foiled-or-maybe-not some sort of Shadowguild plot involving Rafinus and the blacksmith shop, as well as some of Brisk's... family? Associates? Unclear.
**Anyway, once we'd successfully located Stinkfist who'd be abducted by a drake (did I mention that happened? It did, from Devil's Island), we found out that the drake had also gathered Brisk's glasses. With them finally reacquired, we returned to Tenebrion's conference room for the signing. You'll have to ask someone else for the exact details of the treaty, but from what I understood the idea is to try to deal with the damage to the ethereal plane that Venables' experiments caused and finally try to run the darshak off the island once and for all. — Coriakin
**Addendum: After a great deal of shenanigans, the Loyal Supporter wandering around 'Noth summoning Ramandon'ts has fallen. But by the Cone it took forever to fell. — Shadowfire
*20240302: Holy moley, what a chaotic day assaulting Venable's Camp. Here's the recap, as much as I can put together from the variety of simultaneous plans: Ritual/song magic, beehive projectiles, sea magic candles, and more.
**Under the assumption that there wouldn't be time for a whole ritual during an assault on a darshak compound, under Valadorei's direction a ritual was performed before leaving town while a song played. I'm not sure how they did it, but the ritual's power to calm the ethereal damage taking place in Venable's camp would remain dormant until the song was played again.
**Preparations complete, we ventured to Tenebrion's Island to collect former darshak (I think?) Glorak who would be manning a catapult, and sea-witch Pelaegia. We ventured to the north gate to Venables' camp and faced strong opposition, although Glorak had snuck in earlier and left the pirates some "presents," and now many of their forces were too drunk (or poisoned) to fight effectively. The catapult was loaded with beehives brought by Biro and the other bears, and the stinging of angry bees also helped distract our foes.
[[File:CL-LoreTour20240302_2.png|right|thumb| Sammy Fights darshak with Lore Tour Group]]
**Eventually we established a foothold, and Biro was able to entreat The Great Bear Spirit to send some bears to aid out defense. With the catapult prepared to lob more bees into the heart of the camp, we gathered to help Pelaegia begin a ritual of her own, which would involve using a creating a triangle of sea candles to aid in some magic to repair the damage to the ethereal plane caused by Venables' experiments. We successfully prepared the first candle at the north gate, and left the bears to defend the candle and catapult as Lore Tour moved to the other candle locations.
**South of the compound we found the location for the second candle, and left it to be defended by an apparently friendly (or at least neutral) undead spirit known as Tatterflesh, or Mr T to his friends. The final candle location was at the compound gate located near the west landing of Tenebrion's Island, but once it was in place we needed to get inside so, another ritual was used to summon Sammy the Mantaun Rider from the bookfort, who tore open a hole in the stone wall for us. All seemed to be going according to plan(s) at this point…
**This is when Venables started taunting us over the sunstone channel, claiming to not hear anything happening, and letting us know he was going to do things like go for a walk around his outpost. You know, the sorts of things that are definitely not traps.

**Well, it was a trap. We spotted him running past us as we were making our way to the compound's east gate, and upon trying to follow him we realized that he was leaving a trail of ethereal portals on the other side of snell borders and, well, everywhere. We were eventually able to re-collect the exiles who accidentally fell for the trap (and into the portals), and realized that our primary goal needed to change to fixing the immediate ethereal damage. The mystics, aided by Pelaegia, were able to close most of the unstable portals around Venables' compound, but one seemed so tainted by darshak magic that it resisted their efforts. We entered the portal and found a seemingly calm area, but soon realized that Venables was lurking in the snell to the southwest.
**Another desperate battle ensued, but in the end we were victorious and Venables was vanquished. Or was he? I thought Venables was a flesh-and-blood being, but the "Venables" that we saw there died in a poof of smoke, much like a spirit. Hmm….
[[File:CL-LoreTour20240302.png|right|thumb|Rainbow Harp.]]
**Time was pressing and that area of the ethereal plane seemed particularly unstable (unless it's normally filled with cracks), so we had to leave that mystery for now and return to the material plane to finish what we'd started. We returned to the one remaining portal, and the combined powers of Pelaegia, the team of mystics, and the "Doomsong" were finally able to seal that remaining ethereal rift.
**We were not able to stop Venables' experiments, nor the man himself, but we inflicted a great deal of damage to his camp and were able to repair at least some of the damage to the ethereal plane. Hopefully a future trip will be able to put an end to his threat for good.
**Soul Hunter TLDR: Musical kaboom. Bee catapult. Sea candles. Confused Darshak! — Coriakin

*I attempted a TLDR:
**TL;DR: The group conducted a pre-assault ritual and song magic to calm ethereal damage at Venable's Camp. They then launched an assault with unique strategies like beehive projectiles and sea magic candles. Despite facing strong opposition and traps by Venables, they managed to establish a foothold and repair some ethereal damage with rituals and the aid of allies, including bears, a sea-witch, and an undead spirit. Venables was confronted but his defeat raised questions about his true nature. The mission caused significant damage to the camp and partially mended the ethereal plane, leaving Venables' threat unresolved for a future confrontation. — Ayelwen

*20240224: Next week's bard concert will also feature Supplanter's audition for bard quester! Please come to the guild hall on Saturday, February 24, 2024 11:00 AM [PDT] to cheer him on! — Coriakin

*20240217: Stinkfist says, “So to summarize: we have a small base camp set up on TI now to combat Venables and Kestrel's forces in two zodiacs.…we picked up a kyeum power stone also.”
**Inu Teisei says, “summary snipe hunt with prizes is my summary.”
**Stinkfist says, “So, Two zodiacs from now how do we wanna do this? Ideas? Additional allies to call upon?”
**Phroon says, “Sneak in and steal more stuff?”
**Dandelion says, “Collect wood fer me, please. Fer more signs.”
**Stinkfist says, “Additional allies to call upon?”
**Soul Hunter version: more dead darshak, sativa banished in two towns.
*20240113: Lore tour recap: We took the portal to the village to invite Forsythia to come see the Org Sanctuary with us. She was interested, but while we were chatting her hut was set on fire by some invading orga! Despite numerous setbacks we were eventually able to fight them off, and tracked their attack to the nearby org cave. It seemed like the orga were unwilling to actually enter the org cave itself, but they did their best to block it off.

After defeating the orga and unblocking the cave we went inside to find a panther cap mushroom which we took to the org sanctuary along with Forsythia, who may or may not return to the village depending on how damaged the roof of her hut is. We gave one of the blue flowers to Khami, the centaur seemingly in charge of the org sanctuary warens, as a thank you for all the work they've done to help the org. And then Phroon was so overcome with thankfulness that his Orb Of Unstable Something-Or-Other burst showering everyone around with good karma. Did you know that it's possible to get a cartload, a boatload, or even a shipload of good karma? Now you do.
Oh, one other lore tidbit. Apparently the Windspinner monk in charge of training the agronox so we can ride them is called Andrachnea. If we want more agronox flight destinations, that's the person we should talk to. Uh... anyone know who that is? — Coriakin

*20240106: Lore tour recap: we helped Gorvin find the famed warrior Darktur, but in the process encountered Sharktur, a sharkitty who’d taken Darktur’s Makobite Bracer in a poker game. After Darktur agreed to train Gorvin, we went to Ash Island to track down Sharktur and retrieve the bracer. After many pitched battles we were able to do, although Gorvin was unable to determine what the bracer does.

Soul Hunter recap: Too many darshak, but blinged Gorvin out anyway.

==2023==
*20231111: Hello! It is I, Brisk!
[[File:CL20231111.png|thumb|frame|left|The Lore Tour on November 11th, 2023 bravely fights]]
To recap this week, we made it through everywhere we wanted to during the lore tour today and even some places we did not plan on.

The group did a very good job of staying alive and making other things less alive. The machines were charged in advance by Kalian the Tawny and Falinea's Blade, thank you for your efforts. The portal was moved in place to the Fountfell for easy access by an anonymous exile. We made good progress through the citadel to the ancient machinery with minimal horus checks. Once the water was reached we realized we were not as prepared with potions and amulets of breath but we made do with a little bit of downtime and a lot of uncomfortably close movement (seriously people, I need my personal space!). Under the water we found rubble had fallen from the ceiling and littered the area around the thrones. Many trips were spent checking for holes in the crumbled walkways and cleaning up the debris. We must get Pelaegia to return and check the upkeep of the citadel, lest we lose it completely to a cave-in not unlike the one that happened long ago to cut off the gates of the twin moons!
After we reached the basement to check on the seal placed atop the shadow rend we heard a skittering noise like a sound of nails on a chalkboard. These weird insectoid like creatures came down from the walls and tried to separate our insides from our outsides. Luckily we had Gorvbot there to murder and a few blood mages that were more than comfortable bleeding a little bit to crack those carapaces. We could hear them on the other side of the rubble from the stairwell that crumbled. I suspect there may be many, many more in our future.

Phroon was carrying a page from the book of rend that started to chant and sing and was largely pleased to be in the area. When he was fumbling with the page it happened to open a rift into the shadowplane itself. We lost a few folks to his portal of doom and decided as a group to definitely go rescue them to leave no one behind and not because we wanted to know where the portal led to. We made a mad dash through the shadowplane, found a Lost Dreamer and guided it to its memory of puddleby and escaped in its wake. It might've been record time, it depends who you ask.

Either way, it answered some lingering questions but also opened a whole new line of questions for us to visit in the future.

soulhunter summary: citadel construction bad, new insects, great group today

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=Lore Tour Summaries=
==2026==
[[File:CL-Defaced_and_abused.png | thumb | frame right | The Lore Tour fought hard but we ran of time—so many mobs!]]
*20261003: Today Lore Tour delved back into the depth of Shadowspring Citadel, looking to return to the ruins we think are the "Gates Of The Moon," the place where the ancient mirror to the Shadowplane once was. We were able to fight through the resistance in the Vale, as well as the Skitterlings infesting the tunnels, and eventually made it to the shimmering water and stone walkways where the ruined mirrors can be found. Although the mirrors seemed to have no power remaining in them, mystics were able to sense some power still coursing through the stones near them.
**On the way down, we'd noticed several carvings left by some recent visitor, although we couldn't figure out the purpose of them. The one of the carvings featured a T in a triangle, so the guess is that it may have been Tart'targ... although Garr points out the similarity of the carvings to those found on Kizmia's Island. Perhaps it's worth following up with Fat Alice and the other witches there?
**We didn't have time to assault the Skitterling Nest itself, so if the person who made the carvings ventured all the way into the heart of it, we weren't able to follow their trail the rest of the way. Who knows... maybe Trillbane got there first?
**At the end we started hypothesizing about the energy that was found there. Maybe it's related to the water? Many nearby villagers worship the water as "Mother River," and Phroon mentioned there's a thoom that tells a story of finding something silvery in the river that transformed him. Might be worth investigating further!
**Soul Hunter TLDR: Skitterlings still tough but we're getting stronger.

*20260919: This week, the Lore Tour journeyed through the Vale of Giants (Where we were ambushed by roughly three million badgers) before making its way to the town of Fountfell. There, we met with Kasarra, who delivered a prototype of the Silksteel armor she has been developing to Cecil. She explained that she needs many more ice prisms to simplify the blacksmithing process enough to teach it to our town’s blacksmiths and offered to employ someone to gather them for her. Lord Seaforth of the Many Titles also acquired a newly crafted plate from Kasarra to replace the one stolen by Trillbane the Scoundrel. Kasarra added that she also might be able to teach Powean a few improvements to the stout chain design we recently learned to make. After leaving the blacksmith, we stopped by the Rockslide Tavern for a drink and an exchange of stories with Egremora. She shared a tale about Master Spruce, revealing more of his history before he became the gnarled, old, nap-loving hermit we know today. We ended the evening with Coriakin recounting our recent discoveries beneath the Shadowspring Citadel, including some of the gates we found there. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Garr Garr]

*20260822: For today's Lore Tour we stayed in town to perform the new song I wrote for Trillbane, with the help of Xepel and a quickly-conscripted Polerand (who did a great job!). Trillbane loved the song, and also loved forcing an infuriated Seaforth to hand over his armour which was also promised in the bargain. After Seaforth performed the angriest striptease in history, Trillbane showed off his new look, trained a few people, and then returned to... whatever he was doing. The possibly-mythical town of Rankerton was mentioned.

Afterwards, Lore Tour graciously escorted me to Heartwood Glade to look for another piece of sonorous heartwood, the newly discovered bard instrument part. After a fierce battle, we reached the deepest part of the glade where Haffron discovered what we were looking for. So, it looks like the bard contest next week will now have prizes for the top two entrants! Thanks everyone have prizes for the top two entrants! Thanks everyone — Phroon

*20260808: For Lore Tour we followed the plan and met with Tart'targ, who said Trillbane had already stopped by and let her now. We then went into the dark beneath Shadowspring, where we fought our way deeper in the dark but ultimately had troubles getting across a bridge that had been gummed up by pebbles and Skitterlings and we ended up departing. — Phroon

*20260801: For Lore Tour we followed the plan and fought our way to the Foghaven Monoliths where we found and defeated another Ick Promontory. We then headed up to GMV Ruins where we found the usual infestation of Skitterlings and Ick, but no major growth. Along the way we had felt flow the Ick to the south, so having checked the potential sources of that flow we followed it to the glade. There in corner where the goats and Trillbane had been working we discovered a brand new path! Following it we found ourselves in Ancient ruins that I believe may be a formerly unreachable section of Shadowspring, possibly down below the Agronox seal. We were late on time, but delved in deeper where we found an area filled with darkness pierced by shafts of light. We were quickly overwhelmed by Skitterlings and thanks to miraculous chaining we were able to make it back home safely. — Phroon

*20260711: For Lore Tour we traveled to the Shadowplane and sought out five of the baby Mantuan. When given a mirror shard, each of them gave us a hint as to an item each Oubleir would want. But one of them warned us that some Mantuan are actually bears in disguise. So we have a bit of a puzzle to solve. — Phroon

*20260704: For Lore Tour, we briefly visited with Tart’targ who has been a bit more hospitable as of late. She told us that she has felt rumblings through the mountains and we explained that we had enlisted the help of the bloodpool in battling the Ick, which she said was likely the source of the rumbling. She then cautioned us on the use of the consequences of using the bloodpool that way, some of which a few of us shared. For now my personal hope is that the bloodpool can at least slow down the expansion of the Ick. Tart’targ also mentioned that she had seen more growth of the Ick, and her and Pelaegia recently did some pruning of the Ick in the Ancient Bear Caves, using some of the Bloodmage blood we had given her. We then checked out ABC, finding that the Ick was pruned back, and that there were signs that the bloodpool had actually managed to spread that far, its red glow creeping through the cracks in the rock. From there, we followed the veins of the Ick to the Skitterling nest and after many rocks and frustrating potions managed to get inside. There we found an Ick Promontory, a large concentration of Ick. We slowly fought it and each time we did damage a number of Unstable Skitterlings were set loose from it. It seemed to repair itself quickly, but with sufficient offense by going into overtime we were able to defeat it. We will likely need to keep an eye out for other promontories that may have formed in other areas with the Ick. — Phroon

*20260620: For Lore Tour we visited with Nacerus in the Savannah Maha cave. We talked for a while, and we eventually described the danger of the Ick to them. The bloodmages with us then fed a sample of the Ick to the pool, but found it quite low. In efforts to re-fill it we went to Vale, which was especially happy this time. There we fought quite a few stong trees, and at the end we slayed an especially strong enlivened hierophant that we chained back to the bloodpool. The pool seemed sufficiently satiated, and Nacerus said that they expected the pool would start flowing towards the Ick now that it had a taste for it. Hopefully this will mean pitting one primeval force against another. As Pookoiko mentioned, we could use help keeping the pool well satiated so it can reach the Ick. — Phroon

[[File: CL-20260606LoreTour.png|thumb|frame right|The Lore Tour meets with Tart'targ]]
*20260606: Shadrock did a good job of summarizing things through pictures. But to sum up, we traveled through Vale to the Hearwood Grove. We did not see the hierophant, but managed to get the Green Drake mushrooms to Tart’targ. She seemed quite happy to receive them, and their magic caused her to split into many copies of herself for a short while. Afterwards, she was in suspiciously good spirits. Lion-O then exchanged the exile blood samples he had been collecting with Tart’targ, I believe for a pot of tea. (It was hard to keep track of all the final offers). She then thanked us profusely, complimenting us more than her usual demeanor, and we were on our way. We only managed to get halfway home before she sunstoned something about a Mantuan. Probably something we’ll need to talk to her about more, later. — Phroon

*20260523: For Lore Tour we ventured into the Shadow Forest, and managed to have a nice conversation with a purple mantuan. It said that it didn't remember much, and that it wasn't very important. My takeaway from it all is that we still need to make more sense of the other Oubleir. We visited one, a goat leaping across other goats and branches in a tree in the shadow orchard, but we didn't have any breakthroughs yet. Thanks again to all the stong help that showed up, we were especially light on healers until more joined up. — Phroon.

*20260516: Today on the Lore Tour we met up with Nauliana the beekeeper who lives in the greymyr passes and escorted her to the friendly bees who have set up a hive in the Ash Barrens. From there we found that the bees must be going somewhere to get food as there was nothing nearby. We escorted Nauliana to Alder's hut as that is one of the only other living places on the island. While there, Nauliana heard that there might be some interesting yeasts in Rosentide (Ash City) and asked us if we might be an emissary to the Darshak in obtaining this mead. We did what we do best and "negotiated" with the Darshak to obtain quite a bit of grog and a bottle of fancy vintage wine. We returned to Nauliana and Alder to deliver the booze and while we were gone, they discovered that the bees must be flying all the way to Kizmia's Island for their food. Now we need to find a way to help them closer to their home, specifically with fresh water. After that we escorted Nauliana safely back home. The End — Garr

*20260502: It wasn't particularly plot-heavy yesterday. We ran around collecting sandwich ingredients for Sammy — which requires killing several bosses — Mr. T for ketchup, Ramandu for bologna, Skybrary-Q'vynn for milk, finishing the circuit in Tangleberry Forest for lettuce, then formulating the sandwich in a hidden area in the northeastern sky part of skybrary (and maybe I missed one ingredient?), then exiting Skybrary from the Sky exit and talking to Sammy. Some knights came after Seaforth throughout, and at the end also "a" false Seaforth was killed. But I'm not sure if it was "the" false Seaforth. So there still seems to be some contest to his rule — maybe next year there will be more to find out. —Org du Lac

[[File: CL-20260411LoreTour.png|thumb|frame right|Nap and Story Time]]
*20260411: Quick recap of the Lore Tour: Our group ascended to Sombrion’s Cloud using the new Agronox flight path, where we met one of Sombrion’s Sarirs. The Sarir alerted us to a drake causing trouble, and we volunteered to help resolve the situation. As we searched for the elusive creature, the mystics among us began receiving mysterious messages from the drake itself, who revealed its name: Zayayr. It appeared Zayayr wanted to communicate. Though, as Lord Seaforth remarked, speaking isn’t exactly our group’s strong suit unless we’re all fallen. Fortunately we all fell and Zayayr dragged our fallen bodies away from danger and engaged us in conversation. We spoke for a bit and it seems like Zayayr and Sombrion may come to blows in the near future since it didn’t seem like Zayayr wanted to leave the nice stormy cloud, and we know Sombrion doesn’t like to share. (Zayayr did mention that he might put Sombrion in a cage and make him dance, I for one would love to see this) Eventually we were rescued and talk moved to a lightning drake egg that had been recovered by Haffron many years ago. Zayayr got wind of this asked for the egg and said that it had been looking for it for quite some time. After some additional wandering around we were able to connect Haffron with Zayayr to deliver the egg. We’ll see what happens if this egg hatches, but Zayayr thanked us and granted us a great boon in the form of knowledge. Zayayr went back to roosting in the northwestern part of Sombrion’s cloud. Travelers venturing in that direction should be cautious, as Zayayr is now there.

*20260404(.2): For this Lore Tour we hunted some clones, checked out the some of the Danger Rooms, visited a Maximum Mystic, went to the moon and read a story book. A few of us stayed after and also investigated the rank vault. — Phroon
*20260404 (.1): [[File: CL-20260404LoreTour1.png|thumb|frame right|Deputy of Puns, Pun'isher takes a break]] KPUN Lore Tour Bookfort Field Reporter Punny PewPew Gillespie: Stuff! —> 7 Images
[[File:CL-20260404LoreTour2.png|thumb|frame right|It’s getting hot in here]]
[[File:CL-20260404LoreTour3.png|thumb|frame right|House Keeping!]]
[[File:CL-20260404LoreTour4.png|thumb|frame right|Fountain]]
[[File:CL-20260404LoreTour5.png|thumb|frame right|Marshmellow vs. Broom]]
[[File:CL-20260404LoreTour6.png|thumb|frame right|Crying Bison]]
[[File:CL-20260404LoreTour7.png|thumb|frame right|A haphazardly laid wall of exiles]]

[[File:CL-20260314LoreTour.png|thumb|frame|right|Foot Grabbing!]]
*20260314: For this Lore Tour, we met up with Two in Haricot’s kitchen. Queueing in to the kitchen took some time, but through charades Two asked us to bring back six more Verminate from Ash. Once there, we ran into a few down-on-their-luck dwarves trying to escape from the island while we were searching through the city for the Verminate Two had mentioned. I think one of dwarves may have been experimented on by the Darshak, but I was running around a lot and might have missed some of the details. Eventually we ended up in the Ash City temple. Fighting our way in, we eventually found the Verminate we were looking for in the form of a cloaked figure. We escorted them back to Puddleby where they joined with Two to become Eight. The Verminate seem to be learning, as both Six and Eight were able to say some words of common. The tour concluded with Eight watching over Haricot’s stew and the foot-grab-line.

[[File:CL-20260222LoreTour.png|thumb|frame|left|The Ick]]
*20260221: Recapping Lore Tour. Following Trillbane's request, we headed up to the higher places north of the Vale of Giants to see if we could corral some of the goats that had wandered away from their work clearing the path into Shadowspring. This went about as well as you'd expect, with the goats slowly wiping us out while we tried to trap them in Kuzdu. Luckily with Salandra moving the Kudzu around, we were able to trap some of the goats so that the mountain hermit was able to gather them up to calm them down. With a few goats wrangled, we went down to the Heartwood Glade and wrangled more goats with mobile Kudzu walls. While there, Kalian stumbled onto some of the Green Drake mushrooms Tart'targ had mentioned we'd need for the ritual to get us into the deepest parts of Shadowspring. Encoruaged by Trillbane, Kalian first tried to eat them but being unsuccessful he rubbed them to break them down into smaller pieces. That released a lot of spores that spread quickly that we accidentally inhaled. This was apparently not the way to prepare them to focus the mind, and we began to see all sorts of colors dance in our vision. We then found ourselves in another place, perhaps the astral plane talking to a man in a bubble on a giant frog. When we woke up from this stupor, we found ourselves back in the temple with everyone in the lands and then fell to the side effects. How much of this actually happened I'm not sure, but with the goats returned I think we're closer to getting into Shadowspring and finding the source of the Skitterlings and the Ick.

*20260214: Tl;dr: The ents were extra enty, the ick was extra icky, and the goats were extra goaty today. Our time was nearly up when Trillbane stole hearts and brought us home, promising he would call us next week.

**Full Story:
**Bumbling into Vale was difficult and we nearly didnt make it through the exile grinder to our target only a few snells in. In a reversal of fortune, the trees felled nearly all of us. After quite a few chain runs from Naferu the magnificent, we found some tinder and a match and turned the giants into little more than embers. This was good news as our day hinged on making it to the ruins in the center of the vale. We proceeded down through the ruins to the recent gap that revealed a skitterling colony feeling OK. Cupid must have thrown a boomerang as the bloodmages attempted to ritual sacrifice the mystics in attendance, per usual. The pair of them were held in a tight embrace by the ick and yanked underground and squeezed out a few times claiming to see something that looked like the shadowspring citadels private underground parts. While being thrust underground, the mystics noted the icky vines were excessively swollen, and with what was up for debate. Were they throbbing of ancient machine energy? Slurping light from mystics? Dipping the tip of a vein into the blood pool? Gushing with the shimmering flood "water" in Shadowspring Citadel?
**Karma being what it is, and sutures running in low supply, we left the tunnel of bug love and headed to check on the heartwood glade. After a quick 5 minutes of swinging at the wood of the hierophant and splashing coins to all, we felt on top of the world and got too cocky. A gang of trees snuck around us and banged a hole in our defenses. We mounted a sloppy second offense but it was of no use, our bodies were wadded together in a fallen heap and our hope was blown. First, Phroon had his fun dragging some of us around but we found respia was insufficient for the stamina required. Kalian then stepped up but broke a chain grabbing too many, too fast and within a few seconds even he was overcome with a turbo rooting. Finally, Trillbane used some fancy stout chain lassoing and pulled us all out, snuck inside a crack no bigger than a taco, and escaped to a pink sunset over the village.
**There was a light refreshment of health, some casual chit chat, and plans to meet up to call the turbo goats back to work or give them the booty.

*20260124: This Lore Tour we were able to brave the Glacial Deeps and meet up with Kasarra. After fighting our way to the heart of ice, with the help of several mirror shards and a ritual around the heart Kasarra was able to fuse together a brand new silksteel breastplate. Kasarra also talked about setting up a forge near the heart, but the ice near there appears unforgiving. She said her next step will be to figure out a way to reproduce the silksteel armor without a ritual. After we finished up, she followed us back to Puddleby and is currently instructing our smiths how to make stout chains. It seems Orga Firewater may be used in the process. —Phroon

*20260110–20260117: To better flush out Brisk’s summary of two Lore Tours ago; we talked with Tart’targ about the Skitterlings and the vine/web/vein substance that seems to be the primary infection. Tart’targ called that substance the Ick and we talked about ideas for how we might deal with it. They asked for the occasional assistance of our Blood mages, but mainly said we were waiting on Trillbane’s work on clearing a path into Shadowspring. Tart’targ also accepted the feathers and bottle of wind for the eventual ritual to open the depths of Shadowspring. Following the meeting, we went to ABC and followed the Ick’s feeding of the machine’s energy to the west beneath Vale and to the Skitterling nest, where the energy flowed from the North, East, and to the south. We posited that it was flowing from ABC, GMV ruins, the vale gauntlet node and, Fire Ruins towards Shadowspring. —Phroon

*20260103: To recap, Lore Tour found quite the infestation of Skitterlings and the strange webby-viney substance in ABC and Fire Ruins. The mystics present felt similar feelings that Tart’targ had expressed in her previous notes, that the Skitterlings were secondary, tagging along with the strange substance. Salandra also posited that the vines were acting as veins, feeding on the power of the ancient machines and bringing it back to something. We visited the GMV Ruins but ran out of time to clear it, but saw a number of Skitterlings there as well. We checked Sunspire and were relieved to find it clear of the infestation. For now, it seems that only the fighter nodes have been affected. As such we don’t plan on putting much power into the healer or mystic nodes for a while, hopefully that won’t encourage the web-vine-veins from spreading to them.—Phroon

==2025==
[[File:CL-2025115DanceOff.png|thumb|frame|left|The November 15th 2025 Dance Off Winners.]]
*20251115: Dance Off Winners
**Maximum Rankage
*** With an amazingly synchronized routine. Is there a visionstone? I hope so! (VisionStone of the Dance Competition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbul6liA2hU ''No Nikki Glasers have been harmed in the making of this visionstone.'')
**Garr
***With in this sylvan's opinion, the most amazing routine. Pies and insults were thrown. We saw the amazing color-changing Ausrine, who was perhaps an unwilling participant in the routine.
**Laughing Academy
***Who also put pie to good use, summoned a unique dancer, and caused general mayhem. It looked like Ausrine got her revenge on Garr. Remember to treat her nicely, that was terrifying.
**Red Quill
***Who obviously should have won with a history lesson and legal defense that mostly fell on deaf ears.
**Runners-Up: Ravenstorm, who was disqualified, and Shadrock's Dancing Darshak (possibly also disqualified).

*20251108: Soul Hunter recap:
**beatdown by trees, beatdown by goats
**Longer version:
**We didn't make it to the trail of the Skitterlings. If the Vale had been a little more cooperative, with fewer pesky trees growing where they grow, with fewer snakes in the grass, with a little more organization or teamwork… well. Some zodiacs that's just how it goes. Despite Phroon's leadership and Seaforth's strategic mastery, we got flattened. Repeatedly.
**We are nothing if not persistent, so we kept coming back for another helping. A few departs later, chain runs from Naf, Phroon, Elenis and I'm nai sure who else, we made it to the edge of the Heartwood Glade. Warawonda was in fine form, and seemingly managed to sweet talk the forest into letting us in. A few more whispered sweet nothings might have been in order—there were even more trees there, along with (gulp) turbo goats. Why did it have to be turbo goats?
**Supposedly, the Mountain Hermit has those goats working on headbutting a path into the Shadowspring Citadel, but their work site abutted our foray and caused us to crumble. So! Today we learned that the progress bar there has a pair of horns and works best undisturbed. — Kani
[[File:CL-20251101LoreTourRecap.png|thumb|frame|right|Lore Tour Recap: The secret ingredient was pumpkin
– Kevas]]
*20251101: From Cimmbrion on Spring 48, 643 : Well done! Please pass along my thanks to the people of Puddleby. That was a close one, but Lugubrion tells me that the incursion near Venables' temple has stabilized. Even better, the turbulence throughout the plane caused by the Darshak portal is subsiding. That takes care of one of the main obstacles to crystallizing the ethereal plane. If we continue to plant both crystals and kyuems in earnest, I have good hope that the plane will be more responsive now. —Cimmbrion

*20251018: TL;DR Loretour recap: "Ethereal Plane ain't nuthin' to f--k with."
**For Lore Tour today we successfully repelled an Ethereal Incursion! We were able to plant a replacement Kyuem that should be more significantly more stable than the previous Kyuem that the Darshak had wedged into position. Many thanks to everyone who showed up! This is a huge step in stabilizing the Ethereal Plane.

*20251011: For this week's Lore Tour we wandered through a very happy Vale up to Fountfell and talked to the smith Kasarra about stout chains, fire water, the heart of ice and ice prisms. They also said that Ha'ri had dispatched an employee to Shadowspring that hadn't reported back, we investigated and found Skitterlings who tried to drag Garr into the floor. They were quickly dispatched, but we still need to go deeper and investigate further. Kasarra also plans to join us on a trip to through the Frigid Caves to the Heart of Ice.

*20250405: Lore Tour recap: We ventured first to the gloomy zoo where the Samahee Raider and some inconveniently-misplaced caltrops were no match for our crew. Then into the pop-up storybook where we found that Lord Seaforth's posse rolls way, way deeper than the Evil Noble King and his Jerk Knights.
**Fun turned to tragedy when the Wizard Q'vynn pulled himself out of his hat and we found ourselves fighting not one but two awful wizards. Even Mehan couldn't save us from that one, so we blew hot air in their faces and went home.
**Soul Hunter recap: Classic Bookfort hijinks; double boss wizards no bueno. —Kani

*20250315: Lore tour was quite fun today; got to find "heretical" experiments, various ghosts, and discover how "nonsensical" book plumbing is (ether) —Kordal
*20250308: Today's Lore Tour was UNEXPECTED and UNPROFESSIONAL
** But all good things. We met the charming Skipper and bet on snail races, beat up some darshak to find a delicate valuable in one of their ships. Said valuable was a scroll I couldnt read, and while Cecil thinks im illiterate, it just takes a mystic to do the job sometimes. Thank you Warawonda for your reading skills! Skipper was delighted, made some flirtatious moves towards me but I am MARRIED. But flattered. Then we met with Brooke in town to give her the scroll! The official plans for the fountain! But it seems she may be Skippers lover, who knows! Fountain construction set to 'soon'. — Palmeri

*20250301: Today’s lore tour went to Sombrion’s floating island, where we encountered some shadowguild (I think) members who were trying to prevent Sombrion from reaching the shadowplane. We gave them materials to set up an Agronox landing spot and then proceeded to Sombrion’s keep to tour his towers full of stuff. Danger Girl Bessie figured out that some of the clouds around Sombrion’s keep could be walked on, a feat that others attempted to imitate with only partial success. Caution is advised (along with a parachute) if you’d like to try that for yourself.
** Soul Hunter TLDR: Cloud 2 has numerous ranks atop towers!
*20250215: Recap: with the death of High Priest Endodontist, a vacuum has opened within the Darshak power structure. We visited three individuals who seem to be proposing themselves to fill that vacuum. One - in the temple, the leader of the Seamstresses, who believes only they know how to put things back together. Two, in Ash City, a spider lady called Lacrodextrous, which I believes translates as either "Tear Weaver" or else "Milkfingers". Thirdly, at the docks, an unnamed pirate warlord. We also fought some new undead: the "Besotted Corpse", several of which came out of the Ash Brewery full of extra-hoppy IPA and required over 1000 Atkus to hit. — Lord Seaforth

*20250208: This week we bravely attempted to venture towards the Shadow Bard Field. We made quick work of outer Gho-Wei, then ran into a huge group of Rotting Stares in the Fane, an ill portent.
**We eventually dispatched them, but venturing into the Shadowplane things took a darker turn. In spite of our mighty corps of mystics and some of the strongest fighters and healers in the lands, things quickly Spiraled out of control. Taunts from Shadow Chargus did nothing to improve the mood, and we wonder if Coriakin will ever be reunited with his lost pet, Chaconne.
**SH Recap: Shadow Wipeout! — Kani

*20250118: tl;dr Big shadow book, well of not-stupidity. — Kani
*20250111: Lore tour recap: We did it! We lore toured and we lifted the curse that was on me. We ventured to the Ash City temple looking to clear up a misunderstanding with the Darshak Endrondus. The misunderstanding being that I had his ankh and that it was cursed and that he was the conduit to lifting that curse since it was him that made the pact with K’THAAXOTROXZ in the first place. After a lot of fighting, the curse manifested itself in the form of… exiles not being able to recognize friend from foe and needing to focus up to avoid hitting each other.
**Also, Shadowfire was narrowly able to avoid being seduced by a young Darshak noble. And just when we were getting to the room that Endrondus was hiding in, he escaped through a back passage with Amdiroth, where the two returned to the surface and split from each other. We were able to find Endrondus and slay him - I placed the Ankh in his robes where it exploded, but due to some excellent healing we were able to make a full recovery while Amdiroth gabbed at us about needing to find a new high priest or something. Also, I officially adopted young Eraunsi Winemoon whom Elenis got addicted to root beer, but he left to sail the seas looking for his father. Hopefully he doesn’t drown, as his parent that would be very sad. I am quite proud of him for spreading his wings and venturing out on his own though. It brought a tear to my eye.
**K’THAAXOTROXZ is still at large, but hopefully with the death of Endrondus, it no longer has business with the Darshak and we don’t hear from it for some time.
**Thanks to all that attended. The way the curse manifested this time meant that our fighters had to be extra vigilant and restrained, and they did that exceptionally well. —Ausine
**SH Summary: I was there! Killed ash stuff got exp, lost "kidnapped" kid. — Soul Hunter
*20250104: Lore Tour Recap: We did it! We went to Abyss 3. While in the Abyss the Ankh grew more powerful and we gained a better understanding of how the curse manifests itself, which is as a ‘curse of misunderstanding’! This resulted in some unexpected twists when the Ankh was used to make fallen healable. Genderswapped fledglings! Garr as a Thoom! We also met Krrait, a low level abyssal entity in service to K’THAAXOTROXZ. Elenis made some ill-advised deal with it to get a cloak so if you’re murdered by him in the near future, it wasn’t an accident. We learned that the Ankh was part of a bargain made between the Darshak Endrondus and K’THAAXOTROXZ and that without it, Endrondus might be in breach of their agreement. With this learned, we exited the Abyss and went in search of K’THAAXOTROXZ in the mines on Ash Island.
**On our way to the mines, the Ankh’s power diminished and the transformations of other exiles ceased. However, my transformation remained. While fighting darshak on our way to the mines, one of them accused me of impropriety with his wife! He was slain but while we were searching for a way into the mines we came across none other but his son, Eraunsi Winemoon, who looked just. like. me. We convinced the lad that his supposed father had fled into the mines and my so- the lad was able to find an entrance that we could follow him through. While we didn’t find K’THAAXOTROXZ itself, I did sense a power, dark and slumbering, heavier than the Earth while we were there, so that was concerning. Also I got my normal form back! Eraunsi Winemoon never found his father, but I didn’t feel right sending him back to the darshak so we got him a room at the Purple Tor for now.
**Soul Hunter Synopsis - I don’t even know where to begin. See Inu's TLDR. — Ausrine
**TL;DR: Laughing Academy™ Mystic adopted abandoned boy
**2nd TL;DR: What could possibly go wrong?™—Inu Teisei

==2024==
*20241214: Lore Tour Recap: Lord Seaforth of the 800 titles led us back to Fountfell to visit the smith Kasarra because she had offered to help our smiths learn new things again or something. When we got there her Sister Lasarra told us that she was mumbling something about about hearts of ice and then wandered off. We know there's a nearby mountain with lots of icy things so we decided to check it out. We made our way up Silvershag Ascent and found Kasarra at the top. She told us that she was looking for the or a heart of ice. It was hard to tell (I'm not a great listener) We told her that we'd totally check it out and get back to her. Someone observant then noticed she was wearing an awesome set of lead boots. Since Lord Seaforth is full of wit and charm he was able to convince Kasarra once again to make the trek to Puddleby and teach Powean how to make Lead boots. She's there now making sure he doesn't make any mistakes.
**Soul Hunter Synopsis: Our Smiths can make Lead Boots!

*20241119: Tuesday Pet Patrol have some attendance, Apprentice Fearr and Tsune joined Captain Planet and I. We start with some clean of both bear cave, and proceed to Lilly Pond where local critter were a bit above Captain an my pet. Fortunatly colonel chomp did the job. (are we in the Emperor's army ?). I’ll wait you for next hunt on Tuesday, November 26, 2024 at 12:00PM PST.

*20241116: Recap of Lore Tour
**TLDR: Visited Alder. Left lots of stuff in his house. Made a war contract with the spriggins. Tried to fight Endrondus. Scary halls and scary walls. Money, pranks, woodworking. The Green New Hope.
**Today the exiles of Puddleby took a trip to Ash Island in hopes of re-vegification of the island through a variety of means.
**First order of business was a visit to Alder. Alder was quite shocked at our arrival and our subsequent “conscription” (we are better than forcing old men into our service). But he sort of agreed by non-disagreement to aid in the re-vegification efforts. All of our rainbow generator shiny and magical objects were stashed inside his home (again we can do better).
**Secondly, we summoned spriggins with a great variety of wealth, coins and shiny expensive things. “Bye!”, the Spriggin was very intent on collection of coinage. She was also very ambiguous about her terms. But… thanks to our very special donors:
***Gnomyamuni - 10k
***Shadowfire - 25k
***D'Ead - 28k
***Cecil - 50k
***Ravenstorm (the Prince of Fens) - 56k+
***Kalian - 250k
***Witchy Kitty Pirate King - 665,000c
**We are still accepting donations as well and there will be awesome swag, names on plaques or donuts, or just prestige. See the Cap’n about donations they will help provide more favorable terms with the spriggins.
**Finally, we were visited by our verminate friend Five who warned us of high levels of danger coming from the Super Dark Temple containing Endrondus. Our incursion went less than desirable, as Endrondus summoned a few super Greater Deaths. We had to retreat and live to try again soon. Endrondus will meet his end.
**Post Stink Script: Oh, Ausrine and her hat that she isnt wearing warned of a great evil deep in the mines under Ash Island where Endrondus was drawing his power from. — Valadorei

*20241109: Well, after an arduous journey to Fountfell, we had an informative conversation with one of the smiths, who announced she would come to puddleby with us and teach people to make a new kind of armor. — Eirian
**[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGPQZm_0DbM Lore Tour Visionstone of 20241109]
*20241102: to recap: we uhh made a deal with spriggins to go to some sorta prank war with the Darshak. that should like… hamper creepy thoom's plan. — Stinkfist
*20241012: Today lore tour went to the Dreamless Protectorate in the shadowplane to help Thistle finish crafting her Sun Lantern, and with it she was able to help fight against the madness of the Shadowplane. Phroon offered a dream fragment to the sapling growing in the protectorate, which seems healthy but still a long way from growing to maturity. Perhaps that's a good thing? I wonder how the dreamless would feel if it grows to reveal a portal in the heart of their sanctuary.
**With the new lantern-bearer in tow, we then went to the shadow bear cave. We were able to fight our way to the flaming shadow bear idol, which is quite a sight if you're fond of, er, creepy teddy bears and the like. Unfortunately we didn't have the strength to fight our way into the last chamber, but luckily we were able to retrieve all our fallen before making our escape. No word on the newly-discovered shadow forest - perhaps we'll return there on a future date with more lanterns.
**Soul Hunter TLDR: New lantern! Same bears. Don't stand in fire! — Coriakin

*2024105:Today Lore Tour travelled to the shadow garden in the heart of the haunted fane, to feed more dream shards to the sapling that had been planted there some time ago. It must have been close to maturity, because it quickly grew to full size... and in doing so revealed a portal! Entering the portal took us to a strange shadow forest full of deadly monsters, and the madness that pervades the shadowplane seemed even stronger there. We fought our way through several snells of twisting clearings and pathways between the trees, before chancing upon a portal that returned us to the shadowgarden.
**There is clearly much more to explore in this place, but doing so will require better preparation to deal with the shadow madness. If you plan to go, bring as many lantern-bearers as you can.
**Soul Hunter TLDR: "Why does nobody want to hang out?" Ouchouchouchouchouch

*20240921 10AM PDT: Trial by Puns. Guilty. Ambush. Escape. Puddleby victorious.
*20240907: Today's Lore Tour went to the bear cave in the shadowplane, with the goal of proving to the shadow bears that we are worthy of respect and friendship by our strength of arms. We fought our way into the depths of the bear cave, deeper than we'd ever gone before, until we found ourselves facing a giant bearish altar burning with cold flames. Onashi and Biro proclaimed this an affront to the Great Bear Spirit, and attempted to purify the altar with honey. This immediately angered the shadow bear cultists which swarmed us and we were all but wiped out... but in the end the last ones standing were a badly-wounded Kalian, and Garr surrounded by smoking shadow bear corpses.
**Did we manage to gain the respect of the shadow bears? Hard to say. Was the freezing fire of the shadow bear altar purified? Not completely, certainly, but Onashi and Biro suspect we made progress on both of those goals. Perhaps a future trip will lead to more definitive results? At least we now know to advance slowly and be wary of ambushes in those twisting, narrow passages.

*20240817: Da Lore Tour started at da Sout Farms Empire, where we met wit da Home Hive. Da bees were all abuzz wit annoyance at bein' out of da loop. We told dem da news about Reekfoot's weddin'. Calmed, dey told us to go visit uvver bees. Ably led by Garr, we follered da bees from one hive to da next. By landin' on an' buzzin' at Bink, Noivad, Giben, an' Bessie, dey let us know where to go next. Each place had meaner defenders, it seemed, dat were 'ventually defeated by our strong forces, tactics, an' pluck. We spread da news to da Dead Tee Hive in Sout Forest, da Lundar's Lake Hive, da Tree Top Hive on Metzetli Island, and Alder's Hive on Ash. Den, to Alder's astonishment, da hive swarmed! He recommended a place wit mud for dem to establish a new hive. Dey liked da cave opening in da dry river bed, and all stayed dere, but for da one who decided to adventure wit Bessie a while. Mayhap one day dat river bed will have water again an' trees an' flowers an' uvver living tings will flourish dere again.
**TL:DR @Soul Hunter/Lexa Displeased bees appeased. New Hive. Hope for Ash? — Dandelion
** "Mean bee friends. Bees appeased. New hive." — Dande
** "Bees Needs Feeds, Queen Find New Home" — Inu
** "Bees bees bees ash river cave" — Garr
** "Appreciating our flowering friends, but not Reekfoot." — Haffron
*20240803: Inut's recollection: We found at least one more dream fragment. Peeps who had them already also fed theirs to our favorite shadow treeling. The shadow treeling likes it when you sing to it, at least it did when Inut sung to it. @Coriakin, I wonder if it will like happy bard songs about itself or the shadow plane in general?
**SH/L summary: Singing to shadow treelings makes them happy.
*20240622: Today lore tour went to the shadowplane, and ended up listening to a story told by a shadowy statue(?) of a figure reading a book. The story talked about how before there was a tear between the planes, there was a "door" and a "key." A key made out of shining silver that opened the door to the shadowplane from our reality. "To turn the lock of worlds, the key must be made from stuff beyond this world." The rest of the story matches what we've heard of the ancients' struggle with the shadowplane: things started out fine, but after a time the shadowplane grew hostile and invaded the material plane.
**However, there's an epilogue: after the doors between words were closed, the inventor that made the key in the first place managed to slip back into the shadowplane to try to observe it in secret. While there, a second key was produced, an "inky black key that writhed in the hand," which was used to open a dark lock described as "a blemish in the darkness above the other world." Where this lock led isn't known, but the inventor passed through it and the storyteller concluded with "The end, she said. I have not seen her since."
**Perhaps this means that the storyteller heard the story from the inventor herself? Who knows. The writhing key sorta sounds like the pages from the book of rend, maybe it was used to create a passage back here? Or maybe it's something else, and the inventor passed through it to another world we don't yet know of. Hard to say, but the story suggests that the ancient who was the first one to visit the shadowplane survived the invasion, and then returned to the shadowplane once it was over and the rifts sealed. I think. — Coriakin
**Soul Hunter TLDR: Shadowplane storytime, Palmeri says, "WHAT AM I" — Biro

*2024615: Last week Lore Tour escorted Rinakki to the haunted fane to check on the tree that was planted in the shadowy garden there. It was apparently not thriving in that location, so a careful combination of magic and horticulture was employed to move it to a more auspicious location. It was provided with fresh soil imported from the material plane and memory shards (although no exiles' memories, as far as I could tell), and seemed to be thriving a bit more. It may be worth checking on again soon to see what effect our efforts had.
**Oh, and our efforts were briefly hampered when the high priestess left her sanctuary/study/cell/whatever to confront us in a hallway. She might have been looking for Rinakki, but fortunately didn't manage to find her.
**Soul Hunter TLDR: Happy little shadow tree. Everything is fine. Everything is fine. — Coriakin
Rinakki moved the sapling and replanted it I think inside the shadow plane just a little south of where it was. Good dream shards were placed in it. — Inu
*20240608: For this episode of Lore Tour we wanted to bring our concerns about the shadowy trees growing from those crooked seeds to local interplanar horitculture expert and generally suspicious person Rinakki/Strangler Fig/Mirna/Sie'Limpa/Myr'prentice. She's assumed a different identity to join a variety of organizations (mystic academy, shadowguild, Windspinners, fane cultists, etc), and perhaps none of those is her true name. She seems to be gathering power and knowledge to further her own mysterious goals, and despite seeming untrustworthy she's held up her end of bargains in the past. Most notably, she taught us the ritual for the Agronox Seal, which was used to seal the rift to the shadowplane at the bottom of the Citadel. She deals in connections, mostly between people, which she can extract (symbolically? Literally?) and then strengthen or weaken as she chooses. It's weird and disturbing, so I'll say no more about it now but ask me later if you have more questions.
**In any event, we went to her hideout in the Bison Plains, only to discover that she'd gone to Svart'targ's cave in the Undermarsh. An ill-fated shortcut into a mass of blind but hungry meshra left all of us fallen except a slowly-drowing stoneformed Garr, and Klur above water but being chased by bears and a rift. Somehow Klur came through for us yet again and we were able to recover, rescue our sunken friends, and eventually continue on to Svart'targ's cave.
**I wish I could explain what the conversation was about, but I got very confused halfway through and I'm not sure I understand it entirely. The short version is that Rinakki is interested in the trees growing from the crooked seeds and is willing to accompany us to the Haunted Fane next zodiac to meet Peng Peng and see how the tree there is doing.
**She seems more unconcerned about the existence of these trees, but then again she wasn't concerned about the gaping hole to the shadowplane at the bottom of the citadel so that doesn't mean anything. If someone else can summarize any other important talking points we covered that would be useful, but what I remember from the talk is her being unhelpful but willing to come with us next zodiac. The tea was tasty though.
**Soul Hunter TLDR: Breathing is important. Meshra bad. Witches confusing. Tea! — Coriakin

*20240601: Lore tour went to the Haunted Fane on Gho Wei to check on the tree growing from the crooked seed that was planted there many zodiacs ago. Now that we know that the trees need memories on which to grow, it makes sense that it hasn’t developed much - not much around except undead with few remaining memories. So unless visitors start trying to feed it memories it looks like the danger posed by that tree is relatively is relatively minimal. For now.
**Soul Hunter TLDR: Shadow tree seeds eat memories? Super gross. Eww. — Coriakin
[[File:CL-LoreTour-20240518-ATree.png|right|thumb|The group tries to decide if they should plant a seedling. (20240518)]]
*20240518: Warning: Today's lore tour recap is pretty heavy on the Proper Nouns. If you want more background on who and what these places are, please say so. Lore tour today went to the Shadowplane today at Brisk's behest. As you may remember, on two previous trips there a mystic was gifted a "Crooked Seed" from a crooked tree. The mystics claimed the tree spoke to them, asking them to find a place to plant the seed. Sativa planted his seed in Peng Peng's garden in the Haunted Fane, and as it grew it opened a portal to a garden that appears to be part of the shadowplane. Today Brisk proposed to go to the Dreamless Protectorate in the Shadowplane to ask for guidance about what he should do with the seed he was carrying.
**After a short walk through the shadow islands, and a not-so-short row across the shadow ocean trying to first find and then catch the moving exit, we finally made it to the Protectorate. But no sooner did we finally get there, then Brisk seemed to be overcome by an irresistible desire to plant the seed. While the gathered exiles debated whether this was a good idea or not, Brisk snuck past us and planted the seed right at the spot where Shaer's Gate stood — the portal to and from the shadowplane in ancient times. And almost immediately, a small shadow tree grew in that spot.
**I and several others were aghast, but the residents of the Protectorate stoically accepted this shadowy addition to their sanctuary without protest. Pelaegia mentioned that the tree was unlikely to grow without nutrients, which was reassuring. However, some exiles were intrigued to see what the tree would develop into: perhaps it would open a gateway to somewhere, much like the first tree? Kalian, reasoning that the tree might subsist on memories like many other shadow beings, tried to feed it a dream fragment he'd been carrying. The tree indeed absorbed the dream fragment, and it instantly started to grow more. (edited) 
**At that point we had to leave, so we left the tree under the observation of Chroma of the Protectorate. The tree might develop more on its own, but I highly recommend not bringing it any more dream fragments as that might cause it to mature faster. Unless that's what you want.
**The trip out was mostly uneventful, but if you're a healer — remember that you should only heal the Lost Dreamer if you feel comfortable escorting it the whole way out. Experience managing a pet is good practice for that.
**Oh, speaking of pets, I have a personal request. I brought my pet foxweir Chaconne for moral support, but we were separated while on the shadow ocean and I wasn't able to find her. She hadn't returned to the stable by the time I had to go to the library, so if anyone's heading back to the shadowplane anytime soon, please keep an eye out for an out of place frost foxweir. Thanks.
**Soul Hunter TLDR: Another shadow tree planted. What could go wrong? — Coriakin
[[File:CL-LoreTour-20240511-SupplyLines.png|right|thumb|Pavela plots with exiles to disrupt Darshak supply lines. (20240511)]]
*20240511: For today's Lore Tour we escorted the disguised Pavela Winemoon (aka Ramandoon) to Ash Island to rendezvous with her contact "Five" and associates to lay groundwork for disrupting Darshak supply lines. Under cover of raiding the darshak outpost to steal loot from the ships, we secretly hid Five's verminate compatriots aboard all the ships present. I can neither confirm nor deny rumors that Five was revealed to be five verminate in a cloak while finding a hiding spot aboard one of the ships.
**I’m not sure what the next step is. Perhaps the verminate spies will sabotage the ships themselves at a later date. Perhaps they're gathering info to let us know when a vulnerable convoy will be arriving for us to sink/raid. Or something else entirely? I guess we'll find out!
**But not next week. Apparently the plan is to go to the shadowplane next week. I'm sure everything will be fine…
[[File:CL-LoreTour-20240504-Ramandu.png|right|thumb|A pirate secretly dressed as Ramandu (20240504)]]
*20240504: For Lore Tour today we went to TI to check on Pavela Winemoon, a formerly (and possibly still) Darshak-associated person who helped us take over the darshak outpost on TI. She mentioned three possible targets on Ash Island that for follow-up actions against the Darshak, and we decided to pursue two of them. First, we'd go deface Kestrel's Tower to, uh, demoralize our foes with psychological warfare, and then meet with one of Pavela's contacts who could help us disrupt supply lines from the main Darshak settlement of Gathner. Pavela offered to escort us to our targets but was worried about being recognized, so Pe Ell donated an orange cloak to disguise her as a Ramandu.
**After a pitched battle we made it to the tower, where Kestrel's halfling servant was taunted in the traditional manner and then numerous signs were posted.
**Signs included:
***"Welcome to the tower of failure! Please leave soiled clothing with Dotterel,"
***"Your tower is bad and you should feel bad,"
***"Take pride in our town. Keep yon tower Darsak free,"
***"Ramandu is better and richer than every Darshak ever. Combined even. Ramandu is the bestest in the world and carries all his riches on his person always."
***"Only thing in Dotterels mind is "peepee poopoo peepee poopoo""
**Next we went to the temple where we encountered Pavela's contact Five, who was definitely not a pile of rodents in a cloak. After a hefty bribe from Kalian, Five agreed to help us locate some darshak shipping next week. On the way out the necromancer Amdiroth was briefly mocked, and we escorted "Ramandu" to safety.
Soul Hunter recap: Darshak mocked and stolen from. More next week.

*20240420: The last Lore Tour was less of a tour and more of a tour de force. After Stinkfist's nefarious brother Reekfoot showed up to mock Puddleby's dancing skills last week, we stepped up to the challenge to Serve or Be Served. There were a variety of impressive performances including Inu and the Shadow Friends, Punisher representing Bear Force One, Bessie's Interpretive Dance, Fungal Fey and the Mush Rooms, Red Quill's Dance Squad, Garr's taunting and pie-ing of Reekfoot, and Reekfoots "dance" presentation that was mostly violence.
**After the performances, the scores provided by the distinguished judges were unceremoniously thrown out due to possible judge bribery and/or tampering, and instead the attendees were invited to vote. Apparently Puddleby feels that summoning horrifying shadow monstrosities isn't a desired part of a dance presentation, so Inu's shadow fiends came last and were subjected to brutal mockery, cheerfully provided by Pun'isher. In the end the voting was very close, but my own clan's entry was victorious! To paraphrase Stinkfist: "Red Quill winning a RP-related event, what a surprise."
**Thanks to everyone who participated! — Coriakin
*20240406: First we went and joined Ramandu on his search of the Great Toad Spirit — and fought The Ramandu in the Bookfort.
**Then we all went into the purple crayon adventure notebook and defeated Clthoomu.
**From there, a detour to visit the difference dance crews — puffins, pets, bears and badgers who were practicing for "Regionals."
**Then finally and at great length, a foray into Gorvin's danger rooms. They were very perilous and at times it looked like we wouldn't make it, but the dire seasteed (or whatever it's called) was smashed, we won, and cake was eaten in celebration that we finally weren't stuck and because it was Jamboree's birthday.
**Soul Hunter Recap: Big mob, SH wanted sharecads.
[[File:CL-LoreTour-20240316-Post Hunt.png|right|thumb|headless exile bears invade Town Center 20240316]]
*Tour Visionstone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lG_xYjB1AA8

*20240316: Arrr! Hear this declaration from the Pirate King:
**BRNJBJRN: "FIGHT TO THE DEATH, THE CHALLENGE APPROACHETH"
**A Shadow Brinclone (You may remember the Adventure to recover Mehan's Armor....) has uhhh roared a challenge through the planes to Puddleby. Come fight him in his shadowy cave.
**So, for Puddleby and those inclined to THE GREAT BEAR SPIRIT, we shall answer this call to combat.
**Now from previous encounters and expeditions into the Shadowplane we know that these Shadow Bears are rather mighty. Bring yer best. Iz gonna be dangerous. We got this.....
**Yarr it should be noted that this... seems to be the result of a chain of events started accidentally by Mehan when she lost her armor riding an agronox (it could happen to anyone) and then continued by one Inu Teisei (with some help from Sativa) when they checks notes temporarily bound the shadow bears to the ice altar, which presumably gave the Shadowplane lots and lots of time to learn all about bears....
**If this goes poorly, this is their fault. If this goes well and works out for us somehow, they get medals.
**Fight with RAWR ROAR RAWR and Honor in Glorious Bear Combat!
**Soul Hunter TLDR: Shadow ROAR RAWR RAWR ROAAAAAAR adventure time.
*20240309: Lore Tour Recap, as best I can understand it: With Venables' dead and his crew scattered, a treaty was to be signed to reward those who helped us with responsibility for the outpost. Unfortunately, Brisk managed to lose his reading glasses, so the signing was derailed as we traipsed across the archepelago looking for them. Along the way we discovered and possibly-foiled-or-maybe-not some sort of Shadowguild plot involving Rafinus and the blacksmith shop, as well as some of Brisk's... family? Associates? Unclear.
**Anyway, once we'd successfully located Stinkfist who'd be abducted by a drake (did I mention that happened? It did, from Devil's Island), we found out that the drake had also gathered Brisk's glasses. With them finally reacquired, we returned to Tenebrion's conference room for the signing. You'll have to ask someone else for the exact details of the treaty, but from what I understood the idea is to try to deal with the damage to the ethereal plane that Venables' experiments caused and finally try to run the darshak off the island once and for all. — Coriakin
**Addendum: After a great deal of shenanigans, the Loyal Supporter wandering around 'Noth summoning Ramandon'ts has fallen. But by the Cone it took forever to fell. — Shadowfire
*20240302: Holy moley, what a chaotic day assaulting Venable's Camp. Here's the recap, as much as I can put together from the variety of simultaneous plans: Ritual/song magic, beehive projectiles, sea magic candles, and more.
**Under the assumption that there wouldn't be time for a whole ritual during an assault on a darshak compound, under Valadorei's direction a ritual was performed before leaving town while a song played. I'm not sure how they did it, but the ritual's power to calm the ethereal damage taking place in Venable's camp would remain dormant until the song was played again.
**Preparations complete, we ventured to Tenebrion's Island to collect former darshak (I think?) Glorak who would be manning a catapult, and sea-witch Pelaegia. We ventured to the north gate to Venables' camp and faced strong opposition, although Glorak had snuck in earlier and left the pirates some "presents," and now many of their forces were too drunk (or poisoned) to fight effectively. The catapult was loaded with beehives brought by Biro and the other bears, and the stinging of angry bees also helped distract our foes.
[[File:CL-LoreTour20240302_2.png|right|thumb| Sammy Fights darshak with Lore Tour Group]]
**Eventually we established a foothold, and Biro was able to entreat The Great Bear Spirit to send some bears to aid out defense. With the catapult prepared to lob more bees into the heart of the camp, we gathered to help Pelaegia begin a ritual of her own, which would involve using a creating a triangle of sea candles to aid in some magic to repair the damage to the ethereal plane caused by Venables' experiments. We successfully prepared the first candle at the north gate, and left the bears to defend the candle and catapult as Lore Tour moved to the other candle locations.
**South of the compound we found the location for the second candle, and left it to be defended by an apparently friendly (or at least neutral) undead spirit known as Tatterflesh, or Mr T to his friends. The final candle location was at the compound gate located near the west landing of Tenebrion's Island, but once it was in place we needed to get inside so, another ritual was used to summon Sammy the Mantaun Rider from the bookfort, who tore open a hole in the stone wall for us. All seemed to be going according to plan(s) at this point…
**This is when Venables started taunting us over the sunstone channel, claiming to not hear anything happening, and letting us know he was going to do things like go for a walk around his outpost. You know, the sorts of things that are definitely not traps.

**Well, it was a trap. We spotted him running past us as we were making our way to the compound's east gate, and upon trying to follow him we realized that he was leaving a trail of ethereal portals on the other side of snell borders and, well, everywhere. We were eventually able to re-collect the exiles who accidentally fell for the trap (and into the portals), and realized that our primary goal needed to change to fixing the immediate ethereal damage. The mystics, aided by Pelaegia, were able to close most of the unstable portals around Venables' compound, but one seemed so tainted by darshak magic that it resisted their efforts. We entered the portal and found a seemingly calm area, but soon realized that Venables was lurking in the snell to the southwest.
**Another desperate battle ensued, but in the end we were victorious and Venables was vanquished. Or was he? I thought Venables was a flesh-and-blood being, but the "Venables" that we saw there died in a poof of smoke, much like a spirit. Hmm….
[[File:CL-LoreTour20240302.png|right|thumb|Rainbow Harp.]]
**Time was pressing and that area of the ethereal plane seemed particularly unstable (unless it's normally filled with cracks), so we had to leave that mystery for now and return to the material plane to finish what we'd started. We returned to the one remaining portal, and the combined powers of Pelaegia, the team of mystics, and the "Doomsong" were finally able to seal that remaining ethereal rift.
**We were not able to stop Venables' experiments, nor the man himself, but we inflicted a great deal of damage to his camp and were able to repair at least some of the damage to the ethereal plane. Hopefully a future trip will be able to put an end to his threat for good.
**Soul Hunter TLDR: Musical kaboom. Bee catapult. Sea candles. Confused Darshak! — Coriakin

*I attempted a TLDR:
**TL;DR: The group conducted a pre-assault ritual and song magic to calm ethereal damage at Venable's Camp. They then launched an assault with unique strategies like beehive projectiles and sea magic candles. Despite facing strong opposition and traps by Venables, they managed to establish a foothold and repair some ethereal damage with rituals and the aid of allies, including bears, a sea-witch, and an undead spirit. Venables was confronted but his defeat raised questions about his true nature. The mission caused significant damage to the camp and partially mended the ethereal plane, leaving Venables' threat unresolved for a future confrontation. — Ayelwen

*20240224: Next week's bard concert will also feature Supplanter's audition for bard quester! Please come to the guild hall on Saturday, February 24, 2024 11:00 AM [PDT] to cheer him on! — Coriakin

*20240217: Stinkfist says, “So to summarize: we have a small base camp set up on TI now to combat Venables and Kestrel's forces in two zodiacs.…we picked up a kyeum power stone also.”
**Inu Teisei says, “summary snipe hunt with prizes is my summary.”
**Stinkfist says, “So, Two zodiacs from now how do we wanna do this? Ideas? Additional allies to call upon?”
**Phroon says, “Sneak in and steal more stuff?”
**Dandelion says, “Collect wood fer me, please. Fer more signs.”
**Stinkfist says, “Additional allies to call upon?”
**Soul Hunter version: more dead darshak, sativa banished in two towns.
*20240113: Lore tour recap: We took the portal to the village to invite Forsythia to come see the Org Sanctuary with us. She was interested, but while we were chatting her hut was set on fire by some invading orga! Despite numerous setbacks we were eventually able to fight them off, and tracked their attack to the nearby org cave. It seemed like the orga were unwilling to actually enter the org cave itself, but they did their best to block it off.

After defeating the orga and unblocking the cave we went inside to find a panther cap mushroom which we took to the org sanctuary along with Forsythia, who may or may not return to the village depending on how damaged the roof of her hut is. We gave one of the blue flowers to Khami, the centaur seemingly in charge of the org sanctuary warens, as a thank you for all the work they've done to help the org. And then Phroon was so overcome with thankfulness that his Orb Of Unstable Something-Or-Other burst showering everyone around with good karma. Did you know that it's possible to get a cartload, a boatload, or even a shipload of good karma? Now you do.
Oh, one other lore tidbit. Apparently the Windspinner monk in charge of training the agronox so we can ride them is called Andrachnea. If we want more agronox flight destinations, that's the person we should talk to. Uh... anyone know who that is? — Coriakin

*20240106: Lore tour recap: we helped Gorvin find the famed warrior Darktur, but in the process encountered Sharktur, a sharkitty who’d taken Darktur’s Makobite Bracer in a poker game. After Darktur agreed to train Gorvin, we went to Ash Island to track down Sharktur and retrieve the bracer. After many pitched battles we were able to do, although Gorvin was unable to determine what the bracer does.

Soul Hunter recap: Too many darshak, but blinged Gorvin out anyway.

==2023==
*20231111: Hello! It is I, Brisk!
[[File:CL20231111.png|thumb|frame|left|The Lore Tour on November 11th, 2023 bravely fights]]
To recap this week, we made it through everywhere we wanted to during the lore tour today and even some places we did not plan on.

The group did a very good job of staying alive and making other things less alive. The machines were charged in advance by Kalian the Tawny and Falinea's Blade, thank you for your efforts. The portal was moved in place to the Fountfell for easy access by an anonymous exile. We made good progress through the citadel to the ancient machinery with minimal horus checks. Once the water was reached we realized we were not as prepared with potions and amulets of breath but we made do with a little bit of downtime and a lot of uncomfortably close movement (seriously people, I need my personal space!). Under the water we found rubble had fallen from the ceiling and littered the area around the thrones. Many trips were spent checking for holes in the crumbled walkways and cleaning up the debris. We must get Pelaegia to return and check the upkeep of the citadel, lest we lose it completely to a cave-in not unlike the one that happened long ago to cut off the gates of the twin moons!
After we reached the basement to check on the seal placed atop the shadow rend we heard a skittering noise like a sound of nails on a chalkboard. These weird insectoid like creatures came down from the walls and tried to separate our insides from our outsides. Luckily we had Gorvbot there to murder and a few blood mages that were more than comfortable bleeding a little bit to crack those carapaces. We could hear them on the other side of the rubble from the stairwell that crumbled. I suspect there may be many, many more in our future.

Phroon was carrying a page from the book of rend that started to chant and sing and was largely pleased to be in the area. When he was fumbling with the page it happened to open a rift into the shadowplane itself. We lost a few folks to his portal of doom and decided as a group to definitely go rescue them to leave no one behind and not because we wanted to know where the portal led to. We made a mad dash through the shadowplane, found a Lost Dreamer and guided it to its memory of puddleby and escaped in its wake. It might've been record time, it depends who you ask.

Either way, it answered some lingering questions but also opened a whole new line of questions for us to visit in the future.

soulhunter summary: citadel construction bad, new insects, great group today

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=Lore Tour Summaries=
==2026==
[File: CL-Defaced_and_abased.png|thumb|frame right|The Lore Tour fought hard but we ran of time—so many mobs!]]
*20261003: Today Lore Tour delved back into the depth of Shadowspring Citadel, looking to return to the ruins we think are the "Gates Of The Moon," the place where the ancient mirror to the Shadowplane once was. We were able to fight through the resistance in the Vale, as well as the Skitterlings infesting the tunnels, and eventually made it to the shimmering water and stone walkways where the ruined mirrors can be found. Although the mirrors seemed to have no power remaining in them, mystics were able to sense some power still coursing through the stones near them.
**On the way down, we'd noticed several carvings left by some recent visitor, although we couldn't figure out the purpose of them. The one of the carvings featured a T in a triangle, so the guess is that it may have been Tart'targ... although Garr points out the similarity of the carvings to those found on Kizmia's Island. Perhaps it's worth following up with Fat Alice and the other witches there?
**We didn't have time to assault the Skitterling Nest itself, so if the person who made the carvings ventured all the way into the heart of it, we weren't able to follow their trail the rest of the way. Who knows... maybe Trillbane got there first?
**At the end we started hypothesizing about the energy that was found there. Maybe it's related to the water? Many nearby villagers worship the water as "Mother River," and Phroon mentioned there's a thoom that tells a story of finding something silvery in the river that transformed him. Might be worth investigating further!
**Soul Hunter TLDR: Skitterlings still tough but we're getting stronger.

*20260919: This week, the Lore Tour journeyed through the Vale of Giants (Where we were ambushed by roughly three million badgers) before making its way to the town of Fountfell. There, we met with Kasarra, who delivered a prototype of the Silksteel armor she has been developing to Cecil. She explained that she needs many more ice prisms to simplify the blacksmithing process enough to teach it to our town’s blacksmiths and offered to employ someone to gather them for her. Lord Seaforth of the Many Titles also acquired a newly crafted plate from Kasarra to replace the one stolen by Trillbane the Scoundrel. Kasarra added that she also might be able to teach Powean a few improvements to the stout chain design we recently learned to make. After leaving the blacksmith, we stopped by the Rockslide Tavern for a drink and an exchange of stories with Egremora. She shared a tale about Master Spruce, revealing more of his history before he became the gnarled, old, nap-loving hermit we know today. We ended the evening with Coriakin recounting our recent discoveries beneath the Shadowspring Citadel, including some of the gates we found there. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Garr Garr]

*20260822: For today's Lore Tour we stayed in town to perform the new song I wrote for Trillbane, with the help of Xepel and a quickly-conscripted Polerand (who did a great job!). Trillbane loved the song, and also loved forcing an infuriated Seaforth to hand over his armour which was also promised in the bargain. After Seaforth performed the angriest striptease in history, Trillbane showed off his new look, trained a few people, and then returned to... whatever he was doing. The possibly-mythical town of Rankerton was mentioned.

Afterwards, Lore Tour graciously escorted me to Heartwood Glade to look for another piece of sonorous heartwood, the newly discovered bard instrument part. After a fierce battle, we reached the deepest part of the glade where Haffron discovered what we were looking for. So, it looks like the bard contest next week will now have prizes for the top two entrants! Thanks everyone have prizes for the top two entrants! Thanks everyone — Phroon

*20260808: For Lore Tour we followed the plan and met with Tart'targ, who said Trillbane had already stopped by and let her now. We then went into the dark beneath Shadowspring, where we fought our way deeper in the dark but ultimately had troubles getting across a bridge that had been gummed up by pebbles and Skitterlings and we ended up departing. — Phroon

*20260801: For Lore Tour we followed the plan and fought our way to the Foghaven Monoliths where we found and defeated another Ick Promontory. We then headed up to GMV Ruins where we found the usual infestation of Skitterlings and Ick, but no major growth. Along the way we had felt flow the Ick to the south, so having checked the potential sources of that flow we followed it to the glade. There in corner where the goats and Trillbane had been working we discovered a brand new path! Following it we found ourselves in Ancient ruins that I believe may be a formerly unreachable section of Shadowspring, possibly down below the Agronox seal. We were late on time, but delved in deeper where we found an area filled with darkness pierced by shafts of light. We were quickly overwhelmed by Skitterlings and thanks to miraculous chaining we were able to make it back home safely. — Phroon

*20260711: For Lore Tour we traveled to the Shadowplane and sought out five of the baby Mantuan. When given a mirror shard, each of them gave us a hint as to an item each Oubleir would want. But one of them warned us that some Mantuan are actually bears in disguise. So we have a bit of a puzzle to solve. — Phroon

*20260704: For Lore Tour, we briefly visited with Tart’targ who has been a bit more hospitable as of late. She told us that she has felt rumblings through the mountains and we explained that we had enlisted the help of the bloodpool in battling the Ick, which she said was likely the source of the rumbling. She then cautioned us on the use of the consequences of using the bloodpool that way, some of which a few of us shared. For now my personal hope is that the bloodpool can at least slow down the expansion of the Ick. Tart’targ also mentioned that she had seen more growth of the Ick, and her and Pelaegia recently did some pruning of the Ick in the Ancient Bear Caves, using some of the Bloodmage blood we had given her. We then checked out ABC, finding that the Ick was pruned back, and that there were signs that the bloodpool had actually managed to spread that far, its red glow creeping through the cracks in the rock. From there, we followed the veins of the Ick to the Skitterling nest and after many rocks and frustrating potions managed to get inside. There we found an Ick Promontory, a large concentration of Ick. We slowly fought it and each time we did damage a number of Unstable Skitterlings were set loose from it. It seemed to repair itself quickly, but with sufficient offense by going into overtime we were able to defeat it. We will likely need to keep an eye out for other promontories that may have formed in other areas with the Ick. — Phroon

*20260620: For Lore Tour we visited with Nacerus in the Savannah Maha cave. We talked for a while, and we eventually described the danger of the Ick to them. The bloodmages with us then fed a sample of the Ick to the pool, but found it quite low. In efforts to re-fill it we went to Vale, which was especially happy this time. There we fought quite a few stong trees, and at the end we slayed an especially strong enlivened hierophant that we chained back to the bloodpool. The pool seemed sufficiently satiated, and Nacerus said that they expected the pool would start flowing towards the Ick now that it had a taste for it. Hopefully this will mean pitting one primeval force against another. As Pookoiko mentioned, we could use help keeping the pool well satiated so it can reach the Ick. — Phroon

[[File: CL-20260606LoreTour.png|thumb|frame right|The Lore Tour meets with Tart'targ]]
*20260606: Shadrock did a good job of summarizing things through pictures. But to sum up, we traveled through Vale to the Hearwood Grove. We did not see the hierophant, but managed to get the Green Drake mushrooms to Tart’targ. She seemed quite happy to receive them, and their magic caused her to split into many copies of herself for a short while. Afterwards, she was in suspiciously good spirits. Lion-O then exchanged the exile blood samples he had been collecting with Tart’targ, I believe for a pot of tea. (It was hard to keep track of all the final offers). She then thanked us profusely, complimenting us more than her usual demeanor, and we were on our way. We only managed to get halfway home before she sunstoned something about a Mantuan. Probably something we’ll need to talk to her about more, later. — Phroon

*20260523: For Lore Tour we ventured into the Shadow Forest, and managed to have a nice conversation with a purple mantuan. It said that it didn't remember much, and that it wasn't very important. My takeaway from it all is that we still need to make more sense of the other Oubleir. We visited one, a goat leaping across other goats and branches in a tree in the shadow orchard, but we didn't have any breakthroughs yet. Thanks again to all the stong help that showed up, we were especially light on healers until more joined up. — Phroon.

*20260516: Today on the Lore Tour we met up with Nauliana the beekeeper who lives in the greymyr passes and escorted her to the friendly bees who have set up a hive in the Ash Barrens. From there we found that the bees must be going somewhere to get food as there was nothing nearby. We escorted Nauliana to Alder's hut as that is one of the only other living places on the island. While there, Nauliana heard that there might be some interesting yeasts in Rosentide (Ash City) and asked us if we might be an emissary to the Darshak in obtaining this mead. We did what we do best and "negotiated" with the Darshak to obtain quite a bit of grog and a bottle of fancy vintage wine. We returned to Nauliana and Alder to deliver the booze and while we were gone, they discovered that the bees must be flying all the way to Kizmia's Island for their food. Now we need to find a way to help them closer to their home, specifically with fresh water. After that we escorted Nauliana safely back home. The End — Garr

*20260502: It wasn't particularly plot-heavy yesterday. We ran around collecting sandwich ingredients for Sammy — which requires killing several bosses — Mr. T for ketchup, Ramandu for bologna, Skybrary-Q'vynn for milk, finishing the circuit in Tangleberry Forest for lettuce, then formulating the sandwich in a hidden area in the northeastern sky part of skybrary (and maybe I missed one ingredient?), then exiting Skybrary from the Sky exit and talking to Sammy. Some knights came after Seaforth throughout, and at the end also "a" false Seaforth was killed. But I'm not sure if it was "the" false Seaforth. So there still seems to be some contest to his rule — maybe next year there will be more to find out. —Org du Lac

[[File: CL-20260411LoreTour.png|thumb|frame right|Nap and Story Time]]
*20260411: Quick recap of the Lore Tour: Our group ascended to Sombrion’s Cloud using the new Agronox flight path, where we met one of Sombrion’s Sarirs. The Sarir alerted us to a drake causing trouble, and we volunteered to help resolve the situation. As we searched for the elusive creature, the mystics among us began receiving mysterious messages from the drake itself, who revealed its name: Zayayr. It appeared Zayayr wanted to communicate. Though, as Lord Seaforth remarked, speaking isn’t exactly our group’s strong suit unless we’re all fallen. Fortunately we all fell and Zayayr dragged our fallen bodies away from danger and engaged us in conversation. We spoke for a bit and it seems like Zayayr and Sombrion may come to blows in the near future since it didn’t seem like Zayayr wanted to leave the nice stormy cloud, and we know Sombrion doesn’t like to share. (Zayayr did mention that he might put Sombrion in a cage and make him dance, I for one would love to see this) Eventually we were rescued and talk moved to a lightning drake egg that had been recovered by Haffron many years ago. Zayayr got wind of this asked for the egg and said that it had been looking for it for quite some time. After some additional wandering around we were able to connect Haffron with Zayayr to deliver the egg. We’ll see what happens if this egg hatches, but Zayayr thanked us and granted us a great boon in the form of knowledge. Zayayr went back to roosting in the northwestern part of Sombrion’s cloud. Travelers venturing in that direction should be cautious, as Zayayr is now there.

*20260404(.2): For this Lore Tour we hunted some clones, checked out the some of the Danger Rooms, visited a Maximum Mystic, went to the moon and read a story book. A few of us stayed after and also investigated the rank vault. — Phroon
*20260404 (.1): [[File: CL-20260404LoreTour1.png|thumb|frame right|Deputy of Puns, Pun'isher takes a break]] KPUN Lore Tour Bookfort Field Reporter Punny PewPew Gillespie: Stuff! —> 7 Images
[[File:CL-20260404LoreTour2.png|thumb|frame right|It’s getting hot in here]]
[[File:CL-20260404LoreTour3.png|thumb|frame right|House Keeping!]]
[[File:CL-20260404LoreTour4.png|thumb|frame right|Fountain]]
[[File:CL-20260404LoreTour5.png|thumb|frame right|Marshmellow vs. Broom]]
[[File:CL-20260404LoreTour6.png|thumb|frame right|Crying Bison]]
[[File:CL-20260404LoreTour7.png|thumb|frame right|A haphazardly laid wall of exiles]]

[[File:CL-20260314LoreTour.png|thumb|frame|right|Foot Grabbing!]]
*20260314: For this Lore Tour, we met up with Two in Haricot’s kitchen. Queueing in to the kitchen took some time, but through charades Two asked us to bring back six more Verminate from Ash. Once there, we ran into a few down-on-their-luck dwarves trying to escape from the island while we were searching through the city for the Verminate Two had mentioned. I think one of dwarves may have been experimented on by the Darshak, but I was running around a lot and might have missed some of the details. Eventually we ended up in the Ash City temple. Fighting our way in, we eventually found the Verminate we were looking for in the form of a cloaked figure. We escorted them back to Puddleby where they joined with Two to become Eight. The Verminate seem to be learning, as both Six and Eight were able to say some words of common. The tour concluded with Eight watching over Haricot’s stew and the foot-grab-line.

[[File:CL-20260222LoreTour.png|thumb|frame|left|The Ick]]
*20260221: Recapping Lore Tour. Following Trillbane's request, we headed up to the higher places north of the Vale of Giants to see if we could corral some of the goats that had wandered away from their work clearing the path into Shadowspring. This went about as well as you'd expect, with the goats slowly wiping us out while we tried to trap them in Kuzdu. Luckily with Salandra moving the Kudzu around, we were able to trap some of the goats so that the mountain hermit was able to gather them up to calm them down. With a few goats wrangled, we went down to the Heartwood Glade and wrangled more goats with mobile Kudzu walls. While there, Kalian stumbled onto some of the Green Drake mushrooms Tart'targ had mentioned we'd need for the ritual to get us into the deepest parts of Shadowspring. Encoruaged by Trillbane, Kalian first tried to eat them but being unsuccessful he rubbed them to break them down into smaller pieces. That released a lot of spores that spread quickly that we accidentally inhaled. This was apparently not the way to prepare them to focus the mind, and we began to see all sorts of colors dance in our vision. We then found ourselves in another place, perhaps the astral plane talking to a man in a bubble on a giant frog. When we woke up from this stupor, we found ourselves back in the temple with everyone in the lands and then fell to the side effects. How much of this actually happened I'm not sure, but with the goats returned I think we're closer to getting into Shadowspring and finding the source of the Skitterlings and the Ick.

*20260214: Tl;dr: The ents were extra enty, the ick was extra icky, and the goats were extra goaty today. Our time was nearly up when Trillbane stole hearts and brought us home, promising he would call us next week.

**Full Story:
**Bumbling into Vale was difficult and we nearly didnt make it through the exile grinder to our target only a few snells in. In a reversal of fortune, the trees felled nearly all of us. After quite a few chain runs from Naferu the magnificent, we found some tinder and a match and turned the giants into little more than embers. This was good news as our day hinged on making it to the ruins in the center of the vale. We proceeded down through the ruins to the recent gap that revealed a skitterling colony feeling OK. Cupid must have thrown a boomerang as the bloodmages attempted to ritual sacrifice the mystics in attendance, per usual. The pair of them were held in a tight embrace by the ick and yanked underground and squeezed out a few times claiming to see something that looked like the shadowspring citadels private underground parts. While being thrust underground, the mystics noted the icky vines were excessively swollen, and with what was up for debate. Were they throbbing of ancient machine energy? Slurping light from mystics? Dipping the tip of a vein into the blood pool? Gushing with the shimmering flood "water" in Shadowspring Citadel?
**Karma being what it is, and sutures running in low supply, we left the tunnel of bug love and headed to check on the heartwood glade. After a quick 5 minutes of swinging at the wood of the hierophant and splashing coins to all, we felt on top of the world and got too cocky. A gang of trees snuck around us and banged a hole in our defenses. We mounted a sloppy second offense but it was of no use, our bodies were wadded together in a fallen heap and our hope was blown. First, Phroon had his fun dragging some of us around but we found respia was insufficient for the stamina required. Kalian then stepped up but broke a chain grabbing too many, too fast and within a few seconds even he was overcome with a turbo rooting. Finally, Trillbane used some fancy stout chain lassoing and pulled us all out, snuck inside a crack no bigger than a taco, and escaped to a pink sunset over the village.
**There was a light refreshment of health, some casual chit chat, and plans to meet up to call the turbo goats back to work or give them the booty.

*20260124: This Lore Tour we were able to brave the Glacial Deeps and meet up with Kasarra. After fighting our way to the heart of ice, with the help of several mirror shards and a ritual around the heart Kasarra was able to fuse together a brand new silksteel breastplate. Kasarra also talked about setting up a forge near the heart, but the ice near there appears unforgiving. She said her next step will be to figure out a way to reproduce the silksteel armor without a ritual. After we finished up, she followed us back to Puddleby and is currently instructing our smiths how to make stout chains. It seems Orga Firewater may be used in the process. —Phroon

*20260110–20260117: To better flush out Brisk’s summary of two Lore Tours ago; we talked with Tart’targ about the Skitterlings and the vine/web/vein substance that seems to be the primary infection. Tart’targ called that substance the Ick and we talked about ideas for how we might deal with it. They asked for the occasional assistance of our Blood mages, but mainly said we were waiting on Trillbane’s work on clearing a path into Shadowspring. Tart’targ also accepted the feathers and bottle of wind for the eventual ritual to open the depths of Shadowspring. Following the meeting, we went to ABC and followed the Ick’s feeding of the machine’s energy to the west beneath Vale and to the Skitterling nest, where the energy flowed from the North, East, and to the south. We posited that it was flowing from ABC, GMV ruins, the vale gauntlet node and, Fire Ruins towards Shadowspring. —Phroon

*20260103: To recap, Lore Tour found quite the infestation of Skitterlings and the strange webby-viney substance in ABC and Fire Ruins. The mystics present felt similar feelings that Tart’targ had expressed in her previous notes, that the Skitterlings were secondary, tagging along with the strange substance. Salandra also posited that the vines were acting as veins, feeding on the power of the ancient machines and bringing it back to something. We visited the GMV Ruins but ran out of time to clear it, but saw a number of Skitterlings there as well. We checked Sunspire and were relieved to find it clear of the infestation. For now, it seems that only the fighter nodes have been affected. As such we don’t plan on putting much power into the healer or mystic nodes for a while, hopefully that won’t encourage the web-vine-veins from spreading to them.—Phroon

==2025==
[[File:CL-2025115DanceOff.png|thumb|frame|left|The November 15th 2025 Dance Off Winners.]]
*20251115: Dance Off Winners
**Maximum Rankage
*** With an amazingly synchronized routine. Is there a visionstone? I hope so! (VisionStone of the Dance Competition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbul6liA2hU ''No Nikki Glasers have been harmed in the making of this visionstone.'')
**Garr
***With in this sylvan's opinion, the most amazing routine. Pies and insults were thrown. We saw the amazing color-changing Ausrine, who was perhaps an unwilling participant in the routine.
**Laughing Academy
***Who also put pie to good use, summoned a unique dancer, and caused general mayhem. It looked like Ausrine got her revenge on Garr. Remember to treat her nicely, that was terrifying.
**Red Quill
***Who obviously should have won with a history lesson and legal defense that mostly fell on deaf ears.
**Runners-Up: Ravenstorm, who was disqualified, and Shadrock's Dancing Darshak (possibly also disqualified).

*20251108: Soul Hunter recap:
**beatdown by trees, beatdown by goats
**Longer version:
**We didn't make it to the trail of the Skitterlings. If the Vale had been a little more cooperative, with fewer pesky trees growing where they grow, with fewer snakes in the grass, with a little more organization or teamwork… well. Some zodiacs that's just how it goes. Despite Phroon's leadership and Seaforth's strategic mastery, we got flattened. Repeatedly.
**We are nothing if not persistent, so we kept coming back for another helping. A few departs later, chain runs from Naf, Phroon, Elenis and I'm nai sure who else, we made it to the edge of the Heartwood Glade. Warawonda was in fine form, and seemingly managed to sweet talk the forest into letting us in. A few more whispered sweet nothings might have been in order—there were even more trees there, along with (gulp) turbo goats. Why did it have to be turbo goats?
**Supposedly, the Mountain Hermit has those goats working on headbutting a path into the Shadowspring Citadel, but their work site abutted our foray and caused us to crumble. So! Today we learned that the progress bar there has a pair of horns and works best undisturbed. — Kani
[[File:CL-20251101LoreTourRecap.png|thumb|frame|right|Lore Tour Recap: The secret ingredient was pumpkin
– Kevas]]
*20251101: From Cimmbrion on Spring 48, 643 : Well done! Please pass along my thanks to the people of Puddleby. That was a close one, but Lugubrion tells me that the incursion near Venables' temple has stabilized. Even better, the turbulence throughout the plane caused by the Darshak portal is subsiding. That takes care of one of the main obstacles to crystallizing the ethereal plane. If we continue to plant both crystals and kyuems in earnest, I have good hope that the plane will be more responsive now. —Cimmbrion

*20251018: TL;DR Loretour recap: "Ethereal Plane ain't nuthin' to f--k with."
**For Lore Tour today we successfully repelled an Ethereal Incursion! We were able to plant a replacement Kyuem that should be more significantly more stable than the previous Kyuem that the Darshak had wedged into position. Many thanks to everyone who showed up! This is a huge step in stabilizing the Ethereal Plane.

*20251011: For this week's Lore Tour we wandered through a very happy Vale up to Fountfell and talked to the smith Kasarra about stout chains, fire water, the heart of ice and ice prisms. They also said that Ha'ri had dispatched an employee to Shadowspring that hadn't reported back, we investigated and found Skitterlings who tried to drag Garr into the floor. They were quickly dispatched, but we still need to go deeper and investigate further. Kasarra also plans to join us on a trip to through the Frigid Caves to the Heart of Ice.

*20250405: Lore Tour recap: We ventured first to the gloomy zoo where the Samahee Raider and some inconveniently-misplaced caltrops were no match for our crew. Then into the pop-up storybook where we found that Lord Seaforth's posse rolls way, way deeper than the Evil Noble King and his Jerk Knights.
**Fun turned to tragedy when the Wizard Q'vynn pulled himself out of his hat and we found ourselves fighting not one but two awful wizards. Even Mehan couldn't save us from that one, so we blew hot air in their faces and went home.
**Soul Hunter recap: Classic Bookfort hijinks; double boss wizards no bueno. —Kani

*20250315: Lore tour was quite fun today; got to find "heretical" experiments, various ghosts, and discover how "nonsensical" book plumbing is (ether) —Kordal
*20250308: Today's Lore Tour was UNEXPECTED and UNPROFESSIONAL
** But all good things. We met the charming Skipper and bet on snail races, beat up some darshak to find a delicate valuable in one of their ships. Said valuable was a scroll I couldnt read, and while Cecil thinks im illiterate, it just takes a mystic to do the job sometimes. Thank you Warawonda for your reading skills! Skipper was delighted, made some flirtatious moves towards me but I am MARRIED. But flattered. Then we met with Brooke in town to give her the scroll! The official plans for the fountain! But it seems she may be Skippers lover, who knows! Fountain construction set to 'soon'. — Palmeri

*20250301: Today’s lore tour went to Sombrion’s floating island, where we encountered some shadowguild (I think) members who were trying to prevent Sombrion from reaching the shadowplane. We gave them materials to set up an Agronox landing spot and then proceeded to Sombrion’s keep to tour his towers full of stuff. Danger Girl Bessie figured out that some of the clouds around Sombrion’s keep could be walked on, a feat that others attempted to imitate with only partial success. Caution is advised (along with a parachute) if you’d like to try that for yourself.
** Soul Hunter TLDR: Cloud 2 has numerous ranks atop towers!
*20250215: Recap: with the death of High Priest Endodontist, a vacuum has opened within the Darshak power structure. We visited three individuals who seem to be proposing themselves to fill that vacuum. One - in the temple, the leader of the Seamstresses, who believes only they know how to put things back together. Two, in Ash City, a spider lady called Lacrodextrous, which I believes translates as either "Tear Weaver" or else "Milkfingers". Thirdly, at the docks, an unnamed pirate warlord. We also fought some new undead: the "Besotted Corpse", several of which came out of the Ash Brewery full of extra-hoppy IPA and required over 1000 Atkus to hit. — Lord Seaforth

*20250208: This week we bravely attempted to venture towards the Shadow Bard Field. We made quick work of outer Gho-Wei, then ran into a huge group of Rotting Stares in the Fane, an ill portent.
**We eventually dispatched them, but venturing into the Shadowplane things took a darker turn. In spite of our mighty corps of mystics and some of the strongest fighters and healers in the lands, things quickly Spiraled out of control. Taunts from Shadow Chargus did nothing to improve the mood, and we wonder if Coriakin will ever be reunited with his lost pet, Chaconne.
**SH Recap: Shadow Wipeout! — Kani

*20250118: tl;dr Big shadow book, well of not-stupidity. — Kani
*20250111: Lore tour recap: We did it! We lore toured and we lifted the curse that was on me. We ventured to the Ash City temple looking to clear up a misunderstanding with the Darshak Endrondus. The misunderstanding being that I had his ankh and that it was cursed and that he was the conduit to lifting that curse since it was him that made the pact with K’THAAXOTROXZ in the first place. After a lot of fighting, the curse manifested itself in the form of… exiles not being able to recognize friend from foe and needing to focus up to avoid hitting each other.
**Also, Shadowfire was narrowly able to avoid being seduced by a young Darshak noble. And just when we were getting to the room that Endrondus was hiding in, he escaped through a back passage with Amdiroth, where the two returned to the surface and split from each other. We were able to find Endrondus and slay him - I placed the Ankh in his robes where it exploded, but due to some excellent healing we were able to make a full recovery while Amdiroth gabbed at us about needing to find a new high priest or something. Also, I officially adopted young Eraunsi Winemoon whom Elenis got addicted to root beer, but he left to sail the seas looking for his father. Hopefully he doesn’t drown, as his parent that would be very sad. I am quite proud of him for spreading his wings and venturing out on his own though. It brought a tear to my eye.
**K’THAAXOTROXZ is still at large, but hopefully with the death of Endrondus, it no longer has business with the Darshak and we don’t hear from it for some time.
**Thanks to all that attended. The way the curse manifested this time meant that our fighters had to be extra vigilant and restrained, and they did that exceptionally well. —Ausine
**SH Summary: I was there! Killed ash stuff got exp, lost "kidnapped" kid. — Soul Hunter
*20250104: Lore Tour Recap: We did it! We went to Abyss 3. While in the Abyss the Ankh grew more powerful and we gained a better understanding of how the curse manifests itself, which is as a ‘curse of misunderstanding’! This resulted in some unexpected twists when the Ankh was used to make fallen healable. Genderswapped fledglings! Garr as a Thoom! We also met Krrait, a low level abyssal entity in service to K’THAAXOTROXZ. Elenis made some ill-advised deal with it to get a cloak so if you’re murdered by him in the near future, it wasn’t an accident. We learned that the Ankh was part of a bargain made between the Darshak Endrondus and K’THAAXOTROXZ and that without it, Endrondus might be in breach of their agreement. With this learned, we exited the Abyss and went in search of K’THAAXOTROXZ in the mines on Ash Island.
**On our way to the mines, the Ankh’s power diminished and the transformations of other exiles ceased. However, my transformation remained. While fighting darshak on our way to the mines, one of them accused me of impropriety with his wife! He was slain but while we were searching for a way into the mines we came across none other but his son, Eraunsi Winemoon, who looked just. like. me. We convinced the lad that his supposed father had fled into the mines and my so- the lad was able to find an entrance that we could follow him through. While we didn’t find K’THAAXOTROXZ itself, I did sense a power, dark and slumbering, heavier than the Earth while we were there, so that was concerning. Also I got my normal form back! Eraunsi Winemoon never found his father, but I didn’t feel right sending him back to the darshak so we got him a room at the Purple Tor for now.
**Soul Hunter Synopsis - I don’t even know where to begin. See Inu's TLDR. — Ausrine
**TL;DR: Laughing Academy™ Mystic adopted abandoned boy
**2nd TL;DR: What could possibly go wrong?™—Inu Teisei

==2024==
*20241214: Lore Tour Recap: Lord Seaforth of the 800 titles led us back to Fountfell to visit the smith Kasarra because she had offered to help our smiths learn new things again or something. When we got there her Sister Lasarra told us that she was mumbling something about about hearts of ice and then wandered off. We know there's a nearby mountain with lots of icy things so we decided to check it out. We made our way up Silvershag Ascent and found Kasarra at the top. She told us that she was looking for the or a heart of ice. It was hard to tell (I'm not a great listener) We told her that we'd totally check it out and get back to her. Someone observant then noticed she was wearing an awesome set of lead boots. Since Lord Seaforth is full of wit and charm he was able to convince Kasarra once again to make the trek to Puddleby and teach Powean how to make Lead boots. She's there now making sure he doesn't make any mistakes.
**Soul Hunter Synopsis: Our Smiths can make Lead Boots!

*20241119: Tuesday Pet Patrol have some attendance, Apprentice Fearr and Tsune joined Captain Planet and I. We start with some clean of both bear cave, and proceed to Lilly Pond where local critter were a bit above Captain an my pet. Fortunatly colonel chomp did the job. (are we in the Emperor's army ?). I’ll wait you for next hunt on Tuesday, November 26, 2024 at 12:00PM PST.

*20241116: Recap of Lore Tour
**TLDR: Visited Alder. Left lots of stuff in his house. Made a war contract with the spriggins. Tried to fight Endrondus. Scary halls and scary walls. Money, pranks, woodworking. The Green New Hope.
**Today the exiles of Puddleby took a trip to Ash Island in hopes of re-vegification of the island through a variety of means.
**First order of business was a visit to Alder. Alder was quite shocked at our arrival and our subsequent “conscription” (we are better than forcing old men into our service). But he sort of agreed by non-disagreement to aid in the re-vegification efforts. All of our rainbow generator shiny and magical objects were stashed inside his home (again we can do better).
**Secondly, we summoned spriggins with a great variety of wealth, coins and shiny expensive things. “Bye!”, the Spriggin was very intent on collection of coinage. She was also very ambiguous about her terms. But… thanks to our very special donors:
***Gnomyamuni - 10k
***Shadowfire - 25k
***D'Ead - 28k
***Cecil - 50k
***Ravenstorm (the Prince of Fens) - 56k+
***Kalian - 250k
***Witchy Kitty Pirate King - 665,000c
**We are still accepting donations as well and there will be awesome swag, names on plaques or donuts, or just prestige. See the Cap’n about donations they will help provide more favorable terms with the spriggins.
**Finally, we were visited by our verminate friend Five who warned us of high levels of danger coming from the Super Dark Temple containing Endrondus. Our incursion went less than desirable, as Endrondus summoned a few super Greater Deaths. We had to retreat and live to try again soon. Endrondus will meet his end.
**Post Stink Script: Oh, Ausrine and her hat that she isnt wearing warned of a great evil deep in the mines under Ash Island where Endrondus was drawing his power from. — Valadorei

*20241109: Well, after an arduous journey to Fountfell, we had an informative conversation with one of the smiths, who announced she would come to puddleby with us and teach people to make a new kind of armor. — Eirian
**[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGPQZm_0DbM Lore Tour Visionstone of 20241109]
*20241102: to recap: we uhh made a deal with spriggins to go to some sorta prank war with the Darshak. that should like… hamper creepy thoom's plan. — Stinkfist
*20241012: Today lore tour went to the Dreamless Protectorate in the shadowplane to help Thistle finish crafting her Sun Lantern, and with it she was able to help fight against the madness of the Shadowplane. Phroon offered a dream fragment to the sapling growing in the protectorate, which seems healthy but still a long way from growing to maturity. Perhaps that's a good thing? I wonder how the dreamless would feel if it grows to reveal a portal in the heart of their sanctuary.
**With the new lantern-bearer in tow, we then went to the shadow bear cave. We were able to fight our way to the flaming shadow bear idol, which is quite a sight if you're fond of, er, creepy teddy bears and the like. Unfortunately we didn't have the strength to fight our way into the last chamber, but luckily we were able to retrieve all our fallen before making our escape. No word on the newly-discovered shadow forest - perhaps we'll return there on a future date with more lanterns.
**Soul Hunter TLDR: New lantern! Same bears. Don't stand in fire! — Coriakin

*2024105:Today Lore Tour travelled to the shadow garden in the heart of the haunted fane, to feed more dream shards to the sapling that had been planted there some time ago. It must have been close to maturity, because it quickly grew to full size... and in doing so revealed a portal! Entering the portal took us to a strange shadow forest full of deadly monsters, and the madness that pervades the shadowplane seemed even stronger there. We fought our way through several snells of twisting clearings and pathways between the trees, before chancing upon a portal that returned us to the shadowgarden.
**There is clearly much more to explore in this place, but doing so will require better preparation to deal with the shadow madness. If you plan to go, bring as many lantern-bearers as you can.
**Soul Hunter TLDR: "Why does nobody want to hang out?" Ouchouchouchouchouch

*20240921 10AM PDT: Trial by Puns. Guilty. Ambush. Escape. Puddleby victorious.
*20240907: Today's Lore Tour went to the bear cave in the shadowplane, with the goal of proving to the shadow bears that we are worthy of respect and friendship by our strength of arms. We fought our way into the depths of the bear cave, deeper than we'd ever gone before, until we found ourselves facing a giant bearish altar burning with cold flames. Onashi and Biro proclaimed this an affront to the Great Bear Spirit, and attempted to purify the altar with honey. This immediately angered the shadow bear cultists which swarmed us and we were all but wiped out... but in the end the last ones standing were a badly-wounded Kalian, and Garr surrounded by smoking shadow bear corpses.
**Did we manage to gain the respect of the shadow bears? Hard to say. Was the freezing fire of the shadow bear altar purified? Not completely, certainly, but Onashi and Biro suspect we made progress on both of those goals. Perhaps a future trip will lead to more definitive results? At least we now know to advance slowly and be wary of ambushes in those twisting, narrow passages.

*20240817: Da Lore Tour started at da Sout Farms Empire, where we met wit da Home Hive. Da bees were all abuzz wit annoyance at bein' out of da loop. We told dem da news about Reekfoot's weddin'. Calmed, dey told us to go visit uvver bees. Ably led by Garr, we follered da bees from one hive to da next. By landin' on an' buzzin' at Bink, Noivad, Giben, an' Bessie, dey let us know where to go next. Each place had meaner defenders, it seemed, dat were 'ventually defeated by our strong forces, tactics, an' pluck. We spread da news to da Dead Tee Hive in Sout Forest, da Lundar's Lake Hive, da Tree Top Hive on Metzetli Island, and Alder's Hive on Ash. Den, to Alder's astonishment, da hive swarmed! He recommended a place wit mud for dem to establish a new hive. Dey liked da cave opening in da dry river bed, and all stayed dere, but for da one who decided to adventure wit Bessie a while. Mayhap one day dat river bed will have water again an' trees an' flowers an' uvver living tings will flourish dere again.
**TL:DR @Soul Hunter/Lexa Displeased bees appeased. New Hive. Hope for Ash? — Dandelion
** "Mean bee friends. Bees appeased. New hive." — Dande
** "Bees Needs Feeds, Queen Find New Home" — Inu
** "Bees bees bees ash river cave" — Garr
** "Appreciating our flowering friends, but not Reekfoot." — Haffron
*20240803: Inut's recollection: We found at least one more dream fragment. Peeps who had them already also fed theirs to our favorite shadow treeling. The shadow treeling likes it when you sing to it, at least it did when Inut sung to it. @Coriakin, I wonder if it will like happy bard songs about itself or the shadow plane in general?
**SH/L summary: Singing to shadow treelings makes them happy.
*20240622: Today lore tour went to the shadowplane, and ended up listening to a story told by a shadowy statue(?) of a figure reading a book. The story talked about how before there was a tear between the planes, there was a "door" and a "key." A key made out of shining silver that opened the door to the shadowplane from our reality. "To turn the lock of worlds, the key must be made from stuff beyond this world." The rest of the story matches what we've heard of the ancients' struggle with the shadowplane: things started out fine, but after a time the shadowplane grew hostile and invaded the material plane.
**However, there's an epilogue: after the doors between words were closed, the inventor that made the key in the first place managed to slip back into the shadowplane to try to observe it in secret. While there, a second key was produced, an "inky black key that writhed in the hand," which was used to open a dark lock described as "a blemish in the darkness above the other world." Where this lock led isn't known, but the inventor passed through it and the storyteller concluded with "The end, she said. I have not seen her since."
**Perhaps this means that the storyteller heard the story from the inventor herself? Who knows. The writhing key sorta sounds like the pages from the book of rend, maybe it was used to create a passage back here? Or maybe it's something else, and the inventor passed through it to another world we don't yet know of. Hard to say, but the story suggests that the ancient who was the first one to visit the shadowplane survived the invasion, and then returned to the shadowplane once it was over and the rifts sealed. I think. — Coriakin
**Soul Hunter TLDR: Shadowplane storytime, Palmeri says, "WHAT AM I" — Biro

*2024615: Last week Lore Tour escorted Rinakki to the haunted fane to check on the tree that was planted in the shadowy garden there. It was apparently not thriving in that location, so a careful combination of magic and horticulture was employed to move it to a more auspicious location. It was provided with fresh soil imported from the material plane and memory shards (although no exiles' memories, as far as I could tell), and seemed to be thriving a bit more. It may be worth checking on again soon to see what effect our efforts had.
**Oh, and our efforts were briefly hampered when the high priestess left her sanctuary/study/cell/whatever to confront us in a hallway. She might have been looking for Rinakki, but fortunately didn't manage to find her.
**Soul Hunter TLDR: Happy little shadow tree. Everything is fine. Everything is fine. — Coriakin
Rinakki moved the sapling and replanted it I think inside the shadow plane just a little south of where it was. Good dream shards were placed in it. — Inu
*20240608: For this episode of Lore Tour we wanted to bring our concerns about the shadowy trees growing from those crooked seeds to local interplanar horitculture expert and generally suspicious person Rinakki/Strangler Fig/Mirna/Sie'Limpa/Myr'prentice. She's assumed a different identity to join a variety of organizations (mystic academy, shadowguild, Windspinners, fane cultists, etc), and perhaps none of those is her true name. She seems to be gathering power and knowledge to further her own mysterious goals, and despite seeming untrustworthy she's held up her end of bargains in the past. Most notably, she taught us the ritual for the Agronox Seal, which was used to seal the rift to the shadowplane at the bottom of the Citadel. She deals in connections, mostly between people, which she can extract (symbolically? Literally?) and then strengthen or weaken as she chooses. It's weird and disturbing, so I'll say no more about it now but ask me later if you have more questions.
**In any event, we went to her hideout in the Bison Plains, only to discover that she'd gone to Svart'targ's cave in the Undermarsh. An ill-fated shortcut into a mass of blind but hungry meshra left all of us fallen except a slowly-drowing stoneformed Garr, and Klur above water but being chased by bears and a rift. Somehow Klur came through for us yet again and we were able to recover, rescue our sunken friends, and eventually continue on to Svart'targ's cave.
**I wish I could explain what the conversation was about, but I got very confused halfway through and I'm not sure I understand it entirely. The short version is that Rinakki is interested in the trees growing from the crooked seeds and is willing to accompany us to the Haunted Fane next zodiac to meet Peng Peng and see how the tree there is doing.
**She seems more unconcerned about the existence of these trees, but then again she wasn't concerned about the gaping hole to the shadowplane at the bottom of the citadel so that doesn't mean anything. If someone else can summarize any other important talking points we covered that would be useful, but what I remember from the talk is her being unhelpful but willing to come with us next zodiac. The tea was tasty though.
**Soul Hunter TLDR: Breathing is important. Meshra bad. Witches confusing. Tea! — Coriakin

*20240601: Lore tour went to the Haunted Fane on Gho Wei to check on the tree growing from the crooked seed that was planted there many zodiacs ago. Now that we know that the trees need memories on which to grow, it makes sense that it hasn’t developed much - not much around except undead with few remaining memories. So unless visitors start trying to feed it memories it looks like the danger posed by that tree is relatively is relatively minimal. For now.
**Soul Hunter TLDR: Shadow tree seeds eat memories? Super gross. Eww. — Coriakin
[[File:CL-LoreTour-20240518-ATree.png|right|thumb|The group tries to decide if they should plant a seedling. (20240518)]]
*20240518: Warning: Today's lore tour recap is pretty heavy on the Proper Nouns. If you want more background on who and what these places are, please say so. Lore tour today went to the Shadowplane today at Brisk's behest. As you may remember, on two previous trips there a mystic was gifted a "Crooked Seed" from a crooked tree. The mystics claimed the tree spoke to them, asking them to find a place to plant the seed. Sativa planted his seed in Peng Peng's garden in the Haunted Fane, and as it grew it opened a portal to a garden that appears to be part of the shadowplane. Today Brisk proposed to go to the Dreamless Protectorate in the Shadowplane to ask for guidance about what he should do with the seed he was carrying.
**After a short walk through the shadow islands, and a not-so-short row across the shadow ocean trying to first find and then catch the moving exit, we finally made it to the Protectorate. But no sooner did we finally get there, then Brisk seemed to be overcome by an irresistible desire to plant the seed. While the gathered exiles debated whether this was a good idea or not, Brisk snuck past us and planted the seed right at the spot where Shaer's Gate stood — the portal to and from the shadowplane in ancient times. And almost immediately, a small shadow tree grew in that spot.
**I and several others were aghast, but the residents of the Protectorate stoically accepted this shadowy addition to their sanctuary without protest. Pelaegia mentioned that the tree was unlikely to grow without nutrients, which was reassuring. However, some exiles were intrigued to see what the tree would develop into: perhaps it would open a gateway to somewhere, much like the first tree? Kalian, reasoning that the tree might subsist on memories like many other shadow beings, tried to feed it a dream fragment he'd been carrying. The tree indeed absorbed the dream fragment, and it instantly started to grow more. (edited) 
**At that point we had to leave, so we left the tree under the observation of Chroma of the Protectorate. The tree might develop more on its own, but I highly recommend not bringing it any more dream fragments as that might cause it to mature faster. Unless that's what you want.
**The trip out was mostly uneventful, but if you're a healer — remember that you should only heal the Lost Dreamer if you feel comfortable escorting it the whole way out. Experience managing a pet is good practice for that.
**Oh, speaking of pets, I have a personal request. I brought my pet foxweir Chaconne for moral support, but we were separated while on the shadow ocean and I wasn't able to find her. She hadn't returned to the stable by the time I had to go to the library, so if anyone's heading back to the shadowplane anytime soon, please keep an eye out for an out of place frost foxweir. Thanks.
**Soul Hunter TLDR: Another shadow tree planted. What could go wrong? — Coriakin
[[File:CL-LoreTour-20240511-SupplyLines.png|right|thumb|Pavela plots with exiles to disrupt Darshak supply lines. (20240511)]]
*20240511: For today's Lore Tour we escorted the disguised Pavela Winemoon (aka Ramandoon) to Ash Island to rendezvous with her contact "Five" and associates to lay groundwork for disrupting Darshak supply lines. Under cover of raiding the darshak outpost to steal loot from the ships, we secretly hid Five's verminate compatriots aboard all the ships present. I can neither confirm nor deny rumors that Five was revealed to be five verminate in a cloak while finding a hiding spot aboard one of the ships.
**I’m not sure what the next step is. Perhaps the verminate spies will sabotage the ships themselves at a later date. Perhaps they're gathering info to let us know when a vulnerable convoy will be arriving for us to sink/raid. Or something else entirely? I guess we'll find out!
**But not next week. Apparently the plan is to go to the shadowplane next week. I'm sure everything will be fine…
[[File:CL-LoreTour-20240504-Ramandu.png|right|thumb|A pirate secretly dressed as Ramandu (20240504)]]
*20240504: For Lore Tour today we went to TI to check on Pavela Winemoon, a formerly (and possibly still) Darshak-associated person who helped us take over the darshak outpost on TI. She mentioned three possible targets on Ash Island that for follow-up actions against the Darshak, and we decided to pursue two of them. First, we'd go deface Kestrel's Tower to, uh, demoralize our foes with psychological warfare, and then meet with one of Pavela's contacts who could help us disrupt supply lines from the main Darshak settlement of Gathner. Pavela offered to escort us to our targets but was worried about being recognized, so Pe Ell donated an orange cloak to disguise her as a Ramandu.
**After a pitched battle we made it to the tower, where Kestrel's halfling servant was taunted in the traditional manner and then numerous signs were posted.
**Signs included:
***"Welcome to the tower of failure! Please leave soiled clothing with Dotterel,"
***"Your tower is bad and you should feel bad,"
***"Take pride in our town. Keep yon tower Darsak free,"
***"Ramandu is better and richer than every Darshak ever. Combined even. Ramandu is the bestest in the world and carries all his riches on his person always."
***"Only thing in Dotterels mind is "peepee poopoo peepee poopoo""
**Next we went to the temple where we encountered Pavela's contact Five, who was definitely not a pile of rodents in a cloak. After a hefty bribe from Kalian, Five agreed to help us locate some darshak shipping next week. On the way out the necromancer Amdiroth was briefly mocked, and we escorted "Ramandu" to safety.
Soul Hunter recap: Darshak mocked and stolen from. More next week.

*20240420: The last Lore Tour was less of a tour and more of a tour de force. After Stinkfist's nefarious brother Reekfoot showed up to mock Puddleby's dancing skills last week, we stepped up to the challenge to Serve or Be Served. There were a variety of impressive performances including Inu and the Shadow Friends, Punisher representing Bear Force One, Bessie's Interpretive Dance, Fungal Fey and the Mush Rooms, Red Quill's Dance Squad, Garr's taunting and pie-ing of Reekfoot, and Reekfoots "dance" presentation that was mostly violence.
**After the performances, the scores provided by the distinguished judges were unceremoniously thrown out due to possible judge bribery and/or tampering, and instead the attendees were invited to vote. Apparently Puddleby feels that summoning horrifying shadow monstrosities isn't a desired part of a dance presentation, so Inu's shadow fiends came last and were subjected to brutal mockery, cheerfully provided by Pun'isher. In the end the voting was very close, but my own clan's entry was victorious! To paraphrase Stinkfist: "Red Quill winning a RP-related event, what a surprise."
**Thanks to everyone who participated! — Coriakin
*20240406: First we went and joined Ramandu on his search of the Great Toad Spirit — and fought The Ramandu in the Bookfort.
**Then we all went into the purple crayon adventure notebook and defeated Clthoomu.
**From there, a detour to visit the difference dance crews — puffins, pets, bears and badgers who were practicing for "Regionals."
**Then finally and at great length, a foray into Gorvin's danger rooms. They were very perilous and at times it looked like we wouldn't make it, but the dire seasteed (or whatever it's called) was smashed, we won, and cake was eaten in celebration that we finally weren't stuck and because it was Jamboree's birthday.
**Soul Hunter Recap: Big mob, SH wanted sharecads.
[[File:CL-LoreTour-20240316-Post Hunt.png|right|thumb|headless exile bears invade Town Center 20240316]]
*Tour Visionstone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lG_xYjB1AA8

*20240316: Arrr! Hear this declaration from the Pirate King:
**BRNJBJRN: "FIGHT TO THE DEATH, THE CHALLENGE APPROACHETH"
**A Shadow Brinclone (You may remember the Adventure to recover Mehan's Armor....) has uhhh roared a challenge through the planes to Puddleby. Come fight him in his shadowy cave.
**So, for Puddleby and those inclined to THE GREAT BEAR SPIRIT, we shall answer this call to combat.
**Now from previous encounters and expeditions into the Shadowplane we know that these Shadow Bears are rather mighty. Bring yer best. Iz gonna be dangerous. We got this.....
**Yarr it should be noted that this... seems to be the result of a chain of events started accidentally by Mehan when she lost her armor riding an agronox (it could happen to anyone) and then continued by one Inu Teisei (with some help from Sativa) when they checks notes temporarily bound the shadow bears to the ice altar, which presumably gave the Shadowplane lots and lots of time to learn all about bears....
**If this goes poorly, this is their fault. If this goes well and works out for us somehow, they get medals.
**Fight with RAWR ROAR RAWR and Honor in Glorious Bear Combat!
**Soul Hunter TLDR: Shadow ROAR RAWR RAWR ROAAAAAAR adventure time.
*20240309: Lore Tour Recap, as best I can understand it: With Venables' dead and his crew scattered, a treaty was to be signed to reward those who helped us with responsibility for the outpost. Unfortunately, Brisk managed to lose his reading glasses, so the signing was derailed as we traipsed across the archepelago looking for them. Along the way we discovered and possibly-foiled-or-maybe-not some sort of Shadowguild plot involving Rafinus and the blacksmith shop, as well as some of Brisk's... family? Associates? Unclear.
**Anyway, once we'd successfully located Stinkfist who'd be abducted by a drake (did I mention that happened? It did, from Devil's Island), we found out that the drake had also gathered Brisk's glasses. With them finally reacquired, we returned to Tenebrion's conference room for the signing. You'll have to ask someone else for the exact details of the treaty, but from what I understood the idea is to try to deal with the damage to the ethereal plane that Venables' experiments caused and finally try to run the darshak off the island once and for all. — Coriakin
**Addendum: After a great deal of shenanigans, the Loyal Supporter wandering around 'Noth summoning Ramandon'ts has fallen. But by the Cone it took forever to fell. — Shadowfire
*20240302: Holy moley, what a chaotic day assaulting Venable's Camp. Here's the recap, as much as I can put together from the variety of simultaneous plans: Ritual/song magic, beehive projectiles, sea magic candles, and more.
**Under the assumption that there wouldn't be time for a whole ritual during an assault on a darshak compound, under Valadorei's direction a ritual was performed before leaving town while a song played. I'm not sure how they did it, but the ritual's power to calm the ethereal damage taking place in Venable's camp would remain dormant until the song was played again.
**Preparations complete, we ventured to Tenebrion's Island to collect former darshak (I think?) Glorak who would be manning a catapult, and sea-witch Pelaegia. We ventured to the north gate to Venables' camp and faced strong opposition, although Glorak had snuck in earlier and left the pirates some "presents," and now many of their forces were too drunk (or poisoned) to fight effectively. The catapult was loaded with beehives brought by Biro and the other bears, and the stinging of angry bees also helped distract our foes.
[[File:CL-LoreTour20240302_2.png|right|thumb| Sammy Fights darshak with Lore Tour Group]]
**Eventually we established a foothold, and Biro was able to entreat The Great Bear Spirit to send some bears to aid out defense. With the catapult prepared to lob more bees into the heart of the camp, we gathered to help Pelaegia begin a ritual of her own, which would involve using a creating a triangle of sea candles to aid in some magic to repair the damage to the ethereal plane caused by Venables' experiments. We successfully prepared the first candle at the north gate, and left the bears to defend the candle and catapult as Lore Tour moved to the other candle locations.
**South of the compound we found the location for the second candle, and left it to be defended by an apparently friendly (or at least neutral) undead spirit known as Tatterflesh, or Mr T to his friends. The final candle location was at the compound gate located near the west landing of Tenebrion's Island, but once it was in place we needed to get inside so, another ritual was used to summon Sammy the Mantaun Rider from the bookfort, who tore open a hole in the stone wall for us. All seemed to be going according to plan(s) at this point…
**This is when Venables started taunting us over the sunstone channel, claiming to not hear anything happening, and letting us know he was going to do things like go for a walk around his outpost. You know, the sorts of things that are definitely not traps.

**Well, it was a trap. We spotted him running past us as we were making our way to the compound's east gate, and upon trying to follow him we realized that he was leaving a trail of ethereal portals on the other side of snell borders and, well, everywhere. We were eventually able to re-collect the exiles who accidentally fell for the trap (and into the portals), and realized that our primary goal needed to change to fixing the immediate ethereal damage. The mystics, aided by Pelaegia, were able to close most of the unstable portals around Venables' compound, but one seemed so tainted by darshak magic that it resisted their efforts. We entered the portal and found a seemingly calm area, but soon realized that Venables was lurking in the snell to the southwest.
**Another desperate battle ensued, but in the end we were victorious and Venables was vanquished. Or was he? I thought Venables was a flesh-and-blood being, but the "Venables" that we saw there died in a poof of smoke, much like a spirit. Hmm….
[[File:CL-LoreTour20240302.png|right|thumb|Rainbow Harp.]]
**Time was pressing and that area of the ethereal plane seemed particularly unstable (unless it's normally filled with cracks), so we had to leave that mystery for now and return to the material plane to finish what we'd started. We returned to the one remaining portal, and the combined powers of Pelaegia, the team of mystics, and the "Doomsong" were finally able to seal that remaining ethereal rift.
**We were not able to stop Venables' experiments, nor the man himself, but we inflicted a great deal of damage to his camp and were able to repair at least some of the damage to the ethereal plane. Hopefully a future trip will be able to put an end to his threat for good.
**Soul Hunter TLDR: Musical kaboom. Bee catapult. Sea candles. Confused Darshak! — Coriakin

*I attempted a TLDR:
**TL;DR: The group conducted a pre-assault ritual and song magic to calm ethereal damage at Venable's Camp. They then launched an assault with unique strategies like beehive projectiles and sea magic candles. Despite facing strong opposition and traps by Venables, they managed to establish a foothold and repair some ethereal damage with rituals and the aid of allies, including bears, a sea-witch, and an undead spirit. Venables was confronted but his defeat raised questions about his true nature. The mission caused significant damage to the camp and partially mended the ethereal plane, leaving Venables' threat unresolved for a future confrontation. — Ayelwen

*20240224: Next week's bard concert will also feature Supplanter's audition for bard quester! Please come to the guild hall on Saturday, February 24, 2024 11:00 AM [PDT] to cheer him on! — Coriakin

*20240217: Stinkfist says, “So to summarize: we have a small base camp set up on TI now to combat Venables and Kestrel's forces in two zodiacs.…we picked up a kyeum power stone also.”
**Inu Teisei says, “summary snipe hunt with prizes is my summary.”
**Stinkfist says, “So, Two zodiacs from now how do we wanna do this? Ideas? Additional allies to call upon?”
**Phroon says, “Sneak in and steal more stuff?”
**Dandelion says, “Collect wood fer me, please. Fer more signs.”
**Stinkfist says, “Additional allies to call upon?”
**Soul Hunter version: more dead darshak, sativa banished in two towns.
*20240113: Lore tour recap: We took the portal to the village to invite Forsythia to come see the Org Sanctuary with us. She was interested, but while we were chatting her hut was set on fire by some invading orga! Despite numerous setbacks we were eventually able to fight them off, and tracked their attack to the nearby org cave. It seemed like the orga were unwilling to actually enter the org cave itself, but they did their best to block it off.

After defeating the orga and unblocking the cave we went inside to find a panther cap mushroom which we took to the org sanctuary along with Forsythia, who may or may not return to the village depending on how damaged the roof of her hut is. We gave one of the blue flowers to Khami, the centaur seemingly in charge of the org sanctuary warens, as a thank you for all the work they've done to help the org. And then Phroon was so overcome with thankfulness that his Orb Of Unstable Something-Or-Other burst showering everyone around with good karma. Did you know that it's possible to get a cartload, a boatload, or even a shipload of good karma? Now you do.
Oh, one other lore tidbit. Apparently the Windspinner monk in charge of training the agronox so we can ride them is called Andrachnea. If we want more agronox flight destinations, that's the person we should talk to. Uh... anyone know who that is? — Coriakin

*20240106: Lore tour recap: we helped Gorvin find the famed warrior Darktur, but in the process encountered Sharktur, a sharkitty who’d taken Darktur’s Makobite Bracer in a poker game. After Darktur agreed to train Gorvin, we went to Ash Island to track down Sharktur and retrieve the bracer. After many pitched battles we were able to do, although Gorvin was unable to determine what the bracer does.

Soul Hunter recap: Too many darshak, but blinged Gorvin out anyway.

==2023==
*20231111: Hello! It is I, Brisk!
[[File:CL20231111.png|thumb|frame|left|The Lore Tour on November 11th, 2023 bravely fights]]
To recap this week, we made it through everywhere we wanted to during the lore tour today and even some places we did not plan on.

The group did a very good job of staying alive and making other things less alive. The machines were charged in advance by Kalian the Tawny and Falinea's Blade, thank you for your efforts. The portal was moved in place to the Fountfell for easy access by an anonymous exile. We made good progress through the citadel to the ancient machinery with minimal horus checks. Once the water was reached we realized we were not as prepared with potions and amulets of breath but we made do with a little bit of downtime and a lot of uncomfortably close movement (seriously people, I need my personal space!). Under the water we found rubble had fallen from the ceiling and littered the area around the thrones. Many trips were spent checking for holes in the crumbled walkways and cleaning up the debris. We must get Pelaegia to return and check the upkeep of the citadel, lest we lose it completely to a cave-in not unlike the one that happened long ago to cut off the gates of the twin moons!
After we reached the basement to check on the seal placed atop the shadow rend we heard a skittering noise like a sound of nails on a chalkboard. These weird insectoid like creatures came down from the walls and tried to separate our insides from our outsides. Luckily we had Gorvbot there to murder and a few blood mages that were more than comfortable bleeding a little bit to crack those carapaces. We could hear them on the other side of the rubble from the stairwell that crumbled. I suspect there may be many, many more in our future.

Phroon was carrying a page from the book of rend that started to chant and sing and was largely pleased to be in the area. When he was fumbling with the page it happened to open a rift into the shadowplane itself. We lost a few folks to his portal of doom and decided as a group to definitely go rescue them to leave no one behind and not because we wanted to know where the portal led to. We made a mad dash through the shadowplane, found a Lost Dreamer and guided it to its memory of puddleby and escaped in its wake. It might've been record time, it depends who you ask.

Either way, it answered some lingering questions but also opened a whole new line of questions for us to visit in the future.

soulhunter summary: citadel construction bad, new insects, great group today

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=Lore Tour Summaries=
==2026==
*20261003: Today Lore Tour delved back into the depth of Shadowspring Citadel, looking to return to the ruins we think are the "Gates Of The Moon," the place where the ancient mirror to the Shadowplane once was. We were able to fight through the resistance in the Vale, as well as the Skitterlings infesting the tunnels, and eventually made it to the shimmering water and stone walkways where the ruined mirrors can be found. Although the mirrors seemed to have no power remaining in them, mystics were able to sense some power still coursing through the stones near them.
**On the way down, we'd noticed several carvings left by some recent visitor, although we couldn't figure out the purpose of them. The one of the carvings featured a T in a triangle, so the guess is that it may have been Tart'targ... although Garr points out the similarity of the carvings to those found on Kizmia's Island. Perhaps it's worth following up with Fat Alice and the other witches there?
**We didn't have time to assault the Skitterling Nest itself, so if the person who made the carvings ventured all the way into the heart of it, we weren't able to follow their trail the rest of the way. Who knows... maybe Trillbane got there first?
**At the end we started hypothesizing about the energy that was found there. Maybe it's related to the water? Many nearby villagers worship the water as "Mother River," and Phroon mentioned there's a thoom that tells a story of finding something silvery in the river that transformed him. Might be worth investigating further!
**Soul Hunter TLDR: Skitterlings still tough but we're getting stronger.

*20260919: This week, the Lore Tour journeyed through the Vale of Giants (Where we were ambushed by roughly three million badgers) before making its way to the town of Fountfell. There, we met with Kasarra, who delivered a prototype of the Silksteel armor she has been developing to Cecil. She explained that she needs many more ice prisms to simplify the blacksmithing process enough to teach it to our town’s blacksmiths and offered to employ someone to gather them for her. Lord Seaforth of the Many Titles also acquired a newly crafted plate from Kasarra to replace the one stolen by Trillbane the Scoundrel. Kasarra added that she also might be able to teach Powean a few improvements to the stout chain design we recently learned to make. After leaving the blacksmith, we stopped by the Rockslide Tavern for a drink and an exchange of stories with Egremora. She shared a tale about Master Spruce, revealing more of his history before he became the gnarled, old, nap-loving hermit we know today. We ended the evening with Coriakin recounting our recent discoveries beneath the Shadowspring Citadel, including some of the gates we found there. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Garr Garr]

*20260822: For today's Lore Tour we stayed in town to perform the new song I wrote for Trillbane, with the help of Xepel and a quickly-conscripted Polerand (who did a great job!). Trillbane loved the song, and also loved forcing an infuriated Seaforth to hand over his armour which was also promised in the bargain. After Seaforth performed the angriest striptease in history, Trillbane showed off his new look, trained a few people, and then returned to... whatever he was doing. The possibly-mythical town of Rankerton was mentioned.

Afterwards, Lore Tour graciously escorted me to Heartwood Glade to look for another piece of sonorous heartwood, the newly discovered bard instrument part. After a fierce battle, we reached the deepest part of the glade where Haffron discovered what we were looking for. So, it looks like the bard contest next week will now have prizes for the top two entrants! Thanks everyone have prizes for the top two entrants! Thanks everyone — Phroon

*20260808: For Lore Tour we followed the plan and met with Tart'targ, who said Trillbane had already stopped by and let her now. We then went into the dark beneath Shadowspring, where we fought our way deeper in the dark but ultimately had troubles getting across a bridge that had been gummed up by pebbles and Skitterlings and we ended up departing. — Phroon

*20260801: For Lore Tour we followed the plan and fought our way to the Foghaven Monoliths where we found and defeated another Ick Promontory. We then headed up to GMV Ruins where we found the usual infestation of Skitterlings and Ick, but no major growth. Along the way we had felt flow the Ick to the south, so having checked the potential sources of that flow we followed it to the glade. There in corner where the goats and Trillbane had been working we discovered a brand new path! Following it we found ourselves in Ancient ruins that I believe may be a formerly unreachable section of Shadowspring, possibly down below the Agronox seal. We were late on time, but delved in deeper where we found an area filled with darkness pierced by shafts of light. We were quickly overwhelmed by Skitterlings and thanks to miraculous chaining we were able to make it back home safely. — Phroon

*20260711: For Lore Tour we traveled to the Shadowplane and sought out five of the baby Mantuan. When given a mirror shard, each of them gave us a hint as to an item each Oubleir would want. But one of them warned us that some Mantuan are actually bears in disguise. So we have a bit of a puzzle to solve. — Phroon

*20260704: For Lore Tour, we briefly visited with Tart’targ who has been a bit more hospitable as of late. She told us that she has felt rumblings through the mountains and we explained that we had enlisted the help of the bloodpool in battling the Ick, which she said was likely the source of the rumbling. She then cautioned us on the use of the consequences of using the bloodpool that way, some of which a few of us shared. For now my personal hope is that the bloodpool can at least slow down the expansion of the Ick. Tart’targ also mentioned that she had seen more growth of the Ick, and her and Pelaegia recently did some pruning of the Ick in the Ancient Bear Caves, using some of the Bloodmage blood we had given her. We then checked out ABC, finding that the Ick was pruned back, and that there were signs that the bloodpool had actually managed to spread that far, its red glow creeping through the cracks in the rock. From there, we followed the veins of the Ick to the Skitterling nest and after many rocks and frustrating potions managed to get inside. There we found an Ick Promontory, a large concentration of Ick. We slowly fought it and each time we did damage a number of Unstable Skitterlings were set loose from it. It seemed to repair itself quickly, but with sufficient offense by going into overtime we were able to defeat it. We will likely need to keep an eye out for other promontories that may have formed in other areas with the Ick. — Phroon

*20260620: For Lore Tour we visited with Nacerus in the Savannah Maha cave. We talked for a while, and we eventually described the danger of the Ick to them. The bloodmages with us then fed a sample of the Ick to the pool, but found it quite low. In efforts to re-fill it we went to Vale, which was especially happy this time. There we fought quite a few stong trees, and at the end we slayed an especially strong enlivened hierophant that we chained back to the bloodpool. The pool seemed sufficiently satiated, and Nacerus said that they expected the pool would start flowing towards the Ick now that it had a taste for it. Hopefully this will mean pitting one primeval force against another. As Pookoiko mentioned, we could use help keeping the pool well satiated so it can reach the Ick. — Phroon

[[File: CL-20260606LoreTour.png|thumb|frame right|The Lore Tour meets with Tart'targ]]
*20260606: Shadrock did a good job of summarizing things through pictures. But to sum up, we traveled through Vale to the Hearwood Grove. We did not see the hierophant, but managed to get the Green Drake mushrooms to Tart’targ. She seemed quite happy to receive them, and their magic caused her to split into many copies of herself for a short while. Afterwards, she was in suspiciously good spirits. Lion-O then exchanged the exile blood samples he had been collecting with Tart’targ, I believe for a pot of tea. (It was hard to keep track of all the final offers). She then thanked us profusely, complimenting us more than her usual demeanor, and we were on our way. We only managed to get halfway home before she sunstoned something about a Mantuan. Probably something we’ll need to talk to her about more, later. — Phroon

*20260523: For Lore Tour we ventured into the Shadow Forest, and managed to have a nice conversation with a purple mantuan. It said that it didn't remember much, and that it wasn't very important. My takeaway from it all is that we still need to make more sense of the other Oubleir. We visited one, a goat leaping across other goats and branches in a tree in the shadow orchard, but we didn't have any breakthroughs yet. Thanks again to all the stong help that showed up, we were especially light on healers until more joined up. — Phroon.

*20260516: Today on the Lore Tour we met up with Nauliana the beekeeper who lives in the greymyr passes and escorted her to the friendly bees who have set up a hive in the Ash Barrens. From there we found that the bees must be going somewhere to get food as there was nothing nearby. We escorted Nauliana to Alder's hut as that is one of the only other living places on the island. While there, Nauliana heard that there might be some interesting yeasts in Rosentide (Ash City) and asked us if we might be an emissary to the Darshak in obtaining this mead. We did what we do best and "negotiated" with the Darshak to obtain quite a bit of grog and a bottle of fancy vintage wine. We returned to Nauliana and Alder to deliver the booze and while we were gone, they discovered that the bees must be flying all the way to Kizmia's Island for their food. Now we need to find a way to help them closer to their home, specifically with fresh water. After that we escorted Nauliana safely back home. The End — Garr

*20260502: It wasn't particularly plot-heavy yesterday. We ran around collecting sandwich ingredients for Sammy — which requires killing several bosses — Mr. T for ketchup, Ramandu for bologna, Skybrary-Q'vynn for milk, finishing the circuit in Tangleberry Forest for lettuce, then formulating the sandwich in a hidden area in the northeastern sky part of skybrary (and maybe I missed one ingredient?), then exiting Skybrary from the Sky exit and talking to Sammy. Some knights came after Seaforth throughout, and at the end also "a" false Seaforth was killed. But I'm not sure if it was "the" false Seaforth. So there still seems to be some contest to his rule — maybe next year there will be more to find out. —Org du Lac

[[File: CL-20260411LoreTour.png|thumb|frame right|Nap and Story Time]]
*20260411: Quick recap of the Lore Tour: Our group ascended to Sombrion’s Cloud using the new Agronox flight path, where we met one of Sombrion’s Sarirs. The Sarir alerted us to a drake causing trouble, and we volunteered to help resolve the situation. As we searched for the elusive creature, the mystics among us began receiving mysterious messages from the drake itself, who revealed its name: Zayayr. It appeared Zayayr wanted to communicate. Though, as Lord Seaforth remarked, speaking isn’t exactly our group’s strong suit unless we’re all fallen. Fortunately we all fell and Zayayr dragged our fallen bodies away from danger and engaged us in conversation. We spoke for a bit and it seems like Zayayr and Sombrion may come to blows in the near future since it didn’t seem like Zayayr wanted to leave the nice stormy cloud, and we know Sombrion doesn’t like to share. (Zayayr did mention that he might put Sombrion in a cage and make him dance, I for one would love to see this) Eventually we were rescued and talk moved to a lightning drake egg that had been recovered by Haffron many years ago. Zayayr got wind of this asked for the egg and said that it had been looking for it for quite some time. After some additional wandering around we were able to connect Haffron with Zayayr to deliver the egg. We’ll see what happens if this egg hatches, but Zayayr thanked us and granted us a great boon in the form of knowledge. Zayayr went back to roosting in the northwestern part of Sombrion’s cloud. Travelers venturing in that direction should be cautious, as Zayayr is now there.

*20260404(.2): For this Lore Tour we hunted some clones, checked out the some of the Danger Rooms, visited a Maximum Mystic, went to the moon and read a story book. A few of us stayed after and also investigated the rank vault. — Phroon
*20260404 (.1): [[File: CL-20260404LoreTour1.png|thumb|frame right|Deputy of Puns, Pun'isher takes a break]] KPUN Lore Tour Bookfort Field Reporter Punny PewPew Gillespie: Stuff! —> 7 Images
[[File:CL-20260404LoreTour2.png|thumb|frame right|It’s getting hot in here]]
[[File:CL-20260404LoreTour3.png|thumb|frame right|House Keeping!]]
[[File:CL-20260404LoreTour4.png|thumb|frame right|Fountain]]
[[File:CL-20260404LoreTour5.png|thumb|frame right|Marshmellow vs. Broom]]
[[File:CL-20260404LoreTour6.png|thumb|frame right|Crying Bison]]
[[File:CL-20260404LoreTour7.png|thumb|frame right|A haphazardly laid wall of exiles]]

[[File:CL-20260314LoreTour.png|thumb|frame|right|Foot Grabbing!]]
*20260314: For this Lore Tour, we met up with Two in Haricot’s kitchen. Queueing in to the kitchen took some time, but through charades Two asked us to bring back six more Verminate from Ash. Once there, we ran into a few down-on-their-luck dwarves trying to escape from the island while we were searching through the city for the Verminate Two had mentioned. I think one of dwarves may have been experimented on by the Darshak, but I was running around a lot and might have missed some of the details. Eventually we ended up in the Ash City temple. Fighting our way in, we eventually found the Verminate we were looking for in the form of a cloaked figure. We escorted them back to Puddleby where they joined with Two to become Eight. The Verminate seem to be learning, as both Six and Eight were able to say some words of common. The tour concluded with Eight watching over Haricot’s stew and the foot-grab-line.

[[File:CL-20260222LoreTour.png|thumb|frame|left|The Ick]]
*20260221: Recapping Lore Tour. Following Trillbane's request, we headed up to the higher places north of the Vale of Giants to see if we could corral some of the goats that had wandered away from their work clearing the path into Shadowspring. This went about as well as you'd expect, with the goats slowly wiping us out while we tried to trap them in Kuzdu. Luckily with Salandra moving the Kudzu around, we were able to trap some of the goats so that the mountain hermit was able to gather them up to calm them down. With a few goats wrangled, we went down to the Heartwood Glade and wrangled more goats with mobile Kudzu walls. While there, Kalian stumbled onto some of the Green Drake mushrooms Tart'targ had mentioned we'd need for the ritual to get us into the deepest parts of Shadowspring. Encoruaged by Trillbane, Kalian first tried to eat them but being unsuccessful he rubbed them to break them down into smaller pieces. That released a lot of spores that spread quickly that we accidentally inhaled. This was apparently not the way to prepare them to focus the mind, and we began to see all sorts of colors dance in our vision. We then found ourselves in another place, perhaps the astral plane talking to a man in a bubble on a giant frog. When we woke up from this stupor, we found ourselves back in the temple with everyone in the lands and then fell to the side effects. How much of this actually happened I'm not sure, but with the goats returned I think we're closer to getting into Shadowspring and finding the source of the Skitterlings and the Ick.

*20260214: Tl;dr: The ents were extra enty, the ick was extra icky, and the goats were extra goaty today. Our time was nearly up when Trillbane stole hearts and brought us home, promising he would call us next week.

**Full Story:
**Bumbling into Vale was difficult and we nearly didnt make it through the exile grinder to our target only a few snells in. In a reversal of fortune, the trees felled nearly all of us. After quite a few chain runs from Naferu the magnificent, we found some tinder and a match and turned the giants into little more than embers. This was good news as our day hinged on making it to the ruins in the center of the vale. We proceeded down through the ruins to the recent gap that revealed a skitterling colony feeling OK. Cupid must have thrown a boomerang as the bloodmages attempted to ritual sacrifice the mystics in attendance, per usual. The pair of them were held in a tight embrace by the ick and yanked underground and squeezed out a few times claiming to see something that looked like the shadowspring citadels private underground parts. While being thrust underground, the mystics noted the icky vines were excessively swollen, and with what was up for debate. Were they throbbing of ancient machine energy? Slurping light from mystics? Dipping the tip of a vein into the blood pool? Gushing with the shimmering flood "water" in Shadowspring Citadel?
**Karma being what it is, and sutures running in low supply, we left the tunnel of bug love and headed to check on the heartwood glade. After a quick 5 minutes of swinging at the wood of the hierophant and splashing coins to all, we felt on top of the world and got too cocky. A gang of trees snuck around us and banged a hole in our defenses. We mounted a sloppy second offense but it was of no use, our bodies were wadded together in a fallen heap and our hope was blown. First, Phroon had his fun dragging some of us around but we found respia was insufficient for the stamina required. Kalian then stepped up but broke a chain grabbing too many, too fast and within a few seconds even he was overcome with a turbo rooting. Finally, Trillbane used some fancy stout chain lassoing and pulled us all out, snuck inside a crack no bigger than a taco, and escaped to a pink sunset over the village.
**There was a light refreshment of health, some casual chit chat, and plans to meet up to call the turbo goats back to work or give them the booty.

*20260124: This Lore Tour we were able to brave the Glacial Deeps and meet up with Kasarra. After fighting our way to the heart of ice, with the help of several mirror shards and a ritual around the heart Kasarra was able to fuse together a brand new silksteel breastplate. Kasarra also talked about setting up a forge near the heart, but the ice near there appears unforgiving. She said her next step will be to figure out a way to reproduce the silksteel armor without a ritual. After we finished up, she followed us back to Puddleby and is currently instructing our smiths how to make stout chains. It seems Orga Firewater may be used in the process. —Phroon

*20260110–20260117: To better flush out Brisk’s summary of two Lore Tours ago; we talked with Tart’targ about the Skitterlings and the vine/web/vein substance that seems to be the primary infection. Tart’targ called that substance the Ick and we talked about ideas for how we might deal with it. They asked for the occasional assistance of our Blood mages, but mainly said we were waiting on Trillbane’s work on clearing a path into Shadowspring. Tart’targ also accepted the feathers and bottle of wind for the eventual ritual to open the depths of Shadowspring. Following the meeting, we went to ABC and followed the Ick’s feeding of the machine’s energy to the west beneath Vale and to the Skitterling nest, where the energy flowed from the North, East, and to the south. We posited that it was flowing from ABC, GMV ruins, the vale gauntlet node and, Fire Ruins towards Shadowspring. —Phroon

*20260103: To recap, Lore Tour found quite the infestation of Skitterlings and the strange webby-viney substance in ABC and Fire Ruins. The mystics present felt similar feelings that Tart’targ had expressed in her previous notes, that the Skitterlings were secondary, tagging along with the strange substance. Salandra also posited that the vines were acting as veins, feeding on the power of the ancient machines and bringing it back to something. We visited the GMV Ruins but ran out of time to clear it, but saw a number of Skitterlings there as well. We checked Sunspire and were relieved to find it clear of the infestation. For now, it seems that only the fighter nodes have been affected. As such we don’t plan on putting much power into the healer or mystic nodes for a while, hopefully that won’t encourage the web-vine-veins from spreading to them.—Phroon

==2025==
[[File:CL-2025115DanceOff.png|thumb|frame|left|The November 15th 2025 Dance Off Winners.]]
*20251115: Dance Off Winners
**Maximum Rankage
*** With an amazingly synchronized routine. Is there a visionstone? I hope so! (VisionStone of the Dance Competition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbul6liA2hU ''No Nikki Glasers have been harmed in the making of this visionstone.'')
**Garr
***With in this sylvan's opinion, the most amazing routine. Pies and insults were thrown. We saw the amazing color-changing Ausrine, who was perhaps an unwilling participant in the routine.
**Laughing Academy
***Who also put pie to good use, summoned a unique dancer, and caused general mayhem. It looked like Ausrine got her revenge on Garr. Remember to treat her nicely, that was terrifying.
**Red Quill
***Who obviously should have won with a history lesson and legal defense that mostly fell on deaf ears.
**Runners-Up: Ravenstorm, who was disqualified, and Shadrock's Dancing Darshak (possibly also disqualified).

*20251108: Soul Hunter recap:
**beatdown by trees, beatdown by goats
**Longer version:
**We didn't make it to the trail of the Skitterlings. If the Vale had been a little more cooperative, with fewer pesky trees growing where they grow, with fewer snakes in the grass, with a little more organization or teamwork… well. Some zodiacs that's just how it goes. Despite Phroon's leadership and Seaforth's strategic mastery, we got flattened. Repeatedly.
**We are nothing if not persistent, so we kept coming back for another helping. A few departs later, chain runs from Naf, Phroon, Elenis and I'm nai sure who else, we made it to the edge of the Heartwood Glade. Warawonda was in fine form, and seemingly managed to sweet talk the forest into letting us in. A few more whispered sweet nothings might have been in order—there were even more trees there, along with (gulp) turbo goats. Why did it have to be turbo goats?
**Supposedly, the Mountain Hermit has those goats working on headbutting a path into the Shadowspring Citadel, but their work site abutted our foray and caused us to crumble. So! Today we learned that the progress bar there has a pair of horns and works best undisturbed. — Kani
[[File:CL-20251101LoreTourRecap.png|thumb|frame|right|Lore Tour Recap: The secret ingredient was pumpkin
– Kevas]]
*20251101: From Cimmbrion on Spring 48, 643 : Well done! Please pass along my thanks to the people of Puddleby. That was a close one, but Lugubrion tells me that the incursion near Venables' temple has stabilized. Even better, the turbulence throughout the plane caused by the Darshak portal is subsiding. That takes care of one of the main obstacles to crystallizing the ethereal plane. If we continue to plant both crystals and kyuems in earnest, I have good hope that the plane will be more responsive now. —Cimmbrion

*20251018: TL;DR Loretour recap: "Ethereal Plane ain't nuthin' to f--k with."
**For Lore Tour today we successfully repelled an Ethereal Incursion! We were able to plant a replacement Kyuem that should be more significantly more stable than the previous Kyuem that the Darshak had wedged into position. Many thanks to everyone who showed up! This is a huge step in stabilizing the Ethereal Plane.

*20251011: For this week's Lore Tour we wandered through a very happy Vale up to Fountfell and talked to the smith Kasarra about stout chains, fire water, the heart of ice and ice prisms. They also said that Ha'ri had dispatched an employee to Shadowspring that hadn't reported back, we investigated and found Skitterlings who tried to drag Garr into the floor. They were quickly dispatched, but we still need to go deeper and investigate further. Kasarra also plans to join us on a trip to through the Frigid Caves to the Heart of Ice.

*20250405: Lore Tour recap: We ventured first to the gloomy zoo where the Samahee Raider and some inconveniently-misplaced caltrops were no match for our crew. Then into the pop-up storybook where we found that Lord Seaforth's posse rolls way, way deeper than the Evil Noble King and his Jerk Knights.
**Fun turned to tragedy when the Wizard Q'vynn pulled himself out of his hat and we found ourselves fighting not one but two awful wizards. Even Mehan couldn't save us from that one, so we blew hot air in their faces and went home.
**Soul Hunter recap: Classic Bookfort hijinks; double boss wizards no bueno. —Kani

*20250315: Lore tour was quite fun today; got to find "heretical" experiments, various ghosts, and discover how "nonsensical" book plumbing is (ether) —Kordal
*20250308: Today's Lore Tour was UNEXPECTED and UNPROFESSIONAL
** But all good things. We met the charming Skipper and bet on snail races, beat up some darshak to find a delicate valuable in one of their ships. Said valuable was a scroll I couldnt read, and while Cecil thinks im illiterate, it just takes a mystic to do the job sometimes. Thank you Warawonda for your reading skills! Skipper was delighted, made some flirtatious moves towards me but I am MARRIED. But flattered. Then we met with Brooke in town to give her the scroll! The official plans for the fountain! But it seems she may be Skippers lover, who knows! Fountain construction set to 'soon'. — Palmeri

*20250301: Today’s lore tour went to Sombrion’s floating island, where we encountered some shadowguild (I think) members who were trying to prevent Sombrion from reaching the shadowplane. We gave them materials to set up an Agronox landing spot and then proceeded to Sombrion’s keep to tour his towers full of stuff. Danger Girl Bessie figured out that some of the clouds around Sombrion’s keep could be walked on, a feat that others attempted to imitate with only partial success. Caution is advised (along with a parachute) if you’d like to try that for yourself.
** Soul Hunter TLDR: Cloud 2 has numerous ranks atop towers!
*20250215: Recap: with the death of High Priest Endodontist, a vacuum has opened within the Darshak power structure. We visited three individuals who seem to be proposing themselves to fill that vacuum. One - in the temple, the leader of the Seamstresses, who believes only they know how to put things back together. Two, in Ash City, a spider lady called Lacrodextrous, which I believes translates as either "Tear Weaver" or else "Milkfingers". Thirdly, at the docks, an unnamed pirate warlord. We also fought some new undead: the "Besotted Corpse", several of which came out of the Ash Brewery full of extra-hoppy IPA and required over 1000 Atkus to hit. — Lord Seaforth

*20250208: This week we bravely attempted to venture towards the Shadow Bard Field. We made quick work of outer Gho-Wei, then ran into a huge group of Rotting Stares in the Fane, an ill portent.
**We eventually dispatched them, but venturing into the Shadowplane things took a darker turn. In spite of our mighty corps of mystics and some of the strongest fighters and healers in the lands, things quickly Spiraled out of control. Taunts from Shadow Chargus did nothing to improve the mood, and we wonder if Coriakin will ever be reunited with his lost pet, Chaconne.
**SH Recap: Shadow Wipeout! — Kani

*20250118: tl;dr Big shadow book, well of not-stupidity. — Kani
*20250111: Lore tour recap: We did it! We lore toured and we lifted the curse that was on me. We ventured to the Ash City temple looking to clear up a misunderstanding with the Darshak Endrondus. The misunderstanding being that I had his ankh and that it was cursed and that he was the conduit to lifting that curse since it was him that made the pact with K’THAAXOTROXZ in the first place. After a lot of fighting, the curse manifested itself in the form of… exiles not being able to recognize friend from foe and needing to focus up to avoid hitting each other.
**Also, Shadowfire was narrowly able to avoid being seduced by a young Darshak noble. And just when we were getting to the room that Endrondus was hiding in, he escaped through a back passage with Amdiroth, where the two returned to the surface and split from each other. We were able to find Endrondus and slay him - I placed the Ankh in his robes where it exploded, but due to some excellent healing we were able to make a full recovery while Amdiroth gabbed at us about needing to find a new high priest or something. Also, I officially adopted young Eraunsi Winemoon whom Elenis got addicted to root beer, but he left to sail the seas looking for his father. Hopefully he doesn’t drown, as his parent that would be very sad. I am quite proud of him for spreading his wings and venturing out on his own though. It brought a tear to my eye.
**K’THAAXOTROXZ is still at large, but hopefully with the death of Endrondus, it no longer has business with the Darshak and we don’t hear from it for some time.
**Thanks to all that attended. The way the curse manifested this time meant that our fighters had to be extra vigilant and restrained, and they did that exceptionally well. —Ausine
**SH Summary: I was there! Killed ash stuff got exp, lost "kidnapped" kid. — Soul Hunter
*20250104: Lore Tour Recap: We did it! We went to Abyss 3. While in the Abyss the Ankh grew more powerful and we gained a better understanding of how the curse manifests itself, which is as a ‘curse of misunderstanding’! This resulted in some unexpected twists when the Ankh was used to make fallen healable. Genderswapped fledglings! Garr as a Thoom! We also met Krrait, a low level abyssal entity in service to K’THAAXOTROXZ. Elenis made some ill-advised deal with it to get a cloak so if you’re murdered by him in the near future, it wasn’t an accident. We learned that the Ankh was part of a bargain made between the Darshak Endrondus and K’THAAXOTROXZ and that without it, Endrondus might be in breach of their agreement. With this learned, we exited the Abyss and went in search of K’THAAXOTROXZ in the mines on Ash Island.
**On our way to the mines, the Ankh’s power diminished and the transformations of other exiles ceased. However, my transformation remained. While fighting darshak on our way to the mines, one of them accused me of impropriety with his wife! He was slain but while we were searching for a way into the mines we came across none other but his son, Eraunsi Winemoon, who looked just. like. me. We convinced the lad that his supposed father had fled into the mines and my so- the lad was able to find an entrance that we could follow him through. While we didn’t find K’THAAXOTROXZ itself, I did sense a power, dark and slumbering, heavier than the Earth while we were there, so that was concerning. Also I got my normal form back! Eraunsi Winemoon never found his father, but I didn’t feel right sending him back to the darshak so we got him a room at the Purple Tor for now.
**Soul Hunter Synopsis - I don’t even know where to begin. See Inu's TLDR. — Ausrine
**TL;DR: Laughing Academy™ Mystic adopted abandoned boy
**2nd TL;DR: What could possibly go wrong?™—Inu Teisei

==2024==
*20241214: Lore Tour Recap: Lord Seaforth of the 800 titles led us back to Fountfell to visit the smith Kasarra because she had offered to help our smiths learn new things again or something. When we got there her Sister Lasarra told us that she was mumbling something about about hearts of ice and then wandered off. We know there's a nearby mountain with lots of icy things so we decided to check it out. We made our way up Silvershag Ascent and found Kasarra at the top. She told us that she was looking for the or a heart of ice. It was hard to tell (I'm not a great listener) We told her that we'd totally check it out and get back to her. Someone observant then noticed she was wearing an awesome set of lead boots. Since Lord Seaforth is full of wit and charm he was able to convince Kasarra once again to make the trek to Puddleby and teach Powean how to make Lead boots. She's there now making sure he doesn't make any mistakes.
**Soul Hunter Synopsis: Our Smiths can make Lead Boots!

*20241119: Tuesday Pet Patrol have some attendance, Apprentice Fearr and Tsune joined Captain Planet and I. We start with some clean of both bear cave, and proceed to Lilly Pond where local critter were a bit above Captain an my pet. Fortunatly colonel chomp did the job. (are we in the Emperor's army ?). I’ll wait you for next hunt on Tuesday, November 26, 2024 at 12:00PM PST.

*20241116: Recap of Lore Tour
**TLDR: Visited Alder. Left lots of stuff in his house. Made a war contract with the spriggins. Tried to fight Endrondus. Scary halls and scary walls. Money, pranks, woodworking. The Green New Hope.
**Today the exiles of Puddleby took a trip to Ash Island in hopes of re-vegification of the island through a variety of means.
**First order of business was a visit to Alder. Alder was quite shocked at our arrival and our subsequent “conscription” (we are better than forcing old men into our service). But he sort of agreed by non-disagreement to aid in the re-vegification efforts. All of our rainbow generator shiny and magical objects were stashed inside his home (again we can do better).
**Secondly, we summoned spriggins with a great variety of wealth, coins and shiny expensive things. “Bye!”, the Spriggin was very intent on collection of coinage. She was also very ambiguous about her terms. But… thanks to our very special donors:
***Gnomyamuni - 10k
***Shadowfire - 25k
***D'Ead - 28k
***Cecil - 50k
***Ravenstorm (the Prince of Fens) - 56k+
***Kalian - 250k
***Witchy Kitty Pirate King - 665,000c
**We are still accepting donations as well and there will be awesome swag, names on plaques or donuts, or just prestige. See the Cap’n about donations they will help provide more favorable terms with the spriggins.
**Finally, we were visited by our verminate friend Five who warned us of high levels of danger coming from the Super Dark Temple containing Endrondus. Our incursion went less than desirable, as Endrondus summoned a few super Greater Deaths. We had to retreat and live to try again soon. Endrondus will meet his end.
**Post Stink Script: Oh, Ausrine and her hat that she isnt wearing warned of a great evil deep in the mines under Ash Island where Endrondus was drawing his power from. — Valadorei

*20241109: Well, after an arduous journey to Fountfell, we had an informative conversation with one of the smiths, who announced she would come to puddleby with us and teach people to make a new kind of armor. — Eirian
**[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGPQZm_0DbM Lore Tour Visionstone of 20241109]
*20241102: to recap: we uhh made a deal with spriggins to go to some sorta prank war with the Darshak. that should like… hamper creepy thoom's plan. — Stinkfist
*20241012: Today lore tour went to the Dreamless Protectorate in the shadowplane to help Thistle finish crafting her Sun Lantern, and with it she was able to help fight against the madness of the Shadowplane. Phroon offered a dream fragment to the sapling growing in the protectorate, which seems healthy but still a long way from growing to maturity. Perhaps that's a good thing? I wonder how the dreamless would feel if it grows to reveal a portal in the heart of their sanctuary.
**With the new lantern-bearer in tow, we then went to the shadow bear cave. We were able to fight our way to the flaming shadow bear idol, which is quite a sight if you're fond of, er, creepy teddy bears and the like. Unfortunately we didn't have the strength to fight our way into the last chamber, but luckily we were able to retrieve all our fallen before making our escape. No word on the newly-discovered shadow forest - perhaps we'll return there on a future date with more lanterns.
**Soul Hunter TLDR: New lantern! Same bears. Don't stand in fire! — Coriakin

*2024105:Today Lore Tour travelled to the shadow garden in the heart of the haunted fane, to feed more dream shards to the sapling that had been planted there some time ago. It must have been close to maturity, because it quickly grew to full size... and in doing so revealed a portal! Entering the portal took us to a strange shadow forest full of deadly monsters, and the madness that pervades the shadowplane seemed even stronger there. We fought our way through several snells of twisting clearings and pathways between the trees, before chancing upon a portal that returned us to the shadowgarden.
**There is clearly much more to explore in this place, but doing so will require better preparation to deal with the shadow madness. If you plan to go, bring as many lantern-bearers as you can.
**Soul Hunter TLDR: "Why does nobody want to hang out?" Ouchouchouchouchouch

*20240921 10AM PDT: Trial by Puns. Guilty. Ambush. Escape. Puddleby victorious.
*20240907: Today's Lore Tour went to the bear cave in the shadowplane, with the goal of proving to the shadow bears that we are worthy of respect and friendship by our strength of arms. We fought our way into the depths of the bear cave, deeper than we'd ever gone before, until we found ourselves facing a giant bearish altar burning with cold flames. Onashi and Biro proclaimed this an affront to the Great Bear Spirit, and attempted to purify the altar with honey. This immediately angered the shadow bear cultists which swarmed us and we were all but wiped out... but in the end the last ones standing were a badly-wounded Kalian, and Garr surrounded by smoking shadow bear corpses.
**Did we manage to gain the respect of the shadow bears? Hard to say. Was the freezing fire of the shadow bear altar purified? Not completely, certainly, but Onashi and Biro suspect we made progress on both of those goals. Perhaps a future trip will lead to more definitive results? At least we now know to advance slowly and be wary of ambushes in those twisting, narrow passages.

*20240817: Da Lore Tour started at da Sout Farms Empire, where we met wit da Home Hive. Da bees were all abuzz wit annoyance at bein' out of da loop. We told dem da news about Reekfoot's weddin'. Calmed, dey told us to go visit uvver bees. Ably led by Garr, we follered da bees from one hive to da next. By landin' on an' buzzin' at Bink, Noivad, Giben, an' Bessie, dey let us know where to go next. Each place had meaner defenders, it seemed, dat were 'ventually defeated by our strong forces, tactics, an' pluck. We spread da news to da Dead Tee Hive in Sout Forest, da Lundar's Lake Hive, da Tree Top Hive on Metzetli Island, and Alder's Hive on Ash. Den, to Alder's astonishment, da hive swarmed! He recommended a place wit mud for dem to establish a new hive. Dey liked da cave opening in da dry river bed, and all stayed dere, but for da one who decided to adventure wit Bessie a while. Mayhap one day dat river bed will have water again an' trees an' flowers an' uvver living tings will flourish dere again.
**TL:DR @Soul Hunter/Lexa Displeased bees appeased. New Hive. Hope for Ash? — Dandelion
** "Mean bee friends. Bees appeased. New hive." — Dande
** "Bees Needs Feeds, Queen Find New Home" — Inu
** "Bees bees bees ash river cave" — Garr
** "Appreciating our flowering friends, but not Reekfoot." — Haffron
*20240803: Inut's recollection: We found at least one more dream fragment. Peeps who had them already also fed theirs to our favorite shadow treeling. The shadow treeling likes it when you sing to it, at least it did when Inut sung to it. @Coriakin, I wonder if it will like happy bard songs about itself or the shadow plane in general?
**SH/L summary: Singing to shadow treelings makes them happy.
*20240622: Today lore tour went to the shadowplane, and ended up listening to a story told by a shadowy statue(?) of a figure reading a book. The story talked about how before there was a tear between the planes, there was a "door" and a "key." A key made out of shining silver that opened the door to the shadowplane from our reality. "To turn the lock of worlds, the key must be made from stuff beyond this world." The rest of the story matches what we've heard of the ancients' struggle with the shadowplane: things started out fine, but after a time the shadowplane grew hostile and invaded the material plane.
**However, there's an epilogue: after the doors between words were closed, the inventor that made the key in the first place managed to slip back into the shadowplane to try to observe it in secret. While there, a second key was produced, an "inky black key that writhed in the hand," which was used to open a dark lock described as "a blemish in the darkness above the other world." Where this lock led isn't known, but the inventor passed through it and the storyteller concluded with "The end, she said. I have not seen her since."
**Perhaps this means that the storyteller heard the story from the inventor herself? Who knows. The writhing key sorta sounds like the pages from the book of rend, maybe it was used to create a passage back here? Or maybe it's something else, and the inventor passed through it to another world we don't yet know of. Hard to say, but the story suggests that the ancient who was the first one to visit the shadowplane survived the invasion, and then returned to the shadowplane once it was over and the rifts sealed. I think. — Coriakin
**Soul Hunter TLDR: Shadowplane storytime, Palmeri says, "WHAT AM I" — Biro

*2024615: Last week Lore Tour escorted Rinakki to the haunted fane to check on the tree that was planted in the shadowy garden there. It was apparently not thriving in that location, so a careful combination of magic and horticulture was employed to move it to a more auspicious location. It was provided with fresh soil imported from the material plane and memory shards (although no exiles' memories, as far as I could tell), and seemed to be thriving a bit more. It may be worth checking on again soon to see what effect our efforts had.
**Oh, and our efforts were briefly hampered when the high priestess left her sanctuary/study/cell/whatever to confront us in a hallway. She might have been looking for Rinakki, but fortunately didn't manage to find her.
**Soul Hunter TLDR: Happy little shadow tree. Everything is fine. Everything is fine. — Coriakin
Rinakki moved the sapling and replanted it I think inside the shadow plane just a little south of where it was. Good dream shards were placed in it. — Inu
*20240608: For this episode of Lore Tour we wanted to bring our concerns about the shadowy trees growing from those crooked seeds to local interplanar horitculture expert and generally suspicious person Rinakki/Strangler Fig/Mirna/Sie'Limpa/Myr'prentice. She's assumed a different identity to join a variety of organizations (mystic academy, shadowguild, Windspinners, fane cultists, etc), and perhaps none of those is her true name. She seems to be gathering power and knowledge to further her own mysterious goals, and despite seeming untrustworthy she's held up her end of bargains in the past. Most notably, she taught us the ritual for the Agronox Seal, which was used to seal the rift to the shadowplane at the bottom of the Citadel. She deals in connections, mostly between people, which she can extract (symbolically? Literally?) and then strengthen or weaken as she chooses. It's weird and disturbing, so I'll say no more about it now but ask me later if you have more questions.
**In any event, we went to her hideout in the Bison Plains, only to discover that she'd gone to Svart'targ's cave in the Undermarsh. An ill-fated shortcut into a mass of blind but hungry meshra left all of us fallen except a slowly-drowing stoneformed Garr, and Klur above water but being chased by bears and a rift. Somehow Klur came through for us yet again and we were able to recover, rescue our sunken friends, and eventually continue on to Svart'targ's cave.
**I wish I could explain what the conversation was about, but I got very confused halfway through and I'm not sure I understand it entirely. The short version is that Rinakki is interested in the trees growing from the crooked seeds and is willing to accompany us to the Haunted Fane next zodiac to meet Peng Peng and see how the tree there is doing.
**She seems more unconcerned about the existence of these trees, but then again she wasn't concerned about the gaping hole to the shadowplane at the bottom of the citadel so that doesn't mean anything. If someone else can summarize any other important talking points we covered that would be useful, but what I remember from the talk is her being unhelpful but willing to come with us next zodiac. The tea was tasty though.
**Soul Hunter TLDR: Breathing is important. Meshra bad. Witches confusing. Tea! — Coriakin

*20240601: Lore tour went to the Haunted Fane on Gho Wei to check on the tree growing from the crooked seed that was planted there many zodiacs ago. Now that we know that the trees need memories on which to grow, it makes sense that it hasn’t developed much - not much around except undead with few remaining memories. So unless visitors start trying to feed it memories it looks like the danger posed by that tree is relatively is relatively minimal. For now.
**Soul Hunter TLDR: Shadow tree seeds eat memories? Super gross. Eww. — Coriakin
[[File:CL-LoreTour-20240518-ATree.png|right|thumb|The group tries to decide if they should plant a seedling. (20240518)]]
*20240518: Warning: Today's lore tour recap is pretty heavy on the Proper Nouns. If you want more background on who and what these places are, please say so. Lore tour today went to the Shadowplane today at Brisk's behest. As you may remember, on two previous trips there a mystic was gifted a "Crooked Seed" from a crooked tree. The mystics claimed the tree spoke to them, asking them to find a place to plant the seed. Sativa planted his seed in Peng Peng's garden in the Haunted Fane, and as it grew it opened a portal to a garden that appears to be part of the shadowplane. Today Brisk proposed to go to the Dreamless Protectorate in the Shadowplane to ask for guidance about what he should do with the seed he was carrying.
**After a short walk through the shadow islands, and a not-so-short row across the shadow ocean trying to first find and then catch the moving exit, we finally made it to the Protectorate. But no sooner did we finally get there, then Brisk seemed to be overcome by an irresistible desire to plant the seed. While the gathered exiles debated whether this was a good idea or not, Brisk snuck past us and planted the seed right at the spot where Shaer's Gate stood — the portal to and from the shadowplane in ancient times. And almost immediately, a small shadow tree grew in that spot.
**I and several others were aghast, but the residents of the Protectorate stoically accepted this shadowy addition to their sanctuary without protest. Pelaegia mentioned that the tree was unlikely to grow without nutrients, which was reassuring. However, some exiles were intrigued to see what the tree would develop into: perhaps it would open a gateway to somewhere, much like the first tree? Kalian, reasoning that the tree might subsist on memories like many other shadow beings, tried to feed it a dream fragment he'd been carrying. The tree indeed absorbed the dream fragment, and it instantly started to grow more. (edited) 
**At that point we had to leave, so we left the tree under the observation of Chroma of the Protectorate. The tree might develop more on its own, but I highly recommend not bringing it any more dream fragments as that might cause it to mature faster. Unless that's what you want.
**The trip out was mostly uneventful, but if you're a healer — remember that you should only heal the Lost Dreamer if you feel comfortable escorting it the whole way out. Experience managing a pet is good practice for that.
**Oh, speaking of pets, I have a personal request. I brought my pet foxweir Chaconne for moral support, but we were separated while on the shadow ocean and I wasn't able to find her. She hadn't returned to the stable by the time I had to go to the library, so if anyone's heading back to the shadowplane anytime soon, please keep an eye out for an out of place frost foxweir. Thanks.
**Soul Hunter TLDR: Another shadow tree planted. What could go wrong? — Coriakin
[[File:CL-LoreTour-20240511-SupplyLines.png|right|thumb|Pavela plots with exiles to disrupt Darshak supply lines. (20240511)]]
*20240511: For today's Lore Tour we escorted the disguised Pavela Winemoon (aka Ramandoon) to Ash Island to rendezvous with her contact "Five" and associates to lay groundwork for disrupting Darshak supply lines. Under cover of raiding the darshak outpost to steal loot from the ships, we secretly hid Five's verminate compatriots aboard all the ships present. I can neither confirm nor deny rumors that Five was revealed to be five verminate in a cloak while finding a hiding spot aboard one of the ships.
**I’m not sure what the next step is. Perhaps the verminate spies will sabotage the ships themselves at a later date. Perhaps they're gathering info to let us know when a vulnerable convoy will be arriving for us to sink/raid. Or something else entirely? I guess we'll find out!
**But not next week. Apparently the plan is to go to the shadowplane next week. I'm sure everything will be fine…
[[File:CL-LoreTour-20240504-Ramandu.png|right|thumb|A pirate secretly dressed as Ramandu (20240504)]]
*20240504: For Lore Tour today we went to TI to check on Pavela Winemoon, a formerly (and possibly still) Darshak-associated person who helped us take over the darshak outpost on TI. She mentioned three possible targets on Ash Island that for follow-up actions against the Darshak, and we decided to pursue two of them. First, we'd go deface Kestrel's Tower to, uh, demoralize our foes with psychological warfare, and then meet with one of Pavela's contacts who could help us disrupt supply lines from the main Darshak settlement of Gathner. Pavela offered to escort us to our targets but was worried about being recognized, so Pe Ell donated an orange cloak to disguise her as a Ramandu.
**After a pitched battle we made it to the tower, where Kestrel's halfling servant was taunted in the traditional manner and then numerous signs were posted.
**Signs included:
***"Welcome to the tower of failure! Please leave soiled clothing with Dotterel,"
***"Your tower is bad and you should feel bad,"
***"Take pride in our town. Keep yon tower Darsak free,"
***"Ramandu is better and richer than every Darshak ever. Combined even. Ramandu is the bestest in the world and carries all his riches on his person always."
***"Only thing in Dotterels mind is "peepee poopoo peepee poopoo""
**Next we went to the temple where we encountered Pavela's contact Five, who was definitely not a pile of rodents in a cloak. After a hefty bribe from Kalian, Five agreed to help us locate some darshak shipping next week. On the way out the necromancer Amdiroth was briefly mocked, and we escorted "Ramandu" to safety.
Soul Hunter recap: Darshak mocked and stolen from. More next week.

*20240420: The last Lore Tour was less of a tour and more of a tour de force. After Stinkfist's nefarious brother Reekfoot showed up to mock Puddleby's dancing skills last week, we stepped up to the challenge to Serve or Be Served. There were a variety of impressive performances including Inu and the Shadow Friends, Punisher representing Bear Force One, Bessie's Interpretive Dance, Fungal Fey and the Mush Rooms, Red Quill's Dance Squad, Garr's taunting and pie-ing of Reekfoot, and Reekfoots "dance" presentation that was mostly violence.
**After the performances, the scores provided by the distinguished judges were unceremoniously thrown out due to possible judge bribery and/or tampering, and instead the attendees were invited to vote. Apparently Puddleby feels that summoning horrifying shadow monstrosities isn't a desired part of a dance presentation, so Inu's shadow fiends came last and were subjected to brutal mockery, cheerfully provided by Pun'isher. In the end the voting was very close, but my own clan's entry was victorious! To paraphrase Stinkfist: "Red Quill winning a RP-related event, what a surprise."
**Thanks to everyone who participated! — Coriakin
*20240406: First we went and joined Ramandu on his search of the Great Toad Spirit — and fought The Ramandu in the Bookfort.
**Then we all went into the purple crayon adventure notebook and defeated Clthoomu.
**From there, a detour to visit the difference dance crews — puffins, pets, bears and badgers who were practicing for "Regionals."
**Then finally and at great length, a foray into Gorvin's danger rooms. They were very perilous and at times it looked like we wouldn't make it, but the dire seasteed (or whatever it's called) was smashed, we won, and cake was eaten in celebration that we finally weren't stuck and because it was Jamboree's birthday.
**Soul Hunter Recap: Big mob, SH wanted sharecads.
[[File:CL-LoreTour-20240316-Post Hunt.png|right|thumb|headless exile bears invade Town Center 20240316]]
*Tour Visionstone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lG_xYjB1AA8

*20240316: Arrr! Hear this declaration from the Pirate King:
**BRNJBJRN: "FIGHT TO THE DEATH, THE CHALLENGE APPROACHETH"
**A Shadow Brinclone (You may remember the Adventure to recover Mehan's Armor....) has uhhh roared a challenge through the planes to Puddleby. Come fight him in his shadowy cave.
**So, for Puddleby and those inclined to THE GREAT BEAR SPIRIT, we shall answer this call to combat.
**Now from previous encounters and expeditions into the Shadowplane we know that these Shadow Bears are rather mighty. Bring yer best. Iz gonna be dangerous. We got this.....
**Yarr it should be noted that this... seems to be the result of a chain of events started accidentally by Mehan when she lost her armor riding an agronox (it could happen to anyone) and then continued by one Inu Teisei (with some help from Sativa) when they checks notes temporarily bound the shadow bears to the ice altar, which presumably gave the Shadowplane lots and lots of time to learn all about bears....
**If this goes poorly, this is their fault. If this goes well and works out for us somehow, they get medals.
**Fight with RAWR ROAR RAWR and Honor in Glorious Bear Combat!
**Soul Hunter TLDR: Shadow ROAR RAWR RAWR ROAAAAAAR adventure time.
*20240309: Lore Tour Recap, as best I can understand it: With Venables' dead and his crew scattered, a treaty was to be signed to reward those who helped us with responsibility for the outpost. Unfortunately, Brisk managed to lose his reading glasses, so the signing was derailed as we traipsed across the archepelago looking for them. Along the way we discovered and possibly-foiled-or-maybe-not some sort of Shadowguild plot involving Rafinus and the blacksmith shop, as well as some of Brisk's... family? Associates? Unclear.
**Anyway, once we'd successfully located Stinkfist who'd be abducted by a drake (did I mention that happened? It did, from Devil's Island), we found out that the drake had also gathered Brisk's glasses. With them finally reacquired, we returned to Tenebrion's conference room for the signing. You'll have to ask someone else for the exact details of the treaty, but from what I understood the idea is to try to deal with the damage to the ethereal plane that Venables' experiments caused and finally try to run the darshak off the island once and for all. — Coriakin
**Addendum: After a great deal of shenanigans, the Loyal Supporter wandering around 'Noth summoning Ramandon'ts has fallen. But by the Cone it took forever to fell. — Shadowfire
*20240302: Holy moley, what a chaotic day assaulting Venable's Camp. Here's the recap, as much as I can put together from the variety of simultaneous plans: Ritual/song magic, beehive projectiles, sea magic candles, and more.
**Under the assumption that there wouldn't be time for a whole ritual during an assault on a darshak compound, under Valadorei's direction a ritual was performed before leaving town while a song played. I'm not sure how they did it, but the ritual's power to calm the ethereal damage taking place in Venable's camp would remain dormant until the song was played again.
**Preparations complete, we ventured to Tenebrion's Island to collect former darshak (I think?) Glorak who would be manning a catapult, and sea-witch Pelaegia. We ventured to the north gate to Venables' camp and faced strong opposition, although Glorak had snuck in earlier and left the pirates some "presents," and now many of their forces were too drunk (or poisoned) to fight effectively. The catapult was loaded with beehives brought by Biro and the other bears, and the stinging of angry bees also helped distract our foes.
[[File:CL-LoreTour20240302_2.png|right|thumb| Sammy Fights darshak with Lore Tour Group]]
**Eventually we established a foothold, and Biro was able to entreat The Great Bear Spirit to send some bears to aid out defense. With the catapult prepared to lob more bees into the heart of the camp, we gathered to help Pelaegia begin a ritual of her own, which would involve using a creating a triangle of sea candles to aid in some magic to repair the damage to the ethereal plane caused by Venables' experiments. We successfully prepared the first candle at the north gate, and left the bears to defend the candle and catapult as Lore Tour moved to the other candle locations.
**South of the compound we found the location for the second candle, and left it to be defended by an apparently friendly (or at least neutral) undead spirit known as Tatterflesh, or Mr T to his friends. The final candle location was at the compound gate located near the west landing of Tenebrion's Island, but once it was in place we needed to get inside so, another ritual was used to summon Sammy the Mantaun Rider from the bookfort, who tore open a hole in the stone wall for us. All seemed to be going according to plan(s) at this point…
**This is when Venables started taunting us over the sunstone channel, claiming to not hear anything happening, and letting us know he was going to do things like go for a walk around his outpost. You know, the sorts of things that are definitely not traps.

**Well, it was a trap. We spotted him running past us as we were making our way to the compound's east gate, and upon trying to follow him we realized that he was leaving a trail of ethereal portals on the other side of snell borders and, well, everywhere. We were eventually able to re-collect the exiles who accidentally fell for the trap (and into the portals), and realized that our primary goal needed to change to fixing the immediate ethereal damage. The mystics, aided by Pelaegia, were able to close most of the unstable portals around Venables' compound, but one seemed so tainted by darshak magic that it resisted their efforts. We entered the portal and found a seemingly calm area, but soon realized that Venables was lurking in the snell to the southwest.
**Another desperate battle ensued, but in the end we were victorious and Venables was vanquished. Or was he? I thought Venables was a flesh-and-blood being, but the "Venables" that we saw there died in a poof of smoke, much like a spirit. Hmm….
[[File:CL-LoreTour20240302.png|right|thumb|Rainbow Harp.]]
**Time was pressing and that area of the ethereal plane seemed particularly unstable (unless it's normally filled with cracks), so we had to leave that mystery for now and return to the material plane to finish what we'd started. We returned to the one remaining portal, and the combined powers of Pelaegia, the team of mystics, and the "Doomsong" were finally able to seal that remaining ethereal rift.
**We were not able to stop Venables' experiments, nor the man himself, but we inflicted a great deal of damage to his camp and were able to repair at least some of the damage to the ethereal plane. Hopefully a future trip will be able to put an end to his threat for good.
**Soul Hunter TLDR: Musical kaboom. Bee catapult. Sea candles. Confused Darshak! — Coriakin

*I attempted a TLDR:
**TL;DR: The group conducted a pre-assault ritual and song magic to calm ethereal damage at Venable's Camp. They then launched an assault with unique strategies like beehive projectiles and sea magic candles. Despite facing strong opposition and traps by Venables, they managed to establish a foothold and repair some ethereal damage with rituals and the aid of allies, including bears, a sea-witch, and an undead spirit. Venables was confronted but his defeat raised questions about his true nature. The mission caused significant damage to the camp and partially mended the ethereal plane, leaving Venables' threat unresolved for a future confrontation. — Ayelwen

*20240224: Next week's bard concert will also feature Supplanter's audition for bard quester! Please come to the guild hall on Saturday, February 24, 2024 11:00 AM [PDT] to cheer him on! — Coriakin

*20240217: Stinkfist says, “So to summarize: we have a small base camp set up on TI now to combat Venables and Kestrel's forces in two zodiacs.…we picked up a kyeum power stone also.”
**Inu Teisei says, “summary snipe hunt with prizes is my summary.”
**Stinkfist says, “So, Two zodiacs from now how do we wanna do this? Ideas? Additional allies to call upon?”
**Phroon says, “Sneak in and steal more stuff?”
**Dandelion says, “Collect wood fer me, please. Fer more signs.”
**Stinkfist says, “Additional allies to call upon?”
**Soul Hunter version: more dead darshak, sativa banished in two towns.
*20240113: Lore tour recap: We took the portal to the village to invite Forsythia to come see the Org Sanctuary with us. She was interested, but while we were chatting her hut was set on fire by some invading orga! Despite numerous setbacks we were eventually able to fight them off, and tracked their attack to the nearby org cave. It seemed like the orga were unwilling to actually enter the org cave itself, but they did their best to block it off.

After defeating the orga and unblocking the cave we went inside to find a panther cap mushroom which we took to the org sanctuary along with Forsythia, who may or may not return to the village depending on how damaged the roof of her hut is. We gave one of the blue flowers to Khami, the centaur seemingly in charge of the org sanctuary warens, as a thank you for all the work they've done to help the org. And then Phroon was so overcome with thankfulness that his Orb Of Unstable Something-Or-Other burst showering everyone around with good karma. Did you know that it's possible to get a cartload, a boatload, or even a shipload of good karma? Now you do.
Oh, one other lore tidbit. Apparently the Windspinner monk in charge of training the agronox so we can ride them is called Andrachnea. If we want more agronox flight destinations, that's the person we should talk to. Uh... anyone know who that is? — Coriakin

*20240106: Lore tour recap: we helped Gorvin find the famed warrior Darktur, but in the process encountered Sharktur, a sharkitty who’d taken Darktur’s Makobite Bracer in a poker game. After Darktur agreed to train Gorvin, we went to Ash Island to track down Sharktur and retrieve the bracer. After many pitched battles we were able to do, although Gorvin was unable to determine what the bracer does.

Soul Hunter recap: Too many darshak, but blinged Gorvin out anyway.

==2023==
*20231111: Hello! It is I, Brisk!
[[File:CL20231111.png|thumb|frame|left|The Lore Tour on November 11th, 2023 bravely fights]]
To recap this week, we made it through everywhere we wanted to during the lore tour today and even some places we did not plan on.

The group did a very good job of staying alive and making other things less alive. The machines were charged in advance by Kalian the Tawny and Falinea's Blade, thank you for your efforts. The portal was moved in place to the Fountfell for easy access by an anonymous exile. We made good progress through the citadel to the ancient machinery with minimal horus checks. Once the water was reached we realized we were not as prepared with potions and amulets of breath but we made do with a little bit of downtime and a lot of uncomfortably close movement (seriously people, I need my personal space!). Under the water we found rubble had fallen from the ceiling and littered the area around the thrones. Many trips were spent checking for holes in the crumbled walkways and cleaning up the debris. We must get Pelaegia to return and check the upkeep of the citadel, lest we lose it completely to a cave-in not unlike the one that happened long ago to cut off the gates of the twin moons!
After we reached the basement to check on the seal placed atop the shadow rend we heard a skittering noise like a sound of nails on a chalkboard. These weird insectoid like creatures came down from the walls and tried to separate our insides from our outsides. Luckily we had Gorvbot there to murder and a few blood mages that were more than comfortable bleeding a little bit to crack those carapaces. We could hear them on the other side of the rubble from the stairwell that crumbled. I suspect there may be many, many more in our future.

Phroon was carrying a page from the book of rend that started to chant and sing and was largely pleased to be in the area. When he was fumbling with the page it happened to open a rift into the shadowplane itself. We lost a few folks to his portal of doom and decided as a group to definitely go rescue them to leave no one behind and not because we wanted to know where the portal led to. We made a mad dash through the shadowplane, found a Lost Dreamer and guided it to its memory of puddleby and escaped in its wake. It might've been record time, it depends who you ask.

Either way, it answered some lingering questions but also opened a whole new line of questions for us to visit in the future.

soulhunter summary: citadel construction bad, new insects, great group today

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*20260923: Memorial for permanently fallen players:
[[File: 2026memorial.png|left|thumb| Exiles Gathered in the Memorial Garden]]

*20260919: This week, on September 19, 2026 at 10:00 (PST) the Lore Tour will journey through the Vale of Giants to the town of Fountfell. There, we’ll meet with the blacksmith Kasarra, who has been crafting Silksteel armor for us. We’ll find out whether it’s ready and perhaps pick her brain for other smithing ideas. Her ingenuity has already helped our blacksmiths learn many new techniques. If time allows, we’ll stop by the Rockslide Tavern to visit with Egremora. She always has great stories to share, and loves hearing ours in return. Perhaps we can tell her about our recent adventures in the Shadowspring Citadel and our encounter with the Skitterkin! Come prepared with a story or two of your own! (Also maybe Kasarra will take pity on Seaforth and craft him some new armor) — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Garr Garr]

*20260912: Lore Tour continues Saturday, September 12, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we plan to wander the lands to visit the V'wunquinhun and to receive their blessings. It’s is hard to believe it has been so long. Also, our plan is to focus on the other nine, since we ran into the one in Shadowspring last time. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260905: Lore Tour returns Saturday, September 5, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings and delve deeper into Shadowspring. We will need strong help and sharp minds to brave to darkness. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260904: Portal move announcement portal will move tomorrow or Saturday (~4-5 Sept) for all of September to Frigid Cavern. Depending on V'wunkays or anything special for v1500, maybe it will be more variable. Stay tuned to Koppi for any changes! — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.OrgDuLac Org Du Lac]

*20260822: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 22, 2026 at 10:00 This week we plan to divert slightly on the trail of the Skitterlings to deliver Trillbane his song! We've invited him over to the Rockslide Tavern in Fountfell for some needed refreshments, so we'll have to travel through Vale of Giants to meet up with him and hear the song Coriakin has written for him. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260815: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 15, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings and our exploration of the area beneath Shadowspring. As before, strong help of all kinds would be appreciated! — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20280808: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 8, 2026 at 10:00. This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. After our realization that the goats and Trillbane have finished the shortcut, we plan to stop by and tell Tart’targ of our progress before heading back beneath Shadowspring. Strong help will be needed to defeat the things crawling around in the darkness. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260801: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 1, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. With the earth aligned ancient machines charged, we plan to make our way north through Vale to the nodes north of there, ultimately making our way to the GMV Ruins. Last time in the Fire ruins the Mystics felt the Ick to the west, towards that area. While there we can try some different tactics against the Ick, hopefully we can find an effective approach. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260718: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the '''Skitterlings'''. We plan to meet with Tart’targ and catch up with her on our success in taking down an Ick Promontory. Then we’ll see if we can hunt down any more of them that may have appeared around the ancient machines in the Eastern Mountains. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260711: **Lore Tour** continues July 11th at 10AM (PST). This week we're planning to head into the **Shadowplane** to search for clues about the forgotten Oubleir in our efforts to find the Fruit of the Crooked Tree. Last time we were investigating them we talked with a large shadow mantuan in the Shadow forest and they mentioned that we had the wrong mantuan, and that the rest of the herd were smaller baby mantuan. We plan to search through the shadowplane to see if we can locate them and see what they might say. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

[[File: WantedSkitterlings.png|left|thumb| Skitterlings Wanted.]]
*20260704: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 4, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we will be continuing on the on the trail of the Skitterlings. Our plan is to meet again with Tart'targ, update her on our efforts and then check on some sightings of the Skitterlings near their nest in the Vale of Giants. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260620: Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 20, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we will continuing on the on the trail of the Skitterlings. Our plan is to meet with the Nacerean Order and talk with them about how we might be able to utilize blood magic in our efforts against the Ick. Maybe we could even get the bloodpool itself to help us out in some way.

*20260613: Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 13, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we will be needing some help on the trail of the Skitterlings. With the delivery of the Green Drake mushrooms to Tart’targ, we’re almost ready to delve into Shadowspring, but we need some time for the Goats to finish their digging and for us to finish composing a song for Trillbane. So we need your help in coming up with ideas to buy us time. What can we do to the Ick to stymie its spread or to distract it, slowing it from spreading further towards Sunspire and the other ancient machines? While catching up with Tart’targ we’ll share our theories and head over to one of the nodes to try some out. So bring your ideas, theories and equipment, explain how it might help, then we can try it out and see what happens. Hopefully we can figure out a plan from this testing.
**So far we’ve observed that the Ick seems to be growing, seeing out the energies of the ancient machines. The Skitterlings, it seems, are just along for the ride. Hopefully that’s helpful in forming your ideas.

*20260606: Lore Tour returns Saturday, June 6, 2026 at 10:00. This week we will travel through the Vale of Giants to the Heartwood Glade in search of the Green Drake mushrooms that Tart’targ needs to help us get deeper into Shadowspring. And as a reminder, we promised her we wouldn’t imbibe them ourselves, lest our bodies be turned into mud and forced to wander without our minds. ⁠hunting_hall⁠ While there, we also plan on checking on the progress the goats, Trillbane, and the Mountain Hermit have made on making a shortcut into Shadowspring. We had last wrangled some unruly goats with them, so hopefully they’ve made good progress. ⁠hunting_hall⁠ Once we gather the mushrooms, we need to make sure we get them back to Tart’targ, as they are prone to spoilage. When we get back to her, we can report on the spread of the Ick we had observed near the GMV Ruins creeping up towards Sunspire. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260530: Hello, bards and others! The May 30th concert will be our next themed concert. The concert will feature music inspired by or written about the Shadowplane. I’m sure everything will be fine and there will be no unexpected visitors or unfortunate occurrences. Bards, you’re invited to write something new about the Shadowplane! This isn’t officially a contest, just a composing challenge, but I’ve already received some donations so…. Who knows what’ll happen!

[[File: LTatSPwEle.png|left|thumb| Lore Tour Consults a Shadow-phant, and learns to do nothing.]]

*20260523: Lore Tour continues Saturday, May 23, 2026 at 10:00. This week we will return to the Shadow Forest. As a reminder, we had been working for some time on a way to restore the altar in the Windweft Ice Caves, to restore access to Purgatory and maybe see if we could help the spirit of Gaiyl return. To do that, we were tracking down how the Ancients built the altars in the first place. From the stories left in their triangle language near the Ancient machines we know that Mataline had went to the Shadowplane and stole a piece of shadow and brought it back with her. Stories that Egremora told us say that with that piece stone was infused with the power of the shadows to become altars. From other stories from the protectorate, we’ve been able to put together that this piece of shadow was actually fruit of the crooked tree. From that same crooked tree we were presented two seeds, one that we planted in Fane, and the other that was planted in the Dreamless Protectorate. By feeding the Fane seedling, it eventually grew into a tree with an entrance to the Shadow Forest. It is our hope that our next clues on where to find the fruit we need to make progress. While there, we will try and make sense of the forgotten Oubleir. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260516: The week on Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 10:00 (PST) the Lore Tour will be checking up on the bees we helped settle into one of the caves in the Ash Barrens. But before we go there, we'll be heading into the Greymyr Passes to meet up with Nauliana the beekeeper. Hopefully we can convince her to join us in visiting the bees and maybe she can teach us ways to help them thrive. We'll see where that leads us and I sure everything will be totally 100% safe. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Garr Garr]

*20260509: Lore Tour continues Saturday, May 9, 2026 at 10:00. This week we will continue on the trail of the Skitterlings checking in on the ancient machines in the eastern mountains to see what the Ick has been up to. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260502: **Lore Tour** returns 10AM PST. This week we will return again to the **Book Fort**, this time we plan to head to the Sky-library. While we’re there we’ll try and sort out the whole regal situation between the jerk knights and Seaforth.

*20260425: BARD CONCERT

*20260418: Lore Tour continues Saturday, April 18, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we will return into the Book Fort, this time heading to the Mosey Meadows.

*20260411: This week on Saturday, April 11, 2026 at 10:00 (PST), the Lore Tour will be heading up to Sombrion’s Cloud to investigate something strange going on. A friend of mine was recently up there doing some “research” when all of a sudden a Sarir ran by screaming. Something about “Run!” and “It just landed!” He just thought it was your normal Sarir ramblings and didn’t follow up because it was just a Sarir you know? But when he told me, I figured we should probably go check it out. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260404: Lore Tour returns Saturday, April 4, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we will venture into the Book Fort! — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260314: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 14, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). Double check that time! This week we plan to pay a visit to the Verminate on Ash to see what they’ve been up to lately in tormenting the Darshak. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260307: Lore Tour returns Saturday, March 7, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings by searching for some inspiration for @Coriakin’s song about Trillbane. — Phroon

*20260221: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 21, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan help Trillbane wrangle some goats that have wandered away from clearing the path to Shadowspring. Trillbane mentioned they were last seen in the rocky areas above Vale, so we’ll check there first. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260214: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue our investigations into the Skitterlings and the Ick. We plan to check on the nest we’ve found below the Vale of Giants, we also hope to run into Trillbane and ask how me might be able to help clear the way into Shadowspring Citadel.

*20260207: Lore Tour returns Saturday, February 7, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to investigate the new Stout Chains, traveling deep into the Orga Stronghold to hunt for Fire Water. We may also poke around and see if we can figure out how the Orga make the stuff and reproduce it ourselves. While out that way, if we see Trillbane we also plan to ask him about how the goats are doing on clearing the way into Shadowspring, and what we might do to speed that up. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260124: Lore Tour continues Saturday, January 24, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to use the current portal armistice to investigate the Heart of Ice in the Glacial Deeps. Hopefully we can meet the Fountfell smith Kasarra there and show them what we’ve been able to discover so far. We also hope to talk to some of the Windspinners there to see what they have been able to learn.

*20260117: Lore Tour continues Saturday, January 17, 2026 at 10:00. This week we plan to catch up on the status of the Bath House. I’ve heard a report from Loom'tir that most of the staff have returned from a mandatory Peaceton vacation, and that they could use help with the finishing touches for their grand reopening.

*20260110: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 10, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. Following up on the investigation of the fighter nodes in the Eastern Mountains we plan to visit with Tart’targ and discuss what we’ve both observed. We also plan to deliver most of the materials that we were tasked to collect a while ago that would be used in a ritual to get down to where the Skitterlings seemed to be coming from in Shadowspring.

*20260103: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 3, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. Before the Bawkmas holiday Tart’targ identified that the Skitterlings seemed to be spreading along with a strange vine-web substance. We’ve since seen Skitterlings and this substance near several of the ancient machines in the Eastern Mountains. We plan to continue our investigation by traveling to the earth attuned machines and checking on their current status.

==2025==
*20251213: Lore Tour returns Saturday, December 13, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. Last week we unexpectedly found one of their nests underneath Vale in the ruins up to Fountfell, suggesting they have expanded outwards from their spot beneath Shadowspring. We plan to revisit the nest and see what else we can learn from it.

[[File:CL-20251206-Skittlerlings.png|thumb|frame|left|These guys are in quite the predicament!]]
*20251206: Lore Tour returns Saturday, December 6, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings with a trip through the Vale of Giants to check on the goat’s progress on clearing a path into Shadowspring for Trillbane.

*20251122: Lore Tour continues Saturday, November 22, 2025 at 10:00. This week we plan to check in with the Verminate Two. Five (as they were five vermin in a cloak) became Two after Three stayed behind to rule over the mountain of lunch boxes we had delivered. We then invited Two to join us in Puddleby where they were learning to cook in Haricot’s kitchen. The Verminate were working on plans to topple the Darshak buildings in Ash City, as well as learning rune magic. We hope to check in with them and see what progress they’ve made and if we can be of any help.—Phroon

[[File:CL-2025115-Dance_Off.png|thumb|frame|left|The November 15st 2025 Lore tour Dance Off!]]
*20251115: Instead of your usual Lore Tour, it's a dance off Dance Off!

*20251108: Lore Tour returns Saturday, November 8, 2025 at 10:00 (PST). (Double check that time!). This week we plan to return to the trail of the Skitterlings. We plan to head through Vale of Giants to Heartwood Glade to check on the progress of the path into Shadowspring. With luck the goats may have broken enough rock to make us a path inside. Strong help as always would be appreciated. — Phroon

[[File:CL-20251101LoreTour.png|thumb|frame|left|The November 1st 2025 Lore tour meets at the alliance castle.]]
*20251101: Lore Tour returns Saturday, November 1, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). (Double check that time!). This week we plan to have a spooky Tsrrin themed adventure. The day of the dead will be over so you can come back out of the library and don your costume to celebrate with us!

*This month's bard concert will be in the bards' guild hall on Saturday October 25th at 11AM (PDT). Normally we have our Feast of Tsirrin concert in the playhall, but we need to be in the bards' guild building because it'll also be Valadorei's audition to become a full bard! I hope you can all make it out to support her!

*20251018: Lore Tour continues Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue our Ethereal Science with Bosun Higgs on western Tenebrion’s Island in efforts to repair the damage that the Darshak had done to the Ethereal Plane. It seems that Higgs has already successfully removed the Kyuem the Darshak had forced into place, but there is still more work to be done.

*20251011: **Lore Tour** continues Saturday October 11 at 10AM (PDT) After the nothing-counts tour of last week we again plan to head through **Vale of Giants** up to **Fountfell** to speak with the smiths there about our success in locating the heart of ice. A while ago they were searching for the heart in hopes to use it in the process of creating some kind of armor. Vale has been particularly happy when we’ve visited recently, so strong help would be appreciated.

*20251004: Lore Tour returns Saturday, October 4, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to head through Vale of Giants up to Fountfell to speak with the smiths there about our success in locating the heart of ice. A while ago they were searching for the heart in hopes to use it in the process of creating some kind of armor. Vale has been particularly happy when we’ve visited recently, so strong help would be appreciated.

*20250927: Bard Concert: Bard Concert on Saturday, September 27, 2025 at 11:00! I'll bring 2 new songs (one of which is for the contest and the other one is exploring more of my CLmetal / CLrock era) and others are hoping to have new stuff too! — Bingro

*20250925: Dear Puddleby Friends,
**It is time to pause and remember those we have lost over the years.
**Baffina & Baffette, Eyeball, K’Pyn, The Good Cat, Tonoto, Tyndall, Xenos & Panos are much missed in Puddleby and in the world. Each year we come together on or around the anniversary of Tyndall’s passing, 20 years ago, in order to celebrate the lives of these friends who have passed, as well as others we miss.
**Please join us to share memories, whiskey, cigars, beer, songs, and bonfires in the Memorial Garden outside Alliance Castle on Thursday, September 25, 2025 at 19:00 (PDT). Here in Puddleby we call it "mosey time." Follow the candles from West Gate.
**Whether you knew them or not, whether you are a regular in Puddleby, brand new, or watch from the library, please feel welcome. We would love to see you. Please also reach out to friends who might not see this message – we'd love to see them, too.
**Xenos & Panos wished us all “a happy and fruitful life and the good sense to live it with no regrets.”
*20250913: Lore Tour returns Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:00. This week we plan to head through Vale of Giants to Heartwood Glade to check on the progress on clearing the way into Shadowspring. We’ve been digging our way to Shadowspring to investigate the mysterious Skitterlings scuttling beneath the citadel. Both Trillbane and Tart’targ have been helping us, so we’re planning on stopping by to see if they need anything.

*20250906: Lore Tour returns Saturday, September 6, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to head to Tenebrion’s Island to check on the abandoned Darshak Temple where they were conducting ethereal research. Lugubrion had asked us to remove ethereal detritus from a stash there. There were also report of some sort of ethereal accountant there, we plan to investigate that as well. — Phroon

*20250829: Friday, August 29, 2025 at 19:00 (PDT) the mosey (and Whirlwind) will be bringing those interested to book 2

*20250823: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 23, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to head to Ash City to deliver lunch to Five. Pack up on lunch boxes from Haricot’s and be prepared to fight some Darshak.

*20250816: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 16, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to head back to the Glacial Deeps beneath the Frigid Caverns in Silversnag Ascent in the Eastern Mountains to continue our investigations into the Heart of Ice. This week we hope to talk to the Windspinners there about the Heart and other discoveries.

*20250802: Lore Tour returns Saturday, August 2, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. With mushrooms in hand from last time, we plan to scout around Fountfell looking for potential ways into the depths below Shadowspring. We’ve been able to recruit the assistance of Trillbane for a cut of the spoils and a song. Perhaps he’ll be willing to help us find the trailhead.

*20250719: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 19, 2025 at 10:00AM (PDT). To continue our investigation into the mysterious Skitterlings found beneath Shadowspring Citadel we plan to go hunting for the mushrooms Tart’targ needs to unseal the path down to where the Skitterlings are believed to be nesting. We plan to start our search by meeting with her to remind ourselves what we’re looking for.

*20250628: Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to visit with the inscrutable Mountain Hermit in the Vale of Giants gauntlet to ask him about the current goings on in the Eastern Mountains. There’s been a lot going on; our search for the Stormlyric Monastery, explorations of the Frigid Cavern for the Heart of Ice, and a council of different factions discussing Sombrion’s presence. And that’s on top of our recent discovery and investigation of the skitterlings. The hermit’s enigmatic perspective on these things will help guide our turbulent investigations. — Phroon

*20250607: This week the Lore Tour will be heading back to the bowels of Ash Island to investigate what our vermine and spriggin friends have been up to since we last visited. While there we should probably be on the lookout for The Widow Lactrodectia and her creations. Also, We will probably try to rob any rich new Darshak Lords that have settled in Rosentide since the last time we looted the place. All these things and more may or may not happen! Join us to find out! — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Garr Garr]

*20250605: v1436. When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of human civilization — Daniel Webster (1782–1852)
**Sorry for the delay. Our gerbils were a bit overwhelmed by the amount of art pouring into our library (over 8200 individual images!) They needed some cuddles, reassurance, and a little reprogramming.
**Speaking of 8200+ amazing pieces of artwork: thank you again to our volunteer artists, who have been expanding the Clan Lord world for the past 25 (27?) years. We wouldn’t be the same without you!

*20250531: Coriakin reports: Bard concert at Lugubrion's Keep next weekend! Saturday, May 31st at 11AM pacific time. Come on out and hear some organ music!

[[file:fountfell-lore-tour.png|thumb|The Lore Tour in Fountfell]]
*20250517: Lore Tour continues Saturday, May 17, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT) this week we will visit the Rockslide Tavern in Fountfell to hear stories from Egremora and to ask about the strange Skitterlings we saw deep inside Shadowspring Citadel. We may also stop by and visit with Pelaegia to get her perspective on these strange creatures. — Phroon

*20250510: **Lore Tour** continues 10AM (PDT) this week we will travel deep into **Shadowspring Citadel**. Known as the Gates of the Moon by the Ancients, these ruins housed a tear to the Shadowplane that was sealed by exiles years ago. We plan to delve its depth to reveal any new mysteries, and to check on the odd skittering creatures we saw before. We will need strong help to brave the dangers within, including those versed in revealing the rifts and traps within, as well as some of our friends who have trained plenty of Horus.
[[File:CL-Fountain 2025-05-07.png|thumb]]
*20250507: Update v1432
**Yes, I will spend the livelong day
**With Nature in this month of May;
**And sit beneath the trees, and share
**My bread with birds whose homes are there.
**“In May” — W. H. Davies (1871–1940)
**Thank you to our volunteers and artists for their continued work!
**Other than some behind-the-scenes bug fixes, everything else for this update is a secret. Or maybe not-so-secret?

*20250419: Lore Tour continues Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT) this week we have a trip led by the Fledgelings into the Bookfort. Check it out, at your local library. — Phroon

*20250412: Lore Tour returns Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT) this week we plan to head to the Shadowplane and the Protectorate to hunt for clues on how to succeed in future trips to the Shadow Forest. If there's time, we may also visit some Shadowbears. Strong help and bright lanterns will be needed to traverse the dangerous plane.

*20250405: Lore Tour returns Saturday, April 5, 2025 at 10:00AM (PDT) this week we plan to delve into The Land of Dank Believe aka Bookfort. We plan to revisit previous year’s sections of the Bookfort including exciting adventures like fighting in a book on the moon and defeating a wizard on a cloud. Please suspend your disbelief at the door.
*Next Update April 2nd. — Phroon

*20250322: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 22, 2025 at 10:00 (AM PDT) this week we plan to head to Silversnag Ascent and the Frigid Cavern to continue our investigations into the Heart of Ice. Rumor says there may be others looking for the same thing we are, maybe they’ll have some clues for us. — Phroon

*20250315: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 15, 2025 at 10:00AM (PDT) this week we plan to select a plan from various plans. We are awaiting confirmation of the plan while we plan to make our selection. We hope to plan on your attendance. (Silversnag? TI? Shadowplane? East Forest!? Who knows where Lore Tour will go!?).
**Lore Tour update: This week we plan to travel to TI to investigate the Darshak Temple that was under construction there. — Phroon

*20250308: **Lore Tour** continues 10AM PST. this week we plan to go on an adventure hosted by the Order of the Fledgelings!

*20250305 v1423 Update
**Choice is how you can tell an intelligent man from a fool. — Henrik Ibsen (1828–1906)
**You’ll have to explore to see what’s new this Chaos Storm.

*20250301: **Lore Tour** returns 10AM PST this week we plan to drop on by **Sombrion’s Keep** to explore the appropriated island and to deliver materials towards a permanent Agronox landing pad. We’ll be needing plenty of agronox feathers, mirror shards, logs of wood, sturdy limbs, skiens of silk, blue baubles, and shiny medallions. We’ll also see if we can fit in some squabbling with a Wizard, or at least a good rifling through his things.
*20250215: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 15, 2025 at 10:00 (PST) this week we plan to head to Ash City to do some more ambassadorial liaising in the Gorvin tradition. Following our defeat of Endrondus there’s sure to be some interesting things happening in Rosentide.

*20250208: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 8, 2025 at 10:00AM (PST) this week we plan to head to the Shadow Forest and the Shadow Bard’s Field! Strong help and many lanterns will be needed to survive. — Phroon

*20250205 v1419 Update
**We love the things we love for what they are. — Robert Frost (1874–1963)
**Testing potential new Champion ability: Charge. It has some small limits to the number of uses for now, until we figure out balancing. Apply for testing in Champ HQ.
**A few stubbornly wild pets can now be tamed by healers.
**Boostus got a little boost.
**Young lights can now better ward off the dangers of the dark.

*20250201: Lore Tour returns Saturday, February 1, 2025 at 10:00 (PST) this week we plan to head back to Silversnag Ascent and the Frigid Cavern to check on the crumbling ice within. These Ancient ruins always seem to contain much history for us to understand. — Phroon
*20250118: (10AM PST) Lore Tour this week plans to explore the Shadow Forest. Strong help and sun lanterns will be required.
*20250111: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 11, 2025 at 10:00 (PST) this week we plan to head back to Ash to continue our investigate Ausrine’s mysterious Ankh. I'm sure we'll encounter absolutely no more misunderstandings whatsoever.

*20250104: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 4, 2025 at 10:00 (PST)this week we plan to head deep into to the third circle of the Abyss to investigate Ausrine’s mysterious Ankh. Strong help would be appreciated for this trip.

*20250101 v1414 Update
**I have learned that to be with those I like is enough. — Walt Whitman (1819–1892)
**Season’s Belated Beatings!

==2024==
*20241221: Lore Tour continues Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 10:00AM PST this week we plan to return to Silversnag Ascent to search for a heart of ice for Kasarra’s smithing experiments. — Phroon
*20241214 10AM PST: Arbordale, Puddleby, Merdi, day 22 of Autumn, 639.
Letter to Giben at Fountfell
**Titus [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Kojiro Kojiro] DeLouche St. Thoomingnon, son of Pomponious, Lord Seaforth, to Giben, Dwarf - If you and the scouting party are well I shall be glad. From your official despatch I have, in common with everyone else, received the liveliest satisfaction; for you have given us that strong hope of success, of which, in sole reliance on you, I was assuring everyone. The emissary smith has taught to Powean the working of litharge. To practical end, he has learned the making of the Gilded Breastplate which was awarded me in recognition of valor on behalf of the People. This he learned only after smashing to
**Issues remain. We know not how to channel the Earth’s power through the armor, beyond its shining brilliance to strike fear into the hearts of enemies sensible of it. Further, I have reread the minutes of that initial meeting with Kassara, who defamed my biceps, from which it is clear that a second armor type was discussed of which Powean has not been taught. This is referred to as flexible, perhaps a mesh, perhaps for rapid attackers rather than line troops. The requirements mentioned steel, lead, arachnoid silk and ice. I know not whether the reference to ice is meant literally – is it an annealing step? A type of ice magic? I pray we will not be competing with the Mystics for sapphires.
**Your correspondence reaches me here, conveyed by what means I know not, from Fountfell. It seems we must send you another scouting party, as the above questions remain to be resolved. Do send reports regarding the route, in particular the grasping cedar forest west of the settlement. I will bring you a package of the smoked jellyfish I know to be your favorite and not native to high altitudes. We return this Saturday, December 14, for Lore Tour. Watch for our coming.
*20241123 10AM PST: At the behest of Pirate King, Witchy Kitty, [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Stinkfist Captain Stinkfist]:
**Arrr, now that we have successfully lulled Endrondus into a false sense of security, it is time to enact the Pirate King's daring and cunning plan to undermine the Darshak Cult. Yarr, this plan is top secret and will be explained on the day.
**Enclosed is a doodle of the Witchy Kitty Pirate King winking* — Valadorei
*20241116 10AM PST: “Arrr! Witchy Kitty Pirate King here! We will be following up on our Rainbow Diplomacy efforts! I'm told we should visit Alder to discuss the Bee Prophecy and related things, so yarr, seems like a good place to start. We also have our new friends from the Verminate and our Spriggin allied uhh mercenaries err... special advisors to the Verminate. The Verminate will need more shiny things for the rainbow generator, so bring shiny things, sunstones and gems of any kind are specially needed. Probably bring them snacks too, what is the food equivalent of the shiniest gem? Bring the answer to that question please. For our Spriggin friends..... yarr just bring coins for them. The Witchy Kitty Pirate King of Lok'Groton will make a substantial donation and the Forces of Whimsy would surely look very kindly upon a large gift of coins from Puddleby. Lastly, time permitting, yarr we got this very bad darshak priest man named Endrondus, he is a very bad man and for the good of the island chain, he gots to go. He needs to die for his many crimes going back centuries, definitely not because we built a rainbow generator and gave it to sentient vermine right in front of him. We totally didnt do that... and if we did it was on purpose and part of a much larger plan in accordance with The Gorvin Mandate regarding the Darshak Cult. Fun and inventive and practical ways to dispose of this very bad darshak man are welcome. See you there! With Love, The Witchy Kitty Pirate King” — Stinkfist

*20241109 10AM PST: Arbordale, Puddleby, Sombdi, day 71 of Spring, 639.
**Letter to Giben at Fountfell
**Giben - The state of things in regard to my steel visions, in which I know that you are supremely interested, and our subsequent discoveries beneath Melabrion Bay is this, as far as can be as yet conjectured. The ceiling ore is steel and lead alloyed, and delivery of ingots of what I refer to here as ‘litharge’ has been secured to skilled metalworkers in Fountfell, said ingots being alloy and bone ash. The ingots are stamped with a Dwarven symbol for Earth, for lead, and a sword, referencing steel. You may share my skepticism as to virtue of the litharge to us, as warriors – boluses for slings? will we have boots of lead, for stamping vermine, or fighting on the sea floor? Recall our schooling in philology – I believe the litharge stamp to be a specifier of the Champion in the ancient language of the Even Shorter Dwarves.
**I call upon you to join me this approaching Saturday for Lore Tour, and I will make the same demand upon all Puddlebeans. Saturday, then, we lead with steel and follow with lead. We shall make a concerted expedition to this Fountfell, this mountain beyond the History of Salandra, and there turn speculation into knowledge. — Titus Kojiro DeLouche St. Thoomingnon, Lord Seaforth
[[File:CL-v1406SplashScreen.png|thumb|frame|right|The v1406 Clan Lord Splash Screen]]
*20241106: CL v1406 Update
**Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion. — Democritus (c. 460 bce – c. 370)
**A statue remembering The Good Cat has been added to the Memorial Garden.
**A few cats waited until exiles were done trick-or-treating to put on their own costumes, wander around, and beg for treats.
**Improved <mumble>, <mumble>, and <mumble>.
**Three new areas will now properly give exploration awards. Anyone who has explored these areas already will be able to do so again to receive the reward. — Delta Tao

*20241102 10AM PDT: Come help us fulfil a prophecy with Science! Or something like that. I'm not in charge. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Garr Garr]

*20241019 10AM PDT: Lord Seaforth (formerly Kojiro):
**Attn Puddleheads: A Levée is called to new ore finds in Tokhans - Saturday, Lore Tour. The gods demand Metal. I demand fancier armor. Bring tools.

*20241005 10AM PDT: Lore Tour returns this Saturday to the shadow garden in the haunted fane. After all the extra trips we made, we now believe that we may have enough dream fragments to grow the tree even bigger! Nothing could possibly go wrong as the seed was freely given! We'll likely need a strong group to ensure the success of this endeavor so make sure to show up.

*20240921 10AM PDT: THE TRIAL BY PUN-BAT OF PAULA FRESHLAND!!! Happuning Saturday 10 am PST. Don’t miss your chance to see just-ice snow its hand in the Puddleby Courthouse! Will Maximus try to defend his damsel and wind up in damncell or will he get rid of his jailousy and shake Paula’s clutch on him and purse-ue a path of honor and truth. The Punsecutor General will be handling the trial on behalf of the people and all other Puddleby citipuns. You.Cannot.Afford.To.Miss.This!!!! — Pun’isher

*20240907 10AM (PDT): GREETINGS PUDDLEBEARS AND PUDDLEBEANS. THE GREAT BEAR SPIRIT HAS BEEN KEEPING WATCH OVER OUR SHADOW NOT-BEAR FRIENDS, AND HAS NOTICED THAT THEY HAVE BEEN GROWING IN POWER. THE GREAT BEAR SPIRIT ADVICES US TO SHOW THEM OUR PUDDLE HONOR, BY ENGAGING IN SOME DIPLOMATIC WRESTLING ON THEIR TURF. WE SHALL MAUL AND SLASH TO EXCHANGE BEAR KNOWLEDGE. BRING HONEY. — Biro

*20240817: Arr, Puddleby! I have been keeping my bees informed of da news, but dey told me da uvver bees are restless. Dey are not satisfied wit second hand news nor wit so few of us reportin' it. Reekfoot's weddin' is da hops what broke da bison's back.
**DEREFORE (da Captain said dat part is important) we are going to visit my bees on August 17, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT) to make dis right. After we tell dem da news officially, we will ask what we can do to assuage da uvver bees' bovveration. Warm up your newsing voices. Polish your armour. Bring your big axes an' wax your moonstones. Dis could get messy. — Dandelion

*20240810: Proclamation from the Pirate King:
**Arrr, so a Rumorstorm has informed me that my brother, local traveling non-darshak pirate blood conjurer Reekfoot has gotten married and did not invite me due to his unhappiness at placing 3rd in the 420th Regional Dance Offs. I am told from a presumably reliable source that Rumorstorm heard that Reekfoot has indeed married some Darshak of some amount of renown. FURTHERMORE, I heard tell that Reekfoot NOW wants an audience with us, the Citizens of Puddleby What's gonna go down? I dunno, there is a lot of information flying around, what has everyone else heard? Cuz I heard the UoP Janitors totally murdered the dance floor at the reception. I also heard we are going to do GREAT!
**7 word summaries:
***Reekfoot makinup fer sumting, bloo peel, PROFIT!
***Killing Darshaks for Profit, or for Reekfoot...

*20240803: oh uh, Lore Tour: We're fighting Shadow Plane nihilism. Which is, obviously, the worst kind of nihilism. — Ausrine

*20240727: It almost time again! On July 27th at 11AM (PDT) we'll be hearing Aurelie audition for Questership und thus hear lots of new music you certainly don't want to miss out on! Also, rumour has it, there is a surprise waiting to be revealed at or around the concert!
*20240720: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 20, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we plan to follow up on some strange new apparitions sighted during a recent visit to the Shadowplane. Was it a one-off sighting? We'll need strong fighters and would welcome mystics, especially those with a sun lantern. If we don't have enough mystical support, we may go mad and climb the walls or gnaw off each others' limbs. — Phroon

*20240713: Lore Tour Saturday July 13th and 10AM PDT: The Romanus Mystery
**An intriguing cold case file came to light in the last month. During the bank counter heist Romanus was killed—or was he? We need to ascertain whether Romanus was always a shadow guild agent that exiles killed, or was he replaced by an agent. Judging by the events as recorded by the PPD, Romanus wouldn’t have helped the exiles if he was simply a shadow guild agent. Assuming that is true, If he is alive, and was captured by shadow guild agents, then we have to find where they are keeping him. Given the roster of Puddleby Police Department is down to 2 active members — myself & lieutenant deputy of puns, Pun’isher. We need all able citizens to help us crack this case. — Sheriff Noivad

*20240706: [https://discord.gg/W688R9aM?event=1254919822534250597 Lore Tour] Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 6, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we plan to travel to Fountfell and Silversnag Ascent to follow up on clues about the history of Mataline's Silver Key.

*20240629: Next bard concert will be Saturday June 29th at 11AM pacific time, featuring the return of @Bingro and hopefully @Fantasia too! If I did this right, this should be your local time: Saturday, June 29, 2024 11:00 AM (PDT).
*20240622: Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 22, 2024 10:00 AM. — Phroon
*20240615:Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 15, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we will be traveling with the mysterious Orchid into Fane to show her the sapling that has been growing in the Shadowy garden there. It is our hope that she will be able to lend us some clarity as to what might happen if we continue to foster the tree’s growth. As usual, strong help would be useful, Rinakki isn’t the most welcomed in Fane anymore and will need our help in reaching the garden. — Phroon

*20240608: Lore Tour returns Saturday, June 8, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we will be visiting with Rinakki to discuss the newly planted seeds growing in the Fane Shadowgarden and the Shadowplane Protectorate. — Phroon

*20240601: Lore Tour returns Saturday, June 1, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we will travel into Fane and check in on the shadowy garden within. — Phroon
*20240518: Greetings! Have any of you been experiencing a strong pull to go to the shadowplane during the lore tour this weekend? Im sure there has to be a reason behind this alluring humming I keep hearing. It's causing me to have some very strong feelings, a sort of yearning to go where I belong. Would you folks be willing to check it out? We should speak with the Evenas and any of those who follow the Way of the Candle and ask if they have experienced this in the past. There's almost no chance of anything bad happening. Feel free to bring your brooms just in case though. — Brisk
**Normal time, Saturday, May 18, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT).
**Soul Hunter summary: Shadowplane. Lotsa lore, some tour. Good things only.
*20240511: Lore Tour continues Saturday, May 11, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we plan to help Pavela’s contact Five on Ash disrupt the Darshak supply lines.

*20240504: Lore Tour returns Saturday, May 4, 2024 10:00 AM. This week we plan to travel meet with Pavela and then travel to Ash to do what we usually in Ash City. Darshak be warned. — Phroon

*20240427: Bard concert coming soon! We'll be back in the guild hall this weekend so questers can play too if they want. Hope to see you there this Saturday 11AM PDT.
[[File:CL-LoreDanceOff20240420.png|right|thumb|The Lore Dance Off.]]

*20240420: xLore Tour continues Saturday, April 20, 2024 10:00 AM. For a date this special, Stinkfist has sent the following plan:
**Lore Tour: The 420th Randomly-Timed Regional Lok'Groton Championship Dance Off
**Yarr so apparently it is indeed time for Regionals. You may have noticed the various established dance crews practicing in the book fort's new Arboretum! You also may have been at the last lore tour where Reekfoot showed up and totally served Puddleby in an attempt to demoralize and psych us out before Regionals.
**So what ARE Regionals? Why is this the first I'm hearing about this?
**It’s a dance off obviously. I dunno, that isn't for me to say, seems like a you thing but I am told it goes back to the "Times of the Ancients" or something.
**But to explain anyways so we can establish THE RULES and THE PRIZES
**Each dance crew will perform one dance routine which will be judged by a panel of highly qualified judges. The judges will score each performance. After every crew has performed there will be an audience vote, which is what actually matters, this is just the way the Ancients did things. I don't pretend to understand why judges if a popular vote determines who wins, I didn't make up the rules, I'm just officiating them.
**Cheating! Is oddly legally allowed by the rules. So we should expect Reekfoot to try and pull SOMETHING devious and probably violent in an attempt to win.
**The rules also state that ANYONE can enter solo or as a crew and individuals are technically allowed to be in multiple dance crews if they choose.
**THE PRIZES:
***1st Prize: Ownership of an empty hut of your choosing in the West Phisney Island Outpost neighborhood. Decorate as you please! + A Big Box of Book Fort Swag + 200k to split amongst your dance crew
***2nd Prize: 1 very large pile of coins (100k) + A Big Box of Book Fort Swag
***3rd Prize: A big box of book fort swag + a reasonably nice pile of coins (50k)
**Where are we dancing off at? The Puddleby Player's Theater in West Puddleby
**When again? 10am PDT on Saturday the 4/20th
**Who are the judges again? Famed local residents of Lok'Groton who we are friendly with and your Pirate King, who is a judge purely to prevent Reekfoot from winning.
**Last place will be awarded personalized Odius Ode courtesy of Pun'isher.

*20240413: Lore Tour continues Saturday, April 13, 2024 10:00 AM: Lore Tour: The Phisney Island Follow Up
**Arrr! Pirate King Witchy Kitty and Magician Majesticos Stinky here again to tell you all about what awesome thing we will be doing next.
**First up, we got some Direbears to welcome to Phisney Island and say Rawr hey tharr to! That'll be nice, for bears are our friends!
**Since they are usually close by, we should probably go and let the Sarir know what has been going on.
**Then, we got some loose ends to tie up, starting with Pavela, Kestrel's Spy on the island that we so generously allowed to walk last we were there. We will need to deal with her in some fashion. There are ideas of how to do this being floated.
**Lastly.. we got that Abyss tainted Darshak mini-temple that Venables hid in to deal with. So we are going to test some of Katpus and the Janitor's research regarding rainbow death/life cannons on it.
**So yarr, we are going to blast the crap out it with rainbows powered by cutting edge magical science and the awesome knowledge of the University of Puddleby! Go Science!
**I’m sure we'll learn something from the test. So yarr we are probably gonna need some mystics and other sources of sun energy and sunbeams for this! Also if ya got any rubies, sapphires, or even topaz bring them! Also sun zu! That seems helpful!
**A responsible ethereal trained mystic would be appreciated as we will be unleashing large amounts of rainbows near an active kyeum but science hasnt proven any ill effect of rainbows on things ethereal but it is yarr like wise to keep an eye on such things just to be safe!
**Soul Hunter's TLDR: Bears, Sarir, Haha Spy, Rainbow Blast Abyssness!
*20240406: Lore Tour returns Saturday, April 6, 2024 10:00 AM. This time we will delve into the Book Fort! — Phroon
*20240403: The v1375 update is scheduled for Wednesday 3 April 2024. —Phroon
*20240330: This month's concert is about a week away: Saturday, March 30, 2024 11:00 AM (PST). It's been a while since we've heard any organ music, so we're thinking of having it at Lugubrion's Keep (assuming that we can find someone to open for us). Hope to see you there!
*20240323: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 23, 2024 10:00 AM, we have the following message from Stinkfist:
**Black flags have been spotted on the ocean!
**Lets go steal their stuff!
**Cuz iz my birfday!
**Arr!
**The Witchy Kitty Pirate King Magician Majesticos Cap'n Stinky
*20240316: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 16, 2024 10:00 AM (PST). This time we will return to the Shadowplane to continue our investigations and check out of the shadowbears have been up to anything. As usual, strong help would be appreciated. —Phroon
*20240309: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 9, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT)! Summary from Stinkfist:
**Arrr here ye here ye!
**We will be heading to the Phisney Island Outpost for the signing of a historic treaty!
**Our local notary Brisk will preside over the signing of this treaty. Surely this will go smoothly and without any snags or unknown unknowns, as Brisk has one job and yarr!
**So come! Sign this most historical treaty and hang out with our Allies!
**Soul Hunter's TLDR: Brisk, Phisney Island, fancy paper, sign it!

* 20240302: March 2nd, 10AM PDT: Arrr! Hear this declaration from the Pirate King: This Saturday will mark one "finally" off our calendar — deposing the so-called leader of the Darshak on Phisneyland Island, Penn Venables.
**Penn's been hiding in his half-built temple for decades now since we repeatedly shamed him in battle. Based on a tip we got from a dead Darshak, we learned he'll be out and about and vulnerable during this week's Lore Tour. We were told to be careful because of his weapons of mass destruction.
**Ambassador Gorvin tells us that letting his ethereal doomsday devices blow everything up is bad and we should prevent this at all costs, so we're going to be super careful as we wreck this guy and steal his stuff. We probably won't sink the whole island into the sea. Our magic is better than his. We have bards, bears, beer, bees, a catapult, and a super cool ocean witch.
**Soul Hunter summary: Kill bad Darshak leader, no explode island.

*20240224: Next week's bard concert will also feature Supplanter's audition for bard quester! Please come to the guild hall on Saturday, February 24, 2024 11:00 AM to cheer him on! — Coriakin (Master Bard)

*20240217: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 17, 2024 10:00 AM. Stinkfist has passed on the following plan for this week to set up for the upcoming confrontation with Venables:
**Arrr,
**Attention: As per our intel provided by the Door-Hench Diebeer with a K, the Darshak will be up to something in two zodiacs time now on TI.
**Working with our agent the Immortal Sasour the Hatchet†, who we previously liberated from Venables Camp. We will be laying the groundwork for rebellion and ending Venables grasp on Phisneyland Island forever and foiling Kestrel's plans at the same time.
**As cover for this operation, we will also be stealing a great deal of stuff.
**† Sasour the Hatchet was purged of abyssal influence via rainbows and then made immortal by Ausrine and her hat that she isnt wearing. Also he touched Puddleby's altar. Also Ausrine turned him into a blind amphibian with a gilded broom a few times. He is magically oathbound to Puddleby. He be cool.
**Soul Hunter Summary: Save Phisneyland, prepare for victory, plunder booty.

*20240210: **Lore Tour** continues February 10 at 10AM (PDT). This time we plan to head to **Ash Island** to fight some Darshak. Kestrel’s doorman has enjoyed his post for quite some time, I’m sure Ambassador Gorvin will help him with that.—Phroon
** For this tour we will be needing the assistance of weather controlling mystics (preferably multiple).—Gorvin

[[File:CL-LoreTour20240203.png|right|thumb|Brave adventurers explore the Org cave.]]
*20240203:Lore Tour (Saturday, February 3, 2024 10:00 AM PDT) will involve taking Bravery The Org to the org sanctuary on Centaur Island. For anyone not familiar, Bravery is a young org that Stinkfist rescued from being abandoned at Junko's and decided to teach to be a hero. He begain taking it on his adventures to teach what he could, and has also asked several other exiles to escort Bravery around to show him the world. After many zodiacs of mentoring the time has come to release Bravery into his new home!

*20240120: **Lore Tour** continues January 20, at 10AM PST. This time we plan to return to the **Shadowplane** and continue our exploration there! As usual, strong help would be appreciated.

*20240113: **Lore Tour** continues <t:1705168800:F>. This time we plan to do a few things surrounding the **Org Sanctuary**, starting with a visit to the Ensconcement Village to tell them about the success setting up the sanctuary, a stop by the Org Cave for some Panther Caps, and then swing over to Centaur to drop off any mushrooms we find and to deliver the presents we picked up during the Bawkmas tour to thank them for all their efforts setting up the sanctuary.

*20240106: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 6, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we plan to kick things off by paying a visit to the Shadowguild and seeing what they’ve been up to. I’m sure that ambassador Gorvin will help us navigate the situation with skill.

==2023==
*20231224–20231225 at 6:30AM (24th) & 6:30PM (25th): I heard Santa will be coming two times this year for 30 minutes each time. I hope it fits your schedules and if not feel free to let me know and I will see if a special appearance can be made for you after Bawkmas/Skrismas/Season's Beatings.
**Slot 1: Sunday, December 24, 2023 6:30 AM
**Slot 2: Monday, December 25, 2023 6:30 PM Cheers! 🎅

*20231216: Lore Tour continues Saturday, December 16, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we're planning to travel to Fane and investigate reports of developments with the shadowy seed planted in the garden there. As usual, a strong group and especially strong healers to deal with the ghosts within would be appreciated.

*20231209: **Lore Tour** continues December 9, 2023 at 10AM Pacific. This time we're planning to celebrate the bawkmas spirit by visiting a few snowy areas throughout the lands in search of some presents for the Centaur to thank them for all their help with the Org Sanctuary.

*20231204:In the morning of the day 218 of year 635 (OOC 7pm Pacific, Monday December 4th, just after Lorikeet's hunt time), Mystic guild will be holding a meeting with Sombrion the Wizard and the Abbess Madrona of the Foghaven Monastery. Location of the meeting is on the platform of the Foghaven Monastery. All exiles are invited to join.
**For that meeting, please let us move the purple portal to OP (and green at town) at least on that day... unless we think we can handle having the portal at **outside** of Foghaven Monastery.
**Also I'd like to ask supports from our capable fighters, healers and flute players for safe travel to Foghaven Monastery and back for all exiles who wants to join the meeting on the day.

*20231118: Lore Tour continues Saturday, November 18, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we will be returning to the Shadowplane to continue our exploration there. As usual, strong help would be appreciated.

*20231111: Lore Tour continues Saturday, November 11, 2023 10:00 AM (PST). This time we will be returning to Shadowspring Citadel! It’s been a while so we hope to check on things there especially the Agronox seal to the and how the Page of Rend that sent us to the Shadowplane there reacts to us visiting again, as well as some of the crumbly stairs deep within. This will be a difficult trip, so strong help (and your friends that know Horus well) would be appreciated. While we’re at it, we’ll have to see if Pelaegia is interested in a trip back and maybe see if there’s anything we can do to help her with the repairs.

*20231104: Lore Tour returns Saturday, November 4, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we will be checking out the Org Sanctuary.

*20231021: Lore Tour continues Saturday, October 14, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we will having a spooky time with a Feast of Tsrrin theme. — Phroon

*20231014: Saturday, October 7, 2023, 10AM (PDT) Lore Tour: The Prime Orb of Unstable Infinity
**Yarrr! By now you've surely read my excellent guide Orbs of Unstable Infinity and You. It is very illuminating:⁠
**But what is better than an excellent guide? The real thing. I think we can get Tart'targ to help us find it.
**First, some history. Me chief gunner and good matey Garr has a long and terrifying history of humiliating the Darshak. For instance, this time when Garr just burned the Thaumaturge and his minions to death.
**http://www.thoomcare.com/archives/003485.html
**As you can read in the comments there, long ago I made a note "Loots for Garr. Pirates rule!"
**In the years since that battle, I, the Pirate King of Lok'Groton, have searched for the perfect reward for saving a whole plane of existence against the jerk that tried to merge us with the ether (also just… showing up and kickin' ass with the Pirates since the start). Gotta find some GOOD loot for that!
**During one of my astral projection explorations I finally found it. It was an Orb. An Orb just full of Unstable AND Infinity, and I just knew, in my heart of Pirate Kingly hearts, that I needed to see what exactly Garr would do with this.
**I got back to Puddleby and thought, "Ya know, this thing is really dangerous if someone like the Brions or someone got their hands on it." So I hid it and gave Tart'targ the clues to how to find it. Cuz safety first!
**Arr, anyways, enough really fascinating history of Garr bein' awesome and me astral projecting. For the Lore Tour, we will gather in town and wait for Tart'targ to show up and bring us the clues to where I hid the Orb for safekeeping. We will then go on an adventure to retrieve the Orb from the very safe and very logical place to hide an artifact of unstable infinity. Then, later we will find out how Garr chooses to use his great power (and the Orb) with great responsibility.
**Yarr! Join us as we celebrate Garr and I try and make good on a decades old note!
**There will likely be time for people with Lesser Orbs (yarr, those have been turning up lately) to use said Lesser Orbs. Even lesser ones are probably best used under the supervision of trained Witches and Magicians. This is definitely not like the time with the soul glasses, why would you even think that?
**The Pirate King is not entirely responsible for any uses or side effects of the Orbs that results in harm to an exile or our plane of existence. Hopefully, any such cases will be super duper funny. The disclaimer in my guide to orbs of unstable infinity apply here too.
**Soul Hunter version:
**IOU note to Garr. Magic orbs. Treasure hunt!

[[File: CL-LoreTour-20231008.png|thumb|right| 180px |The Lore Tour in the Shadow Plane]]

*20231007: Lore Tour returns Saturday, October 7, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we plan to return to the Shadowplane and continue our exploration there. As usual, a strong group would be appreciated.

*20230927: This is the 18th year since Tyndall passed away. He was loved by many in life, and is remembered both as a cherished friend and a Puddlebean legend.
**Every year, we mark this time and come together in order to celebrate the lives of friends that we’ve lost over the years: Xenos & Panos, Baffina & Baffette, Tyndall, Tonoto, Eyeball, and K’pyn.
**Please join us to share memories, whiskey, cigars, beer, songs, and bonfires in the Memorial Garden outside Alliance Castle on September 27, 2023 7:00 PM.
**Whether you’re a constant presence, you've been in the library for a while, or you’re somewhere in between, we’d really love to see you. Please also reach out to friends who might not see this message – we’d love to see them, too.

*20230927: The next Healer Hunt will be Wednesday, September 27, 2023 5:30 PM This hunt is for healers and their pets. All are welcome: bring your pet…
*20230923: Ok, so lore tour this week… bearing in mind the captain has tasked me with fixing the planes… AGAIN… I have been struggling if we should go to Geharza or not. Barely by a slim margin I have been convinced (with the help of bribes) to bear arms and go back to the ice caves (But if we run into loose Tipulids again I won’t complain.) So… it turns our that SOMEONE decided to teach the bears how to use altars… (I’m totally not looking at you Inu) and now we have to bear the burden of killing cursed bare bears, cursed armored bears, and cursed bears that need to learn that vowels are a thing. So we’ll head back to the ice caves this week, and this time we’ll need a permanent broom bearer to sweep the bear out of the evil bears and the bear out of the shadow touched Inus. That’s step one. Step two is to have Bearo and Raksbeara and Punibear to convince the evil bears not to be so evil and to double our bear guard on our totally peaceful and not destructive rainbow death cannon. Once that is done we need to try and un-bear curse that altar in ice caves. Normally we’d just tell the Gorvbot to break the altar even more, but it sounds like some people want to fix the altar so they can learn more PF ranks from not ghost Gaiyl… Final step is loot… There better be loot Stinky…..
**For Soul Hunter… Bears again… Murder again… Inu’s fault… Loot!!!
[[File: CL-LoreTour-20230916.png|thumb|right| 180px |The Lore Tour battles armored shadow bears!]]

*20230916: Lore Tour: Sat 10am pacific
** RAAAAAAAWRRRRRRRR RA-ROOAAAARRRRRRRRRR Rawr-BEARRRROOOOOOO
**Rawr-rawr-ROAR-rawr-rawwrrrr-snarl.
**ROAR! RAWR! ROOOOOAAAARRRR!!! RAwr-RA-raWR!! ROAR ROAR ROAR!!!!!!!
**[bear snort]
**THE GREAT BEAR SPIRIT'S CUB BIRO WILL FEED ON THE WEAK BODIES OF THE SHADOWS WHO HAVE FORGOTTEN HOW TO BE BEARS AND SHOW THEM HOW TO BE BEARS AGAIN.
**BRING YOURSELF HONOR, CONQUER FEAR, SPILL SHADOW BLOOD, SEND NOT-BEARS BACK INTO THE DARK.
**For Soul Hunter: Rawr vs Those who pretend to be Rawr!
*20230909: Lore Tour: The Darshak Candidate
**Arrr, here ye here ye, yarr good. Garr... write this down...
**So for some time Kestrel has stated her goal is to establish a new unifying leader of the local Darshak. One way or another, the cult will put someone in charge. An like, ta be honest, all their candidates suck. Creepy Thoom Guy sucks, Rebel Guy sucks, Venables sucks, Necro sucks, all the Darshak nobles suck. So yarr, why don't we make our own?
**So we're gonna kidnap Sasour the Hatchet as he is easily the chillest Darshak we know. We invited him to the Counterheist and he got drunk and laughed at the Shadowguild getting slain in the streets. He's perfect.
**Then probably do some magic to make sure he is a "Force of Abyss Smiting Justice for Puddleby"
**Now this is a complex plan with a lot of ins and outs and such that I will make...er.. explain as we go!
**And to really sell that we are indeed kidnapping Sasour instead of just being like "hey what's up buddy? wanna go drink?" we're gonna need to kill lots and lots of Darshak on our way... Maybe break or take anything that looks important, I dunno, ye do ye in that regard.
**Side benefits: Sasour the Hatchet is likely to know things about Venables' secret weapon the Sarir are so afraid of. Knowledge that may help us devise some sort of counter measure against this "island destroying weapon" at least that's what the Sarir said it was.
**Maybe we could goad Venables into destroying..........
**The Pirate King just kinda wandered off rambling at this point about various schemes weighing the pros and cons of tricking Venables into just blowing up the island and calling it "problem solved"
**For Soul Hunter:
**Kidnap, Friend, Magic, Murder Darshak, Magic, Scheme, Lulz
*20230902: Per captain Stinky: This week on Lore Tour (Saturday September 2nd at 10AM PDT)
**Adventures in Magical Super Science:
**While Katpus and the highly trained researchers from the University of Puddleby (they're definitely not janitors) were conducting super scientific experiments in the Castle Alliance, they may or may not have blown a hole in reality. Katpus seems a bit embarrassed about it, so we don't need to make it into a big deal.
**Whatever may have happened, Katpus' researchers have gone missing, and so have the bears who were guarding her laboratory. In a probably unrelated coincidence, a respectable and probably wealthy individual has shown up claiming some important artifacts have gone missing. There are two mysteries to be investigated and almost certainly booty to be had. For science!
**Soul Hunter Version:
**Portal, Mystery, Bears, Booty

*20230819: **Lore Tour** continues. This time we plane to head to **Fane** and investigate the shadow garden growing there, and perhaps see if the crooked seed we received in the Shadowplane takes root there. If that seed eventually grows and bears fruit, the hope is it will enable us to repair the Windweft altar and restore their connection to Purgatory. As Fane is a very dangerous place, a strong group would be appreciated.

*20230812: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 12, 2023 10:00 AM PDT. This time we plan to continue our investigations into repairing the Ice Cave Altar. We’re thinking of visiting with Pelaegia who we last left in Fountfell Foghaven, and then head over to the Windweft Ice Cave and see if the mysterious gift from the crooked tree in the Shadowplane leads us towards any success in recreating the Ancient’s shadow magic that created the altars.

*20230805: Lore Tour Saturday August 5, 2023 at 10AM (PDT): Hello! It is I, fake Phroon [Brisk], coming to you with an update on Lore Tour this zodiac! It'll be August 5th at the same time as usual. We are planning on trying to visit Nylar to hear of this deal that his minions mentioned that he has for "Sapeeva". For good measure, we hope to bring a "Sapeeva" or close approximation with us. We may need to fight, we may need to bribe, or we may need to gamble. Whatever it is, it's sure to be a good time so come on out if you are free. Cheers!

*20230722: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 22, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT), this time we plan to pay another visit to the Org Cave and see if we can make some progress in becoming friends with the Org. We also plan to continue our investigations into the strange weather in the Ensconcement, and see if perhaps we can find a route up to Stormlyric.

*20230715: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 15, 2023 10:00 AM to return to the Shadowplane, to revisit the protectorate and maybe see if we can find more clues of how Shaer travels the plane freely. As usual, a strong group will be needed!

*20230708: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 8, 2023 10:00 AM PDT, this time we return to the Shadowplane, to visit the protectorate and then to seek the devourer of dreams. As usual, a strong group will be necessary for the trek through this dangerous plane.
**If do we manage to slay the dreamdrinker, we plan to return again to the shadowplane next week too (Saturday, July 15, 2023 10:00 AM PDT) and revisit the protectorate within the same chaos storm, and maybe see if we can find more clues of how Shaer travels the plane freely. So mark your calendars for two weeks of back-to-back shadowplane exploration!

*20230705: The v1336 update: Lightning and thunder require time, the light of the stars requires time, deeds require time even after they are done, before they can be seen and heard. — Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
**More intense weather arriving. Those with elaborate hair-dos or delicate umbrellas can limit certain effects by using the '''''/options strongWeather off''''' command.

*20230701: Hello Puddleby! I come to you tonight as a guest "Phroon". I am in need of some assistance during the Lore Tour this weekend. You see, Tart'targ the wisest witch, had asked us to keep an eye on Sombrion. This has been fairly difficult for me as my eyesight is extremely poor and his keep hovers so high in the sky. However, even my peepers couldn't miss the addition of one of Sombrion's Sarir at the Bison Plains outpost. I'm not saying we need to tattle but we NEED to tell Tart'targ about this. Who knows? Maybe we will see a Witch and a Wizard face off? That wouldn't be terrible. I will be collecting bets and will even go as far as giving a favorable 2 to 1 odds on the Wizard. Anywho, don't be late to this one! You won't want to miss a moment! — Brisk
**Lore Tour took a trip to see Tart'targ and inform her of the Sarir being in the bison plains outpost, Hygra I think was the name. She was not so concerned with this as long as it did not come out that Sombrion was the cause of the abnormal weather that Hygra was studying. We discussed the trip with Pelaegia to Foghaven and how we saw shapes in the fog and heard howling on the wind. She mentioned that Andrachnea, the Abbess of Stormlyric, is known for being a bit standoffish even for witches. We spoke of how Andrachnea disapproved of Forsythia's study of the Org and remembered that we may have left her in the Orga Stronghold. We began to leave to go rescue her and ran into a bit of an issue.
**All of a sudden a Shadowguild Thief knocked me over...I thought he was looking for the bets I was collecting for the Witch vs Wizard duel. We chased them across the estuary and then ran across much stronger friends of the thieves. It looked like some of them had flown into the area on balloons to lead the rest of them. You could tell some were just taking orders and trying to take out as many of us as possible but others seemed to be more interested in a single thing, a thoom. We protected Coriakin the best we could but when he fell he was not taken. Confused, we pressed on until clearing the majority of the shadowguild. We cornered a leader and he said that they were looking for "Sapeeva". His reinforcements came and we tried to corner him again but eventually he managed to find a balloon and escape. As he was leaving he told us that he had a message for us to deliver..."Tell Sapeeva Nylar will cut him a deal." — Brisk

*20230624: The next bard concert is on June 24th at 11AM pacific time. Hope to see you there!

*20230617: Lore Tour returns Saturday, June 17, 2023 10:00 AM PDT, this time we plan to investigate the mysterious (and mist-erious) fog seen throughout the Eastern Mountains. We’ll probably also pay Pelaegia a visit and see what she has to say about these mists. We’ll likely be heading to Foghaven, the mountain haven of fog, so an appropriately strong group would be appreciated.

[[File:LoreTour20230610.png|thumb|right| 200px |The Lore Tour Headed for the Orga Stronghold speaks to '''Forsythia''']]
*20230610: **Lore Tour** returns 10AM PDT, this time we plan to travel deep into to the Orga Stronghold to rescue the Org trapped there! We may take them back to the Org Cave, or they may be the first residents of the new Org Sanctuary on Centaur Island. We may also pop over and have a visit with Trillbane while we’re in the neighborhood. A stronger group would be appreciated.

*20230603: ''Rustles out from under a pile of library books, glances at calendar'' Lore Tour at normal time this weekend (June 3rd, 10AM PDT). Plan is to poke at some of the dark mirrors in the lands and see if we can learn anything about Shaer's Gate.

*20230520: Lore Tour continues Saturday, May 20, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). We plan to return again to the Shadowplane to continue our explorations there. As usual, a strong group would be very helpful.

*20230513: Lore Tour! Operation: Friendship Hammer (10am pacific, usual lore tour time) We've reached a critical stage of the plan to create the Org Sanctuary... we must get some Orgs big and small to trust us enough to get in some cages and be brought to Centaur Island.... So how do we do that?
**I’m unsure but I bet that super cool ocean witch Pelaegia knows a thing or two about it! An she has been wanting to get out and about more so, this seems like a win/win. Bring Pelaegia to the village/Org caves, listen to tales of Orgs from way back when (and anything else we want to talk to her about) and maybe feed some Orgs some panther caps, perhaps bring some caps back for Tart'targ! Perhaps... make Org friends!
**Now, we should be careful, we've been hitting the Darshak rather hard lately and they have expressed an interest in kidnapping our good super cool ocean witch friend... and Tart'targ has turned some into blind amphibians... so ya know... be vigilant! There is no telling what an uppity visiting Darshak Noble may decide to do to prove how great they are or some such nonsense like that.

*20230506: Lore Tour: The Great Kennel Caper (Saturday 10am pacific as usual) The Elusive and Illusive Phroon Thoom, Heist and Counter-Heist Master Extraodinaire has a lead on a stockpile of feral cages somewhere on Ash Island. We need cages for our Org Sanctuary to safely transport the Orgs. The Darshak on Ash backed by Gathner have had an easy time lately since our slaying of Dorcas Direstorm as we've been focused on taking Venables down a few notches while keeping the Gathner backed Darshak agents on the island from being able to get the upper hand there..... so depleting the Ash 'Shak's ability to wrangle and train ferals seems like a solid move that furthers our goals quite nicely!
**Now I know what you be thinkin! "Cap'n! What if them cages be cursed??" Well I'm way ahead of you, and with the help of local mystics and my magician prowess, I have most of a ritual planned to purge away any Abyssal taint the cages may have! (If you are a local mystic and would like to help with this ritual, please contact me, your Pirate King and Master Magician).
**Darshak Nobles continue to visit from Gathner, bringing with them their top tier guards, so be on the look out for fancily dressed swabs who need to be shown a quick way to their forever home in the Abyss!
**In summation! Kennel Heist! Plunder any plunder of opportunity! Get home with magically purified loot! Further details to come!
**Bring: Crowbars, vines, chains, a can do attitude, strongest ranger morphs, and anything else you can think of to aid in this endeavor! See you there!

*20230503: The v1327 update is scheduled for Wednesday 3 May 2023

*20230429: Next month's bard concert (on April 29th at 11AM PDT) will be a special one. As many of you know, Lugubrion was so affected by the tragic fate of his brother Tenebrion that he's retreated from the world and has become a recluse. As someone who's struggled with depression myself, I've decided to try to help Lugubrion in the hopes that he'll be able to recover from his condition. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20230422: Lore Tour continues Saturday, April 22, 2023 10:00 AM (time in your local timezone). This time we plan to return to the Shadowplane. As usual, a strong group would be very helpful. Our plan is to travel to the protectorate through the shadow sea and also to check out if any of the new pages of rend interact with the shadowplane. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

[[File: CL-LoreTour-20230415.png|thumb|right| 180px |The Lore Tour revisits the centaurs with Pelaegia]]
*20230415: Lore Tour! (Saturday 10am pacific blah blah blah) Arrrr! This time we will be taking a stroll over to visit Pelaegia and Tart'targ briefly and see if Pelaegia can come out and play! Once we have picked up everyone's favorite Super Cool Ocean Witch, we will make for the Org cave to try and harvest (hopefully) the last of the mushrooms we need for the Org Sanctuary on Centaur Island. I’m sure Pelaegia will be happy to see the Centaur after all these thousands of years! Yarr! This seems pretty straight forward and nothing could possibly go wrong! Definitely! None of our past actions could conceivably come back to haunt us! For suresies! (Anything that does go wrong will be promptly blamed entirely on Trillium's ankh which is full of cursed)

*20230408: at 2PM (PDT) Saturday April 8th, Clan Lord Open Tactical Hunt (CLOTH) plans to go to the bridge to refine leading and dropping in the right spot and possibly the Slate Caves to practice dodging webs/projectiles. This is open to all, and I encourage newer players to attend, especially if you fall a lot. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Noivad Noivad]

*20230408: Lore Tour continues Saturday, April 8, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we plan to visit The Land of Dank Believe, aka the Book Fort. Bring your imagination and suspend your disbelief, the myrms dug a hole to the sky. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20230405: v1323. The sky is the daily bread of the eyes. — Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
**Hunt trophies are now furniture.
**Phantasmagorical improvements.

*20230401: **Lore Tour** returns 10AM PDT. This time we plan to visit with Egremora and Pelaegia in **Fountfell**, hear a few stories and think about what to do next.

**With Cimmbrion's assistance we've been able to grow some water lilies the two brothers created together back during happier times, and their gift has helped raise Lugubrion's spirits a bit. However, he's still embarrassed by the state of his keep, so to help him with that I'm hoping to hire builders from Puddleby to help renovate it. And to raise funds for that, next month I'll be holding a benefit concert at Lugubrion's keep!

**To make this concert special I will finally premiere the suite I've been working on for years: "The Healer's Lament," which attempts to evoke the trials and tribulations of a healer's life. It'll feature at least five brand new pieces, never before performed, and I'm extra excited because Lugubrion has graciously allowed us to not only use his keep for the performance, he's allowing us to use a brand new instrument - an organ from a thoomish temple! It has a sound unlike anything we've heard before, and I'm excited to share the music I (and the other bards) have been writing for it.

**This is a benefit concert, so I will be asking for donations to help with the cause. Building supplies to aid with the renovations would be very useful, and I will be matching any donations of coins (at least until I run out of coins myself). Even if you can't make a donation I hope you can come! I've invited Lugubrion to be there as our guest of honour and every person there would be a show of support to someone in dire need of it.
**Again, it'll be on Sat. April 29th at 11:00 AM PDT at Lugubrion's Keep. I hope to see you there!
— [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

** 8 word summary for Soul Hunter: "New tunes! New Instrument?! Help Lugubrion... donations please!"

*20230405: The v1323 update is scheduled for Wednesday 5 April 2023.

*20230325: Hello, all! This month’s concert (on March 25th, 11am pacific time as usual) is themed around Spring. Expect a lot of uplifting music about new beginnings or possibly about getting rained on instead. Either way, should be a good time. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20230323: there will also be a very special NNK open hunt adventure on thursday the 23rd at 5pm pacific! Expect various laws including but not limited to physics, nature, and reality to be broken! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Stinkfist Stinkfist]

*20230318: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 18, 2023 10:00 AM (time in your local timezone). This time we plan to return to Shadowspring to finally deliver Pelaegia’s present! We will need strong help to brave the dangers within. We also need some help between now and the Lore Tour to charge some of the machines to open the way into Shadowspring. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20230318: *Arrr! Lore Tour Recap! The Shadowplane had indeed shifted in many ways. The ground seemed less bitey, which I blame on Inu and her masterful ambassadorship. Keep hugging them Shadow Trees! Yer doing great!We also discovered a new “cave” which was just full of boo and scary and pretty and confusion.
**Another page of rend was discovered and perhaps most importantly a new phantasm page was found! We only covered a fraction of the Shadowplane so more to find and explore seems very likely! Oh and sadly Brisk failed to do that thing, perhaps next time (we are all rooting for ya buddy!)

**Next lore tour we will (charging nodes permitting) be visiting Shadowspring Citadel to bring Pelaegia her birthday presents! Probably other reasons too, more information and hype coming soon!

*20230311: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 11, 2023 10:00 AM PST. This time we will return to the Shadowplane to continue our investigations into the malevolent forces within. We’ve already seen that the shadows have reacted to us, we plan on investigating if they have changed further following our contact with them. We will need many sharp minds, strong fighters, and brave healers to endure the dangers within. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20230304: Lore Tour returns Saturday, March 4, 2023 10:00 AM PST. This is the day the portal is scheduled to move to the village, so we’re planning on going there to get a mystic a mark. We’ll also check the Org cave for more Panther caps and bring them to the centaur for their work on the Org sanctuary. If we have time we might also do some other stuff too. We’ll be traveling through vale and parts of the ensconcement, so strong help will be helpful. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]
*20230302: 2023-03-01 v1318 Update: ''Sometimes we need the fog to remind ourselves that all of life is not black and white.''—Jonathan Lockwood Huie (b. 1945)'''Those who venture north may notice new snell edges being tested. Please share your feedback!'''
*20230225: Bard concert this weekend! Saturday Feb 25th at 11AM PST, at the bards’ guild hall in north field. Noivad will be auditioning for full bard again, so come cheer him on! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]
*20230224: MediaWiki has been updated to v1.39.2. As usual, please report any unexpected changes.
*20230218: Lore Tour! Saturday 10am pacific!!Arrrr, we require more lab equipment for constructing the rainbow death/life cannon!We've already stolen the Oh-Venn from Penn Venables, now we return for the rest of his stuff!
**During the Oh-Venn heist we discovered that Venables has been training sciencemancers who can open ethereal portals and shoot mighty blasts of chain lightning. Thus an elaborate and complex scheme is required to get his lab equipment.
**The plan is simple and elaborate, eloquent yet basic. The perfect mix of blunt force and sneakery!
**We will pick a location to "conduct a magical ritual to seal off the island from the ethereal plane" to get his attention and draw him in. Additionally we will tell the local sarir population of Venables' dastardly plans to shackle Tenenbrion's spirit and bend it to his will, which is probably not a complete and total lie.
**Also Kalian and I have a secret weapon up our sleeve should we require it.
**Once Venables' forces are committed to the battle a small rag tag group will break off and sneak into the lab and take everything they possibly can and get out before Venables has time to know what happened.
**Like all great plans, should you have additional ideas feel free to contact myself, Phroony, Kalian, or anyone else who seems like an authority figure for this sort of thing. As always, the plan will be "do all the plans"
**We will need as many exiles as possible to pull this off and there will be no small roles to play in this daring heist!
**Bonus if we can get any notes regarding what Penn has exactly been up to with the ethereal plane. All we know so far is he seems to have access to an isolated sphere of it.
**Be there! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Stinkfist Stinkfist]

*20230216: [https://clanlord.net/images/CL-Boats%20are%20too%20expensive%20480.mp4 The Typical End to an Estuary/Mountain/Bison Plains Hunt] because we don’t want to spend 100c or fall before the estuary exit. And [https://clanlord.net/images/CL-LA%20Excellence.mp4 Punisher Has mad skills falling—Laughing Academy Excellence!]

*20230211: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 11, 2023 10:00 AM PST. This time we will be continuing to examine mountain springs in Vale and Fountfell, with a possible detour to the Org Caves for some Spotted Panther Caps. These areas, and especially the route to Fountfell, are difficult, so strong help would be helpful. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20230204: Lore Hunt. Step 1: Bears. Step 2: Tart'targ talk." Step 3: Mountains. The Lore Tour returns with Biro negotiating for bear support, the group asking Tart'targ if a certain plant is okay to plant, and a trip to the mountains to find a place to plant the seeds.

*20230201: [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Stinkfist Stinkfist] is organizing a raid on Venable's Laboratory at February 1, 2023 7:30 PM. As you may know, Venable is verified ne'er-do-well, who has spent several decades looting Tenebrion's Keep for anything of value and has built himself a reasonably well stocked lab with those ill-gotten gains. Any equipment, Darshak or Wizard in origin, poses a threat to the region if left in the hands of Venable. As such, it is best if it is secured in the safe, respectful, and responsible hands of Puddleby and our resident catapult enthusiast, Katpus. — Ausrine

*20230201: the '''v1314''' update is scheduled for Wednesday 1 February 2023: Life is found in animals and plants. But in animals it is patent and obvious, whereas in plants it is hidden and not clear. To establish its existence requires considerable research. The question at issue is whether plants have or have not a soul, and a capacity for desire, pain, pleasure, and discrimination. — Aristotle (384–322 BCE)
**''You’ll have to explore for this month’s changes.''

*20230128: Reminder! This Saturday at 11 pacific time will be the next concert. This concert will be shadow-themed... bards are encouraged to come with pieces inspired by the shadowplane and its effects. I can confirm that at least three new pieces will be premiered! Anyone who's out of the loop on the shadowplane storyline and is hoping for a recap - this is your chance! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

**Note: The shadowplane can make our thoughts reality and affect our minds, and it may have developed an interest in music for, er, reasons not worth getting into at this time. I've been assured that playing a bunch of music themed around the shadowplane is "not necessarily a really bad idea" and the chances of opening a rift there is unlikely. But shadow creatures have appeared at concerts before, so be warned that safety is not guaranteed. And if possible, bring a friend who can monitor you for signs of shadow madness.

*20230121: Per Stinkfist:
Arrr! In light of recent events set into motion by our favorite Myrm, we will be conducting negotiations with the Centaur to construct an Org sanctuary on their fair island. We are benevolent and wholesome now! Go us!

Also probably just yelling at Katpus that they are building us a Rainbow Death Cannon. Aymi said it is a life cannon actually and that sounds lovely and very thoughtful of us to build!

After negotiations we will either be pillaging the Darshak to secure funding or to take out our frustrations as that seems to be the most ethical option.

Either ways, gonna be greats! We are benevolent and good!

For those who like things in list form I've broken down the captains message.
This week on Lore Tour:
1. Talk to some overtly angry quadripeds about building a sanctuary for the ancestors of the people who murdered like 99% of their ancestors (Bring your Orga morphs for laughs)
2. Talk to a notoriously slow builder about a super difficult upcoming project we have for her
3. Facestab Darshak until they give us more loot
4. What could go wrong?

* 20230114: Lore Tour continues Saturday, January 14, 2023 10:00 AM PST. We are planning on helping Tart’targ deliver our gift to Palaegia. We hope to be traveling into Shadowspring, depending on if we get things open beforehand. Otherwise, we might be powering some of the ancient machines.

*20230111: Lore Tour Followup @Ausrine says: There will be a follow up to Tar'Targ/ Pelaegia gift giving on (OOC Wednesday Jan 11 7PM Pacific Time).

* 20230107: MediaWiki updated to v.1.39.1. As always, please report any unexpected behavior. If you don’t change your theme, the following doesn’t apply. ''Note: if you change the skin/theme from the current one, I noticed some pages do not render properly. So, if you encounter this, simply change your theme to Vector (2010 or 2022). This should fix the issue.''

[[File:LoreTour1022.jpg|thumb|right| 180px | The Lore Tour successfully reaches our goal.]]
* 20230107: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 7, 2023 10:00 AM PST. This time we are planning to deliver Pelaegia's gift to Tart'targ. '''Update: The Tour was successful!'''

* 20230104: Update '''v1310''' is here. Secrets abound, and unexplored places wait patiently for exiles to find them.
''“There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.”'' — Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) '''Here’s wishing everyone a ranky New Year!'''

==2022==
*20221230: Let there be music! Be prepared and mark your calendars for the concert on FRIDAY, 30th December at 1pm pacific time. There will be old and maybe even new music played! — Bingro

[[File:MerryBawkmask.jpg |250px|left|Merry Bawkmas!]]
*20221224–25: '''Santa''' will come out twice this year to check if you were naughty or nice at the following times for a whopping half hour each Saturday, December 24, 2022 7:00 PM PST and Sunday, December 25, 2022 8:30 AM PST. If you can't make it during these times, don't worry he will be available to deliver a few days after Bawkmas as well (Gotta love travelling on Bawkmas day!). — Brisk

*20221217: Lore Tour continues Saturday, December 17, 2022 10:00 AM PST. This time we will be continuing to help Tart'targ search for a gift for Pelaegia in Silversnag Ascent. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221210: '''Lore Tour''' continues Saturday, December 10, 2022 10:00 AM PST. This time we will be exploring, likely in the Eastern Mountains. What will we find? Who knows! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

[[File:GottaGetACloak.jpg|250px|left|new fur-lined cloaks are available.]]
[[File:Cloaks.jpg |250px |left |more cloaks]]
*20221207: With the 1306 update, A new area is discovered. Cold and Snowy reopens for winter. And new Cloaks are able to be made.

*20221203: Lore Tour returns Saturday, December 3, 2022 10:00 AM PST. We will be returning again to the Shadowplane, this time to try and track down and defeat the devourer of dreams mentioned by the denizens of the protectorate. As this will be a tough expedition, strong help would be appreciated. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221126: The next concert is Nov 26 at the usual time, 11am pacific.— [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20221119: Lore Tour continues Saturday, November 19, 2022 10:00 AM PST. We will be returning to the Shadowplane to continue our explorations and to try and rescue another Lost Dreamer that has been stranded there. As usual, strong help would be appreciated.

*20221112: **Lore Tour** returns Saturday, November 12th @ 10AM PST (be mindful of the recent US time change). Stinkfist just handed me the following on a scroll with the plan:
> After deliberation and conferment with Kalian, who can't stand the thought of Darshak having nicer things than him, Ambassador Gorvin and his position of Darshak murder is always good, Garr who just wants to burn stuff, and general mad cackling by the Pirate King of Lok'Groton it has been decided that we will return to Ash City to "murder, pillage, and take the fancy things that those nobles brought there"
> Loot and pillage and make Kestrel too afraid to EVER leave her tower. There will be loot this time, Stinky has some promising leads on that. A cat witch told him about it in a dream!
— [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221105: Lore Tour returns Saturday, November 5, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. This time we will be retuning to the Shadowplane to continue to explore and view the strange sculptures within. We believe we have discovered a stable way to exit the shadowplane so a depart is no longer certain, but we still could use many strong exiles to help brave the dangers within. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221029: Next weekend’s bard concert in the Puddleby Theatre will be Tsirrin themed! Come in costume to enjoy spooks and spoops. Ghosts and shadow madness are a definite maybe, safety not guaranteed. It’ll be at the usual time, Saturday, October 29, 2022 11:00 AM PDT — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20221022: Lore Tour continues Saturday, October 22, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. This tour will be Feast of Tssrin themed. Come join us in your favorite costume to help bust some ghosts! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221015: No worries Phroon. Lore Tour returns 10AM PDT. Stinky says we’re going on a “Classic Pirate Kingly Adventure.” All ye need is to show up with plenty of pack space so we can help our friends out. 🏴‍☠️ ❣️ Also I want more Vision Stream art, wah wah wah. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.InuTeisei Inu Teisei]

*20221008: Lore Tour continues Saturday, October 8, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. We plan to return once again to explore the Shadowplane, this time focusing on exploring the mysterious shadow ocean and lands beyond. Again, strong help will be helpful. Sadly, a way out of the plane has yet to be found, so until it is a depart is certain. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221006: H’loi! I expect there will be a meeting between Tar’Targ and Cimmbrion at the lake in Northern Puddleby on Thursday October 6, 2022 7:00 PM PDT. Possibly in Arial Eth'lenn’s home or outside. All exiles are invited to attend. A neutral, third party would be appreciated but you are nai required to act as such. — Ausrine

*20221001: Lore Tour returns Saturday, October 1, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. We plan to return to the Shadowplane, and explore the strange lands within. Strong help will be helpful in exploring the plane. Luckily we still have loan of Pelaegia’s lantern to calm our minds. A stable path in has been discovered, but we have yet to find a way back home. It is very likely that this will be a one-way trip, EPS and Purgatory Pendants do not seem to work in the Shadowplane. Unless we find another way out, a depart is certain. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221029: The next concert will be on Saturday, October 29, 2022 11:00 AM PDT and take place in the theatre. It'll be Feast of Tsirrin themed, so wear a costume! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20220924: Alright, then! Bard concert next weekend at Egremora’s tavern, at Saturday, September 24, 2022 11:00 AM (PDT). Bonus points for anyone who brings a song that’s a story. Raks, any chance you can reprise that story about Dandelion and Helpful? 🙂 — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20220922: It has been 17 years since [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Tyndall Tyndall], the beloved sylvan warrior, passed away. He was loved by many in life, and is remembered both as a cherished friend and a Puddlebean legend.
**Every year, we mark this day by coming together to celebrate our memories of Tyndall and our other lost comrades: [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Baffina Baffina] and [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Baffette Baffette], slayers of orga; [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Tonoto Tonoto], the mapmaker; [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Eyeball Eyeball], courageous and funny; [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.KPyn K'pyn], the King of Pins.
**We newly grieve the passing of [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Xenos Xenos] the Brave and [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Panos Panos] the Boar, who were pillars of our community for decades and will be remembered well as long as we are here to do it. They wished us all “a happy and fruitful life and the good sense to live it with no regrets.”
**Please join us to share memories, whiskey, cigars, beer, songs, and bonfires in the Memorial Garden on September 22, 2022 7:00 PM. All are welcome. If you knew any of these exiles, you are warmly encouraged to attend and to share your stories. If you are grieving someone from outside the lands, know that this is a space where you can hold that in community. If you would like to show love and friendship to exiles who have lost beloved people, know that your presence will do that.
**There are a lot of people who might be interested attending this memorial, but don't keep a close eye on [http://www.thoomcare.com/ Thoomcare], Discord, or Facebook. If you have the capacity, we invite you to help bring our little town together by reaching out to folks who you think would be interested in coming but won't notice these posts. Thank you! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Largo Largo]

*20220917: Lore Tour continues Saturday, September 17, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. We plan to return to Egremora’s bar in Fountfell, have a few drinks, convey Sarasera’s hellos and talk about repairing the Windweft altar. And maybe if we have time a story or two. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220910: Lore Tour continues Saturday, September 10, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. We plan to return again to Shadowspring and continue our investigation into the Pages of Rend and possibly return to the Shadowplane. We will again need strong exiles to travel through Shadowspring and brave the dangers of the Shadowplane. We will need to try to stay nearer the sun lantern, lest we all slowly go mad and lash out at our friends. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220907: The v1293 update is scheduled for Wednesday 7 September 2022.

*20220903: Lore Tour continues Saturday, September 3, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. Our plan is to return to the depths of Shadowspring Citadel, investigate the shadows, read some triangles, visit with Pelaegia, and if we can make it check on the Agronox Seal. As always, Shadowspring is filled with difficult creatures and we could use a strong group.
Many thanks to all those who have charged the ancients machines recently, your help has been instrumental in making this happen. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220827: Monthly Bard Concert Saturday. 11AM PDT.

*20220820: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 20, 2022 10:00 AM (PDT). Some time ago we had contact with Darshak from Gathner led by Kestrel and her associate Dorcas. We will be visiting them with our chosen ambassador [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Gorvin Gorvin] to conduct further negotiations regarding the future of Darshak in our island chain. See Ambassador Gorvin for details. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220813: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 13, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. We plan on continuing our checking of the ancient machines, and our search for changes made by the ancient spelling and grammar checking machine. We’ve already observed some changes in the triangles and we suspect there might be a few more changes to be found. We will be trying to visiting Heartwood Glade in the Vale of Giants, and revisiting Sunspire, so some strong help will be appreciated. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220827: Bard Concert “Next concert August 27 at the same time!” — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20220806: Lore Tour returns Saturday, August 6, 2022 10:00 AM (PDT). We plan on revisiting some of the ancient machines in the Eastern Mountains, checking to see if the shadows are there and if any of them might be that Ancient spelling and grammar checking machine. We plan on visiting some of the tougher machines to get to, so strong help would be appreciated. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220730: Bard Concert: on Saturday July 30th at 11am pacific time, but it won’t be in the bards’ field. Instead head over to west town near Prometha’s bonfire for our beach party themed concert! Enjoy sun, sand, and surf while enjoying songs about sun, sand, and surf. Wear your best beach attire and get ready to cuddle in close because there won’t be a stage. See you then!
**''(For bards who don’t have many/any beach-themed songs, other music’s fine. But if you’ve got something - great!)''

[[File:CL-LoreTour.jpg | right]]
*20220723: Lore Tour: Astral Projection Shenanigans Saturday, July 23, 2022 10:00 AM

**Today’s lore tour followed Stinkfist’s guidance and ended up on a trip through a variety of…. peculiar locations. First a dark cave filled with mauling and crushing spirits, then to a desolate peak floating in the sky, to a trool village, and beyond. Eventually we ended up in a marsh with some meshra interested in trade, and a strange obelisk that hummed inanely in thoomish. Stinkfist decided we needed to steal it, but an attempt to astrally project it back to Puddleby went awry and we ended up in the shadowplane instead! We were led to a giant shadowplane-ish statue of, er, me. I'm still puzzling that out. But before we knew it we ended up back in the Puddleby mushroom hut, with the obelisk there! Unfortunately, the obelisk was right in the middle of the pool there and promptly sank. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20220714 — created template sitenavbar (using quick links). To insert it in pages use sitenavbar between a set of 2 curly braces “{{}}”.
*20220706 — The v1284 happened on Wednesday, July 6, 2022

*20220702 — Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 2, 2022 10AM PST/5PM UTC. We’re continuing the search for luminous scales and a sun wyrm’s shadow. Or search will take us back to Gungla Island and the dark places within. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220625 — Next Bard Concert: June 25, 2022 11AM PST, 2PM EST

*20220618 — Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 18, 2022 10:00 AM (PST). Our plan this time is to follow up on rumors of new caves in the Rocky Cavern and search for clues for the luminous scales. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon?from=Profiles.Phroon Phroon]

*20220611 — Lore Tour: “plans are still a bit vague, as they may change depending on what happens. The general plan is to:

1) visit Tart’targ so [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Aurelie Aurelie] can deliver Cimmbrion’s message (and hopefully defuse some of the hostilities).

2) Visit Strangler Fig to try to get more information about the Book of Rend or about the books that the shadowguild stole from her.

3) Visit the rocky cavern to talk to the Sun Wyrm there and ask about acquiring luminous scales. Rumor has it that it requested a “dance with the shadows” or something along those lines, so I’m really hoping people come up with a better idea than “Make Coriakin Try To Summon Shadows” which was already suggested. Not by me.” — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

[[File:Not_Bear_Counter_Heist_The_Mystery_of_Mehans_Armor.png| 200px | left]]

*20220604 - Lore Tour June 4th. Destination Windweft Mountain. ''(plan pictured left)'' UPDATE: “Lore Tour successfully fought an evil armored bear likely infested with shadows that was trying to usurp Birosson’s place as chieftain of the glacier bears. Mehan’s armor was dinged to destruction, sadly, but at least it’s not being used for nefarious purposes. Or by nefarious porpoises.” — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]
*20220521 - Lore Tour May 21 at the usual time: 10am PDT/1pm EDT, 7pm CEST/UTC+2. “Coriakin reports: Next week's Lore Tour will be to the Vale to try to find Master Spruce. On the way, we hope to visit Strangler Fig for a quick chat. May 21, 10am PDT”
*20220514 - Lore Tour (10AM PST) [[File:CL-Haunted_Fane.jpg| 250px | right]]
*20220430 - Next bard concert will be April 30 at 11am pacific time! — Coriakin
*20220226 - Bard Concert, Saturday Feb 26, at 11AM PST
*20220212 Lore Tour is Saturday Feb 12, at 10 am PST/1 pm EST
*20220205 - Saturday Feb 5th 10am PST/1pm EST Lore Tour: The 2nd Battle for the Ancient Bear Caves. BE THERE! SAVE THE BEBE BEARS!" Update: Bebe Bears saved.
*20220129 - Next Bard Concert: January 29, 2022 11AM PST, 2PM EST ”who will win the Museum Token?“ UPDATE: Bingro V’arndal won!
*20220115 - Updated to MediaWiki 1.37.1 (Please report any unexpected behavior.)

==2014–2017==

*201707xx - Updated to the latest version of MediaWiki. Please report any unexpected behavior.
*201505XX - Updated to yet another version. Hopefully this v. has more pep.
* Added Rank Message and Ranger Progress in Actual Tablular format — oh the power of 1990s layout!
* A new contributor has appeared (happy to make accounts by request)
* fixed a few little things here and there as needed.
* Master Fistus is apparently a bro.

*20140731 - Updated to the latest stable release of Media Wiki on my Branch. If you see any weirdness [http://vagilemind.com/clanlord/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=265 let me know] (on the Sentinel/Discord).

*201407 - Added to Group Survival Guidelines, updated how to dodge webs, added in more into about controlling where you fight and fluid movements with in the group.

20140326 - Updated to the latest version of Media Wiki (released 20140311).

==Past Events==
8/22/2012: 
Puddleby Archery Contest Rules 
Date - Sept. 2 
Time - 1:30 p.m. PDT, 4:30 p.m. EDT, 8:30 p.m. GMT 
Locations - Spiritwood, University, Castle 

The following are the rules and regulations regarding the Archery Contest scheduled for Sept. 2nd. Please come and enjoy the festivities. Beer, food, and fun are certain to be had. Each exile will need a projectile weapon to compete; however, javelins or bows and quivers with three arrows included will be sold the day of the contest. Please be aware the bow, arrows, and quiver will be sold for the same coins the NPC's require to make them, and exiles will not be charged for seta scales, tusks, sturdy limbs, and feathers. I believe the total for a bow and set of arrows is 150c. 

The Prizes: First place will pick first from the prize pool, second place will pick second… 

1. Lyfelidae Claw 2. 5000 Coins 
3. Furlined Cloak 
4. Puma Pelt 
5. Orgaberry 
6. Waterproof Boots 
7. Caustic Gland 
8. Lilaberry, other items... 

Arsenal: Current inventory status available for contest 

1. 5 Javelins (75c each) 
2. 8 Bow and 11 quivers with 5 arrows each. (150c each set) 
3. 1 Boomerang 
4. 12+ arrows, judges at each round will have extra in case of breakage 

Three Rounds: Three rounds open to all. (Mystic, Healer, Fighter all have chance to win) 

Round 1. Test of Hunting (3 pts.) 
a. 1st round held in the Spiritwood 
b. Each contestant will be allowed three shots to kill or wound a spriggin. 

Round 2. Test of Accuracy (3 pts.) 
a. 2nd round held in the University 
b. Each contestant will take three shots at three different distances. 

Round 3. Test of Will (3 pts.) 
a. 3rd round held within the Castle 
b. One shot of moonshine then 20 secs to fire 3 arrows at a stationary target. 

Tiebreaker - if required 
a. Tiebreaker round options include a group hunt, cash bonus round, etc... 
b. The last contest did not require the tiebreaker, but judges will vote on round 

Contributors: Special thanks to many exiles... Natas for letting me remove that lyfe claw from his thick ghorak skin. Neko No Kessha for their large cash prize and promotion. Coldy for his endless questing of prizes and finance. Fiona for her gracious donation of the super sleek puma pelt. Chmee for his berry collection. Taryn for her vast storage fees and arsenal assembly. Maeght, Connie, Talas, Fredor, Yosaku, Grog, Arbitur, the Hunter's, D'ead, and many other exiles I am forgetting who generously donated arrow and bow ingredients over the past decade. 

Special thanks to the Clump for helping to promote the contest! http://www.clanlord.net/clump/ 
Special thanks to the Sentinel for helping to promote the contest! http://www.vagilemind.com/clanlord/ 
And finally, special thanks to the entire Neko No Kessha clan for helping to promote the contest! http://nekonokessha.wordpress.com/ 

3/26/2012: I have implemented a self-signed security (SSL) certificate that enables HTTPS to protect passwords and thus accounts. All links should redirect to https now. I would like to get an official certificate when expenses allow it, but just the static IP is ~ $50/year. Most browsers will warn people visiting about it, but it is legitimate, but check it out to make sure it is of the proper origin first. (Only a player could have made it.) Also, the new home of the CLUMP is on clanlord.net in case you never look at the URL address bar.

2/27/2012: Yet another long hiatus. I was informed by Talas that he couldn't edit pages. I looked into it and realized that I upgraded the underlying PHP to 5.3.x but not MediaWiki to comply with the changes. '''BAD ADMINISTRATOR!''' For now, I've reverted to PHP 5.2.x and pages are now editable. I'll try not to be so sloppy next time I update the underlying structure. Unfortunately, my attention has been diverted as I investigate and evaluate various technologies to handle possible Clan Lord and other non-CL projects I've been considering beginning. I am thinking about implementing the Zend2 framework for a CL timeline site, but it is still in Beta. If you know Zend2 or just Zend, any online resources you think would be valuable to look at to speed learning/evaluating them would be welcome. ''noi... at noi... dot net is a good contact address for that.''

==2011==
9/8/2011: Long hiatus as I worked on refining my PHP skills by building a site from scratch, and not related to the CLUMP2. I've been gone for a bit and haven't had time to update. Luckily others have filled in a bit. Please send me feedback on pages you'd like and unclear explanations. If you're a professional writer or a really good amateur, I'd appreciate your input as well.

Also, I'm kicking around the idea of making a CL timeline in PHP. I'm kicking around ideas. If you'd like to discuss please goto the coffee and donuts section of the [http://www.vagilemind.com/clanlord/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=8912&p=184041#p184041 Sentinel].

==2010==
8/25-27/2010: clump2.noivad.net transition made! new URL! Fresh, unspoiled DB!

Currently moving all data to a new DB. Unfortunately all accounts will be destroyed, to remake an account contact me directly with your email address for confirmation. Contributors, please do not make pages without any connection to other pages, or any pages to "protect" them.--[[User:Mwadmin|Mwadmin]] 06:02, 25 August 2010 (PDT)

7/27/10: Registration has been stopped. Accounts are created by request only now.

7/06/10: Welcome Arindal Immigrants.

==2009==
1/18/09: Welcome back old players and welcome new players. Clan Lord now has no monthly fees. New Areas and new Islands abound in the last few years. Ask about Death Trap Noids (DTN), Metzetli Island (Metz), and The Mountain Glen (Glen) for a look at all the changes. If you remember Tenebrion he's been trapped in the Ethereal Plane (EP) for a few years. Fighters have 3 subclasses now: Champions, Rangers and Bloodmages. Healers just recently acquired 2 new tools! There are many minor changes as well. Catch up with what's been happening at [http://www.thoomcare.com/ Thoomcare].

==2008==
8/11/08: A new page entitled [[10 Things for Groups]] is available to peruse at your leisure. [[Aura Healing]] ability needs a page, aside from the [[Healer_Trainers#Radium|Radium]] as do [[Special_Fighter_Types#Blood_Mages|Blood Mages]].

6/19/08: One Step Closer
The CLUMP is one step closer to being a legitimate entity. I found a cheap ssl cert site, [http://www.rapidsslonline.com/rapidssl-certificates.php RapidSSL], and we now has internets certificates! Also, in order to pay for said certificate, I added a paypal donate button to the donations page in case anyone ever visits it.

6/3/08: "Oh that crazy Org!"
[[Image:MySQLBUs.png|right]]
I updated links to Org Du Lac's [http://bestiary.puddleby.net/beast.php Bestiary] after I noticed that he updated his site to php a while back and I never updated the links. We've already got php, It's very nice!

Double checked that the database this puppy runs on is backed up every night after many months of blind faith. looks good! See >>>>

Minor diction change: I now prefer the term "creature" to refer to anything that you kill for experience. I'll slowly roll that out as I notice it in the pages.

10 things for groups is taking shape and I may include Michael's version of what not to do in groups, edited for language of course. (Interestingly enough some of the topics he covers ARE mentioned in the notorious [[Group_Hunting#How_NOT_to_handle_bad_situations|How NOT to handle bad situations]] subsection of group hunting.

We're up to 86 pages! Wow! Only a few of which are not used. I'll be trimming down the unused pages soon. If you have pages that you don't want deleted that aren't being used. Please link them to another page so I know not to touch them.

'Til next time! Same Thoom time same Thoom channel!

6/2/08: Updated a few pictures and links. More [[Links]] are welcome.
A Mystic page was added.
Currently compiling player suggestions for 10 things for hunting in groups at [[http://www.vagilemind.com/clanlord/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4568 The Sentinel]]. Please feel free to add to the discussion there.

== Miscellaneous ==
[[Image:nabisco.png]]

Input is welcome on the [https://discordapp.com/channels/270291133798547456/270291133798547456 Discord Server ] or anywhere.

[[Image:hole.png]]

Thank you to everyone that has contributed so far. I've read over your changes and It's obvious some people are a lot clearer writers than me, also I like the healer perspective being fleshed out in the healing section, particularly the [[Healing#Rodding|rodding]] section.

==Additions==
Also, I've just added a new Appendix: [[Command Reference]].

11/27 Updated the Wiki to version 1.8.2. This should mean nothing to you, just thought I'd note it.

12/5 The Clump will be temporarily offline for a few days in the next week or two. It will return to its regularly scheduled serving as soon as possible. I'll update the Sentinel when it goes offline.

1/17 Updated to [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki MediaWiki] 1.8.3 because of a vulnerability in the system that could allow session information such as passwords be redirected to another site. 1.8.3 deals with this problem. there should be no noticeable change in using the CLUMP to users.

2/23 I've updated to MediaWiki 1.9.3 everything seems to work that I've checked. if you experience anomalies or can't log in. mail noivad -at- mac -dot- com. I had to update because there was a security issue, and we all know how much we like things not to be spammed and taken over.

3/15 I've added little things like external links to other's pages within the manual instead of just the links section to make it more expansive and interactive. I'll continue to do this as I come across places to link things to. I also encourage people to add clan lord related links to the manual and links page.

-The manual is pretty well fleshed out and more accurate thanks to contributors now, and updates made by me will be less frequent, but that doesn't mean I'm going to neglect it. It's my mission to keep this manual as current and accurate as possible without spoiling too much.

-I'm trying to get a mystic section with what knowledge they can share, but there appears to be considerable resistance to even basic info within the council, and without their approval I'm holding off on even trying to get any information.

6/13 Updated to MediaWiki 1.10.0 e-mail me with any problems... besides trying to get the e-mail to work (unless you know a solution) or have a link with info about fixing it.

6/14 After a long and arduous adventure '''e-mail from the CLUMP is now active'''. All users please verify your e-mail address given because I'm turning on an option to require e-mail address verification before one can edit.

12/02/07: Updated to MediaWiki 1.11.

1/29/08: Updated to MediaWiki 1.11.1 -- Security vulnerability patched.

== Additions Log==

Added [[Mystics]]: Requested info about mystics from mystic council — it took a while!

6/2007 Added: [[Knighthood|Knighthood]]

1/0x Added [[Links|link]] to http://bestiary.clanlord.net/index.html Org Du Lac's Bestiary].

1/06 Adding [[Tactics#Standing_too_close_to_a_Snell_Border|standing too close to snell border]] under [[Tactics]].

12/2x Added another reason to chain while leaving a snell in [[Tactics#Chaining|Chaining]].

12/0x Added [[Macros]].

11/27 Adding [[Fighting#Fighting Basics|Fighting Basics]]: Very basic combat info for beginners: swing and fall back. Use a brick if you have one or terrain while you regain your balance. Added: fighting tip about how reach is dependent on movement speed.

[[Image:Manx.png|center]]
11/26 Add: All hail the reigning president !

Added in more material about writing macros to the [[Macros]] Page. ''It is completed.''

10/xx Added: [[Creatures#Chain Lightning|Chain lightning]] info: if you see a bolt bounce, get away from others drawing lightning.
Add how to take down a bolt bouncer: have each fighter stand on opposite sides of the 'lock and the lightning won't bounce.

10/xx Added: [[Healing]] page. ''may have to split it into multiple sections.''

10/xx Added in section on the [[Healing#The_Combat_Zone|combat zone]]. Always decide where to fight monsters, not the other way around. Have healers recognize and stay out of the combat zone or behind the fighters.

9/xx Added: [[Tactics#Dodging Webs|Dodging Webs]]

8/xx Added a section to [[Tactics#Retreating|retreating]] telling people how to provide cover for injured or exiles how might not make it out of the snell if you leave them caught between a rock and a hard place.

8/xx Added [[If Unable to Retreat#Focus on Greatest Threat|Focus]] on creatures when in a tough situation.
Explain greatest threat and to kill first.

To Add Basic explanation of trainers: Atkus uses up more balthus, Darkus slows down regia, Evus teaches a bit of everything, but the atkus to balthus ratio is tilted to eat balance slowly. Virtually no fighter trainers are "pure" trainers, most have a mixture of other elements in them.

==Wanted==
2026: WANTED: A rewritten champion page.

Wanted: Info on Radium, anything you find missing!
''Thanks to Kenegluk for pointing out holes in coverage!''

Iriel Red contributed a book for the logo, and in my humble opinion made a great logo for the CLUMP.

I'd like to get information on knights and knight items since I often get asked that by exiles looking to become one. So, if any knights out there want to share, please make a page with the answers. (:
** Inu says: See above, page created, linked in to appendix and here.

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==2026==
*20261003: Lore Tour returns Saturday, October 3, 2026 at 10:00 This week we plan to visit the depths of Shadowspring to investigate the broken mirrors at the Gates of the Moon. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260923: Memorial for permanently fallen players:
[[File: 2026memorial.png|left|thumb| Exiles Gathered in the Memorial Garden]]

*20260919: This week, on September 19, 2026 at 10:00 (PST) the Lore Tour will journey through the Vale of Giants to the town of Fountfell. There, we’ll meet with the blacksmith Kasarra, who has been crafting Silksteel armor for us. We’ll find out whether it’s ready and perhaps pick her brain for other smithing ideas. Her ingenuity has already helped our blacksmiths learn many new techniques. If time allows, we’ll stop by the Rockslide Tavern to visit with Egremora. She always has great stories to share, and loves hearing ours in return. Perhaps we can tell her about our recent adventures in the Shadowspring Citadel and our encounter with the Skitterkin! Come prepared with a story or two of your own! (Also maybe Kasarra will take pity on Seaforth and craft him some new armor) — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Garr Garr]

*20260912: Lore Tour continues Saturday, September 12, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we plan to wander the lands to visit the V'wunquinhun and to receive their blessings. It’s is hard to believe it has been so long. Also, our plan is to focus on the other nine, since we ran into the one in Shadowspring last time. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260905: Lore Tour returns Saturday, September 5, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings and delve deeper into Shadowspring. We will need strong help and sharp minds to brave to darkness. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260904: Portal move announcement portal will move tomorrow or Saturday (~4-5 Sept) for all of September to Frigid Cavern. Depending on V'wunkays or anything special for v1500, maybe it will be more variable. Stay tuned to Koppi for any changes! — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.OrgDuLac Org Du Lac]

*20260822: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 22, 2026 at 10:00 This week we plan to divert slightly on the trail of the Skitterlings to deliver Trillbane his song! We've invited him over to the Rockslide Tavern in Fountfell for some needed refreshments, so we'll have to travel through Vale of Giants to meet up with him and hear the song Coriakin has written for him. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260815: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 15, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings and our exploration of the area beneath Shadowspring. As before, strong help of all kinds would be appreciated! — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20280808: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 8, 2026 at 10:00. This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. After our realization that the goats and Trillbane have finished the shortcut, we plan to stop by and tell Tart’targ of our progress before heading back beneath Shadowspring. Strong help will be needed to defeat the things crawling around in the darkness. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260801: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 1, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. With the earth aligned ancient machines charged, we plan to make our way north through Vale to the nodes north of there, ultimately making our way to the GMV Ruins. Last time in the Fire ruins the Mystics felt the Ick to the west, towards that area. While there we can try some different tactics against the Ick, hopefully we can find an effective approach. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260718: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the '''Skitterlings'''. We plan to meet with Tart’targ and catch up with her on our success in taking down an Ick Promontory. Then we’ll see if we can hunt down any more of them that may have appeared around the ancient machines in the Eastern Mountains. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260711: **Lore Tour** continues July 11th at 10AM (PST). This week we're planning to head into the **Shadowplane** to search for clues about the forgotten Oubleir in our efforts to find the Fruit of the Crooked Tree. Last time we were investigating them we talked with a large shadow mantuan in the Shadow forest and they mentioned that we had the wrong mantuan, and that the rest of the herd were smaller baby mantuan. We plan to search through the shadowplane to see if we can locate them and see what they might say. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

[[File: WantedSkitterlings.png|left|thumb| Skitterlings Wanted.]]
*20260704: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 4, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we will be continuing on the on the trail of the Skitterlings. Our plan is to meet again with Tart'targ, update her on our efforts and then check on some sightings of the Skitterlings near their nest in the Vale of Giants. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260620: Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 20, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we will continuing on the on the trail of the Skitterlings. Our plan is to meet with the Nacerean Order and talk with them about how we might be able to utilize blood magic in our efforts against the Ick. Maybe we could even get the bloodpool itself to help us out in some way.

*20260613: Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 13, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we will be needing some help on the trail of the Skitterlings. With the delivery of the Green Drake mushrooms to Tart’targ, we’re almost ready to delve into Shadowspring, but we need some time for the Goats to finish their digging and for us to finish composing a song for Trillbane. So we need your help in coming up with ideas to buy us time. What can we do to the Ick to stymie its spread or to distract it, slowing it from spreading further towards Sunspire and the other ancient machines? While catching up with Tart’targ we’ll share our theories and head over to one of the nodes to try some out. So bring your ideas, theories and equipment, explain how it might help, then we can try it out and see what happens. Hopefully we can figure out a plan from this testing.
**So far we’ve observed that the Ick seems to be growing, seeing out the energies of the ancient machines. The Skitterlings, it seems, are just along for the ride. Hopefully that’s helpful in forming your ideas.

*20260606: Lore Tour returns Saturday, June 6, 2026 at 10:00. This week we will travel through the Vale of Giants to the Heartwood Glade in search of the Green Drake mushrooms that Tart’targ needs to help us get deeper into Shadowspring. And as a reminder, we promised her we wouldn’t imbibe them ourselves, lest our bodies be turned into mud and forced to wander without our minds. ⁠hunting_hall⁠ While there, we also plan on checking on the progress the goats, Trillbane, and the Mountain Hermit have made on making a shortcut into Shadowspring. We had last wrangled some unruly goats with them, so hopefully they’ve made good progress. ⁠hunting_hall⁠ Once we gather the mushrooms, we need to make sure we get them back to Tart’targ, as they are prone to spoilage. When we get back to her, we can report on the spread of the Ick we had observed near the GMV Ruins creeping up towards Sunspire. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260530: Hello, bards and others! The May 30th concert will be our next themed concert. The concert will feature music inspired by or written about the Shadowplane. I’m sure everything will be fine and there will be no unexpected visitors or unfortunate occurrences. Bards, you’re invited to write something new about the Shadowplane! This isn’t officially a contest, just a composing challenge, but I’ve already received some donations so…. Who knows what’ll happen!

[[File: LTatSPwEle.png|left|thumb| Lore Tour Consults a Shadow-phant, and learns to do nothing.]]

*20260523: Lore Tour continues Saturday, May 23, 2026 at 10:00. This week we will return to the Shadow Forest. As a reminder, we had been working for some time on a way to restore the altar in the Windweft Ice Caves, to restore access to Purgatory and maybe see if we could help the spirit of Gaiyl return. To do that, we were tracking down how the Ancients built the altars in the first place. From the stories left in their triangle language near the Ancient machines we know that Mataline had went to the Shadowplane and stole a piece of shadow and brought it back with her. Stories that Egremora told us say that with that piece stone was infused with the power of the shadows to become altars. From other stories from the protectorate, we’ve been able to put together that this piece of shadow was actually fruit of the crooked tree. From that same crooked tree we were presented two seeds, one that we planted in Fane, and the other that was planted in the Dreamless Protectorate. By feeding the Fane seedling, it eventually grew into a tree with an entrance to the Shadow Forest. It is our hope that our next clues on where to find the fruit we need to make progress. While there, we will try and make sense of the forgotten Oubleir. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260516: The week on Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 10:00 (PST) the Lore Tour will be checking up on the bees we helped settle into one of the caves in the Ash Barrens. But before we go there, we'll be heading into the Greymyr Passes to meet up with Nauliana the beekeeper. Hopefully we can convince her to join us in visiting the bees and maybe she can teach us ways to help them thrive. We'll see where that leads us and I sure everything will be totally 100% safe. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Garr Garr]

*20260509: Lore Tour continues Saturday, May 9, 2026 at 10:00. This week we will continue on the trail of the Skitterlings checking in on the ancient machines in the eastern mountains to see what the Ick has been up to. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260502: **Lore Tour** returns 10AM PST. This week we will return again to the **Book Fort**, this time we plan to head to the Sky-library. While we’re there we’ll try and sort out the whole regal situation between the jerk knights and Seaforth.

*20260425: BARD CONCERT

*20260418: Lore Tour continues Saturday, April 18, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we will return into the Book Fort, this time heading to the Mosey Meadows.

*20260411: This week on Saturday, April 11, 2026 at 10:00 (PST), the Lore Tour will be heading up to Sombrion’s Cloud to investigate something strange going on. A friend of mine was recently up there doing some “research” when all of a sudden a Sarir ran by screaming. Something about “Run!” and “It just landed!” He just thought it was your normal Sarir ramblings and didn’t follow up because it was just a Sarir you know? But when he told me, I figured we should probably go check it out. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260404: Lore Tour returns Saturday, April 4, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we will venture into the Book Fort! — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260314: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 14, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). Double check that time! This week we plan to pay a visit to the Verminate on Ash to see what they’ve been up to lately in tormenting the Darshak. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260307: Lore Tour returns Saturday, March 7, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings by searching for some inspiration for @Coriakin’s song about Trillbane. — Phroon

*20260221: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 21, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan help Trillbane wrangle some goats that have wandered away from clearing the path to Shadowspring. Trillbane mentioned they were last seen in the rocky areas above Vale, so we’ll check there first. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260214: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue our investigations into the Skitterlings and the Ick. We plan to check on the nest we’ve found below the Vale of Giants, we also hope to run into Trillbane and ask how me might be able to help clear the way into Shadowspring Citadel.

*20260207: Lore Tour returns Saturday, February 7, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to investigate the new Stout Chains, traveling deep into the Orga Stronghold to hunt for Fire Water. We may also poke around and see if we can figure out how the Orga make the stuff and reproduce it ourselves. While out that way, if we see Trillbane we also plan to ask him about how the goats are doing on clearing the way into Shadowspring, and what we might do to speed that up. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260124: Lore Tour continues Saturday, January 24, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to use the current portal armistice to investigate the Heart of Ice in the Glacial Deeps. Hopefully we can meet the Fountfell smith Kasarra there and show them what we’ve been able to discover so far. We also hope to talk to some of the Windspinners there to see what they have been able to learn.

*20260117: Lore Tour continues Saturday, January 17, 2026 at 10:00. This week we plan to catch up on the status of the Bath House. I’ve heard a report from Loom'tir that most of the staff have returned from a mandatory Peaceton vacation, and that they could use help with the finishing touches for their grand reopening.

*20260110: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 10, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. Following up on the investigation of the fighter nodes in the Eastern Mountains we plan to visit with Tart’targ and discuss what we’ve both observed. We also plan to deliver most of the materials that we were tasked to collect a while ago that would be used in a ritual to get down to where the Skitterlings seemed to be coming from in Shadowspring.

*20260103: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 3, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. Before the Bawkmas holiday Tart’targ identified that the Skitterlings seemed to be spreading along with a strange vine-web substance. We’ve since seen Skitterlings and this substance near several of the ancient machines in the Eastern Mountains. We plan to continue our investigation by traveling to the earth attuned machines and checking on their current status.

==2025==
*20251213: Lore Tour returns Saturday, December 13, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. Last week we unexpectedly found one of their nests underneath Vale in the ruins up to Fountfell, suggesting they have expanded outwards from their spot beneath Shadowspring. We plan to revisit the nest and see what else we can learn from it.

[[File:CL-20251206-Skittlerlings.png|thumb|frame|left|These guys are in quite the predicament!]]
*20251206: Lore Tour returns Saturday, December 6, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings with a trip through the Vale of Giants to check on the goat’s progress on clearing a path into Shadowspring for Trillbane.

*20251122: Lore Tour continues Saturday, November 22, 2025 at 10:00. This week we plan to check in with the Verminate Two. Five (as they were five vermin in a cloak) became Two after Three stayed behind to rule over the mountain of lunch boxes we had delivered. We then invited Two to join us in Puddleby where they were learning to cook in Haricot’s kitchen. The Verminate were working on plans to topple the Darshak buildings in Ash City, as well as learning rune magic. We hope to check in with them and see what progress they’ve made and if we can be of any help.—Phroon

[[File:CL-2025115-Dance_Off.png|thumb|frame|left|The November 15st 2025 Lore tour Dance Off!]]
*20251115: Instead of your usual Lore Tour, it's a dance off Dance Off!

*20251108: Lore Tour returns Saturday, November 8, 2025 at 10:00 (PST). (Double check that time!). This week we plan to return to the trail of the Skitterlings. We plan to head through Vale of Giants to Heartwood Glade to check on the progress of the path into Shadowspring. With luck the goats may have broken enough rock to make us a path inside. Strong help as always would be appreciated. — Phroon

[[File:CL-20251101LoreTour.png|thumb|frame|left|The November 1st 2025 Lore tour meets at the alliance castle.]]
*20251101: Lore Tour returns Saturday, November 1, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). (Double check that time!). This week we plan to have a spooky Tsrrin themed adventure. The day of the dead will be over so you can come back out of the library and don your costume to celebrate with us!

*This month's bard concert will be in the bards' guild hall on Saturday October 25th at 11AM (PDT). Normally we have our Feast of Tsirrin concert in the playhall, but we need to be in the bards' guild building because it'll also be Valadorei's audition to become a full bard! I hope you can all make it out to support her!

*20251018: Lore Tour continues Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue our Ethereal Science with Bosun Higgs on western Tenebrion’s Island in efforts to repair the damage that the Darshak had done to the Ethereal Plane. It seems that Higgs has already successfully removed the Kyuem the Darshak had forced into place, but there is still more work to be done.

*20251011: **Lore Tour** continues Saturday October 11 at 10AM (PDT) After the nothing-counts tour of last week we again plan to head through **Vale of Giants** up to **Fountfell** to speak with the smiths there about our success in locating the heart of ice. A while ago they were searching for the heart in hopes to use it in the process of creating some kind of armor. Vale has been particularly happy when we’ve visited recently, so strong help would be appreciated.

*20251004: Lore Tour returns Saturday, October 4, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to head through Vale of Giants up to Fountfell to speak with the smiths there about our success in locating the heart of ice. A while ago they were searching for the heart in hopes to use it in the process of creating some kind of armor. Vale has been particularly happy when we’ve visited recently, so strong help would be appreciated.

*20250927: Bard Concert: Bard Concert on Saturday, September 27, 2025 at 11:00! I'll bring 2 new songs (one of which is for the contest and the other one is exploring more of my CLmetal / CLrock era) and others are hoping to have new stuff too! — Bingro

*20250925: Dear Puddleby Friends,
**It is time to pause and remember those we have lost over the years.
**Baffina & Baffette, Eyeball, K’Pyn, The Good Cat, Tonoto, Tyndall, Xenos & Panos are much missed in Puddleby and in the world. Each year we come together on or around the anniversary of Tyndall’s passing, 20 years ago, in order to celebrate the lives of these friends who have passed, as well as others we miss.
**Please join us to share memories, whiskey, cigars, beer, songs, and bonfires in the Memorial Garden outside Alliance Castle on Thursday, September 25, 2025 at 19:00 (PDT). Here in Puddleby we call it "mosey time." Follow the candles from West Gate.
**Whether you knew them or not, whether you are a regular in Puddleby, brand new, or watch from the library, please feel welcome. We would love to see you. Please also reach out to friends who might not see this message – we'd love to see them, too.
**Xenos & Panos wished us all “a happy and fruitful life and the good sense to live it with no regrets.”
*20250913: Lore Tour returns Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:00. This week we plan to head through Vale of Giants to Heartwood Glade to check on the progress on clearing the way into Shadowspring. We’ve been digging our way to Shadowspring to investigate the mysterious Skitterlings scuttling beneath the citadel. Both Trillbane and Tart’targ have been helping us, so we’re planning on stopping by to see if they need anything.

*20250906: Lore Tour returns Saturday, September 6, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to head to Tenebrion’s Island to check on the abandoned Darshak Temple where they were conducting ethereal research. Lugubrion had asked us to remove ethereal detritus from a stash there. There were also report of some sort of ethereal accountant there, we plan to investigate that as well. — Phroon

*20250829: Friday, August 29, 2025 at 19:00 (PDT) the mosey (and Whirlwind) will be bringing those interested to book 2

*20250823: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 23, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to head to Ash City to deliver lunch to Five. Pack up on lunch boxes from Haricot’s and be prepared to fight some Darshak.

*20250816: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 16, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to head back to the Glacial Deeps beneath the Frigid Caverns in Silversnag Ascent in the Eastern Mountains to continue our investigations into the Heart of Ice. This week we hope to talk to the Windspinners there about the Heart and other discoveries.

*20250802: Lore Tour returns Saturday, August 2, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. With mushrooms in hand from last time, we plan to scout around Fountfell looking for potential ways into the depths below Shadowspring. We’ve been able to recruit the assistance of Trillbane for a cut of the spoils and a song. Perhaps he’ll be willing to help us find the trailhead.

*20250719: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 19, 2025 at 10:00AM (PDT). To continue our investigation into the mysterious Skitterlings found beneath Shadowspring Citadel we plan to go hunting for the mushrooms Tart’targ needs to unseal the path down to where the Skitterlings are believed to be nesting. We plan to start our search by meeting with her to remind ourselves what we’re looking for.

*20250628: Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to visit with the inscrutable Mountain Hermit in the Vale of Giants gauntlet to ask him about the current goings on in the Eastern Mountains. There’s been a lot going on; our search for the Stormlyric Monastery, explorations of the Frigid Cavern for the Heart of Ice, and a council of different factions discussing Sombrion’s presence. And that’s on top of our recent discovery and investigation of the skitterlings. The hermit’s enigmatic perspective on these things will help guide our turbulent investigations. — Phroon

*20250607: This week the Lore Tour will be heading back to the bowels of Ash Island to investigate what our vermine and spriggin friends have been up to since we last visited. While there we should probably be on the lookout for The Widow Lactrodectia and her creations. Also, We will probably try to rob any rich new Darshak Lords that have settled in Rosentide since the last time we looted the place. All these things and more may or may not happen! Join us to find out! — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Garr Garr]

*20250605: v1436. When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of human civilization — Daniel Webster (1782–1852)
**Sorry for the delay. Our gerbils were a bit overwhelmed by the amount of art pouring into our library (over 8200 individual images!) They needed some cuddles, reassurance, and a little reprogramming.
**Speaking of 8200+ amazing pieces of artwork: thank you again to our volunteer artists, who have been expanding the Clan Lord world for the past 25 (27?) years. We wouldn’t be the same without you!

*20250531: Coriakin reports: Bard concert at Lugubrion's Keep next weekend! Saturday, May 31st at 11AM pacific time. Come on out and hear some organ music!

[[file:fountfell-lore-tour.png|thumb|The Lore Tour in Fountfell]]
*20250517: Lore Tour continues Saturday, May 17, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT) this week we will visit the Rockslide Tavern in Fountfell to hear stories from Egremora and to ask about the strange Skitterlings we saw deep inside Shadowspring Citadel. We may also stop by and visit with Pelaegia to get her perspective on these strange creatures. — Phroon

*20250510: **Lore Tour** continues 10AM (PDT) this week we will travel deep into **Shadowspring Citadel**. Known as the Gates of the Moon by the Ancients, these ruins housed a tear to the Shadowplane that was sealed by exiles years ago. We plan to delve its depth to reveal any new mysteries, and to check on the odd skittering creatures we saw before. We will need strong help to brave the dangers within, including those versed in revealing the rifts and traps within, as well as some of our friends who have trained plenty of Horus.
[[File:CL-Fountain 2025-05-07.png|thumb]]
*20250507: Update v1432
**Yes, I will spend the livelong day
**With Nature in this month of May;
**And sit beneath the trees, and share
**My bread with birds whose homes are there.
**“In May” — W. H. Davies (1871–1940)
**Thank you to our volunteers and artists for their continued work!
**Other than some behind-the-scenes bug fixes, everything else for this update is a secret. Or maybe not-so-secret?

*20250419: Lore Tour continues Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT) this week we have a trip led by the Fledgelings into the Bookfort. Check it out, at your local library. — Phroon

*20250412: Lore Tour returns Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT) this week we plan to head to the Shadowplane and the Protectorate to hunt for clues on how to succeed in future trips to the Shadow Forest. If there's time, we may also visit some Shadowbears. Strong help and bright lanterns will be needed to traverse the dangerous plane.

*20250405: Lore Tour returns Saturday, April 5, 2025 at 10:00AM (PDT) this week we plan to delve into The Land of Dank Believe aka Bookfort. We plan to revisit previous year’s sections of the Bookfort including exciting adventures like fighting in a book on the moon and defeating a wizard on a cloud. Please suspend your disbelief at the door.
*Next Update April 2nd. — Phroon

*20250322: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 22, 2025 at 10:00 (AM PDT) this week we plan to head to Silversnag Ascent and the Frigid Cavern to continue our investigations into the Heart of Ice. Rumor says there may be others looking for the same thing we are, maybe they’ll have some clues for us. — Phroon

*20250315: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 15, 2025 at 10:00AM (PDT) this week we plan to select a plan from various plans. We are awaiting confirmation of the plan while we plan to make our selection. We hope to plan on your attendance. (Silversnag? TI? Shadowplane? East Forest!? Who knows where Lore Tour will go!?).
**Lore Tour update: This week we plan to travel to TI to investigate the Darshak Temple that was under construction there. — Phroon

*20250308: **Lore Tour** continues 10AM PST. this week we plan to go on an adventure hosted by the Order of the Fledgelings!

*20250305 v1423 Update
**Choice is how you can tell an intelligent man from a fool. — Henrik Ibsen (1828–1906)
**You’ll have to explore to see what’s new this Chaos Storm.

*20250301: **Lore Tour** returns 10AM PST this week we plan to drop on by **Sombrion’s Keep** to explore the appropriated island and to deliver materials towards a permanent Agronox landing pad. We’ll be needing plenty of agronox feathers, mirror shards, logs of wood, sturdy limbs, skiens of silk, blue baubles, and shiny medallions. We’ll also see if we can fit in some squabbling with a Wizard, or at least a good rifling through his things.
*20250215: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 15, 2025 at 10:00 (PST) this week we plan to head to Ash City to do some more ambassadorial liaising in the Gorvin tradition. Following our defeat of Endrondus there’s sure to be some interesting things happening in Rosentide.

*20250208: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 8, 2025 at 10:00AM (PST) this week we plan to head to the Shadow Forest and the Shadow Bard’s Field! Strong help and many lanterns will be needed to survive. — Phroon

*20250205 v1419 Update
**We love the things we love for what they are. — Robert Frost (1874–1963)
**Testing potential new Champion ability: Charge. It has some small limits to the number of uses for now, until we figure out balancing. Apply for testing in Champ HQ.
**A few stubbornly wild pets can now be tamed by healers.
**Boostus got a little boost.
**Young lights can now better ward off the dangers of the dark.

*20250201: Lore Tour returns Saturday, February 1, 2025 at 10:00 (PST) this week we plan to head back to Silversnag Ascent and the Frigid Cavern to check on the crumbling ice within. These Ancient ruins always seem to contain much history for us to understand. — Phroon
*20250118: (10AM PST) Lore Tour this week plans to explore the Shadow Forest. Strong help and sun lanterns will be required.
*20250111: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 11, 2025 at 10:00 (PST) this week we plan to head back to Ash to continue our investigate Ausrine’s mysterious Ankh. I'm sure we'll encounter absolutely no more misunderstandings whatsoever.

*20250104: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 4, 2025 at 10:00 (PST)this week we plan to head deep into to the third circle of the Abyss to investigate Ausrine’s mysterious Ankh. Strong help would be appreciated for this trip.

*20250101 v1414 Update
**I have learned that to be with those I like is enough. — Walt Whitman (1819–1892)
**Season’s Belated Beatings!

==2024==
*20241221: Lore Tour continues Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 10:00AM PST this week we plan to return to Silversnag Ascent to search for a heart of ice for Kasarra’s smithing experiments. — Phroon
*20241214 10AM PST: Arbordale, Puddleby, Merdi, day 22 of Autumn, 639.
Letter to Giben at Fountfell
**Titus [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Kojiro Kojiro] DeLouche St. Thoomingnon, son of Pomponious, Lord Seaforth, to Giben, Dwarf - If you and the scouting party are well I shall be glad. From your official despatch I have, in common with everyone else, received the liveliest satisfaction; for you have given us that strong hope of success, of which, in sole reliance on you, I was assuring everyone. The emissary smith has taught to Powean the working of litharge. To practical end, he has learned the making of the Gilded Breastplate which was awarded me in recognition of valor on behalf of the People. This he learned only after smashing to
**Issues remain. We know not how to channel the Earth’s power through the armor, beyond its shining brilliance to strike fear into the hearts of enemies sensible of it. Further, I have reread the minutes of that initial meeting with Kassara, who defamed my biceps, from which it is clear that a second armor type was discussed of which Powean has not been taught. This is referred to as flexible, perhaps a mesh, perhaps for rapid attackers rather than line troops. The requirements mentioned steel, lead, arachnoid silk and ice. I know not whether the reference to ice is meant literally – is it an annealing step? A type of ice magic? I pray we will not be competing with the Mystics for sapphires.
**Your correspondence reaches me here, conveyed by what means I know not, from Fountfell. It seems we must send you another scouting party, as the above questions remain to be resolved. Do send reports regarding the route, in particular the grasping cedar forest west of the settlement. I will bring you a package of the smoked jellyfish I know to be your favorite and not native to high altitudes. We return this Saturday, December 14, for Lore Tour. Watch for our coming.
*20241123 10AM PST: At the behest of Pirate King, Witchy Kitty, [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Stinkfist Captain Stinkfist]:
**Arrr, now that we have successfully lulled Endrondus into a false sense of security, it is time to enact the Pirate King's daring and cunning plan to undermine the Darshak Cult. Yarr, this plan is top secret and will be explained on the day.
**Enclosed is a doodle of the Witchy Kitty Pirate King winking* — Valadorei
*20241116 10AM PST: “Arrr! Witchy Kitty Pirate King here! We will be following up on our Rainbow Diplomacy efforts! I'm told we should visit Alder to discuss the Bee Prophecy and related things, so yarr, seems like a good place to start. We also have our new friends from the Verminate and our Spriggin allied uhh mercenaries err... special advisors to the Verminate. The Verminate will need more shiny things for the rainbow generator, so bring shiny things, sunstones and gems of any kind are specially needed. Probably bring them snacks too, what is the food equivalent of the shiniest gem? Bring the answer to that question please. For our Spriggin friends..... yarr just bring coins for them. The Witchy Kitty Pirate King of Lok'Groton will make a substantial donation and the Forces of Whimsy would surely look very kindly upon a large gift of coins from Puddleby. Lastly, time permitting, yarr we got this very bad darshak priest man named Endrondus, he is a very bad man and for the good of the island chain, he gots to go. He needs to die for his many crimes going back centuries, definitely not because we built a rainbow generator and gave it to sentient vermine right in front of him. We totally didnt do that... and if we did it was on purpose and part of a much larger plan in accordance with The Gorvin Mandate regarding the Darshak Cult. Fun and inventive and practical ways to dispose of this very bad darshak man are welcome. See you there! With Love, The Witchy Kitty Pirate King” — Stinkfist

*20241109 10AM PST: Arbordale, Puddleby, Sombdi, day 71 of Spring, 639.
**Letter to Giben at Fountfell
**Giben - The state of things in regard to my steel visions, in which I know that you are supremely interested, and our subsequent discoveries beneath Melabrion Bay is this, as far as can be as yet conjectured. The ceiling ore is steel and lead alloyed, and delivery of ingots of what I refer to here as ‘litharge’ has been secured to skilled metalworkers in Fountfell, said ingots being alloy and bone ash. The ingots are stamped with a Dwarven symbol for Earth, for lead, and a sword, referencing steel. You may share my skepticism as to virtue of the litharge to us, as warriors – boluses for slings? will we have boots of lead, for stamping vermine, or fighting on the sea floor? Recall our schooling in philology – I believe the litharge stamp to be a specifier of the Champion in the ancient language of the Even Shorter Dwarves.
**I call upon you to join me this approaching Saturday for Lore Tour, and I will make the same demand upon all Puddlebeans. Saturday, then, we lead with steel and follow with lead. We shall make a concerted expedition to this Fountfell, this mountain beyond the History of Salandra, and there turn speculation into knowledge. — Titus Kojiro DeLouche St. Thoomingnon, Lord Seaforth
[[File:CL-v1406SplashScreen.png|thumb|frame|right|The v1406 Clan Lord Splash Screen]]
*20241106: CL v1406 Update
**Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion. — Democritus (c. 460 bce – c. 370)
**A statue remembering The Good Cat has been added to the Memorial Garden.
**A few cats waited until exiles were done trick-or-treating to put on their own costumes, wander around, and beg for treats.
**Improved <mumble>, <mumble>, and <mumble>.
**Three new areas will now properly give exploration awards. Anyone who has explored these areas already will be able to do so again to receive the reward. — Delta Tao

*20241102 10AM PDT: Come help us fulfil a prophecy with Science! Or something like that. I'm not in charge. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Garr Garr]

*20241019 10AM PDT: Lord Seaforth (formerly Kojiro):
**Attn Puddleheads: A Levée is called to new ore finds in Tokhans - Saturday, Lore Tour. The gods demand Metal. I demand fancier armor. Bring tools.

*20241005 10AM PDT: Lore Tour returns this Saturday to the shadow garden in the haunted fane. After all the extra trips we made, we now believe that we may have enough dream fragments to grow the tree even bigger! Nothing could possibly go wrong as the seed was freely given! We'll likely need a strong group to ensure the success of this endeavor so make sure to show up.

*20240921 10AM PDT: THE TRIAL BY PUN-BAT OF PAULA FRESHLAND!!! Happuning Saturday 10 am PST. Don’t miss your chance to see just-ice snow its hand in the Puddleby Courthouse! Will Maximus try to defend his damsel and wind up in damncell or will he get rid of his jailousy and shake Paula’s clutch on him and purse-ue a path of honor and truth. The Punsecutor General will be handling the trial on behalf of the people and all other Puddleby citipuns. You.Cannot.Afford.To.Miss.This!!!! — Pun’isher

*20240907 10AM (PDT): GREETINGS PUDDLEBEARS AND PUDDLEBEANS. THE GREAT BEAR SPIRIT HAS BEEN KEEPING WATCH OVER OUR SHADOW NOT-BEAR FRIENDS, AND HAS NOTICED THAT THEY HAVE BEEN GROWING IN POWER. THE GREAT BEAR SPIRIT ADVICES US TO SHOW THEM OUR PUDDLE HONOR, BY ENGAGING IN SOME DIPLOMATIC WRESTLING ON THEIR TURF. WE SHALL MAUL AND SLASH TO EXCHANGE BEAR KNOWLEDGE. BRING HONEY. — Biro

*20240817: Arr, Puddleby! I have been keeping my bees informed of da news, but dey told me da uvver bees are restless. Dey are not satisfied wit second hand news nor wit so few of us reportin' it. Reekfoot's weddin' is da hops what broke da bison's back.
**DEREFORE (da Captain said dat part is important) we are going to visit my bees on August 17, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT) to make dis right. After we tell dem da news officially, we will ask what we can do to assuage da uvver bees' bovveration. Warm up your newsing voices. Polish your armour. Bring your big axes an' wax your moonstones. Dis could get messy. — Dandelion

*20240810: Proclamation from the Pirate King:
**Arrr, so a Rumorstorm has informed me that my brother, local traveling non-darshak pirate blood conjurer Reekfoot has gotten married and did not invite me due to his unhappiness at placing 3rd in the 420th Regional Dance Offs. I am told from a presumably reliable source that Rumorstorm heard that Reekfoot has indeed married some Darshak of some amount of renown. FURTHERMORE, I heard tell that Reekfoot NOW wants an audience with us, the Citizens of Puddleby What's gonna go down? I dunno, there is a lot of information flying around, what has everyone else heard? Cuz I heard the UoP Janitors totally murdered the dance floor at the reception. I also heard we are going to do GREAT!
**7 word summaries:
***Reekfoot makinup fer sumting, bloo peel, PROFIT!
***Killing Darshaks for Profit, or for Reekfoot...

*20240803: oh uh, Lore Tour: We're fighting Shadow Plane nihilism. Which is, obviously, the worst kind of nihilism. — Ausrine

*20240727: It almost time again! On July 27th at 11AM (PDT) we'll be hearing Aurelie audition for Questership und thus hear lots of new music you certainly don't want to miss out on! Also, rumour has it, there is a surprise waiting to be revealed at or around the concert!
*20240720: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 20, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we plan to follow up on some strange new apparitions sighted during a recent visit to the Shadowplane. Was it a one-off sighting? We'll need strong fighters and would welcome mystics, especially those with a sun lantern. If we don't have enough mystical support, we may go mad and climb the walls or gnaw off each others' limbs. — Phroon

*20240713: Lore Tour Saturday July 13th and 10AM PDT: The Romanus Mystery
**An intriguing cold case file came to light in the last month. During the bank counter heist Romanus was killed—or was he? We need to ascertain whether Romanus was always a shadow guild agent that exiles killed, or was he replaced by an agent. Judging by the events as recorded by the PPD, Romanus wouldn’t have helped the exiles if he was simply a shadow guild agent. Assuming that is true, If he is alive, and was captured by shadow guild agents, then we have to find where they are keeping him. Given the roster of Puddleby Police Department is down to 2 active members — myself & lieutenant deputy of puns, Pun’isher. We need all able citizens to help us crack this case. — Sheriff Noivad

*20240706: [https://discord.gg/W688R9aM?event=1254919822534250597 Lore Tour] Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 6, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we plan to travel to Fountfell and Silversnag Ascent to follow up on clues about the history of Mataline's Silver Key.

*20240629: Next bard concert will be Saturday June 29th at 11AM pacific time, featuring the return of @Bingro and hopefully @Fantasia too! If I did this right, this should be your local time: Saturday, June 29, 2024 11:00 AM (PDT).
*20240622: Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 22, 2024 10:00 AM. — Phroon
*20240615:Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 15, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we will be traveling with the mysterious Orchid into Fane to show her the sapling that has been growing in the Shadowy garden there. It is our hope that she will be able to lend us some clarity as to what might happen if we continue to foster the tree’s growth. As usual, strong help would be useful, Rinakki isn’t the most welcomed in Fane anymore and will need our help in reaching the garden. — Phroon

*20240608: Lore Tour returns Saturday, June 8, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we will be visiting with Rinakki to discuss the newly planted seeds growing in the Fane Shadowgarden and the Shadowplane Protectorate. — Phroon

*20240601: Lore Tour returns Saturday, June 1, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we will travel into Fane and check in on the shadowy garden within. — Phroon
*20240518: Greetings! Have any of you been experiencing a strong pull to go to the shadowplane during the lore tour this weekend? Im sure there has to be a reason behind this alluring humming I keep hearing. It's causing me to have some very strong feelings, a sort of yearning to go where I belong. Would you folks be willing to check it out? We should speak with the Evenas and any of those who follow the Way of the Candle and ask if they have experienced this in the past. There's almost no chance of anything bad happening. Feel free to bring your brooms just in case though. — Brisk
**Normal time, Saturday, May 18, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT).
**Soul Hunter summary: Shadowplane. Lotsa lore, some tour. Good things only.
*20240511: Lore Tour continues Saturday, May 11, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we plan to help Pavela’s contact Five on Ash disrupt the Darshak supply lines.

*20240504: Lore Tour returns Saturday, May 4, 2024 10:00 AM. This week we plan to travel meet with Pavela and then travel to Ash to do what we usually in Ash City. Darshak be warned. — Phroon

*20240427: Bard concert coming soon! We'll be back in the guild hall this weekend so questers can play too if they want. Hope to see you there this Saturday 11AM PDT.
[[File:CL-LoreDanceOff20240420.png|right|thumb|The Lore Dance Off.]]

*20240420: xLore Tour continues Saturday, April 20, 2024 10:00 AM. For a date this special, Stinkfist has sent the following plan:
**Lore Tour: The 420th Randomly-Timed Regional Lok'Groton Championship Dance Off
**Yarr so apparently it is indeed time for Regionals. You may have noticed the various established dance crews practicing in the book fort's new Arboretum! You also may have been at the last lore tour where Reekfoot showed up and totally served Puddleby in an attempt to demoralize and psych us out before Regionals.
**So what ARE Regionals? Why is this the first I'm hearing about this?
**It’s a dance off obviously. I dunno, that isn't for me to say, seems like a you thing but I am told it goes back to the "Times of the Ancients" or something.
**But to explain anyways so we can establish THE RULES and THE PRIZES
**Each dance crew will perform one dance routine which will be judged by a panel of highly qualified judges. The judges will score each performance. After every crew has performed there will be an audience vote, which is what actually matters, this is just the way the Ancients did things. I don't pretend to understand why judges if a popular vote determines who wins, I didn't make up the rules, I'm just officiating them.
**Cheating! Is oddly legally allowed by the rules. So we should expect Reekfoot to try and pull SOMETHING devious and probably violent in an attempt to win.
**The rules also state that ANYONE can enter solo or as a crew and individuals are technically allowed to be in multiple dance crews if they choose.
**THE PRIZES:
***1st Prize: Ownership of an empty hut of your choosing in the West Phisney Island Outpost neighborhood. Decorate as you please! + A Big Box of Book Fort Swag + 200k to split amongst your dance crew
***2nd Prize: 1 very large pile of coins (100k) + A Big Box of Book Fort Swag
***3rd Prize: A big box of book fort swag + a reasonably nice pile of coins (50k)
**Where are we dancing off at? The Puddleby Player's Theater in West Puddleby
**When again? 10am PDT on Saturday the 4/20th
**Who are the judges again? Famed local residents of Lok'Groton who we are friendly with and your Pirate King, who is a judge purely to prevent Reekfoot from winning.
**Last place will be awarded personalized Odius Ode courtesy of Pun'isher.

*20240413: Lore Tour continues Saturday, April 13, 2024 10:00 AM: Lore Tour: The Phisney Island Follow Up
**Arrr! Pirate King Witchy Kitty and Magician Majesticos Stinky here again to tell you all about what awesome thing we will be doing next.
**First up, we got some Direbears to welcome to Phisney Island and say Rawr hey tharr to! That'll be nice, for bears are our friends!
**Since they are usually close by, we should probably go and let the Sarir know what has been going on.
**Then, we got some loose ends to tie up, starting with Pavela, Kestrel's Spy on the island that we so generously allowed to walk last we were there. We will need to deal with her in some fashion. There are ideas of how to do this being floated.
**Lastly.. we got that Abyss tainted Darshak mini-temple that Venables hid in to deal with. So we are going to test some of Katpus and the Janitor's research regarding rainbow death/life cannons on it.
**So yarr, we are going to blast the crap out it with rainbows powered by cutting edge magical science and the awesome knowledge of the University of Puddleby! Go Science!
**I’m sure we'll learn something from the test. So yarr we are probably gonna need some mystics and other sources of sun energy and sunbeams for this! Also if ya got any rubies, sapphires, or even topaz bring them! Also sun zu! That seems helpful!
**A responsible ethereal trained mystic would be appreciated as we will be unleashing large amounts of rainbows near an active kyeum but science hasnt proven any ill effect of rainbows on things ethereal but it is yarr like wise to keep an eye on such things just to be safe!
**Soul Hunter's TLDR: Bears, Sarir, Haha Spy, Rainbow Blast Abyssness!
*20240406: Lore Tour returns Saturday, April 6, 2024 10:00 AM. This time we will delve into the Book Fort! — Phroon
*20240403: The v1375 update is scheduled for Wednesday 3 April 2024. —Phroon
*20240330: This month's concert is about a week away: Saturday, March 30, 2024 11:00 AM (PST). It's been a while since we've heard any organ music, so we're thinking of having it at Lugubrion's Keep (assuming that we can find someone to open for us). Hope to see you there!
*20240323: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 23, 2024 10:00 AM, we have the following message from Stinkfist:
**Black flags have been spotted on the ocean!
**Lets go steal their stuff!
**Cuz iz my birfday!
**Arr!
**The Witchy Kitty Pirate King Magician Majesticos Cap'n Stinky
*20240316: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 16, 2024 10:00 AM (PST). This time we will return to the Shadowplane to continue our investigations and check out of the shadowbears have been up to anything. As usual, strong help would be appreciated. —Phroon
*20240309: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 9, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT)! Summary from Stinkfist:
**Arrr here ye here ye!
**We will be heading to the Phisney Island Outpost for the signing of a historic treaty!
**Our local notary Brisk will preside over the signing of this treaty. Surely this will go smoothly and without any snags or unknown unknowns, as Brisk has one job and yarr!
**So come! Sign this most historical treaty and hang out with our Allies!
**Soul Hunter's TLDR: Brisk, Phisney Island, fancy paper, sign it!

* 20240302: March 2nd, 10AM PDT: Arrr! Hear this declaration from the Pirate King: This Saturday will mark one "finally" off our calendar — deposing the so-called leader of the Darshak on Phisneyland Island, Penn Venables.
**Penn's been hiding in his half-built temple for decades now since we repeatedly shamed him in battle. Based on a tip we got from a dead Darshak, we learned he'll be out and about and vulnerable during this week's Lore Tour. We were told to be careful because of his weapons of mass destruction.
**Ambassador Gorvin tells us that letting his ethereal doomsday devices blow everything up is bad and we should prevent this at all costs, so we're going to be super careful as we wreck this guy and steal his stuff. We probably won't sink the whole island into the sea. Our magic is better than his. We have bards, bears, beer, bees, a catapult, and a super cool ocean witch.
**Soul Hunter summary: Kill bad Darshak leader, no explode island.

*20240224: Next week's bard concert will also feature Supplanter's audition for bard quester! Please come to the guild hall on Saturday, February 24, 2024 11:00 AM to cheer him on! — Coriakin (Master Bard)

*20240217: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 17, 2024 10:00 AM. Stinkfist has passed on the following plan for this week to set up for the upcoming confrontation with Venables:
**Arrr,
**Attention: As per our intel provided by the Door-Hench Diebeer with a K, the Darshak will be up to something in two zodiacs time now on TI.
**Working with our agent the Immortal Sasour the Hatchet†, who we previously liberated from Venables Camp. We will be laying the groundwork for rebellion and ending Venables grasp on Phisneyland Island forever and foiling Kestrel's plans at the same time.
**As cover for this operation, we will also be stealing a great deal of stuff.
**† Sasour the Hatchet was purged of abyssal influence via rainbows and then made immortal by Ausrine and her hat that she isnt wearing. Also he touched Puddleby's altar. Also Ausrine turned him into a blind amphibian with a gilded broom a few times. He is magically oathbound to Puddleby. He be cool.
**Soul Hunter Summary: Save Phisneyland, prepare for victory, plunder booty.

*20240210: **Lore Tour** continues February 10 at 10AM (PDT). This time we plan to head to **Ash Island** to fight some Darshak. Kestrel’s doorman has enjoyed his post for quite some time, I’m sure Ambassador Gorvin will help him with that.—Phroon
** For this tour we will be needing the assistance of weather controlling mystics (preferably multiple).—Gorvin

[[File:CL-LoreTour20240203.png|right|thumb|Brave adventurers explore the Org cave.]]
*20240203:Lore Tour (Saturday, February 3, 2024 10:00 AM PDT) will involve taking Bravery The Org to the org sanctuary on Centaur Island. For anyone not familiar, Bravery is a young org that Stinkfist rescued from being abandoned at Junko's and decided to teach to be a hero. He begain taking it on his adventures to teach what he could, and has also asked several other exiles to escort Bravery around to show him the world. After many zodiacs of mentoring the time has come to release Bravery into his new home!

*20240120: **Lore Tour** continues January 20, at 10AM PST. This time we plan to return to the **Shadowplane** and continue our exploration there! As usual, strong help would be appreciated.

*20240113: **Lore Tour** continues <t:1705168800:F>. This time we plan to do a few things surrounding the **Org Sanctuary**, starting with a visit to the Ensconcement Village to tell them about the success setting up the sanctuary, a stop by the Org Cave for some Panther Caps, and then swing over to Centaur to drop off any mushrooms we find and to deliver the presents we picked up during the Bawkmas tour to thank them for all their efforts setting up the sanctuary.

*20240106: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 6, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we plan to kick things off by paying a visit to the Shadowguild and seeing what they’ve been up to. I’m sure that ambassador Gorvin will help us navigate the situation with skill.

==2023==
*20231224–20231225 at 6:30AM (24th) & 6:30PM (25th): I heard Santa will be coming two times this year for 30 minutes each time. I hope it fits your schedules and if not feel free to let me know and I will see if a special appearance can be made for you after Bawkmas/Skrismas/Season's Beatings.
**Slot 1: Sunday, December 24, 2023 6:30 AM
**Slot 2: Monday, December 25, 2023 6:30 PM Cheers! 🎅

*20231216: Lore Tour continues Saturday, December 16, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we're planning to travel to Fane and investigate reports of developments with the shadowy seed planted in the garden there. As usual, a strong group and especially strong healers to deal with the ghosts within would be appreciated.

*20231209: **Lore Tour** continues December 9, 2023 at 10AM Pacific. This time we're planning to celebrate the bawkmas spirit by visiting a few snowy areas throughout the lands in search of some presents for the Centaur to thank them for all their help with the Org Sanctuary.

*20231204:In the morning of the day 218 of year 635 (OOC 7pm Pacific, Monday December 4th, just after Lorikeet's hunt time), Mystic guild will be holding a meeting with Sombrion the Wizard and the Abbess Madrona of the Foghaven Monastery. Location of the meeting is on the platform of the Foghaven Monastery. All exiles are invited to join.
**For that meeting, please let us move the purple portal to OP (and green at town) at least on that day... unless we think we can handle having the portal at **outside** of Foghaven Monastery.
**Also I'd like to ask supports from our capable fighters, healers and flute players for safe travel to Foghaven Monastery and back for all exiles who wants to join the meeting on the day.

*20231118: Lore Tour continues Saturday, November 18, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we will be returning to the Shadowplane to continue our exploration there. As usual, strong help would be appreciated.

*20231111: Lore Tour continues Saturday, November 11, 2023 10:00 AM (PST). This time we will be returning to Shadowspring Citadel! It’s been a while so we hope to check on things there especially the Agronox seal to the and how the Page of Rend that sent us to the Shadowplane there reacts to us visiting again, as well as some of the crumbly stairs deep within. This will be a difficult trip, so strong help (and your friends that know Horus well) would be appreciated. While we’re at it, we’ll have to see if Pelaegia is interested in a trip back and maybe see if there’s anything we can do to help her with the repairs.

*20231104: Lore Tour returns Saturday, November 4, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we will be checking out the Org Sanctuary.

*20231021: Lore Tour continues Saturday, October 14, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we will having a spooky time with a Feast of Tsrrin theme. — Phroon

*20231014: Saturday, October 7, 2023, 10AM (PDT) Lore Tour: The Prime Orb of Unstable Infinity
**Yarrr! By now you've surely read my excellent guide Orbs of Unstable Infinity and You. It is very illuminating:⁠
**But what is better than an excellent guide? The real thing. I think we can get Tart'targ to help us find it.
**First, some history. Me chief gunner and good matey Garr has a long and terrifying history of humiliating the Darshak. For instance, this time when Garr just burned the Thaumaturge and his minions to death.
**http://www.thoomcare.com/archives/003485.html
**As you can read in the comments there, long ago I made a note "Loots for Garr. Pirates rule!"
**In the years since that battle, I, the Pirate King of Lok'Groton, have searched for the perfect reward for saving a whole plane of existence against the jerk that tried to merge us with the ether (also just… showing up and kickin' ass with the Pirates since the start). Gotta find some GOOD loot for that!
**During one of my astral projection explorations I finally found it. It was an Orb. An Orb just full of Unstable AND Infinity, and I just knew, in my heart of Pirate Kingly hearts, that I needed to see what exactly Garr would do with this.
**I got back to Puddleby and thought, "Ya know, this thing is really dangerous if someone like the Brions or someone got their hands on it." So I hid it and gave Tart'targ the clues to how to find it. Cuz safety first!
**Arr, anyways, enough really fascinating history of Garr bein' awesome and me astral projecting. For the Lore Tour, we will gather in town and wait for Tart'targ to show up and bring us the clues to where I hid the Orb for safekeeping. We will then go on an adventure to retrieve the Orb from the very safe and very logical place to hide an artifact of unstable infinity. Then, later we will find out how Garr chooses to use his great power (and the Orb) with great responsibility.
**Yarr! Join us as we celebrate Garr and I try and make good on a decades old note!
**There will likely be time for people with Lesser Orbs (yarr, those have been turning up lately) to use said Lesser Orbs. Even lesser ones are probably best used under the supervision of trained Witches and Magicians. This is definitely not like the time with the soul glasses, why would you even think that?
**The Pirate King is not entirely responsible for any uses or side effects of the Orbs that results in harm to an exile or our plane of existence. Hopefully, any such cases will be super duper funny. The disclaimer in my guide to orbs of unstable infinity apply here too.
**Soul Hunter version:
**IOU note to Garr. Magic orbs. Treasure hunt!

[[File: CL-LoreTour-20231008.png|thumb|right| 180px |The Lore Tour in the Shadow Plane]]

*20231007: Lore Tour returns Saturday, October 7, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we plan to return to the Shadowplane and continue our exploration there. As usual, a strong group would be appreciated.

*20230927: This is the 18th year since Tyndall passed away. He was loved by many in life, and is remembered both as a cherished friend and a Puddlebean legend.
**Every year, we mark this time and come together in order to celebrate the lives of friends that we’ve lost over the years: Xenos & Panos, Baffina & Baffette, Tyndall, Tonoto, Eyeball, and K’pyn.
**Please join us to share memories, whiskey, cigars, beer, songs, and bonfires in the Memorial Garden outside Alliance Castle on September 27, 2023 7:00 PM.
**Whether you’re a constant presence, you've been in the library for a while, or you’re somewhere in between, we’d really love to see you. Please also reach out to friends who might not see this message – we’d love to see them, too.

*20230927: The next Healer Hunt will be Wednesday, September 27, 2023 5:30 PM This hunt is for healers and their pets. All are welcome: bring your pet…
*20230923: Ok, so lore tour this week… bearing in mind the captain has tasked me with fixing the planes… AGAIN… I have been struggling if we should go to Geharza or not. Barely by a slim margin I have been convinced (with the help of bribes) to bear arms and go back to the ice caves (But if we run into loose Tipulids again I won’t complain.) So… it turns our that SOMEONE decided to teach the bears how to use altars… (I’m totally not looking at you Inu) and now we have to bear the burden of killing cursed bare bears, cursed armored bears, and cursed bears that need to learn that vowels are a thing. So we’ll head back to the ice caves this week, and this time we’ll need a permanent broom bearer to sweep the bear out of the evil bears and the bear out of the shadow touched Inus. That’s step one. Step two is to have Bearo and Raksbeara and Punibear to convince the evil bears not to be so evil and to double our bear guard on our totally peaceful and not destructive rainbow death cannon. Once that is done we need to try and un-bear curse that altar in ice caves. Normally we’d just tell the Gorvbot to break the altar even more, but it sounds like some people want to fix the altar so they can learn more PF ranks from not ghost Gaiyl… Final step is loot… There better be loot Stinky…..
**For Soul Hunter… Bears again… Murder again… Inu’s fault… Loot!!!
[[File: CL-LoreTour-20230916.png|thumb|right| 180px |The Lore Tour battles armored shadow bears!]]

*20230916: Lore Tour: Sat 10am pacific
** RAAAAAAAWRRRRRRRR RA-ROOAAAARRRRRRRRRR Rawr-BEARRRROOOOOOO
**Rawr-rawr-ROAR-rawr-rawwrrrr-snarl.
**ROAR! RAWR! ROOOOOAAAARRRR!!! RAwr-RA-raWR!! ROAR ROAR ROAR!!!!!!!
**[bear snort]
**THE GREAT BEAR SPIRIT'S CUB BIRO WILL FEED ON THE WEAK BODIES OF THE SHADOWS WHO HAVE FORGOTTEN HOW TO BE BEARS AND SHOW THEM HOW TO BE BEARS AGAIN.
**BRING YOURSELF HONOR, CONQUER FEAR, SPILL SHADOW BLOOD, SEND NOT-BEARS BACK INTO THE DARK.
**For Soul Hunter: Rawr vs Those who pretend to be Rawr!
*20230909: Lore Tour: The Darshak Candidate
**Arrr, here ye here ye, yarr good. Garr... write this down...
**So for some time Kestrel has stated her goal is to establish a new unifying leader of the local Darshak. One way or another, the cult will put someone in charge. An like, ta be honest, all their candidates suck. Creepy Thoom Guy sucks, Rebel Guy sucks, Venables sucks, Necro sucks, all the Darshak nobles suck. So yarr, why don't we make our own?
**So we're gonna kidnap Sasour the Hatchet as he is easily the chillest Darshak we know. We invited him to the Counterheist and he got drunk and laughed at the Shadowguild getting slain in the streets. He's perfect.
**Then probably do some magic to make sure he is a "Force of Abyss Smiting Justice for Puddleby"
**Now this is a complex plan with a lot of ins and outs and such that I will make...er.. explain as we go!
**And to really sell that we are indeed kidnapping Sasour instead of just being like "hey what's up buddy? wanna go drink?" we're gonna need to kill lots and lots of Darshak on our way... Maybe break or take anything that looks important, I dunno, ye do ye in that regard.
**Side benefits: Sasour the Hatchet is likely to know things about Venables' secret weapon the Sarir are so afraid of. Knowledge that may help us devise some sort of counter measure against this "island destroying weapon" at least that's what the Sarir said it was.
**Maybe we could goad Venables into destroying..........
**The Pirate King just kinda wandered off rambling at this point about various schemes weighing the pros and cons of tricking Venables into just blowing up the island and calling it "problem solved"
**For Soul Hunter:
**Kidnap, Friend, Magic, Murder Darshak, Magic, Scheme, Lulz
*20230902: Per captain Stinky: This week on Lore Tour (Saturday September 2nd at 10AM PDT)
**Adventures in Magical Super Science:
**While Katpus and the highly trained researchers from the University of Puddleby (they're definitely not janitors) were conducting super scientific experiments in the Castle Alliance, they may or may not have blown a hole in reality. Katpus seems a bit embarrassed about it, so we don't need to make it into a big deal.
**Whatever may have happened, Katpus' researchers have gone missing, and so have the bears who were guarding her laboratory. In a probably unrelated coincidence, a respectable and probably wealthy individual has shown up claiming some important artifacts have gone missing. There are two mysteries to be investigated and almost certainly booty to be had. For science!
**Soul Hunter Version:
**Portal, Mystery, Bears, Booty

*20230819: **Lore Tour** continues. This time we plane to head to **Fane** and investigate the shadow garden growing there, and perhaps see if the crooked seed we received in the Shadowplane takes root there. If that seed eventually grows and bears fruit, the hope is it will enable us to repair the Windweft altar and restore their connection to Purgatory. As Fane is a very dangerous place, a strong group would be appreciated.

*20230812: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 12, 2023 10:00 AM PDT. This time we plan to continue our investigations into repairing the Ice Cave Altar. We’re thinking of visiting with Pelaegia who we last left in Fountfell Foghaven, and then head over to the Windweft Ice Cave and see if the mysterious gift from the crooked tree in the Shadowplane leads us towards any success in recreating the Ancient’s shadow magic that created the altars.

*20230805: Lore Tour Saturday August 5, 2023 at 10AM (PDT): Hello! It is I, fake Phroon [Brisk], coming to you with an update on Lore Tour this zodiac! It'll be August 5th at the same time as usual. We are planning on trying to visit Nylar to hear of this deal that his minions mentioned that he has for "Sapeeva". For good measure, we hope to bring a "Sapeeva" or close approximation with us. We may need to fight, we may need to bribe, or we may need to gamble. Whatever it is, it's sure to be a good time so come on out if you are free. Cheers!

*20230722: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 22, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT), this time we plan to pay another visit to the Org Cave and see if we can make some progress in becoming friends with the Org. We also plan to continue our investigations into the strange weather in the Ensconcement, and see if perhaps we can find a route up to Stormlyric.

*20230715: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 15, 2023 10:00 AM to return to the Shadowplane, to revisit the protectorate and maybe see if we can find more clues of how Shaer travels the plane freely. As usual, a strong group will be needed!

*20230708: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 8, 2023 10:00 AM PDT, this time we return to the Shadowplane, to visit the protectorate and then to seek the devourer of dreams. As usual, a strong group will be necessary for the trek through this dangerous plane.
**If do we manage to slay the dreamdrinker, we plan to return again to the shadowplane next week too (Saturday, July 15, 2023 10:00 AM PDT) and revisit the protectorate within the same chaos storm, and maybe see if we can find more clues of how Shaer travels the plane freely. So mark your calendars for two weeks of back-to-back shadowplane exploration!

*20230705: The v1336 update: Lightning and thunder require time, the light of the stars requires time, deeds require time even after they are done, before they can be seen and heard. — Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
**More intense weather arriving. Those with elaborate hair-dos or delicate umbrellas can limit certain effects by using the '''''/options strongWeather off''''' command.

*20230701: Hello Puddleby! I come to you tonight as a guest "Phroon". I am in need of some assistance during the Lore Tour this weekend. You see, Tart'targ the wisest witch, had asked us to keep an eye on Sombrion. This has been fairly difficult for me as my eyesight is extremely poor and his keep hovers so high in the sky. However, even my peepers couldn't miss the addition of one of Sombrion's Sarir at the Bison Plains outpost. I'm not saying we need to tattle but we NEED to tell Tart'targ about this. Who knows? Maybe we will see a Witch and a Wizard face off? That wouldn't be terrible. I will be collecting bets and will even go as far as giving a favorable 2 to 1 odds on the Wizard. Anywho, don't be late to this one! You won't want to miss a moment! — Brisk
**Lore Tour took a trip to see Tart'targ and inform her of the Sarir being in the bison plains outpost, Hygra I think was the name. She was not so concerned with this as long as it did not come out that Sombrion was the cause of the abnormal weather that Hygra was studying. We discussed the trip with Pelaegia to Foghaven and how we saw shapes in the fog and heard howling on the wind. She mentioned that Andrachnea, the Abbess of Stormlyric, is known for being a bit standoffish even for witches. We spoke of how Andrachnea disapproved of Forsythia's study of the Org and remembered that we may have left her in the Orga Stronghold. We began to leave to go rescue her and ran into a bit of an issue.
**All of a sudden a Shadowguild Thief knocked me over...I thought he was looking for the bets I was collecting for the Witch vs Wizard duel. We chased them across the estuary and then ran across much stronger friends of the thieves. It looked like some of them had flown into the area on balloons to lead the rest of them. You could tell some were just taking orders and trying to take out as many of us as possible but others seemed to be more interested in a single thing, a thoom. We protected Coriakin the best we could but when he fell he was not taken. Confused, we pressed on until clearing the majority of the shadowguild. We cornered a leader and he said that they were looking for "Sapeeva". His reinforcements came and we tried to corner him again but eventually he managed to find a balloon and escape. As he was leaving he told us that he had a message for us to deliver..."Tell Sapeeva Nylar will cut him a deal." — Brisk

*20230624: The next bard concert is on June 24th at 11AM pacific time. Hope to see you there!

*20230617: Lore Tour returns Saturday, June 17, 2023 10:00 AM PDT, this time we plan to investigate the mysterious (and mist-erious) fog seen throughout the Eastern Mountains. We’ll probably also pay Pelaegia a visit and see what she has to say about these mists. We’ll likely be heading to Foghaven, the mountain haven of fog, so an appropriately strong group would be appreciated.

[[File:LoreTour20230610.png|thumb|right| 200px |The Lore Tour Headed for the Orga Stronghold speaks to '''Forsythia''']]
*20230610: **Lore Tour** returns 10AM PDT, this time we plan to travel deep into to the Orga Stronghold to rescue the Org trapped there! We may take them back to the Org Cave, or they may be the first residents of the new Org Sanctuary on Centaur Island. We may also pop over and have a visit with Trillbane while we’re in the neighborhood. A stronger group would be appreciated.

*20230603: ''Rustles out from under a pile of library books, glances at calendar'' Lore Tour at normal time this weekend (June 3rd, 10AM PDT). Plan is to poke at some of the dark mirrors in the lands and see if we can learn anything about Shaer's Gate.

*20230520: Lore Tour continues Saturday, May 20, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). We plan to return again to the Shadowplane to continue our explorations there. As usual, a strong group would be very helpful.

*20230513: Lore Tour! Operation: Friendship Hammer (10am pacific, usual lore tour time) We've reached a critical stage of the plan to create the Org Sanctuary... we must get some Orgs big and small to trust us enough to get in some cages and be brought to Centaur Island.... So how do we do that?
**I’m unsure but I bet that super cool ocean witch Pelaegia knows a thing or two about it! An she has been wanting to get out and about more so, this seems like a win/win. Bring Pelaegia to the village/Org caves, listen to tales of Orgs from way back when (and anything else we want to talk to her about) and maybe feed some Orgs some panther caps, perhaps bring some caps back for Tart'targ! Perhaps... make Org friends!
**Now, we should be careful, we've been hitting the Darshak rather hard lately and they have expressed an interest in kidnapping our good super cool ocean witch friend... and Tart'targ has turned some into blind amphibians... so ya know... be vigilant! There is no telling what an uppity visiting Darshak Noble may decide to do to prove how great they are or some such nonsense like that.

*20230506: Lore Tour: The Great Kennel Caper (Saturday 10am pacific as usual) The Elusive and Illusive Phroon Thoom, Heist and Counter-Heist Master Extraodinaire has a lead on a stockpile of feral cages somewhere on Ash Island. We need cages for our Org Sanctuary to safely transport the Orgs. The Darshak on Ash backed by Gathner have had an easy time lately since our slaying of Dorcas Direstorm as we've been focused on taking Venables down a few notches while keeping the Gathner backed Darshak agents on the island from being able to get the upper hand there..... so depleting the Ash 'Shak's ability to wrangle and train ferals seems like a solid move that furthers our goals quite nicely!
**Now I know what you be thinkin! "Cap'n! What if them cages be cursed??" Well I'm way ahead of you, and with the help of local mystics and my magician prowess, I have most of a ritual planned to purge away any Abyssal taint the cages may have! (If you are a local mystic and would like to help with this ritual, please contact me, your Pirate King and Master Magician).
**Darshak Nobles continue to visit from Gathner, bringing with them their top tier guards, so be on the look out for fancily dressed swabs who need to be shown a quick way to their forever home in the Abyss!
**In summation! Kennel Heist! Plunder any plunder of opportunity! Get home with magically purified loot! Further details to come!
**Bring: Crowbars, vines, chains, a can do attitude, strongest ranger morphs, and anything else you can think of to aid in this endeavor! See you there!

*20230503: The v1327 update is scheduled for Wednesday 3 May 2023

*20230429: Next month's bard concert (on April 29th at 11AM PDT) will be a special one. As many of you know, Lugubrion was so affected by the tragic fate of his brother Tenebrion that he's retreated from the world and has become a recluse. As someone who's struggled with depression myself, I've decided to try to help Lugubrion in the hopes that he'll be able to recover from his condition. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20230422: Lore Tour continues Saturday, April 22, 2023 10:00 AM (time in your local timezone). This time we plan to return to the Shadowplane. As usual, a strong group would be very helpful. Our plan is to travel to the protectorate through the shadow sea and also to check out if any of the new pages of rend interact with the shadowplane. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

[[File: CL-LoreTour-20230415.png|thumb|right| 180px |The Lore Tour revisits the centaurs with Pelaegia]]
*20230415: Lore Tour! (Saturday 10am pacific blah blah blah) Arrrr! This time we will be taking a stroll over to visit Pelaegia and Tart'targ briefly and see if Pelaegia can come out and play! Once we have picked up everyone's favorite Super Cool Ocean Witch, we will make for the Org cave to try and harvest (hopefully) the last of the mushrooms we need for the Org Sanctuary on Centaur Island. I’m sure Pelaegia will be happy to see the Centaur after all these thousands of years! Yarr! This seems pretty straight forward and nothing could possibly go wrong! Definitely! None of our past actions could conceivably come back to haunt us! For suresies! (Anything that does go wrong will be promptly blamed entirely on Trillium's ankh which is full of cursed)

*20230408: at 2PM (PDT) Saturday April 8th, Clan Lord Open Tactical Hunt (CLOTH) plans to go to the bridge to refine leading and dropping in the right spot and possibly the Slate Caves to practice dodging webs/projectiles. This is open to all, and I encourage newer players to attend, especially if you fall a lot. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Noivad Noivad]

*20230408: Lore Tour continues Saturday, April 8, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we plan to visit The Land of Dank Believe, aka the Book Fort. Bring your imagination and suspend your disbelief, the myrms dug a hole to the sky. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20230405: v1323. The sky is the daily bread of the eyes. — Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
**Hunt trophies are now furniture.
**Phantasmagorical improvements.

*20230401: **Lore Tour** returns 10AM PDT. This time we plan to visit with Egremora and Pelaegia in **Fountfell**, hear a few stories and think about what to do next.

**With Cimmbrion's assistance we've been able to grow some water lilies the two brothers created together back during happier times, and their gift has helped raise Lugubrion's spirits a bit. However, he's still embarrassed by the state of his keep, so to help him with that I'm hoping to hire builders from Puddleby to help renovate it. And to raise funds for that, next month I'll be holding a benefit concert at Lugubrion's keep!

**To make this concert special I will finally premiere the suite I've been working on for years: "The Healer's Lament," which attempts to evoke the trials and tribulations of a healer's life. It'll feature at least five brand new pieces, never before performed, and I'm extra excited because Lugubrion has graciously allowed us to not only use his keep for the performance, he's allowing us to use a brand new instrument - an organ from a thoomish temple! It has a sound unlike anything we've heard before, and I'm excited to share the music I (and the other bards) have been writing for it.

**This is a benefit concert, so I will be asking for donations to help with the cause. Building supplies to aid with the renovations would be very useful, and I will be matching any donations of coins (at least until I run out of coins myself). Even if you can't make a donation I hope you can come! I've invited Lugubrion to be there as our guest of honour and every person there would be a show of support to someone in dire need of it.
**Again, it'll be on Sat. April 29th at 11:00 AM PDT at Lugubrion's Keep. I hope to see you there!
— [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

** 8 word summary for Soul Hunter: "New tunes! New Instrument?! Help Lugubrion... donations please!"

*20230405: The v1323 update is scheduled for Wednesday 5 April 2023.

*20230325: Hello, all! This month’s concert (on March 25th, 11am pacific time as usual) is themed around Spring. Expect a lot of uplifting music about new beginnings or possibly about getting rained on instead. Either way, should be a good time. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20230323: there will also be a very special NNK open hunt adventure on thursday the 23rd at 5pm pacific! Expect various laws including but not limited to physics, nature, and reality to be broken! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Stinkfist Stinkfist]

*20230318: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 18, 2023 10:00 AM (time in your local timezone). This time we plan to return to Shadowspring to finally deliver Pelaegia’s present! We will need strong help to brave the dangers within. We also need some help between now and the Lore Tour to charge some of the machines to open the way into Shadowspring. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20230318: *Arrr! Lore Tour Recap! The Shadowplane had indeed shifted in many ways. The ground seemed less bitey, which I blame on Inu and her masterful ambassadorship. Keep hugging them Shadow Trees! Yer doing great!We also discovered a new “cave” which was just full of boo and scary and pretty and confusion.
**Another page of rend was discovered and perhaps most importantly a new phantasm page was found! We only covered a fraction of the Shadowplane so more to find and explore seems very likely! Oh and sadly Brisk failed to do that thing, perhaps next time (we are all rooting for ya buddy!)

**Next lore tour we will (charging nodes permitting) be visiting Shadowspring Citadel to bring Pelaegia her birthday presents! Probably other reasons too, more information and hype coming soon!

*20230311: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 11, 2023 10:00 AM PST. This time we will return to the Shadowplane to continue our investigations into the malevolent forces within. We’ve already seen that the shadows have reacted to us, we plan on investigating if they have changed further following our contact with them. We will need many sharp minds, strong fighters, and brave healers to endure the dangers within. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20230304: Lore Tour returns Saturday, March 4, 2023 10:00 AM PST. This is the day the portal is scheduled to move to the village, so we’re planning on going there to get a mystic a mark. We’ll also check the Org cave for more Panther caps and bring them to the centaur for their work on the Org sanctuary. If we have time we might also do some other stuff too. We’ll be traveling through vale and parts of the ensconcement, so strong help will be helpful. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]
*20230302: 2023-03-01 v1318 Update: ''Sometimes we need the fog to remind ourselves that all of life is not black and white.''—Jonathan Lockwood Huie (b. 1945)'''Those who venture north may notice new snell edges being tested. Please share your feedback!'''
*20230225: Bard concert this weekend! Saturday Feb 25th at 11AM PST, at the bards’ guild hall in north field. Noivad will be auditioning for full bard again, so come cheer him on! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]
*20230224: MediaWiki has been updated to v1.39.2. As usual, please report any unexpected changes.
*20230218: Lore Tour! Saturday 10am pacific!!Arrrr, we require more lab equipment for constructing the rainbow death/life cannon!We've already stolen the Oh-Venn from Penn Venables, now we return for the rest of his stuff!
**During the Oh-Venn heist we discovered that Venables has been training sciencemancers who can open ethereal portals and shoot mighty blasts of chain lightning. Thus an elaborate and complex scheme is required to get his lab equipment.
**The plan is simple and elaborate, eloquent yet basic. The perfect mix of blunt force and sneakery!
**We will pick a location to "conduct a magical ritual to seal off the island from the ethereal plane" to get his attention and draw him in. Additionally we will tell the local sarir population of Venables' dastardly plans to shackle Tenenbrion's spirit and bend it to his will, which is probably not a complete and total lie.
**Also Kalian and I have a secret weapon up our sleeve should we require it.
**Once Venables' forces are committed to the battle a small rag tag group will break off and sneak into the lab and take everything they possibly can and get out before Venables has time to know what happened.
**Like all great plans, should you have additional ideas feel free to contact myself, Phroony, Kalian, or anyone else who seems like an authority figure for this sort of thing. As always, the plan will be "do all the plans"
**We will need as many exiles as possible to pull this off and there will be no small roles to play in this daring heist!
**Bonus if we can get any notes regarding what Penn has exactly been up to with the ethereal plane. All we know so far is he seems to have access to an isolated sphere of it.
**Be there! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Stinkfist Stinkfist]

*20230216: [https://clanlord.net/images/CL-Boats%20are%20too%20expensive%20480.mp4 The Typical End to an Estuary/Mountain/Bison Plains Hunt] because we don’t want to spend 100c or fall before the estuary exit. And [https://clanlord.net/images/CL-LA%20Excellence.mp4 Punisher Has mad skills falling—Laughing Academy Excellence!]

*20230211: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 11, 2023 10:00 AM PST. This time we will be continuing to examine mountain springs in Vale and Fountfell, with a possible detour to the Org Caves for some Spotted Panther Caps. These areas, and especially the route to Fountfell, are difficult, so strong help would be helpful. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20230204: Lore Hunt. Step 1: Bears. Step 2: Tart'targ talk." Step 3: Mountains. The Lore Tour returns with Biro negotiating for bear support, the group asking Tart'targ if a certain plant is okay to plant, and a trip to the mountains to find a place to plant the seeds.

*20230201: [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Stinkfist Stinkfist] is organizing a raid on Venable's Laboratory at February 1, 2023 7:30 PM. As you may know, Venable is verified ne'er-do-well, who has spent several decades looting Tenebrion's Keep for anything of value and has built himself a reasonably well stocked lab with those ill-gotten gains. Any equipment, Darshak or Wizard in origin, poses a threat to the region if left in the hands of Venable. As such, it is best if it is secured in the safe, respectful, and responsible hands of Puddleby and our resident catapult enthusiast, Katpus. — Ausrine

*20230201: the '''v1314''' update is scheduled for Wednesday 1 February 2023: Life is found in animals and plants. But in animals it is patent and obvious, whereas in plants it is hidden and not clear. To establish its existence requires considerable research. The question at issue is whether plants have or have not a soul, and a capacity for desire, pain, pleasure, and discrimination. — Aristotle (384–322 BCE)
**''You’ll have to explore for this month’s changes.''

*20230128: Reminder! This Saturday at 11 pacific time will be the next concert. This concert will be shadow-themed... bards are encouraged to come with pieces inspired by the shadowplane and its effects. I can confirm that at least three new pieces will be premiered! Anyone who's out of the loop on the shadowplane storyline and is hoping for a recap - this is your chance! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

**Note: The shadowplane can make our thoughts reality and affect our minds, and it may have developed an interest in music for, er, reasons not worth getting into at this time. I've been assured that playing a bunch of music themed around the shadowplane is "not necessarily a really bad idea" and the chances of opening a rift there is unlikely. But shadow creatures have appeared at concerts before, so be warned that safety is not guaranteed. And if possible, bring a friend who can monitor you for signs of shadow madness.

*20230121: Per Stinkfist:
Arrr! In light of recent events set into motion by our favorite Myrm, we will be conducting negotiations with the Centaur to construct an Org sanctuary on their fair island. We are benevolent and wholesome now! Go us!

Also probably just yelling at Katpus that they are building us a Rainbow Death Cannon. Aymi said it is a life cannon actually and that sounds lovely and very thoughtful of us to build!

After negotiations we will either be pillaging the Darshak to secure funding or to take out our frustrations as that seems to be the most ethical option.

Either ways, gonna be greats! We are benevolent and good!

For those who like things in list form I've broken down the captains message.
This week on Lore Tour:
1. Talk to some overtly angry quadripeds about building a sanctuary for the ancestors of the people who murdered like 99% of their ancestors (Bring your Orga morphs for laughs)
2. Talk to a notoriously slow builder about a super difficult upcoming project we have for her
3. Facestab Darshak until they give us more loot
4. What could go wrong?

* 20230114: Lore Tour continues Saturday, January 14, 2023 10:00 AM PST. We are planning on helping Tart’targ deliver our gift to Palaegia. We hope to be traveling into Shadowspring, depending on if we get things open beforehand. Otherwise, we might be powering some of the ancient machines.

*20230111: Lore Tour Followup @Ausrine says: There will be a follow up to Tar'Targ/ Pelaegia gift giving on (OOC Wednesday Jan 11 7PM Pacific Time).

* 20230107: MediaWiki updated to v.1.39.1. As always, please report any unexpected behavior. If you don’t change your theme, the following doesn’t apply. ''Note: if you change the skin/theme from the current one, I noticed some pages do not render properly. So, if you encounter this, simply change your theme to Vector (2010 or 2022). This should fix the issue.''

[[File:LoreTour1022.jpg|thumb|right| 180px | The Lore Tour successfully reaches our goal.]]
* 20230107: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 7, 2023 10:00 AM PST. This time we are planning to deliver Pelaegia's gift to Tart'targ. '''Update: The Tour was successful!'''

* 20230104: Update '''v1310''' is here. Secrets abound, and unexplored places wait patiently for exiles to find them.
''“There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.”'' — Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) '''Here’s wishing everyone a ranky New Year!'''

==2022==
*20221230: Let there be music! Be prepared and mark your calendars for the concert on FRIDAY, 30th December at 1pm pacific time. There will be old and maybe even new music played! — Bingro

[[File:MerryBawkmask.jpg |250px|left|Merry Bawkmas!]]
*20221224–25: '''Santa''' will come out twice this year to check if you were naughty or nice at the following times for a whopping half hour each Saturday, December 24, 2022 7:00 PM PST and Sunday, December 25, 2022 8:30 AM PST. If you can't make it during these times, don't worry he will be available to deliver a few days after Bawkmas as well (Gotta love travelling on Bawkmas day!). — Brisk

*20221217: Lore Tour continues Saturday, December 17, 2022 10:00 AM PST. This time we will be continuing to help Tart'targ search for a gift for Pelaegia in Silversnag Ascent. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221210: '''Lore Tour''' continues Saturday, December 10, 2022 10:00 AM PST. This time we will be exploring, likely in the Eastern Mountains. What will we find? Who knows! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

[[File:GottaGetACloak.jpg|250px|left|new fur-lined cloaks are available.]]
[[File:Cloaks.jpg |250px |left |more cloaks]]
*20221207: With the 1306 update, A new area is discovered. Cold and Snowy reopens for winter. And new Cloaks are able to be made.

*20221203: Lore Tour returns Saturday, December 3, 2022 10:00 AM PST. We will be returning again to the Shadowplane, this time to try and track down and defeat the devourer of dreams mentioned by the denizens of the protectorate. As this will be a tough expedition, strong help would be appreciated. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221126: The next concert is Nov 26 at the usual time, 11am pacific.— [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20221119: Lore Tour continues Saturday, November 19, 2022 10:00 AM PST. We will be returning to the Shadowplane to continue our explorations and to try and rescue another Lost Dreamer that has been stranded there. As usual, strong help would be appreciated.

*20221112: **Lore Tour** returns Saturday, November 12th @ 10AM PST (be mindful of the recent US time change). Stinkfist just handed me the following on a scroll with the plan:
> After deliberation and conferment with Kalian, who can't stand the thought of Darshak having nicer things than him, Ambassador Gorvin and his position of Darshak murder is always good, Garr who just wants to burn stuff, and general mad cackling by the Pirate King of Lok'Groton it has been decided that we will return to Ash City to "murder, pillage, and take the fancy things that those nobles brought there"
> Loot and pillage and make Kestrel too afraid to EVER leave her tower. There will be loot this time, Stinky has some promising leads on that. A cat witch told him about it in a dream!
— [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221105: Lore Tour returns Saturday, November 5, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. This time we will be retuning to the Shadowplane to continue to explore and view the strange sculptures within. We believe we have discovered a stable way to exit the shadowplane so a depart is no longer certain, but we still could use many strong exiles to help brave the dangers within. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221029: Next weekend’s bard concert in the Puddleby Theatre will be Tsirrin themed! Come in costume to enjoy spooks and spoops. Ghosts and shadow madness are a definite maybe, safety not guaranteed. It’ll be at the usual time, Saturday, October 29, 2022 11:00 AM PDT — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20221022: Lore Tour continues Saturday, October 22, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. This tour will be Feast of Tssrin themed. Come join us in your favorite costume to help bust some ghosts! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221015: No worries Phroon. Lore Tour returns 10AM PDT. Stinky says we’re going on a “Classic Pirate Kingly Adventure.” All ye need is to show up with plenty of pack space so we can help our friends out. 🏴‍☠️ ❣️ Also I want more Vision Stream art, wah wah wah. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.InuTeisei Inu Teisei]

*20221008: Lore Tour continues Saturday, October 8, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. We plan to return once again to explore the Shadowplane, this time focusing on exploring the mysterious shadow ocean and lands beyond. Again, strong help will be helpful. Sadly, a way out of the plane has yet to be found, so until it is a depart is certain. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221006: H’loi! I expect there will be a meeting between Tar’Targ and Cimmbrion at the lake in Northern Puddleby on Thursday October 6, 2022 7:00 PM PDT. Possibly in Arial Eth'lenn’s home or outside. All exiles are invited to attend. A neutral, third party would be appreciated but you are nai required to act as such. — Ausrine

*20221001: Lore Tour returns Saturday, October 1, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. We plan to return to the Shadowplane, and explore the strange lands within. Strong help will be helpful in exploring the plane. Luckily we still have loan of Pelaegia’s lantern to calm our minds. A stable path in has been discovered, but we have yet to find a way back home. It is very likely that this will be a one-way trip, EPS and Purgatory Pendants do not seem to work in the Shadowplane. Unless we find another way out, a depart is certain. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221029: The next concert will be on Saturday, October 29, 2022 11:00 AM PDT and take place in the theatre. It'll be Feast of Tsirrin themed, so wear a costume! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20220924: Alright, then! Bard concert next weekend at Egremora’s tavern, at Saturday, September 24, 2022 11:00 AM (PDT). Bonus points for anyone who brings a song that’s a story. Raks, any chance you can reprise that story about Dandelion and Helpful? 🙂 — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20220922: It has been 17 years since [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Tyndall Tyndall], the beloved sylvan warrior, passed away. He was loved by many in life, and is remembered both as a cherished friend and a Puddlebean legend.
**Every year, we mark this day by coming together to celebrate our memories of Tyndall and our other lost comrades: [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Baffina Baffina] and [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Baffette Baffette], slayers of orga; [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Tonoto Tonoto], the mapmaker; [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Eyeball Eyeball], courageous and funny; [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.KPyn K'pyn], the King of Pins.
**We newly grieve the passing of [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Xenos Xenos] the Brave and [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Panos Panos] the Boar, who were pillars of our community for decades and will be remembered well as long as we are here to do it. They wished us all “a happy and fruitful life and the good sense to live it with no regrets.”
**Please join us to share memories, whiskey, cigars, beer, songs, and bonfires in the Memorial Garden on September 22, 2022 7:00 PM. All are welcome. If you knew any of these exiles, you are warmly encouraged to attend and to share your stories. If you are grieving someone from outside the lands, know that this is a space where you can hold that in community. If you would like to show love and friendship to exiles who have lost beloved people, know that your presence will do that.
**There are a lot of people who might be interested attending this memorial, but don't keep a close eye on [http://www.thoomcare.com/ Thoomcare], Discord, or Facebook. If you have the capacity, we invite you to help bring our little town together by reaching out to folks who you think would be interested in coming but won't notice these posts. Thank you! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Largo Largo]

*20220917: Lore Tour continues Saturday, September 17, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. We plan to return to Egremora’s bar in Fountfell, have a few drinks, convey Sarasera’s hellos and talk about repairing the Windweft altar. And maybe if we have time a story or two. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220910: Lore Tour continues Saturday, September 10, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. We plan to return again to Shadowspring and continue our investigation into the Pages of Rend and possibly return to the Shadowplane. We will again need strong exiles to travel through Shadowspring and brave the dangers of the Shadowplane. We will need to try to stay nearer the sun lantern, lest we all slowly go mad and lash out at our friends. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220907: The v1293 update is scheduled for Wednesday 7 September 2022.

*20220903: Lore Tour continues Saturday, September 3, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. Our plan is to return to the depths of Shadowspring Citadel, investigate the shadows, read some triangles, visit with Pelaegia, and if we can make it check on the Agronox Seal. As always, Shadowspring is filled with difficult creatures and we could use a strong group.
Many thanks to all those who have charged the ancients machines recently, your help has been instrumental in making this happen. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220827: Monthly Bard Concert Saturday. 11AM PDT.

*20220820: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 20, 2022 10:00 AM (PDT). Some time ago we had contact with Darshak from Gathner led by Kestrel and her associate Dorcas. We will be visiting them with our chosen ambassador [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Gorvin Gorvin] to conduct further negotiations regarding the future of Darshak in our island chain. See Ambassador Gorvin for details. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220813: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 13, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. We plan on continuing our checking of the ancient machines, and our search for changes made by the ancient spelling and grammar checking machine. We’ve already observed some changes in the triangles and we suspect there might be a few more changes to be found. We will be trying to visiting Heartwood Glade in the Vale of Giants, and revisiting Sunspire, so some strong help will be appreciated. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220827: Bard Concert “Next concert August 27 at the same time!” — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20220806: Lore Tour returns Saturday, August 6, 2022 10:00 AM (PDT). We plan on revisiting some of the ancient machines in the Eastern Mountains, checking to see if the shadows are there and if any of them might be that Ancient spelling and grammar checking machine. We plan on visiting some of the tougher machines to get to, so strong help would be appreciated. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220730: Bard Concert: on Saturday July 30th at 11am pacific time, but it won’t be in the bards’ field. Instead head over to west town near Prometha’s bonfire for our beach party themed concert! Enjoy sun, sand, and surf while enjoying songs about sun, sand, and surf. Wear your best beach attire and get ready to cuddle in close because there won’t be a stage. See you then!
**''(For bards who don’t have many/any beach-themed songs, other music’s fine. But if you’ve got something - great!)''

[[File:CL-LoreTour.jpg | right]]
*20220723: Lore Tour: Astral Projection Shenanigans Saturday, July 23, 2022 10:00 AM

**Today’s lore tour followed Stinkfist’s guidance and ended up on a trip through a variety of…. peculiar locations. First a dark cave filled with mauling and crushing spirits, then to a desolate peak floating in the sky, to a trool village, and beyond. Eventually we ended up in a marsh with some meshra interested in trade, and a strange obelisk that hummed inanely in thoomish. Stinkfist decided we needed to steal it, but an attempt to astrally project it back to Puddleby went awry and we ended up in the shadowplane instead! We were led to a giant shadowplane-ish statue of, er, me. I'm still puzzling that out. But before we knew it we ended up back in the Puddleby mushroom hut, with the obelisk there! Unfortunately, the obelisk was right in the middle of the pool there and promptly sank. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20220714 — created template sitenavbar (using quick links). To insert it in pages use sitenavbar between a set of 2 curly braces “{{}}”.
*20220706 — The v1284 happened on Wednesday, July 6, 2022

*20220702 — Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 2, 2022 10AM PST/5PM UTC. We’re continuing the search for luminous scales and a sun wyrm’s shadow. Or search will take us back to Gungla Island and the dark places within. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220625 — Next Bard Concert: June 25, 2022 11AM PST, 2PM EST

*20220618 — Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 18, 2022 10:00 AM (PST). Our plan this time is to follow up on rumors of new caves in the Rocky Cavern and search for clues for the luminous scales. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon?from=Profiles.Phroon Phroon]

*20220611 — Lore Tour: “plans are still a bit vague, as they may change depending on what happens. The general plan is to:

1) visit Tart’targ so [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Aurelie Aurelie] can deliver Cimmbrion’s message (and hopefully defuse some of the hostilities).

2) Visit Strangler Fig to try to get more information about the Book of Rend or about the books that the shadowguild stole from her.

3) Visit the rocky cavern to talk to the Sun Wyrm there and ask about acquiring luminous scales. Rumor has it that it requested a “dance with the shadows” or something along those lines, so I’m really hoping people come up with a better idea than “Make Coriakin Try To Summon Shadows” which was already suggested. Not by me.” — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

[[File:Not_Bear_Counter_Heist_The_Mystery_of_Mehans_Armor.png| 200px | left]]

*20220604 - Lore Tour June 4th. Destination Windweft Mountain. ''(plan pictured left)'' UPDATE: “Lore Tour successfully fought an evil armored bear likely infested with shadows that was trying to usurp Birosson’s place as chieftain of the glacier bears. Mehan’s armor was dinged to destruction, sadly, but at least it’s not being used for nefarious purposes. Or by nefarious porpoises.” — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]
*20220521 - Lore Tour May 21 at the usual time: 10am PDT/1pm EDT, 7pm CEST/UTC+2. “Coriakin reports: Next week's Lore Tour will be to the Vale to try to find Master Spruce. On the way, we hope to visit Strangler Fig for a quick chat. May 21, 10am PDT”
*20220514 - Lore Tour (10AM PST) [[File:CL-Haunted_Fane.jpg| 250px | right]]
*20220430 - Next bard concert will be April 30 at 11am pacific time! — Coriakin
*20220226 - Bard Concert, Saturday Feb 26, at 11AM PST
*20220212 Lore Tour is Saturday Feb 12, at 10 am PST/1 pm EST
*20220205 - Saturday Feb 5th 10am PST/1pm EST Lore Tour: The 2nd Battle for the Ancient Bear Caves. BE THERE! SAVE THE BEBE BEARS!" Update: Bebe Bears saved.
*20220129 - Next Bard Concert: January 29, 2022 11AM PST, 2PM EST ”who will win the Museum Token?“ UPDATE: Bingro V’arndal won!
*20220115 - Updated to MediaWiki 1.37.1 (Please report any unexpected behavior.)

==2014–2017==

*201707xx - Updated to the latest version of MediaWiki. Please report any unexpected behavior.
*201505XX - Updated to yet another version. Hopefully this v. has more pep.
* Added Rank Message and Ranger Progress in Actual Tablular format — oh the power of 1990s layout!
* A new contributor has appeared (happy to make accounts by request)
* fixed a few little things here and there as needed.
* Master Fistus is apparently a bro.

*20140731 - Updated to the latest stable release of Media Wiki on my Branch. If you see any weirdness [http://vagilemind.com/clanlord/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=265 let me know] (on the Sentinel/Discord).

*201407 - Added to Group Survival Guidelines, updated how to dodge webs, added in more into about controlling where you fight and fluid movements with in the group.

20140326 - Updated to the latest version of Media Wiki (released 20140311).

==Past Events==
8/22/2012: 
Puddleby Archery Contest Rules 
Date - Sept. 2 
Time - 1:30 p.m. PDT, 4:30 p.m. EDT, 8:30 p.m. GMT 
Locations - Spiritwood, University, Castle 

The following are the rules and regulations regarding the Archery Contest scheduled for Sept. 2nd. Please come and enjoy the festivities. Beer, food, and fun are certain to be had. Each exile will need a projectile weapon to compete; however, javelins or bows and quivers with three arrows included will be sold the day of the contest. Please be aware the bow, arrows, and quiver will be sold for the same coins the NPC's require to make them, and exiles will not be charged for seta scales, tusks, sturdy limbs, and feathers. I believe the total for a bow and set of arrows is 150c. 

The Prizes: First place will pick first from the prize pool, second place will pick second… 

1. Lyfelidae Claw 2. 5000 Coins 
3. Furlined Cloak 
4. Puma Pelt 
5. Orgaberry 
6. Waterproof Boots 
7. Caustic Gland 
8. Lilaberry, other items... 

Arsenal: Current inventory status available for contest 

1. 5 Javelins (75c each) 
2. 8 Bow and 11 quivers with 5 arrows each. (150c each set) 
3. 1 Boomerang 
4. 12+ arrows, judges at each round will have extra in case of breakage 

Three Rounds: Three rounds open to all. (Mystic, Healer, Fighter all have chance to win) 

Round 1. Test of Hunting (3 pts.) 
a. 1st round held in the Spiritwood 
b. Each contestant will be allowed three shots to kill or wound a spriggin. 

Round 2. Test of Accuracy (3 pts.) 
a. 2nd round held in the University 
b. Each contestant will take three shots at three different distances. 

Round 3. Test of Will (3 pts.) 
a. 3rd round held within the Castle 
b. One shot of moonshine then 20 secs to fire 3 arrows at a stationary target. 

Tiebreaker - if required 
a. Tiebreaker round options include a group hunt, cash bonus round, etc... 
b. The last contest did not require the tiebreaker, but judges will vote on round 

Contributors: Special thanks to many exiles... Natas for letting me remove that lyfe claw from his thick ghorak skin. Neko No Kessha for their large cash prize and promotion. Coldy for his endless questing of prizes and finance. Fiona for her gracious donation of the super sleek puma pelt. Chmee for his berry collection. Taryn for her vast storage fees and arsenal assembly. Maeght, Connie, Talas, Fredor, Yosaku, Grog, Arbitur, the Hunter's, D'ead, and many other exiles I am forgetting who generously donated arrow and bow ingredients over the past decade. 

Special thanks to the Clump for helping to promote the contest! http://www.clanlord.net/clump/ 
Special thanks to the Sentinel for helping to promote the contest! http://www.vagilemind.com/clanlord/ 
And finally, special thanks to the entire Neko No Kessha clan for helping to promote the contest! http://nekonokessha.wordpress.com/ 

3/26/2012: I have implemented a self-signed security (SSL) certificate that enables HTTPS to protect passwords and thus accounts. All links should redirect to https now. I would like to get an official certificate when expenses allow it, but just the static IP is ~ $50/year. Most browsers will warn people visiting about it, but it is legitimate, but check it out to make sure it is of the proper origin first. (Only a player could have made it.) Also, the new home of the CLUMP is on clanlord.net in case you never look at the URL address bar.

2/27/2012: Yet another long hiatus. I was informed by Talas that he couldn't edit pages. I looked into it and realized that I upgraded the underlying PHP to 5.3.x but not MediaWiki to comply with the changes. '''BAD ADMINISTRATOR!''' For now, I've reverted to PHP 5.2.x and pages are now editable. I'll try not to be so sloppy next time I update the underlying structure. Unfortunately, my attention has been diverted as I investigate and evaluate various technologies to handle possible Clan Lord and other non-CL projects I've been considering beginning. I am thinking about implementing the Zend2 framework for a CL timeline site, but it is still in Beta. If you know Zend2 or just Zend, any online resources you think would be valuable to look at to speed learning/evaluating them would be welcome. ''noi... at noi... dot net is a good contact address for that.''

==2011==
9/8/2011: Long hiatus as I worked on refining my PHP skills by building a site from scratch, and not related to the CLUMP2. I've been gone for a bit and haven't had time to update. Luckily others have filled in a bit. Please send me feedback on pages you'd like and unclear explanations. If you're a professional writer or a really good amateur, I'd appreciate your input as well.

Also, I'm kicking around the idea of making a CL timeline in PHP. I'm kicking around ideas. If you'd like to discuss please goto the coffee and donuts section of the [http://www.vagilemind.com/clanlord/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=8912&p=184041#p184041 Sentinel].

==2010==
8/25-27/2010: clump2.noivad.net transition made! new URL! Fresh, unspoiled DB!

Currently moving all data to a new DB. Unfortunately all accounts will be destroyed, to remake an account contact me directly with your email address for confirmation. Contributors, please do not make pages without any connection to other pages, or any pages to "protect" them.--[[User:Mwadmin|Mwadmin]] 06:02, 25 August 2010 (PDT)

7/27/10: Registration has been stopped. Accounts are created by request only now.

7/06/10: Welcome Arindal Immigrants.

==2009==
1/18/09: Welcome back old players and welcome new players. Clan Lord now has no monthly fees. New Areas and new Islands abound in the last few years. Ask about Death Trap Noids (DTN), Metzetli Island (Metz), and The Mountain Glen (Glen) for a look at all the changes. If you remember Tenebrion he's been trapped in the Ethereal Plane (EP) for a few years. Fighters have 3 subclasses now: Champions, Rangers and Bloodmages. Healers just recently acquired 2 new tools! There are many minor changes as well. Catch up with what's been happening at [http://www.thoomcare.com/ Thoomcare].

==2008==
8/11/08: A new page entitled [[10 Things for Groups]] is available to peruse at your leisure. [[Aura Healing]] ability needs a page, aside from the [[Healer_Trainers#Radium|Radium]] as do [[Special_Fighter_Types#Blood_Mages|Blood Mages]].

6/19/08: One Step Closer
The CLUMP is one step closer to being a legitimate entity. I found a cheap ssl cert site, [http://www.rapidsslonline.com/rapidssl-certificates.php RapidSSL], and we now has internets certificates! Also, in order to pay for said certificate, I added a paypal donate button to the donations page in case anyone ever visits it.

6/3/08: "Oh that crazy Org!"
[[Image:MySQLBUs.png|right]]
I updated links to Org Du Lac's [http://bestiary.puddleby.net/beast.php Bestiary] after I noticed that he updated his site to php a while back and I never updated the links. We've already got php, It's very nice!

Double checked that the database this puppy runs on is backed up every night after many months of blind faith. looks good! See >>>>

Minor diction change: I now prefer the term "creature" to refer to anything that you kill for experience. I'll slowly roll that out as I notice it in the pages.

10 things for groups is taking shape and I may include Michael's version of what not to do in groups, edited for language of course. (Interestingly enough some of the topics he covers ARE mentioned in the notorious [[Group_Hunting#How_NOT_to_handle_bad_situations|How NOT to handle bad situations]] subsection of group hunting.

We're up to 86 pages! Wow! Only a few of which are not used. I'll be trimming down the unused pages soon. If you have pages that you don't want deleted that aren't being used. Please link them to another page so I know not to touch them.

'Til next time! Same Thoom time same Thoom channel!

6/2/08: Updated a few pictures and links. More [[Links]] are welcome.
A Mystic page was added.
Currently compiling player suggestions for 10 things for hunting in groups at [[http://www.vagilemind.com/clanlord/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4568 The Sentinel]]. Please feel free to add to the discussion there.

== Miscellaneous ==
[[Image:nabisco.png]]

Input is welcome on the [https://discordapp.com/channels/270291133798547456/270291133798547456 Discord Server ] or anywhere.

[[Image:hole.png]]

Thank you to everyone that has contributed so far. I've read over your changes and It's obvious some people are a lot clearer writers than me, also I like the healer perspective being fleshed out in the healing section, particularly the [[Healing#Rodding|rodding]] section.

==Additions==
Also, I've just added a new Appendix: [[Command Reference]].

11/27 Updated the Wiki to version 1.8.2. This should mean nothing to you, just thought I'd note it.

12/5 The Clump will be temporarily offline for a few days in the next week or two. It will return to its regularly scheduled serving as soon as possible. I'll update the Sentinel when it goes offline.

1/17 Updated to [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki MediaWiki] 1.8.3 because of a vulnerability in the system that could allow session information such as passwords be redirected to another site. 1.8.3 deals with this problem. there should be no noticeable change in using the CLUMP to users.

2/23 I've updated to MediaWiki 1.9.3 everything seems to work that I've checked. if you experience anomalies or can't log in. mail noivad -at- mac -dot- com. I had to update because there was a security issue, and we all know how much we like things not to be spammed and taken over.

3/15 I've added little things like external links to other's pages within the manual instead of just the links section to make it more expansive and interactive. I'll continue to do this as I come across places to link things to. I also encourage people to add clan lord related links to the manual and links page.

-The manual is pretty well fleshed out and more accurate thanks to contributors now, and updates made by me will be less frequent, but that doesn't mean I'm going to neglect it. It's my mission to keep this manual as current and accurate as possible without spoiling too much.

-I'm trying to get a mystic section with what knowledge they can share, but there appears to be considerable resistance to even basic info within the council, and without their approval I'm holding off on even trying to get any information.

6/13 Updated to MediaWiki 1.10.0 e-mail me with any problems... besides trying to get the e-mail to work (unless you know a solution) or have a link with info about fixing it.

6/14 After a long and arduous adventure '''e-mail from the CLUMP is now active'''. All users please verify your e-mail address given because I'm turning on an option to require e-mail address verification before one can edit.

12/02/07: Updated to MediaWiki 1.11.

1/29/08: Updated to MediaWiki 1.11.1 -- Security vulnerability patched.

== Additions Log==

Added [[Mystics]]: Requested info about mystics from mystic council — it took a while!

6/2007 Added: [[Knighthood|Knighthood]]

1/0x Added [[Links|link]] to http://bestiary.clanlord.net/index.html Org Du Lac's Bestiary].

1/06 Adding [[Tactics#Standing_too_close_to_a_Snell_Border|standing too close to snell border]] under [[Tactics]].

12/2x Added another reason to chain while leaving a snell in [[Tactics#Chaining|Chaining]].

12/0x Added [[Macros]].

11/27 Adding [[Fighting#Fighting Basics|Fighting Basics]]: Very basic combat info for beginners: swing and fall back. Use a brick if you have one or terrain while you regain your balance. Added: fighting tip about how reach is dependent on movement speed.

[[Image:Manx.png|center]]
11/26 Add: All hail the reigning president !

Added in more material about writing macros to the [[Macros]] Page. ''It is completed.''

10/xx Added: [[Creatures#Chain Lightning|Chain lightning]] info: if you see a bolt bounce, get away from others drawing lightning.
Add how to take down a bolt bouncer: have each fighter stand on opposite sides of the 'lock and the lightning won't bounce.

10/xx Added: [[Healing]] page. ''may have to split it into multiple sections.''

10/xx Added in section on the [[Healing#The_Combat_Zone|combat zone]]. Always decide where to fight monsters, not the other way around. Have healers recognize and stay out of the combat zone or behind the fighters.

9/xx Added: [[Tactics#Dodging Webs|Dodging Webs]]

8/xx Added a section to [[Tactics#Retreating|retreating]] telling people how to provide cover for injured or exiles how might not make it out of the snell if you leave them caught between a rock and a hard place.

8/xx Added [[If Unable to Retreat#Focus on Greatest Threat|Focus]] on creatures when in a tough situation.
Explain greatest threat and to kill first.

To Add Basic explanation of trainers: Atkus uses up more balthus, Darkus slows down regia, Evus teaches a bit of everything, but the atkus to balthus ratio is tilted to eat balance slowly. Virtually no fighter trainers are "pure" trainers, most have a mixture of other elements in them.

==Wanted==
2026: WANTED: A rewritten champion page.

Wanted: Info on Radium, anything you find missing!
''Thanks to Kenegluk for pointing out holes in coverage!''

Iriel Red contributed a book for the logo, and in my humble opinion made a great logo for the CLUMP.

I'd like to get information on knights and knight items since I often get asked that by exiles looking to become one. So, if any knights out there want to share, please make a page with the answers. (:
** Inu says: See above, page created, linked in to appendix and here.

== Clan Lord Advertisement ==
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Links

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==Clients/Accounts==
*'''Mac Client OS X/macOS 10.6–10.14''':
http://www.deltatao.com/downloads/clanlord/mac/ClanLord.dmg
*'''Mac Client macOS 10.14+''':
https://clanlord.org/

* '''Trowl's new* client''' for Current Windows, Linux, & MacOS:
https://github.com/MrNice/trowllord-releases/releases

*'''GoThoom''', Distortions client for MacOS (Intel & Apple Silicon), Windows, and Linux.
https://gothoom.m45sci.xyz/

*'''Windows 7–10''' Client:
http://www.deltatao.com/downloads/clanlord/win32/ClanLord.zip
** Quicktime for Windows** (for sound):
https://support.apple.com/en-us/106402 ''**See '''Setting up clients''' Windows 10 section''

* '''Linux''' (or others) use the Java Client:
https://clanlord.gitlab.io/clanlord-java-client/

*'''Web Client ''' ''(very experimental, use at own risk)''
https://clanlord.squib.co.nz/
https://clanlord.squib.co.nz/mobile.html
*'''Clan Lord Account Portal''' for character and account adds/modifications
https://deltatao.com/portal/

*'''Setting Up clients and tips''':
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d3e0pJ89EX9jyWJ1t8L7BadswVdAac3rg-n5_PsDJgc/ Reproduced here: [[Getting (Back) Into Clan Lord]]

== General ==
'''Clan Lord Status Page''':
''Shows who is clanning, status messages and Koppi announcements.''

https://deltatao.com/clanlord/status/

''†Replaces OS X Informer Widget for newer systems''

'''Clan Lord Beginner Tips'''

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdgCRd3SgT0

'''Clan Lord Account Portal''' Create new accounts, new characters, pay optional fee 
* https://deltatao.com/portal/
'''Clan Lord''' official web pages (on Delta Tao’s Site): 
* http://www.deltatao.com/clanlord/index.html

'''Clan Lord Manual'''
* https://deltatao.com/clanlord/manual/what_to_do.html

'''Discord Server''' Where CL players exchange banter, information and coordinate hunts, portal location poll, etc. ''*If you can’t join, ask a player in-game or on discord for an invite to the server. Try noivad#5954 if you don’t know anyone. Or '' 
* https://discord.gg/4NyqjzTFNZ *

''(*NOTE: This link works as of 20250604)''

https://www.deltatao.com/clanlord/getting-started/tips.html

'''Playing Fullscreen on Windows'''

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdgCRd3SgT0

'''ThoomCare''' Media Network ''“Still Thoomin’ after all these years!”'' — Clan Lord News: 
* http://www.thoomcare.com/

'''Puddleby Hunt Calendar'''
* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ngu-rVJCMt4uTN_VzbvSGFO7mnfWRgou-QtuweFEcMQ/edit?gid=0#gid=0 Weekly Hunt Calendar]

'''Legder Info'''
* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/155PfZm7WdWCAfg47Lt_8C6Xr20Ntumd4yKIDWXQ1VAM/edit?gid=0#gid=0]

'''The Puddleopedia''' — History, Information and More about Clan Lord: 
* http://www.puddleopedia.org/

'''Rank Tracker''' by Ruuk
*https://ranktracker.squib.co.nz

'''Clan Lord Splash Screen History''' ''(a compendium of splash screens for Clan Lord)''
* https://github.com/thesquib/clan_lord_images

== Maps ==
'''Clan Lord Centralised Map Repository''' by Fundin
* http://www.tidyup.co.uk/clanlord/site/index.html

'''Here Be Dragons''' (fairly up-to-date maps)
* http://maps.clanlord.net

'''Puddleby'''
* http://www.thoomcare.com/puddleby_island_map_soul_hunter_low_res.jpg

'''Trymon’s Map of Lugubrion’s Keep'''
* http://puddleby.com/trymon/maps/lugubrion/demesne_center.html?x=780&y=700

'''Phroon’s Maps'''
* http://cls.phroon.net/wiki/Maps

==Art==
Clan Lord '''Artwork Tutorial''' How to make art for use in CL:
* http://clart.noivad.net/

==Guides==

Org Du Lac's '''Bestiary''': A list of all the creatures in the game.
* http://bestiary.clanlord.net/index.html

'''The Pirates of Lok'Groton''' by Gil Galad
* http://pirates.clanlord.net/

'''Haffron's creature coin level list:'''
* https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xNCG-PHFd4Xmfcw7OpzFcOnkJk3bXCpaxUHctP0rGzM/edit?gid=0#gid=0

'''Destian’s Guide to CL Pets'''
* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6ejD_9X1i

'''Ranger Studies''': Site to track creatures studied & keep track of duvin. Creature Stats from Bestiary.
* http://studies.clanlord.net

'''Bestiary''': listing of all creatures in game with approximate stats.
* http://bestiary.clanlord.net/index.html

'''Orga''' by Sednarb
* http://www.sednarbscrolls.com
Winds of Dawn's '''Exile Guides''': (for new exiles) 
* http://www.windsofdawn.org/

Winds of Dawn '''Links''': 
* http://www.windsofdawn.org/links/

The Clan Lord '''Bard's Guild''': 
*http://clanlordbard.org/about.html

List of '''Exile Trainers''' by [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Farhope Farhope]: 
*http://farhope.puddleby.info/trainers/unknowntrainers.html

'''Ledger Holder Directory''' by [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Kerrah Kerrah] 
*http://www.ledgers.puddleopedia.org/

'''MediaWiki Cheat Sheet'''
*https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Cheatsheet

'''Gorvin’s Clan Lord Reverse Engineered''' ''(spoilers)''
*http://gorvin.50webs.com/CLRev/

== Clan Lord Related Applications ==

* [http://studies.clanlord.net '''Clan Lord:Ranger Study Chart (BETA)'''] by [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Gil-Galad Gil-Galad] helps you keep track of all your ranger studies. It has been tied in with the [http://bestiary.clanlord.net/index.html Org Du Lac’s Bestiary] because both of these are hosted on [clanlord.net] as well.

*[http://daytime.begeg.net/ '''Daytime Calculator'''] is a tool that shows you the current in-game time, season, zodiac, moon phase and even the length of day/night. You can also create timestamps for a scheduled hunt and don't have to care about problems with time zones as everyone who clicks on the link then can set their own timezone to see their local hunting start time. See the explanation on the page as well.

*[https://github.com/dfsw/scribius/wiki '''Scribius'''] by [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.SoulHunter ''Soul Hunter''] is a log scanner. It tallies ranks in each trainer an exile has, plus many other things such as lasties left, chain break percentages, coins earned, and more. ''(Mac Only)''

*[https://github.com/thesquib/Amanuensis/releases '''Amanuesis'''] This is Ruuk's new Scribus. there is also a new feature that reports how quickly you have killed every type of monster, within the best 24h and within the best 2h.

*[https://stylunk.clanlord.org/ '''Stylunk'''] from [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Skirwan ''Skirwan''] is a CL clothing dye computing program that lets you mix dyes on clothing to see what colors you can get.

===Ruuk’s Sites:===
*[https://clanlord.squib.co.nz/player '''CL Movie Player'''] '''BETA'''

* [https://github.com/thesquib/Amanuensis/releases '''Amanuensis'''] is a clan Lord Text Log scanner that counts kills, coins, lastys and more for MacOS, Windows and Linux! '''BETA'''

* [https://clanlord.squib.co.nz/bard-editor.html '''Clan Lord Bard Editor'''] is for bards and bard questers to compose music.

==CL Monitoring App/sites==
*[https://hexaedre.com/apps/trinary/ '''Trinary'''] App shows the status of the world. Requires MacOS 15.6+.

*[http://www.deltatao.com/clanlord/status/ '''CL Informer web page'''] that displays the same information as the Clan Lord Informer widget. 

*[http://faircraft.com/clstatus/ '''Clan Lord Informer Widget'''] an OS X widget that monitors the curently active clanners, Koppi and [[Command Reference| /status]] messages and other announcements. 

*[http://clmov.de/tool/cs/ '''Clan Lord Status Safari Extension'''] is an Extension for Safari that shows the number of players online and links to the [http://www.deltatao.com/clanlord/status/ CL Informer web page].

*[http://seankerwin.org/iClan/ '''iClan'''] an application for monitoring who's in the world while you are offline, also announces [[Command Reference| /status]] messages using OS X's built in Text-to-Speech. 

*[https://github.com/Deafjams/Clanning '''Clanning'''] by [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Kinon Kinon] and has since stopped maintaining it. It is now on only available on GitHub. However, it needs to be updated for Mavericks and up. It is another Mac App for monitoring who is currently clanning.

==Music==
*[https://clanlord.squib.co.nz/bard-editor.html Bard editor]
*[https://clanlord.gitlab.io/clanlord-bard-tool/ Bard Tool (Java)] is a java application like mTooth and Tune Helper, but being JAVA it works on any computer.

*[http://www.donaldsonworkshop.com/baraboo/mtooth.html '''mTooth'''] a Clan lord application for writing music in Clan Lord Tune Format. 

*[http://oomz.net/TuneHelper20.dmg '''Tune Helper 2.0'''] is like mTooth, for writing song in CL tune format as well, but more recently updated, though it is not 64bit. So it will run up to macOS 10.14.x (Mojave). ''direct download''

*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKprs08YIDM mid2CL script tutorial] — Coriakin demonstrates how to use mid2CL to take midi files and create CLTF text files.

== Bard Sites ==
*[https://open.spotify.com/show/5pduHSbDurFLbGKbnsM702 Spotify] Clan Lord Bardcast: Bingro's Spotify feed, where bards talk about barding, weekly.

*[http://www.donaldsonworkshop.com/baraboo/songwriting/ Baraboo's Guide to Writing Songs That Don’t Suck.] A guide for writing songs that don’t suck.

*[http://www.donaldsonworkshop.com/baraboo/cltf.html Baraboo's CL Music Notation site] is a page that explains how to compose music for play in Clan Lord.

* [http://rakster.puddleby.info/ Rakster] is a repository of the music written by bards in Puddleby. It goes nicely with mTooth and the CLTune Helper.

*[https://music.clanlord.net/bardsfield/index.php?title=Main_Page Bard’s Field CLTF music] is a repository for CL Tune Format music, by Bingro

*[http://www.wkresse.de/WekaDev/mid2cl/ MIDI to Clan Lord converter] an app that takes MIDI files and converts them to Clan Lord Tune Format. Windows, Linux, Mac (Intel only)

*[https://www.dcode.fr/text-splitter Text Splitter] for CLTF songs written in one large block to break up the pieces for CL’s 512 character limit.

*[https://www.youtube.com/@thepuddlebylistener6881 The Puddleby Listener] Youtube videos chronicling the music of many talented bards in Delta Tao's Clan Lord

==Macros==
The CLUMP’s [[Macros| Macro Section]]

Clan Lord’s Official Manual for Clan Lord macros
*http://www.deltatao.com/clanlord/macros/index.html

Direct link to the Official Macro Manual
* http://www.deltatao.com/clanlord/macros/manual.html

Better Living's Macro Language Reference: 
* http://fastfeet.bzui.net/language/index.shtml
* http://fastfeet.bzui.net/macros/

==Macro Apps==
Del‘Arus’ Clan Lord Macro Editor
* https://gitlab.com/clanlord/clanlord-macro-editor/-/releases

==Macro Sites==
Slyph's Macro Generator (write a Cad/Merc Staff Macro or a SunGem macro for you):
* http://slyph.vagilemind.com/macros/

Noivad’s Quik’NDirtyMFMacro ''Make a custom Auto self-heal, Cad, Aura, and Cad List, Macro''
* http://clanlord.net/moonstone_functions-template.php

Gorvin's CL Macros Page ''(Here you can get the latest versions of /sharecads and the right-clicker macro {staples in the community}.)''
* http://gorvin.50webs.com/macros/index.html

Inu Teisei’s CL Macro Repository on GitHub
* https://github.com/CL-LA/macros

Magnic’s CL Macro Repository on GitHub
* https://github.com/maxtraxv3/Macros

==Other==
*[https://deltatao.com/portal/sign-in Delta Tao’s Clan Lord Account Portal]: buy accounts, characters, etc.

*[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/Cheatsheet-en.png MediaWiki Editing Cheat Sheet]

*[https://www.zazzle.com/store/deltatao Delta Tao Merchandise on Zazzle]

*[http://www.deltatao.com/ Delta Tao]

*[https://github.com/skirwan/clan-lord-client-issues/issues Clan Lord (Clieunk) Issues] Report and track Clan Lord (Clieunk) Issues and updates.

*[https://www.youtube.com/user/linlustudios Inu Teisei’s CL Movies]

*[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d3e0pJ89EX9jyWJ1t8L7BadswVdAac3rg-n5_PsDJgc/edit Come Back to Clan Lord]

*[https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Stories Stories from the world]

*[https://noivad.wordpress.com/2012/01/05/why-i-dont-recommend-clan-lord/ Why I Don’t Recommend Clan Lord]

*[https://www.deltatao.com/clanlord/court_archives/ Puddleby Court Logs Archive]

==For Fun==
Stick Lord: Hoggle’s humorous take on exiles.
* http://sticklord.com/ https://sticklord.com/archives.html
Lil' Noivad
* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVVrymmzhE0
Lil' Daimoth
* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRqTvpgHgSs
L.A. Inquirer
* http://thelainquirer.blogspot.com/

==Exile Journals==
Puddleby.com home of many exile scrolls
* https://puddleby.com/
Azriel's Scroll-Spot
* http://azriel.puddleby.info/
Cammie in Exile
* http://exile-cammie.livejournal.com/
Creed's Screed
* http://www.hieran.com/creedscreed/
Drablak’s Journal: Thoomings
* http://h3o.ca/blog/
Eden, The Warrior Thooming
* http://warriorthoom.blogspot.com/
Eirian Caldwell, an Impulsive Fen
* http://eirianc.wordpress.com/
Fishylish
* http://fishylish-cl.livejournal.com/
Gloria
* http://gloriaclass.blogspot.com/
Iriel Red: Myrmfodder
* http://irielred.blogspot.com/
Jeanne & Moon Kitty's Journal
* http://moonwarrior.livejournal.com/
Kisa's Sketchbook
* http://kisacl.wordpress.com/
Largo: Long Live the Largocracy
* http://journal.largocracy.com/
Lily Fren: Lily’s Memoirs
* http://puddleby.com/lilyfren/
Lundar
* http://puddleby.com/lundar/
Magnic
* http://magnic.livejournal.com/
Nekko No Kessha {Clan}
* http://nekonokessha.wordpress.com/
Order of the White Elephant {Clan}
* https://web.archive.org/web/20081022205349/http://owe.puddleby.info/index.html
Rroot
* http://mysticalrroot.blogspot.com/
ser Slyph, the Foxweir Knight
* http://serslyph.blogspot.com/
Trymon's Tome
* http://puddleby.com/trymon/

==GM Journals==
Slarty Spoils Clan Lord
* http://slartyramble.blogspot.com/ (RSS Feed: [feed://slartyramble.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss] )
Joe Delta - Joe’s rambling thoughts about life, games, movies, and Macintosh
* http://deltatao.com/deltajoe/
Yappy’s Blog: Yap Yap Yap: Barkings From an Associate Game Designer
* http://yappygm.blogspot.com/2012/03/ready-for-change.html (RSS Feed: [feed://yappygm.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default] )

== Dead Sites ==
''These sites are no longer actively maintained because the player/s who made them have moved on. However there is still some good information at these sites, and they are worth a look. Note: system requirements to play Clan Lord have changed. See Delta Tao's Clan Lord web site above for the current requirements.'' ''(Please use the [https://web.archive.org/ wayback machine] to see whatever was salvaged from these sites.)''

The Sentinel was a phpBB (bulletin board) site where players discussed CL and debated each other run by Vagile. This site has been dead for a long time, but there's an archive of some of it:
* https://clanlordsentinel.netlify.app/
''Note: much of the banter has moved to the CL Discord server run by Kalian.''

Clan Lord FAQ: 
* https://web.archive.org/web/20131208022133/http://www.clanlord.com/faq/

Better Living Through Fast Feet: (aka the Art of Running) 
* https://web.archive.org/web/20220414232239/http://fastfeet.bzui.net/

Braveheart's Clan Lord Guide: 
* http://www.sundragonclan.com/guide/

'''Drablak’s Hideaway''' (Various content Main landing page)
* https://web.archive.org/web/20090105200853/http://drablak.pucks.org:80/dhw/fMain/Main.html

Drablak's New Exile '''Guides''': 
* https://web.archive.org/web/20211201000609/ttp://drablak.pucks.org/dhw/gd/wisdom.php

Drablak's Macro Instructions: 
* https://web.archive.org/web/20220125043716/http://drablak.pucks.org/dhw/gd/Macros/Macro101.php

'''Maps''' by Drablak and others: 
* http://h3o.ca/d/maps/Travels.php

'''Azriel’s Maps'''
* https://web.archive.org/web/20110725180904/http://azriel.puddleby.info/mapindex.html ''(has many up to date maps including Eastern Mountains)''

CLUMP:Current events

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[[File:Museum.jpg| right]]
This is a page dedicated to the current goings on in the lands.
* [http://thoomcare.com/ Thoomcare] Current News

*[http://deltatao.com/clanlord/status/ Clan Lord Status]

*[https://deltatao.com/clanlord/news/ Delta Tao CL news]

*[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ngu-rVJCMt4uTN_VzbvSGFO7mnfWRgou-QtuweFEcMQ/edit?gid=0#gid=0 Weekly Open Hunt Schedule]

Click the Discussion Tab to see recaps of Lore Tours!

==2026==
*20260923: Memorial for permanently fallen players:
[[File: 2026memorial.png|left|thumb| Exiles Gathered in the Memorial Garden]]

*20260919: This week, on September 19, 2026 at 10:00 (PST) the Lore Tour will journey through the Vale of Giants to the town of Fountfell. There, we’ll meet with the blacksmith Kasarra, who has been crafting Silksteel armor for us. We’ll find out whether it’s ready and perhaps pick her brain for other smithing ideas. Her ingenuity has already helped our blacksmiths learn many new techniques. If time allows, we’ll stop by the Rockslide Tavern to visit with Egremora. She always has great stories to share, and loves hearing ours in return. Perhaps we can tell her about our recent adventures in the Shadowspring Citadel and our encounter with the Skitterkin! Come prepared with a story or two of your own! (Also maybe Kasarra will take pity on Seaforth and craft him some new armor) — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Garr Garr]

*20260912: Lore Tour continues Saturday, September 12, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we plan to wander the lands to visit the V'wunquinhun and to receive their blessings. It’s is hard to believe it has been so long. Also, our plan is to focus on the other nine, since we ran into the one in Shadowspring last time. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260905: Lore Tour returns Saturday, September 5, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings and delve deeper into Shadowspring. We will need strong help and sharp minds to brave to darkness. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260904: Portal move announcement portal will move tomorrow or Saturday (~4-5 Sept) for all of September to Frigid Cavern. Depending on V'wunkays or anything special for v1500, maybe it will be more variable. Stay tuned to Koppi for any changes! — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.OrgDuLac Org Du Lac]

*20260822: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 22, 2026 at 10:00 This week we plan to divert slightly on the trail of the Skitterlings to deliver Trillbane his song! We've invited him over to the Rockslide Tavern in Fountfell for some needed refreshments, so we'll have to travel through Vale of Giants to meet up with him and hear the song Coriakin has written for him. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260815: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 15, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings and our exploration of the area beneath Shadowspring. As before, strong help of all kinds would be appreciated! — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20280808: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 8, 2026 at 10:00. This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. After our realization that the goats and Trillbane have finished the shortcut, we plan to stop by and tell Tart’targ of our progress before heading back beneath Shadowspring. Strong help will be needed to defeat the things crawling around in the darkness. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260801: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 1, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. With the earth aligned ancient machines charged, we plan to make our way north through Vale to the nodes north of there, ultimately making our way to the GMV Ruins. Last time in the Fire ruins the Mystics felt the Ick to the west, towards that area. While there we can try some different tactics against the Ick, hopefully we can find an effective approach. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260718: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the '''Skitterlings'''. We plan to meet with Tart’targ and catch up with her on our success in taking down an Ick Promontory. Then we’ll see if we can hunt down any more of them that may have appeared around the ancient machines in the Eastern Mountains. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260711: **Lore Tour** continues July 11th at 10AM (PST). This week we're planning to head into the **Shadowplane** to search for clues about the forgotten Oubleir in our efforts to find the Fruit of the Crooked Tree. Last time we were investigating them we talked with a large shadow mantuan in the Shadow forest and they mentioned that we had the wrong mantuan, and that the rest of the herd were smaller baby mantuan. We plan to search through the shadowplane to see if we can locate them and see what they might say. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

[[File: WantedSkitterlings.png|left|thumb| Skitterlings Wanted.]]
*20260704: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 4, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we will be continuing on the on the trail of the Skitterlings. Our plan is to meet again with Tart'targ, update her on our efforts and then check on some sightings of the Skitterlings near their nest in the Vale of Giants. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260620: Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 20, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we will continuing on the on the trail of the Skitterlings. Our plan is to meet with the Nacerean Order and talk with them about how we might be able to utilize blood magic in our efforts against the Ick. Maybe we could even get the bloodpool itself to help us out in some way.

*20260613: Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 13, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we will be needing some help on the trail of the Skitterlings. With the delivery of the Green Drake mushrooms to Tart’targ, we’re almost ready to delve into Shadowspring, but we need some time for the Goats to finish their digging and for us to finish composing a song for Trillbane. So we need your help in coming up with ideas to buy us time. What can we do to the Ick to stymie its spread or to distract it, slowing it from spreading further towards Sunspire and the other ancient machines? While catching up with Tart’targ we’ll share our theories and head over to one of the nodes to try some out. So bring your ideas, theories and equipment, explain how it might help, then we can try it out and see what happens. Hopefully we can figure out a plan from this testing.
**So far we’ve observed that the Ick seems to be growing, seeing out the energies of the ancient machines. The Skitterlings, it seems, are just along for the ride. Hopefully that’s helpful in forming your ideas.

*20260606: Lore Tour returns Saturday, June 6, 2026 at 10:00. This week we will travel through the Vale of Giants to the Heartwood Glade in search of the Green Drake mushrooms that Tart’targ needs to help us get deeper into Shadowspring. And as a reminder, we promised her we wouldn’t imbibe them ourselves, lest our bodies be turned into mud and forced to wander without our minds. ⁠hunting_hall⁠ While there, we also plan on checking on the progress the goats, Trillbane, and the Mountain Hermit have made on making a shortcut into Shadowspring. We had last wrangled some unruly goats with them, so hopefully they’ve made good progress. ⁠hunting_hall⁠ Once we gather the mushrooms, we need to make sure we get them back to Tart’targ, as they are prone to spoilage. When we get back to her, we can report on the spread of the Ick we had observed near the GMV Ruins creeping up towards Sunspire. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260530: Hello, bards and others! The May 30th concert will be our next themed concert. The concert will feature music inspired by or written about the Shadowplane. I’m sure everything will be fine and there will be no unexpected visitors or unfortunate occurrences. Bards, you’re invited to write something new about the Shadowplane! This isn’t officially a contest, just a composing challenge, but I’ve already received some donations so…. Who knows what’ll happen!

[[File: LTatSPwEle.png|left|thumb| Lore Tour Consults a Shadow-phant, and learns to do nothing.]]

*20260523: Lore Tour continues Saturday, May 23, 2026 at 10:00. This week we will return to the Shadow Forest. As a reminder, we had been working for some time on a way to restore the altar in the Windweft Ice Caves, to restore access to Purgatory and maybe see if we could help the spirit of Gaiyl return. To do that, we were tracking down how the Ancients built the altars in the first place. From the stories left in their triangle language near the Ancient machines we know that Mataline had went to the Shadowplane and stole a piece of shadow and brought it back with her. Stories that Egremora told us say that with that piece stone was infused with the power of the shadows to become altars. From other stories from the protectorate, we’ve been able to put together that this piece of shadow was actually fruit of the crooked tree. From that same crooked tree we were presented two seeds, one that we planted in Fane, and the other that was planted in the Dreamless Protectorate. By feeding the Fane seedling, it eventually grew into a tree with an entrance to the Shadow Forest. It is our hope that our next clues on where to find the fruit we need to make progress. While there, we will try and make sense of the forgotten Oubleir. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260516: The week on Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 10:00 (PST) the Lore Tour will be checking up on the bees we helped settle into one of the caves in the Ash Barrens. But before we go there, we'll be heading into the Greymyr Passes to meet up with Nauliana the beekeeper. Hopefully we can convince her to join us in visiting the bees and maybe she can teach us ways to help them thrive. We'll see where that leads us and I sure everything will be totally 100% safe. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Garr Garr]

*20260509: Lore Tour continues Saturday, May 9, 2026 at 10:00. This week we will continue on the trail of the Skitterlings checking in on the ancient machines in the eastern mountains to see what the Ick has been up to. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260502: **Lore Tour** returns 10AM PST. This week we will return again to the **Book Fort**, this time we plan to head to the Sky-library. While we’re there we’ll try and sort out the whole regal situation between the jerk knights and Seaforth.

*20260425: BARD CONCERT

*20260418: Lore Tour continues Saturday, April 18, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we will return into the Book Fort, this time heading to the Mosey Meadows.

*20260411: This week on Saturday, April 11, 2026 at 10:00 (PST), the Lore Tour will be heading up to Sombrion’s Cloud to investigate something strange going on. A friend of mine was recently up there doing some “research” when all of a sudden a Sarir ran by screaming. Something about “Run!” and “It just landed!” He just thought it was your normal Sarir ramblings and didn’t follow up because it was just a Sarir you know? But when he told me, I figured we should probably go check it out. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260404: Lore Tour returns Saturday, April 4, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we will venture into the Book Fort! — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260314: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 14, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). Double check that time! This week we plan to pay a visit to the Verminate on Ash to see what they’ve been up to lately in tormenting the Darshak. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260307: Lore Tour returns Saturday, March 7, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings by searching for some inspiration for @Coriakin’s song about Trillbane. — Phroon

*20260221: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 21, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan help Trillbane wrangle some goats that have wandered away from clearing the path to Shadowspring. Trillbane mentioned they were last seen in the rocky areas above Vale, so we’ll check there first. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260214: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue our investigations into the Skitterlings and the Ick. We plan to check on the nest we’ve found below the Vale of Giants, we also hope to run into Trillbane and ask how me might be able to help clear the way into Shadowspring Citadel.

*20260207: Lore Tour returns Saturday, February 7, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to investigate the new Stout Chains, traveling deep into the Orga Stronghold to hunt for Fire Water. We may also poke around and see if we can figure out how the Orga make the stuff and reproduce it ourselves. While out that way, if we see Trillbane we also plan to ask him about how the goats are doing on clearing the way into Shadowspring, and what we might do to speed that up. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260124: Lore Tour continues Saturday, January 24, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to use the current portal armistice to investigate the Heart of Ice in the Glacial Deeps. Hopefully we can meet the Fountfell smith Kasarra there and show them what we’ve been able to discover so far. We also hope to talk to some of the Windspinners there to see what they have been able to learn.

*20260117: Lore Tour continues Saturday, January 17, 2026 at 10:00. This week we plan to catch up on the status of the Bath House. I’ve heard a report from Loom'tir that most of the staff have returned from a mandatory Peaceton vacation, and that they could use help with the finishing touches for their grand reopening.

*20260110: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 10, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. Following up on the investigation of the fighter nodes in the Eastern Mountains we plan to visit with Tart’targ and discuss what we’ve both observed. We also plan to deliver most of the materials that we were tasked to collect a while ago that would be used in a ritual to get down to where the Skitterlings seemed to be coming from in Shadowspring.

*20260103: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 3, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. Before the Bawkmas holiday Tart’targ identified that the Skitterlings seemed to be spreading along with a strange vine-web substance. We’ve since seen Skitterlings and this substance near several of the ancient machines in the Eastern Mountains. We plan to continue our investigation by traveling to the earth attuned machines and checking on their current status.

==2025==
*20251213: Lore Tour returns Saturday, December 13, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. Last week we unexpectedly found one of their nests underneath Vale in the ruins up to Fountfell, suggesting they have expanded outwards from their spot beneath Shadowspring. We plan to revisit the nest and see what else we can learn from it.

[[File:CL-20251206-Skittlerlings.png|thumb|frame|left|These guys are in quite the predicament!]]
*20251206: Lore Tour returns Saturday, December 6, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings with a trip through the Vale of Giants to check on the goat’s progress on clearing a path into Shadowspring for Trillbane.

*20251122: Lore Tour continues Saturday, November 22, 2025 at 10:00. This week we plan to check in with the Verminate Two. Five (as they were five vermin in a cloak) became Two after Three stayed behind to rule over the mountain of lunch boxes we had delivered. We then invited Two to join us in Puddleby where they were learning to cook in Haricot’s kitchen. The Verminate were working on plans to topple the Darshak buildings in Ash City, as well as learning rune magic. We hope to check in with them and see what progress they’ve made and if we can be of any help.—Phroon

[[File:CL-2025115-Dance_Off.png|thumb|frame|left|The November 15st 2025 Lore tour Dance Off!]]
*20251115: Instead of your usual Lore Tour, it's a dance off Dance Off!

*20251108: Lore Tour returns Saturday, November 8, 2025 at 10:00 (PST). (Double check that time!). This week we plan to return to the trail of the Skitterlings. We plan to head through Vale of Giants to Heartwood Glade to check on the progress of the path into Shadowspring. With luck the goats may have broken enough rock to make us a path inside. Strong help as always would be appreciated. — Phroon

[[File:CL-20251101LoreTour.png|thumb|frame|left|The November 1st 2025 Lore tour meets at the alliance castle.]]
*20251101: Lore Tour returns Saturday, November 1, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). (Double check that time!). This week we plan to have a spooky Tsrrin themed adventure. The day of the dead will be over so you can come back out of the library and don your costume to celebrate with us!

*This month's bard concert will be in the bards' guild hall on Saturday October 25th at 11AM (PDT). Normally we have our Feast of Tsirrin concert in the playhall, but we need to be in the bards' guild building because it'll also be Valadorei's audition to become a full bard! I hope you can all make it out to support her!

*20251018: Lore Tour continues Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue our Ethereal Science with Bosun Higgs on western Tenebrion’s Island in efforts to repair the damage that the Darshak had done to the Ethereal Plane. It seems that Higgs has already successfully removed the Kyuem the Darshak had forced into place, but there is still more work to be done.

*20251011: **Lore Tour** continues Saturday October 11 at 10AM (PDT) After the nothing-counts tour of last week we again plan to head through **Vale of Giants** up to **Fountfell** to speak with the smiths there about our success in locating the heart of ice. A while ago they were searching for the heart in hopes to use it in the process of creating some kind of armor. Vale has been particularly happy when we’ve visited recently, so strong help would be appreciated.

*20251004: Lore Tour returns Saturday, October 4, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to head through Vale of Giants up to Fountfell to speak with the smiths there about our success in locating the heart of ice. A while ago they were searching for the heart in hopes to use it in the process of creating some kind of armor. Vale has been particularly happy when we’ve visited recently, so strong help would be appreciated.

*20250927: Bard Concert: Bard Concert on Saturday, September 27, 2025 at 11:00! I'll bring 2 new songs (one of which is for the contest and the other one is exploring more of my CLmetal / CLrock era) and others are hoping to have new stuff too! — Bingro

*20250925: Dear Puddleby Friends,
**It is time to pause and remember those we have lost over the years.
**Baffina & Baffette, Eyeball, K’Pyn, The Good Cat, Tonoto, Tyndall, Xenos & Panos are much missed in Puddleby and in the world. Each year we come together on or around the anniversary of Tyndall’s passing, 20 years ago, in order to celebrate the lives of these friends who have passed, as well as others we miss.
**Please join us to share memories, whiskey, cigars, beer, songs, and bonfires in the Memorial Garden outside Alliance Castle on Thursday, September 25, 2025 at 19:00 (PDT). Here in Puddleby we call it "mosey time." Follow the candles from West Gate.
**Whether you knew them or not, whether you are a regular in Puddleby, brand new, or watch from the library, please feel welcome. We would love to see you. Please also reach out to friends who might not see this message – we'd love to see them, too.
**Xenos & Panos wished us all “a happy and fruitful life and the good sense to live it with no regrets.”
*20250913: Lore Tour returns Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:00. This week we plan to head through Vale of Giants to Heartwood Glade to check on the progress on clearing the way into Shadowspring. We’ve been digging our way to Shadowspring to investigate the mysterious Skitterlings scuttling beneath the citadel. Both Trillbane and Tart’targ have been helping us, so we’re planning on stopping by to see if they need anything.

*20250906: Lore Tour returns Saturday, September 6, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to head to Tenebrion’s Island to check on the abandoned Darshak Temple where they were conducting ethereal research. Lugubrion had asked us to remove ethereal detritus from a stash there. There were also report of some sort of ethereal accountant there, we plan to investigate that as well. — Phroon

*20250829: Friday, August 29, 2025 at 19:00 (PDT) the mosey (and Whirlwind) will be bringing those interested to book 2

*20250823: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 23, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to head to Ash City to deliver lunch to Five. Pack up on lunch boxes from Haricot’s and be prepared to fight some Darshak.

*20250816: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 16, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to head back to the Glacial Deeps beneath the Frigid Caverns in Silversnag Ascent in the Eastern Mountains to continue our investigations into the Heart of Ice. This week we hope to talk to the Windspinners there about the Heart and other discoveries.

*20250802: Lore Tour returns Saturday, August 2, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. With mushrooms in hand from last time, we plan to scout around Fountfell looking for potential ways into the depths below Shadowspring. We’ve been able to recruit the assistance of Trillbane for a cut of the spoils and a song. Perhaps he’ll be willing to help us find the trailhead.

*20250719: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 19, 2025 at 10:00AM (PDT). To continue our investigation into the mysterious Skitterlings found beneath Shadowspring Citadel we plan to go hunting for the mushrooms Tart’targ needs to unseal the path down to where the Skitterlings are believed to be nesting. We plan to start our search by meeting with her to remind ourselves what we’re looking for.

*20250628: Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to visit with the inscrutable Mountain Hermit in the Vale of Giants gauntlet to ask him about the current goings on in the Eastern Mountains. There’s been a lot going on; our search for the Stormlyric Monastery, explorations of the Frigid Cavern for the Heart of Ice, and a council of different factions discussing Sombrion’s presence. And that’s on top of our recent discovery and investigation of the skitterlings. The hermit’s enigmatic perspective on these things will help guide our turbulent investigations. — Phroon

*20250607: This week the Lore Tour will be heading back to the bowels of Ash Island to investigate what our vermine and spriggin friends have been up to since we last visited. While there we should probably be on the lookout for The Widow Lactrodectia and her creations. Also, We will probably try to rob any rich new Darshak Lords that have settled in Rosentide since the last time we looted the place. All these things and more may or may not happen! Join us to find out! — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Garr Garr]

*20250605: v1436. When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of human civilization — Daniel Webster (1782–1852)
**Sorry for the delay. Our gerbils were a bit overwhelmed by the amount of art pouring into our library (over 8200 individual images!) They needed some cuddles, reassurance, and a little reprogramming.
**Speaking of 8200+ amazing pieces of artwork: thank you again to our volunteer artists, who have been expanding the Clan Lord world for the past 25 (27?) years. We wouldn’t be the same without you!

*20250531: Coriakin reports: Bard concert at Lugubrion's Keep next weekend! Saturday, May 31st at 11AM pacific time. Come on out and hear some organ music!

[[file:fountfell-lore-tour.png|thumb|The Lore Tour in Fountfell]]
*20250517: Lore Tour continues Saturday, May 17, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT) this week we will visit the Rockslide Tavern in Fountfell to hear stories from Egremora and to ask about the strange Skitterlings we saw deep inside Shadowspring Citadel. We may also stop by and visit with Pelaegia to get her perspective on these strange creatures. — Phroon

*20250510: **Lore Tour** continues 10AM (PDT) this week we will travel deep into **Shadowspring Citadel**. Known as the Gates of the Moon by the Ancients, these ruins housed a tear to the Shadowplane that was sealed by exiles years ago. We plan to delve its depth to reveal any new mysteries, and to check on the odd skittering creatures we saw before. We will need strong help to brave the dangers within, including those versed in revealing the rifts and traps within, as well as some of our friends who have trained plenty of Horus.
[[File:CL-Fountain 2025-05-07.png|thumb]]
*20250507: Update v1432
**Yes, I will spend the livelong day
**With Nature in this month of May;
**And sit beneath the trees, and share
**My bread with birds whose homes are there.
**“In May” — W. H. Davies (1871–1940)
**Thank you to our volunteers and artists for their continued work!
**Other than some behind-the-scenes bug fixes, everything else for this update is a secret. Or maybe not-so-secret?

*20250419: Lore Tour continues Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT) this week we have a trip led by the Fledgelings into the Bookfort. Check it out, at your local library. — Phroon

*20250412: Lore Tour returns Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT) this week we plan to head to the Shadowplane and the Protectorate to hunt for clues on how to succeed in future trips to the Shadow Forest. If there's time, we may also visit some Shadowbears. Strong help and bright lanterns will be needed to traverse the dangerous plane.

*20250405: Lore Tour returns Saturday, April 5, 2025 at 10:00AM (PDT) this week we plan to delve into The Land of Dank Believe aka Bookfort. We plan to revisit previous year’s sections of the Bookfort including exciting adventures like fighting in a book on the moon and defeating a wizard on a cloud. Please suspend your disbelief at the door.
*Next Update April 2nd. — Phroon

*20250322: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 22, 2025 at 10:00 (AM PDT) this week we plan to head to Silversnag Ascent and the Frigid Cavern to continue our investigations into the Heart of Ice. Rumor says there may be others looking for the same thing we are, maybe they’ll have some clues for us. — Phroon

*20250315: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 15, 2025 at 10:00AM (PDT) this week we plan to select a plan from various plans. We are awaiting confirmation of the plan while we plan to make our selection. We hope to plan on your attendance. (Silversnag? TI? Shadowplane? East Forest!? Who knows where Lore Tour will go!?).
**Lore Tour update: This week we plan to travel to TI to investigate the Darshak Temple that was under construction there. — Phroon

*20250308: **Lore Tour** continues 10AM PST. this week we plan to go on an adventure hosted by the Order of the Fledgelings!

*20250305 v1423 Update
**Choice is how you can tell an intelligent man from a fool. — Henrik Ibsen (1828–1906)
**You’ll have to explore to see what’s new this Chaos Storm.

*20250301: **Lore Tour** returns 10AM PST this week we plan to drop on by **Sombrion’s Keep** to explore the appropriated island and to deliver materials towards a permanent Agronox landing pad. We’ll be needing plenty of agronox feathers, mirror shards, logs of wood, sturdy limbs, skiens of silk, blue baubles, and shiny medallions. We’ll also see if we can fit in some squabbling with a Wizard, or at least a good rifling through his things.
*20250215: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 15, 2025 at 10:00 (PST) this week we plan to head to Ash City to do some more ambassadorial liaising in the Gorvin tradition. Following our defeat of Endrondus there’s sure to be some interesting things happening in Rosentide.

*20250208: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 8, 2025 at 10:00AM (PST) this week we plan to head to the Shadow Forest and the Shadow Bard’s Field! Strong help and many lanterns will be needed to survive. — Phroon

*20250205 v1419 Update
**We love the things we love for what they are. — Robert Frost (1874–1963)
**Testing potential new Champion ability: Charge. It has some small limits to the number of uses for now, until we figure out balancing. Apply for testing in Champ HQ.
**A few stubbornly wild pets can now be tamed by healers.
**Boostus got a little boost.
**Young lights can now better ward off the dangers of the dark.

*20250201: Lore Tour returns Saturday, February 1, 2025 at 10:00 (PST) this week we plan to head back to Silversnag Ascent and the Frigid Cavern to check on the crumbling ice within. These Ancient ruins always seem to contain much history for us to understand. — Phroon
*20250118: (10AM PST) Lore Tour this week plans to explore the Shadow Forest. Strong help and sun lanterns will be required.
*20250111: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 11, 2025 at 10:00 (PST) this week we plan to head back to Ash to continue our investigate Ausrine’s mysterious Ankh. I'm sure we'll encounter absolutely no more misunderstandings whatsoever.

*20250104: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 4, 2025 at 10:00 (PST)this week we plan to head deep into to the third circle of the Abyss to investigate Ausrine’s mysterious Ankh. Strong help would be appreciated for this trip.

*20250101 v1414 Update
**I have learned that to be with those I like is enough. — Walt Whitman (1819–1892)
**Season’s Belated Beatings!

==2024==
*20241221: Lore Tour continues Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 10:00AM PST this week we plan to return to Silversnag Ascent to search for a heart of ice for Kasarra’s smithing experiments. — Phroon
*20241214 10AM PST: Arbordale, Puddleby, Merdi, day 22 of Autumn, 639.
Letter to Giben at Fountfell
**Titus [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Kojiro Kojiro] DeLouche St. Thoomingnon, son of Pomponious, Lord Seaforth, to Giben, Dwarf - If you and the scouting party are well I shall be glad. From your official despatch I have, in common with everyone else, received the liveliest satisfaction; for you have given us that strong hope of success, of which, in sole reliance on you, I was assuring everyone. The emissary smith has taught to Powean the working of litharge. To practical end, he has learned the making of the Gilded Breastplate which was awarded me in recognition of valor on behalf of the People. This he learned only after smashing to
**Issues remain. We know not how to channel the Earth’s power through the armor, beyond its shining brilliance to strike fear into the hearts of enemies sensible of it. Further, I have reread the minutes of that initial meeting with Kassara, who defamed my biceps, from which it is clear that a second armor type was discussed of which Powean has not been taught. This is referred to as flexible, perhaps a mesh, perhaps for rapid attackers rather than line troops. The requirements mentioned steel, lead, arachnoid silk and ice. I know not whether the reference to ice is meant literally – is it an annealing step? A type of ice magic? I pray we will not be competing with the Mystics for sapphires.
**Your correspondence reaches me here, conveyed by what means I know not, from Fountfell. It seems we must send you another scouting party, as the above questions remain to be resolved. Do send reports regarding the route, in particular the grasping cedar forest west of the settlement. I will bring you a package of the smoked jellyfish I know to be your favorite and not native to high altitudes. We return this Saturday, December 14, for Lore Tour. Watch for our coming.
*20241123 10AM PST: At the behest of Pirate King, Witchy Kitty, [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Stinkfist Captain Stinkfist]:
**Arrr, now that we have successfully lulled Endrondus into a false sense of security, it is time to enact the Pirate King's daring and cunning plan to undermine the Darshak Cult. Yarr, this plan is top secret and will be explained on the day.
**Enclosed is a doodle of the Witchy Kitty Pirate King winking* — Valadorei
*20241116 10AM PST: “Arrr! Witchy Kitty Pirate King here! We will be following up on our Rainbow Diplomacy efforts! I'm told we should visit Alder to discuss the Bee Prophecy and related things, so yarr, seems like a good place to start. We also have our new friends from the Verminate and our Spriggin allied uhh mercenaries err... special advisors to the Verminate. The Verminate will need more shiny things for the rainbow generator, so bring shiny things, sunstones and gems of any kind are specially needed. Probably bring them snacks too, what is the food equivalent of the shiniest gem? Bring the answer to that question please. For our Spriggin friends..... yarr just bring coins for them. The Witchy Kitty Pirate King of Lok'Groton will make a substantial donation and the Forces of Whimsy would surely look very kindly upon a large gift of coins from Puddleby. Lastly, time permitting, yarr we got this very bad darshak priest man named Endrondus, he is a very bad man and for the good of the island chain, he gots to go. He needs to die for his many crimes going back centuries, definitely not because we built a rainbow generator and gave it to sentient vermine right in front of him. We totally didnt do that... and if we did it was on purpose and part of a much larger plan in accordance with The Gorvin Mandate regarding the Darshak Cult. Fun and inventive and practical ways to dispose of this very bad darshak man are welcome. See you there! With Love, The Witchy Kitty Pirate King” — Stinkfist

*20241109 10AM PST: Arbordale, Puddleby, Sombdi, day 71 of Spring, 639.
**Letter to Giben at Fountfell
**Giben - The state of things in regard to my steel visions, in which I know that you are supremely interested, and our subsequent discoveries beneath Melabrion Bay is this, as far as can be as yet conjectured. The ceiling ore is steel and lead alloyed, and delivery of ingots of what I refer to here as ‘litharge’ has been secured to skilled metalworkers in Fountfell, said ingots being alloy and bone ash. The ingots are stamped with a Dwarven symbol for Earth, for lead, and a sword, referencing steel. You may share my skepticism as to virtue of the litharge to us, as warriors – boluses for slings? will we have boots of lead, for stamping vermine, or fighting on the sea floor? Recall our schooling in philology – I believe the litharge stamp to be a specifier of the Champion in the ancient language of the Even Shorter Dwarves.
**I call upon you to join me this approaching Saturday for Lore Tour, and I will make the same demand upon all Puddlebeans. Saturday, then, we lead with steel and follow with lead. We shall make a concerted expedition to this Fountfell, this mountain beyond the History of Salandra, and there turn speculation into knowledge. — Titus Kojiro DeLouche St. Thoomingnon, Lord Seaforth
[[File:CL-v1406SplashScreen.png|thumb|frame|right|The v1406 Clan Lord Splash Screen]]
*20241106: CL v1406 Update
**Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion. — Democritus (c. 460 bce – c. 370)
**A statue remembering The Good Cat has been added to the Memorial Garden.
**A few cats waited until exiles were done trick-or-treating to put on their own costumes, wander around, and beg for treats.
**Improved <mumble>, <mumble>, and <mumble>.
**Three new areas will now properly give exploration awards. Anyone who has explored these areas already will be able to do so again to receive the reward. — Delta Tao

*20241102 10AM PDT: Come help us fulfil a prophecy with Science! Or something like that. I'm not in charge. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Garr Garr]

*20241019 10AM PDT: Lord Seaforth (formerly Kojiro):
**Attn Puddleheads: A Levée is called to new ore finds in Tokhans - Saturday, Lore Tour. The gods demand Metal. I demand fancier armor. Bring tools.

*20241005 10AM PDT: Lore Tour returns this Saturday to the shadow garden in the haunted fane. After all the extra trips we made, we now believe that we may have enough dream fragments to grow the tree even bigger! Nothing could possibly go wrong as the seed was freely given! We'll likely need a strong group to ensure the success of this endeavor so make sure to show up.

*20240921 10AM PDT: THE TRIAL BY PUN-BAT OF PAULA FRESHLAND!!! Happuning Saturday 10 am PST. Don’t miss your chance to see just-ice snow its hand in the Puddleby Courthouse! Will Maximus try to defend his damsel and wind up in damncell or will he get rid of his jailousy and shake Paula’s clutch on him and purse-ue a path of honor and truth. The Punsecutor General will be handling the trial on behalf of the people and all other Puddleby citipuns. You.Cannot.Afford.To.Miss.This!!!! — Pun’isher

*20240907 10AM (PDT): GREETINGS PUDDLEBEARS AND PUDDLEBEANS. THE GREAT BEAR SPIRIT HAS BEEN KEEPING WATCH OVER OUR SHADOW NOT-BEAR FRIENDS, AND HAS NOTICED THAT THEY HAVE BEEN GROWING IN POWER. THE GREAT BEAR SPIRIT ADVICES US TO SHOW THEM OUR PUDDLE HONOR, BY ENGAGING IN SOME DIPLOMATIC WRESTLING ON THEIR TURF. WE SHALL MAUL AND SLASH TO EXCHANGE BEAR KNOWLEDGE. BRING HONEY. — Biro

*20240817: Arr, Puddleby! I have been keeping my bees informed of da news, but dey told me da uvver bees are restless. Dey are not satisfied wit second hand news nor wit so few of us reportin' it. Reekfoot's weddin' is da hops what broke da bison's back.
**DEREFORE (da Captain said dat part is important) we are going to visit my bees on August 17, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT) to make dis right. After we tell dem da news officially, we will ask what we can do to assuage da uvver bees' bovveration. Warm up your newsing voices. Polish your armour. Bring your big axes an' wax your moonstones. Dis could get messy. — Dandelion

*20240810: Proclamation from the Pirate King:
**Arrr, so a Rumorstorm has informed me that my brother, local traveling non-darshak pirate blood conjurer Reekfoot has gotten married and did not invite me due to his unhappiness at placing 3rd in the 420th Regional Dance Offs. I am told from a presumably reliable source that Rumorstorm heard that Reekfoot has indeed married some Darshak of some amount of renown. FURTHERMORE, I heard tell that Reekfoot NOW wants an audience with us, the Citizens of Puddleby What's gonna go down? I dunno, there is a lot of information flying around, what has everyone else heard? Cuz I heard the UoP Janitors totally murdered the dance floor at the reception. I also heard we are going to do GREAT!
**7 word summaries:
***Reekfoot makinup fer sumting, bloo peel, PROFIT!
***Killing Darshaks for Profit, or for Reekfoot...

*20240803: oh uh, Lore Tour: We're fighting Shadow Plane nihilism. Which is, obviously, the worst kind of nihilism. — Ausrine

*20240727: It almost time again! On July 27th at 11AM (PDT) we'll be hearing Aurelie audition for Questership und thus hear lots of new music you certainly don't want to miss out on! Also, rumour has it, there is a surprise waiting to be revealed at or around the concert!
*20240720: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 20, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we plan to follow up on some strange new apparitions sighted during a recent visit to the Shadowplane. Was it a one-off sighting? We'll need strong fighters and would welcome mystics, especially those with a sun lantern. If we don't have enough mystical support, we may go mad and climb the walls or gnaw off each others' limbs. — Phroon

*20240713: Lore Tour Saturday July 13th and 10AM PDT: The Romanus Mystery
**An intriguing cold case file came to light in the last month. During the bank counter heist Romanus was killed—or was he? We need to ascertain whether Romanus was always a shadow guild agent that exiles killed, or was he replaced by an agent. Judging by the events as recorded by the PPD, Romanus wouldn’t have helped the exiles if he was simply a shadow guild agent. Assuming that is true, If he is alive, and was captured by shadow guild agents, then we have to find where they are keeping him. Given the roster of Puddleby Police Department is down to 2 active members — myself & lieutenant deputy of puns, Pun’isher. We need all able citizens to help us crack this case. — Sheriff Noivad

*20240706: [https://discord.gg/W688R9aM?event=1254919822534250597 Lore Tour] Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 6, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we plan to travel to Fountfell and Silversnag Ascent to follow up on clues about the history of Mataline's Silver Key.

*20240629: Next bard concert will be Saturday June 29th at 11AM pacific time, featuring the return of @Bingro and hopefully @Fantasia too! If I did this right, this should be your local time: Saturday, June 29, 2024 11:00 AM (PDT).
*20240622: Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 22, 2024 10:00 AM. — Phroon
*20240615:Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 15, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we will be traveling with the mysterious Orchid into Fane to show her the sapling that has been growing in the Shadowy garden there. It is our hope that she will be able to lend us some clarity as to what might happen if we continue to foster the tree’s growth. As usual, strong help would be useful, Rinakki isn’t the most welcomed in Fane anymore and will need our help in reaching the garden. — Phroon

*20240608: Lore Tour returns Saturday, June 8, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we will be visiting with Rinakki to discuss the newly planted seeds growing in the Fane Shadowgarden and the Shadowplane Protectorate. — Phroon

*20240601: Lore Tour returns Saturday, June 1, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we will travel into Fane and check in on the shadowy garden within. — Phroon
*20240518: Greetings! Have any of you been experiencing a strong pull to go to the shadowplane during the lore tour this weekend? Im sure there has to be a reason behind this alluring humming I keep hearing. It's causing me to have some very strong feelings, a sort of yearning to go where I belong. Would you folks be willing to check it out? We should speak with the Evenas and any of those who follow the Way of the Candle and ask if they have experienced this in the past. There's almost no chance of anything bad happening. Feel free to bring your brooms just in case though. — Brisk
**Normal time, Saturday, May 18, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT).
**Soul Hunter summary: Shadowplane. Lotsa lore, some tour. Good things only.
*20240511: Lore Tour continues Saturday, May 11, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we plan to help Pavela’s contact Five on Ash disrupt the Darshak supply lines.

*20240504: Lore Tour returns Saturday, May 4, 2024 10:00 AM. This week we plan to travel meet with Pavela and then travel to Ash to do what we usually in Ash City. Darshak be warned. — Phroon

*20240427: Bard concert coming soon! We'll be back in the guild hall this weekend so questers can play too if they want. Hope to see you there this Saturday 11AM PDT.
[[File:CL-LoreDanceOff20240420.png|right|thumb|The Lore Dance Off.]]

*20240420: xLore Tour continues Saturday, April 20, 2024 10:00 AM. For a date this special, Stinkfist has sent the following plan:
**Lore Tour: The 420th Randomly-Timed Regional Lok'Groton Championship Dance Off
**Yarr so apparently it is indeed time for Regionals. You may have noticed the various established dance crews practicing in the book fort's new Arboretum! You also may have been at the last lore tour where Reekfoot showed up and totally served Puddleby in an attempt to demoralize and psych us out before Regionals.
**So what ARE Regionals? Why is this the first I'm hearing about this?
**It’s a dance off obviously. I dunno, that isn't for me to say, seems like a you thing but I am told it goes back to the "Times of the Ancients" or something.
**But to explain anyways so we can establish THE RULES and THE PRIZES
**Each dance crew will perform one dance routine which will be judged by a panel of highly qualified judges. The judges will score each performance. After every crew has performed there will be an audience vote, which is what actually matters, this is just the way the Ancients did things. I don't pretend to understand why judges if a popular vote determines who wins, I didn't make up the rules, I'm just officiating them.
**Cheating! Is oddly legally allowed by the rules. So we should expect Reekfoot to try and pull SOMETHING devious and probably violent in an attempt to win.
**The rules also state that ANYONE can enter solo or as a crew and individuals are technically allowed to be in multiple dance crews if they choose.
**THE PRIZES:
***1st Prize: Ownership of an empty hut of your choosing in the West Phisney Island Outpost neighborhood. Decorate as you please! + A Big Box of Book Fort Swag + 200k to split amongst your dance crew
***2nd Prize: 1 very large pile of coins (100k) + A Big Box of Book Fort Swag
***3rd Prize: A big box of book fort swag + a reasonably nice pile of coins (50k)
**Where are we dancing off at? The Puddleby Player's Theater in West Puddleby
**When again? 10am PDT on Saturday the 4/20th
**Who are the judges again? Famed local residents of Lok'Groton who we are friendly with and your Pirate King, who is a judge purely to prevent Reekfoot from winning.
**Last place will be awarded personalized Odius Ode courtesy of Pun'isher.

*20240413: Lore Tour continues Saturday, April 13, 2024 10:00 AM: Lore Tour: The Phisney Island Follow Up
**Arrr! Pirate King Witchy Kitty and Magician Majesticos Stinky here again to tell you all about what awesome thing we will be doing next.
**First up, we got some Direbears to welcome to Phisney Island and say Rawr hey tharr to! That'll be nice, for bears are our friends!
**Since they are usually close by, we should probably go and let the Sarir know what has been going on.
**Then, we got some loose ends to tie up, starting with Pavela, Kestrel's Spy on the island that we so generously allowed to walk last we were there. We will need to deal with her in some fashion. There are ideas of how to do this being floated.
**Lastly.. we got that Abyss tainted Darshak mini-temple that Venables hid in to deal with. So we are going to test some of Katpus and the Janitor's research regarding rainbow death/life cannons on it.
**So yarr, we are going to blast the crap out it with rainbows powered by cutting edge magical science and the awesome knowledge of the University of Puddleby! Go Science!
**I’m sure we'll learn something from the test. So yarr we are probably gonna need some mystics and other sources of sun energy and sunbeams for this! Also if ya got any rubies, sapphires, or even topaz bring them! Also sun zu! That seems helpful!
**A responsible ethereal trained mystic would be appreciated as we will be unleashing large amounts of rainbows near an active kyeum but science hasnt proven any ill effect of rainbows on things ethereal but it is yarr like wise to keep an eye on such things just to be safe!
**Soul Hunter's TLDR: Bears, Sarir, Haha Spy, Rainbow Blast Abyssness!
*20240406: Lore Tour returns Saturday, April 6, 2024 10:00 AM. This time we will delve into the Book Fort! — Phroon
*20240403: The v1375 update is scheduled for Wednesday 3 April 2024. —Phroon
*20240330: This month's concert is about a week away: Saturday, March 30, 2024 11:00 AM (PST). It's been a while since we've heard any organ music, so we're thinking of having it at Lugubrion's Keep (assuming that we can find someone to open for us). Hope to see you there!
*20240323: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 23, 2024 10:00 AM, we have the following message from Stinkfist:
**Black flags have been spotted on the ocean!
**Lets go steal their stuff!
**Cuz iz my birfday!
**Arr!
**The Witchy Kitty Pirate King Magician Majesticos Cap'n Stinky
*20240316: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 16, 2024 10:00 AM (PST). This time we will return to the Shadowplane to continue our investigations and check out of the shadowbears have been up to anything. As usual, strong help would be appreciated. —Phroon
*20240309: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 9, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT)! Summary from Stinkfist:
**Arrr here ye here ye!
**We will be heading to the Phisney Island Outpost for the signing of a historic treaty!
**Our local notary Brisk will preside over the signing of this treaty. Surely this will go smoothly and without any snags or unknown unknowns, as Brisk has one job and yarr!
**So come! Sign this most historical treaty and hang out with our Allies!
**Soul Hunter's TLDR: Brisk, Phisney Island, fancy paper, sign it!

* 20240302: March 2nd, 10AM PDT: Arrr! Hear this declaration from the Pirate King: This Saturday will mark one "finally" off our calendar — deposing the so-called leader of the Darshak on Phisneyland Island, Penn Venables.
**Penn's been hiding in his half-built temple for decades now since we repeatedly shamed him in battle. Based on a tip we got from a dead Darshak, we learned he'll be out and about and vulnerable during this week's Lore Tour. We were told to be careful because of his weapons of mass destruction.
**Ambassador Gorvin tells us that letting his ethereal doomsday devices blow everything up is bad and we should prevent this at all costs, so we're going to be super careful as we wreck this guy and steal his stuff. We probably won't sink the whole island into the sea. Our magic is better than his. We have bards, bears, beer, bees, a catapult, and a super cool ocean witch.
**Soul Hunter summary: Kill bad Darshak leader, no explode island.

*20240224: Next week's bard concert will also feature Supplanter's audition for bard quester! Please come to the guild hall on Saturday, February 24, 2024 11:00 AM to cheer him on! — Coriakin (Master Bard)

*20240217: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 17, 2024 10:00 AM. Stinkfist has passed on the following plan for this week to set up for the upcoming confrontation with Venables:
**Arrr,
**Attention: As per our intel provided by the Door-Hench Diebeer with a K, the Darshak will be up to something in two zodiacs time now on TI.
**Working with our agent the Immortal Sasour the Hatchet†, who we previously liberated from Venables Camp. We will be laying the groundwork for rebellion and ending Venables grasp on Phisneyland Island forever and foiling Kestrel's plans at the same time.
**As cover for this operation, we will also be stealing a great deal of stuff.
**† Sasour the Hatchet was purged of abyssal influence via rainbows and then made immortal by Ausrine and her hat that she isnt wearing. Also he touched Puddleby's altar. Also Ausrine turned him into a blind amphibian with a gilded broom a few times. He is magically oathbound to Puddleby. He be cool.
**Soul Hunter Summary: Save Phisneyland, prepare for victory, plunder booty.

*20240210: **Lore Tour** continues February 10 at 10AM (PDT). This time we plan to head to **Ash Island** to fight some Darshak. Kestrel’s doorman has enjoyed his post for quite some time, I’m sure Ambassador Gorvin will help him with that.—Phroon
** For this tour we will be needing the assistance of weather controlling mystics (preferably multiple).—Gorvin

[[File:CL-LoreTour20240203.png|right|thumb|Brave adventurers explore the Org cave.]]
*20240203:Lore Tour (Saturday, February 3, 2024 10:00 AM PDT) will involve taking Bravery The Org to the org sanctuary on Centaur Island. For anyone not familiar, Bravery is a young org that Stinkfist rescued from being abandoned at Junko's and decided to teach to be a hero. He begain taking it on his adventures to teach what he could, and has also asked several other exiles to escort Bravery around to show him the world. After many zodiacs of mentoring the time has come to release Bravery into his new home!

*20240120: **Lore Tour** continues January 20, at 10AM PST. This time we plan to return to the **Shadowplane** and continue our exploration there! As usual, strong help would be appreciated.

*20240113: **Lore Tour** continues <t:1705168800:F>. This time we plan to do a few things surrounding the **Org Sanctuary**, starting with a visit to the Ensconcement Village to tell them about the success setting up the sanctuary, a stop by the Org Cave for some Panther Caps, and then swing over to Centaur to drop off any mushrooms we find and to deliver the presents we picked up during the Bawkmas tour to thank them for all their efforts setting up the sanctuary.

*20240106: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 6, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we plan to kick things off by paying a visit to the Shadowguild and seeing what they’ve been up to. I’m sure that ambassador Gorvin will help us navigate the situation with skill.

==2023==
*20231224–20231225 at 6:30AM (24th) & 6:30PM (25th): I heard Santa will be coming two times this year for 30 minutes each time. I hope it fits your schedules and if not feel free to let me know and I will see if a special appearance can be made for you after Bawkmas/Skrismas/Season's Beatings.
**Slot 1: Sunday, December 24, 2023 6:30 AM
**Slot 2: Monday, December 25, 2023 6:30 PM Cheers! 🎅

*20231216: Lore Tour continues Saturday, December 16, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we're planning to travel to Fane and investigate reports of developments with the shadowy seed planted in the garden there. As usual, a strong group and especially strong healers to deal with the ghosts within would be appreciated.

*20231209: **Lore Tour** continues December 9, 2023 at 10AM Pacific. This time we're planning to celebrate the bawkmas spirit by visiting a few snowy areas throughout the lands in search of some presents for the Centaur to thank them for all their help with the Org Sanctuary.

*20231204:In the morning of the day 218 of year 635 (OOC 7pm Pacific, Monday December 4th, just after Lorikeet's hunt time), Mystic guild will be holding a meeting with Sombrion the Wizard and the Abbess Madrona of the Foghaven Monastery. Location of the meeting is on the platform of the Foghaven Monastery. All exiles are invited to join.
**For that meeting, please let us move the purple portal to OP (and green at town) at least on that day... unless we think we can handle having the portal at **outside** of Foghaven Monastery.
**Also I'd like to ask supports from our capable fighters, healers and flute players for safe travel to Foghaven Monastery and back for all exiles who wants to join the meeting on the day.

*20231118: Lore Tour continues Saturday, November 18, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we will be returning to the Shadowplane to continue our exploration there. As usual, strong help would be appreciated.

*20231111: Lore Tour continues Saturday, November 11, 2023 10:00 AM (PST). This time we will be returning to Shadowspring Citadel! It’s been a while so we hope to check on things there especially the Agronox seal to the and how the Page of Rend that sent us to the Shadowplane there reacts to us visiting again, as well as some of the crumbly stairs deep within. This will be a difficult trip, so strong help (and your friends that know Horus well) would be appreciated. While we’re at it, we’ll have to see if Pelaegia is interested in a trip back and maybe see if there’s anything we can do to help her with the repairs.

*20231104: Lore Tour returns Saturday, November 4, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we will be checking out the Org Sanctuary.

*20231021: Lore Tour continues Saturday, October 14, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we will having a spooky time with a Feast of Tsrrin theme. — Phroon

*20231014: Saturday, October 7, 2023, 10AM (PDT) Lore Tour: The Prime Orb of Unstable Infinity
**Yarrr! By now you've surely read my excellent guide Orbs of Unstable Infinity and You. It is very illuminating:⁠
**But what is better than an excellent guide? The real thing. I think we can get Tart'targ to help us find it.
**First, some history. Me chief gunner and good matey Garr has a long and terrifying history of humiliating the Darshak. For instance, this time when Garr just burned the Thaumaturge and his minions to death.
**http://www.thoomcare.com/archives/003485.html
**As you can read in the comments there, long ago I made a note "Loots for Garr. Pirates rule!"
**In the years since that battle, I, the Pirate King of Lok'Groton, have searched for the perfect reward for saving a whole plane of existence against the jerk that tried to merge us with the ether (also just… showing up and kickin' ass with the Pirates since the start). Gotta find some GOOD loot for that!
**During one of my astral projection explorations I finally found it. It was an Orb. An Orb just full of Unstable AND Infinity, and I just knew, in my heart of Pirate Kingly hearts, that I needed to see what exactly Garr would do with this.
**I got back to Puddleby and thought, "Ya know, this thing is really dangerous if someone like the Brions or someone got their hands on it." So I hid it and gave Tart'targ the clues to how to find it. Cuz safety first!
**Arr, anyways, enough really fascinating history of Garr bein' awesome and me astral projecting. For the Lore Tour, we will gather in town and wait for Tart'targ to show up and bring us the clues to where I hid the Orb for safekeeping. We will then go on an adventure to retrieve the Orb from the very safe and very logical place to hide an artifact of unstable infinity. Then, later we will find out how Garr chooses to use his great power (and the Orb) with great responsibility.
**Yarr! Join us as we celebrate Garr and I try and make good on a decades old note!
**There will likely be time for people with Lesser Orbs (yarr, those have been turning up lately) to use said Lesser Orbs. Even lesser ones are probably best used under the supervision of trained Witches and Magicians. This is definitely not like the time with the soul glasses, why would you even think that?
**The Pirate King is not entirely responsible for any uses or side effects of the Orbs that results in harm to an exile or our plane of existence. Hopefully, any such cases will be super duper funny. The disclaimer in my guide to orbs of unstable infinity apply here too.
**Soul Hunter version:
**IOU note to Garr. Magic orbs. Treasure hunt!

[[File: CL-LoreTour-20231008.png|thumb|right| 180px |The Lore Tour in the Shadow Plane]]

*20231007: Lore Tour returns Saturday, October 7, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we plan to return to the Shadowplane and continue our exploration there. As usual, a strong group would be appreciated.

*20230927: This is the 18th year since Tyndall passed away. He was loved by many in life, and is remembered both as a cherished friend and a Puddlebean legend.
**Every year, we mark this time and come together in order to celebrate the lives of friends that we’ve lost over the years: Xenos & Panos, Baffina & Baffette, Tyndall, Tonoto, Eyeball, and K’pyn.
**Please join us to share memories, whiskey, cigars, beer, songs, and bonfires in the Memorial Garden outside Alliance Castle on September 27, 2023 7:00 PM.
**Whether you’re a constant presence, you've been in the library for a while, or you’re somewhere in between, we’d really love to see you. Please also reach out to friends who might not see this message – we’d love to see them, too.

*20230927: The next Healer Hunt will be Wednesday, September 27, 2023 5:30 PM This hunt is for healers and their pets. All are welcome: bring your pet…
*20230923: Ok, so lore tour this week… bearing in mind the captain has tasked me with fixing the planes… AGAIN… I have been struggling if we should go to Geharza or not. Barely by a slim margin I have been convinced (with the help of bribes) to bear arms and go back to the ice caves (But if we run into loose Tipulids again I won’t complain.) So… it turns our that SOMEONE decided to teach the bears how to use altars… (I’m totally not looking at you Inu) and now we have to bear the burden of killing cursed bare bears, cursed armored bears, and cursed bears that need to learn that vowels are a thing. So we’ll head back to the ice caves this week, and this time we’ll need a permanent broom bearer to sweep the bear out of the evil bears and the bear out of the shadow touched Inus. That’s step one. Step two is to have Bearo and Raksbeara and Punibear to convince the evil bears not to be so evil and to double our bear guard on our totally peaceful and not destructive rainbow death cannon. Once that is done we need to try and un-bear curse that altar in ice caves. Normally we’d just tell the Gorvbot to break the altar even more, but it sounds like some people want to fix the altar so they can learn more PF ranks from not ghost Gaiyl… Final step is loot… There better be loot Stinky…..
**For Soul Hunter… Bears again… Murder again… Inu’s fault… Loot!!!
[[File: CL-LoreTour-20230916.png|thumb|right| 180px |The Lore Tour battles armored shadow bears!]]

*20230916: Lore Tour: Sat 10am pacific
** RAAAAAAAWRRRRRRRR RA-ROOAAAARRRRRRRRRR Rawr-BEARRRROOOOOOO
**Rawr-rawr-ROAR-rawr-rawwrrrr-snarl.
**ROAR! RAWR! ROOOOOAAAARRRR!!! RAwr-RA-raWR!! ROAR ROAR ROAR!!!!!!!
**[bear snort]
**THE GREAT BEAR SPIRIT'S CUB BIRO WILL FEED ON THE WEAK BODIES OF THE SHADOWS WHO HAVE FORGOTTEN HOW TO BE BEARS AND SHOW THEM HOW TO BE BEARS AGAIN.
**BRING YOURSELF HONOR, CONQUER FEAR, SPILL SHADOW BLOOD, SEND NOT-BEARS BACK INTO THE DARK.
**For Soul Hunter: Rawr vs Those who pretend to be Rawr!
*20230909: Lore Tour: The Darshak Candidate
**Arrr, here ye here ye, yarr good. Garr... write this down...
**So for some time Kestrel has stated her goal is to establish a new unifying leader of the local Darshak. One way or another, the cult will put someone in charge. An like, ta be honest, all their candidates suck. Creepy Thoom Guy sucks, Rebel Guy sucks, Venables sucks, Necro sucks, all the Darshak nobles suck. So yarr, why don't we make our own?
**So we're gonna kidnap Sasour the Hatchet as he is easily the chillest Darshak we know. We invited him to the Counterheist and he got drunk and laughed at the Shadowguild getting slain in the streets. He's perfect.
**Then probably do some magic to make sure he is a "Force of Abyss Smiting Justice for Puddleby"
**Now this is a complex plan with a lot of ins and outs and such that I will make...er.. explain as we go!
**And to really sell that we are indeed kidnapping Sasour instead of just being like "hey what's up buddy? wanna go drink?" we're gonna need to kill lots and lots of Darshak on our way... Maybe break or take anything that looks important, I dunno, ye do ye in that regard.
**Side benefits: Sasour the Hatchet is likely to know things about Venables' secret weapon the Sarir are so afraid of. Knowledge that may help us devise some sort of counter measure against this "island destroying weapon" at least that's what the Sarir said it was.
**Maybe we could goad Venables into destroying..........
**The Pirate King just kinda wandered off rambling at this point about various schemes weighing the pros and cons of tricking Venables into just blowing up the island and calling it "problem solved"
**For Soul Hunter:
**Kidnap, Friend, Magic, Murder Darshak, Magic, Scheme, Lulz
*20230902: Per captain Stinky: This week on Lore Tour (Saturday September 2nd at 10AM PDT)
**Adventures in Magical Super Science:
**While Katpus and the highly trained researchers from the University of Puddleby (they're definitely not janitors) were conducting super scientific experiments in the Castle Alliance, they may or may not have blown a hole in reality. Katpus seems a bit embarrassed about it, so we don't need to make it into a big deal.
**Whatever may have happened, Katpus' researchers have gone missing, and so have the bears who were guarding her laboratory. In a probably unrelated coincidence, a respectable and probably wealthy individual has shown up claiming some important artifacts have gone missing. There are two mysteries to be investigated and almost certainly booty to be had. For science!
**Soul Hunter Version:
**Portal, Mystery, Bears, Booty

*20230819: **Lore Tour** continues. This time we plane to head to **Fane** and investigate the shadow garden growing there, and perhaps see if the crooked seed we received in the Shadowplane takes root there. If that seed eventually grows and bears fruit, the hope is it will enable us to repair the Windweft altar and restore their connection to Purgatory. As Fane is a very dangerous place, a strong group would be appreciated.

*20230812: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 12, 2023 10:00 AM PDT. This time we plan to continue our investigations into repairing the Ice Cave Altar. We’re thinking of visiting with Pelaegia who we last left in Fountfell Foghaven, and then head over to the Windweft Ice Cave and see if the mysterious gift from the crooked tree in the Shadowplane leads us towards any success in recreating the Ancient’s shadow magic that created the altars.

*20230805: Lore Tour Saturday August 5, 2023 at 10AM (PDT): Hello! It is I, fake Phroon [Brisk], coming to you with an update on Lore Tour this zodiac! It'll be August 5th at the same time as usual. We are planning on trying to visit Nylar to hear of this deal that his minions mentioned that he has for "Sapeeva". For good measure, we hope to bring a "Sapeeva" or close approximation with us. We may need to fight, we may need to bribe, or we may need to gamble. Whatever it is, it's sure to be a good time so come on out if you are free. Cheers!

*20230722: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 22, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT), this time we plan to pay another visit to the Org Cave and see if we can make some progress in becoming friends with the Org. We also plan to continue our investigations into the strange weather in the Ensconcement, and see if perhaps we can find a route up to Stormlyric.

*20230715: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 15, 2023 10:00 AM to return to the Shadowplane, to revisit the protectorate and maybe see if we can find more clues of how Shaer travels the plane freely. As usual, a strong group will be needed!

*20230708: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 8, 2023 10:00 AM PDT, this time we return to the Shadowplane, to visit the protectorate and then to seek the devourer of dreams. As usual, a strong group will be necessary for the trek through this dangerous plane.
**If do we manage to slay the dreamdrinker, we plan to return again to the shadowplane next week too (Saturday, July 15, 2023 10:00 AM PDT) and revisit the protectorate within the same chaos storm, and maybe see if we can find more clues of how Shaer travels the plane freely. So mark your calendars for two weeks of back-to-back shadowplane exploration!

*20230705: The v1336 update: Lightning and thunder require time, the light of the stars requires time, deeds require time even after they are done, before they can be seen and heard. — Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
**More intense weather arriving. Those with elaborate hair-dos or delicate umbrellas can limit certain effects by using the '''''/options strongWeather off''''' command.

*20230701: Hello Puddleby! I come to you tonight as a guest "Phroon". I am in need of some assistance during the Lore Tour this weekend. You see, Tart'targ the wisest witch, had asked us to keep an eye on Sombrion. This has been fairly difficult for me as my eyesight is extremely poor and his keep hovers so high in the sky. However, even my peepers couldn't miss the addition of one of Sombrion's Sarir at the Bison Plains outpost. I'm not saying we need to tattle but we NEED to tell Tart'targ about this. Who knows? Maybe we will see a Witch and a Wizard face off? That wouldn't be terrible. I will be collecting bets and will even go as far as giving a favorable 2 to 1 odds on the Wizard. Anywho, don't be late to this one! You won't want to miss a moment! — Brisk
**Lore Tour took a trip to see Tart'targ and inform her of the Sarir being in the bison plains outpost, Hygra I think was the name. She was not so concerned with this as long as it did not come out that Sombrion was the cause of the abnormal weather that Hygra was studying. We discussed the trip with Pelaegia to Foghaven and how we saw shapes in the fog and heard howling on the wind. She mentioned that Andrachnea, the Abbess of Stormlyric, is known for being a bit standoffish even for witches. We spoke of how Andrachnea disapproved of Forsythia's study of the Org and remembered that we may have left her in the Orga Stronghold. We began to leave to go rescue her and ran into a bit of an issue.
**All of a sudden a Shadowguild Thief knocked me over...I thought he was looking for the bets I was collecting for the Witch vs Wizard duel. We chased them across the estuary and then ran across much stronger friends of the thieves. It looked like some of them had flown into the area on balloons to lead the rest of them. You could tell some were just taking orders and trying to take out as many of us as possible but others seemed to be more interested in a single thing, a thoom. We protected Coriakin the best we could but when he fell he was not taken. Confused, we pressed on until clearing the majority of the shadowguild. We cornered a leader and he said that they were looking for "Sapeeva". His reinforcements came and we tried to corner him again but eventually he managed to find a balloon and escape. As he was leaving he told us that he had a message for us to deliver..."Tell Sapeeva Nylar will cut him a deal." — Brisk

*20230624: The next bard concert is on June 24th at 11AM pacific time. Hope to see you there!

*20230617: Lore Tour returns Saturday, June 17, 2023 10:00 AM PDT, this time we plan to investigate the mysterious (and mist-erious) fog seen throughout the Eastern Mountains. We’ll probably also pay Pelaegia a visit and see what she has to say about these mists. We’ll likely be heading to Foghaven, the mountain haven of fog, so an appropriately strong group would be appreciated.

[[File:LoreTour20230610.png|thumb|right| 200px |The Lore Tour Headed for the Orga Stronghold speaks to '''Forsythia''']]
*20230610: **Lore Tour** returns 10AM PDT, this time we plan to travel deep into to the Orga Stronghold to rescue the Org trapped there! We may take them back to the Org Cave, or they may be the first residents of the new Org Sanctuary on Centaur Island. We may also pop over and have a visit with Trillbane while we’re in the neighborhood. A stronger group would be appreciated.

*20230603: ''Rustles out from under a pile of library books, glances at calendar'' Lore Tour at normal time this weekend (June 3rd, 10AM PDT). Plan is to poke at some of the dark mirrors in the lands and see if we can learn anything about Shaer's Gate.

*20230520: Lore Tour continues Saturday, May 20, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). We plan to return again to the Shadowplane to continue our explorations there. As usual, a strong group would be very helpful.

*20230513: Lore Tour! Operation: Friendship Hammer (10am pacific, usual lore tour time) We've reached a critical stage of the plan to create the Org Sanctuary... we must get some Orgs big and small to trust us enough to get in some cages and be brought to Centaur Island.... So how do we do that?
**I’m unsure but I bet that super cool ocean witch Pelaegia knows a thing or two about it! An she has been wanting to get out and about more so, this seems like a win/win. Bring Pelaegia to the village/Org caves, listen to tales of Orgs from way back when (and anything else we want to talk to her about) and maybe feed some Orgs some panther caps, perhaps bring some caps back for Tart'targ! Perhaps... make Org friends!
**Now, we should be careful, we've been hitting the Darshak rather hard lately and they have expressed an interest in kidnapping our good super cool ocean witch friend... and Tart'targ has turned some into blind amphibians... so ya know... be vigilant! There is no telling what an uppity visiting Darshak Noble may decide to do to prove how great they are or some such nonsense like that.

*20230506: Lore Tour: The Great Kennel Caper (Saturday 10am pacific as usual) The Elusive and Illusive Phroon Thoom, Heist and Counter-Heist Master Extraodinaire has a lead on a stockpile of feral cages somewhere on Ash Island. We need cages for our Org Sanctuary to safely transport the Orgs. The Darshak on Ash backed by Gathner have had an easy time lately since our slaying of Dorcas Direstorm as we've been focused on taking Venables down a few notches while keeping the Gathner backed Darshak agents on the island from being able to get the upper hand there..... so depleting the Ash 'Shak's ability to wrangle and train ferals seems like a solid move that furthers our goals quite nicely!
**Now I know what you be thinkin! "Cap'n! What if them cages be cursed??" Well I'm way ahead of you, and with the help of local mystics and my magician prowess, I have most of a ritual planned to purge away any Abyssal taint the cages may have! (If you are a local mystic and would like to help with this ritual, please contact me, your Pirate King and Master Magician).
**Darshak Nobles continue to visit from Gathner, bringing with them their top tier guards, so be on the look out for fancily dressed swabs who need to be shown a quick way to their forever home in the Abyss!
**In summation! Kennel Heist! Plunder any plunder of opportunity! Get home with magically purified loot! Further details to come!
**Bring: Crowbars, vines, chains, a can do attitude, strongest ranger morphs, and anything else you can think of to aid in this endeavor! See you there!

*20230503: The v1327 update is scheduled for Wednesday 3 May 2023

*20230429: Next month's bard concert (on April 29th at 11AM PDT) will be a special one. As many of you know, Lugubrion was so affected by the tragic fate of his brother Tenebrion that he's retreated from the world and has become a recluse. As someone who's struggled with depression myself, I've decided to try to help Lugubrion in the hopes that he'll be able to recover from his condition. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20230422: Lore Tour continues Saturday, April 22, 2023 10:00 AM (time in your local timezone). This time we plan to return to the Shadowplane. As usual, a strong group would be very helpful. Our plan is to travel to the protectorate through the shadow sea and also to check out if any of the new pages of rend interact with the shadowplane. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

[[File: CL-LoreTour-20230415.png|thumb|right| 180px |The Lore Tour revisits the centaurs with Pelaegia]]
*20230415: Lore Tour! (Saturday 10am pacific blah blah blah) Arrrr! This time we will be taking a stroll over to visit Pelaegia and Tart'targ briefly and see if Pelaegia can come out and play! Once we have picked up everyone's favorite Super Cool Ocean Witch, we will make for the Org cave to try and harvest (hopefully) the last of the mushrooms we need for the Org Sanctuary on Centaur Island. I’m sure Pelaegia will be happy to see the Centaur after all these thousands of years! Yarr! This seems pretty straight forward and nothing could possibly go wrong! Definitely! None of our past actions could conceivably come back to haunt us! For suresies! (Anything that does go wrong will be promptly blamed entirely on Trillium's ankh which is full of cursed)

*20230408: at 2PM (PDT) Saturday April 8th, Clan Lord Open Tactical Hunt (CLOTH) plans to go to the bridge to refine leading and dropping in the right spot and possibly the Slate Caves to practice dodging webs/projectiles. This is open to all, and I encourage newer players to attend, especially if you fall a lot. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Noivad Noivad]

*20230408: Lore Tour continues Saturday, April 8, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we plan to visit The Land of Dank Believe, aka the Book Fort. Bring your imagination and suspend your disbelief, the myrms dug a hole to the sky. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20230405: v1323. The sky is the daily bread of the eyes. — Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
**Hunt trophies are now furniture.
**Phantasmagorical improvements.

*20230401: **Lore Tour** returns 10AM PDT. This time we plan to visit with Egremora and Pelaegia in **Fountfell**, hear a few stories and think about what to do next.

**With Cimmbrion's assistance we've been able to grow some water lilies the two brothers created together back during happier times, and their gift has helped raise Lugubrion's spirits a bit. However, he's still embarrassed by the state of his keep, so to help him with that I'm hoping to hire builders from Puddleby to help renovate it. And to raise funds for that, next month I'll be holding a benefit concert at Lugubrion's keep!

**To make this concert special I will finally premiere the suite I've been working on for years: "The Healer's Lament," which attempts to evoke the trials and tribulations of a healer's life. It'll feature at least five brand new pieces, never before performed, and I'm extra excited because Lugubrion has graciously allowed us to not only use his keep for the performance, he's allowing us to use a brand new instrument - an organ from a thoomish temple! It has a sound unlike anything we've heard before, and I'm excited to share the music I (and the other bards) have been writing for it.

**This is a benefit concert, so I will be asking for donations to help with the cause. Building supplies to aid with the renovations would be very useful, and I will be matching any donations of coins (at least until I run out of coins myself). Even if you can't make a donation I hope you can come! I've invited Lugubrion to be there as our guest of honour and every person there would be a show of support to someone in dire need of it.
**Again, it'll be on Sat. April 29th at 11:00 AM PDT at Lugubrion's Keep. I hope to see you there!
— [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

** 8 word summary for Soul Hunter: "New tunes! New Instrument?! Help Lugubrion... donations please!"

*20230405: The v1323 update is scheduled for Wednesday 5 April 2023.

*20230325: Hello, all! This month’s concert (on March 25th, 11am pacific time as usual) is themed around Spring. Expect a lot of uplifting music about new beginnings or possibly about getting rained on instead. Either way, should be a good time. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20230323: there will also be a very special NNK open hunt adventure on thursday the 23rd at 5pm pacific! Expect various laws including but not limited to physics, nature, and reality to be broken! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Stinkfist Stinkfist]

*20230318: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 18, 2023 10:00 AM (time in your local timezone). This time we plan to return to Shadowspring to finally deliver Pelaegia’s present! We will need strong help to brave the dangers within. We also need some help between now and the Lore Tour to charge some of the machines to open the way into Shadowspring. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20230318: *Arrr! Lore Tour Recap! The Shadowplane had indeed shifted in many ways. The ground seemed less bitey, which I blame on Inu and her masterful ambassadorship. Keep hugging them Shadow Trees! Yer doing great!We also discovered a new “cave” which was just full of boo and scary and pretty and confusion.
**Another page of rend was discovered and perhaps most importantly a new phantasm page was found! We only covered a fraction of the Shadowplane so more to find and explore seems very likely! Oh and sadly Brisk failed to do that thing, perhaps next time (we are all rooting for ya buddy!)

**Next lore tour we will (charging nodes permitting) be visiting Shadowspring Citadel to bring Pelaegia her birthday presents! Probably other reasons too, more information and hype coming soon!

*20230311: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 11, 2023 10:00 AM PST. This time we will return to the Shadowplane to continue our investigations into the malevolent forces within. We’ve already seen that the shadows have reacted to us, we plan on investigating if they have changed further following our contact with them. We will need many sharp minds, strong fighters, and brave healers to endure the dangers within. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20230304: Lore Tour returns Saturday, March 4, 2023 10:00 AM PST. This is the day the portal is scheduled to move to the village, so we’re planning on going there to get a mystic a mark. We’ll also check the Org cave for more Panther caps and bring them to the centaur for their work on the Org sanctuary. If we have time we might also do some other stuff too. We’ll be traveling through vale and parts of the ensconcement, so strong help will be helpful. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]
*20230302: 2023-03-01 v1318 Update: ''Sometimes we need the fog to remind ourselves that all of life is not black and white.''—Jonathan Lockwood Huie (b. 1945)'''Those who venture north may notice new snell edges being tested. Please share your feedback!'''
*20230225: Bard concert this weekend! Saturday Feb 25th at 11AM PST, at the bards’ guild hall in north field. Noivad will be auditioning for full bard again, so come cheer him on! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]
*20230224: MediaWiki has been updated to v1.39.2. As usual, please report any unexpected changes.
*20230218: Lore Tour! Saturday 10am pacific!!Arrrr, we require more lab equipment for constructing the rainbow death/life cannon!We've already stolen the Oh-Venn from Penn Venables, now we return for the rest of his stuff!
**During the Oh-Venn heist we discovered that Venables has been training sciencemancers who can open ethereal portals and shoot mighty blasts of chain lightning. Thus an elaborate and complex scheme is required to get his lab equipment.
**The plan is simple and elaborate, eloquent yet basic. The perfect mix of blunt force and sneakery!
**We will pick a location to "conduct a magical ritual to seal off the island from the ethereal plane" to get his attention and draw him in. Additionally we will tell the local sarir population of Venables' dastardly plans to shackle Tenenbrion's spirit and bend it to his will, which is probably not a complete and total lie.
**Also Kalian and I have a secret weapon up our sleeve should we require it.
**Once Venables' forces are committed to the battle a small rag tag group will break off and sneak into the lab and take everything they possibly can and get out before Venables has time to know what happened.
**Like all great plans, should you have additional ideas feel free to contact myself, Phroony, Kalian, or anyone else who seems like an authority figure for this sort of thing. As always, the plan will be "do all the plans"
**We will need as many exiles as possible to pull this off and there will be no small roles to play in this daring heist!
**Bonus if we can get any notes regarding what Penn has exactly been up to with the ethereal plane. All we know so far is he seems to have access to an isolated sphere of it.
**Be there! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Stinkfist Stinkfist]

*20230216: [https://clanlord.net/images/CL-Boats%20are%20too%20expensive%20480.mp4 The Typical End to an Estuary/Mountain/Bison Plains Hunt] because we don’t want to spend 100c or fall before the estuary exit. And [https://clanlord.net/images/CL-LA%20Excellence.mp4 Punisher Has mad skills falling—Laughing Academy Excellence!]

*20230211: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 11, 2023 10:00 AM PST. This time we will be continuing to examine mountain springs in Vale and Fountfell, with a possible detour to the Org Caves for some Spotted Panther Caps. These areas, and especially the route to Fountfell, are difficult, so strong help would be helpful. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20230204: Lore Hunt. Step 1: Bears. Step 2: Tart'targ talk." Step 3: Mountains. The Lore Tour returns with Biro negotiating for bear support, the group asking Tart'targ if a certain plant is okay to plant, and a trip to the mountains to find a place to plant the seeds.

*20230201: [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Stinkfist Stinkfist] is organizing a raid on Venable's Laboratory at February 1, 2023 7:30 PM. As you may know, Venable is verified ne'er-do-well, who has spent several decades looting Tenebrion's Keep for anything of value and has built himself a reasonably well stocked lab with those ill-gotten gains. Any equipment, Darshak or Wizard in origin, poses a threat to the region if left in the hands of Venable. As such, it is best if it is secured in the safe, respectful, and responsible hands of Puddleby and our resident catapult enthusiast, Katpus. — Ausrine

*20230201: the '''v1314''' update is scheduled for Wednesday 1 February 2023: Life is found in animals and plants. But in animals it is patent and obvious, whereas in plants it is hidden and not clear. To establish its existence requires considerable research. The question at issue is whether plants have or have not a soul, and a capacity for desire, pain, pleasure, and discrimination. — Aristotle (384–322 BCE)
**''You’ll have to explore for this month’s changes.''

*20230128: Reminder! This Saturday at 11 pacific time will be the next concert. This concert will be shadow-themed... bards are encouraged to come with pieces inspired by the shadowplane and its effects. I can confirm that at least three new pieces will be premiered! Anyone who's out of the loop on the shadowplane storyline and is hoping for a recap - this is your chance! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

**Note: The shadowplane can make our thoughts reality and affect our minds, and it may have developed an interest in music for, er, reasons not worth getting into at this time. I've been assured that playing a bunch of music themed around the shadowplane is "not necessarily a really bad idea" and the chances of opening a rift there is unlikely. But shadow creatures have appeared at concerts before, so be warned that safety is not guaranteed. And if possible, bring a friend who can monitor you for signs of shadow madness.

*20230121: Per Stinkfist:
Arrr! In light of recent events set into motion by our favorite Myrm, we will be conducting negotiations with the Centaur to construct an Org sanctuary on their fair island. We are benevolent and wholesome now! Go us!

Also probably just yelling at Katpus that they are building us a Rainbow Death Cannon. Aymi said it is a life cannon actually and that sounds lovely and very thoughtful of us to build!

After negotiations we will either be pillaging the Darshak to secure funding or to take out our frustrations as that seems to be the most ethical option.

Either ways, gonna be greats! We are benevolent and good!

For those who like things in list form I've broken down the captains message.
This week on Lore Tour:
1. Talk to some overtly angry quadripeds about building a sanctuary for the ancestors of the people who murdered like 99% of their ancestors (Bring your Orga morphs for laughs)
2. Talk to a notoriously slow builder about a super difficult upcoming project we have for her
3. Facestab Darshak until they give us more loot
4. What could go wrong?

* 20230114: Lore Tour continues Saturday, January 14, 2023 10:00 AM PST. We are planning on helping Tart’targ deliver our gift to Palaegia. We hope to be traveling into Shadowspring, depending on if we get things open beforehand. Otherwise, we might be powering some of the ancient machines.

*20230111: Lore Tour Followup @Ausrine says: There will be a follow up to Tar'Targ/ Pelaegia gift giving on (OOC Wednesday Jan 11 7PM Pacific Time).

* 20230107: MediaWiki updated to v.1.39.1. As always, please report any unexpected behavior. If you don’t change your theme, the following doesn’t apply. ''Note: if you change the skin/theme from the current one, I noticed some pages do not render properly. So, if you encounter this, simply change your theme to Vector (2010 or 2022). This should fix the issue.''

[[File:LoreTour1022.jpg|thumb|right| 180px | The Lore Tour successfully reaches our goal.]]
* 20230107: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 7, 2023 10:00 AM PST. This time we are planning to deliver Pelaegia's gift to Tart'targ. '''Update: The Tour was successful!'''

* 20230104: Update '''v1310''' is here. Secrets abound, and unexplored places wait patiently for exiles to find them.
''“There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.”'' — Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) '''Here’s wishing everyone a ranky New Year!'''

==2022==
*20221230: Let there be music! Be prepared and mark your calendars for the concert on FRIDAY, 30th December at 1pm pacific time. There will be old and maybe even new music played! — Bingro

[[File:MerryBawkmask.jpg |250px|left|Merry Bawkmas!]]
*20221224–25: '''Santa''' will come out twice this year to check if you were naughty or nice at the following times for a whopping half hour each Saturday, December 24, 2022 7:00 PM PST and Sunday, December 25, 2022 8:30 AM PST. If you can't make it during these times, don't worry he will be available to deliver a few days after Bawkmas as well (Gotta love travelling on Bawkmas day!). — Brisk

*20221217: Lore Tour continues Saturday, December 17, 2022 10:00 AM PST. This time we will be continuing to help Tart'targ search for a gift for Pelaegia in Silversnag Ascent. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221210: '''Lore Tour''' continues Saturday, December 10, 2022 10:00 AM PST. This time we will be exploring, likely in the Eastern Mountains. What will we find? Who knows! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

[[File:GottaGetACloak.jpg|250px|left|new fur-lined cloaks are available.]]
[[File:Cloaks.jpg |250px |left |more cloaks]]
*20221207: With the 1306 update, A new area is discovered. Cold and Snowy reopens for winter. And new Cloaks are able to be made.

*20221203: Lore Tour returns Saturday, December 3, 2022 10:00 AM PST. We will be returning again to the Shadowplane, this time to try and track down and defeat the devourer of dreams mentioned by the denizens of the protectorate. As this will be a tough expedition, strong help would be appreciated. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221126: The next concert is Nov 26 at the usual time, 11am pacific.— [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20221119: Lore Tour continues Saturday, November 19, 2022 10:00 AM PST. We will be returning to the Shadowplane to continue our explorations and to try and rescue another Lost Dreamer that has been stranded there. As usual, strong help would be appreciated.

*20221112: **Lore Tour** returns Saturday, November 12th @ 10AM PST (be mindful of the recent US time change). Stinkfist just handed me the following on a scroll with the plan:
> After deliberation and conferment with Kalian, who can't stand the thought of Darshak having nicer things than him, Ambassador Gorvin and his position of Darshak murder is always good, Garr who just wants to burn stuff, and general mad cackling by the Pirate King of Lok'Groton it has been decided that we will return to Ash City to "murder, pillage, and take the fancy things that those nobles brought there"
> Loot and pillage and make Kestrel too afraid to EVER leave her tower. There will be loot this time, Stinky has some promising leads on that. A cat witch told him about it in a dream!
— [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221105: Lore Tour returns Saturday, November 5, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. This time we will be retuning to the Shadowplane to continue to explore and view the strange sculptures within. We believe we have discovered a stable way to exit the shadowplane so a depart is no longer certain, but we still could use many strong exiles to help brave the dangers within. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221029: Next weekend’s bard concert in the Puddleby Theatre will be Tsirrin themed! Come in costume to enjoy spooks and spoops. Ghosts and shadow madness are a definite maybe, safety not guaranteed. It’ll be at the usual time, Saturday, October 29, 2022 11:00 AM PDT — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20221022: Lore Tour continues Saturday, October 22, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. This tour will be Feast of Tssrin themed. Come join us in your favorite costume to help bust some ghosts! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221015: No worries Phroon. Lore Tour returns 10AM PDT. Stinky says we’re going on a “Classic Pirate Kingly Adventure.” All ye need is to show up with plenty of pack space so we can help our friends out. 🏴‍☠️ ❣️ Also I want more Vision Stream art, wah wah wah. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.InuTeisei Inu Teisei]

*20221008: Lore Tour continues Saturday, October 8, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. We plan to return once again to explore the Shadowplane, this time focusing on exploring the mysterious shadow ocean and lands beyond. Again, strong help will be helpful. Sadly, a way out of the plane has yet to be found, so until it is a depart is certain. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221006: H’loi! I expect there will be a meeting between Tar’Targ and Cimmbrion at the lake in Northern Puddleby on Thursday October 6, 2022 7:00 PM PDT. Possibly in Arial Eth'lenn’s home or outside. All exiles are invited to attend. A neutral, third party would be appreciated but you are nai required to act as such. — Ausrine

*20221001: Lore Tour returns Saturday, October 1, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. We plan to return to the Shadowplane, and explore the strange lands within. Strong help will be helpful in exploring the plane. Luckily we still have loan of Pelaegia’s lantern to calm our minds. A stable path in has been discovered, but we have yet to find a way back home. It is very likely that this will be a one-way trip, EPS and Purgatory Pendants do not seem to work in the Shadowplane. Unless we find another way out, a depart is certain. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221029: The next concert will be on Saturday, October 29, 2022 11:00 AM PDT and take place in the theatre. It'll be Feast of Tsirrin themed, so wear a costume! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20220924: Alright, then! Bard concert next weekend at Egremora’s tavern, at Saturday, September 24, 2022 11:00 AM (PDT). Bonus points for anyone who brings a song that’s a story. Raks, any chance you can reprise that story about Dandelion and Helpful? 🙂 — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20220922: It has been 17 years since [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Tyndall Tyndall], the beloved sylvan warrior, passed away. He was loved by many in life, and is remembered both as a cherished friend and a Puddlebean legend.
**Every year, we mark this day by coming together to celebrate our memories of Tyndall and our other lost comrades: [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Baffina Baffina] and [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Baffette Baffette], slayers of orga; [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Tonoto Tonoto], the mapmaker; [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Eyeball Eyeball], courageous and funny; [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.KPyn K'pyn], the King of Pins.
**We newly grieve the passing of [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Xenos Xenos] the Brave and [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Panos Panos] the Boar, who were pillars of our community for decades and will be remembered well as long as we are here to do it. They wished us all “a happy and fruitful life and the good sense to live it with no regrets.”
**Please join us to share memories, whiskey, cigars, beer, songs, and bonfires in the Memorial Garden on September 22, 2022 7:00 PM. All are welcome. If you knew any of these exiles, you are warmly encouraged to attend and to share your stories. If you are grieving someone from outside the lands, know that this is a space where you can hold that in community. If you would like to show love and friendship to exiles who have lost beloved people, know that your presence will do that.
**There are a lot of people who might be interested attending this memorial, but don't keep a close eye on [http://www.thoomcare.com/ Thoomcare], Discord, or Facebook. If you have the capacity, we invite you to help bring our little town together by reaching out to folks who you think would be interested in coming but won't notice these posts. Thank you! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Largo Largo]

*20220917: Lore Tour continues Saturday, September 17, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. We plan to return to Egremora’s bar in Fountfell, have a few drinks, convey Sarasera’s hellos and talk about repairing the Windweft altar. And maybe if we have time a story or two. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220910: Lore Tour continues Saturday, September 10, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. We plan to return again to Shadowspring and continue our investigation into the Pages of Rend and possibly return to the Shadowplane. We will again need strong exiles to travel through Shadowspring and brave the dangers of the Shadowplane. We will need to try to stay nearer the sun lantern, lest we all slowly go mad and lash out at our friends. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220907: The v1293 update is scheduled for Wednesday 7 September 2022.

*20220903: Lore Tour continues Saturday, September 3, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. Our plan is to return to the depths of Shadowspring Citadel, investigate the shadows, read some triangles, visit with Pelaegia, and if we can make it check on the Agronox Seal. As always, Shadowspring is filled with difficult creatures and we could use a strong group.
Many thanks to all those who have charged the ancients machines recently, your help has been instrumental in making this happen. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220827: Monthly Bard Concert Saturday. 11AM PDT.

*20220820: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 20, 2022 10:00 AM (PDT). Some time ago we had contact with Darshak from Gathner led by Kestrel and her associate Dorcas. We will be visiting them with our chosen ambassador [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Gorvin Gorvin] to conduct further negotiations regarding the future of Darshak in our island chain. See Ambassador Gorvin for details. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220813: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 13, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. We plan on continuing our checking of the ancient machines, and our search for changes made by the ancient spelling and grammar checking machine. We’ve already observed some changes in the triangles and we suspect there might be a few more changes to be found. We will be trying to visiting Heartwood Glade in the Vale of Giants, and revisiting Sunspire, so some strong help will be appreciated. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220827: Bard Concert “Next concert August 27 at the same time!” — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20220806: Lore Tour returns Saturday, August 6, 2022 10:00 AM (PDT). We plan on revisiting some of the ancient machines in the Eastern Mountains, checking to see if the shadows are there and if any of them might be that Ancient spelling and grammar checking machine. We plan on visiting some of the tougher machines to get to, so strong help would be appreciated. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220730: Bard Concert: on Saturday July 30th at 11am pacific time, but it won’t be in the bards’ field. Instead head over to west town near Prometha’s bonfire for our beach party themed concert! Enjoy sun, sand, and surf while enjoying songs about sun, sand, and surf. Wear your best beach attire and get ready to cuddle in close because there won’t be a stage. See you then!
**''(For bards who don’t have many/any beach-themed songs, other music’s fine. But if you’ve got something - great!)''

[[File:CL-LoreTour.jpg | right]]
*20220723: Lore Tour: Astral Projection Shenanigans Saturday, July 23, 2022 10:00 AM

**Today’s lore tour followed Stinkfist’s guidance and ended up on a trip through a variety of…. peculiar locations. First a dark cave filled with mauling and crushing spirits, then to a desolate peak floating in the sky, to a trool village, and beyond. Eventually we ended up in a marsh with some meshra interested in trade, and a strange obelisk that hummed inanely in thoomish. Stinkfist decided we needed to steal it, but an attempt to astrally project it back to Puddleby went awry and we ended up in the shadowplane instead! We were led to a giant shadowplane-ish statue of, er, me. I'm still puzzling that out. But before we knew it we ended up back in the Puddleby mushroom hut, with the obelisk there! Unfortunately, the obelisk was right in the middle of the pool there and promptly sank. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20220714 — created template sitenavbar (using quick links). To insert it in pages use sitenavbar between a set of 2 curly braces “{{}}”.
*20220706 — The v1284 happened on Wednesday, July 6, 2022

*20220702 — Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 2, 2022 10AM PST/5PM UTC. We’re continuing the search for luminous scales and a sun wyrm’s shadow. Or search will take us back to Gungla Island and the dark places within. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220625 — Next Bard Concert: June 25, 2022 11AM PST, 2PM EST

*20220618 — Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 18, 2022 10:00 AM (PST). Our plan this time is to follow up on rumors of new caves in the Rocky Cavern and search for clues for the luminous scales. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon?from=Profiles.Phroon Phroon]

*20220611 — Lore Tour: “plans are still a bit vague, as they may change depending on what happens. The general plan is to:

1) visit Tart’targ so [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Aurelie Aurelie] can deliver Cimmbrion’s message (and hopefully defuse some of the hostilities).

2) Visit Strangler Fig to try to get more information about the Book of Rend or about the books that the shadowguild stole from her.

3) Visit the rocky cavern to talk to the Sun Wyrm there and ask about acquiring luminous scales. Rumor has it that it requested a “dance with the shadows” or something along those lines, so I’m really hoping people come up with a better idea than “Make Coriakin Try To Summon Shadows” which was already suggested. Not by me.” — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

[[File:Not_Bear_Counter_Heist_The_Mystery_of_Mehans_Armor.png| 200px | left]]

*20220604 - Lore Tour June 4th. Destination Windweft Mountain. ''(plan pictured left)'' UPDATE: “Lore Tour successfully fought an evil armored bear likely infested with shadows that was trying to usurp Birosson’s place as chieftain of the glacier bears. Mehan’s armor was dinged to destruction, sadly, but at least it’s not being used for nefarious purposes. Or by nefarious porpoises.” — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]
*20220521 - Lore Tour May 21 at the usual time: 10am PDT/1pm EDT, 7pm CEST/UTC+2. “Coriakin reports: Next week's Lore Tour will be to the Vale to try to find Master Spruce. On the way, we hope to visit Strangler Fig for a quick chat. May 21, 10am PDT”
*20220514 - Lore Tour (10AM PST) [[File:CL-Haunted_Fane.jpg| 250px | right]]
*20220430 - Next bard concert will be April 30 at 11am pacific time! — Coriakin
*20220226 - Bard Concert, Saturday Feb 26, at 11AM PST
*20220212 Lore Tour is Saturday Feb 12, at 10 am PST/1 pm EST
*20220205 - Saturday Feb 5th 10am PST/1pm EST Lore Tour: The 2nd Battle for the Ancient Bear Caves. BE THERE! SAVE THE BEBE BEARS!" Update: Bebe Bears saved.
*20220129 - Next Bard Concert: January 29, 2022 11AM PST, 2PM EST ”who will win the Museum Token?“ UPDATE: Bingro V’arndal won!
*20220115 - Updated to MediaWiki 1.37.1 (Please report any unexpected behavior.)

==2014–2017==

*201707xx - Updated to the latest version of MediaWiki. Please report any unexpected behavior.
*201505XX - Updated to yet another version. Hopefully this v. has more pep.
* Added Rank Message and Ranger Progress in Actual Tablular format — oh the power of 1990s layout!
* A new contributor has appeared (happy to make accounts by request)
* fixed a few little things here and there as needed.
* Master Fistus is apparently a bro.

*20140731 - Updated to the latest stable release of Media Wiki on my Branch. If you see any weirdness [http://vagilemind.com/clanlord/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=265 let me know] (on the Sentinel/Discord).

*201407 - Added to Group Survival Guidelines, updated how to dodge webs, added in more into about controlling where you fight and fluid movements with in the group.

20140326 - Updated to the latest version of Media Wiki (released 20140311).

==Past Events==
8/22/2012: 
Puddleby Archery Contest Rules 
Date - Sept. 2 
Time - 1:30 p.m. PDT, 4:30 p.m. EDT, 8:30 p.m. GMT 
Locations - Spiritwood, University, Castle 

The following are the rules and regulations regarding the Archery Contest scheduled for Sept. 2nd. Please come and enjoy the festivities. Beer, food, and fun are certain to be had. Each exile will need a projectile weapon to compete; however, javelins or bows and quivers with three arrows included will be sold the day of the contest. Please be aware the bow, arrows, and quiver will be sold for the same coins the NPC's require to make them, and exiles will not be charged for seta scales, tusks, sturdy limbs, and feathers. I believe the total for a bow and set of arrows is 150c. 

The Prizes: First place will pick first from the prize pool, second place will pick second… 

1. Lyfelidae Claw 2. 5000 Coins 
3. Furlined Cloak 
4. Puma Pelt 
5. Orgaberry 
6. Waterproof Boots 
7. Caustic Gland 
8. Lilaberry, other items... 

Arsenal: Current inventory status available for contest 

1. 5 Javelins (75c each) 
2. 8 Bow and 11 quivers with 5 arrows each. (150c each set) 
3. 1 Boomerang 
4. 12+ arrows, judges at each round will have extra in case of breakage 

Three Rounds: Three rounds open to all. (Mystic, Healer, Fighter all have chance to win) 

Round 1. Test of Hunting (3 pts.) 
a. 1st round held in the Spiritwood 
b. Each contestant will be allowed three shots to kill or wound a spriggin. 

Round 2. Test of Accuracy (3 pts.) 
a. 2nd round held in the University 
b. Each contestant will take three shots at three different distances. 

Round 3. Test of Will (3 pts.) 
a. 3rd round held within the Castle 
b. One shot of moonshine then 20 secs to fire 3 arrows at a stationary target. 

Tiebreaker - if required 
a. Tiebreaker round options include a group hunt, cash bonus round, etc... 
b. The last contest did not require the tiebreaker, but judges will vote on round 

Contributors: Special thanks to many exiles... Natas for letting me remove that lyfe claw from his thick ghorak skin. Neko No Kessha for their large cash prize and promotion. Coldy for his endless questing of prizes and finance. Fiona for her gracious donation of the super sleek puma pelt. Chmee for his berry collection. Taryn for her vast storage fees and arsenal assembly. Maeght, Connie, Talas, Fredor, Yosaku, Grog, Arbitur, the Hunter's, D'ead, and many other exiles I am forgetting who generously donated arrow and bow ingredients over the past decade. 

Special thanks to the Clump for helping to promote the contest! http://www.clanlord.net/clump/ 
Special thanks to the Sentinel for helping to promote the contest! http://www.vagilemind.com/clanlord/ 
And finally, special thanks to the entire Neko No Kessha clan for helping to promote the contest! http://nekonokessha.wordpress.com/ 

3/26/2012: I have implemented a self-signed security (SSL) certificate that enables HTTPS to protect passwords and thus accounts. All links should redirect to https now. I would like to get an official certificate when expenses allow it, but just the static IP is ~ $50/year. Most browsers will warn people visiting about it, but it is legitimate, but check it out to make sure it is of the proper origin first. (Only a player could have made it.) Also, the new home of the CLUMP is on clanlord.net in case you never look at the URL address bar.

2/27/2012: Yet another long hiatus. I was informed by Talas that he couldn't edit pages. I looked into it and realized that I upgraded the underlying PHP to 5.3.x but not MediaWiki to comply with the changes. '''BAD ADMINISTRATOR!''' For now, I've reverted to PHP 5.2.x and pages are now editable. I'll try not to be so sloppy next time I update the underlying structure. Unfortunately, my attention has been diverted as I investigate and evaluate various technologies to handle possible Clan Lord and other non-CL projects I've been considering beginning. I am thinking about implementing the Zend2 framework for a CL timeline site, but it is still in Beta. If you know Zend2 or just Zend, any online resources you think would be valuable to look at to speed learning/evaluating them would be welcome. ''noi... at noi... dot net is a good contact address for that.''

==2011==
9/8/2011: Long hiatus as I worked on refining my PHP skills by building a site from scratch, and not related to the CLUMP2. I've been gone for a bit and haven't had time to update. Luckily others have filled in a bit. Please send me feedback on pages you'd like and unclear explanations. If you're a professional writer or a really good amateur, I'd appreciate your input as well.

Also, I'm kicking around the idea of making a CL timeline in PHP. I'm kicking around ideas. If you'd like to discuss please goto the coffee and donuts section of the [http://www.vagilemind.com/clanlord/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=8912&p=184041#p184041 Sentinel].

==2010==
8/25-27/2010: clump2.noivad.net transition made! new URL! Fresh, unspoiled DB!

Currently moving all data to a new DB. Unfortunately all accounts will be destroyed, to remake an account contact me directly with your email address for confirmation. Contributors, please do not make pages without any connection to other pages, or any pages to "protect" them.--[[User:Mwadmin|Mwadmin]] 06:02, 25 August 2010 (PDT)

7/27/10: Registration has been stopped. Accounts are created by request only now.

7/06/10: Welcome Arindal Immigrants.

==2009==
1/18/09: Welcome back old players and welcome new players. Clan Lord now has no monthly fees. New Areas and new Islands abound in the last few years. Ask about Death Trap Noids (DTN), Metzetli Island (Metz), and The Mountain Glen (Glen) for a look at all the changes. If you remember Tenebrion he's been trapped in the Ethereal Plane (EP) for a few years. Fighters have 3 subclasses now: Champions, Rangers and Bloodmages. Healers just recently acquired 2 new tools! There are many minor changes as well. Catch up with what's been happening at [http://www.thoomcare.com/ Thoomcare].

==2008==
8/11/08: A new page entitled [[10 Things for Groups]] is available to peruse at your leisure. [[Aura Healing]] ability needs a page, aside from the [[Healer_Trainers#Radium|Radium]] as do [[Special_Fighter_Types#Blood_Mages|Blood Mages]].

6/19/08: One Step Closer
The CLUMP is one step closer to being a legitimate entity. I found a cheap ssl cert site, [http://www.rapidsslonline.com/rapidssl-certificates.php RapidSSL], and we now has internets certificates! Also, in order to pay for said certificate, I added a paypal donate button to the donations page in case anyone ever visits it.

6/3/08: "Oh that crazy Org!"
[[Image:MySQLBUs.png|right]]
I updated links to Org Du Lac's [http://bestiary.puddleby.net/beast.php Bestiary] after I noticed that he updated his site to php a while back and I never updated the links. We've already got php, It's very nice!

Double checked that the database this puppy runs on is backed up every night after many months of blind faith. looks good! See >>>>

Minor diction change: I now prefer the term "creature" to refer to anything that you kill for experience. I'll slowly roll that out as I notice it in the pages.

10 things for groups is taking shape and I may include Michael's version of what not to do in groups, edited for language of course. (Interestingly enough some of the topics he covers ARE mentioned in the notorious [[Group_Hunting#How_NOT_to_handle_bad_situations|How NOT to handle bad situations]] subsection of group hunting.

We're up to 86 pages! Wow! Only a few of which are not used. I'll be trimming down the unused pages soon. If you have pages that you don't want deleted that aren't being used. Please link them to another page so I know not to touch them.

'Til next time! Same Thoom time same Thoom channel!

6/2/08: Updated a few pictures and links. More [[Links]] are welcome.
A Mystic page was added.
Currently compiling player suggestions for 10 things for hunting in groups at [[http://www.vagilemind.com/clanlord/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4568 The Sentinel]]. Please feel free to add to the discussion there.

== Miscellaneous ==
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Input is welcome on the [https://discordapp.com/channels/270291133798547456/270291133798547456 Discord Server ] or anywhere.

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Thank you to everyone that has contributed so far. I've read over your changes and It's obvious some people are a lot clearer writers than me, also I like the healer perspective being fleshed out in the healing section, particularly the [[Healing#Rodding|rodding]] section.

==Additions==
Also, I've just added a new Appendix: [[Command Reference]].

11/27 Updated the Wiki to version 1.8.2. This should mean nothing to you, just thought I'd note it.

12/5 The Clump will be temporarily offline for a few days in the next week or two. It will return to its regularly scheduled serving as soon as possible. I'll update the Sentinel when it goes offline.

1/17 Updated to [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki MediaWiki] 1.8.3 because of a vulnerability in the system that could allow session information such as passwords be redirected to another site. 1.8.3 deals with this problem. there should be no noticeable change in using the CLUMP to users.

2/23 I've updated to MediaWiki 1.9.3 everything seems to work that I've checked. if you experience anomalies or can't log in. mail noivad -at- mac -dot- com. I had to update because there was a security issue, and we all know how much we like things not to be spammed and taken over.

3/15 I've added little things like external links to other's pages within the manual instead of just the links section to make it more expansive and interactive. I'll continue to do this as I come across places to link things to. I also encourage people to add clan lord related links to the manual and links page.

-The manual is pretty well fleshed out and more accurate thanks to contributors now, and updates made by me will be less frequent, but that doesn't mean I'm going to neglect it. It's my mission to keep this manual as current and accurate as possible without spoiling too much.

-I'm trying to get a mystic section with what knowledge they can share, but there appears to be considerable resistance to even basic info within the council, and without their approval I'm holding off on even trying to get any information.

6/13 Updated to MediaWiki 1.10.0 e-mail me with any problems... besides trying to get the e-mail to work (unless you know a solution) or have a link with info about fixing it.

6/14 After a long and arduous adventure '''e-mail from the CLUMP is now active'''. All users please verify your e-mail address given because I'm turning on an option to require e-mail address verification before one can edit.

12/02/07: Updated to MediaWiki 1.11.

1/29/08: Updated to MediaWiki 1.11.1 -- Security vulnerability patched.

== Additions Log==

Added [[Mystics]]: Requested info about mystics from mystic council — it took a while!

6/2007 Added: [[Knighthood|Knighthood]]

1/0x Added [[Links|link]] to http://bestiary.clanlord.net/index.html Org Du Lac's Bestiary].

1/06 Adding [[Tactics#Standing_too_close_to_a_Snell_Border|standing too close to snell border]] under [[Tactics]].

12/2x Added another reason to chain while leaving a snell in [[Tactics#Chaining|Chaining]].

12/0x Added [[Macros]].

11/27 Adding [[Fighting#Fighting Basics|Fighting Basics]]: Very basic combat info for beginners: swing and fall back. Use a brick if you have one or terrain while you regain your balance. Added: fighting tip about how reach is dependent on movement speed.

[[Image:Manx.png|center]]
11/26 Add: All hail the reigning president !

Added in more material about writing macros to the [[Macros]] Page. ''It is completed.''

10/xx Added: [[Creatures#Chain Lightning|Chain lightning]] info: if you see a bolt bounce, get away from others drawing lightning.
Add how to take down a bolt bouncer: have each fighter stand on opposite sides of the 'lock and the lightning won't bounce.

10/xx Added: [[Healing]] page. ''may have to split it into multiple sections.''

10/xx Added in section on the [[Healing#The_Combat_Zone|combat zone]]. Always decide where to fight monsters, not the other way around. Have healers recognize and stay out of the combat zone or behind the fighters.

9/xx Added: [[Tactics#Dodging Webs|Dodging Webs]]

8/xx Added a section to [[Tactics#Retreating|retreating]] telling people how to provide cover for injured or exiles how might not make it out of the snell if you leave them caught between a rock and a hard place.

8/xx Added [[If Unable to Retreat#Focus on Greatest Threat|Focus]] on creatures when in a tough situation.
Explain greatest threat and to kill first.

To Add Basic explanation of trainers: Atkus uses up more balthus, Darkus slows down regia, Evus teaches a bit of everything, but the atkus to balthus ratio is tilted to eat balance slowly. Virtually no fighter trainers are "pure" trainers, most have a mixture of other elements in them.

==Wanted==
2026: WANTED: A rewritten champion page.

Wanted: Info on Radium, anything you find missing!
''Thanks to Kenegluk for pointing out holes in coverage!''

Iriel Red contributed a book for the logo, and in my humble opinion made a great logo for the CLUMP.

I'd like to get information on knights and knight items since I often get asked that by exiles looking to become one. So, if any knights out there want to share, please make a page with the answers. (:
** Inu says: See above, page created, linked in to appendix and here.

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This is a page dedicated to the current goings on in the lands.
* [http://thoomcare.com/ Thoomcare] Current News

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Click the Discussion Tab to see recaps of Lore Tours!

==2026==
*20260923: Memorial for permanently fallen players: [[File: 2026memorial.png|left|thumb| Exiles Gathered in the Memorial Garden]]
*20260919: This week, on September 19, 2026 at 10:00 (PST) the Lore Tour will journey through the Vale of Giants to the town of Fountfell. There, we’ll meet with the blacksmith Kasarra, who has been crafting Silksteel armor for us. We’ll find out whether it’s ready and perhaps pick her brain for other smithing ideas. Her ingenuity has already helped our blacksmiths learn many new techniques. If time allows, we’ll stop by the Rockslide Tavern to visit with Egremora. She always has great stories to share, and loves hearing ours in return. Perhaps we can tell her about our recent adventures in the Shadowspring Citadel and our encounter with the Skitterkin! Come prepared with a story or two of your own! (Also maybe Kasarra will take pity on Seaforth and craft him some new armor) — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Garr Garr]

*20260912: Lore Tour continues Saturday, September 12, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we plan to wander the lands to visit the V'wunquinhun and to receive their blessings. It’s is hard to believe it has been so long. Also, our plan is to focus on the other nine, since we ran into the one in Shadowspring last time. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260905: Lore Tour returns Saturday, September 5, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings and delve deeper into Shadowspring. We will need strong help and sharp minds to brave to darkness. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260904: Portal move announcement portal will move tomorrow or Saturday (~4-5 Sept) for all of September to Frigid Cavern. Depending on V'wunkays or anything special for v1500, maybe it will be more variable. Stay tuned to Koppi for any changes! — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.OrgDuLac Org Du Lac]

*20260822: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 22, 2026 at 10:00 This week we plan to divert slightly on the trail of the Skitterlings to deliver Trillbane his song! We've invited him over to the Rockslide Tavern in Fountfell for some needed refreshments, so we'll have to travel through Vale of Giants to meet up with him and hear the song Coriakin has written for him. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260815: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 15, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings and our exploration of the area beneath Shadowspring. As before, strong help of all kinds would be appreciated! — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20280808: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 8, 2026 at 10:00. This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. After our realization that the goats and Trillbane have finished the shortcut, we plan to stop by and tell Tart’targ of our progress before heading back beneath Shadowspring. Strong help will be needed to defeat the things crawling around in the darkness. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260801: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 1, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. With the earth aligned ancient machines charged, we plan to make our way north through Vale to the nodes north of there, ultimately making our way to the GMV Ruins. Last time in the Fire ruins the Mystics felt the Ick to the west, towards that area. While there we can try some different tactics against the Ick, hopefully we can find an effective approach. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260718: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the '''Skitterlings'''. We plan to meet with Tart’targ and catch up with her on our success in taking down an Ick Promontory. Then we’ll see if we can hunt down any more of them that may have appeared around the ancient machines in the Eastern Mountains. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260711: **Lore Tour** continues July 11th at 10AM (PST). This week we're planning to head into the **Shadowplane** to search for clues about the forgotten Oubleir in our efforts to find the Fruit of the Crooked Tree. Last time we were investigating them we talked with a large shadow mantuan in the Shadow forest and they mentioned that we had the wrong mantuan, and that the rest of the herd were smaller baby mantuan. We plan to search through the shadowplane to see if we can locate them and see what they might say. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

[[File: WantedSkitterlings.png|left|thumb| Skitterlings Wanted.]]
*20260704: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 4, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we will be continuing on the on the trail of the Skitterlings. Our plan is to meet again with Tart'targ, update her on our efforts and then check on some sightings of the Skitterlings near their nest in the Vale of Giants. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260620: Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 20, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we will continuing on the on the trail of the Skitterlings. Our plan is to meet with the Nacerean Order and talk with them about how we might be able to utilize blood magic in our efforts against the Ick. Maybe we could even get the bloodpool itself to help us out in some way.

*20260613: Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 13, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we will be needing some help on the trail of the Skitterlings. With the delivery of the Green Drake mushrooms to Tart’targ, we’re almost ready to delve into Shadowspring, but we need some time for the Goats to finish their digging and for us to finish composing a song for Trillbane. So we need your help in coming up with ideas to buy us time. What can we do to the Ick to stymie its spread or to distract it, slowing it from spreading further towards Sunspire and the other ancient machines? While catching up with Tart’targ we’ll share our theories and head over to one of the nodes to try some out. So bring your ideas, theories and equipment, explain how it might help, then we can try it out and see what happens. Hopefully we can figure out a plan from this testing.
**So far we’ve observed that the Ick seems to be growing, seeing out the energies of the ancient machines. The Skitterlings, it seems, are just along for the ride. Hopefully that’s helpful in forming your ideas.

*20260606: Lore Tour returns Saturday, June 6, 2026 at 10:00. This week we will travel through the Vale of Giants to the Heartwood Glade in search of the Green Drake mushrooms that Tart’targ needs to help us get deeper into Shadowspring. And as a reminder, we promised her we wouldn’t imbibe them ourselves, lest our bodies be turned into mud and forced to wander without our minds. ⁠hunting_hall⁠ While there, we also plan on checking on the progress the goats, Trillbane, and the Mountain Hermit have made on making a shortcut into Shadowspring. We had last wrangled some unruly goats with them, so hopefully they’ve made good progress. ⁠hunting_hall⁠ Once we gather the mushrooms, we need to make sure we get them back to Tart’targ, as they are prone to spoilage. When we get back to her, we can report on the spread of the Ick we had observed near the GMV Ruins creeping up towards Sunspire. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260530: Hello, bards and others! The May 30th concert will be our next themed concert. The concert will feature music inspired by or written about the Shadowplane. I’m sure everything will be fine and there will be no unexpected visitors or unfortunate occurrences. Bards, you’re invited to write something new about the Shadowplane! This isn’t officially a contest, just a composing challenge, but I’ve already received some donations so…. Who knows what’ll happen!

[[File: LTatSPwEle.png|left|thumb| Lore Tour Consults a Shadow-phant, and learns to do nothing.]]

*20260523: Lore Tour continues Saturday, May 23, 2026 at 10:00. This week we will return to the Shadow Forest. As a reminder, we had been working for some time on a way to restore the altar in the Windweft Ice Caves, to restore access to Purgatory and maybe see if we could help the spirit of Gaiyl return. To do that, we were tracking down how the Ancients built the altars in the first place. From the stories left in their triangle language near the Ancient machines we know that Mataline had went to the Shadowplane and stole a piece of shadow and brought it back with her. Stories that Egremora told us say that with that piece stone was infused with the power of the shadows to become altars. From other stories from the protectorate, we’ve been able to put together that this piece of shadow was actually fruit of the crooked tree. From that same crooked tree we were presented two seeds, one that we planted in Fane, and the other that was planted in the Dreamless Protectorate. By feeding the Fane seedling, it eventually grew into a tree with an entrance to the Shadow Forest. It is our hope that our next clues on where to find the fruit we need to make progress. While there, we will try and make sense of the forgotten Oubleir. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260516: The week on Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 10:00 (PST) the Lore Tour will be checking up on the bees we helped settle into one of the caves in the Ash Barrens. But before we go there, we'll be heading into the Greymyr Passes to meet up with Nauliana the beekeeper. Hopefully we can convince her to join us in visiting the bees and maybe she can teach us ways to help them thrive. We'll see where that leads us and I sure everything will be totally 100% safe. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Garr Garr]

*20260509: Lore Tour continues Saturday, May 9, 2026 at 10:00. This week we will continue on the trail of the Skitterlings checking in on the ancient machines in the eastern mountains to see what the Ick has been up to. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260502: **Lore Tour** returns 10AM PST. This week we will return again to the **Book Fort**, this time we plan to head to the Sky-library. While we’re there we’ll try and sort out the whole regal situation between the jerk knights and Seaforth.

*20260425: BARD CONCERT

*20260418: Lore Tour continues Saturday, April 18, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we will return into the Book Fort, this time heading to the Mosey Meadows.

*20260411: This week on Saturday, April 11, 2026 at 10:00 (PST), the Lore Tour will be heading up to Sombrion’s Cloud to investigate something strange going on. A friend of mine was recently up there doing some “research” when all of a sudden a Sarir ran by screaming. Something about “Run!” and “It just landed!” He just thought it was your normal Sarir ramblings and didn’t follow up because it was just a Sarir you know? But when he told me, I figured we should probably go check it out. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260404: Lore Tour returns Saturday, April 4, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we will venture into the Book Fort! — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260314: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 14, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). Double check that time! This week we plan to pay a visit to the Verminate on Ash to see what they’ve been up to lately in tormenting the Darshak. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260307: Lore Tour returns Saturday, March 7, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings by searching for some inspiration for @Coriakin’s song about Trillbane. — Phroon

*20260221: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 21, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan help Trillbane wrangle some goats that have wandered away from clearing the path to Shadowspring. Trillbane mentioned they were last seen in the rocky areas above Vale, so we’ll check there first. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260214: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue our investigations into the Skitterlings and the Ick. We plan to check on the nest we’ve found below the Vale of Giants, we also hope to run into Trillbane and ask how me might be able to help clear the way into Shadowspring Citadel.

*20260207: Lore Tour returns Saturday, February 7, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to investigate the new Stout Chains, traveling deep into the Orga Stronghold to hunt for Fire Water. We may also poke around and see if we can figure out how the Orga make the stuff and reproduce it ourselves. While out that way, if we see Trillbane we also plan to ask him about how the goats are doing on clearing the way into Shadowspring, and what we might do to speed that up. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260124: Lore Tour continues Saturday, January 24, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to use the current portal armistice to investigate the Heart of Ice in the Glacial Deeps. Hopefully we can meet the Fountfell smith Kasarra there and show them what we’ve been able to discover so far. We also hope to talk to some of the Windspinners there to see what they have been able to learn.

*20260117: Lore Tour continues Saturday, January 17, 2026 at 10:00. This week we plan to catch up on the status of the Bath House. I’ve heard a report from Loom'tir that most of the staff have returned from a mandatory Peaceton vacation, and that they could use help with the finishing touches for their grand reopening.

*20260110: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 10, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. Following up on the investigation of the fighter nodes in the Eastern Mountains we plan to visit with Tart’targ and discuss what we’ve both observed. We also plan to deliver most of the materials that we were tasked to collect a while ago that would be used in a ritual to get down to where the Skitterlings seemed to be coming from in Shadowspring.

*20260103: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 3, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. Before the Bawkmas holiday Tart’targ identified that the Skitterlings seemed to be spreading along with a strange vine-web substance. We’ve since seen Skitterlings and this substance near several of the ancient machines in the Eastern Mountains. We plan to continue our investigation by traveling to the earth attuned machines and checking on their current status.

==2025==
*20251213: Lore Tour returns Saturday, December 13, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. Last week we unexpectedly found one of their nests underneath Vale in the ruins up to Fountfell, suggesting they have expanded outwards from their spot beneath Shadowspring. We plan to revisit the nest and see what else we can learn from it.

[[File:CL-20251206-Skittlerlings.png|thumb|frame|left|These guys are in quite the predicament!]]
*20251206: Lore Tour returns Saturday, December 6, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings with a trip through the Vale of Giants to check on the goat’s progress on clearing a path into Shadowspring for Trillbane.

*20251122: Lore Tour continues Saturday, November 22, 2025 at 10:00. This week we plan to check in with the Verminate Two. Five (as they were five vermin in a cloak) became Two after Three stayed behind to rule over the mountain of lunch boxes we had delivered. We then invited Two to join us in Puddleby where they were learning to cook in Haricot’s kitchen. The Verminate were working on plans to topple the Darshak buildings in Ash City, as well as learning rune magic. We hope to check in with them and see what progress they’ve made and if we can be of any help.—Phroon

[[File:CL-2025115-Dance_Off.png|thumb|frame|left|The November 15st 2025 Lore tour Dance Off!]]
*20251115: Instead of your usual Lore Tour, it's a dance off Dance Off!

*20251108: Lore Tour returns Saturday, November 8, 2025 at 10:00 (PST). (Double check that time!). This week we plan to return to the trail of the Skitterlings. We plan to head through Vale of Giants to Heartwood Glade to check on the progress of the path into Shadowspring. With luck the goats may have broken enough rock to make us a path inside. Strong help as always would be appreciated. — Phroon

[[File:CL-20251101LoreTour.png|thumb|frame|left|The November 1st 2025 Lore tour meets at the alliance castle.]]
*20251101: Lore Tour returns Saturday, November 1, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). (Double check that time!). This week we plan to have a spooky Tsrrin themed adventure. The day of the dead will be over so you can come back out of the library and don your costume to celebrate with us!

*This month's bard concert will be in the bards' guild hall on Saturday October 25th at 11AM (PDT). Normally we have our Feast of Tsirrin concert in the playhall, but we need to be in the bards' guild building because it'll also be Valadorei's audition to become a full bard! I hope you can all make it out to support her!

*20251018: Lore Tour continues Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue our Ethereal Science with Bosun Higgs on western Tenebrion’s Island in efforts to repair the damage that the Darshak had done to the Ethereal Plane. It seems that Higgs has already successfully removed the Kyuem the Darshak had forced into place, but there is still more work to be done.

*20251011: **Lore Tour** continues Saturday October 11 at 10AM (PDT) After the nothing-counts tour of last week we again plan to head through **Vale of Giants** up to **Fountfell** to speak with the smiths there about our success in locating the heart of ice. A while ago they were searching for the heart in hopes to use it in the process of creating some kind of armor. Vale has been particularly happy when we’ve visited recently, so strong help would be appreciated.

*20251004: Lore Tour returns Saturday, October 4, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to head through Vale of Giants up to Fountfell to speak with the smiths there about our success in locating the heart of ice. A while ago they were searching for the heart in hopes to use it in the process of creating some kind of armor. Vale has been particularly happy when we’ve visited recently, so strong help would be appreciated.

*20250927: Bard Concert: Bard Concert on Saturday, September 27, 2025 at 11:00! I'll bring 2 new songs (one of which is for the contest and the other one is exploring more of my CLmetal / CLrock era) and others are hoping to have new stuff too! — Bingro

*20250925: Dear Puddleby Friends,
**It is time to pause and remember those we have lost over the years.
**Baffina & Baffette, Eyeball, K’Pyn, The Good Cat, Tonoto, Tyndall, Xenos & Panos are much missed in Puddleby and in the world. Each year we come together on or around the anniversary of Tyndall’s passing, 20 years ago, in order to celebrate the lives of these friends who have passed, as well as others we miss.
**Please join us to share memories, whiskey, cigars, beer, songs, and bonfires in the Memorial Garden outside Alliance Castle on Thursday, September 25, 2025 at 19:00 (PDT). Here in Puddleby we call it "mosey time." Follow the candles from West Gate.
**Whether you knew them or not, whether you are a regular in Puddleby, brand new, or watch from the library, please feel welcome. We would love to see you. Please also reach out to friends who might not see this message – we'd love to see them, too.
**Xenos & Panos wished us all “a happy and fruitful life and the good sense to live it with no regrets.”
*20250913: Lore Tour returns Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:00. This week we plan to head through Vale of Giants to Heartwood Glade to check on the progress on clearing the way into Shadowspring. We’ve been digging our way to Shadowspring to investigate the mysterious Skitterlings scuttling beneath the citadel. Both Trillbane and Tart’targ have been helping us, so we’re planning on stopping by to see if they need anything.

*20250906: Lore Tour returns Saturday, September 6, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to head to Tenebrion’s Island to check on the abandoned Darshak Temple where they were conducting ethereal research. Lugubrion had asked us to remove ethereal detritus from a stash there. There were also report of some sort of ethereal accountant there, we plan to investigate that as well. — Phroon

*20250829: Friday, August 29, 2025 at 19:00 (PDT) the mosey (and Whirlwind) will be bringing those interested to book 2

*20250823: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 23, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to head to Ash City to deliver lunch to Five. Pack up on lunch boxes from Haricot’s and be prepared to fight some Darshak.

*20250816: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 16, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to head back to the Glacial Deeps beneath the Frigid Caverns in Silversnag Ascent in the Eastern Mountains to continue our investigations into the Heart of Ice. This week we hope to talk to the Windspinners there about the Heart and other discoveries.

*20250802: Lore Tour returns Saturday, August 2, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. With mushrooms in hand from last time, we plan to scout around Fountfell looking for potential ways into the depths below Shadowspring. We’ve been able to recruit the assistance of Trillbane for a cut of the spoils and a song. Perhaps he’ll be willing to help us find the trailhead.

*20250719: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 19, 2025 at 10:00AM (PDT). To continue our investigation into the mysterious Skitterlings found beneath Shadowspring Citadel we plan to go hunting for the mushrooms Tart’targ needs to unseal the path down to where the Skitterlings are believed to be nesting. We plan to start our search by meeting with her to remind ourselves what we’re looking for.

*20250628: Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to visit with the inscrutable Mountain Hermit in the Vale of Giants gauntlet to ask him about the current goings on in the Eastern Mountains. There’s been a lot going on; our search for the Stormlyric Monastery, explorations of the Frigid Cavern for the Heart of Ice, and a council of different factions discussing Sombrion’s presence. And that’s on top of our recent discovery and investigation of the skitterlings. The hermit’s enigmatic perspective on these things will help guide our turbulent investigations. — Phroon

*20250607: This week the Lore Tour will be heading back to the bowels of Ash Island to investigate what our vermine and spriggin friends have been up to since we last visited. While there we should probably be on the lookout for The Widow Lactrodectia and her creations. Also, We will probably try to rob any rich new Darshak Lords that have settled in Rosentide since the last time we looted the place. All these things and more may or may not happen! Join us to find out! — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Garr Garr]

*20250605: v1436. When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of human civilization — Daniel Webster (1782–1852)
**Sorry for the delay. Our gerbils were a bit overwhelmed by the amount of art pouring into our library (over 8200 individual images!) They needed some cuddles, reassurance, and a little reprogramming.
**Speaking of 8200+ amazing pieces of artwork: thank you again to our volunteer artists, who have been expanding the Clan Lord world for the past 25 (27?) years. We wouldn’t be the same without you!

*20250531: Coriakin reports: Bard concert at Lugubrion's Keep next weekend! Saturday, May 31st at 11AM pacific time. Come on out and hear some organ music!

[[file:fountfell-lore-tour.png|thumb|The Lore Tour in Fountfell]]
*20250517: Lore Tour continues Saturday, May 17, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT) this week we will visit the Rockslide Tavern in Fountfell to hear stories from Egremora and to ask about the strange Skitterlings we saw deep inside Shadowspring Citadel. We may also stop by and visit with Pelaegia to get her perspective on these strange creatures. — Phroon

*20250510: **Lore Tour** continues 10AM (PDT) this week we will travel deep into **Shadowspring Citadel**. Known as the Gates of the Moon by the Ancients, these ruins housed a tear to the Shadowplane that was sealed by exiles years ago. We plan to delve its depth to reveal any new mysteries, and to check on the odd skittering creatures we saw before. We will need strong help to brave the dangers within, including those versed in revealing the rifts and traps within, as well as some of our friends who have trained plenty of Horus.
[[File:CL-Fountain 2025-05-07.png|thumb]]
*20250507: Update v1432
**Yes, I will spend the livelong day
**With Nature in this month of May;
**And sit beneath the trees, and share
**My bread with birds whose homes are there.
**“In May” — W. H. Davies (1871–1940)
**Thank you to our volunteers and artists for their continued work!
**Other than some behind-the-scenes bug fixes, everything else for this update is a secret. Or maybe not-so-secret?

*20250419: Lore Tour continues Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT) this week we have a trip led by the Fledgelings into the Bookfort. Check it out, at your local library. — Phroon

*20250412: Lore Tour returns Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT) this week we plan to head to the Shadowplane and the Protectorate to hunt for clues on how to succeed in future trips to the Shadow Forest. If there's time, we may also visit some Shadowbears. Strong help and bright lanterns will be needed to traverse the dangerous plane.

*20250405: Lore Tour returns Saturday, April 5, 2025 at 10:00AM (PDT) this week we plan to delve into The Land of Dank Believe aka Bookfort. We plan to revisit previous year’s sections of the Bookfort including exciting adventures like fighting in a book on the moon and defeating a wizard on a cloud. Please suspend your disbelief at the door.
*Next Update April 2nd. — Phroon

*20250322: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 22, 2025 at 10:00 (AM PDT) this week we plan to head to Silversnag Ascent and the Frigid Cavern to continue our investigations into the Heart of Ice. Rumor says there may be others looking for the same thing we are, maybe they’ll have some clues for us. — Phroon

*20250315: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 15, 2025 at 10:00AM (PDT) this week we plan to select a plan from various plans. We are awaiting confirmation of the plan while we plan to make our selection. We hope to plan on your attendance. (Silversnag? TI? Shadowplane? East Forest!? Who knows where Lore Tour will go!?).
**Lore Tour update: This week we plan to travel to TI to investigate the Darshak Temple that was under construction there. — Phroon

*20250308: **Lore Tour** continues 10AM PST. this week we plan to go on an adventure hosted by the Order of the Fledgelings!

*20250305 v1423 Update
**Choice is how you can tell an intelligent man from a fool. — Henrik Ibsen (1828–1906)
**You’ll have to explore to see what’s new this Chaos Storm.

*20250301: **Lore Tour** returns 10AM PST this week we plan to drop on by **Sombrion’s Keep** to explore the appropriated island and to deliver materials towards a permanent Agronox landing pad. We’ll be needing plenty of agronox feathers, mirror shards, logs of wood, sturdy limbs, skiens of silk, blue baubles, and shiny medallions. We’ll also see if we can fit in some squabbling with a Wizard, or at least a good rifling through his things.
*20250215: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 15, 2025 at 10:00 (PST) this week we plan to head to Ash City to do some more ambassadorial liaising in the Gorvin tradition. Following our defeat of Endrondus there’s sure to be some interesting things happening in Rosentide.

*20250208: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 8, 2025 at 10:00AM (PST) this week we plan to head to the Shadow Forest and the Shadow Bard’s Field! Strong help and many lanterns will be needed to survive. — Phroon

*20250205 v1419 Update
**We love the things we love for what they are. — Robert Frost (1874–1963)
**Testing potential new Champion ability: Charge. It has some small limits to the number of uses for now, until we figure out balancing. Apply for testing in Champ HQ.
**A few stubbornly wild pets can now be tamed by healers.
**Boostus got a little boost.
**Young lights can now better ward off the dangers of the dark.

*20250201: Lore Tour returns Saturday, February 1, 2025 at 10:00 (PST) this week we plan to head back to Silversnag Ascent and the Frigid Cavern to check on the crumbling ice within. These Ancient ruins always seem to contain much history for us to understand. — Phroon
*20250118: (10AM PST) Lore Tour this week plans to explore the Shadow Forest. Strong help and sun lanterns will be required.
*20250111: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 11, 2025 at 10:00 (PST) this week we plan to head back to Ash to continue our investigate Ausrine’s mysterious Ankh. I'm sure we'll encounter absolutely no more misunderstandings whatsoever.

*20250104: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 4, 2025 at 10:00 (PST)this week we plan to head deep into to the third circle of the Abyss to investigate Ausrine’s mysterious Ankh. Strong help would be appreciated for this trip.

*20250101 v1414 Update
**I have learned that to be with those I like is enough. — Walt Whitman (1819–1892)
**Season’s Belated Beatings!

==2024==
*20241221: Lore Tour continues Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 10:00AM PST this week we plan to return to Silversnag Ascent to search for a heart of ice for Kasarra’s smithing experiments. — Phroon
*20241214 10AM PST: Arbordale, Puddleby, Merdi, day 22 of Autumn, 639.
Letter to Giben at Fountfell
**Titus [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Kojiro Kojiro] DeLouche St. Thoomingnon, son of Pomponious, Lord Seaforth, to Giben, Dwarf - If you and the scouting party are well I shall be glad. From your official despatch I have, in common with everyone else, received the liveliest satisfaction; for you have given us that strong hope of success, of which, in sole reliance on you, I was assuring everyone. The emissary smith has taught to Powean the working of litharge. To practical end, he has learned the making of the Gilded Breastplate which was awarded me in recognition of valor on behalf of the People. This he learned only after smashing to
**Issues remain. We know not how to channel the Earth’s power through the armor, beyond its shining brilliance to strike fear into the hearts of enemies sensible of it. Further, I have reread the minutes of that initial meeting with Kassara, who defamed my biceps, from which it is clear that a second armor type was discussed of which Powean has not been taught. This is referred to as flexible, perhaps a mesh, perhaps for rapid attackers rather than line troops. The requirements mentioned steel, lead, arachnoid silk and ice. I know not whether the reference to ice is meant literally – is it an annealing step? A type of ice magic? I pray we will not be competing with the Mystics for sapphires.
**Your correspondence reaches me here, conveyed by what means I know not, from Fountfell. It seems we must send you another scouting party, as the above questions remain to be resolved. Do send reports regarding the route, in particular the grasping cedar forest west of the settlement. I will bring you a package of the smoked jellyfish I know to be your favorite and not native to high altitudes. We return this Saturday, December 14, for Lore Tour. Watch for our coming.
*20241123 10AM PST: At the behest of Pirate King, Witchy Kitty, [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Stinkfist Captain Stinkfist]:
**Arrr, now that we have successfully lulled Endrondus into a false sense of security, it is time to enact the Pirate King's daring and cunning plan to undermine the Darshak Cult. Yarr, this plan is top secret and will be explained on the day.
**Enclosed is a doodle of the Witchy Kitty Pirate King winking* — Valadorei
*20241116 10AM PST: “Arrr! Witchy Kitty Pirate King here! We will be following up on our Rainbow Diplomacy efforts! I'm told we should visit Alder to discuss the Bee Prophecy and related things, so yarr, seems like a good place to start. We also have our new friends from the Verminate and our Spriggin allied uhh mercenaries err... special advisors to the Verminate. The Verminate will need more shiny things for the rainbow generator, so bring shiny things, sunstones and gems of any kind are specially needed. Probably bring them snacks too, what is the food equivalent of the shiniest gem? Bring the answer to that question please. For our Spriggin friends..... yarr just bring coins for them. The Witchy Kitty Pirate King of Lok'Groton will make a substantial donation and the Forces of Whimsy would surely look very kindly upon a large gift of coins from Puddleby. Lastly, time permitting, yarr we got this very bad darshak priest man named Endrondus, he is a very bad man and for the good of the island chain, he gots to go. He needs to die for his many crimes going back centuries, definitely not because we built a rainbow generator and gave it to sentient vermine right in front of him. We totally didnt do that... and if we did it was on purpose and part of a much larger plan in accordance with The Gorvin Mandate regarding the Darshak Cult. Fun and inventive and practical ways to dispose of this very bad darshak man are welcome. See you there! With Love, The Witchy Kitty Pirate King” — Stinkfist

*20241109 10AM PST: Arbordale, Puddleby, Sombdi, day 71 of Spring, 639.
**Letter to Giben at Fountfell
**Giben - The state of things in regard to my steel visions, in which I know that you are supremely interested, and our subsequent discoveries beneath Melabrion Bay is this, as far as can be as yet conjectured. The ceiling ore is steel and lead alloyed, and delivery of ingots of what I refer to here as ‘litharge’ has been secured to skilled metalworkers in Fountfell, said ingots being alloy and bone ash. The ingots are stamped with a Dwarven symbol for Earth, for lead, and a sword, referencing steel. You may share my skepticism as to virtue of the litharge to us, as warriors – boluses for slings? will we have boots of lead, for stamping vermine, or fighting on the sea floor? Recall our schooling in philology – I believe the litharge stamp to be a specifier of the Champion in the ancient language of the Even Shorter Dwarves.
**I call upon you to join me this approaching Saturday for Lore Tour, and I will make the same demand upon all Puddlebeans. Saturday, then, we lead with steel and follow with lead. We shall make a concerted expedition to this Fountfell, this mountain beyond the History of Salandra, and there turn speculation into knowledge. — Titus Kojiro DeLouche St. Thoomingnon, Lord Seaforth
[[File:CL-v1406SplashScreen.png|thumb|frame|right|The v1406 Clan Lord Splash Screen]]
*20241106: CL v1406 Update
**Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion. — Democritus (c. 460 bce – c. 370)
**A statue remembering The Good Cat has been added to the Memorial Garden.
**A few cats waited until exiles were done trick-or-treating to put on their own costumes, wander around, and beg for treats.
**Improved <mumble>, <mumble>, and <mumble>.
**Three new areas will now properly give exploration awards. Anyone who has explored these areas already will be able to do so again to receive the reward. — Delta Tao

*20241102 10AM PDT: Come help us fulfil a prophecy with Science! Or something like that. I'm not in charge. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Garr Garr]

*20241019 10AM PDT: Lord Seaforth (formerly Kojiro):
**Attn Puddleheads: A Levée is called to new ore finds in Tokhans - Saturday, Lore Tour. The gods demand Metal. I demand fancier armor. Bring tools.

*20241005 10AM PDT: Lore Tour returns this Saturday to the shadow garden in the haunted fane. After all the extra trips we made, we now believe that we may have enough dream fragments to grow the tree even bigger! Nothing could possibly go wrong as the seed was freely given! We'll likely need a strong group to ensure the success of this endeavor so make sure to show up.

*20240921 10AM PDT: THE TRIAL BY PUN-BAT OF PAULA FRESHLAND!!! Happuning Saturday 10 am PST. Don’t miss your chance to see just-ice snow its hand in the Puddleby Courthouse! Will Maximus try to defend his damsel and wind up in damncell or will he get rid of his jailousy and shake Paula’s clutch on him and purse-ue a path of honor and truth. The Punsecutor General will be handling the trial on behalf of the people and all other Puddleby citipuns. You.Cannot.Afford.To.Miss.This!!!! — Pun’isher

*20240907 10AM (PDT): GREETINGS PUDDLEBEARS AND PUDDLEBEANS. THE GREAT BEAR SPIRIT HAS BEEN KEEPING WATCH OVER OUR SHADOW NOT-BEAR FRIENDS, AND HAS NOTICED THAT THEY HAVE BEEN GROWING IN POWER. THE GREAT BEAR SPIRIT ADVICES US TO SHOW THEM OUR PUDDLE HONOR, BY ENGAGING IN SOME DIPLOMATIC WRESTLING ON THEIR TURF. WE SHALL MAUL AND SLASH TO EXCHANGE BEAR KNOWLEDGE. BRING HONEY. — Biro

*20240817: Arr, Puddleby! I have been keeping my bees informed of da news, but dey told me da uvver bees are restless. Dey are not satisfied wit second hand news nor wit so few of us reportin' it. Reekfoot's weddin' is da hops what broke da bison's back.
**DEREFORE (da Captain said dat part is important) we are going to visit my bees on August 17, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT) to make dis right. After we tell dem da news officially, we will ask what we can do to assuage da uvver bees' bovveration. Warm up your newsing voices. Polish your armour. Bring your big axes an' wax your moonstones. Dis could get messy. — Dandelion

*20240810: Proclamation from the Pirate King:
**Arrr, so a Rumorstorm has informed me that my brother, local traveling non-darshak pirate blood conjurer Reekfoot has gotten married and did not invite me due to his unhappiness at placing 3rd in the 420th Regional Dance Offs. I am told from a presumably reliable source that Rumorstorm heard that Reekfoot has indeed married some Darshak of some amount of renown. FURTHERMORE, I heard tell that Reekfoot NOW wants an audience with us, the Citizens of Puddleby What's gonna go down? I dunno, there is a lot of information flying around, what has everyone else heard? Cuz I heard the UoP Janitors totally murdered the dance floor at the reception. I also heard we are going to do GREAT!
**7 word summaries:
***Reekfoot makinup fer sumting, bloo peel, PROFIT!
***Killing Darshaks for Profit, or for Reekfoot...

*20240803: oh uh, Lore Tour: We're fighting Shadow Plane nihilism. Which is, obviously, the worst kind of nihilism. — Ausrine

*20240727: It almost time again! On July 27th at 11AM (PDT) we'll be hearing Aurelie audition for Questership und thus hear lots of new music you certainly don't want to miss out on! Also, rumour has it, there is a surprise waiting to be revealed at or around the concert!
*20240720: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 20, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we plan to follow up on some strange new apparitions sighted during a recent visit to the Shadowplane. Was it a one-off sighting? We'll need strong fighters and would welcome mystics, especially those with a sun lantern. If we don't have enough mystical support, we may go mad and climb the walls or gnaw off each others' limbs. — Phroon

*20240713: Lore Tour Saturday July 13th and 10AM PDT: The Romanus Mystery
**An intriguing cold case file came to light in the last month. During the bank counter heist Romanus was killed—or was he? We need to ascertain whether Romanus was always a shadow guild agent that exiles killed, or was he replaced by an agent. Judging by the events as recorded by the PPD, Romanus wouldn’t have helped the exiles if he was simply a shadow guild agent. Assuming that is true, If he is alive, and was captured by shadow guild agents, then we have to find where they are keeping him. Given the roster of Puddleby Police Department is down to 2 active members — myself & lieutenant deputy of puns, Pun’isher. We need all able citizens to help us crack this case. — Sheriff Noivad

*20240706: [https://discord.gg/W688R9aM?event=1254919822534250597 Lore Tour] Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 6, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we plan to travel to Fountfell and Silversnag Ascent to follow up on clues about the history of Mataline's Silver Key.

*20240629: Next bard concert will be Saturday June 29th at 11AM pacific time, featuring the return of @Bingro and hopefully @Fantasia too! If I did this right, this should be your local time: Saturday, June 29, 2024 11:00 AM (PDT).
*20240622: Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 22, 2024 10:00 AM. — Phroon
*20240615:Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 15, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we will be traveling with the mysterious Orchid into Fane to show her the sapling that has been growing in the Shadowy garden there. It is our hope that she will be able to lend us some clarity as to what might happen if we continue to foster the tree’s growth. As usual, strong help would be useful, Rinakki isn’t the most welcomed in Fane anymore and will need our help in reaching the garden. — Phroon

*20240608: Lore Tour returns Saturday, June 8, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we will be visiting with Rinakki to discuss the newly planted seeds growing in the Fane Shadowgarden and the Shadowplane Protectorate. — Phroon

*20240601: Lore Tour returns Saturday, June 1, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we will travel into Fane and check in on the shadowy garden within. — Phroon
*20240518: Greetings! Have any of you been experiencing a strong pull to go to the shadowplane during the lore tour this weekend? Im sure there has to be a reason behind this alluring humming I keep hearing. It's causing me to have some very strong feelings, a sort of yearning to go where I belong. Would you folks be willing to check it out? We should speak with the Evenas and any of those who follow the Way of the Candle and ask if they have experienced this in the past. There's almost no chance of anything bad happening. Feel free to bring your brooms just in case though. — Brisk
**Normal time, Saturday, May 18, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT).
**Soul Hunter summary: Shadowplane. Lotsa lore, some tour. Good things only.
*20240511: Lore Tour continues Saturday, May 11, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we plan to help Pavela’s contact Five on Ash disrupt the Darshak supply lines.

*20240504: Lore Tour returns Saturday, May 4, 2024 10:00 AM. This week we plan to travel meet with Pavela and then travel to Ash to do what we usually in Ash City. Darshak be warned. — Phroon

*20240427: Bard concert coming soon! We'll be back in the guild hall this weekend so questers can play too if they want. Hope to see you there this Saturday 11AM PDT.
[[File:CL-LoreDanceOff20240420.png|right|thumb|The Lore Dance Off.]]

*20240420: xLore Tour continues Saturday, April 20, 2024 10:00 AM. For a date this special, Stinkfist has sent the following plan:
**Lore Tour: The 420th Randomly-Timed Regional Lok'Groton Championship Dance Off
**Yarr so apparently it is indeed time for Regionals. You may have noticed the various established dance crews practicing in the book fort's new Arboretum! You also may have been at the last lore tour where Reekfoot showed up and totally served Puddleby in an attempt to demoralize and psych us out before Regionals.
**So what ARE Regionals? Why is this the first I'm hearing about this?
**It’s a dance off obviously. I dunno, that isn't for me to say, seems like a you thing but I am told it goes back to the "Times of the Ancients" or something.
**But to explain anyways so we can establish THE RULES and THE PRIZES
**Each dance crew will perform one dance routine which will be judged by a panel of highly qualified judges. The judges will score each performance. After every crew has performed there will be an audience vote, which is what actually matters, this is just the way the Ancients did things. I don't pretend to understand why judges if a popular vote determines who wins, I didn't make up the rules, I'm just officiating them.
**Cheating! Is oddly legally allowed by the rules. So we should expect Reekfoot to try and pull SOMETHING devious and probably violent in an attempt to win.
**The rules also state that ANYONE can enter solo or as a crew and individuals are technically allowed to be in multiple dance crews if they choose.
**THE PRIZES:
***1st Prize: Ownership of an empty hut of your choosing in the West Phisney Island Outpost neighborhood. Decorate as you please! + A Big Box of Book Fort Swag + 200k to split amongst your dance crew
***2nd Prize: 1 very large pile of coins (100k) + A Big Box of Book Fort Swag
***3rd Prize: A big box of book fort swag + a reasonably nice pile of coins (50k)
**Where are we dancing off at? The Puddleby Player's Theater in West Puddleby
**When again? 10am PDT on Saturday the 4/20th
**Who are the judges again? Famed local residents of Lok'Groton who we are friendly with and your Pirate King, who is a judge purely to prevent Reekfoot from winning.
**Last place will be awarded personalized Odius Ode courtesy of Pun'isher.

*20240413: Lore Tour continues Saturday, April 13, 2024 10:00 AM: Lore Tour: The Phisney Island Follow Up
**Arrr! Pirate King Witchy Kitty and Magician Majesticos Stinky here again to tell you all about what awesome thing we will be doing next.
**First up, we got some Direbears to welcome to Phisney Island and say Rawr hey tharr to! That'll be nice, for bears are our friends!
**Since they are usually close by, we should probably go and let the Sarir know what has been going on.
**Then, we got some loose ends to tie up, starting with Pavela, Kestrel's Spy on the island that we so generously allowed to walk last we were there. We will need to deal with her in some fashion. There are ideas of how to do this being floated.
**Lastly.. we got that Abyss tainted Darshak mini-temple that Venables hid in to deal with. So we are going to test some of Katpus and the Janitor's research regarding rainbow death/life cannons on it.
**So yarr, we are going to blast the crap out it with rainbows powered by cutting edge magical science and the awesome knowledge of the University of Puddleby! Go Science!
**I’m sure we'll learn something from the test. So yarr we are probably gonna need some mystics and other sources of sun energy and sunbeams for this! Also if ya got any rubies, sapphires, or even topaz bring them! Also sun zu! That seems helpful!
**A responsible ethereal trained mystic would be appreciated as we will be unleashing large amounts of rainbows near an active kyeum but science hasnt proven any ill effect of rainbows on things ethereal but it is yarr like wise to keep an eye on such things just to be safe!
**Soul Hunter's TLDR: Bears, Sarir, Haha Spy, Rainbow Blast Abyssness!
*20240406: Lore Tour returns Saturday, April 6, 2024 10:00 AM. This time we will delve into the Book Fort! — Phroon
*20240403: The v1375 update is scheduled for Wednesday 3 April 2024. —Phroon
*20240330: This month's concert is about a week away: Saturday, March 30, 2024 11:00 AM (PST). It's been a while since we've heard any organ music, so we're thinking of having it at Lugubrion's Keep (assuming that we can find someone to open for us). Hope to see you there!
*20240323: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 23, 2024 10:00 AM, we have the following message from Stinkfist:
**Black flags have been spotted on the ocean!
**Lets go steal their stuff!
**Cuz iz my birfday!
**Arr!
**The Witchy Kitty Pirate King Magician Majesticos Cap'n Stinky
*20240316: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 16, 2024 10:00 AM (PST). This time we will return to the Shadowplane to continue our investigations and check out of the shadowbears have been up to anything. As usual, strong help would be appreciated. —Phroon
*20240309: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 9, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT)! Summary from Stinkfist:
**Arrr here ye here ye!
**We will be heading to the Phisney Island Outpost for the signing of a historic treaty!
**Our local notary Brisk will preside over the signing of this treaty. Surely this will go smoothly and without any snags or unknown unknowns, as Brisk has one job and yarr!
**So come! Sign this most historical treaty and hang out with our Allies!
**Soul Hunter's TLDR: Brisk, Phisney Island, fancy paper, sign it!

* 20240302: March 2nd, 10AM PDT: Arrr! Hear this declaration from the Pirate King: This Saturday will mark one "finally" off our calendar — deposing the so-called leader of the Darshak on Phisneyland Island, Penn Venables.
**Penn's been hiding in his half-built temple for decades now since we repeatedly shamed him in battle. Based on a tip we got from a dead Darshak, we learned he'll be out and about and vulnerable during this week's Lore Tour. We were told to be careful because of his weapons of mass destruction.
**Ambassador Gorvin tells us that letting his ethereal doomsday devices blow everything up is bad and we should prevent this at all costs, so we're going to be super careful as we wreck this guy and steal his stuff. We probably won't sink the whole island into the sea. Our magic is better than his. We have bards, bears, beer, bees, a catapult, and a super cool ocean witch.
**Soul Hunter summary: Kill bad Darshak leader, no explode island.

*20240224: Next week's bard concert will also feature Supplanter's audition for bard quester! Please come to the guild hall on Saturday, February 24, 2024 11:00 AM to cheer him on! — Coriakin (Master Bard)

*20240217: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 17, 2024 10:00 AM. Stinkfist has passed on the following plan for this week to set up for the upcoming confrontation with Venables:
**Arrr,
**Attention: As per our intel provided by the Door-Hench Diebeer with a K, the Darshak will be up to something in two zodiacs time now on TI.
**Working with our agent the Immortal Sasour the Hatchet†, who we previously liberated from Venables Camp. We will be laying the groundwork for rebellion and ending Venables grasp on Phisneyland Island forever and foiling Kestrel's plans at the same time.
**As cover for this operation, we will also be stealing a great deal of stuff.
**† Sasour the Hatchet was purged of abyssal influence via rainbows and then made immortal by Ausrine and her hat that she isnt wearing. Also he touched Puddleby's altar. Also Ausrine turned him into a blind amphibian with a gilded broom a few times. He is magically oathbound to Puddleby. He be cool.
**Soul Hunter Summary: Save Phisneyland, prepare for victory, plunder booty.

*20240210: **Lore Tour** continues February 10 at 10AM (PDT). This time we plan to head to **Ash Island** to fight some Darshak. Kestrel’s doorman has enjoyed his post for quite some time, I’m sure Ambassador Gorvin will help him with that.—Phroon
** For this tour we will be needing the assistance of weather controlling mystics (preferably multiple).—Gorvin

[[File:CL-LoreTour20240203.png|right|thumb|Brave adventurers explore the Org cave.]]
*20240203:Lore Tour (Saturday, February 3, 2024 10:00 AM PDT) will involve taking Bravery The Org to the org sanctuary on Centaur Island. For anyone not familiar, Bravery is a young org that Stinkfist rescued from being abandoned at Junko's and decided to teach to be a hero. He begain taking it on his adventures to teach what he could, and has also asked several other exiles to escort Bravery around to show him the world. After many zodiacs of mentoring the time has come to release Bravery into his new home!

*20240120: **Lore Tour** continues January 20, at 10AM PST. This time we plan to return to the **Shadowplane** and continue our exploration there! As usual, strong help would be appreciated.

*20240113: **Lore Tour** continues <t:1705168800:F>. This time we plan to do a few things surrounding the **Org Sanctuary**, starting with a visit to the Ensconcement Village to tell them about the success setting up the sanctuary, a stop by the Org Cave for some Panther Caps, and then swing over to Centaur to drop off any mushrooms we find and to deliver the presents we picked up during the Bawkmas tour to thank them for all their efforts setting up the sanctuary.

*20240106: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 6, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we plan to kick things off by paying a visit to the Shadowguild and seeing what they’ve been up to. I’m sure that ambassador Gorvin will help us navigate the situation with skill.

==2023==
*20231224–20231225 at 6:30AM (24th) & 6:30PM (25th): I heard Santa will be coming two times this year for 30 minutes each time. I hope it fits your schedules and if not feel free to let me know and I will see if a special appearance can be made for you after Bawkmas/Skrismas/Season's Beatings.
**Slot 1: Sunday, December 24, 2023 6:30 AM
**Slot 2: Monday, December 25, 2023 6:30 PM Cheers! 🎅

*20231216: Lore Tour continues Saturday, December 16, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we're planning to travel to Fane and investigate reports of developments with the shadowy seed planted in the garden there. As usual, a strong group and especially strong healers to deal with the ghosts within would be appreciated.

*20231209: **Lore Tour** continues December 9, 2023 at 10AM Pacific. This time we're planning to celebrate the bawkmas spirit by visiting a few snowy areas throughout the lands in search of some presents for the Centaur to thank them for all their help with the Org Sanctuary.

*20231204:In the morning of the day 218 of year 635 (OOC 7pm Pacific, Monday December 4th, just after Lorikeet's hunt time), Mystic guild will be holding a meeting with Sombrion the Wizard and the Abbess Madrona of the Foghaven Monastery. Location of the meeting is on the platform of the Foghaven Monastery. All exiles are invited to join.
**For that meeting, please let us move the purple portal to OP (and green at town) at least on that day... unless we think we can handle having the portal at **outside** of Foghaven Monastery.
**Also I'd like to ask supports from our capable fighters, healers and flute players for safe travel to Foghaven Monastery and back for all exiles who wants to join the meeting on the day.

*20231118: Lore Tour continues Saturday, November 18, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we will be returning to the Shadowplane to continue our exploration there. As usual, strong help would be appreciated.

*20231111: Lore Tour continues Saturday, November 11, 2023 10:00 AM (PST). This time we will be returning to Shadowspring Citadel! It’s been a while so we hope to check on things there especially the Agronox seal to the and how the Page of Rend that sent us to the Shadowplane there reacts to us visiting again, as well as some of the crumbly stairs deep within. This will be a difficult trip, so strong help (and your friends that know Horus well) would be appreciated. While we’re at it, we’ll have to see if Pelaegia is interested in a trip back and maybe see if there’s anything we can do to help her with the repairs.

*20231104: Lore Tour returns Saturday, November 4, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we will be checking out the Org Sanctuary.

*20231021: Lore Tour continues Saturday, October 14, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we will having a spooky time with a Feast of Tsrrin theme. — Phroon

*20231014: Saturday, October 7, 2023, 10AM (PDT) Lore Tour: The Prime Orb of Unstable Infinity
**Yarrr! By now you've surely read my excellent guide Orbs of Unstable Infinity and You. It is very illuminating:⁠
**But what is better than an excellent guide? The real thing. I think we can get Tart'targ to help us find it.
**First, some history. Me chief gunner and good matey Garr has a long and terrifying history of humiliating the Darshak. For instance, this time when Garr just burned the Thaumaturge and his minions to death.
**http://www.thoomcare.com/archives/003485.html
**As you can read in the comments there, long ago I made a note "Loots for Garr. Pirates rule!"
**In the years since that battle, I, the Pirate King of Lok'Groton, have searched for the perfect reward for saving a whole plane of existence against the jerk that tried to merge us with the ether (also just… showing up and kickin' ass with the Pirates since the start). Gotta find some GOOD loot for that!
**During one of my astral projection explorations I finally found it. It was an Orb. An Orb just full of Unstable AND Infinity, and I just knew, in my heart of Pirate Kingly hearts, that I needed to see what exactly Garr would do with this.
**I got back to Puddleby and thought, "Ya know, this thing is really dangerous if someone like the Brions or someone got their hands on it." So I hid it and gave Tart'targ the clues to how to find it. Cuz safety first!
**Arr, anyways, enough really fascinating history of Garr bein' awesome and me astral projecting. For the Lore Tour, we will gather in town and wait for Tart'targ to show up and bring us the clues to where I hid the Orb for safekeeping. We will then go on an adventure to retrieve the Orb from the very safe and very logical place to hide an artifact of unstable infinity. Then, later we will find out how Garr chooses to use his great power (and the Orb) with great responsibility.
**Yarr! Join us as we celebrate Garr and I try and make good on a decades old note!
**There will likely be time for people with Lesser Orbs (yarr, those have been turning up lately) to use said Lesser Orbs. Even lesser ones are probably best used under the supervision of trained Witches and Magicians. This is definitely not like the time with the soul glasses, why would you even think that?
**The Pirate King is not entirely responsible for any uses or side effects of the Orbs that results in harm to an exile or our plane of existence. Hopefully, any such cases will be super duper funny. The disclaimer in my guide to orbs of unstable infinity apply here too.
**Soul Hunter version:
**IOU note to Garr. Magic orbs. Treasure hunt!

[[File: CL-LoreTour-20231008.png|thumb|right| 180px |The Lore Tour in the Shadow Plane]]

*20231007: Lore Tour returns Saturday, October 7, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we plan to return to the Shadowplane and continue our exploration there. As usual, a strong group would be appreciated.

*20230927: This is the 18th year since Tyndall passed away. He was loved by many in life, and is remembered both as a cherished friend and a Puddlebean legend.
**Every year, we mark this time and come together in order to celebrate the lives of friends that we’ve lost over the years: Xenos & Panos, Baffina & Baffette, Tyndall, Tonoto, Eyeball, and K’pyn.
**Please join us to share memories, whiskey, cigars, beer, songs, and bonfires in the Memorial Garden outside Alliance Castle on September 27, 2023 7:00 PM.
**Whether you’re a constant presence, you've been in the library for a while, or you’re somewhere in between, we’d really love to see you. Please also reach out to friends who might not see this message – we’d love to see them, too.

*20230927: The next Healer Hunt will be Wednesday, September 27, 2023 5:30 PM This hunt is for healers and their pets. All are welcome: bring your pet…
*20230923: Ok, so lore tour this week… bearing in mind the captain has tasked me with fixing the planes… AGAIN… I have been struggling if we should go to Geharza or not. Barely by a slim margin I have been convinced (with the help of bribes) to bear arms and go back to the ice caves (But if we run into loose Tipulids again I won’t complain.) So… it turns our that SOMEONE decided to teach the bears how to use altars… (I’m totally not looking at you Inu) and now we have to bear the burden of killing cursed bare bears, cursed armored bears, and cursed bears that need to learn that vowels are a thing. So we’ll head back to the ice caves this week, and this time we’ll need a permanent broom bearer to sweep the bear out of the evil bears and the bear out of the shadow touched Inus. That’s step one. Step two is to have Bearo and Raksbeara and Punibear to convince the evil bears not to be so evil and to double our bear guard on our totally peaceful and not destructive rainbow death cannon. Once that is done we need to try and un-bear curse that altar in ice caves. Normally we’d just tell the Gorvbot to break the altar even more, but it sounds like some people want to fix the altar so they can learn more PF ranks from not ghost Gaiyl… Final step is loot… There better be loot Stinky…..
**For Soul Hunter… Bears again… Murder again… Inu’s fault… Loot!!!
[[File: CL-LoreTour-20230916.png|thumb|right| 180px |The Lore Tour battles armored shadow bears!]]

*20230916: Lore Tour: Sat 10am pacific
** RAAAAAAAWRRRRRRRR RA-ROOAAAARRRRRRRRRR Rawr-BEARRRROOOOOOO
**Rawr-rawr-ROAR-rawr-rawwrrrr-snarl.
**ROAR! RAWR! ROOOOOAAAARRRR!!! RAwr-RA-raWR!! ROAR ROAR ROAR!!!!!!!
**[bear snort]
**THE GREAT BEAR SPIRIT'S CUB BIRO WILL FEED ON THE WEAK BODIES OF THE SHADOWS WHO HAVE FORGOTTEN HOW TO BE BEARS AND SHOW THEM HOW TO BE BEARS AGAIN.
**BRING YOURSELF HONOR, CONQUER FEAR, SPILL SHADOW BLOOD, SEND NOT-BEARS BACK INTO THE DARK.
**For Soul Hunter: Rawr vs Those who pretend to be Rawr!
*20230909: Lore Tour: The Darshak Candidate
**Arrr, here ye here ye, yarr good. Garr... write this down...
**So for some time Kestrel has stated her goal is to establish a new unifying leader of the local Darshak. One way or another, the cult will put someone in charge. An like, ta be honest, all their candidates suck. Creepy Thoom Guy sucks, Rebel Guy sucks, Venables sucks, Necro sucks, all the Darshak nobles suck. So yarr, why don't we make our own?
**So we're gonna kidnap Sasour the Hatchet as he is easily the chillest Darshak we know. We invited him to the Counterheist and he got drunk and laughed at the Shadowguild getting slain in the streets. He's perfect.
**Then probably do some magic to make sure he is a "Force of Abyss Smiting Justice for Puddleby"
**Now this is a complex plan with a lot of ins and outs and such that I will make...er.. explain as we go!
**And to really sell that we are indeed kidnapping Sasour instead of just being like "hey what's up buddy? wanna go drink?" we're gonna need to kill lots and lots of Darshak on our way... Maybe break or take anything that looks important, I dunno, ye do ye in that regard.
**Side benefits: Sasour the Hatchet is likely to know things about Venables' secret weapon the Sarir are so afraid of. Knowledge that may help us devise some sort of counter measure against this "island destroying weapon" at least that's what the Sarir said it was.
**Maybe we could goad Venables into destroying..........
**The Pirate King just kinda wandered off rambling at this point about various schemes weighing the pros and cons of tricking Venables into just blowing up the island and calling it "problem solved"
**For Soul Hunter:
**Kidnap, Friend, Magic, Murder Darshak, Magic, Scheme, Lulz
*20230902: Per captain Stinky: This week on Lore Tour (Saturday September 2nd at 10AM PDT)
**Adventures in Magical Super Science:
**While Katpus and the highly trained researchers from the University of Puddleby (they're definitely not janitors) were conducting super scientific experiments in the Castle Alliance, they may or may not have blown a hole in reality. Katpus seems a bit embarrassed about it, so we don't need to make it into a big deal.
**Whatever may have happened, Katpus' researchers have gone missing, and so have the bears who were guarding her laboratory. In a probably unrelated coincidence, a respectable and probably wealthy individual has shown up claiming some important artifacts have gone missing. There are two mysteries to be investigated and almost certainly booty to be had. For science!
**Soul Hunter Version:
**Portal, Mystery, Bears, Booty

*20230819: **Lore Tour** continues. This time we plane to head to **Fane** and investigate the shadow garden growing there, and perhaps see if the crooked seed we received in the Shadowplane takes root there. If that seed eventually grows and bears fruit, the hope is it will enable us to repair the Windweft altar and restore their connection to Purgatory. As Fane is a very dangerous place, a strong group would be appreciated.

*20230812: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 12, 2023 10:00 AM PDT. This time we plan to continue our investigations into repairing the Ice Cave Altar. We’re thinking of visiting with Pelaegia who we last left in Fountfell Foghaven, and then head over to the Windweft Ice Cave and see if the mysterious gift from the crooked tree in the Shadowplane leads us towards any success in recreating the Ancient’s shadow magic that created the altars.

*20230805: Lore Tour Saturday August 5, 2023 at 10AM (PDT): Hello! It is I, fake Phroon [Brisk], coming to you with an update on Lore Tour this zodiac! It'll be August 5th at the same time as usual. We are planning on trying to visit Nylar to hear of this deal that his minions mentioned that he has for "Sapeeva". For good measure, we hope to bring a "Sapeeva" or close approximation with us. We may need to fight, we may need to bribe, or we may need to gamble. Whatever it is, it's sure to be a good time so come on out if you are free. Cheers!

*20230722: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 22, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT), this time we plan to pay another visit to the Org Cave and see if we can make some progress in becoming friends with the Org. We also plan to continue our investigations into the strange weather in the Ensconcement, and see if perhaps we can find a route up to Stormlyric.

*20230715: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 15, 2023 10:00 AM to return to the Shadowplane, to revisit the protectorate and maybe see if we can find more clues of how Shaer travels the plane freely. As usual, a strong group will be needed!

*20230708: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 8, 2023 10:00 AM PDT, this time we return to the Shadowplane, to visit the protectorate and then to seek the devourer of dreams. As usual, a strong group will be necessary for the trek through this dangerous plane.
**If do we manage to slay the dreamdrinker, we plan to return again to the shadowplane next week too (Saturday, July 15, 2023 10:00 AM PDT) and revisit the protectorate within the same chaos storm, and maybe see if we can find more clues of how Shaer travels the plane freely. So mark your calendars for two weeks of back-to-back shadowplane exploration!

*20230705: The v1336 update: Lightning and thunder require time, the light of the stars requires time, deeds require time even after they are done, before they can be seen and heard. — Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
**More intense weather arriving. Those with elaborate hair-dos or delicate umbrellas can limit certain effects by using the '''''/options strongWeather off''''' command.

*20230701: Hello Puddleby! I come to you tonight as a guest "Phroon". I am in need of some assistance during the Lore Tour this weekend. You see, Tart'targ the wisest witch, had asked us to keep an eye on Sombrion. This has been fairly difficult for me as my eyesight is extremely poor and his keep hovers so high in the sky. However, even my peepers couldn't miss the addition of one of Sombrion's Sarir at the Bison Plains outpost. I'm not saying we need to tattle but we NEED to tell Tart'targ about this. Who knows? Maybe we will see a Witch and a Wizard face off? That wouldn't be terrible. I will be collecting bets and will even go as far as giving a favorable 2 to 1 odds on the Wizard. Anywho, don't be late to this one! You won't want to miss a moment! — Brisk
**Lore Tour took a trip to see Tart'targ and inform her of the Sarir being in the bison plains outpost, Hygra I think was the name. She was not so concerned with this as long as it did not come out that Sombrion was the cause of the abnormal weather that Hygra was studying. We discussed the trip with Pelaegia to Foghaven and how we saw shapes in the fog and heard howling on the wind. She mentioned that Andrachnea, the Abbess of Stormlyric, is known for being a bit standoffish even for witches. We spoke of how Andrachnea disapproved of Forsythia's study of the Org and remembered that we may have left her in the Orga Stronghold. We began to leave to go rescue her and ran into a bit of an issue.
**All of a sudden a Shadowguild Thief knocked me over...I thought he was looking for the bets I was collecting for the Witch vs Wizard duel. We chased them across the estuary and then ran across much stronger friends of the thieves. It looked like some of them had flown into the area on balloons to lead the rest of them. You could tell some were just taking orders and trying to take out as many of us as possible but others seemed to be more interested in a single thing, a thoom. We protected Coriakin the best we could but when he fell he was not taken. Confused, we pressed on until clearing the majority of the shadowguild. We cornered a leader and he said that they were looking for "Sapeeva". His reinforcements came and we tried to corner him again but eventually he managed to find a balloon and escape. As he was leaving he told us that he had a message for us to deliver..."Tell Sapeeva Nylar will cut him a deal." — Brisk

*20230624: The next bard concert is on June 24th at 11AM pacific time. Hope to see you there!

*20230617: Lore Tour returns Saturday, June 17, 2023 10:00 AM PDT, this time we plan to investigate the mysterious (and mist-erious) fog seen throughout the Eastern Mountains. We’ll probably also pay Pelaegia a visit and see what she has to say about these mists. We’ll likely be heading to Foghaven, the mountain haven of fog, so an appropriately strong group would be appreciated.

[[File:LoreTour20230610.png|thumb|right| 200px |The Lore Tour Headed for the Orga Stronghold speaks to '''Forsythia''']]
*20230610: **Lore Tour** returns 10AM PDT, this time we plan to travel deep into to the Orga Stronghold to rescue the Org trapped there! We may take them back to the Org Cave, or they may be the first residents of the new Org Sanctuary on Centaur Island. We may also pop over and have a visit with Trillbane while we’re in the neighborhood. A stronger group would be appreciated.

*20230603: ''Rustles out from under a pile of library books, glances at calendar'' Lore Tour at normal time this weekend (June 3rd, 10AM PDT). Plan is to poke at some of the dark mirrors in the lands and see if we can learn anything about Shaer's Gate.

*20230520: Lore Tour continues Saturday, May 20, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). We plan to return again to the Shadowplane to continue our explorations there. As usual, a strong group would be very helpful.

*20230513: Lore Tour! Operation: Friendship Hammer (10am pacific, usual lore tour time) We've reached a critical stage of the plan to create the Org Sanctuary... we must get some Orgs big and small to trust us enough to get in some cages and be brought to Centaur Island.... So how do we do that?
**I’m unsure but I bet that super cool ocean witch Pelaegia knows a thing or two about it! An she has been wanting to get out and about more so, this seems like a win/win. Bring Pelaegia to the village/Org caves, listen to tales of Orgs from way back when (and anything else we want to talk to her about) and maybe feed some Orgs some panther caps, perhaps bring some caps back for Tart'targ! Perhaps... make Org friends!
**Now, we should be careful, we've been hitting the Darshak rather hard lately and they have expressed an interest in kidnapping our good super cool ocean witch friend... and Tart'targ has turned some into blind amphibians... so ya know... be vigilant! There is no telling what an uppity visiting Darshak Noble may decide to do to prove how great they are or some such nonsense like that.

*20230506: Lore Tour: The Great Kennel Caper (Saturday 10am pacific as usual) The Elusive and Illusive Phroon Thoom, Heist and Counter-Heist Master Extraodinaire has a lead on a stockpile of feral cages somewhere on Ash Island. We need cages for our Org Sanctuary to safely transport the Orgs. The Darshak on Ash backed by Gathner have had an easy time lately since our slaying of Dorcas Direstorm as we've been focused on taking Venables down a few notches while keeping the Gathner backed Darshak agents on the island from being able to get the upper hand there..... so depleting the Ash 'Shak's ability to wrangle and train ferals seems like a solid move that furthers our goals quite nicely!
**Now I know what you be thinkin! "Cap'n! What if them cages be cursed??" Well I'm way ahead of you, and with the help of local mystics and my magician prowess, I have most of a ritual planned to purge away any Abyssal taint the cages may have! (If you are a local mystic and would like to help with this ritual, please contact me, your Pirate King and Master Magician).
**Darshak Nobles continue to visit from Gathner, bringing with them their top tier guards, so be on the look out for fancily dressed swabs who need to be shown a quick way to their forever home in the Abyss!
**In summation! Kennel Heist! Plunder any plunder of opportunity! Get home with magically purified loot! Further details to come!
**Bring: Crowbars, vines, chains, a can do attitude, strongest ranger morphs, and anything else you can think of to aid in this endeavor! See you there!

*20230503: The v1327 update is scheduled for Wednesday 3 May 2023

*20230429: Next month's bard concert (on April 29th at 11AM PDT) will be a special one. As many of you know, Lugubrion was so affected by the tragic fate of his brother Tenebrion that he's retreated from the world and has become a recluse. As someone who's struggled with depression myself, I've decided to try to help Lugubrion in the hopes that he'll be able to recover from his condition. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20230422: Lore Tour continues Saturday, April 22, 2023 10:00 AM (time in your local timezone). This time we plan to return to the Shadowplane. As usual, a strong group would be very helpful. Our plan is to travel to the protectorate through the shadow sea and also to check out if any of the new pages of rend interact with the shadowplane. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

[[File: CL-LoreTour-20230415.png|thumb|right| 180px |The Lore Tour revisits the centaurs with Pelaegia]]
*20230415: Lore Tour! (Saturday 10am pacific blah blah blah) Arrrr! This time we will be taking a stroll over to visit Pelaegia and Tart'targ briefly and see if Pelaegia can come out and play! Once we have picked up everyone's favorite Super Cool Ocean Witch, we will make for the Org cave to try and harvest (hopefully) the last of the mushrooms we need for the Org Sanctuary on Centaur Island. I’m sure Pelaegia will be happy to see the Centaur after all these thousands of years! Yarr! This seems pretty straight forward and nothing could possibly go wrong! Definitely! None of our past actions could conceivably come back to haunt us! For suresies! (Anything that does go wrong will be promptly blamed entirely on Trillium's ankh which is full of cursed)

*20230408: at 2PM (PDT) Saturday April 8th, Clan Lord Open Tactical Hunt (CLOTH) plans to go to the bridge to refine leading and dropping in the right spot and possibly the Slate Caves to practice dodging webs/projectiles. This is open to all, and I encourage newer players to attend, especially if you fall a lot. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Noivad Noivad]

*20230408: Lore Tour continues Saturday, April 8, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we plan to visit The Land of Dank Believe, aka the Book Fort. Bring your imagination and suspend your disbelief, the myrms dug a hole to the sky. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20230405: v1323. The sky is the daily bread of the eyes. — Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
**Hunt trophies are now furniture.
**Phantasmagorical improvements.

*20230401: **Lore Tour** returns 10AM PDT. This time we plan to visit with Egremora and Pelaegia in **Fountfell**, hear a few stories and think about what to do next.

**With Cimmbrion's assistance we've been able to grow some water lilies the two brothers created together back during happier times, and their gift has helped raise Lugubrion's spirits a bit. However, he's still embarrassed by the state of his keep, so to help him with that I'm hoping to hire builders from Puddleby to help renovate it. And to raise funds for that, next month I'll be holding a benefit concert at Lugubrion's keep!

**To make this concert special I will finally premiere the suite I've been working on for years: "The Healer's Lament," which attempts to evoke the trials and tribulations of a healer's life. It'll feature at least five brand new pieces, never before performed, and I'm extra excited because Lugubrion has graciously allowed us to not only use his keep for the performance, he's allowing us to use a brand new instrument - an organ from a thoomish temple! It has a sound unlike anything we've heard before, and I'm excited to share the music I (and the other bards) have been writing for it.

**This is a benefit concert, so I will be asking for donations to help with the cause. Building supplies to aid with the renovations would be very useful, and I will be matching any donations of coins (at least until I run out of coins myself). Even if you can't make a donation I hope you can come! I've invited Lugubrion to be there as our guest of honour and every person there would be a show of support to someone in dire need of it.
**Again, it'll be on Sat. April 29th at 11:00 AM PDT at Lugubrion's Keep. I hope to see you there!
— [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

** 8 word summary for Soul Hunter: "New tunes! New Instrument?! Help Lugubrion... donations please!"

*20230405: The v1323 update is scheduled for Wednesday 5 April 2023.

*20230325: Hello, all! This month’s concert (on March 25th, 11am pacific time as usual) is themed around Spring. Expect a lot of uplifting music about new beginnings or possibly about getting rained on instead. Either way, should be a good time. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20230323: there will also be a very special NNK open hunt adventure on thursday the 23rd at 5pm pacific! Expect various laws including but not limited to physics, nature, and reality to be broken! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Stinkfist Stinkfist]

*20230318: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 18, 2023 10:00 AM (time in your local timezone). This time we plan to return to Shadowspring to finally deliver Pelaegia’s present! We will need strong help to brave the dangers within. We also need some help between now and the Lore Tour to charge some of the machines to open the way into Shadowspring. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20230318: *Arrr! Lore Tour Recap! The Shadowplane had indeed shifted in many ways. The ground seemed less bitey, which I blame on Inu and her masterful ambassadorship. Keep hugging them Shadow Trees! Yer doing great!We also discovered a new “cave” which was just full of boo and scary and pretty and confusion.
**Another page of rend was discovered and perhaps most importantly a new phantasm page was found! We only covered a fraction of the Shadowplane so more to find and explore seems very likely! Oh and sadly Brisk failed to do that thing, perhaps next time (we are all rooting for ya buddy!)

**Next lore tour we will (charging nodes permitting) be visiting Shadowspring Citadel to bring Pelaegia her birthday presents! Probably other reasons too, more information and hype coming soon!

*20230311: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 11, 2023 10:00 AM PST. This time we will return to the Shadowplane to continue our investigations into the malevolent forces within. We’ve already seen that the shadows have reacted to us, we plan on investigating if they have changed further following our contact with them. We will need many sharp minds, strong fighters, and brave healers to endure the dangers within. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20230304: Lore Tour returns Saturday, March 4, 2023 10:00 AM PST. This is the day the portal is scheduled to move to the village, so we’re planning on going there to get a mystic a mark. We’ll also check the Org cave for more Panther caps and bring them to the centaur for their work on the Org sanctuary. If we have time we might also do some other stuff too. We’ll be traveling through vale and parts of the ensconcement, so strong help will be helpful. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]
*20230302: 2023-03-01 v1318 Update: ''Sometimes we need the fog to remind ourselves that all of life is not black and white.''—Jonathan Lockwood Huie (b. 1945)'''Those who venture north may notice new snell edges being tested. Please share your feedback!'''
*20230225: Bard concert this weekend! Saturday Feb 25th at 11AM PST, at the bards’ guild hall in north field. Noivad will be auditioning for full bard again, so come cheer him on! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]
*20230224: MediaWiki has been updated to v1.39.2. As usual, please report any unexpected changes.
*20230218: Lore Tour! Saturday 10am pacific!!Arrrr, we require more lab equipment for constructing the rainbow death/life cannon!We've already stolen the Oh-Venn from Penn Venables, now we return for the rest of his stuff!
**During the Oh-Venn heist we discovered that Venables has been training sciencemancers who can open ethereal portals and shoot mighty blasts of chain lightning. Thus an elaborate and complex scheme is required to get his lab equipment.
**The plan is simple and elaborate, eloquent yet basic. The perfect mix of blunt force and sneakery!
**We will pick a location to "conduct a magical ritual to seal off the island from the ethereal plane" to get his attention and draw him in. Additionally we will tell the local sarir population of Venables' dastardly plans to shackle Tenenbrion's spirit and bend it to his will, which is probably not a complete and total lie.
**Also Kalian and I have a secret weapon up our sleeve should we require it.
**Once Venables' forces are committed to the battle a small rag tag group will break off and sneak into the lab and take everything they possibly can and get out before Venables has time to know what happened.
**Like all great plans, should you have additional ideas feel free to contact myself, Phroony, Kalian, or anyone else who seems like an authority figure for this sort of thing. As always, the plan will be "do all the plans"
**We will need as many exiles as possible to pull this off and there will be no small roles to play in this daring heist!
**Bonus if we can get any notes regarding what Penn has exactly been up to with the ethereal plane. All we know so far is he seems to have access to an isolated sphere of it.
**Be there! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Stinkfist Stinkfist]

*20230216: [https://clanlord.net/images/CL-Boats%20are%20too%20expensive%20480.mp4 The Typical End to an Estuary/Mountain/Bison Plains Hunt] because we don’t want to spend 100c or fall before the estuary exit. And [https://clanlord.net/images/CL-LA%20Excellence.mp4 Punisher Has mad skills falling—Laughing Academy Excellence!]

*20230211: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 11, 2023 10:00 AM PST. This time we will be continuing to examine mountain springs in Vale and Fountfell, with a possible detour to the Org Caves for some Spotted Panther Caps. These areas, and especially the route to Fountfell, are difficult, so strong help would be helpful. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20230204: Lore Hunt. Step 1: Bears. Step 2: Tart'targ talk." Step 3: Mountains. The Lore Tour returns with Biro negotiating for bear support, the group asking Tart'targ if a certain plant is okay to plant, and a trip to the mountains to find a place to plant the seeds.

*20230201: [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Stinkfist Stinkfist] is organizing a raid on Venable's Laboratory at February 1, 2023 7:30 PM. As you may know, Venable is verified ne'er-do-well, who has spent several decades looting Tenebrion's Keep for anything of value and has built himself a reasonably well stocked lab with those ill-gotten gains. Any equipment, Darshak or Wizard in origin, poses a threat to the region if left in the hands of Venable. As such, it is best if it is secured in the safe, respectful, and responsible hands of Puddleby and our resident catapult enthusiast, Katpus. — Ausrine

*20230201: the '''v1314''' update is scheduled for Wednesday 1 February 2023: Life is found in animals and plants. But in animals it is patent and obvious, whereas in plants it is hidden and not clear. To establish its existence requires considerable research. The question at issue is whether plants have or have not a soul, and a capacity for desire, pain, pleasure, and discrimination. — Aristotle (384–322 BCE)
**''You’ll have to explore for this month’s changes.''

*20230128: Reminder! This Saturday at 11 pacific time will be the next concert. This concert will be shadow-themed... bards are encouraged to come with pieces inspired by the shadowplane and its effects. I can confirm that at least three new pieces will be premiered! Anyone who's out of the loop on the shadowplane storyline and is hoping for a recap - this is your chance! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

**Note: The shadowplane can make our thoughts reality and affect our minds, and it may have developed an interest in music for, er, reasons not worth getting into at this time. I've been assured that playing a bunch of music themed around the shadowplane is "not necessarily a really bad idea" and the chances of opening a rift there is unlikely. But shadow creatures have appeared at concerts before, so be warned that safety is not guaranteed. And if possible, bring a friend who can monitor you for signs of shadow madness.

*20230121: Per Stinkfist:
Arrr! In light of recent events set into motion by our favorite Myrm, we will be conducting negotiations with the Centaur to construct an Org sanctuary on their fair island. We are benevolent and wholesome now! Go us!

Also probably just yelling at Katpus that they are building us a Rainbow Death Cannon. Aymi said it is a life cannon actually and that sounds lovely and very thoughtful of us to build!

After negotiations we will either be pillaging the Darshak to secure funding or to take out our frustrations as that seems to be the most ethical option.

Either ways, gonna be greats! We are benevolent and good!

For those who like things in list form I've broken down the captains message.
This week on Lore Tour:
1. Talk to some overtly angry quadripeds about building a sanctuary for the ancestors of the people who murdered like 99% of their ancestors (Bring your Orga morphs for laughs)
2. Talk to a notoriously slow builder about a super difficult upcoming project we have for her
3. Facestab Darshak until they give us more loot
4. What could go wrong?

* 20230114: Lore Tour continues Saturday, January 14, 2023 10:00 AM PST. We are planning on helping Tart’targ deliver our gift to Palaegia. We hope to be traveling into Shadowspring, depending on if we get things open beforehand. Otherwise, we might be powering some of the ancient machines.

*20230111: Lore Tour Followup @Ausrine says: There will be a follow up to Tar'Targ/ Pelaegia gift giving on (OOC Wednesday Jan 11 7PM Pacific Time).

* 20230107: MediaWiki updated to v.1.39.1. As always, please report any unexpected behavior. If you don’t change your theme, the following doesn’t apply. ''Note: if you change the skin/theme from the current one, I noticed some pages do not render properly. So, if you encounter this, simply change your theme to Vector (2010 or 2022). This should fix the issue.''

[[File:LoreTour1022.jpg|thumb|right| 180px | The Lore Tour successfully reaches our goal.]]
* 20230107: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 7, 2023 10:00 AM PST. This time we are planning to deliver Pelaegia's gift to Tart'targ. '''Update: The Tour was successful!'''

* 20230104: Update '''v1310''' is here. Secrets abound, and unexplored places wait patiently for exiles to find them.
''“There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.”'' — Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) '''Here’s wishing everyone a ranky New Year!'''

==2022==
*20221230: Let there be music! Be prepared and mark your calendars for the concert on FRIDAY, 30th December at 1pm pacific time. There will be old and maybe even new music played! — Bingro

[[File:MerryBawkmask.jpg |250px|left|Merry Bawkmas!]]
*20221224–25: '''Santa''' will come out twice this year to check if you were naughty or nice at the following times for a whopping half hour each Saturday, December 24, 2022 7:00 PM PST and Sunday, December 25, 2022 8:30 AM PST. If you can't make it during these times, don't worry he will be available to deliver a few days after Bawkmas as well (Gotta love travelling on Bawkmas day!). — Brisk

*20221217: Lore Tour continues Saturday, December 17, 2022 10:00 AM PST. This time we will be continuing to help Tart'targ search for a gift for Pelaegia in Silversnag Ascent. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221210: '''Lore Tour''' continues Saturday, December 10, 2022 10:00 AM PST. This time we will be exploring, likely in the Eastern Mountains. What will we find? Who knows! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

[[File:GottaGetACloak.jpg|250px|left|new fur-lined cloaks are available.]]
[[File:Cloaks.jpg |250px |left |more cloaks]]
*20221207: With the 1306 update, A new area is discovered. Cold and Snowy reopens for winter. And new Cloaks are able to be made.

*20221203: Lore Tour returns Saturday, December 3, 2022 10:00 AM PST. We will be returning again to the Shadowplane, this time to try and track down and defeat the devourer of dreams mentioned by the denizens of the protectorate. As this will be a tough expedition, strong help would be appreciated. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221126: The next concert is Nov 26 at the usual time, 11am pacific.— [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20221119: Lore Tour continues Saturday, November 19, 2022 10:00 AM PST. We will be returning to the Shadowplane to continue our explorations and to try and rescue another Lost Dreamer that has been stranded there. As usual, strong help would be appreciated.

*20221112: **Lore Tour** returns Saturday, November 12th @ 10AM PST (be mindful of the recent US time change). Stinkfist just handed me the following on a scroll with the plan:
> After deliberation and conferment with Kalian, who can't stand the thought of Darshak having nicer things than him, Ambassador Gorvin and his position of Darshak murder is always good, Garr who just wants to burn stuff, and general mad cackling by the Pirate King of Lok'Groton it has been decided that we will return to Ash City to "murder, pillage, and take the fancy things that those nobles brought there"
> Loot and pillage and make Kestrel too afraid to EVER leave her tower. There will be loot this time, Stinky has some promising leads on that. A cat witch told him about it in a dream!
— [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221105: Lore Tour returns Saturday, November 5, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. This time we will be retuning to the Shadowplane to continue to explore and view the strange sculptures within. We believe we have discovered a stable way to exit the shadowplane so a depart is no longer certain, but we still could use many strong exiles to help brave the dangers within. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221029: Next weekend’s bard concert in the Puddleby Theatre will be Tsirrin themed! Come in costume to enjoy spooks and spoops. Ghosts and shadow madness are a definite maybe, safety not guaranteed. It’ll be at the usual time, Saturday, October 29, 2022 11:00 AM PDT — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20221022: Lore Tour continues Saturday, October 22, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. This tour will be Feast of Tssrin themed. Come join us in your favorite costume to help bust some ghosts! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221015: No worries Phroon. Lore Tour returns 10AM PDT. Stinky says we’re going on a “Classic Pirate Kingly Adventure.” All ye need is to show up with plenty of pack space so we can help our friends out. 🏴‍☠️ ❣️ Also I want more Vision Stream art, wah wah wah. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.InuTeisei Inu Teisei]

*20221008: Lore Tour continues Saturday, October 8, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. We plan to return once again to explore the Shadowplane, this time focusing on exploring the mysterious shadow ocean and lands beyond. Again, strong help will be helpful. Sadly, a way out of the plane has yet to be found, so until it is a depart is certain. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221006: H’loi! I expect there will be a meeting between Tar’Targ and Cimmbrion at the lake in Northern Puddleby on Thursday October 6, 2022 7:00 PM PDT. Possibly in Arial Eth'lenn’s home or outside. All exiles are invited to attend. A neutral, third party would be appreciated but you are nai required to act as such. — Ausrine

*20221001: Lore Tour returns Saturday, October 1, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. We plan to return to the Shadowplane, and explore the strange lands within. Strong help will be helpful in exploring the plane. Luckily we still have loan of Pelaegia’s lantern to calm our minds. A stable path in has been discovered, but we have yet to find a way back home. It is very likely that this will be a one-way trip, EPS and Purgatory Pendants do not seem to work in the Shadowplane. Unless we find another way out, a depart is certain. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221029: The next concert will be on Saturday, October 29, 2022 11:00 AM PDT and take place in the theatre. It'll be Feast of Tsirrin themed, so wear a costume! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20220924: Alright, then! Bard concert next weekend at Egremora’s tavern, at Saturday, September 24, 2022 11:00 AM (PDT). Bonus points for anyone who brings a song that’s a story. Raks, any chance you can reprise that story about Dandelion and Helpful? 🙂 — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20220922: It has been 17 years since [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Tyndall Tyndall], the beloved sylvan warrior, passed away. He was loved by many in life, and is remembered both as a cherished friend and a Puddlebean legend.
**Every year, we mark this day by coming together to celebrate our memories of Tyndall and our other lost comrades: [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Baffina Baffina] and [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Baffette Baffette], slayers of orga; [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Tonoto Tonoto], the mapmaker; [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Eyeball Eyeball], courageous and funny; [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.KPyn K'pyn], the King of Pins.
**We newly grieve the passing of [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Xenos Xenos] the Brave and [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Panos Panos] the Boar, who were pillars of our community for decades and will be remembered well as long as we are here to do it. They wished us all “a happy and fruitful life and the good sense to live it with no regrets.”
**Please join us to share memories, whiskey, cigars, beer, songs, and bonfires in the Memorial Garden on September 22, 2022 7:00 PM. All are welcome. If you knew any of these exiles, you are warmly encouraged to attend and to share your stories. If you are grieving someone from outside the lands, know that this is a space where you can hold that in community. If you would like to show love and friendship to exiles who have lost beloved people, know that your presence will do that.
**There are a lot of people who might be interested attending this memorial, but don't keep a close eye on [http://www.thoomcare.com/ Thoomcare], Discord, or Facebook. If you have the capacity, we invite you to help bring our little town together by reaching out to folks who you think would be interested in coming but won't notice these posts. Thank you! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Largo Largo]

*20220917: Lore Tour continues Saturday, September 17, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. We plan to return to Egremora’s bar in Fountfell, have a few drinks, convey Sarasera’s hellos and talk about repairing the Windweft altar. And maybe if we have time a story or two. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220910: Lore Tour continues Saturday, September 10, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. We plan to return again to Shadowspring and continue our investigation into the Pages of Rend and possibly return to the Shadowplane. We will again need strong exiles to travel through Shadowspring and brave the dangers of the Shadowplane. We will need to try to stay nearer the sun lantern, lest we all slowly go mad and lash out at our friends. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220907: The v1293 update is scheduled for Wednesday 7 September 2022.

*20220903: Lore Tour continues Saturday, September 3, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. Our plan is to return to the depths of Shadowspring Citadel, investigate the shadows, read some triangles, visit with Pelaegia, and if we can make it check on the Agronox Seal. As always, Shadowspring is filled with difficult creatures and we could use a strong group.
Many thanks to all those who have charged the ancients machines recently, your help has been instrumental in making this happen. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220827: Monthly Bard Concert Saturday. 11AM PDT.

*20220820: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 20, 2022 10:00 AM (PDT). Some time ago we had contact with Darshak from Gathner led by Kestrel and her associate Dorcas. We will be visiting them with our chosen ambassador [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Gorvin Gorvin] to conduct further negotiations regarding the future of Darshak in our island chain. See Ambassador Gorvin for details. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220813: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 13, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. We plan on continuing our checking of the ancient machines, and our search for changes made by the ancient spelling and grammar checking machine. We’ve already observed some changes in the triangles and we suspect there might be a few more changes to be found. We will be trying to visiting Heartwood Glade in the Vale of Giants, and revisiting Sunspire, so some strong help will be appreciated. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220827: Bard Concert “Next concert August 27 at the same time!” — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20220806: Lore Tour returns Saturday, August 6, 2022 10:00 AM (PDT). We plan on revisiting some of the ancient machines in the Eastern Mountains, checking to see if the shadows are there and if any of them might be that Ancient spelling and grammar checking machine. We plan on visiting some of the tougher machines to get to, so strong help would be appreciated. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220730: Bard Concert: on Saturday July 30th at 11am pacific time, but it won’t be in the bards’ field. Instead head over to west town near Prometha’s bonfire for our beach party themed concert! Enjoy sun, sand, and surf while enjoying songs about sun, sand, and surf. Wear your best beach attire and get ready to cuddle in close because there won’t be a stage. See you then!
**''(For bards who don’t have many/any beach-themed songs, other music’s fine. But if you’ve got something - great!)''

[[File:CL-LoreTour.jpg | right]]
*20220723: Lore Tour: Astral Projection Shenanigans Saturday, July 23, 2022 10:00 AM

**Today’s lore tour followed Stinkfist’s guidance and ended up on a trip through a variety of…. peculiar locations. First a dark cave filled with mauling and crushing spirits, then to a desolate peak floating in the sky, to a trool village, and beyond. Eventually we ended up in a marsh with some meshra interested in trade, and a strange obelisk that hummed inanely in thoomish. Stinkfist decided we needed to steal it, but an attempt to astrally project it back to Puddleby went awry and we ended up in the shadowplane instead! We were led to a giant shadowplane-ish statue of, er, me. I'm still puzzling that out. But before we knew it we ended up back in the Puddleby mushroom hut, with the obelisk there! Unfortunately, the obelisk was right in the middle of the pool there and promptly sank. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20220714 — created template sitenavbar (using quick links). To insert it in pages use sitenavbar between a set of 2 curly braces “{{}}”.
*20220706 — The v1284 happened on Wednesday, July 6, 2022

*20220702 — Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 2, 2022 10AM PST/5PM UTC. We’re continuing the search for luminous scales and a sun wyrm’s shadow. Or search will take us back to Gungla Island and the dark places within. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220625 — Next Bard Concert: June 25, 2022 11AM PST, 2PM EST

*20220618 — Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 18, 2022 10:00 AM (PST). Our plan this time is to follow up on rumors of new caves in the Rocky Cavern and search for clues for the luminous scales. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon?from=Profiles.Phroon Phroon]

*20220611 — Lore Tour: “plans are still a bit vague, as they may change depending on what happens. The general plan is to:

1) visit Tart’targ so [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Aurelie Aurelie] can deliver Cimmbrion’s message (and hopefully defuse some of the hostilities).

2) Visit Strangler Fig to try to get more information about the Book of Rend or about the books that the shadowguild stole from her.

3) Visit the rocky cavern to talk to the Sun Wyrm there and ask about acquiring luminous scales. Rumor has it that it requested a “dance with the shadows” or something along those lines, so I’m really hoping people come up with a better idea than “Make Coriakin Try To Summon Shadows” which was already suggested. Not by me.” — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

[[File:Not_Bear_Counter_Heist_The_Mystery_of_Mehans_Armor.png| 200px | left]]

*20220604 - Lore Tour June 4th. Destination Windweft Mountain. ''(plan pictured left)'' UPDATE: “Lore Tour successfully fought an evil armored bear likely infested with shadows that was trying to usurp Birosson’s place as chieftain of the glacier bears. Mehan’s armor was dinged to destruction, sadly, but at least it’s not being used for nefarious purposes. Or by nefarious porpoises.” — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]
*20220521 - Lore Tour May 21 at the usual time: 10am PDT/1pm EDT, 7pm CEST/UTC+2. “Coriakin reports: Next week's Lore Tour will be to the Vale to try to find Master Spruce. On the way, we hope to visit Strangler Fig for a quick chat. May 21, 10am PDT”
*20220514 - Lore Tour (10AM PST) [[File:CL-Haunted_Fane.jpg| 250px | right]]
*20220430 - Next bard concert will be April 30 at 11am pacific time! — Coriakin
*20220226 - Bard Concert, Saturday Feb 26, at 11AM PST
*20220212 Lore Tour is Saturday Feb 12, at 10 am PST/1 pm EST
*20220205 - Saturday Feb 5th 10am PST/1pm EST Lore Tour: The 2nd Battle for the Ancient Bear Caves. BE THERE! SAVE THE BEBE BEARS!" Update: Bebe Bears saved.
*20220129 - Next Bard Concert: January 29, 2022 11AM PST, 2PM EST ”who will win the Museum Token?“ UPDATE: Bingro V’arndal won!
*20220115 - Updated to MediaWiki 1.37.1 (Please report any unexpected behavior.)

==2014–2017==

*201707xx - Updated to the latest version of MediaWiki. Please report any unexpected behavior.
*201505XX - Updated to yet another version. Hopefully this v. has more pep.
* Added Rank Message and Ranger Progress in Actual Tablular format — oh the power of 1990s layout!
* A new contributor has appeared (happy to make accounts by request)
* fixed a few little things here and there as needed.
* Master Fistus is apparently a bro.

*20140731 - Updated to the latest stable release of Media Wiki on my Branch. If you see any weirdness [http://vagilemind.com/clanlord/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=265 let me know] (on the Sentinel/Discord).

*201407 - Added to Group Survival Guidelines, updated how to dodge webs, added in more into about controlling where you fight and fluid movements with in the group.

20140326 - Updated to the latest version of Media Wiki (released 20140311).

==Past Events==
8/22/2012: 
Puddleby Archery Contest Rules 
Date - Sept. 2 
Time - 1:30 p.m. PDT, 4:30 p.m. EDT, 8:30 p.m. GMT 
Locations - Spiritwood, University, Castle 

The following are the rules and regulations regarding the Archery Contest scheduled for Sept. 2nd. Please come and enjoy the festivities. Beer, food, and fun are certain to be had. Each exile will need a projectile weapon to compete; however, javelins or bows and quivers with three arrows included will be sold the day of the contest. Please be aware the bow, arrows, and quiver will be sold for the same coins the NPC's require to make them, and exiles will not be charged for seta scales, tusks, sturdy limbs, and feathers. I believe the total for a bow and set of arrows is 150c. 

The Prizes: First place will pick first from the prize pool, second place will pick second… 

1. Lyfelidae Claw 2. 5000 Coins 
3. Furlined Cloak 
4. Puma Pelt 
5. Orgaberry 
6. Waterproof Boots 
7. Caustic Gland 
8. Lilaberry, other items... 

Arsenal: Current inventory status available for contest 

1. 5 Javelins (75c each) 
2. 8 Bow and 11 quivers with 5 arrows each. (150c each set) 
3. 1 Boomerang 
4. 12+ arrows, judges at each round will have extra in case of breakage 

Three Rounds: Three rounds open to all. (Mystic, Healer, Fighter all have chance to win) 

Round 1. Test of Hunting (3 pts.) 
a. 1st round held in the Spiritwood 
b. Each contestant will be allowed three shots to kill or wound a spriggin. 

Round 2. Test of Accuracy (3 pts.) 
a. 2nd round held in the University 
b. Each contestant will take three shots at three different distances. 

Round 3. Test of Will (3 pts.) 
a. 3rd round held within the Castle 
b. One shot of moonshine then 20 secs to fire 3 arrows at a stationary target. 

Tiebreaker - if required 
a. Tiebreaker round options include a group hunt, cash bonus round, etc... 
b. The last contest did not require the tiebreaker, but judges will vote on round 

Contributors: Special thanks to many exiles... Natas for letting me remove that lyfe claw from his thick ghorak skin. Neko No Kessha for their large cash prize and promotion. Coldy for his endless questing of prizes and finance. Fiona for her gracious donation of the super sleek puma pelt. Chmee for his berry collection. Taryn for her vast storage fees and arsenal assembly. Maeght, Connie, Talas, Fredor, Yosaku, Grog, Arbitur, the Hunter's, D'ead, and many other exiles I am forgetting who generously donated arrow and bow ingredients over the past decade. 

Special thanks to the Clump for helping to promote the contest! http://www.clanlord.net/clump/ 
Special thanks to the Sentinel for helping to promote the contest! http://www.vagilemind.com/clanlord/ 
And finally, special thanks to the entire Neko No Kessha clan for helping to promote the contest! http://nekonokessha.wordpress.com/ 

3/26/2012: I have implemented a self-signed security (SSL) certificate that enables HTTPS to protect passwords and thus accounts. All links should redirect to https now. I would like to get an official certificate when expenses allow it, but just the static IP is ~ $50/year. Most browsers will warn people visiting about it, but it is legitimate, but check it out to make sure it is of the proper origin first. (Only a player could have made it.) Also, the new home of the CLUMP is on clanlord.net in case you never look at the URL address bar.

2/27/2012: Yet another long hiatus. I was informed by Talas that he couldn't edit pages. I looked into it and realized that I upgraded the underlying PHP to 5.3.x but not MediaWiki to comply with the changes. '''BAD ADMINISTRATOR!''' For now, I've reverted to PHP 5.2.x and pages are now editable. I'll try not to be so sloppy next time I update the underlying structure. Unfortunately, my attention has been diverted as I investigate and evaluate various technologies to handle possible Clan Lord and other non-CL projects I've been considering beginning. I am thinking about implementing the Zend2 framework for a CL timeline site, but it is still in Beta. If you know Zend2 or just Zend, any online resources you think would be valuable to look at to speed learning/evaluating them would be welcome. ''noi... at noi... dot net is a good contact address for that.''

==2011==
9/8/2011: Long hiatus as I worked on refining my PHP skills by building a site from scratch, and not related to the CLUMP2. I've been gone for a bit and haven't had time to update. Luckily others have filled in a bit. Please send me feedback on pages you'd like and unclear explanations. If you're a professional writer or a really good amateur, I'd appreciate your input as well.

Also, I'm kicking around the idea of making a CL timeline in PHP. I'm kicking around ideas. If you'd like to discuss please goto the coffee and donuts section of the [http://www.vagilemind.com/clanlord/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=8912&p=184041#p184041 Sentinel].

==2010==
8/25-27/2010: clump2.noivad.net transition made! new URL! Fresh, unspoiled DB!

Currently moving all data to a new DB. Unfortunately all accounts will be destroyed, to remake an account contact me directly with your email address for confirmation. Contributors, please do not make pages without any connection to other pages, or any pages to "protect" them.--[[User:Mwadmin|Mwadmin]] 06:02, 25 August 2010 (PDT)

7/27/10: Registration has been stopped. Accounts are created by request only now.

7/06/10: Welcome Arindal Immigrants.

==2009==
1/18/09: Welcome back old players and welcome new players. Clan Lord now has no monthly fees. New Areas and new Islands abound in the last few years. Ask about Death Trap Noids (DTN), Metzetli Island (Metz), and The Mountain Glen (Glen) for a look at all the changes. If you remember Tenebrion he's been trapped in the Ethereal Plane (EP) for a few years. Fighters have 3 subclasses now: Champions, Rangers and Bloodmages. Healers just recently acquired 2 new tools! There are many minor changes as well. Catch up with what's been happening at [http://www.thoomcare.com/ Thoomcare].

==2008==
8/11/08: A new page entitled [[10 Things for Groups]] is available to peruse at your leisure. [[Aura Healing]] ability needs a page, aside from the [[Healer_Trainers#Radium|Radium]] as do [[Special_Fighter_Types#Blood_Mages|Blood Mages]].

6/19/08: One Step Closer
The CLUMP is one step closer to being a legitimate entity. I found a cheap ssl cert site, [http://www.rapidsslonline.com/rapidssl-certificates.php RapidSSL], and we now has internets certificates! Also, in order to pay for said certificate, I added a paypal donate button to the donations page in case anyone ever visits it.

6/3/08: "Oh that crazy Org!"
[[Image:MySQLBUs.png|right]]
I updated links to Org Du Lac's [http://bestiary.puddleby.net/beast.php Bestiary] after I noticed that he updated his site to php a while back and I never updated the links. We've already got php, It's very nice!

Double checked that the database this puppy runs on is backed up every night after many months of blind faith. looks good! See >>>>

Minor diction change: I now prefer the term "creature" to refer to anything that you kill for experience. I'll slowly roll that out as I notice it in the pages.

10 things for groups is taking shape and I may include Michael's version of what not to do in groups, edited for language of course. (Interestingly enough some of the topics he covers ARE mentioned in the notorious [[Group_Hunting#How_NOT_to_handle_bad_situations|How NOT to handle bad situations]] subsection of group hunting.

We're up to 86 pages! Wow! Only a few of which are not used. I'll be trimming down the unused pages soon. If you have pages that you don't want deleted that aren't being used. Please link them to another page so I know not to touch them.

'Til next time! Same Thoom time same Thoom channel!

6/2/08: Updated a few pictures and links. More [[Links]] are welcome.
A Mystic page was added.
Currently compiling player suggestions for 10 things for hunting in groups at [[http://www.vagilemind.com/clanlord/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4568 The Sentinel]]. Please feel free to add to the discussion there.

== Miscellaneous ==
[[Image:nabisco.png]]

Input is welcome on the [https://discordapp.com/channels/270291133798547456/270291133798547456 Discord Server ] or anywhere.

[[Image:hole.png]]

Thank you to everyone that has contributed so far. I've read over your changes and It's obvious some people are a lot clearer writers than me, also I like the healer perspective being fleshed out in the healing section, particularly the [[Healing#Rodding|rodding]] section.

==Additions==
Also, I've just added a new Appendix: [[Command Reference]].

11/27 Updated the Wiki to version 1.8.2. This should mean nothing to you, just thought I'd note it.

12/5 The Clump will be temporarily offline for a few days in the next week or two. It will return to its regularly scheduled serving as soon as possible. I'll update the Sentinel when it goes offline.

1/17 Updated to [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki MediaWiki] 1.8.3 because of a vulnerability in the system that could allow session information such as passwords be redirected to another site. 1.8.3 deals with this problem. there should be no noticeable change in using the CLUMP to users.

2/23 I've updated to MediaWiki 1.9.3 everything seems to work that I've checked. if you experience anomalies or can't log in. mail noivad -at- mac -dot- com. I had to update because there was a security issue, and we all know how much we like things not to be spammed and taken over.

3/15 I've added little things like external links to other's pages within the manual instead of just the links section to make it more expansive and interactive. I'll continue to do this as I come across places to link things to. I also encourage people to add clan lord related links to the manual and links page.

-The manual is pretty well fleshed out and more accurate thanks to contributors now, and updates made by me will be less frequent, but that doesn't mean I'm going to neglect it. It's my mission to keep this manual as current and accurate as possible without spoiling too much.

-I'm trying to get a mystic section with what knowledge they can share, but there appears to be considerable resistance to even basic info within the council, and without their approval I'm holding off on even trying to get any information.

6/13 Updated to MediaWiki 1.10.0 e-mail me with any problems... besides trying to get the e-mail to work (unless you know a solution) or have a link with info about fixing it.

6/14 After a long and arduous adventure '''e-mail from the CLUMP is now active'''. All users please verify your e-mail address given because I'm turning on an option to require e-mail address verification before one can edit.

12/02/07: Updated to MediaWiki 1.11.

1/29/08: Updated to MediaWiki 1.11.1 -- Security vulnerability patched.

== Additions Log==

Added [[Mystics]]: Requested info about mystics from mystic council — it took a while!

6/2007 Added: [[Knighthood|Knighthood]]

1/0x Added [[Links|link]] to http://bestiary.clanlord.net/index.html Org Du Lac's Bestiary].

1/06 Adding [[Tactics#Standing_too_close_to_a_Snell_Border|standing too close to snell border]] under [[Tactics]].

12/2x Added another reason to chain while leaving a snell in [[Tactics#Chaining|Chaining]].

12/0x Added [[Macros]].

11/27 Adding [[Fighting#Fighting Basics|Fighting Basics]]: Very basic combat info for beginners: swing and fall back. Use a brick if you have one or terrain while you regain your balance. Added: fighting tip about how reach is dependent on movement speed.

[[Image:Manx.png|center]]
11/26 Add: All hail the reigning president !

Added in more material about writing macros to the [[Macros]] Page. ''It is completed.''

10/xx Added: [[Creatures#Chain Lightning|Chain lightning]] info: if you see a bolt bounce, get away from others drawing lightning.
Add how to take down a bolt bouncer: have each fighter stand on opposite sides of the 'lock and the lightning won't bounce.

10/xx Added: [[Healing]] page. ''may have to split it into multiple sections.''

10/xx Added in section on the [[Healing#The_Combat_Zone|combat zone]]. Always decide where to fight monsters, not the other way around. Have healers recognize and stay out of the combat zone or behind the fighters.

9/xx Added: [[Tactics#Dodging Webs|Dodging Webs]]

8/xx Added a section to [[Tactics#Retreating|retreating]] telling people how to provide cover for injured or exiles how might not make it out of the snell if you leave them caught between a rock and a hard place.

8/xx Added [[If Unable to Retreat#Focus on Greatest Threat|Focus]] on creatures when in a tough situation.
Explain greatest threat and to kill first.

To Add Basic explanation of trainers: Atkus uses up more balthus, Darkus slows down regia, Evus teaches a bit of everything, but the atkus to balthus ratio is tilted to eat balance slowly. Virtually no fighter trainers are "pure" trainers, most have a mixture of other elements in them.

==Wanted==
2026: WANTED: A rewritten champion page.

Wanted: Info on Radium, anything you find missing!
''Thanks to Kenegluk for pointing out holes in coverage!''

Iriel Red contributed a book for the logo, and in my humble opinion made a great logo for the CLUMP.

I'd like to get information on knights and knight items since I often get asked that by exiles looking to become one. So, if any knights out there want to share, please make a page with the answers. (:
** Inu says: See above, page created, linked in to appendix and here.

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==2026==
*20260919: This week, on September 19, 2026 at 10:00 (PST) the Lore Tour will journey through the Vale of Giants to the town of Fountfell. There, we’ll meet with the blacksmith Kasarra, who has been crafting Silksteel armor for us. We’ll find out whether it’s ready and perhaps pick her brain for other smithing ideas. Her ingenuity has already helped our blacksmiths learn many new techniques. If time allows, we’ll stop by the Rockslide Tavern to visit with Egremora. She always has great stories to share, and loves hearing ours in return. Perhaps we can tell her about our recent adventures in the Shadowspring Citadel and our encounter with the Skitterkin! Come prepared with a story or two of your own! (Also maybe Kasarra will take pity on Seaforth and craft him some new armor) — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Garr Garr]

*20260912: Lore Tour continues Saturday, September 12, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we plan to wander the lands to visit the V'wunquinhun and to receive their blessings. It’s is hard to believe it has been so long. Also, our plan is to focus on the other nine, since we ran into the one in Shadowspring last time. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260905: Lore Tour returns Saturday, September 5, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings and delve deeper into Shadowspring. We will need strong help and sharp minds to brave to darkness. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260904: Portal move announcement portal will move tomorrow or Saturday (~4-5 Sept) for all of September to Frigid Cavern. Depending on V'wunkays or anything special for v1500, maybe it will be more variable. Stay tuned to Koppi for any changes! — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.OrgDuLac Org Du Lac]

*20260822: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 22, 2026 at 10:00 This week we plan to divert slightly on the trail of the Skitterlings to deliver Trillbane his song! We've invited him over to the Rockslide Tavern in Fountfell for some needed refreshments, so we'll have to travel through Vale of Giants to meet up with him and hear the song Coriakin has written for him. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260815: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 15, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings and our exploration of the area beneath Shadowspring. As before, strong help of all kinds would be appreciated! — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20280808: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 8, 2026 at 10:00. This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. After our realization that the goats and Trillbane have finished the shortcut, we plan to stop by and tell Tart’targ of our progress before heading back beneath Shadowspring. Strong help will be needed to defeat the things crawling around in the darkness. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260801: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 1, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. With the earth aligned ancient machines charged, we plan to make our way north through Vale to the nodes north of there, ultimately making our way to the GMV Ruins. Last time in the Fire ruins the Mystics felt the Ick to the west, towards that area. While there we can try some different tactics against the Ick, hopefully we can find an effective approach. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260718: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the '''Skitterlings'''. We plan to meet with Tart’targ and catch up with her on our success in taking down an Ick Promontory. Then we’ll see if we can hunt down any more of them that may have appeared around the ancient machines in the Eastern Mountains. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260711: **Lore Tour** continues July 11th at 10AM (PST). This week we're planning to head into the **Shadowplane** to search for clues about the forgotten Oubleir in our efforts to find the Fruit of the Crooked Tree. Last time we were investigating them we talked with a large shadow mantuan in the Shadow forest and they mentioned that we had the wrong mantuan, and that the rest of the herd were smaller baby mantuan. We plan to search through the shadowplane to see if we can locate them and see what they might say. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

[[File: WantedSkitterlings.png|left|thumb| Skitterlings Wanted.]]
*20260704: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 4, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we will be continuing on the on the trail of the Skitterlings. Our plan is to meet again with Tart'targ, update her on our efforts and then check on some sightings of the Skitterlings near their nest in the Vale of Giants. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260620: Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 20, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we will continuing on the on the trail of the Skitterlings. Our plan is to meet with the Nacerean Order and talk with them about how we might be able to utilize blood magic in our efforts against the Ick. Maybe we could even get the bloodpool itself to help us out in some way.

*20260613: Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 13, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we will be needing some help on the trail of the Skitterlings. With the delivery of the Green Drake mushrooms to Tart’targ, we’re almost ready to delve into Shadowspring, but we need some time for the Goats to finish their digging and for us to finish composing a song for Trillbane. So we need your help in coming up with ideas to buy us time. What can we do to the Ick to stymie its spread or to distract it, slowing it from spreading further towards Sunspire and the other ancient machines? While catching up with Tart’targ we’ll share our theories and head over to one of the nodes to try some out. So bring your ideas, theories and equipment, explain how it might help, then we can try it out and see what happens. Hopefully we can figure out a plan from this testing.
**So far we’ve observed that the Ick seems to be growing, seeing out the energies of the ancient machines. The Skitterlings, it seems, are just along for the ride. Hopefully that’s helpful in forming your ideas.

*20260606: Lore Tour returns Saturday, June 6, 2026 at 10:00. This week we will travel through the Vale of Giants to the Heartwood Glade in search of the Green Drake mushrooms that Tart’targ needs to help us get deeper into Shadowspring. And as a reminder, we promised her we wouldn’t imbibe them ourselves, lest our bodies be turned into mud and forced to wander without our minds. ⁠hunting_hall⁠ While there, we also plan on checking on the progress the goats, Trillbane, and the Mountain Hermit have made on making a shortcut into Shadowspring. We had last wrangled some unruly goats with them, so hopefully they’ve made good progress. ⁠hunting_hall⁠ Once we gather the mushrooms, we need to make sure we get them back to Tart’targ, as they are prone to spoilage. When we get back to her, we can report on the spread of the Ick we had observed near the GMV Ruins creeping up towards Sunspire. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260530: Hello, bards and others! The May 30th concert will be our next themed concert. The concert will feature music inspired by or written about the Shadowplane. I’m sure everything will be fine and there will be no unexpected visitors or unfortunate occurrences. Bards, you’re invited to write something new about the Shadowplane! This isn’t officially a contest, just a composing challenge, but I’ve already received some donations so…. Who knows what’ll happen!

[[File: LTatSPwEle.png|left|thumb| Lore Tour Consults a Shadow-phant, and learns to do nothing.]]

*20260523: Lore Tour continues Saturday, May 23, 2026 at 10:00. This week we will return to the Shadow Forest. As a reminder, we had been working for some time on a way to restore the altar in the Windweft Ice Caves, to restore access to Purgatory and maybe see if we could help the spirit of Gaiyl return. To do that, we were tracking down how the Ancients built the altars in the first place. From the stories left in their triangle language near the Ancient machines we know that Mataline had went to the Shadowplane and stole a piece of shadow and brought it back with her. Stories that Egremora told us say that with that piece stone was infused with the power of the shadows to become altars. From other stories from the protectorate, we’ve been able to put together that this piece of shadow was actually fruit of the crooked tree. From that same crooked tree we were presented two seeds, one that we planted in Fane, and the other that was planted in the Dreamless Protectorate. By feeding the Fane seedling, it eventually grew into a tree with an entrance to the Shadow Forest. It is our hope that our next clues on where to find the fruit we need to make progress. While there, we will try and make sense of the forgotten Oubleir. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260516: The week on Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 10:00 (PST) the Lore Tour will be checking up on the bees we helped settle into one of the caves in the Ash Barrens. But before we go there, we'll be heading into the Greymyr Passes to meet up with Nauliana the beekeeper. Hopefully we can convince her to join us in visiting the bees and maybe she can teach us ways to help them thrive. We'll see where that leads us and I sure everything will be totally 100% safe. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Garr Garr]

*20260509: Lore Tour continues Saturday, May 9, 2026 at 10:00. This week we will continue on the trail of the Skitterlings checking in on the ancient machines in the eastern mountains to see what the Ick has been up to. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260502: **Lore Tour** returns 10AM PST. This week we will return again to the **Book Fort**, this time we plan to head to the Sky-library. While we’re there we’ll try and sort out the whole regal situation between the jerk knights and Seaforth.

*20260425: BARD CONCERT

*20260418: Lore Tour continues Saturday, April 18, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we will return into the Book Fort, this time heading to the Mosey Meadows.

*20260411: This week on Saturday, April 11, 2026 at 10:00 (PST), the Lore Tour will be heading up to Sombrion’s Cloud to investigate something strange going on. A friend of mine was recently up there doing some “research” when all of a sudden a Sarir ran by screaming. Something about “Run!” and “It just landed!” He just thought it was your normal Sarir ramblings and didn’t follow up because it was just a Sarir you know? But when he told me, I figured we should probably go check it out. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260404: Lore Tour returns Saturday, April 4, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we will venture into the Book Fort! — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260314: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 14, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). Double check that time! This week we plan to pay a visit to the Verminate on Ash to see what they’ve been up to lately in tormenting the Darshak. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260307: Lore Tour returns Saturday, March 7, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings by searching for some inspiration for @Coriakin’s song about Trillbane. — Phroon

*20260221: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 21, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan help Trillbane wrangle some goats that have wandered away from clearing the path to Shadowspring. Trillbane mentioned they were last seen in the rocky areas above Vale, so we’ll check there first. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260214: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue our investigations into the Skitterlings and the Ick. We plan to check on the nest we’ve found below the Vale of Giants, we also hope to run into Trillbane and ask how me might be able to help clear the way into Shadowspring Citadel.

*20260207: Lore Tour returns Saturday, February 7, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to investigate the new Stout Chains, traveling deep into the Orga Stronghold to hunt for Fire Water. We may also poke around and see if we can figure out how the Orga make the stuff and reproduce it ourselves. While out that way, if we see Trillbane we also plan to ask him about how the goats are doing on clearing the way into Shadowspring, and what we might do to speed that up. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260124: Lore Tour continues Saturday, January 24, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to use the current portal armistice to investigate the Heart of Ice in the Glacial Deeps. Hopefully we can meet the Fountfell smith Kasarra there and show them what we’ve been able to discover so far. We also hope to talk to some of the Windspinners there to see what they have been able to learn.

*20260117: Lore Tour continues Saturday, January 17, 2026 at 10:00. This week we plan to catch up on the status of the Bath House. I’ve heard a report from Loom'tir that most of the staff have returned from a mandatory Peaceton vacation, and that they could use help with the finishing touches for their grand reopening.

*20260110: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 10, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. Following up on the investigation of the fighter nodes in the Eastern Mountains we plan to visit with Tart’targ and discuss what we’ve both observed. We also plan to deliver most of the materials that we were tasked to collect a while ago that would be used in a ritual to get down to where the Skitterlings seemed to be coming from in Shadowspring.

*20260103: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 3, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. Before the Bawkmas holiday Tart’targ identified that the Skitterlings seemed to be spreading along with a strange vine-web substance. We’ve since seen Skitterlings and this substance near several of the ancient machines in the Eastern Mountains. We plan to continue our investigation by traveling to the earth attuned machines and checking on their current status.

==2025==
*20251213: Lore Tour returns Saturday, December 13, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. Last week we unexpectedly found one of their nests underneath Vale in the ruins up to Fountfell, suggesting they have expanded outwards from their spot beneath Shadowspring. We plan to revisit the nest and see what else we can learn from it.

[[File:CL-20251206-Skittlerlings.png|thumb|frame|left|These guys are in quite the predicament!]]
*20251206: Lore Tour returns Saturday, December 6, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings with a trip through the Vale of Giants to check on the goat’s progress on clearing a path into Shadowspring for Trillbane.

*20251122: Lore Tour continues Saturday, November 22, 2025 at 10:00. This week we plan to check in with the Verminate Two. Five (as they were five vermin in a cloak) became Two after Three stayed behind to rule over the mountain of lunch boxes we had delivered. We then invited Two to join us in Puddleby where they were learning to cook in Haricot’s kitchen. The Verminate were working on plans to topple the Darshak buildings in Ash City, as well as learning rune magic. We hope to check in with them and see what progress they’ve made and if we can be of any help.—Phroon

[[File:CL-2025115-Dance_Off.png|thumb|frame|left|The November 15st 2025 Lore tour Dance Off!]]
*20251115: Instead of your usual Lore Tour, it's a dance off Dance Off!

*20251108: Lore Tour returns Saturday, November 8, 2025 at 10:00 (PST). (Double check that time!). This week we plan to return to the trail of the Skitterlings. We plan to head through Vale of Giants to Heartwood Glade to check on the progress of the path into Shadowspring. With luck the goats may have broken enough rock to make us a path inside. Strong help as always would be appreciated. — Phroon

[[File:CL-20251101LoreTour.png|thumb|frame|left|The November 1st 2025 Lore tour meets at the alliance castle.]]
*20251101: Lore Tour returns Saturday, November 1, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). (Double check that time!). This week we plan to have a spooky Tsrrin themed adventure. The day of the dead will be over so you can come back out of the library and don your costume to celebrate with us!

*This month's bard concert will be in the bards' guild hall on Saturday October 25th at 11AM (PDT). Normally we have our Feast of Tsirrin concert in the playhall, but we need to be in the bards' guild building because it'll also be Valadorei's audition to become a full bard! I hope you can all make it out to support her!

*20251018: Lore Tour continues Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue our Ethereal Science with Bosun Higgs on western Tenebrion’s Island in efforts to repair the damage that the Darshak had done to the Ethereal Plane. It seems that Higgs has already successfully removed the Kyuem the Darshak had forced into place, but there is still more work to be done.

*20251011: **Lore Tour** continues Saturday October 11 at 10AM (PDT) After the nothing-counts tour of last week we again plan to head through **Vale of Giants** up to **Fountfell** to speak with the smiths there about our success in locating the heart of ice. A while ago they were searching for the heart in hopes to use it in the process of creating some kind of armor. Vale has been particularly happy when we’ve visited recently, so strong help would be appreciated.

*20251004: Lore Tour returns Saturday, October 4, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to head through Vale of Giants up to Fountfell to speak with the smiths there about our success in locating the heart of ice. A while ago they were searching for the heart in hopes to use it in the process of creating some kind of armor. Vale has been particularly happy when we’ve visited recently, so strong help would be appreciated.

*20250927: Bard Concert: Bard Concert on Saturday, September 27, 2025 at 11:00! I'll bring 2 new songs (one of which is for the contest and the other one is exploring more of my CLmetal / CLrock era) and others are hoping to have new stuff too! — Bingro

*20250925: Dear Puddleby Friends,
**It is time to pause and remember those we have lost over the years.
**Baffina & Baffette, Eyeball, K’Pyn, The Good Cat, Tonoto, Tyndall, Xenos & Panos are much missed in Puddleby and in the world. Each year we come together on or around the anniversary of Tyndall’s passing, 20 years ago, in order to celebrate the lives of these friends who have passed, as well as others we miss.
**Please join us to share memories, whiskey, cigars, beer, songs, and bonfires in the Memorial Garden outside Alliance Castle on Thursday, September 25, 2025 at 19:00 (PDT). Here in Puddleby we call it "mosey time." Follow the candles from West Gate.
**Whether you knew them or not, whether you are a regular in Puddleby, brand new, or watch from the library, please feel welcome. We would love to see you. Please also reach out to friends who might not see this message – we'd love to see them, too.
**Xenos & Panos wished us all “a happy and fruitful life and the good sense to live it with no regrets.”
*20250913: Lore Tour returns Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:00. This week we plan to head through Vale of Giants to Heartwood Glade to check on the progress on clearing the way into Shadowspring. We’ve been digging our way to Shadowspring to investigate the mysterious Skitterlings scuttling beneath the citadel. Both Trillbane and Tart’targ have been helping us, so we’re planning on stopping by to see if they need anything.

*20250906: Lore Tour returns Saturday, September 6, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to head to Tenebrion’s Island to check on the abandoned Darshak Temple where they were conducting ethereal research. Lugubrion had asked us to remove ethereal detritus from a stash there. There were also report of some sort of ethereal accountant there, we plan to investigate that as well. — Phroon

*20250829: Friday, August 29, 2025 at 19:00 (PDT) the mosey (and Whirlwind) will be bringing those interested to book 2

*20250823: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 23, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to head to Ash City to deliver lunch to Five. Pack up on lunch boxes from Haricot’s and be prepared to fight some Darshak.

*20250816: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 16, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to head back to the Glacial Deeps beneath the Frigid Caverns in Silversnag Ascent in the Eastern Mountains to continue our investigations into the Heart of Ice. This week we hope to talk to the Windspinners there about the Heart and other discoveries.

*20250802: Lore Tour returns Saturday, August 2, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. With mushrooms in hand from last time, we plan to scout around Fountfell looking for potential ways into the depths below Shadowspring. We’ve been able to recruit the assistance of Trillbane for a cut of the spoils and a song. Perhaps he’ll be willing to help us find the trailhead.

*20250719: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 19, 2025 at 10:00AM (PDT). To continue our investigation into the mysterious Skitterlings found beneath Shadowspring Citadel we plan to go hunting for the mushrooms Tart’targ needs to unseal the path down to where the Skitterlings are believed to be nesting. We plan to start our search by meeting with her to remind ourselves what we’re looking for.

*20250628: Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to visit with the inscrutable Mountain Hermit in the Vale of Giants gauntlet to ask him about the current goings on in the Eastern Mountains. There’s been a lot going on; our search for the Stormlyric Monastery, explorations of the Frigid Cavern for the Heart of Ice, and a council of different factions discussing Sombrion’s presence. And that’s on top of our recent discovery and investigation of the skitterlings. The hermit’s enigmatic perspective on these things will help guide our turbulent investigations. — Phroon

*20250607: This week the Lore Tour will be heading back to the bowels of Ash Island to investigate what our vermine and spriggin friends have been up to since we last visited. While there we should probably be on the lookout for The Widow Lactrodectia and her creations. Also, We will probably try to rob any rich new Darshak Lords that have settled in Rosentide since the last time we looted the place. All these things and more may or may not happen! Join us to find out! — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Garr Garr]

*20250605: v1436. When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of human civilization — Daniel Webster (1782–1852)
**Sorry for the delay. Our gerbils were a bit overwhelmed by the amount of art pouring into our library (over 8200 individual images!) They needed some cuddles, reassurance, and a little reprogramming.
**Speaking of 8200+ amazing pieces of artwork: thank you again to our volunteer artists, who have been expanding the Clan Lord world for the past 25 (27?) years. We wouldn’t be the same without you!

*20250531: Coriakin reports: Bard concert at Lugubrion's Keep next weekend! Saturday, May 31st at 11AM pacific time. Come on out and hear some organ music!

[[file:fountfell-lore-tour.png|thumb|The Lore Tour in Fountfell]]
*20250517: Lore Tour continues Saturday, May 17, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT) this week we will visit the Rockslide Tavern in Fountfell to hear stories from Egremora and to ask about the strange Skitterlings we saw deep inside Shadowspring Citadel. We may also stop by and visit with Pelaegia to get her perspective on these strange creatures. — Phroon

*20250510: **Lore Tour** continues 10AM (PDT) this week we will travel deep into **Shadowspring Citadel**. Known as the Gates of the Moon by the Ancients, these ruins housed a tear to the Shadowplane that was sealed by exiles years ago. We plan to delve its depth to reveal any new mysteries, and to check on the odd skittering creatures we saw before. We will need strong help to brave the dangers within, including those versed in revealing the rifts and traps within, as well as some of our friends who have trained plenty of Horus.
[[File:CL-Fountain 2025-05-07.png|thumb]]
*20250507: Update v1432
**Yes, I will spend the livelong day
**With Nature in this month of May;
**And sit beneath the trees, and share
**My bread with birds whose homes are there.
**“In May” — W. H. Davies (1871–1940)
**Thank you to our volunteers and artists for their continued work!
**Other than some behind-the-scenes bug fixes, everything else for this update is a secret. Or maybe not-so-secret?

*20250419: Lore Tour continues Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT) this week we have a trip led by the Fledgelings into the Bookfort. Check it out, at your local library. — Phroon

*20250412: Lore Tour returns Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT) this week we plan to head to the Shadowplane and the Protectorate to hunt for clues on how to succeed in future trips to the Shadow Forest. If there's time, we may also visit some Shadowbears. Strong help and bright lanterns will be needed to traverse the dangerous plane.

*20250405: Lore Tour returns Saturday, April 5, 2025 at 10:00AM (PDT) this week we plan to delve into The Land of Dank Believe aka Bookfort. We plan to revisit previous year’s sections of the Bookfort including exciting adventures like fighting in a book on the moon and defeating a wizard on a cloud. Please suspend your disbelief at the door.
*Next Update April 2nd. — Phroon

*20250322: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 22, 2025 at 10:00 (AM PDT) this week we plan to head to Silversnag Ascent and the Frigid Cavern to continue our investigations into the Heart of Ice. Rumor says there may be others looking for the same thing we are, maybe they’ll have some clues for us. — Phroon

*20250315: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 15, 2025 at 10:00AM (PDT) this week we plan to select a plan from various plans. We are awaiting confirmation of the plan while we plan to make our selection. We hope to plan on your attendance. (Silversnag? TI? Shadowplane? East Forest!? Who knows where Lore Tour will go!?).
**Lore Tour update: This week we plan to travel to TI to investigate the Darshak Temple that was under construction there. — Phroon

*20250308: **Lore Tour** continues 10AM PST. this week we plan to go on an adventure hosted by the Order of the Fledgelings!

*20250305 v1423 Update
**Choice is how you can tell an intelligent man from a fool. — Henrik Ibsen (1828–1906)
**You’ll have to explore to see what’s new this Chaos Storm.

*20250301: **Lore Tour** returns 10AM PST this week we plan to drop on by **Sombrion’s Keep** to explore the appropriated island and to deliver materials towards a permanent Agronox landing pad. We’ll be needing plenty of agronox feathers, mirror shards, logs of wood, sturdy limbs, skiens of silk, blue baubles, and shiny medallions. We’ll also see if we can fit in some squabbling with a Wizard, or at least a good rifling through his things.
*20250215: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 15, 2025 at 10:00 (PST) this week we plan to head to Ash City to do some more ambassadorial liaising in the Gorvin tradition. Following our defeat of Endrondus there’s sure to be some interesting things happening in Rosentide.

*20250208: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 8, 2025 at 10:00AM (PST) this week we plan to head to the Shadow Forest and the Shadow Bard’s Field! Strong help and many lanterns will be needed to survive. — Phroon

*20250205 v1419 Update
**We love the things we love for what they are. — Robert Frost (1874–1963)
**Testing potential new Champion ability: Charge. It has some small limits to the number of uses for now, until we figure out balancing. Apply for testing in Champ HQ.
**A few stubbornly wild pets can now be tamed by healers.
**Boostus got a little boost.
**Young lights can now better ward off the dangers of the dark.

*20250201: Lore Tour returns Saturday, February 1, 2025 at 10:00 (PST) this week we plan to head back to Silversnag Ascent and the Frigid Cavern to check on the crumbling ice within. These Ancient ruins always seem to contain much history for us to understand. — Phroon
*20250118: (10AM PST) Lore Tour this week plans to explore the Shadow Forest. Strong help and sun lanterns will be required.
*20250111: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 11, 2025 at 10:00 (PST) this week we plan to head back to Ash to continue our investigate Ausrine’s mysterious Ankh. I'm sure we'll encounter absolutely no more misunderstandings whatsoever.

*20250104: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 4, 2025 at 10:00 (PST)this week we plan to head deep into to the third circle of the Abyss to investigate Ausrine’s mysterious Ankh. Strong help would be appreciated for this trip.

*20250101 v1414 Update
**I have learned that to be with those I like is enough. — Walt Whitman (1819–1892)
**Season’s Belated Beatings!

==2024==
*20241221: Lore Tour continues Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 10:00AM PST this week we plan to return to Silversnag Ascent to search for a heart of ice for Kasarra’s smithing experiments. — Phroon
*20241214 10AM PST: Arbordale, Puddleby, Merdi, day 22 of Autumn, 639.
Letter to Giben at Fountfell
**Titus [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Kojiro Kojiro] DeLouche St. Thoomingnon, son of Pomponious, Lord Seaforth, to Giben, Dwarf - If you and the scouting party are well I shall be glad. From your official despatch I have, in common with everyone else, received the liveliest satisfaction; for you have given us that strong hope of success, of which, in sole reliance on you, I was assuring everyone. The emissary smith has taught to Powean the working of litharge. To practical end, he has learned the making of the Gilded Breastplate which was awarded me in recognition of valor on behalf of the People. This he learned only after smashing to
**Issues remain. We know not how to channel the Earth’s power through the armor, beyond its shining brilliance to strike fear into the hearts of enemies sensible of it. Further, I have reread the minutes of that initial meeting with Kassara, who defamed my biceps, from which it is clear that a second armor type was discussed of which Powean has not been taught. This is referred to as flexible, perhaps a mesh, perhaps for rapid attackers rather than line troops. The requirements mentioned steel, lead, arachnoid silk and ice. I know not whether the reference to ice is meant literally – is it an annealing step? A type of ice magic? I pray we will not be competing with the Mystics for sapphires.
**Your correspondence reaches me here, conveyed by what means I know not, from Fountfell. It seems we must send you another scouting party, as the above questions remain to be resolved. Do send reports regarding the route, in particular the grasping cedar forest west of the settlement. I will bring you a package of the smoked jellyfish I know to be your favorite and not native to high altitudes. We return this Saturday, December 14, for Lore Tour. Watch for our coming.
*20241123 10AM PST: At the behest of Pirate King, Witchy Kitty, [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Stinkfist Captain Stinkfist]:
**Arrr, now that we have successfully lulled Endrondus into a false sense of security, it is time to enact the Pirate King's daring and cunning plan to undermine the Darshak Cult. Yarr, this plan is top secret and will be explained on the day.
**Enclosed is a doodle of the Witchy Kitty Pirate King winking* — Valadorei
*20241116 10AM PST: “Arrr! Witchy Kitty Pirate King here! We will be following up on our Rainbow Diplomacy efforts! I'm told we should visit Alder to discuss the Bee Prophecy and related things, so yarr, seems like a good place to start. We also have our new friends from the Verminate and our Spriggin allied uhh mercenaries err... special advisors to the Verminate. The Verminate will need more shiny things for the rainbow generator, so bring shiny things, sunstones and gems of any kind are specially needed. Probably bring them snacks too, what is the food equivalent of the shiniest gem? Bring the answer to that question please. For our Spriggin friends..... yarr just bring coins for them. The Witchy Kitty Pirate King of Lok'Groton will make a substantial donation and the Forces of Whimsy would surely look very kindly upon a large gift of coins from Puddleby. Lastly, time permitting, yarr we got this very bad darshak priest man named Endrondus, he is a very bad man and for the good of the island chain, he gots to go. He needs to die for his many crimes going back centuries, definitely not because we built a rainbow generator and gave it to sentient vermine right in front of him. We totally didnt do that... and if we did it was on purpose and part of a much larger plan in accordance with The Gorvin Mandate regarding the Darshak Cult. Fun and inventive and practical ways to dispose of this very bad darshak man are welcome. See you there! With Love, The Witchy Kitty Pirate King” — Stinkfist

*20241109 10AM PST: Arbordale, Puddleby, Sombdi, day 71 of Spring, 639.
**Letter to Giben at Fountfell
**Giben - The state of things in regard to my steel visions, in which I know that you are supremely interested, and our subsequent discoveries beneath Melabrion Bay is this, as far as can be as yet conjectured. The ceiling ore is steel and lead alloyed, and delivery of ingots of what I refer to here as ‘litharge’ has been secured to skilled metalworkers in Fountfell, said ingots being alloy and bone ash. The ingots are stamped with a Dwarven symbol for Earth, for lead, and a sword, referencing steel. You may share my skepticism as to virtue of the litharge to us, as warriors – boluses for slings? will we have boots of lead, for stamping vermine, or fighting on the sea floor? Recall our schooling in philology – I believe the litharge stamp to be a specifier of the Champion in the ancient language of the Even Shorter Dwarves.
**I call upon you to join me this approaching Saturday for Lore Tour, and I will make the same demand upon all Puddlebeans. Saturday, then, we lead with steel and follow with lead. We shall make a concerted expedition to this Fountfell, this mountain beyond the History of Salandra, and there turn speculation into knowledge. — Titus Kojiro DeLouche St. Thoomingnon, Lord Seaforth
[[File:CL-v1406SplashScreen.png|thumb|frame|right|The v1406 Clan Lord Splash Screen]]
*20241106: CL v1406 Update
**Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion. — Democritus (c. 460 bce – c. 370)
**A statue remembering The Good Cat has been added to the Memorial Garden.
**A few cats waited until exiles were done trick-or-treating to put on their own costumes, wander around, and beg for treats.
**Improved <mumble>, <mumble>, and <mumble>.
**Three new areas will now properly give exploration awards. Anyone who has explored these areas already will be able to do so again to receive the reward. — Delta Tao

*20241102 10AM PDT: Come help us fulfil a prophecy with Science! Or something like that. I'm not in charge. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Garr Garr]

*20241019 10AM PDT: Lord Seaforth (formerly Kojiro):
**Attn Puddleheads: A Levée is called to new ore finds in Tokhans - Saturday, Lore Tour. The gods demand Metal. I demand fancier armor. Bring tools.

*20241005 10AM PDT: Lore Tour returns this Saturday to the shadow garden in the haunted fane. After all the extra trips we made, we now believe that we may have enough dream fragments to grow the tree even bigger! Nothing could possibly go wrong as the seed was freely given! We'll likely need a strong group to ensure the success of this endeavor so make sure to show up.

*20240921 10AM PDT: THE TRIAL BY PUN-BAT OF PAULA FRESHLAND!!! Happuning Saturday 10 am PST. Don’t miss your chance to see just-ice snow its hand in the Puddleby Courthouse! Will Maximus try to defend his damsel and wind up in damncell or will he get rid of his jailousy and shake Paula’s clutch on him and purse-ue a path of honor and truth. The Punsecutor General will be handling the trial on behalf of the people and all other Puddleby citipuns. You.Cannot.Afford.To.Miss.This!!!! — Pun’isher

*20240907 10AM (PDT): GREETINGS PUDDLEBEARS AND PUDDLEBEANS. THE GREAT BEAR SPIRIT HAS BEEN KEEPING WATCH OVER OUR SHADOW NOT-BEAR FRIENDS, AND HAS NOTICED THAT THEY HAVE BEEN GROWING IN POWER. THE GREAT BEAR SPIRIT ADVICES US TO SHOW THEM OUR PUDDLE HONOR, BY ENGAGING IN SOME DIPLOMATIC WRESTLING ON THEIR TURF. WE SHALL MAUL AND SLASH TO EXCHANGE BEAR KNOWLEDGE. BRING HONEY. — Biro

*20240817: Arr, Puddleby! I have been keeping my bees informed of da news, but dey told me da uvver bees are restless. Dey are not satisfied wit second hand news nor wit so few of us reportin' it. Reekfoot's weddin' is da hops what broke da bison's back.
**DEREFORE (da Captain said dat part is important) we are going to visit my bees on August 17, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT) to make dis right. After we tell dem da news officially, we will ask what we can do to assuage da uvver bees' bovveration. Warm up your newsing voices. Polish your armour. Bring your big axes an' wax your moonstones. Dis could get messy. — Dandelion

*20240810: Proclamation from the Pirate King:
**Arrr, so a Rumorstorm has informed me that my brother, local traveling non-darshak pirate blood conjurer Reekfoot has gotten married and did not invite me due to his unhappiness at placing 3rd in the 420th Regional Dance Offs. I am told from a presumably reliable source that Rumorstorm heard that Reekfoot has indeed married some Darshak of some amount of renown. FURTHERMORE, I heard tell that Reekfoot NOW wants an audience with us, the Citizens of Puddleby What's gonna go down? I dunno, there is a lot of information flying around, what has everyone else heard? Cuz I heard the UoP Janitors totally murdered the dance floor at the reception. I also heard we are going to do GREAT!
**7 word summaries:
***Reekfoot makinup fer sumting, bloo peel, PROFIT!
***Killing Darshaks for Profit, or for Reekfoot...

*20240803: oh uh, Lore Tour: We're fighting Shadow Plane nihilism. Which is, obviously, the worst kind of nihilism. — Ausrine

*20240727: It almost time again! On July 27th at 11AM (PDT) we'll be hearing Aurelie audition for Questership und thus hear lots of new music you certainly don't want to miss out on! Also, rumour has it, there is a surprise waiting to be revealed at or around the concert!
*20240720: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 20, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we plan to follow up on some strange new apparitions sighted during a recent visit to the Shadowplane. Was it a one-off sighting? We'll need strong fighters and would welcome mystics, especially those with a sun lantern. If we don't have enough mystical support, we may go mad and climb the walls or gnaw off each others' limbs. — Phroon

*20240713: Lore Tour Saturday July 13th and 10AM PDT: The Romanus Mystery
**An intriguing cold case file came to light in the last month. During the bank counter heist Romanus was killed—or was he? We need to ascertain whether Romanus was always a shadow guild agent that exiles killed, or was he replaced by an agent. Judging by the events as recorded by the PPD, Romanus wouldn’t have helped the exiles if he was simply a shadow guild agent. Assuming that is true, If he is alive, and was captured by shadow guild agents, then we have to find where they are keeping him. Given the roster of Puddleby Police Department is down to 2 active members — myself & lieutenant deputy of puns, Pun’isher. We need all able citizens to help us crack this case. — Sheriff Noivad

*20240706: [https://discord.gg/W688R9aM?event=1254919822534250597 Lore Tour] Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 6, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we plan to travel to Fountfell and Silversnag Ascent to follow up on clues about the history of Mataline's Silver Key.

*20240629: Next bard concert will be Saturday June 29th at 11AM pacific time, featuring the return of @Bingro and hopefully @Fantasia too! If I did this right, this should be your local time: Saturday, June 29, 2024 11:00 AM (PDT).
*20240622: Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 22, 2024 10:00 AM. — Phroon
*20240615:Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 15, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we will be traveling with the mysterious Orchid into Fane to show her the sapling that has been growing in the Shadowy garden there. It is our hope that she will be able to lend us some clarity as to what might happen if we continue to foster the tree’s growth. As usual, strong help would be useful, Rinakki isn’t the most welcomed in Fane anymore and will need our help in reaching the garden. — Phroon

*20240608: Lore Tour returns Saturday, June 8, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we will be visiting with Rinakki to discuss the newly planted seeds growing in the Fane Shadowgarden and the Shadowplane Protectorate. — Phroon

*20240601: Lore Tour returns Saturday, June 1, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we will travel into Fane and check in on the shadowy garden within. — Phroon
*20240518: Greetings! Have any of you been experiencing a strong pull to go to the shadowplane during the lore tour this weekend? Im sure there has to be a reason behind this alluring humming I keep hearing. It's causing me to have some very strong feelings, a sort of yearning to go where I belong. Would you folks be willing to check it out? We should speak with the Evenas and any of those who follow the Way of the Candle and ask if they have experienced this in the past. There's almost no chance of anything bad happening. Feel free to bring your brooms just in case though. — Brisk
**Normal time, Saturday, May 18, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT).
**Soul Hunter summary: Shadowplane. Lotsa lore, some tour. Good things only.
*20240511: Lore Tour continues Saturday, May 11, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we plan to help Pavela’s contact Five on Ash disrupt the Darshak supply lines.

*20240504: Lore Tour returns Saturday, May 4, 2024 10:00 AM. This week we plan to travel meet with Pavela and then travel to Ash to do what we usually in Ash City. Darshak be warned. — Phroon

*20240427: Bard concert coming soon! We'll be back in the guild hall this weekend so questers can play too if they want. Hope to see you there this Saturday 11AM PDT.
[[File:CL-LoreDanceOff20240420.png|right|thumb|The Lore Dance Off.]]

*20240420: xLore Tour continues Saturday, April 20, 2024 10:00 AM. For a date this special, Stinkfist has sent the following plan:
**Lore Tour: The 420th Randomly-Timed Regional Lok'Groton Championship Dance Off
**Yarr so apparently it is indeed time for Regionals. You may have noticed the various established dance crews practicing in the book fort's new Arboretum! You also may have been at the last lore tour where Reekfoot showed up and totally served Puddleby in an attempt to demoralize and psych us out before Regionals.
**So what ARE Regionals? Why is this the first I'm hearing about this?
**It’s a dance off obviously. I dunno, that isn't for me to say, seems like a you thing but I am told it goes back to the "Times of the Ancients" or something.
**But to explain anyways so we can establish THE RULES and THE PRIZES
**Each dance crew will perform one dance routine which will be judged by a panel of highly qualified judges. The judges will score each performance. After every crew has performed there will be an audience vote, which is what actually matters, this is just the way the Ancients did things. I don't pretend to understand why judges if a popular vote determines who wins, I didn't make up the rules, I'm just officiating them.
**Cheating! Is oddly legally allowed by the rules. So we should expect Reekfoot to try and pull SOMETHING devious and probably violent in an attempt to win.
**The rules also state that ANYONE can enter solo or as a crew and individuals are technically allowed to be in multiple dance crews if they choose.
**THE PRIZES:
***1st Prize: Ownership of an empty hut of your choosing in the West Phisney Island Outpost neighborhood. Decorate as you please! + A Big Box of Book Fort Swag + 200k to split amongst your dance crew
***2nd Prize: 1 very large pile of coins (100k) + A Big Box of Book Fort Swag
***3rd Prize: A big box of book fort swag + a reasonably nice pile of coins (50k)
**Where are we dancing off at? The Puddleby Player's Theater in West Puddleby
**When again? 10am PDT on Saturday the 4/20th
**Who are the judges again? Famed local residents of Lok'Groton who we are friendly with and your Pirate King, who is a judge purely to prevent Reekfoot from winning.
**Last place will be awarded personalized Odius Ode courtesy of Pun'isher.

*20240413: Lore Tour continues Saturday, April 13, 2024 10:00 AM: Lore Tour: The Phisney Island Follow Up
**Arrr! Pirate King Witchy Kitty and Magician Majesticos Stinky here again to tell you all about what awesome thing we will be doing next.
**First up, we got some Direbears to welcome to Phisney Island and say Rawr hey tharr to! That'll be nice, for bears are our friends!
**Since they are usually close by, we should probably go and let the Sarir know what has been going on.
**Then, we got some loose ends to tie up, starting with Pavela, Kestrel's Spy on the island that we so generously allowed to walk last we were there. We will need to deal with her in some fashion. There are ideas of how to do this being floated.
**Lastly.. we got that Abyss tainted Darshak mini-temple that Venables hid in to deal with. So we are going to test some of Katpus and the Janitor's research regarding rainbow death/life cannons on it.
**So yarr, we are going to blast the crap out it with rainbows powered by cutting edge magical science and the awesome knowledge of the University of Puddleby! Go Science!
**I’m sure we'll learn something from the test. So yarr we are probably gonna need some mystics and other sources of sun energy and sunbeams for this! Also if ya got any rubies, sapphires, or even topaz bring them! Also sun zu! That seems helpful!
**A responsible ethereal trained mystic would be appreciated as we will be unleashing large amounts of rainbows near an active kyeum but science hasnt proven any ill effect of rainbows on things ethereal but it is yarr like wise to keep an eye on such things just to be safe!
**Soul Hunter's TLDR: Bears, Sarir, Haha Spy, Rainbow Blast Abyssness!
*20240406: Lore Tour returns Saturday, April 6, 2024 10:00 AM. This time we will delve into the Book Fort! — Phroon
*20240403: The v1375 update is scheduled for Wednesday 3 April 2024. —Phroon
*20240330: This month's concert is about a week away: Saturday, March 30, 2024 11:00 AM (PST). It's been a while since we've heard any organ music, so we're thinking of having it at Lugubrion's Keep (assuming that we can find someone to open for us). Hope to see you there!
*20240323: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 23, 2024 10:00 AM, we have the following message from Stinkfist:
**Black flags have been spotted on the ocean!
**Lets go steal their stuff!
**Cuz iz my birfday!
**Arr!
**The Witchy Kitty Pirate King Magician Majesticos Cap'n Stinky
*20240316: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 16, 2024 10:00 AM (PST). This time we will return to the Shadowplane to continue our investigations and check out of the shadowbears have been up to anything. As usual, strong help would be appreciated. —Phroon
*20240309: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 9, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT)! Summary from Stinkfist:
**Arrr here ye here ye!
**We will be heading to the Phisney Island Outpost for the signing of a historic treaty!
**Our local notary Brisk will preside over the signing of this treaty. Surely this will go smoothly and without any snags or unknown unknowns, as Brisk has one job and yarr!
**So come! Sign this most historical treaty and hang out with our Allies!
**Soul Hunter's TLDR: Brisk, Phisney Island, fancy paper, sign it!

* 20240302: March 2nd, 10AM PDT: Arrr! Hear this declaration from the Pirate King: This Saturday will mark one "finally" off our calendar — deposing the so-called leader of the Darshak on Phisneyland Island, Penn Venables.
**Penn's been hiding in his half-built temple for decades now since we repeatedly shamed him in battle. Based on a tip we got from a dead Darshak, we learned he'll be out and about and vulnerable during this week's Lore Tour. We were told to be careful because of his weapons of mass destruction.
**Ambassador Gorvin tells us that letting his ethereal doomsday devices blow everything up is bad and we should prevent this at all costs, so we're going to be super careful as we wreck this guy and steal his stuff. We probably won't sink the whole island into the sea. Our magic is better than his. We have bards, bears, beer, bees, a catapult, and a super cool ocean witch.
**Soul Hunter summary: Kill bad Darshak leader, no explode island.

*20240224: Next week's bard concert will also feature Supplanter's audition for bard quester! Please come to the guild hall on Saturday, February 24, 2024 11:00 AM to cheer him on! — Coriakin (Master Bard)

*20240217: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 17, 2024 10:00 AM. Stinkfist has passed on the following plan for this week to set up for the upcoming confrontation with Venables:
**Arrr,
**Attention: As per our intel provided by the Door-Hench Diebeer with a K, the Darshak will be up to something in two zodiacs time now on TI.
**Working with our agent the Immortal Sasour the Hatchet†, who we previously liberated from Venables Camp. We will be laying the groundwork for rebellion and ending Venables grasp on Phisneyland Island forever and foiling Kestrel's plans at the same time.
**As cover for this operation, we will also be stealing a great deal of stuff.
**† Sasour the Hatchet was purged of abyssal influence via rainbows and then made immortal by Ausrine and her hat that she isnt wearing. Also he touched Puddleby's altar. Also Ausrine turned him into a blind amphibian with a gilded broom a few times. He is magically oathbound to Puddleby. He be cool.
**Soul Hunter Summary: Save Phisneyland, prepare for victory, plunder booty.

*20240210: **Lore Tour** continues February 10 at 10AM (PDT). This time we plan to head to **Ash Island** to fight some Darshak. Kestrel’s doorman has enjoyed his post for quite some time, I’m sure Ambassador Gorvin will help him with that.—Phroon
** For this tour we will be needing the assistance of weather controlling mystics (preferably multiple).—Gorvin

[[File:CL-LoreTour20240203.png|right|thumb|Brave adventurers explore the Org cave.]]
*20240203:Lore Tour (Saturday, February 3, 2024 10:00 AM PDT) will involve taking Bravery The Org to the org sanctuary on Centaur Island. For anyone not familiar, Bravery is a young org that Stinkfist rescued from being abandoned at Junko's and decided to teach to be a hero. He begain taking it on his adventures to teach what he could, and has also asked several other exiles to escort Bravery around to show him the world. After many zodiacs of mentoring the time has come to release Bravery into his new home!

*20240120: **Lore Tour** continues January 20, at 10AM PST. This time we plan to return to the **Shadowplane** and continue our exploration there! As usual, strong help would be appreciated.

*20240113: **Lore Tour** continues <t:1705168800:F>. This time we plan to do a few things surrounding the **Org Sanctuary**, starting with a visit to the Ensconcement Village to tell them about the success setting up the sanctuary, a stop by the Org Cave for some Panther Caps, and then swing over to Centaur to drop off any mushrooms we find and to deliver the presents we picked up during the Bawkmas tour to thank them for all their efforts setting up the sanctuary.

*20240106: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 6, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we plan to kick things off by paying a visit to the Shadowguild and seeing what they’ve been up to. I’m sure that ambassador Gorvin will help us navigate the situation with skill.

==2023==
*20231224–20231225 at 6:30AM (24th) & 6:30PM (25th): I heard Santa will be coming two times this year for 30 minutes each time. I hope it fits your schedules and if not feel free to let me know and I will see if a special appearance can be made for you after Bawkmas/Skrismas/Season's Beatings.
**Slot 1: Sunday, December 24, 2023 6:30 AM
**Slot 2: Monday, December 25, 2023 6:30 PM Cheers! 🎅

*20231216: Lore Tour continues Saturday, December 16, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we're planning to travel to Fane and investigate reports of developments with the shadowy seed planted in the garden there. As usual, a strong group and especially strong healers to deal with the ghosts within would be appreciated.

*20231209: **Lore Tour** continues December 9, 2023 at 10AM Pacific. This time we're planning to celebrate the bawkmas spirit by visiting a few snowy areas throughout the lands in search of some presents for the Centaur to thank them for all their help with the Org Sanctuary.

*20231204:In the morning of the day 218 of year 635 (OOC 7pm Pacific, Monday December 4th, just after Lorikeet's hunt time), Mystic guild will be holding a meeting with Sombrion the Wizard and the Abbess Madrona of the Foghaven Monastery. Location of the meeting is on the platform of the Foghaven Monastery. All exiles are invited to join.
**For that meeting, please let us move the purple portal to OP (and green at town) at least on that day... unless we think we can handle having the portal at **outside** of Foghaven Monastery.
**Also I'd like to ask supports from our capable fighters, healers and flute players for safe travel to Foghaven Monastery and back for all exiles who wants to join the meeting on the day.

*20231118: Lore Tour continues Saturday, November 18, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we will be returning to the Shadowplane to continue our exploration there. As usual, strong help would be appreciated.

*20231111: Lore Tour continues Saturday, November 11, 2023 10:00 AM (PST). This time we will be returning to Shadowspring Citadel! It’s been a while so we hope to check on things there especially the Agronox seal to the and how the Page of Rend that sent us to the Shadowplane there reacts to us visiting again, as well as some of the crumbly stairs deep within. This will be a difficult trip, so strong help (and your friends that know Horus well) would be appreciated. While we’re at it, we’ll have to see if Pelaegia is interested in a trip back and maybe see if there’s anything we can do to help her with the repairs.

*20231104: Lore Tour returns Saturday, November 4, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we will be checking out the Org Sanctuary.

*20231021: Lore Tour continues Saturday, October 14, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we will having a spooky time with a Feast of Tsrrin theme. — Phroon

*20231014: Saturday, October 7, 2023, 10AM (PDT) Lore Tour: The Prime Orb of Unstable Infinity
**Yarrr! By now you've surely read my excellent guide Orbs of Unstable Infinity and You. It is very illuminating:⁠
**But what is better than an excellent guide? The real thing. I think we can get Tart'targ to help us find it.
**First, some history. Me chief gunner and good matey Garr has a long and terrifying history of humiliating the Darshak. For instance, this time when Garr just burned the Thaumaturge and his minions to death.
**http://www.thoomcare.com/archives/003485.html
**As you can read in the comments there, long ago I made a note "Loots for Garr. Pirates rule!"
**In the years since that battle, I, the Pirate King of Lok'Groton, have searched for the perfect reward for saving a whole plane of existence against the jerk that tried to merge us with the ether (also just… showing up and kickin' ass with the Pirates since the start). Gotta find some GOOD loot for that!
**During one of my astral projection explorations I finally found it. It was an Orb. An Orb just full of Unstable AND Infinity, and I just knew, in my heart of Pirate Kingly hearts, that I needed to see what exactly Garr would do with this.
**I got back to Puddleby and thought, "Ya know, this thing is really dangerous if someone like the Brions or someone got their hands on it." So I hid it and gave Tart'targ the clues to how to find it. Cuz safety first!
**Arr, anyways, enough really fascinating history of Garr bein' awesome and me astral projecting. For the Lore Tour, we will gather in town and wait for Tart'targ to show up and bring us the clues to where I hid the Orb for safekeeping. We will then go on an adventure to retrieve the Orb from the very safe and very logical place to hide an artifact of unstable infinity. Then, later we will find out how Garr chooses to use his great power (and the Orb) with great responsibility.
**Yarr! Join us as we celebrate Garr and I try and make good on a decades old note!
**There will likely be time for people with Lesser Orbs (yarr, those have been turning up lately) to use said Lesser Orbs. Even lesser ones are probably best used under the supervision of trained Witches and Magicians. This is definitely not like the time with the soul glasses, why would you even think that?
**The Pirate King is not entirely responsible for any uses or side effects of the Orbs that results in harm to an exile or our plane of existence. Hopefully, any such cases will be super duper funny. The disclaimer in my guide to orbs of unstable infinity apply here too.
**Soul Hunter version:
**IOU note to Garr. Magic orbs. Treasure hunt!

[[File: CL-LoreTour-20231008.png|thumb|right| 180px |The Lore Tour in the Shadow Plane]]

*20231007: Lore Tour returns Saturday, October 7, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we plan to return to the Shadowplane and continue our exploration there. As usual, a strong group would be appreciated.

*20230927: This is the 18th year since Tyndall passed away. He was loved by many in life, and is remembered both as a cherished friend and a Puddlebean legend.
**Every year, we mark this time and come together in order to celebrate the lives of friends that we’ve lost over the years: Xenos & Panos, Baffina & Baffette, Tyndall, Tonoto, Eyeball, and K’pyn.
**Please join us to share memories, whiskey, cigars, beer, songs, and bonfires in the Memorial Garden outside Alliance Castle on September 27, 2023 7:00 PM.
**Whether you’re a constant presence, you've been in the library for a while, or you’re somewhere in between, we’d really love to see you. Please also reach out to friends who might not see this message – we’d love to see them, too.

*20230927: The next Healer Hunt will be Wednesday, September 27, 2023 5:30 PM This hunt is for healers and their pets. All are welcome: bring your pet…
*20230923: Ok, so lore tour this week… bearing in mind the captain has tasked me with fixing the planes… AGAIN… I have been struggling if we should go to Geharza or not. Barely by a slim margin I have been convinced (with the help of bribes) to bear arms and go back to the ice caves (But if we run into loose Tipulids again I won’t complain.) So… it turns our that SOMEONE decided to teach the bears how to use altars… (I’m totally not looking at you Inu) and now we have to bear the burden of killing cursed bare bears, cursed armored bears, and cursed bears that need to learn that vowels are a thing. So we’ll head back to the ice caves this week, and this time we’ll need a permanent broom bearer to sweep the bear out of the evil bears and the bear out of the shadow touched Inus. That’s step one. Step two is to have Bearo and Raksbeara and Punibear to convince the evil bears not to be so evil and to double our bear guard on our totally peaceful and not destructive rainbow death cannon. Once that is done we need to try and un-bear curse that altar in ice caves. Normally we’d just tell the Gorvbot to break the altar even more, but it sounds like some people want to fix the altar so they can learn more PF ranks from not ghost Gaiyl… Final step is loot… There better be loot Stinky…..
**For Soul Hunter… Bears again… Murder again… Inu’s fault… Loot!!!
[[File: CL-LoreTour-20230916.png|thumb|right| 180px |The Lore Tour battles armored shadow bears!]]

*20230916: Lore Tour: Sat 10am pacific
** RAAAAAAAWRRRRRRRR RA-ROOAAAARRRRRRRRRR Rawr-BEARRRROOOOOOO
**Rawr-rawr-ROAR-rawr-rawwrrrr-snarl.
**ROAR! RAWR! ROOOOOAAAARRRR!!! RAwr-RA-raWR!! ROAR ROAR ROAR!!!!!!!
**[bear snort]
**THE GREAT BEAR SPIRIT'S CUB BIRO WILL FEED ON THE WEAK BODIES OF THE SHADOWS WHO HAVE FORGOTTEN HOW TO BE BEARS AND SHOW THEM HOW TO BE BEARS AGAIN.
**BRING YOURSELF HONOR, CONQUER FEAR, SPILL SHADOW BLOOD, SEND NOT-BEARS BACK INTO THE DARK.
**For Soul Hunter: Rawr vs Those who pretend to be Rawr!
*20230909: Lore Tour: The Darshak Candidate
**Arrr, here ye here ye, yarr good. Garr... write this down...
**So for some time Kestrel has stated her goal is to establish a new unifying leader of the local Darshak. One way or another, the cult will put someone in charge. An like, ta be honest, all their candidates suck. Creepy Thoom Guy sucks, Rebel Guy sucks, Venables sucks, Necro sucks, all the Darshak nobles suck. So yarr, why don't we make our own?
**So we're gonna kidnap Sasour the Hatchet as he is easily the chillest Darshak we know. We invited him to the Counterheist and he got drunk and laughed at the Shadowguild getting slain in the streets. He's perfect.
**Then probably do some magic to make sure he is a "Force of Abyss Smiting Justice for Puddleby"
**Now this is a complex plan with a lot of ins and outs and such that I will make...er.. explain as we go!
**And to really sell that we are indeed kidnapping Sasour instead of just being like "hey what's up buddy? wanna go drink?" we're gonna need to kill lots and lots of Darshak on our way... Maybe break or take anything that looks important, I dunno, ye do ye in that regard.
**Side benefits: Sasour the Hatchet is likely to know things about Venables' secret weapon the Sarir are so afraid of. Knowledge that may help us devise some sort of counter measure against this "island destroying weapon" at least that's what the Sarir said it was.
**Maybe we could goad Venables into destroying..........
**The Pirate King just kinda wandered off rambling at this point about various schemes weighing the pros and cons of tricking Venables into just blowing up the island and calling it "problem solved"
**For Soul Hunter:
**Kidnap, Friend, Magic, Murder Darshak, Magic, Scheme, Lulz
*20230902: Per captain Stinky: This week on Lore Tour (Saturday September 2nd at 10AM PDT)
**Adventures in Magical Super Science:
**While Katpus and the highly trained researchers from the University of Puddleby (they're definitely not janitors) were conducting super scientific experiments in the Castle Alliance, they may or may not have blown a hole in reality. Katpus seems a bit embarrassed about it, so we don't need to make it into a big deal.
**Whatever may have happened, Katpus' researchers have gone missing, and so have the bears who were guarding her laboratory. In a probably unrelated coincidence, a respectable and probably wealthy individual has shown up claiming some important artifacts have gone missing. There are two mysteries to be investigated and almost certainly booty to be had. For science!
**Soul Hunter Version:
**Portal, Mystery, Bears, Booty

*20230819: **Lore Tour** continues. This time we plane to head to **Fane** and investigate the shadow garden growing there, and perhaps see if the crooked seed we received in the Shadowplane takes root there. If that seed eventually grows and bears fruit, the hope is it will enable us to repair the Windweft altar and restore their connection to Purgatory. As Fane is a very dangerous place, a strong group would be appreciated.

*20230812: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 12, 2023 10:00 AM PDT. This time we plan to continue our investigations into repairing the Ice Cave Altar. We’re thinking of visiting with Pelaegia who we last left in Fountfell Foghaven, and then head over to the Windweft Ice Cave and see if the mysterious gift from the crooked tree in the Shadowplane leads us towards any success in recreating the Ancient’s shadow magic that created the altars.

*20230805: Lore Tour Saturday August 5, 2023 at 10AM (PDT): Hello! It is I, fake Phroon [Brisk], coming to you with an update on Lore Tour this zodiac! It'll be August 5th at the same time as usual. We are planning on trying to visit Nylar to hear of this deal that his minions mentioned that he has for "Sapeeva". For good measure, we hope to bring a "Sapeeva" or close approximation with us. We may need to fight, we may need to bribe, or we may need to gamble. Whatever it is, it's sure to be a good time so come on out if you are free. Cheers!

*20230722: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 22, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT), this time we plan to pay another visit to the Org Cave and see if we can make some progress in becoming friends with the Org. We also plan to continue our investigations into the strange weather in the Ensconcement, and see if perhaps we can find a route up to Stormlyric.

*20230715: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 15, 2023 10:00 AM to return to the Shadowplane, to revisit the protectorate and maybe see if we can find more clues of how Shaer travels the plane freely. As usual, a strong group will be needed!

*20230708: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 8, 2023 10:00 AM PDT, this time we return to the Shadowplane, to visit the protectorate and then to seek the devourer of dreams. As usual, a strong group will be necessary for the trek through this dangerous plane.
**If do we manage to slay the dreamdrinker, we plan to return again to the shadowplane next week too (Saturday, July 15, 2023 10:00 AM PDT) and revisit the protectorate within the same chaos storm, and maybe see if we can find more clues of how Shaer travels the plane freely. So mark your calendars for two weeks of back-to-back shadowplane exploration!

*20230705: The v1336 update: Lightning and thunder require time, the light of the stars requires time, deeds require time even after they are done, before they can be seen and heard. — Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
**More intense weather arriving. Those with elaborate hair-dos or delicate umbrellas can limit certain effects by using the '''''/options strongWeather off''''' command.

*20230701: Hello Puddleby! I come to you tonight as a guest "Phroon". I am in need of some assistance during the Lore Tour this weekend. You see, Tart'targ the wisest witch, had asked us to keep an eye on Sombrion. This has been fairly difficult for me as my eyesight is extremely poor and his keep hovers so high in the sky. However, even my peepers couldn't miss the addition of one of Sombrion's Sarir at the Bison Plains outpost. I'm not saying we need to tattle but we NEED to tell Tart'targ about this. Who knows? Maybe we will see a Witch and a Wizard face off? That wouldn't be terrible. I will be collecting bets and will even go as far as giving a favorable 2 to 1 odds on the Wizard. Anywho, don't be late to this one! You won't want to miss a moment! — Brisk
**Lore Tour took a trip to see Tart'targ and inform her of the Sarir being in the bison plains outpost, Hygra I think was the name. She was not so concerned with this as long as it did not come out that Sombrion was the cause of the abnormal weather that Hygra was studying. We discussed the trip with Pelaegia to Foghaven and how we saw shapes in the fog and heard howling on the wind. She mentioned that Andrachnea, the Abbess of Stormlyric, is known for being a bit standoffish even for witches. We spoke of how Andrachnea disapproved of Forsythia's study of the Org and remembered that we may have left her in the Orga Stronghold. We began to leave to go rescue her and ran into a bit of an issue.
**All of a sudden a Shadowguild Thief knocked me over...I thought he was looking for the bets I was collecting for the Witch vs Wizard duel. We chased them across the estuary and then ran across much stronger friends of the thieves. It looked like some of them had flown into the area on balloons to lead the rest of them. You could tell some were just taking orders and trying to take out as many of us as possible but others seemed to be more interested in a single thing, a thoom. We protected Coriakin the best we could but when he fell he was not taken. Confused, we pressed on until clearing the majority of the shadowguild. We cornered a leader and he said that they were looking for "Sapeeva". His reinforcements came and we tried to corner him again but eventually he managed to find a balloon and escape. As he was leaving he told us that he had a message for us to deliver..."Tell Sapeeva Nylar will cut him a deal." — Brisk

*20230624: The next bard concert is on June 24th at 11AM pacific time. Hope to see you there!

*20230617: Lore Tour returns Saturday, June 17, 2023 10:00 AM PDT, this time we plan to investigate the mysterious (and mist-erious) fog seen throughout the Eastern Mountains. We’ll probably also pay Pelaegia a visit and see what she has to say about these mists. We’ll likely be heading to Foghaven, the mountain haven of fog, so an appropriately strong group would be appreciated.

[[File:LoreTour20230610.png|thumb|right| 200px |The Lore Tour Headed for the Orga Stronghold speaks to '''Forsythia''']]
*20230610: **Lore Tour** returns 10AM PDT, this time we plan to travel deep into to the Orga Stronghold to rescue the Org trapped there! We may take them back to the Org Cave, or they may be the first residents of the new Org Sanctuary on Centaur Island. We may also pop over and have a visit with Trillbane while we’re in the neighborhood. A stronger group would be appreciated.

*20230603: ''Rustles out from under a pile of library books, glances at calendar'' Lore Tour at normal time this weekend (June 3rd, 10AM PDT). Plan is to poke at some of the dark mirrors in the lands and see if we can learn anything about Shaer's Gate.

*20230520: Lore Tour continues Saturday, May 20, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). We plan to return again to the Shadowplane to continue our explorations there. As usual, a strong group would be very helpful.

*20230513: Lore Tour! Operation: Friendship Hammer (10am pacific, usual lore tour time) We've reached a critical stage of the plan to create the Org Sanctuary... we must get some Orgs big and small to trust us enough to get in some cages and be brought to Centaur Island.... So how do we do that?
**I’m unsure but I bet that super cool ocean witch Pelaegia knows a thing or two about it! An she has been wanting to get out and about more so, this seems like a win/win. Bring Pelaegia to the village/Org caves, listen to tales of Orgs from way back when (and anything else we want to talk to her about) and maybe feed some Orgs some panther caps, perhaps bring some caps back for Tart'targ! Perhaps... make Org friends!
**Now, we should be careful, we've been hitting the Darshak rather hard lately and they have expressed an interest in kidnapping our good super cool ocean witch friend... and Tart'targ has turned some into blind amphibians... so ya know... be vigilant! There is no telling what an uppity visiting Darshak Noble may decide to do to prove how great they are or some such nonsense like that.

*20230506: Lore Tour: The Great Kennel Caper (Saturday 10am pacific as usual) The Elusive and Illusive Phroon Thoom, Heist and Counter-Heist Master Extraodinaire has a lead on a stockpile of feral cages somewhere on Ash Island. We need cages for our Org Sanctuary to safely transport the Orgs. The Darshak on Ash backed by Gathner have had an easy time lately since our slaying of Dorcas Direstorm as we've been focused on taking Venables down a few notches while keeping the Gathner backed Darshak agents on the island from being able to get the upper hand there..... so depleting the Ash 'Shak's ability to wrangle and train ferals seems like a solid move that furthers our goals quite nicely!
**Now I know what you be thinkin! "Cap'n! What if them cages be cursed??" Well I'm way ahead of you, and with the help of local mystics and my magician prowess, I have most of a ritual planned to purge away any Abyssal taint the cages may have! (If you are a local mystic and would like to help with this ritual, please contact me, your Pirate King and Master Magician).
**Darshak Nobles continue to visit from Gathner, bringing with them their top tier guards, so be on the look out for fancily dressed swabs who need to be shown a quick way to their forever home in the Abyss!
**In summation! Kennel Heist! Plunder any plunder of opportunity! Get home with magically purified loot! Further details to come!
**Bring: Crowbars, vines, chains, a can do attitude, strongest ranger morphs, and anything else you can think of to aid in this endeavor! See you there!

*20230503: The v1327 update is scheduled for Wednesday 3 May 2023

*20230429: Next month's bard concert (on April 29th at 11AM PDT) will be a special one. As many of you know, Lugubrion was so affected by the tragic fate of his brother Tenebrion that he's retreated from the world and has become a recluse. As someone who's struggled with depression myself, I've decided to try to help Lugubrion in the hopes that he'll be able to recover from his condition. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20230422: Lore Tour continues Saturday, April 22, 2023 10:00 AM (time in your local timezone). This time we plan to return to the Shadowplane. As usual, a strong group would be very helpful. Our plan is to travel to the protectorate through the shadow sea and also to check out if any of the new pages of rend interact with the shadowplane. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

[[File: CL-LoreTour-20230415.png|thumb|right| 180px |The Lore Tour revisits the centaurs with Pelaegia]]
*20230415: Lore Tour! (Saturday 10am pacific blah blah blah) Arrrr! This time we will be taking a stroll over to visit Pelaegia and Tart'targ briefly and see if Pelaegia can come out and play! Once we have picked up everyone's favorite Super Cool Ocean Witch, we will make for the Org cave to try and harvest (hopefully) the last of the mushrooms we need for the Org Sanctuary on Centaur Island. I’m sure Pelaegia will be happy to see the Centaur after all these thousands of years! Yarr! This seems pretty straight forward and nothing could possibly go wrong! Definitely! None of our past actions could conceivably come back to haunt us! For suresies! (Anything that does go wrong will be promptly blamed entirely on Trillium's ankh which is full of cursed)

*20230408: at 2PM (PDT) Saturday April 8th, Clan Lord Open Tactical Hunt (CLOTH) plans to go to the bridge to refine leading and dropping in the right spot and possibly the Slate Caves to practice dodging webs/projectiles. This is open to all, and I encourage newer players to attend, especially if you fall a lot. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Noivad Noivad]

*20230408: Lore Tour continues Saturday, April 8, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we plan to visit The Land of Dank Believe, aka the Book Fort. Bring your imagination and suspend your disbelief, the myrms dug a hole to the sky. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20230405: v1323. The sky is the daily bread of the eyes. — Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
**Hunt trophies are now furniture.
**Phantasmagorical improvements.

*20230401: **Lore Tour** returns 10AM PDT. This time we plan to visit with Egremora and Pelaegia in **Fountfell**, hear a few stories and think about what to do next.

**With Cimmbrion's assistance we've been able to grow some water lilies the two brothers created together back during happier times, and their gift has helped raise Lugubrion's spirits a bit. However, he's still embarrassed by the state of his keep, so to help him with that I'm hoping to hire builders from Puddleby to help renovate it. And to raise funds for that, next month I'll be holding a benefit concert at Lugubrion's keep!

**To make this concert special I will finally premiere the suite I've been working on for years: "The Healer's Lament," which attempts to evoke the trials and tribulations of a healer's life. It'll feature at least five brand new pieces, never before performed, and I'm extra excited because Lugubrion has graciously allowed us to not only use his keep for the performance, he's allowing us to use a brand new instrument - an organ from a thoomish temple! It has a sound unlike anything we've heard before, and I'm excited to share the music I (and the other bards) have been writing for it.

**This is a benefit concert, so I will be asking for donations to help with the cause. Building supplies to aid with the renovations would be very useful, and I will be matching any donations of coins (at least until I run out of coins myself). Even if you can't make a donation I hope you can come! I've invited Lugubrion to be there as our guest of honour and every person there would be a show of support to someone in dire need of it.
**Again, it'll be on Sat. April 29th at 11:00 AM PDT at Lugubrion's Keep. I hope to see you there!
— [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

** 8 word summary for Soul Hunter: "New tunes! New Instrument?! Help Lugubrion... donations please!"

*20230405: The v1323 update is scheduled for Wednesday 5 April 2023.

*20230325: Hello, all! This month’s concert (on March 25th, 11am pacific time as usual) is themed around Spring. Expect a lot of uplifting music about new beginnings or possibly about getting rained on instead. Either way, should be a good time. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20230323: there will also be a very special NNK open hunt adventure on thursday the 23rd at 5pm pacific! Expect various laws including but not limited to physics, nature, and reality to be broken! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Stinkfist Stinkfist]

*20230318: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 18, 2023 10:00 AM (time in your local timezone). This time we plan to return to Shadowspring to finally deliver Pelaegia’s present! We will need strong help to brave the dangers within. We also need some help between now and the Lore Tour to charge some of the machines to open the way into Shadowspring. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20230318: *Arrr! Lore Tour Recap! The Shadowplane had indeed shifted in many ways. The ground seemed less bitey, which I blame on Inu and her masterful ambassadorship. Keep hugging them Shadow Trees! Yer doing great!We also discovered a new “cave” which was just full of boo and scary and pretty and confusion.
**Another page of rend was discovered and perhaps most importantly a new phantasm page was found! We only covered a fraction of the Shadowplane so more to find and explore seems very likely! Oh and sadly Brisk failed to do that thing, perhaps next time (we are all rooting for ya buddy!)

**Next lore tour we will (charging nodes permitting) be visiting Shadowspring Citadel to bring Pelaegia her birthday presents! Probably other reasons too, more information and hype coming soon!

*20230311: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 11, 2023 10:00 AM PST. This time we will return to the Shadowplane to continue our investigations into the malevolent forces within. We’ve already seen that the shadows have reacted to us, we plan on investigating if they have changed further following our contact with them. We will need many sharp minds, strong fighters, and brave healers to endure the dangers within. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20230304: Lore Tour returns Saturday, March 4, 2023 10:00 AM PST. This is the day the portal is scheduled to move to the village, so we’re planning on going there to get a mystic a mark. We’ll also check the Org cave for more Panther caps and bring them to the centaur for their work on the Org sanctuary. If we have time we might also do some other stuff too. We’ll be traveling through vale and parts of the ensconcement, so strong help will be helpful. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]
*20230302: 2023-03-01 v1318 Update: ''Sometimes we need the fog to remind ourselves that all of life is not black and white.''—Jonathan Lockwood Huie (b. 1945)'''Those who venture north may notice new snell edges being tested. Please share your feedback!'''
*20230225: Bard concert this weekend! Saturday Feb 25th at 11AM PST, at the bards’ guild hall in north field. Noivad will be auditioning for full bard again, so come cheer him on! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]
*20230224: MediaWiki has been updated to v1.39.2. As usual, please report any unexpected changes.
*20230218: Lore Tour! Saturday 10am pacific!!Arrrr, we require more lab equipment for constructing the rainbow death/life cannon!We've already stolen the Oh-Venn from Penn Venables, now we return for the rest of his stuff!
**During the Oh-Venn heist we discovered that Venables has been training sciencemancers who can open ethereal portals and shoot mighty blasts of chain lightning. Thus an elaborate and complex scheme is required to get his lab equipment.
**The plan is simple and elaborate, eloquent yet basic. The perfect mix of blunt force and sneakery!
**We will pick a location to "conduct a magical ritual to seal off the island from the ethereal plane" to get his attention and draw him in. Additionally we will tell the local sarir population of Venables' dastardly plans to shackle Tenenbrion's spirit and bend it to his will, which is probably not a complete and total lie.
**Also Kalian and I have a secret weapon up our sleeve should we require it.
**Once Venables' forces are committed to the battle a small rag tag group will break off and sneak into the lab and take everything they possibly can and get out before Venables has time to know what happened.
**Like all great plans, should you have additional ideas feel free to contact myself, Phroony, Kalian, or anyone else who seems like an authority figure for this sort of thing. As always, the plan will be "do all the plans"
**We will need as many exiles as possible to pull this off and there will be no small roles to play in this daring heist!
**Bonus if we can get any notes regarding what Penn has exactly been up to with the ethereal plane. All we know so far is he seems to have access to an isolated sphere of it.
**Be there! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Stinkfist Stinkfist]

*20230216: [https://clanlord.net/images/CL-Boats%20are%20too%20expensive%20480.mp4 The Typical End to an Estuary/Mountain/Bison Plains Hunt] because we don’t want to spend 100c or fall before the estuary exit. And [https://clanlord.net/images/CL-LA%20Excellence.mp4 Punisher Has mad skills falling—Laughing Academy Excellence!]

*20230211: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 11, 2023 10:00 AM PST. This time we will be continuing to examine mountain springs in Vale and Fountfell, with a possible detour to the Org Caves for some Spotted Panther Caps. These areas, and especially the route to Fountfell, are difficult, so strong help would be helpful. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20230204: Lore Hunt. Step 1: Bears. Step 2: Tart'targ talk." Step 3: Mountains. The Lore Tour returns with Biro negotiating for bear support, the group asking Tart'targ if a certain plant is okay to plant, and a trip to the mountains to find a place to plant the seeds.

*20230201: [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Stinkfist Stinkfist] is organizing a raid on Venable's Laboratory at February 1, 2023 7:30 PM. As you may know, Venable is verified ne'er-do-well, who has spent several decades looting Tenebrion's Keep for anything of value and has built himself a reasonably well stocked lab with those ill-gotten gains. Any equipment, Darshak or Wizard in origin, poses a threat to the region if left in the hands of Venable. As such, it is best if it is secured in the safe, respectful, and responsible hands of Puddleby and our resident catapult enthusiast, Katpus. — Ausrine

*20230201: the '''v1314''' update is scheduled for Wednesday 1 February 2023: Life is found in animals and plants. But in animals it is patent and obvious, whereas in plants it is hidden and not clear. To establish its existence requires considerable research. The question at issue is whether plants have or have not a soul, and a capacity for desire, pain, pleasure, and discrimination. — Aristotle (384–322 BCE)
**''You’ll have to explore for this month’s changes.''

*20230128: Reminder! This Saturday at 11 pacific time will be the next concert. This concert will be shadow-themed... bards are encouraged to come with pieces inspired by the shadowplane and its effects. I can confirm that at least three new pieces will be premiered! Anyone who's out of the loop on the shadowplane storyline and is hoping for a recap - this is your chance! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

**Note: The shadowplane can make our thoughts reality and affect our minds, and it may have developed an interest in music for, er, reasons not worth getting into at this time. I've been assured that playing a bunch of music themed around the shadowplane is "not necessarily a really bad idea" and the chances of opening a rift there is unlikely. But shadow creatures have appeared at concerts before, so be warned that safety is not guaranteed. And if possible, bring a friend who can monitor you for signs of shadow madness.

*20230121: Per Stinkfist:
Arrr! In light of recent events set into motion by our favorite Myrm, we will be conducting negotiations with the Centaur to construct an Org sanctuary on their fair island. We are benevolent and wholesome now! Go us!

Also probably just yelling at Katpus that they are building us a Rainbow Death Cannon. Aymi said it is a life cannon actually and that sounds lovely and very thoughtful of us to build!

After negotiations we will either be pillaging the Darshak to secure funding or to take out our frustrations as that seems to be the most ethical option.

Either ways, gonna be greats! We are benevolent and good!

For those who like things in list form I've broken down the captains message.
This week on Lore Tour:
1. Talk to some overtly angry quadripeds about building a sanctuary for the ancestors of the people who murdered like 99% of their ancestors (Bring your Orga morphs for laughs)
2. Talk to a notoriously slow builder about a super difficult upcoming project we have for her
3. Facestab Darshak until they give us more loot
4. What could go wrong?

* 20230114: Lore Tour continues Saturday, January 14, 2023 10:00 AM PST. We are planning on helping Tart’targ deliver our gift to Palaegia. We hope to be traveling into Shadowspring, depending on if we get things open beforehand. Otherwise, we might be powering some of the ancient machines.

*20230111: Lore Tour Followup @Ausrine says: There will be a follow up to Tar'Targ/ Pelaegia gift giving on (OOC Wednesday Jan 11 7PM Pacific Time).

* 20230107: MediaWiki updated to v.1.39.1. As always, please report any unexpected behavior. If you don’t change your theme, the following doesn’t apply. ''Note: if you change the skin/theme from the current one, I noticed some pages do not render properly. So, if you encounter this, simply change your theme to Vector (2010 or 2022). This should fix the issue.''

[[File:LoreTour1022.jpg|thumb|right| 180px | The Lore Tour successfully reaches our goal.]]
* 20230107: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 7, 2023 10:00 AM PST. This time we are planning to deliver Pelaegia's gift to Tart'targ. '''Update: The Tour was successful!'''

* 20230104: Update '''v1310''' is here. Secrets abound, and unexplored places wait patiently for exiles to find them.
''“There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.”'' — Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) '''Here’s wishing everyone a ranky New Year!'''

==2022==
*20221230: Let there be music! Be prepared and mark your calendars for the concert on FRIDAY, 30th December at 1pm pacific time. There will be old and maybe even new music played! — Bingro

[[File:MerryBawkmask.jpg |250px|left|Merry Bawkmas!]]
*20221224–25: '''Santa''' will come out twice this year to check if you were naughty or nice at the following times for a whopping half hour each Saturday, December 24, 2022 7:00 PM PST and Sunday, December 25, 2022 8:30 AM PST. If you can't make it during these times, don't worry he will be available to deliver a few days after Bawkmas as well (Gotta love travelling on Bawkmas day!). — Brisk

*20221217: Lore Tour continues Saturday, December 17, 2022 10:00 AM PST. This time we will be continuing to help Tart'targ search for a gift for Pelaegia in Silversnag Ascent. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221210: '''Lore Tour''' continues Saturday, December 10, 2022 10:00 AM PST. This time we will be exploring, likely in the Eastern Mountains. What will we find? Who knows! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

[[File:GottaGetACloak.jpg|250px|left|new fur-lined cloaks are available.]]
[[File:Cloaks.jpg |250px |left |more cloaks]]
*20221207: With the 1306 update, A new area is discovered. Cold and Snowy reopens for winter. And new Cloaks are able to be made.

*20221203: Lore Tour returns Saturday, December 3, 2022 10:00 AM PST. We will be returning again to the Shadowplane, this time to try and track down and defeat the devourer of dreams mentioned by the denizens of the protectorate. As this will be a tough expedition, strong help would be appreciated. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221126: The next concert is Nov 26 at the usual time, 11am pacific.— [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20221119: Lore Tour continues Saturday, November 19, 2022 10:00 AM PST. We will be returning to the Shadowplane to continue our explorations and to try and rescue another Lost Dreamer that has been stranded there. As usual, strong help would be appreciated.

*20221112: **Lore Tour** returns Saturday, November 12th @ 10AM PST (be mindful of the recent US time change). Stinkfist just handed me the following on a scroll with the plan:
> After deliberation and conferment with Kalian, who can't stand the thought of Darshak having nicer things than him, Ambassador Gorvin and his position of Darshak murder is always good, Garr who just wants to burn stuff, and general mad cackling by the Pirate King of Lok'Groton it has been decided that we will return to Ash City to "murder, pillage, and take the fancy things that those nobles brought there"
> Loot and pillage and make Kestrel too afraid to EVER leave her tower. There will be loot this time, Stinky has some promising leads on that. A cat witch told him about it in a dream!
— [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221105: Lore Tour returns Saturday, November 5, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. This time we will be retuning to the Shadowplane to continue to explore and view the strange sculptures within. We believe we have discovered a stable way to exit the shadowplane so a depart is no longer certain, but we still could use many strong exiles to help brave the dangers within. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221029: Next weekend’s bard concert in the Puddleby Theatre will be Tsirrin themed! Come in costume to enjoy spooks and spoops. Ghosts and shadow madness are a definite maybe, safety not guaranteed. It’ll be at the usual time, Saturday, October 29, 2022 11:00 AM PDT — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20221022: Lore Tour continues Saturday, October 22, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. This tour will be Feast of Tssrin themed. Come join us in your favorite costume to help bust some ghosts! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221015: No worries Phroon. Lore Tour returns 10AM PDT. Stinky says we’re going on a “Classic Pirate Kingly Adventure.” All ye need is to show up with plenty of pack space so we can help our friends out. 🏴‍☠️ ❣️ Also I want more Vision Stream art, wah wah wah. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.InuTeisei Inu Teisei]

*20221008: Lore Tour continues Saturday, October 8, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. We plan to return once again to explore the Shadowplane, this time focusing on exploring the mysterious shadow ocean and lands beyond. Again, strong help will be helpful. Sadly, a way out of the plane has yet to be found, so until it is a depart is certain. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221006: H’loi! I expect there will be a meeting between Tar’Targ and Cimmbrion at the lake in Northern Puddleby on Thursday October 6, 2022 7:00 PM PDT. Possibly in Arial Eth'lenn’s home or outside. All exiles are invited to attend. A neutral, third party would be appreciated but you are nai required to act as such. — Ausrine

*20221001: Lore Tour returns Saturday, October 1, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. We plan to return to the Shadowplane, and explore the strange lands within. Strong help will be helpful in exploring the plane. Luckily we still have loan of Pelaegia’s lantern to calm our minds. A stable path in has been discovered, but we have yet to find a way back home. It is very likely that this will be a one-way trip, EPS and Purgatory Pendants do not seem to work in the Shadowplane. Unless we find another way out, a depart is certain. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221029: The next concert will be on Saturday, October 29, 2022 11:00 AM PDT and take place in the theatre. It'll be Feast of Tsirrin themed, so wear a costume! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20220924: Alright, then! Bard concert next weekend at Egremora’s tavern, at Saturday, September 24, 2022 11:00 AM (PDT). Bonus points for anyone who brings a song that’s a story. Raks, any chance you can reprise that story about Dandelion and Helpful? 🙂 — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20220922: It has been 17 years since [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Tyndall Tyndall], the beloved sylvan warrior, passed away. He was loved by many in life, and is remembered both as a cherished friend and a Puddlebean legend.
**Every year, we mark this day by coming together to celebrate our memories of Tyndall and our other lost comrades: [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Baffina Baffina] and [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Baffette Baffette], slayers of orga; [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Tonoto Tonoto], the mapmaker; [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Eyeball Eyeball], courageous and funny; [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.KPyn K'pyn], the King of Pins.
**We newly grieve the passing of [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Xenos Xenos] the Brave and [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Panos Panos] the Boar, who were pillars of our community for decades and will be remembered well as long as we are here to do it. They wished us all “a happy and fruitful life and the good sense to live it with no regrets.”
**Please join us to share memories, whiskey, cigars, beer, songs, and bonfires in the Memorial Garden on September 22, 2022 7:00 PM. All are welcome. If you knew any of these exiles, you are warmly encouraged to attend and to share your stories. If you are grieving someone from outside the lands, know that this is a space where you can hold that in community. If you would like to show love and friendship to exiles who have lost beloved people, know that your presence will do that.
**There are a lot of people who might be interested attending this memorial, but don't keep a close eye on [http://www.thoomcare.com/ Thoomcare], Discord, or Facebook. If you have the capacity, we invite you to help bring our little town together by reaching out to folks who you think would be interested in coming but won't notice these posts. Thank you! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Largo Largo]

*20220917: Lore Tour continues Saturday, September 17, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. We plan to return to Egremora’s bar in Fountfell, have a few drinks, convey Sarasera’s hellos and talk about repairing the Windweft altar. And maybe if we have time a story or two. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220910: Lore Tour continues Saturday, September 10, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. We plan to return again to Shadowspring and continue our investigation into the Pages of Rend and possibly return to the Shadowplane. We will again need strong exiles to travel through Shadowspring and brave the dangers of the Shadowplane. We will need to try to stay nearer the sun lantern, lest we all slowly go mad and lash out at our friends. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220907: The v1293 update is scheduled for Wednesday 7 September 2022.

*20220903: Lore Tour continues Saturday, September 3, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. Our plan is to return to the depths of Shadowspring Citadel, investigate the shadows, read some triangles, visit with Pelaegia, and if we can make it check on the Agronox Seal. As always, Shadowspring is filled with difficult creatures and we could use a strong group.
Many thanks to all those who have charged the ancients machines recently, your help has been instrumental in making this happen. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220827: Monthly Bard Concert Saturday. 11AM PDT.

*20220820: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 20, 2022 10:00 AM (PDT). Some time ago we had contact with Darshak from Gathner led by Kestrel and her associate Dorcas. We will be visiting them with our chosen ambassador [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Gorvin Gorvin] to conduct further negotiations regarding the future of Darshak in our island chain. See Ambassador Gorvin for details. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220813: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 13, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. We plan on continuing our checking of the ancient machines, and our search for changes made by the ancient spelling and grammar checking machine. We’ve already observed some changes in the triangles and we suspect there might be a few more changes to be found. We will be trying to visiting Heartwood Glade in the Vale of Giants, and revisiting Sunspire, so some strong help will be appreciated. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220827: Bard Concert “Next concert August 27 at the same time!” — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20220806: Lore Tour returns Saturday, August 6, 2022 10:00 AM (PDT). We plan on revisiting some of the ancient machines in the Eastern Mountains, checking to see if the shadows are there and if any of them might be that Ancient spelling and grammar checking machine. We plan on visiting some of the tougher machines to get to, so strong help would be appreciated. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220730: Bard Concert: on Saturday July 30th at 11am pacific time, but it won’t be in the bards’ field. Instead head over to west town near Prometha’s bonfire for our beach party themed concert! Enjoy sun, sand, and surf while enjoying songs about sun, sand, and surf. Wear your best beach attire and get ready to cuddle in close because there won’t be a stage. See you then!
**''(For bards who don’t have many/any beach-themed songs, other music’s fine. But if you’ve got something - great!)''

[[File:CL-LoreTour.jpg | right]]
*20220723: Lore Tour: Astral Projection Shenanigans Saturday, July 23, 2022 10:00 AM

**Today’s lore tour followed Stinkfist’s guidance and ended up on a trip through a variety of…. peculiar locations. First a dark cave filled with mauling and crushing spirits, then to a desolate peak floating in the sky, to a trool village, and beyond. Eventually we ended up in a marsh with some meshra interested in trade, and a strange obelisk that hummed inanely in thoomish. Stinkfist decided we needed to steal it, but an attempt to astrally project it back to Puddleby went awry and we ended up in the shadowplane instead! We were led to a giant shadowplane-ish statue of, er, me. I'm still puzzling that out. But before we knew it we ended up back in the Puddleby mushroom hut, with the obelisk there! Unfortunately, the obelisk was right in the middle of the pool there and promptly sank. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20220714 — created template sitenavbar (using quick links). To insert it in pages use sitenavbar between a set of 2 curly braces “{{}}”.
*20220706 — The v1284 happened on Wednesday, July 6, 2022

*20220702 — Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 2, 2022 10AM PST/5PM UTC. We’re continuing the search for luminous scales and a sun wyrm’s shadow. Or search will take us back to Gungla Island and the dark places within. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220625 — Next Bard Concert: June 25, 2022 11AM PST, 2PM EST

*20220618 — Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 18, 2022 10:00 AM (PST). Our plan this time is to follow up on rumors of new caves in the Rocky Cavern and search for clues for the luminous scales. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon?from=Profiles.Phroon Phroon]

*20220611 — Lore Tour: “plans are still a bit vague, as they may change depending on what happens. The general plan is to:

1) visit Tart’targ so [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Aurelie Aurelie] can deliver Cimmbrion’s message (and hopefully defuse some of the hostilities).

2) Visit Strangler Fig to try to get more information about the Book of Rend or about the books that the shadowguild stole from her.

3) Visit the rocky cavern to talk to the Sun Wyrm there and ask about acquiring luminous scales. Rumor has it that it requested a “dance with the shadows” or something along those lines, so I’m really hoping people come up with a better idea than “Make Coriakin Try To Summon Shadows” which was already suggested. Not by me.” — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

[[File:Not_Bear_Counter_Heist_The_Mystery_of_Mehans_Armor.png| 200px | left]]

*20220604 - Lore Tour June 4th. Destination Windweft Mountain. ''(plan pictured left)'' UPDATE: “Lore Tour successfully fought an evil armored bear likely infested with shadows that was trying to usurp Birosson’s place as chieftain of the glacier bears. Mehan’s armor was dinged to destruction, sadly, but at least it’s not being used for nefarious purposes. Or by nefarious porpoises.” — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]
*20220521 - Lore Tour May 21 at the usual time: 10am PDT/1pm EDT, 7pm CEST/UTC+2. “Coriakin reports: Next week's Lore Tour will be to the Vale to try to find Master Spruce. On the way, we hope to visit Strangler Fig for a quick chat. May 21, 10am PDT”
*20220514 - Lore Tour (10AM PST) [[File:CL-Haunted_Fane.jpg| 250px | right]]
*20220430 - Next bard concert will be April 30 at 11am pacific time! — Coriakin
*20220226 - Bard Concert, Saturday Feb 26, at 11AM PST
*20220212 Lore Tour is Saturday Feb 12, at 10 am PST/1 pm EST
*20220205 - Saturday Feb 5th 10am PST/1pm EST Lore Tour: The 2nd Battle for the Ancient Bear Caves. BE THERE! SAVE THE BEBE BEARS!" Update: Bebe Bears saved.
*20220129 - Next Bard Concert: January 29, 2022 11AM PST, 2PM EST ”who will win the Museum Token?“ UPDATE: Bingro V’arndal won!
*20220115 - Updated to MediaWiki 1.37.1 (Please report any unexpected behavior.)

==2014–2017==

*201707xx - Updated to the latest version of MediaWiki. Please report any unexpected behavior.
*201505XX - Updated to yet another version. Hopefully this v. has more pep.
* Added Rank Message and Ranger Progress in Actual Tablular format — oh the power of 1990s layout!
* A new contributor has appeared (happy to make accounts by request)
* fixed a few little things here and there as needed.
* Master Fistus is apparently a bro.

*20140731 - Updated to the latest stable release of Media Wiki on my Branch. If you see any weirdness [http://vagilemind.com/clanlord/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=265 let me know] (on the Sentinel/Discord).

*201407 - Added to Group Survival Guidelines, updated how to dodge webs, added in more into about controlling where you fight and fluid movements with in the group.

20140326 - Updated to the latest version of Media Wiki (released 20140311).

==Past Events==
8/22/2012: 
Puddleby Archery Contest Rules 
Date - Sept. 2 
Time - 1:30 p.m. PDT, 4:30 p.m. EDT, 8:30 p.m. GMT 
Locations - Spiritwood, University, Castle 

The following are the rules and regulations regarding the Archery Contest scheduled for Sept. 2nd. Please come and enjoy the festivities. Beer, food, and fun are certain to be had. Each exile will need a projectile weapon to compete; however, javelins or bows and quivers with three arrows included will be sold the day of the contest. Please be aware the bow, arrows, and quiver will be sold for the same coins the NPC's require to make them, and exiles will not be charged for seta scales, tusks, sturdy limbs, and feathers. I believe the total for a bow and set of arrows is 150c. 

The Prizes: First place will pick first from the prize pool, second place will pick second… 

1. Lyfelidae Claw 2. 5000 Coins 
3. Furlined Cloak 
4. Puma Pelt 
5. Orgaberry 
6. Waterproof Boots 
7. Caustic Gland 
8. Lilaberry, other items... 

Arsenal: Current inventory status available for contest 

1. 5 Javelins (75c each) 
2. 8 Bow and 11 quivers with 5 arrows each. (150c each set) 
3. 1 Boomerang 
4. 12+ arrows, judges at each round will have extra in case of breakage 

Three Rounds: Three rounds open to all. (Mystic, Healer, Fighter all have chance to win) 

Round 1. Test of Hunting (3 pts.) 
a. 1st round held in the Spiritwood 
b. Each contestant will be allowed three shots to kill or wound a spriggin. 

Round 2. Test of Accuracy (3 pts.) 
a. 2nd round held in the University 
b. Each contestant will take three shots at three different distances. 

Round 3. Test of Will (3 pts.) 
a. 3rd round held within the Castle 
b. One shot of moonshine then 20 secs to fire 3 arrows at a stationary target. 

Tiebreaker - if required 
a. Tiebreaker round options include a group hunt, cash bonus round, etc... 
b. The last contest did not require the tiebreaker, but judges will vote on round 

Contributors: Special thanks to many exiles... Natas for letting me remove that lyfe claw from his thick ghorak skin. Neko No Kessha for their large cash prize and promotion. Coldy for his endless questing of prizes and finance. Fiona for her gracious donation of the super sleek puma pelt. Chmee for his berry collection. Taryn for her vast storage fees and arsenal assembly. Maeght, Connie, Talas, Fredor, Yosaku, Grog, Arbitur, the Hunter's, D'ead, and many other exiles I am forgetting who generously donated arrow and bow ingredients over the past decade. 

Special thanks to the Clump for helping to promote the contest! http://www.clanlord.net/clump/ 
Special thanks to the Sentinel for helping to promote the contest! http://www.vagilemind.com/clanlord/ 
And finally, special thanks to the entire Neko No Kessha clan for helping to promote the contest! http://nekonokessha.wordpress.com/ 

3/26/2012: I have implemented a self-signed security (SSL) certificate that enables HTTPS to protect passwords and thus accounts. All links should redirect to https now. I would like to get an official certificate when expenses allow it, but just the static IP is ~ $50/year. Most browsers will warn people visiting about it, but it is legitimate, but check it out to make sure it is of the proper origin first. (Only a player could have made it.) Also, the new home of the CLUMP is on clanlord.net in case you never look at the URL address bar.

2/27/2012: Yet another long hiatus. I was informed by Talas that he couldn't edit pages. I looked into it and realized that I upgraded the underlying PHP to 5.3.x but not MediaWiki to comply with the changes. '''BAD ADMINISTRATOR!''' For now, I've reverted to PHP 5.2.x and pages are now editable. I'll try not to be so sloppy next time I update the underlying structure. Unfortunately, my attention has been diverted as I investigate and evaluate various technologies to handle possible Clan Lord and other non-CL projects I've been considering beginning. I am thinking about implementing the Zend2 framework for a CL timeline site, but it is still in Beta. If you know Zend2 or just Zend, any online resources you think would be valuable to look at to speed learning/evaluating them would be welcome. ''noi... at noi... dot net is a good contact address for that.''

==2011==
9/8/2011: Long hiatus as I worked on refining my PHP skills by building a site from scratch, and not related to the CLUMP2. I've been gone for a bit and haven't had time to update. Luckily others have filled in a bit. Please send me feedback on pages you'd like and unclear explanations. If you're a professional writer or a really good amateur, I'd appreciate your input as well.

Also, I'm kicking around the idea of making a CL timeline in PHP. I'm kicking around ideas. If you'd like to discuss please goto the coffee and donuts section of the [http://www.vagilemind.com/clanlord/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=8912&p=184041#p184041 Sentinel].

==2010==
8/25-27/2010: clump2.noivad.net transition made! new URL! Fresh, unspoiled DB!

Currently moving all data to a new DB. Unfortunately all accounts will be destroyed, to remake an account contact me directly with your email address for confirmation. Contributors, please do not make pages without any connection to other pages, or any pages to "protect" them.--[[User:Mwadmin|Mwadmin]] 06:02, 25 August 2010 (PDT)

7/27/10: Registration has been stopped. Accounts are created by request only now.

7/06/10: Welcome Arindal Immigrants.

==2009==
1/18/09: Welcome back old players and welcome new players. Clan Lord now has no monthly fees. New Areas and new Islands abound in the last few years. Ask about Death Trap Noids (DTN), Metzetli Island (Metz), and The Mountain Glen (Glen) for a look at all the changes. If you remember Tenebrion he's been trapped in the Ethereal Plane (EP) for a few years. Fighters have 3 subclasses now: Champions, Rangers and Bloodmages. Healers just recently acquired 2 new tools! There are many minor changes as well. Catch up with what's been happening at [http://www.thoomcare.com/ Thoomcare].

==2008==
8/11/08: A new page entitled [[10 Things for Groups]] is available to peruse at your leisure. [[Aura Healing]] ability needs a page, aside from the [[Healer_Trainers#Radium|Radium]] as do [[Special_Fighter_Types#Blood_Mages|Blood Mages]].

6/19/08: One Step Closer
The CLUMP is one step closer to being a legitimate entity. I found a cheap ssl cert site, [http://www.rapidsslonline.com/rapidssl-certificates.php RapidSSL], and we now has internets certificates! Also, in order to pay for said certificate, I added a paypal donate button to the donations page in case anyone ever visits it.

6/3/08: "Oh that crazy Org!"
[[Image:MySQLBUs.png|right]]
I updated links to Org Du Lac's [http://bestiary.puddleby.net/beast.php Bestiary] after I noticed that he updated his site to php a while back and I never updated the links. We've already got php, It's very nice!

Double checked that the database this puppy runs on is backed up every night after many months of blind faith. looks good! See >>>>

Minor diction change: I now prefer the term "creature" to refer to anything that you kill for experience. I'll slowly roll that out as I notice it in the pages.

10 things for groups is taking shape and I may include Michael's version of what not to do in groups, edited for language of course. (Interestingly enough some of the topics he covers ARE mentioned in the notorious [[Group_Hunting#How_NOT_to_handle_bad_situations|How NOT to handle bad situations]] subsection of group hunting.

We're up to 86 pages! Wow! Only a few of which are not used. I'll be trimming down the unused pages soon. If you have pages that you don't want deleted that aren't being used. Please link them to another page so I know not to touch them.

'Til next time! Same Thoom time same Thoom channel!

6/2/08: Updated a few pictures and links. More [[Links]] are welcome.
A Mystic page was added.
Currently compiling player suggestions for 10 things for hunting in groups at [[http://www.vagilemind.com/clanlord/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4568 The Sentinel]]. Please feel free to add to the discussion there.

== Miscellaneous ==
[[Image:nabisco.png]]

Input is welcome on the [https://discordapp.com/channels/270291133798547456/270291133798547456 Discord Server ] or anywhere.

[[Image:hole.png]]

Thank you to everyone that has contributed so far. I've read over your changes and It's obvious some people are a lot clearer writers than me, also I like the healer perspective being fleshed out in the healing section, particularly the [[Healing#Rodding|rodding]] section.

==Additions==
Also, I've just added a new Appendix: [[Command Reference]].

11/27 Updated the Wiki to version 1.8.2. This should mean nothing to you, just thought I'd note it.

12/5 The Clump will be temporarily offline for a few days in the next week or two. It will return to its regularly scheduled serving as soon as possible. I'll update the Sentinel when it goes offline.

1/17 Updated to [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki MediaWiki] 1.8.3 because of a vulnerability in the system that could allow session information such as passwords be redirected to another site. 1.8.3 deals with this problem. there should be no noticeable change in using the CLUMP to users.

2/23 I've updated to MediaWiki 1.9.3 everything seems to work that I've checked. if you experience anomalies or can't log in. mail noivad -at- mac -dot- com. I had to update because there was a security issue, and we all know how much we like things not to be spammed and taken over.

3/15 I've added little things like external links to other's pages within the manual instead of just the links section to make it more expansive and interactive. I'll continue to do this as I come across places to link things to. I also encourage people to add clan lord related links to the manual and links page.

-The manual is pretty well fleshed out and more accurate thanks to contributors now, and updates made by me will be less frequent, but that doesn't mean I'm going to neglect it. It's my mission to keep this manual as current and accurate as possible without spoiling too much.

-I'm trying to get a mystic section with what knowledge they can share, but there appears to be considerable resistance to even basic info within the council, and without their approval I'm holding off on even trying to get any information.

6/13 Updated to MediaWiki 1.10.0 e-mail me with any problems... besides trying to get the e-mail to work (unless you know a solution) or have a link with info about fixing it.

6/14 After a long and arduous adventure '''e-mail from the CLUMP is now active'''. All users please verify your e-mail address given because I'm turning on an option to require e-mail address verification before one can edit.

12/02/07: Updated to MediaWiki 1.11.

1/29/08: Updated to MediaWiki 1.11.1 -- Security vulnerability patched.

== Additions Log==

Added [[Mystics]]: Requested info about mystics from mystic council — it took a while!

6/2007 Added: [[Knighthood|Knighthood]]

1/0x Added [[Links|link]] to http://bestiary.clanlord.net/index.html Org Du Lac's Bestiary].

1/06 Adding [[Tactics#Standing_too_close_to_a_Snell_Border|standing too close to snell border]] under [[Tactics]].

12/2x Added another reason to chain while leaving a snell in [[Tactics#Chaining|Chaining]].

12/0x Added [[Macros]].

11/27 Adding [[Fighting#Fighting Basics|Fighting Basics]]: Very basic combat info for beginners: swing and fall back. Use a brick if you have one or terrain while you regain your balance. Added: fighting tip about how reach is dependent on movement speed.

[[Image:Manx.png|center]]
11/26 Add: All hail the reigning president !

Added in more material about writing macros to the [[Macros]] Page. ''It is completed.''

10/xx Added: [[Creatures#Chain Lightning|Chain lightning]] info: if you see a bolt bounce, get away from others drawing lightning.
Add how to take down a bolt bouncer: have each fighter stand on opposite sides of the 'lock and the lightning won't bounce.

10/xx Added: [[Healing]] page. ''may have to split it into multiple sections.''

10/xx Added in section on the [[Healing#The_Combat_Zone|combat zone]]. Always decide where to fight monsters, not the other way around. Have healers recognize and stay out of the combat zone or behind the fighters.

9/xx Added: [[Tactics#Dodging Webs|Dodging Webs]]

8/xx Added a section to [[Tactics#Retreating|retreating]] telling people how to provide cover for injured or exiles how might not make it out of the snell if you leave them caught between a rock and a hard place.

8/xx Added [[If Unable to Retreat#Focus on Greatest Threat|Focus]] on creatures when in a tough situation.
Explain greatest threat and to kill first.

To Add Basic explanation of trainers: Atkus uses up more balthus, Darkus slows down regia, Evus teaches a bit of everything, but the atkus to balthus ratio is tilted to eat balance slowly. Virtually no fighter trainers are "pure" trainers, most have a mixture of other elements in them.

==Wanted==
2026: WANTED: A rewritten champion page.

Wanted: Info on Radium, anything you find missing!
''Thanks to Kenegluk for pointing out holes in coverage!''

Iriel Red contributed a book for the logo, and in my humble opinion made a great logo for the CLUMP.

I'd like to get information on knights and knight items since I often get asked that by exiles looking to become one. So, if any knights out there want to share, please make a page with the answers. (:
** Inu says: See above, page created, linked in to appendix and here.

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==2026==
*20260912: This week, on September 19, 2026 at 10:00 (PST) the Lore Tour will journey through the Vale of Giants to the town of Fountfell. There, we’ll meet with the blacksmith Kasarra, who has been crafting Silksteel armor for us. We’ll find out whether it’s ready and perhaps pick her brain for other smithing ideas. Her ingenuity has already helped our blacksmiths learn many new techniques. If time allows, we’ll stop by the Rockslide Tavern to visit with Egremora. She always has great stories to share, and loves hearing ours in return. Perhaps we can tell her about our recent adventures in the Shadowspring Citadel and our encounter with the Skitterkin! Come prepared with a story or two of your own! (Also maybe Kasarra will take pity on Seaforth and craft him some new armor) — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Garr Garr]

*20260912: Lore Tour continues Saturday, September 12, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we plan to wander the lands to visit the V'wunquinhun and to receive their blessings. It’s is hard to believe it has been so long. Also, our plan is to focus on the other nine, since we ran into the one in Shadowspring last time. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260905: Lore Tour returns Saturday, September 5, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings and delve deeper into Shadowspring. We will need strong help and sharp minds to brave to darkness. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260904: Portal move announcement portal will move tomorrow or Saturday (~4-5 Sept) for all of September to Frigid Cavern. Depending on V'wunkays or anything special for v1500, maybe it will be more variable. Stay tuned to Koppi for any changes! — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.OrgDuLac Org Du Lac]

*20260822: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 22, 2026 at 10:00 This week we plan to divert slightly on the trail of the Skitterlings to deliver Trillbane his song! We've invited him over to the Rockslide Tavern in Fountfell for some needed refreshments, so we'll have to travel through Vale of Giants to meet up with him and hear the song Coriakin has written for him. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260815: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 15, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings and our exploration of the area beneath Shadowspring. As before, strong help of all kinds would be appreciated! — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20280808: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 8, 2026 at 10:00. This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. After our realization that the goats and Trillbane have finished the shortcut, we plan to stop by and tell Tart’targ of our progress before heading back beneath Shadowspring. Strong help will be needed to defeat the things crawling around in the darkness. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260801: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 1, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. With the earth aligned ancient machines charged, we plan to make our way north through Vale to the nodes north of there, ultimately making our way to the GMV Ruins. Last time in the Fire ruins the Mystics felt the Ick to the west, towards that area. While there we can try some different tactics against the Ick, hopefully we can find an effective approach. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260718: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the '''Skitterlings'''. We plan to meet with Tart’targ and catch up with her on our success in taking down an Ick Promontory. Then we’ll see if we can hunt down any more of them that may have appeared around the ancient machines in the Eastern Mountains. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260711: **Lore Tour** continues July 11th at 10AM (PST). This week we're planning to head into the **Shadowplane** to search for clues about the forgotten Oubleir in our efforts to find the Fruit of the Crooked Tree. Last time we were investigating them we talked with a large shadow mantuan in the Shadow forest and they mentioned that we had the wrong mantuan, and that the rest of the herd were smaller baby mantuan. We plan to search through the shadowplane to see if we can locate them and see what they might say. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

[[File: WantedSkitterlings.png|left|thumb| Skitterlings Wanted.]]
*20260704: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 4, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we will be continuing on the on the trail of the Skitterlings. Our plan is to meet again with Tart'targ, update her on our efforts and then check on some sightings of the Skitterlings near their nest in the Vale of Giants. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260620: Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 20, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we will continuing on the on the trail of the Skitterlings. Our plan is to meet with the Nacerean Order and talk with them about how we might be able to utilize blood magic in our efforts against the Ick. Maybe we could even get the bloodpool itself to help us out in some way.

*20260613: Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 13, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we will be needing some help on the trail of the Skitterlings. With the delivery of the Green Drake mushrooms to Tart’targ, we’re almost ready to delve into Shadowspring, but we need some time for the Goats to finish their digging and for us to finish composing a song for Trillbane. So we need your help in coming up with ideas to buy us time. What can we do to the Ick to stymie its spread or to distract it, slowing it from spreading further towards Sunspire and the other ancient machines? While catching up with Tart’targ we’ll share our theories and head over to one of the nodes to try some out. So bring your ideas, theories and equipment, explain how it might help, then we can try it out and see what happens. Hopefully we can figure out a plan from this testing.
**So far we’ve observed that the Ick seems to be growing, seeing out the energies of the ancient machines. The Skitterlings, it seems, are just along for the ride. Hopefully that’s helpful in forming your ideas.

*20260606: Lore Tour returns Saturday, June 6, 2026 at 10:00. This week we will travel through the Vale of Giants to the Heartwood Glade in search of the Green Drake mushrooms that Tart’targ needs to help us get deeper into Shadowspring. And as a reminder, we promised her we wouldn’t imbibe them ourselves, lest our bodies be turned into mud and forced to wander without our minds. ⁠hunting_hall⁠ While there, we also plan on checking on the progress the goats, Trillbane, and the Mountain Hermit have made on making a shortcut into Shadowspring. We had last wrangled some unruly goats with them, so hopefully they’ve made good progress. ⁠hunting_hall⁠ Once we gather the mushrooms, we need to make sure we get them back to Tart’targ, as they are prone to spoilage. When we get back to her, we can report on the spread of the Ick we had observed near the GMV Ruins creeping up towards Sunspire. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260530: Hello, bards and others! The May 30th concert will be our next themed concert. The concert will feature music inspired by or written about the Shadowplane. I’m sure everything will be fine and there will be no unexpected visitors or unfortunate occurrences. Bards, you’re invited to write something new about the Shadowplane! This isn’t officially a contest, just a composing challenge, but I’ve already received some donations so…. Who knows what’ll happen!

[[File: LTatSPwEle.png|left|thumb| Lore Tour Consults a Shadow-phant, and learns to do nothing.]]

*20260523: Lore Tour continues Saturday, May 23, 2026 at 10:00. This week we will return to the Shadow Forest. As a reminder, we had been working for some time on a way to restore the altar in the Windweft Ice Caves, to restore access to Purgatory and maybe see if we could help the spirit of Gaiyl return. To do that, we were tracking down how the Ancients built the altars in the first place. From the stories left in their triangle language near the Ancient machines we know that Mataline had went to the Shadowplane and stole a piece of shadow and brought it back with her. Stories that Egremora told us say that with that piece stone was infused with the power of the shadows to become altars. From other stories from the protectorate, we’ve been able to put together that this piece of shadow was actually fruit of the crooked tree. From that same crooked tree we were presented two seeds, one that we planted in Fane, and the other that was planted in the Dreamless Protectorate. By feeding the Fane seedling, it eventually grew into a tree with an entrance to the Shadow Forest. It is our hope that our next clues on where to find the fruit we need to make progress. While there, we will try and make sense of the forgotten Oubleir. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260516: The week on Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 10:00 (PST) the Lore Tour will be checking up on the bees we helped settle into one of the caves in the Ash Barrens. But before we go there, we'll be heading into the Greymyr Passes to meet up with Nauliana the beekeeper. Hopefully we can convince her to join us in visiting the bees and maybe she can teach us ways to help them thrive. We'll see where that leads us and I sure everything will be totally 100% safe. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Garr Garr]

*20260509: Lore Tour continues Saturday, May 9, 2026 at 10:00. This week we will continue on the trail of the Skitterlings checking in on the ancient machines in the eastern mountains to see what the Ick has been up to. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260502: **Lore Tour** returns 10AM PST. This week we will return again to the **Book Fort**, this time we plan to head to the Sky-library. While we’re there we’ll try and sort out the whole regal situation between the jerk knights and Seaforth.

*20260425: BARD CONCERT

*20260418: Lore Tour continues Saturday, April 18, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we will return into the Book Fort, this time heading to the Mosey Meadows.

*20260411: This week on Saturday, April 11, 2026 at 10:00 (PST), the Lore Tour will be heading up to Sombrion’s Cloud to investigate something strange going on. A friend of mine was recently up there doing some “research” when all of a sudden a Sarir ran by screaming. Something about “Run!” and “It just landed!” He just thought it was your normal Sarir ramblings and didn’t follow up because it was just a Sarir you know? But when he told me, I figured we should probably go check it out. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260404: Lore Tour returns Saturday, April 4, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we will venture into the Book Fort! — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260314: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 14, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). Double check that time! This week we plan to pay a visit to the Verminate on Ash to see what they’ve been up to lately in tormenting the Darshak. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260307: Lore Tour returns Saturday, March 7, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings by searching for some inspiration for @Coriakin’s song about Trillbane. — Phroon

*20260221: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 21, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan help Trillbane wrangle some goats that have wandered away from clearing the path to Shadowspring. Trillbane mentioned they were last seen in the rocky areas above Vale, so we’ll check there first. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260214: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue our investigations into the Skitterlings and the Ick. We plan to check on the nest we’ve found below the Vale of Giants, we also hope to run into Trillbane and ask how me might be able to help clear the way into Shadowspring Citadel.

*20260207: Lore Tour returns Saturday, February 7, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to investigate the new Stout Chains, traveling deep into the Orga Stronghold to hunt for Fire Water. We may also poke around and see if we can figure out how the Orga make the stuff and reproduce it ourselves. While out that way, if we see Trillbane we also plan to ask him about how the goats are doing on clearing the way into Shadowspring, and what we might do to speed that up. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260124: Lore Tour continues Saturday, January 24, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to use the current portal armistice to investigate the Heart of Ice in the Glacial Deeps. Hopefully we can meet the Fountfell smith Kasarra there and show them what we’ve been able to discover so far. We also hope to talk to some of the Windspinners there to see what they have been able to learn.

*20260117: Lore Tour continues Saturday, January 17, 2026 at 10:00. This week we plan to catch up on the status of the Bath House. I’ve heard a report from Loom'tir that most of the staff have returned from a mandatory Peaceton vacation, and that they could use help with the finishing touches for their grand reopening.

*20260110: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 10, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. Following up on the investigation of the fighter nodes in the Eastern Mountains we plan to visit with Tart’targ and discuss what we’ve both observed. We also plan to deliver most of the materials that we were tasked to collect a while ago that would be used in a ritual to get down to where the Skitterlings seemed to be coming from in Shadowspring.

*20260103: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 3, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. Before the Bawkmas holiday Tart’targ identified that the Skitterlings seemed to be spreading along with a strange vine-web substance. We’ve since seen Skitterlings and this substance near several of the ancient machines in the Eastern Mountains. We plan to continue our investigation by traveling to the earth attuned machines and checking on their current status.

==2025==
*20251213: Lore Tour returns Saturday, December 13, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. Last week we unexpectedly found one of their nests underneath Vale in the ruins up to Fountfell, suggesting they have expanded outwards from their spot beneath Shadowspring. We plan to revisit the nest and see what else we can learn from it.

[[File:CL-20251206-Skittlerlings.png|thumb|frame|left|These guys are in quite the predicament!]]
*20251206: Lore Tour returns Saturday, December 6, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings with a trip through the Vale of Giants to check on the goat’s progress on clearing a path into Shadowspring for Trillbane.

*20251122: Lore Tour continues Saturday, November 22, 2025 at 10:00. This week we plan to check in with the Verminate Two. Five (as they were five vermin in a cloak) became Two after Three stayed behind to rule over the mountain of lunch boxes we had delivered. We then invited Two to join us in Puddleby where they were learning to cook in Haricot’s kitchen. The Verminate were working on plans to topple the Darshak buildings in Ash City, as well as learning rune magic. We hope to check in with them and see what progress they’ve made and if we can be of any help.—Phroon

[[File:CL-2025115-Dance_Off.png|thumb|frame|left|The November 15st 2025 Lore tour Dance Off!]]
*20251115: Instead of your usual Lore Tour, it's a dance off Dance Off!

*20251108: Lore Tour returns Saturday, November 8, 2025 at 10:00 (PST). (Double check that time!). This week we plan to return to the trail of the Skitterlings. We plan to head through Vale of Giants to Heartwood Glade to check on the progress of the path into Shadowspring. With luck the goats may have broken enough rock to make us a path inside. Strong help as always would be appreciated. — Phroon

[[File:CL-20251101LoreTour.png|thumb|frame|left|The November 1st 2025 Lore tour meets at the alliance castle.]]
*20251101: Lore Tour returns Saturday, November 1, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). (Double check that time!). This week we plan to have a spooky Tsrrin themed adventure. The day of the dead will be over so you can come back out of the library and don your costume to celebrate with us!

*This month's bard concert will be in the bards' guild hall on Saturday October 25th at 11AM (PDT). Normally we have our Feast of Tsirrin concert in the playhall, but we need to be in the bards' guild building because it'll also be Valadorei's audition to become a full bard! I hope you can all make it out to support her!

*20251018: Lore Tour continues Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue our Ethereal Science with Bosun Higgs on western Tenebrion’s Island in efforts to repair the damage that the Darshak had done to the Ethereal Plane. It seems that Higgs has already successfully removed the Kyuem the Darshak had forced into place, but there is still more work to be done.

*20251011: **Lore Tour** continues Saturday October 11 at 10AM (PDT) After the nothing-counts tour of last week we again plan to head through **Vale of Giants** up to **Fountfell** to speak with the smiths there about our success in locating the heart of ice. A while ago they were searching for the heart in hopes to use it in the process of creating some kind of armor. Vale has been particularly happy when we’ve visited recently, so strong help would be appreciated.

*20251004: Lore Tour returns Saturday, October 4, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to head through Vale of Giants up to Fountfell to speak with the smiths there about our success in locating the heart of ice. A while ago they were searching for the heart in hopes to use it in the process of creating some kind of armor. Vale has been particularly happy when we’ve visited recently, so strong help would be appreciated.

*20250927: Bard Concert: Bard Concert on Saturday, September 27, 2025 at 11:00! I'll bring 2 new songs (one of which is for the contest and the other one is exploring more of my CLmetal / CLrock era) and others are hoping to have new stuff too! — Bingro

*20250925: Dear Puddleby Friends,
**It is time to pause and remember those we have lost over the years.
**Baffina & Baffette, Eyeball, K’Pyn, The Good Cat, Tonoto, Tyndall, Xenos & Panos are much missed in Puddleby and in the world. Each year we come together on or around the anniversary of Tyndall’s passing, 20 years ago, in order to celebrate the lives of these friends who have passed, as well as others we miss.
**Please join us to share memories, whiskey, cigars, beer, songs, and bonfires in the Memorial Garden outside Alliance Castle on Thursday, September 25, 2025 at 19:00 (PDT). Here in Puddleby we call it "mosey time." Follow the candles from West Gate.
**Whether you knew them or not, whether you are a regular in Puddleby, brand new, or watch from the library, please feel welcome. We would love to see you. Please also reach out to friends who might not see this message – we'd love to see them, too.
**Xenos & Panos wished us all “a happy and fruitful life and the good sense to live it with no regrets.”
*20250913: Lore Tour returns Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:00. This week we plan to head through Vale of Giants to Heartwood Glade to check on the progress on clearing the way into Shadowspring. We’ve been digging our way to Shadowspring to investigate the mysterious Skitterlings scuttling beneath the citadel. Both Trillbane and Tart’targ have been helping us, so we’re planning on stopping by to see if they need anything.

*20250906: Lore Tour returns Saturday, September 6, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to head to Tenebrion’s Island to check on the abandoned Darshak Temple where they were conducting ethereal research. Lugubrion had asked us to remove ethereal detritus from a stash there. There were also report of some sort of ethereal accountant there, we plan to investigate that as well. — Phroon

*20250829: Friday, August 29, 2025 at 19:00 (PDT) the mosey (and Whirlwind) will be bringing those interested to book 2

*20250823: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 23, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to head to Ash City to deliver lunch to Five. Pack up on lunch boxes from Haricot’s and be prepared to fight some Darshak.

*20250816: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 16, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to head back to the Glacial Deeps beneath the Frigid Caverns in Silversnag Ascent in the Eastern Mountains to continue our investigations into the Heart of Ice. This week we hope to talk to the Windspinners there about the Heart and other discoveries.

*20250802: Lore Tour returns Saturday, August 2, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. With mushrooms in hand from last time, we plan to scout around Fountfell looking for potential ways into the depths below Shadowspring. We’ve been able to recruit the assistance of Trillbane for a cut of the spoils and a song. Perhaps he’ll be willing to help us find the trailhead.

*20250719: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 19, 2025 at 10:00AM (PDT). To continue our investigation into the mysterious Skitterlings found beneath Shadowspring Citadel we plan to go hunting for the mushrooms Tart’targ needs to unseal the path down to where the Skitterlings are believed to be nesting. We plan to start our search by meeting with her to remind ourselves what we’re looking for.

*20250628: Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to visit with the inscrutable Mountain Hermit in the Vale of Giants gauntlet to ask him about the current goings on in the Eastern Mountains. There’s been a lot going on; our search for the Stormlyric Monastery, explorations of the Frigid Cavern for the Heart of Ice, and a council of different factions discussing Sombrion’s presence. And that’s on top of our recent discovery and investigation of the skitterlings. The hermit’s enigmatic perspective on these things will help guide our turbulent investigations. — Phroon

*20250607: This week the Lore Tour will be heading back to the bowels of Ash Island to investigate what our vermine and spriggin friends have been up to since we last visited. While there we should probably be on the lookout for The Widow Lactrodectia and her creations. Also, We will probably try to rob any rich new Darshak Lords that have settled in Rosentide since the last time we looted the place. All these things and more may or may not happen! Join us to find out! — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Garr Garr]

*20250605: v1436. When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of human civilization — Daniel Webster (1782–1852)
**Sorry for the delay. Our gerbils were a bit overwhelmed by the amount of art pouring into our library (over 8200 individual images!) They needed some cuddles, reassurance, and a little reprogramming.
**Speaking of 8200+ amazing pieces of artwork: thank you again to our volunteer artists, who have been expanding the Clan Lord world for the past 25 (27?) years. We wouldn’t be the same without you!

*20250531: Coriakin reports: Bard concert at Lugubrion's Keep next weekend! Saturday, May 31st at 11AM pacific time. Come on out and hear some organ music!

[[file:fountfell-lore-tour.png|thumb|The Lore Tour in Fountfell]]
*20250517: Lore Tour continues Saturday, May 17, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT) this week we will visit the Rockslide Tavern in Fountfell to hear stories from Egremora and to ask about the strange Skitterlings we saw deep inside Shadowspring Citadel. We may also stop by and visit with Pelaegia to get her perspective on these strange creatures. — Phroon

*20250510: **Lore Tour** continues 10AM (PDT) this week we will travel deep into **Shadowspring Citadel**. Known as the Gates of the Moon by the Ancients, these ruins housed a tear to the Shadowplane that was sealed by exiles years ago. We plan to delve its depth to reveal any new mysteries, and to check on the odd skittering creatures we saw before. We will need strong help to brave the dangers within, including those versed in revealing the rifts and traps within, as well as some of our friends who have trained plenty of Horus.
[[File:CL-Fountain 2025-05-07.png|thumb]]
*20250507: Update v1432
**Yes, I will spend the livelong day
**With Nature in this month of May;
**And sit beneath the trees, and share
**My bread with birds whose homes are there.
**“In May” — W. H. Davies (1871–1940)
**Thank you to our volunteers and artists for their continued work!
**Other than some behind-the-scenes bug fixes, everything else for this update is a secret. Or maybe not-so-secret?

*20250419: Lore Tour continues Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT) this week we have a trip led by the Fledgelings into the Bookfort. Check it out, at your local library. — Phroon

*20250412: Lore Tour returns Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT) this week we plan to head to the Shadowplane and the Protectorate to hunt for clues on how to succeed in future trips to the Shadow Forest. If there's time, we may also visit some Shadowbears. Strong help and bright lanterns will be needed to traverse the dangerous plane.

*20250405: Lore Tour returns Saturday, April 5, 2025 at 10:00AM (PDT) this week we plan to delve into The Land of Dank Believe aka Bookfort. We plan to revisit previous year’s sections of the Bookfort including exciting adventures like fighting in a book on the moon and defeating a wizard on a cloud. Please suspend your disbelief at the door.
*Next Update April 2nd. — Phroon

*20250322: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 22, 2025 at 10:00 (AM PDT) this week we plan to head to Silversnag Ascent and the Frigid Cavern to continue our investigations into the Heart of Ice. Rumor says there may be others looking for the same thing we are, maybe they’ll have some clues for us. — Phroon

*20250315: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 15, 2025 at 10:00AM (PDT) this week we plan to select a plan from various plans. We are awaiting confirmation of the plan while we plan to make our selection. We hope to plan on your attendance. (Silversnag? TI? Shadowplane? East Forest!? Who knows where Lore Tour will go!?).
**Lore Tour update: This week we plan to travel to TI to investigate the Darshak Temple that was under construction there. — Phroon

*20250308: **Lore Tour** continues 10AM PST. this week we plan to go on an adventure hosted by the Order of the Fledgelings!

*20250305 v1423 Update
**Choice is how you can tell an intelligent man from a fool. — Henrik Ibsen (1828–1906)
**You’ll have to explore to see what’s new this Chaos Storm.

*20250301: **Lore Tour** returns 10AM PST this week we plan to drop on by **Sombrion’s Keep** to explore the appropriated island and to deliver materials towards a permanent Agronox landing pad. We’ll be needing plenty of agronox feathers, mirror shards, logs of wood, sturdy limbs, skiens of silk, blue baubles, and shiny medallions. We’ll also see if we can fit in some squabbling with a Wizard, or at least a good rifling through his things.
*20250215: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 15, 2025 at 10:00 (PST) this week we plan to head to Ash City to do some more ambassadorial liaising in the Gorvin tradition. Following our defeat of Endrondus there’s sure to be some interesting things happening in Rosentide.

*20250208: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 8, 2025 at 10:00AM (PST) this week we plan to head to the Shadow Forest and the Shadow Bard’s Field! Strong help and many lanterns will be needed to survive. — Phroon

*20250205 v1419 Update
**We love the things we love for what they are. — Robert Frost (1874–1963)
**Testing potential new Champion ability: Charge. It has some small limits to the number of uses for now, until we figure out balancing. Apply for testing in Champ HQ.
**A few stubbornly wild pets can now be tamed by healers.
**Boostus got a little boost.
**Young lights can now better ward off the dangers of the dark.

*20250201: Lore Tour returns Saturday, February 1, 2025 at 10:00 (PST) this week we plan to head back to Silversnag Ascent and the Frigid Cavern to check on the crumbling ice within. These Ancient ruins always seem to contain much history for us to understand. — Phroon
*20250118: (10AM PST) Lore Tour this week plans to explore the Shadow Forest. Strong help and sun lanterns will be required.
*20250111: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 11, 2025 at 10:00 (PST) this week we plan to head back to Ash to continue our investigate Ausrine’s mysterious Ankh. I'm sure we'll encounter absolutely no more misunderstandings whatsoever.

*20250104: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 4, 2025 at 10:00 (PST)this week we plan to head deep into to the third circle of the Abyss to investigate Ausrine’s mysterious Ankh. Strong help would be appreciated for this trip.

*20250101 v1414 Update
**I have learned that to be with those I like is enough. — Walt Whitman (1819–1892)
**Season’s Belated Beatings!

==2024==
*20241221: Lore Tour continues Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 10:00AM PST this week we plan to return to Silversnag Ascent to search for a heart of ice for Kasarra’s smithing experiments. — Phroon
*20241214 10AM PST: Arbordale, Puddleby, Merdi, day 22 of Autumn, 639.
Letter to Giben at Fountfell
**Titus [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Kojiro Kojiro] DeLouche St. Thoomingnon, son of Pomponious, Lord Seaforth, to Giben, Dwarf - If you and the scouting party are well I shall be glad. From your official despatch I have, in common with everyone else, received the liveliest satisfaction; for you have given us that strong hope of success, of which, in sole reliance on you, I was assuring everyone. The emissary smith has taught to Powean the working of litharge. To practical end, he has learned the making of the Gilded Breastplate which was awarded me in recognition of valor on behalf of the People. This he learned only after smashing to
**Issues remain. We know not how to channel the Earth’s power through the armor, beyond its shining brilliance to strike fear into the hearts of enemies sensible of it. Further, I have reread the minutes of that initial meeting with Kassara, who defamed my biceps, from which it is clear that a second armor type was discussed of which Powean has not been taught. This is referred to as flexible, perhaps a mesh, perhaps for rapid attackers rather than line troops. The requirements mentioned steel, lead, arachnoid silk and ice. I know not whether the reference to ice is meant literally – is it an annealing step? A type of ice magic? I pray we will not be competing with the Mystics for sapphires.
**Your correspondence reaches me here, conveyed by what means I know not, from Fountfell. It seems we must send you another scouting party, as the above questions remain to be resolved. Do send reports regarding the route, in particular the grasping cedar forest west of the settlement. I will bring you a package of the smoked jellyfish I know to be your favorite and not native to high altitudes. We return this Saturday, December 14, for Lore Tour. Watch for our coming.
*20241123 10AM PST: At the behest of Pirate King, Witchy Kitty, [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Stinkfist Captain Stinkfist]:
**Arrr, now that we have successfully lulled Endrondus into a false sense of security, it is time to enact the Pirate King's daring and cunning plan to undermine the Darshak Cult. Yarr, this plan is top secret and will be explained on the day.
**Enclosed is a doodle of the Witchy Kitty Pirate King winking* — Valadorei
*20241116 10AM PST: “Arrr! Witchy Kitty Pirate King here! We will be following up on our Rainbow Diplomacy efforts! I'm told we should visit Alder to discuss the Bee Prophecy and related things, so yarr, seems like a good place to start. We also have our new friends from the Verminate and our Spriggin allied uhh mercenaries err... special advisors to the Verminate. The Verminate will need more shiny things for the rainbow generator, so bring shiny things, sunstones and gems of any kind are specially needed. Probably bring them snacks too, what is the food equivalent of the shiniest gem? Bring the answer to that question please. For our Spriggin friends..... yarr just bring coins for them. The Witchy Kitty Pirate King of Lok'Groton will make a substantial donation and the Forces of Whimsy would surely look very kindly upon a large gift of coins from Puddleby. Lastly, time permitting, yarr we got this very bad darshak priest man named Endrondus, he is a very bad man and for the good of the island chain, he gots to go. He needs to die for his many crimes going back centuries, definitely not because we built a rainbow generator and gave it to sentient vermine right in front of him. We totally didnt do that... and if we did it was on purpose and part of a much larger plan in accordance with The Gorvin Mandate regarding the Darshak Cult. Fun and inventive and practical ways to dispose of this very bad darshak man are welcome. See you there! With Love, The Witchy Kitty Pirate King” — Stinkfist

*20241109 10AM PST: Arbordale, Puddleby, Sombdi, day 71 of Spring, 639.
**Letter to Giben at Fountfell
**Giben - The state of things in regard to my steel visions, in which I know that you are supremely interested, and our subsequent discoveries beneath Melabrion Bay is this, as far as can be as yet conjectured. The ceiling ore is steel and lead alloyed, and delivery of ingots of what I refer to here as ‘litharge’ has been secured to skilled metalworkers in Fountfell, said ingots being alloy and bone ash. The ingots are stamped with a Dwarven symbol for Earth, for lead, and a sword, referencing steel. You may share my skepticism as to virtue of the litharge to us, as warriors – boluses for slings? will we have boots of lead, for stamping vermine, or fighting on the sea floor? Recall our schooling in philology – I believe the litharge stamp to be a specifier of the Champion in the ancient language of the Even Shorter Dwarves.
**I call upon you to join me this approaching Saturday for Lore Tour, and I will make the same demand upon all Puddlebeans. Saturday, then, we lead with steel and follow with lead. We shall make a concerted expedition to this Fountfell, this mountain beyond the History of Salandra, and there turn speculation into knowledge. — Titus Kojiro DeLouche St. Thoomingnon, Lord Seaforth
[[File:CL-v1406SplashScreen.png|thumb|frame|right|The v1406 Clan Lord Splash Screen]]
*20241106: CL v1406 Update
**Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion. — Democritus (c. 460 bce – c. 370)
**A statue remembering The Good Cat has been added to the Memorial Garden.
**A few cats waited until exiles were done trick-or-treating to put on their own costumes, wander around, and beg for treats.
**Improved <mumble>, <mumble>, and <mumble>.
**Three new areas will now properly give exploration awards. Anyone who has explored these areas already will be able to do so again to receive the reward. — Delta Tao

*20241102 10AM PDT: Come help us fulfil a prophecy with Science! Or something like that. I'm not in charge. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Garr Garr]

*20241019 10AM PDT: Lord Seaforth (formerly Kojiro):
**Attn Puddleheads: A Levée is called to new ore finds in Tokhans - Saturday, Lore Tour. The gods demand Metal. I demand fancier armor. Bring tools.

*20241005 10AM PDT: Lore Tour returns this Saturday to the shadow garden in the haunted fane. After all the extra trips we made, we now believe that we may have enough dream fragments to grow the tree even bigger! Nothing could possibly go wrong as the seed was freely given! We'll likely need a strong group to ensure the success of this endeavor so make sure to show up.

*20240921 10AM PDT: THE TRIAL BY PUN-BAT OF PAULA FRESHLAND!!! Happuning Saturday 10 am PST. Don’t miss your chance to see just-ice snow its hand in the Puddleby Courthouse! Will Maximus try to defend his damsel and wind up in damncell or will he get rid of his jailousy and shake Paula’s clutch on him and purse-ue a path of honor and truth. The Punsecutor General will be handling the trial on behalf of the people and all other Puddleby citipuns. You.Cannot.Afford.To.Miss.This!!!! — Pun’isher

*20240907 10AM (PDT): GREETINGS PUDDLEBEARS AND PUDDLEBEANS. THE GREAT BEAR SPIRIT HAS BEEN KEEPING WATCH OVER OUR SHADOW NOT-BEAR FRIENDS, AND HAS NOTICED THAT THEY HAVE BEEN GROWING IN POWER. THE GREAT BEAR SPIRIT ADVICES US TO SHOW THEM OUR PUDDLE HONOR, BY ENGAGING IN SOME DIPLOMATIC WRESTLING ON THEIR TURF. WE SHALL MAUL AND SLASH TO EXCHANGE BEAR KNOWLEDGE. BRING HONEY. — Biro

*20240817: Arr, Puddleby! I have been keeping my bees informed of da news, but dey told me da uvver bees are restless. Dey are not satisfied wit second hand news nor wit so few of us reportin' it. Reekfoot's weddin' is da hops what broke da bison's back.
**DEREFORE (da Captain said dat part is important) we are going to visit my bees on August 17, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT) to make dis right. After we tell dem da news officially, we will ask what we can do to assuage da uvver bees' bovveration. Warm up your newsing voices. Polish your armour. Bring your big axes an' wax your moonstones. Dis could get messy. — Dandelion

*20240810: Proclamation from the Pirate King:
**Arrr, so a Rumorstorm has informed me that my brother, local traveling non-darshak pirate blood conjurer Reekfoot has gotten married and did not invite me due to his unhappiness at placing 3rd in the 420th Regional Dance Offs. I am told from a presumably reliable source that Rumorstorm heard that Reekfoot has indeed married some Darshak of some amount of renown. FURTHERMORE, I heard tell that Reekfoot NOW wants an audience with us, the Citizens of Puddleby What's gonna go down? I dunno, there is a lot of information flying around, what has everyone else heard? Cuz I heard the UoP Janitors totally murdered the dance floor at the reception. I also heard we are going to do GREAT!
**7 word summaries:
***Reekfoot makinup fer sumting, bloo peel, PROFIT!
***Killing Darshaks for Profit, or for Reekfoot...

*20240803: oh uh, Lore Tour: We're fighting Shadow Plane nihilism. Which is, obviously, the worst kind of nihilism. — Ausrine

*20240727: It almost time again! On July 27th at 11AM (PDT) we'll be hearing Aurelie audition for Questership und thus hear lots of new music you certainly don't want to miss out on! Also, rumour has it, there is a surprise waiting to be revealed at or around the concert!
*20240720: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 20, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we plan to follow up on some strange new apparitions sighted during a recent visit to the Shadowplane. Was it a one-off sighting? We'll need strong fighters and would welcome mystics, especially those with a sun lantern. If we don't have enough mystical support, we may go mad and climb the walls or gnaw off each others' limbs. — Phroon

*20240713: Lore Tour Saturday July 13th and 10AM PDT: The Romanus Mystery
**An intriguing cold case file came to light in the last month. During the bank counter heist Romanus was killed—or was he? We need to ascertain whether Romanus was always a shadow guild agent that exiles killed, or was he replaced by an agent. Judging by the events as recorded by the PPD, Romanus wouldn’t have helped the exiles if he was simply a shadow guild agent. Assuming that is true, If he is alive, and was captured by shadow guild agents, then we have to find where they are keeping him. Given the roster of Puddleby Police Department is down to 2 active members — myself & lieutenant deputy of puns, Pun’isher. We need all able citizens to help us crack this case. — Sheriff Noivad

*20240706: [https://discord.gg/W688R9aM?event=1254919822534250597 Lore Tour] Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 6, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we plan to travel to Fountfell and Silversnag Ascent to follow up on clues about the history of Mataline's Silver Key.

*20240629: Next bard concert will be Saturday June 29th at 11AM pacific time, featuring the return of @Bingro and hopefully @Fantasia too! If I did this right, this should be your local time: Saturday, June 29, 2024 11:00 AM (PDT).
*20240622: Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 22, 2024 10:00 AM. — Phroon
*20240615:Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 15, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we will be traveling with the mysterious Orchid into Fane to show her the sapling that has been growing in the Shadowy garden there. It is our hope that she will be able to lend us some clarity as to what might happen if we continue to foster the tree’s growth. As usual, strong help would be useful, Rinakki isn’t the most welcomed in Fane anymore and will need our help in reaching the garden. — Phroon

*20240608: Lore Tour returns Saturday, June 8, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we will be visiting with Rinakki to discuss the newly planted seeds growing in the Fane Shadowgarden and the Shadowplane Protectorate. — Phroon

*20240601: Lore Tour returns Saturday, June 1, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we will travel into Fane and check in on the shadowy garden within. — Phroon
*20240518: Greetings! Have any of you been experiencing a strong pull to go to the shadowplane during the lore tour this weekend? Im sure there has to be a reason behind this alluring humming I keep hearing. It's causing me to have some very strong feelings, a sort of yearning to go where I belong. Would you folks be willing to check it out? We should speak with the Evenas and any of those who follow the Way of the Candle and ask if they have experienced this in the past. There's almost no chance of anything bad happening. Feel free to bring your brooms just in case though. — Brisk
**Normal time, Saturday, May 18, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT).
**Soul Hunter summary: Shadowplane. Lotsa lore, some tour. Good things only.
*20240511: Lore Tour continues Saturday, May 11, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we plan to help Pavela’s contact Five on Ash disrupt the Darshak supply lines.

*20240504: Lore Tour returns Saturday, May 4, 2024 10:00 AM. This week we plan to travel meet with Pavela and then travel to Ash to do what we usually in Ash City. Darshak be warned. — Phroon

*20240427: Bard concert coming soon! We'll be back in the guild hall this weekend so questers can play too if they want. Hope to see you there this Saturday 11AM PDT.
[[File:CL-LoreDanceOff20240420.png|right|thumb|The Lore Dance Off.]]

*20240420: xLore Tour continues Saturday, April 20, 2024 10:00 AM. For a date this special, Stinkfist has sent the following plan:
**Lore Tour: The 420th Randomly-Timed Regional Lok'Groton Championship Dance Off
**Yarr so apparently it is indeed time for Regionals. You may have noticed the various established dance crews practicing in the book fort's new Arboretum! You also may have been at the last lore tour where Reekfoot showed up and totally served Puddleby in an attempt to demoralize and psych us out before Regionals.
**So what ARE Regionals? Why is this the first I'm hearing about this?
**It’s a dance off obviously. I dunno, that isn't for me to say, seems like a you thing but I am told it goes back to the "Times of the Ancients" or something.
**But to explain anyways so we can establish THE RULES and THE PRIZES
**Each dance crew will perform one dance routine which will be judged by a panel of highly qualified judges. The judges will score each performance. After every crew has performed there will be an audience vote, which is what actually matters, this is just the way the Ancients did things. I don't pretend to understand why judges if a popular vote determines who wins, I didn't make up the rules, I'm just officiating them.
**Cheating! Is oddly legally allowed by the rules. So we should expect Reekfoot to try and pull SOMETHING devious and probably violent in an attempt to win.
**The rules also state that ANYONE can enter solo or as a crew and individuals are technically allowed to be in multiple dance crews if they choose.
**THE PRIZES:
***1st Prize: Ownership of an empty hut of your choosing in the West Phisney Island Outpost neighborhood. Decorate as you please! + A Big Box of Book Fort Swag + 200k to split amongst your dance crew
***2nd Prize: 1 very large pile of coins (100k) + A Big Box of Book Fort Swag
***3rd Prize: A big box of book fort swag + a reasonably nice pile of coins (50k)
**Where are we dancing off at? The Puddleby Player's Theater in West Puddleby
**When again? 10am PDT on Saturday the 4/20th
**Who are the judges again? Famed local residents of Lok'Groton who we are friendly with and your Pirate King, who is a judge purely to prevent Reekfoot from winning.
**Last place will be awarded personalized Odius Ode courtesy of Pun'isher.

*20240413: Lore Tour continues Saturday, April 13, 2024 10:00 AM: Lore Tour: The Phisney Island Follow Up
**Arrr! Pirate King Witchy Kitty and Magician Majesticos Stinky here again to tell you all about what awesome thing we will be doing next.
**First up, we got some Direbears to welcome to Phisney Island and say Rawr hey tharr to! That'll be nice, for bears are our friends!
**Since they are usually close by, we should probably go and let the Sarir know what has been going on.
**Then, we got some loose ends to tie up, starting with Pavela, Kestrel's Spy on the island that we so generously allowed to walk last we were there. We will need to deal with her in some fashion. There are ideas of how to do this being floated.
**Lastly.. we got that Abyss tainted Darshak mini-temple that Venables hid in to deal with. So we are going to test some of Katpus and the Janitor's research regarding rainbow death/life cannons on it.
**So yarr, we are going to blast the crap out it with rainbows powered by cutting edge magical science and the awesome knowledge of the University of Puddleby! Go Science!
**I’m sure we'll learn something from the test. So yarr we are probably gonna need some mystics and other sources of sun energy and sunbeams for this! Also if ya got any rubies, sapphires, or even topaz bring them! Also sun zu! That seems helpful!
**A responsible ethereal trained mystic would be appreciated as we will be unleashing large amounts of rainbows near an active kyeum but science hasnt proven any ill effect of rainbows on things ethereal but it is yarr like wise to keep an eye on such things just to be safe!
**Soul Hunter's TLDR: Bears, Sarir, Haha Spy, Rainbow Blast Abyssness!
*20240406: Lore Tour returns Saturday, April 6, 2024 10:00 AM. This time we will delve into the Book Fort! — Phroon
*20240403: The v1375 update is scheduled for Wednesday 3 April 2024. —Phroon
*20240330: This month's concert is about a week away: Saturday, March 30, 2024 11:00 AM (PST). It's been a while since we've heard any organ music, so we're thinking of having it at Lugubrion's Keep (assuming that we can find someone to open for us). Hope to see you there!
*20240323: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 23, 2024 10:00 AM, we have the following message from Stinkfist:
**Black flags have been spotted on the ocean!
**Lets go steal their stuff!
**Cuz iz my birfday!
**Arr!
**The Witchy Kitty Pirate King Magician Majesticos Cap'n Stinky
*20240316: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 16, 2024 10:00 AM (PST). This time we will return to the Shadowplane to continue our investigations and check out of the shadowbears have been up to anything. As usual, strong help would be appreciated. —Phroon
*20240309: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 9, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT)! Summary from Stinkfist:
**Arrr here ye here ye!
**We will be heading to the Phisney Island Outpost for the signing of a historic treaty!
**Our local notary Brisk will preside over the signing of this treaty. Surely this will go smoothly and without any snags or unknown unknowns, as Brisk has one job and yarr!
**So come! Sign this most historical treaty and hang out with our Allies!
**Soul Hunter's TLDR: Brisk, Phisney Island, fancy paper, sign it!

* 20240302: March 2nd, 10AM PDT: Arrr! Hear this declaration from the Pirate King: This Saturday will mark one "finally" off our calendar — deposing the so-called leader of the Darshak on Phisneyland Island, Penn Venables.
**Penn's been hiding in his half-built temple for decades now since we repeatedly shamed him in battle. Based on a tip we got from a dead Darshak, we learned he'll be out and about and vulnerable during this week's Lore Tour. We were told to be careful because of his weapons of mass destruction.
**Ambassador Gorvin tells us that letting his ethereal doomsday devices blow everything up is bad and we should prevent this at all costs, so we're going to be super careful as we wreck this guy and steal his stuff. We probably won't sink the whole island into the sea. Our magic is better than his. We have bards, bears, beer, bees, a catapult, and a super cool ocean witch.
**Soul Hunter summary: Kill bad Darshak leader, no explode island.

*20240224: Next week's bard concert will also feature Supplanter's audition for bard quester! Please come to the guild hall on Saturday, February 24, 2024 11:00 AM to cheer him on! — Coriakin (Master Bard)

*20240217: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 17, 2024 10:00 AM. Stinkfist has passed on the following plan for this week to set up for the upcoming confrontation with Venables:
**Arrr,
**Attention: As per our intel provided by the Door-Hench Diebeer with a K, the Darshak will be up to something in two zodiacs time now on TI.
**Working with our agent the Immortal Sasour the Hatchet†, who we previously liberated from Venables Camp. We will be laying the groundwork for rebellion and ending Venables grasp on Phisneyland Island forever and foiling Kestrel's plans at the same time.
**As cover for this operation, we will also be stealing a great deal of stuff.
**† Sasour the Hatchet was purged of abyssal influence via rainbows and then made immortal by Ausrine and her hat that she isnt wearing. Also he touched Puddleby's altar. Also Ausrine turned him into a blind amphibian with a gilded broom a few times. He is magically oathbound to Puddleby. He be cool.
**Soul Hunter Summary: Save Phisneyland, prepare for victory, plunder booty.

*20240210: **Lore Tour** continues February 10 at 10AM (PDT). This time we plan to head to **Ash Island** to fight some Darshak. Kestrel’s doorman has enjoyed his post for quite some time, I’m sure Ambassador Gorvin will help him with that.—Phroon
** For this tour we will be needing the assistance of weather controlling mystics (preferably multiple).—Gorvin

[[File:CL-LoreTour20240203.png|right|thumb|Brave adventurers explore the Org cave.]]
*20240203:Lore Tour (Saturday, February 3, 2024 10:00 AM PDT) will involve taking Bravery The Org to the org sanctuary on Centaur Island. For anyone not familiar, Bravery is a young org that Stinkfist rescued from being abandoned at Junko's and decided to teach to be a hero. He begain taking it on his adventures to teach what he could, and has also asked several other exiles to escort Bravery around to show him the world. After many zodiacs of mentoring the time has come to release Bravery into his new home!

*20240120: **Lore Tour** continues January 20, at 10AM PST. This time we plan to return to the **Shadowplane** and continue our exploration there! As usual, strong help would be appreciated.

*20240113: **Lore Tour** continues <t:1705168800:F>. This time we plan to do a few things surrounding the **Org Sanctuary**, starting with a visit to the Ensconcement Village to tell them about the success setting up the sanctuary, a stop by the Org Cave for some Panther Caps, and then swing over to Centaur to drop off any mushrooms we find and to deliver the presents we picked up during the Bawkmas tour to thank them for all their efforts setting up the sanctuary.

*20240106: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 6, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we plan to kick things off by paying a visit to the Shadowguild and seeing what they’ve been up to. I’m sure that ambassador Gorvin will help us navigate the situation with skill.

==2023==
*20231224–20231225 at 6:30AM (24th) & 6:30PM (25th): I heard Santa will be coming two times this year for 30 minutes each time. I hope it fits your schedules and if not feel free to let me know and I will see if a special appearance can be made for you after Bawkmas/Skrismas/Season's Beatings.
**Slot 1: Sunday, December 24, 2023 6:30 AM
**Slot 2: Monday, December 25, 2023 6:30 PM Cheers! 🎅

*20231216: Lore Tour continues Saturday, December 16, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we're planning to travel to Fane and investigate reports of developments with the shadowy seed planted in the garden there. As usual, a strong group and especially strong healers to deal with the ghosts within would be appreciated.

*20231209: **Lore Tour** continues December 9, 2023 at 10AM Pacific. This time we're planning to celebrate the bawkmas spirit by visiting a few snowy areas throughout the lands in search of some presents for the Centaur to thank them for all their help with the Org Sanctuary.

*20231204:In the morning of the day 218 of year 635 (OOC 7pm Pacific, Monday December 4th, just after Lorikeet's hunt time), Mystic guild will be holding a meeting with Sombrion the Wizard and the Abbess Madrona of the Foghaven Monastery. Location of the meeting is on the platform of the Foghaven Monastery. All exiles are invited to join.
**For that meeting, please let us move the purple portal to OP (and green at town) at least on that day... unless we think we can handle having the portal at **outside** of Foghaven Monastery.
**Also I'd like to ask supports from our capable fighters, healers and flute players for safe travel to Foghaven Monastery and back for all exiles who wants to join the meeting on the day.

*20231118: Lore Tour continues Saturday, November 18, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we will be returning to the Shadowplane to continue our exploration there. As usual, strong help would be appreciated.

*20231111: Lore Tour continues Saturday, November 11, 2023 10:00 AM (PST). This time we will be returning to Shadowspring Citadel! It’s been a while so we hope to check on things there especially the Agronox seal to the and how the Page of Rend that sent us to the Shadowplane there reacts to us visiting again, as well as some of the crumbly stairs deep within. This will be a difficult trip, so strong help (and your friends that know Horus well) would be appreciated. While we’re at it, we’ll have to see if Pelaegia is interested in a trip back and maybe see if there’s anything we can do to help her with the repairs.

*20231104: Lore Tour returns Saturday, November 4, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we will be checking out the Org Sanctuary.

*20231021: Lore Tour continues Saturday, October 14, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we will having a spooky time with a Feast of Tsrrin theme. — Phroon

*20231014: Saturday, October 7, 2023, 10AM (PDT) Lore Tour: The Prime Orb of Unstable Infinity
**Yarrr! By now you've surely read my excellent guide Orbs of Unstable Infinity and You. It is very illuminating:⁠
**But what is better than an excellent guide? The real thing. I think we can get Tart'targ to help us find it.
**First, some history. Me chief gunner and good matey Garr has a long and terrifying history of humiliating the Darshak. For instance, this time when Garr just burned the Thaumaturge and his minions to death.
**http://www.thoomcare.com/archives/003485.html
**As you can read in the comments there, long ago I made a note "Loots for Garr. Pirates rule!"
**In the years since that battle, I, the Pirate King of Lok'Groton, have searched for the perfect reward for saving a whole plane of existence against the jerk that tried to merge us with the ether (also just… showing up and kickin' ass with the Pirates since the start). Gotta find some GOOD loot for that!
**During one of my astral projection explorations I finally found it. It was an Orb. An Orb just full of Unstable AND Infinity, and I just knew, in my heart of Pirate Kingly hearts, that I needed to see what exactly Garr would do with this.
**I got back to Puddleby and thought, "Ya know, this thing is really dangerous if someone like the Brions or someone got their hands on it." So I hid it and gave Tart'targ the clues to how to find it. Cuz safety first!
**Arr, anyways, enough really fascinating history of Garr bein' awesome and me astral projecting. For the Lore Tour, we will gather in town and wait for Tart'targ to show up and bring us the clues to where I hid the Orb for safekeeping. We will then go on an adventure to retrieve the Orb from the very safe and very logical place to hide an artifact of unstable infinity. Then, later we will find out how Garr chooses to use his great power (and the Orb) with great responsibility.
**Yarr! Join us as we celebrate Garr and I try and make good on a decades old note!
**There will likely be time for people with Lesser Orbs (yarr, those have been turning up lately) to use said Lesser Orbs. Even lesser ones are probably best used under the supervision of trained Witches and Magicians. This is definitely not like the time with the soul glasses, why would you even think that?
**The Pirate King is not entirely responsible for any uses or side effects of the Orbs that results in harm to an exile or our plane of existence. Hopefully, any such cases will be super duper funny. The disclaimer in my guide to orbs of unstable infinity apply here too.
**Soul Hunter version:
**IOU note to Garr. Magic orbs. Treasure hunt!

[[File: CL-LoreTour-20231008.png|thumb|right| 180px |The Lore Tour in the Shadow Plane]]

*20231007: Lore Tour returns Saturday, October 7, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we plan to return to the Shadowplane and continue our exploration there. As usual, a strong group would be appreciated.

*20230927: This is the 18th year since Tyndall passed away. He was loved by many in life, and is remembered both as a cherished friend and a Puddlebean legend.
**Every year, we mark this time and come together in order to celebrate the lives of friends that we’ve lost over the years: Xenos & Panos, Baffina & Baffette, Tyndall, Tonoto, Eyeball, and K’pyn.
**Please join us to share memories, whiskey, cigars, beer, songs, and bonfires in the Memorial Garden outside Alliance Castle on September 27, 2023 7:00 PM.
**Whether you’re a constant presence, you've been in the library for a while, or you’re somewhere in between, we’d really love to see you. Please also reach out to friends who might not see this message – we’d love to see them, too.

*20230927: The next Healer Hunt will be Wednesday, September 27, 2023 5:30 PM This hunt is for healers and their pets. All are welcome: bring your pet…
*20230923: Ok, so lore tour this week… bearing in mind the captain has tasked me with fixing the planes… AGAIN… I have been struggling if we should go to Geharza or not. Barely by a slim margin I have been convinced (with the help of bribes) to bear arms and go back to the ice caves (But if we run into loose Tipulids again I won’t complain.) So… it turns our that SOMEONE decided to teach the bears how to use altars… (I’m totally not looking at you Inu) and now we have to bear the burden of killing cursed bare bears, cursed armored bears, and cursed bears that need to learn that vowels are a thing. So we’ll head back to the ice caves this week, and this time we’ll need a permanent broom bearer to sweep the bear out of the evil bears and the bear out of the shadow touched Inus. That’s step one. Step two is to have Bearo and Raksbeara and Punibear to convince the evil bears not to be so evil and to double our bear guard on our totally peaceful and not destructive rainbow death cannon. Once that is done we need to try and un-bear curse that altar in ice caves. Normally we’d just tell the Gorvbot to break the altar even more, but it sounds like some people want to fix the altar so they can learn more PF ranks from not ghost Gaiyl… Final step is loot… There better be loot Stinky…..
**For Soul Hunter… Bears again… Murder again… Inu’s fault… Loot!!!
[[File: CL-LoreTour-20230916.png|thumb|right| 180px |The Lore Tour battles armored shadow bears!]]

*20230916: Lore Tour: Sat 10am pacific
** RAAAAAAAWRRRRRRRR RA-ROOAAAARRRRRRRRRR Rawr-BEARRRROOOOOOO
**Rawr-rawr-ROAR-rawr-rawwrrrr-snarl.
**ROAR! RAWR! ROOOOOAAAARRRR!!! RAwr-RA-raWR!! ROAR ROAR ROAR!!!!!!!
**[bear snort]
**THE GREAT BEAR SPIRIT'S CUB BIRO WILL FEED ON THE WEAK BODIES OF THE SHADOWS WHO HAVE FORGOTTEN HOW TO BE BEARS AND SHOW THEM HOW TO BE BEARS AGAIN.
**BRING YOURSELF HONOR, CONQUER FEAR, SPILL SHADOW BLOOD, SEND NOT-BEARS BACK INTO THE DARK.
**For Soul Hunter: Rawr vs Those who pretend to be Rawr!
*20230909: Lore Tour: The Darshak Candidate
**Arrr, here ye here ye, yarr good. Garr... write this down...
**So for some time Kestrel has stated her goal is to establish a new unifying leader of the local Darshak. One way or another, the cult will put someone in charge. An like, ta be honest, all their candidates suck. Creepy Thoom Guy sucks, Rebel Guy sucks, Venables sucks, Necro sucks, all the Darshak nobles suck. So yarr, why don't we make our own?
**So we're gonna kidnap Sasour the Hatchet as he is easily the chillest Darshak we know. We invited him to the Counterheist and he got drunk and laughed at the Shadowguild getting slain in the streets. He's perfect.
**Then probably do some magic to make sure he is a "Force of Abyss Smiting Justice for Puddleby"
**Now this is a complex plan with a lot of ins and outs and such that I will make...er.. explain as we go!
**And to really sell that we are indeed kidnapping Sasour instead of just being like "hey what's up buddy? wanna go drink?" we're gonna need to kill lots and lots of Darshak on our way... Maybe break or take anything that looks important, I dunno, ye do ye in that regard.
**Side benefits: Sasour the Hatchet is likely to know things about Venables' secret weapon the Sarir are so afraid of. Knowledge that may help us devise some sort of counter measure against this "island destroying weapon" at least that's what the Sarir said it was.
**Maybe we could goad Venables into destroying..........
**The Pirate King just kinda wandered off rambling at this point about various schemes weighing the pros and cons of tricking Venables into just blowing up the island and calling it "problem solved"
**For Soul Hunter:
**Kidnap, Friend, Magic, Murder Darshak, Magic, Scheme, Lulz
*20230902: Per captain Stinky: This week on Lore Tour (Saturday September 2nd at 10AM PDT)
**Adventures in Magical Super Science:
**While Katpus and the highly trained researchers from the University of Puddleby (they're definitely not janitors) were conducting super scientific experiments in the Castle Alliance, they may or may not have blown a hole in reality. Katpus seems a bit embarrassed about it, so we don't need to make it into a big deal.
**Whatever may have happened, Katpus' researchers have gone missing, and so have the bears who were guarding her laboratory. In a probably unrelated coincidence, a respectable and probably wealthy individual has shown up claiming some important artifacts have gone missing. There are two mysteries to be investigated and almost certainly booty to be had. For science!
**Soul Hunter Version:
**Portal, Mystery, Bears, Booty

*20230819: **Lore Tour** continues. This time we plane to head to **Fane** and investigate the shadow garden growing there, and perhaps see if the crooked seed we received in the Shadowplane takes root there. If that seed eventually grows and bears fruit, the hope is it will enable us to repair the Windweft altar and restore their connection to Purgatory. As Fane is a very dangerous place, a strong group would be appreciated.

*20230812: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 12, 2023 10:00 AM PDT. This time we plan to continue our investigations into repairing the Ice Cave Altar. We’re thinking of visiting with Pelaegia who we last left in Fountfell Foghaven, and then head over to the Windweft Ice Cave and see if the mysterious gift from the crooked tree in the Shadowplane leads us towards any success in recreating the Ancient’s shadow magic that created the altars.

*20230805: Lore Tour Saturday August 5, 2023 at 10AM (PDT): Hello! It is I, fake Phroon [Brisk], coming to you with an update on Lore Tour this zodiac! It'll be August 5th at the same time as usual. We are planning on trying to visit Nylar to hear of this deal that his minions mentioned that he has for "Sapeeva". For good measure, we hope to bring a "Sapeeva" or close approximation with us. We may need to fight, we may need to bribe, or we may need to gamble. Whatever it is, it's sure to be a good time so come on out if you are free. Cheers!

*20230722: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 22, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT), this time we plan to pay another visit to the Org Cave and see if we can make some progress in becoming friends with the Org. We also plan to continue our investigations into the strange weather in the Ensconcement, and see if perhaps we can find a route up to Stormlyric.

*20230715: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 15, 2023 10:00 AM to return to the Shadowplane, to revisit the protectorate and maybe see if we can find more clues of how Shaer travels the plane freely. As usual, a strong group will be needed!

*20230708: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 8, 2023 10:00 AM PDT, this time we return to the Shadowplane, to visit the protectorate and then to seek the devourer of dreams. As usual, a strong group will be necessary for the trek through this dangerous plane.
**If do we manage to slay the dreamdrinker, we plan to return again to the shadowplane next week too (Saturday, July 15, 2023 10:00 AM PDT) and revisit the protectorate within the same chaos storm, and maybe see if we can find more clues of how Shaer travels the plane freely. So mark your calendars for two weeks of back-to-back shadowplane exploration!

*20230705: The v1336 update: Lightning and thunder require time, the light of the stars requires time, deeds require time even after they are done, before they can be seen and heard. — Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
**More intense weather arriving. Those with elaborate hair-dos or delicate umbrellas can limit certain effects by using the '''''/options strongWeather off''''' command.

*20230701: Hello Puddleby! I come to you tonight as a guest "Phroon". I am in need of some assistance during the Lore Tour this weekend. You see, Tart'targ the wisest witch, had asked us to keep an eye on Sombrion. This has been fairly difficult for me as my eyesight is extremely poor and his keep hovers so high in the sky. However, even my peepers couldn't miss the addition of one of Sombrion's Sarir at the Bison Plains outpost. I'm not saying we need to tattle but we NEED to tell Tart'targ about this. Who knows? Maybe we will see a Witch and a Wizard face off? That wouldn't be terrible. I will be collecting bets and will even go as far as giving a favorable 2 to 1 odds on the Wizard. Anywho, don't be late to this one! You won't want to miss a moment! — Brisk
**Lore Tour took a trip to see Tart'targ and inform her of the Sarir being in the bison plains outpost, Hygra I think was the name. She was not so concerned with this as long as it did not come out that Sombrion was the cause of the abnormal weather that Hygra was studying. We discussed the trip with Pelaegia to Foghaven and how we saw shapes in the fog and heard howling on the wind. She mentioned that Andrachnea, the Abbess of Stormlyric, is known for being a bit standoffish even for witches. We spoke of how Andrachnea disapproved of Forsythia's study of the Org and remembered that we may have left her in the Orga Stronghold. We began to leave to go rescue her and ran into a bit of an issue.
**All of a sudden a Shadowguild Thief knocked me over...I thought he was looking for the bets I was collecting for the Witch vs Wizard duel. We chased them across the estuary and then ran across much stronger friends of the thieves. It looked like some of them had flown into the area on balloons to lead the rest of them. You could tell some were just taking orders and trying to take out as many of us as possible but others seemed to be more interested in a single thing, a thoom. We protected Coriakin the best we could but when he fell he was not taken. Confused, we pressed on until clearing the majority of the shadowguild. We cornered a leader and he said that they were looking for "Sapeeva". His reinforcements came and we tried to corner him again but eventually he managed to find a balloon and escape. As he was leaving he told us that he had a message for us to deliver..."Tell Sapeeva Nylar will cut him a deal." — Brisk

*20230624: The next bard concert is on June 24th at 11AM pacific time. Hope to see you there!

*20230617: Lore Tour returns Saturday, June 17, 2023 10:00 AM PDT, this time we plan to investigate the mysterious (and mist-erious) fog seen throughout the Eastern Mountains. We’ll probably also pay Pelaegia a visit and see what she has to say about these mists. We’ll likely be heading to Foghaven, the mountain haven of fog, so an appropriately strong group would be appreciated.

[[File:LoreTour20230610.png|thumb|right| 200px |The Lore Tour Headed for the Orga Stronghold speaks to '''Forsythia''']]
*20230610: **Lore Tour** returns 10AM PDT, this time we plan to travel deep into to the Orga Stronghold to rescue the Org trapped there! We may take them back to the Org Cave, or they may be the first residents of the new Org Sanctuary on Centaur Island. We may also pop over and have a visit with Trillbane while we’re in the neighborhood. A stronger group would be appreciated.

*20230603: ''Rustles out from under a pile of library books, glances at calendar'' Lore Tour at normal time this weekend (June 3rd, 10AM PDT). Plan is to poke at some of the dark mirrors in the lands and see if we can learn anything about Shaer's Gate.

*20230520: Lore Tour continues Saturday, May 20, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). We plan to return again to the Shadowplane to continue our explorations there. As usual, a strong group would be very helpful.

*20230513: Lore Tour! Operation: Friendship Hammer (10am pacific, usual lore tour time) We've reached a critical stage of the plan to create the Org Sanctuary... we must get some Orgs big and small to trust us enough to get in some cages and be brought to Centaur Island.... So how do we do that?
**I’m unsure but I bet that super cool ocean witch Pelaegia knows a thing or two about it! An she has been wanting to get out and about more so, this seems like a win/win. Bring Pelaegia to the village/Org caves, listen to tales of Orgs from way back when (and anything else we want to talk to her about) and maybe feed some Orgs some panther caps, perhaps bring some caps back for Tart'targ! Perhaps... make Org friends!
**Now, we should be careful, we've been hitting the Darshak rather hard lately and they have expressed an interest in kidnapping our good super cool ocean witch friend... and Tart'targ has turned some into blind amphibians... so ya know... be vigilant! There is no telling what an uppity visiting Darshak Noble may decide to do to prove how great they are or some such nonsense like that.

*20230506: Lore Tour: The Great Kennel Caper (Saturday 10am pacific as usual) The Elusive and Illusive Phroon Thoom, Heist and Counter-Heist Master Extraodinaire has a lead on a stockpile of feral cages somewhere on Ash Island. We need cages for our Org Sanctuary to safely transport the Orgs. The Darshak on Ash backed by Gathner have had an easy time lately since our slaying of Dorcas Direstorm as we've been focused on taking Venables down a few notches while keeping the Gathner backed Darshak agents on the island from being able to get the upper hand there..... so depleting the Ash 'Shak's ability to wrangle and train ferals seems like a solid move that furthers our goals quite nicely!
**Now I know what you be thinkin! "Cap'n! What if them cages be cursed??" Well I'm way ahead of you, and with the help of local mystics and my magician prowess, I have most of a ritual planned to purge away any Abyssal taint the cages may have! (If you are a local mystic and would like to help with this ritual, please contact me, your Pirate King and Master Magician).
**Darshak Nobles continue to visit from Gathner, bringing with them their top tier guards, so be on the look out for fancily dressed swabs who need to be shown a quick way to their forever home in the Abyss!
**In summation! Kennel Heist! Plunder any plunder of opportunity! Get home with magically purified loot! Further details to come!
**Bring: Crowbars, vines, chains, a can do attitude, strongest ranger morphs, and anything else you can think of to aid in this endeavor! See you there!

*20230503: The v1327 update is scheduled for Wednesday 3 May 2023

*20230429: Next month's bard concert (on April 29th at 11AM PDT) will be a special one. As many of you know, Lugubrion was so affected by the tragic fate of his brother Tenebrion that he's retreated from the world and has become a recluse. As someone who's struggled with depression myself, I've decided to try to help Lugubrion in the hopes that he'll be able to recover from his condition. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20230422: Lore Tour continues Saturday, April 22, 2023 10:00 AM (time in your local timezone). This time we plan to return to the Shadowplane. As usual, a strong group would be very helpful. Our plan is to travel to the protectorate through the shadow sea and also to check out if any of the new pages of rend interact with the shadowplane. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

[[File: CL-LoreTour-20230415.png|thumb|right| 180px |The Lore Tour revisits the centaurs with Pelaegia]]
*20230415: Lore Tour! (Saturday 10am pacific blah blah blah) Arrrr! This time we will be taking a stroll over to visit Pelaegia and Tart'targ briefly and see if Pelaegia can come out and play! Once we have picked up everyone's favorite Super Cool Ocean Witch, we will make for the Org cave to try and harvest (hopefully) the last of the mushrooms we need for the Org Sanctuary on Centaur Island. I’m sure Pelaegia will be happy to see the Centaur after all these thousands of years! Yarr! This seems pretty straight forward and nothing could possibly go wrong! Definitely! None of our past actions could conceivably come back to haunt us! For suresies! (Anything that does go wrong will be promptly blamed entirely on Trillium's ankh which is full of cursed)

*20230408: at 2PM (PDT) Saturday April 8th, Clan Lord Open Tactical Hunt (CLOTH) plans to go to the bridge to refine leading and dropping in the right spot and possibly the Slate Caves to practice dodging webs/projectiles. This is open to all, and I encourage newer players to attend, especially if you fall a lot. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Noivad Noivad]

*20230408: Lore Tour continues Saturday, April 8, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we plan to visit The Land of Dank Believe, aka the Book Fort. Bring your imagination and suspend your disbelief, the myrms dug a hole to the sky. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20230405: v1323. The sky is the daily bread of the eyes. — Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
**Hunt trophies are now furniture.
**Phantasmagorical improvements.

*20230401: **Lore Tour** returns 10AM PDT. This time we plan to visit with Egremora and Pelaegia in **Fountfell**, hear a few stories and think about what to do next.

**With Cimmbrion's assistance we've been able to grow some water lilies the two brothers created together back during happier times, and their gift has helped raise Lugubrion's spirits a bit. However, he's still embarrassed by the state of his keep, so to help him with that I'm hoping to hire builders from Puddleby to help renovate it. And to raise funds for that, next month I'll be holding a benefit concert at Lugubrion's keep!

**To make this concert special I will finally premiere the suite I've been working on for years: "The Healer's Lament," which attempts to evoke the trials and tribulations of a healer's life. It'll feature at least five brand new pieces, never before performed, and I'm extra excited because Lugubrion has graciously allowed us to not only use his keep for the performance, he's allowing us to use a brand new instrument - an organ from a thoomish temple! It has a sound unlike anything we've heard before, and I'm excited to share the music I (and the other bards) have been writing for it.

**This is a benefit concert, so I will be asking for donations to help with the cause. Building supplies to aid with the renovations would be very useful, and I will be matching any donations of coins (at least until I run out of coins myself). Even if you can't make a donation I hope you can come! I've invited Lugubrion to be there as our guest of honour and every person there would be a show of support to someone in dire need of it.
**Again, it'll be on Sat. April 29th at 11:00 AM PDT at Lugubrion's Keep. I hope to see you there!
— [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

** 8 word summary for Soul Hunter: "New tunes! New Instrument?! Help Lugubrion... donations please!"

*20230405: The v1323 update is scheduled for Wednesday 5 April 2023.

*20230325: Hello, all! This month’s concert (on March 25th, 11am pacific time as usual) is themed around Spring. Expect a lot of uplifting music about new beginnings or possibly about getting rained on instead. Either way, should be a good time. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20230323: there will also be a very special NNK open hunt adventure on thursday the 23rd at 5pm pacific! Expect various laws including but not limited to physics, nature, and reality to be broken! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Stinkfist Stinkfist]

*20230318: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 18, 2023 10:00 AM (time in your local timezone). This time we plan to return to Shadowspring to finally deliver Pelaegia’s present! We will need strong help to brave the dangers within. We also need some help between now and the Lore Tour to charge some of the machines to open the way into Shadowspring. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20230318: *Arrr! Lore Tour Recap! The Shadowplane had indeed shifted in many ways. The ground seemed less bitey, which I blame on Inu and her masterful ambassadorship. Keep hugging them Shadow Trees! Yer doing great!We also discovered a new “cave” which was just full of boo and scary and pretty and confusion.
**Another page of rend was discovered and perhaps most importantly a new phantasm page was found! We only covered a fraction of the Shadowplane so more to find and explore seems very likely! Oh and sadly Brisk failed to do that thing, perhaps next time (we are all rooting for ya buddy!)

**Next lore tour we will (charging nodes permitting) be visiting Shadowspring Citadel to bring Pelaegia her birthday presents! Probably other reasons too, more information and hype coming soon!

*20230311: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 11, 2023 10:00 AM PST. This time we will return to the Shadowplane to continue our investigations into the malevolent forces within. We’ve already seen that the shadows have reacted to us, we plan on investigating if they have changed further following our contact with them. We will need many sharp minds, strong fighters, and brave healers to endure the dangers within. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20230304: Lore Tour returns Saturday, March 4, 2023 10:00 AM PST. This is the day the portal is scheduled to move to the village, so we’re planning on going there to get a mystic a mark. We’ll also check the Org cave for more Panther caps and bring them to the centaur for their work on the Org sanctuary. If we have time we might also do some other stuff too. We’ll be traveling through vale and parts of the ensconcement, so strong help will be helpful. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]
*20230302: 2023-03-01 v1318 Update: ''Sometimes we need the fog to remind ourselves that all of life is not black and white.''—Jonathan Lockwood Huie (b. 1945)'''Those who venture north may notice new snell edges being tested. Please share your feedback!'''
*20230225: Bard concert this weekend! Saturday Feb 25th at 11AM PST, at the bards’ guild hall in north field. Noivad will be auditioning for full bard again, so come cheer him on! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]
*20230224: MediaWiki has been updated to v1.39.2. As usual, please report any unexpected changes.
*20230218: Lore Tour! Saturday 10am pacific!!Arrrr, we require more lab equipment for constructing the rainbow death/life cannon!We've already stolen the Oh-Venn from Penn Venables, now we return for the rest of his stuff!
**During the Oh-Venn heist we discovered that Venables has been training sciencemancers who can open ethereal portals and shoot mighty blasts of chain lightning. Thus an elaborate and complex scheme is required to get his lab equipment.
**The plan is simple and elaborate, eloquent yet basic. The perfect mix of blunt force and sneakery!
**We will pick a location to "conduct a magical ritual to seal off the island from the ethereal plane" to get his attention and draw him in. Additionally we will tell the local sarir population of Venables' dastardly plans to shackle Tenenbrion's spirit and bend it to his will, which is probably not a complete and total lie.
**Also Kalian and I have a secret weapon up our sleeve should we require it.
**Once Venables' forces are committed to the battle a small rag tag group will break off and sneak into the lab and take everything they possibly can and get out before Venables has time to know what happened.
**Like all great plans, should you have additional ideas feel free to contact myself, Phroony, Kalian, or anyone else who seems like an authority figure for this sort of thing. As always, the plan will be "do all the plans"
**We will need as many exiles as possible to pull this off and there will be no small roles to play in this daring heist!
**Bonus if we can get any notes regarding what Penn has exactly been up to with the ethereal plane. All we know so far is he seems to have access to an isolated sphere of it.
**Be there! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Stinkfist Stinkfist]

*20230216: [https://clanlord.net/images/CL-Boats%20are%20too%20expensive%20480.mp4 The Typical End to an Estuary/Mountain/Bison Plains Hunt] because we don’t want to spend 100c or fall before the estuary exit. And [https://clanlord.net/images/CL-LA%20Excellence.mp4 Punisher Has mad skills falling—Laughing Academy Excellence!]

*20230211: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 11, 2023 10:00 AM PST. This time we will be continuing to examine mountain springs in Vale and Fountfell, with a possible detour to the Org Caves for some Spotted Panther Caps. These areas, and especially the route to Fountfell, are difficult, so strong help would be helpful. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20230204: Lore Hunt. Step 1: Bears. Step 2: Tart'targ talk." Step 3: Mountains. The Lore Tour returns with Biro negotiating for bear support, the group asking Tart'targ if a certain plant is okay to plant, and a trip to the mountains to find a place to plant the seeds.

*20230201: [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Stinkfist Stinkfist] is organizing a raid on Venable's Laboratory at February 1, 2023 7:30 PM. As you may know, Venable is verified ne'er-do-well, who has spent several decades looting Tenebrion's Keep for anything of value and has built himself a reasonably well stocked lab with those ill-gotten gains. Any equipment, Darshak or Wizard in origin, poses a threat to the region if left in the hands of Venable. As such, it is best if it is secured in the safe, respectful, and responsible hands of Puddleby and our resident catapult enthusiast, Katpus. — Ausrine

*20230201: the '''v1314''' update is scheduled for Wednesday 1 February 2023: Life is found in animals and plants. But in animals it is patent and obvious, whereas in plants it is hidden and not clear. To establish its existence requires considerable research. The question at issue is whether plants have or have not a soul, and a capacity for desire, pain, pleasure, and discrimination. — Aristotle (384–322 BCE)
**''You’ll have to explore for this month’s changes.''

*20230128: Reminder! This Saturday at 11 pacific time will be the next concert. This concert will be shadow-themed... bards are encouraged to come with pieces inspired by the shadowplane and its effects. I can confirm that at least three new pieces will be premiered! Anyone who's out of the loop on the shadowplane storyline and is hoping for a recap - this is your chance! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

**Note: The shadowplane can make our thoughts reality and affect our minds, and it may have developed an interest in music for, er, reasons not worth getting into at this time. I've been assured that playing a bunch of music themed around the shadowplane is "not necessarily a really bad idea" and the chances of opening a rift there is unlikely. But shadow creatures have appeared at concerts before, so be warned that safety is not guaranteed. And if possible, bring a friend who can monitor you for signs of shadow madness.

*20230121: Per Stinkfist:
Arrr! In light of recent events set into motion by our favorite Myrm, we will be conducting negotiations with the Centaur to construct an Org sanctuary on their fair island. We are benevolent and wholesome now! Go us!

Also probably just yelling at Katpus that they are building us a Rainbow Death Cannon. Aymi said it is a life cannon actually and that sounds lovely and very thoughtful of us to build!

After negotiations we will either be pillaging the Darshak to secure funding or to take out our frustrations as that seems to be the most ethical option.

Either ways, gonna be greats! We are benevolent and good!

For those who like things in list form I've broken down the captains message.
This week on Lore Tour:
1. Talk to some overtly angry quadripeds about building a sanctuary for the ancestors of the people who murdered like 99% of their ancestors (Bring your Orga morphs for laughs)
2. Talk to a notoriously slow builder about a super difficult upcoming project we have for her
3. Facestab Darshak until they give us more loot
4. What could go wrong?

* 20230114: Lore Tour continues Saturday, January 14, 2023 10:00 AM PST. We are planning on helping Tart’targ deliver our gift to Palaegia. We hope to be traveling into Shadowspring, depending on if we get things open beforehand. Otherwise, we might be powering some of the ancient machines.

*20230111: Lore Tour Followup @Ausrine says: There will be a follow up to Tar'Targ/ Pelaegia gift giving on (OOC Wednesday Jan 11 7PM Pacific Time).

* 20230107: MediaWiki updated to v.1.39.1. As always, please report any unexpected behavior. If you don’t change your theme, the following doesn’t apply. ''Note: if you change the skin/theme from the current one, I noticed some pages do not render properly. So, if you encounter this, simply change your theme to Vector (2010 or 2022). This should fix the issue.''

[[File:LoreTour1022.jpg|thumb|right| 180px | The Lore Tour successfully reaches our goal.]]
* 20230107: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 7, 2023 10:00 AM PST. This time we are planning to deliver Pelaegia's gift to Tart'targ. '''Update: The Tour was successful!'''

* 20230104: Update '''v1310''' is here. Secrets abound, and unexplored places wait patiently for exiles to find them.
''“There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.”'' — Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) '''Here’s wishing everyone a ranky New Year!'''

==2022==
*20221230: Let there be music! Be prepared and mark your calendars for the concert on FRIDAY, 30th December at 1pm pacific time. There will be old and maybe even new music played! — Bingro

[[File:MerryBawkmask.jpg |250px|left|Merry Bawkmas!]]
*20221224–25: '''Santa''' will come out twice this year to check if you were naughty or nice at the following times for a whopping half hour each Saturday, December 24, 2022 7:00 PM PST and Sunday, December 25, 2022 8:30 AM PST. If you can't make it during these times, don't worry he will be available to deliver a few days after Bawkmas as well (Gotta love travelling on Bawkmas day!). — Brisk

*20221217: Lore Tour continues Saturday, December 17, 2022 10:00 AM PST. This time we will be continuing to help Tart'targ search for a gift for Pelaegia in Silversnag Ascent. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221210: '''Lore Tour''' continues Saturday, December 10, 2022 10:00 AM PST. This time we will be exploring, likely in the Eastern Mountains. What will we find? Who knows! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

[[File:GottaGetACloak.jpg|250px|left|new fur-lined cloaks are available.]]
[[File:Cloaks.jpg |250px |left |more cloaks]]
*20221207: With the 1306 update, A new area is discovered. Cold and Snowy reopens for winter. And new Cloaks are able to be made.

*20221203: Lore Tour returns Saturday, December 3, 2022 10:00 AM PST. We will be returning again to the Shadowplane, this time to try and track down and defeat the devourer of dreams mentioned by the denizens of the protectorate. As this will be a tough expedition, strong help would be appreciated. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221126: The next concert is Nov 26 at the usual time, 11am pacific.— [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20221119: Lore Tour continues Saturday, November 19, 2022 10:00 AM PST. We will be returning to the Shadowplane to continue our explorations and to try and rescue another Lost Dreamer that has been stranded there. As usual, strong help would be appreciated.

*20221112: **Lore Tour** returns Saturday, November 12th @ 10AM PST (be mindful of the recent US time change). Stinkfist just handed me the following on a scroll with the plan:
> After deliberation and conferment with Kalian, who can't stand the thought of Darshak having nicer things than him, Ambassador Gorvin and his position of Darshak murder is always good, Garr who just wants to burn stuff, and general mad cackling by the Pirate King of Lok'Groton it has been decided that we will return to Ash City to "murder, pillage, and take the fancy things that those nobles brought there"
> Loot and pillage and make Kestrel too afraid to EVER leave her tower. There will be loot this time, Stinky has some promising leads on that. A cat witch told him about it in a dream!
— [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221105: Lore Tour returns Saturday, November 5, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. This time we will be retuning to the Shadowplane to continue to explore and view the strange sculptures within. We believe we have discovered a stable way to exit the shadowplane so a depart is no longer certain, but we still could use many strong exiles to help brave the dangers within. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221029: Next weekend’s bard concert in the Puddleby Theatre will be Tsirrin themed! Come in costume to enjoy spooks and spoops. Ghosts and shadow madness are a definite maybe, safety not guaranteed. It’ll be at the usual time, Saturday, October 29, 2022 11:00 AM PDT — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20221022: Lore Tour continues Saturday, October 22, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. This tour will be Feast of Tssrin themed. Come join us in your favorite costume to help bust some ghosts! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221015: No worries Phroon. Lore Tour returns 10AM PDT. Stinky says we’re going on a “Classic Pirate Kingly Adventure.” All ye need is to show up with plenty of pack space so we can help our friends out. 🏴‍☠️ ❣️ Also I want more Vision Stream art, wah wah wah. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.InuTeisei Inu Teisei]

*20221008: Lore Tour continues Saturday, October 8, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. We plan to return once again to explore the Shadowplane, this time focusing on exploring the mysterious shadow ocean and lands beyond. Again, strong help will be helpful. Sadly, a way out of the plane has yet to be found, so until it is a depart is certain. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221006: H’loi! I expect there will be a meeting between Tar’Targ and Cimmbrion at the lake in Northern Puddleby on Thursday October 6, 2022 7:00 PM PDT. Possibly in Arial Eth'lenn’s home or outside. All exiles are invited to attend. A neutral, third party would be appreciated but you are nai required to act as such. — Ausrine

*20221001: Lore Tour returns Saturday, October 1, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. We plan to return to the Shadowplane, and explore the strange lands within. Strong help will be helpful in exploring the plane. Luckily we still have loan of Pelaegia’s lantern to calm our minds. A stable path in has been discovered, but we have yet to find a way back home. It is very likely that this will be a one-way trip, EPS and Purgatory Pendants do not seem to work in the Shadowplane. Unless we find another way out, a depart is certain. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221029: The next concert will be on Saturday, October 29, 2022 11:00 AM PDT and take place in the theatre. It'll be Feast of Tsirrin themed, so wear a costume! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20220924: Alright, then! Bard concert next weekend at Egremora’s tavern, at Saturday, September 24, 2022 11:00 AM (PDT). Bonus points for anyone who brings a song that’s a story. Raks, any chance you can reprise that story about Dandelion and Helpful? 🙂 — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20220922: It has been 17 years since [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Tyndall Tyndall], the beloved sylvan warrior, passed away. He was loved by many in life, and is remembered both as a cherished friend and a Puddlebean legend.
**Every year, we mark this day by coming together to celebrate our memories of Tyndall and our other lost comrades: [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Baffina Baffina] and [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Baffette Baffette], slayers of orga; [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Tonoto Tonoto], the mapmaker; [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Eyeball Eyeball], courageous and funny; [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.KPyn K'pyn], the King of Pins.
**We newly grieve the passing of [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Xenos Xenos] the Brave and [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Panos Panos] the Boar, who were pillars of our community for decades and will be remembered well as long as we are here to do it. They wished us all “a happy and fruitful life and the good sense to live it with no regrets.”
**Please join us to share memories, whiskey, cigars, beer, songs, and bonfires in the Memorial Garden on September 22, 2022 7:00 PM. All are welcome. If you knew any of these exiles, you are warmly encouraged to attend and to share your stories. If you are grieving someone from outside the lands, know that this is a space where you can hold that in community. If you would like to show love and friendship to exiles who have lost beloved people, know that your presence will do that.
**There are a lot of people who might be interested attending this memorial, but don't keep a close eye on [http://www.thoomcare.com/ Thoomcare], Discord, or Facebook. If you have the capacity, we invite you to help bring our little town together by reaching out to folks who you think would be interested in coming but won't notice these posts. Thank you! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Largo Largo]

*20220917: Lore Tour continues Saturday, September 17, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. We plan to return to Egremora’s bar in Fountfell, have a few drinks, convey Sarasera’s hellos and talk about repairing the Windweft altar. And maybe if we have time a story or two. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220910: Lore Tour continues Saturday, September 10, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. We plan to return again to Shadowspring and continue our investigation into the Pages of Rend and possibly return to the Shadowplane. We will again need strong exiles to travel through Shadowspring and brave the dangers of the Shadowplane. We will need to try to stay nearer the sun lantern, lest we all slowly go mad and lash out at our friends. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220907: The v1293 update is scheduled for Wednesday 7 September 2022.

*20220903: Lore Tour continues Saturday, September 3, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. Our plan is to return to the depths of Shadowspring Citadel, investigate the shadows, read some triangles, visit with Pelaegia, and if we can make it check on the Agronox Seal. As always, Shadowspring is filled with difficult creatures and we could use a strong group.
Many thanks to all those who have charged the ancients machines recently, your help has been instrumental in making this happen. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220827: Monthly Bard Concert Saturday. 11AM PDT.

*20220820: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 20, 2022 10:00 AM (PDT). Some time ago we had contact with Darshak from Gathner led by Kestrel and her associate Dorcas. We will be visiting them with our chosen ambassador [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Gorvin Gorvin] to conduct further negotiations regarding the future of Darshak in our island chain. See Ambassador Gorvin for details. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220813: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 13, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. We plan on continuing our checking of the ancient machines, and our search for changes made by the ancient spelling and grammar checking machine. We’ve already observed some changes in the triangles and we suspect there might be a few more changes to be found. We will be trying to visiting Heartwood Glade in the Vale of Giants, and revisiting Sunspire, so some strong help will be appreciated. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220827: Bard Concert “Next concert August 27 at the same time!” — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20220806: Lore Tour returns Saturday, August 6, 2022 10:00 AM (PDT). We plan on revisiting some of the ancient machines in the Eastern Mountains, checking to see if the shadows are there and if any of them might be that Ancient spelling and grammar checking machine. We plan on visiting some of the tougher machines to get to, so strong help would be appreciated. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220730: Bard Concert: on Saturday July 30th at 11am pacific time, but it won’t be in the bards’ field. Instead head over to west town near Prometha’s bonfire for our beach party themed concert! Enjoy sun, sand, and surf while enjoying songs about sun, sand, and surf. Wear your best beach attire and get ready to cuddle in close because there won’t be a stage. See you then!
**''(For bards who don’t have many/any beach-themed songs, other music’s fine. But if you’ve got something - great!)''

[[File:CL-LoreTour.jpg | right]]
*20220723: Lore Tour: Astral Projection Shenanigans Saturday, July 23, 2022 10:00 AM

**Today’s lore tour followed Stinkfist’s guidance and ended up on a trip through a variety of…. peculiar locations. First a dark cave filled with mauling and crushing spirits, then to a desolate peak floating in the sky, to a trool village, and beyond. Eventually we ended up in a marsh with some meshra interested in trade, and a strange obelisk that hummed inanely in thoomish. Stinkfist decided we needed to steal it, but an attempt to astrally project it back to Puddleby went awry and we ended up in the shadowplane instead! We were led to a giant shadowplane-ish statue of, er, me. I'm still puzzling that out. But before we knew it we ended up back in the Puddleby mushroom hut, with the obelisk there! Unfortunately, the obelisk was right in the middle of the pool there and promptly sank. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20220714 — created template sitenavbar (using quick links). To insert it in pages use sitenavbar between a set of 2 curly braces “{{}}”.
*20220706 — The v1284 happened on Wednesday, July 6, 2022

*20220702 — Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 2, 2022 10AM PST/5PM UTC. We’re continuing the search for luminous scales and a sun wyrm’s shadow. Or search will take us back to Gungla Island and the dark places within. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220625 — Next Bard Concert: June 25, 2022 11AM PST, 2PM EST

*20220618 — Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 18, 2022 10:00 AM (PST). Our plan this time is to follow up on rumors of new caves in the Rocky Cavern and search for clues for the luminous scales. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon?from=Profiles.Phroon Phroon]

*20220611 — Lore Tour: “plans are still a bit vague, as they may change depending on what happens. The general plan is to:

1) visit Tart’targ so [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Aurelie Aurelie] can deliver Cimmbrion’s message (and hopefully defuse some of the hostilities).

2) Visit Strangler Fig to try to get more information about the Book of Rend or about the books that the shadowguild stole from her.

3) Visit the rocky cavern to talk to the Sun Wyrm there and ask about acquiring luminous scales. Rumor has it that it requested a “dance with the shadows” or something along those lines, so I’m really hoping people come up with a better idea than “Make Coriakin Try To Summon Shadows” which was already suggested. Not by me.” — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

[[File:Not_Bear_Counter_Heist_The_Mystery_of_Mehans_Armor.png| 200px | left]]

*20220604 - Lore Tour June 4th. Destination Windweft Mountain. ''(plan pictured left)'' UPDATE: “Lore Tour successfully fought an evil armored bear likely infested with shadows that was trying to usurp Birosson’s place as chieftain of the glacier bears. Mehan’s armor was dinged to destruction, sadly, but at least it’s not being used for nefarious purposes. Or by nefarious porpoises.” — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]
*20220521 - Lore Tour May 21 at the usual time: 10am PDT/1pm EDT, 7pm CEST/UTC+2. “Coriakin reports: Next week's Lore Tour will be to the Vale to try to find Master Spruce. On the way, we hope to visit Strangler Fig for a quick chat. May 21, 10am PDT”
*20220514 - Lore Tour (10AM PST) [[File:CL-Haunted_Fane.jpg| 250px | right]]
*20220430 - Next bard concert will be April 30 at 11am pacific time! — Coriakin
*20220226 - Bard Concert, Saturday Feb 26, at 11AM PST
*20220212 Lore Tour is Saturday Feb 12, at 10 am PST/1 pm EST
*20220205 - Saturday Feb 5th 10am PST/1pm EST Lore Tour: The 2nd Battle for the Ancient Bear Caves. BE THERE! SAVE THE BEBE BEARS!" Update: Bebe Bears saved.
*20220129 - Next Bard Concert: January 29, 2022 11AM PST, 2PM EST ”who will win the Museum Token?“ UPDATE: Bingro V’arndal won!
*20220115 - Updated to MediaWiki 1.37.1 (Please report any unexpected behavior.)

==2014–2017==

*201707xx - Updated to the latest version of MediaWiki. Please report any unexpected behavior.
*201505XX - Updated to yet another version. Hopefully this v. has more pep.
* Added Rank Message and Ranger Progress in Actual Tablular format — oh the power of 1990s layout!
* A new contributor has appeared (happy to make accounts by request)
* fixed a few little things here and there as needed.
* Master Fistus is apparently a bro.

*20140731 - Updated to the latest stable release of Media Wiki on my Branch. If you see any weirdness [http://vagilemind.com/clanlord/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=265 let me know] (on the Sentinel/Discord).

*201407 - Added to Group Survival Guidelines, updated how to dodge webs, added in more into about controlling where you fight and fluid movements with in the group.

20140326 - Updated to the latest version of Media Wiki (released 20140311).

==Past Events==
8/22/2012: 
Puddleby Archery Contest Rules 
Date - Sept. 2 
Time - 1:30 p.m. PDT, 4:30 p.m. EDT, 8:30 p.m. GMT 
Locations - Spiritwood, University, Castle 

The following are the rules and regulations regarding the Archery Contest scheduled for Sept. 2nd. Please come and enjoy the festivities. Beer, food, and fun are certain to be had. Each exile will need a projectile weapon to compete; however, javelins or bows and quivers with three arrows included will be sold the day of the contest. Please be aware the bow, arrows, and quiver will be sold for the same coins the NPC's require to make them, and exiles will not be charged for seta scales, tusks, sturdy limbs, and feathers. I believe the total for a bow and set of arrows is 150c. 

The Prizes: First place will pick first from the prize pool, second place will pick second… 

1. Lyfelidae Claw 2. 5000 Coins 
3. Furlined Cloak 
4. Puma Pelt 
5. Orgaberry 
6. Waterproof Boots 
7. Caustic Gland 
8. Lilaberry, other items... 

Arsenal: Current inventory status available for contest 

1. 5 Javelins (75c each) 
2. 8 Bow and 11 quivers with 5 arrows each. (150c each set) 
3. 1 Boomerang 
4. 12+ arrows, judges at each round will have extra in case of breakage 

Three Rounds: Three rounds open to all. (Mystic, Healer, Fighter all have chance to win) 

Round 1. Test of Hunting (3 pts.) 
a. 1st round held in the Spiritwood 
b. Each contestant will be allowed three shots to kill or wound a spriggin. 

Round 2. Test of Accuracy (3 pts.) 
a. 2nd round held in the University 
b. Each contestant will take three shots at three different distances. 

Round 3. Test of Will (3 pts.) 
a. 3rd round held within the Castle 
b. One shot of moonshine then 20 secs to fire 3 arrows at a stationary target. 

Tiebreaker - if required 
a. Tiebreaker round options include a group hunt, cash bonus round, etc... 
b. The last contest did not require the tiebreaker, but judges will vote on round 

Contributors: Special thanks to many exiles... Natas for letting me remove that lyfe claw from his thick ghorak skin. Neko No Kessha for their large cash prize and promotion. Coldy for his endless questing of prizes and finance. Fiona for her gracious donation of the super sleek puma pelt. Chmee for his berry collection. Taryn for her vast storage fees and arsenal assembly. Maeght, Connie, Talas, Fredor, Yosaku, Grog, Arbitur, the Hunter's, D'ead, and many other exiles I am forgetting who generously donated arrow and bow ingredients over the past decade. 

Special thanks to the Clump for helping to promote the contest! http://www.clanlord.net/clump/ 
Special thanks to the Sentinel for helping to promote the contest! http://www.vagilemind.com/clanlord/ 
And finally, special thanks to the entire Neko No Kessha clan for helping to promote the contest! http://nekonokessha.wordpress.com/ 

3/26/2012: I have implemented a self-signed security (SSL) certificate that enables HTTPS to protect passwords and thus accounts. All links should redirect to https now. I would like to get an official certificate when expenses allow it, but just the static IP is ~ $50/year. Most browsers will warn people visiting about it, but it is legitimate, but check it out to make sure it is of the proper origin first. (Only a player could have made it.) Also, the new home of the CLUMP is on clanlord.net in case you never look at the URL address bar.

2/27/2012: Yet another long hiatus. I was informed by Talas that he couldn't edit pages. I looked into it and realized that I upgraded the underlying PHP to 5.3.x but not MediaWiki to comply with the changes. '''BAD ADMINISTRATOR!''' For now, I've reverted to PHP 5.2.x and pages are now editable. I'll try not to be so sloppy next time I update the underlying structure. Unfortunately, my attention has been diverted as I investigate and evaluate various technologies to handle possible Clan Lord and other non-CL projects I've been considering beginning. I am thinking about implementing the Zend2 framework for a CL timeline site, but it is still in Beta. If you know Zend2 or just Zend, any online resources you think would be valuable to look at to speed learning/evaluating them would be welcome. ''noi... at noi... dot net is a good contact address for that.''

==2011==
9/8/2011: Long hiatus as I worked on refining my PHP skills by building a site from scratch, and not related to the CLUMP2. I've been gone for a bit and haven't had time to update. Luckily others have filled in a bit. Please send me feedback on pages you'd like and unclear explanations. If you're a professional writer or a really good amateur, I'd appreciate your input as well.

Also, I'm kicking around the idea of making a CL timeline in PHP. I'm kicking around ideas. If you'd like to discuss please goto the coffee and donuts section of the [http://www.vagilemind.com/clanlord/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=8912&p=184041#p184041 Sentinel].

==2010==
8/25-27/2010: clump2.noivad.net transition made! new URL! Fresh, unspoiled DB!

Currently moving all data to a new DB. Unfortunately all accounts will be destroyed, to remake an account contact me directly with your email address for confirmation. Contributors, please do not make pages without any connection to other pages, or any pages to "protect" them.--[[User:Mwadmin|Mwadmin]] 06:02, 25 August 2010 (PDT)

7/27/10: Registration has been stopped. Accounts are created by request only now.

7/06/10: Welcome Arindal Immigrants.

==2009==
1/18/09: Welcome back old players and welcome new players. Clan Lord now has no monthly fees. New Areas and new Islands abound in the last few years. Ask about Death Trap Noids (DTN), Metzetli Island (Metz), and The Mountain Glen (Glen) for a look at all the changes. If you remember Tenebrion he's been trapped in the Ethereal Plane (EP) for a few years. Fighters have 3 subclasses now: Champions, Rangers and Bloodmages. Healers just recently acquired 2 new tools! There are many minor changes as well. Catch up with what's been happening at [http://www.thoomcare.com/ Thoomcare].

==2008==
8/11/08: A new page entitled [[10 Things for Groups]] is available to peruse at your leisure. [[Aura Healing]] ability needs a page, aside from the [[Healer_Trainers#Radium|Radium]] as do [[Special_Fighter_Types#Blood_Mages|Blood Mages]].

6/19/08: One Step Closer
The CLUMP is one step closer to being a legitimate entity. I found a cheap ssl cert site, [http://www.rapidsslonline.com/rapidssl-certificates.php RapidSSL], and we now has internets certificates! Also, in order to pay for said certificate, I added a paypal donate button to the donations page in case anyone ever visits it.

6/3/08: "Oh that crazy Org!"
[[Image:MySQLBUs.png|right]]
I updated links to Org Du Lac's [http://bestiary.puddleby.net/beast.php Bestiary] after I noticed that he updated his site to php a while back and I never updated the links. We've already got php, It's very nice!

Double checked that the database this puppy runs on is backed up every night after many months of blind faith. looks good! See >>>>

Minor diction change: I now prefer the term "creature" to refer to anything that you kill for experience. I'll slowly roll that out as I notice it in the pages.

10 things for groups is taking shape and I may include Michael's version of what not to do in groups, edited for language of course. (Interestingly enough some of the topics he covers ARE mentioned in the notorious [[Group_Hunting#How_NOT_to_handle_bad_situations|How NOT to handle bad situations]] subsection of group hunting.

We're up to 86 pages! Wow! Only a few of which are not used. I'll be trimming down the unused pages soon. If you have pages that you don't want deleted that aren't being used. Please link them to another page so I know not to touch them.

'Til next time! Same Thoom time same Thoom channel!

6/2/08: Updated a few pictures and links. More [[Links]] are welcome.
A Mystic page was added.
Currently compiling player suggestions for 10 things for hunting in groups at [[http://www.vagilemind.com/clanlord/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4568 The Sentinel]]. Please feel free to add to the discussion there.

== Miscellaneous ==
[[Image:nabisco.png]]

Input is welcome on the [https://discordapp.com/channels/270291133798547456/270291133798547456 Discord Server ] or anywhere.

[[Image:hole.png]]

Thank you to everyone that has contributed so far. I've read over your changes and It's obvious some people are a lot clearer writers than me, also I like the healer perspective being fleshed out in the healing section, particularly the [[Healing#Rodding|rodding]] section.

==Additions==
Also, I've just added a new Appendix: [[Command Reference]].

11/27 Updated the Wiki to version 1.8.2. This should mean nothing to you, just thought I'd note it.

12/5 The Clump will be temporarily offline for a few days in the next week or two. It will return to its regularly scheduled serving as soon as possible. I'll update the Sentinel when it goes offline.

1/17 Updated to [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki MediaWiki] 1.8.3 because of a vulnerability in the system that could allow session information such as passwords be redirected to another site. 1.8.3 deals with this problem. there should be no noticeable change in using the CLUMP to users.

2/23 I've updated to MediaWiki 1.9.3 everything seems to work that I've checked. if you experience anomalies or can't log in. mail noivad -at- mac -dot- com. I had to update because there was a security issue, and we all know how much we like things not to be spammed and taken over.

3/15 I've added little things like external links to other's pages within the manual instead of just the links section to make it more expansive and interactive. I'll continue to do this as I come across places to link things to. I also encourage people to add clan lord related links to the manual and links page.

-The manual is pretty well fleshed out and more accurate thanks to contributors now, and updates made by me will be less frequent, but that doesn't mean I'm going to neglect it. It's my mission to keep this manual as current and accurate as possible without spoiling too much.

-I'm trying to get a mystic section with what knowledge they can share, but there appears to be considerable resistance to even basic info within the council, and without their approval I'm holding off on even trying to get any information.

6/13 Updated to MediaWiki 1.10.0 e-mail me with any problems... besides trying to get the e-mail to work (unless you know a solution) or have a link with info about fixing it.

6/14 After a long and arduous adventure '''e-mail from the CLUMP is now active'''. All users please verify your e-mail address given because I'm turning on an option to require e-mail address verification before one can edit.

12/02/07: Updated to MediaWiki 1.11.

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== Additions Log==

Added [[Mystics]]: Requested info about mystics from mystic council — it took a while!

6/2007 Added: [[Knighthood|Knighthood]]

1/0x Added [[Links|link]] to http://bestiary.clanlord.net/index.html Org Du Lac's Bestiary].

1/06 Adding [[Tactics#Standing_too_close_to_a_Snell_Border|standing too close to snell border]] under [[Tactics]].

12/2x Added another reason to chain while leaving a snell in [[Tactics#Chaining|Chaining]].

12/0x Added [[Macros]].

11/27 Adding [[Fighting#Fighting Basics|Fighting Basics]]: Very basic combat info for beginners: swing and fall back. Use a brick if you have one or terrain while you regain your balance. Added: fighting tip about how reach is dependent on movement speed.

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11/26 Add: All hail the reigning president !

Added in more material about writing macros to the [[Macros]] Page. ''It is completed.''

10/xx Added: [[Creatures#Chain Lightning|Chain lightning]] info: if you see a bolt bounce, get away from others drawing lightning.
Add how to take down a bolt bouncer: have each fighter stand on opposite sides of the 'lock and the lightning won't bounce.

10/xx Added: [[Healing]] page. ''may have to split it into multiple sections.''

10/xx Added in section on the [[Healing#The_Combat_Zone|combat zone]]. Always decide where to fight monsters, not the other way around. Have healers recognize and stay out of the combat zone or behind the fighters.

9/xx Added: [[Tactics#Dodging Webs|Dodging Webs]]

8/xx Added a section to [[Tactics#Retreating|retreating]] telling people how to provide cover for injured or exiles how might not make it out of the snell if you leave them caught between a rock and a hard place.

8/xx Added [[If Unable to Retreat#Focus on Greatest Threat|Focus]] on creatures when in a tough situation.
Explain greatest threat and to kill first.

To Add Basic explanation of trainers: Atkus uses up more balthus, Darkus slows down regia, Evus teaches a bit of everything, but the atkus to balthus ratio is tilted to eat balance slowly. Virtually no fighter trainers are "pure" trainers, most have a mixture of other elements in them.

==Wanted==
2026: WANTED: A rewritten champion page.

Wanted: Info on Radium, anything you find missing!
''Thanks to Kenegluk for pointing out holes in coverage!''

Iriel Red contributed a book for the logo, and in my humble opinion made a great logo for the CLUMP.

I'd like to get information on knights and knight items since I often get asked that by exiles looking to become one. So, if any knights out there want to share, please make a page with the answers. (:
** Inu says: See above, page created, linked in to appendix and here.

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=Lore Tour Summaries=
==2026==
20260919: This week, the Lore Tour journeyed through the Vale of Giants (Where we were ambushed by roughly three million badgers) before making its way to the town of Fountfell. There, we met with Kasarra, who delivered a prototype of the Silksteel armor she has been developing to Cecil. She explained that she needs many more ice prisms to simplify the blacksmithing process enough to teach it to our town’s blacksmiths and offered to employ someone to gather them for her. Lord Seaforth of the Many Titles also acquired a newly crafted plate from Kasarra to replace the one stolen by Trillbane the Scoundrel. Kasarra added that she also might be able to teach Powean a few improvements to the stout chain design we recently learned to make. After leaving the blacksmith, we stopped by the Rockslide Tavern for a drink and an exchange of stories with Egremora. She shared a tale about Master Spruce, revealing more of his history before he became the gnarled, old, nap-loving hermit we know today. We ended the evening with Coriakin recounting our recent discoveries beneath the Shadowspring Citadel, including some of the gates we found there. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Garr Garr]

20260822: For today's Lore Tour we stayed in town to perform the new song I wrote for Trillbane, with the help of Xepel and a quickly-conscripted Polerand (who did a great job!). Trillbane loved the song, and also loved forcing an infuriated Seaforth to hand over his armour which was also promised in the bargain. After Seaforth performed the angriest striptease in history, Trillbane showed off his new look, trained a few people, and then returned to... whatever he was doing. The possibly-mythical town of Rankerton was mentioned.

Afterwards, Lore Tour graciously escorted me to Heartwood Glade to look for another piece of sonorous heartwood, the newly discovered bard instrument part. After a fierce battle, we reached the deepest part of the glade where Haffron discovered what we were looking for. So, it looks like the bard contest next week will now have prizes for the top two entrants! Thanks everyone have prizes for the top two entrants! Thanks everyone — Phroon

*20260808: For Lore Tour we followed the plan and met with Tart'targ, who said Trillbane had already stopped by and let her now. We then went into the dark beneath Shadowspring, where we fought our way deeper in the dark but ultimately had troubles getting across a bridge that had been gummed up by pebbles and Skitterlings and we ended up departing. — Phroon

*20260801: For Lore Tour we followed the plan and fought our way to the Foghaven Monoliths where we found and defeated another Ick Promontory. We then headed up to GMV Ruins where we found the usual infestation of Skitterlings and Ick, but no major growth. Along the way we had felt flow the Ick to the south, so having checked the potential sources of that flow we followed it to the glade. There in corner where the goats and Trillbane had been working we discovered a brand new path! Following it we found ourselves in Ancient ruins that I believe may be a formerly unreachable section of Shadowspring, possibly down below the Agronox seal. We were late on time, but delved in deeper where we found an area filled with darkness pierced by shafts of light. We were quickly overwhelmed by Skitterlings and thanks to miraculous chaining we were able to make it back home safely. — Phroon

*20260711: For Lore Tour we traveled to the Shadowplane and sought out five of the baby Mantuan. When given a mirror shard, each of them gave us a hint as to an item each Oubleir would want. But one of them warned us that some Mantuan are actually bears in disguise. So we have a bit of a puzzle to solve. — Phroon

*20260704: For Lore Tour, we briefly visited with Tart’targ who has been a bit more hospitable as of late. She told us that she has felt rumblings through the mountains and we explained that we had enlisted the help of the bloodpool in battling the Ick, which she said was likely the source of the rumbling. She then cautioned us on the use of the consequences of using the bloodpool that way, some of which a few of us shared. For now my personal hope is that the bloodpool can at least slow down the expansion of the Ick. Tart’targ also mentioned that she had seen more growth of the Ick, and her and Pelaegia recently did some pruning of the Ick in the Ancient Bear Caves, using some of the Bloodmage blood we had given her. We then checked out ABC, finding that the Ick was pruned back, and that there were signs that the bloodpool had actually managed to spread that far, its red glow creeping through the cracks in the rock. From there, we followed the veins of the Ick to the Skitterling nest and after many rocks and frustrating potions managed to get inside. There we found an Ick Promontory, a large concentration of Ick. We slowly fought it and each time we did damage a number of Unstable Skitterlings were set loose from it. It seemed to repair itself quickly, but with sufficient offense by going into overtime we were able to defeat it. We will likely need to keep an eye out for other promontories that may have formed in other areas with the Ick. — Phroon

*20260620: For Lore Tour we visited with Nacerus in the Savannah Maha cave. We talked for a while, and we eventually described the danger of the Ick to them. The bloodmages with us then fed a sample of the Ick to the pool, but found it quite low. In efforts to re-fill it we went to Vale, which was especially happy this time. There we fought quite a few stong trees, and at the end we slayed an especially strong enlivened hierophant that we chained back to the bloodpool. The pool seemed sufficiently satiated, and Nacerus said that they expected the pool would start flowing towards the Ick now that it had a taste for it. Hopefully this will mean pitting one primeval force against another. As Pookoiko mentioned, we could use help keeping the pool well satiated so it can reach the Ick. — Phroon

[[File: CL-20260606LoreTour.png|thumb|frame right|The Lore Tour meets with Tart'targ]]
*20260606: Shadrock did a good job of summarizing things through pictures. But to sum up, we traveled through Vale to the Hearwood Grove. We did not see the hierophant, but managed to get the Green Drake mushrooms to Tart’targ. She seemed quite happy to receive them, and their magic caused her to split into many copies of herself for a short while. Afterwards, she was in suspiciously good spirits. Lion-O then exchanged the exile blood samples he had been collecting with Tart’targ, I believe for a pot of tea. (It was hard to keep track of all the final offers). She then thanked us profusely, complimenting us more than her usual demeanor, and we were on our way. We only managed to get halfway home before she sunstoned something about a Mantuan. Probably something we’ll need to talk to her about more, later. — Phroon

*20260523: For Lore Tour we ventured into the Shadow Forest, and managed to have a nice conversation with a purple mantuan. It said that it didn't remember much, and that it wasn't very important. My takeaway from it all is that we still need to make more sense of the other Oubleir. We visited one, a goat leaping across other goats and branches in a tree in the shadow orchard, but we didn't have any breakthroughs yet. Thanks again to all the stong help that showed up, we were especially light on healers until more joined up. — Phroon.

*20260516: Today on the Lore Tour we met up with Nauliana the beekeeper who lives in the greymyr passes and escorted her to the friendly bees who have set up a hive in the Ash Barrens. From there we found that the bees must be going somewhere to get food as there was nothing nearby. We escorted Nauliana to Alder's hut as that is one of the only other living places on the island. While there, Nauliana heard that there might be some interesting yeasts in Rosentide (Ash City) and asked us if we might be an emissary to the Darshak in obtaining this mead. We did what we do best and "negotiated" with the Darshak to obtain quite a bit of grog and a bottle of fancy vintage wine. We returned to Nauliana and Alder to deliver the booze and while we were gone, they discovered that the bees must be flying all the way to Kizmia's Island for their food. Now we need to find a way to help them closer to their home, specifically with fresh water. After that we escorted Nauliana safely back home. The End — Garr

*20260502: It wasn't particularly plot-heavy yesterday. We ran around collecting sandwich ingredients for Sammy — which requires killing several bosses — Mr. T for ketchup, Ramandu for bologna, Skybrary-Q'vynn for milk, finishing the circuit in Tangleberry Forest for lettuce, then formulating the sandwich in a hidden area in the northeastern sky part of skybrary (and maybe I missed one ingredient?), then exiting Skybrary from the Sky exit and talking to Sammy. Some knights came after Seaforth throughout, and at the end also "a" false Seaforth was killed. But I'm not sure if it was "the" false Seaforth. So there still seems to be some contest to his rule — maybe next year there will be more to find out. —Org du Lac

[[File: CL-20260411LoreTour.png|thumb|frame right|Nap and Story Time]]
*20260411: Quick recap of the Lore Tour: Our group ascended to Sombrion’s Cloud using the new Agronox flight path, where we met one of Sombrion’s Sarirs. The Sarir alerted us to a drake causing trouble, and we volunteered to help resolve the situation. As we searched for the elusive creature, the mystics among us began receiving mysterious messages from the drake itself, who revealed its name: Zayayr. It appeared Zayayr wanted to communicate. Though, as Lord Seaforth remarked, speaking isn’t exactly our group’s strong suit unless we’re all fallen. Fortunately we all fell and Zayayr dragged our fallen bodies away from danger and engaged us in conversation. We spoke for a bit and it seems like Zayayr and Sombrion may come to blows in the near future since it didn’t seem like Zayayr wanted to leave the nice stormy cloud, and we know Sombrion doesn’t like to share. (Zayayr did mention that he might put Sombrion in a cage and make him dance, I for one would love to see this) Eventually we were rescued and talk moved to a lightning drake egg that had been recovered by Haffron many years ago. Zayayr got wind of this asked for the egg and said that it had been looking for it for quite some time. After some additional wandering around we were able to connect Haffron with Zayayr to deliver the egg. We’ll see what happens if this egg hatches, but Zayayr thanked us and granted us a great boon in the form of knowledge. Zayayr went back to roosting in the northwestern part of Sombrion’s cloud. Travelers venturing in that direction should be cautious, as Zayayr is now there.

*20260404(.2): For this Lore Tour we hunted some clones, checked out the some of the Danger Rooms, visited a Maximum Mystic, went to the moon and read a story book. A few of us stayed after and also investigated the rank vault. — Phroon
*20260404 (.1): [[File: CL-20260404LoreTour1.png|thumb|frame right|Deputy of Puns, Pun'isher takes a break]] KPUN Lore Tour Bookfort Field Reporter Punny PewPew Gillespie: Stuff! —> 7 Images
[[File:CL-20260404LoreTour2.png|thumb|frame right|It’s getting hot in here]]
[[File:CL-20260404LoreTour3.png|thumb|frame right|House Keeping!]]
[[File:CL-20260404LoreTour4.png|thumb|frame right|Fountain]]
[[File:CL-20260404LoreTour5.png|thumb|frame right|Marshmellow vs. Broom]]
[[File:CL-20260404LoreTour6.png|thumb|frame right|Crying Bison]]
[[File:CL-20260404LoreTour7.png|thumb|frame right|A haphazardly laid wall of exiles]]

[[File:CL-20260314LoreTour.png|thumb|frame|right|Foot Grabbing!]]
*20260314: For this Lore Tour, we met up with Two in Haricot’s kitchen. Queueing in to the kitchen took some time, but through charades Two asked us to bring back six more Verminate from Ash. Once there, we ran into a few down-on-their-luck dwarves trying to escape from the island while we were searching through the city for the Verminate Two had mentioned. I think one of dwarves may have been experimented on by the Darshak, but I was running around a lot and might have missed some of the details. Eventually we ended up in the Ash City temple. Fighting our way in, we eventually found the Verminate we were looking for in the form of a cloaked figure. We escorted them back to Puddleby where they joined with Two to become Eight. The Verminate seem to be learning, as both Six and Eight were able to say some words of common. The tour concluded with Eight watching over Haricot’s stew and the foot-grab-line.

[[File:CL-20260222LoreTour.png|thumb|frame|left|The Ick]]
*20260221: Recapping Lore Tour. Following Trillbane's request, we headed up to the higher places north of the Vale of Giants to see if we could corral some of the goats that had wandered away from their work clearing the path into Shadowspring. This went about as well as you'd expect, with the goats slowly wiping us out while we tried to trap them in Kuzdu. Luckily with Salandra moving the Kudzu around, we were able to trap some of the goats so that the mountain hermit was able to gather them up to calm them down. With a few goats wrangled, we went down to the Heartwood Glade and wrangled more goats with mobile Kudzu walls. While there, Kalian stumbled onto some of the Green Drake mushrooms Tart'targ had mentioned we'd need for the ritual to get us into the deepest parts of Shadowspring. Encoruaged by Trillbane, Kalian first tried to eat them but being unsuccessful he rubbed them to break them down into smaller pieces. That released a lot of spores that spread quickly that we accidentally inhaled. This was apparently not the way to prepare them to focus the mind, and we began to see all sorts of colors dance in our vision. We then found ourselves in another place, perhaps the astral plane talking to a man in a bubble on a giant frog. When we woke up from this stupor, we found ourselves back in the temple with everyone in the lands and then fell to the side effects. How much of this actually happened I'm not sure, but with the goats returned I think we're closer to getting into Shadowspring and finding the source of the Skitterlings and the Ick.

*20260214: Tl;dr: The ents were extra enty, the ick was extra icky, and the goats were extra goaty today. Our time was nearly up when Trillbane stole hearts and brought us home, promising he would call us next week.

**Full Story:
**Bumbling into Vale was difficult and we nearly didnt make it through the exile grinder to our target only a few snells in. In a reversal of fortune, the trees felled nearly all of us. After quite a few chain runs from Naferu the magnificent, we found some tinder and a match and turned the giants into little more than embers. This was good news as our day hinged on making it to the ruins in the center of the vale. We proceeded down through the ruins to the recent gap that revealed a skitterling colony feeling OK. Cupid must have thrown a boomerang as the bloodmages attempted to ritual sacrifice the mystics in attendance, per usual. The pair of them were held in a tight embrace by the ick and yanked underground and squeezed out a few times claiming to see something that looked like the shadowspring citadels private underground parts. While being thrust underground, the mystics noted the icky vines were excessively swollen, and with what was up for debate. Were they throbbing of ancient machine energy? Slurping light from mystics? Dipping the tip of a vein into the blood pool? Gushing with the shimmering flood "water" in Shadowspring Citadel?
**Karma being what it is, and sutures running in low supply, we left the tunnel of bug love and headed to check on the heartwood glade. After a quick 5 minutes of swinging at the wood of the hierophant and splashing coins to all, we felt on top of the world and got too cocky. A gang of trees snuck around us and banged a hole in our defenses. We mounted a sloppy second offense but it was of no use, our bodies were wadded together in a fallen heap and our hope was blown. First, Phroon had his fun dragging some of us around but we found respia was insufficient for the stamina required. Kalian then stepped up but broke a chain grabbing too many, too fast and within a few seconds even he was overcome with a turbo rooting. Finally, Trillbane used some fancy stout chain lassoing and pulled us all out, snuck inside a crack no bigger than a taco, and escaped to a pink sunset over the village.
**There was a light refreshment of health, some casual chit chat, and plans to meet up to call the turbo goats back to work or give them the booty.

*20260124: This Lore Tour we were able to brave the Glacial Deeps and meet up with Kasarra. After fighting our way to the heart of ice, with the help of several mirror shards and a ritual around the heart Kasarra was able to fuse together a brand new silksteel breastplate. Kasarra also talked about setting up a forge near the heart, but the ice near there appears unforgiving. She said her next step will be to figure out a way to reproduce the silksteel armor without a ritual. After we finished up, she followed us back to Puddleby and is currently instructing our smiths how to make stout chains. It seems Orga Firewater may be used in the process. —Phroon

*20260110–20260117: To better flush out Brisk’s summary of two Lore Tours ago; we talked with Tart’targ about the Skitterlings and the vine/web/vein substance that seems to be the primary infection. Tart’targ called that substance the Ick and we talked about ideas for how we might deal with it. They asked for the occasional assistance of our Blood mages, but mainly said we were waiting on Trillbane’s work on clearing a path into Shadowspring. Tart’targ also accepted the feathers and bottle of wind for the eventual ritual to open the depths of Shadowspring. Following the meeting, we went to ABC and followed the Ick’s feeding of the machine’s energy to the west beneath Vale and to the Skitterling nest, where the energy flowed from the North, East, and to the south. We posited that it was flowing from ABC, GMV ruins, the vale gauntlet node and, Fire Ruins towards Shadowspring. —Phroon

*20260103: To recap, Lore Tour found quite the infestation of Skitterlings and the strange webby-viney substance in ABC and Fire Ruins. The mystics present felt similar feelings that Tart’targ had expressed in her previous notes, that the Skitterlings were secondary, tagging along with the strange substance. Salandra also posited that the vines were acting as veins, feeding on the power of the ancient machines and bringing it back to something. We visited the GMV Ruins but ran out of time to clear it, but saw a number of Skitterlings there as well. We checked Sunspire and were relieved to find it clear of the infestation. For now, it seems that only the fighter nodes have been affected. As such we don’t plan on putting much power into the healer or mystic nodes for a while, hopefully that won’t encourage the web-vine-veins from spreading to them.—Phroon

==2025==
[[File:CL-2025115DanceOff.png|thumb|frame|left|The November 15th 2025 Dance Off Winners.]]
*20251115: Dance Off Winners
**Maximum Rankage
*** With an amazingly synchronized routine. Is there a visionstone? I hope so! (VisionStone of the Dance Competition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbul6liA2hU ''No Nikki Glasers have been harmed in the making of this visionstone.'')
**Garr
***With in this sylvan's opinion, the most amazing routine. Pies and insults were thrown. We saw the amazing color-changing Ausrine, who was perhaps an unwilling participant in the routine.
**Laughing Academy
***Who also put pie to good use, summoned a unique dancer, and caused general mayhem. It looked like Ausrine got her revenge on Garr. Remember to treat her nicely, that was terrifying.
**Red Quill
***Who obviously should have won with a history lesson and legal defense that mostly fell on deaf ears.
**Runners-Up: Ravenstorm, who was disqualified, and Shadrock's Dancing Darshak (possibly also disqualified).

*20251108: Soul Hunter recap:
**beatdown by trees, beatdown by goats
**Longer version:
**We didn't make it to the trail of the Skitterlings. If the Vale had been a little more cooperative, with fewer pesky trees growing where they grow, with fewer snakes in the grass, with a little more organization or teamwork… well. Some zodiacs that's just how it goes. Despite Phroon's leadership and Seaforth's strategic mastery, we got flattened. Repeatedly.
**We are nothing if not persistent, so we kept coming back for another helping. A few departs later, chain runs from Naf, Phroon, Elenis and I'm nai sure who else, we made it to the edge of the Heartwood Glade. Warawonda was in fine form, and seemingly managed to sweet talk the forest into letting us in. A few more whispered sweet nothings might have been in order—there were even more trees there, along with (gulp) turbo goats. Why did it have to be turbo goats?
**Supposedly, the Mountain Hermit has those goats working on headbutting a path into the Shadowspring Citadel, but their work site abutted our foray and caused us to crumble. So! Today we learned that the progress bar there has a pair of horns and works best undisturbed. — Kani
[[File:CL-20251101LoreTourRecap.png|thumb|frame|right|Lore Tour Recap: The secret ingredient was pumpkin
– Kevas]]
*20251101: From Cimmbrion on Spring 48, 643 : Well done! Please pass along my thanks to the people of Puddleby. That was a close one, but Lugubrion tells me that the incursion near Venables' temple has stabilized. Even better, the turbulence throughout the plane caused by the Darshak portal is subsiding. That takes care of one of the main obstacles to crystallizing the ethereal plane. If we continue to plant both crystals and kyuems in earnest, I have good hope that the plane will be more responsive now. —Cimmbrion

*20251018: TL;DR Loretour recap: "Ethereal Plane ain't nuthin' to f--k with."
**For Lore Tour today we successfully repelled an Ethereal Incursion! We were able to plant a replacement Kyuem that should be more significantly more stable than the previous Kyuem that the Darshak had wedged into position. Many thanks to everyone who showed up! This is a huge step in stabilizing the Ethereal Plane.

*20251011: For this week's Lore Tour we wandered through a very happy Vale up to Fountfell and talked to the smith Kasarra about stout chains, fire water, the heart of ice and ice prisms. They also said that Ha'ri had dispatched an employee to Shadowspring that hadn't reported back, we investigated and found Skitterlings who tried to drag Garr into the floor. They were quickly dispatched, but we still need to go deeper and investigate further. Kasarra also plans to join us on a trip to through the Frigid Caves to the Heart of Ice.

*20250405: Lore Tour recap: We ventured first to the gloomy zoo where the Samahee Raider and some inconveniently-misplaced caltrops were no match for our crew. Then into the pop-up storybook where we found that Lord Seaforth's posse rolls way, way deeper than the Evil Noble King and his Jerk Knights.
**Fun turned to tragedy when the Wizard Q'vynn pulled himself out of his hat and we found ourselves fighting not one but two awful wizards. Even Mehan couldn't save us from that one, so we blew hot air in their faces and went home.
**Soul Hunter recap: Classic Bookfort hijinks; double boss wizards no bueno. —Kani

*20250315: Lore tour was quite fun today; got to find "heretical" experiments, various ghosts, and discover how "nonsensical" book plumbing is (ether) —Kordal
*20250308: Today's Lore Tour was UNEXPECTED and UNPROFESSIONAL
** But all good things. We met the charming Skipper and bet on snail races, beat up some darshak to find a delicate valuable in one of their ships. Said valuable was a scroll I couldnt read, and while Cecil thinks im illiterate, it just takes a mystic to do the job sometimes. Thank you Warawonda for your reading skills! Skipper was delighted, made some flirtatious moves towards me but I am MARRIED. But flattered. Then we met with Brooke in town to give her the scroll! The official plans for the fountain! But it seems she may be Skippers lover, who knows! Fountain construction set to 'soon'. — Palmeri

*20250301: Today’s lore tour went to Sombrion’s floating island, where we encountered some shadowguild (I think) members who were trying to prevent Sombrion from reaching the shadowplane. We gave them materials to set up an Agronox landing spot and then proceeded to Sombrion’s keep to tour his towers full of stuff. Danger Girl Bessie figured out that some of the clouds around Sombrion’s keep could be walked on, a feat that others attempted to imitate with only partial success. Caution is advised (along with a parachute) if you’d like to try that for yourself.
** Soul Hunter TLDR: Cloud 2 has numerous ranks atop towers!
*20250215: Recap: with the death of High Priest Endodontist, a vacuum has opened within the Darshak power structure. We visited three individuals who seem to be proposing themselves to fill that vacuum. One - in the temple, the leader of the Seamstresses, who believes only they know how to put things back together. Two, in Ash City, a spider lady called Lacrodextrous, which I believes translates as either "Tear Weaver" or else "Milkfingers". Thirdly, at the docks, an unnamed pirate warlord. We also fought some new undead: the "Besotted Corpse", several of which came out of the Ash Brewery full of extra-hoppy IPA and required over 1000 Atkus to hit. — Lord Seaforth

*20250208: This week we bravely attempted to venture towards the Shadow Bard Field. We made quick work of outer Gho-Wei, then ran into a huge group of Rotting Stares in the Fane, an ill portent.
**We eventually dispatched them, but venturing into the Shadowplane things took a darker turn. In spite of our mighty corps of mystics and some of the strongest fighters and healers in the lands, things quickly Spiraled out of control. Taunts from Shadow Chargus did nothing to improve the mood, and we wonder if Coriakin will ever be reunited with his lost pet, Chaconne.
**SH Recap: Shadow Wipeout! — Kani

*20250118: tl;dr Big shadow book, well of not-stupidity. — Kani
*20250111: Lore tour recap: We did it! We lore toured and we lifted the curse that was on me. We ventured to the Ash City temple looking to clear up a misunderstanding with the Darshak Endrondus. The misunderstanding being that I had his ankh and that it was cursed and that he was the conduit to lifting that curse since it was him that made the pact with K’THAAXOTROXZ in the first place. After a lot of fighting, the curse manifested itself in the form of… exiles not being able to recognize friend from foe and needing to focus up to avoid hitting each other.
**Also, Shadowfire was narrowly able to avoid being seduced by a young Darshak noble. And just when we were getting to the room that Endrondus was hiding in, he escaped through a back passage with Amdiroth, where the two returned to the surface and split from each other. We were able to find Endrondus and slay him - I placed the Ankh in his robes where it exploded, but due to some excellent healing we were able to make a full recovery while Amdiroth gabbed at us about needing to find a new high priest or something. Also, I officially adopted young Eraunsi Winemoon whom Elenis got addicted to root beer, but he left to sail the seas looking for his father. Hopefully he doesn’t drown, as his parent that would be very sad. I am quite proud of him for spreading his wings and venturing out on his own though. It brought a tear to my eye.
**K’THAAXOTROXZ is still at large, but hopefully with the death of Endrondus, it no longer has business with the Darshak and we don’t hear from it for some time.
**Thanks to all that attended. The way the curse manifested this time meant that our fighters had to be extra vigilant and restrained, and they did that exceptionally well. —Ausine
**SH Summary: I was there! Killed ash stuff got exp, lost "kidnapped" kid. — Soul Hunter
*20250104: Lore Tour Recap: We did it! We went to Abyss 3. While in the Abyss the Ankh grew more powerful and we gained a better understanding of how the curse manifests itself, which is as a ‘curse of misunderstanding’! This resulted in some unexpected twists when the Ankh was used to make fallen healable. Genderswapped fledglings! Garr as a Thoom! We also met Krrait, a low level abyssal entity in service to K’THAAXOTROXZ. Elenis made some ill-advised deal with it to get a cloak so if you’re murdered by him in the near future, it wasn’t an accident. We learned that the Ankh was part of a bargain made between the Darshak Endrondus and K’THAAXOTROXZ and that without it, Endrondus might be in breach of their agreement. With this learned, we exited the Abyss and went in search of K’THAAXOTROXZ in the mines on Ash Island.
**On our way to the mines, the Ankh’s power diminished and the transformations of other exiles ceased. However, my transformation remained. While fighting darshak on our way to the mines, one of them accused me of impropriety with his wife! He was slain but while we were searching for a way into the mines we came across none other but his son, Eraunsi Winemoon, who looked just. like. me. We convinced the lad that his supposed father had fled into the mines and my so- the lad was able to find an entrance that we could follow him through. While we didn’t find K’THAAXOTROXZ itself, I did sense a power, dark and slumbering, heavier than the Earth while we were there, so that was concerning. Also I got my normal form back! Eraunsi Winemoon never found his father, but I didn’t feel right sending him back to the darshak so we got him a room at the Purple Tor for now.
**Soul Hunter Synopsis - I don’t even know where to begin. See Inu's TLDR. — Ausrine
**TL;DR: Laughing Academy™ Mystic adopted abandoned boy
**2nd TL;DR: What could possibly go wrong?™—Inu Teisei

==2024==
*20241214: Lore Tour Recap: Lord Seaforth of the 800 titles led us back to Fountfell to visit the smith Kasarra because she had offered to help our smiths learn new things again or something. When we got there her Sister Lasarra told us that she was mumbling something about about hearts of ice and then wandered off. We know there's a nearby mountain with lots of icy things so we decided to check it out. We made our way up Silvershag Ascent and found Kasarra at the top. She told us that she was looking for the or a heart of ice. It was hard to tell (I'm not a great listener) We told her that we'd totally check it out and get back to her. Someone observant then noticed she was wearing an awesome set of lead boots. Since Lord Seaforth is full of wit and charm he was able to convince Kasarra once again to make the trek to Puddleby and teach Powean how to make Lead boots. She's there now making sure he doesn't make any mistakes.
**Soul Hunter Synopsis: Our Smiths can make Lead Boots!

*20241119: Tuesday Pet Patrol have some attendance, Apprentice Fearr and Tsune joined Captain Planet and I. We start with some clean of both bear cave, and proceed to Lilly Pond where local critter were a bit above Captain an my pet. Fortunatly colonel chomp did the job. (are we in the Emperor's army ?). I’ll wait you for next hunt on Tuesday, November 26, 2024 at 12:00PM PST.

*20241116: Recap of Lore Tour
**TLDR: Visited Alder. Left lots of stuff in his house. Made a war contract with the spriggins. Tried to fight Endrondus. Scary halls and scary walls. Money, pranks, woodworking. The Green New Hope.
**Today the exiles of Puddleby took a trip to Ash Island in hopes of re-vegification of the island through a variety of means.
**First order of business was a visit to Alder. Alder was quite shocked at our arrival and our subsequent “conscription” (we are better than forcing old men into our service). But he sort of agreed by non-disagreement to aid in the re-vegification efforts. All of our rainbow generator shiny and magical objects were stashed inside his home (again we can do better).
**Secondly, we summoned spriggins with a great variety of wealth, coins and shiny expensive things. “Bye!”, the Spriggin was very intent on collection of coinage. She was also very ambiguous about her terms. But… thanks to our very special donors:
***Gnomyamuni - 10k
***Shadowfire - 25k
***D'Ead - 28k
***Cecil - 50k
***Ravenstorm (the Prince of Fens) - 56k+
***Kalian - 250k
***Witchy Kitty Pirate King - 665,000c
**We are still accepting donations as well and there will be awesome swag, names on plaques or donuts, or just prestige. See the Cap’n about donations they will help provide more favorable terms with the spriggins.
**Finally, we were visited by our verminate friend Five who warned us of high levels of danger coming from the Super Dark Temple containing Endrondus. Our incursion went less than desirable, as Endrondus summoned a few super Greater Deaths. We had to retreat and live to try again soon. Endrondus will meet his end.
**Post Stink Script: Oh, Ausrine and her hat that she isnt wearing warned of a great evil deep in the mines under Ash Island where Endrondus was drawing his power from. — Valadorei

*20241109: Well, after an arduous journey to Fountfell, we had an informative conversation with one of the smiths, who announced she would come to puddleby with us and teach people to make a new kind of armor. — Eirian
**[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGPQZm_0DbM Lore Tour Visionstone of 20241109]
*20241102: to recap: we uhh made a deal with spriggins to go to some sorta prank war with the Darshak. that should like… hamper creepy thoom's plan. — Stinkfist
*20241012: Today lore tour went to the Dreamless Protectorate in the shadowplane to help Thistle finish crafting her Sun Lantern, and with it she was able to help fight against the madness of the Shadowplane. Phroon offered a dream fragment to the sapling growing in the protectorate, which seems healthy but still a long way from growing to maturity. Perhaps that's a good thing? I wonder how the dreamless would feel if it grows to reveal a portal in the heart of their sanctuary.
**With the new lantern-bearer in tow, we then went to the shadow bear cave. We were able to fight our way to the flaming shadow bear idol, which is quite a sight if you're fond of, er, creepy teddy bears and the like. Unfortunately we didn't have the strength to fight our way into the last chamber, but luckily we were able to retrieve all our fallen before making our escape. No word on the newly-discovered shadow forest - perhaps we'll return there on a future date with more lanterns.
**Soul Hunter TLDR: New lantern! Same bears. Don't stand in fire! — Coriakin

*2024105:Today Lore Tour travelled to the shadow garden in the heart of the haunted fane, to feed more dream shards to the sapling that had been planted there some time ago. It must have been close to maturity, because it quickly grew to full size... and in doing so revealed a portal! Entering the portal took us to a strange shadow forest full of deadly monsters, and the madness that pervades the shadowplane seemed even stronger there. We fought our way through several snells of twisting clearings and pathways between the trees, before chancing upon a portal that returned us to the shadowgarden.
**There is clearly much more to explore in this place, but doing so will require better preparation to deal with the shadow madness. If you plan to go, bring as many lantern-bearers as you can.
**Soul Hunter TLDR: "Why does nobody want to hang out?" Ouchouchouchouchouch

*20240921 10AM PDT: Trial by Puns. Guilty. Ambush. Escape. Puddleby victorious.
*20240907: Today's Lore Tour went to the bear cave in the shadowplane, with the goal of proving to the shadow bears that we are worthy of respect and friendship by our strength of arms. We fought our way into the depths of the bear cave, deeper than we'd ever gone before, until we found ourselves facing a giant bearish altar burning with cold flames. Onashi and Biro proclaimed this an affront to the Great Bear Spirit, and attempted to purify the altar with honey. This immediately angered the shadow bear cultists which swarmed us and we were all but wiped out... but in the end the last ones standing were a badly-wounded Kalian, and Garr surrounded by smoking shadow bear corpses.
**Did we manage to gain the respect of the shadow bears? Hard to say. Was the freezing fire of the shadow bear altar purified? Not completely, certainly, but Onashi and Biro suspect we made progress on both of those goals. Perhaps a future trip will lead to more definitive results? At least we now know to advance slowly and be wary of ambushes in those twisting, narrow passages.

*20240817: Da Lore Tour started at da Sout Farms Empire, where we met wit da Home Hive. Da bees were all abuzz wit annoyance at bein' out of da loop. We told dem da news about Reekfoot's weddin'. Calmed, dey told us to go visit uvver bees. Ably led by Garr, we follered da bees from one hive to da next. By landin' on an' buzzin' at Bink, Noivad, Giben, an' Bessie, dey let us know where to go next. Each place had meaner defenders, it seemed, dat were 'ventually defeated by our strong forces, tactics, an' pluck. We spread da news to da Dead Tee Hive in Sout Forest, da Lundar's Lake Hive, da Tree Top Hive on Metzetli Island, and Alder's Hive on Ash. Den, to Alder's astonishment, da hive swarmed! He recommended a place wit mud for dem to establish a new hive. Dey liked da cave opening in da dry river bed, and all stayed dere, but for da one who decided to adventure wit Bessie a while. Mayhap one day dat river bed will have water again an' trees an' flowers an' uvver living tings will flourish dere again.
**TL:DR @Soul Hunter/Lexa Displeased bees appeased. New Hive. Hope for Ash? — Dandelion
** "Mean bee friends. Bees appeased. New hive." — Dande
** "Bees Needs Feeds, Queen Find New Home" — Inu
** "Bees bees bees ash river cave" — Garr
** "Appreciating our flowering friends, but not Reekfoot." — Haffron
*20240803: Inut's recollection: We found at least one more dream fragment. Peeps who had them already also fed theirs to our favorite shadow treeling. The shadow treeling likes it when you sing to it, at least it did when Inut sung to it. @Coriakin, I wonder if it will like happy bard songs about itself or the shadow plane in general?
**SH/L summary: Singing to shadow treelings makes them happy.
*20240622: Today lore tour went to the shadowplane, and ended up listening to a story told by a shadowy statue(?) of a figure reading a book. The story talked about how before there was a tear between the planes, there was a "door" and a "key." A key made out of shining silver that opened the door to the shadowplane from our reality. "To turn the lock of worlds, the key must be made from stuff beyond this world." The rest of the story matches what we've heard of the ancients' struggle with the shadowplane: things started out fine, but after a time the shadowplane grew hostile and invaded the material plane.
**However, there's an epilogue: after the doors between words were closed, the inventor that made the key in the first place managed to slip back into the shadowplane to try to observe it in secret. While there, a second key was produced, an "inky black key that writhed in the hand," which was used to open a dark lock described as "a blemish in the darkness above the other world." Where this lock led isn't known, but the inventor passed through it and the storyteller concluded with "The end, she said. I have not seen her since."
**Perhaps this means that the storyteller heard the story from the inventor herself? Who knows. The writhing key sorta sounds like the pages from the book of rend, maybe it was used to create a passage back here? Or maybe it's something else, and the inventor passed through it to another world we don't yet know of. Hard to say, but the story suggests that the ancient who was the first one to visit the shadowplane survived the invasion, and then returned to the shadowplane once it was over and the rifts sealed. I think. — Coriakin
**Soul Hunter TLDR: Shadowplane storytime, Palmeri says, "WHAT AM I" — Biro

*2024615: Last week Lore Tour escorted Rinakki to the haunted fane to check on the tree that was planted in the shadowy garden there. It was apparently not thriving in that location, so a careful combination of magic and horticulture was employed to move it to a more auspicious location. It was provided with fresh soil imported from the material plane and memory shards (although no exiles' memories, as far as I could tell), and seemed to be thriving a bit more. It may be worth checking on again soon to see what effect our efforts had.
**Oh, and our efforts were briefly hampered when the high priestess left her sanctuary/study/cell/whatever to confront us in a hallway. She might have been looking for Rinakki, but fortunately didn't manage to find her.
**Soul Hunter TLDR: Happy little shadow tree. Everything is fine. Everything is fine. — Coriakin
Rinakki moved the sapling and replanted it I think inside the shadow plane just a little south of where it was. Good dream shards were placed in it. — Inu
*20240608: For this episode of Lore Tour we wanted to bring our concerns about the shadowy trees growing from those crooked seeds to local interplanar horitculture expert and generally suspicious person Rinakki/Strangler Fig/Mirna/Sie'Limpa/Myr'prentice. She's assumed a different identity to join a variety of organizations (mystic academy, shadowguild, Windspinners, fane cultists, etc), and perhaps none of those is her true name. She seems to be gathering power and knowledge to further her own mysterious goals, and despite seeming untrustworthy she's held up her end of bargains in the past. Most notably, she taught us the ritual for the Agronox Seal, which was used to seal the rift to the shadowplane at the bottom of the Citadel. She deals in connections, mostly between people, which she can extract (symbolically? Literally?) and then strengthen or weaken as she chooses. It's weird and disturbing, so I'll say no more about it now but ask me later if you have more questions.
**In any event, we went to her hideout in the Bison Plains, only to discover that she'd gone to Svart'targ's cave in the Undermarsh. An ill-fated shortcut into a mass of blind but hungry meshra left all of us fallen except a slowly-drowing stoneformed Garr, and Klur above water but being chased by bears and a rift. Somehow Klur came through for us yet again and we were able to recover, rescue our sunken friends, and eventually continue on to Svart'targ's cave.
**I wish I could explain what the conversation was about, but I got very confused halfway through and I'm not sure I understand it entirely. The short version is that Rinakki is interested in the trees growing from the crooked seeds and is willing to accompany us to the Haunted Fane next zodiac to meet Peng Peng and see how the tree there is doing.
**She seems more unconcerned about the existence of these trees, but then again she wasn't concerned about the gaping hole to the shadowplane at the bottom of the citadel so that doesn't mean anything. If someone else can summarize any other important talking points we covered that would be useful, but what I remember from the talk is her being unhelpful but willing to come with us next zodiac. The tea was tasty though.
**Soul Hunter TLDR: Breathing is important. Meshra bad. Witches confusing. Tea! — Coriakin

*20240601: Lore tour went to the Haunted Fane on Gho Wei to check on the tree growing from the crooked seed that was planted there many zodiacs ago. Now that we know that the trees need memories on which to grow, it makes sense that it hasn’t developed much - not much around except undead with few remaining memories. So unless visitors start trying to feed it memories it looks like the danger posed by that tree is relatively is relatively minimal. For now.
**Soul Hunter TLDR: Shadow tree seeds eat memories? Super gross. Eww. — Coriakin
[[File:CL-LoreTour-20240518-ATree.png|right|thumb|The group tries to decide if they should plant a seedling. (20240518)]]
*20240518: Warning: Today's lore tour recap is pretty heavy on the Proper Nouns. If you want more background on who and what these places are, please say so. Lore tour today went to the Shadowplane today at Brisk's behest. As you may remember, on two previous trips there a mystic was gifted a "Crooked Seed" from a crooked tree. The mystics claimed the tree spoke to them, asking them to find a place to plant the seed. Sativa planted his seed in Peng Peng's garden in the Haunted Fane, and as it grew it opened a portal to a garden that appears to be part of the shadowplane. Today Brisk proposed to go to the Dreamless Protectorate in the Shadowplane to ask for guidance about what he should do with the seed he was carrying.
**After a short walk through the shadow islands, and a not-so-short row across the shadow ocean trying to first find and then catch the moving exit, we finally made it to the Protectorate. But no sooner did we finally get there, then Brisk seemed to be overcome by an irresistible desire to plant the seed. While the gathered exiles debated whether this was a good idea or not, Brisk snuck past us and planted the seed right at the spot where Shaer's Gate stood — the portal to and from the shadowplane in ancient times. And almost immediately, a small shadow tree grew in that spot.
**I and several others were aghast, but the residents of the Protectorate stoically accepted this shadowy addition to their sanctuary without protest. Pelaegia mentioned that the tree was unlikely to grow without nutrients, which was reassuring. However, some exiles were intrigued to see what the tree would develop into: perhaps it would open a gateway to somewhere, much like the first tree? Kalian, reasoning that the tree might subsist on memories like many other shadow beings, tried to feed it a dream fragment he'd been carrying. The tree indeed absorbed the dream fragment, and it instantly started to grow more. (edited) 
**At that point we had to leave, so we left the tree under the observation of Chroma of the Protectorate. The tree might develop more on its own, but I highly recommend not bringing it any more dream fragments as that might cause it to mature faster. Unless that's what you want.
**The trip out was mostly uneventful, but if you're a healer — remember that you should only heal the Lost Dreamer if you feel comfortable escorting it the whole way out. Experience managing a pet is good practice for that.
**Oh, speaking of pets, I have a personal request. I brought my pet foxweir Chaconne for moral support, but we were separated while on the shadow ocean and I wasn't able to find her. She hadn't returned to the stable by the time I had to go to the library, so if anyone's heading back to the shadowplane anytime soon, please keep an eye out for an out of place frost foxweir. Thanks.
**Soul Hunter TLDR: Another shadow tree planted. What could go wrong? — Coriakin
[[File:CL-LoreTour-20240511-SupplyLines.png|right|thumb|Pavela plots with exiles to disrupt Darshak supply lines. (20240511)]]
*20240511: For today's Lore Tour we escorted the disguised Pavela Winemoon (aka Ramandoon) to Ash Island to rendezvous with her contact "Five" and associates to lay groundwork for disrupting Darshak supply lines. Under cover of raiding the darshak outpost to steal loot from the ships, we secretly hid Five's verminate compatriots aboard all the ships present. I can neither confirm nor deny rumors that Five was revealed to be five verminate in a cloak while finding a hiding spot aboard one of the ships.
**I’m not sure what the next step is. Perhaps the verminate spies will sabotage the ships themselves at a later date. Perhaps they're gathering info to let us know when a vulnerable convoy will be arriving for us to sink/raid. Or something else entirely? I guess we'll find out!
**But not next week. Apparently the plan is to go to the shadowplane next week. I'm sure everything will be fine…
[[File:CL-LoreTour-20240504-Ramandu.png|right|thumb|A pirate secretly dressed as Ramandu (20240504)]]
*20240504: For Lore Tour today we went to TI to check on Pavela Winemoon, a formerly (and possibly still) Darshak-associated person who helped us take over the darshak outpost on TI. She mentioned three possible targets on Ash Island that for follow-up actions against the Darshak, and we decided to pursue two of them. First, we'd go deface Kestrel's Tower to, uh, demoralize our foes with psychological warfare, and then meet with one of Pavela's contacts who could help us disrupt supply lines from the main Darshak settlement of Gathner. Pavela offered to escort us to our targets but was worried about being recognized, so Pe Ell donated an orange cloak to disguise her as a Ramandu.
**After a pitched battle we made it to the tower, where Kestrel's halfling servant was taunted in the traditional manner and then numerous signs were posted.
**Signs included:
***"Welcome to the tower of failure! Please leave soiled clothing with Dotterel,"
***"Your tower is bad and you should feel bad,"
***"Take pride in our town. Keep yon tower Darsak free,"
***"Ramandu is better and richer than every Darshak ever. Combined even. Ramandu is the bestest in the world and carries all his riches on his person always."
***"Only thing in Dotterels mind is "peepee poopoo peepee poopoo""
**Next we went to the temple where we encountered Pavela's contact Five, who was definitely not a pile of rodents in a cloak. After a hefty bribe from Kalian, Five agreed to help us locate some darshak shipping next week. On the way out the necromancer Amdiroth was briefly mocked, and we escorted "Ramandu" to safety.
Soul Hunter recap: Darshak mocked and stolen from. More next week.

*20240420: The last Lore Tour was less of a tour and more of a tour de force. After Stinkfist's nefarious brother Reekfoot showed up to mock Puddleby's dancing skills last week, we stepped up to the challenge to Serve or Be Served. There were a variety of impressive performances including Inu and the Shadow Friends, Punisher representing Bear Force One, Bessie's Interpretive Dance, Fungal Fey and the Mush Rooms, Red Quill's Dance Squad, Garr's taunting and pie-ing of Reekfoot, and Reekfoots "dance" presentation that was mostly violence.
**After the performances, the scores provided by the distinguished judges were unceremoniously thrown out due to possible judge bribery and/or tampering, and instead the attendees were invited to vote. Apparently Puddleby feels that summoning horrifying shadow monstrosities isn't a desired part of a dance presentation, so Inu's shadow fiends came last and were subjected to brutal mockery, cheerfully provided by Pun'isher. In the end the voting was very close, but my own clan's entry was victorious! To paraphrase Stinkfist: "Red Quill winning a RP-related event, what a surprise."
**Thanks to everyone who participated! — Coriakin
*20240406: First we went and joined Ramandu on his search of the Great Toad Spirit — and fought The Ramandu in the Bookfort.
**Then we all went into the purple crayon adventure notebook and defeated Clthoomu.
**From there, a detour to visit the difference dance crews — puffins, pets, bears and badgers who were practicing for "Regionals."
**Then finally and at great length, a foray into Gorvin's danger rooms. They were very perilous and at times it looked like we wouldn't make it, but the dire seasteed (or whatever it's called) was smashed, we won, and cake was eaten in celebration that we finally weren't stuck and because it was Jamboree's birthday.
**Soul Hunter Recap: Big mob, SH wanted sharecads.
[[File:CL-LoreTour-20240316-Post Hunt.png|right|thumb|headless exile bears invade Town Center 20240316]]
*Tour Visionstone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lG_xYjB1AA8

*20240316: Arrr! Hear this declaration from the Pirate King:
**BRNJBJRN: "FIGHT TO THE DEATH, THE CHALLENGE APPROACHETH"
**A Shadow Brinclone (You may remember the Adventure to recover Mehan's Armor....) has uhhh roared a challenge through the planes to Puddleby. Come fight him in his shadowy cave.
**So, for Puddleby and those inclined to THE GREAT BEAR SPIRIT, we shall answer this call to combat.
**Now from previous encounters and expeditions into the Shadowplane we know that these Shadow Bears are rather mighty. Bring yer best. Iz gonna be dangerous. We got this.....
**Yarr it should be noted that this... seems to be the result of a chain of events started accidentally by Mehan when she lost her armor riding an agronox (it could happen to anyone) and then continued by one Inu Teisei (with some help from Sativa) when they checks notes temporarily bound the shadow bears to the ice altar, which presumably gave the Shadowplane lots and lots of time to learn all about bears....
**If this goes poorly, this is their fault. If this goes well and works out for us somehow, they get medals.
**Fight with RAWR ROAR RAWR and Honor in Glorious Bear Combat!
**Soul Hunter TLDR: Shadow ROAR RAWR RAWR ROAAAAAAR adventure time.
*20240309: Lore Tour Recap, as best I can understand it: With Venables' dead and his crew scattered, a treaty was to be signed to reward those who helped us with responsibility for the outpost. Unfortunately, Brisk managed to lose his reading glasses, so the signing was derailed as we traipsed across the archepelago looking for them. Along the way we discovered and possibly-foiled-or-maybe-not some sort of Shadowguild plot involving Rafinus and the blacksmith shop, as well as some of Brisk's... family? Associates? Unclear.
**Anyway, once we'd successfully located Stinkfist who'd be abducted by a drake (did I mention that happened? It did, from Devil's Island), we found out that the drake had also gathered Brisk's glasses. With them finally reacquired, we returned to Tenebrion's conference room for the signing. You'll have to ask someone else for the exact details of the treaty, but from what I understood the idea is to try to deal with the damage to the ethereal plane that Venables' experiments caused and finally try to run the darshak off the island once and for all. — Coriakin
**Addendum: After a great deal of shenanigans, the Loyal Supporter wandering around 'Noth summoning Ramandon'ts has fallen. But by the Cone it took forever to fell. — Shadowfire
*20240302: Holy moley, what a chaotic day assaulting Venable's Camp. Here's the recap, as much as I can put together from the variety of simultaneous plans: Ritual/song magic, beehive projectiles, sea magic candles, and more.
**Under the assumption that there wouldn't be time for a whole ritual during an assault on a darshak compound, under Valadorei's direction a ritual was performed before leaving town while a song played. I'm not sure how they did it, but the ritual's power to calm the ethereal damage taking place in Venable's camp would remain dormant until the song was played again.
**Preparations complete, we ventured to Tenebrion's Island to collect former darshak (I think?) Glorak who would be manning a catapult, and sea-witch Pelaegia. We ventured to the north gate to Venables' camp and faced strong opposition, although Glorak had snuck in earlier and left the pirates some "presents," and now many of their forces were too drunk (or poisoned) to fight effectively. The catapult was loaded with beehives brought by Biro and the other bears, and the stinging of angry bees also helped distract our foes.
[[File:CL-LoreTour20240302_2.png|right|thumb| Sammy Fights darshak with Lore Tour Group]]
**Eventually we established a foothold, and Biro was able to entreat The Great Bear Spirit to send some bears to aid out defense. With the catapult prepared to lob more bees into the heart of the camp, we gathered to help Pelaegia begin a ritual of her own, which would involve using a creating a triangle of sea candles to aid in some magic to repair the damage to the ethereal plane caused by Venables' experiments. We successfully prepared the first candle at the north gate, and left the bears to defend the candle and catapult as Lore Tour moved to the other candle locations.
**South of the compound we found the location for the second candle, and left it to be defended by an apparently friendly (or at least neutral) undead spirit known as Tatterflesh, or Mr T to his friends. The final candle location was at the compound gate located near the west landing of Tenebrion's Island, but once it was in place we needed to get inside so, another ritual was used to summon Sammy the Mantaun Rider from the bookfort, who tore open a hole in the stone wall for us. All seemed to be going according to plan(s) at this point…
**This is when Venables started taunting us over the sunstone channel, claiming to not hear anything happening, and letting us know he was going to do things like go for a walk around his outpost. You know, the sorts of things that are definitely not traps.

**Well, it was a trap. We spotted him running past us as we were making our way to the compound's east gate, and upon trying to follow him we realized that he was leaving a trail of ethereal portals on the other side of snell borders and, well, everywhere. We were eventually able to re-collect the exiles who accidentally fell for the trap (and into the portals), and realized that our primary goal needed to change to fixing the immediate ethereal damage. The mystics, aided by Pelaegia, were able to close most of the unstable portals around Venables' compound, but one seemed so tainted by darshak magic that it resisted their efforts. We entered the portal and found a seemingly calm area, but soon realized that Venables was lurking in the snell to the southwest.
**Another desperate battle ensued, but in the end we were victorious and Venables was vanquished. Or was he? I thought Venables was a flesh-and-blood being, but the "Venables" that we saw there died in a poof of smoke, much like a spirit. Hmm….
[[File:CL-LoreTour20240302.png|right|thumb|Rainbow Harp.]]
**Time was pressing and that area of the ethereal plane seemed particularly unstable (unless it's normally filled with cracks), so we had to leave that mystery for now and return to the material plane to finish what we'd started. We returned to the one remaining portal, and the combined powers of Pelaegia, the team of mystics, and the "Doomsong" were finally able to seal that remaining ethereal rift.
**We were not able to stop Venables' experiments, nor the man himself, but we inflicted a great deal of damage to his camp and were able to repair at least some of the damage to the ethereal plane. Hopefully a future trip will be able to put an end to his threat for good.
**Soul Hunter TLDR: Musical kaboom. Bee catapult. Sea candles. Confused Darshak! — Coriakin

*I attempted a TLDR:
**TL;DR: The group conducted a pre-assault ritual and song magic to calm ethereal damage at Venable's Camp. They then launched an assault with unique strategies like beehive projectiles and sea magic candles. Despite facing strong opposition and traps by Venables, they managed to establish a foothold and repair some ethereal damage with rituals and the aid of allies, including bears, a sea-witch, and an undead spirit. Venables was confronted but his defeat raised questions about his true nature. The mission caused significant damage to the camp and partially mended the ethereal plane, leaving Venables' threat unresolved for a future confrontation. — Ayelwen

*20240224: Next week's bard concert will also feature Supplanter's audition for bard quester! Please come to the guild hall on Saturday, February 24, 2024 11:00 AM [PDT] to cheer him on! — Coriakin

*20240217: Stinkfist says, “So to summarize: we have a small base camp set up on TI now to combat Venables and Kestrel's forces in two zodiacs.…we picked up a kyeum power stone also.”
**Inu Teisei says, “summary snipe hunt with prizes is my summary.”
**Stinkfist says, “So, Two zodiacs from now how do we wanna do this? Ideas? Additional allies to call upon?”
**Phroon says, “Sneak in and steal more stuff?”
**Dandelion says, “Collect wood fer me, please. Fer more signs.”
**Stinkfist says, “Additional allies to call upon?”
**Soul Hunter version: more dead darshak, sativa banished in two towns.
*20240113: Lore tour recap: We took the portal to the village to invite Forsythia to come see the Org Sanctuary with us. She was interested, but while we were chatting her hut was set on fire by some invading orga! Despite numerous setbacks we were eventually able to fight them off, and tracked their attack to the nearby org cave. It seemed like the orga were unwilling to actually enter the org cave itself, but they did their best to block it off.

After defeating the orga and unblocking the cave we went inside to find a panther cap mushroom which we took to the org sanctuary along with Forsythia, who may or may not return to the village depending on how damaged the roof of her hut is. We gave one of the blue flowers to Khami, the centaur seemingly in charge of the org sanctuary warens, as a thank you for all the work they've done to help the org. And then Phroon was so overcome with thankfulness that his Orb Of Unstable Something-Or-Other burst showering everyone around with good karma. Did you know that it's possible to get a cartload, a boatload, or even a shipload of good karma? Now you do.
Oh, one other lore tidbit. Apparently the Windspinner monk in charge of training the agronox so we can ride them is called Andrachnea. If we want more agronox flight destinations, that's the person we should talk to. Uh... anyone know who that is? — Coriakin

*20240106: Lore tour recap: we helped Gorvin find the famed warrior Darktur, but in the process encountered Sharktur, a sharkitty who’d taken Darktur’s Makobite Bracer in a poker game. After Darktur agreed to train Gorvin, we went to Ash Island to track down Sharktur and retrieve the bracer. After many pitched battles we were able to do, although Gorvin was unable to determine what the bracer does.

Soul Hunter recap: Too many darshak, but blinged Gorvin out anyway.

==2023==
*20231111: Hello! It is I, Brisk!
[[File:CL20231111.png|thumb|frame|left|The Lore Tour on November 11th, 2023 bravely fights]]
To recap this week, we made it through everywhere we wanted to during the lore tour today and even some places we did not plan on.

The group did a very good job of staying alive and making other things less alive. The machines were charged in advance by Kalian the Tawny and Falinea's Blade, thank you for your efforts. The portal was moved in place to the Fountfell for easy access by an anonymous exile. We made good progress through the citadel to the ancient machinery with minimal horus checks. Once the water was reached we realized we were not as prepared with potions and amulets of breath but we made do with a little bit of downtime and a lot of uncomfortably close movement (seriously people, I need my personal space!). Under the water we found rubble had fallen from the ceiling and littered the area around the thrones. Many trips were spent checking for holes in the crumbled walkways and cleaning up the debris. We must get Pelaegia to return and check the upkeep of the citadel, lest we lose it completely to a cave-in not unlike the one that happened long ago to cut off the gates of the twin moons!
After we reached the basement to check on the seal placed atop the shadow rend we heard a skittering noise like a sound of nails on a chalkboard. These weird insectoid like creatures came down from the walls and tried to separate our insides from our outsides. Luckily we had Gorvbot there to murder and a few blood mages that were more than comfortable bleeding a little bit to crack those carapaces. We could hear them on the other side of the rubble from the stairwell that crumbled. I suspect there may be many, many more in our future.

Phroon was carrying a page from the book of rend that started to chant and sing and was largely pleased to be in the area. When he was fumbling with the page it happened to open a rift into the shadowplane itself. We lost a few folks to his portal of doom and decided as a group to definitely go rescue them to leave no one behind and not because we wanted to know where the portal led to. We made a mad dash through the shadowplane, found a Lost Dreamer and guided it to its memory of puddleby and escaped in its wake. It might've been record time, it depends who you ask.

Either way, it answered some lingering questions but also opened a whole new line of questions for us to visit in the future.

soulhunter summary: citadel construction bad, new insects, great group today

CLUMP talk:Current events

2026-09-22T18:51:31Z

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=Lore Tour Summaries=
==2026==
20260919: This week, the Lore Tour journeyed through the Vale of Giants (Where we were ambushed by roughly three million badgers) before making its way to the town of Fountfell. There, we met with Kasarra, who delivered a prototype of the Silksteel armor she has been developing to Cecil. She explained that she needs many more ice prisms to simplify the blacksmithing process enough to teach it to our town’s blacksmiths and offered to employ someone to gather them for her. Lord Seaforth of the Many Titles also acquired a newly crafted plate from Kasarra to replace the one stolen by Trillbane the Scoundrel. Kasarra added that she also might be able to teach Powean a few improvements to the stout chain design we recently learned to make. After leaving the blacksmith, we stopped by the Rockslide Tavern for a drink and an exchange of stories with Egremora. She shared a tale about Master Spruce, revealing more of his history before he became the gnarled, old, nap-loving hermit we know today. We ended the evening with Coriakin recounting our recent discoveries beneath the Shadowspring Citadel, including some of the gates we found there. — Garr

20260822: For today's Lore Tour we stayed in town to perform the new song I wrote for Trillbane, with the help of Xepel and a quickly-conscripted Polerand (who did a great job!). Trillbane loved the song, and also loved forcing an infuriated Seaforth to hand over his armour which was also promised in the bargain. After Seaforth performed the angriest striptease in history, Trillbane showed off his new look, trained a few people, and then returned to... whatever he was doing. The possibly-mythical town of Rankerton was mentioned.

Afterwards, Lore Tour graciously escorted me to Heartwood Glade to look for another piece of sonorous heartwood, the newly discovered bard instrument part. After a fierce battle, we reached the deepest part of the glade where Haffron discovered what we were looking for. So, it looks like the bard contest next week will now have prizes for the top two entrants! Thanks everyone have prizes for the top two entrants! Thanks everyone — Phroon

*20260808: For Lore Tour we followed the plan and met with Tart'targ, who said Trillbane had already stopped by and let her now. We then went into the dark beneath Shadowspring, where we fought our way deeper in the dark but ultimately had troubles getting across a bridge that had been gummed up by pebbles and Skitterlings and we ended up departing. — Phroon

*20260801: For Lore Tour we followed the plan and fought our way to the Foghaven Monoliths where we found and defeated another Ick Promontory. We then headed up to GMV Ruins where we found the usual infestation of Skitterlings and Ick, but no major growth. Along the way we had felt flow the Ick to the south, so having checked the potential sources of that flow we followed it to the glade. There in corner where the goats and Trillbane had been working we discovered a brand new path! Following it we found ourselves in Ancient ruins that I believe may be a formerly unreachable section of Shadowspring, possibly down below the Agronox seal. We were late on time, but delved in deeper where we found an area filled with darkness pierced by shafts of light. We were quickly overwhelmed by Skitterlings and thanks to miraculous chaining we were able to make it back home safely. — Phroon

*20260711: For Lore Tour we traveled to the Shadowplane and sought out five of the baby Mantuan. When given a mirror shard, each of them gave us a hint as to an item each Oubleir would want. But one of them warned us that some Mantuan are actually bears in disguise. So we have a bit of a puzzle to solve. — Phroon

*20260704: For Lore Tour, we briefly visited with Tart’targ who has been a bit more hospitable as of late. She told us that she has felt rumblings through the mountains and we explained that we had enlisted the help of the bloodpool in battling the Ick, which she said was likely the source of the rumbling. She then cautioned us on the use of the consequences of using the bloodpool that way, some of which a few of us shared. For now my personal hope is that the bloodpool can at least slow down the expansion of the Ick. Tart’targ also mentioned that she had seen more growth of the Ick, and her and Pelaegia recently did some pruning of the Ick in the Ancient Bear Caves, using some of the Bloodmage blood we had given her. We then checked out ABC, finding that the Ick was pruned back, and that there were signs that the bloodpool had actually managed to spread that far, its red glow creeping through the cracks in the rock. From there, we followed the veins of the Ick to the Skitterling nest and after many rocks and frustrating potions managed to get inside. There we found an Ick Promontory, a large concentration of Ick. We slowly fought it and each time we did damage a number of Unstable Skitterlings were set loose from it. It seemed to repair itself quickly, but with sufficient offense by going into overtime we were able to defeat it. We will likely need to keep an eye out for other promontories that may have formed in other areas with the Ick. — Phroon

*20260620: For Lore Tour we visited with Nacerus in the Savannah Maha cave. We talked for a while, and we eventually described the danger of the Ick to them. The bloodmages with us then fed a sample of the Ick to the pool, but found it quite low. In efforts to re-fill it we went to Vale, which was especially happy this time. There we fought quite a few stong trees, and at the end we slayed an especially strong enlivened hierophant that we chained back to the bloodpool. The pool seemed sufficiently satiated, and Nacerus said that they expected the pool would start flowing towards the Ick now that it had a taste for it. Hopefully this will mean pitting one primeval force against another. As Pookoiko mentioned, we could use help keeping the pool well satiated so it can reach the Ick. — Phroon

[[File: CL-20260606LoreTour.png|thumb|frame right|The Lore Tour meets with Tart'targ]]
*20260606: Shadrock did a good job of summarizing things through pictures. But to sum up, we traveled through Vale to the Hearwood Grove. We did not see the hierophant, but managed to get the Green Drake mushrooms to Tart’targ. She seemed quite happy to receive them, and their magic caused her to split into many copies of herself for a short while. Afterwards, she was in suspiciously good spirits. Lion-O then exchanged the exile blood samples he had been collecting with Tart’targ, I believe for a pot of tea. (It was hard to keep track of all the final offers). She then thanked us profusely, complimenting us more than her usual demeanor, and we were on our way. We only managed to get halfway home before she sunstoned something about a Mantuan. Probably something we’ll need to talk to her about more, later. — Phroon

*20260523: For Lore Tour we ventured into the Shadow Forest, and managed to have a nice conversation with a purple mantuan. It said that it didn't remember much, and that it wasn't very important. My takeaway from it all is that we still need to make more sense of the other Oubleir. We visited one, a goat leaping across other goats and branches in a tree in the shadow orchard, but we didn't have any breakthroughs yet. Thanks again to all the stong help that showed up, we were especially light on healers until more joined up. — Phroon.

*20260516: Today on the Lore Tour we met up with Nauliana the beekeeper who lives in the greymyr passes and escorted her to the friendly bees who have set up a hive in the Ash Barrens. From there we found that the bees must be going somewhere to get food as there was nothing nearby. We escorted Nauliana to Alder's hut as that is one of the only other living places on the island. While there, Nauliana heard that there might be some interesting yeasts in Rosentide (Ash City) and asked us if we might be an emissary to the Darshak in obtaining this mead. We did what we do best and "negotiated" with the Darshak to obtain quite a bit of grog and a bottle of fancy vintage wine. We returned to Nauliana and Alder to deliver the booze and while we were gone, they discovered that the bees must be flying all the way to Kizmia's Island for their food. Now we need to find a way to help them closer to their home, specifically with fresh water. After that we escorted Nauliana safely back home. The End — Garr

*20260502: It wasn't particularly plot-heavy yesterday. We ran around collecting sandwich ingredients for Sammy — which requires killing several bosses — Mr. T for ketchup, Ramandu for bologna, Skybrary-Q'vynn for milk, finishing the circuit in Tangleberry Forest for lettuce, then formulating the sandwich in a hidden area in the northeastern sky part of skybrary (and maybe I missed one ingredient?), then exiting Skybrary from the Sky exit and talking to Sammy. Some knights came after Seaforth throughout, and at the end also "a" false Seaforth was killed. But I'm not sure if it was "the" false Seaforth. So there still seems to be some contest to his rule — maybe next year there will be more to find out. —Org du Lac

[[File: CL-20260411LoreTour.png|thumb|frame right|Nap and Story Time]]
*20260411: Quick recap of the Lore Tour: Our group ascended to Sombrion’s Cloud using the new Agronox flight path, where we met one of Sombrion’s Sarirs. The Sarir alerted us to a drake causing trouble, and we volunteered to help resolve the situation. As we searched for the elusive creature, the mystics among us began receiving mysterious messages from the drake itself, who revealed its name: Zayayr. It appeared Zayayr wanted to communicate. Though, as Lord Seaforth remarked, speaking isn’t exactly our group’s strong suit unless we’re all fallen. Fortunately we all fell and Zayayr dragged our fallen bodies away from danger and engaged us in conversation. We spoke for a bit and it seems like Zayayr and Sombrion may come to blows in the near future since it didn’t seem like Zayayr wanted to leave the nice stormy cloud, and we know Sombrion doesn’t like to share. (Zayayr did mention that he might put Sombrion in a cage and make him dance, I for one would love to see this) Eventually we were rescued and talk moved to a lightning drake egg that had been recovered by Haffron many years ago. Zayayr got wind of this asked for the egg and said that it had been looking for it for quite some time. After some additional wandering around we were able to connect Haffron with Zayayr to deliver the egg. We’ll see what happens if this egg hatches, but Zayayr thanked us and granted us a great boon in the form of knowledge. Zayayr went back to roosting in the northwestern part of Sombrion’s cloud. Travelers venturing in that direction should be cautious, as Zayayr is now there.

*20260404(.2): For this Lore Tour we hunted some clones, checked out the some of the Danger Rooms, visited a Maximum Mystic, went to the moon and read a story book. A few of us stayed after and also investigated the rank vault. — Phroon
*20260404 (.1): [[File: CL-20260404LoreTour1.png|thumb|frame right|Deputy of Puns, Pun'isher takes a break]] KPUN Lore Tour Bookfort Field Reporter Punny PewPew Gillespie: Stuff! —> 7 Images
[[File:CL-20260404LoreTour2.png|thumb|frame right|It’s getting hot in here]]
[[File:CL-20260404LoreTour3.png|thumb|frame right|House Keeping!]]
[[File:CL-20260404LoreTour4.png|thumb|frame right|Fountain]]
[[File:CL-20260404LoreTour5.png|thumb|frame right|Marshmellow vs. Broom]]
[[File:CL-20260404LoreTour6.png|thumb|frame right|Crying Bison]]
[[File:CL-20260404LoreTour7.png|thumb|frame right|A haphazardly laid wall of exiles]]

[[File:CL-20260314LoreTour.png|thumb|frame|right|Foot Grabbing!]]
*20260314: For this Lore Tour, we met up with Two in Haricot’s kitchen. Queueing in to the kitchen took some time, but through charades Two asked us to bring back six more Verminate from Ash. Once there, we ran into a few down-on-their-luck dwarves trying to escape from the island while we were searching through the city for the Verminate Two had mentioned. I think one of dwarves may have been experimented on by the Darshak, but I was running around a lot and might have missed some of the details. Eventually we ended up in the Ash City temple. Fighting our way in, we eventually found the Verminate we were looking for in the form of a cloaked figure. We escorted them back to Puddleby where they joined with Two to become Eight. The Verminate seem to be learning, as both Six and Eight were able to say some words of common. The tour concluded with Eight watching over Haricot’s stew and the foot-grab-line.

[[File:CL-20260222LoreTour.png|thumb|frame|left|The Ick]]
*20260221: Recapping Lore Tour. Following Trillbane's request, we headed up to the higher places north of the Vale of Giants to see if we could corral some of the goats that had wandered away from their work clearing the path into Shadowspring. This went about as well as you'd expect, with the goats slowly wiping us out while we tried to trap them in Kuzdu. Luckily with Salandra moving the Kudzu around, we were able to trap some of the goats so that the mountain hermit was able to gather them up to calm them down. With a few goats wrangled, we went down to the Heartwood Glade and wrangled more goats with mobile Kudzu walls. While there, Kalian stumbled onto some of the Green Drake mushrooms Tart'targ had mentioned we'd need for the ritual to get us into the deepest parts of Shadowspring. Encoruaged by Trillbane, Kalian first tried to eat them but being unsuccessful he rubbed them to break them down into smaller pieces. That released a lot of spores that spread quickly that we accidentally inhaled. This was apparently not the way to prepare them to focus the mind, and we began to see all sorts of colors dance in our vision. We then found ourselves in another place, perhaps the astral plane talking to a man in a bubble on a giant frog. When we woke up from this stupor, we found ourselves back in the temple with everyone in the lands and then fell to the side effects. How much of this actually happened I'm not sure, but with the goats returned I think we're closer to getting into Shadowspring and finding the source of the Skitterlings and the Ick.

*20260214: Tl;dr: The ents were extra enty, the ick was extra icky, and the goats were extra goaty today. Our time was nearly up when Trillbane stole hearts and brought us home, promising he would call us next week.

**Full Story:
**Bumbling into Vale was difficult and we nearly didnt make it through the exile grinder to our target only a few snells in. In a reversal of fortune, the trees felled nearly all of us. After quite a few chain runs from Naferu the magnificent, we found some tinder and a match and turned the giants into little more than embers. This was good news as our day hinged on making it to the ruins in the center of the vale. We proceeded down through the ruins to the recent gap that revealed a skitterling colony feeling OK. Cupid must have thrown a boomerang as the bloodmages attempted to ritual sacrifice the mystics in attendance, per usual. The pair of them were held in a tight embrace by the ick and yanked underground and squeezed out a few times claiming to see something that looked like the shadowspring citadels private underground parts. While being thrust underground, the mystics noted the icky vines were excessively swollen, and with what was up for debate. Were they throbbing of ancient machine energy? Slurping light from mystics? Dipping the tip of a vein into the blood pool? Gushing with the shimmering flood "water" in Shadowspring Citadel?
**Karma being what it is, and sutures running in low supply, we left the tunnel of bug love and headed to check on the heartwood glade. After a quick 5 minutes of swinging at the wood of the hierophant and splashing coins to all, we felt on top of the world and got too cocky. A gang of trees snuck around us and banged a hole in our defenses. We mounted a sloppy second offense but it was of no use, our bodies were wadded together in a fallen heap and our hope was blown. First, Phroon had his fun dragging some of us around but we found respia was insufficient for the stamina required. Kalian then stepped up but broke a chain grabbing too many, too fast and within a few seconds even he was overcome with a turbo rooting. Finally, Trillbane used some fancy stout chain lassoing and pulled us all out, snuck inside a crack no bigger than a taco, and escaped to a pink sunset over the village.
**There was a light refreshment of health, some casual chit chat, and plans to meet up to call the turbo goats back to work or give them the booty.

*20260124: This Lore Tour we were able to brave the Glacial Deeps and meet up with Kasarra. After fighting our way to the heart of ice, with the help of several mirror shards and a ritual around the heart Kasarra was able to fuse together a brand new silksteel breastplate. Kasarra also talked about setting up a forge near the heart, but the ice near there appears unforgiving. She said her next step will be to figure out a way to reproduce the silksteel armor without a ritual. After we finished up, she followed us back to Puddleby and is currently instructing our smiths how to make stout chains. It seems Orga Firewater may be used in the process. —Phroon

*20260110–20260117: To better flush out Brisk’s summary of two Lore Tours ago; we talked with Tart’targ about the Skitterlings and the vine/web/vein substance that seems to be the primary infection. Tart’targ called that substance the Ick and we talked about ideas for how we might deal with it. They asked for the occasional assistance of our Blood mages, but mainly said we were waiting on Trillbane’s work on clearing a path into Shadowspring. Tart’targ also accepted the feathers and bottle of wind for the eventual ritual to open the depths of Shadowspring. Following the meeting, we went to ABC and followed the Ick’s feeding of the machine’s energy to the west beneath Vale and to the Skitterling nest, where the energy flowed from the North, East, and to the south. We posited that it was flowing from ABC, GMV ruins, the vale gauntlet node and, Fire Ruins towards Shadowspring. —Phroon

*20260103: To recap, Lore Tour found quite the infestation of Skitterlings and the strange webby-viney substance in ABC and Fire Ruins. The mystics present felt similar feelings that Tart’targ had expressed in her previous notes, that the Skitterlings were secondary, tagging along with the strange substance. Salandra also posited that the vines were acting as veins, feeding on the power of the ancient machines and bringing it back to something. We visited the GMV Ruins but ran out of time to clear it, but saw a number of Skitterlings there as well. We checked Sunspire and were relieved to find it clear of the infestation. For now, it seems that only the fighter nodes have been affected. As such we don’t plan on putting much power into the healer or mystic nodes for a while, hopefully that won’t encourage the web-vine-veins from spreading to them.—Phroon

==2025==
[[File:CL-2025115DanceOff.png|thumb|frame|left|The November 15th 2025 Dance Off Winners.]]
*20251115: Dance Off Winners
**Maximum Rankage
*** With an amazingly synchronized routine. Is there a visionstone? I hope so! (VisionStone of the Dance Competition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbul6liA2hU ''No Nikki Glasers have been harmed in the making of this visionstone.'')
**Garr
***With in this sylvan's opinion, the most amazing routine. Pies and insults were thrown. We saw the amazing color-changing Ausrine, who was perhaps an unwilling participant in the routine.
**Laughing Academy
***Who also put pie to good use, summoned a unique dancer, and caused general mayhem. It looked like Ausrine got her revenge on Garr. Remember to treat her nicely, that was terrifying.
**Red Quill
***Who obviously should have won with a history lesson and legal defense that mostly fell on deaf ears.
**Runners-Up: Ravenstorm, who was disqualified, and Shadrock's Dancing Darshak (possibly also disqualified).

*20251108: Soul Hunter recap:
**beatdown by trees, beatdown by goats
**Longer version:
**We didn't make it to the trail of the Skitterlings. If the Vale had been a little more cooperative, with fewer pesky trees growing where they grow, with fewer snakes in the grass, with a little more organization or teamwork… well. Some zodiacs that's just how it goes. Despite Phroon's leadership and Seaforth's strategic mastery, we got flattened. Repeatedly.
**We are nothing if not persistent, so we kept coming back for another helping. A few departs later, chain runs from Naf, Phroon, Elenis and I'm nai sure who else, we made it to the edge of the Heartwood Glade. Warawonda was in fine form, and seemingly managed to sweet talk the forest into letting us in. A few more whispered sweet nothings might have been in order—there were even more trees there, along with (gulp) turbo goats. Why did it have to be turbo goats?
**Supposedly, the Mountain Hermit has those goats working on headbutting a path into the Shadowspring Citadel, but their work site abutted our foray and caused us to crumble. So! Today we learned that the progress bar there has a pair of horns and works best undisturbed. — Kani
[[File:CL-20251101LoreTourRecap.png|thumb|frame|right|Lore Tour Recap: The secret ingredient was pumpkin
– Kevas]]
*20251101: From Cimmbrion on Spring 48, 643 : Well done! Please pass along my thanks to the people of Puddleby. That was a close one, but Lugubrion tells me that the incursion near Venables' temple has stabilized. Even better, the turbulence throughout the plane caused by the Darshak portal is subsiding. That takes care of one of the main obstacles to crystallizing the ethereal plane. If we continue to plant both crystals and kyuems in earnest, I have good hope that the plane will be more responsive now. —Cimmbrion

*20251018: TL;DR Loretour recap: "Ethereal Plane ain't nuthin' to f--k with."
**For Lore Tour today we successfully repelled an Ethereal Incursion! We were able to plant a replacement Kyuem that should be more significantly more stable than the previous Kyuem that the Darshak had wedged into position. Many thanks to everyone who showed up! This is a huge step in stabilizing the Ethereal Plane.

*20251011: For this week's Lore Tour we wandered through a very happy Vale up to Fountfell and talked to the smith Kasarra about stout chains, fire water, the heart of ice and ice prisms. They also said that Ha'ri had dispatched an employee to Shadowspring that hadn't reported back, we investigated and found Skitterlings who tried to drag Garr into the floor. They were quickly dispatched, but we still need to go deeper and investigate further. Kasarra also plans to join us on a trip to through the Frigid Caves to the Heart of Ice.

*20250405: Lore Tour recap: We ventured first to the gloomy zoo where the Samahee Raider and some inconveniently-misplaced caltrops were no match for our crew. Then into the pop-up storybook where we found that Lord Seaforth's posse rolls way, way deeper than the Evil Noble King and his Jerk Knights.
**Fun turned to tragedy when the Wizard Q'vynn pulled himself out of his hat and we found ourselves fighting not one but two awful wizards. Even Mehan couldn't save us from that one, so we blew hot air in their faces and went home.
**Soul Hunter recap: Classic Bookfort hijinks; double boss wizards no bueno. —Kani

*20250315: Lore tour was quite fun today; got to find "heretical" experiments, various ghosts, and discover how "nonsensical" book plumbing is (ether) —Kordal
*20250308: Today's Lore Tour was UNEXPECTED and UNPROFESSIONAL
** But all good things. We met the charming Skipper and bet on snail races, beat up some darshak to find a delicate valuable in one of their ships. Said valuable was a scroll I couldnt read, and while Cecil thinks im illiterate, it just takes a mystic to do the job sometimes. Thank you Warawonda for your reading skills! Skipper was delighted, made some flirtatious moves towards me but I am MARRIED. But flattered. Then we met with Brooke in town to give her the scroll! The official plans for the fountain! But it seems she may be Skippers lover, who knows! Fountain construction set to 'soon'. — Palmeri

*20250301: Today’s lore tour went to Sombrion’s floating island, where we encountered some shadowguild (I think) members who were trying to prevent Sombrion from reaching the shadowplane. We gave them materials to set up an Agronox landing spot and then proceeded to Sombrion’s keep to tour his towers full of stuff. Danger Girl Bessie figured out that some of the clouds around Sombrion’s keep could be walked on, a feat that others attempted to imitate with only partial success. Caution is advised (along with a parachute) if you’d like to try that for yourself.
** Soul Hunter TLDR: Cloud 2 has numerous ranks atop towers!
*20250215: Recap: with the death of High Priest Endodontist, a vacuum has opened within the Darshak power structure. We visited three individuals who seem to be proposing themselves to fill that vacuum. One - in the temple, the leader of the Seamstresses, who believes only they know how to put things back together. Two, in Ash City, a spider lady called Lacrodextrous, which I believes translates as either "Tear Weaver" or else "Milkfingers". Thirdly, at the docks, an unnamed pirate warlord. We also fought some new undead: the "Besotted Corpse", several of which came out of the Ash Brewery full of extra-hoppy IPA and required over 1000 Atkus to hit. — Lord Seaforth

*20250208: This week we bravely attempted to venture towards the Shadow Bard Field. We made quick work of outer Gho-Wei, then ran into a huge group of Rotting Stares in the Fane, an ill portent.
**We eventually dispatched them, but venturing into the Shadowplane things took a darker turn. In spite of our mighty corps of mystics and some of the strongest fighters and healers in the lands, things quickly Spiraled out of control. Taunts from Shadow Chargus did nothing to improve the mood, and we wonder if Coriakin will ever be reunited with his lost pet, Chaconne.
**SH Recap: Shadow Wipeout! — Kani

*20250118: tl;dr Big shadow book, well of not-stupidity. — Kani
*20250111: Lore tour recap: We did it! We lore toured and we lifted the curse that was on me. We ventured to the Ash City temple looking to clear up a misunderstanding with the Darshak Endrondus. The misunderstanding being that I had his ankh and that it was cursed and that he was the conduit to lifting that curse since it was him that made the pact with K’THAAXOTROXZ in the first place. After a lot of fighting, the curse manifested itself in the form of… exiles not being able to recognize friend from foe and needing to focus up to avoid hitting each other.
**Also, Shadowfire was narrowly able to avoid being seduced by a young Darshak noble. And just when we were getting to the room that Endrondus was hiding in, he escaped through a back passage with Amdiroth, where the two returned to the surface and split from each other. We were able to find Endrondus and slay him - I placed the Ankh in his robes where it exploded, but due to some excellent healing we were able to make a full recovery while Amdiroth gabbed at us about needing to find a new high priest or something. Also, I officially adopted young Eraunsi Winemoon whom Elenis got addicted to root beer, but he left to sail the seas looking for his father. Hopefully he doesn’t drown, as his parent that would be very sad. I am quite proud of him for spreading his wings and venturing out on his own though. It brought a tear to my eye.
**K’THAAXOTROXZ is still at large, but hopefully with the death of Endrondus, it no longer has business with the Darshak and we don’t hear from it for some time.
**Thanks to all that attended. The way the curse manifested this time meant that our fighters had to be extra vigilant and restrained, and they did that exceptionally well. —Ausine
**SH Summary: I was there! Killed ash stuff got exp, lost "kidnapped" kid. — Soul Hunter
*20250104: Lore Tour Recap: We did it! We went to Abyss 3. While in the Abyss the Ankh grew more powerful and we gained a better understanding of how the curse manifests itself, which is as a ‘curse of misunderstanding’! This resulted in some unexpected twists when the Ankh was used to make fallen healable. Genderswapped fledglings! Garr as a Thoom! We also met Krrait, a low level abyssal entity in service to K’THAAXOTROXZ. Elenis made some ill-advised deal with it to get a cloak so if you’re murdered by him in the near future, it wasn’t an accident. We learned that the Ankh was part of a bargain made between the Darshak Endrondus and K’THAAXOTROXZ and that without it, Endrondus might be in breach of their agreement. With this learned, we exited the Abyss and went in search of K’THAAXOTROXZ in the mines on Ash Island.
**On our way to the mines, the Ankh’s power diminished and the transformations of other exiles ceased. However, my transformation remained. While fighting darshak on our way to the mines, one of them accused me of impropriety with his wife! He was slain but while we were searching for a way into the mines we came across none other but his son, Eraunsi Winemoon, who looked just. like. me. We convinced the lad that his supposed father had fled into the mines and my so- the lad was able to find an entrance that we could follow him through. While we didn’t find K’THAAXOTROXZ itself, I did sense a power, dark and slumbering, heavier than the Earth while we were there, so that was concerning. Also I got my normal form back! Eraunsi Winemoon never found his father, but I didn’t feel right sending him back to the darshak so we got him a room at the Purple Tor for now.
**Soul Hunter Synopsis - I don’t even know where to begin. See Inu's TLDR. — Ausrine
**TL;DR: Laughing Academy™ Mystic adopted abandoned boy
**2nd TL;DR: What could possibly go wrong?™—Inu Teisei

==2024==
*20241214: Lore Tour Recap: Lord Seaforth of the 800 titles led us back to Fountfell to visit the smith Kasarra because she had offered to help our smiths learn new things again or something. When we got there her Sister Lasarra told us that she was mumbling something about about hearts of ice and then wandered off. We know there's a nearby mountain with lots of icy things so we decided to check it out. We made our way up Silvershag Ascent and found Kasarra at the top. She told us that she was looking for the or a heart of ice. It was hard to tell (I'm not a great listener) We told her that we'd totally check it out and get back to her. Someone observant then noticed she was wearing an awesome set of lead boots. Since Lord Seaforth is full of wit and charm he was able to convince Kasarra once again to make the trek to Puddleby and teach Powean how to make Lead boots. She's there now making sure he doesn't make any mistakes.
**Soul Hunter Synopsis: Our Smiths can make Lead Boots!

*20241119: Tuesday Pet Patrol have some attendance, Apprentice Fearr and Tsune joined Captain Planet and I. We start with some clean of both bear cave, and proceed to Lilly Pond where local critter were a bit above Captain an my pet. Fortunatly colonel chomp did the job. (are we in the Emperor's army ?). I’ll wait you for next hunt on Tuesday, November 26, 2024 at 12:00PM PST.

*20241116: Recap of Lore Tour
**TLDR: Visited Alder. Left lots of stuff in his house. Made a war contract with the spriggins. Tried to fight Endrondus. Scary halls and scary walls. Money, pranks, woodworking. The Green New Hope.
**Today the exiles of Puddleby took a trip to Ash Island in hopes of re-vegification of the island through a variety of means.
**First order of business was a visit to Alder. Alder was quite shocked at our arrival and our subsequent “conscription” (we are better than forcing old men into our service). But he sort of agreed by non-disagreement to aid in the re-vegification efforts. All of our rainbow generator shiny and magical objects were stashed inside his home (again we can do better).
**Secondly, we summoned spriggins with a great variety of wealth, coins and shiny expensive things. “Bye!”, the Spriggin was very intent on collection of coinage. She was also very ambiguous about her terms. But… thanks to our very special donors:
***Gnomyamuni - 10k
***Shadowfire - 25k
***D'Ead - 28k
***Cecil - 50k
***Ravenstorm (the Prince of Fens) - 56k+
***Kalian - 250k
***Witchy Kitty Pirate King - 665,000c
**We are still accepting donations as well and there will be awesome swag, names on plaques or donuts, or just prestige. See the Cap’n about donations they will help provide more favorable terms with the spriggins.
**Finally, we were visited by our verminate friend Five who warned us of high levels of danger coming from the Super Dark Temple containing Endrondus. Our incursion went less than desirable, as Endrondus summoned a few super Greater Deaths. We had to retreat and live to try again soon. Endrondus will meet his end.
**Post Stink Script: Oh, Ausrine and her hat that she isnt wearing warned of a great evil deep in the mines under Ash Island where Endrondus was drawing his power from. — Valadorei

*20241109: Well, after an arduous journey to Fountfell, we had an informative conversation with one of the smiths, who announced she would come to puddleby with us and teach people to make a new kind of armor. — Eirian
**[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGPQZm_0DbM Lore Tour Visionstone of 20241109]
*20241102: to recap: we uhh made a deal with spriggins to go to some sorta prank war with the Darshak. that should like… hamper creepy thoom's plan. — Stinkfist
*20241012: Today lore tour went to the Dreamless Protectorate in the shadowplane to help Thistle finish crafting her Sun Lantern, and with it she was able to help fight against the madness of the Shadowplane. Phroon offered a dream fragment to the sapling growing in the protectorate, which seems healthy but still a long way from growing to maturity. Perhaps that's a good thing? I wonder how the dreamless would feel if it grows to reveal a portal in the heart of their sanctuary.
**With the new lantern-bearer in tow, we then went to the shadow bear cave. We were able to fight our way to the flaming shadow bear idol, which is quite a sight if you're fond of, er, creepy teddy bears and the like. Unfortunately we didn't have the strength to fight our way into the last chamber, but luckily we were able to retrieve all our fallen before making our escape. No word on the newly-discovered shadow forest - perhaps we'll return there on a future date with more lanterns.
**Soul Hunter TLDR: New lantern! Same bears. Don't stand in fire! — Coriakin

*2024105:Today Lore Tour travelled to the shadow garden in the heart of the haunted fane, to feed more dream shards to the sapling that had been planted there some time ago. It must have been close to maturity, because it quickly grew to full size... and in doing so revealed a portal! Entering the portal took us to a strange shadow forest full of deadly monsters, and the madness that pervades the shadowplane seemed even stronger there. We fought our way through several snells of twisting clearings and pathways between the trees, before chancing upon a portal that returned us to the shadowgarden.
**There is clearly much more to explore in this place, but doing so will require better preparation to deal with the shadow madness. If you plan to go, bring as many lantern-bearers as you can.
**Soul Hunter TLDR: "Why does nobody want to hang out?" Ouchouchouchouchouch

*20240921 10AM PDT: Trial by Puns. Guilty. Ambush. Escape. Puddleby victorious.
*20240907: Today's Lore Tour went to the bear cave in the shadowplane, with the goal of proving to the shadow bears that we are worthy of respect and friendship by our strength of arms. We fought our way into the depths of the bear cave, deeper than we'd ever gone before, until we found ourselves facing a giant bearish altar burning with cold flames. Onashi and Biro proclaimed this an affront to the Great Bear Spirit, and attempted to purify the altar with honey. This immediately angered the shadow bear cultists which swarmed us and we were all but wiped out... but in the end the last ones standing were a badly-wounded Kalian, and Garr surrounded by smoking shadow bear corpses.
**Did we manage to gain the respect of the shadow bears? Hard to say. Was the freezing fire of the shadow bear altar purified? Not completely, certainly, but Onashi and Biro suspect we made progress on both of those goals. Perhaps a future trip will lead to more definitive results? At least we now know to advance slowly and be wary of ambushes in those twisting, narrow passages.

*20240817: Da Lore Tour started at da Sout Farms Empire, where we met wit da Home Hive. Da bees were all abuzz wit annoyance at bein' out of da loop. We told dem da news about Reekfoot's weddin'. Calmed, dey told us to go visit uvver bees. Ably led by Garr, we follered da bees from one hive to da next. By landin' on an' buzzin' at Bink, Noivad, Giben, an' Bessie, dey let us know where to go next. Each place had meaner defenders, it seemed, dat were 'ventually defeated by our strong forces, tactics, an' pluck. We spread da news to da Dead Tee Hive in Sout Forest, da Lundar's Lake Hive, da Tree Top Hive on Metzetli Island, and Alder's Hive on Ash. Den, to Alder's astonishment, da hive swarmed! He recommended a place wit mud for dem to establish a new hive. Dey liked da cave opening in da dry river bed, and all stayed dere, but for da one who decided to adventure wit Bessie a while. Mayhap one day dat river bed will have water again an' trees an' flowers an' uvver living tings will flourish dere again.
**TL:DR @Soul Hunter/Lexa Displeased bees appeased. New Hive. Hope for Ash? — Dandelion
** "Mean bee friends. Bees appeased. New hive." — Dande
** "Bees Needs Feeds, Queen Find New Home" — Inu
** "Bees bees bees ash river cave" — Garr
** "Appreciating our flowering friends, but not Reekfoot." — Haffron
*20240803: Inut's recollection: We found at least one more dream fragment. Peeps who had them already also fed theirs to our favorite shadow treeling. The shadow treeling likes it when you sing to it, at least it did when Inut sung to it. @Coriakin, I wonder if it will like happy bard songs about itself or the shadow plane in general?
**SH/L summary: Singing to shadow treelings makes them happy.
*20240622: Today lore tour went to the shadowplane, and ended up listening to a story told by a shadowy statue(?) of a figure reading a book. The story talked about how before there was a tear between the planes, there was a "door" and a "key." A key made out of shining silver that opened the door to the shadowplane from our reality. "To turn the lock of worlds, the key must be made from stuff beyond this world." The rest of the story matches what we've heard of the ancients' struggle with the shadowplane: things started out fine, but after a time the shadowplane grew hostile and invaded the material plane.
**However, there's an epilogue: after the doors between words were closed, the inventor that made the key in the first place managed to slip back into the shadowplane to try to observe it in secret. While there, a second key was produced, an "inky black key that writhed in the hand," which was used to open a dark lock described as "a blemish in the darkness above the other world." Where this lock led isn't known, but the inventor passed through it and the storyteller concluded with "The end, she said. I have not seen her since."
**Perhaps this means that the storyteller heard the story from the inventor herself? Who knows. The writhing key sorta sounds like the pages from the book of rend, maybe it was used to create a passage back here? Or maybe it's something else, and the inventor passed through it to another world we don't yet know of. Hard to say, but the story suggests that the ancient who was the first one to visit the shadowplane survived the invasion, and then returned to the shadowplane once it was over and the rifts sealed. I think. — Coriakin
**Soul Hunter TLDR: Shadowplane storytime, Palmeri says, "WHAT AM I" — Biro

*2024615: Last week Lore Tour escorted Rinakki to the haunted fane to check on the tree that was planted in the shadowy garden there. It was apparently not thriving in that location, so a careful combination of magic and horticulture was employed to move it to a more auspicious location. It was provided with fresh soil imported from the material plane and memory shards (although no exiles' memories, as far as I could tell), and seemed to be thriving a bit more. It may be worth checking on again soon to see what effect our efforts had.
**Oh, and our efforts were briefly hampered when the high priestess left her sanctuary/study/cell/whatever to confront us in a hallway. She might have been looking for Rinakki, but fortunately didn't manage to find her.
**Soul Hunter TLDR: Happy little shadow tree. Everything is fine. Everything is fine. — Coriakin
Rinakki moved the sapling and replanted it I think inside the shadow plane just a little south of where it was. Good dream shards were placed in it. — Inu
*20240608: For this episode of Lore Tour we wanted to bring our concerns about the shadowy trees growing from those crooked seeds to local interplanar horitculture expert and generally suspicious person Rinakki/Strangler Fig/Mirna/Sie'Limpa/Myr'prentice. She's assumed a different identity to join a variety of organizations (mystic academy, shadowguild, Windspinners, fane cultists, etc), and perhaps none of those is her true name. She seems to be gathering power and knowledge to further her own mysterious goals, and despite seeming untrustworthy she's held up her end of bargains in the past. Most notably, she taught us the ritual for the Agronox Seal, which was used to seal the rift to the shadowplane at the bottom of the Citadel. She deals in connections, mostly between people, which she can extract (symbolically? Literally?) and then strengthen or weaken as she chooses. It's weird and disturbing, so I'll say no more about it now but ask me later if you have more questions.
**In any event, we went to her hideout in the Bison Plains, only to discover that she'd gone to Svart'targ's cave in the Undermarsh. An ill-fated shortcut into a mass of blind but hungry meshra left all of us fallen except a slowly-drowing stoneformed Garr, and Klur above water but being chased by bears and a rift. Somehow Klur came through for us yet again and we were able to recover, rescue our sunken friends, and eventually continue on to Svart'targ's cave.
**I wish I could explain what the conversation was about, but I got very confused halfway through and I'm not sure I understand it entirely. The short version is that Rinakki is interested in the trees growing from the crooked seeds and is willing to accompany us to the Haunted Fane next zodiac to meet Peng Peng and see how the tree there is doing.
**She seems more unconcerned about the existence of these trees, but then again she wasn't concerned about the gaping hole to the shadowplane at the bottom of the citadel so that doesn't mean anything. If someone else can summarize any other important talking points we covered that would be useful, but what I remember from the talk is her being unhelpful but willing to come with us next zodiac. The tea was tasty though.
**Soul Hunter TLDR: Breathing is important. Meshra bad. Witches confusing. Tea! — Coriakin

*20240601: Lore tour went to the Haunted Fane on Gho Wei to check on the tree growing from the crooked seed that was planted there many zodiacs ago. Now that we know that the trees need memories on which to grow, it makes sense that it hasn’t developed much - not much around except undead with few remaining memories. So unless visitors start trying to feed it memories it looks like the danger posed by that tree is relatively is relatively minimal. For now.
**Soul Hunter TLDR: Shadow tree seeds eat memories? Super gross. Eww. — Coriakin
[[File:CL-LoreTour-20240518-ATree.png|right|thumb|The group tries to decide if they should plant a seedling. (20240518)]]
*20240518: Warning: Today's lore tour recap is pretty heavy on the Proper Nouns. If you want more background on who and what these places are, please say so. Lore tour today went to the Shadowplane today at Brisk's behest. As you may remember, on two previous trips there a mystic was gifted a "Crooked Seed" from a crooked tree. The mystics claimed the tree spoke to them, asking them to find a place to plant the seed. Sativa planted his seed in Peng Peng's garden in the Haunted Fane, and as it grew it opened a portal to a garden that appears to be part of the shadowplane. Today Brisk proposed to go to the Dreamless Protectorate in the Shadowplane to ask for guidance about what he should do with the seed he was carrying.
**After a short walk through the shadow islands, and a not-so-short row across the shadow ocean trying to first find and then catch the moving exit, we finally made it to the Protectorate. But no sooner did we finally get there, then Brisk seemed to be overcome by an irresistible desire to plant the seed. While the gathered exiles debated whether this was a good idea or not, Brisk snuck past us and planted the seed right at the spot where Shaer's Gate stood — the portal to and from the shadowplane in ancient times. And almost immediately, a small shadow tree grew in that spot.
**I and several others were aghast, but the residents of the Protectorate stoically accepted this shadowy addition to their sanctuary without protest. Pelaegia mentioned that the tree was unlikely to grow without nutrients, which was reassuring. However, some exiles were intrigued to see what the tree would develop into: perhaps it would open a gateway to somewhere, much like the first tree? Kalian, reasoning that the tree might subsist on memories like many other shadow beings, tried to feed it a dream fragment he'd been carrying. The tree indeed absorbed the dream fragment, and it instantly started to grow more. (edited) 
**At that point we had to leave, so we left the tree under the observation of Chroma of the Protectorate. The tree might develop more on its own, but I highly recommend not bringing it any more dream fragments as that might cause it to mature faster. Unless that's what you want.
**The trip out was mostly uneventful, but if you're a healer — remember that you should only heal the Lost Dreamer if you feel comfortable escorting it the whole way out. Experience managing a pet is good practice for that.
**Oh, speaking of pets, I have a personal request. I brought my pet foxweir Chaconne for moral support, but we were separated while on the shadow ocean and I wasn't able to find her. She hadn't returned to the stable by the time I had to go to the library, so if anyone's heading back to the shadowplane anytime soon, please keep an eye out for an out of place frost foxweir. Thanks.
**Soul Hunter TLDR: Another shadow tree planted. What could go wrong? — Coriakin
[[File:CL-LoreTour-20240511-SupplyLines.png|right|thumb|Pavela plots with exiles to disrupt Darshak supply lines. (20240511)]]
*20240511: For today's Lore Tour we escorted the disguised Pavela Winemoon (aka Ramandoon) to Ash Island to rendezvous with her contact "Five" and associates to lay groundwork for disrupting Darshak supply lines. Under cover of raiding the darshak outpost to steal loot from the ships, we secretly hid Five's verminate compatriots aboard all the ships present. I can neither confirm nor deny rumors that Five was revealed to be five verminate in a cloak while finding a hiding spot aboard one of the ships.
**I’m not sure what the next step is. Perhaps the verminate spies will sabotage the ships themselves at a later date. Perhaps they're gathering info to let us know when a vulnerable convoy will be arriving for us to sink/raid. Or something else entirely? I guess we'll find out!
**But not next week. Apparently the plan is to go to the shadowplane next week. I'm sure everything will be fine…
[[File:CL-LoreTour-20240504-Ramandu.png|right|thumb|A pirate secretly dressed as Ramandu (20240504)]]
*20240504: For Lore Tour today we went to TI to check on Pavela Winemoon, a formerly (and possibly still) Darshak-associated person who helped us take over the darshak outpost on TI. She mentioned three possible targets on Ash Island that for follow-up actions against the Darshak, and we decided to pursue two of them. First, we'd go deface Kestrel's Tower to, uh, demoralize our foes with psychological warfare, and then meet with one of Pavela's contacts who could help us disrupt supply lines from the main Darshak settlement of Gathner. Pavela offered to escort us to our targets but was worried about being recognized, so Pe Ell donated an orange cloak to disguise her as a Ramandu.
**After a pitched battle we made it to the tower, where Kestrel's halfling servant was taunted in the traditional manner and then numerous signs were posted.
**Signs included:
***"Welcome to the tower of failure! Please leave soiled clothing with Dotterel,"
***"Your tower is bad and you should feel bad,"
***"Take pride in our town. Keep yon tower Darsak free,"
***"Ramandu is better and richer than every Darshak ever. Combined even. Ramandu is the bestest in the world and carries all his riches on his person always."
***"Only thing in Dotterels mind is "peepee poopoo peepee poopoo""
**Next we went to the temple where we encountered Pavela's contact Five, who was definitely not a pile of rodents in a cloak. After a hefty bribe from Kalian, Five agreed to help us locate some darshak shipping next week. On the way out the necromancer Amdiroth was briefly mocked, and we escorted "Ramandu" to safety.
Soul Hunter recap: Darshak mocked and stolen from. More next week.

*20240420: The last Lore Tour was less of a tour and more of a tour de force. After Stinkfist's nefarious brother Reekfoot showed up to mock Puddleby's dancing skills last week, we stepped up to the challenge to Serve or Be Served. There were a variety of impressive performances including Inu and the Shadow Friends, Punisher representing Bear Force One, Bessie's Interpretive Dance, Fungal Fey and the Mush Rooms, Red Quill's Dance Squad, Garr's taunting and pie-ing of Reekfoot, and Reekfoots "dance" presentation that was mostly violence.
**After the performances, the scores provided by the distinguished judges were unceremoniously thrown out due to possible judge bribery and/or tampering, and instead the attendees were invited to vote. Apparently Puddleby feels that summoning horrifying shadow monstrosities isn't a desired part of a dance presentation, so Inu's shadow fiends came last and were subjected to brutal mockery, cheerfully provided by Pun'isher. In the end the voting was very close, but my own clan's entry was victorious! To paraphrase Stinkfist: "Red Quill winning a RP-related event, what a surprise."
**Thanks to everyone who participated! — Coriakin
*20240406: First we went and joined Ramandu on his search of the Great Toad Spirit — and fought The Ramandu in the Bookfort.
**Then we all went into the purple crayon adventure notebook and defeated Clthoomu.
**From there, a detour to visit the difference dance crews — puffins, pets, bears and badgers who were practicing for "Regionals."
**Then finally and at great length, a foray into Gorvin's danger rooms. They were very perilous and at times it looked like we wouldn't make it, but the dire seasteed (or whatever it's called) was smashed, we won, and cake was eaten in celebration that we finally weren't stuck and because it was Jamboree's birthday.
**Soul Hunter Recap: Big mob, SH wanted sharecads.
[[File:CL-LoreTour-20240316-Post Hunt.png|right|thumb|headless exile bears invade Town Center 20240316]]
*Tour Visionstone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lG_xYjB1AA8

*20240316: Arrr! Hear this declaration from the Pirate King:
**BRNJBJRN: "FIGHT TO THE DEATH, THE CHALLENGE APPROACHETH"
**A Shadow Brinclone (You may remember the Adventure to recover Mehan's Armor....) has uhhh roared a challenge through the planes to Puddleby. Come fight him in his shadowy cave.
**So, for Puddleby and those inclined to THE GREAT BEAR SPIRIT, we shall answer this call to combat.
**Now from previous encounters and expeditions into the Shadowplane we know that these Shadow Bears are rather mighty. Bring yer best. Iz gonna be dangerous. We got this.....
**Yarr it should be noted that this... seems to be the result of a chain of events started accidentally by Mehan when she lost her armor riding an agronox (it could happen to anyone) and then continued by one Inu Teisei (with some help from Sativa) when they checks notes temporarily bound the shadow bears to the ice altar, which presumably gave the Shadowplane lots and lots of time to learn all about bears....
**If this goes poorly, this is their fault. If this goes well and works out for us somehow, they get medals.
**Fight with RAWR ROAR RAWR and Honor in Glorious Bear Combat!
**Soul Hunter TLDR: Shadow ROAR RAWR RAWR ROAAAAAAR adventure time.
*20240309: Lore Tour Recap, as best I can understand it: With Venables' dead and his crew scattered, a treaty was to be signed to reward those who helped us with responsibility for the outpost. Unfortunately, Brisk managed to lose his reading glasses, so the signing was derailed as we traipsed across the archepelago looking for them. Along the way we discovered and possibly-foiled-or-maybe-not some sort of Shadowguild plot involving Rafinus and the blacksmith shop, as well as some of Brisk's... family? Associates? Unclear.
**Anyway, once we'd successfully located Stinkfist who'd be abducted by a drake (did I mention that happened? It did, from Devil's Island), we found out that the drake had also gathered Brisk's glasses. With them finally reacquired, we returned to Tenebrion's conference room for the signing. You'll have to ask someone else for the exact details of the treaty, but from what I understood the idea is to try to deal with the damage to the ethereal plane that Venables' experiments caused and finally try to run the darshak off the island once and for all. — Coriakin
**Addendum: After a great deal of shenanigans, the Loyal Supporter wandering around 'Noth summoning Ramandon'ts has fallen. But by the Cone it took forever to fell. — Shadowfire
*20240302: Holy moley, what a chaotic day assaulting Venable's Camp. Here's the recap, as much as I can put together from the variety of simultaneous plans: Ritual/song magic, beehive projectiles, sea magic candles, and more.
**Under the assumption that there wouldn't be time for a whole ritual during an assault on a darshak compound, under Valadorei's direction a ritual was performed before leaving town while a song played. I'm not sure how they did it, but the ritual's power to calm the ethereal damage taking place in Venable's camp would remain dormant until the song was played again.
**Preparations complete, we ventured to Tenebrion's Island to collect former darshak (I think?) Glorak who would be manning a catapult, and sea-witch Pelaegia. We ventured to the north gate to Venables' camp and faced strong opposition, although Glorak had snuck in earlier and left the pirates some "presents," and now many of their forces were too drunk (or poisoned) to fight effectively. The catapult was loaded with beehives brought by Biro and the other bears, and the stinging of angry bees also helped distract our foes.
[[File:CL-LoreTour20240302_2.png|right|thumb| Sammy Fights darshak with Lore Tour Group]]
**Eventually we established a foothold, and Biro was able to entreat The Great Bear Spirit to send some bears to aid out defense. With the catapult prepared to lob more bees into the heart of the camp, we gathered to help Pelaegia begin a ritual of her own, which would involve using a creating a triangle of sea candles to aid in some magic to repair the damage to the ethereal plane caused by Venables' experiments. We successfully prepared the first candle at the north gate, and left the bears to defend the candle and catapult as Lore Tour moved to the other candle locations.
**South of the compound we found the location for the second candle, and left it to be defended by an apparently friendly (or at least neutral) undead spirit known as Tatterflesh, or Mr T to his friends. The final candle location was at the compound gate located near the west landing of Tenebrion's Island, but once it was in place we needed to get inside so, another ritual was used to summon Sammy the Mantaun Rider from the bookfort, who tore open a hole in the stone wall for us. All seemed to be going according to plan(s) at this point…
**This is when Venables started taunting us over the sunstone channel, claiming to not hear anything happening, and letting us know he was going to do things like go for a walk around his outpost. You know, the sorts of things that are definitely not traps.

**Well, it was a trap. We spotted him running past us as we were making our way to the compound's east gate, and upon trying to follow him we realized that he was leaving a trail of ethereal portals on the other side of snell borders and, well, everywhere. We were eventually able to re-collect the exiles who accidentally fell for the trap (and into the portals), and realized that our primary goal needed to change to fixing the immediate ethereal damage. The mystics, aided by Pelaegia, were able to close most of the unstable portals around Venables' compound, but one seemed so tainted by darshak magic that it resisted their efforts. We entered the portal and found a seemingly calm area, but soon realized that Venables was lurking in the snell to the southwest.
**Another desperate battle ensued, but in the end we were victorious and Venables was vanquished. Or was he? I thought Venables was a flesh-and-blood being, but the "Venables" that we saw there died in a poof of smoke, much like a spirit. Hmm….
[[File:CL-LoreTour20240302.png|right|thumb|Rainbow Harp.]]
**Time was pressing and that area of the ethereal plane seemed particularly unstable (unless it's normally filled with cracks), so we had to leave that mystery for now and return to the material plane to finish what we'd started. We returned to the one remaining portal, and the combined powers of Pelaegia, the team of mystics, and the "Doomsong" were finally able to seal that remaining ethereal rift.
**We were not able to stop Venables' experiments, nor the man himself, but we inflicted a great deal of damage to his camp and were able to repair at least some of the damage to the ethereal plane. Hopefully a future trip will be able to put an end to his threat for good.
**Soul Hunter TLDR: Musical kaboom. Bee catapult. Sea candles. Confused Darshak! — Coriakin

*I attempted a TLDR:
**TL;DR: The group conducted a pre-assault ritual and song magic to calm ethereal damage at Venable's Camp. They then launched an assault with unique strategies like beehive projectiles and sea magic candles. Despite facing strong opposition and traps by Venables, they managed to establish a foothold and repair some ethereal damage with rituals and the aid of allies, including bears, a sea-witch, and an undead spirit. Venables was confronted but his defeat raised questions about his true nature. The mission caused significant damage to the camp and partially mended the ethereal plane, leaving Venables' threat unresolved for a future confrontation. — Ayelwen

*20240224: Next week's bard concert will also feature Supplanter's audition for bard quester! Please come to the guild hall on Saturday, February 24, 2024 11:00 AM [PDT] to cheer him on! — Coriakin

*20240217: Stinkfist says, “So to summarize: we have a small base camp set up on TI now to combat Venables and Kestrel's forces in two zodiacs.…we picked up a kyeum power stone also.”
**Inu Teisei says, “summary snipe hunt with prizes is my summary.”
**Stinkfist says, “So, Two zodiacs from now how do we wanna do this? Ideas? Additional allies to call upon?”
**Phroon says, “Sneak in and steal more stuff?”
**Dandelion says, “Collect wood fer me, please. Fer more signs.”
**Stinkfist says, “Additional allies to call upon?”
**Soul Hunter version: more dead darshak, sativa banished in two towns.
*20240113: Lore tour recap: We took the portal to the village to invite Forsythia to come see the Org Sanctuary with us. She was interested, but while we were chatting her hut was set on fire by some invading orga! Despite numerous setbacks we were eventually able to fight them off, and tracked their attack to the nearby org cave. It seemed like the orga were unwilling to actually enter the org cave itself, but they did their best to block it off.

After defeating the orga and unblocking the cave we went inside to find a panther cap mushroom which we took to the org sanctuary along with Forsythia, who may or may not return to the village depending on how damaged the roof of her hut is. We gave one of the blue flowers to Khami, the centaur seemingly in charge of the org sanctuary warens, as a thank you for all the work they've done to help the org. And then Phroon was so overcome with thankfulness that his Orb Of Unstable Something-Or-Other burst showering everyone around with good karma. Did you know that it's possible to get a cartload, a boatload, or even a shipload of good karma? Now you do.
Oh, one other lore tidbit. Apparently the Windspinner monk in charge of training the agronox so we can ride them is called Andrachnea. If we want more agronox flight destinations, that's the person we should talk to. Uh... anyone know who that is? — Coriakin

*20240106: Lore tour recap: we helped Gorvin find the famed warrior Darktur, but in the process encountered Sharktur, a sharkitty who’d taken Darktur’s Makobite Bracer in a poker game. After Darktur agreed to train Gorvin, we went to Ash Island to track down Sharktur and retrieve the bracer. After many pitched battles we were able to do, although Gorvin was unable to determine what the bracer does.

Soul Hunter recap: Too many darshak, but blinged Gorvin out anyway.

==2023==
*20231111: Hello! It is I, Brisk!
[[File:CL20231111.png|thumb|frame|left|The Lore Tour on November 11th, 2023 bravely fights]]
To recap this week, we made it through everywhere we wanted to during the lore tour today and even some places we did not plan on.

The group did a very good job of staying alive and making other things less alive. The machines were charged in advance by Kalian the Tawny and Falinea's Blade, thank you for your efforts. The portal was moved in place to the Fountfell for easy access by an anonymous exile. We made good progress through the citadel to the ancient machinery with minimal horus checks. Once the water was reached we realized we were not as prepared with potions and amulets of breath but we made do with a little bit of downtime and a lot of uncomfortably close movement (seriously people, I need my personal space!). Under the water we found rubble had fallen from the ceiling and littered the area around the thrones. Many trips were spent checking for holes in the crumbled walkways and cleaning up the debris. We must get Pelaegia to return and check the upkeep of the citadel, lest we lose it completely to a cave-in not unlike the one that happened long ago to cut off the gates of the twin moons!
After we reached the basement to check on the seal placed atop the shadow rend we heard a skittering noise like a sound of nails on a chalkboard. These weird insectoid like creatures came down from the walls and tried to separate our insides from our outsides. Luckily we had Gorvbot there to murder and a few blood mages that were more than comfortable bleeding a little bit to crack those carapaces. We could hear them on the other side of the rubble from the stairwell that crumbled. I suspect there may be many, many more in our future.

Phroon was carrying a page from the book of rend that started to chant and sing and was largely pleased to be in the area. When he was fumbling with the page it happened to open a rift into the shadowplane itself. We lost a few folks to his portal of doom and decided as a group to definitely go rescue them to leave no one behind and not because we wanted to know where the portal led to. We made a mad dash through the shadowplane, found a Lost Dreamer and guided it to its memory of puddleby and escaped in its wake. It might've been record time, it depends who you ask.

Either way, it answered some lingering questions but also opened a whole new line of questions for us to visit in the future.

soulhunter summary: citadel construction bad, new insects, great group today

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==2026==
*20260912: Lore Tour continues Saturday, September 12, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we plan to wander the lands to visit the V'wunquinhun and to receive their blessings. It’s is hard to believe it has been so long. Also, our plan is to focus on the other nine, since we ran into the one in Shadowspring last time. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260905: Lore Tour returns Saturday, September 5, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings and delve deeper into Shadowspring. We will need strong help and sharp minds to brave to darkness. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260904: Portal move announcement portal will move tomorrow or Saturday (~4-5 Sept) for all of September to Frigid Cavern. Depending on V'wunkays or anything special for v1500, maybe it will be more variable. Stay tuned to Koppi for any changes! — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.OrgDuLac Org Du Lac]

*20260822: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 22, 2026 at 10:00 This week we plan to divert slightly on the trail of the Skitterlings to deliver Trillbane his song! We've invited him over to the Rockslide Tavern in Fountfell for some needed refreshments, so we'll have to travel through Vale of Giants to meet up with him and hear the song Coriakin has written for him. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260815: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 15, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings and our exploration of the area beneath Shadowspring. As before, strong help of all kinds would be appreciated! — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20280808: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 8, 2026 at 10:00. This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. After our realization that the goats and Trillbane have finished the shortcut, we plan to stop by and tell Tart’targ of our progress before heading back beneath Shadowspring. Strong help will be needed to defeat the things crawling around in the darkness. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260801: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 1, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. With the earth aligned ancient machines charged, we plan to make our way north through Vale to the nodes north of there, ultimately making our way to the GMV Ruins. Last time in the Fire ruins the Mystics felt the Ick to the west, towards that area. While there we can try some different tactics against the Ick, hopefully we can find an effective approach. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260718: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the '''Skitterlings'''. We plan to meet with Tart’targ and catch up with her on our success in taking down an Ick Promontory. Then we’ll see if we can hunt down any more of them that may have appeared around the ancient machines in the Eastern Mountains. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260711: **Lore Tour** continues July 11th at 10AM (PST). This week we're planning to head into the **Shadowplane** to search for clues about the forgotten Oubleir in our efforts to find the Fruit of the Crooked Tree. Last time we were investigating them we talked with a large shadow mantuan in the Shadow forest and they mentioned that we had the wrong mantuan, and that the rest of the herd were smaller baby mantuan. We plan to search through the shadowplane to see if we can locate them and see what they might say. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

[[File: WantedSkitterlings.png|left|thumb| Skitterlings Wanted.]]
*20260704: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 4, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we will be continuing on the on the trail of the Skitterlings. Our plan is to meet again with Tart'targ, update her on our efforts and then check on some sightings of the Skitterlings near their nest in the Vale of Giants. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260620: Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 20, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we will continuing on the on the trail of the Skitterlings. Our plan is to meet with the Nacerean Order and talk with them about how we might be able to utilize blood magic in our efforts against the Ick. Maybe we could even get the bloodpool itself to help us out in some way.

*20260613: Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 13, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we will be needing some help on the trail of the Skitterlings. With the delivery of the Green Drake mushrooms to Tart’targ, we’re almost ready to delve into Shadowspring, but we need some time for the Goats to finish their digging and for us to finish composing a song for Trillbane. So we need your help in coming up with ideas to buy us time. What can we do to the Ick to stymie its spread or to distract it, slowing it from spreading further towards Sunspire and the other ancient machines? While catching up with Tart’targ we’ll share our theories and head over to one of the nodes to try some out. So bring your ideas, theories and equipment, explain how it might help, then we can try it out and see what happens. Hopefully we can figure out a plan from this testing.
**So far we’ve observed that the Ick seems to be growing, seeing out the energies of the ancient machines. The Skitterlings, it seems, are just along for the ride. Hopefully that’s helpful in forming your ideas.

*20260606: Lore Tour returns Saturday, June 6, 2026 at 10:00. This week we will travel through the Vale of Giants to the Heartwood Glade in search of the Green Drake mushrooms that Tart’targ needs to help us get deeper into Shadowspring. And as a reminder, we promised her we wouldn’t imbibe them ourselves, lest our bodies be turned into mud and forced to wander without our minds. ⁠hunting_hall⁠ While there, we also plan on checking on the progress the goats, Trillbane, and the Mountain Hermit have made on making a shortcut into Shadowspring. We had last wrangled some unruly goats with them, so hopefully they’ve made good progress. ⁠hunting_hall⁠ Once we gather the mushrooms, we need to make sure we get them back to Tart’targ, as they are prone to spoilage. When we get back to her, we can report on the spread of the Ick we had observed near the GMV Ruins creeping up towards Sunspire. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260530: Hello, bards and others! The May 30th concert will be our next themed concert. The concert will feature music inspired by or written about the Shadowplane. I’m sure everything will be fine and there will be no unexpected visitors or unfortunate occurrences. Bards, you’re invited to write something new about the Shadowplane! This isn’t officially a contest, just a composing challenge, but I’ve already received some donations so…. Who knows what’ll happen!

[[File: LTatSPwEle.png|left|thumb| Lore Tour Consults a Shadow-phant, and learns to do nothing.]]

*20260523: Lore Tour continues Saturday, May 23, 2026 at 10:00. This week we will return to the Shadow Forest. As a reminder, we had been working for some time on a way to restore the altar in the Windweft Ice Caves, to restore access to Purgatory and maybe see if we could help the spirit of Gaiyl return. To do that, we were tracking down how the Ancients built the altars in the first place. From the stories left in their triangle language near the Ancient machines we know that Mataline had went to the Shadowplane and stole a piece of shadow and brought it back with her. Stories that Egremora told us say that with that piece stone was infused with the power of the shadows to become altars. From other stories from the protectorate, we’ve been able to put together that this piece of shadow was actually fruit of the crooked tree. From that same crooked tree we were presented two seeds, one that we planted in Fane, and the other that was planted in the Dreamless Protectorate. By feeding the Fane seedling, it eventually grew into a tree with an entrance to the Shadow Forest. It is our hope that our next clues on where to find the fruit we need to make progress. While there, we will try and make sense of the forgotten Oubleir. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260516: The week on Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 10:00 (PST) the Lore Tour will be checking up on the bees we helped settle into one of the caves in the Ash Barrens. But before we go there, we'll be heading into the Greymyr Passes to meet up with Nauliana the beekeeper. Hopefully we can convince her to join us in visiting the bees and maybe she can teach us ways to help them thrive. We'll see where that leads us and I sure everything will be totally 100% safe. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Garr Garr]

*20260509: Lore Tour continues Saturday, May 9, 2026 at 10:00. This week we will continue on the trail of the Skitterlings checking in on the ancient machines in the eastern mountains to see what the Ick has been up to. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260502: **Lore Tour** returns 10AM PST. This week we will return again to the **Book Fort**, this time we plan to head to the Sky-library. While we’re there we’ll try and sort out the whole regal situation between the jerk knights and Seaforth.

*20260425: BARD CONCERT

*20260418: Lore Tour continues Saturday, April 18, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we will return into the Book Fort, this time heading to the Mosey Meadows.

*20260411: This week on Saturday, April 11, 2026 at 10:00 (PST), the Lore Tour will be heading up to Sombrion’s Cloud to investigate something strange going on. A friend of mine was recently up there doing some “research” when all of a sudden a Sarir ran by screaming. Something about “Run!” and “It just landed!” He just thought it was your normal Sarir ramblings and didn’t follow up because it was just a Sarir you know? But when he told me, I figured we should probably go check it out. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260404: Lore Tour returns Saturday, April 4, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we will venture into the Book Fort! — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260314: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 14, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). Double check that time! This week we plan to pay a visit to the Verminate on Ash to see what they’ve been up to lately in tormenting the Darshak. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260307: Lore Tour returns Saturday, March 7, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings by searching for some inspiration for @Coriakin’s song about Trillbane. — Phroon

*20260221: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 21, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan help Trillbane wrangle some goats that have wandered away from clearing the path to Shadowspring. Trillbane mentioned they were last seen in the rocky areas above Vale, so we’ll check there first. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260214: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue our investigations into the Skitterlings and the Ick. We plan to check on the nest we’ve found below the Vale of Giants, we also hope to run into Trillbane and ask how me might be able to help clear the way into Shadowspring Citadel.

*20260207: Lore Tour returns Saturday, February 7, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to investigate the new Stout Chains, traveling deep into the Orga Stronghold to hunt for Fire Water. We may also poke around and see if we can figure out how the Orga make the stuff and reproduce it ourselves. While out that way, if we see Trillbane we also plan to ask him about how the goats are doing on clearing the way into Shadowspring, and what we might do to speed that up. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260124: Lore Tour continues Saturday, January 24, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to use the current portal armistice to investigate the Heart of Ice in the Glacial Deeps. Hopefully we can meet the Fountfell smith Kasarra there and show them what we’ve been able to discover so far. We also hope to talk to some of the Windspinners there to see what they have been able to learn.

*20260117: Lore Tour continues Saturday, January 17, 2026 at 10:00. This week we plan to catch up on the status of the Bath House. I’ve heard a report from Loom'tir that most of the staff have returned from a mandatory Peaceton vacation, and that they could use help with the finishing touches for their grand reopening.

*20260110: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 10, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. Following up on the investigation of the fighter nodes in the Eastern Mountains we plan to visit with Tart’targ and discuss what we’ve both observed. We also plan to deliver most of the materials that we were tasked to collect a while ago that would be used in a ritual to get down to where the Skitterlings seemed to be coming from in Shadowspring.

*20260103: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 3, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. Before the Bawkmas holiday Tart’targ identified that the Skitterlings seemed to be spreading along with a strange vine-web substance. We’ve since seen Skitterlings and this substance near several of the ancient machines in the Eastern Mountains. We plan to continue our investigation by traveling to the earth attuned machines and checking on their current status.

==2025==
*20251213: Lore Tour returns Saturday, December 13, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. Last week we unexpectedly found one of their nests underneath Vale in the ruins up to Fountfell, suggesting they have expanded outwards from their spot beneath Shadowspring. We plan to revisit the nest and see what else we can learn from it.

[[File:CL-20251206-Skittlerlings.png|thumb|frame|left|These guys are in quite the predicament!]]
*20251206: Lore Tour returns Saturday, December 6, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings with a trip through the Vale of Giants to check on the goat’s progress on clearing a path into Shadowspring for Trillbane.

*20251122: Lore Tour continues Saturday, November 22, 2025 at 10:00. This week we plan to check in with the Verminate Two. Five (as they were five vermin in a cloak) became Two after Three stayed behind to rule over the mountain of lunch boxes we had delivered. We then invited Two to join us in Puddleby where they were learning to cook in Haricot’s kitchen. The Verminate were working on plans to topple the Darshak buildings in Ash City, as well as learning rune magic. We hope to check in with them and see what progress they’ve made and if we can be of any help.—Phroon

[[File:CL-2025115-Dance_Off.png|thumb|frame|left|The November 15st 2025 Lore tour Dance Off!]]
*20251115: Instead of your usual Lore Tour, it's a dance off Dance Off!

*20251108: Lore Tour returns Saturday, November 8, 2025 at 10:00 (PST). (Double check that time!). This week we plan to return to the trail of the Skitterlings. We plan to head through Vale of Giants to Heartwood Glade to check on the progress of the path into Shadowspring. With luck the goats may have broken enough rock to make us a path inside. Strong help as always would be appreciated. — Phroon

[[File:CL-20251101LoreTour.png|thumb|frame|left|The November 1st 2025 Lore tour meets at the alliance castle.]]
*20251101: Lore Tour returns Saturday, November 1, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). (Double check that time!). This week we plan to have a spooky Tsrrin themed adventure. The day of the dead will be over so you can come back out of the library and don your costume to celebrate with us!

*This month's bard concert will be in the bards' guild hall on Saturday October 25th at 11AM (PDT). Normally we have our Feast of Tsirrin concert in the playhall, but we need to be in the bards' guild building because it'll also be Valadorei's audition to become a full bard! I hope you can all make it out to support her!

*20251018: Lore Tour continues Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue our Ethereal Science with Bosun Higgs on western Tenebrion’s Island in efforts to repair the damage that the Darshak had done to the Ethereal Plane. It seems that Higgs has already successfully removed the Kyuem the Darshak had forced into place, but there is still more work to be done.

*20251011: **Lore Tour** continues Saturday October 11 at 10AM (PDT) After the nothing-counts tour of last week we again plan to head through **Vale of Giants** up to **Fountfell** to speak with the smiths there about our success in locating the heart of ice. A while ago they were searching for the heart in hopes to use it in the process of creating some kind of armor. Vale has been particularly happy when we’ve visited recently, so strong help would be appreciated.

*20251004: Lore Tour returns Saturday, October 4, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to head through Vale of Giants up to Fountfell to speak with the smiths there about our success in locating the heart of ice. A while ago they were searching for the heart in hopes to use it in the process of creating some kind of armor. Vale has been particularly happy when we’ve visited recently, so strong help would be appreciated.

*20250927: Bard Concert: Bard Concert on Saturday, September 27, 2025 at 11:00! I'll bring 2 new songs (one of which is for the contest and the other one is exploring more of my CLmetal / CLrock era) and others are hoping to have new stuff too! — Bingro

*20250925: Dear Puddleby Friends,
**It is time to pause and remember those we have lost over the years.
**Baffina & Baffette, Eyeball, K’Pyn, The Good Cat, Tonoto, Tyndall, Xenos & Panos are much missed in Puddleby and in the world. Each year we come together on or around the anniversary of Tyndall’s passing, 20 years ago, in order to celebrate the lives of these friends who have passed, as well as others we miss.
**Please join us to share memories, whiskey, cigars, beer, songs, and bonfires in the Memorial Garden outside Alliance Castle on Thursday, September 25, 2025 at 19:00 (PDT). Here in Puddleby we call it "mosey time." Follow the candles from West Gate.
**Whether you knew them or not, whether you are a regular in Puddleby, brand new, or watch from the library, please feel welcome. We would love to see you. Please also reach out to friends who might not see this message – we'd love to see them, too.
**Xenos & Panos wished us all “a happy and fruitful life and the good sense to live it with no regrets.”
*20250913: Lore Tour returns Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:00. This week we plan to head through Vale of Giants to Heartwood Glade to check on the progress on clearing the way into Shadowspring. We’ve been digging our way to Shadowspring to investigate the mysterious Skitterlings scuttling beneath the citadel. Both Trillbane and Tart’targ have been helping us, so we’re planning on stopping by to see if they need anything.

*20250906: Lore Tour returns Saturday, September 6, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to head to Tenebrion’s Island to check on the abandoned Darshak Temple where they were conducting ethereal research. Lugubrion had asked us to remove ethereal detritus from a stash there. There were also report of some sort of ethereal accountant there, we plan to investigate that as well. — Phroon

*20250829: Friday, August 29, 2025 at 19:00 (PDT) the mosey (and Whirlwind) will be bringing those interested to book 2

*20250823: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 23, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to head to Ash City to deliver lunch to Five. Pack up on lunch boxes from Haricot’s and be prepared to fight some Darshak.

*20250816: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 16, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to head back to the Glacial Deeps beneath the Frigid Caverns in Silversnag Ascent in the Eastern Mountains to continue our investigations into the Heart of Ice. This week we hope to talk to the Windspinners there about the Heart and other discoveries.

*20250802: Lore Tour returns Saturday, August 2, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. With mushrooms in hand from last time, we plan to scout around Fountfell looking for potential ways into the depths below Shadowspring. We’ve been able to recruit the assistance of Trillbane for a cut of the spoils and a song. Perhaps he’ll be willing to help us find the trailhead.

*20250719: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 19, 2025 at 10:00AM (PDT). To continue our investigation into the mysterious Skitterlings found beneath Shadowspring Citadel we plan to go hunting for the mushrooms Tart’targ needs to unseal the path down to where the Skitterlings are believed to be nesting. We plan to start our search by meeting with her to remind ourselves what we’re looking for.

*20250628: Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to visit with the inscrutable Mountain Hermit in the Vale of Giants gauntlet to ask him about the current goings on in the Eastern Mountains. There’s been a lot going on; our search for the Stormlyric Monastery, explorations of the Frigid Cavern for the Heart of Ice, and a council of different factions discussing Sombrion’s presence. And that’s on top of our recent discovery and investigation of the skitterlings. The hermit’s enigmatic perspective on these things will help guide our turbulent investigations. — Phroon

*20250607: This week the Lore Tour will be heading back to the bowels of Ash Island to investigate what our vermine and spriggin friends have been up to since we last visited. While there we should probably be on the lookout for The Widow Lactrodectia and her creations. Also, We will probably try to rob any rich new Darshak Lords that have settled in Rosentide since the last time we looted the place. All these things and more may or may not happen! Join us to find out! — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Garr Garr]

*20250605: v1436. When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of human civilization — Daniel Webster (1782–1852)
**Sorry for the delay. Our gerbils were a bit overwhelmed by the amount of art pouring into our library (over 8200 individual images!) They needed some cuddles, reassurance, and a little reprogramming.
**Speaking of 8200+ amazing pieces of artwork: thank you again to our volunteer artists, who have been expanding the Clan Lord world for the past 25 (27?) years. We wouldn’t be the same without you!

*20250531: Coriakin reports: Bard concert at Lugubrion's Keep next weekend! Saturday, May 31st at 11AM pacific time. Come on out and hear some organ music!

[[file:fountfell-lore-tour.png|thumb|The Lore Tour in Fountfell]]
*20250517: Lore Tour continues Saturday, May 17, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT) this week we will visit the Rockslide Tavern in Fountfell to hear stories from Egremora and to ask about the strange Skitterlings we saw deep inside Shadowspring Citadel. We may also stop by and visit with Pelaegia to get her perspective on these strange creatures. — Phroon

*20250510: **Lore Tour** continues 10AM (PDT) this week we will travel deep into **Shadowspring Citadel**. Known as the Gates of the Moon by the Ancients, these ruins housed a tear to the Shadowplane that was sealed by exiles years ago. We plan to delve its depth to reveal any new mysteries, and to check on the odd skittering creatures we saw before. We will need strong help to brave the dangers within, including those versed in revealing the rifts and traps within, as well as some of our friends who have trained plenty of Horus.
[[File:CL-Fountain 2025-05-07.png|thumb]]
*20250507: Update v1432
**Yes, I will spend the livelong day
**With Nature in this month of May;
**And sit beneath the trees, and share
**My bread with birds whose homes are there.
**“In May” — W. H. Davies (1871–1940)
**Thank you to our volunteers and artists for their continued work!
**Other than some behind-the-scenes bug fixes, everything else for this update is a secret. Or maybe not-so-secret?

*20250419: Lore Tour continues Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT) this week we have a trip led by the Fledgelings into the Bookfort. Check it out, at your local library. — Phroon

*20250412: Lore Tour returns Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT) this week we plan to head to the Shadowplane and the Protectorate to hunt for clues on how to succeed in future trips to the Shadow Forest. If there's time, we may also visit some Shadowbears. Strong help and bright lanterns will be needed to traverse the dangerous plane.

*20250405: Lore Tour returns Saturday, April 5, 2025 at 10:00AM (PDT) this week we plan to delve into The Land of Dank Believe aka Bookfort. We plan to revisit previous year’s sections of the Bookfort including exciting adventures like fighting in a book on the moon and defeating a wizard on a cloud. Please suspend your disbelief at the door.
*Next Update April 2nd. — Phroon

*20250322: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 22, 2025 at 10:00 (AM PDT) this week we plan to head to Silversnag Ascent and the Frigid Cavern to continue our investigations into the Heart of Ice. Rumor says there may be others looking for the same thing we are, maybe they’ll have some clues for us. — Phroon

*20250315: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 15, 2025 at 10:00AM (PDT) this week we plan to select a plan from various plans. We are awaiting confirmation of the plan while we plan to make our selection. We hope to plan on your attendance. (Silversnag? TI? Shadowplane? East Forest!? Who knows where Lore Tour will go!?).
**Lore Tour update: This week we plan to travel to TI to investigate the Darshak Temple that was under construction there. — Phroon

*20250308: **Lore Tour** continues 10AM PST. this week we plan to go on an adventure hosted by the Order of the Fledgelings!

*20250305 v1423 Update
**Choice is how you can tell an intelligent man from a fool. — Henrik Ibsen (1828–1906)
**You’ll have to explore to see what’s new this Chaos Storm.

*20250301: **Lore Tour** returns 10AM PST this week we plan to drop on by **Sombrion’s Keep** to explore the appropriated island and to deliver materials towards a permanent Agronox landing pad. We’ll be needing plenty of agronox feathers, mirror shards, logs of wood, sturdy limbs, skiens of silk, blue baubles, and shiny medallions. We’ll also see if we can fit in some squabbling with a Wizard, or at least a good rifling through his things.
*20250215: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 15, 2025 at 10:00 (PST) this week we plan to head to Ash City to do some more ambassadorial liaising in the Gorvin tradition. Following our defeat of Endrondus there’s sure to be some interesting things happening in Rosentide.

*20250208: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 8, 2025 at 10:00AM (PST) this week we plan to head to the Shadow Forest and the Shadow Bard’s Field! Strong help and many lanterns will be needed to survive. — Phroon

*20250205 v1419 Update
**We love the things we love for what they are. — Robert Frost (1874–1963)
**Testing potential new Champion ability: Charge. It has some small limits to the number of uses for now, until we figure out balancing. Apply for testing in Champ HQ.
**A few stubbornly wild pets can now be tamed by healers.
**Boostus got a little boost.
**Young lights can now better ward off the dangers of the dark.

*20250201: Lore Tour returns Saturday, February 1, 2025 at 10:00 (PST) this week we plan to head back to Silversnag Ascent and the Frigid Cavern to check on the crumbling ice within. These Ancient ruins always seem to contain much history for us to understand. — Phroon
*20250118: (10AM PST) Lore Tour this week plans to explore the Shadow Forest. Strong help and sun lanterns will be required.
*20250111: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 11, 2025 at 10:00 (PST) this week we plan to head back to Ash to continue our investigate Ausrine’s mysterious Ankh. I'm sure we'll encounter absolutely no more misunderstandings whatsoever.

*20250104: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 4, 2025 at 10:00 (PST)this week we plan to head deep into to the third circle of the Abyss to investigate Ausrine’s mysterious Ankh. Strong help would be appreciated for this trip.

*20250101 v1414 Update
**I have learned that to be with those I like is enough. — Walt Whitman (1819–1892)
**Season’s Belated Beatings!

==2024==
*20241221: Lore Tour continues Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 10:00AM PST this week we plan to return to Silversnag Ascent to search for a heart of ice for Kasarra’s smithing experiments. — Phroon
*20241214 10AM PST: Arbordale, Puddleby, Merdi, day 22 of Autumn, 639.
Letter to Giben at Fountfell
**Titus [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Kojiro Kojiro] DeLouche St. Thoomingnon, son of Pomponious, Lord Seaforth, to Giben, Dwarf - If you and the scouting party are well I shall be glad. From your official despatch I have, in common with everyone else, received the liveliest satisfaction; for you have given us that strong hope of success, of which, in sole reliance on you, I was assuring everyone. The emissary smith has taught to Powean the working of litharge. To practical end, he has learned the making of the Gilded Breastplate which was awarded me in recognition of valor on behalf of the People. This he learned only after smashing to
**Issues remain. We know not how to channel the Earth’s power through the armor, beyond its shining brilliance to strike fear into the hearts of enemies sensible of it. Further, I have reread the minutes of that initial meeting with Kassara, who defamed my biceps, from which it is clear that a second armor type was discussed of which Powean has not been taught. This is referred to as flexible, perhaps a mesh, perhaps for rapid attackers rather than line troops. The requirements mentioned steel, lead, arachnoid silk and ice. I know not whether the reference to ice is meant literally – is it an annealing step? A type of ice magic? I pray we will not be competing with the Mystics for sapphires.
**Your correspondence reaches me here, conveyed by what means I know not, from Fountfell. It seems we must send you another scouting party, as the above questions remain to be resolved. Do send reports regarding the route, in particular the grasping cedar forest west of the settlement. I will bring you a package of the smoked jellyfish I know to be your favorite and not native to high altitudes. We return this Saturday, December 14, for Lore Tour. Watch for our coming.
*20241123 10AM PST: At the behest of Pirate King, Witchy Kitty, [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Stinkfist Captain Stinkfist]:
**Arrr, now that we have successfully lulled Endrondus into a false sense of security, it is time to enact the Pirate King's daring and cunning plan to undermine the Darshak Cult. Yarr, this plan is top secret and will be explained on the day.
**Enclosed is a doodle of the Witchy Kitty Pirate King winking* — Valadorei
*20241116 10AM PST: “Arrr! Witchy Kitty Pirate King here! We will be following up on our Rainbow Diplomacy efforts! I'm told we should visit Alder to discuss the Bee Prophecy and related things, so yarr, seems like a good place to start. We also have our new friends from the Verminate and our Spriggin allied uhh mercenaries err... special advisors to the Verminate. The Verminate will need more shiny things for the rainbow generator, so bring shiny things, sunstones and gems of any kind are specially needed. Probably bring them snacks too, what is the food equivalent of the shiniest gem? Bring the answer to that question please. For our Spriggin friends..... yarr just bring coins for them. The Witchy Kitty Pirate King of Lok'Groton will make a substantial donation and the Forces of Whimsy would surely look very kindly upon a large gift of coins from Puddleby. Lastly, time permitting, yarr we got this very bad darshak priest man named Endrondus, he is a very bad man and for the good of the island chain, he gots to go. He needs to die for his many crimes going back centuries, definitely not because we built a rainbow generator and gave it to sentient vermine right in front of him. We totally didnt do that... and if we did it was on purpose and part of a much larger plan in accordance with The Gorvin Mandate regarding the Darshak Cult. Fun and inventive and practical ways to dispose of this very bad darshak man are welcome. See you there! With Love, The Witchy Kitty Pirate King” — Stinkfist

*20241109 10AM PST: Arbordale, Puddleby, Sombdi, day 71 of Spring, 639.
**Letter to Giben at Fountfell
**Giben - The state of things in regard to my steel visions, in which I know that you are supremely interested, and our subsequent discoveries beneath Melabrion Bay is this, as far as can be as yet conjectured. The ceiling ore is steel and lead alloyed, and delivery of ingots of what I refer to here as ‘litharge’ has been secured to skilled metalworkers in Fountfell, said ingots being alloy and bone ash. The ingots are stamped with a Dwarven symbol for Earth, for lead, and a sword, referencing steel. You may share my skepticism as to virtue of the litharge to us, as warriors – boluses for slings? will we have boots of lead, for stamping vermine, or fighting on the sea floor? Recall our schooling in philology – I believe the litharge stamp to be a specifier of the Champion in the ancient language of the Even Shorter Dwarves.
**I call upon you to join me this approaching Saturday for Lore Tour, and I will make the same demand upon all Puddlebeans. Saturday, then, we lead with steel and follow with lead. We shall make a concerted expedition to this Fountfell, this mountain beyond the History of Salandra, and there turn speculation into knowledge. — Titus Kojiro DeLouche St. Thoomingnon, Lord Seaforth
[[File:CL-v1406SplashScreen.png|thumb|frame|right|The v1406 Clan Lord Splash Screen]]
*20241106: CL v1406 Update
**Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion. — Democritus (c. 460 bce – c. 370)
**A statue remembering The Good Cat has been added to the Memorial Garden.
**A few cats waited until exiles were done trick-or-treating to put on their own costumes, wander around, and beg for treats.
**Improved <mumble>, <mumble>, and <mumble>.
**Three new areas will now properly give exploration awards. Anyone who has explored these areas already will be able to do so again to receive the reward. — Delta Tao

*20241102 10AM PDT: Come help us fulfil a prophecy with Science! Or something like that. I'm not in charge. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Garr Garr]

*20241019 10AM PDT: Lord Seaforth (formerly Kojiro):
**Attn Puddleheads: A Levée is called to new ore finds in Tokhans - Saturday, Lore Tour. The gods demand Metal. I demand fancier armor. Bring tools.

*20241005 10AM PDT: Lore Tour returns this Saturday to the shadow garden in the haunted fane. After all the extra trips we made, we now believe that we may have enough dream fragments to grow the tree even bigger! Nothing could possibly go wrong as the seed was freely given! We'll likely need a strong group to ensure the success of this endeavor so make sure to show up.

*20240921 10AM PDT: THE TRIAL BY PUN-BAT OF PAULA FRESHLAND!!! Happuning Saturday 10 am PST. Don’t miss your chance to see just-ice snow its hand in the Puddleby Courthouse! Will Maximus try to defend his damsel and wind up in damncell or will he get rid of his jailousy and shake Paula’s clutch on him and purse-ue a path of honor and truth. The Punsecutor General will be handling the trial on behalf of the people and all other Puddleby citipuns. You.Cannot.Afford.To.Miss.This!!!! — Pun’isher

*20240907 10AM (PDT): GREETINGS PUDDLEBEARS AND PUDDLEBEANS. THE GREAT BEAR SPIRIT HAS BEEN KEEPING WATCH OVER OUR SHADOW NOT-BEAR FRIENDS, AND HAS NOTICED THAT THEY HAVE BEEN GROWING IN POWER. THE GREAT BEAR SPIRIT ADVICES US TO SHOW THEM OUR PUDDLE HONOR, BY ENGAGING IN SOME DIPLOMATIC WRESTLING ON THEIR TURF. WE SHALL MAUL AND SLASH TO EXCHANGE BEAR KNOWLEDGE. BRING HONEY. — Biro

*20240817: Arr, Puddleby! I have been keeping my bees informed of da news, but dey told me da uvver bees are restless. Dey are not satisfied wit second hand news nor wit so few of us reportin' it. Reekfoot's weddin' is da hops what broke da bison's back.
**DEREFORE (da Captain said dat part is important) we are going to visit my bees on August 17, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT) to make dis right. After we tell dem da news officially, we will ask what we can do to assuage da uvver bees' bovveration. Warm up your newsing voices. Polish your armour. Bring your big axes an' wax your moonstones. Dis could get messy. — Dandelion

*20240810: Proclamation from the Pirate King:
**Arrr, so a Rumorstorm has informed me that my brother, local traveling non-darshak pirate blood conjurer Reekfoot has gotten married and did not invite me due to his unhappiness at placing 3rd in the 420th Regional Dance Offs. I am told from a presumably reliable source that Rumorstorm heard that Reekfoot has indeed married some Darshak of some amount of renown. FURTHERMORE, I heard tell that Reekfoot NOW wants an audience with us, the Citizens of Puddleby What's gonna go down? I dunno, there is a lot of information flying around, what has everyone else heard? Cuz I heard the UoP Janitors totally murdered the dance floor at the reception. I also heard we are going to do GREAT!
**7 word summaries:
***Reekfoot makinup fer sumting, bloo peel, PROFIT!
***Killing Darshaks for Profit, or for Reekfoot...

*20240803: oh uh, Lore Tour: We're fighting Shadow Plane nihilism. Which is, obviously, the worst kind of nihilism. — Ausrine

*20240727: It almost time again! On July 27th at 11AM (PDT) we'll be hearing Aurelie audition for Questership und thus hear lots of new music you certainly don't want to miss out on! Also, rumour has it, there is a surprise waiting to be revealed at or around the concert!
*20240720: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 20, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we plan to follow up on some strange new apparitions sighted during a recent visit to the Shadowplane. Was it a one-off sighting? We'll need strong fighters and would welcome mystics, especially those with a sun lantern. If we don't have enough mystical support, we may go mad and climb the walls or gnaw off each others' limbs. — Phroon

*20240713: Lore Tour Saturday July 13th and 10AM PDT: The Romanus Mystery
**An intriguing cold case file came to light in the last month. During the bank counter heist Romanus was killed—or was he? We need to ascertain whether Romanus was always a shadow guild agent that exiles killed, or was he replaced by an agent. Judging by the events as recorded by the PPD, Romanus wouldn’t have helped the exiles if he was simply a shadow guild agent. Assuming that is true, If he is alive, and was captured by shadow guild agents, then we have to find where they are keeping him. Given the roster of Puddleby Police Department is down to 2 active members — myself & lieutenant deputy of puns, Pun’isher. We need all able citizens to help us crack this case. — Sheriff Noivad

*20240706: [https://discord.gg/W688R9aM?event=1254919822534250597 Lore Tour] Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 6, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we plan to travel to Fountfell and Silversnag Ascent to follow up on clues about the history of Mataline's Silver Key.

*20240629: Next bard concert will be Saturday June 29th at 11AM pacific time, featuring the return of @Bingro and hopefully @Fantasia too! If I did this right, this should be your local time: Saturday, June 29, 2024 11:00 AM (PDT).
*20240622: Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 22, 2024 10:00 AM. — Phroon
*20240615:Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 15, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we will be traveling with the mysterious Orchid into Fane to show her the sapling that has been growing in the Shadowy garden there. It is our hope that she will be able to lend us some clarity as to what might happen if we continue to foster the tree’s growth. As usual, strong help would be useful, Rinakki isn’t the most welcomed in Fane anymore and will need our help in reaching the garden. — Phroon

*20240608: Lore Tour returns Saturday, June 8, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we will be visiting with Rinakki to discuss the newly planted seeds growing in the Fane Shadowgarden and the Shadowplane Protectorate. — Phroon

*20240601: Lore Tour returns Saturday, June 1, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we will travel into Fane and check in on the shadowy garden within. — Phroon
*20240518: Greetings! Have any of you been experiencing a strong pull to go to the shadowplane during the lore tour this weekend? Im sure there has to be a reason behind this alluring humming I keep hearing. It's causing me to have some very strong feelings, a sort of yearning to go where I belong. Would you folks be willing to check it out? We should speak with the Evenas and any of those who follow the Way of the Candle and ask if they have experienced this in the past. There's almost no chance of anything bad happening. Feel free to bring your brooms just in case though. — Brisk
**Normal time, Saturday, May 18, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT).
**Soul Hunter summary: Shadowplane. Lotsa lore, some tour. Good things only.
*20240511: Lore Tour continues Saturday, May 11, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we plan to help Pavela’s contact Five on Ash disrupt the Darshak supply lines.

*20240504: Lore Tour returns Saturday, May 4, 2024 10:00 AM. This week we plan to travel meet with Pavela and then travel to Ash to do what we usually in Ash City. Darshak be warned. — Phroon

*20240427: Bard concert coming soon! We'll be back in the guild hall this weekend so questers can play too if they want. Hope to see you there this Saturday 11AM PDT.
[[File:CL-LoreDanceOff20240420.png|right|thumb|The Lore Dance Off.]]

*20240420: xLore Tour continues Saturday, April 20, 2024 10:00 AM. For a date this special, Stinkfist has sent the following plan:
**Lore Tour: The 420th Randomly-Timed Regional Lok'Groton Championship Dance Off
**Yarr so apparently it is indeed time for Regionals. You may have noticed the various established dance crews practicing in the book fort's new Arboretum! You also may have been at the last lore tour where Reekfoot showed up and totally served Puddleby in an attempt to demoralize and psych us out before Regionals.
**So what ARE Regionals? Why is this the first I'm hearing about this?
**It’s a dance off obviously. I dunno, that isn't for me to say, seems like a you thing but I am told it goes back to the "Times of the Ancients" or something.
**But to explain anyways so we can establish THE RULES and THE PRIZES
**Each dance crew will perform one dance routine which will be judged by a panel of highly qualified judges. The judges will score each performance. After every crew has performed there will be an audience vote, which is what actually matters, this is just the way the Ancients did things. I don't pretend to understand why judges if a popular vote determines who wins, I didn't make up the rules, I'm just officiating them.
**Cheating! Is oddly legally allowed by the rules. So we should expect Reekfoot to try and pull SOMETHING devious and probably violent in an attempt to win.
**The rules also state that ANYONE can enter solo or as a crew and individuals are technically allowed to be in multiple dance crews if they choose.
**THE PRIZES:
***1st Prize: Ownership of an empty hut of your choosing in the West Phisney Island Outpost neighborhood. Decorate as you please! + A Big Box of Book Fort Swag + 200k to split amongst your dance crew
***2nd Prize: 1 very large pile of coins (100k) + A Big Box of Book Fort Swag
***3rd Prize: A big box of book fort swag + a reasonably nice pile of coins (50k)
**Where are we dancing off at? The Puddleby Player's Theater in West Puddleby
**When again? 10am PDT on Saturday the 4/20th
**Who are the judges again? Famed local residents of Lok'Groton who we are friendly with and your Pirate King, who is a judge purely to prevent Reekfoot from winning.
**Last place will be awarded personalized Odius Ode courtesy of Pun'isher.

*20240413: Lore Tour continues Saturday, April 13, 2024 10:00 AM: Lore Tour: The Phisney Island Follow Up
**Arrr! Pirate King Witchy Kitty and Magician Majesticos Stinky here again to tell you all about what awesome thing we will be doing next.
**First up, we got some Direbears to welcome to Phisney Island and say Rawr hey tharr to! That'll be nice, for bears are our friends!
**Since they are usually close by, we should probably go and let the Sarir know what has been going on.
**Then, we got some loose ends to tie up, starting with Pavela, Kestrel's Spy on the island that we so generously allowed to walk last we were there. We will need to deal with her in some fashion. There are ideas of how to do this being floated.
**Lastly.. we got that Abyss tainted Darshak mini-temple that Venables hid in to deal with. So we are going to test some of Katpus and the Janitor's research regarding rainbow death/life cannons on it.
**So yarr, we are going to blast the crap out it with rainbows powered by cutting edge magical science and the awesome knowledge of the University of Puddleby! Go Science!
**I’m sure we'll learn something from the test. So yarr we are probably gonna need some mystics and other sources of sun energy and sunbeams for this! Also if ya got any rubies, sapphires, or even topaz bring them! Also sun zu! That seems helpful!
**A responsible ethereal trained mystic would be appreciated as we will be unleashing large amounts of rainbows near an active kyeum but science hasnt proven any ill effect of rainbows on things ethereal but it is yarr like wise to keep an eye on such things just to be safe!
**Soul Hunter's TLDR: Bears, Sarir, Haha Spy, Rainbow Blast Abyssness!
*20240406: Lore Tour returns Saturday, April 6, 2024 10:00 AM. This time we will delve into the Book Fort! — Phroon
*20240403: The v1375 update is scheduled for Wednesday 3 April 2024. —Phroon
*20240330: This month's concert is about a week away: Saturday, March 30, 2024 11:00 AM (PST). It's been a while since we've heard any organ music, so we're thinking of having it at Lugubrion's Keep (assuming that we can find someone to open for us). Hope to see you there!
*20240323: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 23, 2024 10:00 AM, we have the following message from Stinkfist:
**Black flags have been spotted on the ocean!
**Lets go steal their stuff!
**Cuz iz my birfday!
**Arr!
**The Witchy Kitty Pirate King Magician Majesticos Cap'n Stinky
*20240316: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 16, 2024 10:00 AM (PST). This time we will return to the Shadowplane to continue our investigations and check out of the shadowbears have been up to anything. As usual, strong help would be appreciated. —Phroon
*20240309: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 9, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT)! Summary from Stinkfist:
**Arrr here ye here ye!
**We will be heading to the Phisney Island Outpost for the signing of a historic treaty!
**Our local notary Brisk will preside over the signing of this treaty. Surely this will go smoothly and without any snags or unknown unknowns, as Brisk has one job and yarr!
**So come! Sign this most historical treaty and hang out with our Allies!
**Soul Hunter's TLDR: Brisk, Phisney Island, fancy paper, sign it!

* 20240302: March 2nd, 10AM PDT: Arrr! Hear this declaration from the Pirate King: This Saturday will mark one "finally" off our calendar — deposing the so-called leader of the Darshak on Phisneyland Island, Penn Venables.
**Penn's been hiding in his half-built temple for decades now since we repeatedly shamed him in battle. Based on a tip we got from a dead Darshak, we learned he'll be out and about and vulnerable during this week's Lore Tour. We were told to be careful because of his weapons of mass destruction.
**Ambassador Gorvin tells us that letting his ethereal doomsday devices blow everything up is bad and we should prevent this at all costs, so we're going to be super careful as we wreck this guy and steal his stuff. We probably won't sink the whole island into the sea. Our magic is better than his. We have bards, bears, beer, bees, a catapult, and a super cool ocean witch.
**Soul Hunter summary: Kill bad Darshak leader, no explode island.

*20240224: Next week's bard concert will also feature Supplanter's audition for bard quester! Please come to the guild hall on Saturday, February 24, 2024 11:00 AM to cheer him on! — Coriakin (Master Bard)

*20240217: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 17, 2024 10:00 AM. Stinkfist has passed on the following plan for this week to set up for the upcoming confrontation with Venables:
**Arrr,
**Attention: As per our intel provided by the Door-Hench Diebeer with a K, the Darshak will be up to something in two zodiacs time now on TI.
**Working with our agent the Immortal Sasour the Hatchet†, who we previously liberated from Venables Camp. We will be laying the groundwork for rebellion and ending Venables grasp on Phisneyland Island forever and foiling Kestrel's plans at the same time.
**As cover for this operation, we will also be stealing a great deal of stuff.
**† Sasour the Hatchet was purged of abyssal influence via rainbows and then made immortal by Ausrine and her hat that she isnt wearing. Also he touched Puddleby's altar. Also Ausrine turned him into a blind amphibian with a gilded broom a few times. He is magically oathbound to Puddleby. He be cool.
**Soul Hunter Summary: Save Phisneyland, prepare for victory, plunder booty.

*20240210: **Lore Tour** continues February 10 at 10AM (PDT). This time we plan to head to **Ash Island** to fight some Darshak. Kestrel’s doorman has enjoyed his post for quite some time, I’m sure Ambassador Gorvin will help him with that.—Phroon
** For this tour we will be needing the assistance of weather controlling mystics (preferably multiple).—Gorvin

[[File:CL-LoreTour20240203.png|right|thumb|Brave adventurers explore the Org cave.]]
*20240203:Lore Tour (Saturday, February 3, 2024 10:00 AM PDT) will involve taking Bravery The Org to the org sanctuary on Centaur Island. For anyone not familiar, Bravery is a young org that Stinkfist rescued from being abandoned at Junko's and decided to teach to be a hero. He begain taking it on his adventures to teach what he could, and has also asked several other exiles to escort Bravery around to show him the world. After many zodiacs of mentoring the time has come to release Bravery into his new home!

*20240120: **Lore Tour** continues January 20, at 10AM PST. This time we plan to return to the **Shadowplane** and continue our exploration there! As usual, strong help would be appreciated.

*20240113: **Lore Tour** continues <t:1705168800:F>. This time we plan to do a few things surrounding the **Org Sanctuary**, starting with a visit to the Ensconcement Village to tell them about the success setting up the sanctuary, a stop by the Org Cave for some Panther Caps, and then swing over to Centaur to drop off any mushrooms we find and to deliver the presents we picked up during the Bawkmas tour to thank them for all their efforts setting up the sanctuary.

*20240106: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 6, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we plan to kick things off by paying a visit to the Shadowguild and seeing what they’ve been up to. I’m sure that ambassador Gorvin will help us navigate the situation with skill.

==2023==
*20231224–20231225 at 6:30AM (24th) & 6:30PM (25th): I heard Santa will be coming two times this year for 30 minutes each time. I hope it fits your schedules and if not feel free to let me know and I will see if a special appearance can be made for you after Bawkmas/Skrismas/Season's Beatings.
**Slot 1: Sunday, December 24, 2023 6:30 AM
**Slot 2: Monday, December 25, 2023 6:30 PM Cheers! 🎅

*20231216: Lore Tour continues Saturday, December 16, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we're planning to travel to Fane and investigate reports of developments with the shadowy seed planted in the garden there. As usual, a strong group and especially strong healers to deal with the ghosts within would be appreciated.

*20231209: **Lore Tour** continues December 9, 2023 at 10AM Pacific. This time we're planning to celebrate the bawkmas spirit by visiting a few snowy areas throughout the lands in search of some presents for the Centaur to thank them for all their help with the Org Sanctuary.

*20231204:In the morning of the day 218 of year 635 (OOC 7pm Pacific, Monday December 4th, just after Lorikeet's hunt time), Mystic guild will be holding a meeting with Sombrion the Wizard and the Abbess Madrona of the Foghaven Monastery. Location of the meeting is on the platform of the Foghaven Monastery. All exiles are invited to join.
**For that meeting, please let us move the purple portal to OP (and green at town) at least on that day... unless we think we can handle having the portal at **outside** of Foghaven Monastery.
**Also I'd like to ask supports from our capable fighters, healers and flute players for safe travel to Foghaven Monastery and back for all exiles who wants to join the meeting on the day.

*20231118: Lore Tour continues Saturday, November 18, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we will be returning to the Shadowplane to continue our exploration there. As usual, strong help would be appreciated.

*20231111: Lore Tour continues Saturday, November 11, 2023 10:00 AM (PST). This time we will be returning to Shadowspring Citadel! It’s been a while so we hope to check on things there especially the Agronox seal to the and how the Page of Rend that sent us to the Shadowplane there reacts to us visiting again, as well as some of the crumbly stairs deep within. This will be a difficult trip, so strong help (and your friends that know Horus well) would be appreciated. While we’re at it, we’ll have to see if Pelaegia is interested in a trip back and maybe see if there’s anything we can do to help her with the repairs.

*20231104: Lore Tour returns Saturday, November 4, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we will be checking out the Org Sanctuary.

*20231021: Lore Tour continues Saturday, October 14, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we will having a spooky time with a Feast of Tsrrin theme. — Phroon

*20231014: Saturday, October 7, 2023, 10AM (PDT) Lore Tour: The Prime Orb of Unstable Infinity
**Yarrr! By now you've surely read my excellent guide Orbs of Unstable Infinity and You. It is very illuminating:⁠
**But what is better than an excellent guide? The real thing. I think we can get Tart'targ to help us find it.
**First, some history. Me chief gunner and good matey Garr has a long and terrifying history of humiliating the Darshak. For instance, this time when Garr just burned the Thaumaturge and his minions to death.
**http://www.thoomcare.com/archives/003485.html
**As you can read in the comments there, long ago I made a note "Loots for Garr. Pirates rule!"
**In the years since that battle, I, the Pirate King of Lok'Groton, have searched for the perfect reward for saving a whole plane of existence against the jerk that tried to merge us with the ether (also just… showing up and kickin' ass with the Pirates since the start). Gotta find some GOOD loot for that!
**During one of my astral projection explorations I finally found it. It was an Orb. An Orb just full of Unstable AND Infinity, and I just knew, in my heart of Pirate Kingly hearts, that I needed to see what exactly Garr would do with this.
**I got back to Puddleby and thought, "Ya know, this thing is really dangerous if someone like the Brions or someone got their hands on it." So I hid it and gave Tart'targ the clues to how to find it. Cuz safety first!
**Arr, anyways, enough really fascinating history of Garr bein' awesome and me astral projecting. For the Lore Tour, we will gather in town and wait for Tart'targ to show up and bring us the clues to where I hid the Orb for safekeeping. We will then go on an adventure to retrieve the Orb from the very safe and very logical place to hide an artifact of unstable infinity. Then, later we will find out how Garr chooses to use his great power (and the Orb) with great responsibility.
**Yarr! Join us as we celebrate Garr and I try and make good on a decades old note!
**There will likely be time for people with Lesser Orbs (yarr, those have been turning up lately) to use said Lesser Orbs. Even lesser ones are probably best used under the supervision of trained Witches and Magicians. This is definitely not like the time with the soul glasses, why would you even think that?
**The Pirate King is not entirely responsible for any uses or side effects of the Orbs that results in harm to an exile or our plane of existence. Hopefully, any such cases will be super duper funny. The disclaimer in my guide to orbs of unstable infinity apply here too.
**Soul Hunter version:
**IOU note to Garr. Magic orbs. Treasure hunt!

[[File: CL-LoreTour-20231008.png|thumb|right| 180px |The Lore Tour in the Shadow Plane]]

*20231007: Lore Tour returns Saturday, October 7, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we plan to return to the Shadowplane and continue our exploration there. As usual, a strong group would be appreciated.

*20230927: This is the 18th year since Tyndall passed away. He was loved by many in life, and is remembered both as a cherished friend and a Puddlebean legend.
**Every year, we mark this time and come together in order to celebrate the lives of friends that we’ve lost over the years: Xenos & Panos, Baffina & Baffette, Tyndall, Tonoto, Eyeball, and K’pyn.
**Please join us to share memories, whiskey, cigars, beer, songs, and bonfires in the Memorial Garden outside Alliance Castle on September 27, 2023 7:00 PM.
**Whether you’re a constant presence, you've been in the library for a while, or you’re somewhere in between, we’d really love to see you. Please also reach out to friends who might not see this message – we’d love to see them, too.

*20230927: The next Healer Hunt will be Wednesday, September 27, 2023 5:30 PM This hunt is for healers and their pets. All are welcome: bring your pet…
*20230923: Ok, so lore tour this week… bearing in mind the captain has tasked me with fixing the planes… AGAIN… I have been struggling if we should go to Geharza or not. Barely by a slim margin I have been convinced (with the help of bribes) to bear arms and go back to the ice caves (But if we run into loose Tipulids again I won’t complain.) So… it turns our that SOMEONE decided to teach the bears how to use altars… (I’m totally not looking at you Inu) and now we have to bear the burden of killing cursed bare bears, cursed armored bears, and cursed bears that need to learn that vowels are a thing. So we’ll head back to the ice caves this week, and this time we’ll need a permanent broom bearer to sweep the bear out of the evil bears and the bear out of the shadow touched Inus. That’s step one. Step two is to have Bearo and Raksbeara and Punibear to convince the evil bears not to be so evil and to double our bear guard on our totally peaceful and not destructive rainbow death cannon. Once that is done we need to try and un-bear curse that altar in ice caves. Normally we’d just tell the Gorvbot to break the altar even more, but it sounds like some people want to fix the altar so they can learn more PF ranks from not ghost Gaiyl… Final step is loot… There better be loot Stinky…..
**For Soul Hunter… Bears again… Murder again… Inu’s fault… Loot!!!
[[File: CL-LoreTour-20230916.png|thumb|right| 180px |The Lore Tour battles armored shadow bears!]]

*20230916: Lore Tour: Sat 10am pacific
** RAAAAAAAWRRRRRRRR RA-ROOAAAARRRRRRRRRR Rawr-BEARRRROOOOOOO
**Rawr-rawr-ROAR-rawr-rawwrrrr-snarl.
**ROAR! RAWR! ROOOOOAAAARRRR!!! RAwr-RA-raWR!! ROAR ROAR ROAR!!!!!!!
**[bear snort]
**THE GREAT BEAR SPIRIT'S CUB BIRO WILL FEED ON THE WEAK BODIES OF THE SHADOWS WHO HAVE FORGOTTEN HOW TO BE BEARS AND SHOW THEM HOW TO BE BEARS AGAIN.
**BRING YOURSELF HONOR, CONQUER FEAR, SPILL SHADOW BLOOD, SEND NOT-BEARS BACK INTO THE DARK.
**For Soul Hunter: Rawr vs Those who pretend to be Rawr!
*20230909: Lore Tour: The Darshak Candidate
**Arrr, here ye here ye, yarr good. Garr... write this down...
**So for some time Kestrel has stated her goal is to establish a new unifying leader of the local Darshak. One way or another, the cult will put someone in charge. An like, ta be honest, all their candidates suck. Creepy Thoom Guy sucks, Rebel Guy sucks, Venables sucks, Necro sucks, all the Darshak nobles suck. So yarr, why don't we make our own?
**So we're gonna kidnap Sasour the Hatchet as he is easily the chillest Darshak we know. We invited him to the Counterheist and he got drunk and laughed at the Shadowguild getting slain in the streets. He's perfect.
**Then probably do some magic to make sure he is a "Force of Abyss Smiting Justice for Puddleby"
**Now this is a complex plan with a lot of ins and outs and such that I will make...er.. explain as we go!
**And to really sell that we are indeed kidnapping Sasour instead of just being like "hey what's up buddy? wanna go drink?" we're gonna need to kill lots and lots of Darshak on our way... Maybe break or take anything that looks important, I dunno, ye do ye in that regard.
**Side benefits: Sasour the Hatchet is likely to know things about Venables' secret weapon the Sarir are so afraid of. Knowledge that may help us devise some sort of counter measure against this "island destroying weapon" at least that's what the Sarir said it was.
**Maybe we could goad Venables into destroying..........
**The Pirate King just kinda wandered off rambling at this point about various schemes weighing the pros and cons of tricking Venables into just blowing up the island and calling it "problem solved"
**For Soul Hunter:
**Kidnap, Friend, Magic, Murder Darshak, Magic, Scheme, Lulz
*20230902: Per captain Stinky: This week on Lore Tour (Saturday September 2nd at 10AM PDT)
**Adventures in Magical Super Science:
**While Katpus and the highly trained researchers from the University of Puddleby (they're definitely not janitors) were conducting super scientific experiments in the Castle Alliance, they may or may not have blown a hole in reality. Katpus seems a bit embarrassed about it, so we don't need to make it into a big deal.
**Whatever may have happened, Katpus' researchers have gone missing, and so have the bears who were guarding her laboratory. In a probably unrelated coincidence, a respectable and probably wealthy individual has shown up claiming some important artifacts have gone missing. There are two mysteries to be investigated and almost certainly booty to be had. For science!
**Soul Hunter Version:
**Portal, Mystery, Bears, Booty

*20230819: **Lore Tour** continues. This time we plane to head to **Fane** and investigate the shadow garden growing there, and perhaps see if the crooked seed we received in the Shadowplane takes root there. If that seed eventually grows and bears fruit, the hope is it will enable us to repair the Windweft altar and restore their connection to Purgatory. As Fane is a very dangerous place, a strong group would be appreciated.

*20230812: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 12, 2023 10:00 AM PDT. This time we plan to continue our investigations into repairing the Ice Cave Altar. We’re thinking of visiting with Pelaegia who we last left in Fountfell Foghaven, and then head over to the Windweft Ice Cave and see if the mysterious gift from the crooked tree in the Shadowplane leads us towards any success in recreating the Ancient’s shadow magic that created the altars.

*20230805: Lore Tour Saturday August 5, 2023 at 10AM (PDT): Hello! It is I, fake Phroon [Brisk], coming to you with an update on Lore Tour this zodiac! It'll be August 5th at the same time as usual. We are planning on trying to visit Nylar to hear of this deal that his minions mentioned that he has for "Sapeeva". For good measure, we hope to bring a "Sapeeva" or close approximation with us. We may need to fight, we may need to bribe, or we may need to gamble. Whatever it is, it's sure to be a good time so come on out if you are free. Cheers!

*20230722: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 22, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT), this time we plan to pay another visit to the Org Cave and see if we can make some progress in becoming friends with the Org. We also plan to continue our investigations into the strange weather in the Ensconcement, and see if perhaps we can find a route up to Stormlyric.

*20230715: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 15, 2023 10:00 AM to return to the Shadowplane, to revisit the protectorate and maybe see if we can find more clues of how Shaer travels the plane freely. As usual, a strong group will be needed!

*20230708: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 8, 2023 10:00 AM PDT, this time we return to the Shadowplane, to visit the protectorate and then to seek the devourer of dreams. As usual, a strong group will be necessary for the trek through this dangerous plane.
**If do we manage to slay the dreamdrinker, we plan to return again to the shadowplane next week too (Saturday, July 15, 2023 10:00 AM PDT) and revisit the protectorate within the same chaos storm, and maybe see if we can find more clues of how Shaer travels the plane freely. So mark your calendars for two weeks of back-to-back shadowplane exploration!

*20230705: The v1336 update: Lightning and thunder require time, the light of the stars requires time, deeds require time even after they are done, before they can be seen and heard. — Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
**More intense weather arriving. Those with elaborate hair-dos or delicate umbrellas can limit certain effects by using the '''''/options strongWeather off''''' command.

*20230701: Hello Puddleby! I come to you tonight as a guest "Phroon". I am in need of some assistance during the Lore Tour this weekend. You see, Tart'targ the wisest witch, had asked us to keep an eye on Sombrion. This has been fairly difficult for me as my eyesight is extremely poor and his keep hovers so high in the sky. However, even my peepers couldn't miss the addition of one of Sombrion's Sarir at the Bison Plains outpost. I'm not saying we need to tattle but we NEED to tell Tart'targ about this. Who knows? Maybe we will see a Witch and a Wizard face off? That wouldn't be terrible. I will be collecting bets and will even go as far as giving a favorable 2 to 1 odds on the Wizard. Anywho, don't be late to this one! You won't want to miss a moment! — Brisk
**Lore Tour took a trip to see Tart'targ and inform her of the Sarir being in the bison plains outpost, Hygra I think was the name. She was not so concerned with this as long as it did not come out that Sombrion was the cause of the abnormal weather that Hygra was studying. We discussed the trip with Pelaegia to Foghaven and how we saw shapes in the fog and heard howling on the wind. She mentioned that Andrachnea, the Abbess of Stormlyric, is known for being a bit standoffish even for witches. We spoke of how Andrachnea disapproved of Forsythia's study of the Org and remembered that we may have left her in the Orga Stronghold. We began to leave to go rescue her and ran into a bit of an issue.
**All of a sudden a Shadowguild Thief knocked me over...I thought he was looking for the bets I was collecting for the Witch vs Wizard duel. We chased them across the estuary and then ran across much stronger friends of the thieves. It looked like some of them had flown into the area on balloons to lead the rest of them. You could tell some were just taking orders and trying to take out as many of us as possible but others seemed to be more interested in a single thing, a thoom. We protected Coriakin the best we could but when he fell he was not taken. Confused, we pressed on until clearing the majority of the shadowguild. We cornered a leader and he said that they were looking for "Sapeeva". His reinforcements came and we tried to corner him again but eventually he managed to find a balloon and escape. As he was leaving he told us that he had a message for us to deliver..."Tell Sapeeva Nylar will cut him a deal." — Brisk

*20230624: The next bard concert is on June 24th at 11AM pacific time. Hope to see you there!

*20230617: Lore Tour returns Saturday, June 17, 2023 10:00 AM PDT, this time we plan to investigate the mysterious (and mist-erious) fog seen throughout the Eastern Mountains. We’ll probably also pay Pelaegia a visit and see what she has to say about these mists. We’ll likely be heading to Foghaven, the mountain haven of fog, so an appropriately strong group would be appreciated.

[[File:LoreTour20230610.png|thumb|right| 200px |The Lore Tour Headed for the Orga Stronghold speaks to '''Forsythia''']]
*20230610: **Lore Tour** returns 10AM PDT, this time we plan to travel deep into to the Orga Stronghold to rescue the Org trapped there! We may take them back to the Org Cave, or they may be the first residents of the new Org Sanctuary on Centaur Island. We may also pop over and have a visit with Trillbane while we’re in the neighborhood. A stronger group would be appreciated.

*20230603: ''Rustles out from under a pile of library books, glances at calendar'' Lore Tour at normal time this weekend (June 3rd, 10AM PDT). Plan is to poke at some of the dark mirrors in the lands and see if we can learn anything about Shaer's Gate.

*20230520: Lore Tour continues Saturday, May 20, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). We plan to return again to the Shadowplane to continue our explorations there. As usual, a strong group would be very helpful.

*20230513: Lore Tour! Operation: Friendship Hammer (10am pacific, usual lore tour time) We've reached a critical stage of the plan to create the Org Sanctuary... we must get some Orgs big and small to trust us enough to get in some cages and be brought to Centaur Island.... So how do we do that?
**I’m unsure but I bet that super cool ocean witch Pelaegia knows a thing or two about it! An she has been wanting to get out and about more so, this seems like a win/win. Bring Pelaegia to the village/Org caves, listen to tales of Orgs from way back when (and anything else we want to talk to her about) and maybe feed some Orgs some panther caps, perhaps bring some caps back for Tart'targ! Perhaps... make Org friends!
**Now, we should be careful, we've been hitting the Darshak rather hard lately and they have expressed an interest in kidnapping our good super cool ocean witch friend... and Tart'targ has turned some into blind amphibians... so ya know... be vigilant! There is no telling what an uppity visiting Darshak Noble may decide to do to prove how great they are or some such nonsense like that.

*20230506: Lore Tour: The Great Kennel Caper (Saturday 10am pacific as usual) The Elusive and Illusive Phroon Thoom, Heist and Counter-Heist Master Extraodinaire has a lead on a stockpile of feral cages somewhere on Ash Island. We need cages for our Org Sanctuary to safely transport the Orgs. The Darshak on Ash backed by Gathner have had an easy time lately since our slaying of Dorcas Direstorm as we've been focused on taking Venables down a few notches while keeping the Gathner backed Darshak agents on the island from being able to get the upper hand there..... so depleting the Ash 'Shak's ability to wrangle and train ferals seems like a solid move that furthers our goals quite nicely!
**Now I know what you be thinkin! "Cap'n! What if them cages be cursed??" Well I'm way ahead of you, and with the help of local mystics and my magician prowess, I have most of a ritual planned to purge away any Abyssal taint the cages may have! (If you are a local mystic and would like to help with this ritual, please contact me, your Pirate King and Master Magician).
**Darshak Nobles continue to visit from Gathner, bringing with them their top tier guards, so be on the look out for fancily dressed swabs who need to be shown a quick way to their forever home in the Abyss!
**In summation! Kennel Heist! Plunder any plunder of opportunity! Get home with magically purified loot! Further details to come!
**Bring: Crowbars, vines, chains, a can do attitude, strongest ranger morphs, and anything else you can think of to aid in this endeavor! See you there!

*20230503: The v1327 update is scheduled for Wednesday 3 May 2023

*20230429: Next month's bard concert (on April 29th at 11AM PDT) will be a special one. As many of you know, Lugubrion was so affected by the tragic fate of his brother Tenebrion that he's retreated from the world and has become a recluse. As someone who's struggled with depression myself, I've decided to try to help Lugubrion in the hopes that he'll be able to recover from his condition. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20230422: Lore Tour continues Saturday, April 22, 2023 10:00 AM (time in your local timezone). This time we plan to return to the Shadowplane. As usual, a strong group would be very helpful. Our plan is to travel to the protectorate through the shadow sea and also to check out if any of the new pages of rend interact with the shadowplane. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

[[File: CL-LoreTour-20230415.png|thumb|right| 180px |The Lore Tour revisits the centaurs with Pelaegia]]
*20230415: Lore Tour! (Saturday 10am pacific blah blah blah) Arrrr! This time we will be taking a stroll over to visit Pelaegia and Tart'targ briefly and see if Pelaegia can come out and play! Once we have picked up everyone's favorite Super Cool Ocean Witch, we will make for the Org cave to try and harvest (hopefully) the last of the mushrooms we need for the Org Sanctuary on Centaur Island. I’m sure Pelaegia will be happy to see the Centaur after all these thousands of years! Yarr! This seems pretty straight forward and nothing could possibly go wrong! Definitely! None of our past actions could conceivably come back to haunt us! For suresies! (Anything that does go wrong will be promptly blamed entirely on Trillium's ankh which is full of cursed)

*20230408: at 2PM (PDT) Saturday April 8th, Clan Lord Open Tactical Hunt (CLOTH) plans to go to the bridge to refine leading and dropping in the right spot and possibly the Slate Caves to practice dodging webs/projectiles. This is open to all, and I encourage newer players to attend, especially if you fall a lot. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Noivad Noivad]

*20230408: Lore Tour continues Saturday, April 8, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we plan to visit The Land of Dank Believe, aka the Book Fort. Bring your imagination and suspend your disbelief, the myrms dug a hole to the sky. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20230405: v1323. The sky is the daily bread of the eyes. — Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
**Hunt trophies are now furniture.
**Phantasmagorical improvements.

*20230401: **Lore Tour** returns 10AM PDT. This time we plan to visit with Egremora and Pelaegia in **Fountfell**, hear a few stories and think about what to do next.

**With Cimmbrion's assistance we've been able to grow some water lilies the two brothers created together back during happier times, and their gift has helped raise Lugubrion's spirits a bit. However, he's still embarrassed by the state of his keep, so to help him with that I'm hoping to hire builders from Puddleby to help renovate it. And to raise funds for that, next month I'll be holding a benefit concert at Lugubrion's keep!

**To make this concert special I will finally premiere the suite I've been working on for years: "The Healer's Lament," which attempts to evoke the trials and tribulations of a healer's life. It'll feature at least five brand new pieces, never before performed, and I'm extra excited because Lugubrion has graciously allowed us to not only use his keep for the performance, he's allowing us to use a brand new instrument - an organ from a thoomish temple! It has a sound unlike anything we've heard before, and I'm excited to share the music I (and the other bards) have been writing for it.

**This is a benefit concert, so I will be asking for donations to help with the cause. Building supplies to aid with the renovations would be very useful, and I will be matching any donations of coins (at least until I run out of coins myself). Even if you can't make a donation I hope you can come! I've invited Lugubrion to be there as our guest of honour and every person there would be a show of support to someone in dire need of it.
**Again, it'll be on Sat. April 29th at 11:00 AM PDT at Lugubrion's Keep. I hope to see you there!
— [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

** 8 word summary for Soul Hunter: "New tunes! New Instrument?! Help Lugubrion... donations please!"

*20230405: The v1323 update is scheduled for Wednesday 5 April 2023.

*20230325: Hello, all! This month’s concert (on March 25th, 11am pacific time as usual) is themed around Spring. Expect a lot of uplifting music about new beginnings or possibly about getting rained on instead. Either way, should be a good time. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20230323: there will also be a very special NNK open hunt adventure on thursday the 23rd at 5pm pacific! Expect various laws including but not limited to physics, nature, and reality to be broken! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Stinkfist Stinkfist]

*20230318: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 18, 2023 10:00 AM (time in your local timezone). This time we plan to return to Shadowspring to finally deliver Pelaegia’s present! We will need strong help to brave the dangers within. We also need some help between now and the Lore Tour to charge some of the machines to open the way into Shadowspring. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20230318: *Arrr! Lore Tour Recap! The Shadowplane had indeed shifted in many ways. The ground seemed less bitey, which I blame on Inu and her masterful ambassadorship. Keep hugging them Shadow Trees! Yer doing great!We also discovered a new “cave” which was just full of boo and scary and pretty and confusion.
**Another page of rend was discovered and perhaps most importantly a new phantasm page was found! We only covered a fraction of the Shadowplane so more to find and explore seems very likely! Oh and sadly Brisk failed to do that thing, perhaps next time (we are all rooting for ya buddy!)

**Next lore tour we will (charging nodes permitting) be visiting Shadowspring Citadel to bring Pelaegia her birthday presents! Probably other reasons too, more information and hype coming soon!

*20230311: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 11, 2023 10:00 AM PST. This time we will return to the Shadowplane to continue our investigations into the malevolent forces within. We’ve already seen that the shadows have reacted to us, we plan on investigating if they have changed further following our contact with them. We will need many sharp minds, strong fighters, and brave healers to endure the dangers within. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20230304: Lore Tour returns Saturday, March 4, 2023 10:00 AM PST. This is the day the portal is scheduled to move to the village, so we’re planning on going there to get a mystic a mark. We’ll also check the Org cave for more Panther caps and bring them to the centaur for their work on the Org sanctuary. If we have time we might also do some other stuff too. We’ll be traveling through vale and parts of the ensconcement, so strong help will be helpful. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]
*20230302: 2023-03-01 v1318 Update: ''Sometimes we need the fog to remind ourselves that all of life is not black and white.''—Jonathan Lockwood Huie (b. 1945)'''Those who venture north may notice new snell edges being tested. Please share your feedback!'''
*20230225: Bard concert this weekend! Saturday Feb 25th at 11AM PST, at the bards’ guild hall in north field. Noivad will be auditioning for full bard again, so come cheer him on! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]
*20230224: MediaWiki has been updated to v1.39.2. As usual, please report any unexpected changes.
*20230218: Lore Tour! Saturday 10am pacific!!Arrrr, we require more lab equipment for constructing the rainbow death/life cannon!We've already stolen the Oh-Venn from Penn Venables, now we return for the rest of his stuff!
**During the Oh-Venn heist we discovered that Venables has been training sciencemancers who can open ethereal portals and shoot mighty blasts of chain lightning. Thus an elaborate and complex scheme is required to get his lab equipment.
**The plan is simple and elaborate, eloquent yet basic. The perfect mix of blunt force and sneakery!
**We will pick a location to "conduct a magical ritual to seal off the island from the ethereal plane" to get his attention and draw him in. Additionally we will tell the local sarir population of Venables' dastardly plans to shackle Tenenbrion's spirit and bend it to his will, which is probably not a complete and total lie.
**Also Kalian and I have a secret weapon up our sleeve should we require it.
**Once Venables' forces are committed to the battle a small rag tag group will break off and sneak into the lab and take everything they possibly can and get out before Venables has time to know what happened.
**Like all great plans, should you have additional ideas feel free to contact myself, Phroony, Kalian, or anyone else who seems like an authority figure for this sort of thing. As always, the plan will be "do all the plans"
**We will need as many exiles as possible to pull this off and there will be no small roles to play in this daring heist!
**Bonus if we can get any notes regarding what Penn has exactly been up to with the ethereal plane. All we know so far is he seems to have access to an isolated sphere of it.
**Be there! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Stinkfist Stinkfist]

*20230216: [https://clanlord.net/images/CL-Boats%20are%20too%20expensive%20480.mp4 The Typical End to an Estuary/Mountain/Bison Plains Hunt] because we don’t want to spend 100c or fall before the estuary exit. And [https://clanlord.net/images/CL-LA%20Excellence.mp4 Punisher Has mad skills falling—Laughing Academy Excellence!]

*20230211: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 11, 2023 10:00 AM PST. This time we will be continuing to examine mountain springs in Vale and Fountfell, with a possible detour to the Org Caves for some Spotted Panther Caps. These areas, and especially the route to Fountfell, are difficult, so strong help would be helpful. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20230204: Lore Hunt. Step 1: Bears. Step 2: Tart'targ talk." Step 3: Mountains. The Lore Tour returns with Biro negotiating for bear support, the group asking Tart'targ if a certain plant is okay to plant, and a trip to the mountains to find a place to plant the seeds.

*20230201: [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Stinkfist Stinkfist] is organizing a raid on Venable's Laboratory at February 1, 2023 7:30 PM. As you may know, Venable is verified ne'er-do-well, who has spent several decades looting Tenebrion's Keep for anything of value and has built himself a reasonably well stocked lab with those ill-gotten gains. Any equipment, Darshak or Wizard in origin, poses a threat to the region if left in the hands of Venable. As such, it is best if it is secured in the safe, respectful, and responsible hands of Puddleby and our resident catapult enthusiast, Katpus. — Ausrine

*20230201: the '''v1314''' update is scheduled for Wednesday 1 February 2023: Life is found in animals and plants. But in animals it is patent and obvious, whereas in plants it is hidden and not clear. To establish its existence requires considerable research. The question at issue is whether plants have or have not a soul, and a capacity for desire, pain, pleasure, and discrimination. — Aristotle (384–322 BCE)
**''You’ll have to explore for this month’s changes.''

*20230128: Reminder! This Saturday at 11 pacific time will be the next concert. This concert will be shadow-themed... bards are encouraged to come with pieces inspired by the shadowplane and its effects. I can confirm that at least three new pieces will be premiered! Anyone who's out of the loop on the shadowplane storyline and is hoping for a recap - this is your chance! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

**Note: The shadowplane can make our thoughts reality and affect our minds, and it may have developed an interest in music for, er, reasons not worth getting into at this time. I've been assured that playing a bunch of music themed around the shadowplane is "not necessarily a really bad idea" and the chances of opening a rift there is unlikely. But shadow creatures have appeared at concerts before, so be warned that safety is not guaranteed. And if possible, bring a friend who can monitor you for signs of shadow madness.

*20230121: Per Stinkfist:
Arrr! In light of recent events set into motion by our favorite Myrm, we will be conducting negotiations with the Centaur to construct an Org sanctuary on their fair island. We are benevolent and wholesome now! Go us!

Also probably just yelling at Katpus that they are building us a Rainbow Death Cannon. Aymi said it is a life cannon actually and that sounds lovely and very thoughtful of us to build!

After negotiations we will either be pillaging the Darshak to secure funding or to take out our frustrations as that seems to be the most ethical option.

Either ways, gonna be greats! We are benevolent and good!

For those who like things in list form I've broken down the captains message.
This week on Lore Tour:
1. Talk to some overtly angry quadripeds about building a sanctuary for the ancestors of the people who murdered like 99% of their ancestors (Bring your Orga morphs for laughs)
2. Talk to a notoriously slow builder about a super difficult upcoming project we have for her
3. Facestab Darshak until they give us more loot
4. What could go wrong?

* 20230114: Lore Tour continues Saturday, January 14, 2023 10:00 AM PST. We are planning on helping Tart’targ deliver our gift to Palaegia. We hope to be traveling into Shadowspring, depending on if we get things open beforehand. Otherwise, we might be powering some of the ancient machines.

*20230111: Lore Tour Followup @Ausrine says: There will be a follow up to Tar'Targ/ Pelaegia gift giving on (OOC Wednesday Jan 11 7PM Pacific Time).

* 20230107: MediaWiki updated to v.1.39.1. As always, please report any unexpected behavior. If you don’t change your theme, the following doesn’t apply. ''Note: if you change the skin/theme from the current one, I noticed some pages do not render properly. So, if you encounter this, simply change your theme to Vector (2010 or 2022). This should fix the issue.''

[[File:LoreTour1022.jpg|thumb|right| 180px | The Lore Tour successfully reaches our goal.]]
* 20230107: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 7, 2023 10:00 AM PST. This time we are planning to deliver Pelaegia's gift to Tart'targ. '''Update: The Tour was successful!'''

* 20230104: Update '''v1310''' is here. Secrets abound, and unexplored places wait patiently for exiles to find them.
''“There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.”'' — Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) '''Here’s wishing everyone a ranky New Year!'''

==2022==
*20221230: Let there be music! Be prepared and mark your calendars for the concert on FRIDAY, 30th December at 1pm pacific time. There will be old and maybe even new music played! — Bingro

[[File:MerryBawkmask.jpg |250px|left|Merry Bawkmas!]]
*20221224–25: '''Santa''' will come out twice this year to check if you were naughty or nice at the following times for a whopping half hour each Saturday, December 24, 2022 7:00 PM PST and Sunday, December 25, 2022 8:30 AM PST. If you can't make it during these times, don't worry he will be available to deliver a few days after Bawkmas as well (Gotta love travelling on Bawkmas day!). — Brisk

*20221217: Lore Tour continues Saturday, December 17, 2022 10:00 AM PST. This time we will be continuing to help Tart'targ search for a gift for Pelaegia in Silversnag Ascent. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221210: '''Lore Tour''' continues Saturday, December 10, 2022 10:00 AM PST. This time we will be exploring, likely in the Eastern Mountains. What will we find? Who knows! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

[[File:GottaGetACloak.jpg|250px|left|new fur-lined cloaks are available.]]
[[File:Cloaks.jpg |250px |left |more cloaks]]
*20221207: With the 1306 update, A new area is discovered. Cold and Snowy reopens for winter. And new Cloaks are able to be made.

*20221203: Lore Tour returns Saturday, December 3, 2022 10:00 AM PST. We will be returning again to the Shadowplane, this time to try and track down and defeat the devourer of dreams mentioned by the denizens of the protectorate. As this will be a tough expedition, strong help would be appreciated. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221126: The next concert is Nov 26 at the usual time, 11am pacific.— [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20221119: Lore Tour continues Saturday, November 19, 2022 10:00 AM PST. We will be returning to the Shadowplane to continue our explorations and to try and rescue another Lost Dreamer that has been stranded there. As usual, strong help would be appreciated.

*20221112: **Lore Tour** returns Saturday, November 12th @ 10AM PST (be mindful of the recent US time change). Stinkfist just handed me the following on a scroll with the plan:
> After deliberation and conferment with Kalian, who can't stand the thought of Darshak having nicer things than him, Ambassador Gorvin and his position of Darshak murder is always good, Garr who just wants to burn stuff, and general mad cackling by the Pirate King of Lok'Groton it has been decided that we will return to Ash City to "murder, pillage, and take the fancy things that those nobles brought there"
> Loot and pillage and make Kestrel too afraid to EVER leave her tower. There will be loot this time, Stinky has some promising leads on that. A cat witch told him about it in a dream!
— [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221105: Lore Tour returns Saturday, November 5, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. This time we will be retuning to the Shadowplane to continue to explore and view the strange sculptures within. We believe we have discovered a stable way to exit the shadowplane so a depart is no longer certain, but we still could use many strong exiles to help brave the dangers within. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221029: Next weekend’s bard concert in the Puddleby Theatre will be Tsirrin themed! Come in costume to enjoy spooks and spoops. Ghosts and shadow madness are a definite maybe, safety not guaranteed. It’ll be at the usual time, Saturday, October 29, 2022 11:00 AM PDT — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20221022: Lore Tour continues Saturday, October 22, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. This tour will be Feast of Tssrin themed. Come join us in your favorite costume to help bust some ghosts! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221015: No worries Phroon. Lore Tour returns 10AM PDT. Stinky says we’re going on a “Classic Pirate Kingly Adventure.” All ye need is to show up with plenty of pack space so we can help our friends out. 🏴‍☠️ ❣️ Also I want more Vision Stream art, wah wah wah. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.InuTeisei Inu Teisei]

*20221008: Lore Tour continues Saturday, October 8, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. We plan to return once again to explore the Shadowplane, this time focusing on exploring the mysterious shadow ocean and lands beyond. Again, strong help will be helpful. Sadly, a way out of the plane has yet to be found, so until it is a depart is certain. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221006: H’loi! I expect there will be a meeting between Tar’Targ and Cimmbrion at the lake in Northern Puddleby on Thursday October 6, 2022 7:00 PM PDT. Possibly in Arial Eth'lenn’s home or outside. All exiles are invited to attend. A neutral, third party would be appreciated but you are nai required to act as such. — Ausrine

*20221001: Lore Tour returns Saturday, October 1, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. We plan to return to the Shadowplane, and explore the strange lands within. Strong help will be helpful in exploring the plane. Luckily we still have loan of Pelaegia’s lantern to calm our minds. A stable path in has been discovered, but we have yet to find a way back home. It is very likely that this will be a one-way trip, EPS and Purgatory Pendants do not seem to work in the Shadowplane. Unless we find another way out, a depart is certain. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221029: The next concert will be on Saturday, October 29, 2022 11:00 AM PDT and take place in the theatre. It'll be Feast of Tsirrin themed, so wear a costume! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20220924: Alright, then! Bard concert next weekend at Egremora’s tavern, at Saturday, September 24, 2022 11:00 AM (PDT). Bonus points for anyone who brings a song that’s a story. Raks, any chance you can reprise that story about Dandelion and Helpful? 🙂 — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20220922: It has been 17 years since [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Tyndall Tyndall], the beloved sylvan warrior, passed away. He was loved by many in life, and is remembered both as a cherished friend and a Puddlebean legend.
**Every year, we mark this day by coming together to celebrate our memories of Tyndall and our other lost comrades: [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Baffina Baffina] and [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Baffette Baffette], slayers of orga; [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Tonoto Tonoto], the mapmaker; [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Eyeball Eyeball], courageous and funny; [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.KPyn K'pyn], the King of Pins.
**We newly grieve the passing of [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Xenos Xenos] the Brave and [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Panos Panos] the Boar, who were pillars of our community for decades and will be remembered well as long as we are here to do it. They wished us all “a happy and fruitful life and the good sense to live it with no regrets.”
**Please join us to share memories, whiskey, cigars, beer, songs, and bonfires in the Memorial Garden on September 22, 2022 7:00 PM. All are welcome. If you knew any of these exiles, you are warmly encouraged to attend and to share your stories. If you are grieving someone from outside the lands, know that this is a space where you can hold that in community. If you would like to show love and friendship to exiles who have lost beloved people, know that your presence will do that.
**There are a lot of people who might be interested attending this memorial, but don't keep a close eye on [http://www.thoomcare.com/ Thoomcare], Discord, or Facebook. If you have the capacity, we invite you to help bring our little town together by reaching out to folks who you think would be interested in coming but won't notice these posts. Thank you! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Largo Largo]

*20220917: Lore Tour continues Saturday, September 17, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. We plan to return to Egremora’s bar in Fountfell, have a few drinks, convey Sarasera’s hellos and talk about repairing the Windweft altar. And maybe if we have time a story or two. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220910: Lore Tour continues Saturday, September 10, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. We plan to return again to Shadowspring and continue our investigation into the Pages of Rend and possibly return to the Shadowplane. We will again need strong exiles to travel through Shadowspring and brave the dangers of the Shadowplane. We will need to try to stay nearer the sun lantern, lest we all slowly go mad and lash out at our friends. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220907: The v1293 update is scheduled for Wednesday 7 September 2022.

*20220903: Lore Tour continues Saturday, September 3, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. Our plan is to return to the depths of Shadowspring Citadel, investigate the shadows, read some triangles, visit with Pelaegia, and if we can make it check on the Agronox Seal. As always, Shadowspring is filled with difficult creatures and we could use a strong group.
Many thanks to all those who have charged the ancients machines recently, your help has been instrumental in making this happen. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220827: Monthly Bard Concert Saturday. 11AM PDT.

*20220820: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 20, 2022 10:00 AM (PDT). Some time ago we had contact with Darshak from Gathner led by Kestrel and her associate Dorcas. We will be visiting them with our chosen ambassador [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Gorvin Gorvin] to conduct further negotiations regarding the future of Darshak in our island chain. See Ambassador Gorvin for details. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220813: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 13, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. We plan on continuing our checking of the ancient machines, and our search for changes made by the ancient spelling and grammar checking machine. We’ve already observed some changes in the triangles and we suspect there might be a few more changes to be found. We will be trying to visiting Heartwood Glade in the Vale of Giants, and revisiting Sunspire, so some strong help will be appreciated. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220827: Bard Concert “Next concert August 27 at the same time!” — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20220806: Lore Tour returns Saturday, August 6, 2022 10:00 AM (PDT). We plan on revisiting some of the ancient machines in the Eastern Mountains, checking to see if the shadows are there and if any of them might be that Ancient spelling and grammar checking machine. We plan on visiting some of the tougher machines to get to, so strong help would be appreciated. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220730: Bard Concert: on Saturday July 30th at 11am pacific time, but it won’t be in the bards’ field. Instead head over to west town near Prometha’s bonfire for our beach party themed concert! Enjoy sun, sand, and surf while enjoying songs about sun, sand, and surf. Wear your best beach attire and get ready to cuddle in close because there won’t be a stage. See you then!
**''(For bards who don’t have many/any beach-themed songs, other music’s fine. But if you’ve got something - great!)''

[[File:CL-LoreTour.jpg | right]]
*20220723: Lore Tour: Astral Projection Shenanigans Saturday, July 23, 2022 10:00 AM

**Today’s lore tour followed Stinkfist’s guidance and ended up on a trip through a variety of…. peculiar locations. First a dark cave filled with mauling and crushing spirits, then to a desolate peak floating in the sky, to a trool village, and beyond. Eventually we ended up in a marsh with some meshra interested in trade, and a strange obelisk that hummed inanely in thoomish. Stinkfist decided we needed to steal it, but an attempt to astrally project it back to Puddleby went awry and we ended up in the shadowplane instead! We were led to a giant shadowplane-ish statue of, er, me. I'm still puzzling that out. But before we knew it we ended up back in the Puddleby mushroom hut, with the obelisk there! Unfortunately, the obelisk was right in the middle of the pool there and promptly sank. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20220714 — created template sitenavbar (using quick links). To insert it in pages use sitenavbar between a set of 2 curly braces “{{}}”.
*20220706 — The v1284 happened on Wednesday, July 6, 2022

*20220702 — Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 2, 2022 10AM PST/5PM UTC. We’re continuing the search for luminous scales and a sun wyrm’s shadow. Or search will take us back to Gungla Island and the dark places within. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220625 — Next Bard Concert: June 25, 2022 11AM PST, 2PM EST

*20220618 — Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 18, 2022 10:00 AM (PST). Our plan this time is to follow up on rumors of new caves in the Rocky Cavern and search for clues for the luminous scales. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon?from=Profiles.Phroon Phroon]

*20220611 — Lore Tour: “plans are still a bit vague, as they may change depending on what happens. The general plan is to:

1) visit Tart’targ so [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Aurelie Aurelie] can deliver Cimmbrion’s message (and hopefully defuse some of the hostilities).

2) Visit Strangler Fig to try to get more information about the Book of Rend or about the books that the shadowguild stole from her.

3) Visit the rocky cavern to talk to the Sun Wyrm there and ask about acquiring luminous scales. Rumor has it that it requested a “dance with the shadows” or something along those lines, so I’m really hoping people come up with a better idea than “Make Coriakin Try To Summon Shadows” which was already suggested. Not by me.” — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

[[File:Not_Bear_Counter_Heist_The_Mystery_of_Mehans_Armor.png| 200px | left]]

*20220604 - Lore Tour June 4th. Destination Windweft Mountain. ''(plan pictured left)'' UPDATE: “Lore Tour successfully fought an evil armored bear likely infested with shadows that was trying to usurp Birosson’s place as chieftain of the glacier bears. Mehan’s armor was dinged to destruction, sadly, but at least it’s not being used for nefarious purposes. Or by nefarious porpoises.” — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]
*20220521 - Lore Tour May 21 at the usual time: 10am PDT/1pm EDT, 7pm CEST/UTC+2. “Coriakin reports: Next week's Lore Tour will be to the Vale to try to find Master Spruce. On the way, we hope to visit Strangler Fig for a quick chat. May 21, 10am PDT”
*20220514 - Lore Tour (10AM PST) [[File:CL-Haunted_Fane.jpg| 250px | right]]
*20220430 - Next bard concert will be April 30 at 11am pacific time! — Coriakin
*20220226 - Bard Concert, Saturday Feb 26, at 11AM PST
*20220212 Lore Tour is Saturday Feb 12, at 10 am PST/1 pm EST
*20220205 - Saturday Feb 5th 10am PST/1pm EST Lore Tour: The 2nd Battle for the Ancient Bear Caves. BE THERE! SAVE THE BEBE BEARS!" Update: Bebe Bears saved.
*20220129 - Next Bard Concert: January 29, 2022 11AM PST, 2PM EST ”who will win the Museum Token?“ UPDATE: Bingro V’arndal won!
*20220115 - Updated to MediaWiki 1.37.1 (Please report any unexpected behavior.)

==2014–2017==

*201707xx - Updated to the latest version of MediaWiki. Please report any unexpected behavior.
*201505XX - Updated to yet another version. Hopefully this v. has more pep.
* Added Rank Message and Ranger Progress in Actual Tablular format — oh the power of 1990s layout!
* A new contributor has appeared (happy to make accounts by request)
* fixed a few little things here and there as needed.
* Master Fistus is apparently a bro.

*20140731 - Updated to the latest stable release of Media Wiki on my Branch. If you see any weirdness [http://vagilemind.com/clanlord/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=265 let me know] (on the Sentinel/Discord).

*201407 - Added to Group Survival Guidelines, updated how to dodge webs, added in more into about controlling where you fight and fluid movements with in the group.

20140326 - Updated to the latest version of Media Wiki (released 20140311).

==Past Events==
8/22/2012: 
Puddleby Archery Contest Rules 
Date - Sept. 2 
Time - 1:30 p.m. PDT, 4:30 p.m. EDT, 8:30 p.m. GMT 
Locations - Spiritwood, University, Castle 

The following are the rules and regulations regarding the Archery Contest scheduled for Sept. 2nd. Please come and enjoy the festivities. Beer, food, and fun are certain to be had. Each exile will need a projectile weapon to compete; however, javelins or bows and quivers with three arrows included will be sold the day of the contest. Please be aware the bow, arrows, and quiver will be sold for the same coins the NPC's require to make them, and exiles will not be charged for seta scales, tusks, sturdy limbs, and feathers. I believe the total for a bow and set of arrows is 150c. 

The Prizes: First place will pick first from the prize pool, second place will pick second… 

1. Lyfelidae Claw 2. 5000 Coins 
3. Furlined Cloak 
4. Puma Pelt 
5. Orgaberry 
6. Waterproof Boots 
7. Caustic Gland 
8. Lilaberry, other items... 

Arsenal: Current inventory status available for contest 

1. 5 Javelins (75c each) 
2. 8 Bow and 11 quivers with 5 arrows each. (150c each set) 
3. 1 Boomerang 
4. 12+ arrows, judges at each round will have extra in case of breakage 

Three Rounds: Three rounds open to all. (Mystic, Healer, Fighter all have chance to win) 

Round 1. Test of Hunting (3 pts.) 
a. 1st round held in the Spiritwood 
b. Each contestant will be allowed three shots to kill or wound a spriggin. 

Round 2. Test of Accuracy (3 pts.) 
a. 2nd round held in the University 
b. Each contestant will take three shots at three different distances. 

Round 3. Test of Will (3 pts.) 
a. 3rd round held within the Castle 
b. One shot of moonshine then 20 secs to fire 3 arrows at a stationary target. 

Tiebreaker - if required 
a. Tiebreaker round options include a group hunt, cash bonus round, etc... 
b. The last contest did not require the tiebreaker, but judges will vote on round 

Contributors: Special thanks to many exiles... Natas for letting me remove that lyfe claw from his thick ghorak skin. Neko No Kessha for their large cash prize and promotion. Coldy for his endless questing of prizes and finance. Fiona for her gracious donation of the super sleek puma pelt. Chmee for his berry collection. Taryn for her vast storage fees and arsenal assembly. Maeght, Connie, Talas, Fredor, Yosaku, Grog, Arbitur, the Hunter's, D'ead, and many other exiles I am forgetting who generously donated arrow and bow ingredients over the past decade. 

Special thanks to the Clump for helping to promote the contest! http://www.clanlord.net/clump/ 
Special thanks to the Sentinel for helping to promote the contest! http://www.vagilemind.com/clanlord/ 
And finally, special thanks to the entire Neko No Kessha clan for helping to promote the contest! http://nekonokessha.wordpress.com/ 

3/26/2012: I have implemented a self-signed security (SSL) certificate that enables HTTPS to protect passwords and thus accounts. All links should redirect to https now. I would like to get an official certificate when expenses allow it, but just the static IP is ~ $50/year. Most browsers will warn people visiting about it, but it is legitimate, but check it out to make sure it is of the proper origin first. (Only a player could have made it.) Also, the new home of the CLUMP is on clanlord.net in case you never look at the URL address bar.

2/27/2012: Yet another long hiatus. I was informed by Talas that he couldn't edit pages. I looked into it and realized that I upgraded the underlying PHP to 5.3.x but not MediaWiki to comply with the changes. '''BAD ADMINISTRATOR!''' For now, I've reverted to PHP 5.2.x and pages are now editable. I'll try not to be so sloppy next time I update the underlying structure. Unfortunately, my attention has been diverted as I investigate and evaluate various technologies to handle possible Clan Lord and other non-CL projects I've been considering beginning. I am thinking about implementing the Zend2 framework for a CL timeline site, but it is still in Beta. If you know Zend2 or just Zend, any online resources you think would be valuable to look at to speed learning/evaluating them would be welcome. ''noi... at noi... dot net is a good contact address for that.''

==2011==
9/8/2011: Long hiatus as I worked on refining my PHP skills by building a site from scratch, and not related to the CLUMP2. I've been gone for a bit and haven't had time to update. Luckily others have filled in a bit. Please send me feedback on pages you'd like and unclear explanations. If you're a professional writer or a really good amateur, I'd appreciate your input as well.

Also, I'm kicking around the idea of making a CL timeline in PHP. I'm kicking around ideas. If you'd like to discuss please goto the coffee and donuts section of the [http://www.vagilemind.com/clanlord/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=8912&p=184041#p184041 Sentinel].

==2010==
8/25-27/2010: clump2.noivad.net transition made! new URL! Fresh, unspoiled DB!

Currently moving all data to a new DB. Unfortunately all accounts will be destroyed, to remake an account contact me directly with your email address for confirmation. Contributors, please do not make pages without any connection to other pages, or any pages to "protect" them.--[[User:Mwadmin|Mwadmin]] 06:02, 25 August 2010 (PDT)

7/27/10: Registration has been stopped. Accounts are created by request only now.

7/06/10: Welcome Arindal Immigrants.

==2009==
1/18/09: Welcome back old players and welcome new players. Clan Lord now has no monthly fees. New Areas and new Islands abound in the last few years. Ask about Death Trap Noids (DTN), Metzetli Island (Metz), and The Mountain Glen (Glen) for a look at all the changes. If you remember Tenebrion he's been trapped in the Ethereal Plane (EP) for a few years. Fighters have 3 subclasses now: Champions, Rangers and Bloodmages. Healers just recently acquired 2 new tools! There are many minor changes as well. Catch up with what's been happening at [http://www.thoomcare.com/ Thoomcare].

==2008==
8/11/08: A new page entitled [[10 Things for Groups]] is available to peruse at your leisure. [[Aura Healing]] ability needs a page, aside from the [[Healer_Trainers#Radium|Radium]] as do [[Special_Fighter_Types#Blood_Mages|Blood Mages]].

6/19/08: One Step Closer
The CLUMP is one step closer to being a legitimate entity. I found a cheap ssl cert site, [http://www.rapidsslonline.com/rapidssl-certificates.php RapidSSL], and we now has internets certificates! Also, in order to pay for said certificate, I added a paypal donate button to the donations page in case anyone ever visits it.

6/3/08: "Oh that crazy Org!"
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I updated links to Org Du Lac's [http://bestiary.puddleby.net/beast.php Bestiary] after I noticed that he updated his site to php a while back and I never updated the links. We've already got php, It's very nice!

Double checked that the database this puppy runs on is backed up every night after many months of blind faith. looks good! See >>>>

Minor diction change: I now prefer the term "creature" to refer to anything that you kill for experience. I'll slowly roll that out as I notice it in the pages.

10 things for groups is taking shape and I may include Michael's version of what not to do in groups, edited for language of course. (Interestingly enough some of the topics he covers ARE mentioned in the notorious [[Group_Hunting#How_NOT_to_handle_bad_situations|How NOT to handle bad situations]] subsection of group hunting.

We're up to 86 pages! Wow! Only a few of which are not used. I'll be trimming down the unused pages soon. If you have pages that you don't want deleted that aren't being used. Please link them to another page so I know not to touch them.

'Til next time! Same Thoom time same Thoom channel!

6/2/08: Updated a few pictures and links. More [[Links]] are welcome.
A Mystic page was added.
Currently compiling player suggestions for 10 things for hunting in groups at [[http://www.vagilemind.com/clanlord/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4568 The Sentinel]]. Please feel free to add to the discussion there.

== Miscellaneous ==
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Input is welcome on the [https://discordapp.com/channels/270291133798547456/270291133798547456 Discord Server ] or anywhere.

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Thank you to everyone that has contributed so far. I've read over your changes and It's obvious some people are a lot clearer writers than me, also I like the healer perspective being fleshed out in the healing section, particularly the [[Healing#Rodding|rodding]] section.

==Additions==
Also, I've just added a new Appendix: [[Command Reference]].

11/27 Updated the Wiki to version 1.8.2. This should mean nothing to you, just thought I'd note it.

12/5 The Clump will be temporarily offline for a few days in the next week or two. It will return to its regularly scheduled serving as soon as possible. I'll update the Sentinel when it goes offline.

1/17 Updated to [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki MediaWiki] 1.8.3 because of a vulnerability in the system that could allow session information such as passwords be redirected to another site. 1.8.3 deals with this problem. there should be no noticeable change in using the CLUMP to users.

2/23 I've updated to MediaWiki 1.9.3 everything seems to work that I've checked. if you experience anomalies or can't log in. mail noivad -at- mac -dot- com. I had to update because there was a security issue, and we all know how much we like things not to be spammed and taken over.

3/15 I've added little things like external links to other's pages within the manual instead of just the links section to make it more expansive and interactive. I'll continue to do this as I come across places to link things to. I also encourage people to add clan lord related links to the manual and links page.

-The manual is pretty well fleshed out and more accurate thanks to contributors now, and updates made by me will be less frequent, but that doesn't mean I'm going to neglect it. It's my mission to keep this manual as current and accurate as possible without spoiling too much.

-I'm trying to get a mystic section with what knowledge they can share, but there appears to be considerable resistance to even basic info within the council, and without their approval I'm holding off on even trying to get any information.

6/13 Updated to MediaWiki 1.10.0 e-mail me with any problems... besides trying to get the e-mail to work (unless you know a solution) or have a link with info about fixing it.

6/14 After a long and arduous adventure '''e-mail from the CLUMP is now active'''. All users please verify your e-mail address given because I'm turning on an option to require e-mail address verification before one can edit.

12/02/07: Updated to MediaWiki 1.11.

1/29/08: Updated to MediaWiki 1.11.1 -- Security vulnerability patched.

== Additions Log==

Added [[Mystics]]: Requested info about mystics from mystic council — it took a while!

6/2007 Added: [[Knighthood|Knighthood]]

1/0x Added [[Links|link]] to http://bestiary.clanlord.net/index.html Org Du Lac's Bestiary].

1/06 Adding [[Tactics#Standing_too_close_to_a_Snell_Border|standing too close to snell border]] under [[Tactics]].

12/2x Added another reason to chain while leaving a snell in [[Tactics#Chaining|Chaining]].

12/0x Added [[Macros]].

11/27 Adding [[Fighting#Fighting Basics|Fighting Basics]]: Very basic combat info for beginners: swing and fall back. Use a brick if you have one or terrain while you regain your balance. Added: fighting tip about how reach is dependent on movement speed.

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11/26 Add: All hail the reigning president !

Added in more material about writing macros to the [[Macros]] Page. ''It is completed.''

10/xx Added: [[Creatures#Chain Lightning|Chain lightning]] info: if you see a bolt bounce, get away from others drawing lightning.
Add how to take down a bolt bouncer: have each fighter stand on opposite sides of the 'lock and the lightning won't bounce.

10/xx Added: [[Healing]] page. ''may have to split it into multiple sections.''

10/xx Added in section on the [[Healing#The_Combat_Zone|combat zone]]. Always decide where to fight monsters, not the other way around. Have healers recognize and stay out of the combat zone or behind the fighters.

9/xx Added: [[Tactics#Dodging Webs|Dodging Webs]]

8/xx Added a section to [[Tactics#Retreating|retreating]] telling people how to provide cover for injured or exiles how might not make it out of the snell if you leave them caught between a rock and a hard place.

8/xx Added [[If Unable to Retreat#Focus on Greatest Threat|Focus]] on creatures when in a tough situation.
Explain greatest threat and to kill first.

To Add Basic explanation of trainers: Atkus uses up more balthus, Darkus slows down regia, Evus teaches a bit of everything, but the atkus to balthus ratio is tilted to eat balance slowly. Virtually no fighter trainers are "pure" trainers, most have a mixture of other elements in them.

==Wanted==
2026: WANTED: A rewritten champion page.

Wanted: Info on Radium, anything you find missing!
''Thanks to Kenegluk for pointing out holes in coverage!''

Iriel Red contributed a book for the logo, and in my humble opinion made a great logo for the CLUMP.

I'd like to get information on knights and knight items since I often get asked that by exiles looking to become one. So, if any knights out there want to share, please make a page with the answers. (:
** Inu says: See above, page created, linked in to appendix and here.

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==2026==
*20260912: Lore Tour continues Saturday, September 12, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we plan to wander the lands to visit the V'wunquinhun and to receive their blessings. It’s is hard to believe it has been so long. Also, our plan is to focus on the other nine, since we ran into the one in Shadowspring last time. — Phroon

*20260905: Lore Tour returns Saturday, September 5, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings and delve deeper into Shadowspring. We will need strong help and sharp minds to brave to darkness. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260904: Portal move announcement portal will move tomorrow or Saturday (~4-5 Sept) for all of September to Frigid Cavern. Depending on V'wunkays or anything special for v1500, maybe it will be more variable. Stay tuned to Koppi for any changes! — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.OrgDuLac Org Du Lac]

*20260822: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 22, 2026 at 10:00 This week we plan to divert slightly on the trail of the Skitterlings to deliver Trillbane his song! We've invited him over to the Rockslide Tavern in Fountfell for some needed refreshments, so we'll have to travel through Vale of Giants to meet up with him and hear the song Coriakin has written for him. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260815: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 15, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings and our exploration of the area beneath Shadowspring. As before, strong help of all kinds would be appreciated! — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20280808: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 8, 2026 at 10:00. This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. After our realization that the goats and Trillbane have finished the shortcut, we plan to stop by and tell Tart’targ of our progress before heading back beneath Shadowspring. Strong help will be needed to defeat the things crawling around in the darkness. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260801: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 1, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. With the earth aligned ancient machines charged, we plan to make our way north through Vale to the nodes north of there, ultimately making our way to the GMV Ruins. Last time in the Fire ruins the Mystics felt the Ick to the west, towards that area. While there we can try some different tactics against the Ick, hopefully we can find an effective approach. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260718: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the '''Skitterlings'''. We plan to meet with Tart’targ and catch up with her on our success in taking down an Ick Promontory. Then we’ll see if we can hunt down any more of them that may have appeared around the ancient machines in the Eastern Mountains. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260711: **Lore Tour** continues July 11th at 10AM (PST). This week we're planning to head into the **Shadowplane** to search for clues about the forgotten Oubleir in our efforts to find the Fruit of the Crooked Tree. Last time we were investigating them we talked with a large shadow mantuan in the Shadow forest and they mentioned that we had the wrong mantuan, and that the rest of the herd were smaller baby mantuan. We plan to search through the shadowplane to see if we can locate them and see what they might say. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

[[File: WantedSkitterlings.png|left|thumb| Skitterlings Wanted.]]
*20260704: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 4, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we will be continuing on the on the trail of the Skitterlings. Our plan is to meet again with Tart'targ, update her on our efforts and then check on some sightings of the Skitterlings near their nest in the Vale of Giants. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260620: Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 20, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we will continuing on the on the trail of the Skitterlings. Our plan is to meet with the Nacerean Order and talk with them about how we might be able to utilize blood magic in our efforts against the Ick. Maybe we could even get the bloodpool itself to help us out in some way.

*20260613: Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 13, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we will be needing some help on the trail of the Skitterlings. With the delivery of the Green Drake mushrooms to Tart’targ, we’re almost ready to delve into Shadowspring, but we need some time for the Goats to finish their digging and for us to finish composing a song for Trillbane. So we need your help in coming up with ideas to buy us time. What can we do to the Ick to stymie its spread or to distract it, slowing it from spreading further towards Sunspire and the other ancient machines? While catching up with Tart’targ we’ll share our theories and head over to one of the nodes to try some out. So bring your ideas, theories and equipment, explain how it might help, then we can try it out and see what happens. Hopefully we can figure out a plan from this testing.
**So far we’ve observed that the Ick seems to be growing, seeing out the energies of the ancient machines. The Skitterlings, it seems, are just along for the ride. Hopefully that’s helpful in forming your ideas.

*20260606: Lore Tour returns Saturday, June 6, 2026 at 10:00. This week we will travel through the Vale of Giants to the Heartwood Glade in search of the Green Drake mushrooms that Tart’targ needs to help us get deeper into Shadowspring. And as a reminder, we promised her we wouldn’t imbibe them ourselves, lest our bodies be turned into mud and forced to wander without our minds. ⁠hunting_hall⁠ While there, we also plan on checking on the progress the goats, Trillbane, and the Mountain Hermit have made on making a shortcut into Shadowspring. We had last wrangled some unruly goats with them, so hopefully they’ve made good progress. ⁠hunting_hall⁠ Once we gather the mushrooms, we need to make sure we get them back to Tart’targ, as they are prone to spoilage. When we get back to her, we can report on the spread of the Ick we had observed near the GMV Ruins creeping up towards Sunspire. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260530: Hello, bards and others! The May 30th concert will be our next themed concert. The concert will feature music inspired by or written about the Shadowplane. I’m sure everything will be fine and there will be no unexpected visitors or unfortunate occurrences. Bards, you’re invited to write something new about the Shadowplane! This isn’t officially a contest, just a composing challenge, but I’ve already received some donations so…. Who knows what’ll happen!

[[File: LTatSPwEle.png|left|thumb| Lore Tour Consults a Shadow-phant, and learns to do nothing.]]

*20260523: Lore Tour continues Saturday, May 23, 2026 at 10:00. This week we will return to the Shadow Forest. As a reminder, we had been working for some time on a way to restore the altar in the Windweft Ice Caves, to restore access to Purgatory and maybe see if we could help the spirit of Gaiyl return. To do that, we were tracking down how the Ancients built the altars in the first place. From the stories left in their triangle language near the Ancient machines we know that Mataline had went to the Shadowplane and stole a piece of shadow and brought it back with her. Stories that Egremora told us say that with that piece stone was infused with the power of the shadows to become altars. From other stories from the protectorate, we’ve been able to put together that this piece of shadow was actually fruit of the crooked tree. From that same crooked tree we were presented two seeds, one that we planted in Fane, and the other that was planted in the Dreamless Protectorate. By feeding the Fane seedling, it eventually grew into a tree with an entrance to the Shadow Forest. It is our hope that our next clues on where to find the fruit we need to make progress. While there, we will try and make sense of the forgotten Oubleir. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260516: The week on Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 10:00 (PST) the Lore Tour will be checking up on the bees we helped settle into one of the caves in the Ash Barrens. But before we go there, we'll be heading into the Greymyr Passes to meet up with Nauliana the beekeeper. Hopefully we can convince her to join us in visiting the bees and maybe she can teach us ways to help them thrive. We'll see where that leads us and I sure everything will be totally 100% safe. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Garr Garr]

*20260509: Lore Tour continues Saturday, May 9, 2026 at 10:00. This week we will continue on the trail of the Skitterlings checking in on the ancient machines in the eastern mountains to see what the Ick has been up to. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260502: **Lore Tour** returns 10AM PST. This week we will return again to the **Book Fort**, this time we plan to head to the Sky-library. While we’re there we’ll try and sort out the whole regal situation between the jerk knights and Seaforth.

*20260425: BARD CONCERT

*20260418: Lore Tour continues Saturday, April 18, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we will return into the Book Fort, this time heading to the Mosey Meadows.

*20260411: This week on Saturday, April 11, 2026 at 10:00 (PST), the Lore Tour will be heading up to Sombrion’s Cloud to investigate something strange going on. A friend of mine was recently up there doing some “research” when all of a sudden a Sarir ran by screaming. Something about “Run!” and “It just landed!” He just thought it was your normal Sarir ramblings and didn’t follow up because it was just a Sarir you know? But when he told me, I figured we should probably go check it out. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260404: Lore Tour returns Saturday, April 4, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we will venture into the Book Fort! — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260314: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 14, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). Double check that time! This week we plan to pay a visit to the Verminate on Ash to see what they’ve been up to lately in tormenting the Darshak. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260307: Lore Tour returns Saturday, March 7, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings by searching for some inspiration for @Coriakin’s song about Trillbane. — Phroon

*20260221: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 21, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan help Trillbane wrangle some goats that have wandered away from clearing the path to Shadowspring. Trillbane mentioned they were last seen in the rocky areas above Vale, so we’ll check there first. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260214: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue our investigations into the Skitterlings and the Ick. We plan to check on the nest we’ve found below the Vale of Giants, we also hope to run into Trillbane and ask how me might be able to help clear the way into Shadowspring Citadel.

*20260207: Lore Tour returns Saturday, February 7, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to investigate the new Stout Chains, traveling deep into the Orga Stronghold to hunt for Fire Water. We may also poke around and see if we can figure out how the Orga make the stuff and reproduce it ourselves. While out that way, if we see Trillbane we also plan to ask him about how the goats are doing on clearing the way into Shadowspring, and what we might do to speed that up. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260124: Lore Tour continues Saturday, January 24, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to use the current portal armistice to investigate the Heart of Ice in the Glacial Deeps. Hopefully we can meet the Fountfell smith Kasarra there and show them what we’ve been able to discover so far. We also hope to talk to some of the Windspinners there to see what they have been able to learn.

*20260117: Lore Tour continues Saturday, January 17, 2026 at 10:00. This week we plan to catch up on the status of the Bath House. I’ve heard a report from Loom'tir that most of the staff have returned from a mandatory Peaceton vacation, and that they could use help with the finishing touches for their grand reopening.

*20260110: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 10, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. Following up on the investigation of the fighter nodes in the Eastern Mountains we plan to visit with Tart’targ and discuss what we’ve both observed. We also plan to deliver most of the materials that we were tasked to collect a while ago that would be used in a ritual to get down to where the Skitterlings seemed to be coming from in Shadowspring.

*20260103: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 3, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. Before the Bawkmas holiday Tart’targ identified that the Skitterlings seemed to be spreading along with a strange vine-web substance. We’ve since seen Skitterlings and this substance near several of the ancient machines in the Eastern Mountains. We plan to continue our investigation by traveling to the earth attuned machines and checking on their current status.

==2025==
*20251213: Lore Tour returns Saturday, December 13, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. Last week we unexpectedly found one of their nests underneath Vale in the ruins up to Fountfell, suggesting they have expanded outwards from their spot beneath Shadowspring. We plan to revisit the nest and see what else we can learn from it.

[[File:CL-20251206-Skittlerlings.png|thumb|frame|left|These guys are in quite the predicament!]]
*20251206: Lore Tour returns Saturday, December 6, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings with a trip through the Vale of Giants to check on the goat’s progress on clearing a path into Shadowspring for Trillbane.

*20251122: Lore Tour continues Saturday, November 22, 2025 at 10:00. This week we plan to check in with the Verminate Two. Five (as they were five vermin in a cloak) became Two after Three stayed behind to rule over the mountain of lunch boxes we had delivered. We then invited Two to join us in Puddleby where they were learning to cook in Haricot’s kitchen. The Verminate were working on plans to topple the Darshak buildings in Ash City, as well as learning rune magic. We hope to check in with them and see what progress they’ve made and if we can be of any help.—Phroon

[[File:CL-2025115-Dance_Off.png|thumb|frame|left|The November 15st 2025 Lore tour Dance Off!]]
*20251115: Instead of your usual Lore Tour, it's a dance off Dance Off!

*20251108: Lore Tour returns Saturday, November 8, 2025 at 10:00 (PST). (Double check that time!). This week we plan to return to the trail of the Skitterlings. We plan to head through Vale of Giants to Heartwood Glade to check on the progress of the path into Shadowspring. With luck the goats may have broken enough rock to make us a path inside. Strong help as always would be appreciated. — Phroon

[[File:CL-20251101LoreTour.png|thumb|frame|left|The November 1st 2025 Lore tour meets at the alliance castle.]]
*20251101: Lore Tour returns Saturday, November 1, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). (Double check that time!). This week we plan to have a spooky Tsrrin themed adventure. The day of the dead will be over so you can come back out of the library and don your costume to celebrate with us!

*This month's bard concert will be in the bards' guild hall on Saturday October 25th at 11AM (PDT). Normally we have our Feast of Tsirrin concert in the playhall, but we need to be in the bards' guild building because it'll also be Valadorei's audition to become a full bard! I hope you can all make it out to support her!

*20251018: Lore Tour continues Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue our Ethereal Science with Bosun Higgs on western Tenebrion’s Island in efforts to repair the damage that the Darshak had done to the Ethereal Plane. It seems that Higgs has already successfully removed the Kyuem the Darshak had forced into place, but there is still more work to be done.

*20251011: **Lore Tour** continues Saturday October 11 at 10AM (PDT) After the nothing-counts tour of last week we again plan to head through **Vale of Giants** up to **Fountfell** to speak with the smiths there about our success in locating the heart of ice. A while ago they were searching for the heart in hopes to use it in the process of creating some kind of armor. Vale has been particularly happy when we’ve visited recently, so strong help would be appreciated.

*20251004: Lore Tour returns Saturday, October 4, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to head through Vale of Giants up to Fountfell to speak with the smiths there about our success in locating the heart of ice. A while ago they were searching for the heart in hopes to use it in the process of creating some kind of armor. Vale has been particularly happy when we’ve visited recently, so strong help would be appreciated.

*20250927: Bard Concert: Bard Concert on Saturday, September 27, 2025 at 11:00! I'll bring 2 new songs (one of which is for the contest and the other one is exploring more of my CLmetal / CLrock era) and others are hoping to have new stuff too! — Bingro

*20250925: Dear Puddleby Friends,
**It is time to pause and remember those we have lost over the years.
**Baffina & Baffette, Eyeball, K’Pyn, The Good Cat, Tonoto, Tyndall, Xenos & Panos are much missed in Puddleby and in the world. Each year we come together on or around the anniversary of Tyndall’s passing, 20 years ago, in order to celebrate the lives of these friends who have passed, as well as others we miss.
**Please join us to share memories, whiskey, cigars, beer, songs, and bonfires in the Memorial Garden outside Alliance Castle on Thursday, September 25, 2025 at 19:00 (PDT). Here in Puddleby we call it "mosey time." Follow the candles from West Gate.
**Whether you knew them or not, whether you are a regular in Puddleby, brand new, or watch from the library, please feel welcome. We would love to see you. Please also reach out to friends who might not see this message – we'd love to see them, too.
**Xenos & Panos wished us all “a happy and fruitful life and the good sense to live it with no regrets.”
*20250913: Lore Tour returns Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:00. This week we plan to head through Vale of Giants to Heartwood Glade to check on the progress on clearing the way into Shadowspring. We’ve been digging our way to Shadowspring to investigate the mysterious Skitterlings scuttling beneath the citadel. Both Trillbane and Tart’targ have been helping us, so we’re planning on stopping by to see if they need anything.

*20250906: Lore Tour returns Saturday, September 6, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to head to Tenebrion’s Island to check on the abandoned Darshak Temple where they were conducting ethereal research. Lugubrion had asked us to remove ethereal detritus from a stash there. There were also report of some sort of ethereal accountant there, we plan to investigate that as well. — Phroon

*20250829: Friday, August 29, 2025 at 19:00 (PDT) the mosey (and Whirlwind) will be bringing those interested to book 2

*20250823: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 23, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to head to Ash City to deliver lunch to Five. Pack up on lunch boxes from Haricot’s and be prepared to fight some Darshak.

*20250816: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 16, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to head back to the Glacial Deeps beneath the Frigid Caverns in Silversnag Ascent in the Eastern Mountains to continue our investigations into the Heart of Ice. This week we hope to talk to the Windspinners there about the Heart and other discoveries.

*20250802: Lore Tour returns Saturday, August 2, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. With mushrooms in hand from last time, we plan to scout around Fountfell looking for potential ways into the depths below Shadowspring. We’ve been able to recruit the assistance of Trillbane for a cut of the spoils and a song. Perhaps he’ll be willing to help us find the trailhead.

*20250719: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 19, 2025 at 10:00AM (PDT). To continue our investigation into the mysterious Skitterlings found beneath Shadowspring Citadel we plan to go hunting for the mushrooms Tart’targ needs to unseal the path down to where the Skitterlings are believed to be nesting. We plan to start our search by meeting with her to remind ourselves what we’re looking for.

*20250628: Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to visit with the inscrutable Mountain Hermit in the Vale of Giants gauntlet to ask him about the current goings on in the Eastern Mountains. There’s been a lot going on; our search for the Stormlyric Monastery, explorations of the Frigid Cavern for the Heart of Ice, and a council of different factions discussing Sombrion’s presence. And that’s on top of our recent discovery and investigation of the skitterlings. The hermit’s enigmatic perspective on these things will help guide our turbulent investigations. — Phroon

*20250607: This week the Lore Tour will be heading back to the bowels of Ash Island to investigate what our vermine and spriggin friends have been up to since we last visited. While there we should probably be on the lookout for The Widow Lactrodectia and her creations. Also, We will probably try to rob any rich new Darshak Lords that have settled in Rosentide since the last time we looted the place. All these things and more may or may not happen! Join us to find out! — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Garr Garr]

*20250605: v1436. When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of human civilization — Daniel Webster (1782–1852)
**Sorry for the delay. Our gerbils were a bit overwhelmed by the amount of art pouring into our library (over 8200 individual images!) They needed some cuddles, reassurance, and a little reprogramming.
**Speaking of 8200+ amazing pieces of artwork: thank you again to our volunteer artists, who have been expanding the Clan Lord world for the past 25 (27?) years. We wouldn’t be the same without you!

*20250531: Coriakin reports: Bard concert at Lugubrion's Keep next weekend! Saturday, May 31st at 11AM pacific time. Come on out and hear some organ music!

[[file:fountfell-lore-tour.png|thumb|The Lore Tour in Fountfell]]
*20250517: Lore Tour continues Saturday, May 17, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT) this week we will visit the Rockslide Tavern in Fountfell to hear stories from Egremora and to ask about the strange Skitterlings we saw deep inside Shadowspring Citadel. We may also stop by and visit with Pelaegia to get her perspective on these strange creatures. — Phroon

*20250510: **Lore Tour** continues 10AM (PDT) this week we will travel deep into **Shadowspring Citadel**. Known as the Gates of the Moon by the Ancients, these ruins housed a tear to the Shadowplane that was sealed by exiles years ago. We plan to delve its depth to reveal any new mysteries, and to check on the odd skittering creatures we saw before. We will need strong help to brave the dangers within, including those versed in revealing the rifts and traps within, as well as some of our friends who have trained plenty of Horus.
[[File:CL-Fountain 2025-05-07.png|thumb]]
*20250507: Update v1432
**Yes, I will spend the livelong day
**With Nature in this month of May;
**And sit beneath the trees, and share
**My bread with birds whose homes are there.
**“In May” — W. H. Davies (1871–1940)
**Thank you to our volunteers and artists for their continued work!
**Other than some behind-the-scenes bug fixes, everything else for this update is a secret. Or maybe not-so-secret?

*20250419: Lore Tour continues Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT) this week we have a trip led by the Fledgelings into the Bookfort. Check it out, at your local library. — Phroon

*20250412: Lore Tour returns Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT) this week we plan to head to the Shadowplane and the Protectorate to hunt for clues on how to succeed in future trips to the Shadow Forest. If there's time, we may also visit some Shadowbears. Strong help and bright lanterns will be needed to traverse the dangerous plane.

*20250405: Lore Tour returns Saturday, April 5, 2025 at 10:00AM (PDT) this week we plan to delve into The Land of Dank Believe aka Bookfort. We plan to revisit previous year’s sections of the Bookfort including exciting adventures like fighting in a book on the moon and defeating a wizard on a cloud. Please suspend your disbelief at the door.
*Next Update April 2nd. — Phroon

*20250322: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 22, 2025 at 10:00 (AM PDT) this week we plan to head to Silversnag Ascent and the Frigid Cavern to continue our investigations into the Heart of Ice. Rumor says there may be others looking for the same thing we are, maybe they’ll have some clues for us. — Phroon

*20250315: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 15, 2025 at 10:00AM (PDT) this week we plan to select a plan from various plans. We are awaiting confirmation of the plan while we plan to make our selection. We hope to plan on your attendance. (Silversnag? TI? Shadowplane? East Forest!? Who knows where Lore Tour will go!?).
**Lore Tour update: This week we plan to travel to TI to investigate the Darshak Temple that was under construction there. — Phroon

*20250308: **Lore Tour** continues 10AM PST. this week we plan to go on an adventure hosted by the Order of the Fledgelings!

*20250305 v1423 Update
**Choice is how you can tell an intelligent man from a fool. — Henrik Ibsen (1828–1906)
**You’ll have to explore to see what’s new this Chaos Storm.

*20250301: **Lore Tour** returns 10AM PST this week we plan to drop on by **Sombrion’s Keep** to explore the appropriated island and to deliver materials towards a permanent Agronox landing pad. We’ll be needing plenty of agronox feathers, mirror shards, logs of wood, sturdy limbs, skiens of silk, blue baubles, and shiny medallions. We’ll also see if we can fit in some squabbling with a Wizard, or at least a good rifling through his things.
*20250215: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 15, 2025 at 10:00 (PST) this week we plan to head to Ash City to do some more ambassadorial liaising in the Gorvin tradition. Following our defeat of Endrondus there’s sure to be some interesting things happening in Rosentide.

*20250208: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 8, 2025 at 10:00AM (PST) this week we plan to head to the Shadow Forest and the Shadow Bard’s Field! Strong help and many lanterns will be needed to survive. — Phroon

*20250205 v1419 Update
**We love the things we love for what they are. — Robert Frost (1874–1963)
**Testing potential new Champion ability: Charge. It has some small limits to the number of uses for now, until we figure out balancing. Apply for testing in Champ HQ.
**A few stubbornly wild pets can now be tamed by healers.
**Boostus got a little boost.
**Young lights can now better ward off the dangers of the dark.

*20250201: Lore Tour returns Saturday, February 1, 2025 at 10:00 (PST) this week we plan to head back to Silversnag Ascent and the Frigid Cavern to check on the crumbling ice within. These Ancient ruins always seem to contain much history for us to understand. — Phroon
*20250118: (10AM PST) Lore Tour this week plans to explore the Shadow Forest. Strong help and sun lanterns will be required.
*20250111: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 11, 2025 at 10:00 (PST) this week we plan to head back to Ash to continue our investigate Ausrine’s mysterious Ankh. I'm sure we'll encounter absolutely no more misunderstandings whatsoever.

*20250104: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 4, 2025 at 10:00 (PST)this week we plan to head deep into to the third circle of the Abyss to investigate Ausrine’s mysterious Ankh. Strong help would be appreciated for this trip.

*20250101 v1414 Update
**I have learned that to be with those I like is enough. — Walt Whitman (1819–1892)
**Season’s Belated Beatings!

==2024==
*20241221: Lore Tour continues Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 10:00AM PST this week we plan to return to Silversnag Ascent to search for a heart of ice for Kasarra’s smithing experiments. — Phroon
*20241214 10AM PST: Arbordale, Puddleby, Merdi, day 22 of Autumn, 639.
Letter to Giben at Fountfell
**Titus [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Kojiro Kojiro] DeLouche St. Thoomingnon, son of Pomponious, Lord Seaforth, to Giben, Dwarf - If you and the scouting party are well I shall be glad. From your official despatch I have, in common with everyone else, received the liveliest satisfaction; for you have given us that strong hope of success, of which, in sole reliance on you, I was assuring everyone. The emissary smith has taught to Powean the working of litharge. To practical end, he has learned the making of the Gilded Breastplate which was awarded me in recognition of valor on behalf of the People. This he learned only after smashing to
**Issues remain. We know not how to channel the Earth’s power through the armor, beyond its shining brilliance to strike fear into the hearts of enemies sensible of it. Further, I have reread the minutes of that initial meeting with Kassara, who defamed my biceps, from which it is clear that a second armor type was discussed of which Powean has not been taught. This is referred to as flexible, perhaps a mesh, perhaps for rapid attackers rather than line troops. The requirements mentioned steel, lead, arachnoid silk and ice. I know not whether the reference to ice is meant literally – is it an annealing step? A type of ice magic? I pray we will not be competing with the Mystics for sapphires.
**Your correspondence reaches me here, conveyed by what means I know not, from Fountfell. It seems we must send you another scouting party, as the above questions remain to be resolved. Do send reports regarding the route, in particular the grasping cedar forest west of the settlement. I will bring you a package of the smoked jellyfish I know to be your favorite and not native to high altitudes. We return this Saturday, December 14, for Lore Tour. Watch for our coming.
*20241123 10AM PST: At the behest of Pirate King, Witchy Kitty, [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Stinkfist Captain Stinkfist]:
**Arrr, now that we have successfully lulled Endrondus into a false sense of security, it is time to enact the Pirate King's daring and cunning plan to undermine the Darshak Cult. Yarr, this plan is top secret and will be explained on the day.
**Enclosed is a doodle of the Witchy Kitty Pirate King winking* — Valadorei
*20241116 10AM PST: “Arrr! Witchy Kitty Pirate King here! We will be following up on our Rainbow Diplomacy efforts! I'm told we should visit Alder to discuss the Bee Prophecy and related things, so yarr, seems like a good place to start. We also have our new friends from the Verminate and our Spriggin allied uhh mercenaries err... special advisors to the Verminate. The Verminate will need more shiny things for the rainbow generator, so bring shiny things, sunstones and gems of any kind are specially needed. Probably bring them snacks too, what is the food equivalent of the shiniest gem? Bring the answer to that question please. For our Spriggin friends..... yarr just bring coins for them. The Witchy Kitty Pirate King of Lok'Groton will make a substantial donation and the Forces of Whimsy would surely look very kindly upon a large gift of coins from Puddleby. Lastly, time permitting, yarr we got this very bad darshak priest man named Endrondus, he is a very bad man and for the good of the island chain, he gots to go. He needs to die for his many crimes going back centuries, definitely not because we built a rainbow generator and gave it to sentient vermine right in front of him. We totally didnt do that... and if we did it was on purpose and part of a much larger plan in accordance with The Gorvin Mandate regarding the Darshak Cult. Fun and inventive and practical ways to dispose of this very bad darshak man are welcome. See you there! With Love, The Witchy Kitty Pirate King” — Stinkfist

*20241109 10AM PST: Arbordale, Puddleby, Sombdi, day 71 of Spring, 639.
**Letter to Giben at Fountfell
**Giben - The state of things in regard to my steel visions, in which I know that you are supremely interested, and our subsequent discoveries beneath Melabrion Bay is this, as far as can be as yet conjectured. The ceiling ore is steel and lead alloyed, and delivery of ingots of what I refer to here as ‘litharge’ has been secured to skilled metalworkers in Fountfell, said ingots being alloy and bone ash. The ingots are stamped with a Dwarven symbol for Earth, for lead, and a sword, referencing steel. You may share my skepticism as to virtue of the litharge to us, as warriors – boluses for slings? will we have boots of lead, for stamping vermine, or fighting on the sea floor? Recall our schooling in philology – I believe the litharge stamp to be a specifier of the Champion in the ancient language of the Even Shorter Dwarves.
**I call upon you to join me this approaching Saturday for Lore Tour, and I will make the same demand upon all Puddlebeans. Saturday, then, we lead with steel and follow with lead. We shall make a concerted expedition to this Fountfell, this mountain beyond the History of Salandra, and there turn speculation into knowledge. — Titus Kojiro DeLouche St. Thoomingnon, Lord Seaforth
[[File:CL-v1406SplashScreen.png|thumb|frame|right|The v1406 Clan Lord Splash Screen]]
*20241106: CL v1406 Update
**Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion. — Democritus (c. 460 bce – c. 370)
**A statue remembering The Good Cat has been added to the Memorial Garden.
**A few cats waited until exiles were done trick-or-treating to put on their own costumes, wander around, and beg for treats.
**Improved <mumble>, <mumble>, and <mumble>.
**Three new areas will now properly give exploration awards. Anyone who has explored these areas already will be able to do so again to receive the reward. — Delta Tao

*20241102 10AM PDT: Come help us fulfil a prophecy with Science! Or something like that. I'm not in charge. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Garr Garr]

*20241019 10AM PDT: Lord Seaforth (formerly Kojiro):
**Attn Puddleheads: A Levée is called to new ore finds in Tokhans - Saturday, Lore Tour. The gods demand Metal. I demand fancier armor. Bring tools.

*20241005 10AM PDT: Lore Tour returns this Saturday to the shadow garden in the haunted fane. After all the extra trips we made, we now believe that we may have enough dream fragments to grow the tree even bigger! Nothing could possibly go wrong as the seed was freely given! We'll likely need a strong group to ensure the success of this endeavor so make sure to show up.

*20240921 10AM PDT: THE TRIAL BY PUN-BAT OF PAULA FRESHLAND!!! Happuning Saturday 10 am PST. Don’t miss your chance to see just-ice snow its hand in the Puddleby Courthouse! Will Maximus try to defend his damsel and wind up in damncell or will he get rid of his jailousy and shake Paula’s clutch on him and purse-ue a path of honor and truth. The Punsecutor General will be handling the trial on behalf of the people and all other Puddleby citipuns. You.Cannot.Afford.To.Miss.This!!!! — Pun’isher

*20240907 10AM (PDT): GREETINGS PUDDLEBEARS AND PUDDLEBEANS. THE GREAT BEAR SPIRIT HAS BEEN KEEPING WATCH OVER OUR SHADOW NOT-BEAR FRIENDS, AND HAS NOTICED THAT THEY HAVE BEEN GROWING IN POWER. THE GREAT BEAR SPIRIT ADVICES US TO SHOW THEM OUR PUDDLE HONOR, BY ENGAGING IN SOME DIPLOMATIC WRESTLING ON THEIR TURF. WE SHALL MAUL AND SLASH TO EXCHANGE BEAR KNOWLEDGE. BRING HONEY. — Biro

*20240817: Arr, Puddleby! I have been keeping my bees informed of da news, but dey told me da uvver bees are restless. Dey are not satisfied wit second hand news nor wit so few of us reportin' it. Reekfoot's weddin' is da hops what broke da bison's back.
**DEREFORE (da Captain said dat part is important) we are going to visit my bees on August 17, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT) to make dis right. After we tell dem da news officially, we will ask what we can do to assuage da uvver bees' bovveration. Warm up your newsing voices. Polish your armour. Bring your big axes an' wax your moonstones. Dis could get messy. — Dandelion

*20240810: Proclamation from the Pirate King:
**Arrr, so a Rumorstorm has informed me that my brother, local traveling non-darshak pirate blood conjurer Reekfoot has gotten married and did not invite me due to his unhappiness at placing 3rd in the 420th Regional Dance Offs. I am told from a presumably reliable source that Rumorstorm heard that Reekfoot has indeed married some Darshak of some amount of renown. FURTHERMORE, I heard tell that Reekfoot NOW wants an audience with us, the Citizens of Puddleby What's gonna go down? I dunno, there is a lot of information flying around, what has everyone else heard? Cuz I heard the UoP Janitors totally murdered the dance floor at the reception. I also heard we are going to do GREAT!
**7 word summaries:
***Reekfoot makinup fer sumting, bloo peel, PROFIT!
***Killing Darshaks for Profit, or for Reekfoot...

*20240803: oh uh, Lore Tour: We're fighting Shadow Plane nihilism. Which is, obviously, the worst kind of nihilism. — Ausrine

*20240727: It almost time again! On July 27th at 11AM (PDT) we'll be hearing Aurelie audition for Questership und thus hear lots of new music you certainly don't want to miss out on! Also, rumour has it, there is a surprise waiting to be revealed at or around the concert!
*20240720: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 20, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we plan to follow up on some strange new apparitions sighted during a recent visit to the Shadowplane. Was it a one-off sighting? We'll need strong fighters and would welcome mystics, especially those with a sun lantern. If we don't have enough mystical support, we may go mad and climb the walls or gnaw off each others' limbs. — Phroon

*20240713: Lore Tour Saturday July 13th and 10AM PDT: The Romanus Mystery
**An intriguing cold case file came to light in the last month. During the bank counter heist Romanus was killed—or was he? We need to ascertain whether Romanus was always a shadow guild agent that exiles killed, or was he replaced by an agent. Judging by the events as recorded by the PPD, Romanus wouldn’t have helped the exiles if he was simply a shadow guild agent. Assuming that is true, If he is alive, and was captured by shadow guild agents, then we have to find where they are keeping him. Given the roster of Puddleby Police Department is down to 2 active members — myself & lieutenant deputy of puns, Pun’isher. We need all able citizens to help us crack this case. — Sheriff Noivad

*20240706: [https://discord.gg/W688R9aM?event=1254919822534250597 Lore Tour] Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 6, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we plan to travel to Fountfell and Silversnag Ascent to follow up on clues about the history of Mataline's Silver Key.

*20240629: Next bard concert will be Saturday June 29th at 11AM pacific time, featuring the return of @Bingro and hopefully @Fantasia too! If I did this right, this should be your local time: Saturday, June 29, 2024 11:00 AM (PDT).
*20240622: Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 22, 2024 10:00 AM. — Phroon
*20240615:Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 15, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we will be traveling with the mysterious Orchid into Fane to show her the sapling that has been growing in the Shadowy garden there. It is our hope that she will be able to lend us some clarity as to what might happen if we continue to foster the tree’s growth. As usual, strong help would be useful, Rinakki isn’t the most welcomed in Fane anymore and will need our help in reaching the garden. — Phroon

*20240608: Lore Tour returns Saturday, June 8, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we will be visiting with Rinakki to discuss the newly planted seeds growing in the Fane Shadowgarden and the Shadowplane Protectorate. — Phroon

*20240601: Lore Tour returns Saturday, June 1, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we will travel into Fane and check in on the shadowy garden within. — Phroon
*20240518: Greetings! Have any of you been experiencing a strong pull to go to the shadowplane during the lore tour this weekend? Im sure there has to be a reason behind this alluring humming I keep hearing. It's causing me to have some very strong feelings, a sort of yearning to go where I belong. Would you folks be willing to check it out? We should speak with the Evenas and any of those who follow the Way of the Candle and ask if they have experienced this in the past. There's almost no chance of anything bad happening. Feel free to bring your brooms just in case though. — Brisk
**Normal time, Saturday, May 18, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT).
**Soul Hunter summary: Shadowplane. Lotsa lore, some tour. Good things only.
*20240511: Lore Tour continues Saturday, May 11, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we plan to help Pavela’s contact Five on Ash disrupt the Darshak supply lines.

*20240504: Lore Tour returns Saturday, May 4, 2024 10:00 AM. This week we plan to travel meet with Pavela and then travel to Ash to do what we usually in Ash City. Darshak be warned. — Phroon

*20240427: Bard concert coming soon! We'll be back in the guild hall this weekend so questers can play too if they want. Hope to see you there this Saturday 11AM PDT.
[[File:CL-LoreDanceOff20240420.png|right|thumb|The Lore Dance Off.]]

*20240420: xLore Tour continues Saturday, April 20, 2024 10:00 AM. For a date this special, Stinkfist has sent the following plan:
**Lore Tour: The 420th Randomly-Timed Regional Lok'Groton Championship Dance Off
**Yarr so apparently it is indeed time for Regionals. You may have noticed the various established dance crews practicing in the book fort's new Arboretum! You also may have been at the last lore tour where Reekfoot showed up and totally served Puddleby in an attempt to demoralize and psych us out before Regionals.
**So what ARE Regionals? Why is this the first I'm hearing about this?
**It’s a dance off obviously. I dunno, that isn't for me to say, seems like a you thing but I am told it goes back to the "Times of the Ancients" or something.
**But to explain anyways so we can establish THE RULES and THE PRIZES
**Each dance crew will perform one dance routine which will be judged by a panel of highly qualified judges. The judges will score each performance. After every crew has performed there will be an audience vote, which is what actually matters, this is just the way the Ancients did things. I don't pretend to understand why judges if a popular vote determines who wins, I didn't make up the rules, I'm just officiating them.
**Cheating! Is oddly legally allowed by the rules. So we should expect Reekfoot to try and pull SOMETHING devious and probably violent in an attempt to win.
**The rules also state that ANYONE can enter solo or as a crew and individuals are technically allowed to be in multiple dance crews if they choose.
**THE PRIZES:
***1st Prize: Ownership of an empty hut of your choosing in the West Phisney Island Outpost neighborhood. Decorate as you please! + A Big Box of Book Fort Swag + 200k to split amongst your dance crew
***2nd Prize: 1 very large pile of coins (100k) + A Big Box of Book Fort Swag
***3rd Prize: A big box of book fort swag + a reasonably nice pile of coins (50k)
**Where are we dancing off at? The Puddleby Player's Theater in West Puddleby
**When again? 10am PDT on Saturday the 4/20th
**Who are the judges again? Famed local residents of Lok'Groton who we are friendly with and your Pirate King, who is a judge purely to prevent Reekfoot from winning.
**Last place will be awarded personalized Odius Ode courtesy of Pun'isher.

*20240413: Lore Tour continues Saturday, April 13, 2024 10:00 AM: Lore Tour: The Phisney Island Follow Up
**Arrr! Pirate King Witchy Kitty and Magician Majesticos Stinky here again to tell you all about what awesome thing we will be doing next.
**First up, we got some Direbears to welcome to Phisney Island and say Rawr hey tharr to! That'll be nice, for bears are our friends!
**Since they are usually close by, we should probably go and let the Sarir know what has been going on.
**Then, we got some loose ends to tie up, starting with Pavela, Kestrel's Spy on the island that we so generously allowed to walk last we were there. We will need to deal with her in some fashion. There are ideas of how to do this being floated.
**Lastly.. we got that Abyss tainted Darshak mini-temple that Venables hid in to deal with. So we are going to test some of Katpus and the Janitor's research regarding rainbow death/life cannons on it.
**So yarr, we are going to blast the crap out it with rainbows powered by cutting edge magical science and the awesome knowledge of the University of Puddleby! Go Science!
**I’m sure we'll learn something from the test. So yarr we are probably gonna need some mystics and other sources of sun energy and sunbeams for this! Also if ya got any rubies, sapphires, or even topaz bring them! Also sun zu! That seems helpful!
**A responsible ethereal trained mystic would be appreciated as we will be unleashing large amounts of rainbows near an active kyeum but science hasnt proven any ill effect of rainbows on things ethereal but it is yarr like wise to keep an eye on such things just to be safe!
**Soul Hunter's TLDR: Bears, Sarir, Haha Spy, Rainbow Blast Abyssness!
*20240406: Lore Tour returns Saturday, April 6, 2024 10:00 AM. This time we will delve into the Book Fort! — Phroon
*20240403: The v1375 update is scheduled for Wednesday 3 April 2024. —Phroon
*20240330: This month's concert is about a week away: Saturday, March 30, 2024 11:00 AM (PST). It's been a while since we've heard any organ music, so we're thinking of having it at Lugubrion's Keep (assuming that we can find someone to open for us). Hope to see you there!
*20240323: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 23, 2024 10:00 AM, we have the following message from Stinkfist:
**Black flags have been spotted on the ocean!
**Lets go steal their stuff!
**Cuz iz my birfday!
**Arr!
**The Witchy Kitty Pirate King Magician Majesticos Cap'n Stinky
*20240316: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 16, 2024 10:00 AM (PST). This time we will return to the Shadowplane to continue our investigations and check out of the shadowbears have been up to anything. As usual, strong help would be appreciated. —Phroon
*20240309: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 9, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT)! Summary from Stinkfist:
**Arrr here ye here ye!
**We will be heading to the Phisney Island Outpost for the signing of a historic treaty!
**Our local notary Brisk will preside over the signing of this treaty. Surely this will go smoothly and without any snags or unknown unknowns, as Brisk has one job and yarr!
**So come! Sign this most historical treaty and hang out with our Allies!
**Soul Hunter's TLDR: Brisk, Phisney Island, fancy paper, sign it!

* 20240302: March 2nd, 10AM PDT: Arrr! Hear this declaration from the Pirate King: This Saturday will mark one "finally" off our calendar — deposing the so-called leader of the Darshak on Phisneyland Island, Penn Venables.
**Penn's been hiding in his half-built temple for decades now since we repeatedly shamed him in battle. Based on a tip we got from a dead Darshak, we learned he'll be out and about and vulnerable during this week's Lore Tour. We were told to be careful because of his weapons of mass destruction.
**Ambassador Gorvin tells us that letting his ethereal doomsday devices blow everything up is bad and we should prevent this at all costs, so we're going to be super careful as we wreck this guy and steal his stuff. We probably won't sink the whole island into the sea. Our magic is better than his. We have bards, bears, beer, bees, a catapult, and a super cool ocean witch.
**Soul Hunter summary: Kill bad Darshak leader, no explode island.

*20240224: Next week's bard concert will also feature Supplanter's audition for bard quester! Please come to the guild hall on Saturday, February 24, 2024 11:00 AM to cheer him on! — Coriakin (Master Bard)

*20240217: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 17, 2024 10:00 AM. Stinkfist has passed on the following plan for this week to set up for the upcoming confrontation with Venables:
**Arrr,
**Attention: As per our intel provided by the Door-Hench Diebeer with a K, the Darshak will be up to something in two zodiacs time now on TI.
**Working with our agent the Immortal Sasour the Hatchet†, who we previously liberated from Venables Camp. We will be laying the groundwork for rebellion and ending Venables grasp on Phisneyland Island forever and foiling Kestrel's plans at the same time.
**As cover for this operation, we will also be stealing a great deal of stuff.
**† Sasour the Hatchet was purged of abyssal influence via rainbows and then made immortal by Ausrine and her hat that she isnt wearing. Also he touched Puddleby's altar. Also Ausrine turned him into a blind amphibian with a gilded broom a few times. He is magically oathbound to Puddleby. He be cool.
**Soul Hunter Summary: Save Phisneyland, prepare for victory, plunder booty.

*20240210: **Lore Tour** continues February 10 at 10AM (PDT). This time we plan to head to **Ash Island** to fight some Darshak. Kestrel’s doorman has enjoyed his post for quite some time, I’m sure Ambassador Gorvin will help him with that.—Phroon
** For this tour we will be needing the assistance of weather controlling mystics (preferably multiple).—Gorvin

[[File:CL-LoreTour20240203.png|right|thumb|Brave adventurers explore the Org cave.]]
*20240203:Lore Tour (Saturday, February 3, 2024 10:00 AM PDT) will involve taking Bravery The Org to the org sanctuary on Centaur Island. For anyone not familiar, Bravery is a young org that Stinkfist rescued from being abandoned at Junko's and decided to teach to be a hero. He begain taking it on his adventures to teach what he could, and has also asked several other exiles to escort Bravery around to show him the world. After many zodiacs of mentoring the time has come to release Bravery into his new home!

*20240120: **Lore Tour** continues January 20, at 10AM PST. This time we plan to return to the **Shadowplane** and continue our exploration there! As usual, strong help would be appreciated.

*20240113: **Lore Tour** continues <t:1705168800:F>. This time we plan to do a few things surrounding the **Org Sanctuary**, starting with a visit to the Ensconcement Village to tell them about the success setting up the sanctuary, a stop by the Org Cave for some Panther Caps, and then swing over to Centaur to drop off any mushrooms we find and to deliver the presents we picked up during the Bawkmas tour to thank them for all their efforts setting up the sanctuary.

*20240106: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 6, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we plan to kick things off by paying a visit to the Shadowguild and seeing what they’ve been up to. I’m sure that ambassador Gorvin will help us navigate the situation with skill.

==2023==
*20231224–20231225 at 6:30AM (24th) & 6:30PM (25th): I heard Santa will be coming two times this year for 30 minutes each time. I hope it fits your schedules and if not feel free to let me know and I will see if a special appearance can be made for you after Bawkmas/Skrismas/Season's Beatings.
**Slot 1: Sunday, December 24, 2023 6:30 AM
**Slot 2: Monday, December 25, 2023 6:30 PM Cheers! 🎅

*20231216: Lore Tour continues Saturday, December 16, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we're planning to travel to Fane and investigate reports of developments with the shadowy seed planted in the garden there. As usual, a strong group and especially strong healers to deal with the ghosts within would be appreciated.

*20231209: **Lore Tour** continues December 9, 2023 at 10AM Pacific. This time we're planning to celebrate the bawkmas spirit by visiting a few snowy areas throughout the lands in search of some presents for the Centaur to thank them for all their help with the Org Sanctuary.

*20231204:In the morning of the day 218 of year 635 (OOC 7pm Pacific, Monday December 4th, just after Lorikeet's hunt time), Mystic guild will be holding a meeting with Sombrion the Wizard and the Abbess Madrona of the Foghaven Monastery. Location of the meeting is on the platform of the Foghaven Monastery. All exiles are invited to join.
**For that meeting, please let us move the purple portal to OP (and green at town) at least on that day... unless we think we can handle having the portal at **outside** of Foghaven Monastery.
**Also I'd like to ask supports from our capable fighters, healers and flute players for safe travel to Foghaven Monastery and back for all exiles who wants to join the meeting on the day.

*20231118: Lore Tour continues Saturday, November 18, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we will be returning to the Shadowplane to continue our exploration there. As usual, strong help would be appreciated.

*20231111: Lore Tour continues Saturday, November 11, 2023 10:00 AM (PST). This time we will be returning to Shadowspring Citadel! It’s been a while so we hope to check on things there especially the Agronox seal to the and how the Page of Rend that sent us to the Shadowplane there reacts to us visiting again, as well as some of the crumbly stairs deep within. This will be a difficult trip, so strong help (and your friends that know Horus well) would be appreciated. While we’re at it, we’ll have to see if Pelaegia is interested in a trip back and maybe see if there’s anything we can do to help her with the repairs.

*20231104: Lore Tour returns Saturday, November 4, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we will be checking out the Org Sanctuary.

*20231021: Lore Tour continues Saturday, October 14, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we will having a spooky time with a Feast of Tsrrin theme. — Phroon

*20231014: Saturday, October 7, 2023, 10AM (PDT) Lore Tour: The Prime Orb of Unstable Infinity
**Yarrr! By now you've surely read my excellent guide Orbs of Unstable Infinity and You. It is very illuminating:⁠
**But what is better than an excellent guide? The real thing. I think we can get Tart'targ to help us find it.
**First, some history. Me chief gunner and good matey Garr has a long and terrifying history of humiliating the Darshak. For instance, this time when Garr just burned the Thaumaturge and his minions to death.
**http://www.thoomcare.com/archives/003485.html
**As you can read in the comments there, long ago I made a note "Loots for Garr. Pirates rule!"
**In the years since that battle, I, the Pirate King of Lok'Groton, have searched for the perfect reward for saving a whole plane of existence against the jerk that tried to merge us with the ether (also just… showing up and kickin' ass with the Pirates since the start). Gotta find some GOOD loot for that!
**During one of my astral projection explorations I finally found it. It was an Orb. An Orb just full of Unstable AND Infinity, and I just knew, in my heart of Pirate Kingly hearts, that I needed to see what exactly Garr would do with this.
**I got back to Puddleby and thought, "Ya know, this thing is really dangerous if someone like the Brions or someone got their hands on it." So I hid it and gave Tart'targ the clues to how to find it. Cuz safety first!
**Arr, anyways, enough really fascinating history of Garr bein' awesome and me astral projecting. For the Lore Tour, we will gather in town and wait for Tart'targ to show up and bring us the clues to where I hid the Orb for safekeeping. We will then go on an adventure to retrieve the Orb from the very safe and very logical place to hide an artifact of unstable infinity. Then, later we will find out how Garr chooses to use his great power (and the Orb) with great responsibility.
**Yarr! Join us as we celebrate Garr and I try and make good on a decades old note!
**There will likely be time for people with Lesser Orbs (yarr, those have been turning up lately) to use said Lesser Orbs. Even lesser ones are probably best used under the supervision of trained Witches and Magicians. This is definitely not like the time with the soul glasses, why would you even think that?
**The Pirate King is not entirely responsible for any uses or side effects of the Orbs that results in harm to an exile or our plane of existence. Hopefully, any such cases will be super duper funny. The disclaimer in my guide to orbs of unstable infinity apply here too.
**Soul Hunter version:
**IOU note to Garr. Magic orbs. Treasure hunt!

[[File: CL-LoreTour-20231008.png|thumb|right| 180px |The Lore Tour in the Shadow Plane]]

*20231007: Lore Tour returns Saturday, October 7, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we plan to return to the Shadowplane and continue our exploration there. As usual, a strong group would be appreciated.

*20230927: This is the 18th year since Tyndall passed away. He was loved by many in life, and is remembered both as a cherished friend and a Puddlebean legend.
**Every year, we mark this time and come together in order to celebrate the lives of friends that we’ve lost over the years: Xenos & Panos, Baffina & Baffette, Tyndall, Tonoto, Eyeball, and K’pyn.
**Please join us to share memories, whiskey, cigars, beer, songs, and bonfires in the Memorial Garden outside Alliance Castle on September 27, 2023 7:00 PM.
**Whether you’re a constant presence, you've been in the library for a while, or you’re somewhere in between, we’d really love to see you. Please also reach out to friends who might not see this message – we’d love to see them, too.

*20230927: The next Healer Hunt will be Wednesday, September 27, 2023 5:30 PM This hunt is for healers and their pets. All are welcome: bring your pet…
*20230923: Ok, so lore tour this week… bearing in mind the captain has tasked me with fixing the planes… AGAIN… I have been struggling if we should go to Geharza or not. Barely by a slim margin I have been convinced (with the help of bribes) to bear arms and go back to the ice caves (But if we run into loose Tipulids again I won’t complain.) So… it turns our that SOMEONE decided to teach the bears how to use altars… (I’m totally not looking at you Inu) and now we have to bear the burden of killing cursed bare bears, cursed armored bears, and cursed bears that need to learn that vowels are a thing. So we’ll head back to the ice caves this week, and this time we’ll need a permanent broom bearer to sweep the bear out of the evil bears and the bear out of the shadow touched Inus. That’s step one. Step two is to have Bearo and Raksbeara and Punibear to convince the evil bears not to be so evil and to double our bear guard on our totally peaceful and not destructive rainbow death cannon. Once that is done we need to try and un-bear curse that altar in ice caves. Normally we’d just tell the Gorvbot to break the altar even more, but it sounds like some people want to fix the altar so they can learn more PF ranks from not ghost Gaiyl… Final step is loot… There better be loot Stinky…..
**For Soul Hunter… Bears again… Murder again… Inu’s fault… Loot!!!
[[File: CL-LoreTour-20230916.png|thumb|right| 180px |The Lore Tour battles armored shadow bears!]]

*20230916: Lore Tour: Sat 10am pacific
** RAAAAAAAWRRRRRRRR RA-ROOAAAARRRRRRRRRR Rawr-BEARRRROOOOOOO
**Rawr-rawr-ROAR-rawr-rawwrrrr-snarl.
**ROAR! RAWR! ROOOOOAAAARRRR!!! RAwr-RA-raWR!! ROAR ROAR ROAR!!!!!!!
**[bear snort]
**THE GREAT BEAR SPIRIT'S CUB BIRO WILL FEED ON THE WEAK BODIES OF THE SHADOWS WHO HAVE FORGOTTEN HOW TO BE BEARS AND SHOW THEM HOW TO BE BEARS AGAIN.
**BRING YOURSELF HONOR, CONQUER FEAR, SPILL SHADOW BLOOD, SEND NOT-BEARS BACK INTO THE DARK.
**For Soul Hunter: Rawr vs Those who pretend to be Rawr!
*20230909: Lore Tour: The Darshak Candidate
**Arrr, here ye here ye, yarr good. Garr... write this down...
**So for some time Kestrel has stated her goal is to establish a new unifying leader of the local Darshak. One way or another, the cult will put someone in charge. An like, ta be honest, all their candidates suck. Creepy Thoom Guy sucks, Rebel Guy sucks, Venables sucks, Necro sucks, all the Darshak nobles suck. So yarr, why don't we make our own?
**So we're gonna kidnap Sasour the Hatchet as he is easily the chillest Darshak we know. We invited him to the Counterheist and he got drunk and laughed at the Shadowguild getting slain in the streets. He's perfect.
**Then probably do some magic to make sure he is a "Force of Abyss Smiting Justice for Puddleby"
**Now this is a complex plan with a lot of ins and outs and such that I will make...er.. explain as we go!
**And to really sell that we are indeed kidnapping Sasour instead of just being like "hey what's up buddy? wanna go drink?" we're gonna need to kill lots and lots of Darshak on our way... Maybe break or take anything that looks important, I dunno, ye do ye in that regard.
**Side benefits: Sasour the Hatchet is likely to know things about Venables' secret weapon the Sarir are so afraid of. Knowledge that may help us devise some sort of counter measure against this "island destroying weapon" at least that's what the Sarir said it was.
**Maybe we could goad Venables into destroying..........
**The Pirate King just kinda wandered off rambling at this point about various schemes weighing the pros and cons of tricking Venables into just blowing up the island and calling it "problem solved"
**For Soul Hunter:
**Kidnap, Friend, Magic, Murder Darshak, Magic, Scheme, Lulz
*20230902: Per captain Stinky: This week on Lore Tour (Saturday September 2nd at 10AM PDT)
**Adventures in Magical Super Science:
**While Katpus and the highly trained researchers from the University of Puddleby (they're definitely not janitors) were conducting super scientific experiments in the Castle Alliance, they may or may not have blown a hole in reality. Katpus seems a bit embarrassed about it, so we don't need to make it into a big deal.
**Whatever may have happened, Katpus' researchers have gone missing, and so have the bears who were guarding her laboratory. In a probably unrelated coincidence, a respectable and probably wealthy individual has shown up claiming some important artifacts have gone missing. There are two mysteries to be investigated and almost certainly booty to be had. For science!
**Soul Hunter Version:
**Portal, Mystery, Bears, Booty

*20230819: **Lore Tour** continues. This time we plane to head to **Fane** and investigate the shadow garden growing there, and perhaps see if the crooked seed we received in the Shadowplane takes root there. If that seed eventually grows and bears fruit, the hope is it will enable us to repair the Windweft altar and restore their connection to Purgatory. As Fane is a very dangerous place, a strong group would be appreciated.

*20230812: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 12, 2023 10:00 AM PDT. This time we plan to continue our investigations into repairing the Ice Cave Altar. We’re thinking of visiting with Pelaegia who we last left in Fountfell Foghaven, and then head over to the Windweft Ice Cave and see if the mysterious gift from the crooked tree in the Shadowplane leads us towards any success in recreating the Ancient’s shadow magic that created the altars.

*20230805: Lore Tour Saturday August 5, 2023 at 10AM (PDT): Hello! It is I, fake Phroon [Brisk], coming to you with an update on Lore Tour this zodiac! It'll be August 5th at the same time as usual. We are planning on trying to visit Nylar to hear of this deal that his minions mentioned that he has for "Sapeeva". For good measure, we hope to bring a "Sapeeva" or close approximation with us. We may need to fight, we may need to bribe, or we may need to gamble. Whatever it is, it's sure to be a good time so come on out if you are free. Cheers!

*20230722: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 22, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT), this time we plan to pay another visit to the Org Cave and see if we can make some progress in becoming friends with the Org. We also plan to continue our investigations into the strange weather in the Ensconcement, and see if perhaps we can find a route up to Stormlyric.

*20230715: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 15, 2023 10:00 AM to return to the Shadowplane, to revisit the protectorate and maybe see if we can find more clues of how Shaer travels the plane freely. As usual, a strong group will be needed!

*20230708: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 8, 2023 10:00 AM PDT, this time we return to the Shadowplane, to visit the protectorate and then to seek the devourer of dreams. As usual, a strong group will be necessary for the trek through this dangerous plane.
**If do we manage to slay the dreamdrinker, we plan to return again to the shadowplane next week too (Saturday, July 15, 2023 10:00 AM PDT) and revisit the protectorate within the same chaos storm, and maybe see if we can find more clues of how Shaer travels the plane freely. So mark your calendars for two weeks of back-to-back shadowplane exploration!

*20230705: The v1336 update: Lightning and thunder require time, the light of the stars requires time, deeds require time even after they are done, before they can be seen and heard. — Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
**More intense weather arriving. Those with elaborate hair-dos or delicate umbrellas can limit certain effects by using the '''''/options strongWeather off''''' command.

*20230701: Hello Puddleby! I come to you tonight as a guest "Phroon". I am in need of some assistance during the Lore Tour this weekend. You see, Tart'targ the wisest witch, had asked us to keep an eye on Sombrion. This has been fairly difficult for me as my eyesight is extremely poor and his keep hovers so high in the sky. However, even my peepers couldn't miss the addition of one of Sombrion's Sarir at the Bison Plains outpost. I'm not saying we need to tattle but we NEED to tell Tart'targ about this. Who knows? Maybe we will see a Witch and a Wizard face off? That wouldn't be terrible. I will be collecting bets and will even go as far as giving a favorable 2 to 1 odds on the Wizard. Anywho, don't be late to this one! You won't want to miss a moment! — Brisk
**Lore Tour took a trip to see Tart'targ and inform her of the Sarir being in the bison plains outpost, Hygra I think was the name. She was not so concerned with this as long as it did not come out that Sombrion was the cause of the abnormal weather that Hygra was studying. We discussed the trip with Pelaegia to Foghaven and how we saw shapes in the fog and heard howling on the wind. She mentioned that Andrachnea, the Abbess of Stormlyric, is known for being a bit standoffish even for witches. We spoke of how Andrachnea disapproved of Forsythia's study of the Org and remembered that we may have left her in the Orga Stronghold. We began to leave to go rescue her and ran into a bit of an issue.
**All of a sudden a Shadowguild Thief knocked me over...I thought he was looking for the bets I was collecting for the Witch vs Wizard duel. We chased them across the estuary and then ran across much stronger friends of the thieves. It looked like some of them had flown into the area on balloons to lead the rest of them. You could tell some were just taking orders and trying to take out as many of us as possible but others seemed to be more interested in a single thing, a thoom. We protected Coriakin the best we could but when he fell he was not taken. Confused, we pressed on until clearing the majority of the shadowguild. We cornered a leader and he said that they were looking for "Sapeeva". His reinforcements came and we tried to corner him again but eventually he managed to find a balloon and escape. As he was leaving he told us that he had a message for us to deliver..."Tell Sapeeva Nylar will cut him a deal." — Brisk

*20230624: The next bard concert is on June 24th at 11AM pacific time. Hope to see you there!

*20230617: Lore Tour returns Saturday, June 17, 2023 10:00 AM PDT, this time we plan to investigate the mysterious (and mist-erious) fog seen throughout the Eastern Mountains. We’ll probably also pay Pelaegia a visit and see what she has to say about these mists. We’ll likely be heading to Foghaven, the mountain haven of fog, so an appropriately strong group would be appreciated.

[[File:LoreTour20230610.png|thumb|right| 200px |The Lore Tour Headed for the Orga Stronghold speaks to '''Forsythia''']]
*20230610: **Lore Tour** returns 10AM PDT, this time we plan to travel deep into to the Orga Stronghold to rescue the Org trapped there! We may take them back to the Org Cave, or they may be the first residents of the new Org Sanctuary on Centaur Island. We may also pop over and have a visit with Trillbane while we’re in the neighborhood. A stronger group would be appreciated.

*20230603: ''Rustles out from under a pile of library books, glances at calendar'' Lore Tour at normal time this weekend (June 3rd, 10AM PDT). Plan is to poke at some of the dark mirrors in the lands and see if we can learn anything about Shaer's Gate.

*20230520: Lore Tour continues Saturday, May 20, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). We plan to return again to the Shadowplane to continue our explorations there. As usual, a strong group would be very helpful.

*20230513: Lore Tour! Operation: Friendship Hammer (10am pacific, usual lore tour time) We've reached a critical stage of the plan to create the Org Sanctuary... we must get some Orgs big and small to trust us enough to get in some cages and be brought to Centaur Island.... So how do we do that?
**I’m unsure but I bet that super cool ocean witch Pelaegia knows a thing or two about it! An she has been wanting to get out and about more so, this seems like a win/win. Bring Pelaegia to the village/Org caves, listen to tales of Orgs from way back when (and anything else we want to talk to her about) and maybe feed some Orgs some panther caps, perhaps bring some caps back for Tart'targ! Perhaps... make Org friends!
**Now, we should be careful, we've been hitting the Darshak rather hard lately and they have expressed an interest in kidnapping our good super cool ocean witch friend... and Tart'targ has turned some into blind amphibians... so ya know... be vigilant! There is no telling what an uppity visiting Darshak Noble may decide to do to prove how great they are or some such nonsense like that.

*20230506: Lore Tour: The Great Kennel Caper (Saturday 10am pacific as usual) The Elusive and Illusive Phroon Thoom, Heist and Counter-Heist Master Extraodinaire has a lead on a stockpile of feral cages somewhere on Ash Island. We need cages for our Org Sanctuary to safely transport the Orgs. The Darshak on Ash backed by Gathner have had an easy time lately since our slaying of Dorcas Direstorm as we've been focused on taking Venables down a few notches while keeping the Gathner backed Darshak agents on the island from being able to get the upper hand there..... so depleting the Ash 'Shak's ability to wrangle and train ferals seems like a solid move that furthers our goals quite nicely!
**Now I know what you be thinkin! "Cap'n! What if them cages be cursed??" Well I'm way ahead of you, and with the help of local mystics and my magician prowess, I have most of a ritual planned to purge away any Abyssal taint the cages may have! (If you are a local mystic and would like to help with this ritual, please contact me, your Pirate King and Master Magician).
**Darshak Nobles continue to visit from Gathner, bringing with them their top tier guards, so be on the look out for fancily dressed swabs who need to be shown a quick way to their forever home in the Abyss!
**In summation! Kennel Heist! Plunder any plunder of opportunity! Get home with magically purified loot! Further details to come!
**Bring: Crowbars, vines, chains, a can do attitude, strongest ranger morphs, and anything else you can think of to aid in this endeavor! See you there!

*20230503: The v1327 update is scheduled for Wednesday 3 May 2023

*20230429: Next month's bard concert (on April 29th at 11AM PDT) will be a special one. As many of you know, Lugubrion was so affected by the tragic fate of his brother Tenebrion that he's retreated from the world and has become a recluse. As someone who's struggled with depression myself, I've decided to try to help Lugubrion in the hopes that he'll be able to recover from his condition. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20230422: Lore Tour continues Saturday, April 22, 2023 10:00 AM (time in your local timezone). This time we plan to return to the Shadowplane. As usual, a strong group would be very helpful. Our plan is to travel to the protectorate through the shadow sea and also to check out if any of the new pages of rend interact with the shadowplane. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

[[File: CL-LoreTour-20230415.png|thumb|right| 180px |The Lore Tour revisits the centaurs with Pelaegia]]
*20230415: Lore Tour! (Saturday 10am pacific blah blah blah) Arrrr! This time we will be taking a stroll over to visit Pelaegia and Tart'targ briefly and see if Pelaegia can come out and play! Once we have picked up everyone's favorite Super Cool Ocean Witch, we will make for the Org cave to try and harvest (hopefully) the last of the mushrooms we need for the Org Sanctuary on Centaur Island. I’m sure Pelaegia will be happy to see the Centaur after all these thousands of years! Yarr! This seems pretty straight forward and nothing could possibly go wrong! Definitely! None of our past actions could conceivably come back to haunt us! For suresies! (Anything that does go wrong will be promptly blamed entirely on Trillium's ankh which is full of cursed)

*20230408: at 2PM (PDT) Saturday April 8th, Clan Lord Open Tactical Hunt (CLOTH) plans to go to the bridge to refine leading and dropping in the right spot and possibly the Slate Caves to practice dodging webs/projectiles. This is open to all, and I encourage newer players to attend, especially if you fall a lot. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Noivad Noivad]

*20230408: Lore Tour continues Saturday, April 8, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we plan to visit The Land of Dank Believe, aka the Book Fort. Bring your imagination and suspend your disbelief, the myrms dug a hole to the sky. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20230405: v1323. The sky is the daily bread of the eyes. — Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
**Hunt trophies are now furniture.
**Phantasmagorical improvements.

*20230401: **Lore Tour** returns 10AM PDT. This time we plan to visit with Egremora and Pelaegia in **Fountfell**, hear a few stories and think about what to do next.

**With Cimmbrion's assistance we've been able to grow some water lilies the two brothers created together back during happier times, and their gift has helped raise Lugubrion's spirits a bit. However, he's still embarrassed by the state of his keep, so to help him with that I'm hoping to hire builders from Puddleby to help renovate it. And to raise funds for that, next month I'll be holding a benefit concert at Lugubrion's keep!

**To make this concert special I will finally premiere the suite I've been working on for years: "The Healer's Lament," which attempts to evoke the trials and tribulations of a healer's life. It'll feature at least five brand new pieces, never before performed, and I'm extra excited because Lugubrion has graciously allowed us to not only use his keep for the performance, he's allowing us to use a brand new instrument - an organ from a thoomish temple! It has a sound unlike anything we've heard before, and I'm excited to share the music I (and the other bards) have been writing for it.

**This is a benefit concert, so I will be asking for donations to help with the cause. Building supplies to aid with the renovations would be very useful, and I will be matching any donations of coins (at least until I run out of coins myself). Even if you can't make a donation I hope you can come! I've invited Lugubrion to be there as our guest of honour and every person there would be a show of support to someone in dire need of it.
**Again, it'll be on Sat. April 29th at 11:00 AM PDT at Lugubrion's Keep. I hope to see you there!
— [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

** 8 word summary for Soul Hunter: "New tunes! New Instrument?! Help Lugubrion... donations please!"

*20230405: The v1323 update is scheduled for Wednesday 5 April 2023.

*20230325: Hello, all! This month’s concert (on March 25th, 11am pacific time as usual) is themed around Spring. Expect a lot of uplifting music about new beginnings or possibly about getting rained on instead. Either way, should be a good time. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20230323: there will also be a very special NNK open hunt adventure on thursday the 23rd at 5pm pacific! Expect various laws including but not limited to physics, nature, and reality to be broken! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Stinkfist Stinkfist]

*20230318: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 18, 2023 10:00 AM (time in your local timezone). This time we plan to return to Shadowspring to finally deliver Pelaegia’s present! We will need strong help to brave the dangers within. We also need some help between now and the Lore Tour to charge some of the machines to open the way into Shadowspring. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20230318: *Arrr! Lore Tour Recap! The Shadowplane had indeed shifted in many ways. The ground seemed less bitey, which I blame on Inu and her masterful ambassadorship. Keep hugging them Shadow Trees! Yer doing great!We also discovered a new “cave” which was just full of boo and scary and pretty and confusion.
**Another page of rend was discovered and perhaps most importantly a new phantasm page was found! We only covered a fraction of the Shadowplane so more to find and explore seems very likely! Oh and sadly Brisk failed to do that thing, perhaps next time (we are all rooting for ya buddy!)

**Next lore tour we will (charging nodes permitting) be visiting Shadowspring Citadel to bring Pelaegia her birthday presents! Probably other reasons too, more information and hype coming soon!

*20230311: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 11, 2023 10:00 AM PST. This time we will return to the Shadowplane to continue our investigations into the malevolent forces within. We’ve already seen that the shadows have reacted to us, we plan on investigating if they have changed further following our contact with them. We will need many sharp minds, strong fighters, and brave healers to endure the dangers within. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20230304: Lore Tour returns Saturday, March 4, 2023 10:00 AM PST. This is the day the portal is scheduled to move to the village, so we’re planning on going there to get a mystic a mark. We’ll also check the Org cave for more Panther caps and bring them to the centaur for their work on the Org sanctuary. If we have time we might also do some other stuff too. We’ll be traveling through vale and parts of the ensconcement, so strong help will be helpful. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]
*20230302: 2023-03-01 v1318 Update: ''Sometimes we need the fog to remind ourselves that all of life is not black and white.''—Jonathan Lockwood Huie (b. 1945)'''Those who venture north may notice new snell edges being tested. Please share your feedback!'''
*20230225: Bard concert this weekend! Saturday Feb 25th at 11AM PST, at the bards’ guild hall in north field. Noivad will be auditioning for full bard again, so come cheer him on! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]
*20230224: MediaWiki has been updated to v1.39.2. As usual, please report any unexpected changes.
*20230218: Lore Tour! Saturday 10am pacific!!Arrrr, we require more lab equipment for constructing the rainbow death/life cannon!We've already stolen the Oh-Venn from Penn Venables, now we return for the rest of his stuff!
**During the Oh-Venn heist we discovered that Venables has been training sciencemancers who can open ethereal portals and shoot mighty blasts of chain lightning. Thus an elaborate and complex scheme is required to get his lab equipment.
**The plan is simple and elaborate, eloquent yet basic. The perfect mix of blunt force and sneakery!
**We will pick a location to "conduct a magical ritual to seal off the island from the ethereal plane" to get his attention and draw him in. Additionally we will tell the local sarir population of Venables' dastardly plans to shackle Tenenbrion's spirit and bend it to his will, which is probably not a complete and total lie.
**Also Kalian and I have a secret weapon up our sleeve should we require it.
**Once Venables' forces are committed to the battle a small rag tag group will break off and sneak into the lab and take everything they possibly can and get out before Venables has time to know what happened.
**Like all great plans, should you have additional ideas feel free to contact myself, Phroony, Kalian, or anyone else who seems like an authority figure for this sort of thing. As always, the plan will be "do all the plans"
**We will need as many exiles as possible to pull this off and there will be no small roles to play in this daring heist!
**Bonus if we can get any notes regarding what Penn has exactly been up to with the ethereal plane. All we know so far is he seems to have access to an isolated sphere of it.
**Be there! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Stinkfist Stinkfist]

*20230216: [https://clanlord.net/images/CL-Boats%20are%20too%20expensive%20480.mp4 The Typical End to an Estuary/Mountain/Bison Plains Hunt] because we don’t want to spend 100c or fall before the estuary exit. And [https://clanlord.net/images/CL-LA%20Excellence.mp4 Punisher Has mad skills falling—Laughing Academy Excellence!]

*20230211: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 11, 2023 10:00 AM PST. This time we will be continuing to examine mountain springs in Vale and Fountfell, with a possible detour to the Org Caves for some Spotted Panther Caps. These areas, and especially the route to Fountfell, are difficult, so strong help would be helpful. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20230204: Lore Hunt. Step 1: Bears. Step 2: Tart'targ talk." Step 3: Mountains. The Lore Tour returns with Biro negotiating for bear support, the group asking Tart'targ if a certain plant is okay to plant, and a trip to the mountains to find a place to plant the seeds.

*20230201: [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Stinkfist Stinkfist] is organizing a raid on Venable's Laboratory at February 1, 2023 7:30 PM. As you may know, Venable is verified ne'er-do-well, who has spent several decades looting Tenebrion's Keep for anything of value and has built himself a reasonably well stocked lab with those ill-gotten gains. Any equipment, Darshak or Wizard in origin, poses a threat to the region if left in the hands of Venable. As such, it is best if it is secured in the safe, respectful, and responsible hands of Puddleby and our resident catapult enthusiast, Katpus. — Ausrine

*20230201: the '''v1314''' update is scheduled for Wednesday 1 February 2023: Life is found in animals and plants. But in animals it is patent and obvious, whereas in plants it is hidden and not clear. To establish its existence requires considerable research. The question at issue is whether plants have or have not a soul, and a capacity for desire, pain, pleasure, and discrimination. — Aristotle (384–322 BCE)
**''You’ll have to explore for this month’s changes.''

*20230128: Reminder! This Saturday at 11 pacific time will be the next concert. This concert will be shadow-themed... bards are encouraged to come with pieces inspired by the shadowplane and its effects. I can confirm that at least three new pieces will be premiered! Anyone who's out of the loop on the shadowplane storyline and is hoping for a recap - this is your chance! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

**Note: The shadowplane can make our thoughts reality and affect our minds, and it may have developed an interest in music for, er, reasons not worth getting into at this time. I've been assured that playing a bunch of music themed around the shadowplane is "not necessarily a really bad idea" and the chances of opening a rift there is unlikely. But shadow creatures have appeared at concerts before, so be warned that safety is not guaranteed. And if possible, bring a friend who can monitor you for signs of shadow madness.

*20230121: Per Stinkfist:
Arrr! In light of recent events set into motion by our favorite Myrm, we will be conducting negotiations with the Centaur to construct an Org sanctuary on their fair island. We are benevolent and wholesome now! Go us!

Also probably just yelling at Katpus that they are building us a Rainbow Death Cannon. Aymi said it is a life cannon actually and that sounds lovely and very thoughtful of us to build!

After negotiations we will either be pillaging the Darshak to secure funding or to take out our frustrations as that seems to be the most ethical option.

Either ways, gonna be greats! We are benevolent and good!

For those who like things in list form I've broken down the captains message.
This week on Lore Tour:
1. Talk to some overtly angry quadripeds about building a sanctuary for the ancestors of the people who murdered like 99% of their ancestors (Bring your Orga morphs for laughs)
2. Talk to a notoriously slow builder about a super difficult upcoming project we have for her
3. Facestab Darshak until they give us more loot
4. What could go wrong?

* 20230114: Lore Tour continues Saturday, January 14, 2023 10:00 AM PST. We are planning on helping Tart’targ deliver our gift to Palaegia. We hope to be traveling into Shadowspring, depending on if we get things open beforehand. Otherwise, we might be powering some of the ancient machines.

*20230111: Lore Tour Followup @Ausrine says: There will be a follow up to Tar'Targ/ Pelaegia gift giving on (OOC Wednesday Jan 11 7PM Pacific Time).

* 20230107: MediaWiki updated to v.1.39.1. As always, please report any unexpected behavior. If you don’t change your theme, the following doesn’t apply. ''Note: if you change the skin/theme from the current one, I noticed some pages do not render properly. So, if you encounter this, simply change your theme to Vector (2010 or 2022). This should fix the issue.''

[[File:LoreTour1022.jpg|thumb|right| 180px | The Lore Tour successfully reaches our goal.]]
* 20230107: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 7, 2023 10:00 AM PST. This time we are planning to deliver Pelaegia's gift to Tart'targ. '''Update: The Tour was successful!'''

* 20230104: Update '''v1310''' is here. Secrets abound, and unexplored places wait patiently for exiles to find them.
''“There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.”'' — Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) '''Here’s wishing everyone a ranky New Year!'''

==2022==
*20221230: Let there be music! Be prepared and mark your calendars for the concert on FRIDAY, 30th December at 1pm pacific time. There will be old and maybe even new music played! — Bingro

[[File:MerryBawkmask.jpg |250px|left|Merry Bawkmas!]]
*20221224–25: '''Santa''' will come out twice this year to check if you were naughty or nice at the following times for a whopping half hour each Saturday, December 24, 2022 7:00 PM PST and Sunday, December 25, 2022 8:30 AM PST. If you can't make it during these times, don't worry he will be available to deliver a few days after Bawkmas as well (Gotta love travelling on Bawkmas day!). — Brisk

*20221217: Lore Tour continues Saturday, December 17, 2022 10:00 AM PST. This time we will be continuing to help Tart'targ search for a gift for Pelaegia in Silversnag Ascent. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221210: '''Lore Tour''' continues Saturday, December 10, 2022 10:00 AM PST. This time we will be exploring, likely in the Eastern Mountains. What will we find? Who knows! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

[[File:GottaGetACloak.jpg|250px|left|new fur-lined cloaks are available.]]
[[File:Cloaks.jpg |250px |left |more cloaks]]
*20221207: With the 1306 update, A new area is discovered. Cold and Snowy reopens for winter. And new Cloaks are able to be made.

*20221203: Lore Tour returns Saturday, December 3, 2022 10:00 AM PST. We will be returning again to the Shadowplane, this time to try and track down and defeat the devourer of dreams mentioned by the denizens of the protectorate. As this will be a tough expedition, strong help would be appreciated. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221126: The next concert is Nov 26 at the usual time, 11am pacific.— [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20221119: Lore Tour continues Saturday, November 19, 2022 10:00 AM PST. We will be returning to the Shadowplane to continue our explorations and to try and rescue another Lost Dreamer that has been stranded there. As usual, strong help would be appreciated.

*20221112: **Lore Tour** returns Saturday, November 12th @ 10AM PST (be mindful of the recent US time change). Stinkfist just handed me the following on a scroll with the plan:
> After deliberation and conferment with Kalian, who can't stand the thought of Darshak having nicer things than him, Ambassador Gorvin and his position of Darshak murder is always good, Garr who just wants to burn stuff, and general mad cackling by the Pirate King of Lok'Groton it has been decided that we will return to Ash City to "murder, pillage, and take the fancy things that those nobles brought there"
> Loot and pillage and make Kestrel too afraid to EVER leave her tower. There will be loot this time, Stinky has some promising leads on that. A cat witch told him about it in a dream!
— [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221105: Lore Tour returns Saturday, November 5, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. This time we will be retuning to the Shadowplane to continue to explore and view the strange sculptures within. We believe we have discovered a stable way to exit the shadowplane so a depart is no longer certain, but we still could use many strong exiles to help brave the dangers within. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221029: Next weekend’s bard concert in the Puddleby Theatre will be Tsirrin themed! Come in costume to enjoy spooks and spoops. Ghosts and shadow madness are a definite maybe, safety not guaranteed. It’ll be at the usual time, Saturday, October 29, 2022 11:00 AM PDT — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20221022: Lore Tour continues Saturday, October 22, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. This tour will be Feast of Tssrin themed. Come join us in your favorite costume to help bust some ghosts! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221015: No worries Phroon. Lore Tour returns 10AM PDT. Stinky says we’re going on a “Classic Pirate Kingly Adventure.” All ye need is to show up with plenty of pack space so we can help our friends out. 🏴‍☠️ ❣️ Also I want more Vision Stream art, wah wah wah. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.InuTeisei Inu Teisei]

*20221008: Lore Tour continues Saturday, October 8, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. We plan to return once again to explore the Shadowplane, this time focusing on exploring the mysterious shadow ocean and lands beyond. Again, strong help will be helpful. Sadly, a way out of the plane has yet to be found, so until it is a depart is certain. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221006: H’loi! I expect there will be a meeting between Tar’Targ and Cimmbrion at the lake in Northern Puddleby on Thursday October 6, 2022 7:00 PM PDT. Possibly in Arial Eth'lenn’s home or outside. All exiles are invited to attend. A neutral, third party would be appreciated but you are nai required to act as such. — Ausrine

*20221001: Lore Tour returns Saturday, October 1, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. We plan to return to the Shadowplane, and explore the strange lands within. Strong help will be helpful in exploring the plane. Luckily we still have loan of Pelaegia’s lantern to calm our minds. A stable path in has been discovered, but we have yet to find a way back home. It is very likely that this will be a one-way trip, EPS and Purgatory Pendants do not seem to work in the Shadowplane. Unless we find another way out, a depart is certain. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221029: The next concert will be on Saturday, October 29, 2022 11:00 AM PDT and take place in the theatre. It'll be Feast of Tsirrin themed, so wear a costume! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20220924: Alright, then! Bard concert next weekend at Egremora’s tavern, at Saturday, September 24, 2022 11:00 AM (PDT). Bonus points for anyone who brings a song that’s a story. Raks, any chance you can reprise that story about Dandelion and Helpful? 🙂 — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20220922: It has been 17 years since [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Tyndall Tyndall], the beloved sylvan warrior, passed away. He was loved by many in life, and is remembered both as a cherished friend and a Puddlebean legend.
**Every year, we mark this day by coming together to celebrate our memories of Tyndall and our other lost comrades: [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Baffina Baffina] and [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Baffette Baffette], slayers of orga; [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Tonoto Tonoto], the mapmaker; [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Eyeball Eyeball], courageous and funny; [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.KPyn K'pyn], the King of Pins.
**We newly grieve the passing of [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Xenos Xenos] the Brave and [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Panos Panos] the Boar, who were pillars of our community for decades and will be remembered well as long as we are here to do it. They wished us all “a happy and fruitful life and the good sense to live it with no regrets.”
**Please join us to share memories, whiskey, cigars, beer, songs, and bonfires in the Memorial Garden on September 22, 2022 7:00 PM. All are welcome. If you knew any of these exiles, you are warmly encouraged to attend and to share your stories. If you are grieving someone from outside the lands, know that this is a space where you can hold that in community. If you would like to show love and friendship to exiles who have lost beloved people, know that your presence will do that.
**There are a lot of people who might be interested attending this memorial, but don't keep a close eye on [http://www.thoomcare.com/ Thoomcare], Discord, or Facebook. If you have the capacity, we invite you to help bring our little town together by reaching out to folks who you think would be interested in coming but won't notice these posts. Thank you! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Largo Largo]

*20220917: Lore Tour continues Saturday, September 17, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. We plan to return to Egremora’s bar in Fountfell, have a few drinks, convey Sarasera’s hellos and talk about repairing the Windweft altar. And maybe if we have time a story or two. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220910: Lore Tour continues Saturday, September 10, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. We plan to return again to Shadowspring and continue our investigation into the Pages of Rend and possibly return to the Shadowplane. We will again need strong exiles to travel through Shadowspring and brave the dangers of the Shadowplane. We will need to try to stay nearer the sun lantern, lest we all slowly go mad and lash out at our friends. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220907: The v1293 update is scheduled for Wednesday 7 September 2022.

*20220903: Lore Tour continues Saturday, September 3, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. Our plan is to return to the depths of Shadowspring Citadel, investigate the shadows, read some triangles, visit with Pelaegia, and if we can make it check on the Agronox Seal. As always, Shadowspring is filled with difficult creatures and we could use a strong group.
Many thanks to all those who have charged the ancients machines recently, your help has been instrumental in making this happen. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220827: Monthly Bard Concert Saturday. 11AM PDT.

*20220820: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 20, 2022 10:00 AM (PDT). Some time ago we had contact with Darshak from Gathner led by Kestrel and her associate Dorcas. We will be visiting them with our chosen ambassador [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Gorvin Gorvin] to conduct further negotiations regarding the future of Darshak in our island chain. See Ambassador Gorvin for details. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220813: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 13, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. We plan on continuing our checking of the ancient machines, and our search for changes made by the ancient spelling and grammar checking machine. We’ve already observed some changes in the triangles and we suspect there might be a few more changes to be found. We will be trying to visiting Heartwood Glade in the Vale of Giants, and revisiting Sunspire, so some strong help will be appreciated. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220827: Bard Concert “Next concert August 27 at the same time!” — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20220806: Lore Tour returns Saturday, August 6, 2022 10:00 AM (PDT). We plan on revisiting some of the ancient machines in the Eastern Mountains, checking to see if the shadows are there and if any of them might be that Ancient spelling and grammar checking machine. We plan on visiting some of the tougher machines to get to, so strong help would be appreciated. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220730: Bard Concert: on Saturday July 30th at 11am pacific time, but it won’t be in the bards’ field. Instead head over to west town near Prometha’s bonfire for our beach party themed concert! Enjoy sun, sand, and surf while enjoying songs about sun, sand, and surf. Wear your best beach attire and get ready to cuddle in close because there won’t be a stage. See you then!
**''(For bards who don’t have many/any beach-themed songs, other music’s fine. But if you’ve got something - great!)''

[[File:CL-LoreTour.jpg | right]]
*20220723: Lore Tour: Astral Projection Shenanigans Saturday, July 23, 2022 10:00 AM

**Today’s lore tour followed Stinkfist’s guidance and ended up on a trip through a variety of…. peculiar locations. First a dark cave filled with mauling and crushing spirits, then to a desolate peak floating in the sky, to a trool village, and beyond. Eventually we ended up in a marsh with some meshra interested in trade, and a strange obelisk that hummed inanely in thoomish. Stinkfist decided we needed to steal it, but an attempt to astrally project it back to Puddleby went awry and we ended up in the shadowplane instead! We were led to a giant shadowplane-ish statue of, er, me. I'm still puzzling that out. But before we knew it we ended up back in the Puddleby mushroom hut, with the obelisk there! Unfortunately, the obelisk was right in the middle of the pool there and promptly sank. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20220714 — created template sitenavbar (using quick links). To insert it in pages use sitenavbar between a set of 2 curly braces “{{}}”.
*20220706 — The v1284 happened on Wednesday, July 6, 2022

*20220702 — Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 2, 2022 10AM PST/5PM UTC. We’re continuing the search for luminous scales and a sun wyrm’s shadow. Or search will take us back to Gungla Island and the dark places within. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220625 — Next Bard Concert: June 25, 2022 11AM PST, 2PM EST

*20220618 — Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 18, 2022 10:00 AM (PST). Our plan this time is to follow up on rumors of new caves in the Rocky Cavern and search for clues for the luminous scales. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon?from=Profiles.Phroon Phroon]

*20220611 — Lore Tour: “plans are still a bit vague, as they may change depending on what happens. The general plan is to:

1) visit Tart’targ so [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Aurelie Aurelie] can deliver Cimmbrion’s message (and hopefully defuse some of the hostilities).

2) Visit Strangler Fig to try to get more information about the Book of Rend or about the books that the shadowguild stole from her.

3) Visit the rocky cavern to talk to the Sun Wyrm there and ask about acquiring luminous scales. Rumor has it that it requested a “dance with the shadows” or something along those lines, so I’m really hoping people come up with a better idea than “Make Coriakin Try To Summon Shadows” which was already suggested. Not by me.” — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

[[File:Not_Bear_Counter_Heist_The_Mystery_of_Mehans_Armor.png| 200px | left]]

*20220604 - Lore Tour June 4th. Destination Windweft Mountain. ''(plan pictured left)'' UPDATE: “Lore Tour successfully fought an evil armored bear likely infested with shadows that was trying to usurp Birosson’s place as chieftain of the glacier bears. Mehan’s armor was dinged to destruction, sadly, but at least it’s not being used for nefarious purposes. Or by nefarious porpoises.” — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]
*20220521 - Lore Tour May 21 at the usual time: 10am PDT/1pm EDT, 7pm CEST/UTC+2. “Coriakin reports: Next week's Lore Tour will be to the Vale to try to find Master Spruce. On the way, we hope to visit Strangler Fig for a quick chat. May 21, 10am PDT”
*20220514 - Lore Tour (10AM PST) [[File:CL-Haunted_Fane.jpg| 250px | right]]
*20220430 - Next bard concert will be April 30 at 11am pacific time! — Coriakin
*20220226 - Bard Concert, Saturday Feb 26, at 11AM PST
*20220212 Lore Tour is Saturday Feb 12, at 10 am PST/1 pm EST
*20220205 - Saturday Feb 5th 10am PST/1pm EST Lore Tour: The 2nd Battle for the Ancient Bear Caves. BE THERE! SAVE THE BEBE BEARS!" Update: Bebe Bears saved.
*20220129 - Next Bard Concert: January 29, 2022 11AM PST, 2PM EST ”who will win the Museum Token?“ UPDATE: Bingro V’arndal won!
*20220115 - Updated to MediaWiki 1.37.1 (Please report any unexpected behavior.)

==2014–2017==

*201707xx - Updated to the latest version of MediaWiki. Please report any unexpected behavior.
*201505XX - Updated to yet another version. Hopefully this v. has more pep.
* Added Rank Message and Ranger Progress in Actual Tablular format — oh the power of 1990s layout!
* A new contributor has appeared (happy to make accounts by request)
* fixed a few little things here and there as needed.
* Master Fistus is apparently a bro.

*20140731 - Updated to the latest stable release of Media Wiki on my Branch. If you see any weirdness [http://vagilemind.com/clanlord/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=265 let me know] (on the Sentinel/Discord).

*201407 - Added to Group Survival Guidelines, updated how to dodge webs, added in more into about controlling where you fight and fluid movements with in the group.

20140326 - Updated to the latest version of Media Wiki (released 20140311).

==Past Events==
8/22/2012: 
Puddleby Archery Contest Rules 
Date - Sept. 2 
Time - 1:30 p.m. PDT, 4:30 p.m. EDT, 8:30 p.m. GMT 
Locations - Spiritwood, University, Castle 

The following are the rules and regulations regarding the Archery Contest scheduled for Sept. 2nd. Please come and enjoy the festivities. Beer, food, and fun are certain to be had. Each exile will need a projectile weapon to compete; however, javelins or bows and quivers with three arrows included will be sold the day of the contest. Please be aware the bow, arrows, and quiver will be sold for the same coins the NPC's require to make them, and exiles will not be charged for seta scales, tusks, sturdy limbs, and feathers. I believe the total for a bow and set of arrows is 150c. 

The Prizes: First place will pick first from the prize pool, second place will pick second… 

1. Lyfelidae Claw 2. 5000 Coins 
3. Furlined Cloak 
4. Puma Pelt 
5. Orgaberry 
6. Waterproof Boots 
7. Caustic Gland 
8. Lilaberry, other items... 

Arsenal: Current inventory status available for contest 

1. 5 Javelins (75c each) 
2. 8 Bow and 11 quivers with 5 arrows each. (150c each set) 
3. 1 Boomerang 
4. 12+ arrows, judges at each round will have extra in case of breakage 

Three Rounds: Three rounds open to all. (Mystic, Healer, Fighter all have chance to win) 

Round 1. Test of Hunting (3 pts.) 
a. 1st round held in the Spiritwood 
b. Each contestant will be allowed three shots to kill or wound a spriggin. 

Round 2. Test of Accuracy (3 pts.) 
a. 2nd round held in the University 
b. Each contestant will take three shots at three different distances. 

Round 3. Test of Will (3 pts.) 
a. 3rd round held within the Castle 
b. One shot of moonshine then 20 secs to fire 3 arrows at a stationary target. 

Tiebreaker - if required 
a. Tiebreaker round options include a group hunt, cash bonus round, etc... 
b. The last contest did not require the tiebreaker, but judges will vote on round 

Contributors: Special thanks to many exiles... Natas for letting me remove that lyfe claw from his thick ghorak skin. Neko No Kessha for their large cash prize and promotion. Coldy for his endless questing of prizes and finance. Fiona for her gracious donation of the super sleek puma pelt. Chmee for his berry collection. Taryn for her vast storage fees and arsenal assembly. Maeght, Connie, Talas, Fredor, Yosaku, Grog, Arbitur, the Hunter's, D'ead, and many other exiles I am forgetting who generously donated arrow and bow ingredients over the past decade. 

Special thanks to the Clump for helping to promote the contest! http://www.clanlord.net/clump/ 
Special thanks to the Sentinel for helping to promote the contest! http://www.vagilemind.com/clanlord/ 
And finally, special thanks to the entire Neko No Kessha clan for helping to promote the contest! http://nekonokessha.wordpress.com/ 

3/26/2012: I have implemented a self-signed security (SSL) certificate that enables HTTPS to protect passwords and thus accounts. All links should redirect to https now. I would like to get an official certificate when expenses allow it, but just the static IP is ~ $50/year. Most browsers will warn people visiting about it, but it is legitimate, but check it out to make sure it is of the proper origin first. (Only a player could have made it.) Also, the new home of the CLUMP is on clanlord.net in case you never look at the URL address bar.

2/27/2012: Yet another long hiatus. I was informed by Talas that he couldn't edit pages. I looked into it and realized that I upgraded the underlying PHP to 5.3.x but not MediaWiki to comply with the changes. '''BAD ADMINISTRATOR!''' For now, I've reverted to PHP 5.2.x and pages are now editable. I'll try not to be so sloppy next time I update the underlying structure. Unfortunately, my attention has been diverted as I investigate and evaluate various technologies to handle possible Clan Lord and other non-CL projects I've been considering beginning. I am thinking about implementing the Zend2 framework for a CL timeline site, but it is still in Beta. If you know Zend2 or just Zend, any online resources you think would be valuable to look at to speed learning/evaluating them would be welcome. ''noi... at noi... dot net is a good contact address for that.''

==2011==
9/8/2011: Long hiatus as I worked on refining my PHP skills by building a site from scratch, and not related to the CLUMP2. I've been gone for a bit and haven't had time to update. Luckily others have filled in a bit. Please send me feedback on pages you'd like and unclear explanations. If you're a professional writer or a really good amateur, I'd appreciate your input as well.

Also, I'm kicking around the idea of making a CL timeline in PHP. I'm kicking around ideas. If you'd like to discuss please goto the coffee and donuts section of the [http://www.vagilemind.com/clanlord/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=8912&p=184041#p184041 Sentinel].

==2010==
8/25-27/2010: clump2.noivad.net transition made! new URL! Fresh, unspoiled DB!

Currently moving all data to a new DB. Unfortunately all accounts will be destroyed, to remake an account contact me directly with your email address for confirmation. Contributors, please do not make pages without any connection to other pages, or any pages to "protect" them.--[[User:Mwadmin|Mwadmin]] 06:02, 25 August 2010 (PDT)

7/27/10: Registration has been stopped. Accounts are created by request only now.

7/06/10: Welcome Arindal Immigrants.

==2009==
1/18/09: Welcome back old players and welcome new players. Clan Lord now has no monthly fees. New Areas and new Islands abound in the last few years. Ask about Death Trap Noids (DTN), Metzetli Island (Metz), and The Mountain Glen (Glen) for a look at all the changes. If you remember Tenebrion he's been trapped in the Ethereal Plane (EP) for a few years. Fighters have 3 subclasses now: Champions, Rangers and Bloodmages. Healers just recently acquired 2 new tools! There are many minor changes as well. Catch up with what's been happening at [http://www.thoomcare.com/ Thoomcare].

==2008==
8/11/08: A new page entitled [[10 Things for Groups]] is available to peruse at your leisure. [[Aura Healing]] ability needs a page, aside from the [[Healer_Trainers#Radium|Radium]] as do [[Special_Fighter_Types#Blood_Mages|Blood Mages]].

6/19/08: One Step Closer
The CLUMP is one step closer to being a legitimate entity. I found a cheap ssl cert site, [http://www.rapidsslonline.com/rapidssl-certificates.php RapidSSL], and we now has internets certificates! Also, in order to pay for said certificate, I added a paypal donate button to the donations page in case anyone ever visits it.

6/3/08: "Oh that crazy Org!"
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I updated links to Org Du Lac's [http://bestiary.puddleby.net/beast.php Bestiary] after I noticed that he updated his site to php a while back and I never updated the links. We've already got php, It's very nice!

Double checked that the database this puppy runs on is backed up every night after many months of blind faith. looks good! See >>>>

Minor diction change: I now prefer the term "creature" to refer to anything that you kill for experience. I'll slowly roll that out as I notice it in the pages.

10 things for groups is taking shape and I may include Michael's version of what not to do in groups, edited for language of course. (Interestingly enough some of the topics he covers ARE mentioned in the notorious [[Group_Hunting#How_NOT_to_handle_bad_situations|How NOT to handle bad situations]] subsection of group hunting.

We're up to 86 pages! Wow! Only a few of which are not used. I'll be trimming down the unused pages soon. If you have pages that you don't want deleted that aren't being used. Please link them to another page so I know not to touch them.

'Til next time! Same Thoom time same Thoom channel!

6/2/08: Updated a few pictures and links. More [[Links]] are welcome.
A Mystic page was added.
Currently compiling player suggestions for 10 things for hunting in groups at [[http://www.vagilemind.com/clanlord/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4568 The Sentinel]]. Please feel free to add to the discussion there.

== Miscellaneous ==
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Input is welcome on the [https://discordapp.com/channels/270291133798547456/270291133798547456 Discord Server ] or anywhere.

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Thank you to everyone that has contributed so far. I've read over your changes and It's obvious some people are a lot clearer writers than me, also I like the healer perspective being fleshed out in the healing section, particularly the [[Healing#Rodding|rodding]] section.

==Additions==
Also, I've just added a new Appendix: [[Command Reference]].

11/27 Updated the Wiki to version 1.8.2. This should mean nothing to you, just thought I'd note it.

12/5 The Clump will be temporarily offline for a few days in the next week or two. It will return to its regularly scheduled serving as soon as possible. I'll update the Sentinel when it goes offline.

1/17 Updated to [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki MediaWiki] 1.8.3 because of a vulnerability in the system that could allow session information such as passwords be redirected to another site. 1.8.3 deals with this problem. there should be no noticeable change in using the CLUMP to users.

2/23 I've updated to MediaWiki 1.9.3 everything seems to work that I've checked. if you experience anomalies or can't log in. mail noivad -at- mac -dot- com. I had to update because there was a security issue, and we all know how much we like things not to be spammed and taken over.

3/15 I've added little things like external links to other's pages within the manual instead of just the links section to make it more expansive and interactive. I'll continue to do this as I come across places to link things to. I also encourage people to add clan lord related links to the manual and links page.

-The manual is pretty well fleshed out and more accurate thanks to contributors now, and updates made by me will be less frequent, but that doesn't mean I'm going to neglect it. It's my mission to keep this manual as current and accurate as possible without spoiling too much.

-I'm trying to get a mystic section with what knowledge they can share, but there appears to be considerable resistance to even basic info within the council, and without their approval I'm holding off on even trying to get any information.

6/13 Updated to MediaWiki 1.10.0 e-mail me with any problems... besides trying to get the e-mail to work (unless you know a solution) or have a link with info about fixing it.

6/14 After a long and arduous adventure '''e-mail from the CLUMP is now active'''. All users please verify your e-mail address given because I'm turning on an option to require e-mail address verification before one can edit.

12/02/07: Updated to MediaWiki 1.11.

1/29/08: Updated to MediaWiki 1.11.1 -- Security vulnerability patched.

== Additions Log==

Added [[Mystics]]: Requested info about mystics from mystic council — it took a while!

6/2007 Added: [[Knighthood|Knighthood]]

1/0x Added [[Links|link]] to http://bestiary.clanlord.net/index.html Org Du Lac's Bestiary].

1/06 Adding [[Tactics#Standing_too_close_to_a_Snell_Border|standing too close to snell border]] under [[Tactics]].

12/2x Added another reason to chain while leaving a snell in [[Tactics#Chaining|Chaining]].

12/0x Added [[Macros]].

11/27 Adding [[Fighting#Fighting Basics|Fighting Basics]]: Very basic combat info for beginners: swing and fall back. Use a brick if you have one or terrain while you regain your balance. Added: fighting tip about how reach is dependent on movement speed.

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11/26 Add: All hail the reigning president !

Added in more material about writing macros to the [[Macros]] Page. ''It is completed.''

10/xx Added: [[Creatures#Chain Lightning|Chain lightning]] info: if you see a bolt bounce, get away from others drawing lightning.
Add how to take down a bolt bouncer: have each fighter stand on opposite sides of the 'lock and the lightning won't bounce.

10/xx Added: [[Healing]] page. ''may have to split it into multiple sections.''

10/xx Added in section on the [[Healing#The_Combat_Zone|combat zone]]. Always decide where to fight monsters, not the other way around. Have healers recognize and stay out of the combat zone or behind the fighters.

9/xx Added: [[Tactics#Dodging Webs|Dodging Webs]]

8/xx Added a section to [[Tactics#Retreating|retreating]] telling people how to provide cover for injured or exiles how might not make it out of the snell if you leave them caught between a rock and a hard place.

8/xx Added [[If Unable to Retreat#Focus on Greatest Threat|Focus]] on creatures when in a tough situation.
Explain greatest threat and to kill first.

To Add Basic explanation of trainers: Atkus uses up more balthus, Darkus slows down regia, Evus teaches a bit of everything, but the atkus to balthus ratio is tilted to eat balance slowly. Virtually no fighter trainers are "pure" trainers, most have a mixture of other elements in them.

==Wanted==
2026: WANTED: A rewritten champion page.

Wanted: Info on Radium, anything you find missing!
''Thanks to Kenegluk for pointing out holes in coverage!''

Iriel Red contributed a book for the logo, and in my humble opinion made a great logo for the CLUMP.

I'd like to get information on knights and knight items since I often get asked that by exiles looking to become one. So, if any knights out there want to share, please make a page with the answers. (:
** Inu says: See above, page created, linked in to appendix and here.

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Click the Discussion Tab to see recaps of Lore Tours!

==2026==
*20260912: Lore Tour continues Saturday, September 12, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we plan to wander the lands to visit the V'wunquinhun and to receive their blessings. It’s is hard to believe it has been so long. — Phroon

*20260905: Lore Tour returns Saturday, September 5, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings and delve deeper into Shadowspring. We will need strong help and sharp minds to brave to darkness. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260904: Portal move announcement portal will move tomorrow or Saturday (~4-5 Sept) for all of September to Frigid Cavern. Depending on V'wunkays or anything special for v1500, maybe it will be more variable. Stay tuned to Koppi for any changes! — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.OrgDuLac Org Du Lac]

*20260822: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 22, 2026 at 10:00 This week we plan to divert slightly on the trail of the Skitterlings to deliver Trillbane his song! We've invited him over to the Rockslide Tavern in Fountfell for some needed refreshments, so we'll have to travel through Vale of Giants to meet up with him and hear the song Coriakin has written for him. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260815: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 15, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings and our exploration of the area beneath Shadowspring. As before, strong help of all kinds would be appreciated! — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20280808: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 8, 2026 at 10:00. This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. After our realization that the goats and Trillbane have finished the shortcut, we plan to stop by and tell Tart’targ of our progress before heading back beneath Shadowspring. Strong help will be needed to defeat the things crawling around in the darkness. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260801: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 1, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. With the earth aligned ancient machines charged, we plan to make our way north through Vale to the nodes north of there, ultimately making our way to the GMV Ruins. Last time in the Fire ruins the Mystics felt the Ick to the west, towards that area. While there we can try some different tactics against the Ick, hopefully we can find an effective approach. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260718: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 18, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the '''Skitterlings'''. We plan to meet with Tart’targ and catch up with her on our success in taking down an Ick Promontory. Then we’ll see if we can hunt down any more of them that may have appeared around the ancient machines in the Eastern Mountains. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260711: **Lore Tour** continues July 11th at 10AM (PST). This week we're planning to head into the **Shadowplane** to search for clues about the forgotten Oubleir in our efforts to find the Fruit of the Crooked Tree. Last time we were investigating them we talked with a large shadow mantuan in the Shadow forest and they mentioned that we had the wrong mantuan, and that the rest of the herd were smaller baby mantuan. We plan to search through the shadowplane to see if we can locate them and see what they might say. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

[[File: WantedSkitterlings.png|left|thumb| Skitterlings Wanted.]]
*20260704: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 4, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we will be continuing on the on the trail of the Skitterlings. Our plan is to meet again with Tart'targ, update her on our efforts and then check on some sightings of the Skitterlings near their nest in the Vale of Giants. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260620: Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 20, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we will continuing on the on the trail of the Skitterlings. Our plan is to meet with the Nacerean Order and talk with them about how we might be able to utilize blood magic in our efforts against the Ick. Maybe we could even get the bloodpool itself to help us out in some way.

*20260613: Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 13, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we will be needing some help on the trail of the Skitterlings. With the delivery of the Green Drake mushrooms to Tart’targ, we’re almost ready to delve into Shadowspring, but we need some time for the Goats to finish their digging and for us to finish composing a song for Trillbane. So we need your help in coming up with ideas to buy us time. What can we do to the Ick to stymie its spread or to distract it, slowing it from spreading further towards Sunspire and the other ancient machines? While catching up with Tart’targ we’ll share our theories and head over to one of the nodes to try some out. So bring your ideas, theories and equipment, explain how it might help, then we can try it out and see what happens. Hopefully we can figure out a plan from this testing.
**So far we’ve observed that the Ick seems to be growing, seeing out the energies of the ancient machines. The Skitterlings, it seems, are just along for the ride. Hopefully that’s helpful in forming your ideas.

*20260606: Lore Tour returns Saturday, June 6, 2026 at 10:00. This week we will travel through the Vale of Giants to the Heartwood Glade in search of the Green Drake mushrooms that Tart’targ needs to help us get deeper into Shadowspring. And as a reminder, we promised her we wouldn’t imbibe them ourselves, lest our bodies be turned into mud and forced to wander without our minds. ⁠hunting_hall⁠ While there, we also plan on checking on the progress the goats, Trillbane, and the Mountain Hermit have made on making a shortcut into Shadowspring. We had last wrangled some unruly goats with them, so hopefully they’ve made good progress. ⁠hunting_hall⁠ Once we gather the mushrooms, we need to make sure we get them back to Tart’targ, as they are prone to spoilage. When we get back to her, we can report on the spread of the Ick we had observed near the GMV Ruins creeping up towards Sunspire. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260530: Hello, bards and others! The May 30th concert will be our next themed concert. The concert will feature music inspired by or written about the Shadowplane. I’m sure everything will be fine and there will be no unexpected visitors or unfortunate occurrences. Bards, you’re invited to write something new about the Shadowplane! This isn’t officially a contest, just a composing challenge, but I’ve already received some donations so…. Who knows what’ll happen!

[[File: LTatSPwEle.png|left|thumb| Lore Tour Consults a Shadow-phant, and learns to do nothing.]]

*20260523: Lore Tour continues Saturday, May 23, 2026 at 10:00. This week we will return to the Shadow Forest. As a reminder, we had been working for some time on a way to restore the altar in the Windweft Ice Caves, to restore access to Purgatory and maybe see if we could help the spirit of Gaiyl return. To do that, we were tracking down how the Ancients built the altars in the first place. From the stories left in their triangle language near the Ancient machines we know that Mataline had went to the Shadowplane and stole a piece of shadow and brought it back with her. Stories that Egremora told us say that with that piece stone was infused with the power of the shadows to become altars. From other stories from the protectorate, we’ve been able to put together that this piece of shadow was actually fruit of the crooked tree. From that same crooked tree we were presented two seeds, one that we planted in Fane, and the other that was planted in the Dreamless Protectorate. By feeding the Fane seedling, it eventually grew into a tree with an entrance to the Shadow Forest. It is our hope that our next clues on where to find the fruit we need to make progress. While there, we will try and make sense of the forgotten Oubleir. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260516: The week on Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 10:00 (PST) the Lore Tour will be checking up on the bees we helped settle into one of the caves in the Ash Barrens. But before we go there, we'll be heading into the Greymyr Passes to meet up with Nauliana the beekeeper. Hopefully we can convince her to join us in visiting the bees and maybe she can teach us ways to help them thrive. We'll see where that leads us and I sure everything will be totally 100% safe. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Garr Garr]

*20260509: Lore Tour continues Saturday, May 9, 2026 at 10:00. This week we will continue on the trail of the Skitterlings checking in on the ancient machines in the eastern mountains to see what the Ick has been up to. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260502: **Lore Tour** returns 10AM PST. This week we will return again to the **Book Fort**, this time we plan to head to the Sky-library. While we’re there we’ll try and sort out the whole regal situation between the jerk knights and Seaforth.

*20260425: BARD CONCERT

*20260418: Lore Tour continues Saturday, April 18, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we will return into the Book Fort, this time heading to the Mosey Meadows.

*20260411: This week on Saturday, April 11, 2026 at 10:00 (PST), the Lore Tour will be heading up to Sombrion’s Cloud to investigate something strange going on. A friend of mine was recently up there doing some “research” when all of a sudden a Sarir ran by screaming. Something about “Run!” and “It just landed!” He just thought it was your normal Sarir ramblings and didn’t follow up because it was just a Sarir you know? But when he told me, I figured we should probably go check it out. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260404: Lore Tour returns Saturday, April 4, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). This week we will venture into the Book Fort! — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260314: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 14, 2026 at 10:00 (PST). Double check that time! This week we plan to pay a visit to the Verminate on Ash to see what they’ve been up to lately in tormenting the Darshak. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260307: Lore Tour returns Saturday, March 7, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings by searching for some inspiration for @Coriakin’s song about Trillbane. — Phroon

*20260221: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 21, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan help Trillbane wrangle some goats that have wandered away from clearing the path to Shadowspring. Trillbane mentioned they were last seen in the rocky areas above Vale, so we’ll check there first. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260214: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue our investigations into the Skitterlings and the Ick. We plan to check on the nest we’ve found below the Vale of Giants, we also hope to run into Trillbane and ask how me might be able to help clear the way into Shadowspring Citadel.

*20260207: Lore Tour returns Saturday, February 7, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to investigate the new Stout Chains, traveling deep into the Orga Stronghold to hunt for Fire Water. We may also poke around and see if we can figure out how the Orga make the stuff and reproduce it ourselves. While out that way, if we see Trillbane we also plan to ask him about how the goats are doing on clearing the way into Shadowspring, and what we might do to speed that up. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20260124: Lore Tour continues Saturday, January 24, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to use the current portal armistice to investigate the Heart of Ice in the Glacial Deeps. Hopefully we can meet the Fountfell smith Kasarra there and show them what we’ve been able to discover so far. We also hope to talk to some of the Windspinners there to see what they have been able to learn.

*20260117: Lore Tour continues Saturday, January 17, 2026 at 10:00. This week we plan to catch up on the status of the Bath House. I’ve heard a report from Loom'tir that most of the staff have returned from a mandatory Peaceton vacation, and that they could use help with the finishing touches for their grand reopening.

*20260110: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 10, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. Following up on the investigation of the fighter nodes in the Eastern Mountains we plan to visit with Tart’targ and discuss what we’ve both observed. We also plan to deliver most of the materials that we were tasked to collect a while ago that would be used in a ritual to get down to where the Skitterlings seemed to be coming from in Shadowspring.

*20260103: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 3, 2026 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. Before the Bawkmas holiday Tart’targ identified that the Skitterlings seemed to be spreading along with a strange vine-web substance. We’ve since seen Skitterlings and this substance near several of the ancient machines in the Eastern Mountains. We plan to continue our investigation by traveling to the earth attuned machines and checking on their current status.

==2025==
*20251213: Lore Tour returns Saturday, December 13, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. Last week we unexpectedly found one of their nests underneath Vale in the ruins up to Fountfell, suggesting they have expanded outwards from their spot beneath Shadowspring. We plan to revisit the nest and see what else we can learn from it.

[[File:CL-20251206-Skittlerlings.png|thumb|frame|left|These guys are in quite the predicament!]]
*20251206: Lore Tour returns Saturday, December 6, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings with a trip through the Vale of Giants to check on the goat’s progress on clearing a path into Shadowspring for Trillbane.

*20251122: Lore Tour continues Saturday, November 22, 2025 at 10:00. This week we plan to check in with the Verminate Two. Five (as they were five vermin in a cloak) became Two after Three stayed behind to rule over the mountain of lunch boxes we had delivered. We then invited Two to join us in Puddleby where they were learning to cook in Haricot’s kitchen. The Verminate were working on plans to topple the Darshak buildings in Ash City, as well as learning rune magic. We hope to check in with them and see what progress they’ve made and if we can be of any help.—Phroon

[[File:CL-2025115-Dance_Off.png|thumb|frame|left|The November 15st 2025 Lore tour Dance Off!]]
*20251115: Instead of your usual Lore Tour, it's a dance off Dance Off!

*20251108: Lore Tour returns Saturday, November 8, 2025 at 10:00 (PST). (Double check that time!). This week we plan to return to the trail of the Skitterlings. We plan to head through Vale of Giants to Heartwood Glade to check on the progress of the path into Shadowspring. With luck the goats may have broken enough rock to make us a path inside. Strong help as always would be appreciated. — Phroon

[[File:CL-20251101LoreTour.png|thumb|frame|left|The November 1st 2025 Lore tour meets at the alliance castle.]]
*20251101: Lore Tour returns Saturday, November 1, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). (Double check that time!). This week we plan to have a spooky Tsrrin themed adventure. The day of the dead will be over so you can come back out of the library and don your costume to celebrate with us!

*This month's bard concert will be in the bards' guild hall on Saturday October 25th at 11AM (PDT). Normally we have our Feast of Tsirrin concert in the playhall, but we need to be in the bards' guild building because it'll also be Valadorei's audition to become a full bard! I hope you can all make it out to support her!

*20251018: Lore Tour continues Saturday, October 18, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue our Ethereal Science with Bosun Higgs on western Tenebrion’s Island in efforts to repair the damage that the Darshak had done to the Ethereal Plane. It seems that Higgs has already successfully removed the Kyuem the Darshak had forced into place, but there is still more work to be done.

*20251011: **Lore Tour** continues Saturday October 11 at 10AM (PDT) After the nothing-counts tour of last week we again plan to head through **Vale of Giants** up to **Fountfell** to speak with the smiths there about our success in locating the heart of ice. A while ago they were searching for the heart in hopes to use it in the process of creating some kind of armor. Vale has been particularly happy when we’ve visited recently, so strong help would be appreciated.

*20251004: Lore Tour returns Saturday, October 4, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to head through Vale of Giants up to Fountfell to speak with the smiths there about our success in locating the heart of ice. A while ago they were searching for the heart in hopes to use it in the process of creating some kind of armor. Vale has been particularly happy when we’ve visited recently, so strong help would be appreciated.

*20250927: Bard Concert: Bard Concert on Saturday, September 27, 2025 at 11:00! I'll bring 2 new songs (one of which is for the contest and the other one is exploring more of my CLmetal / CLrock era) and others are hoping to have new stuff too! — Bingro

*20250925: Dear Puddleby Friends,
**It is time to pause and remember those we have lost over the years.
**Baffina & Baffette, Eyeball, K’Pyn, The Good Cat, Tonoto, Tyndall, Xenos & Panos are much missed in Puddleby and in the world. Each year we come together on or around the anniversary of Tyndall’s passing, 20 years ago, in order to celebrate the lives of these friends who have passed, as well as others we miss.
**Please join us to share memories, whiskey, cigars, beer, songs, and bonfires in the Memorial Garden outside Alliance Castle on Thursday, September 25, 2025 at 19:00 (PDT). Here in Puddleby we call it "mosey time." Follow the candles from West Gate.
**Whether you knew them or not, whether you are a regular in Puddleby, brand new, or watch from the library, please feel welcome. We would love to see you. Please also reach out to friends who might not see this message – we'd love to see them, too.
**Xenos & Panos wished us all “a happy and fruitful life and the good sense to live it with no regrets.”
*20250913: Lore Tour returns Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 10:00. This week we plan to head through Vale of Giants to Heartwood Glade to check on the progress on clearing the way into Shadowspring. We’ve been digging our way to Shadowspring to investigate the mysterious Skitterlings scuttling beneath the citadel. Both Trillbane and Tart’targ have been helping us, so we’re planning on stopping by to see if they need anything.

*20250906: Lore Tour returns Saturday, September 6, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to head to Tenebrion’s Island to check on the abandoned Darshak Temple where they were conducting ethereal research. Lugubrion had asked us to remove ethereal detritus from a stash there. There were also report of some sort of ethereal accountant there, we plan to investigate that as well. — Phroon

*20250829: Friday, August 29, 2025 at 19:00 (PDT) the mosey (and Whirlwind) will be bringing those interested to book 2

*20250823: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 23, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to head to Ash City to deliver lunch to Five. Pack up on lunch boxes from Haricot’s and be prepared to fight some Darshak.

*20250816: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 16, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to head back to the Glacial Deeps beneath the Frigid Caverns in Silversnag Ascent in the Eastern Mountains to continue our investigations into the Heart of Ice. This week we hope to talk to the Windspinners there about the Heart and other discoveries.

*20250802: Lore Tour returns Saturday, August 2, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to continue on the trail of the Skitterlings. With mushrooms in hand from last time, we plan to scout around Fountfell looking for potential ways into the depths below Shadowspring. We’ve been able to recruit the assistance of Trillbane for a cut of the spoils and a song. Perhaps he’ll be willing to help us find the trailhead.

*20250719: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 19, 2025 at 10:00AM (PDT). To continue our investigation into the mysterious Skitterlings found beneath Shadowspring Citadel we plan to go hunting for the mushrooms Tart’targ needs to unseal the path down to where the Skitterlings are believed to be nesting. We plan to start our search by meeting with her to remind ourselves what we’re looking for.

*20250628: Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT). This week we plan to visit with the inscrutable Mountain Hermit in the Vale of Giants gauntlet to ask him about the current goings on in the Eastern Mountains. There’s been a lot going on; our search for the Stormlyric Monastery, explorations of the Frigid Cavern for the Heart of Ice, and a council of different factions discussing Sombrion’s presence. And that’s on top of our recent discovery and investigation of the skitterlings. The hermit’s enigmatic perspective on these things will help guide our turbulent investigations. — Phroon

*20250607: This week the Lore Tour will be heading back to the bowels of Ash Island to investigate what our vermine and spriggin friends have been up to since we last visited. While there we should probably be on the lookout for The Widow Lactrodectia and her creations. Also, We will probably try to rob any rich new Darshak Lords that have settled in Rosentide since the last time we looted the place. All these things and more may or may not happen! Join us to find out! — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Garr Garr]

*20250605: v1436. When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of human civilization — Daniel Webster (1782–1852)
**Sorry for the delay. Our gerbils were a bit overwhelmed by the amount of art pouring into our library (over 8200 individual images!) They needed some cuddles, reassurance, and a little reprogramming.
**Speaking of 8200+ amazing pieces of artwork: thank you again to our volunteer artists, who have been expanding the Clan Lord world for the past 25 (27?) years. We wouldn’t be the same without you!

*20250531: Coriakin reports: Bard concert at Lugubrion's Keep next weekend! Saturday, May 31st at 11AM pacific time. Come on out and hear some organ music!

[[file:fountfell-lore-tour.png|thumb|The Lore Tour in Fountfell]]
*20250517: Lore Tour continues Saturday, May 17, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT) this week we will visit the Rockslide Tavern in Fountfell to hear stories from Egremora and to ask about the strange Skitterlings we saw deep inside Shadowspring Citadel. We may also stop by and visit with Pelaegia to get her perspective on these strange creatures. — Phroon

*20250510: **Lore Tour** continues 10AM (PDT) this week we will travel deep into **Shadowspring Citadel**. Known as the Gates of the Moon by the Ancients, these ruins housed a tear to the Shadowplane that was sealed by exiles years ago. We plan to delve its depth to reveal any new mysteries, and to check on the odd skittering creatures we saw before. We will need strong help to brave the dangers within, including those versed in revealing the rifts and traps within, as well as some of our friends who have trained plenty of Horus.
[[File:CL-Fountain 2025-05-07.png|thumb]]
*20250507: Update v1432
**Yes, I will spend the livelong day
**With Nature in this month of May;
**And sit beneath the trees, and share
**My bread with birds whose homes are there.
**“In May” — W. H. Davies (1871–1940)
**Thank you to our volunteers and artists for their continued work!
**Other than some behind-the-scenes bug fixes, everything else for this update is a secret. Or maybe not-so-secret?

*20250419: Lore Tour continues Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT) this week we have a trip led by the Fledgelings into the Bookfort. Check it out, at your local library. — Phroon

*20250412: Lore Tour returns Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:00 (PDT) this week we plan to head to the Shadowplane and the Protectorate to hunt for clues on how to succeed in future trips to the Shadow Forest. If there's time, we may also visit some Shadowbears. Strong help and bright lanterns will be needed to traverse the dangerous plane.

*20250405: Lore Tour returns Saturday, April 5, 2025 at 10:00AM (PDT) this week we plan to delve into The Land of Dank Believe aka Bookfort. We plan to revisit previous year’s sections of the Bookfort including exciting adventures like fighting in a book on the moon and defeating a wizard on a cloud. Please suspend your disbelief at the door.
*Next Update April 2nd. — Phroon

*20250322: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 22, 2025 at 10:00 (AM PDT) this week we plan to head to Silversnag Ascent and the Frigid Cavern to continue our investigations into the Heart of Ice. Rumor says there may be others looking for the same thing we are, maybe they’ll have some clues for us. — Phroon

*20250315: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 15, 2025 at 10:00AM (PDT) this week we plan to select a plan from various plans. We are awaiting confirmation of the plan while we plan to make our selection. We hope to plan on your attendance. (Silversnag? TI? Shadowplane? East Forest!? Who knows where Lore Tour will go!?).
**Lore Tour update: This week we plan to travel to TI to investigate the Darshak Temple that was under construction there. — Phroon

*20250308: **Lore Tour** continues 10AM PST. this week we plan to go on an adventure hosted by the Order of the Fledgelings!

*20250305 v1423 Update
**Choice is how you can tell an intelligent man from a fool. — Henrik Ibsen (1828–1906)
**You’ll have to explore to see what’s new this Chaos Storm.

*20250301: **Lore Tour** returns 10AM PST this week we plan to drop on by **Sombrion’s Keep** to explore the appropriated island and to deliver materials towards a permanent Agronox landing pad. We’ll be needing plenty of agronox feathers, mirror shards, logs of wood, sturdy limbs, skiens of silk, blue baubles, and shiny medallions. We’ll also see if we can fit in some squabbling with a Wizard, or at least a good rifling through his things.
*20250215: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 15, 2025 at 10:00 (PST) this week we plan to head to Ash City to do some more ambassadorial liaising in the Gorvin tradition. Following our defeat of Endrondus there’s sure to be some interesting things happening in Rosentide.

*20250208: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 8, 2025 at 10:00AM (PST) this week we plan to head to the Shadow Forest and the Shadow Bard’s Field! Strong help and many lanterns will be needed to survive. — Phroon

*20250205 v1419 Update
**We love the things we love for what they are. — Robert Frost (1874–1963)
**Testing potential new Champion ability: Charge. It has some small limits to the number of uses for now, until we figure out balancing. Apply for testing in Champ HQ.
**A few stubbornly wild pets can now be tamed by healers.
**Boostus got a little boost.
**Young lights can now better ward off the dangers of the dark.

*20250201: Lore Tour returns Saturday, February 1, 2025 at 10:00 (PST) this week we plan to head back to Silversnag Ascent and the Frigid Cavern to check on the crumbling ice within. These Ancient ruins always seem to contain much history for us to understand. — Phroon
*20250118: (10AM PST) Lore Tour this week plans to explore the Shadow Forest. Strong help and sun lanterns will be required.
*20250111: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 11, 2025 at 10:00 (PST) this week we plan to head back to Ash to continue our investigate Ausrine’s mysterious Ankh. I'm sure we'll encounter absolutely no more misunderstandings whatsoever.

*20250104: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 4, 2025 at 10:00 (PST)this week we plan to head deep into to the third circle of the Abyss to investigate Ausrine’s mysterious Ankh. Strong help would be appreciated for this trip.

*20250101 v1414 Update
**I have learned that to be with those I like is enough. — Walt Whitman (1819–1892)
**Season’s Belated Beatings!

==2024==
*20241221: Lore Tour continues Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 10:00AM PST this week we plan to return to Silversnag Ascent to search for a heart of ice for Kasarra’s smithing experiments. — Phroon
*20241214 10AM PST: Arbordale, Puddleby, Merdi, day 22 of Autumn, 639.
Letter to Giben at Fountfell
**Titus [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Kojiro Kojiro] DeLouche St. Thoomingnon, son of Pomponious, Lord Seaforth, to Giben, Dwarf - If you and the scouting party are well I shall be glad. From your official despatch I have, in common with everyone else, received the liveliest satisfaction; for you have given us that strong hope of success, of which, in sole reliance on you, I was assuring everyone. The emissary smith has taught to Powean the working of litharge. To practical end, he has learned the making of the Gilded Breastplate which was awarded me in recognition of valor on behalf of the People. This he learned only after smashing to
**Issues remain. We know not how to channel the Earth’s power through the armor, beyond its shining brilliance to strike fear into the hearts of enemies sensible of it. Further, I have reread the minutes of that initial meeting with Kassara, who defamed my biceps, from which it is clear that a second armor type was discussed of which Powean has not been taught. This is referred to as flexible, perhaps a mesh, perhaps for rapid attackers rather than line troops. The requirements mentioned steel, lead, arachnoid silk and ice. I know not whether the reference to ice is meant literally – is it an annealing step? A type of ice magic? I pray we will not be competing with the Mystics for sapphires.
**Your correspondence reaches me here, conveyed by what means I know not, from Fountfell. It seems we must send you another scouting party, as the above questions remain to be resolved. Do send reports regarding the route, in particular the grasping cedar forest west of the settlement. I will bring you a package of the smoked jellyfish I know to be your favorite and not native to high altitudes. We return this Saturday, December 14, for Lore Tour. Watch for our coming.
*20241123 10AM PST: At the behest of Pirate King, Witchy Kitty, [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Stinkfist Captain Stinkfist]:
**Arrr, now that we have successfully lulled Endrondus into a false sense of security, it is time to enact the Pirate King's daring and cunning plan to undermine the Darshak Cult. Yarr, this plan is top secret and will be explained on the day.
**Enclosed is a doodle of the Witchy Kitty Pirate King winking* — Valadorei
*20241116 10AM PST: “Arrr! Witchy Kitty Pirate King here! We will be following up on our Rainbow Diplomacy efforts! I'm told we should visit Alder to discuss the Bee Prophecy and related things, so yarr, seems like a good place to start. We also have our new friends from the Verminate and our Spriggin allied uhh mercenaries err... special advisors to the Verminate. The Verminate will need more shiny things for the rainbow generator, so bring shiny things, sunstones and gems of any kind are specially needed. Probably bring them snacks too, what is the food equivalent of the shiniest gem? Bring the answer to that question please. For our Spriggin friends..... yarr just bring coins for them. The Witchy Kitty Pirate King of Lok'Groton will make a substantial donation and the Forces of Whimsy would surely look very kindly upon a large gift of coins from Puddleby. Lastly, time permitting, yarr we got this very bad darshak priest man named Endrondus, he is a very bad man and for the good of the island chain, he gots to go. He needs to die for his many crimes going back centuries, definitely not because we built a rainbow generator and gave it to sentient vermine right in front of him. We totally didnt do that... and if we did it was on purpose and part of a much larger plan in accordance with The Gorvin Mandate regarding the Darshak Cult. Fun and inventive and practical ways to dispose of this very bad darshak man are welcome. See you there! With Love, The Witchy Kitty Pirate King” — Stinkfist

*20241109 10AM PST: Arbordale, Puddleby, Sombdi, day 71 of Spring, 639.
**Letter to Giben at Fountfell
**Giben - The state of things in regard to my steel visions, in which I know that you are supremely interested, and our subsequent discoveries beneath Melabrion Bay is this, as far as can be as yet conjectured. The ceiling ore is steel and lead alloyed, and delivery of ingots of what I refer to here as ‘litharge’ has been secured to skilled metalworkers in Fountfell, said ingots being alloy and bone ash. The ingots are stamped with a Dwarven symbol for Earth, for lead, and a sword, referencing steel. You may share my skepticism as to virtue of the litharge to us, as warriors – boluses for slings? will we have boots of lead, for stamping vermine, or fighting on the sea floor? Recall our schooling in philology – I believe the litharge stamp to be a specifier of the Champion in the ancient language of the Even Shorter Dwarves.
**I call upon you to join me this approaching Saturday for Lore Tour, and I will make the same demand upon all Puddlebeans. Saturday, then, we lead with steel and follow with lead. We shall make a concerted expedition to this Fountfell, this mountain beyond the History of Salandra, and there turn speculation into knowledge. — Titus Kojiro DeLouche St. Thoomingnon, Lord Seaforth
[[File:CL-v1406SplashScreen.png|thumb|frame|right|The v1406 Clan Lord Splash Screen]]
*20241106: CL v1406 Update
**Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion. — Democritus (c. 460 bce – c. 370)
**A statue remembering The Good Cat has been added to the Memorial Garden.
**A few cats waited until exiles were done trick-or-treating to put on their own costumes, wander around, and beg for treats.
**Improved <mumble>, <mumble>, and <mumble>.
**Three new areas will now properly give exploration awards. Anyone who has explored these areas already will be able to do so again to receive the reward. — Delta Tao

*20241102 10AM PDT: Come help us fulfil a prophecy with Science! Or something like that. I'm not in charge. — [https://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Garr Garr]

*20241019 10AM PDT: Lord Seaforth (formerly Kojiro):
**Attn Puddleheads: A Levée is called to new ore finds in Tokhans - Saturday, Lore Tour. The gods demand Metal. I demand fancier armor. Bring tools.

*20241005 10AM PDT: Lore Tour returns this Saturday to the shadow garden in the haunted fane. After all the extra trips we made, we now believe that we may have enough dream fragments to grow the tree even bigger! Nothing could possibly go wrong as the seed was freely given! We'll likely need a strong group to ensure the success of this endeavor so make sure to show up.

*20240921 10AM PDT: THE TRIAL BY PUN-BAT OF PAULA FRESHLAND!!! Happuning Saturday 10 am PST. Don’t miss your chance to see just-ice snow its hand in the Puddleby Courthouse! Will Maximus try to defend his damsel and wind up in damncell or will he get rid of his jailousy and shake Paula’s clutch on him and purse-ue a path of honor and truth. The Punsecutor General will be handling the trial on behalf of the people and all other Puddleby citipuns. You.Cannot.Afford.To.Miss.This!!!! — Pun’isher

*20240907 10AM (PDT): GREETINGS PUDDLEBEARS AND PUDDLEBEANS. THE GREAT BEAR SPIRIT HAS BEEN KEEPING WATCH OVER OUR SHADOW NOT-BEAR FRIENDS, AND HAS NOTICED THAT THEY HAVE BEEN GROWING IN POWER. THE GREAT BEAR SPIRIT ADVICES US TO SHOW THEM OUR PUDDLE HONOR, BY ENGAGING IN SOME DIPLOMATIC WRESTLING ON THEIR TURF. WE SHALL MAUL AND SLASH TO EXCHANGE BEAR KNOWLEDGE. BRING HONEY. — Biro

*20240817: Arr, Puddleby! I have been keeping my bees informed of da news, but dey told me da uvver bees are restless. Dey are not satisfied wit second hand news nor wit so few of us reportin' it. Reekfoot's weddin' is da hops what broke da bison's back.
**DEREFORE (da Captain said dat part is important) we are going to visit my bees on August 17, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT) to make dis right. After we tell dem da news officially, we will ask what we can do to assuage da uvver bees' bovveration. Warm up your newsing voices. Polish your armour. Bring your big axes an' wax your moonstones. Dis could get messy. — Dandelion

*20240810: Proclamation from the Pirate King:
**Arrr, so a Rumorstorm has informed me that my brother, local traveling non-darshak pirate blood conjurer Reekfoot has gotten married and did not invite me due to his unhappiness at placing 3rd in the 420th Regional Dance Offs. I am told from a presumably reliable source that Rumorstorm heard that Reekfoot has indeed married some Darshak of some amount of renown. FURTHERMORE, I heard tell that Reekfoot NOW wants an audience with us, the Citizens of Puddleby What's gonna go down? I dunno, there is a lot of information flying around, what has everyone else heard? Cuz I heard the UoP Janitors totally murdered the dance floor at the reception. I also heard we are going to do GREAT!
**7 word summaries:
***Reekfoot makinup fer sumting, bloo peel, PROFIT!
***Killing Darshaks for Profit, or for Reekfoot...

*20240803: oh uh, Lore Tour: We're fighting Shadow Plane nihilism. Which is, obviously, the worst kind of nihilism. — Ausrine

*20240727: It almost time again! On July 27th at 11AM (PDT) we'll be hearing Aurelie audition for Questership und thus hear lots of new music you certainly don't want to miss out on! Also, rumour has it, there is a surprise waiting to be revealed at or around the concert!
*20240720: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 20, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we plan to follow up on some strange new apparitions sighted during a recent visit to the Shadowplane. Was it a one-off sighting? We'll need strong fighters and would welcome mystics, especially those with a sun lantern. If we don't have enough mystical support, we may go mad and climb the walls or gnaw off each others' limbs. — Phroon

*20240713: Lore Tour Saturday July 13th and 10AM PDT: The Romanus Mystery
**An intriguing cold case file came to light in the last month. During the bank counter heist Romanus was killed—or was he? We need to ascertain whether Romanus was always a shadow guild agent that exiles killed, or was he replaced by an agent. Judging by the events as recorded by the PPD, Romanus wouldn’t have helped the exiles if he was simply a shadow guild agent. Assuming that is true, If he is alive, and was captured by shadow guild agents, then we have to find where they are keeping him. Given the roster of Puddleby Police Department is down to 2 active members — myself & lieutenant deputy of puns, Pun’isher. We need all able citizens to help us crack this case. — Sheriff Noivad

*20240706: [https://discord.gg/W688R9aM?event=1254919822534250597 Lore Tour] Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 6, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we plan to travel to Fountfell and Silversnag Ascent to follow up on clues about the history of Mataline's Silver Key.

*20240629: Next bard concert will be Saturday June 29th at 11AM pacific time, featuring the return of @Bingro and hopefully @Fantasia too! If I did this right, this should be your local time: Saturday, June 29, 2024 11:00 AM (PDT).
*20240622: Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 22, 2024 10:00 AM. — Phroon
*20240615:Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 15, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we will be traveling with the mysterious Orchid into Fane to show her the sapling that has been growing in the Shadowy garden there. It is our hope that she will be able to lend us some clarity as to what might happen if we continue to foster the tree’s growth. As usual, strong help would be useful, Rinakki isn’t the most welcomed in Fane anymore and will need our help in reaching the garden. — Phroon

*20240608: Lore Tour returns Saturday, June 8, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we will be visiting with Rinakki to discuss the newly planted seeds growing in the Fane Shadowgarden and the Shadowplane Protectorate. — Phroon

*20240601: Lore Tour returns Saturday, June 1, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we will travel into Fane and check in on the shadowy garden within. — Phroon
*20240518: Greetings! Have any of you been experiencing a strong pull to go to the shadowplane during the lore tour this weekend? Im sure there has to be a reason behind this alluring humming I keep hearing. It's causing me to have some very strong feelings, a sort of yearning to go where I belong. Would you folks be willing to check it out? We should speak with the Evenas and any of those who follow the Way of the Candle and ask if they have experienced this in the past. There's almost no chance of anything bad happening. Feel free to bring your brooms just in case though. — Brisk
**Normal time, Saturday, May 18, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT).
**Soul Hunter summary: Shadowplane. Lotsa lore, some tour. Good things only.
*20240511: Lore Tour continues Saturday, May 11, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This week we plan to help Pavela’s contact Five on Ash disrupt the Darshak supply lines.

*20240504: Lore Tour returns Saturday, May 4, 2024 10:00 AM. This week we plan to travel meet with Pavela and then travel to Ash to do what we usually in Ash City. Darshak be warned. — Phroon

*20240427: Bard concert coming soon! We'll be back in the guild hall this weekend so questers can play too if they want. Hope to see you there this Saturday 11AM PDT.
[[File:CL-LoreDanceOff20240420.png|right|thumb|The Lore Dance Off.]]

*20240420: xLore Tour continues Saturday, April 20, 2024 10:00 AM. For a date this special, Stinkfist has sent the following plan:
**Lore Tour: The 420th Randomly-Timed Regional Lok'Groton Championship Dance Off
**Yarr so apparently it is indeed time for Regionals. You may have noticed the various established dance crews practicing in the book fort's new Arboretum! You also may have been at the last lore tour where Reekfoot showed up and totally served Puddleby in an attempt to demoralize and psych us out before Regionals.
**So what ARE Regionals? Why is this the first I'm hearing about this?
**It’s a dance off obviously. I dunno, that isn't for me to say, seems like a you thing but I am told it goes back to the "Times of the Ancients" or something.
**But to explain anyways so we can establish THE RULES and THE PRIZES
**Each dance crew will perform one dance routine which will be judged by a panel of highly qualified judges. The judges will score each performance. After every crew has performed there will be an audience vote, which is what actually matters, this is just the way the Ancients did things. I don't pretend to understand why judges if a popular vote determines who wins, I didn't make up the rules, I'm just officiating them.
**Cheating! Is oddly legally allowed by the rules. So we should expect Reekfoot to try and pull SOMETHING devious and probably violent in an attempt to win.
**The rules also state that ANYONE can enter solo or as a crew and individuals are technically allowed to be in multiple dance crews if they choose.
**THE PRIZES:
***1st Prize: Ownership of an empty hut of your choosing in the West Phisney Island Outpost neighborhood. Decorate as you please! + A Big Box of Book Fort Swag + 200k to split amongst your dance crew
***2nd Prize: 1 very large pile of coins (100k) + A Big Box of Book Fort Swag
***3rd Prize: A big box of book fort swag + a reasonably nice pile of coins (50k)
**Where are we dancing off at? The Puddleby Player's Theater in West Puddleby
**When again? 10am PDT on Saturday the 4/20th
**Who are the judges again? Famed local residents of Lok'Groton who we are friendly with and your Pirate King, who is a judge purely to prevent Reekfoot from winning.
**Last place will be awarded personalized Odius Ode courtesy of Pun'isher.

*20240413: Lore Tour continues Saturday, April 13, 2024 10:00 AM: Lore Tour: The Phisney Island Follow Up
**Arrr! Pirate King Witchy Kitty and Magician Majesticos Stinky here again to tell you all about what awesome thing we will be doing next.
**First up, we got some Direbears to welcome to Phisney Island and say Rawr hey tharr to! That'll be nice, for bears are our friends!
**Since they are usually close by, we should probably go and let the Sarir know what has been going on.
**Then, we got some loose ends to tie up, starting with Pavela, Kestrel's Spy on the island that we so generously allowed to walk last we were there. We will need to deal with her in some fashion. There are ideas of how to do this being floated.
**Lastly.. we got that Abyss tainted Darshak mini-temple that Venables hid in to deal with. So we are going to test some of Katpus and the Janitor's research regarding rainbow death/life cannons on it.
**So yarr, we are going to blast the crap out it with rainbows powered by cutting edge magical science and the awesome knowledge of the University of Puddleby! Go Science!
**I’m sure we'll learn something from the test. So yarr we are probably gonna need some mystics and other sources of sun energy and sunbeams for this! Also if ya got any rubies, sapphires, or even topaz bring them! Also sun zu! That seems helpful!
**A responsible ethereal trained mystic would be appreciated as we will be unleashing large amounts of rainbows near an active kyeum but science hasnt proven any ill effect of rainbows on things ethereal but it is yarr like wise to keep an eye on such things just to be safe!
**Soul Hunter's TLDR: Bears, Sarir, Haha Spy, Rainbow Blast Abyssness!
*20240406: Lore Tour returns Saturday, April 6, 2024 10:00 AM. This time we will delve into the Book Fort! — Phroon
*20240403: The v1375 update is scheduled for Wednesday 3 April 2024. —Phroon
*20240330: This month's concert is about a week away: Saturday, March 30, 2024 11:00 AM (PST). It's been a while since we've heard any organ music, so we're thinking of having it at Lugubrion's Keep (assuming that we can find someone to open for us). Hope to see you there!
*20240323: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 23, 2024 10:00 AM, we have the following message from Stinkfist:
**Black flags have been spotted on the ocean!
**Lets go steal their stuff!
**Cuz iz my birfday!
**Arr!
**The Witchy Kitty Pirate King Magician Majesticos Cap'n Stinky
*20240316: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 16, 2024 10:00 AM (PST). This time we will return to the Shadowplane to continue our investigations and check out of the shadowbears have been up to anything. As usual, strong help would be appreciated. —Phroon
*20240309: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 9, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT)! Summary from Stinkfist:
**Arrr here ye here ye!
**We will be heading to the Phisney Island Outpost for the signing of a historic treaty!
**Our local notary Brisk will preside over the signing of this treaty. Surely this will go smoothly and without any snags or unknown unknowns, as Brisk has one job and yarr!
**So come! Sign this most historical treaty and hang out with our Allies!
**Soul Hunter's TLDR: Brisk, Phisney Island, fancy paper, sign it!

* 20240302: March 2nd, 10AM PDT: Arrr! Hear this declaration from the Pirate King: This Saturday will mark one "finally" off our calendar — deposing the so-called leader of the Darshak on Phisneyland Island, Penn Venables.
**Penn's been hiding in his half-built temple for decades now since we repeatedly shamed him in battle. Based on a tip we got from a dead Darshak, we learned he'll be out and about and vulnerable during this week's Lore Tour. We were told to be careful because of his weapons of mass destruction.
**Ambassador Gorvin tells us that letting his ethereal doomsday devices blow everything up is bad and we should prevent this at all costs, so we're going to be super careful as we wreck this guy and steal his stuff. We probably won't sink the whole island into the sea. Our magic is better than his. We have bards, bears, beer, bees, a catapult, and a super cool ocean witch.
**Soul Hunter summary: Kill bad Darshak leader, no explode island.

*20240224: Next week's bard concert will also feature Supplanter's audition for bard quester! Please come to the guild hall on Saturday, February 24, 2024 11:00 AM to cheer him on! — Coriakin (Master Bard)

*20240217: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 17, 2024 10:00 AM. Stinkfist has passed on the following plan for this week to set up for the upcoming confrontation with Venables:
**Arrr,
**Attention: As per our intel provided by the Door-Hench Diebeer with a K, the Darshak will be up to something in two zodiacs time now on TI.
**Working with our agent the Immortal Sasour the Hatchet†, who we previously liberated from Venables Camp. We will be laying the groundwork for rebellion and ending Venables grasp on Phisneyland Island forever and foiling Kestrel's plans at the same time.
**As cover for this operation, we will also be stealing a great deal of stuff.
**† Sasour the Hatchet was purged of abyssal influence via rainbows and then made immortal by Ausrine and her hat that she isnt wearing. Also he touched Puddleby's altar. Also Ausrine turned him into a blind amphibian with a gilded broom a few times. He is magically oathbound to Puddleby. He be cool.
**Soul Hunter Summary: Save Phisneyland, prepare for victory, plunder booty.

*20240210: **Lore Tour** continues February 10 at 10AM (PDT). This time we plan to head to **Ash Island** to fight some Darshak. Kestrel’s doorman has enjoyed his post for quite some time, I’m sure Ambassador Gorvin will help him with that.—Phroon
** For this tour we will be needing the assistance of weather controlling mystics (preferably multiple).—Gorvin

[[File:CL-LoreTour20240203.png|right|thumb|Brave adventurers explore the Org cave.]]
*20240203:Lore Tour (Saturday, February 3, 2024 10:00 AM PDT) will involve taking Bravery The Org to the org sanctuary on Centaur Island. For anyone not familiar, Bravery is a young org that Stinkfist rescued from being abandoned at Junko's and decided to teach to be a hero. He begain taking it on his adventures to teach what he could, and has also asked several other exiles to escort Bravery around to show him the world. After many zodiacs of mentoring the time has come to release Bravery into his new home!

*20240120: **Lore Tour** continues January 20, at 10AM PST. This time we plan to return to the **Shadowplane** and continue our exploration there! As usual, strong help would be appreciated.

*20240113: **Lore Tour** continues <t:1705168800:F>. This time we plan to do a few things surrounding the **Org Sanctuary**, starting with a visit to the Ensconcement Village to tell them about the success setting up the sanctuary, a stop by the Org Cave for some Panther Caps, and then swing over to Centaur to drop off any mushrooms we find and to deliver the presents we picked up during the Bawkmas tour to thank them for all their efforts setting up the sanctuary.

*20240106: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 6, 2024 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we plan to kick things off by paying a visit to the Shadowguild and seeing what they’ve been up to. I’m sure that ambassador Gorvin will help us navigate the situation with skill.

==2023==
*20231224–20231225 at 6:30AM (24th) & 6:30PM (25th): I heard Santa will be coming two times this year for 30 minutes each time. I hope it fits your schedules and if not feel free to let me know and I will see if a special appearance can be made for you after Bawkmas/Skrismas/Season's Beatings.
**Slot 1: Sunday, December 24, 2023 6:30 AM
**Slot 2: Monday, December 25, 2023 6:30 PM Cheers! 🎅

*20231216: Lore Tour continues Saturday, December 16, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we're planning to travel to Fane and investigate reports of developments with the shadowy seed planted in the garden there. As usual, a strong group and especially strong healers to deal with the ghosts within would be appreciated.

*20231209: **Lore Tour** continues December 9, 2023 at 10AM Pacific. This time we're planning to celebrate the bawkmas spirit by visiting a few snowy areas throughout the lands in search of some presents for the Centaur to thank them for all their help with the Org Sanctuary.

*20231204:In the morning of the day 218 of year 635 (OOC 7pm Pacific, Monday December 4th, just after Lorikeet's hunt time), Mystic guild will be holding a meeting with Sombrion the Wizard and the Abbess Madrona of the Foghaven Monastery. Location of the meeting is on the platform of the Foghaven Monastery. All exiles are invited to join.
**For that meeting, please let us move the purple portal to OP (and green at town) at least on that day... unless we think we can handle having the portal at **outside** of Foghaven Monastery.
**Also I'd like to ask supports from our capable fighters, healers and flute players for safe travel to Foghaven Monastery and back for all exiles who wants to join the meeting on the day.

*20231118: Lore Tour continues Saturday, November 18, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we will be returning to the Shadowplane to continue our exploration there. As usual, strong help would be appreciated.

*20231111: Lore Tour continues Saturday, November 11, 2023 10:00 AM (PST). This time we will be returning to Shadowspring Citadel! It’s been a while so we hope to check on things there especially the Agronox seal to the and how the Page of Rend that sent us to the Shadowplane there reacts to us visiting again, as well as some of the crumbly stairs deep within. This will be a difficult trip, so strong help (and your friends that know Horus well) would be appreciated. While we’re at it, we’ll have to see if Pelaegia is interested in a trip back and maybe see if there’s anything we can do to help her with the repairs.

*20231104: Lore Tour returns Saturday, November 4, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we will be checking out the Org Sanctuary.

*20231021: Lore Tour continues Saturday, October 14, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we will having a spooky time with a Feast of Tsrrin theme. — Phroon

*20231014: Saturday, October 7, 2023, 10AM (PDT) Lore Tour: The Prime Orb of Unstable Infinity
**Yarrr! By now you've surely read my excellent guide Orbs of Unstable Infinity and You. It is very illuminating:⁠
**But what is better than an excellent guide? The real thing. I think we can get Tart'targ to help us find it.
**First, some history. Me chief gunner and good matey Garr has a long and terrifying history of humiliating the Darshak. For instance, this time when Garr just burned the Thaumaturge and his minions to death.
**http://www.thoomcare.com/archives/003485.html
**As you can read in the comments there, long ago I made a note "Loots for Garr. Pirates rule!"
**In the years since that battle, I, the Pirate King of Lok'Groton, have searched for the perfect reward for saving a whole plane of existence against the jerk that tried to merge us with the ether (also just… showing up and kickin' ass with the Pirates since the start). Gotta find some GOOD loot for that!
**During one of my astral projection explorations I finally found it. It was an Orb. An Orb just full of Unstable AND Infinity, and I just knew, in my heart of Pirate Kingly hearts, that I needed to see what exactly Garr would do with this.
**I got back to Puddleby and thought, "Ya know, this thing is really dangerous if someone like the Brions or someone got their hands on it." So I hid it and gave Tart'targ the clues to how to find it. Cuz safety first!
**Arr, anyways, enough really fascinating history of Garr bein' awesome and me astral projecting. For the Lore Tour, we will gather in town and wait for Tart'targ to show up and bring us the clues to where I hid the Orb for safekeeping. We will then go on an adventure to retrieve the Orb from the very safe and very logical place to hide an artifact of unstable infinity. Then, later we will find out how Garr chooses to use his great power (and the Orb) with great responsibility.
**Yarr! Join us as we celebrate Garr and I try and make good on a decades old note!
**There will likely be time for people with Lesser Orbs (yarr, those have been turning up lately) to use said Lesser Orbs. Even lesser ones are probably best used under the supervision of trained Witches and Magicians. This is definitely not like the time with the soul glasses, why would you even think that?
**The Pirate King is not entirely responsible for any uses or side effects of the Orbs that results in harm to an exile or our plane of existence. Hopefully, any such cases will be super duper funny. The disclaimer in my guide to orbs of unstable infinity apply here too.
**Soul Hunter version:
**IOU note to Garr. Magic orbs. Treasure hunt!

[[File: CL-LoreTour-20231008.png|thumb|right| 180px |The Lore Tour in the Shadow Plane]]

*20231007: Lore Tour returns Saturday, October 7, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we plan to return to the Shadowplane and continue our exploration there. As usual, a strong group would be appreciated.

*20230927: This is the 18th year since Tyndall passed away. He was loved by many in life, and is remembered both as a cherished friend and a Puddlebean legend.
**Every year, we mark this time and come together in order to celebrate the lives of friends that we’ve lost over the years: Xenos & Panos, Baffina & Baffette, Tyndall, Tonoto, Eyeball, and K’pyn.
**Please join us to share memories, whiskey, cigars, beer, songs, and bonfires in the Memorial Garden outside Alliance Castle on September 27, 2023 7:00 PM.
**Whether you’re a constant presence, you've been in the library for a while, or you’re somewhere in between, we’d really love to see you. Please also reach out to friends who might not see this message – we’d love to see them, too.

*20230927: The next Healer Hunt will be Wednesday, September 27, 2023 5:30 PM This hunt is for healers and their pets. All are welcome: bring your pet…
*20230923: Ok, so lore tour this week… bearing in mind the captain has tasked me with fixing the planes… AGAIN… I have been struggling if we should go to Geharza or not. Barely by a slim margin I have been convinced (with the help of bribes) to bear arms and go back to the ice caves (But if we run into loose Tipulids again I won’t complain.) So… it turns our that SOMEONE decided to teach the bears how to use altars… (I’m totally not looking at you Inu) and now we have to bear the burden of killing cursed bare bears, cursed armored bears, and cursed bears that need to learn that vowels are a thing. So we’ll head back to the ice caves this week, and this time we’ll need a permanent broom bearer to sweep the bear out of the evil bears and the bear out of the shadow touched Inus. That’s step one. Step two is to have Bearo and Raksbeara and Punibear to convince the evil bears not to be so evil and to double our bear guard on our totally peaceful and not destructive rainbow death cannon. Once that is done we need to try and un-bear curse that altar in ice caves. Normally we’d just tell the Gorvbot to break the altar even more, but it sounds like some people want to fix the altar so they can learn more PF ranks from not ghost Gaiyl… Final step is loot… There better be loot Stinky…..
**For Soul Hunter… Bears again… Murder again… Inu’s fault… Loot!!!
[[File: CL-LoreTour-20230916.png|thumb|right| 180px |The Lore Tour battles armored shadow bears!]]

*20230916: Lore Tour: Sat 10am pacific
** RAAAAAAAWRRRRRRRR RA-ROOAAAARRRRRRRRRR Rawr-BEARRRROOOOOOO
**Rawr-rawr-ROAR-rawr-rawwrrrr-snarl.
**ROAR! RAWR! ROOOOOAAAARRRR!!! RAwr-RA-raWR!! ROAR ROAR ROAR!!!!!!!
**[bear snort]
**THE GREAT BEAR SPIRIT'S CUB BIRO WILL FEED ON THE WEAK BODIES OF THE SHADOWS WHO HAVE FORGOTTEN HOW TO BE BEARS AND SHOW THEM HOW TO BE BEARS AGAIN.
**BRING YOURSELF HONOR, CONQUER FEAR, SPILL SHADOW BLOOD, SEND NOT-BEARS BACK INTO THE DARK.
**For Soul Hunter: Rawr vs Those who pretend to be Rawr!
*20230909: Lore Tour: The Darshak Candidate
**Arrr, here ye here ye, yarr good. Garr... write this down...
**So for some time Kestrel has stated her goal is to establish a new unifying leader of the local Darshak. One way or another, the cult will put someone in charge. An like, ta be honest, all their candidates suck. Creepy Thoom Guy sucks, Rebel Guy sucks, Venables sucks, Necro sucks, all the Darshak nobles suck. So yarr, why don't we make our own?
**So we're gonna kidnap Sasour the Hatchet as he is easily the chillest Darshak we know. We invited him to the Counterheist and he got drunk and laughed at the Shadowguild getting slain in the streets. He's perfect.
**Then probably do some magic to make sure he is a "Force of Abyss Smiting Justice for Puddleby"
**Now this is a complex plan with a lot of ins and outs and such that I will make...er.. explain as we go!
**And to really sell that we are indeed kidnapping Sasour instead of just being like "hey what's up buddy? wanna go drink?" we're gonna need to kill lots and lots of Darshak on our way... Maybe break or take anything that looks important, I dunno, ye do ye in that regard.
**Side benefits: Sasour the Hatchet is likely to know things about Venables' secret weapon the Sarir are so afraid of. Knowledge that may help us devise some sort of counter measure against this "island destroying weapon" at least that's what the Sarir said it was.
**Maybe we could goad Venables into destroying..........
**The Pirate King just kinda wandered off rambling at this point about various schemes weighing the pros and cons of tricking Venables into just blowing up the island and calling it "problem solved"
**For Soul Hunter:
**Kidnap, Friend, Magic, Murder Darshak, Magic, Scheme, Lulz
*20230902: Per captain Stinky: This week on Lore Tour (Saturday September 2nd at 10AM PDT)
**Adventures in Magical Super Science:
**While Katpus and the highly trained researchers from the University of Puddleby (they're definitely not janitors) were conducting super scientific experiments in the Castle Alliance, they may or may not have blown a hole in reality. Katpus seems a bit embarrassed about it, so we don't need to make it into a big deal.
**Whatever may have happened, Katpus' researchers have gone missing, and so have the bears who were guarding her laboratory. In a probably unrelated coincidence, a respectable and probably wealthy individual has shown up claiming some important artifacts have gone missing. There are two mysteries to be investigated and almost certainly booty to be had. For science!
**Soul Hunter Version:
**Portal, Mystery, Bears, Booty

*20230819: **Lore Tour** continues. This time we plane to head to **Fane** and investigate the shadow garden growing there, and perhaps see if the crooked seed we received in the Shadowplane takes root there. If that seed eventually grows and bears fruit, the hope is it will enable us to repair the Windweft altar and restore their connection to Purgatory. As Fane is a very dangerous place, a strong group would be appreciated.

*20230812: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 12, 2023 10:00 AM PDT. This time we plan to continue our investigations into repairing the Ice Cave Altar. We’re thinking of visiting with Pelaegia who we last left in Fountfell Foghaven, and then head over to the Windweft Ice Cave and see if the mysterious gift from the crooked tree in the Shadowplane leads us towards any success in recreating the Ancient’s shadow magic that created the altars.

*20230805: Lore Tour Saturday August 5, 2023 at 10AM (PDT): Hello! It is I, fake Phroon [Brisk], coming to you with an update on Lore Tour this zodiac! It'll be August 5th at the same time as usual. We are planning on trying to visit Nylar to hear of this deal that his minions mentioned that he has for "Sapeeva". For good measure, we hope to bring a "Sapeeva" or close approximation with us. We may need to fight, we may need to bribe, or we may need to gamble. Whatever it is, it's sure to be a good time so come on out if you are free. Cheers!

*20230722: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 22, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT), this time we plan to pay another visit to the Org Cave and see if we can make some progress in becoming friends with the Org. We also plan to continue our investigations into the strange weather in the Ensconcement, and see if perhaps we can find a route up to Stormlyric.

*20230715: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 15, 2023 10:00 AM to return to the Shadowplane, to revisit the protectorate and maybe see if we can find more clues of how Shaer travels the plane freely. As usual, a strong group will be needed!

*20230708: Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 8, 2023 10:00 AM PDT, this time we return to the Shadowplane, to visit the protectorate and then to seek the devourer of dreams. As usual, a strong group will be necessary for the trek through this dangerous plane.
**If do we manage to slay the dreamdrinker, we plan to return again to the shadowplane next week too (Saturday, July 15, 2023 10:00 AM PDT) and revisit the protectorate within the same chaos storm, and maybe see if we can find more clues of how Shaer travels the plane freely. So mark your calendars for two weeks of back-to-back shadowplane exploration!

*20230705: The v1336 update: Lightning and thunder require time, the light of the stars requires time, deeds require time even after they are done, before they can be seen and heard. — Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
**More intense weather arriving. Those with elaborate hair-dos or delicate umbrellas can limit certain effects by using the '''''/options strongWeather off''''' command.

*20230701: Hello Puddleby! I come to you tonight as a guest "Phroon". I am in need of some assistance during the Lore Tour this weekend. You see, Tart'targ the wisest witch, had asked us to keep an eye on Sombrion. This has been fairly difficult for me as my eyesight is extremely poor and his keep hovers so high in the sky. However, even my peepers couldn't miss the addition of one of Sombrion's Sarir at the Bison Plains outpost. I'm not saying we need to tattle but we NEED to tell Tart'targ about this. Who knows? Maybe we will see a Witch and a Wizard face off? That wouldn't be terrible. I will be collecting bets and will even go as far as giving a favorable 2 to 1 odds on the Wizard. Anywho, don't be late to this one! You won't want to miss a moment! — Brisk
**Lore Tour took a trip to see Tart'targ and inform her of the Sarir being in the bison plains outpost, Hygra I think was the name. She was not so concerned with this as long as it did not come out that Sombrion was the cause of the abnormal weather that Hygra was studying. We discussed the trip with Pelaegia to Foghaven and how we saw shapes in the fog and heard howling on the wind. She mentioned that Andrachnea, the Abbess of Stormlyric, is known for being a bit standoffish even for witches. We spoke of how Andrachnea disapproved of Forsythia's study of the Org and remembered that we may have left her in the Orga Stronghold. We began to leave to go rescue her and ran into a bit of an issue.
**All of a sudden a Shadowguild Thief knocked me over...I thought he was looking for the bets I was collecting for the Witch vs Wizard duel. We chased them across the estuary and then ran across much stronger friends of the thieves. It looked like some of them had flown into the area on balloons to lead the rest of them. You could tell some were just taking orders and trying to take out as many of us as possible but others seemed to be more interested in a single thing, a thoom. We protected Coriakin the best we could but when he fell he was not taken. Confused, we pressed on until clearing the majority of the shadowguild. We cornered a leader and he said that they were looking for "Sapeeva". His reinforcements came and we tried to corner him again but eventually he managed to find a balloon and escape. As he was leaving he told us that he had a message for us to deliver..."Tell Sapeeva Nylar will cut him a deal." — Brisk

*20230624: The next bard concert is on June 24th at 11AM pacific time. Hope to see you there!

*20230617: Lore Tour returns Saturday, June 17, 2023 10:00 AM PDT, this time we plan to investigate the mysterious (and mist-erious) fog seen throughout the Eastern Mountains. We’ll probably also pay Pelaegia a visit and see what she has to say about these mists. We’ll likely be heading to Foghaven, the mountain haven of fog, so an appropriately strong group would be appreciated.

[[File:LoreTour20230610.png|thumb|right| 200px |The Lore Tour Headed for the Orga Stronghold speaks to '''Forsythia''']]
*20230610: **Lore Tour** returns 10AM PDT, this time we plan to travel deep into to the Orga Stronghold to rescue the Org trapped there! We may take them back to the Org Cave, or they may be the first residents of the new Org Sanctuary on Centaur Island. We may also pop over and have a visit with Trillbane while we’re in the neighborhood. A stronger group would be appreciated.

*20230603: ''Rustles out from under a pile of library books, glances at calendar'' Lore Tour at normal time this weekend (June 3rd, 10AM PDT). Plan is to poke at some of the dark mirrors in the lands and see if we can learn anything about Shaer's Gate.

*20230520: Lore Tour continues Saturday, May 20, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). We plan to return again to the Shadowplane to continue our explorations there. As usual, a strong group would be very helpful.

*20230513: Lore Tour! Operation: Friendship Hammer (10am pacific, usual lore tour time) We've reached a critical stage of the plan to create the Org Sanctuary... we must get some Orgs big and small to trust us enough to get in some cages and be brought to Centaur Island.... So how do we do that?
**I’m unsure but I bet that super cool ocean witch Pelaegia knows a thing or two about it! An she has been wanting to get out and about more so, this seems like a win/win. Bring Pelaegia to the village/Org caves, listen to tales of Orgs from way back when (and anything else we want to talk to her about) and maybe feed some Orgs some panther caps, perhaps bring some caps back for Tart'targ! Perhaps... make Org friends!
**Now, we should be careful, we've been hitting the Darshak rather hard lately and they have expressed an interest in kidnapping our good super cool ocean witch friend... and Tart'targ has turned some into blind amphibians... so ya know... be vigilant! There is no telling what an uppity visiting Darshak Noble may decide to do to prove how great they are or some such nonsense like that.

*20230506: Lore Tour: The Great Kennel Caper (Saturday 10am pacific as usual) The Elusive and Illusive Phroon Thoom, Heist and Counter-Heist Master Extraodinaire has a lead on a stockpile of feral cages somewhere on Ash Island. We need cages for our Org Sanctuary to safely transport the Orgs. The Darshak on Ash backed by Gathner have had an easy time lately since our slaying of Dorcas Direstorm as we've been focused on taking Venables down a few notches while keeping the Gathner backed Darshak agents on the island from being able to get the upper hand there..... so depleting the Ash 'Shak's ability to wrangle and train ferals seems like a solid move that furthers our goals quite nicely!
**Now I know what you be thinkin! "Cap'n! What if them cages be cursed??" Well I'm way ahead of you, and with the help of local mystics and my magician prowess, I have most of a ritual planned to purge away any Abyssal taint the cages may have! (If you are a local mystic and would like to help with this ritual, please contact me, your Pirate King and Master Magician).
**Darshak Nobles continue to visit from Gathner, bringing with them their top tier guards, so be on the look out for fancily dressed swabs who need to be shown a quick way to their forever home in the Abyss!
**In summation! Kennel Heist! Plunder any plunder of opportunity! Get home with magically purified loot! Further details to come!
**Bring: Crowbars, vines, chains, a can do attitude, strongest ranger morphs, and anything else you can think of to aid in this endeavor! See you there!

*20230503: The v1327 update is scheduled for Wednesday 3 May 2023

*20230429: Next month's bard concert (on April 29th at 11AM PDT) will be a special one. As many of you know, Lugubrion was so affected by the tragic fate of his brother Tenebrion that he's retreated from the world and has become a recluse. As someone who's struggled with depression myself, I've decided to try to help Lugubrion in the hopes that he'll be able to recover from his condition. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20230422: Lore Tour continues Saturday, April 22, 2023 10:00 AM (time in your local timezone). This time we plan to return to the Shadowplane. As usual, a strong group would be very helpful. Our plan is to travel to the protectorate through the shadow sea and also to check out if any of the new pages of rend interact with the shadowplane. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

[[File: CL-LoreTour-20230415.png|thumb|right| 180px |The Lore Tour revisits the centaurs with Pelaegia]]
*20230415: Lore Tour! (Saturday 10am pacific blah blah blah) Arrrr! This time we will be taking a stroll over to visit Pelaegia and Tart'targ briefly and see if Pelaegia can come out and play! Once we have picked up everyone's favorite Super Cool Ocean Witch, we will make for the Org cave to try and harvest (hopefully) the last of the mushrooms we need for the Org Sanctuary on Centaur Island. I’m sure Pelaegia will be happy to see the Centaur after all these thousands of years! Yarr! This seems pretty straight forward and nothing could possibly go wrong! Definitely! None of our past actions could conceivably come back to haunt us! For suresies! (Anything that does go wrong will be promptly blamed entirely on Trillium's ankh which is full of cursed)

*20230408: at 2PM (PDT) Saturday April 8th, Clan Lord Open Tactical Hunt (CLOTH) plans to go to the bridge to refine leading and dropping in the right spot and possibly the Slate Caves to practice dodging webs/projectiles. This is open to all, and I encourage newer players to attend, especially if you fall a lot. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Noivad Noivad]

*20230408: Lore Tour continues Saturday, April 8, 2023 10:00 AM (PDT). This time we plan to visit The Land of Dank Believe, aka the Book Fort. Bring your imagination and suspend your disbelief, the myrms dug a hole to the sky. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20230405: v1323. The sky is the daily bread of the eyes. — Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
**Hunt trophies are now furniture.
**Phantasmagorical improvements.

*20230401: **Lore Tour** returns 10AM PDT. This time we plan to visit with Egremora and Pelaegia in **Fountfell**, hear a few stories and think about what to do next.

**With Cimmbrion's assistance we've been able to grow some water lilies the two brothers created together back during happier times, and their gift has helped raise Lugubrion's spirits a bit. However, he's still embarrassed by the state of his keep, so to help him with that I'm hoping to hire builders from Puddleby to help renovate it. And to raise funds for that, next month I'll be holding a benefit concert at Lugubrion's keep!

**To make this concert special I will finally premiere the suite I've been working on for years: "The Healer's Lament," which attempts to evoke the trials and tribulations of a healer's life. It'll feature at least five brand new pieces, never before performed, and I'm extra excited because Lugubrion has graciously allowed us to not only use his keep for the performance, he's allowing us to use a brand new instrument - an organ from a thoomish temple! It has a sound unlike anything we've heard before, and I'm excited to share the music I (and the other bards) have been writing for it.

**This is a benefit concert, so I will be asking for donations to help with the cause. Building supplies to aid with the renovations would be very useful, and I will be matching any donations of coins (at least until I run out of coins myself). Even if you can't make a donation I hope you can come! I've invited Lugubrion to be there as our guest of honour and every person there would be a show of support to someone in dire need of it.
**Again, it'll be on Sat. April 29th at 11:00 AM PDT at Lugubrion's Keep. I hope to see you there!
— [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

** 8 word summary for Soul Hunter: "New tunes! New Instrument?! Help Lugubrion... donations please!"

*20230405: The v1323 update is scheduled for Wednesday 5 April 2023.

*20230325: Hello, all! This month’s concert (on March 25th, 11am pacific time as usual) is themed around Spring. Expect a lot of uplifting music about new beginnings or possibly about getting rained on instead. Either way, should be a good time. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20230323: there will also be a very special NNK open hunt adventure on thursday the 23rd at 5pm pacific! Expect various laws including but not limited to physics, nature, and reality to be broken! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Stinkfist Stinkfist]

*20230318: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 18, 2023 10:00 AM (time in your local timezone). This time we plan to return to Shadowspring to finally deliver Pelaegia’s present! We will need strong help to brave the dangers within. We also need some help between now and the Lore Tour to charge some of the machines to open the way into Shadowspring. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20230318: *Arrr! Lore Tour Recap! The Shadowplane had indeed shifted in many ways. The ground seemed less bitey, which I blame on Inu and her masterful ambassadorship. Keep hugging them Shadow Trees! Yer doing great!We also discovered a new “cave” which was just full of boo and scary and pretty and confusion.
**Another page of rend was discovered and perhaps most importantly a new phantasm page was found! We only covered a fraction of the Shadowplane so more to find and explore seems very likely! Oh and sadly Brisk failed to do that thing, perhaps next time (we are all rooting for ya buddy!)

**Next lore tour we will (charging nodes permitting) be visiting Shadowspring Citadel to bring Pelaegia her birthday presents! Probably other reasons too, more information and hype coming soon!

*20230311: Lore Tour continues Saturday, March 11, 2023 10:00 AM PST. This time we will return to the Shadowplane to continue our investigations into the malevolent forces within. We’ve already seen that the shadows have reacted to us, we plan on investigating if they have changed further following our contact with them. We will need many sharp minds, strong fighters, and brave healers to endure the dangers within. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20230304: Lore Tour returns Saturday, March 4, 2023 10:00 AM PST. This is the day the portal is scheduled to move to the village, so we’re planning on going there to get a mystic a mark. We’ll also check the Org cave for more Panther caps and bring them to the centaur for their work on the Org sanctuary. If we have time we might also do some other stuff too. We’ll be traveling through vale and parts of the ensconcement, so strong help will be helpful. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]
*20230302: 2023-03-01 v1318 Update: ''Sometimes we need the fog to remind ourselves that all of life is not black and white.''—Jonathan Lockwood Huie (b. 1945)'''Those who venture north may notice new snell edges being tested. Please share your feedback!'''
*20230225: Bard concert this weekend! Saturday Feb 25th at 11AM PST, at the bards’ guild hall in north field. Noivad will be auditioning for full bard again, so come cheer him on! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]
*20230224: MediaWiki has been updated to v1.39.2. As usual, please report any unexpected changes.
*20230218: Lore Tour! Saturday 10am pacific!!Arrrr, we require more lab equipment for constructing the rainbow death/life cannon!We've already stolen the Oh-Venn from Penn Venables, now we return for the rest of his stuff!
**During the Oh-Venn heist we discovered that Venables has been training sciencemancers who can open ethereal portals and shoot mighty blasts of chain lightning. Thus an elaborate and complex scheme is required to get his lab equipment.
**The plan is simple and elaborate, eloquent yet basic. The perfect mix of blunt force and sneakery!
**We will pick a location to "conduct a magical ritual to seal off the island from the ethereal plane" to get his attention and draw him in. Additionally we will tell the local sarir population of Venables' dastardly plans to shackle Tenenbrion's spirit and bend it to his will, which is probably not a complete and total lie.
**Also Kalian and I have a secret weapon up our sleeve should we require it.
**Once Venables' forces are committed to the battle a small rag tag group will break off and sneak into the lab and take everything they possibly can and get out before Venables has time to know what happened.
**Like all great plans, should you have additional ideas feel free to contact myself, Phroony, Kalian, or anyone else who seems like an authority figure for this sort of thing. As always, the plan will be "do all the plans"
**We will need as many exiles as possible to pull this off and there will be no small roles to play in this daring heist!
**Bonus if we can get any notes regarding what Penn has exactly been up to with the ethereal plane. All we know so far is he seems to have access to an isolated sphere of it.
**Be there! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Stinkfist Stinkfist]

*20230216: [https://clanlord.net/images/CL-Boats%20are%20too%20expensive%20480.mp4 The Typical End to an Estuary/Mountain/Bison Plains Hunt] because we don’t want to spend 100c or fall before the estuary exit. And [https://clanlord.net/images/CL-LA%20Excellence.mp4 Punisher Has mad skills falling—Laughing Academy Excellence!]

*20230211: Lore Tour continues Saturday, February 11, 2023 10:00 AM PST. This time we will be continuing to examine mountain springs in Vale and Fountfell, with a possible detour to the Org Caves for some Spotted Panther Caps. These areas, and especially the route to Fountfell, are difficult, so strong help would be helpful. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20230204: Lore Hunt. Step 1: Bears. Step 2: Tart'targ talk." Step 3: Mountains. The Lore Tour returns with Biro negotiating for bear support, the group asking Tart'targ if a certain plant is okay to plant, and a trip to the mountains to find a place to plant the seeds.

*20230201: [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Stinkfist Stinkfist] is organizing a raid on Venable's Laboratory at February 1, 2023 7:30 PM. As you may know, Venable is verified ne'er-do-well, who has spent several decades looting Tenebrion's Keep for anything of value and has built himself a reasonably well stocked lab with those ill-gotten gains. Any equipment, Darshak or Wizard in origin, poses a threat to the region if left in the hands of Venable. As such, it is best if it is secured in the safe, respectful, and responsible hands of Puddleby and our resident catapult enthusiast, Katpus. — Ausrine

*20230201: the '''v1314''' update is scheduled for Wednesday 1 February 2023: Life is found in animals and plants. But in animals it is patent and obvious, whereas in plants it is hidden and not clear. To establish its existence requires considerable research. The question at issue is whether plants have or have not a soul, and a capacity for desire, pain, pleasure, and discrimination. — Aristotle (384–322 BCE)
**''You’ll have to explore for this month’s changes.''

*20230128: Reminder! This Saturday at 11 pacific time will be the next concert. This concert will be shadow-themed... bards are encouraged to come with pieces inspired by the shadowplane and its effects. I can confirm that at least three new pieces will be premiered! Anyone who's out of the loop on the shadowplane storyline and is hoping for a recap - this is your chance! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

**Note: The shadowplane can make our thoughts reality and affect our minds, and it may have developed an interest in music for, er, reasons not worth getting into at this time. I've been assured that playing a bunch of music themed around the shadowplane is "not necessarily a really bad idea" and the chances of opening a rift there is unlikely. But shadow creatures have appeared at concerts before, so be warned that safety is not guaranteed. And if possible, bring a friend who can monitor you for signs of shadow madness.

*20230121: Per Stinkfist:
Arrr! In light of recent events set into motion by our favorite Myrm, we will be conducting negotiations with the Centaur to construct an Org sanctuary on their fair island. We are benevolent and wholesome now! Go us!

Also probably just yelling at Katpus that they are building us a Rainbow Death Cannon. Aymi said it is a life cannon actually and that sounds lovely and very thoughtful of us to build!

After negotiations we will either be pillaging the Darshak to secure funding or to take out our frustrations as that seems to be the most ethical option.

Either ways, gonna be greats! We are benevolent and good!

For those who like things in list form I've broken down the captains message.
This week on Lore Tour:
1. Talk to some overtly angry quadripeds about building a sanctuary for the ancestors of the people who murdered like 99% of their ancestors (Bring your Orga morphs for laughs)
2. Talk to a notoriously slow builder about a super difficult upcoming project we have for her
3. Facestab Darshak until they give us more loot
4. What could go wrong?

* 20230114: Lore Tour continues Saturday, January 14, 2023 10:00 AM PST. We are planning on helping Tart’targ deliver our gift to Palaegia. We hope to be traveling into Shadowspring, depending on if we get things open beforehand. Otherwise, we might be powering some of the ancient machines.

*20230111: Lore Tour Followup @Ausrine says: There will be a follow up to Tar'Targ/ Pelaegia gift giving on (OOC Wednesday Jan 11 7PM Pacific Time).

* 20230107: MediaWiki updated to v.1.39.1. As always, please report any unexpected behavior. If you don’t change your theme, the following doesn’t apply. ''Note: if you change the skin/theme from the current one, I noticed some pages do not render properly. So, if you encounter this, simply change your theme to Vector (2010 or 2022). This should fix the issue.''

[[File:LoreTour1022.jpg|thumb|right| 180px | The Lore Tour successfully reaches our goal.]]
* 20230107: Lore Tour returns Saturday, January 7, 2023 10:00 AM PST. This time we are planning to deliver Pelaegia's gift to Tart'targ. '''Update: The Tour was successful!'''

* 20230104: Update '''v1310''' is here. Secrets abound, and unexplored places wait patiently for exiles to find them.
''“There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.”'' — Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) '''Here’s wishing everyone a ranky New Year!'''

==2022==
*20221230: Let there be music! Be prepared and mark your calendars for the concert on FRIDAY, 30th December at 1pm pacific time. There will be old and maybe even new music played! — Bingro

[[File:MerryBawkmask.jpg |250px|left|Merry Bawkmas!]]
*20221224–25: '''Santa''' will come out twice this year to check if you were naughty or nice at the following times for a whopping half hour each Saturday, December 24, 2022 7:00 PM PST and Sunday, December 25, 2022 8:30 AM PST. If you can't make it during these times, don't worry he will be available to deliver a few days after Bawkmas as well (Gotta love travelling on Bawkmas day!). — Brisk

*20221217: Lore Tour continues Saturday, December 17, 2022 10:00 AM PST. This time we will be continuing to help Tart'targ search for a gift for Pelaegia in Silversnag Ascent. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221210: '''Lore Tour''' continues Saturday, December 10, 2022 10:00 AM PST. This time we will be exploring, likely in the Eastern Mountains. What will we find? Who knows! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

[[File:GottaGetACloak.jpg|250px|left|new fur-lined cloaks are available.]]
[[File:Cloaks.jpg |250px |left |more cloaks]]
*20221207: With the 1306 update, A new area is discovered. Cold and Snowy reopens for winter. And new Cloaks are able to be made.

*20221203: Lore Tour returns Saturday, December 3, 2022 10:00 AM PST. We will be returning again to the Shadowplane, this time to try and track down and defeat the devourer of dreams mentioned by the denizens of the protectorate. As this will be a tough expedition, strong help would be appreciated. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221126: The next concert is Nov 26 at the usual time, 11am pacific.— [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20221119: Lore Tour continues Saturday, November 19, 2022 10:00 AM PST. We will be returning to the Shadowplane to continue our explorations and to try and rescue another Lost Dreamer that has been stranded there. As usual, strong help would be appreciated.

*20221112: **Lore Tour** returns Saturday, November 12th @ 10AM PST (be mindful of the recent US time change). Stinkfist just handed me the following on a scroll with the plan:
> After deliberation and conferment with Kalian, who can't stand the thought of Darshak having nicer things than him, Ambassador Gorvin and his position of Darshak murder is always good, Garr who just wants to burn stuff, and general mad cackling by the Pirate King of Lok'Groton it has been decided that we will return to Ash City to "murder, pillage, and take the fancy things that those nobles brought there"
> Loot and pillage and make Kestrel too afraid to EVER leave her tower. There will be loot this time, Stinky has some promising leads on that. A cat witch told him about it in a dream!
— [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221105: Lore Tour returns Saturday, November 5, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. This time we will be retuning to the Shadowplane to continue to explore and view the strange sculptures within. We believe we have discovered a stable way to exit the shadowplane so a depart is no longer certain, but we still could use many strong exiles to help brave the dangers within. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221029: Next weekend’s bard concert in the Puddleby Theatre will be Tsirrin themed! Come in costume to enjoy spooks and spoops. Ghosts and shadow madness are a definite maybe, safety not guaranteed. It’ll be at the usual time, Saturday, October 29, 2022 11:00 AM PDT — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20221022: Lore Tour continues Saturday, October 22, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. This tour will be Feast of Tssrin themed. Come join us in your favorite costume to help bust some ghosts! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221015: No worries Phroon. Lore Tour returns 10AM PDT. Stinky says we’re going on a “Classic Pirate Kingly Adventure.” All ye need is to show up with plenty of pack space so we can help our friends out. 🏴‍☠️ ❣️ Also I want more Vision Stream art, wah wah wah. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.InuTeisei Inu Teisei]

*20221008: Lore Tour continues Saturday, October 8, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. We plan to return once again to explore the Shadowplane, this time focusing on exploring the mysterious shadow ocean and lands beyond. Again, strong help will be helpful. Sadly, a way out of the plane has yet to be found, so until it is a depart is certain. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221006: H’loi! I expect there will be a meeting between Tar’Targ and Cimmbrion at the lake in Northern Puddleby on Thursday October 6, 2022 7:00 PM PDT. Possibly in Arial Eth'lenn’s home or outside. All exiles are invited to attend. A neutral, third party would be appreciated but you are nai required to act as such. — Ausrine

*20221001: Lore Tour returns Saturday, October 1, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. We plan to return to the Shadowplane, and explore the strange lands within. Strong help will be helpful in exploring the plane. Luckily we still have loan of Pelaegia’s lantern to calm our minds. A stable path in has been discovered, but we have yet to find a way back home. It is very likely that this will be a one-way trip, EPS and Purgatory Pendants do not seem to work in the Shadowplane. Unless we find another way out, a depart is certain. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20221029: The next concert will be on Saturday, October 29, 2022 11:00 AM PDT and take place in the theatre. It'll be Feast of Tsirrin themed, so wear a costume! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20220924: Alright, then! Bard concert next weekend at Egremora’s tavern, at Saturday, September 24, 2022 11:00 AM (PDT). Bonus points for anyone who brings a song that’s a story. Raks, any chance you can reprise that story about Dandelion and Helpful? 🙂 — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20220922: It has been 17 years since [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Tyndall Tyndall], the beloved sylvan warrior, passed away. He was loved by many in life, and is remembered both as a cherished friend and a Puddlebean legend.
**Every year, we mark this day by coming together to celebrate our memories of Tyndall and our other lost comrades: [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Baffina Baffina] and [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Baffette Baffette], slayers of orga; [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Tonoto Tonoto], the mapmaker; [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Eyeball Eyeball], courageous and funny; [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.KPyn K'pyn], the King of Pins.
**We newly grieve the passing of [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Xenos Xenos] the Brave and [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Panos Panos] the Boar, who were pillars of our community for decades and will be remembered well as long as we are here to do it. They wished us all “a happy and fruitful life and the good sense to live it with no regrets.”
**Please join us to share memories, whiskey, cigars, beer, songs, and bonfires in the Memorial Garden on September 22, 2022 7:00 PM. All are welcome. If you knew any of these exiles, you are warmly encouraged to attend and to share your stories. If you are grieving someone from outside the lands, know that this is a space where you can hold that in community. If you would like to show love and friendship to exiles who have lost beloved people, know that your presence will do that.
**There are a lot of people who might be interested attending this memorial, but don't keep a close eye on [http://www.thoomcare.com/ Thoomcare], Discord, or Facebook. If you have the capacity, we invite you to help bring our little town together by reaching out to folks who you think would be interested in coming but won't notice these posts. Thank you! — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Largo Largo]

*20220917: Lore Tour continues Saturday, September 17, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. We plan to return to Egremora’s bar in Fountfell, have a few drinks, convey Sarasera’s hellos and talk about repairing the Windweft altar. And maybe if we have time a story or two. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220910: Lore Tour continues Saturday, September 10, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. We plan to return again to Shadowspring and continue our investigation into the Pages of Rend and possibly return to the Shadowplane. We will again need strong exiles to travel through Shadowspring and brave the dangers of the Shadowplane. We will need to try to stay nearer the sun lantern, lest we all slowly go mad and lash out at our friends. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220907: The v1293 update is scheduled for Wednesday 7 September 2022.

*20220903: Lore Tour continues Saturday, September 3, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. Our plan is to return to the depths of Shadowspring Citadel, investigate the shadows, read some triangles, visit with Pelaegia, and if we can make it check on the Agronox Seal. As always, Shadowspring is filled with difficult creatures and we could use a strong group.
Many thanks to all those who have charged the ancients machines recently, your help has been instrumental in making this happen. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220827: Monthly Bard Concert Saturday. 11AM PDT.

*20220820: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 20, 2022 10:00 AM (PDT). Some time ago we had contact with Darshak from Gathner led by Kestrel and her associate Dorcas. We will be visiting them with our chosen ambassador [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Gorvin Gorvin] to conduct further negotiations regarding the future of Darshak in our island chain. See Ambassador Gorvin for details. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220813: Lore Tour continues Saturday, August 13, 2022 10:00 AM PDT. We plan on continuing our checking of the ancient machines, and our search for changes made by the ancient spelling and grammar checking machine. We’ve already observed some changes in the triangles and we suspect there might be a few more changes to be found. We will be trying to visiting Heartwood Glade in the Vale of Giants, and revisiting Sunspire, so some strong help will be appreciated. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220827: Bard Concert “Next concert August 27 at the same time!” — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20220806: Lore Tour returns Saturday, August 6, 2022 10:00 AM (PDT). We plan on revisiting some of the ancient machines in the Eastern Mountains, checking to see if the shadows are there and if any of them might be that Ancient spelling and grammar checking machine. We plan on visiting some of the tougher machines to get to, so strong help would be appreciated. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220730: Bard Concert: on Saturday July 30th at 11am pacific time, but it won’t be in the bards’ field. Instead head over to west town near Prometha’s bonfire for our beach party themed concert! Enjoy sun, sand, and surf while enjoying songs about sun, sand, and surf. Wear your best beach attire and get ready to cuddle in close because there won’t be a stage. See you then!
**''(For bards who don’t have many/any beach-themed songs, other music’s fine. But if you’ve got something - great!)''

[[File:CL-LoreTour.jpg | right]]
*20220723: Lore Tour: Astral Projection Shenanigans Saturday, July 23, 2022 10:00 AM

**Today’s lore tour followed Stinkfist’s guidance and ended up on a trip through a variety of…. peculiar locations. First a dark cave filled with mauling and crushing spirits, then to a desolate peak floating in the sky, to a trool village, and beyond. Eventually we ended up in a marsh with some meshra interested in trade, and a strange obelisk that hummed inanely in thoomish. Stinkfist decided we needed to steal it, but an attempt to astrally project it back to Puddleby went awry and we ended up in the shadowplane instead! We were led to a giant shadowplane-ish statue of, er, me. I'm still puzzling that out. But before we knew it we ended up back in the Puddleby mushroom hut, with the obelisk there! Unfortunately, the obelisk was right in the middle of the pool there and promptly sank. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

*20220714 — created template sitenavbar (using quick links). To insert it in pages use sitenavbar between a set of 2 curly braces “{{}}”.
*20220706 — The v1284 happened on Wednesday, July 6, 2022

*20220702 — Lore Tour continues Saturday, July 2, 2022 10AM PST/5PM UTC. We’re continuing the search for luminous scales and a sun wyrm’s shadow. Or search will take us back to Gungla Island and the dark places within. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon Phroon]

*20220625 — Next Bard Concert: June 25, 2022 11AM PST, 2PM EST

*20220618 — Lore Tour continues Saturday, June 18, 2022 10:00 AM (PST). Our plan this time is to follow up on rumors of new caves in the Rocky Cavern and search for clues for the luminous scales. — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Phroon?from=Profiles.Phroon Phroon]

*20220611 — Lore Tour: “plans are still a bit vague, as they may change depending on what happens. The general plan is to:

1) visit Tart’targ so [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Aurelie Aurelie] can deliver Cimmbrion’s message (and hopefully defuse some of the hostilities).

2) Visit Strangler Fig to try to get more information about the Book of Rend or about the books that the shadowguild stole from her.

3) Visit the rocky cavern to talk to the Sun Wyrm there and ask about acquiring luminous scales. Rumor has it that it requested a “dance with the shadows” or something along those lines, so I’m really hoping people come up with a better idea than “Make Coriakin Try To Summon Shadows” which was already suggested. Not by me.” — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]

[[File:Not_Bear_Counter_Heist_The_Mystery_of_Mehans_Armor.png| 200px | left]]

*20220604 - Lore Tour June 4th. Destination Windweft Mountain. ''(plan pictured left)'' UPDATE: “Lore Tour successfully fought an evil armored bear likely infested with shadows that was trying to usurp Birosson’s place as chieftain of the glacier bears. Mehan’s armor was dinged to destruction, sadly, but at least it’s not being used for nefarious purposes. Or by nefarious porpoises.” — [http://puddleopedia.org/entry.php?n=Entry.Coriakin Coriakin]
*20220521 - Lore Tour May 21 at the usual time: 10am PDT/1pm EDT, 7pm CEST/UTC+2. “Coriakin reports: Next week's Lore Tour will be to the Vale to try to find Master Spruce. On the way, we hope to visit Strangler Fig for a quick chat. May 21, 10am PDT”
*20220514 - Lore Tour (10AM PST) [[File:CL-Haunted_Fane.jpg| 250px | right]]
*20220430 - Next bard concert will be April 30 at 11am pacific time! — Coriakin
*20220226 - Bard Concert, Saturday Feb 26, at 11AM PST
*20220212 Lore Tour is Saturday Feb 12, at 10 am PST/1 pm EST
*20220205 - Saturday Feb 5th 10am PST/1pm EST Lore Tour: The 2nd Battle for the Ancient Bear Caves. BE THERE! SAVE THE BEBE BEARS!" Update: Bebe Bears saved.
*20220129 - Next Bard Concert: January 29, 2022 11AM PST, 2PM EST ”who will win the Museum Token?“ UPDATE: Bingro V’arndal won!
*20220115 - Updated to MediaWiki 1.37.1 (Please report any unexpected behavior.)

==2014–2017==

*201707xx - Updated to the latest version of MediaWiki. Please report any unexpected behavior.
*201505XX - Updated to yet another version. Hopefully this v. has more pep.
* Added Rank Message and Ranger Progress in Actual Tablular format — oh the power of 1990s layout!
* A new contributor has appeared (happy to make accounts by request)
* fixed a few little things here and there as needed.
* Master Fistus is apparently a bro.

*20140731 - Updated to the latest stable release of Media Wiki on my Branch. If you see any weirdness [http://vagilemind.com/clanlord/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=265 let me know] (on the Sentinel/Discord).

*201407 - Added to Group Survival Guidelines, updated how to dodge webs, added in more into about controlling where you fight and fluid movements with in the group.

20140326 - Updated to the latest version of Media Wiki (released 20140311).

==Past Events==
8/22/2012: 
Puddleby Archery Contest Rules 
Date - Sept. 2 
Time - 1:30 p.m. PDT, 4:30 p.m. EDT, 8:30 p.m. GMT 
Locations - Spiritwood, University, Castle 

The following are the rules and regulations regarding the Archery Contest scheduled for Sept. 2nd. Please come and enjoy the festivities. Beer, food, and fun are certain to be had. Each exile will need a projectile weapon to compete; however, javelins or bows and quivers with three arrows included will be sold the day of the contest. Please be aware the bow, arrows, and quiver will be sold for the same coins the NPC's require to make them, and exiles will not be charged for seta scales, tusks, sturdy limbs, and feathers. I believe the total for a bow and set of arrows is 150c. 

The Prizes: First place will pick first from the prize pool, second place will pick second… 

1. Lyfelidae Claw 2. 5000 Coins 
3. Furlined Cloak 
4. Puma Pelt 
5. Orgaberry 
6. Waterproof Boots 
7. Caustic Gland 
8. Lilaberry, other items... 

Arsenal: Current inventory status available for contest 

1. 5 Javelins (75c each) 
2. 8 Bow and 11 quivers with 5 arrows each. (150c each set) 
3. 1 Boomerang 
4. 12+ arrows, judges at each round will have extra in case of breakage 

Three Rounds: Three rounds open to all. (Mystic, Healer, Fighter all have chance to win) 

Round 1. Test of Hunting (3 pts.) 
a. 1st round held in the Spiritwood 
b. Each contestant will be allowed three shots to kill or wound a spriggin. 

Round 2. Test of Accuracy (3 pts.) 
a. 2nd round held in the University 
b. Each contestant will take three shots at three different distances. 

Round 3. Test of Will (3 pts.) 
a. 3rd round held within the Castle 
b. One shot of moonshine then 20 secs to fire 3 arrows at a stationary target. 

Tiebreaker - if required 
a. Tiebreaker round options include a group hunt, cash bonus round, etc... 
b. The last contest did not require the tiebreaker, but judges will vote on round 

Contributors: Special thanks to many exiles... Natas for letting me remove that lyfe claw from his thick ghorak skin. Neko No Kessha for their large cash prize and promotion. Coldy for his endless questing of prizes and finance. Fiona for her gracious donation of the super sleek puma pelt. Chmee for his berry collection. Taryn for her vast storage fees and arsenal assembly. Maeght, Connie, Talas, Fredor, Yosaku, Grog, Arbitur, the Hunter's, D'ead, and many other exiles I am forgetting who generously donated arrow and bow ingredients over the past decade. 

Special thanks to the Clump for helping to promote the contest! http://www.clanlord.net/clump/ 
Special thanks to the Sentinel for helping to promote the contest! http://www.vagilemind.com/clanlord/ 
And finally, special thanks to the entire Neko No Kessha clan for helping to promote the contest! http://nekonokessha.wordpress.com/ 

3/26/2012: I have implemented a self-signed security (SSL) certificate that enables HTTPS to protect passwords and thus accounts. All links should redirect to https now. I would like to get an official certificate when expenses allow it, but just the static IP is ~ $50/year. Most browsers will warn people visiting about it, but it is legitimate, but check it out to make sure it is of the proper origin first. (Only a player could have made it.) Also, the new home of the CLUMP is on clanlord.net in case you never look at the URL address bar.

2/27/2012: Yet another long hiatus. I was informed by Talas that he couldn't edit pages. I looked into it and realized that I upgraded the underlying PHP to 5.3.x but not MediaWiki to comply with the changes. '''BAD ADMINISTRATOR!''' For now, I've reverted to PHP 5.2.x and pages are now editable. I'll try not to be so sloppy next time I update the underlying structure. Unfortunately, my attention has been diverted as I investigate and evaluate various technologies to handle possible Clan Lord and other non-CL projects I've been considering beginning. I am thinking about implementing the Zend2 framework for a CL timeline site, but it is still in Beta. If you know Zend2 or just Zend, any online resources you think would be valuable to look at to speed learning/evaluating them would be welcome. ''noi... at noi... dot net is a good contact address for that.''

==2011==
9/8/2011: Long hiatus as I worked on refining my PHP skills by building a site from scratch, and not related to the CLUMP2. I've been gone for a bit and haven't had time to update. Luckily others have filled in a bit. Please send me feedback on pages you'd like and unclear explanations. If you're a professional writer or a really good amateur, I'd appreciate your input as well.

Also, I'm kicking around the idea of making a CL timeline in PHP. I'm kicking around ideas. If you'd like to discuss please goto the coffee and donuts section of the [http://www.vagilemind.com/clanlord/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=8912&p=184041#p184041 Sentinel].

==2010==
8/25-27/2010: clump2.noivad.net transition made! new URL! Fresh, unspoiled DB!

Currently moving all data to a new DB. Unfortunately all accounts will be destroyed, to remake an account contact me directly with your email address for confirmation. Contributors, please do not make pages without any connection to other pages, or any pages to "protect" them.--[[User:Mwadmin|Mwadmin]] 06:02, 25 August 2010 (PDT)

7/27/10: Registration has been stopped. Accounts are created by request only now.

7/06/10: Welcome Arindal Immigrants.

==2009==
1/18/09: Welcome back old players and welcome new players. Clan Lord now has no monthly fees. New Areas and new Islands abound in the last few years. Ask about Death Trap Noids (DTN), Metzetli Island (Metz), and The Mountain Glen (Glen) for a look at all the changes. If you remember Tenebrion he's been trapped in the Ethereal Plane (EP) for a few years. Fighters have 3 subclasses now: Champions, Rangers and Bloodmages. Healers just recently acquired 2 new tools! There are many minor changes as well. Catch up with what's been happening at [http://www.thoomcare.com/ Thoomcare].

==2008==
8/11/08: A new page entitled [[10 Things for Groups]] is available to peruse at your leisure. [[Aura Healing]] ability needs a page, aside from the [[Healer_Trainers#Radium|Radium]] as do [[Special_Fighter_Types#Blood_Mages|Blood Mages]].

6/19/08: One Step Closer
The CLUMP is one step closer to being a legitimate entity. I found a cheap ssl cert site, [http://www.rapidsslonline.com/rapidssl-certificates.php RapidSSL], and we now has internets certificates! Also, in order to pay for said certificate, I added a paypal donate button to the donations page in case anyone ever visits it.

6/3/08: "Oh that crazy Org!"
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I updated links to Org Du Lac's [http://bestiary.puddleby.net/beast.php Bestiary] after I noticed that he updated his site to php a while back and I never updated the links. We've already got php, It's very nice!

Double checked that the database this puppy runs on is backed up every night after many months of blind faith. looks good! See >>>>

Minor diction change: I now prefer the term "creature" to refer to anything that you kill for experience. I'll slowly roll that out as I notice it in the pages.

10 things for groups is taking shape and I may include Michael's version of what not to do in groups, edited for language of course. (Interestingly enough some of the topics he covers ARE mentioned in the notorious [[Group_Hunting#How_NOT_to_handle_bad_situations|How NOT to handle bad situations]] subsection of group hunting.

We're up to 86 pages! Wow! Only a few of which are not used. I'll be trimming down the unused pages soon. If you have pages that you don't want deleted that aren't being used. Please link them to another page so I know not to touch them.

'Til next time! Same Thoom time same Thoom channel!

6/2/08: Updated a few pictures and links. More [[Links]] are welcome.
A Mystic page was added.
Currently compiling player suggestions for 10 things for hunting in groups at [[http://www.vagilemind.com/clanlord/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4568 The Sentinel]]. Please feel free to add to the discussion there.

== Miscellaneous ==
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Input is welcome on the [https://discordapp.com/channels/270291133798547456/270291133798547456 Discord Server ] or anywhere.

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Thank you to everyone that has contributed so far. I've read over your changes and It's obvious some people are a lot clearer writers than me, also I like the healer perspective being fleshed out in the healing section, particularly the [[Healing#Rodding|rodding]] section.

==Additions==
Also, I've just added a new Appendix: [[Command Reference]].

11/27 Updated the Wiki to version 1.8.2. This should mean nothing to you, just thought I'd note it.

12/5 The Clump will be temporarily offline for a few days in the next week or two. It will return to its regularly scheduled serving as soon as possible. I'll update the Sentinel when it goes offline.

1/17 Updated to [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki MediaWiki] 1.8.3 because of a vulnerability in the system that could allow session information such as passwords be redirected to another site. 1.8.3 deals with this problem. there should be no noticeable change in using the CLUMP to users.

2/23 I've updated to MediaWiki 1.9.3 everything seems to work that I've checked. if you experience anomalies or can't log in. mail noivad -at- mac -dot- com. I had to update because there was a security issue, and we all know how much we like things not to be spammed and taken over.

3/15 I've added little things like external links to other's pages within the manual instead of just the links section to make it more expansive and interactive. I'll continue to do this as I come across places to link things to. I also encourage people to add clan lord related links to the manual and links page.

-The manual is pretty well fleshed out and more accurate thanks to contributors now, and updates made by me will be less frequent, but that doesn't mean I'm going to neglect it. It's my mission to keep this manual as current and accurate as possible without spoiling too much.

-I'm trying to get a mystic section with what knowledge they can share, but there appears to be considerable resistance to even basic info within the council, and without their approval I'm holding off on even trying to get any information.

6/13 Updated to MediaWiki 1.10.0 e-mail me with any problems... besides trying to get the e-mail to work (unless you know a solution) or have a link with info about fixing it.

6/14 After a long and arduous adventure '''e-mail from the CLUMP is now active'''. All users please verify your e-mail address given because I'm turning on an option to require e-mail address verification before one can edit.

12/02/07: Updated to MediaWiki 1.11.

1/29/08: Updated to MediaWiki 1.11.1 -- Security vulnerability patched.

== Additions Log==

Added [[Mystics]]: Requested info about mystics from mystic council — it took a while!

6/2007 Added: [[Knighthood|Knighthood]]

1/0x Added [[Links|link]] to http://bestiary.clanlord.net/index.html Org Du Lac's Bestiary].

1/06 Adding [[Tactics#Standing_too_close_to_a_Snell_Border|standing too close to snell border]] under [[Tactics]].

12/2x Added another reason to chain while leaving a snell in [[Tactics#Chaining|Chaining]].

12/0x Added [[Macros]].

11/27 Adding [[Fighting#Fighting Basics|Fighting Basics]]: Very basic combat info for beginners: swing and fall back. Use a brick if you have one or terrain while you regain your balance. Added: fighting tip about how reach is dependent on movement speed.

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11/26 Add: All hail the reigning president !

Added in more material about writing macros to the [[Macros]] Page. ''It is completed.''

10/xx Added: [[Creatures#Chain Lightning|Chain lightning]] info: if you see a bolt bounce, get away from others drawing lightning.
Add how to take down a bolt bouncer: have each fighter stand on opposite sides of the 'lock and the lightning won't bounce.

10/xx Added: [[Healing]] page. ''may have to split it into multiple sections.''

10/xx Added in section on the [[Healing#The_Combat_Zone|combat zone]]. Always decide where to fight monsters, not the other way around. Have healers recognize and stay out of the combat zone or behind the fighters.

9/xx Added: [[Tactics#Dodging Webs|Dodging Webs]]

8/xx Added a section to [[Tactics#Retreating|retreating]] telling people how to provide cover for injured or exiles how might not make it out of the snell if you leave them caught between a rock and a hard place.

8/xx Added [[If Unable to Retreat#Focus on Greatest Threat|Focus]] on creatures when in a tough situation.
Explain greatest threat and to kill first.

To Add Basic explanation of trainers: Atkus uses up more balthus, Darkus slows down regia, Evus teaches a bit of everything, but the atkus to balthus ratio is tilted to eat balance slowly. Virtually no fighter trainers are "pure" trainers, most have a mixture of other elements in them.

==Wanted==
2026: WANTED: A rewritten champion page.

Wanted: Info on Radium, anything you find missing!
''Thanks to Kenegluk for pointing out holes in coverage!''

Iriel Red contributed a book for the logo, and in my humble opinion made a great logo for the CLUMP.

I'd like to get information on knights and knight items since I often get asked that by exiles looking to become one. So, if any knights out there want to share, please make a page with the answers. (:
** Inu says: See above, page created, linked in to appendix and here.

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