Update Notes – August 2002 – Atonement
August 12, 2002
An uneasy peace had settled over the town since the final defeat of the Elemental Generals and the appearance of the portal to Gaerlan’s Sanctum.
Update Notes – July 2002 – Repercussions
July 12, 2002
The darkness was all around Nuhmudira now. As her strength faded, the sound of footsteps and visits grew more infrequent.
Update Notes – June 2002 – Castling
June 14, 2002
Any comfort brought to the people by the victories against the Bronze Statues and their new weapons was shattered by the assault on their Queen and the destruction of her castle by the insane Martine.
Update Notes – May 2002 – Hidden Vein
May 13, 2002
Spring is in full bloom across the land now, the snows have retreated like rabbits before a raging archmage. Dark clouds boil, thunder booms, and like thunder the bronze statues have suddenly come to life, cutting a swath of destruction through the towns.
Update Notes – April 2002 – Betrayal
April 9, 2002
Spring is arriving in Dereth, the snow steadily retreating from its warm embrace. It is said that one may find sunflowers in certain meadows.
Update Notes – March 2002 – Persuasion
March 13, 2002
Winter begins to give way to spring, the ground swells with fresh drops of rain, and the first signs of rebirth begin to spread across the land. But darkness ever looms over Dereth, a dark shadow cast by a man with revenge foremost in his mind.
Update Notes – February 2002 – Fever Dreams
February 14, 2002
As winter recedes and lets her grasp slip free of Dereth and the Isparians, a new hand takes her place. Candeth Martine was rebuffed in his attempt to infiltrate the High Queen’s Royal Guard in the dark month of Snowreap but his anger is not yet sated.
Update Notes – January 2002 – Flesh and Blood
January 22, 2002
As winter’s influence spreads across Dereth, High Queen Elysa Strathelar intensifies her defense of the three remaining arrival outposts.
Update Notes – December 2001 – The First Strike
December 1, 2001
Rumbling over the mountains and pouring into the valleys, winter has come once again to Dereth.
Update Notes – November 2001 – The Gathering Storm
November 1, 2001
The Virindi have been defeated, and their allies, the Tumeroks, have retreated to the desert and Direlands from whence they came. The Virindi fortresses, marring the skylines of the capital cities, have been banished with the defeat of the rogue contingent, their taint removed at long last.
Update Notes – October 2001 – The Widening Gyre
October 1, 2001
The fires have been stoked across Dereth to ward off the coming of the harvest season’s chill. Brave souls press even further against the Virindi tide in an effort to stave their advances and finally bring the cloaked beings to heel.
Update Notes – September 2001 – Keep your Enemies Closer
September 1, 2001
The weary warriors locked in the struggle with the Virindi have found some small measure of respite, as the assaulting Virindi forces retreat into their fortified holdings.
Update Notes – August 2001 – Crests of a Turbulent Sea
August 1, 2001
It had been several months since the world saw magic this great in scope and power. Now it comes again, but this time it is from an enemy that remains obtuse.
Update Notes – July 2001 – Lost in the New Horizon
July 1, 2001
As the skies continue to be tainted by the purple hue of portal space, the Virindi rebels under Levistras have reinforced their forces to claim Dereth as their own.
Update Notes – June 2001 – Chains of Command
June 1, 2001
As the sun warms the ground so that the earth may become bountiful a new threat encroaches on the land of Dereth.
Update Notes – May 2001 – A Changing of the Ways
May 1, 2001
Ardry sat by the campfire, nursing a cup of hot cocoa. Though trying to rest, he kept his back to the fire and his eyes watchful of the surrounding darkness.
Update Notes – April 2001 – A Reign of Stone
April 1, 2001
Linvak Tukal has stood as a mystery to the Isparians since the fog surrounding it was lifted. Now as the snows of the lower mountains retreats beneath the springtime sun the last vestiges of the fog fade from the citadel, revealing portals guarded by Lugian Raiders, besieging the Lugians within.
Update Notes – March 2001 – Spring’s Sorrows
March 1, 2001
The winter snows have given way to the song of spring across Dereth. As the land awakens from its slumber the Children of Ispar find the stirrings of adventure filling their hearts once again.
Update Notes – February 2001 – Lonely in the World
February 1, 2001
The powers of magic had been growing ever since the defeat of the Hopeslayer. But all is not well on Dereth.
Update Notes – January 2001 – Now in this Hush
January 1, 2001
After several months of living in the darkness cast by the shadows of the Hopeslayer and his minions, the children of Ispar looked out onto the land and saw that the taint of hate and corruption was diminishing.
Update Notes – December 2000 – The Child of Daralat
December 1, 2000
The hand of Bael’Zharon caressed Dereth, and the w
Update Notes – November 2000 – Should the Stars Fall
November 1, 2000
A herald burned across the southern sky one morning; a fiery drop, like the Watcher that visits Auberean every few hundred years, yet moving far more quickly.
Update Notes – October 2000 – Hollow Victory
October 1, 2000
he night skies cleared. Stars flickered to life in the void. The glowering volcanic face of Rez’arel and pale, mysterious Alb’arel rose again along their courses.
Update Notes – September 2000 – Twilight’s Gleaming
September 1, 2000
On the dawn of the 8th of Thistledown, Isparians awoke to find the world turned upside down. Overnight, the fearsome Shadow Spires had descended upon Tufa and Cragstone.
Update Notes – August 2000 – Taste of Twilight
August 1, 2000
At the beginning of Verdantine, shooting stars began to grace the heavens with increasing frequency.
Update Notes – July 2000 – To Raise a Banner of Flame
July 1, 2000
The Shadow Spires continued their slow, imperturbable glide over the landscape, moving towards goals none could yet guess.
Update Notes – June 2000 – The Paths of Destruction
June 1, 2000
The Shadow Spires, which held ceaseless vigil over six towns since Wintersebb, began to move.
Update Notes – May 2000 – Hero’s Respite
May 1, 2000
A hush fell upon the land. The sun, so recently dimmed to a wan, bloody red, flared bright yellow once more.
Update Notes – April 2000 – Thorns of the Hopeslayer
April 1, 2000
In Morningthaw, darkness and blood flooded the land in equal measure.
Update Notes – March 2000 – Darkness Ascendant
March 1, 2000
The festive spring atmosphere of flowers, bees, and marriage ceremonies was disturbed by a series of earthquakes that preceded the eruption of bizarre Shadow Spires across the face of Dereth.
Update Notes – February 2000 – Shadows of the Past
February 1, 2000
Not all the news was worrisome. The land continued to recover from the damage wrought by the Great Work of the Gelidites.
Update Notes – January 2000 – Dark Thaw
January 1, 2000
As the heat seeped back into the earth, snowlines receded. Patches of slush still dotted the landscape, but hints of green returned to most of the land. All was not well, however.
Update Notes – December 1999 – Sudden Season
December 1, 1999
In the month known as Frostfell, the isle of Dereth was beset by a sudden freeze.