WAKE UP and read Arante`s Story, fellow Unitarians:):)
Be prepared to leave the dark nowhere:):)
*polishes her scales, takes all her possessions and walks toward the gate,
looking behind her regulary to be sure that all are following*
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WAKE UP and read Arante`s Story, fellow Unitarians:):)
Be prepared to leave the dark nowhere:):)
*polishes her scales, takes all her possessions and walks toward the gate,
looking behind her regulary to be sure that all are following*
Yes, I received the story too. :)
Seems we will have news very soon, and good ones :)
I haven't received anything :( Can someone post it for those of us not fortunate enough to get this story?
Antonath
Thats the email i received.
Quote:
Greetings Fellow Istarians!
The Master Libarian at the Great Tazoon Library gathers all writings
within the world of Istaria - some stories are about local life, while
others impact the world at large. It is rare that a story encompassing the
entire world can be told and understood from a local perspective - and a
young Dragon hatchling's perspective at that.
Read on about Arante as she asks about events unfolding around her.
Amarië AncalÃ**mon
- Community Manager
---
The tiny hatching curled into her mother's side, sighing contentedly in
the warmth that radiated both from her mother's body and from the floor of
the lair. Surely this was the best life had to offer, she thought. Though
many of her hatchling friends talked about how much they wanted to grow up,
leave the hatchling nest and learn to fly, little Arante was content to
stay nuzzled up with her mother's tail wrapped securely around her.
"Tell me again, mother, about where Elvie came from. Why doesn't she have
a clutch mother to protect her?�
It puzzled the little pink dragon how anyone as young as Elvie could be
considered Gifted. Yet all the other dragons had welcomed Elvie as though
she were from a clutch of their own. In fact, soon after Elvie appeared at
the portal gate, saying she'd come from a placed called Unity, Elvie had
been given a lair all her own. Though Arante herself had no desire to leave
the warmth of her mother's lair, she knew that many of the other hatchlings
were angry at the elder's decision to let Elvie have her pick of the lair
before any of them could choose one for themselves. Lairs were difficult to
dig, and took a great deal of care and work to form each chamber just right
so that the ones beside it and below would not collapse.
"Not now, my hatchie. You need your rest.� Her mother's tailtip tickled
her earfin lightly, softening the reproach.
"But maaaaa... pleeease,� she pleaded, rubbing her head against her
mother's rough scales to remove the itch. "Bal says that Elvie is an
orphan. That her clutch mother kicked her out of the nest because she was
mean. But I told him he was wrong. That Elvie was my friend, and I like
her. Even if she did just appear at the portal one day with her strange
story.�
Her mother lifted her head and looked back at Arante. The sadness in her
mother's eyes made Arante stop her begging, but only for a moment. It
seemed to Arante that there was something about the special dragons, and
the naka too, who had been arriving in the world in small groups recently
that made the elders both sad and happy. But the elders would only talk
about the happy parts. Arante was a curious little dragon and wanted to
know the sad part too.
"Alright, Arante. But just once. And no questions, do you understand?�
"But maaa... ,� she started to protest, but a light flick of her mother's
tail on her snout silenced her.
"I mean it,� her mother snapped. "I will tell you Elvie's story, once, no
questions or interruptions from you, but then you have to promise me that
it's off to sleep with you.�
"Alright,� Arante replied, and settled her head onto her mother's side
again, trying to hide her triumphant smile.
In a soft, low voice her mother began to speak...
"Elvie's story is not strange, as you called it. Nor is she truly an
orphan. She did come from a land called Unity. And we are all very glad she
did, and welcome her and others from this land to join us in the battle
against the Aegis.
Once, many many years ago, when Istara and the gods created Istaria, they
looked upon the land and all it's peoples and saw that the land which they
made, abundant though it was, would be taxed over much by the presence of
so many dragons and naka-duskael. And so, in her wisdom, Istara formed many
worlds for her people.
One world she called Chaos, for that world and quickly filled with such a
wide variety of dragons and naka that there were often conflicts even among
the Gifted. Another she called Order, for here the people all agreed to
follow a strict set of rules and guidelines of behavior, such that even
when conflict did arise there, the rules which governed the people there
allowed for faster resolution of conflict. A third land, called Unity, was
a land set far away from either Chaos or Order. So far off, in fact, that
Istara appointed some lesser gods to watch over her people there, for she
knew that she could not fulfill her duties well to people so far from her.
And so it was that time passed. Those who had created Chaos and Order gave
guidance to those appointed to watch over Unity. And those who lived and
fought the Aegis in all three lands were content with their lives. But
sadly, not long before you were born, those who lived in the land called
Unity disappeared into a great abyss. Those appointed to watch over Unity
grew silent, and none knew of the fate of our Unitarian brethren for many,
many a long month.
But we remained hopeful, looking to the gods of our world for answers. And
slowly, that ray of hope began to grow brighter. The Unitarians were not
totally lost, though there world was shattered beyond repair. They were
trapped, caught between worlds, because their souls were bound to a world
that no longer existed.
But our gods are clever and resourceful, and soon word came that they had
found a way to break the binding to the shattered world so that those from
Unity could come to cross over. And we began to hear them crying out,
calling from far off, asking our gods to bring their lost souls into our
world. And so the gods did, my hatchling.
But the Unitarians lost much when their souls broke from Unity. They lost
their homes, they lost possessions, and yes, they lost many whom they
called family and friend. And so, in their wisdom, the elders of this
community and many others, have chosen to give them a home here. To welcome
them as brother and sister as though they had been born to our world.�
"But mother, Bal says he'll never get a lair of his own because dragons
like Elvie will take all the good ones,� Arante blurted out, forgetting
that she was not supposed to speak.
"Now, Arante, you and I both know that is not true.� Her mother's voice
was firm, but did not sound angry. "It is important that we make Elvie feel
welcome in our community. We need her, and those who come with her, in the
war against the Aegis. The Aegis have been too quiet for too long, my
hatchling. This peace will not last.
And you know as well as I that the elders have learned much about the
shaping of lairs this past year. We may have to search far, and I cannot
promise that the one we find will be as grand as this one is. But when the
time is right, we will find a lair for you. Remember, my hatchie, that we
have learned to dig our lairs into the sides of hills and mountains we
previously thought would not hold lairs. If we don't find anything that
already had an opening created, then we will simply find somewhere that a
new one could be started. We might have need to pray to the gods for their
aid in forming such an opening, but there will be a lair for you.
Now, sleep. And dream of new friends, new adventures."
And that is exactly what Arante did.
I like :D
I'm a little concerned about the line "They lost their homes, they lost possessions...", but I seem to recall that this issue is with the lair / plot storage (of which I have none), rather than the vault (of which I have quite a bit).
Sounds as if an announcement is imminent - and we're due a developer's letter soon, so claws crossed...
Antonath
What a great story!
Apart from the message I really like the form, not only from this mail but also the mails before. Thank you for putting so much effort in them.
I thought the:
"So far off, in fact, that Istara appointed some lesser gods to watch over her people there,"
Was really funny, had to laugh out loud )and I´m at work so it was a bit embarrasing :)
This is all getting very exciting!
*jumps up and down in anticipation
Pff she forgot to mention the golden dragoness godess :pQuote:
So far off, in fact, that
Istara appointed some lesser gods to watch over her people there, for she
knew that she could not fulfill her duties well to people so far from her.
haha, just a joke, cant wait to fly again ! :D
the lesser gods was a good one indeed!
do we have to enter our current email addresses somewhere to get these emails?
*prepares some BOOMs*
This email went to anyone who had come from Unity who had an active subscription. Note that in order to transfer to the US shard, you will have to have an active subscription, so many who have been waiting have already done that.
We will be attempting to contact those who had played on the EU servers but did not have an active US subscription as well.
So it is time to reactivate accounts?
Btw... Very nice story. :)
Hooray is all i need to say when i saw the email, looking forward to soon being able to play Tror Rockplate again.
Very nice story to reintroduce the Unitarians back to world of Istara wether it be on Chaos or Order
Heya all,
Did not get the aforementioned mail message, but have no active account actually at Horizons.
Will it be possible to reactivate my old Toons once the transfer is done ?
Best regards,
Knud
From what I've understood, Knud, the transfers will be partially manual, executed on request of the account holder. IOW, the transfer *is* reactivating your old characters - or moving them into Order or Chaos, as it were.
I hope they make a annoucement when they are ready, then I will create a acc and they can transfer my beloved chars :)
Got the email and good news indeed! :)
that mail gave me lots of hope :D atleast it seems like those test copies went fine.
VERY happy to get my email, i was thinking my chars may have been lost for-ever as i'd forgot everything from back then, but to get the mail means i had this address way back then also :D
Happy Happy Days :)
Amarië or Tramsan, any indication of the comprehensiveness of the transfer? Reading that story seems to imply that not everything will be transferred across.
i havent read all this pages of this english roleplay story, are there hidden hints to our upcoming transfer?
We on Order are definitely looking forward to seeing the Unitarians, and will do anything in our power to make sure you're happy with your decision. We KNOW how to have fun! :cool:
Very welcome news indeed. I've always had (silent) hope, but now it looks like it is finally about to happen. I'm very excited to meet lots of old friends once again.
And I guess VI didn't sent this email yesterday, because people might think it would be a very bad april fool's joke. Good choice ;-)
See you soon!
- a happy cleric Dwarf
The Aegis have been too quiet for too long, my
hatchling. This peace will not last.
And as long as there Hatches to Protect I still have a Purpose in this world.
To quote a famous Wizard
"Ahead 5 days ride to catch up to the lost solders on the fifth day at sunrise look to the east "LOTR Gandalf
that saying holds true to me. I i can not sleep quietly in my grave as long as the witherd ages threaten my Brethren
Fantastic story... though I didn't get it and had an active sub *sulks* ah well at least they know about it in support.
"But our gods are clever and resourceful" - Guess someone was feeling a little boastful that day huh? ;) hehe
Claws crossed I can soar the skies again soon!
@Vlisson. Yes, transfer should be soon, that is what the story says.
:):):):):):):):)FIDRI:):):):):):):):):):)-we thought you were lost
Lov, I am lost. Lost in the void. But not for much longer :)
I'm just not a very active forum poster like yourself, but I have checked the community regulary.
More ontopic, a remark about the email. An important part of it is about lairs and how us Unitarian will get first choise before the native inhabitants of Chaos and Order. This is of course good news for the Dragons from Unity, but what about bipeds? I'm sure there are lots of 20x20-ish sized plots available, but I'm also pretty sure every 50x50+ plot on Chaos is already taken. If all my belongings from my plot (plots, had 2 actually) would end up in my vault, including novians, to be rebuild on a small plot, I think I will never be able to use my vault again. Well maybe I did keep a too large pile of junk stored on my plot, but that's my choice :D
So the big question, will bipeds get the same privilege as our Dragon friends? Or was the email not intended to only cover lairs and should I substitute lair with plot where needed?
I cancelled my sub in Feb and I still got the story. I shan't be taking my dragon out of the darkness though. I've come to the end of the book and I'm closing the book. I shall be moving on to the latest generation of MMO's come winter 2008. Good luck to all who remain and enjoy Horizons.
Edit: Portion of post which was nothing but flame-bait removed.
As I've understood it, Fidri, they are working to get the plot reclamations started soon after the Unity transfers. That way I'm sure there'll be plenty of nice plots for everyone on both Chaos and Order. There's going to be that painful interim period for us transfers, of course, with a defunct vault, but we have already endured it once (during merge), so I'm sure we can do it again.
We should also be getting plot tokens, which will ensure that we can get a plot/lair in the auction. (The plot bit was probably left out in the mail due to RP.)
*drags Fidri into Chaos by his beard*
great news then
what do a "normal" player has now to do?
make a new account (trial) on the NA Shards and upgrade it?
buy the game?
or will the complete old account be transfered (old login datas?)
Wow
Thats so great at last now maybe finally i wil be able to finish Arop:D Started before the world went dark :(
I been on Chaos and i can say they are a great bunch not come across anyone horrid :p
Ivy told me that she could log on the NA site with her old Unity data (she did it accidently because she got on the NA instead of the EU site), i myself didnt try it so far, maybe you dont need to make a new acc because a long time ago they transfered the eu data. Just give it a shot and try to log in with your old acc datas ;)
no :(
the old login datas dont work for me :(
ok lets wait till something new will be revealed ^^
I'd suggest waiting with doing anything until instructions arrive from VI, unless you want to jump in a bit ahead and test the waters, that is.
Looking forward to completing the storm disciple aspect of my triad. That and helping Gezsera lure the withered aegis to their doom near the cities on Greater Aradoth ;)
Noticed this just now on the front page: http://community.istaria.com/pg.php/unity_transfer
One thing I would like to ask VI, though, is how the names are going to be handled. No one (TM) would want the _unity tag after their character's names. Having to pay an extra $9 per character for a name change would also be rather unpleasant as a welcome back surprise.
Nice find on that page, got it bookmarked ready
Iam unsure if we should actually send in requests already or if they just wanted to give us a heads-up ? Wondering because of that big pre-line, " subject to change"
did you guys file a request yet ?
Its absolutely lovely to see that happen though. I hope everything goes well :)
I'll believe it when I fire my frist arrow ^_^
@Vlisson: yesterday I tried with my old accounts and I found out the following:
I can log in with ALL old accounts but there were slight differences between the accounts. And here is what I found out: at the US Login page you need the DISPLAY NAME as login. Some of my old accounts still use the Email adress as Display name and some used a nickname. You need to check that first.
I don't know if this is a "correct" way but it worked for me to find out the display names:
I went to the page https://horizons.eu.istaria.com/. You get a certificate error but you can still continue. Then you can login with the account data you know (accepting EULA and so on). And then you can see the USER on top of the left frame. This is the login name that you need for the US login.
After I did login with my account I got an activation message window. After that I was able to start a trial subscription on the account (no other option available at that point).
Maybe this helps. But I guess it is not really necessary when I check that preview transfer request page. It seems we can also setup a new account and then put all characters from all old accounts into that account. Sounds like they really thought this through carefully. Very nice options.
horizons.eu.istaria.com displays the same page as horizons.istaria.com ; you won't be able to find your EU login infos using that site.
Anyway, great news for Unitarians ^_^
Here's another question about plots (yes they are important to me ;)).
I had 2 plots (with 2 accounts) on Unity. I currently own 1 plot on Chaos. Do I need 3 Gifted subs to aquire 2 tokens, and keep my current plot? Or is it possible to have a plot, and get a token on the same account, so I would need only 2 Gifted subs? Of course I would give up my current plot in the last situation after I have found a more suitable one to use my token on, resulting in me owning 2 plots.
And can someone explain how exactly plot tokens work? I have never had or used one (I think :)).
I just paid for 2 Gifted subs and I'm eager to send out the transfer email. Just want to be sure everything goes well :cool:
*Pulls trams long, fishy tail. Let me go, I can walk by myself!*
O.K., my fault that I didn't crosscheck.
But it still works to get the Displayname with that method because on that login you can still use the Email address as user name. And on next page you then get the display name that you can use for the login that you need to add/change subscriptions. ;)
perfect
thx Mysk it works ^^
if found the login for 2 of my 3 accounts, and i hope i will find the login for my wife too =)
thanks and have a nice weekend ^^
ok im a little confused about the login, the eu login shows the NA shards so i thougth it works, but to reactivate my account the link dont work :( have to try it again at home ^^
Yes Vlisson, active means paid for. You don't have to have any active characters, so "able to play" is not really required in that sence.
Just got this answer on my mail for char transfer so the system is up
and running :D
"We've received your request for a character transfer.
We are reviewing and will email you when the transfer
has been completed or if more information is needed."