Category: Fan Ages News

  • A New Era in D’ni: Kalamee

    A New Era in D’ni: Kalamee

    On Monday, May 1st, 2023 (9679 Leefo 8), in a ceremony held in Chiso Preniv that gathered over 100 explorers and was announced on Cyan’s Twetter feed, Semjay and Patrick Dulebohn gave a speech (a transcript of which you can read below), then unveiled the linking book to Kalamee.

    This was originally an unfinished Intangibles age that was picked up by Semjay to complete. You can find more details about the original design (spoiler alert) at The Lost Library of D’ni. The following is a spoiler-free outline of the backstory of the released age:

    Ancient Kalameeans built the stone circles and erected the monoliths. One day, a big storm and catastrophic flood washed the earth mound and its contents away, leaving the stone structure of the quoit as seen today.

    The age was later linked to by the D’ni; the inhabitants were chased away and a curtain wall was built around the valley, but the age was soon abandoned. Many years passed and eventually a father and daughter arrived and occupied the valley.

    Many more years passed, and the age was found by the DRC. They updated the link-in point and constructed landing pads across the valley. In 2022, Semjay found the book, settled in the house and spent many months clearing the pathways, constructing weirs, repairing structures and replanting trees and crops.

    Note than unlike other ages available in Chiso Preniv, Kalamee is a personal instance; visiting it will save a link in your Nexus. To visit with friends, you will need to go through Chiso Preniv and use the share panel, or send an invite with your KI.

    Calum Traveler posted a postcard in his blog and chatlogs on the Beneath forums. Minasunda made a video of the event.

    Speech transcript (click to expand )

    Patrick Dulebohn:

    Welcome to you all. Thank you for joining us today! Once again, we find ourselves here in Chiso Preniv, ready to open up another Age. And again, we will experience the history and majesty of the D’ni mastery of the Art thanks to the hard work of our volunteer restoration experts. Today, we bring you the Age of Kalamee.

    A bit of the modern history of this Age: A little while back, the D’ni Restoration Council, or DRC as we more commonly know them, was gracious enough to open their “vault” to those of us currently restoring and residing in the cavern and its Ages. Needless to say, there was a lot of exciting material they had to show us! It shows they had been extremely busy all the way up until the very end.

    With that in mind, amongst our other goals, we aim to finish the work that they started. Today, we offer the first Age that is part of that continuation of the DRC’s work, and that is Kalamee. The DRC had just discovered the Age and had begun to set up there when the last restoration ended, so there was quite a lot of work to do.

    Still, you’ll soon see why it piqued the DRC’s interest, as well as the interest of the individual who is largely responsible for completing restoration efforts there. It is because of her tireless work that we are here today! That person is Semjay.

    She spearheaded the majority of the time and energy to finish Kalamee’s extensive restoration and the results are truly a sight to see. We are here today because of her; to honor and celebrate her momentous achievement.

    So, all that said; Semjay, anything you’d like to add?

    Semjay:

    Thank you, Patrick. I would like to say a big thank you to all the people who spent time and trouble to help me make the Age the best I possibly could, and to YOU all for being here. You guys keep this whole thing going, that’s for sure!

    I see some of you wearing the t-shirt already! You can get it from the box by my desk downstairs.

    So, are we ready?

    Patrick Dulebohn:

    I think they’re about ready, yes. Semjay’s got the honors.

  • A New Era in D’ni: Eder Bahvahnter

    A New Era in D’ni: Eder Bahvahnter

    On Monday, April 17, 2023 (9678 Leenovoo 27) Eder Bahvahnter, by Ametist and Dulcamara, was officially opened.

    Linked from a book in a place of protection in Elonin, Eder Bahvahnter is a large garden age, originally written by a D’ni man as a gift to his beloved.

    Minasunda made a video of the opening event, while a chatlog of the speech by Patrick Dulebohn and Ametist was posted on the Beneath IC forum.

    Speech transcript (click to expand )

    Patrick Dulebohn:

    Hello everyone! Welcome to Eder Bahvahnter!

    We’re gathered here for what is always one of the most exciting times: to celebrate a newly-restored Age added to our collective body of work. As you can see, given the sheer size, getting this Age ready for everyone to enjoy was NOT a small feat!

    Today, we’ll hear from two familiar faces to this restoration who were directly involved in tending to the grounds and facilities of Eder Bahvahnter. They are also the team that was previously responsible for the fantastic work in Elonin in the cavern.

    My fellow explorers, please welcome back Dulcamara and Ametist!

    Ametist:

    Thank you Patrick! And thank you all who is here, so good to see you all.

    Our hope is that you will find this garden peaceful and relaxing. Here are many places were one can sit down and think a little, or chat with friends, take a little swim in the pond or cool downby just walking in the stream.

    This garden age was written by a D’ni man as a gift for his beloved and that lovely story can be found in the Journal.

    It was hard work to restore it to this state, but we have had great help and assistance from a whole bunch of explorers. Some of them of the adventurous sort, so I have been holding my breath many times when seeing some of them climbing the highest cliffs or jumping downfrom high up branches!

    Unfortunately a little water leak appeared one day, well, that was me that caused it. I was moving the shelf that stands next to the doorway, above the stairs. I thought it would fit better on the other side of the room. Dulcamara was on the surface and I thought I should surprise her.

    But that shelf was to heavy, and when I tried to push it it fell to the floor and I could hear water from beneath the floor. Somehow a water pipe was broken a bit. So I am sorry about that! This happened recently so we had not enough time to try to fix it. We will of course, but probably we have to break open the floor to get to the leak.

    Anyway, if you walk to close to that rightmost shelf and hear water, just go back down the stair one step or two.When you go up again it’s gone. It is like the vibrations from walking moves the pipe in a way that opens the crack or close it.

    Oh, and speaking of water, we have also restored a new set of rooms in Elonin! There was earlier a closed and locked door, now its unlocked and able to open 🙂

  • News Roundup #28

    ☛ As mentioned in the MOULa update post, the Relto start was given a new video, which was premiered on YouTube on the day of the update; you can watch it in English, French and German.

    Eder Bahvahnter will open on April 17 at 12:00 KIT; you can get there via Elonin, or by sending “to Bahvahnter” in PM to Mir-o-Bot (KI# 32319).

    Kalamee will open on May 1 at 13:00 KIT, in Chiso Preniv; Nosila will provide the music.

    ☛ A new update for the Myst Documentary was posted. There has been great progress on several fronts. The film’s treatment is now complete. A new trailer was completed, to be shown to potential partners to gather the additional funds required to finish the documentary; the trailer will be showcased at Mysterium 2023. Two new excerpts are also available in the article. The Vault of Stories so far has gathered more than 90 volumes with 535 pages.

    ☛ Doobes’ work on the Descent path and the possible integration of more Myst V ages was the focus of an article on Massively Overpowered.

    ☛ The Cavern Communications Network has released the 5th episode of its podcast The Water Cooler Show: an interview with Ametist.

    ☛ A few ages have been ported to VRChat, with Cyan’s approval: Bevin, Eder Tsogal, Kadish Gallery, Ahnonay Cathedral, and more. More info is available at the Virtual Reality Guild Discord server and VRC group.

  • MOULa update OpenUru#211

    MOULa update OpenUru#211

    On April 12 MOULa got another update, with various fixes, improvements and new Ages! A full changelog is available at the bottom of this post.

    You can now add a Chiso book to your Relto. The Relto start got a new intro video. A few more clothing items have been added (you will have to look for them!). The DRC stage has been re-added to the Ae’gura plaza.

    Various fixes have been made to Phil’s Relto books, the Kirel podium audio, the Ahnonay vogondola entry and exit animations, the Wall Game climb region, the rainy Yeesha page holographic, and updates to Serene and Tiam.

    Eder Bahvahnter will be officially opened in a ceremony on Monday 17 at 12:00 KIT, in the public Elonin (you can also get there by sending “to Bahvahnter” in PM to Mir-o-Bot, KI# 32319).

    A note on bugs (click to expand)

    When an update hits MOULa it is almost inevitable that unexpected bugs will show up. For all the testing that can be done, Minkata never sees as many concurrent players as the official server, and not all issues can be catched.

    When the servers have just been restarted, most of the early linking slowness and problems are from the database buffers refilling – and by an overload of concurrent logins 😉

    No additions from Cyan are to be expected for the foreseeable future, apart from server updates, so all improvements and additions will come from fan developers, who dedicate their limited free time to at least try to let MOULa be the best it could potentially be.

    So the best way to deal with bugs is to have patience and report them, mentioning where you were and what you were doing, be it on Cyan’s Discord, OpenUru’s Discord or OpenUru forums.

    If you fancy contributing your work and/or helping with bug fixing, those places are also excellent starting points to be part of the Fourth Restoration 🙂

    OpenUru Build #211d – Quarter 1, 2023
    • [new] Add Age reset into linking books {17}
    • [new] Add Chiso Book to Relto Bookshelf {9}
    • [new] Add Kalamee link panel to Nexus {10}
    • [new] Add Selector to Video GUI {9}
    • [new] Additional Clothing Items {14}
    • [new] Fan Relto Intro replacement for Yeesha intro in Relto start {8}
    • [new] Eder Bahvahnter Age {1}
    • [new] Kalamee Age {16}
    • [new] Restore DRC Stage functionality {2}
    • [update] Add Cannen Filter to Veelay Music {15}
    • [update] Add Updates to Phil’s Relto Book Textures {15}
    • [update] Add Updates to Kirel podium audio for 2023q1 {3}
    • [update] Adjust Ahnonay Vogondola entry/exit animations {9}
    • [update] BlueSpiral improvements and cross-play support {18}
    • [update] Bug fix for Wall Game climb region {9}
    • [update] Chiso Preniv Age {5}
    • [update] Cleft Zandi radio fix {15}
    • [update] Eder Naybree Age {7}
    • [update] Elonin Age {1}
    • [update] Fix Ahnonay waterfall loop {9}
    • [update] Fix Bahro Cave texture issues {12}
    • [update] Fix Incorrect Textures In (Old) Messenger’s Pub {15}
    • [update] Fix rainy Yeesha page holographic {9}
    • [update] Fix shading on the hydrant Cleft book in Relto {6}
    • [update] Force Third person camera when falling out of any Bahro Cave {11}
    • [update] Great Tree Pub {4}
    • [update] Multiplayer cleft windmill fixes {13}
    • [update] New Messengers Pub {4}
    • [update] Reduce flicker of textures when arriving in relto {9}
    • [update] Serene Age {4}
    • [update] Start rain in Phil Relto immediately {9}
    • [update] Tiam Age {1}
    • [update] Wall Game Code fixes {9}
    • [update] [internal] Allow additional Bahro stone style linking GUI {9}
    • [update] [internal] Fix activitiy responder behavior {18}
    • [update] [internal] Refactor SwimDockExit and WallClimb* animations {9}

    Attributions:

    1: ametist
    2: Briggs, Hazado
    3: DapperAndy, Tyion, Zaroth, skyisblu, Taliana, aurora
    4: Doobes
    5: Doobes, Maurus
    6: dpogue
    7: Harley
    8: Harley, Hazado, Maurus, skyisblu, Taliana
    9: Hazado
    10: Hazado, Deledrius
    11: Hazado, Ehren
    12: Hazado, Harley
    13: Hoikas
    14: Hoikas, Maurus, Miles, Korovev, LarryD, Harley, Hazado
    15: Maurus
    16: Semjay
    17: Tweek, Hazado
    18: Zaroth

    (header image by Maurus)

  • MOULa update OpenUru#209

    On December 8 MOULa got another update, with various fixes and improvements for the newly opened Ages! A full changelog is available at the bottom of this post.

    The behavior of the Ahnonay Cathedral doors was changed: now they will stay open until everyone links out. A future update may extend a similar behavior to other doors, possibly re-enabling the doors in the Museum and the Library in Ae’gura.

    The resolution of Atrus’ note in the Cleft has been increased, improving its readability.

    Seasonal decorations were added to the fountain in Eder Naybree.

    A note on bugs (click to expand)

    When an update hits MOULa it is almost inevitable that unexpected bugs will show up. For all the testing that can be done, Minkata never sees as many concurrent players as the official server, and not all issues can be catched.

    When the servers have just been restarted, most of the early linking slowness and problems are from the database buffers refilling – and by an overload of concurrent logins 😉

    No additions from Cyan are to be expected for the foreseeable future, apart from server updates, so all improvements and additions will come from fan developers, who dedicate their limited free time to at least try to let MOULa be the best it could potentially be.

    So the best way to deal with bugs is to have patience and report them, mentioning where you were and what you were doing, be it on Cyan’s Discord, OpenUru’s Discord or OpenUru forums.

    If you fancy contributing your work and/or helping with bug fixing, those places are also excellent starting points to be part of the Fourth Restoration 🙂

    OpenUru Build #209 Build Update

    Content changes:

    • [new] Puzzle state tracking (“sliding”) capability {7}
    • [new] Kirel message for 2022 Quarter 4 added. {4}
    • [update] Chiso Preniv Age remodelling. Caution! Secret door may operate erratically due to its own whims. Repairs are underway. {3}
    • [update] Eder Naybree improvements. Seasonal decorations, lighting, journals. {5}
    • [update] Elonin Age improvements. {2}
    • [update] Tiam Age improvements. Button puzzle usability improvements. {2}
    • [update] Cleft Atrus note readability improvements. {6}
    • [update] Ahnonay Cathedral Door fixes. {3}

    Client changes:

    • [client] (internal) Improved age state (SDL) capabilities {1}

    Attributions:

    1: Adam, Zaroth
    2: ametist
    3: Doobes
    4: Doobes, DapperAndy, skyisblu, Tyion, Zaroth
    5: Harley
    6: Zaroth
    7: Zaroth, Adam

    (source)

  • A New Era in D’ni: Fahets Highgarden

    A New Era in D’ni: Fahets Highgarden

    On Saturday, October 1st, 2022 (9678 Leevot 14), the linking book to Fahets Highgarden, by Tweek, was unveiled in Chiso Preniv.

    Highgarden is an area in the Age of Fahets, one of the first known human-written Ages. Fahets is a large island with a series of smaller islands scattered off its coast; the area of the main island varies from jungle forests and swamp land to barren rocky area.

    Highgarden served as a council getaway for the Third Path, a group that was formed during the first DRC restoration, as an alternative to the DRC and the Great Tree factions.

    With the Third Path now disbanded, Tweek felt it was time to release this age to the public, starting with this area.

    Minasunda made a video of the opening event; Calum Traveler wrote a post in his blog.

  • A New Era in D’ni: Eder Naybree

    A New Era in D’ni: Eder Naybree

    On Friday, September 9, 2022 (9678 Leetar 26), the linking book to Eder Naybree, by Calum Traveler, was unveiled in Chiso Preniv. No ceremony was held, it was a surprise reveal. Minasunda made a video of the event.

    Calum Traveler wrote in his blog:

    Restored by Calum Traveler and Kelsei Taylor, the Age was originally gifted as a retirement gift to a prominent Guild Master, being written during the time of the “Garden Binge.” Afterwards, it passed around many private collections before settling in a public library some time before the Fall.

  • Mysterium 2022

    Mysterium 2022

    The XXIII Mysterium was held in Denver, CO on August 12–14, with the panels and presentations streamed to both Twitch and YouTube.

    Minasunda and Civer Gaming made summary videos; Belford wrote a two-part summary ([1], [2]) in his blog, commenting on Cyan’s announcements.

    Friday started at 10:00 KIT with the Opening Announcements and Cyan’s “State of the Union”, with Eric A. Anderson (Creative Director) and Hannah Gamiel (Development Director). They are super busy developing Firmament (they also showed a preview video), so they will combine Myst’s and Riven’s anniversaries next year. They will share something new every month, including challenge coins, Cyan logo shirts, re-releasing the ebook versions of the Myst novels, and digging through Riven’s archives. They are working with members of the community on “special, secret projects”. There are no plans for an official remake of Uru.

    At 11:30 the Walkabout Mini Golf: Myst panel with Don Carson, Henning Koczy, Lucas Martell, Edward McAndrew of Mighty Coconut studio discussed their approach to design for immersive gameplay with realistic physics, in combining their VR mini golf game with Myst’s iconic island.

    At 14:00 the The Last Clockwinder panel with John Austin and Anita Tung of Pontoco studio talked about their game, developed with Cyan Ventures (which has shifted role from publishing arm to development-support group).

    At 15:00 Kefrith’s Cryptic Contraption presentation revealed his surprise Myst-inspired creation, discussing the setbacks he got into in the creative process.

    At 16:00 the full recording of the concert held by the NULP Dance Group in Elonin was released as a YouTube Premiere.

    At 18:00 it was time for the trip to the Meow Wolf: Convergence Station interactive art series.

    Saturday started at 10:00 KIT with the Cyan Q&A, with Eric Anderson, Rand Miller, Ryan “greydragon” Warzecha discussing what is happening at Cyan, their artistic and technical approach to game design, and the rationale behind some decisions on Myst and Uru lore.

    At 11:15 the MOULa Fan Creations: Tech Development panel with Colin “Maccodemonkey” Cornaby, Adam “Hoikas” Johnson, Darryl “Paradox” Pogue, Paul “rarified” Richards presented the latest development news about MOULa, with an update on the process to make the client cross-platform. To get involved, you can contact the OpenUru team (testing) on Discord, or the H’uru team (developing) on GitHub and IRC.

    At 11:45 the MOULa Fan Creations: Ages panel with Ametist, Patrick “Doobes” Dulebohn, Harley “Calum Traveler”, Keith “Tweek” Lord discussed the challenges of creating and modifying environments for MOULa. The current tool for creating ages is Korman for Blender. You can find tutorials in the GoW wiki; Calum Traveler also made a series of videos.

    At 13:45 the Area Man Lives panel with Amy Green, Ryan Green, Mike Perrotto of Numinous Games, and Ryan “greydragon” Warzecha of Cyan, discussed their VR game produced with Cyan Ventures.

    At 14:45 the highlights of the concert held by the NULP Dance Group in Elonin was released as a YouTube Premiere.

    At 16:00 Erik Oberg’s Libraries of Myst presentation analyzed how libraries fit into Myst, both in the explicit sense of literal, in-game libraries and the broader presence of librarian principles and practices in the Myst universe, as well as how Myst fits into real-world libraries.

    At 19:45 the Achenar: Redemption in One Part panel with Guy Sprung, who played Achenar in Myst IV: Revelation, discussed the process behind playing a character who experiences both sides of being the villain and the savior.

    At 20:45 it was time for Cavern Feud, hosted by Dan Binder, in which teams competed against each other to see who best knows how the Myst community responds to various survey questions, like “what would Yeesha name her cat?” or  “which Myst animal would make the best pet?”

    Sunday started at 10:00 KIT with the Myst Documentary Sneak Peek and Q&A, with Elana Bogdan, Katie “Kha’tie” Postma, Joshua Reinstein, Philip Shane, giving insights into the creation of The Myst Documentary, which will cover Myst, Riven and Uru, the near-collapse of Cyan in 2005 and its climb back in the following years, and the new era that started with Obduction. Attendees had an exclusive sneak peak of the documentary, then they showcased the new online Community Vault of Myst Stories.

    At 12:00 the Closing Ceremonies were held, wrapping up this year’s convention, running the prize drawing, and announcing next year’s location: Spokane!

    Thanks and kudos to the Mysterium Committee, who did a great job at organising and managing the event.

    Looking forward to next year!

  • MOULa update OpenUru#207

    On August 3 MOULa got another big update, with lots of interesting additions! Here are a few highlights; a the full changelog is available at the bottom of this post.

    New Ages

    As revealed at the last few AGMs, a couple of new fan Ages are included in the update, but they will be unveiled in the near future. In the meantime, a few improvements have been added to Chiso Preniv (a new floor is now open, look for number 18), New Messengers Pub, K’veer, Elonin (a global instance has been added), Tiam, Watcher’s Pub. The Gahreesen Wall had a few improvements too.

    Mysterium

    In preparation for Mysterium, the New Messengers Pub has been decked out with decorations and swag to pick up. Be sure to pass by starting on Saturday 13!

    Interface

    Two new commands have been added: /textcolor, to customize the chat text display, and /cough, a new emote. New audio messages and subtitles have been added to the podium in Kirel. New fonts have been added for future use in journals. The name of the sender is now visible in KI messages in the Incoming folder.

    Fixes

    A few, long-standing bugshave been fixed: non-loading marker games can now be deleted, and improper editing is now prevented. The disappearing Dusty ball in Minkata should now be visible. Various fixes for animations and sounds have been added.

    A note on bugs

    When an update, especially one as large as this one, hits MOULa it is almost inevitable that unexpected bugs will show up. For all the testing that can be done, Minkata never sees as many concurrent players as the official server, and not all issues can be catched.

    When the servers have just been restarted, most of the early linking slowness and problems are from the database buffers refilling – and by an overload of concurrent logins 😉

    No additions from Cyan are to be expected for the foreseeable future, apart from server updates, so all improvements and additions will come from fan developers, who dedicate their limited free time to at least try to let MOULa be the best it could potentially be.

    So the best way to deal with bugs is to have patience and report them, mentioning where you were and what you were doing, be it on Cyan’s Discord, OpenUru’s Discord or OpenUru forums.

    If you fancy contributing your work and/or helping with bug fixing, those places are also excellent starting points to be part of the Fourth Restoration 🙂

    OpenUru Build #207 Build Update (click to expand)

    Content changes:
    – [n] New ages, revealed in near future. Even a secret door!{9}
    – [n] Add /cough emote{13}
    – [n] Add /textcolor command to customize text display{13}
    – [n] Add Mysterium and Guild of Instructors clothing{10}
    – [n] Bending a few rules, a “Global” instance of Elonin for group activities. You need to find the link!{5}
    – [n] New audio messages and subtitles for Kirel{14}
    – [n] New fonts to be used in the future for journals{13}
    – [n] The New Messengers Pub has been decked out for Mysterium{8}
    – [u] New “clue” function to imagers{12}
    – [u] Add senders of Incoming KI mail to KI Recents folder{13}
    – [f] Fix a behavior regression in Relto Start path regarding Pellet Cave Code{10}
    – [f] Fix clothing ordering in closet{10}
    – [f] Fix K’veer to prevent it from registering as a City link{10}
    – [f] Fix pod portals so they don’t stick around{10}
    – [f] Fix relto door animations{10}
    – [f] Fix relto page sound{10}
    – [f] Fix relto rain on roof sound{11}
    – [u] Prevent improper Marker Game editing, permit deleting non-loading Marker Games{13}
    – [u] Improvements to Chiso Preniv, New Messengers Pub, K’veer Ages{6}
    – [u] Improvements to Elonin, Tiam Ages{4}
    – [u] Improvements to Gahreesen wall game{10}
    – [u] Improvements to Great Tree (Watcher’s) Pub, new Nexus book{6}
    – [u] Remove “Visitor” from game selection screen{10}
    – [u] Subtitle corrections{13}
    – [u] Updates to Phil’s Relto Bookshelf{7}

    Client changes:
    – [u] Under the hood improvements for KI{13}
    – [f] Fix disappearing Dusty in Minkata{1}
    – [f] Fix infrequently encountered startup error when age files updated{3}

    Key:
    [n] new
    [f] fixed
    [u] updated
    Attributions:
    1: Adam{Hoikas}, Hazado
    2: Adam{Hoikas}, Hazado, Zaroth
    3: Adam{Hoikas}, Zaroth
    4: ametist
    5: ametist, Doobes
    6: Doobes
    7: Doobes, Ehren
    8: Doobes, Harley, Hazado
    9: Doobes, Tweek, Harley
    10: Hazado
    11: Hazado, Doobes, Maurus
    12: Hazado, Zaroth
    13: Zaroth
    14: Zaroth, DapperAndy, Tyion, skyisblu, Taliana
    (source)

  • A New Era in D’ni: Elonin

    A New Era in D’ni: Elonin

    On Friday, April 29, 2022 (9678 Leefo 7), in a ceremony held in Chiso Preniv that gathered over 45 explorers and was announced on Cyan’s Twetter feed, Ametist, Dulcamara and Patrick Dulebohn gave a speech (a transcript of which you can read below), then unveiled the linking book to Elonin, by Dulcamara & Ametist. Cyantist Chogon also showed up at the event.

    Originally made available (as ‘the Loft’) on February 14, 2021, Elonin (“elevated” in D’ni) is a cozy residence in a neighborhood by the same name close to the Lake. There are various rooms and a couple of garden domes. If you look closely, you will find clues to unlock a hidden section 😉

    Note than unlike other Ages available in Chiso Preniv, Elonin is a personal instance; visiting it will save a link in your Nexus (this has been fixed for Tiam too). To visit with friends, you will need to go through Chiso Preniv and use the share panel, or send an invite with your KI.

    Kelsei A. Taylor posted a chatlog on the Beneath forums. Calum Traveler posted a postcard in his blog and made a video of the event. Minasunda also made a video of the event.

    Patrick’s and Ametist’s speech (click to expand )

    Patrick Dulebohn:

    Hello one and all, and welcome back to Chiso Preniv!

    As has become a rather lovely tradition now, we’ve congregated here once more to celebrate another fascinating piece added to the historic puzzle that is D’ni.

    While the Ages are a large part of our ongoing restoration efforts, we must not forget the important – and, at times, back-breaking – work being done right at home to re-open locations in the cavern as well.

    With that in mind, I’d like to introduce you to the two restoration experts who are responsible for what you will see today.

    Please welcome Dulcamara and ametist!

    Ametist:

    Yet again we are pleased to be able to open up a newly restired area to you all, this time within the cavern!

    Uncle Rebus and his friends restored much of it. Later he gave the linking book to Dulcamara and she continued the restoration. She then called me in to assist with making it ready to be public.

    These last months many friends have been helping us to fix the last things, oiling squeeking door hinges, hammering in spike heads, carrying things back and forth, you know all these little things that take so much time!

    Big, big thanks to you all!!

    There are still a few passages that need some work so those doors are closed off. But work is ongoing there!

    The linking book that has been tucked away in Uncle Rebus’ chest for so long is now going to have its place here in Chiso Preniv! Much better if you ask me 🙂

    A big thanks to Patrick for making room for it, and thank you all that helped Elonin to go ‘all clear’!

    So, those of you that want to explore together with us, Dulcamara will share her book with you; so when she gets to the book, please form a line beside her.