Posted on: Fri, 06/08/2018 - 21:53 By: Khyro

Huntsman Challenge #2: Trinsic Calls for Aid!

Chesapeake Player Event
June 2018 Huntsman Challenge

The Story Continued

It is the evening hours on a warm Spring night. Tarisber Hawkeye enters his cabin located in the woods of Nidaros, content from his recent success in helping make the roads safer for all that travel. It has been many nights since Tarisber has been home to his cabin and able to relax. Several parchments line his table, no doubt delivered recently by the local courier at the Ranger's Guild.

The Grizzly Bear population has finally been brought under control and they are no longer brazenly approaching caravans. It would appear that the sense of fear has been returned to the Grizzlies, as they are now once again wary of human interaction. He can only hope this peace with the Grizzlies will last. Tarisber briefly furrows his brow when he thinks of all the Grizzly Bears that were hunted to accomplish this, but quickly reminds himself that it was for the greater good.

Tarisber's thoughts shift suddenly as he picks up a parchment on his table and begins to read. It is news from the Skara Brae trade minister. They indicate that they are once again receiving shipments of goods from Vesper and other cities, and the rioting over supplies in the town has subsided. "Great News!", thought Tarisber, as he continues to shuffle through the parchments.

The next parchment is from the Governor of Trinsic, Phoenix. She thanks Tarisber for his work and indicates that since trade routes are so plentiful now they are able to supply their farmers with extra supplies and their farms are flourishing like never before. "More chickens than you've ever seen!", exclaimed Phoenix in the letter. "Vegetables are growing like never before, livestock are roaming free in the fields, and citizen approval has never been higher!". "How fortuitous", thought Tarisber, especially with elections upon us. He quietly contemplates taking a vacation to Trinsic in the coming weeks.

Weary from all his recent work, Tarisber decides to call it a night. He settles into bed and begins to drift off. Suddenly, Tarisber is awoken by a loud crash through his window. "Oh no! The Grizzlies are here for revenge!", he tiredly thought to himself. He leaps out of bed and goes for his hunting knife, "come at me Grizzlies!", he menacingly growls. Noticing no Grizzlies in his cabin, he stands confused for a moment. "Was that a dream?", he confusingly thought to himself as he lowers his knife.

Just then, he notices some movement out of the corner of his eye. It appears to be a messenger pigeon walking in circles on the ground, no doubt dazed from crashing through his window. He picks up the pigeon which remarkably appears to be uninjured and notices a scrap of parchment tied to its leg. Tarisber begins to untie the parchment and notices the seal of Trinsic is adorned up on it. "I thought Trinsic pigeons were top of the line", Tarisber mumbles, "why did this poor thing crash through my window?"

As Tarisber finishes removing the parchment from the pigeon, he notices a "Raised in Minoc" tag attached to it. "Ahh… that explains it", he chuckles to himself. "I wonder why Phoenix would use a non-official pigeon", he contemplates, "whatever she is trying to convey she must want kept off the record." Tarisber opens the parchment and begins to read…

"Ranger Hawkeye, please, you must help! The increase of supplies to our farmland has also seemed to attract many Grey Wolves! There are migrating south and coming into the farms in droves! The farmers cannot fend them off and they are destroying our crops and livestock! The farmers have begun rioting, they demand action be taken.

The City Guard is already stretched thin trying to keep order in Trinsic, we cannot re-task them with guarding our farms. I told them we were doing what we could, but they were not happy. An angry farmer picked up his pitchfork and led a charge upon the Governor's Office! I was forced to retreat out my secret escape tunnel and I am currently in hiding for fear of personal harm.

I am calling upon your expertise with wild animals to help us with this matter. Please, if you can do anything to deter the Grey Wolves from settling near us and attacking our farms, I would be in your debt! I fear I must remain in hiding until the situation has de-escalated. Please reach out to my trusted adviser, Cutthroat Sally, at the Tea House outside Homare in the Tokuno Islands if you are able to assist."

Wide awake now, Tarisber lowers the parchment. "This is terrible!", he says to the pigeon, before realizing he was just talking to a pigeon. "Coo Coo!", replies the pigeon.

"I must travel at once to the Tokuno Islands and inform Cutthroat Sally that I will assist in this matter", Tarisber thinks to himself this time, before giving the pigeon the 'shifty eyes'.

Tarisber grabs a blank parchment and addresses it to the Ranger's Guild for immediate release.

 

Huntsman Parchment

Event Details

Shard: Chesapeake

From the rest of June, until the 30th @ 11:59pm EST, anyone that turns in a completed hunting permit marking the kill of a Grey Wolf will be automatically entered in for a chance to win various prizes.

The recorded kill with the Heaviest weight will be declared the winner. See below for prizes and additional ways to win.

The bonus hunting location for this challenge is "The Forest West of Trinsic". If your permit is the winning permit, and it is from the bonus location, you will win an extra reward.

To participate, obtain a Hunter's Permit from The Huntmaster located in the Ranger's Guild outside the City of Skara Brae. Click on The Huntmaster and choose the menu option for "Get Hunting Permit". Permits cost 5000 gold pieces each, which will be deducted directly from your account balance. You may carry as many permits on you as you want.

 

Location of the Skara Brae Ranger's Guild

 

 

 

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For your convenience, runes to the Ranger's Guild can also be found at the following [CAH] houses in New Magincia:

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You may also take the Public House Teleporter from the SW [CAH] house, which will take you to the Nidaros Hunting Lodge. From there, it is a very short run West to the Ranger's Guild:​

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After acquiring your Hunting Permit(s), head out into the woods and locate a Grey Wolf. Once you have slain a Grey Wolf, double-click the hunting permit in your backpack, then target the corpse of the Sea Serpent to record the kill. You can review the stats of your kill by mousing over the permit.

If you are happy with the stats of your kill, return your permit to any mailbox at the Nidaros Hunting Lodge. You may enter more than once!

Note: To be eligible, all permits must be dated in June 2018 and they must be turned into a Mailbox before the final collection is made at the close of the contest. We will not be accepting late permits.

 

Permit Turn-In Location:

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Endless Journey Notice

If you are an Endless Journey account, you will be unable to deposit your permit into the Mailbox. This is due to EJ restrictions for using Lock Down items. You are still able and encouraged to participate! Just ask in General Chat if anyone would be able to deposit it for you, more than likely there will be someone online that is happy to help you! If not, just send me a message and I will meet you in-game to collect your permits.

Prizes

  • 1st Place
    • The winner will get their animal stuffed, mounted, and turned into a trophy (a copy of the winning trophy will also be setup in the Nidaros Hunting Lodge).
    • A Huntmaster's Champion Reward Title Deed
    • Their choice of ONE of the following packages:
      • Package One: 10 Million Gold Pieces
      • Package Two: A set of 110/115 Animal Taming Power Scrolls, which include:
        • 115 Wrestling
        • 110 Tactics
        • 110 Anatomy
        • 110 Resisting Spells
        • 110 Parry
        • 110 Focus
        • 110 Meditation
        • Choice of: 120 Chivalry, 120 Ninjitsu, or 120 Bushido
      • Package Three: 
        • A full set of Elemental Damage Double-Axes, and a set of Super Slayer Bladed Staves, fully powdered and ready to imbue
      • Package Four: A Soulstone Fragment Token and a +25 Stat Scroll
    • Bonus: Should the winning permit be from "The Forest West of Trinsic", the winner will receive an additional 5 Million Gold, plus their chosen reward package.
  • 2nd Place
    • 5 Million Gold or a Soulstone Fragment Token
    • A trophy commemorating your near victory
  • 3rd Place
    • 3 Million Gold
    • A trophy commemorating your near near victory
  • Tie Breaker
    • In the event of a tie, the hunter that submitted the permit with the Earliest kill date will be declared the winner. If multiple hunters submit a winning permit with the same weight and date, the reward will be Package One and split between the winners evenly.
  • Honorable Mentions
  • Guaranteed Rewards
    • Everyone that submits at least 1 permit will get a reward!

Collecting Your Rewards
At the close of the contest, after all the kills have been tallied, we will have a brief event where we announce the winners of the contest. The event date will be announced at the close of the contest.

You must be present at this event to receive your reward. If you are unable to attend the event, just send me a message (In-Game, Stratics, or Discord) and let me know and we will make other arrangements for you to get your reward.

If you do not attend and do not make an effort to contact me, it will be assumed you do not want your reward and it will be added to the prize pool for the next challenge.

Gather your gear and sharpen your weapons!

Good luck hunters!