The Halloween Event of 2010 lasted from 22:00 GMT on Friday October 29th until the early hours of Monday November 1st. There were some additions that lasted throughout the weekend and some happenings at set times.
The entire event was considered OOC and thus didn't actually happen in the history of Atys.
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Official Announcement
“Are you scared of the Boogieman? Have you ever been scared out of your mind watchng "A Nightmare on Elm Street"? Have you ever had nightmares when you were little, waking up shaking and covered in sweat?
Yes?
Well, you aint seen nothing yet!
To celebrate Halloween this year, Ryzom invites you on 30 and 31 October, to tremble with fear while suffering the wrath of the Souleaters, who are out to ruin your life. Find them and kill them before they do the same to you.
On 31 October, at 19:00 GMT, three special King bosses will lead the scourge of legend that makes your nightmares real.
Whill you be strong enough to stand up and fight them untill victorious?
NB : These events are out of character and have no influence on daily roleplay of Ryzom
Official Website[1]
Scenery Changes
Some changes were made to the scenery to give the world a more fitting look for Halloween:
- The stables got a new model with a giant burning pumpkin on top.
- Yubos were given a skeletal look and Bodocs were given a zombie look.
- Bubbles was renamed Yubones, prompting this to become a nickname for all skeletal Yubos.
- The moons of Atys were changed into a scary pumpkin face and a scary skull, respectively.
- Fog, mist and purple smoke appeared all over every city.
Tattoos
For each race, there was one Halloween tattoo for sale at the tattoo vendor. This tattoo was different for each race and replaced one of the regular tattoos for the duration of the weekend.
Maze of Terror
The abandoned kitin nest of Withered Stock in Grove of Umbra was transformed into the Maze of Terror. During the entire weekend, players could enter the maze of terror to search for the 4 apartment items hidden within. The hidden items were:
- A sandstorm from a sign hidden in the bamboo maze.
- A tiny jack-o-lantern from finding the right Sickly Yubo among a whole herd of them
- A goo cloud from finding the right Tree of Sorrow amongst a whole forest of them.
- A carcass from finding the right Egg amongst a whole batch of them.
The Soul Eaters
From the moment the event started, NPCs in cities started dropping dead, and Soul Eaters would appear in region chat commenting on how they were stealing their souls. By about 18:00 GMT on Saturday, there wasn't an NPC alive in any of the cities anymore.
The camp of the Soul Eaters was then finally found in Nexus, prompting a mass of homins to travel there an attempt to free the captured souls. There were 2 Soul Eaters there; one of them demanded scary stories in return for the captured souls, the other demanded to be bested in combat, becoming stronger every time it was beaten.
4 homins each told a scary story to the first Soul Eater, and the populations of 2 towns were released for each scary story. The second Soul Eater was engaged by a small army of homins and defeated over a dozen times, and in return released the souls of the remaining towns and all the capital cities. Once that was done, the Soul Eaters disappeared, leaving their camp abandoned.
Fashion Show
At 22:00 GMT, a fashion show was held in the Agora of Pyr, where homins could show off their Halloween costumes to be judged and a winner would be chosen.
Storytime
On 19:00 GMT on Sunday, Atys-renowned bard Drakfot told the crowd at the Fairhaven stables her scary story about a haunted house at Sandy Workshop that appeared only once a year on Halloween. Afterwards, she and some listeners decided to travel to Sandy Workshop and to their surprise did find a mysterious ruined house that had never been there before. Inside the house they found a locker containing a small jack-o-lantern.
Invasion
The last part of the event took place on 19:00 GMT on Sunday, at Destiny's End in Nexus. Homins were told to expect an invasion force there and several teams gathered in preparation. They were beset by waves of Sprightly Yubos, Grunting Frippos and Voracious Yelks. Though they withstood the first waves, once the creatures started coming together the homins were defeated.
Twice they had to retreat from the hill and retake it, before finally the leaders of the invasion came out. Each one again called in aid from waves of Yubos, Frippos and Yelks, but by now the homins had learned from their mistakes and won each battle with little difficulty.
After being defeated, each leader left a treasure behind that contained a new apartment item for everyone there. A small jack-o-lantern, a large jack-o-lantern, and a noxious gas cloud.