<Archers Vow> The Journey Continues!

[fiveeauxfour]

this is great

[Sorn]

best guild thread

DoF approved!

(for real, we all read your posts)

[SamwiseRed]

Tight guild, come to red. EQ has a history of class only pvp guilds. I believe there used to be a rogue only pvp guild back in the day. Would be cool to see a group of archers lay waste to someone.

[Relbaic]

2 days without an update, I don't like this feeling.

[Ivory]

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2 days without an update, I don't like this feeling.

I just been workin :P Can't live in EQ always! Though I did get on a bit tonight for some adventure [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Syche]

Amazing group of adventurers. Can't wait to slay Woushi weekly to try and get you that bow!

[Ivory]

After my battles with Wuoshi, I stayed in the Wakening Lands hunting tigeraptors outside of the Dragons city.

That was, until an Iksar shaman showed up looking for adventure.

This was my chance! To try and hunt holgreshes! And maybe get a strong wooden branch! (It is surprisingly hard to find strong wooden branches in a forest!)

So, we set out together to find the home of the holgreshes.

I had seen an area where they wandered around....it seemed like a good place to start.

And, sure enough, after some searching we found a cave nearby...

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Of course, being a ranger, it was my job to go scout ahead. I could see their tracks everywhere, this was definitely the spot. Though, I was prepared for what I discovered inside....

They had an army!!

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Me and the shaman decided the best way to stop them was to kill their general.....and the shaman knew how to lure him out alone.

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It was a hard fight! But we were victorious!

After that, we kept hunting the lower ranking holgreshes....but....somehow none of them had strong wooden branches. Though, I did find a lot of their mojo sticks, which seemed pretty useful.

The only problem was after all of the hunting I was running low on arrows. So I waved goodbye to Pooma and I set out back to Thurgadin to restock.

But as I got near the great divide....I could sense something was wrong....there were giant tracks everywhere!!!

It seems with me gone from Thurgadin for so long, the giants decided to launch another attack on the dwarves!!! Was I too late?!

No! The fight was still going on! In fact, I could hear shouting as the giants greatest fighter was preparing to attack the <Awakened> defenders! I had to help them!!

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Running as fast as I could, I got there just before the giants fighter showed up....shooting almost the rest of my arrows, we were victorious! The dwarf city was saved!!!!

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Afterwards there was celebration and the greatest defender in the battle, an ogre named Spongee, was even rewarded with fancy dwarf treasure.

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Happy the dwarves were saved this time, I went inside to restock for more adventure. As I was doing that and talking with some of the <Awakened> I started to hear rumors about a strange bow....

They said it was a "bow" you could even fight with up close....a weapon whose power could only be fully realized in the hands on an archer....I had never heard of something like that!! I had to have it!!!!

So they told me if I wanted one, I just had to gather a few things. How hard could that be?........it looked like it was time for another adventure!

[Ivory]

It wasn't long until I found myself in Iceclad ocean....a place I didn't visit long. Cold waters? Icebergs? It really wasn't my favorite place....especially since I wasn't the best swimmer.

But, apparently the first piece to get the mythical "bow" was here somewhere. Seaworthy Planking? How hard could that be?

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Days went by as I searched the icebergs..... swimming more than I ever had before! Rumors even said that seaworthy planking might have sunken to the bottom of the ocean.....so I checked there too....

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I must have traveled across the Iceclad oceans a million times looking for something that looked seaworthy!! The gnomes didn't have it, the gnolls didn't have it, it wasn't on icebergs...or under icebergs....

What made it worse is every now and then I would see a ship pass by.....if only I could get a piece from that!!! ....but it was too fast to catch.

Exhausted from searching, I eventually fell asleep on one of the icebergs.

When I awoke the next day though....I was shocked to see plankings had washed up on the very iceberg I had fell asleep on!!!!! Right there in front of me! It was surely the work of Tunare! My first piece had been found!!!

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[Ivory]

The next thing I needed to find was some rope....a lot of it. Luckily I had heard stories of a ship carrying rope sinking in a place called Cobalt Scar.

Even better was that the entrance to the Cobalt Scar was through the Dragons City! After saving the dwarves and helping to kill the giants champion fighter...I was sure they would like me even more than before! (At least, as long as no one told them about what I did to Wuoshi).

So, I made my way back to the city as fast as I could.

When I got there I met another Iksar whom the dragons seemed to like too. It makes sense, Iksars are dragons too.

He told me he knew about the entrance to Cobalt Scar, but that it was locked....and the only way through was with a key.

After some investigating I discovered the key was being guarded by a drake. No problem! Elves are known for their negotiating skills!!!

But, when I found the drakes room...the Iksar was there already....and the drake seemed to be asleep....on the ground..... Oh well, no negotiating needed it seemed!!!!

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I grabbed the key and within minutes I found myself standing in Cobalt Scar!!! It was time to find that ship!!!

Though, before that, I made an amazing discovery!!! Looking out of the window at the cliff in Cobalt scar....I discovered the cliff looks like a cat from above!!

Just pointing that out, it is pretty important.

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My next discovery was Cobalt Scar was home to an entire civilization of Otter people!!!! The elves in Kelethin had never been told about Otter people!!!!!

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Surely they would know more about any ships sinking around there...and they seemed nice enough.

So I went down to ask them if they had any information.

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They told me to talk with their chief....I just had to figure out who that was....

And then I saw it.

It was amazing.

An otter person....with a magnificent hat!!! And fancy outfit! It had to be the chief!!! Who else would have such an amazing hat and be so fancy?!

These otter people were a great people indeed!!!

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The chief said he knew about a few ships that had sunk....but said his otter divers had seen chests in the one just off shore. Seemed like a good place to start.

So, using my great swimming skills I had practice in the Iceclad Ocean...I swam out to see for myself.

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I found the ship easy enough, and began to scout around. Sure enough, there were some treasure chests in it. It had to have the rope I needed!

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The only problem is as I got close....the chests sprang to life and attacked me!! They were possessed!!!! Or, maybe they were always like that? Who ships monster chests?!

Anyhow, I knew how to handle this.....arrows!!! (And a few snares, which surprisingly still work on things without legs!)

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It was a long fight, but in the end the chest was no match for my arrows. Carefully I reached inside, past the chests monster teeth, and pulled out its...guts? No no! It was rope! Over 100 feet of it!!!

All that was left was to find a huge drakes wing!!! ....but.....the only place to find that was.....the Western Wastes....

[Ivory]

Even I had heard stories about the Western Wastes. Giant wurms....dragons....cliffs higher than a tower.....and, of course, just how dangerous it was to get there. Through the home of Sirens!

It was no place for an inexperienced archer.....but I wouldn't let that stop me!

My first step was to find out where this Sirens home was! I didn't think I could get through it...but, I had to at least go see.

I asked some wyverns if they had heard about it, and they told me just to swim along the cliffs....until I saw an underwater entrance.

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That seemed....pretty easy to miss....and, actually I almost did!! But luckily I found what he had been talking about.

When I went inside, I realized rumors about getting through it were true....it looked pretty dangerous.

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But, I could hear some people fighting inside!! Humm, maybe they could use an archer? But, on the other hand, I wasn't sure making sirens hate me was a good idea....well, they already didn't like me, but that is a big difference from wanting me dead on sight!

As I was trying to decide, a druid appeared! She had been fighting with deeper in the grotto and seen me nearby!! But, she had got separated from her group...which might have been my fault....

Luckily, her spells instantly teleported us through the grotto! It couldn't have worked out better!! And she was able to rejoin her group!

Even more fortunate was when I entered into the Western Wastes through the tunnel... I saw some more adventurers....they were from <Awakened> !! The same people I had fought with against Wuoshi!! And then the giant wars!!

They were surprised to see me there, having gotten through the Grotto while still having so much to learn. Upon finding out that I was hunting giant drakes, they offered to help me! And, they had two ogres with them!

Somehow, suddenly, I had a hunting party! Things were working out better than I had imagined!

It was time to hunt these giant drakes....and prepare for the battle.

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Finding them was surprising easy, since they seemed to be watching the entrance to the grotto. Tunare definitely was on my side today.

So, we sent one of the ogres out to bait them. Giant drakes love eating ogres I hear.

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But, there was a problem....the smaller drakes wouldn't leave the side of Tranala! The giant drake!

I knew what I had to do....I ran out of the cave we had set the ambush in and began to calm the smaller drakes as best I could!

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My distraction must have worked, because moments later we were able to lure Tranala into the cave....the worse place for a giant drake! Since the close walls gives it no room to fly!!

Though, maybe it was her who was trapping us? Because the close cave walls also helped her channel her icey breath .....at least on the others, I made sure to keep my distance (an archer doesn't fall for such tricks!).

Indeed, the fight was close! Naethyn almost falling a few times, but managing to stay alive!

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After a long fight, filled with arrows... we did it!! Tranala was defeated! And I had her wing!!

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It was time to travel further into the wastes...to find the stranded gnomes I had heard about, and bribe their unique "bow" from them.