Post by Murasaki on Jan 18, 2015 19:39:58 GMT
The Coconia Lunar Festival
January 18th - February 23rd*
* Event starts and ends according to Pacific Standard Time. It starts at the moment this thread is up and ends at 11:59 PM on February 23th.
See the clock at the top of the page or the chatbox timestamp to find out what time it is for the site.
It is that time of the year again and love has filled the air, giving all within the Unfounded Kingdom a new look on life. Whether if be a deep long term romance or a newly found crush, adventurers and people of the land are welcomed to celebrate their love ones during this time. During the event various incentives will be handed out to Adventurers to ensure they perform at their best and show only their best to their loved ones.
The Unfounded Kingdom was originally a server available for players across the world to connect to, and since the Apocalypse, many of its traditions have melded together. Two of such celebrations include the Lunar New Year Festival and Valentine's Day (often called other names such as Coconia Day, Singles Awareness Day, Cheap Chocolate's Day Eve, etc).
Now as the season arrives, the appearance of the Unfounded Kingdom has changed up a little.
Atmosphere!
Londinium District: The streets are decorated with a number of pink, red, and gold streamers decorating the city. There are a number of merchant and festival stands that sell Coconia foods, predict one's love life future, fortunetelling, speed dating, and many more. The city is very festive, transformed by the power of Adventurers. Pink, heart-shaped trees cover the Windsor Greatwood, giving it a more festive atmosphere. Official event thread here!
Sarum Frontier: The peaceful farming town brings out its Coconia harvest during this time of year, giving a plentiful supply to anyone willing to travel a little ways out from Londinium. Due to farmer families wishing to marry off their daughters, the local Lander population is fairly enthusiastic about this holiday. You will find that many farmers are extra polite to you. For those lonely Adventurers needing some appreciation this year, Sarum is a strong choice. The Moon Dance Village is also decorated in the season but tends to focus more on the Lunar New Year aspect to the season. You will see the village decorated in red and gold, with statues and banners of dragons and lions everywhere. Official event thread here!
Avon Valley: As the winter snows start to melt, the beautiful spring landscape of the Avon Valley starts to show. The many villages surrounding the main city traditionally hold their own small festivals, making each experience a unique one. When you get into Stratford, the patrolling Wardens also seem a little more festive at this time of year. Perhaps you may be able to go out drinking or partying with some of them on their breaks. Stratford can be said to be having a similar atmosphere to Londinium but with a greater emphasis on a carnival-type atmosphere and a number of private social events and parties. Official event thread here!
Can we join all of them? Yes. They take place on different days, see each thread for details.
Companions!
This Event's AP bonus is a +10% word count bonus if you possess a Coconia Charm and participate in any thread. This bonus goes up to +20% if two people in the thread (including you) possess Coconias, +30% if three people, up to 50% if there are five people with Coconia Charms! This bonus stacks with other bonuses, up to a maximum of +50% total from all bonuses applied. So possessing a Coconia Charm will certainly improve the spirit of all your Mentor and Guild/Alliance Threads! Also, for all Coconia Lunar Festival official event threads, the event AP bonus will always be +50% to all characters, even if you don't have a Coconia Charm!
You're wondering how to find a Coconia Charm? All you need to do is post at least 5 times throughout all the Coconia Lunar Festival event threads. It can be the one in Londinium, Sarum, or Avon. It can even be all three! After you make 5 posts and submit those posts here (only links to the posts, we're not checking AP in this thread), you're provisionally approved and can consider yourself to have a Coconia Charm for any threads you post in.
Event Craftable Recipes!
Coconia Fruit - Rank I to X food ingredient. A pink heart-shaped fruit that has a distinctive sweet taste, making it extremely popular as an ingredient to enhance other sweet-tasting foods. It does come with an unusual effect if eaten during the Valentine's season. It's said that eating this fruit or a dish cooked from it will make one confess their true love. Of course, this true love may be a person... or it could be something inanimate. "I LOVE CURRY!!!", as quoted by a certain Enchanter on the Yamato server. Can be used to substitute for any Food or Beverage ingredient in a craft. Material fee: 250 gold
Coconia Dish
Materials Required: 1 Coconia Fruit (250 gold material fee), 2 Ingredients or Beverages
Posts Required: 2
Requirement: N/A (Craftable up to Level 10 by Non-Chefs or Non-Brewers)
A special recipe available for the Coconia Event. It is usually in the form of a sweet-tasting dessert or cocktail, and consuming it gives one the urgent sense to confess their feelings about something they love. Other examples can be found in each of the Coconia Event threads' specialty dishes. If this item is used on another character in a thread, the original item's owner as well as the user will receive a slight 10% bonus to physical/magic attack and physical/magic defense when they are within 5 meters of each other for a duration equal to this item's level in minutes.
Guild Involvement!
It's a very festive time for the entire server and guilds are no exception either. If your guild is interested in holding any special events for the duration of this event, please post in this thread to announce your plans. If approved, we will allow you to start a new site within one of the event subforums.
Participating Guilds: (guild names)
Event thread: (which area, Londinium/Sarum/Stratford?)
Description of your site: (write it similarly to the site descriptions in each event thread)
What will be done at the site?: (Is it a Valentine's party area like some of the others? A raid where you fight Lunar Lions or Dragons? A Coconia Fruit picking location?)Any guild-run event sites that receive substantial popularity according to member activity will receive additional bonuses at the end of the event!
