Events
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Shadowmoor Council (Mar. 2001) - Public session. The village people are
discussing topics of general interest |
Shadowmoor Council (Mar. 2001) - Closed session. The council members are
now occupied with the close session. In the public Hall, some villagers
are chatting. |
Landslore Challenge (Mar. 2001) - The contestants for the first Challenge
gather at Shadowmoor and sign up for the competition. |
Landslore Challenge (Mar. 2001) - One of the landmarks touched by this
competition was the ancient tower in the center of the Hedge Maze. Here we
see a contestant receiving a clue for the next landmark. |
Landslore Challenge (Mar. 2001) - In the Hidden Valley, the last landmark
touched by the Challenge. Here you see the 2nd (Teleri) and 3rd (Auriel)
contestant arriving there almost togheter. |
Trinsic Grand Council (Mar. 2001) - A delegation from Shadowmoor is
received by the Trinsic Council. The artisans of the moor are preparing a
caravan headed to Trinsic Grand Market. |
Crokneru gets a promotion (Feb. 2001) - After 9 months and 18 days, the
village scout is finally promoted to Shadowmoor Scout! |
Brutus got a dream (Feb. 2001) - I won't comment on this one... |
Artarion attack on the Shadowmoor (Feb. 2001)
- Defenders are gathering. A storm of lightnings is hitting the village and
the conversion crystal is glowing.
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Artarion attack on the Shadowmoor (Feb. 2001) - In the heat of the battle: a blistering wywern and dozens deamons are
leading the minions of Artarion. |
Artarion attack on the Shadowmoor (Feb. 2001) - A moment of rest - one of the first waves has been defeated. The
blistering wyvern lies dead on the ground along with the rest of the
creatures. No losses in the defenders ranks so far |
Artarion attack on the Shadowmoor (Feb. 2001) - The Fire Fiend - at last it comes a creature of unbelievable strenght and
power: the fire fiend. A long and deadly fight begins. |
Artarion attack on the Shadowmoor (Feb. 2001) - The fire fiend is finally killed with a few losses in our ranks. The
survivors now wonder if the attack is over. |
Artarion attack on the Shadowmoor (Feb. 2001) - A crowd gathers at Shadowmoor. The defenders of the other places
attacked by Artarion's creatures are now gathering at the village.
Suddendly, Xenthyl the Phantom appears. |
Artarion attack on the Shadowmoor (Feb. 2001) - Xenthyl reveals to the crowd that Lord Ventryn himself is at his lair. The
Phantom opens a facet gate and then another gate to Ventryn's lair. |
Artarion attack on the Shadowmoor (Feb. 2001) - Ventryn is indeed found in his secret lair. He is severely injuried, a
large hole in his head. Some basic healing is needed to avoid his death. A
decision is made to carry Ventryn to Shadowmoor, for further
interrogation. |
Artarion attack on the Shadowmoor (Feb. 2001) - The caravan finally reaches for Shadowmoor. Ventryn is in bad conditions,
barely alive. |
Artarion attack on the Shadowmoor (Feb. 2001) - Ventryn is taken to the Shadowmoor Guild Hall, in the prison cell. While
some are questioning him, some of the heroes who helped in the defense
rest their bones in the large meeting room. |
Madok's funeral - Gathering at Shadowmoor. Brutus and Gaidin are about to
take the druid body from the his resting bed. |
Madok's funeral - on the path to the Justice Shrine, sacred to the Druids. |
Madok's funeral - Uriel d'Ascalon's speech at Justice Shrine. A moment of
commotion while Uriel enlights us on what Justice means to Druids and to a
Rangers |
Madok funeral - the Grave. In a place sacred to the rangers, we say the
last goodbye to our fallen friend. This place is now Madok's Grave by his
friends. Farewell, duid. |
Sorcha
& Andrew wedding. At this time, Sorcha was still an Initiate to our
band and Andrew was an officer of the Royal Army of Britannia. The
ceremony was held in Nuje'lm. |
Yew
Festival. The guests gather at the Sturdy Bow, in Yew. Dove the Healer (in
white robes) is giving instructions for the upcoming Archery Tournment. A
little market has been installed by the Craftsmen of Yew. |
Yew
Festival. The Archery Tournment is going to start. The last instructions
are being given, and the archers are lined up.
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Yew
Festival. The Archery Tournment is over and the whole party has moved to
the Kent's Last Pint. Festivities are open! You can also enjoy a very rare
view the beautiful Chani in a simple "paesant" uniform. |
Rangers
Gathering. One of our gatherings. This one was held at the Bear Lodge. We
have several gatherings in the course of the year. Most of them are held
in remote places in the woods, where we feel home. The gatherings are
occasions to meet, discuss the recent events, exchange informations on the
state of the land, and take important decisions concerning the guild and
its members. |
It
is the end of the 1999, in Britannia, the rangers are playing with
snowballs. Suddendly, a new game is born. A club, four bases, a launcher,
and little esle is needed. An appropriate name for this game is still to
be decided. Someone proposed Snowball... |
New
Years Eve. At Kent's, Yew. Rangers and their friends are celebrating the
upcoming new year. MacGregor is inside his "castle" and
challenges everyone to go take him. It'll end up in a bloodbath, of
course. |
The
Stars Room. Perigon Golan knew a secret place. He called a gathering
of rangers and invited them to follow him there. A perillous
jurney it was: down into the underground of Terhatan Keep. Great battles
were fought that day and in the end a band of rangers with some friends
from other guilds reached their secret destination: the fabled Stars Room. |
Hunts & Battles
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Descent into Fire Dungeon (Feb. 2001) - After a long journey under the
volcanos, we finally reach the bottom of the dungeon where a evil wizards
tower is located. |
Descent into Fire Dungeon (Feb. 2001) - The hunting party. We had up to 11
people in the party. This picture is taken at the bottom of the dungeon,
when we are about to head back to the exit |
Shadowclan orcs assault on Shadowmoor. A fierce battle. In
the end, the vicious orc horde was defeated with no loss on our side! |
We
also adventured into Covetous one day. Well the rangers go there from time
to time, do gather feathers for their arrows. But this time it was
special: we wanted to explore the whole dungeon, down until the deeper
caves. There we found the Dragon. With the help of a wizard from Britain,
we managed to defeat the foe. |
Here
we are in the lost lands, at the extreme north. This area is also known as
the Icelands. After a whole day exploring and hunting, the rangers rest at
a campfire. |
This
time the adventure takes us to Hythloth, dungeon of horrors. As always,
our goal is to complete the exploration of the dungeon. We start at the
entrance and fight our way down to the fourth level, where rumors talk of
deamons and balrons. |
Shadowclans
Orc Fort. A joined force of Rangers, Celts and Free Corps raided the orc
fort that day. The vile creatures were defeated after a furious battle. |
Shadowclans
Fort Burns! Yet another massive attack on the orc fort. Before this
attack, the very same force of Yew people attacked Necropolis, the City of
Evil, and conquered both Undead Keep and Crimsom Alliance Tower. It was a
great day for the Free People of the North. |
Dragon
Hunting. The rangers dared to adventure into Destard, the dungeon of the
Dragonkind. This picture was taken at the time of our first descent in
that terrible place. The hunt proved to be very succefull and the party
made it to the Shrine in the depths of the caves. We slayed a Dragon and
several Drakes on our way to the shrine. |
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The Pilgrimage
Back in 1998, a few like minded friends of Yew met at
the Community Center and came out with the idea of a Pilgrimage to the
Eight Shrine of the Virtues. From the original party of about five or six
pilgrims, the group grew larger and larger. I remember at one point, when
we departed from Vesper, counting not less than 20 pilgrims on the road.
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The
Pilgrims gather at the Yew Abbey. Dove the Healer is giving general
instructions on the route to follow. |
The Rangers and a elf meet at the Flowers, on their way to the Justice
Shrine
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The
pilgrims finally reach their first destination: the Shrine of Justice.
There, they meet a strange individual, Logan.
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The
ceremony at the Shrine is over. The Pilgrims are preparing for a pic nic.
Inside, Logan and Jurai are talking about the ideal of Justice. Rumors are
that Jurai was given some special and blessed item by Logan in this
occasion, something representing the Virtue of Justice. |
The Lodges
Early 1999. The Shadow Rangers, with the
help of Rangers of Heart, started a project of creating several lodges in
the wildlands. These were intended as shelters and safe houses for the
hunters and travellers. The project even got the attention of noble
patrons from distant villages, who donated some buildings to the cause.
Here are the paintings of some of the lodges.
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Wolf Lodge. Anatoly Kryczech, of the Rangers of the Heart, allowed
his house to become a Rangers Lodge. A gathering of Shadow Rangers and
Rangers of Heart was held at the inauguration ceremony. The Lodge was
located in the extreme north of the Justice Peninsula. Due to unfortunate
inconvenients, this lodge is no more functional. |
Oak
Lodge. This is the Shadow Rangers main lodge, where our guildstone is
located. It is at the borders of the Deep Forest, east of Yew.
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The
Lodges project was sponsored by several patrons. The Glen Village allowed
their Town Hall to become a safe house for the travelers and the rangers.
Lord Wracu, the village leader, did much more for the cause of the
rangers: he donated yet another house deed and also provided us with
several sets of armors and weapons in the following months. Long live the
Glen Village! |
Bear Lodge. |
Willow Lodge.
The most recent lodge the rangers built in the Deep Forest, east of Yew.
The building was donated by Finn the Wandering Healer. |
Eagle Lodge.
Very near to Yew and its Abbey, this lodge is a donation from Dove
the Healer of Yew. |
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