First of all - our apologies for not making an announcement available last week - naturally, issue 4 of the ledger is fully accessible here.
Onto Issue 5, this week we get to check out tons of user-generated content, such as player-made interviews, monster designs, and knowledge books!
Knowledge books by Lill
Our game is truly fortunate to have dedicated players who put their time and energy into creating fantastic informative guides and web sites, the contents of which benefit the entire community.
Lillita of EU 1, with the help of Xoka and Mark01, have created four separate knowledge books on the subjects of Plant Lore, Fishing, Mining, and Bug Lore.
Each book, complete with pictures and the ability to turn pages, provides a detailed guide as to where every respective item is located, their levels, their recipes, any quests related to the items, tips, tricks, and, in general, all relevant information pertaining to that gathering lore.
The books, with their smooth, clean design, are extremely user-friendly, not to mention quite beautiful. Fantastic work, Lillita, Mark01, and Xoka!
To view these excellent knowledge books, please visit this website:
http://vohguides.info/?page_id=3431
They can also be seen at:
http://anyflip.com/homepage/jzew
Fan-made interviews
View the full issue to read two interviews conducted entirely by our player community!
Monster Drawing Contest Results
The winners of the Design Your Own Monster contest have been selected! The contest asked for participants to not only draw, or create through any artistic means, their own monster, but also to then provide a brief written synopsis of their creature.
The results were absolutely amazing! You can view all of the entries here:
https://forum.villagersandheroes.com/showthread.php?11391-Design-your-own-monster-Contest-ENTRIES
Mad Otter artists, Ivar and Ryan, the judges, had the unenviable task of having to select the first, second, and third place winners. They deliberated for an entire day, carefully going back and forth between all of the submissions. Eventually, decisions were made, but they did not come easily, given the terrific quality of all the work.
But here they are, the winners of the Design Your Own Monster contest:
First Place: Kookaburra (US 1)
Second Place: Sighfrid (EU 1)
Third Place: Selia (EU 1)
Take a look below at the work of the first place winner, Kookaburra.
Feenicks
Lives in one of the Pyron Zones – maybe Sapphira’s Lament. He lives in a hidden glade where the sun never reaches.
Like the phoenix of legend, he returns from his own ashes in a burst of flame. When you think he is dead, you see him crumble in a pile of ashes. Then, with a flash so sudden and bright you are temporarily blinded, he spreads his flaming wings and rises above you.
He does not shoot fire as other bounties do, rather his fiery wings repel you with intense heat. He pushes you back or throws you aside with a rush of forge-hot-air, perhaps into the arms of his waiting minions. The burst of flames when he is reborn inflicts great damage and disconnects any targeting you may have on him.
He is most vulnerable to distance attacks but any article sent his way (a hunter’s arrow for example) may well be consumed in flame before doing any damage. The surest way to kill a phoenix is with ice. If you are quick enough to douse his ashes with water before he rises, you may kill him finally and completely. It is very unlikely that a single player could kill Feenicks, and even a group of players must approach him with a strategy and act with precision to extinguish his rebirth before he arises again and again.
Feenicks is aloof and proud. He has existed for millennia, ruling over his tiny domain with an exalted sense of his own role in the world. He expects to vanquish you but his hubris can be used against him. A coordinated team of all players can overcome his fierce and supercilious nature.
Draknia
View the full issue to read the captivating story behind Draknia, the Ember Skink!