I moved over most of the content from Eyes of Puddleby's old home and it can be found here.

There's a lot I have to do before I am ready to announce it to ThoomCare because most of the data is from 5 and 6 years ago. I have to figure out what kind of articles I want to write next.

I'm just glad this part of the job is completed and I can look to the future of what the site is going to contain instead of what it contained so many years ago.

Was it really so many years ago that I actually worked on it? I definitely can't let that happen again.

To the future!

I was able to train with the first book of advanced pathfinding thanks to Torin and his open hunts. I'm thinking of saving up my ranks so when I get to go back there again I'll be able to get both the second and third chapter in one trip. I'll have to depart to get home, but that's better than waiting for another trip.

I also found another book which only I could learn from. After some research I discovered that it allows you to scan from orbs further on in the caves which is completely pointless. Scanning is already looking like a colossal waste of ranks and scanning anywhere in the noid caves is even more so. Everywhere you look there are noids of various colors so a mystic scanning on one of those orbs will see noids of various colors. It's not telling you anything you don't already know so there's no point in learning this ability even if a mystic did plan on going deep in the noid caves regularly.


I occasionally look for Ma Tota when I'm out of the library, but I haven't gotten past her telling me to see her the next day. Maybe I am not seeing her the next day and maybe it's because I tend to fall a lot when I'm trying to find her.


Then there is the awful Acolyte quest to get the mind control wand which has nearly driven me up the wall in frustration. Several other mystics have gotten their wands and yet I am still running around looking for Acolytes. I've gotten help from Geotzou and we have traveled around Puddleby several times over and I've talked to the same Acolytes over and over again yet I'm still told I need to talk to Acolytes. I don't know what I need to do or where I should go and I think even asking a fellow mystic to exchange information will be looked on unfavorably so I'm at an impasse.


On a recent Winds of Dawn open hunts we went to the Rocky Cavern and found a rare Sun Wyrm. With only one fighter, one mystic, and two healers against the Sun Wyrm's natural troilus it took us several attempts to kill it and we were ready to give up several times. Yet with determination, a few boosts, and rodding we were able to defeat it.


A while back I got to go on a fun adventure to an amusement park on Tenebrion's Island with Stinkfist and Ptolemaios. I got to rid on the back of a Fire Drake. It was a lot of fun and a surprisingly smooth ride.


I got to see Super Chicken's statue which really should be closer to town.


Finally we took a boat ride passing through a whirlpool, among other sights, before heading back home.

I've been working on getting the new mystic ability to mind control beasts, but it's been hard because I have to go around and find acolytes. The acolytes are in dangerous places and since they move around I don't know where they are or even how many I have to talk to.

The latest chapter in this saga is when I got Geotzou to help me go to Snagglewood for an acolyte I was sure was there. After moving from dangerous snell to dangerous snell we finally found the acolyte who I was sure was the last one I had to find. Sadly it was not the case as he said the same thing from an acolyte I talked in the passes earlier in the week. I had hoped there was a second one in Snagglewood but wasn't able to get there before I fell and the healer (Caramel) couldn't raise me so Geotzou chained me out. I hope to go back there again but I don't know if there is a second acolyte there or where the one I need to find could possibly be.

Unlike fighters and healers who can discuss with each other about quests and trainers and abilities, mystics don't do that and sometimes there's an antagonistic feeling between mystics as they hoard information as dragons hoard gold. Therefore it's impossible for me to share the information I've collected with others to find out where I need to go.

I'm still working on uploading Eyes of Puddleby images to LiveJournal but have been running into difficulties. I believe I have a workaround so will be trying that and hope it'll work.

Puddleby Hollows is located in central Puddleby, to the south of the Healers Temple and to the west of the Clan House. These homes have a lovely wooden floor and a sturdy brick wall which are both warm and comforting. Once you enter Puddleby Hollows you are in the lobby where you can access your house and get new keys.

LOBBY LEFT

• Kelli Stonecellar - Tells you to see the model homes by going in the entrances behind her.
• Dalto Locksley - Changes the lock on your home so only the master key can allow entry.
• Grinndo Locksley - Makes either a regular house key or a guest key from your master key. House keys allow the holders to add and change furniture while guest keys just allow access to the house.
• Ringo Locksley - Sells keyrings for 25c which hold multiple keys.

• Tr'n Durman - Allows exiles with keys to enter homes.
• Meyes Coincounter - Allows exiles to pay the seasonal fee for their homes.

Winds of Dawn has been dormant for some time now. I rarely see anyone from the clan out of the library and usually only Therian and I (occasionally Delirium) are present for the weekly newbie open hunts. The few remaining active members are losing hope that there's any way to revive the clan outside of recruiting and there are few potential members at the time. Kiriel has no intention of leaving the library so we're without a leader as well.

Not that it really matters. The value of clans in Puddleby is surprisingly little and there's nothing important that you need to be in a clan to enjoy. There's the clan house but you can duplicate that with a house and just give everyone clan keys. I don't think you can modify the clan house or use it as a library so it's less useful than a house anyone can get. There is the Suncrystal which lets you talk to everyone in your clan at once which is great if there are people in your clan out of the library in the first place.

You might be wondering why I just don't take over the reins of leadership myself and help the Winds of Dawn emerge from its doldrums to become the clan it used to be. I don't think I could do it all alone and despite some other folks wanting the clan to continue I doubt any of them will really work on it. I know that sounds mean but I think it's the truth considering I was the one doing practically all of the Newbielympic contests (until this year) even though it's supposed to be a clan event. I could be wrong about this and part of me hopes that I am but from what I've seen so far, I don't think so.

On more positive news I'm still working on uploading the maps to LiveJournal and am still testing the community I made to see if it's better than the Google site. Hopefully I can unveil it relatively soon. I've already had one person express an interest in joining!

I've also changed my look. I was in the marsh a while back and bought the set of marsh yellow clothes. With my red hair and shoes I look like a tiny sun which suits me just fine.