Tonight I did the Queens run with a few BRA members (Kirali, Ilyria, and Furystar) and we actually got through all of the Queens, though Order proved to be a tough nut to crack.
This mark is available to third classers and up, though I haven't been able to find out the exact level requirement. I received it at level 180. The Queens are on the Compass of Elements in the Templeton Catacombs. There is a handy guide to this area on Knights of Chaos' site if you are interested.
The Earth Queen is the third queen you will have to defeat on this run, so to get this mark you will have to defeat the Fire and Water queens first. The first two queens are at least easier than the earth queen. Also, you must land the killing blow on the earth queen to receive the mark. I have heard it may take multiple times killing the Earth Queen to be rewarded the mark.
More on Queens run when I feel that I am qualified to write about it. I'm still at the level of tag-along for all the runs that I can think of.
The Earth Queen is burned on the torso with your flames causing lethal damage.
The Earth Queen has been slain!
For defeating the powers of the Queen of Earth, the Powers have granted thee a Mark.
You have been granted the Mark of Earth!
You gain 42 practices!
You gain 250000 experience points!
Mark of Elation and Handfasting
Some of you may be thinking to yourselves "Didn't she already get handfasted to Krypt?" If you are thinking this, you obviously know too much about me, because the answer is yes. We've been handfasted for a year because of having so much trouble scheduling a wedding in advance.
When I found out about the mark of Elation, which is given to adventurers who get handfasted using the new automated system that was recently implemented, I devised a bold plan: Get the handfast dissolved and then get handfasted again to each other a month later. We weren't married yet, so it seemed logical to me.
So, I gave the cleric in the Chapel of Love my silver torque ring, which automatically dissolved the handfast, and turned Krypt from partner to former-partner in my relationship score. Of course, I did have to essentially forfeit the cost of the initial handfast, or 250,000 gold. Additionally, I had to pay another 250,000 for the new handfasting voucher. We didn't need a new wedding voucher because the one we had had not been used yet.
At 30 days (we think) after we dissolved the handfast, we went to Rune's Chapel of Love together and gave the handfast voucher which we had both signed to the wedding cleric. The rest is history.
You give a handfasting voucher to the wedding cleric.
The wedding cleric smiles at you. Doesn't that just make you want to smile back at him?
The wedding cleric says to you, 'Well, aren't the two of you a lovely couple!
'Krypt and Lantis, your handfasting has been recorded.' the wedding cleric says. 'May the powers that be with you through these times planning a wedding can be very stressful.'
To celebrate this special day with you, the Powers have granted thee a mark!
You have been granted the Mark of Elation!
You gain 48 practices!
The wedding cleric gives Krypt a silver torque ring.
The wedding cleric gives you a silver torque ring.
'Krypt, Lantis, these rings were forged in your honor by the cupids themselves, to celebrate your love together.' the wedding cleric says.
The wedding cleric announces, 'All congratulate Krypt and Lantis, who are now handfasted!'
The requirements of
this mark are straightforward, and not that difficult to fulfill. I had
to give 3000 tourmalines to a lazy teenager who hangs around at the
very top of the Proving Grounds. I consider this easy, if a little time
consuming. If you have a few gnomish miners bags, you can find many
tourms from mobs just on the first several floors of the Proving
Grounds. For those who are more adventurous, and willing to go further
into the PK levels of this area, more tourms can be found. 3000 seems
like a high number, but it was much easier than I assumed it would be
to collect them. Additionally, I also collected roots while I was there
to work towards another mark, so the benefits were at least two-fold.
You give a black tourmaline to a lazy teenager.
A lazy teenager carefully wedges a black tourmaline into his overstuffed backpack.
'Sokay, that's...' a lazy teenager says to you. '3000 tourmalines from you, out of three
thousand.'
'Whee, three whole thousand!' a lazy teenager exclaims to you. 'Here's the treasure I foun d, thanks for the help!'
You gain 50 quest points!
A lazy teenager gives you a daedal scroll.
A daedal scroll emits a bright flare of white light as it binds with you.
For helping out a youngster in his time of need, the Powers have granted thee a mark.
You have been granted the Mark of Empathy!
You gain 80 practices!
A lazy teenager runs away.
To get this mark, you have to kill Seriende, the boss that is at the end of the Queens run. In other words, once you and your party have killed all the queens in succession, you can kill Seriende.
Then, after you kill Seriende, but before she repops, you go into a room adjacent to her room and attack a mimnosuffogator. This mob doesn't attack you. You need to keep entering combat with it until either Seriende repops, or you get the mark. To get the mark of this, the Archmage of Tame must enter the room with the mimnosuffogator as a result of one of your attack attempts. I had to type k mim many many times before this worked.
You enter into combat with a mimnosuffogator. You enter into combat with a mimnosuffogator. You enter into combat with a mimnosuffogator. You enter into combat with a mimnosuffogator. Wait until you are done with your current battle. An archmage of Tame strolls in. An archmage of Tame thinks, 'Hmmmm.' An archmage of Tame says, 'So much for safekeeping.' An archmage of Tame takes a mimnosuffogator. An archmage of Tame pushes a few buttons on a mimnosuffogator. *whzzzz* - a mimnosuffogator's tentacles flail around for a bit and then lock rigid at its sides with a loud *clank*. An archmage of Tame strolls out. For experiencing a sudden moment of realization, the Powers have granted thee a Mark. You have gained the Mark of Epiphany! You gain 16 practices! You gain 1 archon point!
Mark of Estates and Mark of Ownership
During the Easter global 2014, Krypt and I decided to pool our collective build points and try to get the marks that are available for creating a very large house. There are two marks available for this.
Estates mark is awarded for building a home that is 13 rooms large.
Ownership mark is the next level, for building a home that is 25 rooms large. Assuming you already own a one room home, an additional 9000 bp are needed to build 12 more rooms for this mark.
Those rooms will have no titles, descriptions, flags, or any other frills. For ownership, 18000 additional build points are needed.
In order that we would both get the mark of Ownership,
Krypt built room 13 and then I received my mark when I added room 14.
Interestingly, this seems to only trigger the mark when you add a room. If you have a 13 room house, it does not trigger just by changing something else in build. We did not make an extensive test of this though,
so possibly some build feature would trigger it.
But right now it seems like you can only get it by adding a room with build command. This is definitely an instance when the cost of living is cheaper for two. This allows a couple to pool resources, such as we did.
A small real estate imp appears before you in a puff of smoke.
The imp gets your signature on an official-looking form.
The imp whistles eerily, and swarms of imps appear in a vast cloud of smoke, swarming all about the area. Shortly thereafter, they have built a new room to the north.
The imps disappear with a cacophony of ear-splitting BANGs!
You buy a room addition labelled 'orchard' for 750 Building Points.
You have gained the Mark of Estates!
You gain 500 archon points!
You gain 83 practices!
A small real estate imp appears before you in a puff of smoke.
The imp gets your signature on an official-looking form.
The imp whistles eerily, and swarms of imps appear in a vast cloud of smoke, swarming all about the area. Shortly thereafter, they have built a new room upwards.
The imps disappear with a cacophony of ear-splitting BANGs!
You buy a room addition labeled 'attic2' for 750 Building Points.
You have gained the Mark of Ownership!
You gain 750 archon points!
You gain 103 practices!
I was supposed to be studying tonight for a real life quiz in my real life college class tomorrow, or sleeping so I won't be tired, but instead I was trying to do a decanter run with Xane and Kilowog to go rooting.
When you do a decanter run, you have to travel through a NPK mess of aggro mobs in the Rune Crypts (under the temple) and give the multi-faceted decanter (the kind that is scattered on random mobs periodically...not the kind you drink from. Those are decanters of endless water or blood,) to the hermit. He will then make a portal for you and your form which will let you into the proving grounds without having to cross the NPK/CPK moat.
After I died in NPK twice, I told them to leave me because I was only slowing them down. It happened that they couldn't get through anyway because someone else had already used a decanter earlier, and the hermit wouldn't make a portal. So, I got myself out of the PK area, and puttered around Rune for a while. I stocked up on reagents, and I tried to get a good quest from Agrippa, but no luck.
On a whim, I decided to check to see if there was a winner declared for the previous month's lottery drawing yet. The entrepreneur told me the winning number, and I checked my tickets. *see Lantis doing a double take*
'Holy shit, I think I won the lottery.' I then handed my tickets over to the entrepreneur until the winning one came up. And I got 2.5 million gold. How lucky am I?
For joining the Winner's Circle, the Powers have granted thee a Mark.
You have been granted the Mark of Exclusivity!
I just got this mark by chance. To receive this mark, you will need to kill the last NPC that is part of the swarm that is cast on Tellerium by Kessler, I believe as a side effect of the mark of Famine. Anyway, I saw a mob from the swarm in an out of the way room in the city and killed it. When I did, I got the mark for it.
A small cricket is harmed on the head with your energy causing lethal damage.
For helping Lord Telleri rid Tellerium of the plague sweeping it, the Powers have granted thee a mark.
You have been granted the Mark of Extermination!
You gain 100 archon points!
You gain 230 quest points!
A small cricket has been slain!
Your blood freezes as you hear a small cricket's death cry.
You receive 0 archon points.
A small cricket collapses lifeless to the ground.
The Powers give you one gold coin for your sacrifice of the corpse of a small cricket.
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