Ironbeard returns!

Hey folks, All three dungeons of our Celesmas holiday dungeons – Flintbeard’s Lair (normal), Flintbeard’s Lair (Flintmas version), and Flintbeard’s Backyard – have returned and can be found around v18093. Completing any of the dungeons will award you giftbags (one per Howling per dungeon completion), fame if you don’t have it yet, and autographs which…

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Events & Communications: Part II

Hi folks, Much like Announce #3342, this is just a quick PSA that if you’re present at an event or in a room with an animated NPC, there is an extremely high chance that your tells and other communications are going to be overheard by the Gods or Admins running things. With that in mind…

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The Grand Duel arrives!

Ahoy lovers of a good fight! The Grand Duel of 2025 is now upon us and a date has been selected by the masses. Are you ready to learn who our Grand Champion is of the biggest, wildest Duel event of the year? It’s anyone’s guess! Much like our previous Duels of the year, this…

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It’s an Iron Realms Celesmas

The fabric of reality between universes has thinned thanks to Varian tearing it open, and presents from other Iron Realms are unexpectedly finding their way into Aetolia! This has left Ironbeard in a state of consternation, because obviously if you’re receiving presents, you have to give presents in return. And between being drunk, filling stockings,…

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December promotion

Hey folks! The Tribulation of the Hobgobbler has been endured, and that means it’s once again time to head into December for everybody’s favourite promotion: stockings! For those unfamiliar, stockings are available from the website in celebration of Celesmas. Ironbeard will fill them up a short while after they are hung, and the owner can…

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Auctions 24 hour reminder

This is just your friendly reminder notice that there is roughly around 24 hours remaining on all the auctions. Good luck! Penned by my hand on Falsday, the 1st of Ivolnos, in the year 15 AC.

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Tribulations of Wrath, part III: The Heavenly Demons

When clarity finally returned, it did so with the violence of a dam giving way. Memories cascaded back in overwhelming torrents: sounds first, a cacophonous symphony of every conversation and voice racing through recollection; then smells and tastes, every sip of wine and glass of whiskey and childhood juice all at once upon tongue and…

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Tribulations of Wrath, part II: Countermeasures

A strange foreign ship docked at Esterport’s harbour, its appearance matching the description in Esterport’s naval warrant, which had now only become clear that this ship had mistakenly been attributed to sightings of Tynara pirate ship. Its occupants, four figures of strange and unfamiliar aspect, summoned what remained of Sapience’s coherent population to the docks.…

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Tribulations of Wrath, part I: Of Sea and Shadow

The third week of Ios saw a flurry of activity in the city of Esterport as Admiral Toilan issued a warrant for a notorious corsair: Tynar Osury, the Emerald Tyrant of a past age, released from the Demon Blade to terrorise the seas once again. His most infamous deeds in the modern age include the…

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The Tribulation of the Hobgobbler King

The annual invasion begins anew as hordes of hobgobblers once again rampage across Sapience! Help cull the invasion of this fowl spawn, and you may find the hobgobblers will drop either stuffing or – more rarely – a drumstick when they die. Eat them to gain a temporary buff! The stuffing will grant you double…

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