Ch. 2- [Dark] Resurrection of Satan Morroc

[Sir Melot]

To all the Faithful Servants of Our Liberator and Our God, [b]Erebos:


The past year has been a conflicting year for the Scourge of the Dark Allegiance mixed with great advances and unforeseen setbacks.

It was a great victory against the Order of the Light Allegiance in Eudoxie's unpredicted success against St. Vitus of Light who was critically wounded by Eudoxie's ambush and eventually dispatched by her group. The lost of a leader rendered Order of the Light Allegiance helpless and lost for the great majority of the time, and their threat towards us was minimal. This success would have been a great opportunity to follow up with a direct attack on the Order of the Light Allegiance's foundation within this nation, and shatter the cursed bindings of the Laws set by Thea and Hestia upon all the people.

Yet this opportunity was lost when Eudoxie acted on her own to battle against the archmage Mystra within our allegiance, unleashing the power of Muspelheim and wasting ample time that could've been used against the Order of the Light Allegiance in the process. But Eudoxie was too weak and overestimated her own abilities, failing to claim the fire giant Surtur's power as her own. Mystra delivered a well deserved end to her former student, Eudoxie. Let all of you learn from Eudoxie's mistakes. God Erebos allows no weaklings or fools within the Scourge of the Dark Allegiance. Only the strong and the wise should exist in this world. Let no such silly concepts of laws or order from Hestia fool you into thinking that you will be protected. Their words of the "law" are nothing but flowery words to bind you under their control and restrict your potential. Those without personal strength will eventually be devoured by the fittest, just like how stronger Mystra destroyed the weaker Eudoxie even if they were once teacher and student. Regardless of how hard Eudoxie tried to find allies through Summoning Binding against Skoll or Surtur, she is destined to fail and her weakness does not find favor in our God Erebos.

So let this be the very moment where all of you proud and strong followers of Scourge of the Dark Allegiance prove your strength and worth! Show that you are above the fools of the Order of the Light Allegiance, and that you will not fail like our former comrade Eudoxie did! The seal on the great demon, Satan Morroc has recently been weakened and destroyed. The city of Morroc is nothing but a mere crater, as the great demon escapes into the Dimensional Gorge in an effort to regain his lost strength over the years. The demon king is nothing but a mindless demolisher. Blind destruction will not aid in furthering the teachings of God Erebos, nor will it help us in liberating the people from the foolishness of Hestia's laws. Anyone who laid waste to the very land that will soon belong to Erebos is an enemy to the Scourge of the Dark Allegiance!

We shall take the preemptive strike against both Satan Morroc and Order of the Light Allegiance, as they also got their eyes on the demon king. I have already asked Mystra to begin preparing for the ritual to give us a pathway towards the Dimensional Gorge. Once the pathway is open, we will defeat the demon Satan Morroc while it is weak and vulnerable, still recalling its lost energy due to the effects of Thanatos's Seal through centuries. In the meantime, an elite force from the Scourge of the Dark Allegiance will directly attack the Order of the Light Allegiance to disrupt their ritual on opening a path towards the Dimensional Gorge. Reports show that the Light Allegiance will be led by a new recent convert, the Sorceress Circe who joined out of spite against Mystra. The elite force's task will be to disrupt Circe's ritual. Doubtful that Circe will be unaided by her allegiance regardless of her being a new member of Light. The weak always try to hide their weakness with numbers, as it is predicted that the Light Noble members of Rune Midgard will also lend their aide. I only expect the very best of the Dark allegiance in this battle. Members of this elite force will only include those considered as Dark Heroes by winning in the nation's contest, the Trials of Heroes. They will crush the Order of the Light Allegiance, their supporting nobles together with Circe to bring fear to their hearts and demonstrate the essence of true power!

May our Liberator who freed us from the chains of law and our almighty God grant us power in the upcoming battles, and be proud of our future successes over both the demon king Satan Morroc, Circe and the Order of the Light Allegiance.

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"Resurrection of Satan Morroc" will be a 2-part event taking place over multiple weekends. The 2 parts will be divided as: battle against the Light Allegiance, and battle against Satan Morroc. However, the 2nd part against Satan Morroc is *missable* depending on the outcome on the first event. Please read the event details.


Part 1- Battle Against the Light Allegiance


General Information

Dark Allegiance members will engage against Light Allegiance units in a large scale PvM event that not only challenges your abilities to fight but it is also a race against time.

Dark Allegiance members will battle their way across 25 floors down in order to break the "Light Allegiance Emperium," the main magic channeling device used to find the path to the Dimensional Gorge, on floor 26, guarded by Circe personally. The floors will be heavily guarded by newly designed Light Allegiance units, along with 3 MvPs modeled after the top 3 nobles within the light allegiance for you to battle (which, the 3 nobles will also help with the very creation of the MvP themselves.)??

Time of Event

The event is hosted on Oct 3rd 2 PM server time. Event is expected to be no more than 2 hours long in total.

Event Detail
-event is *exp loss* meaning you lose 1% of your exp upon death, except the last floor #26, which is not exp-loss
-excluding floor 26, teleport and fly wing are disabled
-no cute pets allowed in the event
-GM will NOT recall if you respawned on death
-performance is recorded based on how far the allegiance reach within the 26 floors, and how long did it take

If there are enough participants to form more than 2 parties, then you will be divided into 2 groups of your choosing, each group consisting of 2 smaller parties. GMs will prepare 2 identical map for this event, 1 map for each group. This ensures that no problem caused by overcrowding will exist. The performance record for your allegiance will be determined by the *average* performance score of both groups. With this in mind, be sure to spread out the strong, well geared players throughout both parties if necessary (especially ensuring that both teams got roughly same number of priests.)

Winning Condition and Effects of Winning

The records of performance will be used to compare with the Light Allegiance Players' performance in their respective similar event. The allegiance that traveled down to a higher floor will win this competition. Should both allegiance arrive at the same floor, then the allegiance that took a shorter amount of time will be declared winner.

Your primary goal is to try to reach a farther floor than the Light Allegiance does in their respective event. Try to do it in the quickest amount of time so that if in the rare situation where both allegiance reached the same floor, then you will win due to using a shorter amount of time.

Winning against the Light Allegiance has no effect on your prizes. BUT, the effect of winning against the Light Allegiance is that you have successfully caused a greater disturbance in their ritual towards the Dimensional Gorge, thus ensuring that you are allowed a chance to participate in the 2nd part of the event to battle Satan Morroc. Should you lose in Part 1 here, the Light Allegiance will be the first to travel to the Dimensional Gorge to proceed with the 2nd part of the event. (Please see the Event Part 2 details for more information)

Who can participate?

You must meet all of the following criteria

-level 89 or higher (trans or non-trans doesn't matter, only base level does)
-show your worth and power by showing at least 1 ToH exclusive gear (including the Deviling Tower Hat), or showing that you have a Cursed Helm in possession
-you must be fully aware that the event is exp-loss and is willing to bear all potential losses
-GMs will not resurrect anyone in the event

Prizes


The following prizes are cumulative. Add all that applies for the teams per map.

Participation:
-5 allegiance point

Defeating floor 10 successfully:
-50k + 3 GB

Defeating floor 15 successfully:
-2 BB + 1 taming gift set

Defeating floor 20 successfully:
-150k

Defeating floor 25 successfully:
-OCA

Defeating all 26 floors successfully:
-2 enriched elunium
-2 enriched oridecon

And of course any items that the monsters drop along the way.

Event Expectations

You should be comfortable with Thanatos Tower level of difficulty. Event will have a slow start, but the difficulty will pick up. Difficulty shouldn't exceed that of Thors floor 3. You will see 10 new standard "light allegiance units", 4 noble units, 1 monster mvp, 3 noble mvp (noble mvp will not be affected by Gold Feather Hat's noble monster immunity effect), and then Circe's team on floor 26.

You should be packed with healing items, blue gems for your team's priests which you will really need for SW, Sanctuary and Resurrection. Yggdrasil leafs also help in case of emergency.

Monsters will be mainly demi-human in race with a few other races, so bring all applicable gears. The emperium on floor 26 is angel/ghost1.

You will *not* fight pure light elemental monsters. You will face a wide array of elements, including dark.

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Part 2- Battle in the Dimensional Gorge



General Information

The allegiance that successfully disrupts the other allegiance in their ritual to the dimensional gorge will have the first opportunity to challenge the demon king, Satan Morroc. Defeat the Quest Satan Morroc and claim absolute victory!

Who can participate?


You must meet all of the following criteria

-level 89 or higher (trans or non-trans doesn't matter, only base level does)
-show your worth and power by showing at least 1 ToH exclusive gear, or showing that you have a Cursed Helm in possession
-you must be fully aware that the event is exp-loss and is willing to bear all potential losses
-you do NOT have to have attended the part 1 of the event to attend this part
-you must belong to the allegiance that won in part 1 of the event


Event Details

The allegiance that got a better performance rating in previous part will assemble. They will be teleported to the Dimensional Gorge, filled with Morroc's incarnations and Quest Satan Morroc awaits.

-the dimensional gorge is "moc_fild21" which you can view the information of in RMS
-the dimensional gorge will be exp-loss, so attend at own risk
-no cute pets allowed
-GM will not recall the party
-map allows teleport/fly wings
-GMs will give 5 map-wide resurrection (note: we will NOT recall before resurrection, though we will broadcast that we will resurrect everyone on the map. It is your own problem if you got raised but died immediately after. Fly Wing and fast teleport will really help at this point of time.)


Notice that this is against the *quest satan morroc* which has a significantly higher HP than Wounded Morroc. Also, Quest Satan Morroc does NOT drop any diabolic gears. Please be clear of this.

Should the allegaince that won in part 1 fail to kill Satan Morroc when all members are wiped out/respawned, and they have ran out of GM's map-wide resurrection, then they lose in the battle against Satan Morroc.

Should this occurs, then the allegiance that lost in part 1 will have their opportunity against Satan Morroc under the same rules on another date. This date will be given later if necessary.

Thus, you see that winning in Part 1 of the event is extremely important. If your allegiance lost in Part 1, and the other allegiance won against Satan Morroc, then your allegiance will lose the chance to fight Satan Morroc within this event scenario!

Should both allegiances lose, then another event will be held as an aftermath. Information for this will be given later, if necessary.


Prizes

If an allegiance won, all participants will earn:
-1 of the following: Continental Guard Seal, Death Medallion, Rune Charm Stone
-1 of the following: ring of wind, ring of fire, ring of water, ring of earth, pinguicula's corsage[1]
-10 allegiance point
-1 OCA
-1 Pixie's Letter
-3 enriched elunium
-3 enriched oridecon
-1 drop of choice from any morroc incarnation


Participation prize for an allegiance lost:
-5 allegiance point
-1 glorious basic ring B
-1 bloody branch
-hatter card


Important note: this WILL NOT be the only opportunity to get Continental Guard Seal, Death Medallion, or Rune Charm Stone. These accessories are from the Continental Guard Seal quest, which when it is added to heRO, you will also have a chance to obtain them. This is only a place to obtain them earlier along with other small gifts.

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FAQ


1) So when is the continental guard seal quest coming out?

-At the point of writing, I just submitted a 1st draft of the quest to test server, so it's out whenever it's made ready.

2) Is Satan Morroc identical to the official one?

-No, because 4 skills that Satan Morroc has are malfunctional. Hell's Dignity, Hell's Power, Wide Soul Drain and Vampire's Gift won't be used. Instead, Satan Morroc will do the following skills:


Hp at 10-30%
-will not use hell's dignity
-wide stun every 30 sec down from 180 sec
-multi-heaven's drive every 10 sec
-earthquake kept the same at 180 sec

Hp at 31-40%
-lv 11 meteor storm instead of level 5 every 20 second
-pulse strike and wide stone kept the same

Hp at 40-50%
This portion is almost completely revamped due to lack of vampire's gift and wide soul drain.

-retains evil land lv 10 at ever 40 sec, down from every 50 sec
-wide silence every 30 sec
-wide sleep every 25 sec
-50% of blood drain every sec
-20% dark soul strike every 7 sec

Hp at 51-60%
-will not use hell's power
-hell's judgment retains its cooldown of 35 sec like original

Hp at 61-80%
-firebolt is launched 5 times on 5 random targets instead of single target firebolt
-firebolt recharge time: 15 sec
-frost diver recharge time: 7 sec
-jupitel thunder recharge time: 20 sec (identical to original)
-stone curse recharge time: 5 sec (20% chance of using instead of 100%)


3) Are Satan Morroc incarnations kept the same?

-Yes, they are as close to official as possible in terms of their stats and skills

4) Are the 2 allegiances' 26 floors fair though if it's a competition against the other allegiance?

All the normal monsters are roughly of the same power. The 3 noble mvps though, their power will depend on the nobles' choice, and the number of gold bullions they donated for their character. So there may be imbalance because of noble mvp if say, one allegiance's nobles donated significantly more than the other side.

The nobles are notified of their influence over the mvp awhile ago already and are fully aware of it (they just didn't know what's the mvp used for until now.)

[Avalon_Fates]

Wait does that mean its impossible for anyone else to go for the top 3 light side/ dark side nobles already?

[Yuriohs]

To all Dark High Priests and Priests in training.

This, is our time to show Erebos how strong we've become.
We, have to exceed over everyone, We have to help our dark partners kill off the weak, the light and the unfitted for our new world.

There are few of us (I am not one of them) that have passed the Trials of Heroes, and have been able to acquire their "wings". But remember, some of you may have been able to do it in another life.Transfer your wings from another life, to your present.

Before we go off to destroy the order of the light, we need to come together and plan, this goes for all of the Dark Heroes. Light has always been below us in skill, but they're numbers arn't to be ignored. We've always been outnumbered and it doesn't phase us and it won't now.

Again Priests, our role here is big. Bigger than most people realize. And to those experienced ones, thinking that helping the weaker dark is a waste of time, its our job to make them strong in the eyes of Erebos. We give ourselves to them, we give everything we have to them sacrificing our selves if everyone is down.

OOC: I'm Sorry, I failed, I can't meet the req, making ToH next saturday is unlikely. I failed as a HP, but that doesn't mean you all should give up. Don't give up, just because you see a priest and a high priest buffing 60 people. Give them guidance, help them. Even if Light has 10 HP;s fully geared, armed and ready. Don't let that phase you.

Use what you have, think about your next steps, and be cautious. If things get hectic, protect the priests.

New Dark Priests have to step up to the plate for this. Don't let gear and experience undermine your individual talent, your skills.

Just remember, we got cookies and they don't.

[GM-Ayu]

OOC: I'm Sorry, I failed, I can't meet the req, making ToH next saturday is unlikely.

The only other method, is to have a Cursed Helm, which doesn't rely on ToH and it is a (tough) quest that you can do at any point of time if you have 100 Dark Allegiance Point. Not being able to attend any ToH isn't the end of the road for this event as it isn't fair to anyone who has work with an unsteady schedule. For this reason, completing the Cursed Helm quest also allows you to join this event. If you start the quest now, you may still have enough time to get the 100 allegiance points and get the cursed helm.

Also, it is not limited to ToH wings but any ToH gears. This includes the deviling helm and deviling tower hat.

[Yuriohs]

OOC: I'm Sorry, I failed, I can't meet the req, making ToH next saturday is unlikely.

The only other method, is to have a Cursed Helm, which doesn't rely on ToH and it is a (tough) quest that you can do at any point of time if you have 100 Dark Allegiance Point. Not being able to attend any ToH isn't the end of the road for this event as it isn't fair to anyone who has work with an unsteady schedule. For this reason, completing the Cursed Helm quest also allows you to join this event. If you start the quest now, you may still have enough time to get the 100 allegiance points and get the cursed helm.

Also, it is not limited to ToH wings but any ToH gears. This includes the deviling helm and deviling tower hat.

If I get my schedule back today and see what days I work this week I still failed. I see what you did there though, I wasn't trying to make it seem like I was complaining, (should have said that in my post) but having the cursed helm quest as an opt is a cool move, actually amazing move +100 to you.

I have, 115 dark allegiance points thanks to me failing 8 or 9 times (lol)
Looks like I get to stop farming in geff 2 for a good bit.

[KohakuSan]

The helm is easy to make for people who are here for enough time, like yourself.

[Yuriohs]

Read your pms kohaku, I sent you some fire bro.

What happens if a person has 2 accounts on both alliances and they both meet the prerequisites?

Does that meant they can go to both events?

[Aaronock]

Surprised Deviling/Angeling tower are not included in this...though should be as they require the dang deviling/angeling hat to begin with to even be made.??

Then again, who the heck other than like 5 people have Angeling/Deviling Tower?

[GM-Ayu]

I count them as ToH Helms. They evolved from the ToH Helms to begin with.

If you have 2 accounts on both allegiance and they both satisfy the pre-requisites, then yes you can join both side.

[Fruityla]

Okay, that was a lot to take in XD so let me get this all straight:

Light Allegiance and Dark Allegiance are doing separate runs for the first part? And whoever gets further wins, yes?