Lannon antagonists

Lannon the lord who can't spell phoenix, the man who has attacked and razed our fellow allies is now being targeted by our alliance. We are now preparing for war, swords, pikes, and arrow tips are being sharpened.

The constant grinding of stone with metal fills the air of every chzypuff castle, the clanging of hammer against iron being shaped into armors and mails echoes through the town. The morale of the troops are high, the beaming smiles of confidence in every subject.

Blacksmith's eyes reflect the glistening radiance of their proud craftsmanship as they raise it to the blazing blood red sun, pointing towards it to check any flaws in their work.

Taverns are buzzing with the name of Lannon some mock him for his incompetence to spell the word phoenix for pheonix, some just brush him aside for they know that their gallant general Iris28 is more than a match for him and his 3 castles.

Iris28 commands a massive army of archers and cataphs, when marched is often mistaken by the enemy as an earthquake, a display of power by the goddess Gaia.

This mistake always causes their downfall for when the castle is in sight a thundering roll of drums and horns blares signals the beginning of their end.

Bows are stretched and tensed arrow tips glistening like a sea of stars among the grass. Then nothing...only the rustle of the wind against the grass and thistles hiding the archers from the tower look outs. A mirror glistens among the grass reflecting the radiant glare of the sun....

Suddenly the air whistles the tune of death, as innumerable arrows are released from the steady firm hold of each archer. Day was turned into night, chaos was inevitable as screams and shrills filled the air.

The assault was relentless arrows hit their targets true and square, screams were cut short by arrows pinning flesh to the ground to wooden planks of houses, taverns, and stacks of hay.


As the light returns another army was revealed as the sun reflects the engraved marking of *.* on armors and shields....death is the only way out.Shouts of blood lust and rage echoed through the valley emanating from the massive army composed of swordsman and warriors.

Swords clash, shields bash and push others to the ground before the cold iron is thrust, pierces the mail and steals the warmth of life away from the defending army...

The once proud castles that defy iris28 now lay in rubble of stone and wood splinters, what was once a gate to protect the city is reduced to mere plank ushering the wooden transports of iris28.....

Such demise awaits all those who oppose the might of Sir iris28....bow to him or be destroyed you have been forewarned.

I have pesonally experienced his gallantry and might first hand as he bolstered my forces to defend my own castle slums against an invading army by Zod, as a true testament to his reputations not a single archer was loss in the heat of battle only a few fortifications was lost but not a single drop of blood was shed from our side....

But to the invading army, everything was lost not a single life was spared.

I therefore dedicate this parchment of compiled testimonies in deep gratitude and awe of the mighty and noble sir iris28.

*.*

our family just got bigger and happier

I apologize for the delayed recognition of our new members in Evony...
but they are all so dearly welcome.
Noobiez joined us, though I never have heard him talk at the alliance chat, I know he's out there somewhere. hahaha.
Then, Phoebe arrived..my old-time High School friend, who got easily coaxed into playing the game and had her prestige surprisingly skyrocketing up high..
Merryll, Rongyuen's baby sister, whom I never have spoken to since the day she joined,
Grimric, our Swedish friend who got invited to the alliance after Rongyuen triggered his logs,
and a koolq8i who was invited by one of our mates.
There you go, our family just got even bigger...and crazier.
I can see more attempts at warring coming up, they've been heated to strike that sword on some proud guys at the opponent alliance.
Someone help me manage them.

_Lady Arabella_

The acquaintance of Evony in the Philippines

After my first alliance that for no reason dismissed me, I've was invited by chzypuff. Rongyuen invited me, even though he lost a lot of his army trying to attack me, being hit by lots of wood :). After a very short time I feel so welcome in this alliance it almost feels they are family. Well, they're really great and I think I'm gonna like it here. We've already had some lingual lessons. Since I'm from Sweden, we had some short lessons in Swedish words but they had a hard time finding the Swedish letters å, ä and ö. Maybe they'll get the hang of it ;-)
One thing I've learned from them, after about a month in Evony, is that I need to increase my forces... so I've prioritized my barracks 100% now. Hopefully I'll get enough of rose medals to be able to create NPC cities so Ron and I and anyone else in the neighborhood can expand faster...
See you all in Evony...

Grimric

COINS!

We will shortly deviate from the uncanny entries and take this opportunity to thank the evony staff and my fellow allies for supporting me in this blog, sniff sniff it was a great honor and greed to receive the whopping 500 game coins all to myself hahaha. ^^

thanks benjamin for sending the link to my mail i have saved it in a special folder just for evony, everyone in the guild is now rearing to join the next contest. HAIL evony and their hot distracting advertisements. hahaha

May evony continue to grow statistically and community wise.

now back to the main entries.

We shall be updating this blog yet again with our zany adventures in evony.

Journey to the land of no bytes

I am scribbling this letter on a parchment using blood as my ink, intertwined hair and my chewed off nail as the tip of my crude quill. I may not last this night for i am stranded for 1 moon cycle in this byte forsaken land, a land with no mystical energies that would enable me to command my troops in evony.

Alas, i bleed myself to keep writing this last entry before the last ounce of sanity escapes my failing hold. I shall recount every single detail of that fateful day...


I never thought that my royal chariot would be thrown into chaos by a infuriated nomadic gypsy, which was bathed in mud and grime as my chariot galloped by.

It was a mere accident, i commanded my men to stop and let me down to apologize to the poor woman, and invite her to my castle. But, my royal adviser hindered me from alighting my chariot. It might be a trap, he said.

Oh, how i wish that it was and my life was taken on that very moment than to stay a prisoner here in this accursed land with no bytes. I took the advise and nimbly took a bag of gold and wax sealed it with my royal seal and handed it over to my adviser with the instructions that he should give it to the gypsy with my sincerest apologies.

It happened in a twinkling of an eye, the ground shook and my chariot was tossed and tumbled in the air. Suddenly a loud crash and i lost my consciousness, when i came to my adviser was beside me kneeling and begging for forgiveness. I was so dazed that i could not clearly understand what the fool was muttering. All i was able to understand was gypsy...gold bag...only bronze coin...

The blasted imbecile chose to give in to greed than to obey my command, my draconian blood was unleashed and a black scaly bristling claw grasped his neck, snapped it like a twig. Wrath still unabated, mystical black flame engulfed his head which ate his skin, flesh and bones till nothing was left, only then did the flame died out.

Then a rift opened before the stubs of wood that was once my royal chariot, amidst the chaos a blinding light ushered in a goddess of the forest who revealed that she was the gypsy and has found me not guilty. But as a punishment i was to be trapped in this void for a year, i was adamant that i could not leave my kingdom alone for an hour lest for a year! it was preposterous.

Before i could air my protest, she went back into rift and sealed it as she left. My eyes are now weary and my vision is hazy, because of the blood loss? or because of the sheer exhaustion and hunger...how many days has it been since the water has touched my parched lips and trickled down my scorched throat....

As my hand trails off and fell into a deep slumber of despair...as i opened my eyes i can feel the cool breeze and the scent of the forest...i thought that it was another illusion a dream cursed by this foul land, but it was really the forest of my kingdom.

I stumbled wearily into the gates of my kingdom, as i fell into the arms of my queen i asked what day it was, it was only a day has passed. Although it seemed like an eternity to me...having heard that i fell into a deep and peaceful slumber.

I was back in my kingdom and i nimbly opened the enchanted mirror, i saw the overview of my kingdom again my people and the greetings of my fellow allies on the lower part of the mirror greeting me back to the land of evony...

TOBIAS, my new hero

I dismissed Trinika. He's lousy, no good stats and ugly...
But of course, he stayed with me for quite some time, and I still felt the loss.
He was with me when I started living my life at Evony, he accompanied me as I put up the foundations of my castle, he helped me mold a timeless dream of bliss.
But, in order for the castle to prosper more, I have to let him go...to look for a better one...to look for someone who can do the job better.
It was not an easy decision to make, for I have loved him despite....
I grieved, but not for long.

As I nonchalantly stroll on the castle gardens, hoping to have the chirping of the birds, the color of wild flowers and the mild flow of the cool stream wipe out my melancholy, I just marveled upon the beauty of them all. I walked over to the big rock to sit and think things over, but was oblivious of the danger that lurked behind. A big brown bear suddenly appeared, with its ferocious teeth bared and stomache growling for hunger. I screamed...for I don't want to be a beast's meal, don't want my pretty self dilapidated and torn apart. I shouted for help...until I heard a horse's neigh and a gallant voice from behind me. When I turned around, he suddenly charged to stab the bear's belly with his shining sword. And the next thing I knew, the bear lay motionless and bloody on the ground. I faced my savior and asked his name. "Tobias," was the answer. I invited him to dinner at the castle and found what great intelligence he has, his political skills were so-so, and his attacking power was nice, but his loyalty was wonderful. Who would be a better man than Tobias to be my right hand in ruling the country? He is smart....and good-looking too.

And now, I appointed him mayor of the land, along with his advisers, the twins Griffith and Michell.
May there be prosperity and peace throughout the kingdom.

The Ordeals of Lady Arabella

Amulet

Every time the clock ticks 1 PM, all conversations will be halted for a moment. Then, people will shout... AMULET!...followed by a noisy, raucous laughter and excited jeers. I couldn't forget how some would immediately breathe their wishes and wants before spinning the roulette...some would predict a dark future before them when they'd be getting exactly the opposite of what they pleaded for, yet some would simply let fate decide on which fortune he or she will be getting, hoping that today's catch would be better than yesterday or that tomorrow will be a whole lot more.

And then the moment of silence began...each one praying silently, each one waiting tensely as the roulette spins. Then, you'll know....you'll surely know whether one got what he wanted or it was much less or much more than expected. Yesterday, iris28, Hoorn and your humble servant, Lady Arabella was online during that time. Hoorn was grumbling about getting a Flag all the time. It is an item one would use to be able to change the name of your town's flag. Well, it would have been a lot better to get some resources other than that. Who wants to change their flag name every other day, though? hahahaha. But yesterday, well...I hate to say this, but I have to admit it, Hoorn was the most fortunate. He got 300 game coins! I did not know what he bought out from that, I was just getting excited about my own catch...seizing my wits to come up with a good thing to buy out from a hundred bucks. And, with no second thoughts, I immediately inquired on where to look for an Advance Teleporter. It is an item used to teleport to specific locations on the map where you'd want to transfer your town to. I figured this will be the best chance to move right next to Hoorn and pay his workers to get some extra time toiling over my land too. Buwahahahah. And, informative nerdy geek iris28 told me..."Yeah, that's a good idea. Just look at the shoop for that item." Hahahah, it almost took me quiet some time to look for that shoop, coz I was still lmaoing on my seat. hehehe, peace to iris. After browsing the shoop, I found out that an Advance Teleporter costs 90 game coins. Not bad, i can still have enough money to buy a couple amulets for another spin. While waiting for my troops to come back after invading a valley (which, I found out later on, all their efforts would just be futile since all my valleys will be left behind - how I wish they'd also carry the valleys themselves), I went patient to hysterical. I got very excited to move to my new neighborhood and find out what's that surprise Hoorn's talking about. And time came to pack up and fly. I checked and rechecked the coordinates to assure myself I got them all right....and kabloooooom! In an instant, I was greeted by my new neighbor with "Hon" on his flag. Finally, he got a good use of his Flag items. Hahaha. Then, with my few extra coins, i bought 2 amulets and tried my luck one more time. I think I got some resources and God knows what's the other one.

Amulet time is fun...
And since, it's almost 1pm...I'd better prepare for another try this day.
Good luck!

-Lady Arabella-

Alliance Chat

One Evony feature which I would like to commend is the alliance chat.
I've played more than a couple browser games and I've found no same thing as that.
It provides easier communication among alliance members, which of course, mostly consist of, if not all, real life friends.

We had this funny experience of wanting to talk to each other through messenger conferencing, but some glitches would not allow us so. It was that moment when the group was online and a quorum was declared. We were somehow excited to find each other gathered without even prior notice, twas just mere coincidence. But, unfortunately, some of us cannot read other people's messages in the conference room, and so we thought probably it cannot hold more than four people there. We re-invited people over and over again, changed host more than a dozen times and still would not work. Up until rongyuen redirected us to another site (twas a bit crappy, but will do for temporary group conferencing - we were that desperate), then we were relieved from our panicky state. No one could have imagined how confusing yet fun it would be if all people simultaneously blab about their own topics and ideas. It was mind-boggling! And mind you, I thought I'd be having a headache after.

With Evony Alliance chat, we don't have to go over through the hassles of inviting to conferences, finding hosts, and the like. Anyone who'd check their towns can also check other members who are online. It's easy, it's convenient and it's fun.

-Lady Arabella-

What Truly Happened to Lady Arabella

The royal king and queen was well worried that I might have gone beyond ruling the kingdom that I almost forgot about my own welfare. All that I had in mind was this: To go beyond the limit of duty is not a moral obligation...but a moral option. It was my option to do so, but I fully understood what they also meant. And so, I decided to go on vacation and retreat from all my duties for the meantime. I appointed the loving knight, Hoorn, to take charge while I am away and maintain the peace and prosperity of the land. Perplexed as I was, even being distant from my armies, knights and ladies, I couldn't truly abandon them for good. They still need me.

On the first day of my seclusion to the nearby island, where I am supposed to reflect and give time for myself, I was confident that I can go on and leave them be. I heard them wail and whine for my loss...but I was stubborn enough not to listen.

On the second day...I missed them terribly. I was thinking on what have I done or what have they done to deserve this?

On the third day, I was resolved to go back. I just have to do things right now. I will protect them if need be, I will find allies to help them, I will serve them with great honor. Let it be known to the enemies that we'll become a stronger alliance from now on.

The Ordeals of Lady Arabella

The Wrath of Lady Arabella

Thy highness is not tolerant to such blasphemy and disrespect!
Let this decree be heard to every corners of the land...
Anyone who speaks against thy royal throne shall be beheaded immediately!
Any words and acts of insurgency is punishable to great torture and death!
The townspeople has the options on how well to inflict pain upon the criminal.
The Lady Arabella desires peace throughout the land.
Any strangers who are too proud to begin a fight amongst the innocent residents shall be cast and thrown to the lions' den.
Any thieves who are caught sneaking at the royal treasuries shall be imprisoned without food and water for a month.
Any other minor crimes committed shall be subjected to the royal court with the townspeople as audience and the noble knights the jurors.
If, either by chance or thine freewill, any jurors would commit treason, there is no forgiveness on such act. He or she will experience the most inhumane punishment known to all.
No one shall challenge Lady Arabella's wrath...
or thou shall perish.
Buwahahahah.

signed
Lady Arabella

Gold shortage!

Almost everyone in our guild is scouring for gold, the reason? RESEARCH! yes research takes up a lot of gold, well initially it doesn't so we thought it wasn't that important but now.....in the latter part of building up our beloved castles...it dawned on us that we need gold more gold more and more gold, i wonder if we can get a midas hand from the daily roulette of fortune lol.

Sir iris is in need of gold for archery research and so am I, lady Scyons is also in need of gold for...well she is always hunting for gold anyways even if she doesn't need it lmao.

I wonder how Sir hoorm, Lady allesta and our beloved leader is doing in terms of gold....maybe we should petition her to provide her loyal subjects with gold...hmmm its worth a try if she won't ... then we can always plunder the royal warehouse during the night lol.... i might get beheaded for this entry hahaha.

Wall em up boys!

Whew i just finished reading the other entries, while my loyal subjects are toiling to raise my fortifications and my additional archer towers i shall write in our blog....

Our gallant leader arabella has risen from the ashes like a phoenix...well a small chirping phoenix for now, but a phoenix is still a phoenix. Well, the truth is she got scolded by her parents due to being addicted to evony. I must admit it is really quite addictive and enjoyable too, except if you are getting plundered everyday....

After 2 days of seclusion and being chained away from her beloved city made up of 1's and 0's. She is back to wreak havoc amongst the lands of evony yet again, hahaha. Despite being an aggressive ruler which always puts us in dire peril, we still adore our bloodthirsty alliance leader.

The Reign of Lady Arabella

Then the time came to organize an alliance... And your humble servant was appointed leader. I was not confident enough to be able to handle such prestigious seat, but because i have a bunch of supportive and courageous members, who wooed me lovingly, i finally agreed. I should say they are persuasive enough, hehehe. '' You don't need to be the strongest to rule, you just need to be the leader that you are,'' Hoorn pleaded with bended knees. ''Yeah, we will support you all the way till the end, even if all strands of your shiny black hair will turn blonde,'' iris28 said with tearful eyes. With those words, how can i refuse? The loving knight genuflected in front of me, the bullying nerd cried... My heart was touched with pity. These people need my expertise. I shall not put them down. And so, they rejoiced and hailed their new master. There was merrymaking, funmaking and lovemaking all throughout the land.

''Hail Lady Arabella! Long live Lady Arabella!"
And so the reign of Lady Arabella began. Buwahahahaha.

-Lady Arabella-

The Acquaintances of Lady Arabella

Thus, the quest of Lady Arabella began. On her journey, she was acquainted to a bunch of noble lords and mistresses, who ruled their towns with great prestige and honor. There was rongyuen, the mighty freak, iris28, the bullying nerd, Hoorn, the loving knight, Allestya, the lovely fairy and Scyons, the brave warrioress. Lady Arabella was awed by their sheer sense of friendliness and hospitability who welcomed her with open hearts into their banquet. And after a few exchange of words and laughter, she felt a sliver of unknown emotion came trickling to her sensitive heart. She felt home. And as the day went to an end, when she had to retire to her quarters and the comfort of her bed, she was uneasy and sleep wouldn't visit her. All she thought about was the fun she had with such kind-hearted noblemen.

''On the morrow, as the sun rises from the east, i shall pay a visit to their kingdom one more time,'' the only comfort she can give to her apprehensive heart...and soon enough, she rested.

The cock crowed, the birds chirped, a ray of sunshine peeped from the curtains toward Lady Arabella's bedstead. She woke up with excitement and full of vigor... For she knew she's going to spend this day with her new acquaintances. And long before the sun sets, she learned a lot from her newfound friends. She learned about the art of war, scouting techniques, attacking strategies, building defenses, swordfighting, killing without mercy and bloodshed. Alright, the last three..well, they all came from Lady Arabella, *grin. Nevertheless, they enlightened her on how to survive the fierce world of evony. And from then on, she decided to live strong.

-Lady Arabella-

Starting Evony: The Coming of Lady Arabella

Rongyuen sent me a private message, well, twas more like an enticing advertisement to lure someone into playing another browser game in which i don't know from which corner of the Web he picked that one up... hahaha, just the businessman that he is. Anyways, i just thought, another crappy game in which i'd indulge myself into. But, what the heck, i'd lose nothing if i'd try, so why not take a peep of what he's blabbing about. But unlike what Rongyuen did, i did not click that hot blonde princess who was like seducing potential addict players to enter her kingdom and be lords and reign till you want. No, no... i was like this skeptical gal who had foreseen that this will be another crappy game with nothing much to do but build, attack, be attacked and restore. And with respect to Rongyuen's pleadings, i signed up.

Behold, i was brought forth to the outskirts of evony and up towards where my foresight could fathom, i see barren land. A servant whispered, "Milady, the land before thou sweet eyes is thy kingdom. Reign forever." Hahaha. Okay2x, no real servant would actually whisper that to you. It was just probably the voice in my head who was apalled by the mere sight of evony. The land was empty, quests need to be accomplished, friends to be invited, and resources to be gathered. And I thought, hmmm.....more work to do, better get going fast, i might have a chance to outdo Rongyuen and plunder him. Buwahahahaha! But, it was like a mini-challenge that i kept to myself, which of course, i did not have the chance to do so since i was devastated to find out that someone else took the first offensive step against him... grrrr, if Rongyuen did not befriend her, I would have attacked her already. Hehehe. And so, i busied myself fulfilling quests, expanding cottages, improving my town and protecting it. I reflected back, oooohh, this is not crappy, after all.

Thus, the commencement of another addictive gaming episode which i think would get me hooked up for sure.

Lady Arabella

Vanished!

Almost all the towns surrounding me vanished!, i don't know why but maybe the GM just got rid of all the towns nearby who are no longer active, too bad i was farming them for resources haha XD.

Mell is now my friend ^^ such iron-icy, after being plundered we are now exchanging mails but i keep a far far away, very safe distance in case she may consider plundering me again hahaha.

Plundering

Everything happened too fast while i was fast asleep, when i woke up in the morning almost all my resources were gone!. I thought that my ally Scyons built a few structures or army for me, but when i checked the army reports.........it was on hell of a morning greeting.

I lost almost 400k on every lumber, stone, iron, food and gold resource, to make it worse all my armies were wiped out....I was attacked by 2000 of each type of army i was helpless my 300 traps and 300 abatis were almost wiped out. All that was left were 127 abatis and 0 traps even my 627 Archer towers, gone demolished.

I have to start over and hold myself back from pushing the restart game button...ahahah its part of the game, my ally said they had no choice i had no population and i have by building queues full...o well maybe it was meant to be, darn it.

After that i messaged the perpetrator of the plundering done to my castle, it was none other than mell the leader of the godlike alliance...well lets see what happens next, by the way my truce is on while i am doing this blog entry hahaha no attacking me now while i recover from the damages. XD

Evony and ivory live together in perfect harmony..

That song just keeps on playing in my head ever since i started playing evony. For those not familiar with it its a song by Paul Mccartney titled ebony and ivory. If you have played heroes of might and magic or civilizations, this game would be a very familiar setting for you to delve in.

I never thought that i would start playing evony since i hate installing games, its quite a hassle for me to download and wont be able to play it when i am outside, but these enticing ads of evony kept bothering me on almost every gaming site i visit so, what the heck i clicked the hot queen/princess/damsel in distress pic and i was routed to the evony site.

I was expecting a text based game where your units are only pictures embedded on a web page while the unit numbers are on the side of each picture, but instead i was greeted by a barren land ready to be built on and governed by me. The interface was friendly all the functions were tied up nicely, newbies to this kind of game won't be confused in navigating their way through the menus. See sample pic below





courtesy of onlinemassivelymultiplayer.com


















It's as simple as clicking a barren ground and a menu pops up on what you want to build, hover your mouse over what you want to build and instantly you get an update if your current resources are sufficient to build that structure, anything in red would mean that it is insufficient and you have to meet that requirement first before you can build it. Red stop Green go as simple as that.



Natural resources are evenly distributed for you to conquer or produce it yourself, although the mechanics are simple the game possibilities are endless. Strategies are not limited to just attacking you can scout ahead, amass your army or rally with your allies to crush a common foe.

Let me list down things that i like about this game.

1. No installation required although it buffers for the first time
2. Play anywhere as long as you have a decent internet connection
3. Connection to your friends using allied chat no more waiting for downloading and installing messengers and configuring it for conferences
4. 7 day protection for newbies from attacks wooot!, as long as you keep your townhall to lvl 4 until the 7 days are over, otherwise suffer the consequences haha.
   
5. Everything moves on its own even if you log out, semi-autonomous because the army movement and building is still in your control but production wise its great. One night's sleep and the next day you have a mountain of resources to use again.
6. It employs logical medieval fighting tactics too bad there are no boiling tars lmao
7. Attack, Defend, Sell, Buy, Plunder, Build, Conquer so much to do so little time
8. Ranks are updated instantaneously for your alliance and also your own personal ranking....for bragging rights...lol
9. Defeats are also recorded...hahaha no escape from embarassment
10. Lastly.....its free unless you are the impatient type go buy coins! otherwise enjoy the game with your friends and go to www.evony.com to register NOW!

I hope to see guys ingame and you can also join alliances its an international server im sure you would be able to find people of the same nationality or the same interests and beliefs as you are.

rongyuen
server 59
city: slums
marwyn_ng@yahoo.com
alliance: chzypuff


ill be updating this site with our experiences and also our views in the game and how to do things the right way since we have already done all the wrong things lol.....

later peeps.