Khrysalis - Tyrian Tyrants

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and kickoff to the holiday season! I spent a little time getting closer to the end of Khrysalis Part 1, getting frustrated by multiple cheating bosses along the way. 

On a brighter note, I got a new mouse friend! :D

..or we can just teleport there.

Yay, cuter bugs!

This brings to light a brilliant trivia question, which shall be at the bottom of this post - with a big prize this time ;)

AHHH, DEFINITELY NOT CUTE

"Spellbinder" is now the new "young wizard".

"Squicky"? That's your excuse?

Lots of intriguing centipedes and XP rewards, if you haven't noticed already.

Finally someone who doesn't call me a Spellbinder, gosh.

You don't look so human yourself..

I had to buy specific life-resistant gear from the Bazaar to solo this interesting character. An extra henchman didn't hurt either.

And this is just a mouse flying a dragonfly...

Now, to finally revenge Dyvim's demise --

Comfortable place you've got here, Brood Mother.

Sting THIS!

Dang. I was hoping she was actually evil. I mean, help the same creature that killed Dyvim? Even if it was while being controlled by Morganthe...

So many cheating bosses, grah..

Pretty fancy echo chamber, I gather.

Thanks. As if feeding dragonflies or tying milkwebs together was pungent enough.

The "Song of Creation" is also the Azteca Post-Apocalypse theme (ironic). It's rather soothing, too.

I'm not sure they could stomach you, anyways..

Oh geez, an arachnophobe's nightmare .__.

Atlach-Leng was an interesting sort. If you ever face him, kill him first. He doesn't attack you, but those death minions really chip away at your health, and they don't leave until he's dead.

aaand Ding!

For having quite a bit left to do still in Khrysalis, I reached Level 95 awfully early. I did turn in a couple side quests, but still. Think there's an XP overload here :P

Outside of a few stretches, Khrysalis seems really neat. Better than Azteca, surely. Even if there is a slight overload of cheating bosses.

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Trivia Question! First, the formalities:

You can answer via blog comment, Twitter (@arlendawneyes), or e-mail. Please leave an e-mail address if you answer by blog comment, or the answer won't be considered (and no one else will see your comment, as they are moderated). Also, if you do answer with anything other than Twitter, please ask your parents if you are under 13 years old of age. If you answer correctly, I will contact you with a Wizard101 TFC and ask you what Crown Shop items you want specifically. Anyways, here's the question!

In Dragonspyre's Drake Hatchery, you have to retrieve a Drake Egg from a tower.

What is the name of this tower, and the boss at the top of it?

The prize this week is: 3750 Crowns! 

That means you could buy a combination of any things that equal to 3750 crowns or less, including any Candy Cane mount! It's a gift-giving time of year after all.

And there's a Bonus Question!

How much gold do you get from the Drake Egg quest?

The prize, if anyone can get this question, will be 800 crowns worth of merchandise.

Until next time, have a good holiday season!

Happy Questing!

Khrysalis - Bumblers & Burrowers

 After a lovely tour of Bastion, it's time to start questing with Dyvim .. and encounter more bugs.

I'm thinking we don't even need spiral keys anymore - let's just follow Zeke into new worlds.

I actually made a post (which is still one of the top viewed for this blog) a couple years ago with this poem. Of course, the pictures are gone now, but it's still a nice Vets Day post. Happy belated 95th!

Where's Ratbeard when you need him?!

Really taking the term "honey mill" literally here.. neat :P

Burn, baby, burn .. smoke elemental!

That's a doozzzy of a rhyme! hehe, sorry

The bumbler prison. Yikes..

..aaand the Brood Mother inevitably shows up.

DYVIM! :(

So close, Dyvim, so close... yet so far.

If anyone thinks the end of Azteca is sadder than this plot point, they're probably lying. I didn't really find the end of Azteca particularly sad, it seemed inevitable. But my mouse friend dying? *sob*

Ick. As if bees weren't gross enough.

Life bugs sure like their Goat Monks. Kind of an odd alliance.

Niiice. Since when did we go back to Mooshu?

Leave my Bat Wings out of this!

I love how they tell me stuff that will obviously hurt their cause when I kill them.

A nice view from the aptly named Camp Havoc - essentially a big dirt field with burned forest.

Of all things to encounter here, gorillas? Really?

Can you spot the anagram?

What's to be ashamed of? I mean, I already got you the tea.

That's that until Tyrian Gorge, which I should be able to post by Wednesday. Safe travels to those who have already left for Thanksgiving!

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I'll end this post with a trivia question, which I neglected to post last time.. probably because that post was long enough. Remember, you can answer via blog comment, Twitter (@arlendawneyes), or e-mail. Please leave your e-mail if you do answer by blog comment - they're moderated, so no one else will see it. If you use Twitter, just use Direct Message towards me.

The prize for this post is: 250 crowns, which you can buy an elixir and mini-packs with!

... Okay, that's a pretty tiny prize. I'll throw in a few cool treasure cards in there as well (I have waaay too many).

With that said, here's the question:

In what Wizard101 area do you encounter a "merfox"?

Good luck and Happy Questing!

Nosferawho?

With this post comes a big blog template change - orange and black colors with a custom-made Halloween background. It does clash with the Tabs (Blog List/Archive), but I'll only have this up for 3 weeks anyway. I also re-uploaded my 3-year old header made by Wolf Redfist. I should probably change it someday (Lord Spike the Orthrus is now resting comfortably in an attic somewhere), but I still love it.

On another note, due to that mishap with Blogger (see last post), just about all of my old blog pictures now show a big exclamation point instead of the picture. That's a real bummer, but at least I didn't lose the whole blog as well, right? Still, that revelation is disappointing, to say the least.

With that duly noted, on to the new Halloween content!

It's close to midnight, and something evil's lurking in the dark...

Not quite the thrill that I had in mind.

The Halloween content arrived for October this week, bringing with it an awaited conclusion to the Haunted Cave mystery. What is inside that gate on the hillside?

 

First things first, though - Baron Mordecai's annual defeat.

Just for fun, I Google-searched for "monstrous, disfigured vegetables".

THE THING . . .

 FROM YOUR NEIGHBOR'S GARDEN!

Seriously though, that's a spooky tomato.

Similarly ...

Hey, that's strangely appropriate.

(credit to a random article in the U.K. Daily Mail)

Gee, that's comforting.

Fun fact: Nosferatu was a 1922 horror movie based off, you guessed it, Dracula. Because film rights were not acquired, the film was nearly lost to history after all copies were ordered destroyed. Thankfully, it had been circulated and remained available. Also, I'm pretty certain he didn't drink veggie juice.

Creepiness achieved. Definitely seems like a good watch for Halloween, I've gotta save that link for 3 weeks.

On a related note, I love his accent.

A novel idea --- every transformation, including quest-specific ones, available for a handy 25 gold. I would've thought some of the more exclusive transformations would cost more, but I'm not complaining.

Ooh.. I wanna go inside.

To top off the quest, I got Madame Xena. I didn't know reanimated rabbits were green. Must have been patched together in an eco-friendly fashion.

Overall, I only have two suggestions for improving the new quest:

*Level-scaling? It's a cute quest, but it's of a Krokotopian/Marleybonian difficulty level.

*Do something with the houses, nooks, and crannies in the cave. Seeing a subterranean haunted house is cool, but going inside is better.

That said, I still really like Madame Xena as a reward.

There were no other changes in the Halloween content - but why not give the towers a go, once again?

The Master Tower hasn't been worth doing since the Kensington Park rewards stopped dropping there (yes, they did once!). It's always fun to revisit Pumpkin Head, though, and get Great Spyre Gurtok rewards on an easier boss.

So 2010. *eyeroll*

One of these years, Kingsisle will make a Grandmaster Tower. I will hold on to those hopes. (Please?)

For now though, the new quest and Frankenbunny is pretty sweet.

Last but not least, if you've got this far...

At the end of every post from now on, I *may* offer a trivia question with a prize of whatever you want in the Crowns Shop under X crowns. For this first time, it will be anything at or under 500 crowns. Items under 500 crowns include: hairstyles, elixirs, hoard packs, etc. Anything you'd like.

To answer, simply comment on this post, e-mail me (the address is above the Blog Archive), or tweet @arlendawneyes with the answer. If you win, I will give you a TFC and gift the prize to your character in-game. Also, only one answer may be submitted per question. Pretty simple.

Now that the basic rules have been laid out, here's the trivia question for today's post:

Last year (not sure it's happening this year), what somewhat rare pet was dropped from the Haunted Cave Apple Tub?

I'll update as soon as I get a correct response :)

P.S. I may have have some extra prizes besides crowns for this first question!

Happy Questing!