Welcome to Cycle 122!
First off,
Congratulations to our June OTM winners! Character of the Month for June is our
Cyneweard, the Knight with shining battle-axe currently struggling with the Clearstone gradually infesting him with Order, and all the trauma and confusion tangled up in this! This month's
Pair of the Month consists of the questionable duo of young
Triage and their would-be victim,
Bauxite-T-One, whose
thread together was a strong contender for Thread of the Month, too. Just edging it out for
Thread of the Month is major lore and event thread
AND ON HER WING DID WE SEE THE SUN, in which the Gembounds of Origin see the surface--and the real sky--for the very first time. (For most of them, at least.) June's Member of the Month is
Silkwyrm, playing the aforementioned Bauxite along with everyone's favorite trauma-monster of the Hive,
Juggernaut; lovely moth creature with the flare for the theatrical and dramatic,
Luna, and newly-armored, jack-o-lantern-faced, winged hyena (yes, you read that right)
Relic!
Achievements & magicka have been awarded to all winners!
Thanks for voting!
Monthly Draw
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Congratulations to Harvey on winning the Monthly Draw!
On to our
June News!
Origin's
Tenth Anniversary Event is now ending. With it, Nemean's Trivia event and Totum's Golem-Making Class, along with our gacha raffles, are also coming to a close. Be sure to get your final Gacha claims in ASAP, along with any final posts in those two threads!
Character Raffles
Congratulations on the
Winners of the Valkhound Raffle and the
Winners of the Drone Raffle of June! Virosa, the Black Tangle has been won by Lemmiwinks; Valethyr, the Absolver has gone to Spudbuds; Drone 017 Banshee has been won by Viv, and Drone 018 Architect has been won by Shafaer! We can't wait to see what chaos--and order--these characters get up to!
New Cave - Scorpio!
June sees the opening of a new cave,
Scorpio, in the related Quest,
A Long Hibernation. Rather than a massive ecosystem to explore, Scorpio is a very small, minor room consisting of
NPC shops and market stalls, along with the tavern,
The Roaring Hearth Inn. At The Roaring Hearth, you may spend your hard-earned coins on hearty food, delicious drinks, and... what's that, you say? "What's a coin?" Look no further!
Coins & Gemcoins - A New Economy!
Maybe you've noticed the new Coin and Gemcoin fields pop up across character inventories?
Our new
Bounty System introduces Coins and Gemcoins (25 coins = 1 Gemcoin). The Bounty System is an economy system, allowing characters to hunt, gather, etc. for Scorpio's NPCs in return for coins. Players can edit their characters' coin amounts themselves (but we ask you to be honest to what they've been up to; bounty claims, for example, must be made in threads, and not off-screen). Beyond that, your characters may
post their own bounties, or trade their coins for other characters' goods and services. If NPC interaction is more your style, the
General Goods store, Blacksmith shop, and Tailor all have basic goods for sale.
Dungeon Crawl Event
To get everyone started, well, our NPCs
have just awoken to find that all their supplies have rotted or perished over time. The freshly awoken shopkeepers and the Innkeeper, Bartholomew, need supplies! The
Dungeon crawl will be Bartholomew's attempt to give would-be adventurers a relatively safe taste of Adventuring™. Maybe your characters can learn a few things about the process of Adventuring™, or gain some valuable loot in the dungeon! To sign up, head to the mentioned
[Quest] A Long Hibernation for your characters to be pointed in the right direction! (The food and drink in this thread are
free! Woo! The Dungeon Crawl itself will begin in two days, on June 3rd. Your character
does not need to be posted in the Tavern thread first, if you don't wish to do so!
[Event] Unbound!
July's event is still a
mystery, but
what's that weird red light shining from parts of Orion's walls..?
Since Scorpio is freshly opened, let us know of any bugs you may run into. Other than that, thank you for continuing to enjoy Origin in its ancient TENTH YEAR, Happy Pride Month, and enjoy your summer!
