A Journey.

[The End Narrator]

[member="Sam Jhovna"] | [member="Jack Rand"] | [member="Sabena Shai"] | [member="Kosuke Yamauchi"] | [member="Maria Natalja"] | [member="Gherron Vael"] | | [member="Elizie Adasca"] | [member="Sophia Walsh"] | [member="Veega Anarth"] | [member="Kiren sepherus"] | [member="Ayden Quell"] | [member="Nefertari Sovint"] | [member="Rael sul B'an"]


[SIZE=10.5pt]Day One will begin on 2/9/2014 - 6 P.M EST[/SIZE]

[SIZE=10.5pt]This is the approximate time we'll be landing on Ilum and the tests and such will begin. We won't actually be to the caves yet, as everyone needs time to post. Hopefully by tonight - I'll have released it to the open-ended portion (aka Crystal Caves) bid. [/SIZE]

 

[Nikolas Faselli]

[member="Aaralyn Rekali"]

All the five days thing brought me to a question. What about all the people who live in really different timezones and who may not be able to fit in the time frames? Do we have to find more time for posting in the five days and try to find the crystals really quick or ...?

 

[The End Narrator]

It's really not so much as finding your crystal quick - it's the influence of the Force over your trials/test. The more time that passes, the more aggressive or realistic these anomlies become.

Day Five is just like Maximum Strength basically. It's kinda just a bar - I know people are going to take their time, it's just more of an incentive for people to get creative. When the beasts are unleashed, again, more of an incentive to get creative.

Here is the Episode:

Spoiler

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcd7M5h3bYU

 

[The End Narrator]

See, unlike the original Gathering, I can't say a single day - door will freeze over and everyone within is trapped. Then it becomes a madhouse scramble.

I essentially went with the door to the caves will be constantly open - perhaps maintained by a durasteel frame of sorts. Say the challenge became less and less over the years, which is why we improvised.

Make sense?

I do not expect you to hammer out 30 posts in five days to find your crystals, in light of this - I can review the timetables and expand it if this is a concern for everyone? Would stretching it over seven days work better?

[member="Sam Jhovna"] | [member="Jack Rand"] | [member="Sabena Shai"] | [member="Kosuke Yamauchi"] | [member="Maria Natalja"] | [member="Gherron Vael"] | | [member="Elizie Adasca"] | [member="Sophia Walsh"] | [member="Veega Anarth"] | [member="Kiren sepherus"] | [member="Ayden Quell"] | [member="Nefertari Sovint"] | [member="Rael sul B'an"]

 

[The End Narrator]

The end purpose is for everyone to create something for character development, an open-ended experience that gives you an increasing difficulty or rather increasing level to be creative with.

You're provided the base, you have the character - Go nuts.

The timetable is more so guidelines than an actual timetable.

 

[Nikolas Faselli]

[member="Aaralyn Rekali"]

Thank you for the reply! So good to know that I don't have to adapt myself to a completely different timezone.

 

[The End Narrator]

[member="Sam Jhovna"] | [member="Jack Rand"] | [member="Sabena Shai"] | [member="Kosuke Yamauchi"] | [member="Maria Natalja"] | [member="Gherron Vael"] | | [member="Elizie Adasca"] | [member="Sophia Walsh"] | [member="Veega Anarth"] | [member="Kiren sepherus"] | [member="Ayden Quell"] | [member="Nefertari Sovint"] | [member="Rael sul B'an"]


The timetable has been extended to seven days to accommodate the major timezone differences.

This is an open-ended opportunity. Whatever you do, is what you do. You have seven IRL Days, not IC Days obviously - to locate your crystal before trouble begins to brew. EDIT - Remember Day One, You will still encounter some influence mentioned in the Force Anomalies, just depends on fears and failures - ect.

• http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Gorgodon - Are a highly aggressive beast that roam the caves of Ilum - however - during this five day period, they will be in "hibernation". Once the sun rises on the seventh day they will start roaming the caves - searching for their victims. Hopefully you will have made it to the main area of the Ilum Temple (Outside of the caves themselves) or completed your lightsaber.

• Force Anomalies - As it is well known with every journey into the caves of Ilum, the Force creates hallucinations and illusions that can have a dark side influence. As time goes by, from the 1st day to the 2nd, 2nd to 3rd and so on - this will increase. This means, the stronger, more powerful or painful and perhaps even realistic these will become. A simple beast could end up turning into a raging Rancor by the 7th day. If you end up stuck behind a wall on Day Two, you could be encased in ice on Day Five, Day Seven you could be dangling from a cliff over a chasm.

The reason for these additions into The Gathering was because the original Gathering consisted of the test at the start - which will still occur but the other tests within and then the day period where the entrance freezes over. I saw that the entrance freezing over was too simple to bypass and wouldn't really challenge people in an open-ended scenario...so we're spicing it up going forward.

Be creative, and most importantly - have fun.

Day One will begin on 2/9/2014 - 11 P.M EST

Day Seven will begin on 2/16/2014 - 6 A.M EST

Spoiler

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcd7M5h3bYU

Visual Reference for the Original Gathering Episode from Clone Wars which shows a bit into what the original trials consisted of.

 

[Jack Rand]

[member=Sam Jhovna]

I'm totally going to go in there and fall off a cliff.

 

[The End Narrator]

[member=Sam Jhovna]

I'm totally going to go in there and fall off a cliff.

X_X Please don't.

 

[Jack Rand]

[member="Aaralyn Rekali"]

Aww does that mean somebody wants my company

 

[The End Narrator]

[member="Aaralyn Rekali"]

Aww does that mean somebody wants my company

The lingering presence of Ember Rekali wouldn't approve...can't say he's a ghost - Old man ain't dead. ([member="Shule Windspeaker"])

Sorry.

Perhaps...Sam would like your company. *nudges gently towards Sam*

P.S - I just don't want our only NFU on this trip to die...might deter future NFUs from coming.

 

[Jsc]

[member="Jack Rand"]

If the Force wills it Mr Disney. *meditates* ...May your legs break swiftly and your heart rejoice in the learning. *omm* *omm* *omm*