Day 20 - Markers Done

Finished off the marker missions. To be honest, they aren't so bad with only a few difficult jumps. It's obvious, though, that a lot more folks are going to have to complete the missions before we can expect anything to happen. There is a display at the Great Zero that clearly indicates that we are only a small fraction of the way there.

Marker Meter at the Great Zero

My power switch experiment was a failure, though I'm hardly surprised. There has got to be something else going on with these Ages but, at least for now, I do believe there is nothing else to do save using the four portals and making the occassional revisit to make sure nothing has changed. A couple of things interesting did happen. One, I noticed the weather had changed significantly at Payiferen as there was a wind storm kicking up dust outside. I'm not sure if this is just a random element or not. I also talked with D'Annika who was waiting for the Payiferen portal too. When she linked through I checked on her location and it was D'ni Re...something (I've should have grabbed a screen shot). Also, Garamoth and I were both in Tetsonot for the portal at the same time a few days back and my portal was a few minutes after his. I don't know what this means, if anything.

The Helpers' Bevin seems to be doing well. Up to eight members, with four of them being helpers. Hope to get more so that there will be Helpers there most of the time. We'll just have to see how it goes.

Last, picked up a third sparkling thing that creates a lantern in your Relto thanks to a little hint from Corbin, and I finally figured out what the deal was. They are calender lanterns, one per month. If you notice, they are even numbered: 3, 4, 5 - March, April, May. Duh!!! So basically, they're an indicator of how long you've been in the game. Cool! Next month I'll take a shot of finding it without any hints.

Relto Calender Lanterns

HC