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TRI-MONTHLY NEWSLETTER | OCTOBER ISSUE

This digest newsletter covers the months of July, August and September.

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CATCHING UP | IN CHARACTER

• Dazadi Rhea and new pet Dante ran into Daoine Sidheanta in the mountains in Growing Pains.
  
• Elias Solanus, nuisance thief, tried in vain to pawn a recently stolen ring at Piper's Boutique.
  
• Nymph in need, Chloris, was safely rescued by Eivyonydd and his friends in A Nymph in Need.
  
• Fledgling Lucas Akakios's face met Dazadi Rhea's fist in Not a Morning Person.
  
• Having failed to pawn it, Elias Solanus attempted to offer the stolen ring to Xanth and was instead cursed in One Ring to Fool Them All.
  
• Piper Kin and Isabel Armitage's search for a mentor in Masterful was largely unsuccessful but they did help new vampire Erasmus Diestekles.
  
• Piper Kin took Erasmus Diestekles for Lunch for the Masses.
  
• After a great deal of effort, Dazadi Rhea bested Zephyr Caibre in a fight and convinced him to be her sparring partner.
  
• Lani Pavel's pet shop, The Ark held its grand opening.
  
• Elise Theiroe helped an Espurian streetrat in Diving In With Both Feet.
  
• Piper Kin started a trip to Kyriake but was set upon by thief-turned-bandit Elias Solanus and rescued by Lani Pavel and Erasmus Diestekles.
  
• Two Therians and Nymph, Gossamer Jikara, Lassar Blair and Tryphon Kol, met up on a Woodland Trek.
  
• Lucas Akakios was smitten when he stumbled across Piper Kin's boutique.
  
• Newcomer Kiel Taskel was victimised by thief Elias Solanus but still managed to make a bunch of new friends in New Arrivals.
  
• Ares Jahoon stopped by Lani Pavel's pet shop, The Ark.
  
• Leon Diostrophes ran into trouble when he tried to "save" Dazadi Rhea in The Lion, the Witch and the Tiger.
  
• Lucas Akakios invaded griffin territory in Strolling Down the Beach and was rewarded with griffin feathers that Elias Solanus immediately tried to steal.
  
• Moses Doctrine tried to recruit Zephyr Cairbre for a quest in A Day Out.
  
• Kiril Lokinos' return led to much mischief involving Dazadi Rhea and Xanth herself in A Tourist in Alexshire and Mischief Makes.
  
• Elise Theiroe and Moses Doctrine met up to begin their quest in If It Ain't Treasure and Are you starting to feel like Indiana Jones?
  
• Piper Kin and Lucas Akakios met up for breakfast in When is a Date Not a Date?
  
• Isabel Armitage rescued witty kitty Sheba from a tree.
  
• Kiel Taskel flirted with waitress Sally and got a bunk at Le Bon Cafe before moving into his own shabby apartment a few weeks later.
  
• Naava Makani and Piper Kin caught up in Through a Mirror Dimly.
  
• Elise Theiroe stopped by The Ark with kitty Rusty.
  
• Guardsmen Aiden Roy and Maximus Mills catch up while on the job in Boys in Blue.
  
• Aluscielle Velouet rescued an exhausted boy from accidental drowning in the Price of Wishes.
  
• Illegal bare-knuckle fighting drew Dazadi Rhea's attention to Lucas Akakios in Just Another Day At The Office.
  
• Piper Kin gathered the courage to move out of Dazadi Rhea's apartment into a her own place, with a little help from Lucas Akakios.
  
• Kiel Taskel tried to get a job as Zephyr Cairbre's shop assistant in Anyone In?

UPDATES | OUT OF CHARACTER

• We welcomed newcomers Moses and Bella.
  
• The Message Network had its grand opening.
  
• Pets were added to the Prize Shop.
  
• I gave the About Elysia page a major update.
  
• This year's Summer Camp was a great success, with Sparrow and Nattie taking the top prizes.
  
• EF celebrated its third anniversary in August! To celebrate, we had a beach party for Xanth Day.
  
• I released a new skin called On the Beach.
  
• Russ won an imp dragon in the Awesomest Raffle of d00m.
  
• I finally finished the rewrite of the level system! WOOHOO! Read more about it here.
  
• I opened submissions for the bestiary.