[Xanth]

TRI-MONTHLY NEWSLETTER | OCTOBER ISSUE

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This digest newsletter covers the months of October, November and December.

PREVIOUS ISSUES:

• #1-3: June-August 2008
  
• #4: September-November 2008
  
• #5: December-February 2009
  
• #6: March-June 2009
  
• #7: July-September 2009

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CATCHING UP | IN CHARACTER

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• Vampire Cielle Velouet stumbled across a young boy on the coast in Price of Wishes.
  
• Caught in the middle of an illegal fight by Dazadi Rhea, Lucas Akakios attempted to befriend the Aide and her pet tiger without much success.
  
• Piper Kin told Dazadi Rhea that she was moving out. She needed Lucas Akakios' help to move in to her new place.
  
• Kiel Taskel took up Zephyr Cairbre's job offer in Anyone In? and became the Rutilus' trainee and boyfriend.
  
• Elise Theiroe popped by The Ark to buy her pet cat, Rusty, some treats, and met Lani Pavel in Are Those Fish Edible?
  
• Sabrina Casius and Kiel Taskel found out what happened when a speeding 'Vari ran into a stopped Nymph while carrying a gift-wrapped angel snake in Divine Intervention.
  
• Moses Doctrine and Elise Theiroe went off in search of treasure in Are You Starting to Feel Like Indiana Jones?
  
• Lucas Akakios was once again rescued from a fight gone bad when Zara Yu found him and took him to Lyra Valene for healing.
  
• Dazadi Rhea and Kiril Lokinos got into a world of trouble in Xanth's Temple during Mischief Makers.
  
• Maximus Mills and Aiden Roy rescued a terrified firefox while on patrol in Boys in Blue.
  
• Kiel Taskel helped Zara Yu put up her christmas tree in Delivery!
  
• He overplayed the selling techniques with Sabrina Casius in Where Owls Run the Show when Zephyr Cairbre started glaring.
  
• Dante Errol was enchanted by Euphenia Vallas' dance act in Winging It.
  
• Kiel Taskel picked up a stray and made Lucas Akakios his slave courier apprentice for the day in It's beginning to smell a lot like Xanthmas.
  
• Euphenia Vallas volunteered her services for Lani Pavel's pet shop in Paper Trail.
  
• Faroah got himself into mischief again while Lazuli Kitay rescued Euphenia Vallas from the River Cora in The Glowing of the Fireflies.
  
• Down in the Dark's ongoing Halloween special saw Kiel Taskel in more trouble than he could probably handle when he got separated from his escort, Aiden Roy.
  
• And finally, this year's Xanth's Grotto was a wonderful success.

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UPDATES | OUT OF CHARACTER

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• I opened submissions for creatuers, plants and places.
  
• I introduced Player Limits so that we no longer need to add GM notes to our posts, among other things.
  
• I reopened the Mature Threads forum.
  
• I made a general forum update.
  
• I also added a bunch of informational articles on roleplaying to the Information board.
  
• We had a major upgrade in November.
  
• I lifted the thread presence limits.
  
• I announced a new option to semi-retire your characters.
  
• I also released two new guides for Joining EF and Creating Your Character
  
• The Design a Creature V: Kiel Special was won by Colleen with the delightful Shadowkin. With Skyla as the runner-up with her adorable Windfur, the DAC also saw the release of two more pets for the bestiary.