The Cavern Post

It's time for our Monthly Column again, this time for March and the first part of April. This will cover the DMR Q&A event with Jack Wall, as well as the St. Patrick's Day celebrations in the Cavern. It also has a summary of the second Water Polo Game, the Cup consisting of five games in total.

(To be able to continue publishing this, we of course need the community's support! To report about events, news and what's happening in the Cavern.)Lire la suite

A Note From The Guild

This is a test of a new feature for the online version of The Cavern Post, similar to "What Happened In..." written by Nev'yn for the former version of the magazine: a monthly column. Specifically, it will be an overview of the different events and things that have happened the past month down in the cavern. We would like to publish this the week after the monthly All Guilds Meeting, so in general, around the first half of a month.

This time, we'll be leaving the reporting up to you, the average explorer.  We'll need the community's support to report about events, news and what's happening in the cavern. In this case, no contributors, no column. It's as simple as that.

To kick this off, here's a brief account of some of the things that happened during February and  March 2013.

MOULa's Third Anniversary: We can't forget the fact that, at the start of this february, MOULa has been online for three years!Lire la suite

Disclaimer: This series of articles is written in-character (IC) and are mainly based on known facts or research. Although Max has taken some liberties or "artistic license" in some parts, like in adapting or intertwining the gameplay or the fiction into facts of reality, the article has been fact-checked by others in the GoMe and in most aspects is, to the best of our knowledge, factually accurate.

We learned in the first part of this series how John Loftin and Elias Zandi made their first expedition to D'ni in 1988 utilizing lava tunnels located in the desert in New Mexico. During later expeditions, they managed to explore the cavern and get their first glimpses of the D'ni culture and history.

In the second part, we learned how the D'ni Restoration Council (DRC) was eventually founded after Elias Zandi passed away, leaving the property to his son Jeff Zandi, while he left his vast fortune to the members of the DRC to continue the restoration. By the end of 1997, the DRC had established themselves in the cavern on permanent basis, overseeing the restoration and further exploring the D'ni and the different Ages.Lire la suite

Disclaimer: This series of articles is written in-character (IC) and are mainly based on known facts or research. Although Max has taken some liberties or "artistic license" in some parts, like in adapting or intertwining the gameplay or the fiction into facts of reality, the article has been fact-checked by others in the GoMe and in most aspects is, to the best of our knowledge, factually accurate.

In Part 1, we learned how John Loftin discovered an entrance to the large cavern known as D'ni and how Elias Zandi and Loftin made their first expeditions down the lava tunnels.  Later, during a more than three-week-long expedition, they were accompanied by Dr. Richard A. Watson as the third member of their group of explorers. On that trip down to the cavern in the summer of 1991, John Loftin lost his life in a tragic accident that left the other two absolutely devastated. Despite this enormous setback and loss of life, Zandi and Watson were still determined to carry on and explore further what their late companion had discovered.

They had also started to work on the writings they had brought with them back to the surface; specifically, attempting to translate what, to their knowledge at the time, was a dead language.  In the latter part of 1991, they were finally able to translate some journals written by a young woman known as  Katran  or Catherine (she had been called both, apparently due to a mispronunciation by her husband).  Elias had also in correspondence with  Rand  and Robyn Miller told them about the group's progress and kept them updated on their findings.   Lire la suite