World Review #1: Grizzleheim/Wintertusk

So, what is World Review?

As this is my first segment of the World Review, I think this is due for a little explanation. World Review, as you probably know, is a post series in which I review each and every world of the Spiral that can be accessed via a spiral door. As such, Grizzleheim and Wintertusk are one review, and Aquila will not be featured in a review at all (unless I start doing pirate world reviews, in which case - that's a very different story.) After some analysis, I will give the featured world a letter grade.

Goodbye, Grizzleheim!

And good riddance! It's on to Dragonspyre for Emma! So we fought the Coven yesterday. With some help from a high-level storm wizard, we beat them easily, and I got the Arcane Staff (crowns wand) on my very first try! People farm for days for that!

We got to bash up Cyrus Drake (fun!) with a hit that would've killed his brother, and there was this glitch so we could fight him together. You can also see the Arcane Staff in the below picture.

We entered Dragonspyre, a world which I love, got severe nostalgia, and entered the Tower Archives. Emma also got sent off to Celestia by the crafting guy, but she'll wait to get Grandmaster Crafter until we actually quest to there. We met Zarathax (oooh) and got lost in the tower portion of the Archives while looking for an area with just Loathsome Creepers in it. We had fun. Malistaire, here we come!

- Sophia E

Skull Island's Jungles: Secrets Revealed

We all know that KI likes to "recycle" game graphics and use them elsewhere. But is there more to Skull Island's Gold Mine, Dark Jungle, and Valley of the Gold Monkey than meets the eye? Watch this short video and discover the shocking secret.

I only picked out the best bits, so feel free to keep exploring on your own. Most of the area's layout is exactly the same. Have fun! (And look out for other similarities between areas.)
- Sophia E

Fun, Friends, and Fizzles: Another Episode of Emma

Hey, everyone! I guess it hasn't been a while since you last saw me, but I just thought this was a great opportunity to get a post in since Sophia's off writing one of her own at her treehouse place. Anyway, Christina (Elizabeth) and I were doing quests in Mooshu's Village of Sorrow some time ago. We had to defeat Walking Dead to make a soul chain. Anyway, we had to defeat lots of them. Lots and lots of Walking Dead. It was boring. Then, a random person ran into our battle. I was just about to think How rude! when he said "Hi!" (That was in text chat, by the way.) It turned out he was on the exact same quest as us, and we started up a nice conversation. His name was Flint MythGem, (magus conjurer) and he was really nice. We did a lot of quests together, finishing the Village of Sorrow, but I had to leave before we could do the Tree of Life. He's way ahead of us now in quests, but we still sometimes fight bosses together. 

Now I'm about seven levels ahead of that. I've completely finished Mooshu, earning the Emerald Champion badge, and now we're in Grizzleheim. We blasted (or should I say blizzarded?) our way through Savarstaad Pass since we're double the level it was intended for, and we went on to Vigrid Roughland. These monsters are just a little harder, but it's still really easy. Both of us were friend requested by a level 29 sorcerer: Keira WaterCloud, menu chatter. Side note: I don't mind menu chatters. I was one once, so I can use it fairly well, and I was still perfectly splendiferous back then! Now, Keira was wearing a Marleybone hat and Wizard City robe and boots, all dyed pink, and she had a baby unicorn pet. The stats from this gear were something like 6% death resist, 3% fire damage, and 29 health. We helped her through a mob fight. I had a mega pip fail, so I just threw a few extra blades on Christina and let her do one larger hit instead of two smaller ones. Guess what? She fizzled. Twice in a row. Definitely not splendiferous. 

By the way - in Savarstaad Pass, there's a collectible boat housing item. I went to pick it up, and got not one, but TWO boat housing items. Are they like reagents or something? I wonder what the rare harvest of those Grizzleheim boats is. Basket of fish, maybe? Anyway, I found myself faced with the dilemma of finding a way to fit them both into my already full backpack. I ended up teleporting them to my bank. (How do they fit in there, anyway..?) 

Also: while in Vigrid Roughland, Christina discovered a very interesting new development. It's pretty complicated, so I'll leave Sophia to handle it. Expect an update on this soon! (Ooh...you pirates are going to be SO surprised.)

- Em-

Emma? What are you doing? 

...uh-oh...Gotta run! See you later!

Where are you, Emma? Hmm...maybe she's not here, after all. I guess I'll just sign off this unfinished post - wait. Unfinished post? EMMA!

- Sophia E