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12 June 2009: Got a Dragon on my Back
IT'S A DRAGON ATTACKOn May 31st we beat the Kaesora Council ... and we also scared General Kurn into running away. And on June 12 we had the honour of defending Norrath's finest dragon army from the evil Sebilisian forces of Emperor Ganak on his ridiculous flying toad ... First the thrill of seeing the big dragons actually taking to the air:  Bunch of dinosaurs, and Inlania, under a flying Trakanon Next, we slaughtered dozens of helpless iksar, and dozens of helpless guildies too, while Jaled'Dar and Ganak played tag in the sky ...  Come back for a big slobbery kiss, you little wuss! And finally, we got to try and persuade Ganak to get off his high horse - er high sokokoko - er frog with tatty wings ...  Come on down, Emperor Ganak! The price (your life) is right! And so to the completion of Tier 2 of the Seeds of Destruction raids. We got some more Eon armour, some more runes, and Hobet won custody of the frog.  I remember when this field were all bones ... Next - the Rallosian invasion of the Plane of Earth - and the Discordian realm of Korafax - Special thanks to Zaph & Slayce for today's screenies
10 May 2009: So you've had a little trouble in town, Now you're keeping some demons down ...
STOP DRAGON MY HEART AROUNDWe first entered Crystallos on April 1st. Four runs later, after an extremely smooth run through the elemental wings of the lair (marred only by a bugged Air event that cost us a couple of hours of wasted time) we settled down in front of the mightiest dragon in Norrath and prepared to face off. We'd had a good learning run on this fight on our first evening attempting it, and it had been very hard to have to leave last week, after a try that had taken her down below 10%. So we were here. We were willing. And we were going to win.  NEW TO THIS WEBSITE: OUR "SPOT THE DRAGON" COMPETITION After a little warm-up exercise (and would we be Nordlys Crusaders without a wipe on our first try of the night against a major new target?) we got in there again. The AEs kept firing. The Other Crusaders arrived and were as useless as ever. But Kerafyrm's hitpoints kept going down.  SOMEONE SING THIS DAMNED DRAGON A LULLABY!!! And then - in a slightly anti-climactic way - it was all over. Kerafyrm slumped back into slumber, the Other Crusaders woke up and began bragging foolishly about how it was all due to their sterling falling-over skills, and we ... we were Dragonkin.  HOPE SOMEONE BROUGHT ENOUGH NIBBLES FOR THE GATECRASHERS AT OUR PICNIC... And so ends another chapter in our astounding success. The end of the Secrets of Faydwer expansion - the only content we haven't beaten is in Seeds of Destruction. All achieved while keeping it just a game and social fun - I think being less than a year behind the hardcore on a 3 nights a week schedule is pretty cool, don't you? Special thanks to Anduain for the cracking shot of Kera at 6% ....
19 April 2009: We know nothing stays the same, and if you're willing to play the game, it will be ...
COMING AROUND AGAINFor the second time, we lined ourselves up for a raiding week – three visits – into Crystallos, the Lair of the Awakened. Armed with the experience of our first expedition, we cleared both the Fire and Earth wings splendidly on Wednesday, though a late run at the Ice Constructs proved problematical and we called it a night after one try.  YOU CAN HIDE, BUT YOU CAN'T RUN ... However on Friday we ran through the golems flawlessly, followed through swiftly on Zeik'shi Kar and Aerius, and resumed the painful process of trying to learn and beat the Vyskudra event. Alas, tonight it was not to be. On Sunday night it was pretty much the same story – and after three more wipeout runs it looked like this was not going to be our week to progress – though we were starting to wear the event down and get the hang of the mechanics. Still, undeterred, we applied a couple of final tweaks to the strategy, battered down the doorman, covered our heads with towels to evade the large droppings from the circling and descending drakes, and settled in to take Vyskudra for one more spin around the block.  TOLD YOU HE'D GOT SOME STONES ... Somehow, this time everything was different, and as the big girl's hitpoints headed downwards and downwards, we could scent victory in the air (or was that the drake droppings still?) And, as swiftly, it seemed, as we had wiped the previous time, the dragon was down. Last major obstacle to Kerafyrm, and the end of the Secrets of Faydwer expansion!  BYE BYE BABY Or so we thought, having read how much of a "gimme" the Brood Mother event was. Well, something went a little pear-shaped the first time we tried this, and somehow everyone on the raid seemed to acquire a large number of hungry draconian friends. Still, on our second try all the teams were on top of our game, and we'd learned what needed to be done – and what do you know? "They" were right after all. Brood Mother Visiazj is indeed a "gimme" event.  BIG MAMA Sadly, it was too late for us to pay even a learning visit to Kerafyrm, though your intrepid editor did nip along to get a quick preview picture for you. I failed: however, staff photographer Zaph captured this nifty image of the translucent one (that huddled mound of bloodied scraps under her feet is, indeed, your intrepid editor. Whoops.)  BE SEEING YA! Next time, Kerafyrm the Awakened. Next time we visit Crystallos, you're going back to sleep. For good.
Time may change me, but I can't trace time ....
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changesPoetry Corner In Memoriam ... So. Farewell then Hissa. You were our leader For many a year And towered above us While actually being Rather short. And now The end is near And so you've faced your Final curtain. Those lines are fair use And not plagiarism. You did it your way. Leading us from Vishimtar To downing Meldrath. Was it a surfeit of dead gnomes That ended Your reign? EJ THRIBB (aged 17 1/2) (with apologies to Private Eye) In all seriousness, Hissa was the longest-serving guild leader Nordlys Crusaders ever had, and he can retire with pride at the job he's done. And, as he's still with us to carry on leading raids in Crystallos and beyond, it's not like he's really gone! And now for something completely different ... Clearmoon has stepped up to take the position of guild leader, and I'm sure you will all join me in complete confidence that the grand traditions of the guild will carry on (onwards and upwards!) in her very capable hands. Except that tradition of singing really insane ditties when it all goes a bit Pete Tong, which perhaps we can all be grateful for. In other people news, we'd like to welcome Lorei, Leeonardo, Dapss, Zaqs, Inkz, Jeshu, Holgate, Firedyen, Weelease, and Jarrodc as full members following the end of their trial periods ... Corren, Hobet and Sharik as full social members (though Hobet is about to step up and try his hand at being a raiding cleric with us) ... and to say hi to all our new trialees and, we hope, soon firm friends ... Bobajob, on the raid force ... and adding to the social whirl, Fluggy, Enrollao, Eter, Columbine, Enyan, and Crumpledawn. Wow, 20 namechecks for entrants in the last 2 months. Who says EQ is fading away? NC certainly isn't!
5 April 2009: Earth, Wind and Fire ( & ice ...)
Boogie WonderlandAll Fools' day. April 1. An auspicious day for Nordlys Crusaders to take our first baby steps into the new realm of Crystallos raiding ... NOT! Luckily, we're nobody's fools, and in next to no time we were roasting our toes in the eastern caverns of the Lair of the Awakened. First up - and first down - was Chief Researcher Entharr in Halls of Fire. Dodging gouts of flame from the walls, we defeated him easily ... and slipped along into the undiscovered cavern of lava that was home to Tjudawos. He threw us about, we died, we went in again ...  TUDOR ROSS - the shaky camerawork just shows how he got us all shook up ... and he was history. First night, first Wing. We swept onwards into the tunnels of earth, coming up against a big golem in the form of the Keeper of Stones. The bigger they are, the harder they fall. He'd got some stones all right - but so had we. What a great first night! Friday the 3rd. Back to Earth with a bump? Well, more like a speedbump. Kildrukaun the Ancient Prophet didn't "prophet" from our visit - but we certainly did!  KILL DRAGON - she's just asking for it with a name like that, to be honest Another night, another wing under our wing. We slid straight on over into the ice - where we ran firmly into the big golems of the Ice Constructs events. Charging in blindly here did us no good at all. But we never let that get in the way of an NC strategy! So we persisted, and after a fairly long haul, all three of the icy guardians were dispatched. Goodbye Icyyr, goodbye Gargazyr, goodbye Aar'Kol. We won't take so long over you next time! And so to Sunday. Skidding up to the next icy challenge ... Zeixshi'Kar. Another fun dragon, another draconic haul. This all seems too easy!  SEXY CAR - crazy name, crazy dragon! And Wing number 3 was down, so we went storming ahead into Air. First up, a quick game of badminton as the whole raid is bounced over the airy walls, before coming up against the perfect storm - Aerius Windfury.  ROCKY 2 - Nordlys 50. We win. Easy and fun. This is a breeze! The final event was an invitational, however, and we had to get past the bouncer ...  HE'S A HITTER - you better believe it! .. and boy, did he bounce! Not too hard to get past though, we slipped him a fiver and he just looked the other way. On to the the main event ... Vyskudra. Here she is.  She's at about 99% hp ... and it didn't get much lower than that ... Bloodied but unbowed, we fought her to a standstill. Our standstill. Several times. But we'll be back. And soon. Kerafyrm, are you listening?
25 March 2009: A Suitcase of Memories ...
Time After TimeThe season of Fabled is upon us again, as anyone wading across combat zones amid a flock of flying epic weapons would be able to tell: so we decided to commemorate Everquest's 10th anniversary by revisiting one of its crowning triumphs, the Plane of Time.  THE FABLED QUORN - Nordlys Crusaders makes good use of the leftovers And so, after spending the first half hour or so shouting at somnolent mobs to WAKE UP SO WE CAN KILL YOU, we embarked on a whirlwind tour of the Gods of Norrath, ending with the famed four-headed dragon hydra the Fabled Quarm, pausing only to pick up some pretty gewgaws along the way - congratulations to: Malar, Fabled Stone of Flowing Time Lerash, Fabled Cord of Temporal Weavings Arionex, Fabled Jagged Timeforged Blade Dabeach, Fabled Belt of Temporal Bindings Siaka, Fabled Timestone Adorned Ring Slayce, Fabled Earring of Temporal Solstice and Fabled Talisman of Tainted Energy Linc, Fabled Tactician's Shield and Fabled Pauldrons of Devastation Jarrodc, Fabled Ring of Evasion and Fabled Earthen Bracer of Fortitude
15 March 2009: *BLOODY* Kithicor
Another One Bites the DustWell, another Sunday raid night started out in blistering zerg mode as we made short work of Bimbalicus the Soulbleeder in the Crypt of Shade, and short orc out of Ralkor Bloodmoon in his dismal Keep. Then it was time to move on for another crack at the killing kyv and annoying aneuks trying to disrupt the battle of Bloody Kithicor. We all settled in for another evening of learning and painful death, as the first attempt went its usual way and we failed to stop the premature ageing to death of one of the elven combatants ... ... and then something amazing happened, and as the lore echoed out in front of us ...  ... we finally saw General Bahgresh for only the second time! Well, after the kicking we got the first time he'd appeared for us, it was definitely payback time ...  ... and in no time at all, it seemed, the words we were longing to see appeared on-screen.   And we had saved part of Norrathian history once again.  After all that, it was only fair that we took away a few souvenirs of our visit to historic Kithicor ... congratulations to Alumien on acquiring Vacklun's Cloak, Lanadenae on lifting Laarthik's Veil, and Jobill on bending a Bloodwood Bow. Onwards and upwards, NC!
A Force to be Reckoned With
We are consistently turning out pretty full raids, with the subs bench regularly being warmed by a few valiant volunteers. Nevertheless we're always on the lookout for new talent, and this month is no exception with trial runs in progress for several new faces – Holgate Firedyen Zaqs Leeanardo Dapss Lorei And a couple of nearly-new faces and returnees – Jeshu Jarrodc (who WAS Gonaden anyway? Anyone ever see him?) Weelease Ronginy Inkz And a big shout out for someone who has completed their probationary period and is now an integral part of our raiding force – Hellaynnea - more to follow soon!
It's All About the Social Aspect
Not everyone in NC wants to or can raid regularly. Family and friends, long standing members who've discovered real life, people from across far oceans who are awake while the majority of us sleep – you're part of what make us what we are too, and this month we'd like to welcome into our ranks the following new friends who have decided they want to group and chat with us – Corren
Hobet Sharik
13 March 2009 : Another Week, Another Dead Gnome
Our quest to complete raid flagging for Crystallos for the guild continued apace with our fourth successful clearance of Meldrath's Majestic Mansion. Just a few weeks now till we can enter Kerafyrm's lair and cut a swathe through those naughty dragons ... and our equipment farming runs on Queen Malarian and Rottrued the Twisted proved as productive as usual.
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