Difference between revisions of "Newbie Guide"

Among the vast lands of Achaea, there are three areas specially Created for newbies: [[Minia]], [[Lodi]], and [[Mount Gheladan]]. Older adventurers cannot enter these areas, so you will not be crowded out by more experienced hunters or knowledgeable questers. You can reach these lands most easily by using PORTALS to reach the Ring of Portals, then taking one of the three designated exits (READ the SIGN for directions). Another way to reach the newbie lands is to walk there (both normally and the [[Landmarks]] kind). Possibly most usefully, you can ask the guardian dragon of a land to take you to one of the other two free of charge. These guardian dragons are named [[Auma]], [[Poraeus]], and [[Lasuna]], and they guard the respective lands listed above. Simply go up to one and say "Please take me to <newbie land>", and you will be whisked away. This is helpful if you wish to save your remaining uses of the PORTALS command for when you really need them.

The land of Minia is a fanciful place located off the [[Prelatorian Highway]] near the [[Aureliana]] forest. Within Minia, a young adventurer might find such beings as [[pixies]], [[kobolds]], [[imps]], [[hellcats]], and [[pygmies]]. There are plenty of quests for a newbie to complete, such as curing the sick kobold and claiming the Imp Lord's bounty on the heads of the pixies. [[Vellis]], the butterfly collector, resides at the ''Ivy-covered archway to Minia'', where he hands out nets to those who wish to catch butterflies. In fact, Vellis hands out nets to anyone, not just newbies, and as such his location is the only one in Minia to be open to all. However, one should not linger long, lest the ogre guards come and take you away.

:Within the pixie village reside a number of playful pixies, as well as their leader, the [[Pixie Queen]]. These pixies are engaged in a long-time war with the imps of the Ember Tower, ever since the Pixie Queen scorned the Imp Lord for some unknown reason. It seems he did not take it very well, and each leader has bounties on the other species' heads. You can find the pixie village by heading northeast from Vellis.

*'''The Ember Tower'''

:At the southeastern edge of Minia, the [[Ember Tower]] crawls with mischievous imps at war with the pixies of the pixie village. Under the command of the [[Imp Lord]], an imp by the name of [[Ord]] trains dangerous hellcats for their defense of the tower. The Ember Tower may be found by following the road southeast from Vellis, and following the signs.

:In the northwestern corner of Minia lies the settlement of [[Miba]], the pygmy village. The pygmy people of Miba love the taste of kobolds from the Libra dungeon, and they maintain a collection of kobold slaves. [[Asheara]], the pygmy seamstress, utilizes hellcat pelts in her weavings, so she is in constant need of fresh corpses to harvest. Miba may be found northwards from the Ember Tower.

:The [[Libra Dungeon|Libra dungeon]] houses a race of dog-like beings called ''kobolds'', who are fairly bitter about the enslavement (and consumption) of their loved ones by the pygmies. The Libra dungeon may be found beneath the trail southeast from Vellis.

==Lodi==

The valley of Lodi is located within the [[Putoran Hills]], west off of the [[Raphaelan Highway]]. The valley is home to a village of gnomes and a colony of sentient wildcats, a mining excavation, and others various beings. Like Minia, there are various quests one can complete, such as the bounty Constable [[Beck]] has placed on the wildcat menace, and the bat problem in the mines.

===Points of Interest===

*'''The village of Gorshire'''

:[[Gorshire]], a village of [[gnomes]], is situated in the southern portion of the [[Putoran Hills]], though generally still considered part of the land of Lodi. It is home to a small community of gnomes, enemies of the evolved wildcats in the fields to the north.

*'''The lair of the wildcats'''

:Once upon a time, the inhabitants of this cave were simply wildcats. Due to evolution over the years, however, the wildcats have become sentient and sly, lead by their leader, [[Scylina]]. The Wildcat Queen and her kin are in a constant state of hostility with the rest of the valley Lodi, and Scylina herself will pay for the bodies of the gnomes. You may find wildcat lair in the northwestern part of Lodi.

*'''The Lodi mines'''

:Run by the miner foreman, [[Dorven]], this mine is noticeably undermanned. Two absent-minded miners, [[Sleff]] and [[Kortine]], work within the bat-infested caverns, seeking help with their problems. Dorven will pay kindly for bat corpses for proof of a dwindling infestation. You can find the mines in central Lodi, northeast off the main intersection.