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 =Newbie Areas=
-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.
+New adventurers have exclusive access to three areas reserved for newbie access only: [[Minia]], [[Lodi]], and [[Mount Gheladan]]. After an adventurer reaches Level 21 these lands become off limits, so while in the newbie areas you are never crowded out by more experienced hunters or questing explorers.
+One of the easiest way to reach the newbie lands is via PORTALS. Once there, you can READ SIGN to see where the portals lead or use Landmarks and WALK TO <area>. Additionally each of the three areas has its own special dragon that will transport you between the newbie lands.
+:IN MINIA: Find the dragon Auma (NE from the archway to Minia) and say, "Take me to Lodi please." or "Take me to Gheladan please."
+:IN LODI: Find the dragon Poraeus at the entrance to Lodi and say, "Take me to Minia please." or "Take me to Gheladan please."
+:IN GHELADAN: Find the dragon Lasuna at the entrance to Gheladan and say, "Take me to Minia please." or "Take me to Lodi please."
 ==Minia==
-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.
+The land of Minia lies just off the [[Prelatorian Highway]] near the [[Aureliana]] forest. There are plenty of quests to keep you busy, like curing a sick [[kobolds|kobold]] or returning textbooks to the [[Pixie Schoolteacher]], and things to kill such as [[hellcats]] or [[Beku]], the pygmy chieftain.
+[[Vellis]], the butterfly collector, resides at the ''Ivy-covered archway to Minia'', where he hands out nets to anyone, regardless of age or level, who wishes to catch butterflies. If you linger too long, then you may incur the wrath of this otherwise kindly old man.
+You can READ SIGN at the ivy-covered archway to Minia for directions to the four primary areas within Minia. These areas include:
-===Points of Interest===
+*'''The Pixie Village'''
-*'''The pixie village'''
+:Along the northern reaches of Minia, the inhabitants of the [[Pixie Village]] are ruled by the [[Pixie Queen]], a diminutive yet imposing woman whose sworn enemy is the [[Imp Lord]].
-: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.
+:At the southeastern edge of Minia, the [[Ember Tower]] teems with mischievous imps who do the bidding of the Imp Lord, a gnarled who carries a jewelled spear and whose only goal is to make the Pixie Queen suffer. [[Ord]], the hellcat trainer controls fierce felines who guard the tower.
 *'''Miba, the pygmy village'''
-: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.
+:A group of pygmies led by the nefarious [[Beku]], the pygmy chieftain, maintain a collection of [[kobold]] slaves, putting them at perpetual odds with the dog-faced creatures of the nearby dungeons.
 *'''The Libra dungeon'''