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personal - GemStone IV EAST HARBOR FESTIVAL 5010

EVENTS

- Ebon Gate 5109 -

- Krystanne's and Caleanon's Wedding 5109 -

- Highman Games 5110 -

- Grawood Festival 5110 -

- Mist Harbor Eastern Harbor Street Festival 5110 -

- Ebon Gate 5110 -

- Zifku's Vodka Drinking Game 5111 -

- Droughtman's Challenge 5111 -
             Challenger's view
             Best Heckles
             Key Moments

- Mist Harbor Anthem Ceremony 5111 -

- Ebon Gate 5111 -

- Ebon Gate 5112 -

- The wedding of Erienne and Nordred -

- Highman Games 5113 -

- Gweniveer and Japhrimel Wedding 5113 -

- River's Rest Pickle Festival 5113 -

- River's Rest Pickle Festival 5114 -

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After two years of removing debris, rebuilding, and renovating, Mist Harbor was proud to announce the re-opening of the Eastern Harbor and proposed a celebration of the momentous occasion with a full-blown street festival!

This was designed to be fun for all ages, races, and creeds, the street festival highlights the fun, carefree life of the island. The festival was scheduled to take place over a two-week period, from the 15th of Phoenatos through the 30th [August 15th to 30th]. The chairman of the festival, Lady Ilsola, had stated her intention to roam the streets and be available for conversations during the festival.

This was one festival in which I fully intended to participate.

This is a log of the festival activities from my perspective. It is written in chronological order. However links to the main highlights are provided below if you want to skip to specific sections.

• Opening Ceremony
• Ilsola Island Tour inc Coral Island
• Vemeon, Schvitzie, Adrowynne, Eybria
• Shopping, Trizilan, Rawgur and Auctions
• Tomlyn, Raffle win and The world of Whuid
• Leanney
• Warrior Raffle
• Cherry Tossing
• Bemm and Jenkins
• Opening the Auction Box

Money Spent: £12.1 mil - Biggest expense was locker box in auction
Raffles entered: 27 (x9 skins; x3 lockpicks; x2 miniatures; x1 plateware; x1 dice; x1 hat; x1 gladius & falchion; x1 spikes; x1 padding; x1 enchanting; x1 jeddart axe; x1 hand-puppet; x1 spyglass; x1 weapon pocket; x1 poison sword; 1x tehir dye.)
Crystal amulets used up: 9 [Nine]
Active time in festival: 140 hours [Equivalent of 6 full days of active participation - and excludes time just resting or daydreaming]
Most memorable merchant: Whuid, without a doubt..
Most work undertaken by: Ledirth - undertook four pieces of work for me.
Fastest working Merchant: Ledirth by a mile

Androwynne - Altered ring and dress
Ezmerilla - Altered transportation cameo
Gosthal - Altered belt and dice
Grishom - Altered pouch
Ledirth - lighened shield; altered pouch, vial and transportation device
Rawgur - Shield zested
Tolomyn - Feature alteration
Trizlan - Lightened flail twice
Vemeon - Altered lockpick, garrot wire, whip
Whuid - Altered rag, lightened flail

FAILED SELECTIONS

Androwynne x2; Eybria x2; Evlissa x1; Geltrude x1; Grishom x1; Schvitzie x1; Vemeon x1; Ledirth x1, Bemm, x1

SUCCESS RATE

19 pieces of work done V 11 pieces of work not done [63% success rate]

NB: I have excluded Leanney, who did not undertake work on cloths during the festival but made a commitment to so do at a subsequent date, for specific people in attendance.

I have rated each merchant - from whom work was received - out of 5 based on positive interaction (); affability (); speed of work (); fun (). This is based on my contact with the merchant. Others may have had different experiences.

Androwynne -
positive interaction -  
affability -  
speed of work -  
fun -

Ezmerilla -
positive interaction -  
affability -  
speed of work -  
fun -

Gostahl -
positive interaction -  
affability -  
speed of work -  
fun -

Grishom -
positive interaction -  
affability -  
speed of work -  
fun -  

Ledirth -
positive interaction -
affability -
speed of work -  
fun -  

Rawgur -
positive interaction -  
affability -  
speed of work -  
fun -

Tolomyn -
positive interaction -  
affability -  
speed of work -  
fun -

Trizlan -
positive interaction -  
affability -  
speed of work -  
fun -

Vemeon -
positive interaction -  
affability -  
speed of work -  
fun -

Whuid -
positive interaction -  
affability -  
speed of work -  
fun -

When I sit now and analyse this festival had on me I can see the good and the bad sides.

Negatives

• There were not enough activities from morning to mid-late afternoon. (I should have hunted more admittedly but I didn't want to miss anything)
• With a few notable exceptions, merchants only turned up in the evening. This left a lot of 'dead time'.
• I absolutely hated Ledirth's  'guess where I am' games as intensely as I loved his work.
• I turned into an obsessive merchant junkie!
• I got very little sleep due to timings surviving on no more than three hours a day on average. OOC This is always going to be a problem for UK dwellers. I'll just 'suck it up' as you say across the pond.

Positives

• I met a lot of fantastic people - new friends and old acquaintances - and some of those friendships will be enduring.
• I received 19 separate pieces of work from peripatetic merchants, which was a rate of over 1 a day.
• I won a raffle for some unique dice which was most unexpected, despite the number entered.
• I familiurised myself with the Eastern Harbor - I'm sure that without the festival I would not have taken the time to visit each island.. not for some time at least.
• Ilsola's tour was a fantastic introduction to the Eastern Harbor
• I got to meet many merchants - whom I liked very much
• I got to see my idea for one of the tents actualised and had a NPC character - albeit an elven one - make reference to my contribution. My chest is still puffed with pride!
• I enjoyed participating in the cherry tossing game - even if I did lose. (It was an illegal flick I tell ye!}
• The locker auctions were hilarious and wonderfully controlled by Ilsola. Don't care what's in my box. The event was worth the money in itself! ("Well she has to say that doesn't she!" ::snicker::)
• Meeting the taciturn butler Jenkins and dung slinging gnome Bemm was a singular experience. Very funny!
• Quite simply, I had fun.