Ashen Bounty XII The Buried Star

We once again welcome the Realms to Ashenmark to partake in our annual feast. We are once again able to return to Goldenhall, and although the magic here is still dampened, our spirits are not. Join us in a day of revelry, competition, and comraderie as we take in the seasons bounty and prepare for the long weekend.

I also invite all adventurers on an expedition the following day to Westwatch. The mines of Westwatch have suffered in the past decade as lodes ran dry, tunnels collapsed, and creatures of the dark took up residence in the adandoned places. Last years members of the nation of Blackwood offered their aid in helping to restore those mines, and we recently learned this past spring that the mines may also contain an artifact that would be a great boon to recover; a shard of the leshin Stravamors wooden heart. The master blacsmith of Westwatch, Armond Azzameen, was believed to be posession of the item when he perished in a tunnel collapse deep within the mine. We will need to restore areas of the mine to reach it, and no doubt Stravamor's agents will be seeking it as well. Any help the adventurers of the Realms can offer will be welcome.

We hope to see everyone in the golden halls once again,
Highlord Temorse Sorrowind

Event Schedule

Friday: Friday will be a low key night that includes gambling, games, appetizers, and mocktails. We will make a fire if weather permits. Additional activites will include (check back for updates for additional content):

• We will be having our dungeon food review competition again for those adventurous eaters out there, will over 100g in prizes.
• A bullywug from Elemirre Isle has dropped off a sign for "Gater Wraslin'" with a promise of at least 100g in prizes.
• Blackjack, Saurian Sprint, and UNO tables
• A Stacked Deck Tournament (starting roughly around 9pm)
• Small Group Questing Mods run by the Order of the Lunar Aegis

Saturday: Feast courses will be served throughout the day. This years theme is a tribute to traditional dishes from around the Realms. Other activites will include:

• Tournaments run by Sir Killian and Sir Shader. A tournament list is forthcoming. Gold prizes at stake.
• Enter the labrynth, a repeatable small group dungeon experience. First to complete the labrynth wins a grand prize, with other prizes included.
• Inheritors of the Realms questing for younger adventurers to start around 2pm.
• First EH Prop Swap! EHs, bring old props and costuming to be displayed in the mod building. Props to be swapped, traded, sold by other EHs. Great oppurtunity for experienced EHs to unload those old unwanted props and for new EHs to pick up some cheap new props to use or refurbish. All props you brought that haven't been traded/sold/given away must go home with you. Reach out to Tucker with inquiries.
• Main Course and Ashenmark court to start around 7pm.
  
• The Ashenmark gold auction will return following court. If you have physical items you would like to contribute to the auction, we are accepting limited entry options (physical items, no certificates please). Gold split is 80% to the donator and 20% cut to be used for NPC drops.
• After dessert gambling tables will reopen for the evening. If weather permits it we will have a campfire.

Sunday: Sunday will be light quesing from around 11am until 3pm. Players must be off site no later than 4pm. We ask that you try and pack up your gear as much as possible from the weekend before questing starts.

Opt In/Out System

TBA

Stacked Deck Tournament

There will be a Stacked Deck poker tournament held at Ashen Bounty XII on Friday the 3rd of October. It will start sometime around 9:00 but only when we get enough players. It will last approximately 3 hours. It is a 30 gold buy-in for 5000 chips. When you first buy-in, you will be given an opportunity to buy 1000 extra chips for 10 gold. this 10 gold will go directly to the dealer as a tip. 6 30-minute blinds will be used.

REBUYS: There will be no rebuys.

Price Scale

As usually we will be using a scaling "pay what you can afford" price model in order to insure that players from all financial situation are able to participate. The standard event fee for this event will be $50 for the weekend, however if you are willing to kick in a little more to help cover others or aren't able to make that work with your current situation, you can pay $10 more or less.

Servants & Staff

We are looking for some part time kitchen and serving staff and some extra combat NPCs and staff for Sunday. If you are interested in any of these positions they come with a perk of being able to play at the rest of the event and have a reduced entry fee. Reach out to Tucker for more information.

Breakfast & Leftovers

A modest pancake breakfast will be served each morning. Leftovers will be available as dayboard on Sunday. We reccomend bringing some food containers if there are any leftovers available to take home at the end of the event.

Parking & Shuttle Service

The site does not allow cars to be left at the upper part of the site for long periods of time. You are able to drive up to drop your gear off. We will be running a shuttle in the morning and evenings to bring people and small amounts of gear from the parking lot to the upper site. A phone number will be posted at the parking lot to request a pickup.

This is a dry site

There are several cabins on site, we ask that players try to stick
to the cabins marked for players. Cabins are
first come first serve, but there should be plenty of bunks on
site.