By MrLoaf
Robe of the Grand Sorcerer
Draws inspiration from The Wizard by GRYDLLR
Many believe that the powerful Robe of the Grand Sorcerer is only red from the precious stones of the same color that decorate the robe. However, the robe’s fibers are red for another, sadder reason. After the wizard’s wife was murdered by Oryx’s minions, he dedicated his life to defeating Oryx and avenging his wife.
His campaign went on for many years, and he had still not defeated Oryx. He had gathered some of the best magical gear in the land and had even created the most powerful staff in existence. He had fought his way through Oryx’s castle with the strongest of warriors. Every time they were ready to kill Oryx, he retreated into his wine cellar and hid. At that time the way inside was unknown.
The wizard searched throughout the land for a way to follow Oryx into his lair, but found nothing. He had almost given up his search when his friend the rogue paid him a visit. The rogue had been spying on some very advanced players and heard that one of them had found a strange item, dropped from a sprite god. He said it was called “Wine Cellar Incantation.” When the wizard heard this he knew inside that this was the key to finally defeating Oryx. He found the players and offered them many riches for their incantation. They refused saying it was the only one in existence. The wizard and the rogue left empty handed. The wizard took it upon himself to find his own incantation, so he started searching the entire realm for one. They say he killed over three hundred thousand sprite gods with no result.
A year went by, the wizard had not found his incantation and his patience was waning. He said to himself, “I will go out searching for one more day.” On this day he found something very peculiar. There was a nest of 7 sprite gods. He could not penetrate it. His spell was useless against them and he was constantly chased away by their purple sprays. He banded with 7 other players including his friend the rogue to defeat them. When they had defeated the gods, something fell on the ground. His heart leapt. Inside was the sought after incantation!
Later that day, when the realm had closed, he and the 7 players wound up in the Oryx fight as they usually did. Once again, at the last instant Oryx retreated into his wine cellar before he could be defeated. However this time the wizard used the wine cellar incantation when Oryx was gone. To the group’s surprise, a portal appeared which smelled faintly of grapes. They plunged inside.
Inside the wine cellar they quickly found that they were in two groups. They slowly cleared out the hallways of the dungeon, fighting against new enemies that confused and left toxic sludge on the floor. Two characters had to flee to the Nexus and one even died, his grave standing out against the dark colored creatures. However the wizard and his remaining friends fought on until the found Oryx, sitting in a chair, drinking some wine. When he say them he had such a fright, he sprayed wine all over his walls. “Minions! Come remove these intruders from my presence!” When no minion came Oryx attacked them himself. Somehow he was even more powerful in his wine cellar than in his castle, and two more characters fell to his blasts of power. Just the wizard and the rogue were left.
They toiled in a battle lasting for 2 hours. After so long a fight Oryx began to tire. The wizard saw his weakness and encouraged the rogue to rush for a heavy attack. The rogue cloaked himself in shadow and released a rain of bullets upon Oryx. The wizard then saw his chance and moved in, popping his spell time and time again right below Oryx’s feet. It worked! Oryx fell to the ground in a heap. The wizard and the rogue moved in to collect their loot. However as they reached Oryx’s corpse, it exploded into thousand pieces. The wizard, who was right next to the body as it exploded, was torn to shreds. The rogue managed to cloak in time and move away from the blast so he was minimally injured. He went to the wizards body and saw that that his master’s robe, once bright green had been completely stained red with the blood of the wizard. However when he looked upon the wizard’s face, he saw that it was smiling. He too smiled, as he realized that the wizard had achieved his life’s goal and avenged the death of his murdered wife.
The rogue was sad at the loss of his friend, but made sure his legacy would continue. From his body he took his bloodstained robe and gave to a group of powerful wizards, saying it was imbued with the deepest magic, love. The wizards took this gift and using their powers made it into the most powerful robe in the world. Next time when you don this robe, remember it’s history and feel proud that the wizard of old is still remembered by players today.
Staff of Extreme Prejudice
Some people have heard of the mythical Staff of Extreme Prejudice, and even fewer have possessed it. To understand the story behind this awesome weapon we need to first understand it’s name. The definitions of “prejudice” are: 1) preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience, and 2) harm or injury that results or may result from some action or judgment.
Now if you have read the above story you know about the wizard and his quest to kill Oryx (I suggest reading that story before this one). You also know that I dropped a quick bit about that same wizard making the most powerful staff in existence. You may have been wondering about the story behind it. This is that story.
Midway through the wizards campaign against Oryx. He got his 5th Staff of the Cosmic Whole. Now this staff was the most powerful staff that wasn’t soulbound in the entire realm. He knew that selling 4 of these staffs would bring him great wealth, but wealth was not important to him. What was important to him was killing Oryx and avenging the death of his wife. He was already a very powerful wizard, but it wasn’t enough for him. He always wanted to be more powerful. It was after he had gotten his fifth tier 12 staff that he began experimenting in the ancient art of Melding. This is a now extinct art of combining ROTMG items to make insanely powerful creations ( Note: this is how the Cloak of the Planewalker) Well the wizard went to the Lair of Shaitan, the only place Melding is possible, to do something with these staffs. He easily dispatched Shaitan, the advisor of Oryx, and set to work casting the many spells necessary to Meld so many items of such tremendous power. After half an hour of casting, when he thought nothing would happen, the staffs stirred. They all lifted up into the air and swirled around each other. The crystals within the staffs shown so bright the wizard couldn’t see. Suddenly, the wooden handles of the staffs shattered into wooden fragments that scattered everywhere like shrapnel. The central gems of the staffs melted together to form a sort of cone while the outside gems became a single large gem in the middle. The huge piece fell to the dirt, melting the ground around it. By his magical art the wizard knew he must find a rod powerful enough to handle this behemoth of a gem. He set out to look for one.
The wizard’s travels took him all over the realm. He fought Oryx (who always retreated into his wine cellar), he fought Janus and Shaitan, he completed Trenches, Tombs, and Crawling Depths. He found nothing worth of the gem he possessed. He felt inside him that if he found the legendary staff rod he could use it to finally kill Oryx once and for all. He thought to himself that perhaps there may not be a rod of such power, but an item that would also have to be Melded. His thoughts turned to one weapon only. The Ancient Stone Sword. Now it took him another two months to finally acquire the legendary item, but when he did he knew it was worth the wait. As soon as the gem and the sword came close to each other, they began to emanate magic energy. So the wizard took them again to Shaitan’s lair to repeat the Melding process. As soon as he entered the lair however, the sword and the gem flew out of his backpack and were sunk in the lava. At first he was saddened but he realized that they were Melding. All on their own! As the wizard watched in awe, the staff rose out of the lava. He took in his hands. It glowed with magical energy. He was in the process of studying the weapon as Shaitan exploded out of the lava. “Something has been Melded which is more powerful than me. In MY lava!” He charged his hands at the wizard. The wizard had no other weapon besides the staff, so he turned towards Shaitan and fired. “This will be a good test of the staff’s power,” he thought. He fired the staff. As he did, he was blinded as an enormous explosion of energy radiated outward.
Far away, a dev awoke in his sleep. “Something big has been Melded,” he muttered to himself. “I knew Melding was a bad idea from the get go.” He sent a message.
The wizard woke up with a start. He was floating in weightlessness. He looked all around him-- blackness. He looked to his side, the staff floated next to him. As his eyes adjusted to the darkness, he saw pieces of the lair all around him. He realized with a start-- he was in the blackness outside of dungeons! He tried to float towards solid ground but couldn’t; he was suspended in mid void. He picked up the staff. There was a deep crack in the rod. He tried firing it again. This time, instead of firing all 10 bolts in one concentrated direction, they were just released in all directions. “This could still be useful,” he thought to himself. “Well if I die here the world should still have access to this useful tool.” With that final thought he threw the staff as hard as he could towards the pieces of dungeon. It fell on the floor and appeared in a white bag. He smiled and closed his eyes, floating silently.
Later, a dev was exploring the shattered pieces of Shaitan’s Lair. “It’s gonna take a while to fix this,” he thought. On the ground he saw a white bag. “Well, might as well take this,” he picked up the bag and discovered inside it a new weapon he had never seen before. He quickly rushed it to the head dev and now we have the Staff of Extreme Prejudice.
Now the story of how the wizard managed to escape the void and continue his quest to defeat Oryx is another story for another time. In the mean time, happy Realming!
Cloak of the Planewalker
The Cloak of the Planewalker is one of the only items that was successfully Melded by accident. A very powerful rogue was stalking a trickster. This trickster was a master at his craft, having collected a wide array of prisms to use to his advantage. Now the rogue, a natural deceiver and trickster-type person by nature, was jealous of this trickster’s ability to teleport himself. “How useful,” thought the rogue. So using his T6 Cloak of Ghostly Concealment he snuck up on the trickster and stole his T6 Prism of Apparitions and escaped. However this trickster was part a very tight knit guild and vowed revenge. Him and his guild followed the trickster to the ends of the earth. When it seemed like the rogue had nowhere else to go, everyone was teleported to Oryx’s castle. The rogue knew that they would hunt him down within the castle so he did the one thing he could to delay them: trigger Janus the Doorwarden. The tricksters chasing him were forced to stop their chase and defeat Janus so they would not all die. When the portal appeared on Janus’ death, the rogue leapt inside. As they chased down the rogue, he was forced to the end of the line, the Lair of Shaitan. When cornered here, the rogue gave one last attempt at survival-- use his ability. However in all his running he had mixed up his items and used the prism instead of the cloak! This instantly teleported into the magic-infused lava of the Lair. The tricksters stood and watched as the rogue died, but were startled when something appeared in his wake-- a white bag. Inside this bag. In the lava of Shaitan, the prism and the cloak had fused into one! The user could teleport and become invisible! This was a breakthrough in rogue equipment. The tricksters turned to leave when the trickster with the cloak heard a voice calling from outside the dungeon. “Please don’t leave me!” He turned and saw a wizard, floating through the void! The wizard reached out to him, “The cloak,” he said, “the cloak can save me.” The trickster immediately understood his meaning and the him the cloak. The wizard used its power and teleported into the lair. “I have been floating here for over 3 years,” he said. “I did not age, I was not hungry. I think I was almost paused in time.” The tricksters took this information deeply and eventually supplied it to the head dev. This was the origin of the /pause command. The teleporting cloak was then donated to the devs due to its extreme power, where it was tweaked then re-released as an UT cloak.
Seal of Blasphemous Prayer
The Seal of Blasphemous Prayer may be one of the most iconic items for paladin, if not in the game. It is the only item which grants total and complete invulnerability to the user. This item can make paladins extremely powerful if used correctly. The seal was not made by Melding (like so many of my other stories about items XD) but by the Mad God himself. It is a story well worth hearing.
Oryx knew that there were many items in his realm, and that those items could do many things. Of course however, Oryx wanted more. He wanted to be invincible. He studied the “Elements” created by Arachna and her son, trying to learn their secrets of invincibility. Eventually, he was able to derive a serum. When drunken, it would make the user impervious to any attack from a mortal. For some reason it didn’t protect the user from toxic liquids however. Another problem was that the user died within 3 days of drinking it. Oryx felt that he was so close to a solution. He tried and tried until he felt that he had no option left. It was at this point of despair that a being appeared to him. This being can only be called The Skotádi. Oryx was not as much startled by the appearance of this being than by his appearance. He took the outline of a creature of all bone and blade, but his image was… odd. Instead of a regular appearance of depth and shadow, he was just black. It looked as if you could put your arm through him and have it be in a different realm on the other side. It was just… black. Also, it always looked as if he was facing you, no matter which way you moved. Oryx was so intrigued by this being but was also cautious. This was no normal being. It was then The Skotádi spoke to him, a voice that seemed to come from everywhere and inside his own mind. YOU HAVE A PROBLEM… I HAVE A SOLUTION. Oryx was to stunned to move. He was speechless. I DO NOT APPEAR TO MOST ENTITIES, DO NOT TEST MY PATIENCE. This triggered something inside Oryx. Who do you think you are to treat my like this in my realm? He took a step towards The Skotádi. Suddenly he felt a tremendous increase in gravity. He fell to the floor with a grunt and could not rise. He saw his limbs start to become tainted black. He felt as if he couldn’t breath. The figure before him didn’t even seem to move, yet Oryx knew he was the cause of this. Okay! I will take your offer! Immediately the horrible sensation stopped. Oryx climbed unsteadily to his feet. What does it entail? The Skotádi moved closer to him and spoke in that awful booming voice. I WILL MAKE THE ITEM DO WHAT YOU WISH IT TO. BUT IN RETURN YOU MUST DO SOMETHING FOR ME. Oryx immediately answered. What must I do? The Skotádi did not even hesitate. GIVE ME A PIECE OF YOUR SOUL. Oryx was slightly taken aback by this. A piece of his soul? Of course this wasn’t a big deal to Oryx. In his melted mind power was the most important thing. Done. That was it. The Skotádi disappeared. In his place was a black seal. Oryx picked it up, it glinted with a black sheen. Oryx smiled to himself. This would work.
When Oryx had the seal, it made him invincible for 30 seconds at a time. This made him almost undefeatable. A band of players teamed up to attempt to steal the seal from Oryx. They finally managed it. It was, of course, donated to the devs who liked the idea and re-released it as the Seal of Blasphemous Prayer. Think about the ancient and unknown power you are using when equipping it. Happy Realming!
Demon Blade
Archdemon Malphas was not always the ruler of the Abyss. Unbeknownst to most, he used to work in Oryx’s castle. In fact, he was the head overseer of the Stone Guardians. Before swarms of adventurers attacked every day, the Stone Guardians were more “Stone Construction Workers”. Oryx had given them life and used them to construct the walls and structures. However the Stone Guardians were not easy to control. They often attempted to stop working and do something else all together. This infuriated Oryx so much that he hired Malphas to be their overseer. However Malphas also struggled to control both of the Guardians at once. When he would go over to one, the other would fall asleep. When he would go to wake up that one, the other would start breaking the bricks. It was impossible to control both of these colossal brutes. He voiced his problem to Oryx who, very reluctantly, admitted he had no idea what to do. It was then that a white demon, a minion of Malphas, had a suggestion: why not make a weapon that could hit both the Stone Guardians at once. This way if they ever fell asleep or acted out, Malphas wouldn’t have to move to put them back in their place. Oryx liked this idea so much that not only did he make plans to create such a weapon, he magically enchanted the white demon into the Red Demon, and made him a feared enemy in the mountains. In the meantime, Oryx toiled for days attempting to make this powerful weapon. He knew that gold was the softest metal, so he took two golden swords and fused their blades next to each other, then encased them in a large hollow sword with a red handle. However because there were 2 golden swords inside it, the blade had to be very wide to fit them inside. Thus the Demon Blade was born. Additionally, because it was his favorite weapon, when Malphas was appointed archdemon of the abyss, he took his sword with him. He will occasionally drop it upon death for your melee class to use with glee. Happy Realming!
Esben the Unwilling was the ruler of the Ice Cave. He had been the ruler of it for as long as anyone could remember. As him and his minions were the only ones who inhabited the cave, it had become very overrun with stalactites and stalagmites, making a sort of maze through the cave. Esben was content with this, as he only lived in his inner portion of the cave, a sanctum which he kept very nice and spacious. He never thought that some day people would find their way into his cave. He thought it impossible. However he misjudged the power of the Mad God himself. When Oryx appeared before him to recruit his minions for the Mad God’s army. Esben flatly refused. He said that his minions were far above the caliber of the other minions in the realm, and that they will stay with him. When Oryx persisted, Esben literally spat in his face. “Do not come to my cave and beg for my minions.” He said with disdain, “You are the Mad God are you not? Conjure up some more minions of your own.” With that he turned on his heel and left. Oryx, as you can imagine, was furious. Do not think this is the end of this argument Esben. I will make you regret your decision. “Pshh, whatever.” Oryx thought about destroying the cave around him in an instant, but he had a better idea. Malphas the Archdemon owed him a favor, so he took it. He had a magical portal made to the secluded ice cave, and let it drop from the white demons and the Lord of the Lost Lands who roam the mountains and highlands. When this new dungeon became available, adventurers rushed to it like moths to a flame. However the first group of adventurers the braved the dungeon faced a very different environment than how the dungeon is today. When they entered it, they couldn’t see a thing through all the spikes hanging down from the ceiling. It took them hours to clear the dungeon as the wizards had to blast away ice and drill a path to the enemies. When they finally entered the inner sanctum, they found the floor covered in ice spikes that for some reason were unbreakable by any spell even the most powerful wizard cast. They were constantly taking damage as they moved in to fight Esben. Luckily for them they had a very well equipped priest who was able to negate most of the spike damage. The fight with Esben was very difficult, but it was finally ended when a warrior slammed Esben’s head into an icicle protruding from the ground. This icicle snapped from its base and, covered in the Skullish Remains of Esben, the icicle was taken by the adventurers as they found it to be a very useful dagger-like weapon. After tweaking by the devs, it was released as a t11 reskin. As always, Happy Realming!
Experimental Ring
Doctor Terrible is known for his odd mixtures and creations. He developed a new useful scepter for Sorcerer, and additionally made a wand for any that can use it. His Robe of the Mad Scientist was famed as one of the best UT robes available. However he was sad that only a few classes could use his items. He wanted to be known for the best drops, but he couldn’t when warriors and knights didn’t care for anything in his lab. So he set to work making something every class could use: a ring. This ring was to be a mainly defensive ring he thought, as most classes prefered one to pure offense. He wanted it to boost health and mana, as his informants told him that this was a very popular feature in rings. However he also wanted the ring to increase the wearers survivability. He ended up making a ring which gave an additional 45 health and magic to the wearer. It also gave a minor buff to defense, vitality, and wisdom. He was very proud of his creation and began dropping it for the world to see.
At first adventurers swarmed over the ring; it had been a while since the last release from the Mad Lab. However very soon the community realized that the ring itself was not very good. Adding one point to defense, vitality, and magic was barely noticeable. Additionally, adding only 45 HP was not very effective as one shot from a white demon could easily take out a low health adventurer. People began to only use the ring as a feed item. This made Doctor Terrible furious! He had spent so much time designing a ring just to have it fed and ignored like some useless piece of junk. He vowed he would remake it. He upped the buffs to +60 points for HP and MP, and added a four point bonus instead of 1. However he wanted the ring to be at least fair, so he removed the wisdom bonus. He knew he had exponentially increased the effectiveness of the ring so he was sure it would be used. He was right. People loved the new ring, some even using it on each of their characters. The Mad Lab rose in popularity, some people searching for hours to find a single one. However as all mad scientists, Doctor Terrible simply shrugged and continued to create.
Happy Realming!
The Phylactery
The Phylactery Bearer is an enemy that spawns from a buffed Lich. They drop Orange Drake Eggs which are one of the best drake eggs due to the fact that they can stasis enemies that are normally stasis immune. As of my writing only the robe and ring from the Phylactery Mystic Set have been released. I am writing this story about the Phylactery item as it is described on its current (12/12/15) Realmeye page.
(Disclaimer: this story is fictitious, and was written by me for entertainment purposes. “The Phylactery,” as well as any other items of “The Phylactery Mystic Set” are under copyright by Wild Shadow Studios, Inc. and/or DECA Games.)
History of The Phylactery
They say the The Phylactery is an ancient conscience. They say it has always existed since before Oryx, before Septavius, perhaps before the Realm itself. They say it is a remnant of the 7 Gods of Before or even that it was a tool of the Skotádi when it was still in power. Mentions of it go back in writing as far back as writing has existed. However it is interesting to note that it has not always been portrayed in the same color. One of the earliest recordings was on a Pharaoh’s Mask from one of the first tombs ever done. When inspected, there were hieroglyphs on the side that depicted a man, then a man with a small white ball, then the same man with white eyes shooting white blasts of power. Additionally on the same mask there were images of a solid black silhouette surrounded by dead bodies. This is where the rumors of the Skotádi’s involvement with the Phylactery stem from. However some argue that the silhouette is a Jackal enemy or a Scarab and that the Skotádi has absolutely nothing to do with the Phylactery.
The next noteworthy recording of the Phylactery was inside an Ocean Trench. One day a wizard appeared in the realm. He had exceptional gear and all maxed stats however nobody had ever seen him before. He told people that he had been stuck in an Ocean Trench for the last 4 months. Most people put off the wizard as mad or full of lies, but one priest drew him in. Over the course of the next week he gleaned most of the wizard’s story and recorded it in a journal, most of which has survived until today. A shocking excerpt is:
He was dressed in what had once apparently been the finest wizard gear. However his robes had been so waterlogged that moss and coral twisted this way and that, covering most of his body. I additionally noticed that when he sat in just the right position it seemed as if all the coral connected to form it’s original growth pattern. It would seem that he sat in that same position for many days in one stretch without even moving once. His eyes were astounding.They were such a vibrant deep blue. No iris or pupil, just entirely blue. When I inquired about it he would not respond, seemingly as if he felt very pressured by some outside force. Once I saw a very similar color of blue glowing from his backpack but when I asked about it he exploded in force and hugged the backpack to his chest. However being so close together I could truly see, it was as if the light from his backpack was feeding into his eyes!
Many take this to be the best known description of the Phylactery actually driving someone to madness. Additionally, reports have come in from an elderly jailer who says he was the watchkeeper of the wizard. He recalled that once the bag was forced away from the wizard and put in the wardens office, the color slowly faded from the wizards eyes and one day, when his eyes had returned to normal he woke up in a shock screaming about Fishman Warriors and Deep Sea Beasts. It may seem that that may have been the last thing he saw before the power of the Phylactery took him over.
After the wizard incident there have been no recovered recordings of the Phylactery until about 14 years ago. However, one scholar had a terrifying story that he brought to his guild. However as he was the only survivor and he had no proof, nobody knows for sure if it is true. The scholar said that he had been on an expedition with a group of friends to find any evidence of the Phylactery’s existence. Their search led them to a very remote village tucked in the corner of the snowy mountains. At first glance the village appeared to be abandoned and destroyed. However they had with them a very magically perceptive priest who warned them against entering the village until he said it was safe. During the night they camped out just outside the village. During the night the priest was taken ill. He mumbled in his sleep and had a high fever. The group’s healing had no effect on him, and his pet seemed to be as sick as he was. They fought to save him, but their efforts were in vain. He died in the night, the ghost of a warning dying on his lips. The adventurers voted amongst themselves as to if they should enter the village. It was a close vote but in the end, curiosity won them over. They decided to investigate the following morning.
Upon entering the village at dawn, something seemed very off. The overturned carts and destroyed shop stands were in different positions as usual.
work in progress, will finish. -MrLoaf
The above stated events happened many many eons ago. The rumors and stories about the Phylactery slowly faded from time, being replaced with more interesting things such as Melding and the coming of Oryx and whatnot. Any mentions of the Phylactery in text or otherwise had not been found until a mere few days ago. There is a very experienced player who we shall call “Bob” who had gone to the Alchemist and gotten 2 pieces of the Phylactery set. Then later as he was roaming the mountains with his mystic, he felt a shock inside him. His vision went dark and he fell to his knees. He felt as if the rocks around him had heated to millions of degrees! He weakly opened his eyes and saw the world around him burning. The flames were everywhere! He tried to drag himself forward but lost strength and collapsed to the ground once more. When he had given up and accepted his death, he heard a voice calling from afar. He looked off and saw a green angel descending from the heavens. It called to him Take me, it said, take me and escape the suffering of this world. Take me and embrace my power. As “Bob” reached out to take the angels hand, his friends rushed around him and healed him. The angel disappeared with a flash of light and “Bob” looked to see that he was standing inside a lava rut. He left and reported the event to his confident and it eventually found its way to me. Take care adventurers for the Phylactery is returning. I beg you do not get sucked in by its tremendous power.
