October 28th, 2001
The Queen Team : Av, Bat, Dvs-Magi, Hiryo Vegita San, Nakamuro Zataki, Shadymilkman mage, Uncas, Zeral
The Queen Switch Team : Haldoar - couldnt done it without you!
Team : Emmortal, P'tonk
Support : Blight (switches), Cantu (switches/pick), Grandpa (switches), Lupis (switches)
We started this around five o'clock central european time. We sat down in a circle at Greenspire and one by one our fellowship grew. First task were to get all the pieces to make a bell. The parts can be found in chests at East Fork Dam Hive (48.5N,76.4W), at 48.83N,80.5W and in North Fork Dam Hive (51.4N,76W). There are five rings of stone scattered on the Island that need to be destroyed.
Handing over the pyreal bell to Aun Gehaua who in good faith strikes a tone... shattering the menhir stones.
Once the five rings were destroyed it was time to head back to North Fork Dam Hive.
This picture was taken after the famous yellow link. I found myself pinned down on a thin ledge.
Preparing for the next part. Grandpa and Lupis arrives to help us out with the switches. Av has a great memory of the dungeon and holds the briefing.
Rebuffed and ready for last part of dungeon when the first public broadcast about raids appear.
Beyond the door you see the dreaded acid bath that we had to wade through.
We went through and got to the Royal Hive Portal, but there was a problem. Not everyone in the group had been sprayed by acid and the Eviscators at the portal room did not flag people as we had anticipated. The result was a very long wait. But patience paid off and we managed to regroup our team thanks to the help from Grandpa, Cantu and P'tonk.
In the early morning we finally got moving again. The Royal Hive. Halodar made sure we got through all the lever doors by walking on floor traps high above us.
These olthoi guys got a really bad breath, the air was thick with acid. A job for the bug killer team.
We meet up again with Dvs-Magi and Hiryo Vegita san who had went ahead of the main group. The Queen's chamber is just beyond these two doors.
Clearing everything as we move towards the Queen. She is on the floor below with her personal guard.
We got swarmed by a tremendous amount of olthois. At first it was impossible to move away from where we landed, but after I while their lines thinned and we could move. A couple of over eager mages went straight for the queen while the rest of us started to clear her minions first.
Olthoi Brood Noble. Once imped or vulned goes down fast.
Finally we got rid of the other monsters and could go for the Queen. We were starting to get her low on health when the lesser olthois began to respawn...
In the darkest depths of Marescent Plateau on far Marae Lassel, the party of the bold Dvs-Magi has slain the young queen of the island's Olthoi brood! As one, the Olthoi swarms recoil from her final burst of terror, and slowly begin to withdraw back into their hives.
And she goes down. A lineup of everyone that got into the keep.
Left to right : Dvs-magi, Shadymilkman mage, Bat, Hiryo Vegita san, Nakamuro Zataki, Zeral, Uncas, Av (kneeling in front)
On switches : Haldoar
The Queen's lair were filled with eggs.
Av and Zataki decides to take one last picture before recalling...
...but the Olthois wants otherwise.
This was a great quest. We were on it for more than nine hours. Thanks for making this happen, it was great fun!
-Zataki
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