09-22-2026, 03:45 PM
The ocean pulls back from the old beach; it gathers miles offshore, curdling with thick white foam around the spires of an enormous obsidian crown. Sceptre in hand, the inky black creature breaks through the murky surface and continues to rise higher and higher until it is towering hundreds of feet above Beqanna. Its shadow casts the land below in total darkness; it is a sudden night without moon or stars.
There are cries of both fear and surprise that ripple across the entire continent. It stands above them a living eclipse, an ever-growing tidal wave drawn up around its legs like an old skirt. It hums a soft, melodic tune—an unholy siren singing to draw out the dead. The souls gather at its feet, no more than wisps of energy that slowly begin to take the shapes of their old flesh.
The demon is surprised to see some living creatures creeping across the damp sand from The Beach to join the souls of the dead, but no matter.
“Welcome back,” it whispers in a thousand different voices, some laughing—some crying, some screaming, others drowning—gurgling. It takes ages before it registers that the voices the creature is using are the voices from their past. Friends, enemies, lovers, family, and children all come together in a chorus so loud that it borders on deafening.
Maddening.
“Would you like to play a game?”
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WELCOME TO THE 2026 HALLOWEEN QUEST!
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There are cries of both fear and surprise that ripple across the entire continent. It stands above them a living eclipse, an ever-growing tidal wave drawn up around its legs like an old skirt. It hums a soft, melodic tune—an unholy siren singing to draw out the dead. The souls gather at its feet, no more than wisps of energy that slowly begin to take the shapes of their old flesh.
The demon is surprised to see some living creatures creeping across the damp sand from The Beach to join the souls of the dead, but no matter.
“Welcome back,” it whispers in a thousand different voices, some laughing—some crying, some screaming, others drowning—gurgling. It takes ages before it registers that the voices the creature is using are the voices from their past. Friends, enemies, lovers, family, and children all come together in a chorus so loud that it borders on deafening.
Maddening.
“Would you like to play a game?”
—
WELCOME TO THE 2026 HALLOWEEN QUEST!
- Players may enter one of their dead characters to participate. This character could have died at any point in Beqanna’s history. There is no activity requirement. Old lurkers are welcome (and encouraged) to join in, should they decide to. New players have the option to participate as one of their lineless character’s dead parents to build backstory (for this quest only) or as the character itself.
- There will be two grand prize winners (or three, depending on the amount of participants) with smaller prizes given out at the end to everyone for participation.
- At the end of the quest, the two (or three) winners will be given the option to bring their character back from the dead with a trait OR to have them pass the trait on to one of their descendants. This can be reserved for a future descendant (foal stats). New players have the option to give the trait to their character or one of their character’s descendants (foal stats) in the future.
- Defects/curses can happen in this quest, but they are only temporary and up to the player to determine how long they last (if a new player wins) or if an old player decides to revive their character. These won’t affect prizes and you will still receive them at the end of the quest. Prizes scale depending on what round you make it to. There will be four rounds in total and then a finale for the three winners.
- Replies to this post must be AT LEAST 450 words to enter.
- Entries close September 27th at 7:00 PM, Eastern.
- Quest ends on October 31st 7:00PM, Eastern.
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