#iluma

This year I started off with the Festival of Oil, ‘Ashuru Shamni. Beforehand, I randomly checked the Shanatu Qadishti from Tess Dawson’s (the founder of Natib Qadish) website for the New Moon/Full Moon/Festival dates. I had exactly 7 days from the date (1/2/2020) to prepare for ‘Ashuru Shamni. This is just one solitary Qadish doing what she can to celebrate the Ugarit/Canaanite Gods.

Took 600+ screenshots of all the lands that got removed and didn’t even get to every location on each map that I wanted. Ah well :( Expect more screenshots to come.

Iluma.

Others:

ELYSEA

Verteron part 1

Verteron part 2

Theobomos

Eltnen

ASMODAE

Altgard part 1

Altgard part 2

Morheim part 1

Morheim part 2

Brusthonin

Norsvold

BALAUREA

Looking for Her “true nature” I kind of haplessly stumbled into Canaanite recon. The names El and Asherah/Ilu and Athirat we’re familiar feeling from my Christian upbringing to be my gateway into polytheism. Soon, I noticed that I lit up like a light when I would make offerings to Them.

It’s been a while since I’ve talked to the Iluma. Until very, very recently. One of my friends did energy healing on me a few days ago; and they said there were “People” there for me, basically wondering why I didn’t ask Them for more help for emotional healing. The vibe I got was that They wanted to be “let in...”

I don’t feel it’s appropriate to share specifics here but I know there be members of the Illuma at my door again.

They like me, They really like me!

And finally! I’m open! Like friends, one can engage and like and even love *exaggerated gasp* multiple deities. Even at once!

Thanks to energy healing I’m not so afraid. Sophia, Whoever She is, loves me. And will continue to love me. And I will always will. That is clear. It doesn’t mean She has to be Athirat, for example! Athirat can be Athirat, life-giving Oasis in the desert. Ilu can be Ilu, the kind and compassionate One; not the God of Christianity. Ba’al can thunder and Athtartu-shadi can hunt.

Now, I only wish there I had money! Or, at least, access to scholarly material. My only problem is finding information on these beautiful gods! Like, Athtartu is shimmering in the distance for me like sun in the desert. So beautiful.

Immortal: Flowers of Ice - Test Server Update (8 February 2017)

Some lovely content added to the Korean test server today, some of which will be of utmost interest to PVPers.

1. Tower of Challenge (도전의 탑)

This is “reused” content from Blade & Soul, also known as “Tower of Infinity” over there. If you know what that is, it will make the explanations more relatable.

Unlike the behemoth 100 floors over in Blade & Soul though, the one in Aion is a little easier, 40 floors.

You will be granted rewards per floor cleared, and bonus rewards for floors with boss monsters. There is no time limit involved, you’re only limited by the number of entries you can attempt per week (3/3 without Instance Boost Pack).

Whichever floor you die at, you will be resurrected at the lobby and subsequent entries will restart you at the failed floor (eg. if you died at the 30th floor, the next entry will start you off at 30th instead of the 1st floor). However, take note that if players are UNABLE to complete the 40 floor challenge before the weekly reset, their progress will be reset back to the 1st floor.

2. Golden Empyrean Crucible Arena  (황금의 템페르 훈련소 파티전)

I had mentioned previously that NCsoft had confirmed that a 6-man Arena of Gold was in the works, and true to their word, this is now a real existence.

Similar to the workings of Arena of Gold, this is a 6-man version tournament ladder style. There will be a max total of 16 teams per ladder. Players can either quick queue this (and the system will randomly form you up) or queue as a premade (4/4 without Instance Boost Pack).

Gameplay

- Each fight will progress for a duration of 8 minutes - There will be a wait time of 1 minute before the fight starts - Certain areas of the map will be set ablaze (instant death if you step in them) after 6 minutes have elapsed - Every cumulative death in the arena will rake up a longer respawn time (it is implied that resurrection skills do not work here) - Certain items and skills are restricted in the Golden Empyrean Crucible Arena

Win/Loss Conditions & Reward System

- Fight automatically concludes when fight duration is up or whichever team rakes up the highest number of kills (there is a number set here to trigger) - Similar to Arena of Gold, victory depends on criteria such as number of times the particpants are eliminated, participation level (if you AFK, this will penalize you heavily) and remaining HP - Winning teams will advance on to the next match-up, whereas the losing teams will remain in the waiting lobby - Regardless of win or loss, all participants will be rewarded. The only difference is that the higher the ladder the particpants have cleared, the better the rewards

3. Norsvold/Iluma Rift Additional Entries

There will be some changes made to rifts in Norsvold and Iluma. The rift entries are now split into basic and additional entries, in which the latter will take precedence once basic entries have been used up.