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[Updated] "The Quest for the Halha" - Now including the Story for those who didnt get a chance to finish it.

A spooky quest for Halloween.

HELP!!!!To any who read this. I need help. I'm out of my depth and I don't know where to turn to. I don't know who is safe from the infection any more. Forces beyond my comprehension are gathering and I can't stop it alone. You must please please help. Meet me at my house at 5179 Fairgower Lane.

"The Quest for the Halha" will take you to distant shores, test your knowledge of Glitch and the resources available to navigate this land, and encourage you to work with others to overcome problems. And maybe in the course of your travels you'll see some of the more unusual places to visit in this strange land of ours.

And this being Glitch, will end with a Halloween Party on the Moon!

Have fun.

[Update] Added the whole text down of the story for those who didnt get to finish it.

Posted 14 months ago by SacredBob Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • Done
    Posted 14 months ago by SacredBob Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Have fun everyone, its up now.

    I've also made a group for anyone doing the quest, please join and stay in it for the duration.
    http://www.glitch.com/groups/RNVEVR55PKF24DO/
    Posted 14 months ago by SacredBob Subscriber! | Permalink
  • And please try and leave notes where they are, so that others have an easy time finding them.
    Posted 14 months ago by SacredBob Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yey an error already !!!!

    Note SNREVAC HTUOS should be SNREVAC HTRON
    Posted 14 months ago by SacredBob Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Okies the quest is now officially over, but there is still the Quest portion to complete if anyone does want to continue (providing the notes stay up and who knows how long thatll be for), also theres a party on the moon to go to
    Posted 14 months ago by SacredBob Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Saw the notes earlier today but not there now, is the quest over?
    Posted 14 months ago by Star Gazer Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yep the quest is now over, all the notes have been tidied away (I thought this best since quite a few of the notes had gone anyway so the chain wasn't completable)
    Posted 14 months ago by SacredBob Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Dang!  I ran onto your starting note.  I was busy working during the fun.

    What a great idea!  Let's do this again!
    Posted 14 months ago by ArtOfHands RoboGirl Subscriber! | Permalink
  • QUEST FOR THE HALHA

    NOTE 1

    HELP!!!!
    To any who read this. I need help. I'm out of my depth and I don't know where to turn to. I don't know who is safe from the infection any more. Forces beyond my comprehension are gathering and I can't stop it alone. There are terrible secrets brewing in the giants minds. The madness is beyond me. Those who know will turn away but it must be stopped. The Deeps of the Phool house a terrible secret and it haunts me. My only friend Tumahura lives not far away. I can't wait for you who come after me, you must meet me at his house. We'll wait for any that follow us there as long as we can, come quietly and tell only your closest friends.

    NOTE 2

    WE HAVE MOVED ON
    We couldn't stay. I'm sorry, they nearly found us. I had to write this note in a hurry. I can't say much and what I can say I must say in code. I have left a note in EIKSNEMLI at the entrance to the SNREVAC HTRON.

    NOTE 3

    FOOTSTEPS
    I hear their footsteps behind us, they are tracking us so we cannot stop for you who follow. I thought we had lost them crossing the water but Tumahura has convinced me that they continue to sniff us out. We have gone deep into the cavern hoping to elude them. There is a room behind a locked door we will hide in there and rest for a while. If you are too late I will leave a note in one of the caverns near that room, but I will hide it well. I must start to tell you some of what has gone wrong.

    NOTE 4

    MAZZ'LA
    I promised I would tell you more, for you must begin to know. I was an explorer once. I visited many far off lands. The Ju-jus called me friend. On a trip to Mazza'la I was given an honour. A friend, Professor Hemla Shrift was opening a new dig at the heart of Chakra Phool, we went deep below the streets through caves now closed off supposedly due to some unknown 'swamp danger'. What we saw there haunts me still, creatures, barely recognisable as Glitchen conducting terrifying obscene rituals. And the worst of it, I still can't bear to speak. 

    I will tell you more in my next note. I took long enough writing this. There is a scratching at night and I do not wish to find out what it is. We will try to elude them over the water again, you must use LITTLE STRIDES to find us in Ix. 

    NOTE 5

    RUNNING
    There is more I must tell you, much more. I ran, of course I ran. I ran so far. My heart pounding in my chest. I slept on the ground at night and eventually found myself at the docks in Froughtful Fen. I have never felt such fear.After reaching the docks at Froughtful Fen and downing several mugs of grog, I finally returned to some semblence of myself. What should I do? My friend, the Professor was gone, I hadn't seen what had happened to him, one moment he was running with me, the next. I had to return and find his fate. It took me a day to get back to his office in Jamsan Jag, fretting all the time at what I might find.

    I will leave the next note outside Uncle Friendly's Emporium, he still owes me a favour.

    NOTE 6

    RETURN
    Fear and surprise greeted me back in Jamsan Jag, the Professor was alive, but so cold. Whatever had happened to him had changed him, he feigned ignorance of our friendship, or so I thought at the time. The truth was worse. None of his staff seemed to notice anything unusual but perhaps he hadnt been the only one 'changed'. Resting up after my ordeal and wondering what to do next turned out to be a mistake. A group of bureaucrats arrived to discuss some financial matters. I followed them to the Hall, that was when I first heard the scratching. They had me in a room, and the sounds came through the walls, so loud. 

    Uncle Friendly has assured me the next note which I will hide in nearby Flipside will be watched over.

    NOTE 7

    JU-JU
    I couldn't think. My mind was back in the caverns as though the rituals were happening again. I screamed and ran. I have been running ever since. I have more information but I am scared of revealing it. They know I saw the ritual, but they do not know I understand its purpose now. I went to see an old Ju-ju mystic, he is dead now, but what he told me shakes me to my very core. Some think the Rook is the enemy we face, but there is another, hidden in the shadows more terrible enemy, one the giants themselves do not know exists, there is a twelfth giant!

    There is a street in the forest dedicated to Alchemy, I shall leave you another note there.

    NOTE 8

    HOPE
    They came last night. My friend Tumahura is gone, like the Professor before him, to be changed by the dark rituals of the Twelfth. I escaped and ran, but I can only run for so long. The scratching at night grows louder, is it in my head? I cannot get rid of it. What have they done to me? The Ju-ju mystic said there would be a sabbat where the Twelfth's followers could call him to them. I do not know what this means but it cannot be allowed. We must stop it happening. I've decided to return to the Ancestral Lands. It's faint hope his spirit can guide me, but where else can I look? His barrow, next to his wife's in Xalanga, odd for a Ju-ju, most are buried separately, but he loved her very much, find my next note there.

    NOTE 9

    ANSWERS
    I have the answers I sought. The Ju-ju appeared to me last night. There is a way to stop the ritual. Hidden in a secret room off the Mezzanine of Jethimadh Tower are the pages of the Twelfth, on which are written the locations of the eleven Halha. Scrolls which tell how to disrupt the ritual. We must assemble them and use them to disrupt the Sabbat. It is taking place in Inari Deeps on the 17th of Fever starting at dusk, finishing at dawn, they intend to pervert the Altar of Spriggan there and turn it into an altar of sacrifice to their Twelfth. You'll only be able to perform one of the Halha but we must bring all of them to Chakra Phool. Find them and return to the deeps to stop the ritual.

    Note 10

    The Eleven Halha

    Each god protects a Halha, a scroll to be used in times of need. Each is in a location related to the Gods own specialty.

    In the north Alph protects the room dedicated to tinkering.
    Cosma's arch spans thought in the heights.
    Friendly crafts in whichever street is MOST fruitful.
    In the furthest south Grendaline protects the source of herbalism.
    The Northernmost shrine to Humbaba is where he lies.
    Lem's teachings are guarded by dragon.
    Mab has a forest orchard, central to all.
    Pot's place is with his beans, the street they grow best is where he's to be found.
    The Easternmost shrine to Spriggan on Grumbla is where he lies.
    Tii sits by a falling line of coins, falling so far where none can see clearly.
    Zille's protection names his place in the North East three times, time without an end.

    NOTE 11

    CHANGE
    I can hear them chanting below me, I must be quiet, but the scratching is so loud. I fear I am too late. I hope someone got my letters. We are doomed, I think. In case anyone reads this. You must find the Halha, they will explain what to do. Eleven people and eleven dovotions must be shown. Eleven actions to bring the Giants here, performed together to stop them. Only with them done, at the same time, can the ritual be stopped. The scratching is so loud. I can almost hear a voice in it. Its talking. Yes. Yes, I understand. There is a place left for me. Oh what a fool I've been. Why, why am I writing this? If you are reading this, do not fear, there is nothing to be afraid of and certainly nothing on the lower level.
    Posted 14 months ago by SacredBob Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Wow, this is good stuff. Makes me sorry I was not able to join the quest.
    Posted 14 months ago by Vic Fontaine Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Wow, well done! Wish I could have done it in the original form, but thank you for sharing it now... and I hope you create more in the future!
    Posted 14 months ago by Lilith Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'm so sad to have missed this! It brings me back to nights reading Lovecraft by dying flashlight being terrified of every sound in the house (between the stories and not wanting to get caught being awake!)
    Posted 14 months ago by Callipygea Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'm so sad I missed this!!!  Ohmigosh... so well done! 
    Posted 14 months ago by Rusty McDusty Subscriber! | Permalink