Masquerade zone

• Levels: 1-5
• Danger: easy opponents
• Author: Cradya
• How to get there: the wandering portal

Once, among the lands of Dreamland, there stood a beautiful city with tall towers. Its name was -- Kiev. Once a year a great festival of all the people was held there. A wave of merriment, jokes, costumes and mysterious masks flooded the city streets with the masquerade. The city was famed for its masters, but more still for its Masquerade.

But one day a countless host came up beneath the city walls. Its ruinous fame, its name -- the Horde -- raced faster than the fastest bird. The Prince understood that the city and its people were doomed to death, or, worse still -- to centuries of slavery. It grieved him that the full moon would admire the Masquerade no longer. So the Prince gathered his magi and the sorcerers from over the sea who served him.

By their power and knowledge the Masquerade shall live forever. Only one who is young and pure of heart can come to the Masquerade -- for grown-up life destroys illusions and faith in fairy tales.

They say that at the Masquerade one can come by many wondrous things and rare artifacts. By legend, somewhere out there is a magic stone, the cat's eye, which will help you escape from trouble.

And remember, violence is not the only way to come by gear. Sometimes it is enough simply to ask -- 'give, please'...

Written in November 2003 for Dreamland (mud.kiev.ua 9000) >>>Cradya->