Greetings Elyrians,

The Pilgrimage of Renewal....a rich time of stories and legends in Elyria's history.

One such story was revealed earlier today with a new lore story explaining the history of the Flower Festival and how it is tied to this time of prosperity. Alongside that we have added new Promotional items to our online store for the Festival of Renewal. You will also notice that some items have been brought back from the vault!

All of these items are only available for a limited time so don't miss out!

Promo Items

The following promo items will be eligible for purchase starting today, March 22nd through Thursday, April 4th at 12pm PDT.

Update 4/16/2019: In order to be sure everyone has had a chance to take advantage of these promo items while Title Transfers and Package Claiming is operational, we've extended this promo until April 22nd, 2019, at 12pm PDT.

After the promo period ends, all of these items will return to the vault.

New Items

Pilgrimage Survival Kit

Whether it's surviving the night or speaking with the locals, this kit has you covered.

Once a generation and twice in a lifetime, many Elyrians undertake a rite of passage called the Pilgrimage of Renewal. The Pilgrimage Preparation Kit includes items meant to increase the likelihood of a successful pilgrimage, include some basic survival supplies and books containing critically useful knowledge for the trek.

Purchasing this item will allow you to redeem the following items from a vendor in-game:

• "Recipes for Purification" - a book for making pure ritual foods for the Pilgrimage of Renewal. Contains recipes for Bough Cake (Nut and honey cake), Caudle (a slightly alcoholic drink made from pure ingredients), and Nucato (honey glazed spiced walnut treats)
• "Simple Phrases for Pilgrims" - A book that would allow someone to learn basic levels of Neran, Croçais, and Pyqsi. Not enough to gain fluency, but enough to get by on your journey across Elyria
• Pilgrim's Pack - a wax treated linen backpack for carrying your supplies during the pilgrimage. Water resistant and light, the pilgrim's pack may not carry very heavy gear, but will adequately cover the needs of a pilgrim on any journey
• Simple Quilted Bedroll - a linen and cotton bedroll, quilted for warmth and cotton filled. Not water resistant, but light and easy to carry
• Firestarter - a brass tube containing cotton damping and noxious flammable oils capped by a cork with a small rod pushed through it. When the rod is exposed to air in the presence of the tube's oils, the vapors of the oil ignite into a weak flame

About Pilgrimage Preparation Kit:

• You can send this item to another player once in your inventory
• There is no limit to how many of these you can purchase
• Package contents can be claimed once in game
• Bundle can be opened once in game

Trading Post Kit

Opportunity can't knock if you don't have a door! Set up your business and rake in the profits!

Whether you're looking to take advantage of the traffic through your town, or looking to encourage the outside world to pay you a visit, one surefire way to accomplish your goals is to provide necessary services and supplies for travelers as they move through your settlement. The Trading Post kit contains the tools you need to get started!

Purchasing this item will allow you to redeem the following items from a vendor in-game:

• 1 x Blueprint to build your own trading post, with a large common room with large storefront windows, a broad covered porch, a hitching post for up to 4 horses, and private office in the back for the proprietor connected to a storeroom occupying most of the back half of the building
• 1 x voucher, redeemable for all of the materials you need to lay the foundation and erect your trading post
• 1 x Wagon
• 2 x Barrels (each with an interior volume of 1/5th of a cubic meter)
• 4 x Medium-sized Crates (each with a 1/3 meter cubed volume)

About Trading Post Kit:

• You can send this item to another player once in your inventory
• There is no limit to how many of these you can purchase
• Package contents can be claimed once in game
• Bundle can be opened once in game

Lost Vault Recipe Kit

Create Strange and Exotic treats for your friends and customers!

Ever since the discovery of the lost vault, stories of the strange and luminous flora found there have spread far and wide across the continent. Many hunger for a simple glimpse of the glowing potatoes and hauntingly beautiful starberries of legend, but for the true connoisseur, a simple look at these wonders isn't enough. The question burns in the mind: What do they taste like? Thanks to the hard work of the raiders of the lost vault, you can find out for yourself!

The Lost Vault recipe kit includes a book of recipes to make four unique recipes using ingredients found in the lost vault as well as the gear necessary to turn glowing potatoes into Glowtato Spirits, Starberries into either Starberry Brandy or Starberry Shortcake, and the recipe for a twinkling Twilight Garden Salad in case your own descents into the lost vault returned other wonders. Experience first hand the cuisine eaten by the legendary plunderers of the Lost Vault!

Purchasing this item will allow you to redeem the following items from a vendor in-game:

• 1 x portable alcohol still
• 4 x Starberries
• 2 x Yeast Cultures
• 1 x Rolling pin
• 1 x Small Cast Iron Cauldron
• 1 x "An Adventurer's Guide to Strange Treats" - A book of recipes featuring rare and strange ingredients found in the Lost Vault. Includes recipes for Glowtato spirits, Starberry brandy, Starberry Shortcake, and Twilight Garden Salad

About Lost Vault Recipe Kit:

• You can send this kit to another player once in your inventory
• There is no limit to how many of these you can purchase
• Package contents can be claimed once in game
• Bundle can be opened once in game

Deed to "the Free Mann" Tavern

(Keep your eyes peeled for this to appear in the online store during the daylight hours for your server, during this promotion)

Own your own legendary tavern, where folks can rest their feet and hoist a pint!

Take ownership of the Free Mann one of the 13 Legendary Taverns of Elyria! As its sole proprietor you will take over ownership and operation of the unique, Legendary-quality tavern found in the grasslands of your starting continent or island chain. Renown across the lands, with a reputation as the go-to place to seek entertainment, business, and pleasure, this tavern is fully furnished and stocked, ready for you to walk through the door, dust off the counter, and get to work!

Purchasing this item will grant you a Legendary-quality Tavern deed which can be brought to the Free Mann tavern in Elyria and used there to take ownership of the tavern and gain rights to the parcels of land it sits upon. At the time you take possession, you will have the opportunity to forge employment contracts with the tavern's staff or let them go, as you see fit.

The Free Mann offers the following amenities:

• Stools, Tables and benches to seat 40 people
• An outdoor stage for large performances
• A large interior common room and a broad covered patio acting as a second, outdoor common room, housing the outdoor stage
• An expansive stable complex able to house up to 4 Ursaphant-sized creatures (or 6 horse-sized creatures) and secured space to safely store 4 large wagons
• A staircase in the indoors common area provides access to 6 Private rooms on the second floor for use as inn rooms, meetings rooms, or offices as you see fit
• A fully stocked ale shed with 12 large ale kegs, and a private reserve of over 40 Neran Whiskey bottles
• A large kitchen, with access to both the interior and exterior common areas, containing its own oven and hearth
• Private residence bedroom and office on the second floor, accessible via a staircase in the kitchen, for the owner
• The tavern grounds are awash with flowers, including wildly growing Cardinal Poppies.

Note: This is a rare and limited item: Only one legendary tavern deed for the Free Mann will be sold for each server!

About the Free Mann Legendary Tavern:

• This item is bound to your account upon purchase
• This item is not transferable
• You may only purchase one of these
• You must be locked to a server to purchase this item

A Tale of Two Hamlets

(Like the Legendary Tavern above, look for this item to appear in the store next week!)

Everything you need to found a pair of sister settlements with a friend!

Whether it is is the best of times, or the worst of times – an age of wisdom or an age of foolishness – we stand stronger together. The mayors of sister settlements know this better than, perhaps, anyone. Pledging to ever remember their common bonds, sister settlements vow to exchange culture and trade wherever possible. This package contains two giftable Mayor Titles that, when claimed, will grant their possessors the ability to participate in Domain and Settlement Selection to choose which settlements they will take over. In addition, the kit includes the blueprints and materials vouchers necessary for each mayor to construct 500m of connecting flagstone road and paired sister settlement monuments in their settlement, symbolizing their common pledge to share culture and trade, their settlements standing strong, together.

Purchasing this item will allow you to redeem the following items from a vendor in-game:

• 2 x Giftable Mayor Title Bundles, each including a stipend of EP, the mayor title, and a cloak indicating your rank as mayor
• 2 x Blueprints to build a Sister Settlement Monument
• 2 x Vouchers for the materials to build a Sister Settlement Monument
• 2 x Blue prints for flagstone road improvements
• 2 x Vouchers for the materials necessary to build 500m of flagstone road

About A Tale of Two Hamlets:

• Only Bloodline and above may purchase this item, or claim this item
• These Mayor title bundles may only be received by a Bloodline and above
• This bundle is NOT giftable, but the title bundles it contains are (but are limited to title transfer restrictions)
• There is no limit to how many of these you can purchase
• Package contents can be claimed once in game

Falconry Hunting Kit

Command the skies with a trained hunting falcon!

For many, Falconry is a noble's endeavor, practiced by lords and ladies who appreciate the thrill of the hunt and the elegance of a raptor in flight. But, in truth, falconry is open to anyone willing the spend the time, the effort, and the heart necessary to bond with their falcon and teach it to harness its own natural hunting instincts.

Purchasing this item will allow you to redeem the following items from a vendor in-game:

• 1 partially trained Hunting Falcon, trained to remain on a perch or your hand until released
• 1 pair of Falconer's Gloves (1 left glove, 1 right glove) to protect your hands from your falcon's talons
• 1 Falcon's Hood, to keep your falcon calm and in place in stressful situations
• 1 pair of Hunting Jesses, used safely leash your falcon as needed
• 1 Falcon's perch so your falcon has a place to rest when you're not out hunting

About Falconry Hunting Kit:

• You can send this item to another player once in your inventory
• There is no limit to how many of these you can purchase
• Package contents can be claimed once in game
• Bundle can be opened once in game

Tropical Orchard Kit

Why farm in the mud when you can literally reap the fruits of your labor without getting dirty?

While it is true that some fruit trees and vines grow nearly anywhere, the pragmatic truth of the world is that where you decide to farm plays a big part in deciding what you grow. For those farmers looking to start an orchard in the tropical biomes, the Tropical Orchard Kit is the perfect starting kit. Containing the seeds necessary to plant 4 farm plots worth of trees known to grow well in tropical climates.

Purchasing this item will allow you to redeem the following items from a vendor in-game:

• 1 x packet containing enough Orange Tree seeds to fill a farm plot
• 1 x packet containing enough Date Palm seeds to fill a farm plot
• 1 x packet containing enough Durian tree seeds to fill a farm plot
• 1 x packet containing enough Breadfruit trees to fill a farm plot

About Tropical Orchard Kit:

• You can send this item to another player once in your inventory
• There is no limit to how many of these you can purchase
• Package contents can be claimed once in game
• Bundle can be opened once in game

Temperate Orchard Kit

Why farm in the dirt when you can literally reap the fruits of your labor without getting dirty?

While it is true that some fruit trees and vines grow nearly anywhere, the pragmatic truth of the world is that where you decide to farm plays a big part in deciding what you grow. For those farmers looking to start an orchard in the temperate biomes, the Temperate Orchard Kit is the perfect starting kit. Containing the seeds necessary to plant 4 farm plots worth of trees known to grow well in temperate climates.

Purchasing this item will allow you to redeem the following items from a vendor in-game:

• 1 x packet containing enough Apple tree seeds to fill a farm plot
• 1 x packet containing enough Pear tree seeds to fill a farm plot
• 1 x packet containing enough Peach tree seeds to fill a farm plot
• 1 x packet containing enough starter Red Grape vine seeds to fill a farm plot

About Temperate Orchard Kit:

• You can send this item to another player once in your inventory
• There is no limit to how many of these you can purchase
• Package contents can be claimed once in game
• Bundle can be opened once in game

Mild Orchard Kit

Why farm in the loam when you can literally reap the fruits of your labor without getting dirty?

While it is true that some fruit trees and vines grow nearly anywhere, the pragmatic truth of the world is that where you decide to farm plays a big part in deciding what you grow. For those farmers looking to start an orchard in the mild or cold biomes, the Mild Orchard Kit is the perfect starting kit. Containing the seeds necessary to plant 4 farm plots worth of trees known to grow well in mild climates.

Purchasing this item will allow you to redeem the following items from a vendor in-game:

• 1 x packet containing enough Apple tree seeds to fill a farm plot
• 1 x packet containing enough Whitehart cherry seeds to fill a farm plot
• 1 x packet containing enough Plum tree seeds to fill a farm plot
• 1 x packet containing enough Pear tree seeds to fill a farm plot

About Mild Orchard Kit:

• You can send this item to another player once in your inventory
• There is no limit to how many of these you can purchase
• Package contents can be claimed once in game
• Bundle can be opened once in game

Arid Orchard Kit

Why farm in the sand when you can literally reap the fruits of your labor without getting dirty?

While it is true that some fruit trees and vines grow nearly anywhere, the pragmatic truth of the world is that where you decide to farm plays a big part in deciding what you grow. For those farmers looking to start an orchard in arid biomes, the Arid Orchard Kit is the perfect starting kit. Containing the seeds necessary to plant 4 farm plots worth of trees known to grow well in arid climates.

Purchasing this item will allow you to redeem the following items from a vendor in-game:

• 1 x packet containing enough Pomegranate tree seeds to fill a farm plot
• 1 x packet containing enough Apricot tree seeds to fill a farm plot
• 1 x packet containing enough Young Agave cactus seeds to fill a farm plot
• 1 x packet containing enough Almond tree seeds to fill a farm plot

About Arid Orchard Kit:

• You can send this item to another player once in your inventory
• There is no limit to how many of these you can purchase
• Package contents can be claimed once in game
• Bundle can be opened once in game

Returning Items

3000 EP pack

Exposition Points can be used to purchase items to help create Elyria.

About 3000EP pack:

• Available in 2 types; Giftable and for yourself. Make sure you choose the right one!
• There is no limit to how many of these you can purchase
• 3000EP Gift packs can be claimed by you or sent to another
• Giftable version can be resent

Buy the Farm

Why farm in the sand when you can literally reap the fruits of your labor without getting dirty?

Ready to put down roots and cultivate the land with a pair of friends? You'll receive a parcel of land to farm, along with the blueprint and a voucher for the materials necessary to build a quaint barn complete. The package also includes an ox and wagon to fill your barn. But barn raising takes work, so gift 2 Elyrian packages to your friends to help with your farm!

Purchasing this item will allow you to redeem the following items from a vendor in-game:

• 1 x Parcel of Land
• 2 x Giftable Elyrian Packages
• 1 x Barn Blueprint
• 1 x Voucher for Materials to build a barn
• 1 x Wagon
• 1 x Ox

About Buy the Farm:

• Requires Settler or higher to purchase
• This bundle is NOT giftable, but the packages it contains are
• There is no limit to how many of these you can purchase
• Package contents can be claimed once in game

Note: Aside from the voucher and materials, this item is the exact same as the Buy the Farm item previously sold

Pilgrimage Supplies

Everything you need to undertake the Pilgrimage of Renewal. Ritual foods not included.

Once a generation and twice in a lifetime, many Elyrians undertake a rite of passage called the Pilgrimage of Renewal. During this solemn journey of self-reflection pilgrims wear their festival garb which makes them both easy to identify and keeps their body pure. Undertake for your Pilgrimage of Renewal with these supplies, including a special food bag, a lantern to light your way, complete festival garb, and the poppy seeds you'll need in order to grow your poppies before the journey.

Purchasing this item will allow you to redeem the following items from a vendor in-game:

• 1 x Uncommon Beeswax Sealed Food Bag (auto-food-consuming bag)
• 1 x Travel Lantern & pattern
• 1 x Festival Garb (wide brim hat and gloves with poppy motif/colors)
• 1 x Bag of uncommon Cardinal Poppy seeds (includes the tiny bag)

About Pilgrimage Supplies:

• You can send this bundle to another player once in your inventory
• There is no limit to how many of these you can purchase
• Package contents can be claimed once in game
• Bundle can be opened once in game

Conclusion

As a crowdfunded studio we appreciate your ongoing support as we continue to go all out as we develop Chronicles of Elyria. This groundbreaking project is only possible thanks to the efforts of supporters like you!

We hope you enjoy the new promotional items and updated favorites during this time of Renewal.

Remember, all of these items will return to the vault on Thursday, April 4th at 12pm PDT.

Until next time,

More to come...