Monday, October 21, 2013

[Books and Artifacts] VII: Artifacts of Gloamwood

     While looking through artifact sets, I found a few interesting ones that specifically pertain to Gloamwood and its dark mysteries. Here's the ones that I could find so far. One wonders what they are all about. A few of them, I've heard before in the "real world" as myths and stories.
  • Tales of the Forest- Folk tales told by the people of Gloamwood to warn their children of the dangers of the forest.
    • Woman in White (from watching the tv show Supernatural, I've taken this to mean something along the lines of a vengeful ghost haunting the pathways who lures unsuspecting travelers to their deaths)
    • Little Red Hood (because Gloamwood has a storyline that involves werewolves, I'm sure everyone knows what this is implying)
    • Buckley the Soul Merchant (not a clue on this one)
    • Scald and the Mouse (not sure on this one, except Scald is the name of a rare)
    • The Mill of Death (there's an old Mathosian Mill that was overrun by undead during the Shade War, this no doubt is what they mean)
    • Delilah the Hag (there's an interesting little piece of information I found on Gloamwood that mentions a Delilah: "Long ago there were two sisters, Laria and Delilah, the daughters of Athana, who lived happily in the woods until the Shade came. One fought the rifts while the other learned to bend them to her will. When Laria died fighting Regulos, Delilah blamed the people of Gloamwood rather the Regulos, and cursed them. This evil act of vengeance opened her heart to the Destroyer." Interesting, no?)
  • Gloamwood Horrors-Gloamwood is a forest infested with the cursed and the damned. There are some horrors that thankfully rare.
    • Qu'ella's webbing
    • Count Cyrus's fang
    • The Nightstalker's spoor
    • Scale of Ol'Ness
    • Rotting tabard of Morticus
    • Athelan's marred holy symbol
  • Curses of Gloamwood- There are many curses inflicted upon the people of Gloamwood Pines.
    • Rot of the Ancients
    • Shadowy Doom
    • Delilah's Curse
    • Lycanthropy
  • Gloamwood Toadstools-Here are some of the most poisonous shrooms in Gloamwood
    • Hag's Cap
    • Moonspoor
    • Pine's Shade
  • Family Crests of Gloamwood- Gloamwood was settled long ago by Mathosian clans. Some of these ancient family lines still persist to this day.
    • Dragomir (apparently the family that rules or governs the town)
    • Hawthorn
    • Cosmin (the sherriff's last name is Cosmin)
    • Solemn (the Solemn's have a nasty curse and are mostly all dead)
    • Darkwood
    • Briarsmith
  • Oswold's Notes-These handwritten notes are Doctor Oswold's notes about the case of the "Beast of Gloamwood"
    • Autopsy Notes
    • Rift Charts
    • Eldritch Analysis
    • Letter from Furtho Dragomir
    • List of Cursed Households
    • Meridian Bank Transfer
  • Delilah the hag-The Hag of Gloamwood plots revenger on the families of Gloamwood Pines
    • Withered chicken legs
    • Silverwood branch
    • Bleached human bones
    • Mortar and pestle
    • Grimoir of the Endless
    • Duskenleaf family locket
  • Gloamwood-The Gloamwood used to be part of the Sacred Silverwood forest of High Elves. Over time it grew twisted, hostile, and cursed.
    • A whole list of items I don't find relevant...but does reward a spider pet!
  • Scotty's Research Paper-The dwarf Scotty appears to have lost his research paper for Quicksilver College while in Gloamwood.
    • Scotty's Research Paper pages 1-4
    • Rewards Scotty's Sheeping Wand-sheeps both allies and enemies
  • Oakheart- Johan Oakheart spent his youth in Gloamwood before joining the Mathosian Guard. Upon his return as an Ascended, he vowed to life the curse of Gloamwood.
    • Mahogany pipe
    • Mathosian writ of Knighthood
    • Oakheart family crest
  • The Sanctuary Guard-The goblins of the forest try to murder, burn and steal; so let the holy Guardians crush them under heel. -Battle hymn of Gloamwood
    • Prayer book of the Vigil
    • Letters from Sanctum
    • Enlistment Papers
  • The Solemn Family-The Solemn family lived apart from the people of Gloamwood Pines. Now only Alistair and Janina remain alive.
    • Malia's unwashed cleaver
    • Hertrude's good boots
    • Zeek's big hammer
    • Brofur's armored shorts
    • Batius's mail order knife
    • Clovis's lighter fluid
     So, a bit of interesting stuff there. Mostly, I'm interested in the family crests and Delilah the hag. We'll have to follow Raeslyn deeper in Gloamwood to learn more about Delilah at least! Also, who's doctor Oswold and what's the beast of Gloamwood? Smells like lycanthropy to me! How exciting!

References: These are actual real artifact sets found in Rift. Once you complete the set, you can gain some interesting rewards in some cases, although to me, the information provided by the artifacts themselves is the most interesting! The lore in Rift is so sneaky! As always, this belongs to Trion, nothing to be gained here by me, except to learn more about the lore of Rift. :)

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