Hercules & Xena: Alliance of Heroes Newsletter: Edition 17
October 12, 2000
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Table of Contents
1. Upcoming Events: Design-O-Lantern, Hollow's Eve Ball, Play Auditions
2. Recent Events: Gods' Fair, Shield Contest, Bacchus Released
3. Recent and Upcoming Releases: Warhands, Spirit Strike, Lockpicking
4. Premium News: Hollow's Eve Madness, Premium Auction
5. Contact Us
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1. Upcoming Events:
DESIGN-O-LANTERN
In the time of scary ghosts and undead walking the earth, help us scare away
those spirits that mean us harm. This is your chance to design your very
best pumpkin. Entries will be accepted on October 8th from 3-5 PM EST and
on October 18th from 8-10 PM in the Sweet Oblivi Inn. See NEWS 24 in game
for more details.
HALLOW'S EVE BALL
The Promethean Mentor Society will be hosting a masked ball on October 28th
at 8 PM in the ballroom of the Palace of Athens. Come and have a howling
good time with the Mentors and just plain scare your friends with your best
costume. See NEWS 3 in game for details.
PLAY AUDITIONS
With the support of a generous patron of the arts, The Parados Players is
taking form. If you have ever had the urge to feel the spotlight, then come
to the Theater of Orpheus in Northwest Athens on October 14th at 8 PM EST
to audition for the role you were born to play! (To get there, type DIRECTION
in game, follow them to the Shrine of Aphrodite and then go one block south
and southwest).
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2. Recent Events:
GODS' FAIR
The second annual Gods' Fair was a roaring success even with the unrepresented
gods doing their best to muck things up! The gods are happy, the citizens
of Athens are fluffy (and broke!), and the carnies are all swearing they'll
never work in this town again because of all the dinars they lost giving
away all those prizes!
SHIELD CONTEST WINNERS
Congratulations to all our future smiths and metal workers, all the entries
were fantastic! But as is the way with contests, only three could reap the
ultimate rewards.
First Place: Tkeeri
Second Place: Melianippe
Third Place: Chikara
BACCHUS BLUES
For once Athens' best just wasn't good enough, but we can blame it on Dionysus
and Pitthea for not giving us all the information we needed! It is
with a heavy heart that this reporter must write that Bacchus has indeed
been freed to wreak his style of havoc on the known world. One consolation
is that Dionysus gave him a good zap to the rear on the way out.
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3. Recent and Upcoming Releases:
EVER WANTED TO BE ZEUS?
Well now you can! With one of the new warhands, all it takes is a simple
flick of the wrist and you too can smite wrong-doers and evil villains.
And all for the low price of 149 dinars! So run out and check those
stores, the new wave in destructive hand-wear is coming soon to a shop near
you.
SPIRIT STRIKE
The temples in Athens have recently announced that the gods are now offering
a new and improved version of the spell Spirit Strike. The new version grants
you one STRIKE for every three levels of training you have, and allows you
to STRIKE your foes easier than ever before.
TAKE YOUR PICK!
Keep an eye out soon for the new lock-picking system! Rogues are salivating
and everyone else is kind of just looking at them with confused stares, but
they are bound to please everybody! Ares has Hermes working frantically as
we speak to get the locks changed in accordance with the new system, so disregard
any foul expletives you might hear from the heavens.
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4. Premium News:
Halloween Madness at the Estate and Premium Auction are on their way! Watch GAZETTE after October 15th for details of where, when and how! And don't miss the next Estate meeting on Sunday, November 12th at 7 PM EST.
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4. Contact Us:
If you have any questions or comments about the game, or just want to drop us a line to say "hi", please reply to hxsimu@simutronics.com. We'd love to hear from you!
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Thanks again for joining us in the online world of Hercules & Xena: Alliance
of Heroes. We hope this newsletter has given you some useful information
that will help you along in your adventures!
See you in the game!