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'''A new region with 3 new hunting areas'''
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'''Hunters can now venture into this mythical new region!'''
  
The King's excavation crews are working on passage to a new region!
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Explore the Folklore Forest, write your masterpiece, and defend the history of Gnawnia!
  
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<div style="font-size: 115%>Last week's news post included several eyewitness reports of a "mouse from another place that had visited the Sky Palace". These reports mentioned the mouse "savouring the opulence of the palace", which turned out to be a Bookborn Mouse from the Crystal Library savouring the opulent flavour of Extra Rich Cloud Cheesecake.</div></div>
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==== Excavation is Complete ====
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The King's excavation team has finally finished securing the hidden subterranean underpass making it permanently safe for human exploration! At the furthest North end of the tunnel, just beneath the mountain range, the excavation team stopped when they discovered something that they did not expect: an immensely powerful, magical protective barrier. The barrier (or "veil" as some of them described it) looked almost like a mirror but with a strange and compelling reflection that defied explanation.
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==== The Cartographer's Theory ====
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Word of this protective veil spread quickly throughout the Kingdom and it caught the attention of the Floating Islands Cartographer who has recently been all-consumed by studying their profound new discovery: the Legendary Looking Glass. The description of the veil seemed uncannily similar to the inscription on the back of the looking glass' Antique Frame. The Cartographer was convinced that what the excavators discovered beneath the mountain must be the specific spot in Gnawnia referenced in that description: "where the veil between perception and imagination is very thin".
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Upon sharing this revelation with the King, the King decided to test this bold and exciting theory by sending his most trusted subject: Larry, the Friendly Knight! The brave and noble Larry took the Legendary Looking Glass to this thin spot, opened his mind, and looked deeply into it and suddenly found himself on the other side of the reflection and inside the mythical Folklore Forest! What he discovered while there however, turned out to be very concerning...
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==== Larry's Terrifying Discovery ====
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Upon entering the Folklore Forest, Larry discovered very quickly that someone... or something had beat him to it! According to legend, the veil was supposed to have protected this land from the mouse invasion that has gripped all the other regions of Gnawnia. But to his dismay, this mystical land has now been overrun as well!
  
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One extraordinarily powerful mouse discovered the way through the veil and has let in a number of nasty and destructive mice along with him! Larry learned that this mysterious mouse, known as the Mythweaver, has devised a plan that threatens the very history of the Kingdom of Gnawnia!
==== Passage to a New Region ====
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Thanks to the diligent effort of hunters throughout the Kingdom, a means of passage has been discovered into what's now confirmed to be the region of Folklore Forest!
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==== The Book of Lore ====
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The Folklore Forest is home to one of the most powerful and influential objects in existence: the Book of Lore. The enchanted pages within this book contain the entire history of Gnawnia since the dawn of time but unlike a traditional history book, if the words on these pages were to be changed then history itself will change with them!
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The devious and dangerously clever Mythweaver learned of this powerful exploit and has made it his mission to rewrite history so that the mice become the celebrated heroes and the humans become the vanquished foes!
  
The passage was discovered after hunters found a clue from a Bookborn Mouse that lead to tracking Silth mice to reveal a subterranean passage. These passages expand from the Fungal Cavern to the Lagoon, and to what's now known to be the Folklore Forest.
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==== A Call to Arms ====
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With all of history at stake, the King is calling upon the hunters of Gnawnia who are ranked Archduke/Archduchess and above to go forth into the Folklore Forest and stop the Mythweaver before it's too late!
  
This passage is far too small for any hunter to navigate, however, the King's excavation crew is working on expanding and securing the passageway so hunters may navigate through to emerge in the Folklore Forest!
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Purchase the Legendary Looking Glass from the Floating Islands Cartographer and begin your journey into a place where imagination is the ultimate power!
  
 
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<div style="font-size: 115%>Access to Folklore Forest will be secured on<br>'''Tuesday, July 26 at approximately 3:00pm UTC'''<br>The Legendary Looking Glass will be required to enter the Folklore Forest</div></div>
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<div style="font-size: 115%>'''Visit the Cartographer in the Floating Islands to purchase the Legendary Looking Glass!'''</div></div>
  
==== The Legendary Looking Glass ====
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==== Go Forth and Explore Three New Locations! ====
Entering the Folklore Forest requires the Legendary Looking Glass which can be purchased from the Floating Islands Cartographer. Gazing into this magical mirror will allow hunters to cross the protective boundary that lies at the end of the subterranean passage!
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The Folklore Forest region consists of three new locations each with their own resources, upgrades, and gameplay mechanics. Gather resources from the Foreword Farm and Prologue Pond before heading to the Table of Contents and facing off against the Mythweaver and his fellow authors!
  
With the help of hunters, the Floating Islands Cartographer has confirmed how to assemble the Legendary Looking Glass.
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{| style="width: 100%; border-spacing: 1em"
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|- style="text-align: center"
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| style="width: 50%; padding: 0.416em" | '''Tend your fields in the Foreword Farm!'''
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Live off the land in the Foreword Farm by growing and harvesting the powerful new crop known as Parable Papyrus!
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| style="width: 50%; padding: 0.416em" | '''Go fishing in the Prologue Pond!'''
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Push off from shore, cast your line, and go fishing for Inspiration Ink!
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|}
  
Any hunter wishing to obtain one must follow these steps:
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{| style="width: 100%; border-spacing: 1em"
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|- style="text-align: center"
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|- style="text-align: center"
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| style="width: 25%; padding: 0.416em" |
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| style="width: 50%; padding: 0.416em" | '''Write your masterpiece in the Table of Contents!'''
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Write the longest books you can to restore history and outwrite the Mythweaver!
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| style="width: 25%; padding: 0.416em" |
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|}
  
*Recover a Liquid Lens from the Paragon of Water or the Empyrean Empress in a Hydro Reservoir
 
*Recover a Tactical Grip from the Paragon of Tactics or the Empyrean Empress in a Tactical Maze
 
*Recover an Antique Frame from the Paragon of Forgotten or the Empyrean Empress in a Forgotten Tomb
 
*Acquire an Adorned Empyrean Jewel and 1,000,000 gold
 
*Purchase a Legendary Looking Glass from the Floating Islands Cartographer
 
  
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==== Release the Power of Imagination ====
<div style="font-size: 115%>'''If you are an Archduke/Archduchess or above and have a Legendary Looking Glass you have all you need to be able to enter the Folklore Forest on Tuesday, July 26.'''</div></div>
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These breathtakingly beautiful crystalline drops, known as '''Condensed Creativity''', were previously considered to be little more than a curiosity but now that the Folklore Forest has been discovered, these extraordinary trinkets have revealed themselves to be containers for the extraordinary power of infinite imagination!
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Activate these anywhere in the Folklore Forest to release the awesome power stored within and to gain exceptional and lucrative bonuses unique to each location! Doubles plant growth, several types of loot drops, and words written!
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{| style="width: 100%; border-spacing: 1em"
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|- style="text-align: center"
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| style="width: 50%; padding: 0.416em" | '''25 Condensed Creativity'''
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Start creating!
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| style="width: 50%; padding: 0.416em" | '''100 Condensed Creativity'''
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Harness your creativity!
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|}
  
==== The Mystery of the Subterranean Underpass ====
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March 2010 was the first time the Subterranean Underpass was mentioned. Entrenched in the lore of the mysterious Silth Mouse, this underground area came to be thought of as myth. It wasn't until hunters discovered a document from the Crystal Library that a certain Bookborn Mouse had in its possession that it became clear the Subterranean Underpass did indeed exist!
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|- style="text-align: center"
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|- style="text-align: center"
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| style="width: 25%; padding: 0.416em" |
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| style="width: 50%; padding: 0.416em" | '''250 Condensed Creativity'''
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Infinite imagination!
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| style="width: 25%; padding: 0.416em" |
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|}
  
Upon this Bookborn discovering an Enchanted Page hinting at the existence of the passage, it quickly used its findings to scamper off to the Sky Palace in search of an Adorned Empyrean Jewel to create a Looking Glass of its own. The Jet Stream provided the perfect opportunity to infiltrate the palace without being noticed by its guards or any hunters where it quickly looted a jewel and returned to the Crystal Library. Although, not before acquiring a taste for the opulent flavour of Extra Rich Cloud Cheesecake.
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==== A New Trapsmith Has Setup Shop in the Forest ====
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What new region would be complete without a talented Trapsmith peddling some exciting new mouse-catching equipment?
  
After a day or two of sleuthing, hunters uncovered this hidden Bookborn Mouse by luring it out of hiding in the Crystal Library using its new found love of Extra Rich Cloud Cheesecake. With hunters now having discovered the Enchanted Page it wasn't long before the mystery of the Silth Mouse and the Subterranean Underpass was also solved.
 
  
With the King's excavation crew hard at work securing the passage, hunters can still experience solving this mystery to find special rewards!
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{| style="width: 100%; border-spacing: 1em"
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|- style="text-align: center"
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| style="width: 50%; padding: 0.416em" | '''Tome of the Mind's Eye Trap'''
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A powerful new Forgotten trap for hunters who have yet to earn the Thought Obliterator
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<div style="text-align: center>'''Stats'''</div>
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<div style="text-align: left>
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*Power Type: Forgotten
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*Power: 13,000
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*Power Bonus: 20%
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*Attraction Bonus: 15%
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*Luck: 16
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*Cheese Effect: Very Stale
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*Title Required: Archduke/Archduchess</div>
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| style="width: 50%; padding: 0.416em" | '''Charming PrinceBot'''
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A devastatingly handsome (and powerful) new Physical trap!
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<div style="text-align: center>'''Stats'''</div>
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<div style="text-align: left>
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*Power Type: Physical
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*Power: 16,500
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*Power Bonus: 28%
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*Attraction Bonus: 15%
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*Luck: 36
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*Cheese Effect: Extremely Fresh
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*Title Required: Archduke/Archduchess</div>
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|}
  
Any hunter wishing to experience the mystery can follow these steps:
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|- style="text-align: center"
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| style="width: 25%; padding: 0.416em" |
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| style="width: 50%; padding: 0.416em" | '''Dark Magic Mirrors Trap'''
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This three-sided mirror is said to be enchanted with the darkest magic in Gnawnia!
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<div style="text-align: center>'''Stats'''</div>
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<div style="text-align: left>
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*Power Type: Shadow
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*Power: 8,000
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*Power Bonus: 30%
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*Attraction Bonus: 10%
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*Luck: 35
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*Cheese Effect: Very Stale
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*Title Required: Archduke/Archduchess</div>
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|}
  
*Step 1: Capture the hidden Bookborn Mouse in the Crystal Library using Extra Rich Cloud Cheesecake to obtain an Adorned Empyrean Jewel, Draft Derby Curds, and a new collectible Enchanted Page (Note: The Bookborn is so well hidden, not even your trap effectiveness meter will know it's there!)
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==== Writing Supplies from the King ====
*Step 2: Capture a Silth Mouse in the Lagoon using any variety of Spore Charm to obtain Ingenuity Grubs, Extreme Spore Charms, and an Ultimate Charm!
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Facing off against the Mythweaver is not going to be easy so the King has put a together a collection of bountiful limited time bundles to kick start the creativity!
*Step 3: Capture a Silth Mouse in the Fungal Cavern using Wicked Gnarly Cheese to obtain Papyrus Seeds, Ultimate Spore Charms, and 2 Ultimate Charms!
 
  
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{| style="width: 100%; border-spacing: 1em"
<div style="font-size: 115%>The Subterranean Underpass mystery may only be experienced until Tuesday, July 26.<br>Larry has a gift to help a hunter get started:<br>https://htgb.co/3yvkN4V</div></div>
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|- style="text-align: center"
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| style="width: 50%; padding: 0.416em" | '''Writer's Apprentice Bundle'''<br>Give your masterpiece a head start!
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| style="width: 50%; padding: 0.416em" | '''Master Wordsmith's Bundle'''<br>Embrace your literary prowess!
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|}
  
When the passage leading to the Folklore Forest is secured '''on Tuesday, July 26 the special encounters with the Bookborn and Silth mice will no longer be able to be experienced'''.
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{| style="width: 100%; border-spacing: 1em"
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|- style="text-align: center"
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| style="width: 25%; padding: 0.416em" | 
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| style="width: 50%; padding: 0.416em" | '''Fairy Tale Flourish Bundle'''<br>Write with a flourish!
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| style="width: 25%; padding: 0.416em" |
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|}
  
Any hunter interested in the rewards of an Adorned Empyrean Jewel, 3 Ultimate Charms, and bonus Spore Charms should hunt these mice while they still can! The Enchanted Page Collectible will be able to be found in the Folklore Forest, although it will be relatively more difficult to obtain.
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{| style="width: 100%; border-spacing: 1em"
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|- style="text-align: center"
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| style="width: 50%; padding: 0.416em" | '''Folklore Forest Gift Basket'''<br>Gift for a budding author!
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| style="width: 50%; padding: 0.416em" | '''Slumbering Beauty Trap Skin'''<br>Sleep tight!
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|- style="text-align: center"
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| style="width: 50%; padding: 0.416em" | '''Folklore Forest Supply Kit'''<br>Get your creative juices flowing!
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| style="width: 50%; padding: 0.416em" | '''Chrome School of Little Mermaids Trap Skin'''<br>Take a dip!
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|- style="text-align: center"
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| style="width: 50%; padding: 0.416em" | '''Folklore Forest Large Supply Kit'''<br>Fuel your imagination!
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| style="width: 50%; padding: 0.416em" | '''Chrome Thought Entangler Trap Skin'''<br>Brush it out!
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|}
  
 
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<div style="font-size: 115%>'''Folklore Forest Release'''<br>'''Tuesday, July 26 at approximately 3:00pm UTC'''<br>New region consisting of 3 areas for Archduke/Archduchess and above hunters!<br>The Legendary Looking Glass will be required to enter the Folklore Forest</div></div>
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<div style="font-size: 115%>'''Your Story Starts Here!'''</div></div>
  
-- {{MHP|502041253|Dave Vanderburg}}
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-- {{MHP|2818486648263450|Norman Hussey}}
 
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Revision as of 17:18, 26 July 2022

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Coming Soon: The Folklore Forest

12 July 2022

Hunters can now venture into this mythical new region!

Explore the Folklore Forest, write your masterpiece, and defend the history of Gnawnia!

Excavation is Complete

The King's excavation team has finally finished securing the hidden subterranean underpass making it permanently safe for human exploration! At the furthest North end of the tunnel, just beneath the mountain range, the excavation team stopped when they discovered something that they did not expect: an immensely powerful, magical protective barrier. The barrier (or "veil" as some of them described it) looked almost like a mirror but with a strange and compelling reflection that defied explanation.

The Cartographer's Theory

Word of this protective veil spread quickly throughout the Kingdom and it caught the attention of the Floating Islands Cartographer who has recently been all-consumed by studying their profound new discovery: the Legendary Looking Glass. The description of the veil seemed uncannily similar to the inscription on the back of the looking glass' Antique Frame. The Cartographer was convinced that what the excavators discovered beneath the mountain must be the specific spot in Gnawnia referenced in that description: "where the veil between perception and imagination is very thin".

Upon sharing this revelation with the King, the King decided to test this bold and exciting theory by sending his most trusted subject: Larry, the Friendly Knight! The brave and noble Larry took the Legendary Looking Glass to this thin spot, opened his mind, and looked deeply into it and suddenly found himself on the other side of the reflection and inside the mythical Folklore Forest! What he discovered while there however, turned out to be very concerning...

Larry's Terrifying Discovery

Upon entering the Folklore Forest, Larry discovered very quickly that someone... or something had beat him to it! According to legend, the veil was supposed to have protected this land from the mouse invasion that has gripped all the other regions of Gnawnia. But to his dismay, this mystical land has now been overrun as well!

One extraordinarily powerful mouse discovered the way through the veil and has let in a number of nasty and destructive mice along with him! Larry learned that this mysterious mouse, known as the Mythweaver, has devised a plan that threatens the very history of the Kingdom of Gnawnia!

The Book of Lore

The Folklore Forest is home to one of the most powerful and influential objects in existence: the Book of Lore. The enchanted pages within this book contain the entire history of Gnawnia since the dawn of time but unlike a traditional history book, if the words on these pages were to be changed then history itself will change with them!

The devious and dangerously clever Mythweaver learned of this powerful exploit and has made it his mission to rewrite history so that the mice become the celebrated heroes and the humans become the vanquished foes!

A Call to Arms

With all of history at stake, the King is calling upon the hunters of Gnawnia who are ranked Archduke/Archduchess and above to go forth into the Folklore Forest and stop the Mythweaver before it's too late!

Purchase the Legendary Looking Glass from the Floating Islands Cartographer and begin your journey into a place where imagination is the ultimate power!

Visit the Cartographer in the Floating Islands to purchase the Legendary Looking Glass!

Go Forth and Explore Three New Locations!

The Folklore Forest region consists of three new locations each with their own resources, upgrades, and gameplay mechanics. Gather resources from the Foreword Farm and Prologue Pond before heading to the Table of Contents and facing off against the Mythweaver and his fellow authors!

Tend your fields in the Foreword Farm!

Live off the land in the Foreword Farm by growing and harvesting the powerful new crop known as Parable Papyrus!

Go fishing in the Prologue Pond!

Push off from shore, cast your line, and go fishing for Inspiration Ink!

Write your masterpiece in the Table of Contents!

Write the longest books you can to restore history and outwrite the Mythweaver!


Release the Power of Imagination

These breathtakingly beautiful crystalline drops, known as Condensed Creativity, were previously considered to be little more than a curiosity but now that the Folklore Forest has been discovered, these extraordinary trinkets have revealed themselves to be containers for the extraordinary power of infinite imagination!

Activate these anywhere in the Folklore Forest to release the awesome power stored within and to gain exceptional and lucrative bonuses unique to each location! Doubles plant growth, several types of loot drops, and words written!

25 Condensed Creativity

Start creating!

100 Condensed Creativity

Harness your creativity!

250 Condensed Creativity

Infinite imagination!

A New Trapsmith Has Setup Shop in the Forest

What new region would be complete without a talented Trapsmith peddling some exciting new mouse-catching equipment?


Tome of the Mind's Eye Trap

A powerful new Forgotten trap for hunters who have yet to earn the Thought Obliterator

Stats
  • Power Type: Forgotten
  • Power: 13,000
  • Power Bonus: 20%
  • Attraction Bonus: 15%
  • Luck: 16
  • Cheese Effect: Very Stale
  • Title Required: Archduke/Archduchess
Charming PrinceBot

A devastatingly handsome (and powerful) new Physical trap!

Stats
  • Power Type: Physical
  • Power: 16,500
  • Power Bonus: 28%
  • Attraction Bonus: 15%
  • Luck: 36
  • Cheese Effect: Extremely Fresh
  • Title Required: Archduke/Archduchess
Dark Magic Mirrors Trap

This three-sided mirror is said to be enchanted with the darkest magic in Gnawnia!

Stats
  • Power Type: Shadow
  • Power: 8,000
  • Power Bonus: 30%
  • Attraction Bonus: 10%
  • Luck: 35
  • Cheese Effect: Very Stale
  • Title Required: Archduke/Archduchess

Writing Supplies from the King

Facing off against the Mythweaver is not going to be easy so the King has put a together a collection of bountiful limited time bundles to kick start the creativity!

Writer's Apprentice Bundle
Give your masterpiece a head start!
Master Wordsmith's Bundle
Embrace your literary prowess!
Fairy Tale Flourish Bundle
Write with a flourish!
Folklore Forest Gift Basket
Gift for a budding author!
Slumbering Beauty Trap Skin
Sleep tight!
Folklore Forest Supply Kit
Get your creative juices flowing!
Chrome School of Little Mermaids Trap Skin
Take a dip!
Folklore Forest Large Supply Kit
Fuel your imagination!
Chrome Thought Entangler Trap Skin
Brush it out!
Your Story Starts Here!

-- Norman Hussey