After finishing construction, slaves left the Institute of Demonology, allowing Borakash to gather his thoughts. The city of Golgonath had come through in helping him to construct the institute he so craved. Without further delay, Borakash announced to the world that, standing tall as a beacon of unbounded research, the Institute of Demonology, Golgonath’s newest guild, was now open.

Once again becoming the focus of attention, the Colosseum, led by Edros, held another Great Hunt. Each city claimed a golden ring, located in the arena of the Colosseum and spent half a year’s (one week’s) time gathering as many corpses as they could. Heralding from Golgonath, Malic, Tempus and Roeshak worked tirelessly to secure first place, though up until the last minute, Elysium nipped at their heels. Representing Elysium, Shelandra, Ilshara and Vulcan spent days upon days gathering corpses, though not enough to result in their victory. For the first six months, no representative from Ysallyra dare participate, but in the last three days a young novice by the name of Tuuli proved to be the boldest warrior among them, helping to gather several hundred corpses.

The final count for each city was:
1st place: Golgonath with 13338
2nd place: Elysium with 12237
3rd place: Ysallyra with 454

Each corpse put into a participant’s city’s ring would earn that city two points. If the participant placed the corpse in another city’s ring, however, it would deduct one point from that city’s count. Due to Ysallyra’s negligence, however, it was more beneficial to contribute corpses to your own city’s ring.

The year 400 has dawned upon the lands of Akanbar, the players taking part in various events held by Gods and mortal alike. For the first half of the year, players were able to earn a bonus amount of experience for their hunting and quests. The entire year, players are able to purchase power crystals and will receive 25% more than normal.

Golgonath, planned by Zinerva, held year 400 celebrations, using a group of slaves as entertainment. Also in Golgonath, Lord Nakarym has stepped in as Patron, replacing a disappearing Lord Bralnok. With the ascension quests finally over, mortals’ eyes have turned back toward the impending new guilds on the horizon.

Dreamed up by the daring minds of Dimetrius Val’akar and pursued by Patriarch Demandred, the forsaken set out, guided by a legend buried in time, to summon a great beast. Spending many months researching and composing a ritual, the city of Golgonath sacrificed a great many bodies in effort to push the boundaries of magic. Little did they know that they were the subject of another’s observation entirely.

A mysterious man stumbled upon the ritual, probing Golgonians, questioning about their ritual that they so intently were working upon. After being respectfully dismissed by Demandred, the man wandered off to work on his own research. Meanwhile, in the mines of Golgonath, the ritual had been executed, causing a tremor to run throughout the area, unearthing what seemed like an endless maze, deep beneath the surface of the city. Created by a creature later to be identified as long extinct, the tunnels ultimately led to the well-preserved corpse of said extinct creature. Some strange being, however, seemed to have found its way into the tunnels and feasted upon the corpse.

Demandred, flanked by a few other Golgonians, carried the eaten-away body back to the Forsaken’s cellar and began to pore over the corpse, studying it intently. The mysterious man from before made yet another appearance, this time picking the locks to the cellar to gain a glimpse of the creature in efforts to further his research. Borakash, as he called himself, explained to Dimetrius, and later Demandred, of his area of expertise- demonology. His curiosity had led him to Golgonath, where he was temporarily staying before setting out into the world once more. His experiment, it seems, had, a few months back, eaten away at the extinct creature’s flesh, though Borakash seemed barely phased by this ghastly disregard for scientific preservation, chalking it up to his experiment’s savage nature.

In exchange for a home and research facility, however, Borakash decided to assist Demandred in using the creature’s body to summon an even greater beast so as to ravage the streets of Elysium. Golgonath united as a mighty force to gather not just the commodities required for Borakash’s new research laboratory, but also a myriad of corpses and body parts from all over the world. Day and night, Borakash spent preparing the corpses for a ritual and, when the time came, such a ritual was held, infusing the long-dead corpse with demonic forces once more, a perversion of resurrection at its finest.

Salivating and snarling, the demonic beast stood by Borakash’s side, obeying its master’s every whim. Keeping up his side of the deal, Borakash and his demon set out toward the Bridge of Dawn. Perhaps due to Borakash’s orders or the demon’s savage tendencies, the beast strayed from its master’s side to ravage a nearby monastery, decimating it and killing most of its occupants in cold blood, truly an act of impiety on both the beast and master’s behalf. Finally reaching the bridge of dawn, the two made their move, mercilessly killing any Elysian they came across.

Murdering under the protection of Dimetrius and Demandred, the demon continued its assault, tearing Detahn limb from limb with its terrifying claws and powerful teeth. After a day’s struggle, however, Preceptor Detahn best the creature, slaying it in effort to protect the western city. Heads held high, however, Golgonath gathered in the center of Victory Square, no doubt a reflection on the common sentiment felt throughout the city. Borakash once more joined them, this time without his now-deceased creature, and explained his plans for the future, teaching the young and old of Golgonath of his power.

Claiming cooperation from the Forest city to the North, a wandering stranger took to Bugia’s streets, armed with an army of forestal entities. The man, Enal, created a perimeter around Bugia of these entities as he began his magical ritual, which led to the demise of the shady village. Despite both Elysium and Golgonath uniting against such a terrifying foe, the two cities were unable to dent his defenses. While the two cities bickered among each other and threw themselves at Enal’s defenses, structures in Bugia began collapsing and the citizenry was slaughtered.

With an ounce of his sea of strength, Enal instructed mankind to take this time to enjoy their lavish lifestyle, enjoying the comfort of their cities while they could. Taking a nearby troublesome puppy as a trophy of Bugia’s downfall, Enal vanished once more, taking his army with him.