All right Eluarians, it is finally here: We formally celebrate one year of existence as Realms of Eluaria on Saturday, April 29, 2023.

To celebrate properly, we are planning a week-long celebration to include (You should consider tagging yourself with the @Events role if you haven't already!):

An IC event based in Miller Dale, the Spring Dawning Festival. Each Spring, a band of dwarven maidens venture down from the snowy peaks of the Heatherstead Mountains into the city of Miller Dale, commencing the annual Festival of Spring Dawning. Feasts, dancing, recitals, and plenty of other activities can be found in Miller Dale in these happy days of new spring.

The previously-announced first Writing Contest is of course already underway. Players and staff are eager to see what you have put together, and we have a panel of judges from the veterans team ready to review the results. Your entries are due by 5p Eastern on 5/5/2023. For more information on this, check out my previous post: ⁠📰news-and-updates⁠

Throughout the week, I will hold several raffles. I have 3 planned on the calendar, but I might decide to host a few more here and there. (Did I mention that you should consider adding the @Events tag? :sktgrin:) The timing for each on the linked calendar is when I will drop the raffle notice. Raffles will remain open for 1 hour to join and will be drawn at the completion of the hour window.

@The One & Only Dustball, Kiki :3 has graciously agreed to host a movie night. Check out her post in ⁠events if you'd like to add input on what movie to watch together as a group! There might be more movies coming from others, as well.

There are a number of game nights planned throughout the week, hosted by myself and others.

Want to host an activity? We'd love to accommodate you! Drop a note in ⁠events with a detail of the activity and the time you'd like to host it, and I'll see about getting it added in the calendar.