People in the Real World:
• Kyle – our main protagonist and hero (?) of the story!
• Kyle’s Grandfather – CEO of VRIM (Virtual Reality Information Media)
• Kyle’s Mother – Kyle’s mom, who works long, grueling hours as a nurse. No nonsense woman, who isn’t active in her child’s life half as much as she wants to be.
• Franklin – Sera’s father. Huge mountain of a man, with more money than you can shake a stick at.
• Sera(phine) – red-haired, busty neighbor’s daughter. Grew up with and around Kyle and now they’re both struggling with mixed feelings as to their relationship. Almost siblings, yet attracted to each other and wanting more – do they dare take that leap forward to try and become something else?
• Fanny – Sera’s eccentrically creative mother. Writes, produces plays, tells stories, gets lost in her own fantasies and sometimes loses track of the rest of the world.
• Heather – Sera’s best friend. Generally has a strong dislike for most men/boys.
• Darryl – Scrawny, tall young man with a patch of scattered stubble he likes to call a beard.
• Jason – overweight, shy boy. Suffers from hypothyroidism, which causes him to be tired all the time and have an excessively slow metabolism. He’s arguably the smartest of them all.
• William – hyperactive, non-stop runt. William is simply William. He has one speed – William – and does everything at his own pace. Impossible to keep up with.
People in Winter’s Tale:
• Nan – Kylie’s caretaker at the palace. Sacrificed her own life to help Kylie escape when the council order her death. Dropped one single copper coin on death.
• Kylie – Kyle’s Character. Female Alter-elf, proficient mainly in healing and producing unreasonably huge amounts of mana.
• Seran – Sera’s Character. Male Wildman. Brash, wildly unstoppable warrior style character. Has earned an unique hammer that levels as he does.
• Lady Heather – Heather’s Character. Lady is actually her first name and Heather is her last name in game. She’s an elven wizard who specializes in fire magic.
• Crusher Badass – William’s Character’s actual name. He thought it was funny, changed his mind, and now only answers to ‘William’ in game – but he is, indeed, “Crusher Badass”.
• Johnb Jovi – Darryl’s Character. A Rock Giant, who has obtained the rank of Rock Tosser.
• Drun Kindwarf – Jason’s Character. A dwarf who likes to drink a lot, he’s a DrunKin dwarf. Plays a smith and isn’t interested in anything except drinking, home life, and smithing.
Places:
• X’entia – Land of the High Elves, where Kylie was exiled from and lost her position as 2nd princess.
• Unknown Forest – The place where Kylie was transported to when Nan sacrificed her life to help her escape the X’entian Palace.
• Franklin’s – Local restaurant (sawdust floors, rough wood hewn counter, with log table and chairs); an eccentric place!
• Ridgewood Private Academy – The school which Kyle, Sera, and all the others attend
• Berkshire Republic – Country where William started Winter Tale with his character, though he didn’t stay there long.
• Berk – large starting city in the Berkshire Republic where many humans can begin the game at.
Terminology:
• VRIG -- Virtual Reality Interactive Gear
• NID - Neural Interface Device (outdated and outlawed technology predating the VRIG)
• Azamon Online – Large online internet shopping company, not at all related to Amazon Online. :P
• “Sounds good. Save me some.” – An inside joke between Kyle and Sera’s family. Mostly nonsensical, can be used at any time and for nearly any purpose.
TABLES, CHARTS, AND POP-UPS:
Chapter 2: Kylie’s Status Screen
Name: NoneClass: NoneLevel: 0Race: X’entian Elf (Altered)Experience: 0 / 1000Title: Princess of X’entiaStatus: 2nd PrincessCP: 0
HP: 20 / 20MP: 200 / 200SP: 20 / 20PD: 0 (10)DR: 0MD: 0
STR: 10KNO: 100WIL: 10AGI: 100MYS: 100PRE: 200END: 10SPI: 10LUC: 10
TALENTS
Mystical Regen: 7.5 – Recovers mystical energy at 7.5 times the normal character rate
SPELLS
HEAL: 40 -- heals 40 HP for 1 MP
SKILLS
Chapter3: Inventory
Item
Position
Durability
Notes
Silk NightyTorso3 / 3Stylish and elegant, offers no protection and is easily torn and damagedSilken HeelsShoes3 / 3Six inch heeled footwear that only royalty would wear. Completely useless and impractical for most people.Silken CloakBack5 /5A ceremonial cloak, offering minimal protection from the elements.
Chapter 3: Quests
Quest
Description
Naming RitesComplete the traditional ceremony to choose a name for yourself.
Difficulty: F
Reward: Character Name, 100 EXPSurvive!Do not die. The elven council has ordered your death, and you should not bow to their whims and wishes.
Difficulty: * SPECIAL – Increases in difficulty, over time *
Reward: * SPECIAL – Increased experience bonus, over time *
Limitation: * SPECIAL – Experience loss due to death increases, over time *Kingdom ReclamationThe council’s order to execute you was not well received by the king. His refusal to obey the council’s decision has led to the elven nation of X’entia falling into rebellion, revolution, and chaos. Reclaim the kingdom for your family!
Difficulty: * UNIQUE – Game altering quest; of the highest order.*
Reward: Restoration of Title, Cancellation of Council’s Death Order
Chapter 5: Identify Failure
Name
Damage
Durability
Notes
Rough Wooden Staff** / ** -- skill not high enough to identify
Chapter 5: Generic Information Pop-up
You must wait 10 seconds before using that skill again.
Congratulations! Your skill in Identify has improved (1)!
Chapter 5: Identify Success
Name
Damage
Durability
Notes
Rough Wooden Staff1 - 35 / 5A rough wooden stick found anywhere trees grow. Has almost no value.
Chapter 6: Kylie’s Status Screen
Name: NoneClass: NoneLevel: 0Race: X’entian Elf (Altered)Experience: 0 / 1000Title: Exiled Princess of X’entiaStatus: Exile, Wanted CriminalCP: 0
HP: 20 / 20MP: 196 / 200SP: 20 / 20PD: 0 (10)DR: 0MD: 0
STR: 10KNO: 100WIL: 10AGI: 100MYS: 100PRE: 200END: 10SPI: 10LUC: 10
TALENTS
Mystical Regen: 7.5 – Recovers mystical energy at 7.5 times the normal character rate
SPELLS
HEAL: 40 -- heals 40 HP for 1 MP
SKILLS
Identify: 3 – Allows identification of basic items or creatures.
Chapter 8: Elven Trail Bread
Name
Damage
Durability
Notes
Elven Trail BreadNA18 / 20Bread baked by master elven chefs. Has a limitless shelf life and requires consuming very little for a meal.
Those that eat a meal of this recover health and mana 25% faster, for a period up to twelve hours after eating.
Chapter 8: First Monster Defeat
Congratulations! You have defeated an unknown vine!
You gain 10 experience.
You need 990 more to the next level.
Chapter 8: Low Durability Warning
Warning! Your silken heels have low durability (1 / 5)!
Warning! Your silken heels have been destroyed!
Chapter 8: Green Leaf
Name
Damage
Durability
Notes
Sturdy Green LeafNA10 / 10A durable green leaf of unknown properties.
This item may be used in crafting.
Chapter 9: Identify Tangleroot Creeper (Insufficient)
Creature Identification: Tangleroot Creeper
Level: 3
HP: 25 / 25
** Other information unavailable due to insufficient skill in Identify.
Chapter 9: New Bestiary Entry (Tangleroot Creeper)
Congratulations!
You have uncovered a new creature for your bestiary! (Tangleroot Creeper)
You have been awarded 50 experience! You need 930 more to the next level.
Tangleroot Creepers will now be counted for “Plant Slayer” achievements.
Chapter 9: Identified Creature Kill
Congratulations! You have defeated a Tangleroot Creeper!
You gain 20 experience.
You need 910 more to the next level.
You need 9 more kills for the Beginner Plant Slayer achievement!
Chapter 9: Achievement Unlocked
Congratulations! You have unlocked the Beginner Plant Slayer achievement!
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You gain 1 strength.
You gain 1 endurance.
You now have a 5% bonus to hit and damage plant-type monsters.
You gain 100 experience.
You need 630 more to the next level.
Chapter 13: Several Pop-ups, but no new ones worth indexing
Chapter 17: Death
You have been slain!
You lose 0 experience. You need 1,000 more to your next level.
You have 30 minutes till forced respawn.
Chapter 17: Force Respawn
Would you like to force respawn now?
Warning: Doing so will result in an inability to be resurrected or regain any lost experience.
Chapter 17: Item Lost to Death
Warning: You have lost a random item, due to death.
Gray Wolf Kilt has been removed from your inventory!
Chapter 25: Elvish Naming Ceremony Quest Completed
Congratulations! You have completed a traditional elven naming ceremony!
** One with the blood of a royal or elder, has announced your name to a diverse group of peoples.
** One of pure elven blood has accepted and witnessed the name.
** At least three others have witnessed and accepted the name.
** The ceremony was started and completed on the same moonday.
You gain 500 xp!
You have advanced a level!
You gain 2 HP!
You gain 20 MP!
You gain 5 CP!
You now need 1940 experience to level 2!
Your name shall now be Kylie el X’entia!
Chapter 26: Kylie’s Status Screen
Name: Kylie el X’entiaClass: NoneLevel: 1Race: X’entian Elf (Altered)Experience: 480 / 2000Title: Exiled Princess of X’entiaStatus: Exile, Wanted CriminalCP: 0
HP: 34 / 34MP: 220 / 220SP: 20 / 20PD: 0 (10)DR: 0MD: 0
STR: 11KNO: 100WIL: 10AGI: 100MYS: 100PRE: 200END: 16SPI: 10LUC: 10
TALENTS
Mystical Regen: 7.5 – Recovers mystical energy at 7.5 times the normal character rateBeginner Plant Slayer – 5% bonus to hit and damage plant-type monsters.
SPELLS
HEAL: 40 -- heals 40 HP for 1 MP
SKILLS
Identify – Allows identification of basic items or creatures. (9)Fighting – Quarterstaff (1)Tailoring – Tailoring allows players to cut and weave various materials into armor, bags, shirts, and other items. (1)
Chapter 39: The Tangler
Creature Identification: The Tangler
Level: 7
HP: 200 / 200
Weak to fire, cold, disease.
Immune to poison, electricity.
Leech from water, poison, life.
** Other information unavailable due to insufficient skill in Identify.
Chapter 39: Elite Bestiary Entry
Congratulations!
You have uncovered a new elite creature for your bestiary! (The Tangler)
You have been awarded 100 experience!
You need 400 more to the next level.
Chapter 39: Achievement Award: Monster Sage
Congratulations!
You are the first player to discover, and identify, The Tangler.
You have been awarded the title, “Monster Sage (Novice)”
You have been awarded 1,000 experience!
You have advanced a level!
You gain 2 HP!
You gain 20 MP!
You gain 5 CP!
You now need 3400 experience to level3!
Chapter 39: Kylie’s Status Screen
Name: Kylie el X’entiaClass: NoneLevel: 2Race: X’entian Elf (Altered)Experience: 600 / 4000Title: Exiled Princess of X’entia,
Monster Sage (Novice)Status: Exile, Wanted CriminalCP: 5
HP: 36 / 36MP: 240 / 240SP: 20 / 20PD: 0 (10)DR: 0MD: 0
STR: 11KNO: 100WIL: 10AGI: 100MYS: 100PRE: 200END: 16SPI: 10LUC: 10
TALENTS
Mystical Regen: 7.5 – Recovers mystical energy at 7.5 times the normal character rateBeginner Plant Slayer – 5% bonus to hit and damage plant-type monsters.Monster Sage (Novice) –5% bonus to identify elite monsters. 10% bonus to loot roots for elite monsters.
SPELLS
HEAL: 40 -- heals 40 HP for 1 MP
SKILLS
Identify – Allows identification of basic items or creatures. (11)Fighting – Quarterstaff (6)Dodge (3)Tailoring – Tailoring allows players to cut and weave various materials into armor, bags, shirts, and other items. (3)
Chapter 40: The Tangler (Non-Death Status)
Creature Identification: The Tangler
Level: 7
HP: 0 / 200
Weak to fire, cold, disease.
Immune to poison, electricity.
Leech from water, poison, life.
** Other information unavailable due to insufficient skill in Identify.
Chapter 40: The Tangler’s Seed Options
Congratulations! You have discovered The Tangler’s Seed!
The Tangler was once a peaceful guardian of The Everlost Forest, before it was corrupted by an ancient evil. Destroying the seed will result in the permanent destruction of this once great guardian, and legend states that doing so will reward those that accomplish such a feat of great power.
Of course, it may also be possible to cleanse the seed and restore the creature to its natural state – but who knows if such an action would have any reward at all to doing so!
Do you wish to accept the task to restore The Tangler to its former glory?
Yes (Will be given the quest “Tangler: Restoration”)
No (Immediate experience and item award)
Chapter 41: Party Quest: The Tangler’s Restoration
Party Quest: The Tangler’s Restoration!
The Tangler was once a peaceful guardian of The Everlost Forest, before it was corrupted by an ancient evil. You, and your current companions, have all decided to undertake the great and difficult task to cleanse The Tangler’s seed.
Your first order of business is to discover The Ruins of Old Kalash, and see what you can unearth there about the corruption that has altered The Tangler.
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* Other stages will be updated as progress in the quest is obtained.
Chapter 48: Tailoring Success – Ragged Leather Micro-skirt
Congratulations! You have created a Ragged Leather Micro-skirt!
You gain 10 experience.
You gain 0 fame in Tailoring.
Chapter 48: Ragged Leather Micro-skirt Information Screen
Item
Position
Durability
Notes
Ragged Leather Micro-skirtWaist10 / 10A very crude skirt made of poor leather.
Offers minimal protection (PD: 1) and the barest essentials of modesty.
This appears to have been created by a complete novice, with the roughest of tools.
Chapter 50: Unnamed Dungeon Discovery
Congratulations! You have discovered a forgotten dungeon!
Item drops will increase for the next 72 hours for this zone.
Experience will increase by 100% for the next 72 hours in this zone.
No one outside your party will be allowed entry into this zone for the next 72 hours.
As the discover of this dungeon, you have the right to name it. What would you like to call this dungeon?
Chapter 50+: Kylie’s Status Screen
Name: Kylie el X’entiaClass: NoneLevel: 3Race: X’entian Elf (Altered)Experience: 3100 / 8000Title: Exiled Princess of X’entia,
Monster Sage (Novice)Status: Exile, Wanted CriminalCP: 0
HP: 39 / 39MP: 262 / 262SP: 20 / 20PD: 0 (10)DR: 0MD: 0
STR: 11KNO: 100WIL: 10AGI: 100MYS: 100PRE: 200END: 16SPI: 10LUC: 10
TALENTS
Mystical Regen: 7.5 – Recovers mystical energy at 7.5 times the normal character rateBeginner Plant Slayer – 5% bonus to hit and damage plant-type monsters.Monster Sage (Novice) –5% bonus to identify elite monsters. 10% bonus to loot roots for elite monsters.
SPELLS
HEAL: 40 -- heals 40 HP for 1 MP
SKILLS
Identify – Allows identification of basic items or creatures. (13)Fighting – Quarterstaff (10)Dodge (7)Tailoring – Tailoring allows players to cut and weave various materials into armor, bags, shirts, and other items. (12)Climbing (3)Jewelcrafting (1)