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OLord of Sanguine Tides
Hearken my call::
Consume this nectar of tears and blood,
And summon forth the crimson flood.
Allow me to traverse the scarlet veil,
Let me pursue your bloodstained trail.
 "Deeply unsettling!" Amaro lifted his gaze from the creased letter. Weeks had passed since Eadric's stormy departure, his final words still echoing: "I will leave at once!" A heavy burden hung over Amaro. It was he who had told him about Torkada's request. How could he not? Eadric the Exalted was the embodiment of what Torkada was looking for, a fierce and formidable fighter. Amaro's worried gaze drifted back to the blood-smeared parchment.
The ruby liquid sloshed over my boots, oozing through every pore. I waded into the basin and plunged into a vermillion abyss. And yet, I wasn't drowning, Amaro! I was being reborn. Through a dripping portal, I stepped into the Blood Vestibule. And there was Bloodshade. Again. A creature as unfathomable as what lies ahead of me. A servant? A guide? A schemer? It does not matter.
Here I stand, unyielding, unbroken.
There are others with me. United in silent resolve to purge the festering scourge that torments this once hallowed place. We navigate through the four spheres of rotten blood where the twinned harbingers of decay and the dual devourers of light have built their nests.
Like filthy talons, jaded roots cling to the ground and walls. Just like that, the gruesome beasts we slay claw at our life, unleashing dangerous ripples upon their death.
The cursed soil is seething with putrefaction here. Unbreakable root limbs spit their venom, fuelled by every grotesque anomaly killed nearby.
 
Gloomy basalt pillars tower over us as dark energy seeps into us, eventually discharging as a devastating chain lightning. How are we supposed to stick together like this?
Deep pits mar the basalt floor and bloodshed has turned them into scarlet lakes. Dark light repeatedly manifests under us and behind us, draining us to the core.
 
By drawing on our strength and experience, we somehow endure the horrors of these blighted halls, if only barely. Every once in a while we stumble upon the battered bodies of fallen greenhorns. Slaughtered by abominable monsters. Juvenility enrages them; the younger their victims, the more they are spurred on in their cruelty.
What drove those fledglings here? The allure of riches? Whispers echo through the corridors, of weapons augmented with sanguine power, some even infused with ichor, the golden nectar of immortals.
And so we cleave our way through the carnage, absorbing the rot to face the desecrator's offspring. We will bear their taints, we will persist despite Bakragore's shadow, we will defy him time and again, feeding him the essence of his kin, withstanding his wrath to cleanse this realm of his foul presence.
Cowardice finds no refuge in our hearts. Our missteps will not inscribe defeat.
We are warriors amidst the tempest. We are crimson crusaders.
Our triumph is etched into the scrolls of must-be.
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Upcoming next: The taints within you, the burden you bear.
yana stumbled through the endless sands, her feet sinking deep with every step. The two blazing suns beat down upon her, scorching her skin and drying her mouth. She could not remember how long she had been walking, nor could she remember why she had come to this desolate place. Her memory of the past few days was only pieced together with fragments, leaving behind dark gaps that she could not recall.
 "What am I doing here?" she thought, her mind hazy and confused. "How did I even get here?"
Endless dunes and a burning horizon - the air seemed to consist only of boiling water particles. The heat was so intense that it made her head spin. But suddenly, the past rushed in, and with it, the unsettling reason for her suicidal mission. She had braved the dense jungle, climbed rugged mountains, and traversed dark caves, slaying dozens of dangerous creatures, only to meet a sad end in the desert.
"How ironic; I'm trying to escape the moon's deadly rays, and now the sun is killing me," Ayana muttered to herself, as her demeanor shifted to a somber state. "Oskayaat, my beloved island. The place where I belong, my haven. I miss you... I need to find my way out of here. Not for me, but for my people."
With dull strides, she traversed the desert sand for hours, her mind devoid of any stirring thoughts, until she suddenly came to an abrupt halt. She began to feel like the sand was swallowing her, like it was alive and trying to consume her, creeping into her weary footwear and her tattered garments, filling her up like an insidious parasite. As disturbing as this hallucination was, it was just a fleeting glimpse of what might happen if she failed; a dark foreshadowing of the dire consequences that lay ahead.
"What if I never make it out?" she thought, her heart racing with panic. "What if I'm trapped here forever? The burden of breaking this curse rests solely on my shoulders. If I fail, we are doomed."
 
Ayana stumbled and fell to her knees, her body wracked with exhaustion. She closed her eyes, and the lines between reality and fantasy blurred together.
 "This is a dream," she thought as she felt herself lying in the sinister tomb of the desert gods. "This can't be real."
But even in her darkest hour, she couldn't shake the feeling that there was something important within sight - something that would change everything.
"What am I looking for?" she asked herself again, her voice barely a whisper. "Why did I come here? Darama..."
And so she lay there. With each passing moment, her life force slipped away, leaving her vulnerable to the mysterious and captivating shadows that gathered within her mind's eye.
"Finally, will I be torn to pieces, or will my people live?"
The sounds of fierce growls and snapping teeth merged into a deafening symphony as her humanity faded into darkness.
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Upcoming next week: Something for the most resilient among you.
Tell us a joke! - Winners It's time to announce "Tell us a joke! 2023" winners!
It took us a while to go over all of your entries. We had 338 jokes coming from 79 players located on 40 servers! Those are excellent numbers, which should motivate us to organize similar events in the future!.
I will want to share English versions of all of the jokes in our Jokes section by end of the month, and will share top3 chosen by Fansite Admins and CipSoft members imidiately!
1st place, hence also  , beatiful  and Golden UH Rune Emblem will go to Arcai!
2nd place -  , our very own  and Golden Wild Growth Rune Emblem will be shipped to Xarkost Eilia
3rd place,  ,  and Golden Energy Bomb Rune Emblem goes to Kriizs
Kongra-tulations!
 Hear ye! Hear ye! An icy bridge reaches toward an isle of frost and hidden fire, with cold-hearted monsters grim and dire.
A cold storm is coming from the north. The howling wind whispers stories of an old and forgotten frozen island. What was once a lush and beautiful paradise is now an everlasting ice desert dominated by various kinds of monsters. Deep down inside the isle and locked in ice, a once so proud race – the ursagrodon – is sleeping and vigilantly waiting to be freed again...
From April 01 on until May 01, the island Chyllfroest will be accessible once again for all Premium players. West of Svargrond, an icy bridge has formed. This bridge makes it possible to access this special island. You will find different dungeons with various creatures for different level ranges there.
If you are exploring Chyllfroest deeper, you might also find one of the famous frozen ursagrodons which can be thawed and tamed with some luck.
But beware: Rumour has it that yetis have been seen on this island before, too.
Enjoy spring, froest is coming...
Your Community Managers
 With today's server save, we have made the following changes:
Ballistic Mastery now also supports bleeding damage (Wound Charm).
We have fixed a bug at Grounds of Deceit where a player could not be hit by spells at some places in the wall.
We have also made the following adjustments to hunting grounds:
- Ebb and Flow: We have reduced the loot from bony sea devil, capricious phantom, hazardous phantom and turbulent elemental by 6%.
- Rotten Wasteland: We have reduced the loot from branchy crawler, mould phantom and rotten golem by 8%.
- Asura Vaults: We have reduced the loot from true dawnfire asura, true midnight asura and true trust flower asura by 11%.
See you in Tibia,
Your Community Managers
Artificial Intelligence System for NPCs  Tibians, we are thrilled to finally reveal an exciting feature we have been working on within the last months:
T.H.A.I.S. - the Tibian Heuristic Artificial Intelligence System
T.H.A.I.S. allows you to engage in meaningful conversations with NPCs in the game. It will enable you to talk to each of them to learn all sorts of interesting tidbits about the Tibian world and to get to know them on a more personal level.
In order to keep conversations entertaining and true to an NPC's known personality, T.H.A.I.S. will even take their lore, individual quirks and traits into  account when creating their answers and replies.
Are you eager to engage in a spirited chat with King Tibianus, ponder the universe with Avar Tar or discuss with Aruda about her pickpocketing skills?
T.H.A.I.S. has you covered. It will be implemented for every NPC and is currently in its final polishing stages. We aim to release it by the end of April.
To ease the waiting, we have a few sneak peeks from our internal test server on which we CMs had tea and coffee with some NPCs already. Simply click on the images in this news article to see how our conversations were going.
Whether you are looking for hunting tips, thoughts on Tibian mysteries and urban legends, or simply want to engage in some lighthearted banter and find out an NPC's greatest joy or deepest fear, T.H.A.I.S. will make sure that your conversations become a unique, memorable experience.
Get ready to explore the Tibian world in a completely fresh way, gain new insights and perspective and bond with your favourite NPCs.
Let's talk!
Your Community Managers
 Are your pockets feeling a little light? Fret not, as you will have the opportunity to fill your coffers with loads of valuables during the next double loot weekend!
Between the server saves of April 06 and April 10, you have the chance to collect double the amount of loot from every monster you kill. Do not forget to check your prey bonus as well or you might miss even higher drop chances on your prey monsters!
To full backpacks and good loot!
Your Community Managers
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