Wednesday 29 August 2018

Black Desert Online Episode 3: A Guild And Boss


One day I went to the storage manager with Midnight to see if I can accumulate some golds in exchange for my silvers. The storage manager at Calpheon is always noisy and full of creatures. 



Maids are gathered there doing processing and some stay outside for a nice chat. I was feeling really undetermined that day and I am thinking of Elion priests locations to gather more information. A woman approached me, she is wearing a really nice rose fabric and silver plated armor, she towered over me and asked why I do not have a guild. She introduce herself, her name is Hugg. 



Guilds are groups where you can share things and also conquer some castles or places. Usually when you are on a guild, there is a cloth with embroidery of the guild seal at your arms. I saw her guild, it is named BitterSweet.


I answered back and told her my reason. She then smiled and told me she will be glad if I join the guild, she told me they are more life skills oriented and can show me the way to earn more silvers. Who can refuse that proposal? She seemed also nice so I agreed. Her guild leader Elea then talked to me and handed me a contract which I signed. That is how I joined the BitterSweet guild, the name reminds me of farming, the seal of the guild is of shape of heart. I was then handed an embroided seal for arms. I wore it and somehow felt happy, it was my first encounter with other people whom I can ask and talk with everyday.


I continued my day determined to have an empire someday of farm and mining. On my way home to finally rest I saw Hugg, she waved at me and told me how my business is doing. I told her it was okay and I just earn more or less just enough for me from trading and farming garlic. That is when she told me the secret to earn more. We discussed for hours about how silvers can be earned. She told me to set up or buy a house for a worker to help me farm while I am not around and doing personal missions. I liked the idea and from there I invested some of my money and tokens to set-up my very first farm with a giant worker.


I went home and started cooking for my dinner and some for my worker, they prefer beer over some meals so I bought some leavening agent and sugar from Fred and prepared. I am still a beginner at cooking, it is pretty decent but not some high end dinner you can see around Calpheon. I ended the day satisfied and ready for more adventures.



At day time even though I now have someone working for me, I still miss farming on my own so I checked out the little crops I planted just outside the capital. It relaxes me but one thing I hated is when pests go around and worst see thief Imps stealing my crops! I also like going out at night, I do not know, reminds me of Kamasylvia, my hometown.

At noon time everyone is threatened at the capital, soldiers and traders roam around shouting Kutum will appear and everyone should hide and fight for their lives, be alerted. Once in awhile I hear those kinds of announcements but those monsters never really approached or set foot at the capital of Calpheon so more or less I am not that worried. I saw Hugg on her usual routine, processing near the storage manager and she waved at me. She asked me if I wanna hangout with the guild to fight with Kutum.




I was shocked as she casually tell me, they kill Kutum in a matter of some minutes and it would be great if I join them and try to hit the monster cause I can get items from it. I told her they are quite strong and I probably cannot make it and do not have enough experience on boss monster battles. I am somehow intrigued and told her I would be there and we can meet there.




I went to the desert with Midnight and reached Altinova, it is part of Mediah. Media along with Calpheon, Balenos and Serendia are regions. Somehow people from Calpheon, Balenos and Serendia hated people from Mediah because they are arrogant and blessed with Black Stones which they have more on different parts of their lands. Black Stones can do a lot of things, from upgrading and refining weapons to producing god-like armors. That is why traders originated from Mediah are so rich.




I brought some Star Anise Tea and Purified Water, it is advised by Hugg since she told me I would be needing those to prevent from being weak because of the climate. I went out Altinova to the vast desert and I cannot see any building visible where I can go. I should’ve asked help and told them if I can come alone but it is too late. I encountered really large and fast monsters chasing after me! I ended up being lost and cannot find Kutum. I felt sad and just headed back to Calpheon.


I went back and Hugg is still not there, she probably defeated Kutum with the guild. Ah, I lost my opportunity to experience it. I went to Velia to see and scout some farms where I can plant and invest and then I saw Hugg on a different attire this time. She asked me what happened and I told her how I did not make it because I cannot locate it properly. Good thing she said is there are other bosses next time where I can participate and see. We hangout for a bit talking about bosses and how I need to know more on different kinds of processing so I can make silvers.


I headed home with Midnight to Calpheon and ended the day with some meal I cooked. The next day I made sure I can join the boss hunt for Karanda. The way up there has so many harpies. I am quite satisfied that day but didn't get loots from the boss because my damage is not that high.




Black Desert Online Episode 2: Calpheon and Port Ratt


After a year of talking and connecting to the Black Spirit, I finally know what my purpose in life is. I want to know the truth about Elionism, I want to reveal the dirt the government is hiding and how the citizens of Calpheon is disgusted with several people ruling the land. I found out the Elion priest I stabbed survived and he is pretty much doing the same thing, ordering to murder people he thinks is useless. After that, I never felt guilt stabbing him back on that day.


I became a witch because the help of the Back Spirit, however, I am the only one who can see and talk to him. My mother let me go with ease when I told her I want to find my path in life and start a life at Olvia after some months after my fathers death. Olvia is a really small town, smaller than my hometown Kamaslyvia. Life is simple and I somehow learned how to fish and farm.




I did not really stayed long at Olvia, I transfer from city to city. Name it from Velia, Heidel, Calpheon and Altinova. Before, I cannot even kill a chicken to cook and eat it, now everything changed. I cannot even count how many monsters and creatures I killed. All ofcourse in my belief that killing them will bring peace for those who needs help. I settled and bought a small house at the capital of Calpheon, it is near the traders and merchants which became handy to me whenever I needed something.


The location of my house is not really all at peace, I can still hear the merchants and a bunch of people outside on the busy market asking for bargains and chattering but is quiet enough for me to be able to take a sleep. I have a cooking utensil with pans and other cooking tools I bought from Mr. Fredelles Herba. One of the few people I already knew before I bought my own house here, he is a friend of my father before. From there, he also gave me an alchemy working station but I rarely use it. Fred as I call him gave me a little tour around Calpheon when I first asked him for houses I can buy, he is quite a good guy actually.


Why did I decide to settle on Calpheon? This is all rooted from fathers death and that Elion priest incident a year ago. I want to know more about the truth and how I can maybe do the righteous thing, like ending their lives if they deserve it. I felt like a piece of spy while residing at Calpheon, strolling at night and not really staying at home. I went to dungeons and fields where the Black Spirit told me, I discovered secrets and at times I just kept it to myself because once the creatures ruling the cities will know, they will probably take advantage of it.


I know people by face and names since I stayed here for quite sometime, however, there is no one I can really say whom I can trust or maybe even called a friend. I somehow managed to earned enough money to hire my own workers who can farm and mine for me and that worked pretty well. Some items and rare things I acquired from monsters also helped me to achieve more silver. Selling items at the market place is quite addictive, I somehow feel now what my father is doing for us a long time ago. The feeling when someone bought the items you are selling is quite an accomplishment.


There are a few horses available at Calpheon and I earned a few. My first ever horse is named Ghost, he is colored grey and at time shy. Second is Raven with a maroon colored skin, he is hyper-active so to say, very different from Ghost. The last one is Midnight, a white horse and she is quite moody but reliable. My longest companion is Ghost, he is there with me since the beginning, we shared a lot of adventures together. Raven is my second horse friend and lastly someone gifted me Midnight, a white horse that is now accompanying me on some explorations and personal missions in life.


I tried exploring more than ever, there is this famous Port Ratt and from the pictures and paintings from traders it looked like something out of an old storybook. I went at Olvia with Midnight to explore this mysterious island called Port Ratt. It intrigued me and so I went to Olvia to wait for a ship that will be heading to Lema. I went to the stable manager to look after for Midnight when I am gone. It took sometime and you need some patience when sailing from a sea. I do not have my own boat so I asked someone if I can go with them.


The time I stepped on Lema Island, it doesn’t look so much of a vacation spot or where people will stroll and have a feast. Soldiers are around and it looks more like a camp. I walked a little around and asked where the boat to Port Ratt is, they told me to wait at the side port. I waited for about an hour and finally the ship arrived. I hopped in and started my long journey, it is a really long ride.





It took me a day or two I guess on my way to Port Ratt. The waves, typhoons and sea monsters are not helping me relax or even sleep while on the ship. When you are on the wide open sea, it seems like you are just a speck and the water can kill you in any minute of the day. I was already dizzy and sea sick when we reached Port Ratt, I must say, the sight and view is worth the ride.


The first thing I saw are warf managers, they lend you little warfs where you can use to sail a little to fish. I notice how ancient looking the buildings are, the people at Port Ratt seems to be just waiting for the sea to go high and low. It was quite laid-back as I see. There is an inn, some fellow villagers whom asked me to join for a little drink and drying of fishes. I can say the population is so low that it is just a little over ten to fifteen. I do not know how large the population is since I am not allowed to enter the inner corner of Port Ratt which seems to be a castle or little kingdom which they call Haso.




There is nothing really to do so I just spend the day there relaxing at the shores and looking how the lanterns around the buildings fit perfectly creating a magical view. The ship arrived just after midnight and I boarded, the same long trip to Lema Island then to Olvia. Is it any woth going to Port Ratt? I say, if you want to experience a new ambience and laid-back feeling in life then go ahead and you will get all of that. I do not really recommend going there if you want to kill monsters and challenge people because citizens of Port Ratt are really going on low profile unlike people at Calpheon.

Black Desert Online Episode 1: The Plague

I was originally from the south of Calpheon, in Kamasylvia. My mother is from Kamasylvia and my father is from Calpheon. My father is a trader at Calpheon and I am left with my mother mostly on my childhood at Kamasylvia.


However as I grew older, a terrible news from another trader reached us, my father is infected by the plague that spread on Calpheon. Mother is an elf that dedicated to pray and connect with the nature for the well-being of our land, she is not someone who can leave for months or even years from our hometown. I buckled up and started my journey to assist and try to find a solution for my fathers plague, so I head to Calpheon at his house. It took me some weeks to reach the area taking a stop and asking directions because I am not someone who goes on exploration a lot.


He is not in a very good condition anymore when I saw him, his skin is slowly detaching from his rotting body. I knew it was his last moments. I held his hand and he smiled at me. We talked for awhile but he is having a hard time talking or moving. I tried not to cry, this is not the father I imagine or image in my mind. He is one strong man who can carry four barrels all at once. But now he cannot even lift his own finger. Whenever he visits us with me and my mother at Kamaslyvia, he always brings a lot of chicken meat and fabrics for mother. 


He once gave me a really nice dagger, he said it costs a lot at Calpheon and it is from a monster named Nouver. I didn’t find the joy receiving that gift from him that time because I am not even into fighting or dreaming to be a warrior of sort. I want to be like my mother, praying for the goodness of this world. However, now that I went to Calpheon, I appreciate what this dagger can do and how precious it is.





 Calpheon is one big city and it is bustling with so many creatures coming from every corner of the world. There are a variety of traders and buildings all around. It is too colorful and shiny in my eyes. It is not something I am used to, too far from the little home me and my mother have in Kamaslyvia which is always serene and peaceful.




It struck me how people are protesting almost everyday and I cannot even blame them because their government treats them like rats somehow. It triggered me how me and my father are forced to evacuate from my fathers own house away from the city by Calpheon soldiers. It is a new policy issued to the residents that are plagued and sick people should stay outside and go to the refugee camp outside the city.


The condition of the refugee camp is even worse, I carried my father using his wagon together with his left goods and some clothes to the camp. Tons of citizens are there, all in bad condition. The stench is lingering around the camp, Elion priests together with their own knights started to preach to us about how we are suffering from this plague because we do not pray hard enough to Elion. 


They did made it worst for me and others to be honest. This suffering of holding a love one waiting for his death and all we get is being judged  how Elionism is the key to all of this. I respect others beliefs but this is too insensitive from them.


I stayed for two nights at the camp, the third night father passed away. We ate nothing but boiled potatoes for two days while hearing how miserable and bad we are from Elion priests. I did grieve while burying his remains, even though I only have little chances of being with my father from time to time because of his work and trading. When he goes back to our home for a whole week, we spend it wisely and all the memories with him is only of happy memories. 


I buried him at the south of Calpheon near the river alone. I wish mother is with me but it is something I should just do myself. I burned his other belongings exept for pictures he have on a storage and some valuable items on a big sack he told me to bring with me back to Kamaslyvia.


I was about to go home with his wagon when I was passing the refugee camp, I cannot go on without taking a glimpse of how worse and how ugly the government and Elionism is there. I pretty much know some Elion priests and some are quite okay or confused if they should join Elionism but the one who is preaching at the refugee camp is the worst encounter I had with an Elion priest. 



So I stepped down for a bit with the sack at my back and went to the refugee camp just to check if I can help anyone or probably give the last potato batch I had when suddenly I overheard the Elion priest ordered the knights to kill all the people at the west side of the refugee camp for good since they have been dying anyway and does not believe Elionism.



I cannot believe how this priest can order a massive murder. I cannot imagine myself getting killed together with my father while sleeping or trying to make things better. How can they do this to their own citizens? I was at my limits already this time, yes, I was never as calm as my mother. I believe on goodness and truth but I cannot let this bloodshed happen without doing anything. 




Due to my temper and heightened emotions I stabbed the Elion priest from behind with the dagger father gave me. It was all anxiety after that, I keep telling myself if I just killed a man. I run as fast as I can while the knights just learned the priest is bleeding. No one saw me, I hopped at the wagon the drive my way to Kamasylvia with a heavy heart.


Back in Kamaslyvia I broke the news to my mother, she said she talked to my father through prayers and she knows he is already at peace when he saw me on his final moments. It was a long hearty conversation with mother, recalling how happy and funny father was when he comes home with us. I knew she is making me see that we can still go on with life even though I know how she love my father and probably how heartbroken she is. I unpacked father’s belongings at our house and saw a couple of books, bottled liquids, weapons and fabrics. The one that caught my attention is the long staff that glitters by itself. It sure holds some magical power and aura just by looking at it.


I cannot sleep that night, although I am still in grief from the loss of my father, I am thinking how I just killed a man. I never even killed a chicken for food. I am contemplating to tell it or not to my mother, I feel guilt and disgrace. This is all an embarrassment from the lessons she thought me about kindness to all creatures. I stayed outside our house thinking how I will resolve this issue and I am also thinking if the priest is already dead, he probably survived, but who knows? I do not even know if I will step on Calpheon’s capital again.



I suddenly looked at our house and somehow saw how bright the staff glow is now. I know staffs are used by wizards and witches but I do not really know anyone personally who teaches the skills. I became curious as the glow changes its colors, I went inside the house the picked up the staff. I swung it a little bit higher than me and the colors swung together like an ethereal beauty. I was amazed and somehow I felt something inside me which I cannot explain. 


Something eerie yet beautiful, I swung the staff again and felt control or maybe the staff is controlling me, I do not know that time. I went outside with the staff and feels like my body is moving by itself, into the woods alone until the Black Spirit appeared, a spirit where I am the one who can only talk and see him, there my journey as a witch started.


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