I’ve had a great time visiting Xen’drik in the warm season! It was nice to give you a little relief from the heat with some cool activities (best pun ever!). I must say I’m impressed with the amount of coins that people found for me this time around. I’m also pleased that so many brand new faces came to see me! I hope you enjoyed your festive treats. Remember to hang onto them, since they change every winter as the planes shift! Who knows, that measly cake this year could be the coolest one next year, you just never know (I did it again! Oh I can’t get enough of that pun. I’m worse than Tarrant with his “kick axe” obsession).

A special thanks also goes out to the House Orien for their assistance with the Festivult Stocking Stuffer lotteries. It was great fun to deliver some frosty cheer to unsuspecting adventurers! Oh, and if you’re one of those who won a “naughty” lottery, I hope you mend your ways before I come back to town in the winter (and I don’t mean cheating and getting one of those alignment changers to temporarily get yourself on my “good” list).

Remember that this weekend is the last chance to turn in any left over coins you have and finish up crafting those icy weapons on the Risian Altar with Jack Frostbite. So while I’m packing up my things for my migratory airship flight out of Xen’drik, did anyone get something extra special for their coins? I’d love to hear about it!

Until next time, Happy Festivult in July, and I’ll see you again in the winter!

I go away for a few months, I come back, and you youngsters have some strange new technology! What happened to the good old days of little adventurers hanging their stockings or better yet, bringing their stockings to me up on the roof of the Leaky Dinghy while I was *ahem* enjoying some refreshment. I’m not going to be up staged by a mailbox!

The House Orien was kind enough to explain to me how this new “lottery” system of yours works in this My.DDO thing. I think I’m getting the hang of it (You have no idea how difficult it was to explain to the Orien Postmaster that my packages had to be delivered inside of a sock)! So keep your eyes open for some of my Festivult Stocking Stuffer Lotteries throughout Festivult in July!

Twas a hot sticky evening
And all through the heat
The players were finding
More monsters to beat

The kobolds went out
in the sun if they dared
While the dock worker Pirates
had chests freshly naired (ow)

When off of an airship
That arose with a clatter
A frostly old dwarf
Climbed down from a ladder

And a fresh chilly air
Rolled in with a howl
As he put on some shades
And cast off his cowl

“This jungle heat’s a drag
Let’s cool off for a while
I’ll be back with my treats
To help make you smile!”

So gather those coins
And get ready everyone
The Jester will return
For some summertime fun!

The lyrics to the carol have been recovered thanks to these dextrous adventurers:

• Drimsdale
• Geoffhanna
• Davidsub
• Daehawk
• Girlbrush

For a minute I thought I was actually going to have to pay that ransom to the Kobolds! Stop by their blogs and give them a shout out on their wall for their help, I know I will be!

This gives me time to sing my carol until I depart next Monday, January 11th. It’s been so great to see so many new and old faces coming to visit me all over the city. I hope everyone had a wonderful Festivult this year! Now if you don’t mind, I’m going to enjoy my carol!

On the Twelfth Day of Festivult the Jester gave to me:
Twelve guildies raiding! … (always handy)
Eleven Smiters smitting … (take THAT evil doers!)
Ten Clerics healing… (whew, now I don’t need to put up an LFM)
Nine Barbs a raging… (I let them go in front. It’s safer that way.)
Eight Monks a leaping… (to get to those hard to reach places)
Seven Swords a slaying… (one for every  monster type! I’ve got animal slaying, monstrous humanoid slaying, outsider slaying, construct slaying, undead slaying, aberration slaying, and… plant slaying??)
Six Minds a flaying… (wait, how’d that get in there? Oooh I remember now - Fred’s wish list. Hmm I guess he has been good this year…)
Five Golden Coins! (it’s like wishing for 5 more wishes!)
Four Tasty hams… (the bestamus gift EVAR!)
Three Times crit… (it laughs at your puny 2 times crit!)
Two Jellycakes… (may as well enjoy them before I make that New Year’s resolution to lose weight)
And a Beholder Cookie! (om nom nom)

Happy Festivult and Happy New year!

On the twelfth day of Festivult the Jester gave to me… Twelve F….
Twelve…. Um… *mumble* bloodstones? No that wasn’t it… twelve …tiny scales? No…

Blast! I’m failing my memory check on the lyrics! How am I supposed to sing the time honored Twelve Days of Festivult if I can’t remember the words? It’s those Kobold’s fault…

I had the lyrics written down on a piece of paper for this very reason, and had tucked the paper safely away until I needed it. Then these little Kobolds climbed up to me with coins in their hands. They kept saying “Treats! Yark!”. I was apprehensive about it. But I figured it would be in the spirit of Festivult to let them participate in the fun. The dirty little pickpockets must have snatched the paper while I was busy rooting in the gift bags! Curse their high dexterity and my low spot check! I received this ransom notice in the Orien post:

This is terrible! I’m not going to pay for what is already mine! (And I’m not fat, I’m jolly confound it!)

I need your help adventurers, and I’ll make it worth your while… The first 5 players to send me a private message here in my.ddo with all twelve lines of the song lyrics will receive 500 Turbine Points! I will announce the winners on Monday, January 4th. Points will be awarded to the account associated with your my.ddo account, so make sure you contact me with the account you want the reward on! Thanks for your help adventurers - this way I can thwart the Kobolds and still sing my favorite Festivult Carol! Happy Festivult, and may you have a profitable New Year!