Microsoft X11-35541 manual Gaining Renown, Heroic Boasting, Travelling About Albion, Xxiii

Gaining Renown

Everything you do affects the way the people of Albion perceive you. The fair citizens may love or hate you, as well as respect and fear you. Or, they might simply laugh at you. The choices are yours to make, and the type of

Renown you receive from the people in the villages throughout Albion reflects your decisions. Word travels quite quickly here.

Renown is garnered through your actions in Quests, but Heroes for hundreds of years have also furthered their Renown by displaying Quest trophies. It goes without saying that brandishing a Bandit’s head for all to see cannot help but promote one’s heroism and great deeds across the land.

Heroic Boasting

You can also boast on the Boasting Platform before going on a Quest. Just outside the front door of the Guild, the Boasting Platform is where a Hero can stand up and make a mighty boast such as “I’ll kill the Balverine while wearing no clothing,” if you care to expose yourself in this way. Boasts bring you more gold for completing a Quest, because they are wagers of confidence in your abilities.

Travelling About Albion

The world of Albion is full of activity. Wild beasts roam the wilderness preying on Bandits, Traders, wandering nomads, and careless adventurers. As you travel the world, numerous random encounters may take place. It is up to you just where you go and what you do. You are not required to spend all of your time pursuing Quests from the Guild. As a Hero, your time is your own and the world is yours to explore as you wish.

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However, as you travel, there are times when even a great Hero finds himself lost in the woods looking for the front entrance to Orchard Farm. This is where consulting your Mini Map could aid you. Take a look at the map any time you need to re-orient yourself by pressing M. For a key to the map, select the Map heading in your Inventory and scroll down.

For a Hero, travel around Albion is now especially exciting. This is because the Guild has recently finished construction of a method of travel no other citizen possesses—that of the Teleport Pad/Cullis Gate Travel system. Utilizing highly-advanced Guild ingenuity, this travel system allows any Hero to use a certified Cullis Gate that has become unlocked upon entering a region. After one is unlocked, you can travel to that Cullis Gate any time using your Guild Seal.

You can also use the Guild Seal as a recall device from anywhere in the world of Albion back to your last location. You may also teleport back to the Guild at any time, whether it is to quickly obtain another Quest Card, replenish health, level up abilities, or eat a quick meal at the Dining Hall. (Note: for your own safety, please don’t drink mead or ale and then teleport; taking damage cancels a recall.) Whatever the reason, we encourage our Heroes to use their Guild Seals to return to the Guild any time they wish. Our Guild is certainly your Guild.

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