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Neoboards

2010-10-03T23:22:47Z

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The '''NeoBoard''' is a collection of boards which users can post messages to each other around the world pertaining to special topics. Several staff members named ''Moderators'' look over the NeoBoards, making sure users are following the rules. Users can also self-moderate by reporting a message to moderators which they think is unsuitable for Neopets. There is also a filter which prevents a user from using profanity or lewd conduct on the site. However, many users often use symbols or spaces or a combo of them to use profanity, and it isn't filtered.

==Forum types==
There are many different boards which can be posted on.

===Main forums===
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'''Avatars/NeoSignatures''' - ''Want to show off your [[avatar]] or need help getting secret ones? How about NeoHTML and NeoSig help? This is the place to discuss avatars and sigs! NOTE: Item pools are a scam and are not allowed!''

Discussions include the method of obtaining new avatars, help on obtaining avatars, designing a font compatible with certain avatars, scattered Font discussion, and games.

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'''Battledome''' - ''Find a battle partner! Get weapon information. Anything and everything [[Battledome]] is in here.''

Many announcements regarding recent accomplishments in the battledome, due to the fact that it is the home of some of the wealthiest users and strongest pets. Usually, if there are any problems with hackers or with duplicated items, the members of this chat are the first ones affected.

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'''Beauty Contest''' - ''Advertise your Beauty Contest entries, and see others you can vote for. (Remember, you can only advertise or start topics regarding YOUR OWN Beauty Contest entry!)''

Discussions on this board are mostly users asking for votes for the beauty contest and picture rating.

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'''Customisation''' - ''Post here to make sure no one is wearing the same shirt as your Neopet... that would be embarrassing.''

This board is made for discussion regarding [[Neopet Customisation Beta]], including topics about the pet redraws and wearable clothes items. Many users use this as an advertisement for wearable clothing items in trades and in shops.

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'''Evil Things and Monster Sightings''' - ''[[Pant Devil]] steal your ''Wand of Ultra Nova''? Are you a Sloth minion? This board is for you.''

This board consists mostly of users identifying themselves as 'emo' or 'goth', and is typically used for general chat.

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'''Fan Clubs''' - ''Have a favourite pet? [[Petpet]]? Item? Discuss it here!''

Mostly made up of people who like certain celebrities, shows, etc. Usually not Neopets-related.

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'''Games''' - ''Need help? Have questions? Want to compare your score with others'? Yup, the [[Game]]s board is for you.''

Discussions on this board are not limited to Kadoatery feedings, "Chat and Plays," and everything else game related.

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'''Guilds''' - ''If you're looking for a [[guild]], this is the place to start your search!''

This is a user advertisement board, an easy place to find a guild. Users can lurk for guilds, or request for ones in certain categories. The people on this board will be glad to provide you with an overview of their guild.

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'''Help''' - ''Need Neopets help? If you've got a question, this is the place to get answers.''

Discussions on this board are mostly Neopets help questions. Some of the most common topics are screenie help, general account questions including freezing (see [[frozen]]) and scratch card help.

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'''Ideas / Suggestions''' - ''Have an idea or suggestion for Neopets, but want to get some feedback on it first? This is the place to go!''

This board is mostly off topic threads. Shop advertisements, and user lookup ratings are common.

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'''Merchandising''' - ''Chat about your real life Neopets plushies... or perhaps those Pocket Neopets that like to wake up early in the morning. Whatever you've got, this is the board for all you merchandise collectors!''

This board is off topic, and is mainly user shop advertisements.

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'''NC Mall''' - '' Questions, comments, discussions... have at it. Discuss the NC Mall and the items contained within!''

This board has mostly people trying to trade for NC items. Mainly NC Mall general chat.

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'''NeoQuest + NeoQuest II''' - ''All the messages in this board must be about [[NeoQuest]] or [[NeoQuest II]].''

This board is a great place for NeoQuest help. It is a mostly on topic board, but commonly mistaken for the quest help board.

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'''Neopets Trading Card Game''' - ''Need help building a deck? Wanna get info on that super rare Villain? This is the place.''

This board is mostly about the TGC. Neopian shops with TGCs are advertised here along with trading post advertisements.

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'''Neopian Writers''' - ''If you're a writer, this the board for you. Whether you write Neopian Adventures, [[Neopian Times]] articles, [[Storytelling]] entries, or whatever, you'll find other writers here to talk with.''

While this board does focus on writing, it is not always neopets related. Topics on book fan fiction can be quite common. Much of this board though is off topic.

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'''Newbies''' - ''Introduce yourself and meet other [[newbie]]s!''

This is an off topic board much like the fan club board. Fake celebrities are likely lurking here.

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'''Other Worlds''' - ''Discover new places! Or just chat about your made up one. :)''

Like the Newbie and Fan Club boards, this board is off topic. Expect random chats and Jelly World threads.

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'''Quests''' - ''Need help with a [[quest]]? The kind folks in here are willing to lend a hand!''

This is the board to get faerie quest help. Post what item you need and a user can search it using the [[Shop Wizard]].

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'''Role Playing''' - ''All the messages in this board have to be in character. If you dont abide by the rules, and enough people complain, we reserve the right to freeze your account!''

The main purpose of this board is a venue for the players to roleplay.

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'''Shop Ads''' - ''Advertise your shop or find good deals on the item you've always wanted.''

This board contains people selling and buying things in their shops, and working out prices with other people.

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'''Spotlights and Galleries''' - ''Want suggestions or opinions on your spotlight entry? Want tips from previous spotlight winners? Come on in.''

This board contains advertisements and opinions for galleries and and spotlights.

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'''Stock Tips''' - ''Need some investment tips? All the latest on the Neopian Stock Market is in here.''

On this board, opinions of the Neo Daq are shared.

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'''Trading / Auctions''' - ''Advertise your trade and auction lots here!''

The board consists mainly of people who spend their time trading for profits.

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'''Virtupets''' - ''Gather 'round, all minions of Sloth. Plot the downfall of Neopia! Unless, of course, you'd rather plot the downfall of Sloth himself.''

This board is off topic although [[Dr. Frank Sloth]] is commonly mentioned.

===Premium boards===
The premium boards are only accessible by [[premium]] users.

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'''Charter Members''' - ''A board for longtime Premium Members. If you can see this board, that's you!''

This board is only available when a premium user stays for more than three months.

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'''Help and Newbies''' - ''If you need help or are a new Premium Member with questions, this is your board!''

This board contains introductions and general questions.

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'''Main Hall''' - ''Hang out with other premium members and discuss the finer points of Neopian life. (As always, please keep topics Neopets related. Thanks!)''

This is the main premium board and is a general Neopets chat.

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'''Spotlights and Games''' - ''Get some input on your gallery spotlight entry or get help on that tough game avatar. Your spotlight and game banter goes here.''

Here, Tarla, the daily puzzle, and other game related things are discussed. Beta games released to premium users are also discussed.

Sometimes, boards can exist for beta testing of games, like Petpetpet Habitats.

===Other boards===
There are other boards which are part of the Neoboard, but are either hidden or only appear at certain times.

'''Plot'''

The '''Plot''' board's title and content changes to whatever the current plot is at the time. It's believed [http://www.neopets.com/neoboards/boardlist.phtml?board=7 the link] always remains the same, but is only active when a plot is open. Past titles included:
*http://images.neopets.com/neoboards/boardIcons/volcano.gif '''Volcano Plot''' - ''Unknown text of board summary... Needs to be added''
*'''Hannah and the Ice Caves''' - ''Unknown text of board summary... Needs to be added''
*http://images.neopets.com/neoboards/boardIcons/curseofmaraqua.gif '''Curse of Maraqua''' - ''Unknown text of board summary... Needs to be added''
*http://images.neopets.com/neoboards/boardIcons/lostdesert.gif '''Lost Desert''' - Who's that fortune teller? And what's up with that guy on the [[Uni]] already? Talk about the current plot here!
*http://images.neopets.com/neoboards/boardIcons/acp.gif '''Altador''' - A mysterious book with nothing in it? A hidden observatory in the Hall of Heroes? What's going on in [[Altador]]?!
*http://images.neopets.com/neoboards/boardIcons/acl.gif http://images.neopets.com/neoboards/boardIcons/ac3.gif http://images.neopets.com/neoboards/boardIcons/ac4.gif '''Altador Cup''' - Sixteen teams from all over Neopia are competing, but only one will win the coveted [[Altador Cup]]. Will it be your team?
*http://images.neopets.com/neoboards/boardIcons/thegaze.gif '''The Cyodrake's Gaze''' - A mysterious ship appears in Neopia and the crew needs your help! You ''will'' help them, right?
*http://images.neopets.com/neoboards/boardIcons/taleofwoe.gif '''The Tale of Woe''' - Wander the Haunted Woods with Gilly and uncover the truth behind the mysterious Tale of Woe.
*http://images.neopets.com/neoboards/boardIcons/mip.gif '''Journey to the Lost Isle''' - A journal and a tablet lead a very dedicated professor on a journey to find the mysterious lost isle!
*http://images.neopets.com/neoboards/boardIcons/acp.gif '''Altador Cup II''' - Discuss the latest match-ups and taunt your rivals... the Altador Cup is back!
*http://images.neopets.com/neoboards/boardIcons/rosp.gif '''The Return of Dr. Sloth''' - Discuss the latest comics and puzzles. Evil is back!
*http://images.neopets.com/neoboards/boardIcons/ddare.gif '''Daily Dare''' - Discuss the latest challenges and games.
*http://images.neopets.com/neoboards/boardIcons/aota.gif '''Atlas of the Ancients''' - Discuss comics, quests and game strategies for our latest adventure!
*http://images.neopets.com/neoboards/boardIcons/tfrp.gif '''The Faeries' Ruin''' - Discuss the latest comics, puzzles and activities!

'''Non-plot boards'''

*http://images.neopets.com/neoboards/boardIcons/jelly.gif '''Jelly World''' - Jelly World? That's just a myth. It doesn't exist. Off-topic boards are considered spam and WILL be deleted. Stick to the topic, please.

There's also an Admin Board of DOOM, which can only be seen by TNT and moderators.

==Trivia==
*It is possible to make invisible boards on the NeoBoards by using square brackets to make what is written be processed as tags. This is a [[Frozen|freezable]] offence.
*There are several [[Wikipedia:Easter Egg (Media)|easter eggs]] that appear when certain messages are posted.
**'''Ghostbusters!''': Posting ''5514344'', the telephone number for the [[Wikipedia:Ghostbusters|Ghostbusters]] in the movie of the same name, causes ''Ghostbusters!'' to appear in its place
**'''Onion Glitch''': Whenever certain words (likely depending on length) are posted, followed by a hard return, an underscore would appear after it. If the word was followed by a punctuation mark, the underscore would appear before it. The word must begin with ''on'', but some shorter phrase, such as ''only'' do not cause this glitch. Words such as ''online'', and of course ''onion'', do, however.
**'''Jelly World''': Posting in the URL for [[Jelly World]] causes it to be blocked as if it was an off-site link.
**'''%5000 Glitch''': Although no longer active, posting ''%5000'' used to cause ''P00'' to be displayed in its place.
**'''Report me!''': If the phrase ''this is not a scam'' is posted, it is replaced automatically by ''This is a scam! Report me!''.
**'''Bikinis''': If the phrase ''bikini'' is posted, it is replaced with ''cardigan'', presumably to stop inappropriate conversations. .
**'''Talk like a Pirate''': On [[Wikipedia:International Talk Like a Pirate Day|talk like a pirate day]], some words would come out as common pirate words. For example, "see" turned to "spy" and "n00b" turned to "landlubber."
*There used to be a General Chat board. It was removed because too many users were breaking rules and discussing things they shouldn't be. Its old URL is now used for event boards, such as [[Daily Dare]] and [[Neopia's Style Showdown]]. The Newbie Boards are now used as the General Chat.

==External links==
*[http://www.neopets.com/neoboards/index.phtml NeoBoards Home]
*'''Help File:''' [http://www.neopets.com/help_search.phtml?help_id=22 Neoboards FAQ]
*'''FAQ:''' [http://www.neopets.com/s/index.phtml?cat_id=14 Neoboards]
*'''Editorial:''' [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=2 2], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=6 6], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=11 11], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=12 12], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=14 14], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=15 15], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=24 24], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=31 31], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=33 33], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=34 34], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=36 36], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=48 48], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=66 66], 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[[Category:Neopets]]
[[Category:Interactivity]]
[[Category:Plots]]

The Faeries' Ruin

2010-10-03T18:08:39Z

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'''The Faeries' Ruin''' is a [[plot]] that started on 20 September, 2010 (publicly announced on the 21st) where during the [[Faerie Festival]], all the [[Faerie]]s in the world mysteriously turned to stone. It stars several characters who have appeared in previous plots, including [[Jazan]] of [[Lost Desert Plot]] fame and [[King Altador]], as well as several new characters. During the course of the plot, all activities that involve faeries have been suspended - from the games and shops on [[Faerieland]] to the [[Neggery]] and the [[Cooking Pot]], due to the faeries' condition.

Like the [[Cyodrake's Gaze]] plot, this plot makes use the the technique of [[wikipedia:unreliable narrator|unreliable narrator]]s.

==Plot summary==

At the Faerie Festival, [[Hanso]] the Ixi was looking for things to steal. Whatever jewellery the Faeries were wearing was turned to stone with them, but plenty of their possessions were not on their person and were left unaltered. Hanso was not the only visitor to the Festival - shortly after Hanso arrived, King Altador and his guards, and [[Brynn]], who was sent by [[King Hagan]], arrived on the scene to investigate the curse. Hanso revealed himself and tried to sell them information, closely followed by King Jazan, who revealed he had been tailing Hanso after he saw him stealing from the fossilised faeries. Jazan accused Hanso of being involved in the curse.

Altador asked if Jazan was there to free the faeries from the curse, to which hesitantly responded he was. Although Jazan did not trust him, Brynn reminded Altador that Hanso was their only lead, and they agreed to hear him out.

Hanso explained that he was on the way to the festival - "You mean you were going to steal from the faeries at their festival." - he saw [[Hubrid Nox]], who was holding a shiny artefact and chanting an incantation. After a blinding flash of light, Nox had vanished and all the faeries were stone. Although Jazan and Altador doubted Hubrid Nox would be powerful enough to affect all the faeries, Brynn vouched that he would have no reason to lie, and that the artefact Hanso claimed to have seen may have something to do with it.

The group headed in to Faerie City to see [[Xandra]], a [[Xweetok]] who too was investigating the curse. On seeing Hanso, however, she became enraged - he had stolen several valuable artefacts from her hut earlier.

Hanso confessed that while he didn't lie about seeing Hubrid Nox, it wasn't the whole truth - he had broken into Xandra's hut, too. "It's a pretty good story, actually..."

Hanso explained that after he had stolen from Xandra, he put the word out that he had four magical artefacts to fence. He was contacted by a buyer who wanted to meet in Faerieland - Hubrid Nox. Nox was only interested in one of the artefacts, and Hanso tailed him to see what he would do with it: as Hanso had already explained, he chanted, there was a flash of light, and all the faeries turned to stone. Xandra still didn't trust Hanso's word, but Brynn and Altador were convinced, and went to recover the artefact from Nox before he could do any more damage with it.

The group - Hanso under guard - arrived at [[Castle Nox]] in the [[Haunted Woods]]. As they formed their plan to storm the stronghold, Hanso slipped away. Brynn went after him - as Nox could appear any second, they couldn't afford to delay their plan.

Brynn found Hanso climbing over the wall away from the front gates - he said that he would find his own way in.

{{cq|And how do I know you're not going in there to tip [[Hubrid Nox|him]] off?}}
{{cq|Well, if you don't trust me, you could always stop me.}}

As soon as Hanso snuck in through one of the castle windows, he was spotted by Nox. Hanso asked Nox about the artefact - but Nox didn't seem to know what he was talking about. At that moment, an alarm went off, and Nox saw through his crystal ball Altador and the others storming the gates. Nox opened a secret passageway, threw the crystal ball, and made good his escape.

Brynn rushed and the door sealed behind her - through the crystal ball, Hanso and Brynn could see the others were sealed in as well. The pair followed the secret passageway Nox escaped through - Brynn all the while berating Hanso for letting Nox escape - and found a strange wooden control board.

==Plot participation==

The player can participate in this plot, like in the [[Tale of Woe]], by solving puzzles that are released after certain chapters of the story. Solving puzzles, and solving them in specific ways, earns the player achievements called ''Fearless Deeds''.

===Xandra's Library===
The first task the user is asked to do is to guide Hanso in a 'retelling' of his first encounter with Xandra. The player must move Hanso around the library and pick up the four artefacts - which are each glowing green - and then make it to the exit, without Xandra shooting Hanso with magic.

If Hanso is hit, or if he leaves the library without getting all the artefacts, it is presented as an error in the story - Xandra or Hanso will say that that wasn't how it happened, and the user can try again.

Also in the library are three items that are not glowing. These are bonus items, and can be collected in addition to the artefacts. If Hanso escapes with all the artefacts and with one or more of these bonus items, the bonus items will appear in the player's [[inventory]].

The player moves Hanso by clicking a square adjacent to him that is not blocked by a table, a bookshelf, a wall, Xandra, or a pile of rubble. The player then clicks anywhere on the map to see what Xandra's move was - she may shout at the player, run after him, teleport to a random location in the library, or shoot a blast of magic across the map. Unlike Hanso, she does not run diagonally, and nor can she shoot her magic diagonally.

After Hanso has escaped, the library task may be replayed to obtain other achievements or the rest of the bonus items.

====Fearless Deeds====
*'''The Artefact Thief''' - ''Hanso, a well-known rogue and thief, breaks into an old library inhabited by Xandra, a renowned scholar, and steals several valuable artefacts.''
Complete the puzzle by escaping with all four artefacts.
*'''Ooh, Shiny!''' - ''Pick up the artefact that started this whole mess.''
Pick up the mirror artefact - the player doesn't need to escape with it.
*'''The Task at Hand''' - ''Avoid being distracted by irrelevant fripperies.''
Escape with all the glowing artefacts but without any bonus items - this is also earnt if the puzzle is completed after all the bonus items have been taken on previous play-throughs.
*'''Proximity Warning''' - ''Narrowly escape Xandra's scholarly wrath.''
Be at some point within one square of Xandra but still escape.

===Castle Nox===
The second task bridges chapter four and chapter five - the player is asked to solve a puzzle using Nox's control panel to allow the rest of the adventurers, who are locked in the castle, to escape. The other heroes are divided into three groups, distributed across the the four floors - second, first, ground, and basement - of the castle. They must be guided to the front door on the ground floor.

The layout of each of the floors is randomised each time the puzzle is played. The location of each group is denoted by a risen bronze peg. The doorways between the rooms are colour-coded red, green, or blue. They player can open all the red doors, or all the green doors, or all the blue doors, at once. If some of the heroes are in a room where one of the doors open, they will go through it into a different room.

The player has to choose five colours at a time, which then open in sequence. The player chooses these colours by clicking the light bulbs at the bottom of the control panel. The brass arrow cycles through the three colour choices as the player clicks. Once all five colours have been assigned, the doors open sequential left to right. Only one set of coloured doors can be open at a time - opening the green doors after you've opened the red doors will shut all the red doors.

In certain room are staircases - when a group enters a room with a staircase, they will immediately go up or down it and out of the room at the other end. In other rooms, there are certain traps, as denoted by small grey tiles on the control panel. These traps - from [[Wadjet]]s - [[wikipedia:Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark|"Why did it have to be Wadjets?"]] - to [[scarab]]s (a reference to the [[Lost Desert Plot]]) - cause the group affected to miss whatever door opens next. Three of the tiles are not traps - one is a gold key, which must be found and used to unlock the front door - one is a room full of [[Usuki]]s, and one is a room full of [[ice cream]].

If two or more pegs reach the same room, the groups will join up and be represented as only one peg. This new group will stay together from then on.

The group who found the key - or whatever group they eventually joined up with - must reach the front door first to unlock it for themselves and the others.

====Fearless Deeds====
*'''Nox's Locks''' - ''The heroes are trapped in Nox's castle! But Hanso and Brynn have found some kind of strange machine that might let them help the others escape.''
Collect the key and get all 3 characters to the exit.
*'''We All Scream''' - ''Everyone loves an ice-cold bowl of [[wikipedia:Chunky Monkey|Chintzy Mynci]]... even Hubrid Nox.''
All three characters, together or separately, must pass through the ice cream room and escape.
*'''[[wikipedia:Fort Knox|Fort Nox]]''' - ''There's gold in them thar halls!''
Randomly awarded upon setting all 5 knobs such that you enter a new room/floor when you click "go."
*'''[[wikipedia:The Three Musketeers|And One For All]]''' - ''"After you." "No, after you." "No, I insist! After you."''
Exit through the gold doors with all 3 characters together.

==Trivia==
*During the plot, the [[Healing Springs]] had some "residual magic" to be used at the user's own risk.
*The shops both at the [[Healing Springs]] and the [[Hidden Tower]] remained open without their owners present, presumably relying on an honesty-box system.
*Reference was made in the plot to the fate of [[The Darkest Faerie]].

==External Links==
*'''Plot Page:''' [http://www.neopets.com/faerieland/tfr/ The Faeries' Ruin]

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