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'''Curse of Maraqua''' | '''Curse of Maraqua''' is a [[Plot]] which took place between March 15, 2005 and June 10, 2005, revealing the long time dormant world of [[Maraqua]]. The plot follows the path of [[Garin]], a pirate who stumbled across the long lost land. | ||
==Plot summary== | |||
The story of Maraqua centers around an [[Usul]] named Garin, who is the captain of a fierce pirate ship with his first mate and also best friend since childhood, a red [[Kyrii]] named [[Jacques]]. His life is full of plunder and adventure, and he lives with hardly a care until after he and his crew rob a wedding. This provokes the rage of [[Captain Scarblade]], terror and master of the Five Seas of Neopia. Scarblade seeks out [[The Black Pawkeet]] to extract his revenge. | |||
Meanwhile, beneath the sea, a Maraquan [[Aisha]] by the name of [[Isca]], whom Garin knows from only a brief glimpse of her during his childhood, dreams this. Isca and [[Caylis]], orphaned Maraquan sisters, were recovered by King Kelpbeard while he was looking for survivors after the attack on Old Maraqua. Upon bringing them into his court, it is discovered that Isca has the ability to foretell things in her dreams that greatly aid the citizens of Maraqua. Caylis later begins to be tormented by nightmares of disasters that always come true. The citizens of Maraqua believed Caylis was the cause of these catastrophes and Kelpbeard was forced to exile her. After Isca dreams of seeing Garin, the Usul of her childhood, in grave danger, she ascends from the depths of Maraqua to the surface. This is breaking the law of King Kelpbeard, who decreed that none were to mingle with the "surface-folk." | |||
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On board the Pawkeet, a fight rages between the pirates of the Black Pawkeet, and those of [[The Revenge]], the ship captained by Scarblade. Jacques insists that they must abandon ship, for their forces are outnumbered. While Jacques is making his way to the skiff, Garin is knocked out and sent plummeting to the waves below. In his effort to reach his unconscious friend, Jacques's skiff is destroyed, and [[The Drenched]] take him as prisoner. | |||
Isca saves Garin and takes him to New Maraqua, where he discovers the amazing underwater city and steals a dagger from there, made out of [[Maractite]] ore. Once he is recovered, he returns to the surface in hopes of finding information about Jacques and his crew. He finds one crew working at a local pub and began relaying his time in New Maraqua, not know that a member of Scarblade's crew had overheard the conversation and left to inform the captain. | |||
Isca | Below sea level, Isca dreams of Jacques, captive of the Drenched, and she returns to tell Garin of this. Garin and Isca plummet below and travel to the caves where the three witch sisters of the sea, otherwise known as The Drenched, live. A struggle ensues, and with some help from a wandering sea monster, Garin and Isca rise victorious with Jacques having been rescued. Garin promised Isca after being prompted by Jacques, that he will help her with her new visions of a danger approaching New Maraqua. | ||
Garin and Jaques were abducted later to a remote island where they are reunited with the Black Pawkeet crew. Escaping from the prison, they re-commandeered their ship and head out to prevent Scarblade's invasion of the underwater city. However, when Garin (along with Caylis whom he found on the way) returned to warn the king of the upcoming invasion, Kelpbeard blamed him for likely leading the evil pirates right to their doorstep, and sentenced him to imprisonment. Believing Isca for helping Garin, as well as breaking the decree many times, he banished her along with her sister. | |||
As the war began, Garin escaped from the guards to find the Aisha sisters and soon his crew, and help turn the tide in the battle. Kelpbeard entered the fray as well, facing off against Scarblade himself. With his crew overwhelmed, Scarblade called a retreat, vowing to one day return. New Maraqua was victorious, preventing the same fate of the old kingdom. | |||
With his trust in the surface-folk restored, Kelpbeard made Garin's crew honorary citizens, and lifted the exile of Isca and Caylis as redemption for his misjudgments. While the former accepted, and latter decided she grew more comfortable with the outside world. Garin returned to his crew, rather preferring the pirate life over Isca's offer for a life of luxury, and sailed for more adventure. | |||
==User participation== | |||
Users were given the option to help Maraqua or the pirates during the attack in two ways. One form of participation, ''Battler'', involved fighting against Maraqua or the pirates in the [[Battledome]]. The other, ''Supporter'' involved acquiring certain items to assist the battlers, and playing Maraquan themed games to acquire points | |||
== | |||
===Battledome=== | ===Battledome=== | ||
Those who joined Maraqua fought the pirates, and vice versa. | Those who joined Maraqua fought the pirates, and vice versa. Also, depending on the strength of the users selected Neopet (which was the only one which could fight in the war), only certain ranked opponents would award the user with points. Opponents could be fought an infinite number of times, but with each in the opponent became progressively stronger. | ||
{| border="1" | |||
|-style="background:gray" | |||
!colspan=2| Maraquan Army ||colspan=2| Pirate Crew || Difficulty | |||
|-style="background:silver" | |||
|colspan=5| '''Wave One''' 1 point per win | |||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Maraquan Lancer]] || [[Image:com_bfguard.gif]] || [[Pirate Scout]] || [[Image:com_dswab.gif]] || 7 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Maraquan Chef]] || [[Image:com_mchef.gif]] || [[Pirate Helmswoman]] || [[Image:com_bfcrew.gif]] || 100 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Maraquan Foot Soldier]] || [[Image:com_bmguard.gif]] || [[Petty Crewmate]] || [[Image:com_bmcrew.gif]] || 250 | |||
|-style="background:silver" | |||
|colspan=5| '''Wave Two''' 4 points per win | |||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Maraquan Sergeant]] || [[Image:com_amguard.gif]] || [[Pirate Avenger]] || [[Image:Pirateavenger bd.gif]] || 15 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Maraquan Blade Specialist]] || [[Image:com_afguard.gif]] || [[Pirate First Mate]] || [[Image:com_amcrew.gif]] || 300 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Enraged Maraquan Mob]] || [[Image:com_amara.gif]] || [[Pirate Brute]] || [[Image:com_pbrute.gif]] || 600 | |||
|-style="background:silver" | |||
|colspan=5| '''Wave Three''' 8 points per win | |||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Maraquan Charger]] || [[Image:com_mcharge.gif]] || [[Pirate Bomber]] || [[Image:Piratebomber bd.gif]] || 37 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Grand Commander]] || [[Image:com_famc.gif]] || [[Cannon Master]] || [[Image:com_pcm.gif]] || 475 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Maraquan Shieldmaiden]] || [[Image:com_fafc.gif]] || [[Pirate Champion]] || [[Image:com_pchamp.gif]] || 1100 | |||
|-style="background:silver" | |||
|colspan=5| '''Wave Four''' 12 points per win | |||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Swordmaster Talek]] || [[Image:Talek bd.gif]] || [[Benny]] || [[Image:com_benpirate.gif]] || 80 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Garin]] || [[Image:com_mgarin.gif]] || [[Quartermaster]] || [[Image:com_mbully.gif]] || 850 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Goregas]] || [[Image:com_mgoregas.gif]] || [[Ships Cook]] || [[Image:com_fvcrew.gif]] || 1500 | |||
|-style="background:silver" | |||
|colspan=5| '''Final Boss''' 10,000 points | |||
|- | |- | ||
| [[King Kelpbeard]] || [[Image:com_kkb.gif]] || [[Captain Scarblade]] || [[Image:com_sap.gif]] || 100000 | |||
|} | |||
==Prizes== | |||
Prizes were released on June 14, 2005. The total points players collected from defeating opponents in the [[Battledome]] were spent in the ''Curse of Maraqua War Prize Shop'', where 6 items were available to be bought, all 6 different depending on who users fought for. A 7th item was available for both sides, the Maraquan [[Sidebar]]. Four exclusive [[Avatar]]s were also released, only one of which could be acquired depending what the user did during the war. | |||
[[Trophies]] were also awarded to users showing who they fought for, were a ''Battler'' or ''Supporter'', how many points they collected and their rank. | |||
{| border="1" | |||
|-style="background:silver" | |||
!colspan=3| Maraquan Warrior | |||
|- | |||
| http://images.neopets.com/water/plot_com/com_maraqua_w_1.gif <br>'''Commoner''' 1 - 4|| http://images.neopets.com/water/plot_com/com_maraqua_w_2.gif <br>'''Initiate''' 5 - 9<br>'''Soldier''' 10 - 24 || http://images.neopets.com/water/plot_com/com_maraqua_w_3.gif <br>'''Defender''' 25 - 49<br>'''Legionnaire''' 50 - 99 | |||
|- | |||
| http://images.neopets.com/water/plot_com/com_maraqua_w_4.gif <br>'''Preserver''' 100 - 299<br> '''Vigilante''' 300 - 499 || http://images.neopets.com/water/plot_com/com_maraqua_w_5.gif <br>'''Myrmidon''' 500 - 999<br>'''Centurion''' 1000 - 1499 || http://images.neopets.com/water/plot_com/com_maraqua_w_6.gif <br>'''Strategist''' 1500 - 2499<br>'''Kelpguard''' 2500 - 3999 | |||
|- | |- | ||
|colspan=3| http://images.neopets.com/water/plot_com/com_maraqua_w_7.gif <br>'''Vindicator''' 4000 - 4999<br>'''Waverider''' 5000 - 6499<br>'''Commander of the Tides''' 6500+ | |||
|-style="background:silver" | |||
!colspan=3| Maraquan Supporter | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 1 || | | http://images.neopets.com/water/plot_com/com_maraqua_s_1.gif <br>'''Servitor''' 1 - 4|| http://images.neopets.com/water/plot_com/com_maraqua_s_2.gif <br>'''Follower''' 5 - 9|| http://images.neopets.com/water/plot_com/com_maraqua_s_3.gif <br>'''Assistant''' 10 - 24 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | | http://images.neopets.com/water/plot_com/com_maraqua_s_4.gif <br>'''Helper''' 25 - 49<br>'''Supplier''' 50 - 99 || http://images.neopets.com/water/plot_com/com_maraqua_s_5.gif <br>'''Contributor''' 100 - 149<br>'''Reinforcer''' 150 - 299|| http://images.neopets.com/water/plot_com/com_maraqua_s_6.gif <br>'''Ally''' 300 - 400<br>'''Partian''' 401 - 552 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| 3 | | |colspan=3| http://images.neopets.com/water/plot_com/com_maraqua_s_7.gif <br>'''Disciple''' 553 - 649<br>'''Advocate''' 650 - 999<br>'''????''' 1000+ | ||
|-style="background:silver" | |||
!colspan=3| Pirate Warrior | |||
|- | |- | ||
| http://images.neopets.com/water/plot_com/com_pirate_w_1.gif <br>'''Landlubber''' 1 - 4|| http://images.neopets.com/water/plot_com/com_pirate_w_2.gif <br>'''Bilge Rat''' 5 - 9<br>'''Swabby''' 10 - 24|| http://images.neopets.com/water/plot_com/com_pirate_w_3.gif <br>'''Sailor''' 25 - 49<br>'''Sea Dog''' 50 - 99 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| http://images.neopets.com/water/plot_com/com_pirate_w_4.gif <br>'''Cannoneer''' 100 - 299<br>'''Navigator''' 300 - 499 || http://images.neopets.com/water/plot_com/com_pirate_w_5.gif <br>'''Cutthroat''' 500 - 999<br>'''Swashbuckler''' 1000 - 1499 || http://images.neopets.com/water/plot_com/com_pirate_w_6.gif <br>'''Mariner''' 1500 - 2499<br>'''Buccaneer''' 2500 - 3999 | |||
|- | |||
|colspan=3| http://images.neopets.com/water/plot_com/com_pirate_w_7.gif <br>'''First Mate''' 4000 - 4999<br>'''Captain''' 5000 - 6499<br>'''????''' 6500+ | |||
|-style="background:silver" | |||
!colspan=3| Pirate Supporter | |||
|http://images.neopets.com/water/plot_com/ | |||
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|http://images.neopets.com/water/plot_com/ | |||
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|http://images.neopets.com/water/plot_com/com_pirate_w_6.gif | |||
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|http://images.neopets.com/water/plot_com/ | |||
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! | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | http://images.neopets.com/water/plot_com/com_pirate_s_1.gif <br>'''Urchin''' 1 - 4|| http://images.neopets.com/water/plot_com/com_pirate_s_2.gif <br>'''Pickpocket''' 5 - 9 || http://images.neopets.com/water/plot_com/com_pirate_s_3.gif <br>'''Thief''' 10 - 24 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| http://images.neopets.com/water/plot_com/com_pirate_s_4.gif <br>'''Plunderer''' 25 - 49<br>'''Grog Runner''' 50 - 99|| http://images.neopets.com/water/plot_com/com_pirate_s_5.gif <br>'''Taskmaster''' 100 - 149<br>'''Brigand''' 150 - 299|| http://images.neopets.com/water/plot_com/com_pirate_s_6.gif <br>'''Raider''' 300 - 400<br>'''Smuggler''' 401 - 552 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | |colspan=3| http://images.neopets.com/water/plot_com/com_pirate_s_7.gif <br>'''Pillager''' 553 - 649<br>'''Quartermaster''' 650 - 999<br>'''Marauder''' 1000+ | ||
|} | |} | ||
== | == Trivia == | ||
*Even though the Water Arena turned into a hidden link for the duration of the plot, the plot's war was taken place in the Water Arena. | |||
*[[Kanrik]] and [[Hannah]] marrying in the second page of Chapter 2 of the plot comic was used as a joke. Apparently, it was a coincidence that this plot was right after the [[Hannah and the Ice Caves (Plot)|Hannah and the Ice Caves]] plot. | |||
==External links== | ==External links== |