Editing Disappearance of Krawk Island

{{pastFeatured}}[[Image:Krawk island tentacles.png|right|frame|Krawk Island in the grasp of the creature.]]

The '''disappearance of [[Krawk Island]]''' occurred on 20 July 2011, following sightings of an [[Krawken|enormous tentacled beast]] around the island on 11 July[[Disappearance of Krawk Island#Notes|†]]. All that was left of the island was a [[Solitary Shanty|single shanty]] occupied by [[Gavril McGill]], who tasked the player with finding where his home island has gone.  

[[The Neopets Team]] [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=504 described] this event as "not a [[plot]] [just] a transition". As a result of this event, Krawk Island was redesigned and the [[Anchor Management]] [[daily]] introduced.  

==Story==

[[Image:Krawk island missing.png|left|thumb|upright=2|All that remained of the island.]]

As time went on, Gavril began to act more tyrannical, slipping up in front of users and almost referring to the "subjugation" of his "underlings" instead of the recruitment of his friends. He got rid of [[Smuggler's Cove]] from his plan so he could set up a cove of his own and profit from smuggling himself, and toyed with the idea of converting his holdings to [[Neopoints]] then devaluing [[dubloon]]s to make himself richer.  

 

He built himself a governor's mansion and trained his own regiment at the [[Swashbuckling Academy]]. When all the islets had been retrieved but before Krawk Island opened up to the public again, he posted his cronies around the island to ensure his smooth take over.

[[Image:Doki island chart new.png|right|thumb|upright=2|Each player was issued with an updated chart with ten islet locations.]]

By the 29 July, all the islets had been found. The next challenge was to bring them all together: McGill gave players a new chart of their part of the ocean, marking the location of ten islands[[Disappearance of Krawk Island#Notes|‡]]. Players could retrieve a new islet every day - if they missed a day, they could catch up on it in later days while this step remained open.  

Puzzles released on following days varied slightly. The shape of the coloured regions changes each day - for example, on the second day, instead of two-by-two squares, the grid was divided into L-shaped regions of four squares each. The size of the grid and the variety of crew members also increased as time went on. The third day brought a five-by-five grid and an additional type of crewmember - the mate. The fifth day brought a sixth crew member, the quarter master, and a six-by-six grid. The seventh day brought the rigger, the seventh crew member, and a seven-by-seven grid; the eighth day brought the rower and an eight-by-eight grid. The tenth day brought the final crew member, the swabbie, and a nine-by-nine grid.  

*A similar story about Krawk Island disappearing off all nautical maps for a day is featured in the [[Neopedia]] as [http://www.neopets.com/neopedia.phtml?neopedia_id=194 The Day Krawk Island Went Away]. This article was updated on 7 September 2011 to mention the more recent disappearance.  

*This plot was [http://www.neopets.com/nf.phtml?nf_date=2011-08-01 referenced] to explain site maintenance downtime on 3 August - rogue tentacles had gotten into the servers.

*This event is featured in a Neopedia article, ''Krawken Attack'', released on 7 September 2011.

‡ Some maps had eleven islets marked, and others showed ten but had an eleventh invisible one that could still be retrieved. By the end of the step, however, the most any player may have retrieved was ten.