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{{pastFeatured}}[[Image:lg snowager day 2004.gif|right|frame|The Snowager sleeps on its hoard.]] | {{pastFeatured}}[[Image:lg snowager day 2004.gif|right|frame|The Snowager sleeps on its hoard.]] | ||
The '''Snowager''' is a giant ice worm who lives in the [[Ice Caves]], guarding an enormous hoard of treasure. Cold as ice and extremely mean, the Snowager is renowned for its freezing cold breath. While he sleeps for only a few hours a day, players may choose those times to approach and try to steal some of his hoard. The Snowager may based on the [[wikipedia:European dragon|dragons of European folklore]], who in many stories - [[wikipedia:Beowulf|Beowulf]], [[wikipedia:Fafnir|Fafnir]] - guarded treasure. He first appeared on 11 | The '''Snowager''' is a giant ice worm who lives in the [[Ice Caves]], guarding an enormous hoard of treasure. Cold as ice and extremely mean, the Snowager is renowned for its freezing cold breath. While he sleeps for only a few hours a day, players may choose those times to approach and try to steal some of his hoard. The Snowager may be based on the [[wikipedia:European dragon|dragons of European folklore]], who in many stories - [[wikipedia:Beowulf|Beowulf]], [[wikipedia:Fafnir|Fafnir]] - guarded treasure. He first appeared on January 11, 2001. | ||
He is a [[1-Player Challengers|Battledome opponent]], is featured in [[NeoQuest II]], and has a starring role in the [[game]] [[Wrath of the Snowager]]. | He is a [[1-Player Challengers|Battledome opponent]], is featured in [[NeoQuest II]], and has a starring role in the [[game]] [[Wrath of the Snowager]]. | ||
The [[Snowickle]] [[Petpet]] is reminiscent of the Snowager - in its snakelike appearance and markings, and tendency to [http://www.neopets.com/tcg/displayCard.phtml?edid=6&id=25 hoard objects] - and fans have theorised that | The [[Snowickle]] [[Petpet]] is reminiscent of the Snowager - in its snakelike appearance and markings, and tendency to [http://www.neopets.com/tcg/displayCard.phtml?edid=6&id=25 hoard objects] - and fans have theorised that the Snowager may be an overgrown form of the Snowickle, like the [[Turmaculus]] is an overgrown [[Turmac]]. The [[Hissi]] resembles the Snowager when painted [[Ice]]. | ||
==Snowager's Cave== | ==Snowager's Cave== | ||
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===Winter Starlight Celebration=== | ===Winter Starlight Celebration=== | ||
In December 2011, as a part of the [[Winter Starlight Celebration]], the Snowager went into hibernation for the month. This meant users could visit at any time of the day and attempt to steal a prize. Initially, users could try every two hours - this was [http://www.neopets.com/nf.phtml?nf_date=2011-12-05 later fixed] to only allow [[daily|one attempt per day]]. | In December 2011, as a part of the [[Winter Starlight Celebration]], the Snowager went into hibernation for the month. This meant users could visit at any time of the day and attempt to steal a prize. Initially, users could try every two hours - this was [http://www.neopets.com/nf.phtml?nf_date=2011-12-05 later fixed] to only allow [[daily|one attempt per day]]. | ||
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{{main|NeoQuest II}} | {{main|NeoQuest II}} | ||
The Snowager is | The Snowager is a [[wikipedia:non-player character|non-player character]] in NeoQuest II. He keeps order in [[Terror Mountain]] by clearing the roads of avalanches and eating various monsters that prowl the roads. At the beginning of the act he has gone missing - imprisoned by [[Scuzzy]] in his cave. When [[Rohane]] defeats Scuzzy, the Snowager can clear the cave-in keeping him trapped and the act is complete. | ||
The Snowager explains that his role in the ship's computer is to maintain the data lines and defeat rogue programmes - in the analogy of the simulation, clearing the roads and eating the monsters. A virus was introduced in the computer that he was unable to defeat, and he was trapped in a data loop - the cave. The virus is now in control of the ship's computer - the sentinel programme, in the guise of the Snowager, explains that it is up to Rohane to defeat it by entering the computer again in the rest of the simulations he was now able to unlock. | The Snowager explains that his role in the ship's computer is to maintain the data lines and defeat rogue programmes - in the analogy of the simulation, clearing the roads and eating the monsters. A virus was introduced in the computer that he was unable to defeat, and he was trapped in a data loop - the cave. The virus is now in control of the ship's computer - the sentinel programme, in the guise of the Snowager, explains that it is up to Rohane to defeat it by entering the computer again in the rest of the simulations he was now able to unlock. | ||
After act three, when the ship's crew has cleared the sandstorm in the [[Lost Desert]], the sentinel programme appears again as the Snowager on a monitor to explain what has happened - the sandstorm represented random data that was clogging the ship's network, and now that Rohane has cleared it, the various ships systems can communicate again. When [[ | After act three, when the ship's crew has cleared the sandstorm in the [[Lost Desert]], the sentinel programme appears again as the Snowager on a monitor to explain what has happened - the sandstorm represented random data that was clogging the ship's network, and now that Rohane has cleared it, the various ships systems can communicate again. When [[Talinia]] accesses the ship's scanners, she realises they are headed for a collision course with a star: the Snowager explained that they only had a few hours left before the heat melted the hull. He unlocked the Haunted Woods simulation, believing it would explain why the doors were locked. | ||
==Battledome== | ==Battledome== | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*As of | *As of April 2012, the Snowager is featured in 42 [[item]]s and a [[Neocash]] background. | ||
*The Snowager How to Draw tutorial was added on December 15, 2007. | *The Snowager How to Draw tutorial was added on December 15, 2007. | ||
*Next to [[Punchbag Sid]], The Snowager is the strongest one-player Battledome opponent available outside of [[plot]]s. | *Next to [[Punchbag Sid]], The Snowager is the strongest one-player Battledome opponent available outside of [[plot]]s. | ||
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*'''Caption Competition:''' [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=140 #140], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=277 #277], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=345 #345], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=348 #348], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=399 #399], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=499 #499], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=751 #751] | *'''Caption Competition:''' [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=140 #140], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=277 #277], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=345 #345], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=348 #348], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=399 #399], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=499 #499], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=751 #751] | ||
*'''Help File:''' [http://www.neopets.com/help_search.phtml?help_id=67 Does the Snowager ever sleep?] | *'''Help File:''' [http://www.neopets.com/help_search.phtml?help_id=67 Does the Snowager ever sleep?] | ||
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[[Category:Battledome Opponents]] | [[Category:Battledome Opponents]] | ||
[[Category:Better Than You]] | [[Category:Better Than You]] | ||
[[Category:Dailies]] | [[Category:Dailies]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Terror Mountain]] | ||
[[Category:NeoQuest II]] | [[Category:NeoQuest II]] | ||
[[category:Villains]] | [[category:Villains]] | ||
{{1aDay}} | {{1aDay}} | ||