Desert Diplomacy

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Desert Diplomacy is a mystery event that began on August 7, 2014. Five rulers from across Neopia were invited to Sakhmet by Princess Amira, however their summit was ruined when several gangs of thieves broke into the palace and stole the belongings of the representatives.

The player was appointed Chief Inspector in the case by Princess Amira, and starting on 8 August, they could review one lead a day to discover a clue. Together, the clues are elements of a logic puzzle, like the Usurper!, Guildmasters' Dinner, and the Cyodrake's Gaze plots.

Summary

Some of the thieves accessed the palace by climbing over the walls.

On August 7th, Princess Amira invited rulers from all over Neopia to her palace in Sakhmet in order to discuss trade routes and foreign policy. King Altador of Altador, King Hagan of Brightvale, Princess Lunara of Shenkuu, Princess Nabile of Qasala, and King Skarl of Meridell all attended.

Unfortunately, thieves were able infiltrate the palace and steal a valuable item from each ruler. After learning of the thefts, Princess Amira immediately dispatched her network of spies to find information about this missing items, and appointed the player to investigate.

Over the following days, several Lost Desert residents came forward with clues, and a picture of the crime began to develop. It appeared that several different guilds of thieves were involved in the crime, which each accessed the palace in a different way and each stole a different treasure from the delegates.

Crime details

Rulers	Loot	Guilds	Modus operandi	Time
King Altador King Hagan Princess Lunara Princess Nabile King Skarl	Illuminated Manuscript Magical Blue Amulet Pocket Chess Wedding Ring Royal Telescope	Sun Chaser Oasis Runner Pyramid Prowlers Desert Scarabs	Bribing a guard Invisibility Climbing the palace walls Distraction	Midnight 3 a.m. 5 a.m.

Participation

Everyday, Amira's spies directed users towards a source with information about the theft. Users had to travel to a specific location to get a clue from these sources.

Date / Location	Source	Clue
August 8, 2014 Lost Desert Foods	Lost Desert Foods Shopkeeper	The Illuminated Menuscript was either stolen using invisibility or by bribing a guard.
August 9, 2014 Osiri's Pottery	Lady Osiri	The Oasis Runners stole an item sometime before the guild who bribed a guard.
August 10, 2014 Neomail	Tomos	Of the guild that used distraction and the Sun Chasers, one stole the Wedding Ring and the other committed the theft at 5:00 a.m.
August 11, 2014 Lost Desert Colouring Pages	Found grappling hook	The guild that climbed the palace walls committed the theft sometime after the Wedding Ring was stolen.
August 12, 2014 Sakhmet Solitaire	Sahkmet Solitaire Chomby	Of the guild that bribed a guard and the Pyramid Prowlers, one stole Pocket Chess and the other committed the theft at midnight.
August 13, 2014 Sakhmet Battle Supplies	Remnok	Neither the guild that committed the theft at 3:00 a.m. nor the guild that bribed a guard stole the Magical Blue Amulet.
August 14, 2014 Neomail	Eyrieki	The Royal Telescope was not stolen at 3:00 a.m., nor was it stolen by the Desert Scarabs.

Every time a user acquired a clue from a source, they were rewarded with an item randomly selected from the below list:

A History of the Lost Desert Bound Darkness Scroll Broken Desert Pottery Bucket of Sand Canteen-o-Sand Cheops Juice Cobrall Dagger Common Desert Collectable Scarab Decorating With Sand - Winter Quarterly Desert Arrow Launcher Desert Flower Desert Kiko Snacks Desert Petpet Stamp Desert Petpets: A Cautionary Tale Desert Poogle Music Box Desert Robe Desert Survival Skills for the Dim-Witted Desert Tent Zoning Regulations Desert Usul Plushie Edible Desert Foliage Vol. 9 Eye-Sha

Famous Sand Collections Flowered Vase Framed Desert Scroll Golden Heart Necklace Grackle Bug Stamp Grackle Bug on a Stick Handled Pottery History of the Sakhmet Dynasty Vol. 3 How to Carve Sandstone Jazan Valentine Gift Bag Khnum Long Lost Desert Scroll Trinket Lost Desert Architecture Lost Desert Weather Guide Lyins Dagger Miniature Sandbox Nune Pyon Pyracone Pyramid Sun Rise Stamp Royal Proclamations of Coltzan Vol. 13

Ruki Population Survey Vol. 5 Sand Cuisine for Elephantes Sand Drawings Sand Hot Dog Sand Mound Sand Sculpture Strategies Sand Shake Sandcastle Mold Sandy Geb Cakes Scarabug Sceptre of Lost Time Selket Strange Yellow Mist Tchea Fruit The Art of Food Sculpting The Chemical Properties of Sand The Joy of Burnt Desert Food Vase Mug Wadjet Ya Tchea Fruit Bomb

Neocash component

In addition to one of the above items, each time a clue was discovered, the player was awarded a piece of parchment. There was a different hieroglyphic on the parchment given out each day - completing two clues on the same day would award the player two pieces of parchment with the same hieroglyphic. Players were invited to buy a hieroglyphic dictionary from the NC Mall in order to decipher the parchment and receive a Neocash item.

Trivia

• On 12 August 2014, the Neopets e-mail newsletter, Scandal in Sakhmet, featured this plot.
• Among the prizes given out for discovering each clue are scrolls that appeared as unobtainable items in the Lost Desert Plot.

External links

• Location: Desert Diplomacy
• PinkPT Forum's plot coverage

Notes

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