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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*After the release of the first chapter, a [[wikipedia:meme|meme]] began on the [[Neoboards]] as to the fate of a pie, which had also been petrified along with the faeries. This was referenced in [[Lenny Conundrum]] [http://www.neopets.com/games/conundrum_feature.phtml?round=375 round 375], [[Random Contest]] [http://www.neopets.com/random_contest.phtml?place=201 number 201], and the [[Neopian Times]] [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=462 Editorial number 462]. Ultimately, a stone pie was released as a plot prize. | |||
*The Faeries' Ruin plot was chosen as the Best Plot in the [[Neopies|3rd Annual Neopies]] - although it was the only nominee in that category. | |||
=== Site changes during the fall === | === Site changes during the fall === | ||
*During the plot and through the crash of [[Faerieland]], the [[Healing Springs]] had some "residual magic" to be used at the user's own risk. Before the release of ''Into the Fray'', if the user tried to "Heal my Pets", they were told there was no-one there to heal them; during and after ''Into the Fray'', it generated one of the Water Faerie's item events - either a low level snowball or a healing potion. | *During the plot and through the crash of [[Faerieland]], the [[Healing Springs]] had some "residual magic" to be used at the user's own risk. Before the release of ''Into the Fray'', if the user tried to "Heal my Pets", they were told there was no-one there to heal them; during and after ''Into the Fray'', it generated one of the Water Faerie's item events - either a low level snowball or a healing potion. | ||
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*The foyer of the Brightvale Archives has [[wikipedia:Roman numerals|Roman numerals]] hidden in [http://images.neopets.com/faerieland/tfr_fa61c26562/p4_e784d30682/intro2_aae72f2d43.png the design], including an 'X' on the floor. This may be a reference to the similar scene in [[wikipedia:Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade|Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]. | *The foyer of the Brightvale Archives has [[wikipedia:Roman numerals|Roman numerals]] hidden in [http://images.neopets.com/faerieland/tfr_fa61c26562/p4_e784d30682/intro2_aae72f2d43.png the design], including an 'X' on the floor. This may be a reference to the similar scene in [[wikipedia:Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade|Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]. | ||
*The Neopets in the Wraiths' Cavern have names from the [[wikipedia:ICAO spelling alphabet|ICAO spelling alphabet]] (aka the NATO phonetic alphabet) - Charlie, Mike, Oscar, and Victor, meaning the letters C, M, O, and V. Kali's name is not in the alphabet - but it is very close to the keyword for K, "kilo". | *The Neopets in the Wraiths' Cavern have names from the [[wikipedia:ICAO spelling alphabet|ICAO spelling alphabet]] (aka the NATO phonetic alphabet) - Charlie, Mike, Oscar, and Victor, meaning the letters C, M, O, and V. Kali's name is not in the alphabet - but it is very close to the keyword for K, "kilo". | ||
=== Goofs and inconsistencies === | === Goofs and inconsistencies === | ||
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*No statue is shown to have fallen over after being petrified - even ones in the middle of movement (walking, dancing, battling, etc.), even though it would be very unlikely that they would have been balanced enough to stay on their feet at the moment they were frozen. | *No statue is shown to have fallen over after being petrified - even ones in the middle of movement (walking, dancing, battling, etc.), even though it would be very unlikely that they would have been balanced enough to stay on their feet at the moment they were frozen. | ||
*Even after the Water Faerie returned, the [[Healing Springs]] still failed to grant anything other than items until the first workday of the new year (3 January 2011). | *Even after the Water Faerie returned, the [[Healing Springs]] still failed to grant anything other than items until the first workday of the new year (3 January 2011). | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||