PRESS RELEASE

The Dereth Museum announces its grand opening Monday, January 17th, 2005! The brainchild of Damien Sarin, a long time Asheron's Call player on FF and the original author of the Aerlinthe Report, the museum makes available to the community many of Dereth's prized treasures. Numerous volunteers have worked tirelessly for months ammassing the collection and creating elegant displays.

The collection is divided into 16 exhibits, each housed in a cottage of Frostfell's Mosswart Place housing settlement. Mosswart Place has a settlement portal just north of Shoushi at 31.3S, 72.6E, easily accessible to all. Anyone from any server can roll up a player on FF to visit! Admission to the museum is free.

Some of the exhibits include the Ixir Xi exhibit, showcasing items taken from the Blackmire temples; the Pack Toy exhibit; the Relics of Old exhibit, showcasing many of the game's retired items; and many more! The centerpiece of the museum is The Legacy Exhibit. Here you'll find many, if not most, of the unique one-per-server items from Frostfell. Among them are many of the Commemorate Bronze Statues, the Shendolain Soul Crystal Shield, the Staff of the Lightbringer, and the fabled Staff of the Weeping Witness, the prize awared to Caeryn Dryad for solving the Lost Prophecy puzzle in beta.

The museum's first event is a raffle sponsored by Damien Sarin. Tickets will be available for purchase from Damien beginning Monday, January 17th. The C notes raised in the raffle will go towards ongoing maintenance of the exhibits. Raffle details, including a list of prizes, can be found on the Museum Events page.

For more information about the Dereth Museum, visit the web site at http://www.derethmuseum.com or send email to
mail@derethmuseum.com.

Damien Sarin of FF, Museum Director
Curator of the Legacy Exhibit

BURUN VISITORS

The Dereth Museum has attracted visitors from all over! Including some of the non-human variety! Dagger Sloughter reports:

"Hi all, this is Dagger Sloughter. Earlier today (January 19, 2005) I was on Dagger Sloughter with my lady Dark Mist at the Museum. We were at one of the Cottages, went inside and suddenly a Burun ran in behind us. Next thing we saw was over 20 Burun running towards us on the Radar and jumping through the windows and in the door lol. Many retreated after killing several.

It was fun though... =D"

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RAFFLE WINNERS

We would like to thank everyone for coming to visit The Dereth Museum during its Grand Opening! The museum has received overwhelming support and praise, with visits and comments from players from all servers and even present and former AC Devs such as Ibn, Scenario and Stormwaltz!

The raffle has also been a huge success! Over 3800 tickets were sold, raising enough C notes to cover the rent on the settlement for over 3 years!

The winning numbers for the raffle are listed below. You can message Damien Sarin to arrange pick up of your prize if you hold a winning number.

Prize #1 - 2661
Prize #2 - 2013
Prize #3 - 219
Prize #4 - 437
Prize #5 - 95
Prize #6 - 2834
Prize #7 - 1980
Prize #8 - 3611
Prize #9 - 215
Prize #10 - 3108
Prize #11 - 3720
Prize #12 - 1341
Prize #13 - 1398
Prize #14 - 945
Prize #15 - 2188
Prize #16 - 2408

Once again, thank you to everyone who helped make the Dereth Museum's opening such a success! We hope you'll enjoy it for years to come.