Excelsior

Greetings everyone! I would like to invite everyone to share in my celebrating my 1500th day here at Excelsior starting next Wednesday, November 16th. I plan to hold several mini events over each day until my prize pool is deleted. Now, before you get excited, I don't just give things away. I have "worked" hard over the years to accumulate these items so I am expecting everyone who wil parcticipate to put forth some effort to win these things from me. What things are we talking about you ask? Here is a rough list of what wil be given away. A more detailed list will follow.
15 million in gold - between 1k to 2k ointments - over 5k organics - my entire bod collection (impressive if I say so myself)
plus others like universal dye tubs etc....
I will also be releasing my entire stable of Mules and Nobles back into the wild scattered throughout Trammel. The vast majority of them are breedable. Approximately 50 or so will be released.
What to expect you say? Good question!
First of all, you do not have to be a vet or skilled though it may give you some advantages; though I have made tests on some vets and they were stumped. You will need a knowledge base of locations, unique items and places. First one to find me or the item( I will be hidden by them), will win. Oh, did I mention, the majority of the questions will be in riddle form? Told you you will have to earn it. I will give every one a certain time to decipher. If no one does, I will move on to the next and try that one later. To make it easier, I will post each riddle on these forums so you can study them. If you read them closely, you should be able to figure out at least wher to start looking.
For those who are not good at riddles, there will be some straight up UO/Excelsior trivia questions. First one to PM me the correct full answer will win.
I look forward to seeing you all there next week.

Detailed Prize List:

10 Universal Dye Tubs
1,000 Elven Notes (2 x 500)
5,000 Organics (2 x 2,500)
1,000 Ointments (5 x 200)
15,000,000 Gold (15 x 1,000,000)
Numerous Horselords and Hanzo bows
Nearly 100 Mules and 75 Nobles will be relased into the wild

Great Idea cy! im excited

Event still scheduled to start this Wednesday and will continue to all riddles are solved or my prizes are gone. I will be making announcementon Town Crier tonight. This event will most likely last several days so don't despair if you can't be here Wednesday.

How the riddles will work:
I will post a riddle on this forum then make announcement on public chat that it is posted. I will stand by location for a determined amount of time, probably 30 minutes. If no one figures out the riddle, I go on to next one and repeat the process. I will eventually go back to any riddle unsolved and give everyone another shot. Inside each riddle is the general area of my location, it may be worded differently, it may be spelled differently but it wil lbe there. Use your ears as well as your eyes to help solve. They may seem quite vague till you find the location then it all makes perfect sense. Trust me, if no one can solve my clues, it will not break my heart. I will just use them another day. If you actually solve one maybe days after the fact and no one has claimed a prize for it, pm me and you just may win.

For those of you who are not good at riddles, play intoxicated or have a headache while this is going on, don't fret; I will have trivia quesions that deal with this shard and UO only. Questions can range from "name this" to "where can I find?" I will alternate these in between the riddles. For those of you who like to explore instead of just doing the balron or GOC circuit, you may have an advantage.

By the way, all areas but one at this time are in kid or crafter freindly areas. Which means, you shouldn't have to slay anything or have to run past anything menacing to to get to where you are trying to go.

Riddle #1
Among the many crates I hide, to find this place you need not ride;
If you wonder which to go, Robberta and Monique will show;
Not far from their bridge you need to go.

Riddle #2
Lunar Light just might give you insight on where to go;
Polished glass in shiny brass surrounded by grass if you need to know.

Riddle #3
This hide out is a haven from looters and raiders so craven;
The thinking few, can read the clues,
but it is apparent, that you need to be transparent
to open the back door

Riddle #4
In this town, there is a hole in the ground, but no hobbit lives here;
A casket and body, its wrappings not shoddy but the surroundings are quite drear.
Day after day, his spirit will stay, destined never to rise;
Till the locals find, just the right mind to succeed in their unholy tries.
To raise the dead, from their eternal bed, in a land where darkness thrives.

Riddle #5

Amid snowdrops and lillies, walled by stone and sand;
Outside Merlin's library and it's building so grand;
Use your guile, seek an isle far from the mainland.

Riddle #6
Two javelin throwers guard this place,
using front door won't win the race;
hidden entrance, so is the valley,
a quick ride for trinsic,
you must not dally!