Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays everyone!

This year has been an interesting adventure for me as an author. I’ve been really fortunate to connect with so many wonderful readers and writers. Thank you all for joining me on my journey. I hope to make 2011 just as fun and interesting.

So to those that celebrate at this time of year, Merry Christmas! And to everyone I wish you all the best for the coming year!

Want To Get Arielle? Here’s the Scoop!

For those of you on Facebook playing Castle Age, you may or may not be aware that a new (free) general is out there – Arielle. I’ve seen really complicated posts on how to get her, as well as some really sparse information.

Here’s what I did to get her as well as her item bonuses. I hope this helps!

Bio:

“Arielle grew up with Celesta and her sister Sylvana. However, she has grown distant from the two since Celesta and Sylvana became the guardians of the Crystals of Fire and Air, respectively. Rumors of Sylvana’s involvement in recent attacks has pushed Arielle to investigate.”

Special Ability
When Arielle levels up, she gains +2 to attack and defense

Stats:

Level Attack Defense Ability
1 12 10 +2 Attack and Defense to Arielle when she levels up
2 14 12 +2 Attack and Defense to Arielle when she levels up
3 16 14 +2 Attack and Defense to Arielle when she levels up
4 18 16 Maximum Level Reached
Set 21 19 Maximum Level Reached
Arielle is acquired through the Land of Mist Epic Quest. Be forewarned: it will take many entries into these quests to complete the missions and a LOT of energy.

Arielle:

To get Arielle, you need to save 10 princesses in The Kingdom of Mist

Here’s the catch. To save the 10 princesses, you will need 10 Mystic Scrolls (which requires 10 Shadow Leaves). So here’s what you need to do:

1. In the Kingdom of Mist, get 10 Shadow Leaves by entering the area and advancing until you are in the outer campsite and you can search for Mystic Scrolls. Continue questing in this area until a chance encounter happens.

What you are looking for is:
“Attack the Enemy Ranger!” or “Attack and capture the Ranger!” (2 stamina)
You should get a Shadow Leaf.

Do this until you have 10 Shadow Leaves.

2. Next you want to exchange those Shadow Leaves for Mystic Scrolls. Again, remain in this outer camp site searching for Mystic Scrolls until a chance encounter happens. Now you are looking for the option to:

“Trade a Shadow Leaf for a Mystic Scroll!”
You should get a Mystic Scroll.

Do this until you have 10 Mystic Scrolls

3. Lastly, you want to use those Mystic Scrolls to save 10 princesses. This time you want to progress to the very end of the quest where you “Search the Tents!”. What you are looking for here is the chance encounter that says:

“Use a Mystic Scroll to dispel the magic!” or “Save the princess with a Mystic Scroll while looting the Tent!”.
Do this until you have saved 10 princesses.

Upon completing the quest (and you will need to complete it multiples times) with 10 princesses in your Population Achievement Rewards, you will be awarded Arielle.

(NOTE: Don’t expect to get this on the first run through. The Population Achievement Rewards are cumulative so you can run through the quests many times over until you get the rewards you are looking for. And these are chance encounters to get the items you need, so you might want to consider using Titania as your general to improve the odds.)

Shield of Arielle:

The Shield of Arielle is acquired by capturing 10 Assassins. To capture them you need 10 Dark Elixirs which are in the Kingdom of Water: Docks.

Go to this quest and advance to the area where you can “search the Merchant Ships”. Look for the chance encounter where there is a “Chance for Dark Elixir.”. Do this 10 times.

Now that you have the 10 Dark Elixirs, you can use them to capture the Assassins. Advance to the end of this quest where you get the chance encounter to “Use a Dark Elixir to Hypnotize the Enemy Forces!”. Do this 10 times. You should now have 10 Assassins in your Population Achievement Rewards and you will be rewarded the Shield of Arielle.

Armor of Arielle:
The Armor of Arielle is acquired by getting 10 Champions. To get the Champions, you need 10 Golem Banes which are located in The Dark Tower.

In the Tower you want to ascend to the Middle Tower where you will come across Maiden Shadows. You want the chance encounter where you can “Compliment her on her beauty”. You will get a Golem Bane. Do this 10 times.

Then go to the Kingdom of Water: Caves.

Here you will go right to the end of the quest where you will “Explore vault!”. You will want the chance encounter to “Use a Golem Bane to control the Golems and capture the Champion!”. Do this 10 times and you will have captured 10 Champions and as part of your Population Achievement Rewards, you will get the Armor of Arielle.

Blade of Arielle:
The Blade of Arielle is just as complicated as the rest. For this you need to capture 10 Maidens, but to do that you need 10 Empty Crystals. Here’s what you do:

In here, go right to the end of the quest where you “Explore vault!”. You will want the chance encounter to “Rush the Enemies with overwhelming force!”.

Do this 15 times for 15 Empty Crystals.

Now you want to go to the Kingdom of Water: Tower.

In here, you need to go the middle tower. Here will encounter the Maiden Shadows and you want the chance encounter to “Hold an Empty Crystal in her direction!”.

Do this 15 times for 15 Maiden Souls.

But wait, you’re not done yet!

Now you want to go to the end of this same quest and look for the chance encounter to “Shatter a maiden soul in her presence!” to capture the Maiden. Do this 15 times and as a reward for your Population Achievement, you will get the Blade of Arielle.

Good luck!!

Random Searches

I often check how people come across my site. When the referring site is something like Google, Yahoo, or Bing, I check on the keywords that brought them here. I get all kinds of humdingers.

For example, one of the more recent visits was someone looking for “nose picking“.

I thought it would be fun to list a few keywords that have brought people to my site over the last year, and the posts that brought them here: