First of all, we’d like to thank everyone for your most excellent submissions!
From the obvious to the obscure, from the “oh!” to the “huh??”, from the… you get the idea. What a delightful display of creativity! You will, of course, all receive the rare [Celebration T-shirt] as a token of our gratitute!
And after long deliberation and careful scrutiny, we have finally reached a verdict!
Our first runner-up is @Elysane, who reminds us that even as Dark Days are upon us, there’s always light in the City of the Sun God, if only we don’t lose faith.
No, seriously. It doesn’t get dark there. If you’ve never noticed that before, you’re welcome!
Secondly we have @JimmyTheRabbit. Seven years of challenges and the next one is waiting just down the Rabbit Hole. Here’s to seven more!
Elysane and Jimmy will each receive the elusive, exclusive and all around awesome [Special Agent Dossier: Jack Boone] x 1!
And finally, our winner: @Mel-Addams who went above and beyond to invite us on a journey of discovery with social media celebrity Devinder “Dev-iner” Crousley. Let’s hope they had anti-venom at the ready! Don’t forget to like and subscribe.
Be sure to read the whole story below:
Delving Into Darkness
“I’m Devinder Crousley, and this–is Delving Into Darkness.”
“Or, at least, into a lovely twilight, soon to be dark. I’ve come to Egypt to visit a couple old Oxford mates, and happened upon some rather curious rumors circulating amongst the locals. As I understand, not far outside the town is an area referred to as “Serket’s Domain,” where one might be able to find some scorpions of unusual size. But not just any supernaturally oversized arthropodic cryptids! These are, so I’ve heard, potentially descended from those in the tale Isis and the Seven Scorpions. And–oh, what luck!”
“A spectacular specimen, indeed! Its claws alone appear to be over 20 centimetres, the typical length of the entire body of a Pandinus imperator–or, emperor scorpion–one of the largest mundane scorpion species. And while standard scorpion chitin will fluoresce under UV light, this one appears to have unique striations, glowing even without the use of my blacklight–in multiple, atypical colors, akin to a railroad worm’s bioluminescence! Fascinating… Primarily prominent are fiery orange markings, located on both the stinger and cephalothorax, presenting as a large dorsal spot with eight to ten radial lines–almost like a sun with rays. Perhaps these markings might be used amongst others of the species as a form of signaling, possibly for general communication or mating purposes? However, an additional green spot just above its two front-facing eyes is relatively quite small. While it appears to me not unlike an illustrated “third eye” of sorts in combination with the surrounding orange markings, it’s possible the green mark acts as a form of lure for prey–bugger.”
“It would appear Isis’ seven scorpions–or rather their descendants–are as formidable as you’d expect from the legend! I had assumed the initial specimen was an adult, but I now believe it more likely a juvenile, as many others have arrived that seem to be, um–they’re a few metres long! I shall endeavor to report further observations and provide more accurate measurements once I’m at a safer distance, but for now, it’s time to go! Until next time, dev-iners!”
Look out, Dev, that might be Tefen about to strike!
Mel will receive their choice of either [Resplendent Talisman Imbuer] x 1, [Elaborate Glyph Imbuer] x 1, or [Mk IV Weapon Imbuer] x 1 in addition to the [Special Agent Dossier: Jack Boone] x 1!
Dossiers and t-shirts will be distributed directly by Funcom.
Thank you all again for your submissions and keep on buzzing!
And thanks to Funcom for their support!