Hello folks,

Over the last week or so, I've been working on some backend changes to
the Shattered Vortex. There will be merchandise still added, but I
wanted to make sure to explain the current changes so everyone is aware:

-The announcement messages for exiting/entering are disabled.
-The Aztob and Demonsbane are officially factions. You can ask Ayeli
about the 'cult' and Junal about the 'revolt' to discover them. Note
that if you are an enemy of either side, you can be shunned to the other
faction. You can be shunned to both at the same time.
-All merchandise is now moved to faction halls. These halls, for now,
are limited to certain ranks. The final rank has a room that will allow
you to speak to people on Sapience while within it. These halls carry
the same PK rules as Vortex and it takes you 15 seconds of non-movement
to be transferred to them. Ayeli and Junal are the contacts for
transport.
-All merchandise is now sold for gold instead of fingers. As noted in
changelogs, some merchandise has been added. HELP VORTEX MERCHANDISE
will list what is currently available and from which side.
-All non-named NPCs combat NPCs have a 100% drop rate of fingers. Named
NPCs and warriors do not drop any as before.
-Fingers can be turned into Ayeli or Junal for appropriately related,
1:1 ratio faction points. The ratio may change in the future.
-All quests in the Vortex provide faction points.
-Killing either side's NPCs, besides the warriors, will reward faction
points.
-Minibosses known as 'an amalgamation of corpses' are roaming around.
Some will re-appear after death within a hour, some will take longer.
These are intended to be more difficult as they reward faction points by
themselves that is higher than the other NPCs.
-In general, most NPCs have been fairly equaled out in their experience
gain - so they shouldn't be too much different in how difficult they are
to defeat compared to each other. Warriors are excluded from this
statement.

External related changes:

-Brock, a barfly in Esterport, hands out quests daily. However, if you
are enemied to both sides you will not be able to do any of them.
-The iron coin crystal to unenemy you to one side will also unshun you
if you are shunned.

If there are any bugs or issues, please relay them to me directly.

Penned by my hand on Kinsday, the 25th of Slyphian, in the year 454 MA.