I'm extremely happy to announce that the 30% sale for the month of July
has been extended through the month of August as well. This means that,
for any credit purchase you make from our website, you will
automatically receive 30% more credits. This is an unprecedented sale in
magnitude and duration, so take advantage of it while you can!

Furthermore, to provide even more incentive to take advantage of the
bonus, we'll be starting an artifact auction this weekend. Along with
all of the other IRE games, Imperian's artifact auction will start at
23:59 GMT on Saturday, August 2nd. For most of you in the US, that will
be late in the afternoon on Saturday.

The auction will run for approximately one week. It's not possible to
say exactly when the auction will end, as the duration of individual
items will change as bids are placed on them. This is the only auction
that will be held in 2008.

The following items will be auctioned for credits:

Custom Portal Wings
- This item will let you have your own, personal wings-like portal
room, with a customised item, command word, and exits.
- You will be able to choose 11 custom exits to any normal room in
Imperian, with the exception of cities, townes, guildhalls, etc.
These exits cannot be changed. All of them do not have to be
chosen immediately.
- The down exit will automatically be set to go to the portals room
accessed by the Orphanim Angel Wings.
- Due to the custom coding required for this, and the fact that
these wings are functionally more valuable than the Seraphim Angel
Wings, the starting bid will be 2000 credits.
- This will be auctioned as a token. If you are the winner, please
contact Dranor to redeem your token.

Housing Plot
- Allow you to build a house, anywhere (within reason) in the world.
- This will also be auctioned as a token.

Artifact Pet
- This pets can be completely customised (within reason), but must
be described as a semi-normal animal. A black panther or a bear
is fine. A dragon or pegasus is not.
- This pet will not be able to fly.
- This pet will allow for 10 skill slots, and is the only way that
any pet can have the combination of the mount and track abilities.
- Due to the custom work required for this, the starting bid will
be 500 credits.
- This will also be auctioned as a token.

A Feathered Armlet
- This ability will let you use the arrowcatching defence, which
gives you a 33% chance to catch any arrows fired at you. This
defence has a slight mana drain associated with it.

Acrobatic Boots
- These boots let you use the abilities of kipup, frontflip,
and backflip.

A Market Stall
- A portal shop that you can set up anywhere in the world.

Phantom Mask
- A mask that lets you conceal your identity, just like a
Predator.

Protection Rings
- Gives the wearer a 10% damage reduction from a single damage type.
- Firescourge - Defends against fire.
- Frostbrand - Defends against frost.
- Poisonbane - Defends against poison.
- Eupnoeic - Defends against asphyxiation damage.
- Voltaic - Defends against electric damage.
- Phrenic - Defends against psychic damage.

A Sparkling Lattice
- This is a more powerful version of the Alchemy shimmering lattice,
which only decreases the chance of a surge affecting you. The
sparkling lattice guarantees that you will never be affected by
a magickal surge while you are holding it.

Wyvern's Collar
- Gives the owner the use of the vitality ability.

Phantasmic Diadem
- Lets you choose a custom enter, exit, and room description. These
messages can be configured as often as you want with the CONFIG
command. They will require God approval before they will be set
to you. You can even remove the direction that you move in from
your enter/exit messages, allowing you to confound your enemies.

A Tent
- You can set up a tent almost anywhere in the world, allowing you
a portable indoor room.

The following items will be auctioned for gold:

Armband of Celerity
Collar of Pyralis
Neelamic Reservoir
Ring of Flying
Steelweave Surcoat
Symbol of Avasyu
Wand of Reflection

Information about the auction syntax is available in HELP AUCTION.

For items auctioned for credits, you do not need to have the credits for
your bid at the time that you make your bid. You will have seven days
after the conclusion of the auction to obtain the credits, bound to the
character that placed the bid. If you do not have the credits after the
seven days have passed, you will be shrubbed and will not be allowed to
play Imperian. Serious bids only!

For items auctioned for gold, you do need to have the gold in hand at
the time that you place your bid. The gold will be taken and will
temporarily be placed in escrow. If you are outbid, the gold will
automatically be refunded to you by letter.

If you have any questions about the auction, or any of the items being
auctioned, feel free to contact me.

Penned by my hand on the 7th of Halitus, in the year 556 AD.