The Inu plot... by MapleStone.


"If you can explain what is going on, please do.
I hope that starts to help?



Inu shows up spouting nonsense, as does her rune beetle.
She has seen visions of the future (warped time, shadowlords perhaps sending out thoughts). Her rune beetle is intelligent, but can't talk so tries (with difficultly) to communicate with runes.

Rats in the sewers with coins.
Not everything is directly main-plot but I can't help shake the feeling that this was a harbinger of things which have still not yet occurred as the very foundations of the castle are at risk (Inu had some dire warnings about both Brit and Luna)

Some people (I forget who) go camping & go missing east out of brit.
I think this was getting them out of harm's way ... I could be wrong, but it was at a time when there was still a bit of a tug-of-war between the personal and epic stories of Inu.

Blackrcok & blackrock gain areas are used by just about everyone (which should mean everyones infected?)
This was a chain reaction consequence of the shattering of the blackrock piller at the finale of the ophidian war. The "???" that was released and defeated may have been a first attempt by the shadowlords at escape.

Time rifts in random places all over UO, plus the time lord
There really isn't a continental drift simulation in UO ... and I think the map is changing on us. (see below for why a leap in time is required)

the dungeon in Ilsh which had somethign which looked like a wanderer of the void in it which had the ability to cast mirror images.
Another attempted shadowlord escape?

Yriggor?.. was he anything to do with Inus event?
He was sent to shut Inu up. She was getting too close to the truth. (politely assuming she isn't a part of the past plan)

The Baracoon that spawned in the swamp south of Destard, anything to do with it?
My theory is that he was discovered a little too early, when the devs were sneaking some things in to be discovered later ... I believe (without more than a few half-remembered comments on the boards as proof) this was a plotline discarded or adjusted in response to player actions. It resulted in us all being given a copy of "The Shattering" ... which I now wonder may have been a long foreshadow for the concept of an alternate Moonglow?

Riccardo, comes, steals, gets locked up. Um etc... something to do with ophidionas and scions?
Ricardo led us to the discovery of the ophidians and (by stealing an artifact from them) set off the war. I'm not sure if he was intended to be a recurring character or if the devs got a kick out of the player reactions.

Books of truth & dark wisps in moonglow.
Book of Truth and Candle of Love are two of the three artifacts needed to open the Stygian Abyss in UO lore. Keep your ears open for a bell.

Daemon berserkers in Maginica.
UO follows the Ultima game series timeline more or less, but we're nearing the point where we are leaping to the next game in the series. Utima canon has that Maginica was destroyed between games for its pride and rebuilt as a much humbler place. The daemon attack allows us to participate in this event and potentially change the course of history on our shards (not sure how that's going to be handled, but even though it was "saved" in most places, it was also pretty much leveled).

that all equals fetid essences and fallen warriors? Plus shadowlords and berserkers and dark wisps in moonglow?
We now reach the climactic turning point, where the true enemies behind this grand plot are revealed to be the same villains who (ironically enough) are the centerpiece villains of the Stygian Abyss in Ultima lore. "

And now...


"The War of Shadows is beginning, and Sosaria will face the Vanguard. Advance scouts report that Cove, Delucia, and Nu'jelm are the initial targets of the Shadowlord forces as they strive to disrupt Britannia's supply lines and demoralize its forces. Volunteer militia forces are encouraged to be prepared to defend those cities over this weekend."

(seems Serpent Hold was forgotten...)


Thank you MapleStone for this linear view!

Ladies and Gentlemen... add your gossips... ideas... weird perspectives...


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