Eonmere Eggs-pedition

About the Event

Every few years, a pollen bloom on Chromabloom Isle grows unusually large with its clouds drifting far beyond the island's shores, riding thermal currents over open water and settling across the mainland and neighboring territories. Typically, this produces little more than an especially good season for gardeners and a faint sweetness in the air; this year, however, an abnormally massive cloud spawned by the peak bloom cycle was carried inland on strong winds before finally dispersing directly over Eonmere Jungle. And Eonmere, being Eonmere, did not respond subtly.

The jungle has entered a state of accelerated fertility. Plants are growing at alarming rates, flowering out of season, producing fruits and pollens with no business existing outside of controlled environments. The real problem, however, is the fauna. The pollen has triggered a jungle-wide breeding surge, and the creatures of Eonmere are acting strange — some have become uncharacteristically docile and curious, approaching travelers they'd usually attack or avoid. Others have become explosive in their aggression, defending nest sites and fighting with others over spaces three times their usual territory size. Eggs have appeared everywhere: in river bends, lodged in root systems, half-buried in loam, balanced inexplicably on elevated branches.

Eonmere officials have issued a formal plea to the wider population of New Ognos. The egg surplus alone poses a risk to the territory's long-term ecological balance and, if left unchecked, might affect the entire island. They need collectors, researchers, fighters, cooks, diplomats, and people who are just willing to show up. A carnival has been established at the Rootmeet as a coordination hub, a relief valve, and, if we're being honest, a morale effort.

Out of Character

Duration

• The Eggs-pedition will remain open from May 3rd to August 8th.
• The Egg Shop will close on August 15th.
  • For the final week, shop rotation will be halted and all shop items will be made available.

Collect & Spend Eggs

During the Eggs-pedition, participants earn 1 Egg (🥚) for every 500 words written. Eggs are a seasonal currency and can be spent in the Egg Shop. The Egg Shop rotates its stock every day at 6am Pacific.

Combine Eggs

Combine collected eggs to receive randomized rewards - this operates similarly to a Mystery Lotto! The more eggs you combine, the more valuable and unique the prize pull.

• Combine 2🥚 for a 🪨 Fossil Find
• Combine 4🥚 for a 🪺 Nest Cache
• Combine 6🥚 for an 🦖 Apex Clutch
• Combine 10🥚 for a ✨ Primordial Egg

Coppers Bonus

If your post includes or mentions the event, event themes, or a qualifying activity, you will receive an additional 25% of your word count in coppers.

For example, a 500-word post would grant you 375c instead of 250c.

Qualifying Activities

• Collecting eggs in the jungle (gathering, transporting, cataloguing, etc.)
• Culling or destroying eggs for population control (including cracking, cooking, or eating them)
• Encountering, evading, or attacking an aggressive jungle creature
• Encounter or befriend a passive, gentle, or curious jungle creature
• Visiting the Eonmere Carnival
• Participating in, or attending, a race, show, or battle at the Carnival
• Harvesting Eonmere flora made especially unusual or potent by the pollen surge
• Assisting Eonmere officials in any capacity (research, logistics, crowd control, etc.)
• Posting with an Eonmere Exile.
• Completing an Eonmere Exile Task or Calling.

Event Themes

Abundance, fertility, joy, light, sun, creativity, love, dinosaurs, extinct creatures, eggs, nesting, hatching, companionship, carnivals, summer, warmth, wonder, ancient, wildness, play.

The Eggs-pedition in Character

Out in the Jungle

The floor-level hum of insects has gained new frequencies; plants that flowered once a decade are blooming continuously, producing rare saps and pollens in abundance; and the ground is even less stable than usual, with new root growth regularly pushing up through the loam and disrupting paths. New species appear with disorienting regularity, easy to capture in the chaos and just as easy to lose again. The most visible change, though, is the creatures — territorial species have become genuinely dangerous in ways that ignore conventional deterrents, while non-territorial ones have grown curious and strange, drifting closer to travelers than they ever have before. The eggs are everywhere.

The Eonmere Carnival

Established at the Rootmeet — the vast natural amphitheater at Eonmere's heart — the Carnival is the safe, sunlit center of the Eggs-pedition. The clearing has been strung with lights, populated with vendors, and fenced at its root-wall borders, open to the sky above in Eonmere's only break in the canopy. Gentle dinosaurs may enter the outer edges of the clearing to investigate travelers, but aggressive ones don't come near at all. It serves as social hub, event venue, and coordination ground for the Eggs-pedition's competitive activities. Entry is free, you just have to get there alive.

Carnival Days

The Rootmeet in full festival mode is a striking contrast to the jungle surrounding it — shafts of actual sunlight reaching the clearing floor, the first direct sun most visitors will have felt since the canopy closed over them on the way in. Vendor stalls line the root-walls, the smell of food holds its own against the jungle air, and the amphitheater's natural acoustics do something warm and clever with the music, carrying it across the clearing in a way that feels almost intimate despite the scale

• The Race Track: A marked circuit along the Rootmeet's outer edge and a short stretch of lighted jungle trail, with obstacle segments that test agility as much as speed. Race days run in two formats: Rider Races, where a handler directs their dino through the course, and Open Races, where dinos run on trained signals alone. Tiered seating wraps the inner circuit, with private boxes available to rent for individuals or groups — popular for parties, scheming, and avoiding the general public. A betting board outside the track entrance takes wagers on race outcomes, individual performances, obstacle completion, and whatever side bets the crowd feels like proposing.
• The Show Ring: A central circle of packed earth with tiered seating on three sides, where handlers and their dinos perform for a rotating panel of judges. Judging criteria change daily and are posted each morning; audience members can submit category suggestions to the judging tent before 8am; occasionally they are used. The crowd votes separately on a fan favorite, who receives their own prize. Private boxes are available along the upper tier for groups who want somewhere to sit together, eat, and argue about the judging.
• The Battle Ground: A sunken arena toward the Rootmeet's northern edge, close enough to hear from the food stalls but far enough that the noise doesn't rattle the Show Ring. Tiered seating surrounds the arena floor, with private boxes along the upper level for those who want to watch in comfort and relative privacy. Matches run in three brackets: Open, Weight Class, and Organizer Invitational. A training yard adjacent to the arena is open daily for practice and spectators. Gambling runs continuously on match outcomes, round length, and whether the referee will have to intervene.
• The Identification Tent: Eonmere researchers have set up a processing station where any egg found in the jungle can be brought in, assessed, and either registered or culled, with coppers paid out accordingly. Registered eggs are added to a public Egg Registry visible to all attendees — useful for traders, collectors, and anyone trying to work out what exactly they've been carrying. Long lines are common, but typically worth it.
• Egg Market Stalls: Wandering vendors and established booths deal in eggs of various provenance — some clearly surplus from the surge, others of murkier origin. Not all of them came from Eonmere. A dedicated auction block runs every other evening for rarer finds, open to any seller with something worth bidding on.
• Carnival Food: The Rootmeet's vendors arrived early and came prepared. With the jungle's pollen surge producing unusually rich and flavorful flora — sweeter fruits, more aromatic barks, nectar in quantities that would normally require a season's worth of foraging — the food situation at the Carnival has turned out to be one of its genuine highlights. The heat inside the clearing is significant; most of what's on offer trends cold, sweet, or restorative, and the vendors know their audience.
  • Rootmeet Roast: Slow-cooked dino eggs, cracked tableside and served over a bed of braised jungle greens and roasted root vegetables. The eggs from the surge are richer than usual with yolks that are a deep amber and a flavor closer to a well-marbled cut of meat than a conventional egg. Filling enough to count as a full meal and popular with anyone who has spent a long day in the field.
  • Surge Nectar Glaze Skewers: Grilled meats or fruits finished with the unusually abundant floral nectar the pollen surge has produced. Sweet, slightly caramelized, with a mild natural stimulant effect that sharpens focus and keeps fatigue at bay for a few hours. The vendor's main business is selling to people heading back into the jungle.
  • Cold Press: Chilled juices pressed from peak-fertility jungle fruits, served straight or mixed with a small measure of distilled herbal tonic. Genuinely refreshing in the Rootmeet heat, and the tonic has a mild restorative quality.
  • Honey Crust Pastry: Dense, flaky pastries filled with sweetened nut pastes and drizzled with forest honey. Lines form before the cart is even fully set up each morning.

Carnival Nights

The Rootmeet after dark is a different place. The competitive events wind down at sundown, the root-walls rise into shadow, and the canopy above the clearing goes silver-dark with the moons. The jungle's nighttime soundscape replaces the daytime one — deeper, slower, felt in the chest more than heard. The Carnival lights keep the clearing navigable, but the edges blur into the dark in a way that feels deliberate.

• The Clutch Fire: A large communal bonfire maintained at the Rootmeet's center through the night, ringed with root-benches, draped fabric, and a general understanding that formality is not required. This is where the day gets processed — races that went wrong, matches that surprised everyone, eggs that still haven't hatched. Stories, arguments, and the occasional informal wager. Handlers keep their Festival Dinos close to the warmth, and the dinos seem to prefer it.
• The Lantern Walk: A guided evening walk along the short stretch of marked-safe jungle trail adjacent to the Rootmeet, using bioluminescent pods available from the resource tables at the Carnival entrance. The light draws out nocturnal fauna that stay well clear of the daytime crowds — smaller creatures, mostly, and curious ones. Guides lead group walks on the hour; the trail is also open for self-guided pairs. Generally considered one of the better parts of the Carnival for people who want an excuse to go somewhere quieter with someone specific.
• The Low Drum Circle: A nightly gathering that started informally and has since become an institution. The rhythm the drummers settle into sits at a frequency close to the jungle's own ambient pulse at high activity, and Festival Dinos consistently drift toward the perimeter when it begins — some energized, some asleep within minutes. Open participation; instruments welcome. No experience necessary and none expected.
• The Egg Vigil: A quieter area near the Identification Tent for people whose Festival Egg hasn't yet hatched. Low light, comfortable seating, no pressure to be social — though it has, unexpectedly, become one of the better places at the Carnival to meet people. Something about waiting in the same direction as someone else makes conversation easier.
• The Night Market: A smaller, dimmer version of the daytime vendor stalls running along the root-wall's eastern edge. The inventory tends toward the unusual — preserved specimens, expedition maps, eggs of unclear provenance, and goods that don't bear close scrutiny in full daylight. Prices are negotiable. Provenance questions are generally deflected with charm. Worth a walk through regardless.

IC Participation

Head to the Events Board and create a new post with [Eggs] in the subject line, with Primary Location set to Eonmere Jungle.

To keep board formatting consistent, each pair or group should start a separate thread.

Festival Dinosaurs

Claiming & Hatching Your Dino

Upon completion of their first Eggs-pedition-focused post, each character can claim one Festival Egg in the #eggspedition channel on Discord. These very special eggs were collected during the early days of the surge and have been stabilized by Eonmere researchers, but they have a quirk: they will only hatch under specific conditions. When you receive your Festival Egg, you will be asked to select one hatching condition. Your first post where you are working to complete the condition will allow you to hatch the egg on the #eggspedition channel; threads can then continue at their own pace from there. Eggs can be hatched and dinos can still compete in competitions after the Eggs-pedition ends through #catalysts-and-games.

Hatching Conditions (choose one)

• Paired Egg — Your egg will only hatch in the physical presence of another specific character, or that character's egg. You may need to spend a few days together to encourage it along.
• Keeper Bond — Your egg will only hatch in the presence of a dino that has already hatched. Find a handler whose dino is out and stick close to them until yours follows suit.
• Safe Harbor — Your egg needs consistent warmth. Your character should share a sleeping space with at least one other character to ensure the egg stays at appropriate temperature through the night.
• Known Quantity — Your egg responds to trust. It won't hatch until your character and at least one other have spent enough time together to know something about each other that they didn't before.
• Jungle-Warmed — Your egg needs the jungle itself, not the Carnival. Take it deeper in, but make sure to bring someone with you -- the jungle is more dangerous than usual.
• Shared Table — Your egg responds to community. It will hatch during a shared meal with at least other character present.
• Witnessed — Your egg has a flair for the dramatic. It will only hatch when near a crowd — bring it to a race, a match, or a show and let it have its moment.
• Your Idea Here — If you have something else in mind, just let us know!

Can I still participate if my character(s) don't go to the Carnival physically?

Yes! In that case, your character would find their egg in the jungle; just reference the event, visit the territory, etc. ICly to claim. It can still be hatched through the same means, but you'll want to pick a condition that doesn't rely on the Carnival. Eggs and hatched dinos can appear in regular posts/threads as pets, and you can still participate OOCly in competitions.

Stats & Points

Upon hatching, your Festival Dino receives randomized base stats (rolled 1–10 per stat) plus 3 bonus points you may distribute freely across any stats. A battle-focused trainer might dump their points into Power or Speed; a racer might split Speed and Agility; a show competitor maximizes Presence and Agility. Stamina helps in both Battles and Races.

Stat	Used In
Power	Battles, Shows
Speed	Battles, Races
Stamina	Battles, Races
Agility	Races, Shows
Presence	Shows

Dino Competitions

There are three disciplines (Battles, Races, and Shows) and each match runs three phases; the dino with the most points at the end will win the match. All phases are resolved by a moderator at one time. To initiate a match, post in the #eggspedition channel with the following information:

**Dino (Character):** The name of your dino and the character that owns it
**Opponent (Character):** The name of the dino you are challenging, and the character that owns it; also tag the player. You can also enter 'NPC' and tag Signe if preferred.
**NPC Bracket:** Only required if challenging a NPC; you can also enter 'Any' and results will be randomized.
**Match Type:** Battle, Race, Show, or Any (randomized)

NPC Opponents come in three brackets; the player chooses which to enter and Support will randomly generate the opponent.

Bracket	Stat Range	Notes
Scrimmage	2–5 per stat	Good for new dinos, lower stakes; smaller prizes
Standard	5–9 per stat	Main competitive bracket; medium prizes
Apex	10–15 per stat	High difficulty; large prizes

PvP is explicitly opt-in — both players must agree to the match. PvP matches earn the same XP and prizes as NPC matches.

🦴 Battles

Ritualized sparring — display of power, technique, and nerve.

• Phase 1 — Opening: Who sets the tempo and controls the space first. d10 + Speed vs. d10 + Speed
• Phase 2 — Exchange: The main body of the fight — strength, technique, force of will. d10 + Power vs. d10 + Power
• Phase 3 — Endurance: One of them is slowing down. Who keeps going? d10 + Stamina vs. d10 + Stamina

🏁 Races

A timed course through the Rootmeet and along marked jungle trails, with obstacle segments that reward nimbleness as much as raw speed.

• Phase 1 — Launch: The start burst, early positioning, first lead. d10 + Speed vs. d10 + Speed
• Phase 2 — Obstacles: The technical segment. This is where nimble dinos earn their keep. d10 + Agility vs. d10 + Agility
• Phase 3 — Finish: The home stretch. Who still has anything left? d10 + Stamina vs. d10 + Stamina

🌟 Shows

A judged performance of skill, beauty, and bond between creature and trainer.

• Phase 1 — Entrance: First impression. Does the crowd care? d10 + Presence vs. d10 + Presence
• Phase 2 — Routine: The technical heart of the performance — movement quality, tricks, control. d10 + Agility vs. d10 + Agility
• Phase 3 — Finale: The closing moment, the big impression. This is what the judges remember. d10 + Power vs. d10 + Power

Rewards

Rewards for competition include coppers, bonus eggs, and unique competition-exclusive prizes. Your Festival Dino earns XP whether it wins or loses.

Experience & Milestone Points

Your Festival Dino earns XP through competition and development, whether it wins or loses.

Earning XP:

• Entering any competition: 1 XP
• Winning a match: +1 XP
• First entry in each discipline (once per dino): +1 XP
• A post focused on training, bonding, or your dino's development: 1 XP (claim on #eggspedition)

Milestone Points are earned at the following XP totals and can be assigned to any stat immediately:

XP	Reward
3	+1 stat point
7	+1 stat point
12	+2 stat points
18	+2 stat points + Signature Move

A Signature Move is a named ability defined by the player and approved by a moderator. It grants a flat +2 bonus to a single roll in one discipline, usable once per event — something like Ironjaw Clinch (+2 Power in Battle Phase 2) or Ghost Step (+2 Agility in Race Phase 2).

End of the Eggs-pedition

Each character with a Festival Dino may choose one of the following outcomes for their ally:

• Keep as a Pet — Your dino remains with your character as a pet; can be used for Dino Competitions after the event ends. (Cost: Free)
• Upgrade to Companion — Your dino is officially registered as a Companion; can be used for Dino Competitions after the event ends. (Cost: 10 eggs or 1000c)
• Upgrade to Character — Your dino becomes a full playable character; can be used for Dino Competitions after the event ends. (Cost: 20 eggs or 2000c)
• Release into the Wild — You say goodbye and return your dino to the jungle. (Cost: Free, grants a reward)

Mystery Eggs

Check out the Eonmere Exiles guide for more information!

The Eonmere Event

Several groups and individuals have been separated by a surge of territorial dinosaurs. Can they survive long enough for extraction? Check out the guide for more information! Thank you NEWT for sharing your ideas!