Assassins vs Guardians

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Assassins vs Guardians

Server: Bareaux Bareaux (EU server)

Event type: exploration, pvp 

Wizardry Online EU event Trailer Assassins vs Guardians

Story

A contract has been made to eliminate the noble, Zivilyn Lakuza. Instead of confronting his pursuers the cowardly dwarf has gone into hiding, also losing contact with the Ministry in the process. The ministry are desperately trying to locate and save him by using small traces of his soul to track his location.

This process takes one hour to complete in order to teleport him to safety.

Rena Aino's Story:

As the adopted daughter of Zivilyn Lakuza, a contract has also been placed on this young porkul. Because Rena Aino misses her father, she keeps running off from house to search for him, but she continuously ends up getting lost. The ministry are using the small traces of her soul to locate and teleport her to safety after 1 hour.

Wolind Quark's Story:

Although an authorised reseller of mostly completely legal internal organs, one dissatisfied customer is out for the blood of this almost completely innocent doctor. The mass media is eagerly following the chase of the customer's hired killers, while Wolind's Lawyers search desperately for him in order to file restraining orders on the killers and get him out of the soup.

Overview

The participants are split into 2 sides with a set objective:

Assassins: Criminals (red): Find and eliminate the noble(The event host) before time is up to get prize money.

Guardians: Normal players (non-red/white) Find the noble and keep him alive for duration of event.

The host of the event plays the role of the noble hidden in a random dungeon and channel for 1 hour. The location is kept hidden from all participants.

A secondary host may also be present role playing as the "permaguard" (permanent guardian). A player who volunteers for the role of permaguard is excluded from the prize and is present with the noble from the beggining.

Using the Global Chat (Global of normal ring), the host will exclude one incorrect dungeon every 5 minutes (As well as stating the time remaining for Guardian Victory) until only 2 dungeons remain as possible locations.

After 30 minutes, the correct channel is announced.

After 1 hour, the event ends with a Guardian Victory if the noble has not been killed.

Rules

(As of Round 69)

1.Target cannot hide in following areas:
- Final battle
- Porkul only areas
- Adult only areas

2. Target cannot leave room/ corridor, cannot fight back or heal self (must rely on guardians only)

3. Both sides have 1 hour to find target to fulfill objective.

5. Guardians that have remained alive by target, after event time has expired, share the prize money

6. The assassin that lands the killing blow wins prize.

7. The target cannot reveal location to anyone and can only provide the required clues at the set times listed in overview (every 5 minutes must exclude 1 incorrect dungeon until 2 dungeons remain. After 30 minutes must announce correct channel).

8. Must set status to "away" or "offline"

9. Must not be on a blacklist

10. Must deny all party invitations (auto deny setting is suggested)

11. Host must exclude 1 dungeon as soon as the event begins (due to amouny of dungeons enabled)

12. The following dungeons are possible hiding places during the event:

• Caligrase Sewers
• Kaoka Parrej Ruins
• Deltis Keep
• Golden Dragon Ruins
• Chikor Castle Site
• Aria Reservoir
• Temple of Oblivion
• Old Sewers
• Descension Ruins
• Roswald Deep Fort
• Ruined Chamber
• Facility 13

13. Both Party and Story Channels can be hiding places.

14. The first guardians to find the host are permitted to join the Host's party up to the dungeon limit.

14. A guardian who assassinates the host is labelled as a "betrayer" and wins the prize as an assassin.

15. If the host is killed by a NPC, the event continues with the host being confined to the area where they revive.

16. The host can be revived using player skills. The host can only revive with the base revive rate given by the skill (no offering items).

on the 1st death there is a 60 second limit to revive

on the 2nd death there is a 30 second limit to revive

on the 3rd death there is a 15 second limit to revive

on the 4th and all deaths following there is a 6 second limit to revive.

If the host is ashed, the assassin wins. If the revive time limit is passed and the host remains dead, the assassin wins.

16. Players may not teleport the host to town using the Bishop skill. In a scenario when this occurs the host will pause event timer and move to Caligrase Sewers where the event will continue.

Permaguard rules:

1. Cannot reveal location or provide clues to anyone

2. Must keep identity secret

3. Must set status to "away" or "offline" and not appear on a blacklist

4. Cannot kill the host

5. Must be between level 25 or below (As of event 21)

Prize

The prize varies with each event and is primarily a gold prize (although items have been included in past events).
The prize is formed from optional donations from players and a fixed donation from the host. Players looking to donate for the next event are encouraged to do so by mail.

The prize is fixed during the pre event gathering that takes place 10 minutes before the event begins.

The prize distribution is different for both sides:

Assassin:

Only the killer gets the prize (it is up to the killer to share this prize out if he/she was in a party)

Guardian:

All Guardians present at the location (room/corridor) at the end of the event get a share of the prize.

History

Assassins vs Guardians was created by Aika Lakuza, shortly after she created the Global Chat Ring. The idea was teased on the chat for a week before she created a development thread on the forums in order to get feedback and critique. Within a week the first event was promoted with generous donations from players who were interested (2.5 million gold).

A Pre-event gathering is also held 10 minutes before each event begins. During this time, participants gather together to socialise, the host goes over the rules as well as locking the prize down. Originally, the first pre-event was held in the tavern but was changed to Twilight Alley to prevent guards killing assassins before the event begun.

The first pre-event held in the tavern.

The first event was a success with demand for more rounds almost immediately. The 2nd round was held the following day and from then on, it has been hosted on both days, every weekend.

Round 2 was the first event to be recorded and uploaded to Aika Lakuza's youtube channel. Since then, it has become a regular feature for the events.

The event has evolved over time from its initial rules based off player feedback. After Round 3, players representing the Guardian faction complained that it was too difficult to win based on how an assassin had always located the host first before any guardian. For Round 4, the concept of a Permaguard was introduced. A guardian was given the opportunity to volunteer as a permanent guardian (excluded from the prize and treated as a secondary host). This permaguard would be present at all times with the host as a party member.

Another change made for Round 4 was the change in "announcement" times. Originally, the host excluded 1 dungeon every 10 minutes and the correct channel was announced after 50 minutes. For Round 4 this was altered to every 7 minutes for dungeon exclusions and 45 minutes for the channel reveal. Over time this was further changed to the current anouncement timings (5 minutes for dungeon exclusion and 30 minutes for channel reveal). These changes were made to balance the two gameplay elements of the event evenly within the hour duration (exploration vs pvp).

After Round 13, changes were made to the Permaguard rules to prevent high level players becoming one and making it almost impossible for assassins to win. Now volunteers are only accepted if they meet the "roughly level 20" criteria.

With the introduction of a new event, Soul Seeker, (hosted by Aika on Sundays) it became difficult to manage two events on the same day. At this point, Aino stepped forward to become the host of Assassins vs Guardians every Sunday.

After Round 20 the level cap for permaguard was raised to level 25.

Each event is announced via the forums:

Assassins vs Guardians Event Date Announcement thread

After every event, the results are posted in the following thread accompanied by the highlight vid:

Assassins vs Guardians Results & Highlights thread

With the end of the English servers, Wolind Quark eventually hosted another event on the Japanese server nearly 2 years after the final English round.

Hall Of Fame

Current Score

(as of Round 70)

Assassin score	Guardian score
51	19

Winners

Event (date)	Host	Permaguard	Winner (s)	Faction	Prize	notes	Highlight vid (Youtube)
1 9th March	Aika Lakuza	-	King Roxas	Assassin	2,500,000 gold	1st Assassin victory	No recording
2 10th March	Aika Lakuza	-	Nagi Eu	Assassin			Round 2 Event Highlight
3 16th March	Aika Lakuza	-	King Roxas	Assassin			Round 3 Event Highlight
4 17th March	Aika Lakuza	KaKaMe	Nagi Eu	Assassin		Permaguard introduced	Round 4 Event Highlight
5 23rd March	Aika Lakuza	Topjoe	Aino , Enarhean, Borchy, Caedes, Hvylia, LordErik, Malaky, Spriggan, Xuffasch	Guardian		1st Guardian victory	Round 5 Event Highlight
6 24th March	Aika Lakuza	Nagi EU	King Roxas	Assassin			Round 6 Event Highlight
7 30th March	Aika Lakuza	Aino	Nagi Eu	Assassin			Round 7 Event Highlight
8 6th April	Aika Lakuza	Aino	King Roxas	Assassin			Round 8 Event Highlight
9 7th April	Aino	King Roxas	Hvylia, Kirito Spriggan, KING ADAM, Aika Lakuza	Guardian		First Alternative host   Aino's first event as host	No recording
10 13th April	Aika Lakuza	Kirito Spriggan	Atomos	Assassin (betrayal)		1st Betrayal	Round 10 Event Highlight
11 14th April	Aino	Pixu Starborn	Serra Misuzo	Assassin		In the event highlight vid, Roxas was credited as the winner by mistake.	Round 11 Event Highlight
12 20th April	Aika Lakuza	Aino	Hvylia,          Pixu Starborn	Guardian			Round 12 Event Highlight
13 21st April	Aino	Pixu Starborn	Aika Lakuza	Guardian			Round 13 Event Highlight
14 27th April	Aika Lakuza	Quark Wolind	King Roxas	Assassin			Round 14 Event Highlight
15 28th April	Aino	-	Gwen ILawson	Assassin			No Recording
16 4th May	Aika Lakuza	Diana Baadco	King Roxas	Assassin			Round 16 Event Highlight
17 5th May	Aino	-	King Roxas	Assassin			Event 17 Event Highlight
18 11th May	Aino	-	King Roxas	Assassin			Round 18 Event Highlight
19 18th May	Aika Lakuza	Quark Wolind	King Roxas	Assassin	850,000 gold	A true PVP war.	Round 19 Event highlight
20 19th May	Rena Aino	-	King Roxas	Assassin	600,000 gold		No recordings
21 25th May	Aika Lakuza	Neada Neada	King Roxas	Assassin	1,200,000 gold		Round 21 Event highlight
22 26th May	Rena Aino	Quark Wolind	Roronoa Zoro	Assassin	350,000 gold		Round 22 Event highlight
23 1st June	Aika Lakuza	Aino	Tenesi hydroCZ	Assassin	650,000 gold		Round 23 Event highlight
24 2nd June	Rena Aino	-	Jesse James	Assassin	450,000 gold		No recordings
25 8th June	Aika Lakuza	-	Ziggs 707	Guardian	1,000,000 gold		Round 25 Event highlight
26 15th June	Aika Lakuza	Aino	King Roxas	Assassin	800,000 gold		Round 26 Event highlight
27 22nd June	Aika Lakuza	-	Aino, Hvylia, Fellwood, Johnsmit, Theodosa, theBrave, AHTRON, Gviskard	Guardian	1,000,000 gold		No Recording
28 30th June	Aika Lakuza	-	Orv'Osis	Assassin	300,000 gold		Round 28 Event Highlight
29 6th July	Aika Lakuza	-	King Roxas	Assassin	550,000 gold	Roxas takes Nagi's former achievement for fastest win (8 mins)	Round 29 Event Highlight
30 7th July	Rena Aino	Kat Macando	Loli	Assassin	750,000 gold		Round 30 Event Highlight (Recorded by Aino)
31 13th July	Aika Lakuza	-	Gazsi	Assassin	900,000 gold		Round 31 Event Highlight
32 14th July	Rena Aino	-	Gazsi	Assassin	1,100,000 gold		Round 32 Event Highlight
33 20th July	Aika Lakuza	-	Ziggs 707, Aino, Neada	Guardian	800,000 gold		Round 33 Event Highlight
34 27th July	Aika Lakuza	-	Ziggs 707, Kirito Spriggan, Elarix	Guardian	700,000 gold		Round 34 Event Highlight
35 28th July	Rena Aino	-	Tenesi hydroCZ	Assassin	1,000,000 gold	last minute win.	Round 35 Event Highlight
36 3rd August	Aika Lakuza	Quark Wolind	Ziggs 707, Aino, Hvylia	Guardian	700,000 gold		No recording
37 4th August	Rena Aino	-	Ziggs 707, Neada, Wolind, Aika Lakuza, Borchy, Einstein, Rasiel, Monitago	Guardian	1,200,00 gold		No recording
38 10th August	Aika Lakuza	-	Neada	Assassin (betrayal)	1,000,000 gold	2nd successful Betrayal	Round 38 Event Highlight
39 11th August	Rena Aino	-	Ziggs 707, Wolind, Aika Lakuza, Borchy, Einstein, Hvylia, Eulalie, Spriggan	Guardian	1,400,000 gold	Another PVP war	Round 39 Event Highlight
40 17th August	Aika Lakuza	-	Amiranth	Assassin	800,000 gold	PVP war!!	Round 40 Event Highlight
41 18th August	Rena Aino	-	Ziggs 707, Aika Lakuza, Einstein, Neada Hards, DeMons	Guardian	2,000,000 gold		Round 41 Event Highlight
42 25th August	Aika Lakuza & Rena Aino	-	Orv'Osis, James, Owlet, gazsi, Gviskard, Neada, Meng,    Loli, Shiraga, Lenart, hydroCZ, Ruika, CurdRice, EagleEye, Amiranth, GUTS, Stalwart, Blinky	Assassin	10,000,000 gold prize (equal share) Avatar Sphere each	Stronghold - 6th Month Anniversary Special	Event vid coming soon
43 31st August	Aika Lakuza		CurdRice	Assassin	800,000 gold	CurdRice takes fastest win title with 4 mins	Round 43 Event Highight
44 7th September	Aika Lakuza		hydroCZ	Assassin	1,200,000 gold		No recording
45 21st September	Aika Lakuza		gazsi	Assassin	800,000 gold		No recording
46 28th September	Aika Lakuza		gazsi	Assassin	7,500,000 gold		Round 46 Event Highlight
47 5th October	Aika Lakuza	Bridget Honteux	Wolind, Spriggan, DeMons, Eulalie, Moontree, Daydream, Harima	Guardian	2,000,000 gold		No recording
48 12th October	Aika Lakuza	-	Harima, ELD, Orv'Osis, Wolind, Airu,	Guardian	1,500,000 gold		coming soon
49 19th October	Aika Lakuza	-	Master of_Evil	Assassin	750,000 gold		No recording
50 26th October	Aika Lakuza	-	Elendar Raynen	Assassin	2,000,000 gold		No recording
51 2nd November	Aika Lakuza	-	King Roxas	Assassin	1,000,000 gold		No recording
52 9th November	Aika Lakuza	Kirito Spriggan	Aino, ELD, Hvylia, Rbn, Shinis	Guardian	500,000 gold		No recording
53 10th November	Rena Aino	Kirito Spriggan	hydroCZ	Assassin	1,500,000 gold		No recording
54 16th November	Aika Lakuza	-	King Roxas	Assassin	4,000,000 gold		No recording
55 17th November	Rena Aino	-	Shinis, Rbn, Hvylia, Aika Lakuza	Guardian	750,000 gold		No recording
56 23rd November	Aika Lakuza	-	Raynen	Assassin	750,000 gold		No recording
57 24th November	Rena Aino	-	Orv'Osis	Assassin	1,800,000 gold		No recording
58 30th November	Aika Lakuza	-	Kirito Spriggan	Assassin (betrayal)	700,000 gold		No recording
59 8th December	Rena Aino	-	King Roxas	Assassin			no recording
60 15th December	Rena Aino	Aika Lakuza	Hvylia, Ziggs 707	Guardian	1,000,000 Gold		no recording
61 15th December	Aika Lakuza	-	King Roxas	Assassin	400,000 gold		no recording
62 28th December	Aika Lakuza	-	King Roxas	Assassin	1,750,000 Gold		no recording
63 4th January	Aika Lakuza	-	Orv'Osis	Assassin	1,000,000 Gold		no recording
64 11th January	Aika Lakuza	-	hydroCZ	Assassin	400,000 Gold		no recording
65 13th January	Rena Aino	-	King Roxas	Assassin	200,000 Gold		no recording
66 24th October 2015	Wolind Quark	-	Meng Goenitz	Guardian	100,000,000 Gold	First ever Japanese Server Version!
67 31st October	Wolind Quark	-	Rekhyt	Assassin	133,000,000 Gold
68 7th November	Wolind Quark	-	Orv'osis	Assassin	60,000,000 Gold White Magic Badios
69 15th November	Wolind Quark	-	Oreos	Assassin	50,000,000 Gold	Best PvP event so far on Japanese server!
7021st December	Wolind Quark	-	Kinetic	Guardian	11,000,000 Gold

Leaderboard

Position	Player	Faction	Wins
1/\	King Roxas	Assassin	19
2	Hvylia	Guardian	9
3	Ziggs 707	Guardian	8
4	Aika Lakuza	Guardian	6
4	Kirito Spriggan	Guardian+Assassin	6
4	hydroCZ	Assassin	6
4	Orv'Osis	Assassin+Guardian	6
5	Neada	Guardian+Assassin	5
5	Gazsi	Assassin	5
5	Aino	Guardian	5
6	Wolind	Guardian	4
7	Borchy	Guardian	3
7	Nagi EU	Assassin	3
7	Einstein	Guardian	3
8	Meng	Guardian+Assassin	2
8	Eulalie	Guardian	2
8	DeMons	Guardian	2
8	Harima	Guardian	2
8	ELD	Guardian	2
8	Rbn	Guardian	2
8	Shinis	Guardian	2
8	James	Assassin	2
8	Amiranth	Assassin	2
8	Loli	Assassin	2
8	CurdRice	Assassin	2
8	Raynen	Assassin	2
9	ATHRON, Airu, KING ADAM, Caedes, Daydream, Elarix, Enarhean, Fellwood, Gviskard, Goenitz Hards, Johnsmit, Kinetic, LordErik, Malaky, Montiago, Moontree, Pixu Starborn,  Rasiel, theBrave, Theodosa, Xuffasch	Guardian	1
9	Atomos, Blinky, EagleEye, Gwen ILawson, GUTS, Gviskard, Lenart, Master of_Evil, Oreos, Owlet, Rekhyt, Roronoa Zoro, Ruika, Serra Misuzo, Shiraga, Stalwart,	Assassin	1

Special Achievements

There are two types of achievements:

• Permanent - Usually the 1st to achieve or a special mention
• Current - Given to the player who is currently leading in this feat/achievement. An achievement that can be challenged by beating the current title holder.

Title	Type	Description	Player	Event awarded in
Precursor	Permanent	The first ever winner	King Roxas	Round 1
Champion	Current	Won the most events	King Roxas	As of Round 26
Elite Assassin	Current	Most wins for Assassin faction	King Roxas	As of Round 26
Elite Guardian	Current	Most wins for Guardian faction	Ziggs 707	As of Round 41
I am ninja!	Permanent	Sneaking past a wall of Guardians, killing target and escaping the scene	King Roxas	Round 6
Tank	Permanent	Staying alive for a long time despite being attacked by several enemies	Nagi Eu	Round 5
RPGamer	Permanent	First Role player	Hiraga	As of Round 26
Speed Demon	Current	Quickest win as assassin	King Roxas	Awarded for Round 59: 3 minute win
Killer Instinct	Permanent	First Assassin to locate host	King Roxas	Round 1
Reporting for Duty!	Permanent	First Guardian to locate host	Pettanko Ninja	Round 2
Cheerleader	Permanent	boosting morale for your faction on global chat	TopJoe	Round 5
Didn't see this coming!	Permanent	first betrayal	Atomos	Round 10
Defender	Permanent	1st Permaguard	KaKaMe	Round 4
Fortress	Permanent	1st Permaguard for a guardian win	TopJoe	Round 5
Veteran Defender	Current	Player with most permaguard appearences	Aino	As of Round 26: Permaguard 5 times
Guardian Angel	Current	Permaguard with the highest kill count	Pixu Starborn	Round 13
Takeover	Permanent	1st alternative host	Aino	Round 9
Denied	Permanent	1st betrayal prevented	Fosfor	Round 15
Spectator	Permanent	1st spectator	Dartok	Round 13
Thats not bunny!	Permanent	killed by a mob (vorpal bunny)	Aino	Round 12
Leap of Faith	Permanent	falling to death a lot	Zoro	Round 11
Hat Trick	Permanent	Awarded to first player to win 3 times in a row	King Roxas	Round 18
Kitten Smasher!	Permanent	Awarded to the queen of kittens	Neada	Round 19
Zero Hour	Permanent	Awarded to the 1st assassin that kills the host with 1 minute remaining for guardian victory.	King Roxas	Round 19
Survivor	Permanent	Awarded for being the only Guardian alive at the end of the first pvp war.	Aino	Round 19
Permatraitor	Permanent	awarded to the game's speech bubble for revealing host's location on multiple occassions	Chat Speech Bubble	Round 20
Pub Brawler	Permanent	Attacking a team of Guardians with fists and not giving up.	Gazsi	Round 34
You Shall Not Pass!	Permanent	Awarded for holding off assassins whilst quoting Gandalf.	Ziggs 707	Round 36
Trojan Horse	Permanent	Awarded for an assasin sacrificing themself to break the line of traps, so comrades can break through guardians.	Tiny Owlet	Round 37
Karma	Permanent	Awarded to a Guardian who loots an assassin only to then be killed accidently repeatedly by Guardian AOE attacks.	Wolind	Round 37
Split Personality	Permanent	Awarded to the 1st player who has won as a Guardian and as an Assassin	Neada	Round 38
Honourable Assassin	Permanent	Awarded for sparing the target in favour of allowing more guardians and assassins to assemble for a pvp war	James	Round 40
Dark Angel	Permanent	Awarded to an Assassin that kept healing host and aiding in Guardian victory	Wolind	Round 41
So what did I miss?	Permanent	Awarded for arriving at a PvP battlefield as it ended.	EagleEye	Round 41
Sphere Master	Permanent	Awarded for supporting the event with an awesome prize	Dartok rhaza	Round 42
Stronghold Champions	Current	Awarded to the faction that won Stronghold	Assassins	Round 42
It wasn't me!	Permanent	Awarded for accidently turning red as a guardian by injuring/killing other guardians.	Orv'Osis	Round 47
Hell's Chef	Permanent	Awarded to an assassin that killed target and atleast 4 guardians with flame circle	hydroCZ	Round 53
Vampire	Permanent	Awarded for killing host with HP drain	Orv'Osis	Round 63
Greedy Hands	Permanent	Awarded for the first player to loot host.	King Roxas	Round 63
Reanimator	Permanent	Awarded for the first player to revive host successfully.	Hvylia	Round 64
First Bishop	Permanent	Awarded for the first player to participate in the event as a Bishop	Hvylia	Round 64
First Ninja	Permanent	Awarded for the first player to participate in the event as a Ninja	King Roxas	Round 65
Philanthropist	Permanent	Awarded to players who made recordbreaking donations	Pendragn, Rekhyt, Spriggan	Round 66 and 67
Hi Lords	Permanent	Awarded to the first players to participate in the event as a Lord	Goenitz, Pendragn	Round 66
Let me tell you a story...	Permanent	Awarded to the first player to win in a story mode channel	Rekhyt	Round 67
What am I supposed to do again?	Permanent	Awarded to assassins who found the target first and 'protected' him from guardians	Rekhyt, Lakatos	Round 67
The First Samurai	Permanent	Awarded to the first player to participate in the event as a Samurai	Kinetik	Round 68