Soon.... HAIL HYDRA(tion).

[mrurl42]

[mrurl42]

The Merchant Princes are once again hosting a gourmand event! Come and join us in our next Fancy Feast - HAIL HYDRA(tion)!

There will be music... There will be dancing... There will be drinking... There will be once more hidden raffles... And did I mention there will be food?! This time it is all about soups, stews, and drinks.

At least 50 different meals have been selected. Many are hard to acquire (including some seasonal only meals) such as some of the new Povus items. Over 300 stacks of food in total have been made for this event and we need YOU to come help us eat it all!

Demo only players are welcome as well as we have prepared a few low level meals as well for them, so invite your friends that do not play yet and get them into the party mood as well!

We begin serving the first course at 2PM EST on Sunday 1/16 and the raffles will begin shortly after.

We would like to thank everyone who helped make this possible and those of you who volunteered time, resources, etc. A list of donors will be included in the raffle book this time. If you have questions, please reach out to our members, or reply to this post. We look forward to seeing you there!

Note: There was a LARGE investment of bottles in this event (1500+). We would appreciate any unneeded bottles returned after the event. There will be a few members of the guild around collecting, who will be pointed out during the event.

[mrurl42]

Just a "taste" of what is to come... The poor guild mule! ( also... there were 2 dishes made that had a stack size of 1 >_< )

[Ransel]

The event was great and I had a good time.

Thank you for all the wonderful drinks and the fun raffle riddles

[LadyMarisa]

The event was great and I had a good time.

Thank you for all the wonderful drinks and the fun raffle riddles

And thank you for coming =) We estimated recipe quantities based on the turnout we saw for the first Fancy Feast and the attendance was outstanding! Far more than we anticipated. We also hoped that people would take only what they needed for the first time Gourmand exp, but that was not the case and several dispensers emptied within minutes of the event starting, as evidenced by one streamer:Hail Hydra(tion)! Video

Our themed raffles will always be hidden with clues to find them so at least we provide a reason to come join us even when the hungry, hungry hippos (Thanks again Jack!) clean us out. :P

We're still discussing how we want to try to alleviate that issue for the next Fancy Feast. We could list the recipes ahead of time much like the deaths offered at Season's End, so that people can check ahead of time. However, Lelexiya (my husband and Co-GM) really likes to keep it a surprise and as of right now is against the idea so we're discussing options. At the very least we will be increasing quantities but that will take longer for our crafters to accomplish so we don't have an estimate of when the 3rd feast will be.

If there are any crafters that want to donate time, effort, or resources, just let us one of us know! We had a lot of fun doing the community event and really love that attendance blew our expectations out of the water!