Cool
winds blow across the empty fields of Reikland, wiping away the memory
of sun-bleached grains and summer days. Thoughts turn now to the long,
bleak nights of the coming winter, and the foreboding darkness that
accompanies the death of another year. The sickly green visage of the
Chaos moon begins to flicker and change, and the superstitious people
of the world hide themselves away behind locked doors, and pray not to
fall prey to the foul terrors of the Daemon Moon.

Now,
with the war in full swing, the horrors of the Daemon Moon are worse
than ever. Malevolent creatures borne out of the fabric of Chaos itself
descend upon the world like daemon locusts, intent upon devouring the
souls of every living creature they encounter.

The
Daemon Moon shines its baleful light down upon the world. The screams
of countless tortured victims mingle with the howls of their daemonic
tormentors. Who will stand against the hordes of Chaos?

In
the war-torn lands of the Old World, festering like a boil, rests a
terrible artifact of the Daemon Moon's first rising in long-ago times.
Built of the very stuff of chaos and the essence of nightmares, the
Daemon Cradle lies waiting to be awakened, empowered, and brought to
bear against the living. Seize the Daemon Cradle and carry it to its
nest five times to best your enemies in this new Public Quest!

In
Daemon Moon Rising, a fiendish sub-cult of Chaos artificers have
summoned savage daemons and bound them into innocuous carnival masks,
then smuggled them into the Empire-there to corrupt and possess the
hapless fools who wore them! But the masks also found their way into
the hands of Dark Elves, the greenskins, and the Chaos tribesmen. Now
any farmer, any shopkeeper, any guardsman in either Altdorf or The
Inevitable City could turn daemonically violent-literally-at a moment's
notice!

Into
this volatile situation come the players, tasked with collecting the
masks and defeating the daemons bound within. For their part in halting
the menace of the masks-or delivering them to Altdorf-the players
receive a souvenir Daemon Mask, and, ultimately, a special Daemon Moon
item drawn randomly from a sack of sinister secrets ... possibly even
the rare and powerful Magnus Daemonarium!

But
players would be wise to be wary! For every daemon loot bag might
instead temporarily transform an unlucky player into something
considerably less likely to survive the Daemon Moon . . .

During
the rise of the Daemon Moon, players of all Tiers can also participate
in the popular High Pass Cemetery Scenario, battling over the bones of
long-buried Empire soldiers to capture the two ancient monuments: the
Crypt and the Stag. Participate while wearing a Daemon mask to gain
event influence - and win the Scenario with 500 points to gain even
more!

With the rise of the Daemon Moon, players can receive a variety of twisted, daemonic masks: the sickly image of the Face of the Unborn (for completing the Masks of Corruption and Children of the Mask quests); the disturbing Leather Face (as a rare reward for winning the Daemonball Rally PQ); or, the Advanced Influence reward - the Meatcleaver's Mask!

If
you missed last year's Witching Night Masks, you'll have a second
chance at picking them up from fallen enemies on the RvR battlefield.

Crafty
players may obtain components for Talisman-making, and intrepid players
can face the fearsome Bloodthirster of the Chaos Wastes to earn the
terrifying Face-Eater's Mask - a ghastly disguise fashioned from the skull of a dead Chaos steed!

Make peace with your gods, and offer up a prayer-for under the cold, dark madness of the Daemon Moon, anything can happen!

• Starts: October 23rd, 2009 at 9:00 AM EDT
• Ends: November 2nd, 2009 at 8:00 AM EDT

The
Order and Destruction Heralds associated with Daemon Moon Rising Live
Event will be stationed next to the Flight Master in each capital city.
The Quest Givers will be near the Heralds.

• Destruction - Tallas Deathmonger (Herald) and Coldheart Witch Hunters (Quest Givers)
• Order - Lector Gadsby (Herald) and Slaughterheart Magi (Quest Givers)

The
Daemon Moon Rising Live Event boasts ten tasks ranging from slaying 50
of the most fiendish daemons to completing the "Daemonball Rally"
Public Quest. Players can also gain influence by completing a variety
of tasks while wearing the dreaded Daemon Masks! There is also one
quest chain for each Realm-including Tier-specific versions of each
quest so that players of all Ranks can participate!

Rewards

And more...!

Mark Davis brings you everything you'll need to know to prepare for the Daemon Moon Rising live event.

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