The sun rose over the frozen peaks casting an array of prisms across the land. Yet no one came out to greet Santa and the reindeer as they made their final descent to perch gracefully on the festive runway. Santa pushed himself out of the sleigh – perhaps with a bit more difficulty this year as there were an awful lot of cookies that he couldn’t let go to waste beside the fireplaces. The reindeer appeared grateful as he began to untie their harnesses, and though he too was exhausted, a sense of dread wiggled through his jacket and crept along his limbs. The utter quiet at Santa’s workshop was unnatural – there should be celebrations and joy at this year’s success.
Several more moments passed before the reindeer were stowed away in warm surroundings with plentiful food and water for their efforts. Santa left the sleigh and made his way to the workshop itself. The snow crunching beneath his polished boots whispered ill thoughts into his ears and heart.
The workshop door groaned in duress as Santa shoved it open. Tables and chairs were vacant with no preparations in motion for the next year. Fires were unattended and growing weaker without fuel. On the table was a hastily written note, droplets of ink scattered along its length. Santa read the letter quickly before throwing it into the remnants of the fire.
Dissension. Betrayal. Corruption. Words bled into his memory as he worked towards the stronghold where his remaining loyal elves and Mrs. Claus set forth against the opposing forces of elves.
An uprising among the elves had occurred while Santa was traveling. With the Naughty List growing longer each year and the Good List growing shorter, many elves were angry at their efforts for spreading joy and peace to a dwindling population of Good. The corrupted elves spread discord through their whispers and plots that it was time to punish the children and adults for their lack of goodness. Biding their time for when Santa was gone and the faithful elves and Mrs. Claus weary from preparations, the corrupted elves unleashed a coup. Stealing the metal and glue from the workshop and making haste to the northern shore, the corrupted elves are fashioning weapons and armor to further their plans.
The North Pole is in dire shape. Without glue, no more toys can be made and Christmas will be gone. No joy for the Good children of the world and only further Naughtiness will spread. And with their new weapons and armor, the corrupt elves seek to end the lives of all humanity in a misguided belief that it will forever remove the Naughtiness from this existence.
To save the world and to save Christmas, Santa, Mrs. Claus, and the remaining elves need your help.
EVENT DETAILS
- The corrupt elves have spread their forces to the North portion of the island.
- Kill the corrupt elves and reclaim glue that they have stolen from Santa’s workshop.
- Help Santa prepare for next Christmas by posting the total collected glue to #santas-workshop-glue-retrieval by Tuesday, January 5th at 10 pm EST
- The clan who posts a picture of the most collected glue (out of all clans) and the solo who posts a picture of the most collected glue (out of solos) will receive the title/color of Santa’s Helper in Discord
VIDEO COMPETITION
- Santa, Mrs. Claus, and the good elves are feeling rather down after all of this chaos, help cheer up the North Pole and win the December competition for Content Creator role in our Discord!
- Island tours: share videos of any Rust Empires’ island tours (i.e., showcasing a build or base, touring cities or Frontiers, etc.) [post in #island-tours-video-submission in our Discord]
- Event footage: share videos of any Rust Empires’ events (includes community run events or staff led events) [post in #event-footage-video-submission in our Discord]
- Misc footage: share videos of any addition Rust Empires’ content that doesn’t fall in the other categories (Island Tours or Event Footage) [post in #misc-footage-video-submission in our Discord]
- Content must be appropriate and cannot include any offensive material, rulebreaking, or anything targeted against community or staff.
- Each player can submit up to 3 submissions per category.
- Submissions will be accepted from now until Sunday, January 3rd at 10 pm EST
- Voting will occur after submission closes until Tuesday, January 5th at 10 pm EST
LAND CLAIMING
- Santa calls upon you to fortify the island against the incursions of the corrupted elves. Claim land to keep the corrupted elves from increasing their hold over the island.
- Please click here to follow regular land claiming rules