User blog:TerrariamcSwaggins/The Terrarian Bugle - Issue 36

Hello Terrarians! Welcome to the thirty-sixth issue of The Terrarian Bugle! We have some exciting PC update info today, so enjoy that! After that, we'll check out our normal weekly events, then continue our latest series: a complete showcasing of Brutallama's sprites! Upon finishing the showcase, we'll continue our ongoing story series, which is written by Qui Devorat!

News & Spoilers
Brief synopsis of the following articles:
 * 1.3 music spoiler.
 * 1.3 NPC spoiler.
 * 1.3 community achievement suggestions.

PC
Red has just recently released a brand new sneak-peak at one of the music tracks that will be coming out in the highly anticipated 1.3 update! Any thoughts?



In addition to this, there was also a small spoiler located on Red's profile page regarding the addition of a "Tax Collector" to the game, as shown in the following image.



Any thoughts on these interesting spoilers?

1.3 Community Achievement Suggestions - March 1st
In the spirit of having community suggestions in the game, Cenx has just recently posted a thread regarding taking achievement suggestions from our wonderful community!

Navigate to this thread to post your own suggestions and view others' suggestions!

Poll of the week
This week's poll is based on which special underground Gold Chest item you like most, enjoy! (Going to keep this PC exclusive, so the Dragon Mask won't be part of the voting pool.)

Which one? Band of Regeneration Cloud in a Bottle Enchanted Boomerang Hermes Boots Magic Mirror

Creation/Pixel art of the Week
This week we have one submission! It is Hunited's small, underground base! Be sure to compliment him in regards to it next time you see him!



Weekly Special
For this week, we'll be continuing our latest series: a complete showcasing of all of Brutallama's sprites! Welcome to the sixth part. :)

All credit for the sprites go to Brutallama.

This week will be part one of the equipment set theme!















Your opinion on these sprites? I love them, per usual! <3 <3 <3 Great stuff. :) They're alright. I really dislike these. Two thumbs down.

Story of the Week
This week's story was created by Qui Devorat! Enjoy!

Here is this week's story!

(Disclaimer/Warning: The following chapter contains somewhat graphic imagery. Read at your own discretion.)

Origins: Chapter Seven

I stroll down the path leading back to my home, sack on my back and smile on my face. For it had been a long day in this land of childish wonder, but also death and despair.

Sadly the powers that be weren't done with me yet.

Jerks.

As I pushed open the door with my free hand, I am greeted with a deathly silence. The lights were off, exactly as I left them. I was pleased by the thought that no one had burgled my house while I was out on my first nights solving a case and handing a beatdown to a supernatural serial killer. Sadly though, that thought had turned out to be a delusion.

I sat down in a chair for at least some shut eye, eager for it. I was expecting the horrors of the night to be lenient with me as I slowly drifted off to....

CRASH!!!!

I stiffened, then groaned in annoyance.

"I really aren't gonna get any sleep am I?" I hissed as I rose from the chair to investigate the disturbance. The noise had come from upstairs and sounded like a pane of glass being utterly destroyed. I quietly trudge up the steps, hoping to surprise the intruder. However my temper increased as I heard the sound of breaking glass change into that of splintering wood. I reached up to the door at the top, twisted the handle and charged through it.

The m beyond was covered with blood. But not splattered. As I pull one of the torches off the wall and held it up to the wall. What I saw made my brain boil.

Messages, written in blood, for me to see.

Hate you Kill you Eat you Mine to kill Mine

I stopped reading, for the message was clear.

That monster was still alive.

How?

How?

How could she still live?! After reducing her to DUST no less?!

I stopped myself. I had to be calm. If I lose control, then mistakes could easily be made.

Then I heard a giggle.

That childish giggle.

Emanating from the throat of the one I wished to kill.

Emanating from this very room

Then I had an idea. Perhaps I could extract some information from her before killing her a second and hopefully final time. As I cast the torch over a dark spot in the corner, I spot the monster at last.

A kneeling figure in the corner.

The same hood, the same feeling...

This was her alright.

I ready myself, my hands once more wreathed in a unholy blaze, glaring at her in the corner with a look that could maim the bravery of any soul.

"I see you have gotten used to your stolen power." It choked, spilling a filthy yellow fluid from her mouth with every word."

Stolen power? What?

"What do you mean stolen power?" I inquired, still keeping a close eye on her in case she was feeling like taking a chunk of me.

The hooded figure snickered. "The night after you got snacked on by the rotten denizens of the shadowlands, was a blood moon."

"And?"

The abomination rambled on "Every time there is a blood moon, one of our overlords, the shadowland's avatar, tries to manifest himself into human flesh by aligning the moon with the earth. Sadly the moon can be manipulated into doing such a thing once every 1000 years. And we're 300 years too early. "

I absorbed every word "Keep talking." I murmured.

"But still the foolish avatar tries every blood moon, but fails. The only effect concentrating the corruption's power into the demon altars which disperses it violently back into the area again when dawn approaches. You happened to be skewered on one of them, and when dawn approached." She hesitated, as if even she didn't know what she was saying. "You took the blast point-blank and arose as something new. Possessing the power of the shadowlands, but neither bound to or the host of the overlord." Her voice took on a tone of disbelief. "That's never happened before."

I was rendered frozen in body and mind.

I was the simple side effect of some idiot god's flawed attempt into the world of the pure.

I was enraged. "Why did you tell me so fucking freely!?" My rage now uncontrolled and searing.

"Well killing you will be more fun if you knew everything and made you feel helpless." She laughed at me, her pinprick mockeries of teeth showing through her smile.

That did it.

I raised an arm to silence her once and for all, but at the last second she seemed to disintegrate into a cloud of blood droplets, sucked itself out the broken window like a vacuum and vanished. I staggered down the stairs and collapsed in the chair. This wasn't the last I was gonna see of her.

I think tomorrow I'll hit the market, my cursed flames won't be enough for what I will encounter.

I'll need a heavy weapon. The time to stride into a conflict was upon me.

If she's wanting a fight,

She'll get one!

But first?

Sleep......

What do you rate the seventh chapter of this story? 11/10 10/10 9/10 8/10 7/10 6/10 5/10 4/10 3/10 2/10 1/10 0/10

Announcements

 * None.

Shoutouts

 * Looking for particularly helpful beginners tips? Look no further!
 * Navigate to this location to view a theory on why the Destroyer is so easy!

Outro
Hey guys, I hope you enjoyed the thirty-sixth issue of The Terrarian Bugle. Remember, if you have any ideas whatsoever just let me know at my talk page and I’ll see if I can add it in. If you want your creation in next week's Creation/Pixel art section just hit me up at my talk page or talk to me in the live chat.

Thanks for reading, guys! Let me know what you think in the comments below.

Have a nice weekend and I'll see you next week. :D

Bugle Updates

 * None.

Credits

 * -Credit to for the great banner!
 * -Thanks to for helping with typos and grammatical errors.
 * -Credit for the story goes to Qui Devorat!