The Forgotten Lore of Celestia

Posted on June 15, 2020June 15, 2020 by Morgan_Shade

Warning Spoilers Ahead!

“Long ago, the Astral Wizards of Celestia created powerful magic using the energy of the Stars, the Moon, and the Sun.

The sorceress Morganthe, a Queen of the Shadow Web, wanted the secrets of Celestian magic at all costs. The Celestians refused her, so she raised a Dark Army and sent it against them. After decades of battle, the Astral Wizards realized their world would fall. They summoned the Storm Titan to defeat Morganthe’s legions and to bring their world safety.

The Storm Titan betrayed the Celestians by sinking their world beneath the Waves together with Morganthe’s invading forces. Realizing they were doomed, the Celestians raised mighty Domes to protect their treasured city from the waves, though it was too late. They perished along with Morganthe’s invading army. Celestia was lost to the Spiral, its Spiral Door closed forever.”

-KingsIsle Entertainment

From Fire to Water

Salutations once again Wizards and Pirates! Welcome to another installment of Forgotten Lore. We’ll be diving deep into the secrets you might have missed in your travels. Last time I told you the lost history of the fiery realm of Dragonspyre. Today I will tell you the secrets of Celestia. Let’s dive in!

Celestia was the first world of Wizard101’s second story arc launching in the summer of 2010. The new world introduced the three Astral schools to the game. This world inspires thoughts of the lost city of Atlantis.

There are secrets hidden throughout Celestia, written upon the walls. Hidden in plain sight lie interesting niches of its ancient society and culture. Celestia, much like Dragonspyre, is an ancient world that also fell victim to destruction by titanic forces. But the possible reality behind the reason for the summoning of the titan may surprise you. So sit back, relax and let me tell you a story…

Celestia and its People

They say that the Celestians were an incredibly advanced magical society. Many say they were ahead of their time. Its people were both powerful and wise. Peaceful, intelligent beings. They were devout in the pursuit of knowledge across a wide array of subjects not only astral magic. A culture of Wizards and inventors creating magical contrivances. Items to aid in their everyday lives. They were a culture of people who looked closely at the effects of their choices. Not only upon themselves but the Spiral as well.

The Origins of the Spheres

However, the story of Celestia’s beginning starts with Bartelby and Raven. They say in the “Light of the Spiral” that Bartelby and Raven set two shinning spheres within the darkness. Bartelby’s was golden and illuminated the sky around it. Raven’s was silver and cold and unable to push back the darkness around it. From there the “Tome of the Sun” recounts the arrival of the sun avatar, Mithraya, and her command to build a great hall. It would later become the Trial of the Spheres. We know this as fact as Mithraya still resides in her Solar Sanctum to this day.

The Celestians would rise around it. Mastering the powers of astral magic and fiercely guarding its secrets. The people of Celestia would go on to become one of the most advanced societies in all the Spiral. Expanding their knowledge of the universe, creating a myriad of magical wonders. Always exploring into unknown. A Celestian, Phaeton, would oversee the construction of the Solarium, Lunarium, and Stellarium. These would serve as hallowed ground for the Celestians. Standing as houses of learning, and symbols of Celestian knowledge.

A Gap In Time

This is where the early history of Celestia ends. Anything between this period and the war against Morganthe vanished. As a result of Celestia sinking beneath the waves, everything disappeared. What might have been is generally unknown. Events that might have transpired? The marvels of the Celestian’s contrivances? The Celestians advances in the realms of magic, science, and society all disappeared. This is until new information emerges. Until then one thing is certain. Most of Celestia’s history lies not in its murky beginning, but rather in its unfortunate demise.

The Beginning of the End

Morganthe’s arrival spurred the beginning of the end for the Celestians. When she arrived, she demanded the secrets of astral magic from the Celestians. They were quick to deny her. Infuriated, Morganthe resolved to achieve mastery of the astral schools at any cost. So she amassed an army to take such knowledge by force. Thus, it was the beginning of the war between Celestia and the forces of the Shadow Web.

The siege of Celestia dragged on. Casualties began to pile on either side, and the Celestian’s strength began to wane. Morganthe’s forces had weakened them significantly. They were uncertain of how much longer they could hold off the enemy. So the Celestians turned to a fickle and unreliable ally, the Storm Titan.

Summoning a Titan is a risky business! No mortal beings have ever been successful in commanding one and lived to tell the tale. And the Celestians knew this. So, they created massive obelisks, visible around the District of Stars. Created to emit a magical barrier protecting some of their grand city from the Titan’s wrath. The Celestians beseeched the Titan to save their world and take them to a place of safety. Instead, the Titan betrayed them and dragged Celestia beneath the ocean. Wiping out the remaining Celestians and Morganthe invaders.

The Crustacean Empire

Time dragged on and slowly the submerged ruins of the once-great city came to be inhabited once more. A new Empire that would make quick allies of the barbaric Piscean and Lophian tribes. They built the center of their empire around the lost places of the ancient Celestian’s power. By doing so, the Empire would bring some level of peace to the sunken ruins. Supported by Piscean and Lophian mercenaries, Crustaceans maintained their power over the seas. Despite their best attempts, they were not particularly proficient in the art of building empires. The Crustacean Empire would go on to lose its strength, as its allies grew weary.

Some would still come in search of the now-lost city. As did the Queen Calypso, laden with treasure. Whether passing through or seeking to add to their haul, the ship and her crew crashed. Forever vanishing beneath the waves. Its treasures, seized by the Crustaceans, who used it to threaten the crew into submission.

The Rediscovery

Once again, time would move on and the location of Celestia became lost to the Spiral. That is, until a certain Thurston Plunkett rediscovered the world. With the support of the Spiral Geographical Society, Plunkett secured a ship and crew. He then led an archeological expedition to Celestia. They were hoping to learn it’s secrets. Plunkett thought they might even determine exactly what caused its disappearance.

The Skyship Explorer would be shot down upon arrival. Crashlanding on the Floating Land, the crew and expedition became lost and separated. Despite this setback, Plunkett and most of the remaining expedition would carry on. They began the construction of several exploratory underwater domes. Once completed and drained the archeological exploration of Celestia would begin. Unbeknownst to the expedition, in rediscovering Celestia they had angered the Crustacean Empire. They also opened the door once more to Morganthe and her forces. The Crustaceans and Shadow Web would come, to put a stop to the exploration. They would raid the uncovered ruins, splitting up the remaining Marleybonians. A distress call would go out across the Spiral and only a certain Wizard in Wizard City would hear it.

What Happened to the Celestians?

That would end the story of Celestia. But too many questions remain. What was the ancient city of Celestia like? What do the inscriptions all over Celestia mean? Why summon the Storm Titan if it was going to sink the city anyway?

Having gone to great lengths to find answers to these questions. I cannot so easily keep these thoughts confined to my mind so allow me to elaborate.

Keep in mind that what follows is strictly theory and may or may not be the actual in-game case.

Not as Dead as We Think...

I find it strange how little actual information we have on the Celestians themselves. Where is their history, their culture, their people? We have bits and pieces but very few full works. Being a society devoted heavily to the pursuit of knowledge and magic the amount of concrete information we have is shockingly small. On top of this, I find it strange that the Celestians would try to save their knowledge. While at the same time trying to keep it from Morganthe.

Celestia was under heavy siege by Morgantine forces who would stop at nothing to claim Celestia’s secrets. The Celestians allegedly realized they were doomed, so why try to save their knowledge? Why not spite Morganthe and ensure she would never have Celestia’s magic by destroying it all? Where is Celestia’s history? Why is the distress signal we receive from Plunket’s expedition written in Celestian? The answer to these questions is simple: the Celestians have or had plans to return.

Alaric Moonsunder, a Celestian ghost, stated that the Storm Titan was an unreliable ally, or was it? I would argue that the fate of Celestia was not so much an accident as it was a calculated decision. They were facing certain doom, with Morganthe’s forces threatening to take the secrets of Astral Magic by force. For the good of the Spiral, it would’ve made more sense for the Celestians to destroy everything. If only to keep it from Morganthe. The only logical reason, in the face of certain doom, anyone might try to save critical pieces of their society is if they intended to flee and come back for it later. According to KingsIlse the sinking of Celestia killed the Celestians along with Morganthe’s army.

The more I think about it the more I wonder, did the Celestians try to escape?

Gone but Not Forgotten

It would make logical sense to move everyone who could not fight to safety. Knowing their love of wisdom, the Celestians could (and likely did) take a large part of their expertise with them. The statue of Phaeton in the Solarium calls our style of magic primitive and crude but effective. Perhaps to imply our current understanding of astral magic is but the tip of the iceberg and that more advanced techniques exist beyond our knowledge.

Given how advanced the Celestians were with magic and knowing that their chart of the Grand Spiral allegedly contains worlds that are beyond our knowledge, they could have moved the more vulnerable population alongside their most sensitive secrets to a different world. One that was, and may still be, completely unknown to rest of the Spiral. In-game we don’t encounter any civilian ghosts. The Celestian spirits we come to interact with are soldiers or their constructs.

On top of this there’s the matter of Qyburn Stellargaze in the Arcanum. He remarked in his Bio back in February of 2017 that he hasn’t been home to Celestia in at least a millennium or two. Provided Qyburn is being serious with that remark, that would mean the Celestians are not only an ancient people but also long-lived ones as well. This adds an interesting layer to the entire situation, allow me to paint the entire picture.

morganthes invasion

Morganthe invades after being denied Astral magic. As the siege drags on, the Celestians move their civilians to the safety of another world. A world known only to the Celestians (likely one from their Grand Spiral chart). Being so long-lived they could simply wait out the Morgantine invasion if things didn’t go as planned. In the process the Celestians also take any of their knowledge that isn’t nailed down. Taking the most important and portable objects: books, tomes, scrolls, and etc., things which likely pertained to history, magic, and culture. While leaving behind the less critical things. Writings on less important and less sensitive subjects and things that couldn’t be easily relocated. Such as the Astral Archivist, obelisks, monoliths, carvings, pedestals, frescos, and so on. This would explain why we don’t encounter any civilian ghosts. It also explains why we don’t have a lot of information on Celestia’s history before Morganthe’s invasion.

If the Celestians won the war they likely planned to send some form of transmission. Letting their remaining people know that it was safe to return. That might explain why the Expedition’s distress signal appeared in Celestian characters. In case Morganthe or any other unsavory characters were listening they arranged to send a message only their people could read.

As the Celestian soldiers continued to fight off Morganthe’s forces, they began to realize they might not outlast her onslaught. To cut off enemy reinforcements the Celestians formulated a plan to summon the Storm Titan. Knowing the possible risks involved they constructed obelisks that would emit a protective magical barrier around the most important locations in their world, like the District of the Stars (which houses the Stellarium and Astral Archives).

If the Titan fought with them as planned Morganthe’s army wouldn’t stand a chance. But, if something went wrong the Celestian’s could retreat to the safety of their magical domes and let the Titan wreak havoc on Morganthe’s army. When the Titan betrayed the Celestians unexpectedly, there wasn’t time for the retreat. Both sides perished as a result, which might explain why we don’t see any Celestian spirits or Shadow Web spirits inside the District of the Stars.

The Last Nail

Because there was no one left, no message was sent and so Celestia faded into obscurity until the Marleybonians arrived. Perhaps we weren’t the only ones to receive Thurston Plunkett’s SOS. If any Celestians were listening, the mere mention of the Shadow Queen’s return, it would be more than enough to keep them where they are. If this theory is true there could be a remote population of Celestians in some hidden corner of the Spiral. Waiting, patiently, for the day they can finally return home.

Reading the Celestian's Writing

It is fascinating to note, that the various inscriptions found on walls, obelisks, and other objects throughout Celestia are not gibberish. These symbols are a monoalphabetic substation cipher, meaning for every letter of our alphabet there is a corresponding character that never changes. So, while the individual symbols are different any message or word written in the cipher will always directly correspond to the other set of characters, for example, the word “loom” is written and spelled with the same corresponding characters in either script. If you know all the characters or have the translation key to the cipher cracking the code is a cinch, and the inscriptions on the Stone of Mazzaroth give us just that.

The Stone of Mazzaroth

While there are multiple scripts on the stone of Mazzaroth, the sentences are all the same “Sphinx of black quartz judge my vow”. These words weren’t chosen because they make an awesome mysterious message. They were chosen so that every letter of the alphabet would be used. This gives us an effective key to decode the messages hidden throughout Celestia and Grizzlehiem. We will look at Grizzleheim another day.

Our first major exposure to Celestian symbols is the SOS transmission from Sir Thurston Plunkett. At first, it might seem like a jigsaw of what appears to be meaningless characters. But the message we see before acquiring the stone does perfectly decode to its English version with or without the stone. Provided you’re particularly gifted in the ways of code-cracking. The message regardless of storyline progression says this:

“Mayday mayday this is Thurston Plunkett representing the Spiral Geographic Society seeking assistance our survey expedition is stranded on Celestia”.

“We are under attack”

“Send help immediately the Umbra Queen has returned it is the work of Mor…”

This message comes to us as a bit of a freebie, or rather proof the code works. Beyond that, we barely have any more direct contact or use for these symbols.

More Messages

Thurston’s SOS is not the only Celestian text you’ll ever lay eyes on in your journey. If you have a sharp eye you can find all sorts of things written throughout Celestia.

I should mention that the process of decoding these messages can be very tedious. The process often involved the use of weird camera positioning and photomancy. So we could get as close as physically possible to the writings.

Furthermore, some of these decoded messages have been corrected to make more sense. While translating the code, one will find situations where there’s a noticeable absence of a word that should be present. It is almost always the word “The”. There might also be areas where two words merge or are stuck together. For example, the words void and star written together as Voidstar. Which in context to surrounding words causes the sentence to break and stop making sense. Besides that, there is also a distinct lack of punctuation and missing spaces in most of these messages.

These issues aren’t necessarily glitches, oversights, or bad grammar. They are likely problems the game designers had. Trying to stretch, shape, fit, and render the characters onto objects with limited space. That said, here are all the messages I have found thus far and their respective locations so you can see them for yourselves.

The Celestian Base Camp

There are two major legible messages that you can find in the Celestian Base Camp. The first one is around the edges of the Grand Astrolabe which says:

*The sun is a hearth to warm against the cold*

*The stars are the birthplace of imagination*

*The moon is a signal of hope in the night*

The second message is around all of the Astral School Trainer obelisks. Base Camp, Stellarium, Lunarium, and Solarium. They say the following:

*The ending pillar*

The District of the Stars

The District of the stars contains a multitude of inscriptions on various objects. In the Chantry, there is a model of the Spiral surrounded by a ring of tablets with names of each world carved into them. Wizard City, Krokotopia, Mooshu, Dragonspyre, Grizzleheim, and Celestia. Inside the Astral Archives, you can observe a series of twelve paintings each labeled with their respective titles. The Warden, The Chariot, The Loom, The Messenger, and so forth. Finally, in the main area where you first arrive there’s a large obelisk in the center of the roaming Piscean mobs. Don’t worry you can this object can be safely approached from the left and right sides. When repaired, through the progression of the storyline, it reads as follows:

*Stars guide us through the void*

*Our passage written in the stars*

*We will never falter on the path*

Stormriven Hall

The last major location to find Celestian messages lies in Stormriven Hall. In the areas beneath the Pylon Bosses, you can find a pair of tunnels on opposite ends of the area. One collapsed while the other is completely open and tranversable. The writing found within translates to the following:

*The suns flame dispels doubt*

*The moon’s light inspires us*

*Our passage is in the stars*

*We swear to seek the truth*

*We must not fear the unknown*

*We will never falter on the path*

*In the dark the moon grants us hope*

*Stars guide through the void*

*In the sun we find purity*

Bonus Piece!

Across the entirety of Celestia, on the trims of many floors, walls, and ceilings, you can find the words “Moon Sun Stars” written repeatedly in that order.

As a nice final touch, the message written beneath the name of the world in this image says:

*Beneath the waves the stars still shine*

While I may have searched Celestia from top to bottom for these messages, its very possible I may have missed some. If you have found any more messages in your adventures please share them below, I do enjoy these sorts of things.

Thanks for Reading!

That is all I have on the world of Celestia for the moment.

I would like to give a shout out to Brad Baker who suggested we visit Celestia in the last article. I would also like to offer a special thanks to those here at Ravenwood Academy. They help edit, create images, and make this article possible.

I implore you to read some of our other articles and share them with other Wizard101 fans! There’s also a Ravenwood Academy page on Facebook and Twitter. Like and follow them to stay up to date on the latest guides and articles. We also have a wonderful Ravenwood Community Discord server, just search Wizard101 in your Discord App.

I hope you enjoyed this article and if you did please comment down below as I enjoy reading what others have to say. I do believe our next stop in this series will take us to a favorite world of mine, Grizzleheim.

Until next time, stay tuned, see you in the Spiral!

~Shade

The Celestian Orchestra

Posted on July 4, 2019July 6, 2019 by Peyton Lionheart

Celestia, world of the shining stars, the reflecting moon, the powerful sun -and crabs- we invite you to the recently discovered in-tact ruins of the Celestian Opera House. Archaeologists have inspected the theatre to be in safe enough condition for public entry. Our finest Marleybonian musicians have decided to hold a special performance of a collection of works held by the Archivist for hundreds of years to play for you tonight.

Main Theme

Celestia’s main theme is divided into two primary sections. These two sections highly contrast with one another, changing tonalities when going into the second section. This divide between an A and B section is called binary form. One common attribute binary form has is that the A and B section are equal in length (read: duration), as they are here.

We begin the piece off with two contrasting timbres of the low brass and flute. Instruments add in building the piece’s momentum, such as the harp, glockenspiel, and horns.

The texture becomes stable as the horns completely take over the melody and a back-beat ostinato, or repeating figure, in the strings and percussion is added.

At 00:51 seconds into the piece, the key changes into the minor mode, giving us a mysterious mood change in stark contrast to the adventurous mood in the primary section. The repetitive ascending lines in the strings give us tension, leading us upward into the mysteries. The descending eighth note line propels us forward into the next ascending row. At timestamp 1:12, the horns come in with a melody.

Each time the horns sustain a note before rhythmic trumpeting, the woodwinds play a quick descending line as counterpoint. At 1:20, the harp takes that idea and develops upon it. The harp is the main focus and the section lacks any punctuating rhythms, unlike the previous moment. Timestamp 1:25 brings back the punctuation as well as syncopates the rhythm for the thrilling tensity. Above this is the violin, borrowing from the themes of Marleybone. Using a theme to represent the people of Marleybone is a leitmotif. This makes the music coherent with the world, showing how the Marleybonians have brought their musical voice and how it effects the world of Celestia.

Mysterious Theme I

Like sea life swimming in and out of the corals in a reef, the orchestral texture solemnly and constantly shifts, phasing in and out. The high piano keys and harp accompany the echoing solo, like a sea creature seeing another silhouette off in the distance.

The texture shifts at 00:26 seconds, coming in with the timpani strike. The texture solidifies to be more traditionally orchestral. The cellos play the melody with the celesta doubling. The horns play an ascending line in the space of the melody. When it repeats, the strings and trumpets take over this counterpoint. At 00:42 seconds, the horns come back in lower, playing the melody as the trumpets play the counterpoint. The trumpets then lead us into the next section with their soli.

The next section at 00:52 seconds brings in a colder texture with the piccolo, harp, and celesta. The piccolo, as the highest voice, is the most noticeable to our ears. This develops a motif in different harmonic contexts that form a melody. The harp and celesta play arpeggios along with the bassoons. The horns play to lead into the different chord changes.

The unstable harmony builds tension, leading to the climax at timestamp 1:08. The horns and choir sustain their tones, giving the orchestra a full, supported sound. The celesta doubles the melody of the horns, adding a mysterious timbre. The timpani pluck of the harp marks the end of the adventurous section and leads us back into the cloudy mystery of the harp and celesta. The celesta plays the piccolo’s melody from before, giving an eerie tone.

Mysterious Theme II

Check out Maleficent’s transcription of this piece on Musescore!
We begin with a very light and airy texture, utilizing the smooth and cold sounds of the flutes, harp, and celesta. The flute and violin harmonize with each other as the murmuring harp supports the overlaying texture.

The flute section plays two variations on a harmonized five-note melody. At 0:12 seconds, the cello enters as the celesta continues its overlying waltz figure and the harp continues its arpeggio pattern. The slight texture change effects the mood, becoming more peaceful and melancholy than mysterious.

At 00:24 seconds, the cello’s descending figure in the melody leads to a brief stop in the harmony of the music as the suspended cymbal leads us into the next section. This technique is common in dance music, where a brief break after building tension makes us desire a resolution.

The celesta and piccolo double the melody as the violin takes over the harp’s function from before. The horns and strings sustain chords, implying the dorian mode (a specific kind of minor mode). We sway back and forth between two chords, the tonic and the major IV chord. Typically a minor iv chord, the raised scale degree in dorian gives us the unique and regal harmonic colour presented in this section.

In stark contrast, our next section has modulated to the major mode, giving it a brighter mood. The upbeat waltz pattern in the horns and strings mellows the tone. The light melody on the flute is uplifting and delicate. The music paints a picture of the fragile crumbling ruins of Celestia and the delicate breeze in the leaves of the Floating Lands.

The glissando in the celesta at 00:50 seconds leads us into the contrast of orchestration in the section. The melody is carried to the violin, still being supported by the underlying waltz figure in the horns and pizzicato strings. Timestamp 0:58 gives us a cadential point, or rest within the music. The low strings and brass come together to play a descending figure, which as the tonic gets lower in the orchestra, the more at rest we are with it and the closer to the end we seem to become. Like Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker, the piece ends with a quick sixteenth note run in the celesta.

Calling back to the themes of Marleybone again, we are given a Mary Poppins-like texture with quick descending arpeggios in the celesta. The low strings and brass begin the melody as both sections high ends add in gradually, building the tension. Mysteriously, we end quietly with the celesta and violin in a cute and peaceful duet, calling back to the cello solo at the beginning. The flute ends the piece on the leading tone, which when harmonized with the pizzicato strings, implies the lydian mode, a mysterious and airy major mode.

Tribal Theme

The Tribal theme begins aggressively with a swift tam-tam (gong) strike and men’s choir. Hand drums accompany the singers primitive-sounding vocals in the intrada leading into the next section. Percussion of many colors adds vibrance to the flute’s main melodic line 00:11 seconds into the piece.

Timbres such as the marimba and xylophone are essential to the tropical sound of the piece. The bassoon takes over the flute’s melody in its mid-high register 00:21 seconds in. The xylo adds in, like a bandage to patch the transition.

At 00:34 seconds, the texture becomes more mysterious with a strong modal shift occurring at the same time. The flute takes over the melody, bringing a colder texture upfront in the ensemble. The harp has a glissando over a sustained chord in the vibraphone.

We come back into our happy texture at 00:38 seconds with harmonizing high strings and xylophone doubling a melodic line. As they fade out, the bass drum strikes, empowering the marimba’s ascending arpeggiated line.

Timestamp 00:43 brings us a hefty cadence point into the next climactic section. We see the return of the tribal voices in counterpoint of the strings and mallet percussion. In other words, the voices sing where the other melody’s voice is sustained on a note.

This thick orchestral texture relaxes into a flute solo at 00:56 seconds. This time, the melodic line is played in a lower register, bringing a sense of familiarity, but closure to the piece. Most pieces feel resolved in lower registers and more tense in the higher ones and this piece exemplifies that.

Finale Theme

The crash in the percussion initiates the orchestra. The woodwinds scramble together from motifs, or recognizable fragments in development. This continues as an ostinato as the low brass comes in with a simple melody. The high brass comes in at 00:19 seconds, continuing where the low brass left off. This melody introduces the main thematic material used in the piece, categorized by its short-long-short-long rhythm. This section ends with a bass drum hit as the ensemble plays a dramatic chord.

The suspended cymbal leads us into the next section at 00:32 as the rhythm changes into a triple meter. The woodwinds’ downbeat is emphasized more than the other two beats in each measure, giving the feeling of a waltz. The melody stated beforehand in the brass develops with this meter change. The short-long-short-long pattern shortens the longer note by a single beat so that the long note plays on each downbeat. As this occurs, the horns and trumpets have a call-and-response pattern with each other. As one group sustains a note in their melody, the other repeats it in the meantime. The melody is given to the flute, continuing the same rhythmic pattern

The melody climaxes at 00:52 seconds, as the timpani strikes. The high strings emphasize the downbeat of the melody the as the brass plays. All the while, the harp plays quick, descending arpeggiated runs while the flute rocks back and forth between notes.

In the transition section at 1:15, the flute and the harp duo together to create a mysterious ambiance before jumping right into the grand finale of the piece at timestamp 1:29. In the meantime, the mysterious mood distracts us from the fact that the rhythm is changing to duple meter, giving us four beats per measure. In this section, we see the full development from the short-long-short-long motif become short-long-short-up-down-up-down.

Thank you, Starlights, for joining me on this musical adventure through the music of Celestia.

Disclaimer:

All transcriptions of the music are from the original/classic mode music scrolls. Not all of my transcriptions are 100% accurate, but they are close and the rhythm is properly notated.

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Crafting101 – Celestia | Pt 2

Posted on December 23, 2018January 17, 2019 by Peyton Lionheart

Welcome back to Crafting101. In our second edition of Celestia crafting, we will go over Odgen Peake’s Tea Set request. You will find him in Survey Camp, Celestia, down the left path when arriving from the Spiral Door. In his quest, “Time for Tea,” Odgen Peake is homesick, and asks for a tea set, to give him a touch of home while he’s away in Celestia

The recipe is available from Tarold Wayfinder in Northguard, Grizzleheim for 2,430 gold. You will find him in the crossroads of the courtyard of Northguard’s fort.

The Recipe

This is the recipe for the Tea Set you need to craft for Odgen Peake. The reagents are listed below.

Reshuffle

You will need 5 Reshuffle Treasure Cards. Harold Argleston, Zan’ne, and The Archivist sell this treasure card for 1,100 gold each. If you are a Balance Wizard, Niles in Krokosphinx, Krokotopia has the recipe to craft this card.

Amethyst

You will need 1 Amethyst. You will have to harvest or buy this gem from vendors like Al Saf’wan or Campbell Hodgson for 15 gold each. They may be harvested from plants such as Ivy League, Snap Dragon, and Fortune Cookie Tree

Shadow Oil

You will need 3 Shadow Oil. Archytas, Campbell Hodgson, and Al Saf’wan sell this reagent for 20 gold and it ranges from 10-100 gold in the bazaar. This reagent may also be harvested from Orange Dandelions.

Glass Vial

You will need 1 Glass Vial. Crystal Vial is a pricey reagent when bought from a vendor or the Bazaar. The vendors in Wysteria, Mooshu, and Dragonspyre sell them for 330 gold whereas buying them from the Bazaar may cost between 165 to 1650 gold each, depending on availability. This reagent can also be harvested from Pink Dandelions.

Fossil

You will need 8 Fossils. Fossils are a rare harvest from Stone Blocks, which can be found in Survey Camp, Base Camp, and Stormriven in Celestia, along with many other places in the Spiral. This reagent may be harvested from Burning Snap Dragons and Fickle Pickles. The transmute recipe is listed below.

Red Mandrake

You will need 35 Red Mandrake. Mandrake may be collected from The Floating Land in Celestia, the Haunted Cave, Sunken City, Nightside, and Colossus Boulevard in Wizard City. The Transmute recipe is listed below.

Transmute Recipes

Fossil

This recipe requires 15 stone blocks. It is available from Balthazar Dragonthorn in The Atheneum, Dragonspyre for 200 gold. As mentioned, stone blocks can be found right in Celestia.

Red Mandrake

This recipe requires 10 Mist Wood and 10 Mushroom. It is available from Eudora Tangletree in Olde Town, Wizard City for 300 gold. Mist Wood may be found, most notably, in Marleybone and Wizard City, as well as The Floating Lands, Celestia. Deep Mushroom may be found in Wizard City, Mooshu, inside the structures of Krokotopia, and Stormriven, Celestia.

Conclusion

Once you have collected all of the reagents, you will need to craft the tea set in the furniture crafting station. Now let’s go enjoy a spot of tea with Odgen Peake! Congratulations on your extra training point, use it wisely. Please note that this is a side quest and you will not receive a new crafting badge or time slot.

Crafting101 – Celestia | Pt 1

Posted on December 22, 2018January 16, 2019 by Peyton Lionheart

Welcome to Crafting101 young wizard, or welcome back if you’ve been following along on our journey. Now that you have achieved your Master Artisan Badge, you are well on your way to the next tier, the Grandmaster Artisan Badge. Before you can begin this quest, you need to get to The Floating Lands, Celestia. In order to unlock Celestia, you will need to defeat Dragonspyre, and the infamous Malistaire but you can complete this crafting quest at any level by teleporting to a friend.

Step 1 – Pierce Stanson

Now that you have stepped out into The Floating Lands, you are ready to track down Pierce Stanson to start the quest. Upon exiting the Survey Camp onto the beach, he will be to the left, up against the path. Once you find him, you will be assigned the quest “That Seven Seas Show.” #puns

Step 2 – “That Seven Seas Show”

The recipe is available from Pierce Stanson, himself. The amulet will cost 1,787 gold. Let’s check out the resources we can gather together! The amulet will require 8 Fish Fins, 11 Golden Pearls, 7 Perfect Jades, 5 Polymorph Treant Treasure Cards, 5 Pristine Vials, 10 Sandstones, and 6 Sunstones.

Step 3 – Gathering the Reagents

Fish Fin

8 Fish Fins will be needed in total. Aside from hunting them down in the bazaar, you can garden Maelstrom Snap Dragons, receive them from the Magic Eggs housing reward item, or transmute from fish scales.

Golden Pearl

11 Golden Pearls will be needed in total. These are a rare harvest that you can find from pearls in Stormriven hall, The Grotto, The Portico, and Waterworks, Crab Alley. However, you can transmute regular pearls into golden pearls too. They may be harvested from Maelstrom Snap Dragon, and Evil Magma Peas, Deadly Helephant Ears, and Fickle Pickles. The Gorilla, Minotaur, Magic Eggs, and Dragonfly all have this item as one of their daily rewards.

Perfect Jade

7 Perfect Jades will be needed in total. You will have to buy or harvest these gems. It is most easy to buy them from Archytas in the Survey Camp for 100 gold each. The Bountiful Cart can also give Perfect Jade as a reward. Gardening the Maelstrom Snap Dragon or Ivy League gives a chance at this item.

Polymorph Treant Treasure Card

5 Polymorph Treant Treasure Cards will be needed in total. You are able to buy them from the Archivist in District of the Stars, Celestia. They may also be harvested from plants such as Moon Flowers, Red Grapes of Wrath, and Sour Fickle Pickles.

Pristine Vial

5 Pristine Vials will be needed in total. Pristine Vials are an item you will need to buy or harvest. Archytas sells these for 500 gold each, but if you grow the Maelstrom Snap Dragon, you will have a chance at harvesting this item.

Sandstone

10 Sandstones will be needed in total. They may be transmuted with stone blocks or gathered from sandy places in the Spiral. Sandstone can be harvested in the Science center, The House of Scales, Upper Zigazag, Krokotopia, as well as Azteca and Mirage. They can be gathered as a rare harvest from Stone Blocks in Celestia, Dragonspyre, Mooshu, Grizzleheim, Marleybone, Krokotopia, and Wizard City. Growing Maelstrom Snap Dragon, Evil Magma Peas, Fickle Pickle, and Deadly Helephant Ears can give you a chance at Sandstone.

Sunstone

6 Sunstones will be needed in total. You may transmute these from sandstones. These are a rare harvest from sandstone. Sunstone is harvestable from Maelstrom Snap Dragon, Evil Magma Peas, Fickle Pickle, and Deadly Helephant Ears.

Step 4 -Completion

Now that you have all your ingredients, go back to your Equipment Crafting Station and begin making the Seal of the Seven Seas. Once you have turned in the quest, you will be awarded 7,278 gold and your Grandmaster Artisan badge. Congratulations Wizard!

Thank you, Starlight, for your time here crafting and collecting reagents.

Catching the Humunukapua

Posted on November 27, 2018March 18, 2019 by Erin EagleCaller

Every Monday morning, the weekly tournament fish changes. In this article, I’m going to share my experience with the fantastic hobby of tournament fishing!

Humunukapua

School Life | Rank 3 | Common/Regular |1500 XP

No used in any recipes

Αverage sale price in gold: 1300 each

Limits:

Small Fry: <15

Whopper: >45

Fish Location In order:

Celestia/Celestia Base Camp/The Floating Land

Housing Items:

Fantastic Voyage Expedition

How to catch a Whopper:

The best place is the Fantastic Voyage Expedition if you have access to it. The Humunukapua is one of 2 life fish. The other being the Mistletoe Angler, although this is a seasonal fish which only appears during the Yuletide season and is a Rank 1 fish.

How to find this fish:

1. Reveal Large Fish / Reveal Fish School
2. If no fish are affected: Summon Fish and repeat
3. If a fish is revealed: Reveal Rank 1 fish
4. If no fish are affected: Common Vitality Lure and catch it

The first 3 winners will get tournament tickets:

First place: 120 tickets
Second place: 50 tickets
Third place: 20 tickets

The Tournament end on the 10/11/18

Good luck!

Catching the Ice School of Fish

Posted on October 29, 2018February 4, 2019 by Erin EagleCaller

Every Monday morning the weekly tournament fish changes. There are secrets that many Wizard101 fishing lovers don’t know. I want to share my experiences with you and travel together exploring the fantastic world of wizard101 tournament fishing!

Ice School of Fish

School Ice | Rank2 | Common/ Regular | 1,200 XP

No used in any recipes

Αverage sale price in gold: 600 each

Limits:

Small Fry <10

Whopper >40

Locations In order:

Azteca/The Zocalo/Zultun Dock/ Cloudburst Forest

Celestia/Celestia Base Camp/ District of the Stars

Dragonspyre:

The Basilica/The Atheneum/Plaza of Conquests,

The Basilica/The Atheneum,

The Basilica/The Atheneum/The Grand Chasm

The Basilica/The Atheneum/The Tower Archives

The best place to catch it:

Cloudburst Forest because there is no other fish of the ice school there!

How to catch a Whopper

Use the spells in order: Winnow ice fish and then Reveal Large Fish. If no Fish are affected, summon fish and repeating the 2 first step. If you see any ice fish, put ice lure 2 or 3 and try to catch it! If you can’t see anything, go to the highest point and repeat the spell. Try glancing to all destinations quickly to see if anything shows up.

The first 3 winners will get tournament tickets:

First place: 120 tickets
Second place: 50 tickets
Third place: 20 tickets

The tournament ends at 30/07/18

Good luck

Catching the Guard Doodlefish

Posted on October 29, 2018February 4, 2019 by Erin EagleCaller

the Guard Doodlefish

School Balance | Rank 1 | Common/Regular | 1,500 XP

Limits:

Small Fry < 13

Whopper > 40

No used in any recipes

Αverage sale price in gold: 700 each

Fish Location:

Housing Items:

Battlemage Keep
*Houses purchased through Bundles, have a unique doodlefish.

How to catch a small fry

Go to the Commons and then navigate yourself to the Castle Tours headquarters where you can find the following in Visit Castle/ top rated list. It the only Balance school fish this season in that Castle. The fish that we are looking for, the shadow in the water are 13 and less for small fry. That means we are looking for fishes that have a smaller shadow. If a lure is always 10, that fish in small fry are 1,3 less that lure. But for doodlefish those limits are relative, they are about double the size of the lure.

See an example with a guard doodlefish at 13,60 relative with the lure:

The first 3 winners will get tournament tickets:

First place: 120 tickets
Second place: 50 tickets
Third place: 20 tickets

The tournament ends at 06/08/18

Good luck!

Catching the Fish Sandwich

Posted on October 29, 2018February 4, 2019 by Erin EagleCaller

This week we have the Fish Sandwich:

School Myth 1 | Rank | Common/ Regular | 1,300 XP

Limits:

Small Fry < 10

Whopper > 29,90

Fish Location In order:

Wizard City/ The Commons/ Shopping District/ Olde Town/Cyclops Lane

Zafaria/Baobab Crossroads/ Baobab Market

Housing Items:

Castaway’s Bungalow

Myth House

Aero Village

NOTE: Houses purchased through Bundles have a unique doodlefish.

No used in any recipes

Αverage sale price in gold: 300 each

How to catch a Whopper

The best place to try is the Castaway’s Bungalow because there aren’t any other myth fish there. If you don’t find any castle to visit, the next best location is Cyclops Lane. Check the big pond in the park, Myth rank 1.

>25 for Whopper.

Spells in order

Winnow Myth Fish/ Reveal Large Fish
If no fish are affected – Summon Fish and repeat
If a fish is revealed – use Lesser Frost Lure, Minor Fable Lure or Common Fable Lure and catch it.
If nothing shows or no message appears, search the pond and repeat Reveal Large Fish

Tips

The fish that we are looking for, the shadow in the water will be 30 and more for Large Fish. That means when we are looking for fish with our eye, If a lure is a 10, the Whopper Fish Sandwich is 3 times the size of the lure. To avoid catching Mythacudas, make sure the shadow is over 3 times the size of the lure and not 2.5.

The first 3 winners will get tournament tickets:

First place: 120 tickets
Second place: 50 tickets
Third place: 20 tickets

The tournament ends at 20/08/18

Good luck!

How to Win: Fishing Tournament

Posted on October 29, 2018December 15, 2018 by Erin EagleCaller

Every Monday morning a new fish is out there for us to catch fishing tournament. When you catch one of the right size, the game will ask if you want to enter that fish in the tournament. If your answer is Yes, it will remove it from your fish basket and automatically tell you in which place are you in the tournament. If you answer no, the fish will be in your backpack already and you can sell it, or move it to an aquarium. You can also transfer it with the aquarium in the shared bank and move it into another player in the fish basket and take back the aquarium and repeat this. For the tournament, it will not count if you transfer to your other characters. Only the fish caught during that week’s tournament can be entered to the list. Only the first 100 players to have entered will win gold. Wizards who are at least Level 7 will be called by Lucky Hookline to learn the skill of Fishing. It’s important to have all of the fishing spells trained for the fishing tournament!

The most important spells to start with

Catch a fish with a school lure rank, must be fishing rank 2.
Reveal Whoppers and almost Whoppers and Reveal Small Fries and almost Small Fries, must be fishing rank 2.
Reveal the Magic School of all Fish, must be fishing rank 2.
Winnow will scare away all fish except the school you are fishing for (each school) fishing rank 3.

Continue your training with Haarek Silverscale, Frode Silverscale, Yuri Smokesnare,Timor Flamecaster , Ryoshi, and Alejandro de la Paz. Follow them from the Wizard City to Grizzleheim, Dragonspyre , MooShu, Avalon, and Atzeca.

There are three types of rarities that a Fish can come in: Common, Rare, and Epic. These rarities represent how often Fish can be found skulking around in their native ponds. Common Fish are much easier to come by, while Rare Fish are a bit more uncommon. Epic Fish are very rare. For Common fish, you can earn 120 tickets for 1st place, 2nd 50 and third 20. For a rare fish earn 1st 250 tickets 2nd 120 & 3nd 50.

Finally for epic 500 tickets for 1st place, 250 for 2nd and 120 for third place. Only one take the first place, 2 the silver place (about +/-0,5 from the 1st ) and 3 the bronze place (about +/-0,5 from the 2nd). Fish have 3 different classifications which include Regular, Tall, and Large. Regular is the most common size used by Fish. Tall generally consists of Jellyfish and Squids while Large is mostly for Stingrays and other large Fish.

For the fishing tournament, we need the rarest fish that and only the small fry’s or whoppers. All the fish have a specific limit from keeper to whopper or keeper to small fry. Reveal Whoppers and almost Whoppers spell, show and fish that are +0,10 from the limit. Reveal Small Fries and almost Small Fries spell, show, and fish that are -0,10 from the limit.

The gold for these fish will be more than if we sell a regular fish. Catching a fish for the first time gives 100 times the normal experience of catching the same fish again. Catching rare fish and epic fish will give more experience than catching common fish. Different kinds of fish are ranked differently, and this classification depends on their degree of difficulty being caught. Any Fish can be caught using any lure, but using a higher rank lure gives a higher chance of catching higher rank fish. In order to have the best chance of catching any fish, you need the right lure or more rank and the right school. Example: For a fish school of storm, rank 2, needs the “minor spark lure” spell. For a common fish, usually, we didn’t need fishing luck. For a rare fish we need at least 15-25% luck and finally, for an epic fish, we need 25-50% fishing luck. Gear with additional Fishing Luck is available from Brandon Mistborn for Arena Tickets.

Everyone who enters a fish in a Tournament will earn the badge “Medal Catcher” plus “Deep Sea Pro (Catch 1 Whopper Fish) or “Catch of the Day”(Catch 1 Small Fry Fish). Currently, fishing ponds are available in portions of Wizard City, Krokotopia, MooShu, Dragonspyre, Celestia, Zafaria, Grizzleheim, Avalon , Atzeca as well as from houses purchased through bundles and all 7 schools houses. To catch a fish is easy: give the right lure (rank fish, school) and then when the lure sinks completely underwater, press the spacebar fast.

Sentinels will protect the other Fish by scaring away fish that are nibbling on Lures, or they may even steal the Lures.

If you want to catch a sentinel fish, when it first touches the lure, press space bar very fast, don’t wait to sink the lure.

To see the fish in your backpack press V to open your fish basket. You can sell them or keep them for your collection.

If you want to see how many different types of fish you have caught press the angler’s tome button in your fish basket.

At the bottom of the angler’s tome you will see the total fish.

Total Fish
Total different fish
Total Small fries
Total Whoppers

Do your fishing spell quests with me and discover the secrets of winning the tournament each week!

Are you ready for a fishing challenge?

Catching the Sword Tail

Posted on October 29, 2018February 4, 2019 by Erin EagleCaller

Every Monday morning the weekly tournament fish changes. There are fishing secrets that I can tell you. I want to share with you my experience in the fantastic world of wizard101 tournament fishing!

Sword Tail

School Fire /Rank 2 /Common/Large /1,400 XP

Limits:

Small Fry < 12,90
Whopper > 25

No used in any recipes

Αverage sale price in gold: 200 each

Fish Locations:

Avalon:
Caer Lyon
Caliburn
High Road
Lake Shore
Mysterious Well
Poisoned Well
The Wild
The Wyrd

How to catch a small fry

The best to catch this fish is the Mysterious Well. In all locations you will also find the “Fish and Chips” fire school rank 1. The smallest pond we can see everything from fishing spells in at the same time is the Mysterious Well. It is a dungeon but it is not necessary to fight in order to fish there.

Find it in Order

Caliburn / Caer Lyon/ Outer Yard / Mysterious Well

Spells in order:

Winnow Fire Fish
Reveal Small Fish
If nothing is affected – Summon Fish and repeat
If it shows a fish – Check to see if it’s moving faster than the others, if not it’s the “Fish and Chips”

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The first 3 winners will get tournament tickets:
First: 120
Second: 50
Third: 20

The tournament ends at 27/08/18

Good luck!

Learn more for the fishing tournament here!