Published by: The Santae Team
Vespera's Proposition
After a long and perilous journey back to the Marketplace at Lani Archipelagoes, Vespera was feeling exhausted, but energized. She had plenty of time on this journey to conjure an offer and she felt it was something that Barnaby could not refuse.
As she approached his stall, she overheard Barnaby's conversation with some adventurers -
"But I just want a few 
sanDust!" the adventurer stammered. "Sorry, but this Fishing Trash has no value. What am I supposed to do with it?" Barnaby replied.
Vespera waited for the adventurer to pick up their haul and walk away before approaching Barnaby, with River following close behind her.
"You know..." Vespera started, while stroking her Raylen's feathers, " I bet you could find a use for all the trash items if you put your mind to it..?".
Barnaby looked at her and rolled his eyes. "See, the problem Vespera, isnt that I cant accept them - it's that Adventurers only need sanDust to tame the Grusim. Once they have a Grusim Figurine, they stop bringing me their items to exchange. So I have to pick and choose which items I'll accept as I know each Adventurer will soon forget to bring me more valuable items..."
Vespera stood silent, a huge grin across her face. "What?" asked Barnaby "- I need to make a living out here too!".
"So if there were more things for adventurers to spend their sanDust on, you would be willing to accept the Fishing Trash, right?", Vespera said, now leading Barnaby into her proposal.
"Of course I would" Barnaby snapped back, appearing somewhat annoyed at Vespera's puzzling approach to this conversation.
"It's settled then. When I return from my adventure, I'll arrange for a new store to open up - one where all Santarians can visit to spend their sanDust on rare artifacts and prizes - on the condition that you agree to exchange Fishing Trash for sanDust going forw-"
"Done.", Barnaby interjected.
sanDust! He has agreed to report to Vespera once the community has sent him 100,000 Fishing Trash items!
Referral Contest Update + FINAL Round of Alpha Testing!
We've ended Alpha 2.0 with an OVERHELMINGLY positive response, along with even more users joining our community, even after applications closed (Welcome!)! We've also had 50+ comments just on our tiktok asking when we would be open again as more people would like to participate.
We have deliberated this and decided to go ahead with one FINAL round of alpha testing applications.
Tomorrow, Saturday 3rd August we will be processing all Referrals, and announcing the raffle winners. We will also publish a list of all users who referred and how many referrals they had.
This new round of alpha applications will be available starting Sunday 4th August through to Sunday 25th August. Any applications received after 23:59:59 SST on August 25th will not be counted for this referral contest. <3
With this alpha wave, we're going to start an ALL NEW referral contest for this phase. Only referrals during Alpha 3.0 will be eligible for these rewards.
A referral is considered valid by putting the referring members's username into the "referred by" field on the application. All referrals are manually verified by The Santae Team. Anyone found to be submitting false/fake referrals will lose their eligibility for this contest and referral prizes.
We will be adding a UI onsite within the first week where you will be able to see how many referrals you have had. Stand by for more information on that.
Each referral will count as a raffle ticket. The raffle will be for those members who may not have many people they know to refer, thus members who receive 1-4 referrals will be eligible for this raffle, If you manage to refer 5+ new members, you will automatically receive the Wispyr. 10 lucky winners of this raffle will win a Divine Wispyr Figurine - COLOR OF YOUR CHOICE
If you get 5+ referrals, you will receive a guaranteed Divine Wispyr Figurine - COLOR OF YOUR CHOICE
If you get 5 referrals, you are guaranteed a Divine Wispyr Figurine - Color of your choice, however, to give more incentive to refer more members to our beautiful community, each additional 5 referrals you obtain, you will win another Divine Wispyr Figurine (color of your choice) with a max of 13 Wispyr Figurines. (Ex: I received 10 referrals, this would qualify you to win two (2) Divine Wispyr Figurines of your choice of color)
Additionally, for each referral you get (up to 8), you will receive ONE random item from the below "Referral Prizes"
(Each item is a max of 1 per person, per referral up to 8 -- These items have been added to the Alpha Rollover Policy)
(These prizes WILL be available in the future via referrals during beta and beyond!)
You'll also receive the "Bring a Friend" medal for your first referral!
This information about the ALL NEW Referral Contest has been placed at the bottom of every page.
Thank you for your participation!
By now you know that we LOVE TO REWARD THE COMMUNITY!
With that in mind we're sending everyone a random Cash Shop Chest - a Sunlords Chest or a Sea Sovereign Counch!
Keep an eye on your SanMail to receive one of those soon!
