The Britain Invasion

The Britain Invasion was an in-game event consisting of humanoid monsters emanating from Despise dungeon and invading the nearby city of Britain. This event lasted from late January 2005 to early May 2005. This was the first invasion event to use Generals and systematically advancing and retreating spawn points. The invasion occurred simultaneously in both Trammel and Felucca.

The Security Consultant

Throughout the invasion, a static, invulnerable, "friendly" lizardman named "The Security Consultant" was located in The Cat's Lair bar and pub in Britain. When talked to, The Security Consultant explained that, for a fee, he could supposedly help to induce the invaders to quit their invasion. To this end, players could then give gold to The Security Consultant (drag and drop it onto his body). It is unclear if this had any real affect on the status of the invasion.

The Security Consultant character was based loosely on various real life and fictionalized protection rackets wherein members of a criminal organization extort money from local businesses, ostensibly to "protect" these businesses from vandalism or violent acts, and then themselves perpetrate said vandalism and violent acts to ensure payment.

After the end of the invasion, a statue of a lizardman entitled "Benefactor Of Britain" appeared on a pedestal several tiles from the northeast corner of the Gung Farmer's Bridge. It is labelled as being "Commissioned By The Security Consultant" and "Dedicated Spring Of 2005," and lists the following statistics about the invasion in its corresponding facet:

• Value Appraised At X Gold - The amount of gold given to The Security Consultant during the invasion.
  • The material color of the statue is dependent upon the amount of gold that was given to The Security Consultant:
    • 0: Default lizardman coloring.
    • 1 - 999,999 Gold: Copper
    • 1,000,000 - 2,999,999: Bronze
    • 3,000,000 - 4,999,999: Golden
    • 5,000,000 - 9,999,999: Agapite
    • 10,000,000 - 14,999,999: Verite
    • 15,000,000+: Valorite
• Invading Forces Challenged/Routed/Destroyed X Times - The number of times the invasion was pushed back and out of Britain.
  • The phrasing used is dependent upon the number of times the invaders were pushed back:
    • 0: Invading Forces Made Themselves At Home In Britain.
    • 1: Invading Forces Pushed Back Once.
    • 2 - 9: Invading Forces Challenged X Times.
    • 10 - 19: Invading Forces Routed X Times.
    • 20+: Invading Forces Destroyed X Times.
• X Generals Killed - The number of General-class monsters killed during the invasion.
• X Minions Killed - The number of standard monsters killed during the invasion.

Trammel

Shard	Value	Material Color	Pushbacks	Generals Killed	Minions Killed
Arirang	115,833	Copper	2	3,291	304,727
Asuka	11,093,874	Verite	28	20,795	2,106,293
Atlantic	4,160,467	Gold	19	14,227	1,537,558
Baja	2,503,758	Bronze	10	7,851	939,604
Balhae	3,332,460	Gold	1	2,039	191,450
Catskills	12,056,524	Verite	11	11,037	1,152,362
Chesapeake	1,462,893	Bronze	24	11,685	1,263,366
Drachenfels	3,157,374	Gold	14	6,756	782,153
Europa	22,730,857	Valorite	38	10,253	1,084,629
Formosa	155,471	Copper	10	6,616	726,121
Great Lakes	2,400,445	Bronze	20	13,310	1,456,821
Hokuto	16,364,752	Valorite	51	17,503	1,790,410
Izumo	33,394,292	Valorite	33	17,594	1,842,663
Lake Austin	1,219,349	Bronze	3	4,505	547,742
Lake Superior	8,751,808	Agapite	20	14,273	1,529,753
Mizuho	12,136,220	Verite	39	16,477	1,633,348
Mugen	3,982,934	Gold	0	2,491	215,241
Napa Valley	3,733,879	Gold	26	9,719	1,079,728
Oceania	16,822,650	Valorite	4	4,678	474,344
Origin	2,969,628	Bronze	2	3,894	447,170
Pacific	5,271,730	Agapite	12	9,496	1,074,318
Sakura	16,742,163	Valorite	63	13,307	1,341,066
Sonoma	683,023	Copper	25	7,572	806,136
Wakoku	21,884,670	Valorite	51	13,813	1,393,683
Yamato	27,413,105	Valorite	32	20,277	2,012,276

Trammel

Shard	Value	Material Color	Pushbacks	Generals Killed	Minions Killed
Arirang
Asuka
Atlantic
Baja
Balhae
Catskills
Chesapeake
Drachenfels
Europa
Formosa
Great Lakes
Hokuto
Izumo
Lake Austin
Lake Superior
Mizuho
Mugen
Napa Valley
Oceania
Origin
Pacific
Sakura
Siege Perilous
Sonoma
Wakoku
Yamato

See Also

• Events