2011 Easter event

"Holly and Hawthorn" redirects here. For the location, see Land of Holly and Hawthorn.

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Holly and Hawthorn
Release date								19 April 2011 (Update)
End date								3 May 2011 (Update)
Rewards								Sunbeam crown Icicle crown (members)
Emote								Invoke Spring
Preceded by								Egg-streme Management (2010)
Succeeded by								A Fowl Easter (2012)

The 2011 Easter event, officially named Holly and Hawthorn, was released on 19 April 2011. In the Land of Holly and Hawthorn, the Queen of Sunrise and the Queen of Snow required assistance in transitioning the season from winter to spring.

The event is split into two different quests, with one being members only. There is the Holly quest and the Hawthorn quest, the latter of which can only be completed by members. As such, each quest yielded its own rewards.

Official description

“

Spring has sprung and Easter is here! At least, it will be once this year’s ceremonial handover of the seasons is done. Help things along by chopping down some evil holly or hawthorn trees, make sure nothing goes wrong with the ceremony, and then maybe even take part in one of our Easter-related competitions.

”

Holly

Main article: Holly

Talk to the Queen of Sunrise in the Land of Holly and Hawthorn to start the Holly portion. Ask if she has a task for you. She explains that she and the Queen of Sunrise are fighting for the Year using evil trees.

Hawthorn

Main article: Hawthorn

This quest is members only. Talk to the Queen of Snow in the Land of Holly and Hawthorn to begin. Ask if she has a task for you. She explains that she and the Queen of Sunrise are fighting for the Year using evil trees.

Music unlocked

• Lament of the Snow Queen
• Spring Song

Gallery

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  The portal to the event
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  The portal when spring has come
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  The Queen of Sunrise invoking spring
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  A still of the land
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  A view of the trees
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  Players working together to cut down an evil holly tree
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  The bank chest in the event.

Credits

2011 Easter event
Developers
Developer				Mod John A

Transcript

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Click here for a transcript of possible conversations and other messaging encountered throughout the event.

Update history

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• update 19 April 2011 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• The Queen of Sunrise NPC that first made an appearance in this event is based on Eostre, the Germanic Goddess of the Dawn, who is commonly associated with hares and rabbits (The "Easter Bunny"), and the source of the name of the Easter festival.
• The examine of the bank chest in The Land of Holly and Hawthorn reads "Interest rates have been frozen".
• If Antipodean squirrel is spoken to during the event, your character makes the remark to "stop breaking the fourth wall" while the squirrel replies "Like you stay in character all the time".
• If Jack Frost is spoken to during the event, he will make a remark to the Easter Bunny how people never eat easter eggs as they have become rare items and people leave them in their bank.
• If you obtained a snow imp during the 2009 Christmas event (or the other Christmas events with snow imps), then the snow imp that you obtained during one of those events is right there north of the Queen of Snow.
• The sculpture you make during the event appears north-east of the Snowy hunter area fairy ring DKS after the quest.
• Even after the event was removed from the game, evil tree kindling remained in players' banks and did not disappear. This has since been addressed.