Halloween



Halloween is an annual special event that takes place at the end of October that celebrates the return of Mad King Thorn from the Underworld. Some outposts celebrate Halloween by decorating them to have an appropriately ghoulish and ghostly appearance. Preceded by his undead herald, Bruce the Herald, and his undead horsemen entourage, the populace is warned of the Mad King's arrival.

Decorated outposts
Lion's Arch, Droknar's Forge, Kamadan, Jewel of Istan and Tomb of the Primeval Kings are all redecorated in a suitably festive (dark) style.

Quests

 * Quests added in 2009:
 * Something Wicked This Way Comes
 * Don't Fear the Reapers
 * Stemming the Skeletal Tide
 * Every Bit Helps
 * The Waiting Game
 * Quests added in 2010:
 * Heirlooms of the Mad King
 * Commandeering a Mortal Vessel
 * An Ingenious Plan
 * Til Death Do Us Part...
 * Open the Flood Gates of Death
 * The Killing Joke

Headgear
Participation in one of Mad King Thorn's appearances will earn you a Festival hat:

Ascalon City

 * Horseman Nurmangor
 * Horseman Irimund

Droknar's Forge

 * Bobby (Costume Brawl)
 * Horseman Vilneous
 * Horseman Calstein
 * Nameless Lich

Lion's Arch

 * Bobby (Costume Brawl)
 * Buried corpse
 * Ghosts
 * Horseman Vulgamor
 * Horseman Malfein
 * Horseman Sorcein
 * Mad King's Guards
 * Mad King Thorn (only during finale events)
 * Mad King's Steward
 * The Countess of Hakewood
 * Transformed Krytans

Henge of Denravi

 * Horseman Saralim
 * Horseman Darelum

Champion's Dawn

 * Horseman Jaysin
 * Horseman Bishma

Kamadan, Jewel of Istan

 * Bobby (Costume Brawl)
 * Buried corpse
 * Emissary of King Thorn of Kryta
 * Horseman Naramor
 * Horseman Garthim
 * Horseman Aramon
 * Mad King Thorn (only during finale events)
 * Mad King's Guards
 * Mad King's Steward
 * Transformed Elonians

Kodlonu Hamlet

 * Horseman Kronar
 * Horseman Vadir

Sunspear Great Hall

 * Horseman Maxilus
 * Horseman Nuher

Costume Brawl

 * Billy

Great Temple of Balthazar

 * Bobby (Costume Brawl)

Finale
Mad King Thorn will appear in the glowing circle, and the finale will only affect those in the circle. Throughout the finale, Thorn will shout commands and rewards those who do them with an item (in 2005 and 2006, it was a random item, from 2007 on it is a Trick-or-Treat Bag). Those who fail will be killed. Deaths do not increase the death count.

Previously held festivals

 * Halloween 2010 &mdash; Added new quests, new costumes, new disguises and a new map to Costume Brawl, Trick-or-Treat Bag rewards and new NPC disguises to GvG.
 * Halloween 2009 &mdash; Added new festival quests.
 * Halloween 2008 &mdash; Added a new map to Costume Brawl.
 * Halloween 2008 Redux
 * Halloween 2007 &mdash; Added Costume Brawl and Trick-or-Treat Bags
 * Halloween 2006 &mdash; Added Kamadan, Jewel of Istan to the cities that celebrated, including its own finale.
 * Halloween 2005 &mdash; Introduced Halloween as an event which was celebrated in Lion's Arch, Droknar's Forge, the Tomb of the Primeval Kings, with collectors in various places and the finale in Lion's Arch.