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My catapult also accepts donations of live "ammunition".

Oh wonderful darling! That is adorable... and ready for a fight! What amazing detail.

Let me remind everyone to send in their Art Contest submissions and Pumpkin Carving contest submissions in time! The Horrorween is drawing near, and so is the deadline.

Will do darling.... EPIDEMIC!

Darling, what a work of art! You even painted it. Marvelous work. To our other contestants, I suspect many of you will start working on your pumpkins this week as All Hallow's Eve draws near. Be sure to submit your entry for the contest in time!

Fantastic! You made a group of carnival posters! What a wonderful and inspired idea!

Wonderful darling! Our very first entry for the art contest! Amazing work. I love how you included a funfair.

Then you are in for quite a rollerghoster ride, darling! The Queen looks forward to welcoming you all to our event. You are going to have a blast!

We have two costume contests. One requires that you can log in ingame and attend the event in Lion's Arch on an EU server. If you are on a free account, we'll gladly mail the prize to another account for you. The other costume contest is a live costume contest on Discord. For that you need to dress up in real life. Just take a picture or, even better, show off your costume live via webcam.

The Queen can feel the Horrorween vibes already. It is drawing near! Honestly, I don't believe I've ever seen the old snowman this energized. For sure something special must be in the air. This is going to be bigger than ever before. This is an event you don't want to miss.

You can join us on Discord darling. We have several activities that take place on Discord, in addition to the ingame activities. Including a live costume contest on Discord, and of course our Haunted Victrola playing spooky songs.

Aria darling dearest! How wonderful to have you returning to our event. The Queen hopes you can stay the whole night and experience all the frights and delights.

Your first time attending the Horrorween? Darling, you are in for quite an adventure! The Queen was just going over the huge amount of prizes for this year, and I feel that this is going to be insane (-and I should know a thing or two about that).

🎃This year is going to be absolutely delightful! Dear people of Tyria, you have no idea how big the Horrorween is this year! The Queen is so excited, she might almost be nice to a mesmer this year... No, wait. That's too much... dial it back Malafide, dial it back.

This contest had ended. The winners are listed below. To celebrate the 16th annual King and Queen's Horrorween event, this year we also have a Jack-o-Lantern carving contest! To take part, post a picture in this thread of a Jack-o-Lantern that you carved from a real pumpkin or turnip, and include a note in the picture that reads Horrorween 2021. Simply write "Horrorween 2021" on a note, and place it next to your creation when you take the picture. This way we can make sure that the Jack-o-Lantern is actually yours, and made specifically for this contest. Entries that do not include this note, must be disqualified. The deadline is the day after the 2021 Horrorween event. The winner of the best Jack-o-Lantern receives a grand prize. Extra points are awarded for original creations. 1ST PLACE WINNER(Master Carver): Nitsirk! You win: Grinning Gourd Rifle Skin, a Mini Llama Code, a Polyluminescent Undulating Refractor (Orange), a Mini Pumpkin Jack and 10 Mystic Coins. 2ND PLACE WINNER(Goardtastic Slicer): Sindicus! You win: Grinning Gourd Rifle Skin, 250 Ectos, a Polyluminescent Undulating Refractor (Orange), a Mini Pumpkin Jack and 10 Mystic Coins. 3RD PLACE WINNER(Pumpkin Squasher): Yailith! You win: Grinning Gourd Rifle Skin, 50 Ectos and a Mini Pumpkin Jack. FAQ Can I submit pictures of multiple Jack-o-lanterns I made? Absolutely! But there is only one grand prize. Can I simply submit any Jack-o-lantern I made for Halloween this year? Of course! That is the purpose of this event. We want to see your spooky Halloween creations. Must the Jack-o-lantern be Guild Wars themed or Horrorween themed? No, any Jack-o-lantern will do.

This contest is closed and the winners are listed below The King and Queen's Horrorween 2021 - Official Art Contest To celebrate the 16th anniversary of the oldest community event in the history of Guild Wars, we are holding a spooktacular Halloween art contest. To enter, post a Halloween art piece that you created in this thread, and include at least one of the event's hosts in your art piece. The deadline will be the day after the Horrorween 2021 event. So make sure you submit your entry on time! Note that by taking part in this contest you are granting us permission to use your artwork for future (non-commercial) promotion of the Horrorween. We like showing off the amazing art of previous events. Since this year's theme is the Haunted Carnival, extra points are given if you include a circus or funfair theme as well! We have spectacular prizes for the top 3 art pieces, as well as smaller prizes for the runners up. 1ST PLACE WINNER: Kroy! You win an ArenaNet Community Chest Code and Shrouded Bench of the Final Judge. 2ND PLACE WINNER: Monochromie! You win a Palawa Joko Funko POP! Mini code and Shrouded Bench of the Final Judge. 3RD PLACE WINNER: Fleaf! You win a Mini Llama Code and Shrouded Bench of the Final Judge. The rest has earned an honorable mention and wins 100 ectos and 4 mystic coins. Below you will find images of Daniel Frozenwind and Mad Queen Malafide for reference. We accept multiple entries from the same player, but each player is only eligible for one prize. Mad Queen Malafide: https://i.imgur.com/GpUxW1l.jpg https://i.imgur.com/V6hekmC.jpg https://i.imgur.com/02xywtn.jpg https://i.imgur.com/Qjuv3PT.jpg https://i.imgur.com/qOmTWne.jpg Malafide's Staff and Blade: https://i.imgur.com/hFBvJDz.jpg https://i.imgur.com/v2QaFoP.jpg Daniel Frozenwind: https://i.imgur.com/tsfssOo.jpg https://i.imgur.com/5dXdEeV.jpg https://i.imgur.com/PBaiLtb.jpg Frozenwind's Staff: https://i.imgur.com/xJ149Re.jpg

Thanks Konig!

Thanks for the fantastic answers everyone! I've been wondering about a lot of this for ages.

I'm curious to know if there is lore regarding various necromancer skills/spells. I don't expect clear answers on any of these questions (because a lot of it seems open to interpretation), but perhaps some of the lore community can piece together more info than I can on this subject. What is a signet exactly? Is it a symbol that a necromancer carries with them, or a symbol they draw?What is a mark? Is it simply a symbol that the necromancer conjures forth, or do they draw it on the ground?What does it mean to steal life force? Traditionally, a spell like Life Transfer is Blood Magic (in GW1), but does the necromancer steal the blood of their foe, or something else?Is a Spiteful Spirit an actual malevolent spirit summoned forth from the Mists?When a necromancer sacrifices health, do they literally cut themselves with a ritual dagger, as the icons for Blood Ritual and Blood is Power suggest?Several necromancer spells deal with darkness and shadows. Yet, shadow magic doesn't seem to be a school of its own. Is shadow magic its own thing?Does Dhuumfire literally invoke the power of Dhuum himself? And could this be considered heracy?What is a well spell? Is it a dark power invoked from the depths of the earth and brought to the surface by the necromancer?What is a minion exactly? Is it a spirit inhabiting a body created from nearby remains?When a necromancer reaps souls, what exactly do they absorb?What happens when a necromancer uses spectral skills? Do they become a spectre themselves, or do they shift into a spectral realm body and all?Several necromancer skills imply contact with demons, such as Dark Pact. Are necromancers contacting demons in the Mists when they use these skills?What are sand shades exactly?

Indeed it was hard to select winners. Our judges were so divided. Enjoy your prize darling!

Congratulations to all the winners and thanks to all who participated for your wonderful submissions. The Snowman King has increased the value of each of the prizes and the gold amounts have been adjusted accordingly. The total value of each prize is higher now than what we initially posted and we have smaller prizes for the runner ups. Enjoy your prizes and hope to see again next Horrorween!

I'm loving these screenshots and the captions darling! The Queen often neglects to take pictures during her own event.Additionally, the art contest winners have now been decided, and the winners should soon receive their prizes. We were also honored by this wonderful video by Jilly Beene:

Just a quick update. Our judges are currently tallying the votes. We expect to announce the winners somewhere this week. Winners will be picked based on originality, artistic quality of the work, adherence to the rules of the contest and Horrorween spirit. Plus a bit of personal taste from each judge of course. The judges are pretty divided, so I think the final winners will be surprising to all of us.

Absolutely darling. What you said is exactly what we were hoping to do; To inspire people and give them a chance to try out something different, while also giving them an opportunity to showcase their talents to others. As such, we hope that everyone, regardless if they won or not, enjoyed taking part in the contest. As the Queen stated, we can be lenient. Your late submission is accepted. We will also need some time to pick a winner, so please be patient while we do our best to pick our favourites out of an amazing selection of entries. The winners will be announced soon.

We can be a little bit lenient, don't you worry Tezpoca darling. No problem darling. Then that will be the username we'll use to send a prize if you win. Darling, that is adorable! I love it! That is such an original idea!