Magnagora's is also intrigue and 'one of the noble houses is taking advantage of the chaos caused by the Taint Wars to eliminate their competitors - only the Ninth can do this, and they wouldn't be being CAUGHT if they were the Ninth. Find and kill …
That's couched OOC problems in IC language. As far as I know, Ayrideon bailed because the other admin actually wanted him to *volunteer coding* and he was like 'screw that, make me a mortal again.'
It's literally just a watered down version of the curio of it -
This glowing rod is composed of nine streaks of energy, each blazing with intense, crackling power. Its surface is smooth and cool to the touch, though a tingling …