Hey there housing aficionados.
After seven years I finally decided to activate my forum account and what better way to celebrate both it and the Elsweyr event than to invite you all to my pride and joy, the Northern Elsweyr Guar Reserve!
Included with this welcome is this handy
brochure for your viewing pleasure, written from an in-universe perspective, detailing all the sights there are to see when and if you decide to visit.
You can go there and chill any time you like--my home is yours. It has crafting tables and a transmute station for at least some practicality, although it does lack a banker and a merchant due them sharing a collectible space with mounts which I needed for, you guessed it, more guar.
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What is this magical place you speak of?
Why it's my main residence of course. Located at Moon-Sugar Meadow, the Northern Elsweyr Guar Reserve was built to house guar of all shapes and sizes, as well as provide visitors plenty of places to relax and take a load off. As mentioned in the brochure it is open to the public and anyone can visit, assuming of course you play on the PC North American server.
Did you just complete this place?
No, it's actually been open to the public for a while now, but I haven't really advertised it all that much outside my guild. I'd like more people to visit, as that is literally what I made it for other than housing my ever-growing guar collection.
Is this house complete?
Yes and no. It's complete in the sense that all 700 furnishing spaces and 10 mount spaces are currently occupied.
But it's also not complete in the sense that there is more I want to do with it. I tried my hardest to fill out this huge meadow to the best of my ability, but even so there are more spaces I feel like I could do more with. In addition, I don't have any room to place down a banker, a merchant, or the senche-raht who owns the reserve. I do have some plans to implement a new statue or two by removing some of the ferns, but otherwise there isn't much else I can do until such time as housing limits are increased.
But I'm always thinking of ideas.
How many guar are there now?
There are ten currently wandering the reserve, as that is all the game will let me put down. I periodically swap them out for others though. This week the Baandari Peddler Guar and the Bull Kagouti Charger are the newest residents, so they'll likely be there for a while.
Kagouti? I thought this was a guar reserve.
Big toothy guar are still guar, and all guar are welcome.
Wait, how many guar do you actually have?
I have
23 guar mounts,
3 kagouti mounts,
6 pony guar pets,
2 bantam guar pets and
1 kagouti pet.
I am missing
6 guar mounts,
8 pony guar pets,
3 kagouti mounts,
1 kagouti pet and
7 bantam guar according to my last count.
I'm always keeping an eagle eye out for any opportunities to snag some guar that I don't have, although sadly, I think there are some I will never be able to acquire.
10 doesn't seem like a lot of space for that many guar. Have you thought abou...
Building another reserve? I'm glad you asked. As it happens, I'm already working on that.
My second guar reserve, which I'm dubbing "The Hunting Grounds Guar reserve," will be located in Hunter's Glade and is currently under construction. Unlike the previous reserve, this new reserve was built specifically for undead, deadric and supernatural guar specifically. It will feature such sights as "Grey Host Laboratory," "Hollowjack Grove," "Iron Cave," and "The Shivering Island" among other sights.
Since I have specific guar in mind, some of which I don't have, this one will likely not be finished for a while. My guild members get to see it in-progress though
What else would you like to add to your current reserve?
Aside from more guar?
Well as I mentioned my senche-raht, banker and merchant all would be great additions. Some houseguests would be great too, but not at the expense of the guar.
Probably the biggest thing I'd like to add is fishing spots--there's a whole fishing beach in the reserve that doesn't actually let you fish. I'd be absolutely thrilled if it could be an actual fishing spot for people to go to.
And of course, more structures would be nice.
Is there anything else you'd like us to know?
Well, maybe not all of you. Mainly just ZOS.
I'M WILLING TO SPEND A LOT OF MOENY TO GET SOME OF THE GUAR I DO NOT HAVE.
..ah, ahem, I mean yeah, there are some guar I'd like to buy. But I'm waiting patiently for them to return to the crown store.
I'm looking at you, Bal Foyan Circus Guar.
Other than that, no not really. I mainly just wanted to share my home with you guys. Happy Elsweyr celebration everyone!