Ishar is a high medieval fantasy MUD built on one idea: the world ends, and then it begins again. Each season the goddess Varenya turns the wheel — the map resets, old legends are wiped, and everyone starts from nothing. Whatever you make of yourself before the next turning is what you get.

Six classes, each with its own way of staying alive: Warrior, Rogue, Magician, Necromancer, Cleric, Shaman. You'll fight down through catacombs, snowbound forests where angels and daemons hunt each other, and swamps that don't intend to let you back out. Combat is hack-and-slash, but the bosses reward players who think rather than players who grind.

The community is active in-game and on Discord, and new content arrives with every season.

Come make your mark before the wheel turns again.

Season 16: Drawn Taut — Tyler, November 5th, 2026

• Tension – Choose how hard each life is. Before your first draw, tie optional knots — harder rules that hold for that whole life — and every point of Tension raises what the climb is worth by 20%. Tie none and play the full game at Tension 0.
• The Eleventh Prayer – Ten remorts now make a climb. The eleventh prayer completes it: that life ends, every bound skill stays, and the climb's essence is banked for good, safe from death.
• Burden – The true power of the Fated is the pool, so the pool pushes back. Every bound skill lowers your Tension by its rarity; the deeper your pool, the more knots it takes to reach the same Tension.
• Pathways – The draw reads clearly now. Four cores open lines of play, apex blasts and great mendings wait behind a key, and every offer tells you what it leads on to.
• Woven and Loose Essence – Completed climbs bank woven essence that can't be lost. Your best unfinished climb stays as loose essence, a high-water mark that survives every death.
• Marks of the Season – Complete a climb at Tension 1, 3, and 5 for new achievements and the title "the Rewoven." There is one more above that, for those who find it.
• Safer Threads – A crash at the bind prompt no longer costs you the bind, new lives begin in your race's starting city, and nothing can start a fight with you while a menu is open.

Twice before, the loom dealt the hand and asked what you could make of it. Season 16 asks how tightly you want it drawn.

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Season 16 launches November 5th, 2026.

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