This is very strange.

TO my knowledge what you did was ok. Help Meta/Istar has something like this in it... Metas are allowed to defend the lands of the west from enemy invasions... we were definitel invading =p

Oh, I think so - But before the raid, my time for the quest had already run out. Soo...some time ago I took the trip west as it told me when my time ran out...and nothing happened - no demote or anything. I asked the gods, and noone really knew what to do - was told by one that I could try finish they quest, so that is what I have been doing =) (I wrote a bug report then too btw) The demote was not because of this raid, I believe. But who knows.

if your istari quest runs out and you die you real die, happened to me. had run to tharbad after istari quest had expired and i drowned on river, lost 21 lvls.

Yeah...I expected that would happen to me also. The weird thing is the xp, tp, money after I died. I am not really surprised that I was demoted to lvl 1.

What does it say in history about this death?

Hmm...gonna check that asap =)

Wellll...seems like my 'history' got amnesia... this is what it says:

*>history ->> On the 2nd Blotmath in 2852, you gained level four in the High Grass. ->> You gained level three in the Dûm Khazdul. ->> You gained level two in the darkness, and you were struck down by the Lords of the West somewhere. ->> You were killed in the South of Bree by an Orc. ->> On the 26th of Thrimidge, 2836 of the third age, you gained level twenty-six in
the Forest hills.

ok 2nd try *ponder*
Kayara, when a fallen meta rips, no matter how (i believe.. could be wrong), then they experience real death. there was no demotion, its just the penalty for dying when you are a fallen meta. *comf* btw :(

Stop saying demote. this is the standard thing for failure on istari quest.

Stop typing "Unknown" it is a standard thing for idiots on mume net.

Thanks Quillis =) I will stop saying demotion... But it's really not what puzzled me - and I expected "going back" to lvl 1. It is the stats afterwards, xp/tp/money.

I would like all the metas possible to try stop raids... its nice when they get bashed because they dont get autowimpy flee when bashed =)