Much like the spellbooks of similar hue that have dropped, and been sold, in the past, I find the color too bright. Dark purple or gtfo.
I was gonna skip these events, but your post motivated me to do it, so thanks I didn't think it was THAT easy to ironman, but it wasn't super difficult either. Honestly, it was pretty much just like the AMIB ironman difficulty. It's all about not biting off more than you can chew and careful enemy pulling. I think it's also important to note that Telamon basically gave us "difficulty mode" options. It's kinda like we beat the game on Easy, and are then saying it was too easy. OK, so now we have to jump up to Normal or Hard if we want increased difficulty.
The final event of Christmas: http://uorforum.com/threads/a-christmas-slaying-or-the-elven-invasion-of-stormhold.8533/