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ExtraLife livestream vod and lore drop

Wandering MistWandering Mist Member, Founder, Kickstarter, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
Hi all.

Just wanted to put this out here for those who want to rewatch the 24+ hour ExtraLife charity livestream event:



And for those who missed it, the lore drop starts at 22:43:00
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  • winner909098winner909098 Member
    edited November 2020
    Proof that elves are the best at 22:44
  • DamoklesDamokles Member, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    edited November 2020
    Summary:

    To-Ren/Tauren(?): Half Elves, Predecessors of Humans and Elves, Last House of Aetrax, Last Wizardking,

    The soul acts as a focus for essence.

    Ancients lead the last Wizardking down the path of lichdom. (aka. @Nagash 's daddy)
    Turned his kingdom into an undead kingdom. Ancients were the origin of undead on Verra.

    Fallows Hold major dungeon on Verra: holds many artifacts.
    High level dungeon, with changing traps etc (would be cool if the same was the case in the game)

    Primary Antagonists in Ashes: Ancients.
    Their goals: pervert Verra, create "monstrosities", hate the gods.
    Look of lieutenant Ancients (very caste oriented):
    Every caste looks different
    - slim figure
    - long legs
    - looks like digitigrade legs
    - skin looks like burning coals with fire breaking through
    - two side horns like a ram
    - two "wings" made out of the same material as their skin
    - a mixture of elementals and deadra in skyrim (timestamp: 22:55:20)
    - began their evolution with a similar appearance of humans/elves
    - wiry muscles, clawed feet and hands
    - willl most likely present in Alpha 1

    Primary goal in Ashes is to reclaim territories from the Ancients.
    They normally exist in the Void and can only enter through the use of conduits. Dungeons are rifts between Verra and the Void through corruption.

    Events will trigger invasions by the Acnients through high amounts of corruption opening a pathway between the void and the material plane.

    4 major artifacts:
    1. a golden chalice believed to bring everlasting life (corrupted the soul by allowing the essence a physical way to commune with the hosts soul)
    2. a crown, allowing the ancients to directly influence the king
    3. a sword, that allowed the manipulation of the evil side of the essence
    4. a staff, that allowed his magic to range over great distances
    They all interacted like the Deathly Hallows from Harry Potter.
    They are also available in the game as artifacts/relics. Only usable in nodes themselves to boost the nodes power.
    Crafters that were part of obtaining these achievements can obtain recipes to make enchantments or effects that are the same as those weapons.
    Possible example:
    Staff could allow you to put an extra range enchantment or you could craft a weapon with higher range.

    You can get copies of these relics if you succesfully siege a node.
    These relics are unique, players DONT have direct access to them.

  • MakinojiMakinoji Member, Warrior of Old, Kickstarter, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    I was intrigued by the wizarding and Toren the image of the ancient but after that, I felt the lore reveals were just ok.

    Guess I'll have to wait another couple of years for some more...le sigh
  • NagashNagash Member, Leader of Men, Kickstarter, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    UNDEAD KINGDOM HYPE!
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    The dead do not squabble as this land’s rulers do. The dead have no desires, petty jealousies or ambitions. A world of the dead is a world at peace
  • Undead CanuckUndead Canuck Member, Braver of Worlds, Kickstarter, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    Undead kingdom confirmed!

    Let's build it up again. We just gotta kill 'em all and raise them up.
  • NagashNagash Member, Leader of Men, Kickstarter, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    Undead kingdom confirmed!

    Let's build it up again. We just gotta kill 'em all and raise them up.

    well if it was once there all we need to do if find it
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    The dead do not squabble as this land’s rulers do. The dead have no desires, petty jealousies or ambitions. A world of the dead is a world at peace
  • LieutenantToastLieutenantToast Member, Alpha One, Alpha Two, Early Alpha Two
    Tyty for grabbing this and timestamping it for folks who wanna jump straight to the lore @Wandering Mist ! <3 and ty @Damokles for the highlight summary!
    Makinoji wrote: »
    Guess I'll have to wait another couple of years for some more...le sigh

    I think these lore reveals have become a bit of a tradition now with Extra Life, so we'll just have to see about that ;)

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  • Lore DynamicLore Dynamic Member, Alpha Two
    This is delicious! Awwwh, thank you. I'm sated...

    ...for now... :|

    Oh no. I'm getting hungry again.

    /outstretches grubby paws... "Please more? Can I have more?"


    Steven Sharif is my James Halliday (Anorak)

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    “That is not dead which can eternal lie,
    And with strange aeons even death may die.”

    -HPL
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