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	== Teaser Images ==		== Teaser Images ==
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	File:Teaser 200901ACVault.jpg\|[http://acvault.ign.com ~~ACvault~~]		File:Teaser 200901ACVault.jpg\|[http://acvault.ign.com/ ACVault]
	File:Teaser 200901Mystics.jpg\|[http://ac.mystics.de AC Mystics]		File:Teaser 200901JackCat.jpg\|[http://www.thejackcat.com/ac/ Maggie the Jackcat]
			File:Teaser 200901DerethInfo.jpg\|[http://dereth.info/ Dereth.info]
			File:Teaser 200901Mystics.jpg\|[http://ac.mystics.de/ Asheron's Call Mystics]
			File:Teaser 200901Warcry.jpg\|[http://ac.warcry.com/ Asheron's Call WarCry]
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	== Teaser Images ==		== Teaser Images ==
	~~[http://ac~~.~~mystics.de/?module~~=~~News&newsid=21447 AC Mystics]~~		Click image for full size version.
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	[http://acvault.ign.com~~/screenshots/full_res.php?ss=10775~~ ACvault]		File:Teaser 200901ACVault.jpg\|[http://acvault.ign.com ACvault]
			File:Teaser 200901Mystics.jpg\|[http://ac.mystics.de AC Mystics]
	~~[http~~:~~//www.dereth.info/index.php?ind=news&op=news_show_single&ide=24 Dereth~~.~~info]~~		</gallery>

	[http://~~www~~.~~thejackcat~~.~~com/~~AC~~/Culture/teaser/shifting1.htm Maggies~~]

	~~[http:/~~/~~ac.warcry.com/images/view/54630 Warcry's CoD]~~

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 | Question = All I'm seeing are protection sets. Can you please put the profiles back to how they used to be?
 | Text = I said I'd look into the numbers and see how they look. I'm aware how important protections are to PvP and I'm not going to just change things without doing any research.
 | Developer = Django
 | Title = Turbine Staff

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	\| Link = http://ac.turbine.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=431-january-2009-teaser-fiction&catid=75-2009&Itemid=68		\| Link = http://ac.turbine.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=431-january-2009-teaser-fiction&catid=75-2009&Itemid=68
	\| Title = January 2009 Teaser Fiction		\| Title = January 2009 Teaser Fiction
	\| Text = Ardry crested a ridge and saw the grey, mottled hills and valleys of the Olthoi-infested lands spread out beneath him, now dusted with the long-delayed first snow of winter. For as far as the eye could see, this corner of Dereth had been taken over by the insect menace, a living artifact to the days when all of ~~Dereth’s~~ Isparian population had been enslaved by the Olthoi. Other threats had come and gone, other would-be conquerors of Dereth had risen and fallen in the years since ~~humanity’s~~ escape, but for Ardry and many other early arrivals on Dereth, there was no getting over the primal terror of being chased down long, dark tunnels by giant insects with spear-like limbs and acid breath.		\| Text = Ardry crested a ridge and saw the grey, mottled hills and valleys of the Olthoi-infested lands spread out beneath him, now dusted with the long-delayed first snow of winter. For as far as the eye could see, this corner of Dereth had been taken over by the insect menace, a living artifact to the days when all of Dereth's Isparian population had been enslaved by the Olthoi. Other threats had come and gone, other would-be conquerors of Dereth had risen and fallen in the years since humanity's escape, but for Ardry and many other early arrivals on Dereth, there was no getting over the primal terror of being chased down long, dark tunnels by giant insects with spear-like limbs and acid breath.
	Which is why, of course, he felt especially resentful about being sent up here on another survey by his employers. Grumbling to himself, he began setting up camp to prepare for another foray into the domain of the insects. He started a fire and set his customary tea kettle to heat up while he laid out a tent and bedroll and cleaned and polished his weapons. When the water was hot, he surveyed his maps of the region. Not that he ~~hadn’t~~ been through these parts a hundred times before, but the comforting two-dimensional orderliness of maps always calmed him while he was contemplating another breathtaking escape run across Olthoi territory.		Which is why, of course, he felt especially resentful about being sent up here on another survey by his employers. Grumbling to himself, he began setting up camp to prepare for another foray into the domain of the insects. He started a fire and set his customary tea kettle to heat up while he laid out a tent and bedroll and cleaned and polished his weapons. When the water was hot, he surveyed his maps of the region. Not that he hadn't been through these parts a hundred times before, but the comforting two-dimensional orderliness of maps always calmed him while he was contemplating another breathtaking escape run across Olthoi territory.


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	Ardry jogged the remaining few yards to their camp and clasped hands with the soldier. ~~“Can’t~~ say ~~I’m~~ happy to be back in this gods-forsaken corner of the island, Ethan, but ~~it’s~~ good to see you again.”		Ardry jogged the remaining few yards to their camp and clasped hands with the soldier. “Can't say I'm happy to be back in this gods-forsaken corner of the island, Ethan, but it's good to see you again.”


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	Ardry grimaced. “The worst kind of paper-pushing nonsense, Hisham,” he sighed. ~~“I’m~~ supposed to check on a survey point laid out by the Explorers Society, not that far from here, on the southern edge of the infestation. ~~I’m~~ not even the one leaving the marker, ~~I’m~~ just supposed to double-check their work. Make sure their charts are correct.”		Ardry grimaced. “The worst kind of paper-pushing nonsense, Hisham,” he sighed. “I'm supposed to check on a survey point laid out by the Explorers Society, not that far from here, on the southern edge of the infestation. I'm not even the one leaving the marker, I'm just supposed to double-check their work. Make sure their charts are correct.”


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	“Anyway,” Ardry continued, ~~“I’ve~~ brought some tea to help you two warm up, now that ~~winter’s~~ finally arrived…” He drew the flask out and handed it to Hisham, who sighed gratefully at the warmth of the flask.		“Anyway,” Ardry continued, “I've brought some tea to help you two warm up, now that winter's finally arrived…” He drew the flask out and handed it to Hisham, who sighed gratefully at the warmth of the flask.


	~~“You’re~~ a lifesaver, Ardry,” Ethan said. “I take it ~~you’ve~~ got some news on larger events as well?”		“You're a lifesaver, Ardry,” Ethan said. “I take it you've got some news on larger events as well?”


	Ardry nodded. “The Blight has been defeated, and the scholars say that the failed uprising of ~~T’thuun~~ has thrown the Falatacot gods and priests into a chaotic state. ~~They’ll~~ be so busy trying to knife each other over the rubble of ~~T’thuun’s~~ broken totems that it may be a while before one of them can become strong enough to become such a threat again… Even though ~~T’thuun’s~~ still got some minions running around and we may never be able to fully stamp out his ambitions. ~~They’ll~~ require vigilance from all of the high muckety-mucks who can read those map lines. And, yes, the defeat of ~~T’thuun~~ means that ~~winter’s~~ finally come.”		Ardry nodded. “The Blight has been defeated, and the scholars say that the failed uprising of T'thuun has thrown the Falatacot gods and priests into a chaotic state. They'll be so busy trying to knife each other over the rubble of T'thuun's broken totems that it may be a while before one of them can become strong enough to become such a threat again… Even though T'thuun's still got some minions running around and we may never be able to fully stamp out his ambitions. They'll require vigilance from all of the high muckety-mucks who can read those map lines. And, yes, the defeat of T'thuun means that winter's finally come.”


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	Hisham spoke up. “Before you go, Ardry, ~~I’d~~ like you to take a look at something…”		Hisham spoke up. “Before you go, Ardry, I'd like you to take a look at something…”


	Ardry groaned. “Let me guess. ~~There’s~~ some kind of exotic new gland growing in the guts of Olthoi because of the ley line disturbances and the whole world needs me to go charging into that valley, kill a hundred Olthoi in the hopes of finding one intact, un-punctured gland, and extract it out of a squirming mass of acid-belching insect innards…”		Ardry groaned. “Let me guess. There's some kind of exotic new gland growing in the guts of Olthoi because of the ley line disturbances and the whole world needs me to go charging into that valley, kill a hundred Olthoi in the hopes of finding one intact, un-punctured gland, and extract it out of a squirming mass of acid-belching insect innards…”


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	On a rugged plain crisscrossed with hills and ridges, an army of invading creatures surged through trenches between great stone towers enchanted with powerful defenses. The towers had stood against numberless waves of attacking creatures. The first waves had been mere fodder, little more than beasts of the field, driven into the teeth of the ~~towers’~~ defenses to probe the fortifications and expend the resources of the defenders. They had perished quickly, perforated with murderous rains of arrows and devastated by fireball blasts.		On a rugged plain crisscrossed with hills and ridges, an army of invading creatures surged through trenches between great stone towers enchanted with powerful defenses. The towers had stood against numberless waves of attacking creatures. The first waves had been mere fodder, little more than beasts of the field, driven into the teeth of the towers' defenses to probe the fortifications and expend the resources of the defenders. They had perished quickly, perforated with murderous rains of arrows and devastated by fireball blasts.


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	The toll of dead attackers rose higher and higher while their replacements kept streaming in. The warlord in control of the defense had lost track of the amount of time ~~he’d~~ spent here, juggling the limited resources at his command with the demands of the fight. He was faced with a growing dilemma: his resources were shrinking while the invader seemed to get stronger and stronger. From time to time the invaders sent out champions to rally their forces, drawing extra fire from the tower and occupying the attention of the defenders. The enemy was marshalling its most powerful shock troops for a final devastating charge, one that would shake the battlefield to its foundations and break the already-straining resources of the defenders.		The toll of dead attackers rose higher and higher while their replacements kept streaming in. The warlord in control of the defense had lost track of the amount of time he'd spent here, juggling the limited resources at his command with the demands of the fight. He was faced with a growing dilemma: his resources were shrinking while the invader seemed to get stronger and stronger. From time to time the invaders sent out champions to rally their forces, drawing extra fire from the tower and occupying the attention of the defenders. The enemy was marshalling its most powerful shock troops for a final devastating charge, one that would shake the battlefield to its foundations and break the already-straining resources of the defenders.


	There was a brief pause in the action, and the warlord looked up. It looked like the enemy was playing for keeps now. A phalanx of elite Shadow soldiers had expired in a maelstrom of concentrated fireballs. The smoke cleared from the site of that conflagration, and a black shadow stepped forth, a more foul and dangerous presence than the warlord had seen before. It towered over its own allies. It was a bat-winged demon, with a great horned head and ancient eyes filled with wrath. ~~Bael’Zharon~~, the Hopeslayer, the long-remembered fiend who had threatened the lives of Isparian and Empyrean alike. The warlord looked out across the field as this new terror strode onto the field of battle, and sucked in his breath.		There was a brief pause in the action, and the warlord looked up. It looked like the enemy was playing for keeps now. A phalanx of elite Shadow soldiers had expired in a maelstrom of concentrated fireballs. The smoke cleared from the site of that conflagration, and a black shadow stepped forth, a more foul and dangerous presence than the warlord had seen before. It towered over its own allies. It was a bat-winged demon, with a great horned head and ancient eyes filled with wrath. Bael'Zharon, the Hopeslayer, the long-remembered fiend who had threatened the lives of Isparian and Empyrean alike. The warlord looked out across the field as this new terror strode onto the field of battle, and sucked in his breath.


	~~“Bael’zharon~~ himself! Unbelievable!” He shook away his shock and began to consider how to deploy the last few resources he had left to combat the demon lord. He was not confident. He had planned poorly.		“Bael'zharon himself! Unbelievable!” He shook away his shock and began to consider how to deploy the last few resources he had left to combat the demon lord. He was not confident. He had planned poorly.


	The entire battleground shook, and a shockwave seemed to sweep the creatures that still stood, knocking them to the ground. Even the great ~~Bael’Zharon~~ was felled by this wave. The towers themselves went dark and inert, their defenders suddenly vacated. Darkness settled over the battlefield.		The entire battleground shook, and a shockwave seemed to sweep the creatures that still stood, knocking them to the ground. Even the great Bael'Zharon was felled by this wave. The towers themselves went dark and inert, their defenders suddenly vacated. Darkness settled over the battlefield.


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	A voice spoke behind him, the Tactical Officer of the Radiant Blood. ~~“Time’s~~ up! Someone else gets a shot now. Did you enjoy the game?”		A voice spoke behind him, the Tactical Officer of the Radiant Blood. “Time's up! Someone else gets a shot now. Did you enjoy the game?”
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	\| Title = January 2009 Release Notes		\| Title = January 2009 Release Notes
	\| Text = Hello there and welcome to the January edition of the ~~Asheron’s~~ Call Release Notes! As we all shake off the post-Holiday back to work//school blues, lets check out what is new and exciting this month in ~~Asheron’s~~ Call.		\| Text = Hello there and welcome to the January edition of the Asheron's Call Release Notes! As we all shake off the post-Holiday back to work//school blues, lets check out what is new and exciting this month in Asheron's Call.