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'''February 2000 ''' - [[Announcements - 2000/02 - Shadows of the Past|Announcements Page]]
== Turbine/Microsoft Announcements ==


=== Teaser ===
{{Patch Announcements Links
| Current = None
| Original = http://www.zone.com/asheronscall/news/ashenewspast.asp
| Archive = Announcements - 2000/02 - Shadows of the Past#Teaser
}}


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=== Rollout ===
''Original Link (now dead) - <nowiki>http:www.zone.com/asheronscall/news/ashenewspast2.asp</nowiki>
{{Patch Announcements Links
| Current = None
| Original = http://www.zone.com/asheronscall/news/ashenewspast2.asp
| Archive = Announcements - 2000/02 - Shadows of the Past#Rollout Article
}}
 
=== Release Notes ===
{{Patch Announcements Links
| Current = None
| Original = http://www.zone.com/asheronscall/news/ashenewsFeb17build.asp
| Archive = Announcements - 2000/02 - Shadows of the Past#Release Notes
}}
 
=== Letter to the Players ===
{{Patch Announcements Links
| Current = None
| Original = None
| Archive = Announcements - 2000/02 - Shadows of the Past#Letter to the Players
}}
 
=== State of the Code ===
{{Patch Announcements Links
| Current = None
| Original = http://www.zone.com/asheronscall/news/ASHEnewscodestate1.asp
| Archive = Announcements - 2000/02 - Shadows of the Past#State of the Code
}}
 
== Discoveries ==
=== [[Town Crier]] Rumors ===
 
:<font color=darkgoldenrod>Town Crier tells you, "All this pollen is making me sneeze!"</font><br>
 
:<font color=darkgoldenrod>Town Crier tells you, "AH-CHOO!"</font><br>
 
:<font color=darkgoldenrod>Town Crier tells you, "News! Raving lunatics claim to have been whisked away by mysterious forces, and brought to a previously unexplored area of barren rock and thick marsh."</font><br>
 
:<font color=darkgoldenrod>Town Crier tells you, "News! Silencia, the mute archmage of the Mount Esper outpost, seems to have befriended a strange, tame magma golem."</font><br>
 
:<font color=darkgoldenrod>Town Crier tells you, "News!  Creatures of living crystal continue to appear across Dereth in increasing numbers. While first assumed to be the rubble of the Gelidite Great Work, scholars now begin to wonder if they may not be produced by some other source."</font><br>
 
:<font color=darkgoldenrod>Town Crier tells you, "News! An enormous span, crafted from obsidian, has appeared over the River Prosper between Cragstone and Arwic. This amazing structure is the largest single Empyrean artifact ever discovered."</font><br>
 
:<font color=darkgoldenrod>Town Crier tells you, "The mages of Cragstone assert that until now, it has remained under a cloaking enchantment, which has recently worn out. Who knows what else may be hidden away in plain sight, through the powers of the Empyrean?"</font><br>
 
:<font color=darkgoldenrod>Town Crier tells you, "News!  Town criers are available in most major towns to tell you of the latest news and events.  We'll also give you a piece of information for a bit of money."</font><br>


"Shadows of the Past" Have Been Cast Over Dereth
:<font color=darkgoldenrod>Town Crier tells you, "News! Spice merchants have set up shop in the quiet towns of Plateau, Baishi, and Al-Jalima. Those pursuing the culinary arts of Dereth are sure to flock to these sleepy villages."</font><br>


February 17, 2000
:<font color=darkgoldenrod>Town Crier tells you, "News! Sages remain baffled by the dark crystalline shards some adventurers have recovered from the Shadows which have overrun the wilderness. Surely they will discover a use for them in time."</font><br>


Baby bunnies, drifting motes of pollen, and new flowering plants have appeared, and sorcerers and workmen across the land have been creating huge safe havens for public affairs, but nature and humanity are not the only powers altering the world of Dereth. No one yet knows the full consequence of the Quest for Frore, where bands of heroes broke an artifact responsible for the land's killing winter freeze. For a month, dreadful new Shadow creatures have been stalking the wilderness, accompanied by floating crystals that launch pyrotechnic attacks. While searching for guidance in ancient texts, scholars have found mention of powerful weapons that once defeated the Shadows. But can they be recovered before the battlefield is set? Already, a vast bridge of volcanic glass has materialized over the River Prosper; mysterious new catacombs have been discovered; and weary and bedraggled adventurers report harrowing trials at the whim of a godlike, invisible being.
:<font color=darkgoldenrod>Town Crier tells you, "News! Spring has come to Dereth. The land so recently blighted by the work of the Gelidite cult of Frore has become overrun with wildflowers and bees. Many travelers report being attacked by rabbits attempting to protect their new litters."</font><br>


"Shadows of the Past" continues our tradition of advancing the Asheron's Call story through major monthly events. Characters of all levels will find new mysteries to explore and challenges to face in the common effort to oppose the massing Shadows. We look forward to meeting you in Dereth!
:<font color=darkgoldenrod>Town Crier tells you, "News! A lurking sense of evil has permeated the entire land. Seers and madmen have reported seeing menacing forms during foul weather, and children from Qalaba'r to Stonehold have been plagued by nightmares. The Drudges seem more anxious than usual."</font><br>


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:<font color=darkgoldenrod>Town Crier tells you, "News! Explorers searching the most remote areas of Dereth have discovered several new underground complexes, apparently dating back to the Empyrean Age of Lore. Rumors that these may be storehouses for archaic weapons are crossing the length and breadth of the land."</font><br>


Asaina al-Arqis read late into the day, poring over ancient texts for some reference to the gigantic bridge-like structure appearing and disappearing over the river near Holtburg. At dusk, soon after she'd lit her candle, a weariness stole over her that could not be explained by the warm spring air, and she soon bowed her head upon the desk. When she finally awoke much later, the larger moon had just begun to rise, and by its light, she could see the dead candle with barely a dimple around its wick. She began to stretch her arm, then stopped -- the desk was bare where her manuscripts had been.
:<font color=darkgoldenrod>Town Crier tells you, "The sun still seems dimmer... Some nights, I dream that it has gone out."</font><br>


Something rasped on the floor behind her, and she leapt from her chair. A bone-white figure clad in tatters emerged from the stacks. Its attention as bent over a book in one hand. In its other, it held the missing parchment. Heart pounding, she cast about for escape as it slowly raised its head, to reveal eye sockets like pits floored with angry-hot magma. Instinctively, she averted her eyes. A lich! But who, and why?
:<font color=darkgoldenrod>Town Crier tells you, "Yesterday I found a Wool Fez of Focus!"</font><br>
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"The fools in Frore," said the undead monster, "made a toy of the prism, and now the old magic is loosed; the suspended war resumes. Many hidden things will return, and the heretic will kidnap and toy with your people. Reassemble the weapons and fight him! Rally your feeble people, Asaina al-Arqis. Tonight I let you live."
=== New UI and Game Changes ===
* [[Skills|Weapon Skills]]
** The damage done by melee weapons -- such as swords, maces, daggers, spears, and so on -- is now affected more by the strength of the combatant. Strong warriors will find that they do more damage per hit than before. This does not affect missile or unarmed combat. Note that this applies to monsters as well, so be careful when facing monsters that wield weapons!
** Players using melee weapons have a slightly faster attack speed than before. This also applies to a small subset of weapon-wielding monsters.
* [[Game Concepts]]
** [[Meeting Hall]]s introduced.


She understood none of this. "Who is the heretic?" she asked, but received no answer, and realizing too late that she should not look up, she stood transfixed by those burning eyes. The horror of that stare lingered with its afterimage glow as the lich grinned, faded, and was gone.
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=== New [[Quests]] ===
* [[Atlan Weapons Quest]]
* [[Hamud's Demise]]
* [[Impious Staff Quest]]
* [[Major Shivering Stone Quest]]
* [[Major Smoldering Stone Quest]]
* [[Major Sparking Stone Quest]]
* [[Major Stinging Stone Quest]]
* [[Minor Atlan Stones]]
* [[Stone Tool Quest]]


=== Live Events ===
* [[2000/02 - The Gauntlet]] - An entity challenges the high ranking monarchs of each server to a test at a secret location. Those succesful swear allegiance to the [[The Hope Slayer|Hopeslayer]] and become ''"Dark Masters"''.


In the spirit of this season of hearts and flowers, the faithful Sentinels of Dereth will soon be conducting Wedding Ceremonies for all willing lovebirds. As our new society on the edge of chaos matures, so grows the desire to express devotion that goes even deeper than a fellowship or allegiance. Though this ceremony has only the powers and benefits that the betrothed bring to it, a wedding union symbolizes a bond that endures the many trials of life in Dereth.
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=== New [[NPCs]] ===
* [[Dizah ibn Nadqab]]
* [[Hamud ibn Rafik]]
* [[Silencia the Archmage]]
* [[Silencia's Magma Golem]]


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Microsoft announced that beginning tomorrow, Thursday, January 20, a Dark Thaw will descend over the land of Dereth in the dynamic world of Asheron's Call. As the snow from last month's event retreats to higher elevations, new perils have stalked out to greet adventurers. Mysterious new creatures, floating crystals and shadow monsters, have begun to dot the landscape. Gamers are urged to remain on guard, as no one yet knows what their appearance signifies. "Dark Thaw" is part of the ongoing storyline in Asheron's Call, and is the second in a series of monthly events.


=== New [[Locations]] ===
* [[Obsidian Span]] introduced.
* [[Empyrean Foundry]] - 25.2S, 54.2E
* [[Impious Temple]] - 12.2N 2.4E
* [[Meeting Hall]]s introduced.
* [[Mountain Fortress]] - 82.4S, 19.9E
* [[Artifex Vault]] - 26.5N, 45.8W
* [[Amperehelion Vault]] - 56.5S, 72.8W
* [[Incunabula Vault]] - 23.0S, 60.0E
* [[Jahannan Vault]] - 67.0N, 15.0E
* [[Serac Vault]] - 75.9S, 29.0E
* [[73.0S, 68.0E - Zefir Cave]]
* [[24.5S, 47.4E - Swamp Cave]]
* [[15.0S, 31.2E - Fiery Cave]]
* [[89.0N, 1.6W - Igloo]]
==== Updated Locations ====
* [[Four Towers]]
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After his long journey gathering spell components, Kobo Taki hurried through his estate, barely pausing in the courtyard to greet his gardeners, who labored among puddles and dwindling humps of snow. Once in his study, he locked the door and, after a quick search, located the book he needed and scanned frantically through its pages for a particular passage: "If the crystal breaks, its scions will appear and shadows will well up over the earth." Did this apply to the floating crystals and shadow creatures he'd seen on his journey? Finding no more information, he pulled a chair up to the window and gazed over the waterlogged fields. It was common knowledge that a band of heroes had dispelled the recent winter. After battling their way to the lair of undead necromancers, they had destroyed the giant crystal that sucked the heat from the land. Perhaps this crystal was the one in the text. If so, the heroes may have unwittingly brought down a terrible curse...
=== New [[Items]] ===
{{Item Table Two|Caption=[[2000/02 - The Gauntlet|The Gauntlet]] ''(Live Event)''
| Shadow Stone
| Dark Master Note
| Peerless Shadow Claw
| Peerless Shadow Dagger
}}


{{Item Table|Caption=[[Atlan Stones]]
| Major Shivering Stone
| Major Smoldering Stone
| Major Sparking Stone
| Major Stinging Stone
| Minor Shivering Stone
| Minor Smoldering Stone
| Minor Sparking Stone
| Minor Stinging Stone
}}


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{{Item Table|Caption=[[Stone Tool Quest]]
| Stone Tool
}}
 
{{Item Table Three|Caption=[[Atlan Weapons Quest]]
| Pyreal Mote
| Pyreal Sliver
| Pyreal Nugget
| Pyreal Bar
| Quality Pyreal Ingot
| Superb Infused Ingot
| Pyreal Ingot
| Axe Glyph
| Claw Glyph
| Dagger Glyph
| Mace Glyph
| Spear Glyph
| Staff Glyph
| Sword Glyph
}}


{{Item Table Three|Caption=[[Atlan Weapons]]
| Peerless Atlan Claw
| Peerless Atlan Staff
| Peerless Atlan Mace
| Peerless Atlan Axe
| Peerless Atlan Dagger
| Peerless Atlan Spear
| Peerless Atlan Sword
}}


Greetings to everyone!
{{Item Table Three|Caption=[[Atlan Weapons]] (Elemental)
| Peerless Shivering Atlan Sword
| Peerless Smoldering Atlan Sword
| Peerless Sparking Atlan Sword
| Peerless Stinging Atlan Sword
| Peerless Shivering Atlan Claw
| Peerless Smoldering Atlan Claw
| Peerless Sparking Atlan Claw
| Peerless Stinging Atlan Claw
| Peerless Shivering Atlan Axe
| Peerless Smoldering Atlan Axe
| Peerless Sparking Atlan Axe
| Peerless Stinging Atlan Axe
| Peerless Shivering Atlan Spear
| Peerless Smoldering Atlan Spear
| Peerless Sparking Atlan Spear
| Peerless Stinging Atlan Spear
| Peerless Shivering Atlan Staff
| Peerless Smoldering Atlan Staff
| Peerless Sparking Atlan Staff
| Peerless Stinging Atlan Staff
| Peerless Shivering Atlan Dagger
| Peerless Smoldering Atlan Dagger
| Peerless Sparking Atlan Dagger
| Peerless Stinging Atlan Dagger
| Peerless Shivering Atlan Mace
| Peerless Smoldering Atlan Mace
| Peerless Sparking Atlan Mace
| Peerless Stinging Atlan Mace
}}


I am Brian Haines, the Event Team Manager for Asheron's Call. Some of you have no doubt seen me lingering in the game as Jaraq or in the game lobbies as Jaraq@AC. I just wanted to introduce myself to the community and give people the scoop on what I do. As Event Team Manager, I am tasked with helping you the players organize and run your own events in the game. This includes parties, scavenger hunts, weddings, or gatherings to venture out and smite evil monsters! These are just a few examples as Events are limited strictly by one's imagination. However it is important to note that the Event Team can't conjure up monsters or quest items to help, such things would have to be from the game environment naturally. Large scale events such as the Sudden Season's events are done by Turbine and Microsoft.
{{Item Table Three|Caption=[[Hamud's Demise]]
| Old Man in the Mountain Rumor
| Ancient Pyreal Dagger
| Foundry Key
| Hamud's Pyreal Katar
| Key to Hamud's Chambers
}}


There is now a Web page available where players can go to and check on upcoming User-Run Events/Gatherings and you can also fill out a form to have your own Event posted/promoted for everyone to see. This will serve as a valuable resource of information for you, the players . One I hope you'll visit often. :)
{{Item Table Three|Caption=[[Impious Staff Quest]]
  |  Inferus Key
  |  Mortuus Key
  |  Occasus Key
  |  Superna Key
  |  Dizah ibn Nadqab's Journal
  |  Wheelbarrow
  |  Iron Ore
  |  Smelting Pot
  |  Slag
  |  Broken Staff
  |  Impious Staff (Retired)
}}


Please check this out and list your own event by going to: http://www.zone.com/asheron-oldscall/tournament.asp. The Web page will not be the only thing to help you in running Events as I will be forming a group of volunteers to make a team which will help in the game. Exact details are still being ironed out, however these individuals will be called Scribes. Should you be interested in becoming one, an email to me would be the first step. Please have the subject set as ATTN Scribes: so that I can easily identify the content of the email. Scribes will basically be there to help players run their events. They will not be able to create items in the game however.
{{Item Table Three|Caption=[[List of Texts | Texts]]
| A Fiery Stone
| A Shivering Stone
| A Stinging Stone
| A Journal
| Archival Copy
| Atlan's Treatise
| Carefully Printed Note
| Decree
| Elaborate Scroll
| Field Report
| Hastily Scrawled Note
| Imperial Missive
| The Meeting Halls
| Soiled Parchment
| Textbook (A Journal)
| Textbook (Atlan's Treatise)
| Precepts of the Tenebrous Edge
| The Fallen Master of Shagar Zharala
| Introduction to Devana
| The Obsidian Span
}}


More details will be posted soon as they become available. I look forward to working with you all to make Asherons Call as enjoyable as possible. Please do not hesitate to email me with questions or comments, my box is always open. ;)
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=== Portal.dat ===
[[File:Portaldat 200002.png]]


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=== New [[Creatures]] ===
{{Creature Class|Lightning Elemental
| Astyrrian
| Charge
| Scintilla
| Static
}}
{{Creature Class|Rabbit
| Baby Black Rabbit
| Baby Brown Rabbit
| Baby Desert Rabbit
| Baby White Rabbit
}}
{{Creature Class|Undead
| Dark Revenant
| Undead High Priest
}}
{{Creature Class|Unknown
| Lag Beast
}}


== Images ==
Click image for full size version.
<gallery widths=200px heights=200px perrow=4>
File:Obsidian Span Live 2.jpg|The Obsidian Span
File:Bael'Zharon Lightning Flash Live.jpg|An apparition appears during lightning storms
File:Astyrrian Live.jpg|New Lightning Elemental creatures
File:Silencia the Archmage Live.jpg|Silencia the Archmage and her Golem
File:Peerless Atlan Axe Live.jpg|Peerless Atlan Axe
File:Peerless Smoldering Atlan Axe Live.jpg|Peerless Smoldering Atlan Axe
File:Hamud ibn Rafik Live.jpg|Hamud ibn Rafik
File:Hamud's Pyreal Katar Retired.jpg|Hamud's Pyreal Katar
</gallery>


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February 2000 - Announcements Page

Turbine/Microsoft Announcements

Teaser

  • No Current Link Available

Rollout

  • No Current Link Available

Release Notes

  • No Current Link Available

Letter to the Players

  • No Current Link Available
  • No Original Link Available

State of the Code

  • No Current Link Available

Discoveries

Town Crier Rumors

Town Crier tells you, "All this pollen is making me sneeze!"
Town Crier tells you, "AH-CHOO!"
Town Crier tells you, "News! Raving lunatics claim to have been whisked away by mysterious forces, and brought to a previously unexplored area of barren rock and thick marsh."
Town Crier tells you, "News! Silencia, the mute archmage of the Mount Esper outpost, seems to have befriended a strange, tame magma golem."
Town Crier tells you, "News! Creatures of living crystal continue to appear across Dereth in increasing numbers. While first assumed to be the rubble of the Gelidite Great Work, scholars now begin to wonder if they may not be produced by some other source."
Town Crier tells you, "News! An enormous span, crafted from obsidian, has appeared over the River Prosper between Cragstone and Arwic. This amazing structure is the largest single Empyrean artifact ever discovered."
Town Crier tells you, "The mages of Cragstone assert that until now, it has remained under a cloaking enchantment, which has recently worn out. Who knows what else may be hidden away in plain sight, through the powers of the Empyrean?"
Town Crier tells you, "News! Town criers are available in most major towns to tell you of the latest news and events. We'll also give you a piece of information for a bit of money."
Town Crier tells you, "News! Spice merchants have set up shop in the quiet towns of Plateau, Baishi, and Al-Jalima. Those pursuing the culinary arts of Dereth are sure to flock to these sleepy villages."
Town Crier tells you, "News! Sages remain baffled by the dark crystalline shards some adventurers have recovered from the Shadows which have overrun the wilderness. Surely they will discover a use for them in time."
Town Crier tells you, "News! Spring has come to Dereth. The land so recently blighted by the work of the Gelidite cult of Frore has become overrun with wildflowers and bees. Many travelers report being attacked by rabbits attempting to protect their new litters."
Town Crier tells you, "News! A lurking sense of evil has permeated the entire land. Seers and madmen have reported seeing menacing forms during foul weather, and children from Qalaba'r to Stonehold have been plagued by nightmares. The Drudges seem more anxious than usual."
Town Crier tells you, "News! Explorers searching the most remote areas of Dereth have discovered several new underground complexes, apparently dating back to the Empyrean Age of Lore. Rumors that these may be storehouses for archaic weapons are crossing the length and breadth of the land."
Town Crier tells you, "The sun still seems dimmer... Some nights, I dream that it has gone out."
Town Crier tells you, "Yesterday I found a Wool Fez of Focus!"

New UI and Game Changes

  • Weapon Skills
    • The damage done by melee weapons -- such as swords, maces, daggers, spears, and so on -- is now affected more by the strength of the combatant. Strong warriors will find that they do more damage per hit than before. This does not affect missile or unarmed combat. Note that this applies to monsters as well, so be careful when facing monsters that wield weapons!
    • Players using melee weapons have a slightly faster attack speed than before. This also applies to a small subset of weapon-wielding monsters.
  • Game Concepts

New Quests

Live Events

  • 2000/02 - The Gauntlet - An entity challenges the high ranking monarchs of each server to a test at a secret location. Those succesful swear allegiance to the Hopeslayer and become "Dark Masters".

New NPCs


New Locations

Updated Locations


New Items

The Gauntlet (Live Event)
Shadow Stone
Dark Master Note
Peerless Shadow Claw
Peerless Shadow Dagger


Atlan Stones
Major Shivering Stone
Major Smoldering Stone
Major Sparking Stone
Major Stinging Stone
Minor Shivering Stone
Minor Smoldering Stone
Minor Sparking Stone
Minor Stinging Stone


Stone Tool Quest
Stone Tool


Atlan Weapons Quest
Pyreal Mote
Pyreal Sliver
Pyreal Nugget
Pyreal Bar
Quality Pyreal Ingot
Superb Infused Ingot
Pyreal Ingot
Axe Glyph
Claw Glyph
Dagger Glyph
Mace Glyph
Spear Glyph
Staff Glyph
Sword Glyph


Atlan Weapons
Peerless Atlan Claw
Peerless Atlan Staff
Peerless Atlan Mace
Peerless Atlan Axe
Peerless Atlan Dagger
Peerless Atlan Spear
Peerless Atlan Sword


Atlan Weapons (Elemental)
Peerless Shivering Atlan Sword
Peerless Smoldering Atlan Sword
Peerless Sparking Atlan Sword
Peerless Stinging Atlan Sword
Peerless Shivering Atlan Claw
Peerless Smoldering Atlan Claw
Peerless Sparking Atlan Claw
Peerless Stinging Atlan Claw
Peerless Shivering Atlan Axe
Peerless Smoldering Atlan Axe
Peerless Sparking Atlan Axe
Peerless Stinging Atlan Axe
Peerless Shivering Atlan Spear
Peerless Smoldering Atlan Spear
Peerless Sparking Atlan Spear
Peerless Stinging Atlan Spear
Peerless Shivering Atlan Staff
Peerless Smoldering Atlan Staff
Peerless Sparking Atlan Staff
Peerless Stinging Atlan Staff
Peerless Shivering Atlan Dagger
Peerless Smoldering Atlan Dagger
Peerless Sparking Atlan Dagger
Peerless Stinging Atlan Dagger
Peerless Shivering Atlan Mace
Peerless Smoldering Atlan Mace
Peerless Sparking Atlan Mace
Peerless Stinging Atlan Mace


Hamud's Demise
Old Man in the Mountain Rumor
Ancient Pyreal Dagger
Foundry Key
Hamud's Pyreal Katar
Key to Hamud's Chambers


Impious Staff Quest
Inferus Key
Mortuus Key
Occasus Key
Superna Key
Dizah ibn Nadqab's Journal
Wheelbarrow
Iron Ore
Smelting Pot
Slag
Broken Staff
Impious Staff (Retired)


Texts
A Fiery Stone
A Shivering Stone
A Stinging Stone
A Journal
Archival Copy
Atlan's Treatise
Carefully Printed Note
Decree
Elaborate Scroll
Field Report
Hastily Scrawled Note
Imperial Missive
The Meeting Halls
Soiled Parchment
Textbook (A Journal)
Textbook (Atlan's Treatise)
Precepts of the Tenebrous Edge
The Fallen Master of Shagar Zharala
Introduction to Devana
The Obsidian Span



Portal.dat


New Creatures

Lightning Elemental

Rabbit

Undead

Unknown

Images

Click image for full size version.