Lore Dead in Game? Go ask Vorgen Lok'ri if the lore is dead. I wish the Event Team had the manpower to be everywhere all the time. Someday maybe we will. The Event Team is shifting gears - we intend to balance two kinds of events: 1) more …

Lore and Interpretation One of the greatest joys I've gotten from this job was the realization that SB's lore was a lot like legos - full of lots of little bits and facts and inferences, that can be connected and associated in lots of diff…

Knights and the Temple Going to sound off here - (thanks for the heads up about this thread, btw) There is, actually a lore-related reason for Templars and Knights being mutually exclusive. It has little to do with good, evil, theology, or…

Khalikryst, the Temple, and the Irekei “He who seeks wisdom from a Rainbleeder must hold safe his soul, for their words are as Manticore venom.” I’m overjoyed to see all of the developments on Mourning, and at how voraciously all of you ar…

Irydnu Hey gang! I've spoken to some folks in emails and PMs about the Irydnu, long long ago, before this handy dandy lore forum existed. So I'll recap what I said then here... Of all of the Human subraces, they're one of the most exotic -…

Irekei: Timeline Gap I emailed Meridian a day or two ago with just some random curiosities that popped into my head while I was reading the lore yet again (I read it at least once a day). My questions revolved around what happened to Jall'…

Irekei: The Dragon I asked Meridian various questions about the Dragon which we basically covered in the Dragon Philosophy topics below. Here is what he had to say: Meridian: Hey there! The Irekei are, so far, one of my favorite pieces of …

Irekei: The Chaos Gate I sent Meridian a very lengthy bit of questions last night, and he responded to half of them so far....maybe more will follow. Here's what he said: Prepare yourself for the Sun's Anvil.... What?!? The last batch of i…

Irekei: Rangers and Amazons Ever since the Turning, the Wolf has been a force of Rage and destruction - Wolf has decided that Men (Humans, to be more specific) are to blame for the world's plight and need to be destroyed. The Rangers are a…

Irekei: Point for Point Meridian was kind enough to answer a second batch of questions I had about Dragon Philosophy. He answered point-for-point, so I included the original questions too. Topics are bolded. My questions are in normal colo…

Irekei: Personality Original Post: OK. I keep on seeing people saying that the Irekei are like this character in this book i read. So I might as well put my opinion in. They are like the Fremen in the Dune books by Frank Herbert. Go ahead …

Irekei: Music I think music is pretty important to them. I know they sing, and I expect they have stringed instrruments - played with bows or fingers. As to what it would sound like, I'd say near eastern - I was listening to Passion by Pet…

Irekei: Language Original Post: Then what do the Irekei call themselves in their own language? I suppose that you could claim that the Irekei pride themselves in being outcasts and have kept the name, but then again, we're told that the Ir…

Irekei, Khalikryst, Grallokur, and Chaos One of the greatest joys I've gotten from this job was the realization that SB's lore was a lot like legos - full of lots of little bits and facts and inferences, that can be connected and associate…

Irekei and the Black Good heavens! Lots of nifty notions here, and many of you are on the verge of some Big Secrets (tm). Of course, I won't say which (people or secrets). Rephaim, you wound me! There IS indeed a system to the cosmology, I…

Irekei and Grallokur Well, the Irekei, if you really look at them, are in kind of an odd place. Much like the rest of the races, their chief Gods aren't particularly communicative. Dragon and Phoenix both rarely make their wills known, and…

Irekei: Culture Hey there again! Sorry fot the delay in following up my first response, but we've had an explosive burst of activity around here, especially as regards world building. The questions have kept rolling in since the Jan 12 gat…

Irekei: Civilization Development Hey gang! Actually, I have one or two more lore tibits to throw out regarding just this topic. It occurs to me, the Irekei probably weren't always the way they are now. They spent a REALLY long time in the …

Irekei: Blood Prophets and Bards Hey there! Actually, Bards hold a pretty important place among the Irekei. The Blood Prophets are thought to be wise, and they do hear and interpret the Dragon's will, but it's not a Lore sort of a thing, i…

Irekei: Blade Weaving Original: I know the Irekei are not as dextorous as the elves but they once were. The Khalinviri left because of the deathless empire and became the Irekei. But because they were elves they should know all ok the arts…

Irekei: Aging I'd expect they now have significantly shorter lifespans than Elves. The whole "flame that's twice as bright burns half as long" thing. I'm still thinking they live several centuries, though - and honestly, before the Turning…

Invorri: General Info Your interpreataion is perfectly valid - to the average Southlander, Northmen, Invorri, and Barbarian are all sononymous. I expect the distinctions are a bit hazier if one lives up north. The Invorri have always done …

Invorri: Basics The Invorri are the Northmen - they're the Sons of Torvald, the Titan who led his folk north out of Ardan to settle in the forzen north. They've waged great wars against Giants, the Dra Khelegur Elves, and the Minotaurs. On…

Humans: Races of Humanity Original: Regarding the Human lore which was released today. Will there be separate lore released for the 6 races of humans? (7 if you include the Anomani). I particularly would like to hear about the Invorri, Tor…

History: Timeline Gaps Original: Simple question on the timeline. When one age ends, will the first year of the following age be the exact next year? Such as the end of the Age of days is 4,310. Would year 1 of the age of Kings be consider…

History: Miscellaneous Info Original: I think it had something to do with this: "In the Before Time, before the sun was made, the World was upside down, with sky below and ground above. The People lived as animals, naked, without speech, a…

History: End of Days Original: How can there ever be a End of days? Unless this is part of your plan incase a guild becomes to strong and eventually takes over a whole world or multiple worlds, you go back to this story and use the dragon …

History: Early Age Info Original: Just curious on some dates, I saw it posted somewhere a while back, but can't fin it now. When did the Age of Kings begin? What event heralded it's beginning? The turning occurred in 1099 Age of Kings yes?…

Becoming the High King Not as the code currently stands, I don't think. As far as titles go, we leave that up to you guys - any man can claim to be a King, but getting a server full of people to follow you is tricky...