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A Lieutenant of The Ancients Rendu 3D.[1]

This is one of the lieutenants that exists of the Ancients; and you can see they have an almost alien look to them and that is because they have deviated over such a long period of time from their original creation, which looked something very very different: more akin to the Elven and Human races that we have now. But over time through their manipulation of the Essence and the corruption that has ensued within their race, they have taken the form that you can see.[2] – Steven Sharif

Suffering Wanderer Rendu 3D.[3][4]

You're going to see really a dark, more insidious creature that's present as the primary antagonist within the storyline of Ashes of Creation. You know they don't have the typical physical attributes you come to expect from a bipedal species like eyes and a mouth, but more something alien- that exists something that is just not natural in its appearance.[5] – Steven Sharif

The Ancients (the original creations of the Ten gods) and The Others (the banished gods) are the primary antagonists in the lore who defiled and perverted all of creation.[1][6][7]

  • The Ancients learned from The Others how to use The Essence to achieve immortality. This was a pure form of immortality, more akin to the godhood that exists among the Pantheon. This immortality prohibited them from encompassing undeath in the manner of King Atrax.[8]

If the Verran races were combined they’d be the ancients.[11] – Steven Sharif

  • The Ancients arrived at Verra through the Harbingers, which are comet-like celestial bodies powered by a very strong source of magic that essentially acts as a bridge between The Void and the Material plane where Verra exists.[1][6]

You're going to see lieutenants, captains, generals, and raid bosses and they're all going to take different forms because their whole perversion of Essence through the corruption is to take creation on the material realm, that the Pantheon of good Gods did, and twist and bend it to the corruption that exists within the Essence, because they view that as a more powerful form, a more raw and arcane form of what magic is meant to be used for. There's no point in these false constructs of morality when utilizing and harnessing the power that comes from the Essence. That is a social construct that was created by inferior gods, according to the Others; and it limits the ability of their creation to really capitalize on what the Essence is to be used for in its pure, innate nature.[13] – Steven Sharif

  • The Ancients' race exists in a caste-oriented system because the Essence has a profound effect biologically, physically, and visually on the appearance of the creatures that are manipulating it and are corrupted by it.[14][13]
    • Grunts are the peons or soldiers on the front lines who are specifically geared toward combat, or magic utilization, or specific environments or climates.[14][13]
    • Lieutenants have wing structures and more asymmetrical appearances.[14][13]
    • Captains and generals are also ranks in the caste system.[13]
    • Large raid bosses and/or world bosses are monolithic in their appearance and unlike what standard creatures look like. These are huge, imposing creatures.[14][13]

The gods... wanted to represent their qualities, their characteristics, their attributes within creation with the creation of something, so they started with a race that are now known as The Ancients; and they imbued them with all of their qualities. Essentially now that that turned out to be a mistake because with those types of qualities all in one species there was a a pride that happened- a desire to become more; and that led a little bit of conflict between the Ancients; and actually there was a partition created between some of the gods within the pantheon that embraced the idea of introducing the Ancients as part of essentially their plane of existence and teaching them the ways of the Essence, in all of its facets: not just what can be used for good, but also what could be used for evil as well. And three of the gods split off and went against the quorum that was established about not interfering with the Ancients after they started this down this road of learning more of the essence and how to manipulate it; and these three gods are known as The Others. So the others really embraced teaching the Ancients knowledge of the essence that they had learned through their eternal existence; and this caused a celestial battle to occur; and the pantheon of the Seven were able to defeat the others; and they banished the Ancients and the Others from the material plane and from the plane of the gods to the void which is the furthest from being connected to the essence.[6] – Steven Sharif

List of Ancients mobs

Pantheon of gods

Cette traduction est peut-être obsolète
"Planetarium" concept art par Ryan Richmond.[15]

Les dix déités dans Ashes of Creation forment un panthéon de dieux.[16] Il y a eu une lutte céleste entre les dieux, qui les a fracturés entre le bien et le mal.[17]

Le commencement de la création de l'univers présent dans Ashes of Creation est le résultat d'un groupe d'êtres divins. Ils étaient dix et il y a eu une lutte céleste qui a conduit à une fracture parmi ces dieux. Et il existe au sein de cette histoire deux composantes de bien et de mal.[17] – Steven Sharif

Tôt dans la création de l'Univers, le panthéon des dieux a été divisé. Certains dieux influencent le côté corrompu des êtres qui existent dans l'Univers. Il est possible à travers des quêtes et une décision du joueur de rejoindre ou vénérer ces dieux.[18]

  • Les Anciens et les Autres sont les dieux maléfiques qui sont les principaux antagonistes dans l'histoire et qui ont souillé et perverti toute la création.[7]
  • Il est possible pour certains arcs narratifs de se rattacher à un parcours plus sombre/maléfique, si un personnage en fait le choix.[17]

Les dieux dans Ashes of Creation représentent différents aspects de l'Univers, ainsi que des sentiments.[19]

Chaque dieu... possède un domaine spécifique qui le relie au monde et à sa création.[17] – Steven Sharif

Nous avons une histoire riche concernant le panthéon des dieux, mais c'est une chose dont je veux être sûr que les joueurs découvrent dans le jeu, pas par des explications.[19] – Steven Sharif

Story of creation

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L'histoire de la Création nous parle d'une race d'êtres nommés Les Anciens, créés à l'image de ce que furent jadis Les Dix. Les Dix accordèrent toutes leurs qualités à une race devant avoir l'intendance de toute la Création. La puissance des Anciens grandit et un désaccord apparut au sein des Dix pour contenir leur nouvelle création. Trois parmi les Dix se séparèrent des autres et commencèrent à enseigner aux Anciens les Secrets de l'Essence. Lorsque les Sept apprirent cela, une formidable bataille céleste s'ensuivit. Des éternités passent et vous observez tandis que le combat continue dans le royaume céleste. Certains disent que c'est la bataille qui créa les étoiles et les cieux que nous voyons à présent. À chaque coup entre les Dix naquit une nouvelle étoile. Quand la bataille s'acheva, les autres et les Anciens furent bannis par les Sept dans le Néant. Les Sept trouvèrent l'erreur de leur approche et décidèrent de répartir leurs qualités dans quatre races au lieu d'une seule ; et c'est ainsi que les Humains, Elfes, Orcs et Nains vinrent à être. Vous observez tandis que les Sept créent Verra et placent chacune des races à leur emplacement respectif. Lorsque l'histoire prend fin, une sombre silhouette grandit au loin et se rapproche de vous. Jusqu'à ce que tout ce que vous voyez soit l'obscurité. Et vous vous réveillez en sueur après un cauchemar.[25] – Steven Sharif

The Harbingers

Dillia's diary concept art.[26]

The Ancients and The Others they found their way to Verra at some point and they came through what we call the Harbingers, which are essentially these celestial bodies- these almost comet-like structures that were traveling through space to find the location of the new creation; and within those harbingers is a very strong source of magic that essentially acts as a bridge between the Void and the Material plane where Verra exists.[6] – Steven Sharif

The Harbingers are comet-like celestial bodies powered by a very strong source of magic that essentially acts as a bridge between The Void and the Material plane where Verra exists.[6]

  • The worst thing the Harbingers bought to Verra was corruption, which twists and distorts everything it touches.[28]
The worst thing that the Harbingers brought was not the Others, but the corruption that they spread. It twists and distorts everything it touches. It whispers in the ears of men, and guides their hands toward terrible ends. There does not seem a means to stop it - our prayers do nothing, our spells are ineffectual. The awful truth is that the Others could simply watch as we burned Verra to ash ourselves.[28]

Religion

Religious temple in a Métropole node.[29]

Il y a six religions principales ainsi qu'une religion de l'Underrealm.[30][31]

  • La religion est envisagée comme étant une source de motivation et non d'esthétique.[32]
  • Choisir une religion permet au joueur de suivre un chemin lumineux ou sombre.[17]

Nous parlons ici d'un panthéon, pas nécessairement de religions distinctes. Il y a toutes sortes de ramifications sur qui est le meilleur dieu, ou quel est le dieu qui vous correspond le mieux.[17] – Jeffrey Bard

Orders of the Seven

Cette traduction est peut-être obsolète

Les Ordres des Sept sont des organisations religieuses correspondant aux sept grands temples de Verra.[23]

  1. L'Ordre de l'espoir est un ordre des Humains Aelan basé dans la capitale d'Aela. Sa divinité tutélaire est Resna.[23]
  2. L'Ordre du destin est un ordre des Orcs Kaivek dont le siège se trouve dans la capitale de Ren. Sa divinité tutélaire est Norlan.[22]
  3. L'Ordre de la vérité est un ordre des Elfes Pyrian dont le siège se trouve dans la capitale d'Amera. Sa divinité tutélaire est Shol.[24]

Au sein des temples des sept, il existe différents niveaux d'organisations qui ne font appel qu'aux services des disciples les plus dévots. Selon les aptitudes du disciple, les services peuvent signifier de nombreuses choses. Pour ceux parmi les disciples qui détiennent un ensemble d'aptitudes particulier, il y a les ordres des sept. Chaque ordre obéit à une hiérarchie différente au sein des multiples temples des sept que l'on trouve sur l'ensemble de Verra.[23] – Steven Sharif

King Atrax

A staff of the Ancients Rendu 3D.[33] [34]

A glorious staff of the Ancients that we revealed during November's development update![34]

The last ruling house of the Toren empire, which oversaw its downfall was the house of Atrax. King Atrax was actually its longest ruler, also its last ruler, and he was a very powerful and advanced wizard for his time. He dedicated the vast majority of his early rule to seeking out artifacts, knowledge, the focal points of essence; and he discovered its purpose as it becomes the manipulating matter behind exploiting magic for any means. He became obsessed with the pursuit of that knowledge as a very accomplished wizard and one of the ways he pursued that ever-longing learning was to try and achieve immortality; and in his pursuit of immortality he discovered that manipulating the life-force of a soul essentially is to greater increase your ability to focus the essence, because each person's soul acts as, in some way shape or form, a conduit of the essence across the plains. So that's essentially how the gods are capable of reaching into the material plane- one of the ways- is through the souls of their divine beings, which are the four great races and their descendants. In his pursuit of immortality he came across some more dark applications of the essence and in doing so- discovering these artifacts along the ley lines that are in Verra- he came into contact with forces that existed outside of the material plane in the void itself. Now these were unbeknownst to him The Ancients as well The Others and manipulating that contact.[12] – Steven Sharif

King Atrax began to manipulate the essence in a way that was trying to capitalize on everlasting life, on immortality. So in doing so he came into contact with the ancients; and the Ancients took advantage of this- was their first contact with any of the divine races actually- and this is what led the Ancients to begin their pursuit of Verra: to start that process of the Harbingers eventually finding Verra and coming to the planet to pervert what the gods- the seven gods- had created through their second creation. Now the Ancients created this contact with Atrax through summoning rituals that Atrax had learned through manipulating the essence; and it was through these contact rituals that Atrax learned how to achieve immortality. But the Ancients were deceptive in actually not informing Atrax how this would deform his conduit, his soul essentially that exists with the Essence. So he underwent a process of essentially lichdom where he was the first lich and the first undead on Verra; and it was from him and his pursuit of immortality that undeath became a reality on Verra; and it was his subjects that suffered as a result of his desire to become immortal. So he began different rituals on his subjects, which allowed the undeath to propagate across the world in his population over time. So he would- before he became a lich he experimented on his citizens; and that's what really was the origin of the undead and this undead the Ancients- one of the unique things about the Ancients was in their first discovery of how they could use the Essence and what the Others taught them was they became immortal themselves. But they became immortal in a more pure form, essentially akin to the godhood that exists among the Pantheon; and that prohibited them from encompassing this undeath component. But they did not teach that to King Atrax. So that talks a little bit about the origins of the undeath on Verra and undeath in general.[8] – Steven Sharif

King Atrax was the last and longest serving ruler of the ancient Toren empire, which was one of the greatest and first civilizations of Verra.[12]

  • King Atrax was a powerful and advanced wizard for his time who dedicated the majority of his rule to seeking out artifacts, knowledge, the focal points of The Essence. He discovered its purpose, manipulating matter and exploiting magic for any means.[12]
  • His goal was to achieve immortality; and in this pursuit he discovered that manipulating the life-force of a soul essentially increases one's ability to focus the Essence, as each person's soul acts as a conduit of the essence across the planes of existence.[12][8]
  • In his pursuit of immortality he came across other dark applications of the Essence and in doing so he came into contact with forces that existed outside of the material plane: in The Void itself. Unbeknownst to him these were The Ancients and The Others who began manipulating that contact through summoning rituals that Atrax had learned in his studies of the Essence.[8][12]
    • This contact prompted the Ancients to begin their pursuit of Verra, which started the process of the Harbingers eventually finding Verra and coming to the planet to pervert what The Seven gods had created (in their second creation).[8]
  • Through his summoning rituals Atrax finally learned how to achieve immortality. But the Ancients were deceptive in actually not informing him how this would deform his conduit (his soul) that exists with the Essence. Atrax eventually underwent a process of becoming first Lich and first undead on Verra.[8]
    • It was from this pursuit of immortality that undeath became a reality on Verra: Atrax had begun different rituals on his subjects, which allowed the undeath to propagate across the world, causing suffering amongst his subjects.[8]
    • The Ancients had previously learned from The Others how to use the Essence to achieve immortality themselves. Unlike Atrax, they became immortal in a pure form, more akin to the godhood that exists among the Pantheon, which prohibited them from encompassing this undeath component themselves. This pure form of immortality was not taught to King Atrax.[8]
  • After his lichdom was achieved Atrax continued to enslave his undead subjects, having them procure ancient artifacts from around the world so that he could further pursue his manipulation of the Essence and magic.[35]
  • Following The Great War of the Undying with King Atrax, the Aelan people would form the Aelan Empire.[36][37]

Toren empire

The Toren empire, it's equitable to what the Roman empire was on Earth in the sense that this was one of the first major civilizations; and partially the reason why the area you're in currently is considered the badlands or the frontier and is riddled with ruins during this time in Verra before the actual Apocalypse.[38] – Steven Sharif

The Toren empire was the greatest and first civilizations of Verra. Its capital city was Torall.[39][12]

  • The Torens were half-elves: A mixture of what was once the predecessor to the Aelan kingdom- the humans, and the Pyrian elves.[39][12]
  • King Atrax was the last and longest serving ruler of the Toren empire.[12]
The ancient capital city of Torall... was the center of one of the greatest and first civilizations of Verra. This was actually a very rare civilization known as the Toren empire. The Torens were essentially half elves. They were a mixture of what was once the predecessor to the Aelan kingdom- the humans, and the Pyrian elves.[12] – Steven Sharif

Fallow's Hold

Fallow's Hold is one of the great dungeons of Ashes of Creation located near the capital city of the ancient Toren empire, Torall.[35]

  • Fallow's Hold was commissioned by King Atrax and built by the master builders of the Dünzenkell dwarves with whom he was affiliated.[35]
  • Fallow's Hold was originally built as a great vault to house powerful ancient artifacts that were procured from around the world by Atrax's undead slaves so that he could further pursue his manipulation of The Essence and magic.[35]
  • Fallow's hold is a very dangerous dungeon with many constantly changing traps.[35]

The ancient civilization of the Torren empire and their capital city of Torall, which houses one of the great dungeons of Ashes of Creation; which is the Fallow's Hold. Fallow's Hold is essentially where many of the artifacts that had a close alignment to the Essence on Verra because of their proximity to these ley lines and these sites that exist throughout the world: They were all brought here to King Atrax even after his lichdom was achieved, because he continued to enslave his subjects, the undead essentially, to procure these artifacts from around the world so that he can continue even in his immortality to learn about the use of Essence and magic and manipulation of it; and he constructed a great vault here through his affiliation with the master builders essentially of the Dünzenkell dwarves to create a massive complex underground from the city of the capital of Torall. Now Fallows hold is a very dangerous dungeon and there are constantly changing traps that exist.[35] – Steven Sharif

Ancient artifacts (Relics)

Concept art du Reliquaire .[40]

Chaque Cité possède ce qu'on appelle un reliquaire et ce reliquaire fera apparaître des objets uniques dont les citoyens pourront tirer avantage en fonction des performances, progression et hauts faits que ces citoyens ont accompli à travers le monde. Donc si vos citoyens ont participé à la chute d'un boss d'extérieur ou ont complété un donjon en un temps record ou encore ont fabriqué un objet légendaire ou peu importe : tous ces différents types de chemin de progressions pour les cités pourront contribuer à la création d'une relique qui existera à l'intérieur du reliquaire.[41] – Steven Sharif

Relique de nœud.[42] Ceci est une relique protectrice qui peut prévenir une attaque. Une fois volée, cela permettra d'assiéger la Métropole.[43]

Les Reliques sont une forme de Succès pour un nœud qui se déverrouillent dans le temps. Elles permettent aux citoyens de nœuds de fabriquer certains Articles Légendaires et de progresser à l'intérieur de certaines Quêtes légendaires.[44]

  • Les Reliques sont placées dans un Reliquaire à l'intérieur d'un nœud .[41]
  • Un accès limité aux reliques contenues dans un reliquaire de nœud est accordé aux attaquants inscrits après qu'ils ont détruit avec succès ce nœud lors d'un Sièges de Nœuds.[41]

The Lightpact

Cloak of the Broken Pact cosmetic concept art.[45]

This flowing silken mantle of the Lightpact inspired hope in all those that caught a glimpse of them during the terrible final days of Verra. Fighting tirelessly against the pressing darkness, the fluttering capes were often the last rays of light seen before escaping to safety. Tragically, it was only the cloak itself that was recovered after the finishing blows were felled.[45]

The Lightpact was an alliance of the Orders of the Seven, created by the four major races of Verra in order to solve the mystery of the Harbingers.[46]

Even though they have different focuses and reasons why their followers worship specific gods, at the end of the day, they're all a Pantheon of good. So there's a reason for them to work together to subvert the goals and/or aspirations of the Others and the Ancients. And those who seek to pervert what the Essence is capable of through the means of Corruption.[47] – Steven Sharif
  • There are key individuals within the Lightpact and within the religions that have a longer objective that ties into the overarching metanarrative, in terms of the reason for the return to Verra.[47]
Standing against the heralds of corruption, the Lightpact once carried the hopes of all Verrans on their shoulders. Their flames would ultimately be dashed on the rocks of betrayal and destruction. Corruption, death, and evil now grasp and consume the light that once led the way. With the re-emergence of the Divine Gates, will the beacon of faith be set ablaze once more?[48]

Artwork

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Les références

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Direct, 2020-11-08 (11:48).
  2. ↑ Direct, 2020-11-08 (11:57).
  3. ↑ Direct, 2021-03-26 (26:31).
  4. ↑ Blog: Creative Director's Letter, January 2021.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Direct, 2020-11-08 (12:47).
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Direct, 2020-11-08 (0:00:00).
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Entrevue, 2020-07-19 (50:10).
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.8 Direct, 2020-11-08 (05:31).
  9. ↑ steven-ancients-1.png
  10. ↑ steven-ancients-2.png
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 steven-ancients-3.png
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.7 12.8 12.9 Direct, 2020-11-08 (00:49).
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 Podcast, 2020-11-15 (42:22).
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 Direct, 2020-11-08 (10:41).
  15. ↑ May newsletter.
  16. ↑ Direct, 2017-05-26 (10:58).
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 17.5 Direct, 2017-05-26 (15:37).
  18. ↑ Direct, 2018-04-8 (AM) (16:50).
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 Direct, 2018-04-8 (AM) (10:02).
  20. ↑ Entrevue, 2020-07-20 (13:33).
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 Entrevue, 2018-10-31 (6:00).
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 Direct, 2018-11-03 (0:01:18).
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 Direct, 2018-11-03 (0:00:20).
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 Direct, 2018-11-03 (0:06:56).
  25. ↑ Direct, 2018-11-03 (0:00:39).
  26. ↑ Dillias diary.
  27. ↑ Vidéo, 2023-03-31 (7:41).
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 Week 1, entry 1.
  29. ↑ Node series part II – the Metropolis.
  30. ↑ Entrevue, 2020-07-19 (23:15).
  31. ↑ religions2.jpg
  32. ↑ Direct, 2017-05-08 (44:51).
  33. ↑ Direct, 2020-11-30 (52:56).
  34. ↑ 34.0 34.1 A glorious staff of the Ancients.
  35. ↑ 35.0 35.1 35.2 35.3 35.4 35.5 35.6 Direct, 2020-11-08 (07:58).
  36. ↑ Vidéo, 2023-03-31 (12:19).
  37. ↑ Direct, 2018-11-03 (0:05:24).
  38. ↑ Direct, 2020-11-08 (04:57).
  39. ↑ 39.0 39.1 Direct, 2024-03-29 (2:21:10).
  40. ↑ reliquary-concept.png
  41. ↑ 41.0 41.1 41.2 Entrevue, 2020-07-18 (56:11).
  42. ↑ Direct, 2017-05-10 (28:09).
  43. ↑ Direct, 2017-05-12 (49:50).
  44. ↑ Direct, 2018-02-09 (29:26).
  45. ↑ 45.0 45.1 Ashes of Creation Store: The Ancients.
  46. ↑ Week 2, entry 1.
  47. ↑ 47.0 47.1 47.2 Podcast, 2020-11-15 (25:27).
  48. ↑ Ashes of Creation Store: October cosmetics.
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