Shroud of the Avatar – Update of the Avatar #143

by GolemDragon · September 19, 2015

Greetings Fellow Avatars!

Here’s what we have for you in this week’s edition of Update of the Avatar:

Island of Storms
Blood River Settlement
Very Large Creatures: Dragons
Fauns
Craftable Fishing Trophies
Release 22 Grand Tour Quest Reward: Steampunk Goggles

Island of Storms

Long ago incredible magical forces crafted this island on shards of the shattered moons where it still floats high above New Britannia. Arabella greets new avatars coming from Earth and guides them with a series of questions that will determine which path they start down: Truth, Love, or Courage. These paths not only determine which plot thread you begin with, they also determine what your starting abilities are and what equipment you have. Building this scene required some new solutions for terrain to allow us to show the island floating in space.

Blood River Settlement

The massacre at Blood River was first reported in Update #141, with images depicting the bloody, smokey effects of the massacre. Esteben Zaldivar has been cleaning up the Blood River scene, depicted here as it will appear when players come back later:

Very Large Creatures: Dragons

As you know, Dragons are making their debut in Release 22 next week! Here’s a cool video that Andy Cortez captured of Bren Wilson working on the Dragon animations:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwuVJmBCEzQ

Fauns

In every army there are those who lead, and those who are led. The brutal nature of the Obsidians only amplified this simple truth. Thus was the existence of the race known as Fauns, engineered to be slaves for their more aggressive masters, the satyrs; a pairing which has persisted to this day through a bond few understand. Yet there are rumors of a faun who has broken his chains… rumors which fauns whisper among themselves when left unsupervised.

Here is a work-in-progress image of the Faun from our character art team. Look for these poor, enslaved creatures in an upcoming Release:

Craftable Fishing Trophies

As reported in Update #141, the first iteration of the fishing system will be playable in Release 22 (yay!). Scottie Jones took some time away from working on the Hilt scene to create these mounted fishing trophies that players will be able to craft from their catches in R22:

Release 22 Grand Tour Quest Reward: Steampunk Goggles

Just as they’ve been doing since Release 10, the dev team are including a Grand Tour Quest in R22 designed to guide you through all the new content. By completing the R22 Grand Tour Quest you will be rewarded with a pair of Steampunk Goggles. This reward can only be unlocked during Release 22 (did someone say rares?), so be sure to log in to R22 starting September 24 and talk to all the Tour Guides!