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Hey everyone,
We've all been waiting for this big reveal of September 30, and the day has come and gone, bringing with it many great news and interesting content. For the sake of keeping everything in one place, here are the pieces of art and lore released on the stream:
Jelrass
"As Thacean forces were driven ever north, the town of Jelrass found itself cut off from the legions and enclosed by the dead. Now its citizens huddle together in their homes, clinging to holy symbols and praying for death to pass them by, or if they must die that they might at least stay that way."
Os Kurrox
"The Ruins of Os Kurrox conceal an eldritch artifact, an obelisk marked in cryptic symbols. Those that built the structures above hoped to control the artifact, but never learned the secrets of its power. Now their names are forgotten and their towers stand crumbling into dust. But the relic remains below, eons old, unscathed by time’s ablations."
Vampire Environment
"The Red Lady is revered among vampires as the first of their kind, the wellspring of their dark bloodline. Those of the noblesse are beholden to her, vowing that her shrine should never run dry of blood offerings. Through this ritual, they ensure their standing, but if they should fail to uphold their end of the bargain, the offerings will be taken from their own veins."
Riding the Dragon - Guardian of Atan
"Though more than capable of traversing the seas between continents, dragons remain secluded in the eastern land of Atan. Whatever motivation hems them in the east is unknown, but they are deeply intelligent beings, capable of judgement and wisdom."
Demon - Mastiphal (credits to @Elveone for finding the name on VertPaint Studio's website)
"Many are the planes of the multiverse, though few are the doorways between them. Influencing one realm from another requires tremendous power, and traveling across them an order of magnitude more. Yet on rare occasions, the veil of reality wears thin, and interlopers may pass between the planes with ease. When such events occur, it is never long before a demon forces its way through the breach."
Revenant - N'Gaztak
"Templars wear silver armor, not only to repel the dead, but to prevent themselves from being reanimated. Should they fall in battle, this armor would reduce their corpses to ash if they tried to rise again. And so N’Gaztak woke from death into smoke and white-hot fire, thrashing against his own cuirass as it seared into his flesh. Yet though his tissues bubbled and burst, his rage burned hotter still, and the king of Deadhaus rose in hissing flames, fusing with his armor, staining it black."
Vampire - Lord Zorin
"For 300 years before the rise of Deadhaus, Lord Zorin stalked the shadows of Malorum, making war with the Ustillian Empire and feasting on the blood of the living. His favorite prey were the templar, as he relished the way their screams echoed from within their armor. Choir boys, he called them, for how well they sung when he sank his claws into them."
"In life, the templar who would become N’Gaztak faced Lord Zorin in single combat and survived. though both were grievously wounded. Years later, as Deadhaus rose and N’Gaztak sat the throne, he knew exactly who to seek out to be his general."
And this was everything shown (to us) in the art reveal. The three guests apparently also got to see a new video that they will be showing us in two weeks (September 14th).
Together with this stream came a few important and interesting news:
- Apocalypse will be doing weekly streams, every Wednesday, for about a year (until the release of the First Age most likely, maybe longer).
- Every last Wednesday of the month will have an art reveal of the same kind.
- Next week (first Wednesday of every month, this one September 7th) will be a narrative-focused stream.
- Two weeks after that, September 21th, will be a technology-focused stream, and they will talk about the procedural generation and persistent elements of Deadhaus, the back-end of the game, eventually talk about the skill system of the game, and they might progressively show prototype and gameplay material.
- The graphics shown on the images here are what Denis called "bottom threshold". My understanding is that they will look at minimum like this in the game.
- Banshees will be exclusively female, or at least that is the current plan. And I like it this way, even suggested so.
- They should be releasing one of such videos shown to the guests every month to us, the first one coming on the 14th.
- The last surprise in the art reveal is that Apocalypse is going to allow everyone on the stream to help shape the look of certain elements of the game by showing us what they have and letting us vote on what we like the most. They are going to be sharing more details on that soon. Maybe they'll be using some of GenVid's technology to do that, that would be interesting.
We've all been waiting for this big reveal of September 30, and the day has come and gone, bringing with it many great news and interesting content. For the sake of keeping everything in one place, here are the pieces of art and lore released on the stream:
Jelrass
"As Thacean forces were driven ever north, the town of Jelrass found itself cut off from the legions and enclosed by the dead. Now its citizens huddle together in their homes, clinging to holy symbols and praying for death to pass them by, or if they must die that they might at least stay that way."
Os Kurrox
"The Ruins of Os Kurrox conceal an eldritch artifact, an obelisk marked in cryptic symbols. Those that built the structures above hoped to control the artifact, but never learned the secrets of its power. Now their names are forgotten and their towers stand crumbling into dust. But the relic remains below, eons old, unscathed by time’s ablations."
Vampire Environment
"The Red Lady is revered among vampires as the first of their kind, the wellspring of their dark bloodline. Those of the noblesse are beholden to her, vowing that her shrine should never run dry of blood offerings. Through this ritual, they ensure their standing, but if they should fail to uphold their end of the bargain, the offerings will be taken from their own veins."
Riding the Dragon - Guardian of Atan
"Though more than capable of traversing the seas between continents, dragons remain secluded in the eastern land of Atan. Whatever motivation hems them in the east is unknown, but they are deeply intelligent beings, capable of judgement and wisdom."
Demon - Mastiphal (credits to @Elveone for finding the name on VertPaint Studio's website)
"Many are the planes of the multiverse, though few are the doorways between them. Influencing one realm from another requires tremendous power, and traveling across them an order of magnitude more. Yet on rare occasions, the veil of reality wears thin, and interlopers may pass between the planes with ease. When such events occur, it is never long before a demon forces its way through the breach."
Revenant - N'Gaztak
Vampire - Lord Zorin
"In life, the templar who would become N’Gaztak faced Lord Zorin in single combat and survived. though both were grievously wounded. Years later, as Deadhaus rose and N’Gaztak sat the throne, he knew exactly who to seek out to be his general."
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And this was everything shown (to us) in the art reveal. The three guests apparently also got to see a new video that they will be showing us in two weeks (September 14th).
Together with this stream came a few important and interesting news:
- Apocalypse will be doing weekly streams, every Wednesday, for about a year (until the release of the First Age most likely, maybe longer).
- Every last Wednesday of the month will have an art reveal of the same kind.
- Next week (first Wednesday of every month, this one September 7th) will be a narrative-focused stream.
- Two weeks after that, September 21th, will be a technology-focused stream, and they will talk about the procedural generation and persistent elements of Deadhaus, the back-end of the game, eventually talk about the skill system of the game, and they might progressively show prototype and gameplay material.
- The graphics shown on the images here are what Denis called "bottom threshold". My understanding is that they will look at minimum like this in the game.
- Banshees will be exclusively female, or at least that is the current plan. And I like it this way, even suggested so.
- They should be releasing one of such videos shown to the guests every month to us, the first one coming on the 14th.
- The last surprise in the art reveal is that Apocalypse is going to allow everyone on the stream to help shape the look of certain elements of the game by showing us what they have and letting us vote on what we like the most. They are going to be sharing more details on that soon. Maybe they'll be using some of GenVid's technology to do that, that would be interesting.
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