Darkfall: Developer Diary #4: The Origin of the Alfar

Ever wondered how this hated by all race came to be? The developers shared with us some of the background on Melek, a mirdain who betrayed his kin to become a ruler, and later a god of a small group of people who had been bred and brainwashed to his liking.

Did the intense adoration suffocate or spoil him? Did he become resentful at the prospect of remaining third among mirdain gods? Or was the evil inside him at birth - gone to seed, but ready grow as time brought nourishment?

Neither his parents nor the mirdain noticed signs of evil in Melechai. But when his rebellion came, it was so well-planned, so irreversible in its cruelty, that it can't possibly have been caused by a freshly sprung evil.

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