Asherons Call: June Rollout Article is Up!

Rollout Article
posted on 09-Jun-2004
They had assembled in the vast caverns. From across Dereth they had come. From the captured citadels in the west to the pickets around Dryreach in the east; from the deep forests of the north to the snow-capped mountains in the south; they had come.

Shoulder to shoulder they stood in ranks, Tumeroks and Lugians. Muldaveus looked out at their massed strength and remembered the day that they had broken free from their masked and cloaked masters. As they murmured among themselves, Muldaveus remembered the pride of their victory, immediately followed by humiliating defeat after defeat at the hands of the Isparians. He remembered the failure of the siege at Tethana and the disaster at the fortress in the Lost Wish Mountains.

But that was the past. He raised his mighty arms and the assembled forces quieted immediately.

"My friends!" he called out in a voice that filled the cavern and reverberated from the walls. "For too long we have sought victory over the Isparians and our foolish brothers! We have sought allies, but our travels into the dark valley brought no aid. But we did not give up! Now, we stand poised to take the victory that we deserve!" He shook one fist and the Tumeroks and Lugians cheered.

Behind him, seated and silent, Niarltah smiled, baring his fangs.

Many of this month's changes have already been described in detail in the Letter to the Players. There are two other topics that we'd like to discuss in detail.
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Verdantine
With the June event, we are opening a brand-new Asheron's Call world: Verdantine. This is a standard rules server, set at the same point in time as the existing eight worlds.

We expect that this world will be popular and under heavy load, especially for the first few days after its opening. Players may experience heavy lag as a greater than normal player load comes and goes.
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Deleting Characters
You may notice that there is a new field under the Delete Character button on your character selection screen. To delete a character, you must now type that character's name into this field, in addition to selecting the character from the list, prior to clicking the Delete Character button. This is intended to help prevent accidental deletion of characters.

Characters may still be restored up to an hour after deletion. Deleted character will still lose housing and allegiance ties, even if restored.