Vanguard: Raiding in the Overlands

I know everyone's pumped and presumably prepared for the brand new raid content to go Live! In the next couple of weeks, you'll get your wish and be amazed at what raiding has to offer! In addition to the much anticipated Ancient Port Warehouse, the final release of Game Update 3 will give players a taste of raiding in the Overlands! To compliment the arrival of APW, the Vanguard team has added exciting, outdoor raid encounters geared toward high-end adventuring players. Here's a bit of background provided by the development team: Be on the look out for Jagund, the Wavebreaker, who rules the northern sea of Thestra . He will not take kindly to those intruding on his domain without paying the proper price, usually in the form of their life.

Jagund the Wavebreaker "For almost a thousand years, Jagund, the Wavebreaker, has ruled the northern sea of Thestra .  No ship has passed without his allowance, and all have either paid their dues, or been offered as sacrifice to the depths.  Deadly sirens hunt the northern sea with impunity, offering up their spoils to Jagund as tribute in return for his protection. In the aftermath of the sacking of Targonor by the Cartheons, the sirens fell upon those ships foolish enough to flee into the northern sea.  Dozens of ships were lulled into the rocks and sunk, their crews carried off by the sirens while their treasures were heaped as offerings to Jagund.  Among the treasures was Vaisa's Horn , a relic of great power. Vaisa, the spirit of the deep waters, had long ago gifted the Horn to the Sages Arcane to protect the humans' ships from Sihari's wrath. Finding the Horn amongst the wreckage of a Sages Arcane ship, Jagund came to realize it was he, not Sihari, who could control the sea. For twenty years the Horn was thought lost by the Sages Arcane, returned to the depths from whence it came.  Now, Jagund's possession of the Horn has come to the attention of the Sages.  The siren Licosea brings news of Jagund's newfound mastery over the seas, and the growing army of the deep at his command.  Jagund must be stopped and the Horn recovered, or the tides of war will sweep all of Thestra away." Prime Warden of Nusibe patrols the areas around Nusibe Necropolis, and keeps an eye out for adventurers that tread in the deserts of Qalia, seeking to do the evil bidding of his master. "In ages long forgotten beneath the sands of Qalia the Tehatamani Empire flourished.  Hidden between the brutal dark elves of Stiirhad and the ever-expanding Ahgramun Empire, the Tehatamani pharaohs ruled their people with wisdom and compassion.  To safeguard their beloved pharaoh, the priesthood selected the most faithful and devout of their ranks to fulfill a time honored tradition of being the prime warden of the Tehatamani. The chosen ones would give themselves to the empire, offering up their life to a ritual sacrifice where their soul would be removed from their body and placed within the stone form of the Prime Warden.  The chosen would serve in this form until the pharaoh's death, at which point they would accompany the pharaoh to the afterlife. Most notable amongst the chosen is Soleq Su'Baht, last of the Prime Wardens.  Soleq was chosen to be Prime Warden of Pharaoh Nusibe, but in his service he was forced to do terrible deeds. Prime Warden of Nusibe He slaughtered Nusibe's enemies and preyed upon the Tehatamani people when Nusibe grew displeased.  He was Nusibe's wrath, and he was powerless to oppose his master's call.  Only in Nusibe's assassination was Soleq released from his servitude. The Tehatamani, eager to never suffer such horror again, abolished the ritual of the Prime Warden, and even abandoned the title of pharaoh to put Nusibe's reign of terror behind them.  But now, with the theft of the Xakrin's Ark of Ages , Nusibe has returned, and for some inexplicable reason, so too has Prime Warden Soleq.  Nusibe's reign of terror is about to begin anew, and this time, the long knives of assassins cannot end it."