![]() They're not particularly evil or aggressive, though, just creepy looking. Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette: The Dras have jet black hair and extremely pallid white skin, that gives them a zombie-esque appearance which, combined with their swamp homeland, gives them a creepy vibe.Creepy Shadowed Undereyes: The Dras have these naturally, adding to their already ghoulish appearance.While rulers can set broad-strokes policy such as tax laws, infrastructure investment, etc., the economy is mostly private and driven by commoners, both player and NPC. Can't Hold His Liquor: The Brudvir, due to their reduced poison tolerance, are much easier to get drunk than any other race.This term is also extended to the inhabitants of pre-Burning Elyria. The Beforetimes: The Qindred refer to the time before the splitting of Elyria as "antepyrovian," as they believe that the world was split in a great fire.No one really knows when the first Purebread horse came prancing out of an Elyrian oven but, ever since, the purebread horse has been a delicacy across all of the known world. Soulbound apparently noticed this and for their 2019 Kickstarterversary gave everyone who had bought a package before September 2018 one free purebread horse, complete with food puns, especially of the sandwich variety. Ascended Meme: A common joke/meme on the forums was about the elusive purebread horse (not a typo).PVP is possible anywhere, but unwarranted murder will have nasty consequences. Anyone Can Die: Due to the constantly progressing story and evolving game world, NPCs and players are equally killable.A.I.-Generated Economy: As 70% of the characters on a server will be NPCs, much of the economy will depend upon NPC crafting and resource gathering.Above Good and Evil: The Al'tifali religion, which follows the Two-Fold Queen, and is practiced by the Dras and Waerd, sees good and evil as just constructs made by Mann, and thus rejects them, instead seeking balance in all things.Ĭhronicles of Elyria contains examples of: An in-depth video going over the situation can be found here. This led to Caspian claiming that the project was not cancelled and that he and the company were still going to be releasing the game and a second, separate game known as Kingdoms of Elyria in the future. However, on March 25, 2020, Soulbound Studios announced that the studio had been shuttered, all employees had been terminated and the project was "entering the abyss." A class action lawsuit was then filed against the studio and its founder, Jeromy "Caspian" Walsh, as the project was considered a scam since they had not provided any actual product for all the money that they had raised. ![]() Instead of fixed quests that only change with an update, the Soulborn Engine powering the game will generate tailored quests for each character that can be completed by the player, as well as one-time main quests that permanently advance the story in an aversion of stereotypical MMO stasis. Players can form families by marrying other players or NPCs, and can reincarnate as their offspring. This can be hastened by the player's character suffering grievous injuries, forcing its soul to journey through the Astral Plane back to its body, its connection to said body becoming weaker every time a player is forced to "Spirit Walk." Non-player Characters, far from being glorified quest givers, live their own lives and contribute to the economy just like players, the only difference being them being controlled by an AI, and yes, they are just as killable as players. ![]() A player's character was supposed to age over time, eventually dying and forcing the player's soul to reincarnate in another body. Chronicles of Elyria is notable for deliberately averting most of the tropes of the MMORPG genre, especially Perpetually Static and Death Is a Slap on the Wrist. The game was pitched as players playing as souls that reincarnate into new bodies, while preserving a portion of the talent that the previous incarnation possessed. Pledges continued through an online store that the developers set up, and Chronicles of Elyria raised more than 7.9 million dollars in total. Initially announced in late 2014, the development team began a successful Kickstarter that ended on June 3rd, 2016, and can be found here. Chronicles of Elyria is a Vapor Ware fantasy Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Game (Marketed as a 'MEOW' or Multiplayer Evolving Online World) developed by Soulbound Studios. ![]()
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