Game systems

War territory, continued

Training grounds, or Gerodian laboratories?

The Gerodians left a great many unsolved riddles in the Naigo planetary system, and the war territories are no exception. According to the chronicles kept in our library, the first to explore them were the children of Decem, may his right hand guard us ten million years. The hero's name is written into the tablets of Cora history for ever, and that name is Adem Rani. A brave warrior who managed to reach another dimension along with his companions and return again. The way into the dimension of the war territories was opened to him by a key brought by a tame phlem named Kais. Our people have sought to live in harmony with nature since ancient times, and the taming of phlems on Novus is only one example of our chosen nature showing itself.

Having come through that dreadful trial and destroyed a great many monsters that stood in their way, Adem and his companions made it back to Novus. Adem Rani's reward was the legendary sword Estoc, which granted its owner remarkable powers, and few on the battlefield were his equal. He mowed down the enemies of our great Dark God like weeds, praised be he through the generations. A great host of godless Accretians, risen against mother nature, fell to that mighty sword, which cut through the strongest metal armour like paper.

Later the war territories opened to the other races too, as the keys that activate the transit gates turned out to be scattered generously across Novus. The worshippers of vile Bellato machinery and the unholy Accretians study every territory as diligently as we do, seeking out its secrets to use in the war.

The wildlife of the war territories

The observations our researchers have made have produced no result. All we know is that the war territories are a Gerodian creation. Whether they are laboratory benches, like our own mazes with mice and cheese, or a place to train the warriors of the Gerodian army, we do not know. We are not discouraged, though, and we go on studying the phenomenon. Every volunteer who survives will be rewarded generously for any new information about the war territories. Explore and conquer, for the glory of Decem.

Entering a war territory

Step 1

To reach a war territory you have to be in a party and open the war territory gate. For that you need a special key, which can drop from a killed monster. The gate is activated at the Gate Keeper NPC in headquarters territory, and the gate then appears on screen.

Step 2

The gate stays open for only 30 seconds. Move fast, or you will not make it through. Once inside you have to complete the task you are given on arrival.

Step 3

Information about the task shows on the right of the screen. While you work on it you cannot avoid being attacked by monsters. Time inside a war territory is limited, so you have to act quickly and together. Complete the task and you get a reward; fail and there is none. When the mission ends you return automatically to the spot where the gate was set.

Careful. Killing monsters in a war territory adds experience and skill points. If your character dies inside a war territory, no experience is lost.

Source: rfonline.ru (Innova, 2007–2009), recovered from the Internet Archive. original page