The Chronicles of Spellborn - Daevi Playable Race Revealed

While waiting for a new Chronicles of Spellborn beta testing phase to begin (won't be long now), today we get to learn a little bit about the second playable race in this moderately weird looking MMORPG. These are the Daevi, and the accompanying screenshots added today in our local gallery show them in the game's starting Shard 'Parliament'. In the city of Hawksmouth and surrounding areas like 'Cherrybow Forrest', 'Sorrowmist' and 'Armourgrave Fields', players will start their first quests that will eventually allow them to brave the dangers of the Deadspell Storm towards new Shards like 'Mount-of-Heroes', 'Carnyx' and 'Ringfell'.

"Daevi are the racial offspring of the Mumia and humans: as a race, they stand on the dividing line between immortality and mortality – somewhere between the mythical and the mundane. Nevertheless, even though their appearance separates them from humans, there are more reasons that Daevi are different. The Daevi birthsign is one of the main reasons. All Daevi are born under a mythical sign that determines certain aspects of their lives, but mainly their physical appearance. This birthsign was how the Eight kept track of their half-human offspring and it allowed them to keep the Daevi enslaved.

The only remaining Daevi birthsign at present is that of the Tempest. Perhaps it reflects the nature of the period the Enclave is currently experiencing but it bestows no special powers. It has qualities of the now extinguished sign of Thorn, perhaps explaining why the Daevi look the way they do at present. It is not entirely sure whether vanished birthsigns can reappear or whether new ones will ever surface. Scholars agree that only time will tell."

The game's official website also brings word today that Fileplanet has been selected to host the upcoming TCoS open beta, and that the first Focus Test already began, using 500 testers selected by Fileplanet. More info on this deal should follow shortly.

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