Eldritch Vanguard - Introduction

Welcome to Eldritch Vanguard, a Lore and Leveling blog from the eyes of a Defiant.  This blog will strive to be part lore encyclopedia and part leveling opinions, in short a catalogue of the Defiant experience in the world of Telara.

This is not a how-to-level guide, but more my observations of the areas of the game, my game play style, and my personal experiences.

As I move through each area, I will also be making a record of the lore pieces that are made available.  The writers and artists at Trion have done a remarkable job bringing the world to life through small tableaus that many players miss in their hurry.  I intend to shine a small light on these areas of the game.  These will come in the form of opinion pieces, questions to readers, or scripts of events.  Whatever the case, when a piece of interesting story crosses my path it will be added to the lore section of this website.

About the Author and style of this blog
I am not new to the world of Telara, but have decided to make it my mission to treat this play through with fresh eyes.  That means reading quest texts, experiencing small hidden treasures, and taking my time.  As such, there is no scheduled time for updates or deadline.

As a character, I am a roleplayer - you'll find me on Faeblight US if you want to say hello - but will not be making my posts in an RP style.  Perhaps in the future, when my Guardian Roleplay Writing Project is completed I will start on a Defiant version.   Meaning that all posts on this blog will be my personal opinions unless I am quoting directly from the game source, a lore writer or producer, or another player.

To make it easier for those who wish to read the lore pieces only or skip to my pieces on the leveling experience, I have devised an icon system.  Blog pieces headed with an image of Coraleigh will focus on the leveling aspects of the game, while pieces headed with the Defiant logo will focus on Lore.  I hope that should provide an at-a-glance option to help in your reading experience.

Freqently we will be given a piece of information without enough additional facts to use it propertly.   There is a timeline available to forum visitors, created by the lore team's head writers (at the time), however I am of a mind to see how much information can be put together from game information only.   Wherever a fact requires follow-up or additional information, it will be noted and added to as time continues.

Copyright
It is fortunate for players of Rift that Trion worlds is open to the possibilities of fan-websites.  They allow images posted, words copied , concepts discussed, et cetera without fear of legal retaliation.  That said, I still would have it made clear that images, stories, concepts, and whatever else Rift I may mention here are copyright Trion Worlds.

The images are from gameplay footage, cinematics, and the Riftgame.com website.  If you would like to use them, please feel free to save them to your computer.  I do ask that you use them in the manner they were produced and credit Trion for their artwork.