Lore: Defiants - Eth

Throughout Terminus there are representative from the defiant races; Eth, Bahmi, and Kelari.  These representatives give a basic introduction to their own struggles, as well as paint a greater picture of the Defiant organization as a whole.

Lore: Sourcestone

Koke Tegus, a Bahmi charged with defending an outpost in Terminus, says sourcestone is "the very thing that is powering our machines."  However, Sourcestone is more than a fuel source similar to coal. "It also allowed Sylver to grant you an empowered rebirth as the Ascended."  Part fuel and part magical base, what exactly is sourcestone?

Question - Part 2: What timeline are we in now?

The Fail Safe Machine is responsible for saving the world of Telara and assisting the Defiant faction with the creation of their own Ascended long before they could have otherwise.

How else did the creation of the Fail Safe device alter the course of history for Telara?  Could the great magitech society enjoyed in present day Telara be thanks in part the creativity gained from future generations?

Lore - Part 1: The Failsafe Device

The hope for Telara rests upon the Distal Temporal Refraction Device - or, as it is more commonly known, the Failsafe Device.   In this two part post, the history and usefulness of the Fail Safe will be analysed, as well as its impact on the Defiant civilization and Telara in general.

Lore - Orphiel Fairwind

Brilliant scientist or mad-man, history is unable to put a definitive label on Orphiel Fairwind.   The study of Magitech had was placed under royal ban, and yet it was this very magitech that saved Telara from ultimate destruction.  Before understanding the Fail Safe, it is important to know about the man who designed it.

Little is know about the reclusive leaders personal motives, however a few pieces of information can be gathered while in Terminus.

Lore: Ascended from Sourcestone

Reborn into the Life Factory, Ascended begin their second lives as the new saviours of Telara.  As with every Defiant Eldritch machine, the first, and most important building block is sourcestone, but what else happens to bring a Defiant back to Telara?

Lore: Life Before The Machine Born

Defiant ascension is the fruit of a long, yet ultimately successful, scientific study to recreate Vigil ascension. The original hope was to create ascended to stand up to bloodstorm before it could destroy Telara, but when the Guardian Zealots destroyed Meridian the goal shifted to include protection of culture, technology, magic, and ultimately salvation of the planet.

What does it really mean to be a machine born and how could defiant ascended change the fate of Telara?

Lore - The Life Factory

When speaking of time-travel it is important to establish a base-line for comparison - A Year Zero.  For residents of Rift, that year is the year Port Scion fell and the division between Defiant and Guardians officially occurred.

The Knowledge Collective states "The original life factory was discovered near the city of Port Scion in the twentieth year of Prince Zarepph's reign."  However, we need a bit more information to place this in history. *