highguard could have been so cool man. like fr i am lowkey interested in the way most of the gameplay was described and the small clips i've seen of it seems rly cool like it seems like something i would have liked playing at least a little bit. like i would not be at deadlock levels of interest i wouldn't be playing it every day but like. idk if they got a little better at character design and figured out what they wanted their aesthetic to be instead of just shoving guns into the hands of fantasy characters i would have given it a shot probably
It's always going to fill me with a certain anguish because the other character concepts they had in the pipeline were so awesome
(Ebba)
(koldo, the last warden released within the last few weeks of Highguard being live)
(Onyx, she was going to be my favorite out of all of them aside from maybe Mara - all of these retrieved from Christina Ferez's artstation account)
And I think a lot of the wardens designs - visually, they're all improved with skins, but their voicelines and dialogue fit the characters so well that I couldn't imagine some designs being changed. But the voice lines only played at the start of a match - but the voice lines were glitched for a few weeks - so people didn't get the chance to learn more of the actual personalities of the characters or how vibrant they could be despite their base visuals. There was such an incredibly strong story here that was going to be built up into a campaign mode and I wish they'd gotten the chance to finish their roadmap.
"Outnumbered, outmatches, and outflanked, Stonefang stood atop a sea of enemy dead and smiled, for he knew this would be a good day." - The Lost Tales, by Serafina Redgrave
"When the land was still young, the woodland sprites watched over all that was green. They lived their lives by a simple creed: those who respected nature were welcomed, and those who did not were extinguished." - The Lost Tales, by Serafina Redgrave
Ranger skin - Natural Order : Saber Rifle - Silvertree : Charm - Leafling
Leafling description:
"I've seen the Battlesprite. It hides in the trees. Or the grass. or the trees! Did I already say that? More wine!" - Old Jaque at the Bright Hen.
"As the darkfiend legions spewed forth from the depths, the Dread Queen stood above the infernal procession, her baleful eye held aloft - always watching, never blinking, ever on the lookout for death."
- The Lost Tales, by Serafina Redgrave
"Long ago in the heart of the mountain, there lived a hideous prince - half man, half demon. There amidst ruined halls of carved stone he sat atop a throne of bones, dreaming of the day he would take his revenge." - The Lost Tales, by Serafina Redgrave
Dynasty skin - Red Hunter : Kraken skin - Dark Heart : Charm - Thick Skull
The voice cast of Highguard!
Abubakar Salim as Atticus
Brent Mukai as Redmane
Elle Newlands is Una
Daisy Lightfoot is Condor
Jonathon Ha is Kai
Leila Birch is Mara
Robbie Daymond is Slade
Cherami Leigh is Scarlet
Imari Williams is Ekon
Emily O'Brien is The Air Operator
JB Blanc is Trader Flynn
Mara, our dark witch. Her powers hold a deep mystery and so does her past. Mara is a legend that stand through time, stuck in a young appearance but as old as the lost continent of Highguard. She has lived many lives, seen people she loved perish while she continued living.
Her powers while incredibly strong, could look like a curse to many. Mara's immortality is highly tied to the souls she absorb. Her presence is terrifying but she is not everything she seems to be. Behind her eternal beauty and imposing facade lies a deep reservoir of emotion, wisdom, and loneliness, though few will ever get close enough—or live long enough—to see it.
Mara volunteered to become a Warden. Something about the Lost Land holds a familiar feeling she is gravitated towards.
AD: Robert Taube
There was a delicate balance we wanted to tread on Mara's design. There's an enormous amount of beauty on her but strangeness and disturbance at the same time. Her pauldrons holds the language of petals while her sleeves are meant to hide what her powers really look like, spikes of dark magic emanate from her arms. Her orbs connected through the design, having a storage for the souls she carry on the back.
Her design is a parallelism of her story, a dried flower stuck in time. Her outfit up until the neck, one can imagine how suffocating her
burden can feel.
(from lead character concept artist Christina Laviña Ferez)
Atticus: I got a good feeling about this one.
Mara: You say that every job.
Atticus: And I mean it every time.
Mara: Your level of optimism disturbs me.
The lost continent of Highguard has magically reappeared after centuries of being forgotten. A team of Wardens led by Atticus now ventures through the ringways to secure the Shieldbreaker and unlock the secrets of this mystical land. But he is not the only one in search of the spoils of Highguard. Atticus believes his intentions are morally sound. Time will prove if he was right.
Created in partnership with Blur Studio. Music composed by 2WEI. Musical themes by Cris Velasco. Sound Post-production by Source Sound Inc.
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An anonymous client seeks to recover ancient relics from a mysterious civilization known as "The Delvers". These artifacts have recently been discovered in key Vigil sites across Highguard, and their workmanship evidences an advanced knowledge of vesper extraction and metallurgy that exceeds our own. Find and deliver any Delver artifacts to the Vigil, and you will be handsomely rewarded.
Transcript of the quests and reward descriptions for Highguard's launch quests below the cut. Taken from in-game on January 31st, 9:00 PM EST ^-^
Quest 1: Fortify the Perimeter (Reinforce 10 walls in a single match)
Reward: Banner - Brightforge
"Once, when the light of the Brightforge still burned upon our people, the greatest amongst us found his destiny in the Delving Deep. This is his tale." - excerpt from "The Tale of Auric Bloodbeard"
Quest 2: Leave Nothing Standing (Destroy 25 walls in a single match)
Reward: Charm - Anvilbiter
"The mountain's bounty was plentiful, and from its gifts the smiths wrought new wonders of iron and singing stone. But for the Lords of the Mountain, it was never enough. And so they bade the engineers dig deeper." - excerpt from "The Tale of Auric Bloodbeard"
Quest 3: Bring Down the Hammer (Destroy 100 walls with a Purple Blast Hammer)
Reward: Blast Hammer Skin - Eartheater
"The eartheaters chewed through stone with their longhammers, boring into the mountain like a worm gnaws through the apple. And as they ate into the very heart of the mountain itself they gazed upon the endless fields of singing stone with an insatiable hunger." - excerpt from "The Tale of Auric Bloodbeard"
Quest 4: Thinning the Herd (Get 25 kills in a single match)
Reward: Vanguard Skin - Auric's Wrath
"But in their greed and arrogance, they had awoken an ancient malevolence whose name had long been forgotten. It surged forth from the abyss. That is when the Lords called upon the young warrior captain Auric Bloodbeard and his legion to defend their newfound treasure." - excerpt from "The Tale of Auric Bloodbeard"
Quest 5: Release the Kraken (Get 5 kills in a single match with a Double Shot Kraken)
Reward: Kraken Skin - Black Crag
"During the battle, the enemy poured forth from the dark fissures of the deep in numbers so great they blotted out the torchlight. So Auric and his men fought in the dark." - excerpt from "The Tale of Auric Bloodbead"
Quest 6: Wear the Crown (Win 20 games)
Reward: Charm - Delver's Might
"When the last hammerstroke fell, darkness gave way to lamp light. It was then that Auric and the survivors removed their battle helms and wept. For the cost of their victory was greater than they could bear." - excerpt from "The Tale of Auric Bloodbeard"
Quest 7: Warden of Highguard (Complete all other quests)
Reward: Axe Skin - Greedbreaker
"Auric and his fighting few returned home. To celebrate their victory, the mountain lords presented them with axes, twelve in all; each with hafts wrought of the finest silver and edges of pure singing stone. As is custom, each axe was named by its bearer. Auric named his "Greedbreaker", to honor the brave dead who had died fighting for another's wealth - and to remind himself that he would never do so again." - excerpt from "The Tale of Auric Bloodbeard"
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