Dorehn - The Lost D'ni Neighborhood (Pictures and Spoilers)

[GPNMilano]

Okay, with Dorehn officially a week away from release (Going by Cyan/Portal Time here). I'm finally ready to roll out the first images to wet your appetites.

And you certainly succeed!
That looks like a great work you have done here. I can't wait to test it next week.

There's something I don't understand though: are we officially clear to use Cyan textures in our Ages now? If yes that is a major piece of info I have somehow totally missed..

As I understand it, we can use textures that appear in the cavern areas of D'ni (Kveer, The City, the Hoods, etc) as long as they're use are limited to cavern use. RAWA and Chogon discussed this when they were asked about creating new areas of the cavern and avoiding conflicts:

Cavern Textures

So far nothing far nothing has changed in regards to their textures since this response from Chogon.

[Aloys]

I remember that, but since it was an answer from Chogon I assumed we were still left in a bit of a gray *legal* area. But if the Cyan gang have nothing against your Age it will set a great precedent.

[ZURI]

I remember that, but since it was an answer from Chogon I assumed we were still left in a bit of a gray *legal* area. But if the Cyan gang have nothing against your Age it will set a great precedent.

Talk about an understatement. I was under the impression that this was a "no go" area.

However, I don't see any reason why Cyan wouldn't be happy to include this with MOULa. From what I can see, it's beautifully made - and is quite reminiscent of their work. Chloe, you've obviously spent an inordinate amount of time of this, and IMHO, have succeeded in full. I think we'll all be gathering here soon.

[ametist]

YEAYY!!

[5TheStranger5]

Chloe, this is simply fantastic! Kudos to you on this Age and all your hard work - can't wait to try it out next week *smiles* !

~Stranger

[kahinj]

i WANT IT NOW!

In all seriousness though, thank you for making this. I gotta say having a 3rd neighborhood in Uru will be fabulous. It is so amazing the talent that has come from the GOW. I really look forward to allot of the Ages being developed here. It's this kind of stuff that is going to make MOULa live and thrive!

Kahinj

[Justintime9]

This looks Awesome!! Can't wait to explore!

[kaelisebonrai]

Aye, it looks gorgeous, very much looking forward to exploring it. =)

[GPNMilano]

While I hammer out the last of the bugs in Dorehn, I decided to take a cue from Zuri and Stranger's work and release some of Chloe's notes and thoughts on Dorehn and it's ages in the form of a few journal excerpts. Beware there be spoilers ahead:

[GPNMilano]

12.16.09 - Every artist leaves his mark. His individual signature if you like. The D'ni were no different from us in this aspect. A renowned D’ni writer, by the name of B’rower, wrote a diary I found here in Dorehn. B'rower catered to D'ni nobles, families, writing hundreds of ages. According to records from the Guild Hall, at the age of 198, he left the Guild of Writers and just went into seclusion. What’s odd about his disappearance is the reason for it. Apparently rumors had swelled in D'ni that B'rower had been commissioned to create not just one age, but three magnificent and intricately linked ages. B'rower's standard, his masterpiece. Only one set of his notes regarding his masterpiece existed after he died in 1481 DE. The diaries I found in Dorehn match the gahro-hevtee in those notes exactly.

From Chloe Rhodes' Personal Journal