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AdventureQuest Worlds (also referred to by its website name AQWorlds or simply AQW) is a browser-based massively multiplayer online role playing game developed by Artix Entertainment in 2008. Unlike most massively multiplayer role playing games, AdventureQuest Worlds was developed entirely in Adobe Flash, allowing it, among other things, to load and play quickly, even on slow internet connections. It currently has over 10 million registered accounts, with an average of 250,000 new accounts created every week.[1]
[edit] Gameplay AdventureQuest Worlds has special events on special occasions, usually lasting afterwards to a week. Some are unique to the day (one time only), while others are presumed to be annual events. Many of the events also accompanied major updates (such as the release of the first chapter during Friday the 13th) and bug fixes, along with special areas that appeared only during that event. Some of the more major events have included:
[edit] Synopsis[edit] SettingThe setting of the game is in the world of Lore, 5 years after AdventureQuest, 10 years after DragonFable, and 5,005 years after MechQuest. The universe of Adventure Quest Worlds came into being when Galanoth slew the Dragon of Time, leading all the stray storylines of the previous games to come together into one. However, the inhabitants are not aware of this change. Drakath (first shown in DragonFable), the current antagonist, is attacking Lore through his 13 Chaos Lords, which forms the main plot. (He was offered to be a Champion of Chaos during the end of "The Sinister 7" quest in AdventureQuest.) [edit] PlotThe main storyline of the game is called "The 13 Lords of Chaos." The plot is divided into 'chapters', which are told through quests and cut scenes. Currently, a prologue and three chapters, plus the start of the fourth chapter have been released. [edit] PrologueThe intro has the character go through a number of quests to obtain the "Lore Grimoire" (though it is usually referred to as the "Book of Lore"), a book that chronicles their journey through Lore, and, ironically, rescue a dragon from a princess.  [edit] SwordHaven Chapter One featured Sepulchure (the main antagonist of DragonFable) and his undead army attacking Swordhaven, the capital of Lore. King Alteon of Lore faced Sepulchure in a one-on-one duel to stop him. Here, the character decides whether to serve the side of Evil or the side of Good. However, Sepulchure and King Alteon's battle was interrupted by the appearance of Drakath (in DragonFable Drakath is the character's rival working for Sepulchure). He used Chaos to destroy Sepulchure and mortally injure the king, then shot down Sepulchure's flying undead dragon fortress Shadowfall, causing it to crash into a nearby mountain. Drakath then proclaimed that the battle between Good and Evil had ended, and that Chaos had begun and would take over. Drakath then left, preparing to send forth his 13 Lords of Chaos to take over all of Lore. The character then discovers where Shadowfall has crashed and ends up meeting Sepulchure's daughter Gravelyn (now Empress of Shadowfall). [edit] ShadowfallIn Chapter Two, the forces of Good (led by King Alteon) and Evil (led by Gravelyn) form a temporary alliance against Chaos. [edit] Chiral ValleyEscherion (a battlemage who is the first Lord of Chaos and named after M.C. Escher) invades the mining town of Mobius and inverts it and its Guardian Tower using his Staff of Inversion. Alteon and Gravelyn send Renn (a good Rune Warrior) and Zio (an evil illusionist) in an attempt to evacuate the town while the character fights Escherion's army throwing it into turmoil after taking out their commander Slugfit. Alteon and Gravelyn then discover that Escherion was looking for the Runix Cube. Upon being given the first piece by one of Mobius' citzens, the players head to the Forest of Three Worlds and the Ruins of Cornelis to obtain the other two pieces. Upon recovering all three pieces, the players forge the disguise of a pizza delivery guy to infiltrate his tower and fight through the soldiers there. After besting the final guard Head Gargoyle, the players finally confront Escherion. They throw the Runix Cube at him not knowing what it does. He takes the opportunity to grab the Cube and eject the character from the tower, then awakening the Lake Hydra (the first of the "Chaos Beasts" that accompany each Chaos Lord) under orders by Drakath. Using several "rune stones" and the Hydra's teeth, the character drops the Inverted Guardian Tower on the Lake Hydra, defeating it. The character then goes back to Escherion. After taking out the Staff of Inversion and Escherion, the character demands that Escherion leave Chiral Valley and never return. When Escherion retaliates, the character uses a Mirror Shield found in the Ruins of Cornelis to deflect Escherion's spells. When he tries to polymorph (shapeshift) the character, he ends up turning himself into a toad which undoes the effects of his inversion spells. Drakath gets word of this and prepares his next Lord of Chaos after stating that Escherion has served his purpose. [edit] Meteor CrisisXing and Xang (conscious-themed twins who are based on the Yin and Yang balance) approach Drakath for recommendations on which Lord of Chaos to send. Drakath Chaorrupts them to his side as the 2nd Lord(s) of Chaos and takes their suggestions to crash two meteors into Battleon. Warlic meets with magic users to determine what to do about the crisis, finally agreeing to teleport Battleon to a different location. Drakath hears of this attempt and speeds up a meteor, but the magic users manage to move Battleon in time. Although at first it goes to the wrong location (a mountain above Shadowfall), they eventually move it to its intended location in Green Guard Forest. [edit] DwarfholdThe player then finds out from Quibble Coinbiter that the 3rd Lord of Chaos is in the Dwarfhold Mountains. The heroes venture to the Inn Ternet in the Pinewood Forest and learn from Snowbeard the Dwarf and the "Seven Gems" (a homage to Snow White and the Seven Dwarves) that the 3rd Lord of Chaos named Vath (a Drow Dragonlord) has enslaved his people with an army of Drows and Chaotic Draconians. The player does various quests for Snowbeard before they can use his battleaxe to get into the Dwarfhold Mountains. When all that is done, the players infiltrate Dwarfhold Keep to get to the Memory Stone to see how powerful Vath is. They learn from the Dwarf Elder Ironfist that Vath's Dragon Control Amulet is Chaorrupted and is controlling the dragon Stalagbite. Geopetal the stone spirit helps the character gain access to the Upper City. Upon making their way to the Upper City, the character meets Jorxlol, a Drow who is the leader of the Breethen D'irt Clan. They learn that most of Jorxlol's clan has joined Vath in his plot to unite the warring Drow clans. Using the Cloak of Disapoofing, the character infiltrate Vath's lair and learn of his plans to have the Dwarves mine for Chaos Gemeralds to power the weapons that will be delivered to Drakath. The character infiltrates Vath's keep only to fall into his trap. Jorxlol brings in Snowbeard who is paid for informing Vath of the arriving players. The character is thrown in a prison cell and Jorxlol appears stating that he was only pretending to be on Vath's side in order to get to their stuff. He informs the character to find a dwarf named Mick Guyver (a homage to MacGuyver). When the character finds the Dwarven Engineer Mick Guyver in the Dwarfhold Mine Prison, he reveals that he has a plan to escape. The players learn that in order to escape, they need to open the blocked-off tunnel the dwarves have dug in order to get out. They gather ingredients to melt the lock on the prison. After besting the Drow Warden Elfis (a homage to Elvis Presely), the character obtains the keys to free the other dwarves. Once the players gather ingredients to make dynamite, they form the dynamite and blow off the large boulder at the end of the tunnel. The character then finds themselves in the Inn Ternet and Snowbeard states that he was only pretending to betray the players. Mick Guyver tells the character that Vath is ready to hatch the Rock Roc. The character returns to Vath's Keep and find a secret passage to the peak of the Dwarfhold Mountains where they see Vath preparing to use the Chaos Gemeralds to hatch the Rock Roc, the second Chaos Beast. After an aerial battle on Stalagbite, the player is thrown off and finishes the Rock Roc on the ground and prepares to battle Vath himself. When the players confront Vath, he summons Stalagbite to aid him in battle. After beating Vath and Stalagbite, the players demand Vath to surrender. When Vath conjures his Dragon Control Amulet, the players throw the disarmed Sword of Dragon Control at the amulet destroying both of the Dragon Control items. This frees Stalagbite from Vath's control as Stalagbite pins down Vath. Upon stating that he will meet the players again and will remember their good deeds, Stalagbite carries Vath away to an unknown fate while the players rid Dwarfhold of Vath's remaining army led by D'wain Jonsen (a Scorpion Rider who is a homage to Dwayne Johnson). [edit] BattleunderaWhen strange noises are heard underneath Battleon, the paladin Yara is sent to investigate. The players learn that the Undead monsters beneath Battleon are getting stronger. [edit] Yokai Island (Part 1)Quibble Coinbiter returns and reveals to the players that the 4th Lord of Chaos is on Yokai Island. Upon receiving an invite to the place by Princess Miko for a Dragon Koi Tournament, the players head to Lolosia to obtain a ship there. However, the ship has been attacked by Kappa Ninjas and the players fight to get them off. When the Kappa Ninja army's leader Dai Tengu is defeated, the 4th Lord of Chaos named Kitsune (a Yokai Shogun) sees this in his crystal ball and prepares his Yokai brethren for the players' arrival. The players managed to obtain a ship from Cap'n Herlock. Upon arrival, the players encounter Princess Ai No Miko who reveals a secret message (which has her calling for the player's help) in the invitation and says that she will explain further when the players win the Dragon Koi Tournament. At the Dragon Koi Tournament, the players fight Bash Ketchup and his Pockey Moglin called Pocky Chew (a homage to Ash Ketchum and Pikachu from Pokémon), NOTruto (a homage to Naruto Uzumaki), Neko Yasha (a homage to InuYasha), Absolute Zero and Sporkion (a homage to Sub-Zero and Scorpion from Mortal Kombat), and Ryoku (a homage to Ryu from Street Fighter and Son-Goku from Dragonball Z). After defeating their opponents, the players qualify for the Finals. Yet Ryoku gets ready to charge a powerful attack called "Soul Nuke." So powerful is the attack, that after several hours of charge time, the player asks to leave, which Ryoku allows them to do, as he remains behind, still charging his attack. [edit] Yokai Island (Part 2)Several weeks later, the player returns, and, after a brief nap on the floor in front of Ryoku (who is still charging his attack), they go and talk to princess Miko, who tells them the Legend of the Hanzamune Blade. If a koi fish swims upriver, against the current, and even manages to swim up the waterfall, then when it reaches the top, it will become the next Great Dragon. Princess Miko also explains that the Hanzamune Blade holds awesome power, and that the winner of the Dragon Koi Tournament becomes the Guardian of the Blade for one year. However, right in the middle of her explanation, the 4th Chaos Lord, Kitsune, appears, and snatches the Hanzamune Sword away. When the player tries to take it back, Kitsune evades them easily with inhuman speed. Stating that the player and Princess Miko know nothing of the true power of the Blade, and that the Yokai's time has come, he sprints off, leaving the player and Princess Miko to depart from the arena, to deal with this latest state of events. Ryoku remains, charging his attack. While gathering information, the players learn that Daisho's samurais and ninjas have been replaced by Noppera-bō versions of them in the Hachinko Tower. Also, the real ones are locked up at the top of the Hachinko Tower. After besting Dai Tengu again, the players rescue the captive soldiers. Upon learning that Dai Tengu was guarding them, Princess Miko's suspicions of Kitsune controlling her father are true. Now the player must go to the Yokai Shrines to get the friendly Yokais to help break Kitsune's spell on Emperor Daisho. [edit] Golden OnslaughtA turn of events has occured in Lore. Artix, Cysero, Beleen, Warlic, J6, Twilly, Zhoom, King Alteon, and Princess Miko have gone missing! Gravelyn calls all the players on the sides of good and evil to Shadowfall. She reveals that she has gotten a letter from Archlord Maximilian Lionfang (a former warrior of King Alteon) stating that he captured them. It then shows that the missing characters are held captive in his fortress (which was stolen from a necromancer and cleansed of all evil). Lionfang is blind to the truth that Drakath and his 13 Lords of Chaos are threatening all of Lore and plans to lead the Golden Onslaught to rid Lore of all that is Evil. Gravelyn also reveals that Lionfang has placed a Death Fog (a fog that kills anything that comes in contact with it) around his fortress and the only way in is for those who want to save the captives to become Undead. Using temporary Undead armors, the characters become Undead, infiltrate the Death Fog, and fight an army comprised of Golden Casters, Golden Warriors, and Golden Cavalries in order to get to the captives. Upon defeating Lionfang on his giant lion, the character frees the captives. Half of Lionfang's forces are convinced about the truce between good and evil while Lionfang himself isn't convinced. While Golden Onslaught members join up with the Great Truce, the character tells Lionfang that he will be taken to Swordhaven to be tried for his crimes against the Great Truce. When Lionfang tries to attack Gravelyn, King Alteon takes the whiplash then disarms Lionfang. King Alteon tries to convince the Archlord to join up with him, but Lionfang is still blind to the fact that Drakath is threatening Lore. Realizing he is beaten, Lionfang escapes by crashing through the wall of his fortress and plumeting into the moat. Back in the fortress, the captives thank the character for freeing them. As for Lionfang, he begins to wonder if he was wrong about his opinions. Just then, he is approached by Xing and Xang who mesmerize Lionfang into thinking that the Great Truce "must be punished." [edit] History Alpha testing began June 2, 2008 for all players with an upgraded account for one of Artix Entertainment's previous three games: AdventureQuest, DragonFable, and MechQuest.[2] Testing continued with some mishaps, including a coding mistake that changed all players' names to Captain Rhubarb, the nickname of a staff member. Because fixing the error required the deletion of all accounts, players who participated in testing that day gained the "Captain Rhubarb" name tag, allowing them to equip the rare Alpha Pirate Armor. Testing did not occur every day, and the server was usually only available for a few hours each testing day. The final day of alpha testing took place on July 21, 2008. In it, many new additions were made, including more quests and the first quest string. Over 10,000 accounts were created. Progressive Beta testing officially began August 18, 2008. In beta testing, the servers ran continually, day and night, and several new locations were revealed. The first part of the plot was also revealed, featuring Sepulchure's undead army attacking the capital city of Swordhaven. The Berseker Armor obtained during testing has 'Beta' preceding it's name. "Alpha Pirate" and "Beta Berserker", are permanently rare (never available again). The game is currently in 'gamma' release. Gamma was officially released on October 10, 2008, is open to all players and was updated to include ten servers, new shops, and sound effects. The first parts of the storyline were also released. A server-wide crash occurred on March 13, 2009, as a record-breaking 32,000 people logged into the game at the same time. This was a response to the second live in-game event known as Friday 13th II. [edit] See also[edit] References
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