Hotspot · Where Bael’Zharon walked
Fort Tethana
A frontier refuge, and the night players were thrown into the sky.
- Region
- Northern Direlands
- Type
- Fortified outpost
- Contested
- More refuge than prize
- Record
- Fair
Fort Tethana, dated
- Dated to the month
A safe-ish levelling ground
Original-era evidenceVoices: Black Rose-side
- Dated to the month
Bael’Zharon’s Rampage
Original-era evidenceVoices: Official · Reference
- Dated to the season
Refugees from AB
Original-era evidenceVoices: Black Rose-side
A fort on the frontier, a refuge more than a prize, where the developers’ villain met players who fought back.
A refuge
Original-era evidenceNear PK-free levelling in December 1999, high vendor prices, and in 2000 a flood of Arwic’s refugees.
Sources · Official, Black Rose-side, ReferenceDarktide’s PastArwic; Lytelthorpe; Fort Tethana (town pages)Twilight’s Gleaming; Shadow Spire
Flung into the sky
Original-era evidenceDecember 2000: the developers hurled Shadow Warriors above the fort. Bael’Zharon never fell on Darktide.
Sources · Official, Black Rose-side, ReferenceShadow Warriors vs. Bael’ZharonAsheron’s Call: Developer Diary VBael’Zharon’s Rampage
Refuge again
Original-era evidenceIn 2001 antis driven from Ayan Baqur regrouped here.
Sources · Black Rose-sideDarktide’s Past