I'm kind of curious about the closing of the Whitecloak Encampment and had a few questions.

Was there something that was to follow its closing such as a new area to replace it? It kind of seemed to me like Fjarn's story was leading up to something but then the purge happened. Is there more to come but the purge put it on the back burner?

Why was it closed? Was it because it is from the WOT series and CF prefers to have 'original areas not borrowed from literature'?

I thought it was a really cool area and had some nice things to add to the game.

I also liked the Whitecloak Encampment a lot, which is why I opted for its revamp as my heroimm project.

The story I wrote was leading up to something...namely the opening of the new area. It was an attempt to link forum storytelling to the passage of time in-game, with echoes and whatnot in the game, to roll the new area in. The purge interrupted that, and getting the game back up and running was a higher priority for a bit.

Some other things have further delayed the grand opening, but they are hugely positive for the area and for the game. I'm excited about its final release, and while it "feels" imminent, I don't have a timeline.

As alluded to below, my wife and I had a baby on April 16. She's a beautiful little Battlerager-in-training, but my game time has been noticeably short stints of lurking/stalking so far this year. Plus, naptime != CF time. Naptime = dad-does-a-bunch-of-crap-so-mom-can-sleep time. I was way off on that assumption...

Anyway, be patient. You'll have plenty of opportunities to die there soon enough. Plenty.

A revamp will go in. It's just about ready, but Fjarn's been busy (I think his wife is due this week) so it's just on hold for a bit.

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