The sages determined that the increasing tales of a dream world and the tales of prophecies had to be connected. Some would wake up with headaches or wounds some wouldn't wake up at all. The land's adventurers and other citizens had been having strange dreams, where they fought against endless hordes of shadowy enemies until overwhelmed. Even the Orc shamans had prophesied that a long winter was finally about to descend. The sages sought to reassure the people, but their words lacked conviction-they had gazed into their crystal balls and read the cards they too felt foreboding deep in their bones. People began to pay attention to what they had previously dismissed as the ravings of the "lunatic fringe." Now those same dire prophecies of revelation and doom took on fresh and terrifying meaning. Sudden disasters were reported throughout the land: whole fields of healthy crops blighted overnight, unknown plagues laid waste to villages, and the weather itself became strange and unpredictable. Without warning, the easy confidence of the people of Aden was shattered. Just as there cannot be light without shadow, or summer without winter, so the benefits of the Kamael's service to Aden offset the balance elsewhere. To push them into the service of the Light shifted the natural balance of the universe. The awakening of the Kamael came at a high cost. The results were, unfortunately, disastrous. Her desire was to bend their original god-killing purpose, and harness their immense strength to defend Aden. The goddess Eva so loved the world and its creatures that to protect it from the rising tide of monsters, she summoned the Kamael. You can read the entire thing, right here, after the break - and check out the screen shots as well. In advance of the formal announcement of the expansion in August, NCsoft has let slip some of the lore behind Gracia, Part 1. Now, Gracia's evil is creeping beyond its shores, and the fate of the entire world is at stake. This dire land, infected by the evil summoned forth to balance the calling of the Kamael by the goddess Eva, is wild, wide, and scarcely ever explored. The Lineage II team is hard at work on the next expansion, the first of three dealing with the dark land to the west of Aden, Gracia.
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