Lost Ark Director in New Interview on Lore, Elgacia's Importance, and Smilegate RPG's Advanced Planning
When it comes to Lost Ark , there's plenty of action, challenge, color, places to wander, and more but there is an overall story rolling out over time. Amazon has a new lore interview with Lost Ark director, Gold River, taking us behind the scenes of Elgacia, and its importance, and much more lore.
From the very concept of Lost Ark and the threats to Arkesia, Smilegate RPG has been rolling out a bigger story over time. We have now reached the most recent update, which includes epilogue quests for the Elgacia region and what happens after those main Elgacia quests.
Gold River addresses some of the questions received from the community about Elgacia, the 14th continent in the game. Located up in the sky and created by Regulus, the God of Order. It is quite a different location, it is, intentionally, quite a different location. “Lazeniths [who stole the ark] repented their sins in the paradise full of light. All of Elgacia— such as the city of Ereonnor, Mount Phylantos, and Hestera Garden— are filled with yearning and praises towards the gods. You will embark on the journey to the last Ark here in Elgacia, and discover the true meaning of the Lost Ark,” he says.
Since the region is so important to the overall story and lore, it was actually created first, along with the Kayangel Dungeon within. One of the reasons for this was also since the storyline and features required a lot of work in animation and technology, they developed it first since they figured they would be able to use everything they learned to create the rest of the game.
Despite all of this, and how lore important Elgacia is? We’re still in chapter one of what is a three -chapter story. The director shares much on the design process, how they
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