Captain's Log: The Eclipse and Affiliation Changing

We're still hard at work on the next update! We'll likely try to have one more Captain's log before August 11th, but there's no guarantee.

This post will be going over our first Darkest level quest, a new roaming boss, and affiliation-changing items.

If you want to see what else we're working on, this post is an continuation of our previous log

[h2]The Blackened Sun[/h2]
Similar to "Wolves at the Door", upon reaching the later stage of the game, the "Blackened Sun" Event can occur. This town event generates a short quest in the Exposed Interior, where your heroes must destroy the "Black Sun Beacon", a Kvarotz monument that's perpetuating the Eclipse.



[h2]Quest of Destruction[/h2]
This new quest has a new, unique torchlight to reflect the environmental changes of the Eclipse. This modifier includes some heavy downsides, especially for the heroes.



The Wildlander Painwarden also has a new ability, which allows her allies to apply bleed on their attack.



At the heart of the dungeon, your heroes will arrive at the beacon to find that you were not there first!
A stray Wildlander has managed to grab an otherworldly helmet, the centerpiece of the accursed beacon, and she will need to be defeated to destroy it.



Even after its defeat, this is not the last you've seen of the Flayed. The helmet's power overrides even death, and her possessed body can be found shambling across The Valley in champion/darkest missions.



[h2]Affiliation Changing Items[/h2]
The Flayed drops "Truthbearer", a new item that allows the player to change the affiliation of a singular hero to Pagan.



The Truthbearer's counterpart is the "Broken Halo" item which allows the player to change a hero's affiliation to Religious.
These items are dropped by the Lost Legion, specifically in Veteran/Champion level dungeons.



We're still sorting out a Faithless conversion item, however, it might not be ready for the update's initial release on the 11th.

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We'll be sharing more information about the update in Captain's Logs in the future! We hope to get another log sorted out before the 11th, but at the moment there's no guarantee. In the event that we don't get one out before the 11th, we'll likely do one shortly after the update is released.

It has fallen, but only the hand of father time will truly defeat this monster.