Dev blog 18 - Marca Hispanica heroes
Hey heroes!
Our current roster counts 9 heroes in total, 3 per zone. In this post, I wanted to show some heroes we have in Marca Hispanica.
Safir is the tank class. His character is mentioned in the list of Knights of the Round Table, and this is what our writers wrote about him as part of his notes:
“An honorable young knight of Saracen origin, who has converted to Christianity and joined King Arthur's court. A classic European knight, wearing full armor, but with dark skin and a scimitar.”
Wilfred is the ranger character. In the old version of the game, you’d find Wilfred in Albion in an encounter where some aliens attacked his house. We decided to move him to the second zone, purely because we find him a cool dude. His note is:
“An ordinary soldier in his early forties. Seen it all. Just a regular bloke. The Miles O'Brien of Camelot.”
Rana is a support class with a shamanistic theme, which is apparent in her wardrobe. Our concept/portrait/texture artist Kaz drew Rana’s portrait in the image of her sister, which I think is really cute. Her note is:
“She is a shaman from the far north. The spirits have revealed to her the threat of the Cataclysm, and she is traveling to Jerusalem.”
We are trying to make a varied selection of heroes to play with. The current plan - which I might have mentioned before and is not set in stone - is to have each hero be obtainable in any zone, with their own specific story for why they’re in that zone. Once you have a hero join your party at least once, the hero will be “unlocked” which means any future run will be able to start with that hero. We’re still working out how the starting unit selection will work, but we should have something working in the near future.
Thanks for reading! Join the Discord server for the Hand of Merlin, and come ask me stuff on Twitter! I'm happy to answer questions!
MarkoP
Our current roster counts 9 heroes in total, 3 per zone. In this post, I wanted to show some heroes we have in Marca Hispanica.
Safir is the tank class. His character is mentioned in the list of Knights of the Round Table, and this is what our writers wrote about him as part of his notes:
“An honorable young knight of Saracen origin, who has converted to Christianity and joined King Arthur's court. A classic European knight, wearing full armor, but with dark skin and a scimitar.”
Wilfred is the ranger character. In the old version of the game, you’d find Wilfred in Albion in an encounter where some aliens attacked his house. We decided to move him to the second zone, purely because we find him a cool dude. His note is:
“An ordinary soldier in his early forties. Seen it all. Just a regular bloke. The Miles O'Brien of Camelot.”
Rana is a support class with a shamanistic theme, which is apparent in her wardrobe. Our concept/portrait/texture artist Kaz drew Rana’s portrait in the image of her sister, which I think is really cute. Her note is:
“She is a shaman from the far north. The spirits have revealed to her the threat of the Cataclysm, and she is traveling to Jerusalem.”
We are trying to make a varied selection of heroes to play with. The current plan - which I might have mentioned before and is not set in stone - is to have each hero be obtainable in any zone, with their own specific story for why they’re in that zone. Once you have a hero join your party at least once, the hero will be “unlocked” which means any future run will be able to start with that hero. We’re still working out how the starting unit selection will work, but we should have something working in the near future.
Thanks for reading! Join the Discord server for the Hand of Merlin, and come ask me stuff on Twitter! I'm happy to answer questions!
MarkoP