{"id":26032,"date":"2022-01-19T06:30:32","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T11:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellest.com\/?p=26032"},"modified":"2021-12-28T13:59:09","modified_gmt":"2021-12-28T18:59:09","slug":"merge-dungeon-art-arena-heroes-first-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellest.com\/merge-dungeon-art-arena-heroes-first-set\/","title":{"rendered":"Merge Dungeon Art – Arena Heroes, First Set"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well howdy!\u00a0 It’s been a little while since I’ve scheduled a post here on Tellest since I’ve been so busy at the day job.\u00a0 But, I’m stealing some time on my lunch to bring you the first of our new\u00a0adjusted\u00a0<\/em>Quantum Quest Merge Dungeon series.\u00a0 Whereas we were looking at generic adventures before, we’re looking at straight up heroes now.\u00a0 Most of these are going to be glow-ups from the card game, but you’ll also see some special ones over the months.\u00a0 We have so many of these sets that they’re almost going to take us all the way through this year.\u00a0 But we’ve got to start somewhere, so let’s begin with five.<\/p>\n

We’ve got a nice collection of characters in this week’s feature who not only show up in Quantum Quest and Merge Dungeon, but also short stories, novelizations, and full-on Tellest novels.\u00a0 In fact, our first character, Mordek Thunderfury, was in Son of the Storm<\/em>.\u00a0 Mordek was one of our first tests with Sergei for the new style, and he blew us away with the new look!\u00a0 Mordek is a dwarf from clan Thunderfury who has magical acuity.\u00a0 It’s not that common, so a lot of people are impressed with the dwarven mage’s power and his wisdom.<\/p>\n

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Moving on, we have the gremlin, Cravat Keeno.\u00a0 He’s got a decidedly darker look here in Merge Dungeon.\u00a0 He ended up being a cutesy character in the card game, and it may be that his appearance there (as well as his demeanor in the Kickstarter video) informed my take on him in the upcoming novelization of Quantum Quest<\/em>.\u00a0 Sergei went a different way with him here, and as we sort of treat Quantum Quest as a multiverse of sorts, we’re content with letting a more sinister Cravat show up in Merge Dungeon.<\/p>\n

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Lannis Jarl is the sole hero among this set who has not shown up in another Tellest property.\u00a0 We had our first rhinotaur show up in the 2021 Halloween story, Blood in the Desert, but that was Noth Vox.\u00a0 Lannis is from the same city as Noth, but not quite the crusader as his kinsman.\u00a0 Lannis is a stout protector regardless, however, leaving him quite prepared to face whatever dangers are present in the living dungeon.<\/p>\n

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Callieflynn Xaxos is a rarity in that she’s an elf on her own.\u00a0 Typically, the elves of Tellest lean on each other for community, having a shared past that is tumultuous.\u00a0 Then again, Callieflynn is a relatively young elven maiden, and she’s one with somewhat darker powers, so maybe it was just a matter of time before she was driven from the familiar.\u00a0 She showed up in Aaron Canton’s story, The Elf of Black Iron Lake.<\/p>\n

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We’re saving our most famous character for last.\u00a0 Among this first set, Alicia Mane is understandably the best known, thanks to her appearances in three Tellest novels (with a fourth, the Quantum Quest<\/em> novelization, on the way).\u00a0 Alicia shows up in the original Tellest trilogy, where she begins to learn her powers.\u00a0 Here, however, in the Living Dungeon, we get a more world-weary Alicia who knows what it takes to survive.\u00a0 Sergei crushed it when he gave our noblewoman her upgrade.<\/p>\n

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Well, that is it for our first look at Merge Dungeon for 2022.\u00a0 As I mentioned before, we have a\u00a0lot<\/em> of stuff to show off over the next year, so be on the lookout every few weeks for new characters from the series!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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