Race for Power

actually one of the races the orcs run into are naga based, the Nelafari, it will all be revealed in the storyline.

well, the orcs will be given a swimming animation - and their might be an underwater level involving them, but it would be hard for them to swim down there...

also pheo, some points heading your way, thanks for sending me that map, it will do good on the 9th level and 4th

when i finish adding stuff into it i'm gonna release it as a guide to help people create underwater levels.

is anybody up for skinning the Draconigena? it has a new name :) if you are, PM your email and ill send you the model and uvmapping, and hope to see a skin soon, i also need the Gerundok model skinned, along with the felgaurd, felgaurds mapping isn't done yet[not yet mirrored]

and anyone that will direct me too a program made for animating models - please do so, it will help alot in this campaign's speed, and any others i am in.

Swimming orcs?
Underwater?
Man Gerundok I didnt know you have such cool ideas:D

And now, for all your drooling pleasure, the first chapter of the Nelafari Storyline and History.


Imagine a system, like any other, with a sun at its centre and planets rotating around it, look at the 4th planet from the sun, this planet is destined to be the battleground for many powerful races, Demons, Orcs, Humans, Undead, Night Elves and many more, but now it is young, barely able to support life of its own, this is the World of Warcraft. Now turn into the void, look further out, past the unstable 5th planet, spewing forth is volcanic missiles into space to the 6th one, this planet is much older, almost ancient, compared to the younger one, it has supported life for some time now, but its harsh cold conditions have left only a few of the strongest species alive. The world has no name, but it will be given one…

For something new is happening, deep beneath the icy glaciers at the Equator, where the sea is warm but dark, something new is destined to evolve. Many thousands of years later, a primitive race has evolved, they are little better than the fish they eat, but they have great potential. Another ten thousand years flash by, the creatures now have a spoken language, and are beginning to grasp the basic idea's of civilisation, long before even the Dragons existed in Warcraft. Another ten thousand years, the creatures are quite advanced now, they have given this world a name, Nelaferia, and have called themselves the Nelafari, they are beginning to grasp the powers of magic, soon, but not yet, they will become a powerful race on this world.

They toy with their magic, playing with it as a child would play with his toys, sensing it out, toying with it, using it to change the world around them to their liking. Simple things, for they are a simple race. Things such as fish from water, building materials from stone, they are untainted by the greed and corruption that threatens all civilisation. More years flash by, the Nelafari's use of magic has tainted them, but not in a bad way. The magic has imbued itself into them, inside their very nature and physical structure there now rests a core of magic, the mana flowing through them like fire.

But this race is careful, calm, peaceful. They draw on the energies gently, instead of ripping them out of the world. They are powerful elemental mages, drawing from the energy of the earth around them to enhance their magic. They have formed a bond with the earth, they are intimately connected to it and have become its protectors. They are adepts in the art of Geomancy, Aquamancy and Glacimancy (Earth, Water and Ice magics) long before the Night Elves even existed. But they are not the only magic users on their planet…

This has some real geat ideas in it. And some impressive models from Gerundok.

Pheonix-IV Your saying that these being where here before the Dragons and evolved. Why dont yo make this race decendents of the Elmental beings that inhabated Azeroth before the Titans came. In the WC3 manuel it says there where
"The elementals,worshipping a race of unfathomable evil beings known only as the Old Gods."

this world, untill the Fel Orcs come its totally and completly seperate from the WCIII world. There is NO connection at all between the two, and yes the races are suppost to have evolved long before the dragons even considered about appearing.

ok, i think its time to tell them about the Astarum, i would do it - but i forgot to save it on my CPU :( could you plz do it pheo?

well, first of all, heres a bit of info about the Astarum:

they are much like Orcs, their body structure is nearly exactly the same, but they are much more intelligent, they are a Dark Blue color, attack in groups, never alone, have golden armor - taken from one of the very hostile creatures of Nelafaria, nearly every Astarum must wear this, and their weapons are metal, very sharp, they are not very hostile, but when attacked, they strike back with great force.

i made that up, but their design was made by pheonixiv, so you should thank him for how that they look, ect

i have forgotten what they call the magic they use, if i was to remember - i would say it, but i guess you'll have to wait until pheonixiv posts all of the currently finished storyline.

heh heh, wont post that till i finish the next chapter. Heres a concept for the Astarun Cheiften tho, NOTE THAT THIS IS STILL WORK IN PROGRESS!

--EDIT--

Skin updated.

Updated the skin.

and yet another update, this time his armor actually looks like armor.

looks MUCH better know, really making progress on that skin :)

quick update too the face.

In future model editing those tusks will go bye bye, he'll gain a 2nd shoulderpad, the axe will change in shape, the flag and ponytail will go and i might add some ultilities too his belt or something.

and now for some screenies of the new stuff. The Chaos Marauder model is eXn's and the skin is eXn's recolored to be chaos by me. All custom icons are made by blizzard and the Infernal Shield has been replaced with a diff icon and diff effect (cause the shield looks retarded)

All upgrades and abilities were done by me, the icons are from RoC Beta. The Orc Lumbermill and Orc Forge models are from RoC beta too.