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Traversing Telara is an exclusive series of articles from Trion Worlds that explores Rift's lore and gameplay mechanics through the eyes of one intrepid adventurer. It's a great read and a fantastic introduction to the world of Telara. Even if you're a veteran of Rift, you might enjoy hearing about the game from another perspective! Read on for Traversing Telara #1: Gods and Souls!

                          Catch up on all the past issues of Traversing Telara here!

As I’m sure you’ve all noticed, there is a massive world event going on in RIFT at the moment. It started a few months ago with the Carnival of the Ascended, when the citizens of Telara - Defiant and Guardian - celebrated the one year anniversary of the Ascended returning from the dead to fight the Dragon Gods. But week after week, the celebrations turned from genial carousing to bitter rivalry, and the Defiant and Guardian began to clash once again.

What they didn’t know was that the Laethys and Maelforge were taking advantage of these distractions to form an alliance. An alliance that brought their respective dragon cults, the Wanton and the Golden Maw, together in an attempt to take over Telara. Since this plan has been uncovered, both Defiant and Guardian have been working furiously to un-cover their plot and put a stop to it.

It took a while for everyone to realize what was happening, but now the War of the Wanton Maw is a threat that hangs across the land. The past few weeks have revolved around closing down Earth and Fire Rifts, killing Rift creatures, and just generally trying to stem the flow of the tide. At times it’s seemed almost impossible, especially when you click on your map and see Rift icons popping up everywhere. But it looks as though we are finally pushing them back.

Guardian spies are busy trying to discover what the final plan of Laethys and Maelforge is but, in the meantime, it is the responsibility of all of the Ascended to fight the attackers wherever they may be.

RIFT 1.9 Hotfix #14 - 11:00am PDT 8/14/12 [NA] - 1:00am GMT/2:00am BST 15/8/12 [EU]

GENERAL

• Fishing Trainers and merchants will no longer aggro Invasion and Rift mobs.
• Item: Winter's Bite: Now more Chloromancer-friendly.
• Players who earned the title 'the Raven' and had duplicate title entries listed will see them nevermore.
• Added a 1-second cooldown to using abilities right after switching roles.
• Limited rate on /loadequip commands.

It's hard not to be impressed with what's going on with Rift right now.

Trion are taking a very solid game to the next level - and being very smart with the way the company is promoting the upcoming expansion Storm Legion.

If you just can't wait to secure your place in Rift 2.0, head over to the Rift: Storm Legion page where new and former subscribers can get Storm Legion free with the purchase of a one year subscription to Rift. We don't know how long that deal will last, so you might want to hurry!

Trion's Rift has garnered a healthy share of positive buzz with the recent live streams and videos.

The dev diary below is a good example of why.

The graphical improvements, the focus on large scale bosses and environments help make an impressive package for the Storm Legion expansion. With two new continents, Telara will have much more room to adventure in and the new levels, souls and gear show why Trion calls this Rift 2.0.

Intriguing times lie ahead for Rift fans.

RIFT 1.9 Hotfix #13 - 8:00am PDT 8/8/12 [NA] - 1:00am GMT/2:00am BST 9/8/12 [EU]

• Infernal Dawn: Laethys: Fixed an issue causing Laethys to cast Molten Gold twice in quick succession.
• Infernal Dawn: Ituziel: Ituziel will now wait a minimum amount of time after casting Word of Incineration before he will melee or cast Brimstone Fissure.
• Cassock of Condemnation and Cassock of Damnation have had their stats fixed.

RIFT 1.9 Hotfix #12 - 8:00am PDT 8/1/12 [NA] - 1:00am GMT/2:00am BST 2/8/12 [EU]

GENERAL

• Primeval Feast: Adjusted the health of the Crawler Juggernaut in the Swarmlord Khargroth encounter.
• Quests that require you to close Rifts that grant experience now give proper credit for closing them while mentored (ex: The Saga of the Endless: Trophies of Death).
• Fixed ?s sometimes showing up in chat in place of other punctuations or accents.

Trion has released new lore surrounding the Storm Legion expansion, including some tantalizing bits on Crucia and the Infinity Gate. Read on!

While you're at it, you can download an awesome Crucia wallpaper by clicking the image below!

RIFT 1.9 Hotfix #11 - 8:00am PDT 7/27/12 [NA] - 1:00am GMT/2:00am BST 27/7/12 [EU]

GENERAL

• Primeval Feast: Removed self-healing from Swarmlord Khargroth split phases.
• Summerfest: The NPCs Boularna and Brendnall will now sell Summerfest items for Summerfest tokens.
• Combat messages will no longer be included in the non-combat log.
• Fixed a formatting issue when using the Copy to Clipboard button on the Addon Error report.