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Elf · Elven Elder · 2004
Tested Open Beta, started as a EE in The Damned academy (TD).
Chronicles/C0
Prelude
NA launch: · C0
Fan-archive commentary for player memory. NA dates cross-checked with English Wikipedia — Lineage II (Content patches). Official chronicle story summary · fan archive (paraphrased lore beats; not verbatim NCSoft chapter text). NA launch dates from Wikipedia.
History
Opening Chaotic Chronicle chapter (C0). NA launch 28 April 2004. Published Prelude materials introduce Aden through Hardin’s dark scholarship and Hindemith’s path across a restless continent, while five races share kingdoms after centuries of mistrust.
Why it mattered
First Western chronicle build after the NA game release — established Talking Island training, castle politics, and the saga cadence players would follow through C5.
Lore beats
- Hardin’s necromantic research foreshadows later sealed evils (Beleth, Hellbound)
- Hindemith’s arc ties personal honor to a continent already tilting toward chaos
- Fragile post-war trust among Humans, Elves, Dark Elves, Orcs, and Dwarves
- Einhasad temple politics on Talking Island shape the human origin myth players meet at launch
Story chapters
Paraphrased outline from official chronicle story materials — not verbatim novel text.
Chapter 1
Hindemith
A knight-facing prologue figure whose journey sketches Aden’s politics and the cost of standing between rising powers.
Chapter 2
Hardin
Ivory Tower–adjacent dark mage whose experiments with life, death, and forbidden knowledge cast a long shadow into later chronicles.
Key changes
- Codename C0
- NA 28 April 2004
- Hardin / Hindemith story framing
- Five playable races
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