Chronicles/EP5b
Salvation: Etina's Fate
NA launch: · EP5b
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
Salvation — Etina’s Fate landed on NA on 22 August 2018, weeks before official Classic’s World Start on 3 October 2018. For Live loyalists it was the continuation of Salvation storytelling; for the wider Western scene it was the last major Live chapter many friends saw before rolling Classic characters. Etina’s Fate therefore sits at a cultural crossroads: keep pushing modern Live, or step onto the nostalgia track NCSoft finally shipped.
Why it mattered
Timeline hinge between Epic Tale Live and the Classic split. Tag late-Salvation Live media and the “are you staying or going Classic?” conversations that defined autumn 2018 clans.
Lore beats
- Salvation story continues under the Etina’s Fate title
- Social graph fractures as Classic recruiting begins in earnest
- Archive home for “last Live summer before Classic” albums
Key changes
- NA 22 August 2018
- Etina's Fate
- Weeks before Classic launch
- Live vs Classic split
Community media & stories
No public screenshots or stories for this era yet. Tag yours to this chronicle patch and they will appear here and on the homepage timeline.