Auroria

Auroria is the northern continent of Erenor. It was the original homeland of all civilizations in the ArcheAge universe, site of the great city of Delphinad and the twelve heroes' Library Expedition. After the catastrophic wars triggered by Gene Evernight's corruption, the continent was abandoned for centuries.

In the original ArcheAge

Auroria was added as endgame content. The entire continent was a PvP-focused zone where guilds competed for castle sieges and territory control. Notable locations included the ruins of Delphinad (once large enough to house millions), the Western and Eastern Hiram Mountains, and Diamond Shores, the gateway zone connecting to the southern continents.

The Hiram people

The Hiram were a race of humans who lived in northern Auroria with lifespans of approximately 200 years. They are believed to have been the first race to become the Returned (resurrected beings). The hero Inoch was born among the Hiram, sprouting wings as a young person in a condition that made him an outcast, nearly killed by his own people before fleeing Hiramakand, the Hiram capital.

In ArcheAge Chronicles

Chronicles is set on Auroria roughly 50 years after the original game's events, during a period called the "Age of Pioneers." Explorers and settlers are returning to the long-forsaken continent, investigating its ruins and uncovering buried history. Players join a trading company and look into an airship crash while exploring what the continent has become.

The setting shift is significant. Where the original game's Auroria was a PvP battleground fought over by established guilds, Chronicles positions it as a frontier being rediscovered, with emphasis on exploration and narrative rather than territorial warfare.