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Delphinad
February 17, 2026 at 08:43 AM
New article on Delphinad, the ancient capital of Auroria
Delphinad was the greatest city on Auroria, the northern continent of Erenor. At its height, it was large enough to house millions and served as the intellectual and cultural center of the world. The city's most famous institution was the Great Library, where the twelve heroes' expedition began.
The Great Library of Delphinad was the largest repository of knowledge in Erenor. Scholars from across the continents traveled there to study magic, history, and the natural world. It was here that the twelve heroes gathered and formed the Library Expedition to the Garden.
During the chaos following Gene Evernight's corruption, Ollo ransacked the Great Library, destroying much of the accumulated knowledge of the ancient world. This act of destruction meant that much of what was known about the gods, the Garden, and the higher races was lost forever. The fragments that survived became the basis for the religions and histories of the southern civilizations.
Delphinad was devastated during the wars that followed Gene Evernight's transformation into Kyrios. The explosion caused by Nui and Inoch separating Gene from Kyrios shattered the region around the city. By the time the survivors had fled south, Delphinad was an uninhabitable ruin.
Ruins of Delphinad could be found on Auroria in the original game. The Delphinad Ghost Ship was one of the game's world boss encounters, a spectral vessel that appeared in the seas around Auroria. The Ayanad Library, a major endgame dungeon, was connected to Delphinad's scholarly tradition and housed some of the game's most powerful crafted gear recipes.
"Delphinad" was also the name of one of the highest tiers of crafted gear in the original game. Delphinad weapons and armor required Ayanad Library materials and extensive crafting investment. The gear represented some of the strongest equipment available outside of regraded Mythic items.
The ruins of Delphinad exist on Auroria in Chronicles, now overgrown and partially collapsed after centuries of abandonment. What secrets remain buried in the rubble of the Great Library is one of the narrative threads available to explorers during the Age of Pioneers.
