Towerstead is one of the two regions playable in the Steam Next Fest demo of Embers of the Uncrowned. A magical city on the eastern side of the Valdorion Peninsula, it is the place where the elf Bella first set foot on the continent three years ago, and it remains under siege by the Blackmist elves she left behind.
A Magical City
Towerstead is centered around the Tower of Enlightenment and was once ruled by Veritas Academy, described as the cradle of mages. Canals crossed the city, and its mages drew on the mana of aether springs to bring prosperity and stability. In return for protection, they shared their research with House Harborwell. That arrangement ended three years ago at Red Anchor Harbor, where Bella came ashore. The dawn slaughter, the Corpse Flowers, and the silver blood filled the harbor town, and since then the city has been left to rain, fog, and the corpses of the slaughtered.
The Day of the Slaughter
Bella first came ashore at Red Anchor Harbor. In the predawn hours she stalked the quiet streets, killing the sleeping. Since that day, time has stopped in the harbor: Corpse Flowers bloom throughout the streets, silver blood lies congealed along the roads, and rain soaks the unextinguished embers. Valdemar Harborwell, the Grand Lord of Goldenhaven, arrived with his knights to stop the slaughter but met a death so brutal that no intact remains were left to bury. Although Bella has moved on, the army of Blackmist Velseize elves she left behind still holds the harbor.
Notable Areas
Area | Description |
|---|---|
The Harbor on the Day of the Slaughter | Red Anchor Harbor, where Bella first came ashore. Time has stopped here since the dawn slaughter, with Corpse Flowers, congealed silver blood, and rain-soaked embers throughout. |
Street of Corpses Raised by Elves | A town directly below the Tower of Enlightenment, where Veritas Academy and the elf Urs clashed after Bella left. The bodies of citizens and mages who fell in the square were raised from death and turned into Urs's soldiers, their corpses crawling with massive maggots. |
Docks of the Sunken Marauders | Once a dock where mages brought in research supplies via the canal. Pirates seized it during the elven invasion, then fell before the elf Urs and, intoxicated by elven dominance, held the dock as they fell into madness. |
Ravine Where the Traitors Hide | A steep ravine on the outskirts of Towerstead, where the Red Anchor Order hides. The order once kept the peace in service of House Harborwell but defected to the elves, still clad in armor bearing their former house's crests. |
Enemies
Urs: An elf who fought Veritas Academy after Bella left and raised the fallen citizens and mages of Towerstead into corpse soldiers.
The Red Anchor Order: Former peacekeepers of Towerstead, sworn to House Harborwell, who defected to the elves the moment they witnessed their power and now turn their blades against the bloodline they once protected.
Blackmist elves: The Velseize elf army Bella left behind to hold Red Anchor Harbor.
Towerstead is one of the regions the player liberates in the demo, alongside the coastal frontier of Amber Coast. Like the rest of Rinea, the area is marked by Elven Stakes that only those with a special power can see and destroy.
Towerstead is a region of Embers of the Uncrowned, the dark fantasy MMO action RPG from NEXON. Details here reflect the Steam Next Fest demo build and may change as the game develops.