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Backlund - Version 6 vs Version 7
May 31, 2026, 12:20 PM
Updated Backlund to a confirmed explorable region while noting current test builds still focus on Tingen
Aug 23, 2026, 07:39 AM
Reframed the whole page as announced future content: Backlund is not in the launch build, added the published region order and the official nickname, corrected the endgame and cathedral claims, and relabelled the Crimson Test section
11Overview22Backlund (贝克兰德) is the imperial capital of Loen and the largest city in Lord of Mysteries. It is roughly the size of Tingen squared and is divided into multiple class-coded boroughs that each house a distinct slice of Victorian society. Backlund is built and previewed in the Crimson Test in real-machine footage, and it is a confirmed explorable region of the game, with current test builds still centred on Tingen; in the source material it is the imperial capital and the setting for later story arcs.3+Backlund (贝克兰德) is the imperial capital of Loen and the largest city in the world of Lord of Mysteries. Official marketing calls it 万都之都, roughly the capital of ten thousand capitals, and describes it as rained on all year round. In the source material it is the seat of the kingdom and the setting for the arcs that follow the opening.44Boroughs5+Backlund is not in the launch build. The studio's framing is future tense: as the story develops, players are to travel to Backlund the way Klein Moretti does. It is the next major region on a published multi-year plan, not content that can be reached today, and everything below that describes a Backlund gameplay loop comes from the source material and from previews rather than from the live client.66Backlund's boroughs are organised on two axes: cardinal direction and social class. The cardinal layer divides the city into North Borough, South Borough, East Borough, and West Borough. The class layer adds named upper-class districts inside the cardinals: Empress Borough (top-tier aristocratic), Cherwood Borough (high-tier professional), Hillston Borough (upper-middle-tier), and St. George Borough (lower-class but respectable working-class).7+Where Backlund Sits on the Plan88Empress Borough: aristocratic and royal-court adjacent. Town houses of marquesses and viscounts, the imperial gardens, and the most exclusive Beyonder circles.9+The studio has published its build-out region by region. Tingen and its Iron Cross Street are the launch content; the rest follow in stages, none of them dated.1010Cherwood Borough: senior professionals and Beyonder operatives. The largest Nighthawk facility outside the central palace district sits here.11+RegionWhat has been publishedTingen and Iron Cross StreetLive at launch. The opening region and the only fully playable cityBacklund (贝克兰德)Announced as the next major region. Described in official copy through its perpetual rain, its gray fog and its political intrigueThe Forsaken LandAnnounced. Described in May 2026 as being in its final stages of adjustmentThe Five Seas (五海)Announced. Described in May 2026 as being in intensive production, and tied to the maritime side of the storyThe western continentNamed as a future plan still being coordinated and designed源堡Named in the developer's own store statement as a destination deep in the same plan. Nothing further has been published, and no English rendering has been given12+Boroughs in the Source Material1213Hillston Borough: upper-middle-tier residential. Dense quest-giver civilian population.14+Backlund's boroughs come from the source material rather than from anything playable today. They are organised on two axes: cardinal direction and social class. The cardinal layer divides the city into North, South, East and West Boroughs; the class layer adds named districts inside them.1415St. George Borough: working-class but respectable. Trade guilds, dock workers, and low-tier Beyonder contacts.16+BoroughClass layerWhat the source material gives itEmpress BoroughAristocratic, royal-court adjacentTown houses of marquesses and viscounts, the imperial gardens, and the most exclusive Beyonder circlesCherwood BoroughSenior professionalBeyonder operatives and the largest Nighthawk facility outside the central palace districtHillston BoroughUpper-middle tierDense residential streets and a large civilian populationSt. George BoroughWorking class but respectableTrade guilds, dock workers, and low-tier Beyonder contactsEast BoroughIndustry and portsAt least twice the size of Tingen, including the Backlund docksNorth, South and West BoroughsMixed useDense districts each carrying their own anomaly density and faction footprint17+Faction Presence in the Source Material1618East Borough: at least twice the size of Tingen. The industrial-and-ports beating heart of the city, including the famous Backlund docks.19+In the source material, Backlund hosts the headquarters of the four official Beyonder organisations of the Loen Kingdom: the Nighthawks under the Church of the Evernight Goddess, the Mandated Punishers as joint-Church enforcement, the Machinery Hivemind under the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery, and MI9 as the kingdom's intelligence service. The Seven Orthodox Churches each keep their largest cathedrals in the capital. How any of this is modelled in the game, including whether reputation tracks attach to those organisations, has not been published.1820North, South, and West Boroughs: dense mixed-use districts each carrying their own anomaly density and faction footprint.20-Faction Presence22-Backlund hosts the headquarters of the four official Beyonder organisations of the Loen Kingdom: the Nighthawks (under the Church of the Evernight Goddess), the Mandated Punishers (joint-Church enforcement), the Machinery Hivemind (Church of the God of Steam and Machinery), and MI9 (the kingdom's intelligence service). Each operates from its own dedicated Backlund borough and offers reputation-tracked quest lines.24-The Seven Orthodox Churches each have their largest cathedrals in Backlund. The Church of the Evernight Goddess and the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery have the largest footprints.26-Saint Selena Cathedral2822Saint Selena Cathedral is the most prominent religious-and-Beyonder landmark in Backlund. It is both an active cathedral and a high-Sequence ritual hub. Several Sequence 6+ advancement ceremonies route through Saint Selena's inner sanctum.23+The world map that shipped at launch includes a region named Saint Selena Cathedral, and the launch map material places it in Tingen, on Red Moon Street, as the Church of the Evernight Goddess's seat in that city. The source material attaches a cathedral of the same name to the imperial capital. The two placements are not the same and the shipped map is the one that governs what players can visit today.3024Beyonder Densities3226Backlund has the highest Beyonder density of any city in Loen. Mid-Sequence (4 to 6) Beyonders are common; Sequence 3 and higher Beyonders pass through frequently for cross-Church coordination. Anomaly density is correspondingly high, and Backlund's raid content is the live game's primary endgame setting.27+In the source material Backlund has the highest Beyonder density of any city in Loen. Mid-Sequence Beyonders are common, and Sequence 3 and higher Beyonders pass through frequently for cross-Church coordination, with anomaly density to match. The live game's raid content does not sit here: the named twelve-player raid at launch is May Manor's garden, in the Tingen regions. See Dungeons and Raids.3428Travel From Tingen3630The canonical Tingen-to-Backlund route runs by rail through the East Balam corridor. The game uses this rail line as the gameplay transition between the introductory campaign in Tingen and Act 2 in Backlund. The train sequence is a story setpiece in its own right, including a multi-encounter set-piece that introduces several Backlund-side NPCs.31+The canonical Tingen-to-Backlund route runs by rail through the East Balam corridor, and the source material treats the journey as a set piece in its own right. How the game will move players between the two cities, and whether that rail journey becomes playable content, has not been published.3832Crimson Test Status33+Launch Status4034Backlund has been shown in real-machine footage, and it is now confirmed as one of the game's explorable regions, though current test builds still centre on Tingen. Its campaign content, raid encounters, and vendor pass have not been detailed for the current test; descriptions of a full Backlund gameplay loop are drawn from the source material and dev previews, not from confirmed in-build features.35+Backlund has appeared in real-machine footage since the closed tests, and the franchise's own rights-holder page reported in 2025 that the Backlund setting and part of the main storyline levels were complete in development. Neither of those makes it playable. Nothing in the launch client opens the city, and its campaign content, raid encounters and vendor pass have not been detailed. Read this page as a record of an announced region and of the source material behind it.
