#Iko's R1 Grand Finale Tour, Episode 3: Velora
cinder merlin
Welcome to the third installment of my Grand Finale Tour across Region 1, where I’ll be exploring and cataloguing our most prominent settlements before the February 25 wipe.
This morning I visited the settlement of Velora, whose totem can be found at N1596 E258. Velora is situated on the western coast of our region’s pine forest biome. It’s just a short ride by deer into the calm forest biome to the south, and the path is well paved and studded with lamp posts. The tundra biome is also accessible by following the coast some ways north.
The first thing that struck me about Velora upon entering was how the settlement’s layout seamlessly integrates into the pine forest. Tier 3 and 4 trees dot the landscape, and the various districts are built into different elevation levels.
Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to learn much about the people who created Velora. I know that, at one time, back in the summer, the settlement was called Mistveil Woods. At the time, I was a member of the Oakhaven settlement (now defunct), and members of my settlement told me about having found it when sailing up the coast. I had visited briefly to get access to its teleporter, but haven’t been back very often since. I think it looks much different now than it did then.
Velora is the capital of the Veilrynn empire, and the members seem to run two ancillary settlements: Pyrelite Path, around the nearby pyrelite cave, and Ferralith Point, further south down the coast near a ferralith cave.
I couldn’t find a single sign around Velora. I did check chests, and most of these were practically named, simply stating the chest’s contents in a straightforward and practical way. This stockpile caught my attention, though.
This wording, to me, suggested a dark deity version of Svim, who drinks the blood of mutilated ocean fish. Perhaps one of these days we’ll get a dungeon where the secret boss at the end turns out to be some kind demon-infested version of Svim who attacks players with flying demon fish and salt tornados. If such a thing gets implemented, we can thank Velora and their stockpile.
I very much enjoyed my trip to Velora. I think it’s a great example of how to effectively build a settlement into the landscape, integrating into the host biome rather than just leveling the ground and going for maximum space efficiency.
