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Two Worlds II

• Collect herbs and ingredients, and use them to brew useful potions.
• Drin a healing potion to heal your wounds, or disarm yourself to activate regeneration.
• You can dismantle unneeded objects to collect ingredients for upgrades.

Shattered Embrace

• All three districts of Shadinar are named after Warriors, Hunters and Mages. Those were dominant professions of the three races once inhabiting the city.
• Balek was a rich Mothark, one of Laginu's cousins. His ship broke apart on the rocks off Cloudy Bay, but the gold salvaged from the wreckage was the seed money for the foundation of Freehaven.
• Fenrir was Adramelech's most trusted lieutenant, and a devoted believer in his ideology.
• Gramordan and Averian are two main rivers of Arveran. They flow through the Morrag Peninsula, joining near the Stone Bridge.
• Gromshar ruins are the remains of an ancient Orcish city on Arveran. It was destroyed during the Tenebrae Invasion.
• In ancient times, the Sharrean Forest was inhabited by the Elven settlers led by Lord Dalnir. Their town, Tar-Dalnir, was deserted after the war of the Tenebrae.
• In ancient times, the malevolent Tenebrae Order attempted to invade Arveran. Their Dark Priests managed to destroy all three towers of the Stone Crown, as well as the surrounding towns, but ultimately, they were defeated.
• Karatree Reach and Morrag Peninsula are separated by Qual'atar Hills, but both can be entered from Shadinar.
• Maleno was the founder of Freehaven, and one of Laginu's cousins. His story is dark and shrounded in mystery.
• Outworld is called "Mirdowrld" by some of its inhabitants, who also refer to Antaloor as "Othersyde".
• Shadinar was built after the Tenebrae Invasion, when the Dark Priests burned the older towns of Lorrendar, Gromshar and Tal-Dalnir to the ground.
• Sharrean Forest and Morrag Peninsula are separated by Vael'nir Hills, but can be entered from Shadinar.

Tal-Dalnir ruins are the remains of the original Elven city of Arveran. It was destroyed during the Tenebrae Invasion.

• The ancient towers on Arveran are called the Stone Crown. Each was inhabited by the Founder. the Human wizard Lorren, the Orcish warrior Gromsh and the Eleven druid Dalnir.
• The Hunters' Quarter of Shadinar was the original Elven district. Their leaders used the title of Lord Archdruid.
• The sight and feel of Arveran caused Dar Pha's long-repressed childhood memories returning, but fragmented and incomplete.
• The Tower of Ulzag in the Royal Palace is named after the Lord General of the Second Triumvirate. Ulzag was the son of the Orcish warlord Gromsh, one of the Founders.
• The Undercity is a mysterious labyrinth below Shadinar. All city dungeons are said to be linked to it by secret doors.

• • The statue of Lord Dalnir in the Square of the Founders was once accompanied by statues of Lord Lorren and Lord Gromsh, but those were toppled during the Troubles.
• The Founders fell during the Tenebrae Invasion. The Second Triumvirate took their place: Lord Baramir, Lord Galadir, and Lord Ulzag.
• Fenrir is Adramelech's chief enforcer. He leads the strike force of Chosen that was sent to Arveran before Adramelech fell.
• Bernard Vanderbilt led an expedition on Abraham's orders. His job was to retrieve Tenebrae artifacts from a ruined temple.
• Freehaven is located over the waters of the Cloudy Bay, so non-Elves can live there without breaking Elven laws.
• The Feast of Founding is celebrated every year in Freehaven. It commemorates the founding of the city by Laginu's cousin, Maleno.