KoD Preview Post: Ylva

As was mentioned in the last update, the Horned God's Night is the celebration that renews the year... and it's followed by the challenge of the arena. The sacred combat event can't start until a representative arrives, but you're all getting a sneak preview of her above.

Ylva is the first orc woman we've introduced, and she'll have a lot to say. She's had an interesting life so far and isn't as opposed to humans as many orcs - but she's also not going to stand for Sabia's elitism. Getting to know Ylva will be one of the many components of the next release.

So far you've only seen one shaman in the game, but he represents a much larger body of authority. Some of you might notice the symbol on Ylva's staff is the same as that worn by Groknak and the shaman - this is an element of orc hierarchy that we've been planning to explore from the first release. As a representative of the council of shamans, Ylva will be working together with the local shaman, giving Sabia some interesting choices for how to proceed.

We want the next update to be a substantial one with a lot of different kinds of content. There will be a lot of sexy new scenes focusing on the already introduced cast of characters, of course, including some that people have been asking for. Those of you who enjoy lore, some questions that many people have asked about how KoD's world works will be answered soon. And the arena events will include more of our attempts to continually improve the core mechanics of the game.

As information for the next update release date, we can only say it wont be this month to the people wondering, but we are doing good progress on completing it.

We'll be back with another update in time. Please look forward to Ylva and all the rest!