Aorsoi (アオルソイ) is a region in the Zhongyuan server that corresponds with the Almaty region of Kazakhstan in the real world.
Overview[]
It is a large inland region that is surrounded on all sides with with various deserts such as the Kyzyl Kum. This region has few Adventurers, is dearth of dungeons and quests, and their corresponding regions are savage wilderness with equally low populations.
For subscription-based MMOs like Elder Tale which charged users on a regular basis, the userbase was a resource that drove development, and so the number of Adventurer in a given region was proportional to that region's subscription base. Thus, there were few players in Aorsoi since its population of players was sparse.
The Zhongyuan server was run by the China-based Kanan Internet Corporation. Since most of the userbase was located in mainland China, development was naturally focused there. Areas like the Great Wall of China and the surroundings of Beijing boasted epic quests and an elaborate design and the regions in Central Asia with few players did not boast so much epic quests and diverse designs as those located in the eastern regions and coasts.
With the Half-Gaia Project system, which faithfully reproduced the earth at half scale and the weather emulator, Aorusoi mimics the Central Asia of the old world, with its dry ground, its chilling wind, and its deep blue sky.
Locations[]
Tekeli (テケリ)
- Tekeli is a small village within Aorsoi which has a resurrection point, being one of the few locations with one within this region. Anybody who enters within the vicinity of the village will be automatically registered to respawn at the villages shrine. The center of the village contained a bell tower which had a watery reflection that, if touched, would trigger the Daylight Shade siege event, where numerous amount of Daylight Shades appear in the the village and attack anyone within it.
- Leonardo stumbled upon this place after countless days of wandering around the region after he used the Fairy Rings to escape the chaos that occurred in the Big Apple following the Catastrophe. He accidentally triggered the event and was trapped within the village for a significant amount of time, until he was saved by Kanami and her group of friend. He joined them afterwards once they conquered all of the Daylight Shades on their quest leaving the village for good.
The Column Ruins: Tonnesgrave (列柱遺跡トーンズグレイブ)
- Tonnesgrave is a location in Aorsoi, corresponding to Gagarin's Start in the real world (its name seems to be drawn from the nearby Tyuratam, whose name means "Tóre's Grave"). It was protected by the double-raid-rank Black Dragon boss, which came under the control of the Geniuses Papus and Rasphuia during their mission to destroy the "Iron Pillars."
- The Genius referred to the station as the Corridor to Heaven, a pathway to the Prison of Time located on Mare Tranquillitatis (the Moon). The Lelang Wolf Cavalry attempted to defeat them twice, but both attempts ended in failure. Later, Kanami's Party, sans Leonardo and KR, went to Tonnesgrave to deal with them and the Black Dragon. By the time Leonardo and KR joined them, the launch site was destroyed.