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Nexus:
The Kingdom of the Winds, alternately known as
Nexus TK or simply Nexus, is an MMORPG, currently
run in the US by Kru Interactive. Nexus began
as a U.S. version of the Korean game (Baram) developed
by NEXON Inc. of Korea, and is loosely based on
Korean mythology and on a series of graphic novels
by an artist named Kim Jin. Development of Baram
began in Korea in 1994 and the game was released
in 1997. That year, it also entered Beta in the
United States, going commercial in 1998. In 2005,
the US subsidiary of NEXON changed its name to
'Kru Interactive' and took over running Nexus,
Dark Ages, and Shattered Galaxy as an independent
company. Most of the employees of the subsidairy
were laid off but the management remained the
same as it was when the company was a subsidairy
of NEXON. The highly popular game Lineage was
based on a fork of the Nexus server software;
its developer, Jake Song, was one of the original
developers of Baram.
Nexon pioneered distributed game servers in
1999 and set a record of 12,263 simultaneous
users in a single world.
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| The Setting: |
Nexus takes place in a land called the Kingdoms.
The Kingdoms are then divided into three actual
Kingdoms: The Empire of Buya, the Kingdom of Koguryo,
and the Kingdom of Nagnang. (These kingdoms are
located on the land mass that includes China,
Korea, and sections of Russia.) There is also
a popular fourth Kingdom, called Han, that is
not yet open in the game, but to which players
and the storyline often refer to for roleplay
purposes. Each Kingdom has its own monarch, army,
and various clans and subpaths. The Kingdoms may
have feuds amongst themselves, and often have
roleplay disagreements or alliances.
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| Buya: |
The Empire of Buya is officially ruled by Emperor
Aino Senshi, but is actually governed by his daughter,
Princess Lasahn. The current General of the Buya
Imperial Army is General Bullmunk, though all
Buyan Imperial Soldiers will forever remember
General NightRaven as their commander. Buya is
home to the Do, Shaman, and Muse subpaths. The
cities that take place within Buya are Buya, Sanhae,
Arctic Village, Tok-Do, Naju, Kimchon, and Yu
Ryang.
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| Nagnang: |
The Kingdom of Nagnang is ruled by Prince Kija.
The current General of the Legion of Nagnang is
adragonsclaw. Nagnang currently hosts no subpaths
but has several clans of its own. Nagnang is a
country divided into two by separate institutions,
and could therefore be thought of as having multiple
regions. The two powers are Prince Kija and the
Nangen Army, as well as the Forsaken clan. The
cities that take place within Nagnang are Kusan,
Chunchon and Kyongju.
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| Calendar: |
The Nexus Calendar has an 8:1 ratio with real
time. Hence a game day takes up 3 hours of real
time, and one year is 45 real days. Dating before
transition between versions 3.0 and 4.0 is rather
inexact, and often simply referred to as "before
the Great Shift." Years in-game are often
called "Yuris" because dates are officially
noted as "Yuri XX" etc., meaning the
XXth year of King Yuri's reign. For example, the
Great Shift occurred in Yuri 23. Also, births,
quest completions, and the like appear as "Yuri
--, season" in character legends. Innkeepers
refer to months as "moons" and use a
24-hour clock.
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| Chung Ryong: |
The Chung Ryong path is the Warrior NPC subpath. The Chung
Ryong is the Blue Dragon, the Warrior Totem. Warriors who
join the Chung Ryong can obtain a weapon called a Chung Ryong
Scale, and learn a spell called Rage. The Rage spell is incremental
and can be re-cast every 120 seconds, stacking up to six times.
Each time it is cast the warrior's attack damage is multiplied.
At the highest level of Rage, attack damage is multiplied
by 81x. It has drawbacks, however. When it is stacked three
or more times, the warrior's armor class is weakened, and
hence the warrior takes considerably more damage when hit.
Also, when the cumulative duration finally expires, the warrior
loses a percentage of hit points, how many depending on the
highest level of Rage reached. This can be fatal.
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| Chongun: |
The Chongun are the warrior nobility of the Kingdoms. Founded
by the female warrior Madog, the path was based on the principles
that one's motherland came before all else. Values such as
courage, valour , and honour are all founding ideals set forth
in the Chongun Creed, and recorded in the Kwanhonsagje (The
Chongun Scroll). The home of the Chongun is situated in the
city of Kugnae, in the kingdom of Koguryo, though the path
consists of members from all regions of the known world.
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| Hyun Moo: |
The Hyun Moo is the Poet NPC subpath. Hyun Moo is the Black
Turtle, the Poet Totem. Poets who join the Hyun moo obtain
a staff called a Life Lance and learn a spell called Hyun
Moo Revival. Revival, when cast, will restore all of the Poet's
health and all but 10,000 of his mana. In addition, if he
is dead, he will be brought back to life.
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