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Greenscale has finally landed on Prime: Vigil! His roar echoes through the lands – he is not just hungry – he’s ravenous!

Of the Blood Storm, no dragon was more familiar to mortal races than Greenscale the Primeval, though this familiarity was a source of terror and sorrow. Greenscale would thunder across Telara, turning every forest into an aggressive, invasive force, seeding the world in vines and vegetation that could devour cities. Even Maelforge, for whom destruction was an ecstatic joy, did not cause widespread devastation on par with Greenscale’s crusade against all things civilized and soft. When Thorvin Sternhammer and his allies finally defeated and imprisoned Greenscale, countless wretches had perished between his teeth, beneath his claws, choked upon his poison breath.
The temple that imprisons him is now named Greenscale’s Blight, its original name long since lost to the ages. It is beginning to crumble under the might of the overgrowth that assails it from all sides.

There is a lot more to this epic tale. Click here to read on!

The first Dragon to challenge Prime: Vigil, Greenscale offers a great many achievements as well as the sort of loot only a greedy ancient would hoard. Remember that this dragon has allies – House Aelfwar has stormed the structure in an attempt to free Greenscale and are not at all happy to see a party of Ascended arriving to quash their plans.

You will face the luminaries of House Aelfwar before you have a chance to encounter the great dragon:

• Duke Letareus, a brilliant warrior of unshakeable focus.
• Infiltrator Johlen, loyal spymaster of Hylas, a saboteur of great infamy.
• Oracle Aleria, a masked figure who channels her fury to all who challenge her.
• Prince Hylas himself, aloof and disdainful – he will only deign to engage if you master his vassals. Hylas is the mightiest swordsman alive, bolstered by the primal might of Greenscale himself.

At last, you may encounter the ruinous power of the Primeval – and you may not live to tell the tale.
Is YOUR Guild ready for the assault? Are YOU?

Greenscale’s Blight is a Tier 1 20-person raid.

Join the saga through Looking For Raid (LFR) or enter with a raid group through the portal in Stillmoor!

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When you dare to enter a sliver, you will experience an alternate timeline where events have evolved differently, often disastrously, from our own reality. Danger and imminent death await all but the strongest. Are you strong enough? Are you TRULY…. Well then, we shall see!

Slivers are strange temporal tears that require ten highly coordinated Ascended to conquer.
Be sure to equip yourself with Quantum Sight if you be Defiant, or Omen Sight if Guardian, to open your eyes to possibilities outside of our realm. Avail yourself of the Looking for Raid feature is you find yourself short of foolhardy friends to join you!

The fragile sliver for The Drowned Halls has begun to leak into our reality in Scarwood Reach, while the Gilded Prophecy has cracked open within the dry plains of Shimmersand.

The Drowned Halls

Guarded by primordial powers, the Halls are under the command of powerful and unforgiving masters of the ocean depths. You have heard, perhaps, from crazed fishermen and sea merchants that the High Priestess Hydriss intends to lead a massive assault force into our Telara… it is no wonder that they now huddle in terror within land-locked taverns, but heed the call of your soul, Ascended – it is your task to prevent this at all costs before Hydriss drowns all of Telara.

According to the few scouts who have survived to report, Assault Commander Jorb and Joloral Ragetide merely guard the earlier reaches of the Drowned Halls, while Isskal and the infamous sea-creature Hydriss are rumored to lurk deeper in.

Leaders, guide your charges well through this watery morass, and you may yet emerge with trophies in hand and the grateful acclaim of all Telara.

No one mourns for the bodies of the lost in the wet domains… tiny sea creatures will make short work of your corpses, should you fail, and your name will be heard no more.

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Gilded Prophecy

It is written that in this thin shard of altered existence, the Golden Maw has become powerful by virtue of a unique artifact that they can implement to resurrect the great behemoth, their Queen of Greed, Laethys. Only you, Ascended, have a chance to stop the cult from achieving their goals.

The sands whisper of great foes locked within the sliver. Anrak the Foul, an enormous venomous scorpid. Gurloth, whose commands you must obey. Thalgur, who crushes mountains with his power. Uruluuk, monstrous master of the crystalline arts.
Which of these will you best?
Which will grind you to dust?
Dust… to dust.

LFF!

We are officially Looking For Feedback on these Slivers, as well as a question of timing on the release of Greenscale’s Blight. Please offer your feedback and opinions on this thread!

NOTE: When we first released the Slivers on 04/18, there were issues with reqs in LFR which allowed only pre-mades to get in. We therefore decided to reset the achievements and re-release the fixed version today, 04/20. Unfortunately the server-wide broadcasts could not be reset, but congrats to all who gain achievements today – well earned, and on a level playing field!

What’s next on deck for Prime?

GREENSCALE’S BLIGHT!

We have tentatively scheduled the release of GSB for May 2, but this is highly dependent on data and feedback based on how many people are ready for it in time. Stay tuned!

Brasse

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RIFT turns 7 this year, and the Carnival folk are ready to celebrate with you!

Seven years has flown by in the blink of an eye – let’s mark the occasion with all of our traditional Carnival events in Tempest Bay. We welcome all Live server players to grab a piece of 7 Year birthday cake and join the celebrations!
Wait up, say Prime server players… Tempest Bay? We haven’t found Tempest Bay yet! Ahhh, very true, though you’ve clearly heard rumors of the fun going on there, like echoes from a past life. Likewise, a traveling merchant has heard of this new, far off land called Vigil and is even now packing up his mule train to bring you a taste of Carnival! Look for Winachuck Maguck in Sanctum and Meridian. Yes, he has mastered the arcane art of being in two places at once!

Carnival runs from March 15th at 3:30 PM Pacific (22:30 UTC) to April 5th at 3:30 PM Pacific (22:30 UTC).

We are pleased to show off our brand new Carnival items for 2018!

Available for event currency:

• An adorable carousel-style Pegasus companion pet named Celeste!
• Cavort in stylish and colorful carnival-style masks, newly designed for this season
• Feeling bubbly? Apply the new Celebratory or Prismatic weapon rune!
• Feel like throwing around some virtual coin? Use the Golden or Silver rune of Wealth!
• Save some cake for your Dimension – the Primal Rebirthday Cake has unlimited shelf life!
• Earn a new Raid Tier 2 Earring for lvl 70s (RIFT Live only)
• …and of course, the 7th Anniversary Cape!

Available on the RIFT store for credits:

Glorious new Wings of the Archfey – make your own Carnival parade while wearing these beauties!

And without further ado, the mount you’ve all been waiting for… no lockbox, offered direct, fresh from the Plane of Life with a puff of helium…

Greeñata!

Never has Greenscale been more plumpy, soft and loveable than in this unique, floating, mount form.
Best of all, every Telaran race rides Greeñata in a different way. Pictured above, the graceful form assumed by male Dwarves.

Post your #Greeñata pics @RIFTgame, on the forums, or on Facebook!
See you for Carnival!
RIFT ON!