Overview

The world of Lineage II is established with three kingdoms at its center which encompass the two large continents. Aden, the new kingdom was established after Raoul, the young king successfully quenched a civil war. Elmore, the military superpower, is located in the northern part of the continent. It boasts that it is a direct descendent of ancient Elmore Aden kingdom. Gracia is located across the ocean on the west. It is currently embroiled in a chaotic battle among blood relatives trying to take over the throne. While these kingdoms buffer each other's power, within each kingdom since each manor has strong desire for self-rule. Therefore the kingdoms are vulnerable to the potential of internal strife as well.

     Until now, online RPGs have not offered any tactical features. Since in a RPG, the screen and actual
     combat do not match, high level characters have to play while looking at the chatting window. This makes
     it a mere "text-based MUD game with graphics cover." Or, the game itself does not offer any strategic
     aspect to players. Most of them merely allow players to swing their weapons while looking at the screen
     to enjoy an "online action game."

     However, Lineage II is a new system that pursues both strategic features and action-oriented features by
     offering client-server synchronization and production of a client's battle at the same time.

     Situations filled with dynamic excitement are played out by superior AI monsters, skills that need to be
     selected according to each particular situation, balance of HP vs. MP, the strategic feature to overcome
     each situation through teamwork with other clan members, and the action feature that gives you a
     different feeling even when you kill a single monster. In Lineage II, all of these will be yours.

    002 : Uniquely Specialized Class Systems

	Human Humans are the race of diversity and potential. Among god's creatures, Humans were the weakest. However, they have cultivated their own destiny and now they are standing at the top of all other races on the entire continent. Among all races, they have the highest proportion of people holding high level professions and they have the balanced capability to handle all types of professions. The representative secondary classes for Humans are Knight, Warrior, Rogue, Cleric, and Wizard etc.
	Elf Elf is the race that worships the goddess of water. They have slim figures and long ears and are characterized by their pure and innocent beauty. Since the era of giants, they had held the highest position above all god's creatures. However since the giants were destroyed and the era of power arrived, the elves power has declined. Now, they dwell in one part of the forest that is part of Aden territory.
	Dark Elf Dark Elf is the race that follows Shilen, the goddess of death who used to be the goddess of water before her fall from grace. Originally, the Dark Elves used to belong to the Elven tribes. When the Elves were defeated by Humans, some of the Elves decided to learn black magic, the power of Gran Kain and Shilen, in order to obtain the power to defeat Humans. Their overall appearance is similar to that of Elves. However, they are taller and have sallow skin and silver hair.
	Orc Orcs are of the race of fire. Among all god's creatures, they have the most powerful physical strength. After the destruction of the giants, they once were able to chase out the force of Elves and gained the most powerful position on the continent. However they ended up getting defeated by the elf-Human alliance and now they are living in the arctic territory located in the northern part of the continent.
	Dwarf The Dwarves are the race of earth. They like to create things and possess strong physical power and excellent manual dexterity. After the destruction of the giants, the Dwarven race adopted the policy of "siding with the most powerful" and as a result they became an isolated race being hated by all other races. Their structure of society can be compared to a giant corporation and even though Humans rule over the continent, Dwarves are renowned for their business savvy and capacity for organization. The class of Dwarf is largely divided into Raiders who find and retrieve raw materials and Artisans who manufacture products out of raw materials.

   003 : Dragon Tamer
    There was a taming system in the previous version of Lineage that tamed and raised dogs and wolves. A
    taming system exists in Lineage II as well. However, this time you can raise not just dogs, but also a
    dragon.
    The system for raising a dragon is somewhat different from the general taming system. If you would like
    to raise a dragon, you must first obtain the dragon's egg. If you would like to capture the dragon's egg,
    you must fight and defeat the dragon first. When the dragon's egg is hatched, the 'Hatchling,' the dragon
    larva, is born. The Hatchling is similar in size to a dog and is cute in appearance and considers and obeys
    the player who hatched him as a parent. The Hatchling fights for the Lord like other tamed monsters and
    gradually grows as it gains experience.

    If a player with a Hatchling joins the clan and owns a clan hall, the second stage of the dragon taming
    system begins. If the player introduces the evolution system into the clan hall after overcoming all
    difficulties, he can develop the Hatchling he has raised into a 'Strider,' the second stage. The Strider is a
    dragon that runs across the land at high speed, like a horse, carrying his Lord on his back. You can mount
    the various kinds of weapons on the Hatchling, so that you can attack others as well as move around. The
    Strider also gains experience through fighting and raises the level as it gradually grows.

    In order to reach the Wyvern level, the final stage of the dragon taming, you need the evolution system
    that can be installed only at the castles in each territory. If the clan who occupied the castle owns this
    second-stage evolution system, each clan member can develop the Strider he has raised into a Wyvern,
    the strongest dragon flying in the sky. The player travels the world on his Wyvern, flames shooting from its
    mouth as it goes around all barriers, and performs an independent role in siege warfare.

    The dragon taming is another representative system of Lineage II that includes the Vehicle System, Manor
    System and Quest System, in addition to the basic taming system.

   004 Party and Clan : By uniting your power with others, defeat your enemy and attain your
                                     goal.

     As you can see, the characters in Lineage II have diverse and unique traits. The fact that characters
     possess unique traits that distinguish them from each other also means that when they combine their
     power, they can become a very powerful force. The joy of party hunting in which you work out a strategy
     with your friends who have various professions to defeat a powerful enemy is only known to those who
     have experienced it. While hunting solo in a dangerous area, you may meet a passerby and discover that
     the two of you are of like mind and form a party. When you do this, the feeling of safety and security is a
     benefit and attraction of party hunting known only to those who try it.

    If you do party hunting often, you will probably get a regular group together with whom you meet up
    regularly. You may gather around with the other party members and share your complaints with them
    about a particular clan leader who is controlling the hunting ground. Perhaps the group will have various
    goals and ambitions. When a group shares the same goal and has firm convictions, a clan is established.
    The goal can be mere friendship and fraternization, or ongoing self-training, or the overthrow of the
    current government. A clan is a gathering of people who share the same mission and try together to
    accomplish a common goal.

    005 Dramatic Siege War, Hard-headed Ruling

     The background of the Lineage II world is the Kingdom of Aden and other surrounding nations having a
     cultural level similar to the Middle Ages of the Earth. The power of the King is strong, but the King cannot
     ignore the local Lords. The local Lords have power similar to the King in the territory he rules, and each
     lives in a huge castle built in the territory. Most of the Lords rebuild the fortress ruins of the Giant Era still
     remaining in many places on the continent and use them as their castles, because the excellence of the
     ancient technologies easily surpasses modern fortification technology, even after thousands of years have
     passed. Now is the era of war, so a strong castle is one of the most important defenses for the Lord.

     Other clans, who are not yet Lords, but who attempt to seize power, also want to have a castle. Since the
     purpose of the many clans is to rule the territory according to their ideals, the recapturing of the castle is
     their ultimate goal.

     Siege warfare,' the innovative content of MMORPG that began in the previous version of Lineage, has
     taken the position as the representative PvP content in the world, as well as in the country. At the time
     that the subsequent version of Lineage II was released, we thought we needed to show something
     different from the siege warfare of the other companies.

     Lineage II's siege warfare has two major goals: one is "siege warfare that can bring out the best
     strategy" and the other is "siege warfare that can enact the most dramatic scenes." Siege warfare that
     can continuously create different and unique strategies, even after several months or several years have
     passed, and siege warfare that can deliver the live sensation of tension, overwhelmingly, with hands
     sweating, when you stand fully armed with your co-combatants in front of the castle. This is the
     experience we want to give you.

     Numerous privileges are given to the clans who occupy the castle. They impose a tax on the shops around
     the castle, expand the facilities within the castle, manufacture various items, and train the Strider to ride,
     or evolve it into a Wyvern to conquer the sky. However, great power is always accompanied by great
     responsibilities. In Lineage II, there are various systems in which the clans who own the castle
     operate/maintain many public facilities used by other players and that make a profit. In this structure, the
     players and the clan who occupy the castle get win-win results through maintenance of the free bulletin
     board in the areas within the game as well as a service where the Lord personally issues a quest to the
     players in the territory. Even the clan that is strongest in force cannot maintain political power without
     support from the other players.