We're still moving forward with design and concept art.
Over the weekend I held a writing competition to see who would be the Lead Story Writer, three people submitted back stories of the potential kingdoms.
Ultimately Meg (aka Wimble) was chosen as the Lead Story Writer. Her story, and the stories of the other writers can be found On Our Forums.
Additionally, we've now settled on 5 Unique Civilizations based on biome and adaptations. As with most games, your chosen "race" or starting civilization will provide your character small stat bonuses and racial abilities. For PvP there will be two factions, each made up of two civilizations, and a neutral civilization who can either abstain from PvP or play both sides as desired.
There's also been further concept art submitted. Below is early concept art for the Druid class and the Witch-Hunter Prestige class.
Cheers!
Jeromy Walsh
Lead Programmer
Level-Grind Online