History of Crossfire

Crossfire’s development history started in mid-1992. It originally started as a Gauntlet clone developed by Frank Tore Johansen at the University of Oslo, Norway.

Crossfire started with just one indoor map (first a simple test-map, then the first real map, which got extended a few times) and then increased to 4 indoor-maps with one-way portals from level 1 to level 4. Upon clearing the last level, there was nothing more for the player to do. Spells were limited to magic bullet (the first spell), fireball, magic missile, burning hands and lightning bolt. Later on, when two-way portals were implemented, development and content contribution took off in all directions.

Later, when two-way portals was implemented, and lots of local players (at University of Oslo, Norway) started making maps, it exploded in all direction, including the first town and the first world (the one we have now is the third town and third world).

In the years of development that have followed, Crossfire has grown to encompass over 150 monsters, ~3000 maps to explore, an elaborate magic system, over 15 character types, a system of skills, and many, many artifacts and treasures.

What is generally accepted by the inhabitants of the crossfire world as truth.

We are currently in 8437 Era Khelentari (EK). Some information can be found in guides

• The Story of the Fourth Mariner is written by an unknown author.

• Colony of Skorn Founded. It would eventualy become the city of Scorn.

• The outpost of Heaven’s Gate is founded.

• Ekkis the Drunk leads a disastrous crusade against the Sirens in the southern seas.

• Darcap founded by the Kingdom of the Masts

• Andreas converts many inhabitants of Darcap to Devourers

• Battle of Tered - The Kingdom of the Masts is dismantled by Navar.

• Fernast Fergono, exiled from Navar, leads a famous exploration expedition in the south-east seas.

• schism of Zaah (Darcap)

• The city of Heaven’s Gate is burned by pirates.

• part of the population of Darcap, feeling rejected for its small size, creates a colony north-east of the town

• The Artificers' Wars take place in the East.

• The High Tide of the Gears: End of the Artificers' Wars; many islands are flooded or disappear forever in the depths of the Eastern Ocean.

• Juradiths take the direction of Scorn and create a republic.

• Juradiths are expelled from Scorn by revolting citizens. They are vainquished at Battlefield Lake.

• King Kadriosa IV of Scorn leads a Crusade against the elves of the south-east, who flee the country.

• Foundation of the Elven City of Tashkeren-tah at Vkovzerov (Lake Country).

• The Elven City of Tashkeren-tah sinks into the largest lake of Lake Country.

• The Meteomage Grab of Ledh fails an experiment, making the weather mad for a while, an event remembered as “The Weather Madness”.

• The Great Schism between the Simplifists led by Mish the Toon and the Stabilists: The Sedition Wars.

• Battle of the Glowing Crystal: the Order of the Careful Coders is disbanded.

• The Simplifists exile themselves into the Pocket Dimension of Daï-Moh-Nî, “The World With a Future”, in Ancient Daigojij Language.

• Herghist sets foot in Darcap, the first stranger in 4 millenia

• Herghist goes back to Navar
• tunnel between Darcap and Navar is built
• temple of Gaea founded in Darcap

• outpost south of Zaah’s castle taken by survivors of Zaah’s colony

• circus of Darcap established

• Butakis settles in Lake Country and starts building the Lake Pump.

• The Lake Pump is destroyed by Twak. Lake Country is covered by fog. Butakis is disfigured.

• Julio comes to live in Darcap

• death of Julio

• Harta accidentally creates a Dimensional Grid, connecting the Crossfire Continuum with the Daï-Moh-Nî Dimension.

• a breeder flees with some dragons and ends creating a maze in Darcap

• the maze becomes managed by Darcap

• The tower of Melficef the Red explodes.

• Euthville is destroyed.

• http://wiki.metalforge.net/doku.php/lore