Emperium Weekly

Incoming Transmission

The war just hit max level

ODIN is fighting a two-front war. One front is the honor points leaderboard. The other is the siege castles themselves. Both are on fire, and the bigger alliances are pouring into town.

Who else is logging in for the fight? The real roster reveal should drop once both championships are done: the classic RCC and the Maxion championship, ROL. Until then, keep your eyes on the radar.

▸ Rumor radar: unconfirmed challengers

Mexican GangsterSpotted!
•[D]estraCtiOn•??? Incoming
Noah??? Incoming

Full roster unlocks after the RCC and ROL championships.

A Mexican Gangster guild member spotted in town — Mexican Gangster spotted in town. Full guild on the way, or just testing the water?

“No Marc card in the meta means the little guys can still win.”Meta Report · current patch

Meta Report

Right now, nobody is running around with a Marc card. That changes everything. A small guild, or even one well-built party, can hold a room or break into one against a guild many times its size.

Players are already finding ways to shut down the zerg. Top anti-blob tech spotted this war:

High-MDEF PriestMarionette Control+ more tech in the field

Territory Map

Who owns what on ODIN

Ten castles, two realms. Here's who is sitting on each Emperium as of this issue. Tap a gold banner to jump to that guild's profile.

PronteraValkyrie Realms · 5 castles

SkoegulDivinity
GondulYellow Cat
KriemhildLast Gangster
SwanhildEQUILIBRIUM
FadhgridhAurora

PayonGreenwood Lake · 5 castles

Bright ArborSustainer
Sacred AltarEG (Elven)
Holy ShadowAzure
Scarlet PalaceThe Forsaken
Bamboo Grove HillRED

Profiled in this issueOther castle owners

Battle Log

Last war's hot zones

Scarlet PalaceOwner kicked out

Last Gangster & The Forsaken evicted Sustainer. Back in war one, Aurora also Emergency Called right into this Emperium room.

KriemhildLast Gangster holds

Survived waves from Illuminati and Yellow Cat. At Payon, RED saved the siege in the final minute, by an inch.

SkoegulDivinity respawns

Broken early by Last Gangster & The Forsaken, then taken back by Divinity later in the war.

GondulCat captured

Yellow Cat switched targets mid-war and walked away with the castle.

Cover Story

Guild select: the Big 5 and the new challengers

Our spotlight goes to the heavyweights, meaning guilds with 70+ members or at least one allied guild. We also cover two rising medium guilds who clearly didn't get the memo that they're supposed to be medium.

Last Gangster & The Forsaken

Co-op mode · 2 national guilds · Veterans of ROL Global

Two national guilds, one alliance, and a history that goes all the way back to the ROL Global server. These are veterans, and they played last war like a speedrun.

Stage one: an early rush on Skoegul that broke Divinity's defense and cut down their investment. Stage two: a full push into the Scarlet Palace that kicked Sustainer out of its own home. And the whole time they were also tanking attacks from Illuminati and Yellow Cat at Kriemhild.

Two raids on offense and a castle on defense. At the same time. That's a combo.

CastleKriemhild · Last GangsterScarlet Palace · The Forsaken

ClassTwo-guild alliance

Special moveDouble push: Skoegul, then Scarlet Palace

LootScarlet Palace (taken from Sustainer)

Aggression

Last Gangster and The Forsaken siege screenshots — Screenshot: the alliance's frontline in full combo mode

Last-minute fight in a Payon castle — Clutch moment: last minute at Payon, and RED saves the siege by an inch

Push into Kriemhild, view one — Surprise raid: a push on Kriemhild while its owner was away from keyboard

Push into Kriemhild, view two — Surprise raid: a push on Kriemhild while its owner was away from keyboard

The Forsaken fighting Aurora at Skoegul — The Forsaken vs Aurora at Skoegul

Sustainer

Allies: unknown · Biggest single-guild roster on ODIN

Allies? Nobody knows for sure. What we do know: Sustainer fields the biggest single-guild roster on the server, sits at guild level 13 or 14, and already has the big one unlocked: Emergency Call. One cast, and the whole army drops into your Emperium room.

But last war was a boss fight they lost. The Last Gangster & Forsaken alliance stormed their home base and kicked them out of the Scarlet Palace.

The wounded beast has set up camp at Bright Arbor. The big question: is it healing up, or getting ready to storm the Palace again?

CastleBright Arbor

AlliesUnconfirmed

Guild level13–14 and climbing

UnlockedEmergency Call, ready to cast

LostScarlet Palace, their home

Revenge

Pro tipDon't sleep on a big guild with Emergency Call ready. Their whole roster can drop into your Emperium room in one cast.

Sustainer packed into an Emperium room — Sustainer's full roster crowding the room

Sustainer in a castle fight — Under heavy fire

Crowded fight inside the Scarlet Palace — Greenwood Lake · Scarlet Palace, the home they lost

III

Divinity

#1 on the honor leaderboard · Multiple sub guilds

The top name on the honor points leaderboard, and they didn't get there alone. Divinity runs a main guild with a whole network of sub guilds behind it.

Last war they got knocked out of their home at Skoegul. Game over? Not even close. They regrouped, marched back in, and took it back later in the war.

Your writer gets the feeling Divinity plays like a big corporation: huge, organized, and running in full public view.

CastleSkoegul

Rank#1 in honor points

Home baseSkoegul (lost, then retaken)

Special moveThe comeback

Discipline

Valkyrie Realm, Skoegul — Valkyrie Realm · Skoegul, reclaimed

Aurora

Main guild + 2 sub guilds · incl. Viper Fang

Is it a viper? Is it a wyvern? Our field reporters still can't tell. What they can confirm is that Aurora is terrifying, and it brings two sub guilds to every fight.

Watch out for the Viper Fang sub guild in particular. It plays with its food: it smashes into a castle, breaks everything, then leaves the Emperium room empty for whoever walks in next.

Their greatest hit: in the very first war, they Emergency Called straight into the Scarlet Palace Emperium room and left the owners standing on the street.

CastleFadhgridh

SpeciesViper? Wyvern? Unconfirmed

Special moveBreak in, leave the room empty

AchievementEmergency Call into Scarlet Palace

Chaos

Aurora siege moments collage — Highlight reel: Aurora on the loose

Illuminati

New challenger · PH guild from the Norfeld

Now we're talking. Straight out of the Norfeld comes a Philippine guild that spent the second half of the war hammering Last Gangster's Kriemhild defense. And they almost broke it.

So what went wrong? Their save point. Illuminati saved at the same inn as Abyss Hunter. With no dedicated portal party, they got stalled again and again, and every stall gave Last Gangster another chance to reclaim the Emperium room.

CastleNo castle yet

TargetKriemhild (Last Gangster)

ResultSo close it hurts

WeaknessNo dedicated portal party

Grit

Pro tipCheck who else saves at your inn. A dedicated portal party is worth its weight in Emperium.

Illuminati pushing into Kriemhild — Illuminati at the gates of Kriemhild

Illuminati fighting near the Emperium in Kriemhild — So close, yet so far

Abyss Hunter camping the castle portal — Abyss Hunter camping the portal

Most
Wanted

Abyss Hunter. Notorious portal stealer and pro entrance camper. Stalled both Illuminati and Yellow Cat at Kriemhild. Final boss energy. If you save at their inn, bring your own portals.

Yellow Cat

New challenger · Current skin: black cat

We're calling them Yellow Cat, even though the cat is black right now. That's the name Thai and Malaysian players use, so that's the name that sticks.

Early in the war the cats went for Last Gangster's Kriemhild, ran straight into Abyss Hunter, and got stalled. So they did what any smart hunter does and went looking for easier prey. They found it at Gondul, and that's where the cat made its kill.

Castle in paw, Yellow Cat sent out the call: all Chinese-speaking players, come join us and let's take our server back!

CastleGondul

SkinYellow (currently black)

LootGondul

RecruitingAll Chinese-speaking players

Hunger