We’ve got a new Echoes unit to show you, and it’s still slightly warm. We’d also like to share with you a little more information about the Empire, and talk a bit about the next set’s imminent completion.

Echoes Eruption

This week saw the addition of the replay feature to the test server. Never before have players had access to the matches stored on the game server. This means you don’t even have to be online as the game happens to be able to view the replay later. It’s like ‘Scrolls on Demand.”

This is all well and good, but where are the new scrolls? Don’t flip those tables just yet. Behold:

Magma Thrower

Tempest Reaver’s fiery little brother? Maybe, with a key difference being that this guy will get some damage in whether you’ve got extra Energy or not.

When is Echoes?

Answering this question precisely is difficult to do right now, but let’s line out where we currently stand. Magma Thrower is one of twenty scrolls left to place on the test server. That’s right – if you’ve been counting, forty out of sixty scrolls are complete and currently being tested. As we’ve mentioned before, most of the remaining scrolls are in fact units.

It is currently a development goal to have all twenty remaining scrolls placed on the test server before the end of next week. We can’t guarantee it will happen, but that is what the team is setting out to accomplish. You heard me right- If all of the stars align, the entire collection of Echoes will be on the test server with a patch next week. Cross your toes.

Lands of the Empire

Many of the new units in Echoes have new, openly undocumented origins. The development process for each set involves fleshing out new environments and important locations that exist within the Scrolls universe. While these conceptualizations aren’t all prepared in such a way that they are easily consumable, we do have one to show you that places a magnifying glass on a very important location in the Empire: Aes Moran.

Before you get too excited – none of these units made it into the final draft of Echoes. This is a heavily edited early concept piece from Set Seven’s development. We wanted to share with you this slice of it anyway, because the existence of the University of Orz is relevant to a unit that is coming, and Aes Moran’s importance to the Empire has never fully been explained before. We hope you enjoy this, and if you’ve missed any previous Scrolls lore, it’s been handily collected by the community for viewing on the Scrollsguide Wiki.

Community spotlight

Speaking of the community, let’s forcefully transform another one of their faces with an honorary avatar head!

Twitchmatic: You may recognize Twitchmatic from the Scrollsguide Guild Comparison Chart that he has diligently maintained for over a year now, but he also runs a casual, family-oriented guild himself called Murder of Crows. Don’t let the word “murder” fool you, their guild environment is very child-friendly – and if you’re interested in joining a group of neighborly, family-minded individuals to play some Scrolls, his guild might be the one for you. Thanks, Twitchmatic!

ESL Tournament – Sunday, May 17th

With the Braggin’ Brawl complete, ESL is picking back up this weekend with the final Cup before this season’s playoffs. Earn your spot in the finals by accumulating the last available points this Sunday.

Have a great weekend!

-Gary (@Atmaz)