AL Theme and Setting

This page focuses around the theme and setting of Flight.

Highers

Highers are immortals, just like the player, but have ascended to the highest levels of wealth and power. At the start of the game, two Highers, Shadrik and Merk, control much of the Over World and are locked in a never-ending competition for support and popularity. They build fabulous cities and run challenging games for the amusement of the Elites(Player Characters) and accept tributes.

In Flight, players can affect the game world by choosing to support one Higher or another. This is not locked in at character creation; a player supports a Higher by playing games, providing tributes, or purchasing titles. The wealth and popularity of a particular Higher impacts the sort of services they are able to provide.

There is also a third force at work, the mysterious Abid, who has a great deal of power in the caves that run deep beneath the world. Abid is not a Higher, but seeks to achieve Higher status.

Player Actions

Players can support a specific Higher by doing one of three things: completing quests(called "Games" by the highers), offering tributes(made by crafting), or by purchasing titles.

• Games: the games take many forms, these are the quests and dungeons of Flight.

• Tributes: Tributes are items that are crafted by players and then turned in to a particular Higher as a gift. They provide a small amount of gold and reputation within the faction.

• Titles: Titles are purchased by the players. Most are just cosmetic. Some grant special buffs or access to NPC merchants. Titles work along with Reputation, and have to be purchased to achieve higher reputation levels. The more expensive titles are exclusive, meaning if you have a high-level title from a specific Higher, you cannot get any more titles from the others.

Reputation

What players do for a specific Higher determines their reputation within that faction. It is possible to have a high rep with all factions, but would be challenging.