Calling all seafaring warriors!
Are you ready for the great war in the Shimmering Atlant, where advanced machinery will meet ancient fire in battles that will determine the fate of all?
Tides of Fate introduces a new feature where you choose to join the Draka or the Sartonians, fight to bring your side to victory, and impact the story and cards forever.
You will also receive two FREE Legendary Faction Hero cards by participating!
❗️You can only receive these exclusive cards by participating in Choose Your Faction and this ends with the final skirmish!
How does Choose your Faction work?
To participate you must choose a Faction to side with, Draka or Sartonians.
Draka are spiritual people who ride upon the backs of powerful Dragons. They live as one with the oceans of the Shimmering Atlant and revere its sacred crystals.
Sartonians are industrious peoples, who pilot magical Atlanteans. They harvest domain crystals to build incredible inventions and power the majestic city of Sartonia.
Choose your faction, play with all cards
This selection lasts for the duration of the Tides of Fate, but your Faction choice won’t affect what cards you can play.
The Draka Faction can enter a match with Sartonian cards in their decks, for example, and Sartonians can enter a match with Draka cards in their decks.
This is to ensure every player has a level playing field. The choice you are making only dictates which Faction your match wins will be counted towards during Skirmishes.
Choosing your faction in the launcher
When opening Gods Unchained you will be presented with this choice:
After you make your choice, the following will happen:
🔹 You will receive the two free Faction Hero cards, Zaskia and Glinn (Neutral Legendaries), minted to your account as Meteorites
(Note: it may take up to 15 minutes for the cards to hit your account. If you can't see your cards you may need to clear the cache in your launcher)
🔹 Your launcher banner at the top will change to your selected faction for the duration of all the Tides of Fate skirmishes
Before choosing a side you need to make sure you have a wallet linked to your GU account. Read more on how to link your wallet here
For the duration of the Skirmishes, wins in Ranked Constructed and Sealed Mode will add points to your Faction for that skirmish.
The progress of each skirmish will be visible on the Tides of Fate website.
The first faction to reach the relevant amount of points wins the skirmish!
Skirmishes start at the same time as Weekend Ranked, but may run longer if the target points have not been hit yet.
Play to Impact The Story and Cards
Winning a Skirmish affects the story and is immortalized on the Tides of Fate card back, red crystals for Draka and blue crystals for Sartonians.
This Tides of Fate cardback is distributed after the final skirmish.
And the result of the final skirmish will change the Faction Legendary Hero card art and utility forever.
Skirmishes
Skirmishes will break out every two weeks, with prelude story unlocks some days before the skirmish, as well as new stories after each skirmish impacted by the results.
So make sure to keep an eye on the Tides of Fate website!
Skirmish 1: Crystal Mine - October 27, 11PM AEDT
Story Part 1: Crystal Mine Approach
The Sartonians have been harvesting the crystals from the Shimmering Atlant to power their great city for aeons. Yet with the arrival of the Prophet of Progress, their mining efforts have greatly increased as they look to power a grand design of untold power. The Draka, who live alongside the crystals, hear the land crying out, and have begun to mount attacks on Sartonian expeditions to stop the mining once and for all. As Glinn readies his pride soarers for battle, he notices the expedition is protected by a fleet of Atlanteans. ‘So, they are expecting us,’ he thinks to himself, when a particularly impressive Atlantean pilot catches his eye. The warrior bristles and snaps alert, her gaze meets his as if to say 'bring it on'.
Crystal Mine Skirmish Result: Draka Victory
Story Part 2: Crystal Mine Aftermath
With a cry, Glinn’s pride soarers take to the air and swoop upon the Sartonian mining expedition. Zaskia dives into action, her Atlantean powering up as she launches at the threat, but Glinn is ready. He maneuvers his mount to dive, narrowly avoiding a powerful Atlantean fist, and he thrusts his lance toward the construct’s core. ‘Too optimistic’, he thinks, ‘as always’. Zaskia exhausts her Atlantean, and a powerful explosion of crystal energy erupts from the magical golem’s chest, pushing the two apart. Glinn hoped to end this quickly but this Zaskia is too resourceful for such a fancy.
Draka and Sartonians clash on either side as the two warriors eye each other, both now a bit more wary. Their fight becomes a back and forth, prodding and striking, blocking and dodging, each testing the mettle of the other, neither finding a foothold.
A sudden explosion sends crystals flying through the air, shards of death for any they might catch. One of the Atlantean harvesters rushes around in flames, its crystals continuing to blow out as the flames consume it. Despite the danger, Zaskia launches her Atlantean towards the chaos, hoping to pull out any Sartonians caught in the fray. Glinn turns his energy to the rest of the battle just as another Atlantean erupts and more shards fly through the air. A Draka falls from her mount. A Sartonian screams.
The Draka have won the day. Tarken and Reios were right. By taking up arms the Draka may actually be able to stop the Sartonians from pillaging the land. So why did Glinn feel such doubt?
Skirmish 2: Molten Flow - November 10, 11PM AEDT
PART 1: MOLTEN FLOW APPROACH
After great losses to the Draka's overwhelming force, the Sartonians deploy their special heavy unit deep into Draka territory. The Draka are caught unawares by this bold move and the Sartonians begin the Skirmish with the upper hand. (For this skirmish, Sartonians receive a 1.35x multiplier).
SALVATOR STRIKES FOR SARTONIA
The Sartonians fight back. The Draka have been raiding Sartonian mining expeditions for too long; retaliation was inevitable. Under the orders of King Wakian, Salvator leads a unit into Draka territory where Dragons thrive amongst molten matter. Salvator and his unit are only called upon when things heat up, and heading into the dragon’s den is as hot as it gets.
Salvator readies himself and draws his blade. Ceaseless Impact, his supercharged Atlantean, mimics the action perfectly. This won’t be an easy fight, but the best way to put a dint in the enemy is to hit them where it hurts.
ALBORAX RALLIES THE DRAGONS
The Draka are set upon. After a successful raid on Sartonia, the Draka were not expecting an offensive so soon. The Dragons who call the Molten Flow their home are taken by surprise as Atlanteans charge through, until Reios and Alborax land on the scene. Alborax is the biggest and strongest of them all. With her here, the dragons gain hope.
Reios spots the leader, the one in the glowing red Atlantean. ‘Take out the chief, and the rest will follow,' she shouts to Alborax, her voice rich with confidence, but her heart racing at the sight of the Sartonian force. '…Auros, grant me strength.'
🔹Individual wins count towards your chosen Faction’s total points (Draka or Sartonian).
🔹First faction to reach 40,000 points wins the skirmish.
🔹Post Skirmish: Victorious Faction claims the second crystal on the card back.
🔹Post Skirmish: Victorious art awarded to Faction card.
🔹Story affected based on Skirmish result.
🔹To be continued (November 14) with Story Part 2: Molten Flow Aftermath once Skirmish results are decided.
Molten Flow Skirmish result story unlocked based on result on November 14th.
Skirmish 3: Abyssal Mouth - November 24, 11PM AEDT
Abyssal Mouth Skirmish prelude story will unlock on November 21st.
🔹 Individual wins count towards your chosen faction’s total points (Draka or Sartonian).
🔹 First Faction to reach allocated points wins the skirmish.
🔹 Post Skirmish: Victorious faction claims the third crystal on the card back.
🔹 Post Skirmish: [HIDDEN]
Abyssal Mouth Skirmish result story unlocked based on result on November 28th.
Skirmish 4: Endless Falls - TBD
🔹 Special Skirmish. More details to come.
🔹 Post Skirmish: Victorious faction claims the fourth crystal on the card back.
🔹 Post Skirmish: [HIDDEN]
Skirmish 5: Spire Clash - December 8th, 11pm AEDT
Clash at the Shimmering Spire prelude story will unlock on December 6th.
🔹 Individual wins count towards your chosen faction’s total points. (Draka or Sartonian)
🔹 First Faction to reach allocated points wins the skirmish.
🔹 Post Skirmish: Victorious faction claims the final crystal on the card back
🔹 SPECIAL SKIRMISH OUTCOME: Hero cards’ art and utility will be altered forever based on the result of the Spire Clash skirmish
Final Tides of Fate story unlocked based on result on December 12th.
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