looks pleasant who did the spriteing?

Oh, can mel get guilded in the game? O_o

ooo nice, the guilds are back again!

Looking Good I am really interested in this 'special update' Also i love what you have done with witch-wood it looks great! The screens for all the guilds look great

Witchwood doesn't look very swampy XD and when I read you-know-who I thought Voldy's gonna be in AV3 XD But oh my, I can't believe Faiara is back again! The number of AP placenames just seem to keep growing!

holy molly mel could be a druid of what lolz
i hope shes druid of earth

Hmmm... these are quite nice. And I second aisling. The AP locations are returning one by one. I wonder what would happen to New Witchwood....?

Its a great update!

Hooray! Faiara is back! And it looks beautiful!

It draws me towards it...
The other guild places look stunning too! Especially Dragkthor!
So glad witchwood is back? But what happened to the swamp as aisling said? XD
Naylith looks so peaceful and calm...
Thais looks majestic as always! Good job!

Those screenshots are awesome ^^

i too second aisling--witchwoode isn't swampy! XD or dark. but Ghed'ahre is still there and as it was, yes????

(by god, i've been away from my fanfic too long. i just came very close to misspelling Ghed'ahre *faints* )

Witchwood seems to be situated within a valley. It has no swamp! At long last we are rid of toads and swamp mosquitoes.

Naylith looks serene. I have always thought that the Druids would prefer to live in woods/forest?

Wow! These are the new guilds! Will each guild have different strengths and weaknesses, or will there be a best guild like in AV2?

Hi everyone, thanks for the comments. I have a couple of questions to answer:

1. What happened to New Witchwood?
New Witchwood still exists, but it is in the Arishta Isles, another part of the world, that was featured in Aveyond 1. In Aveyond 3, the story takes place on Mainland, a large continent to the east of the Arishta Isles. The world of Aveyond is huge and you've only seen a snapshot of two areas. As the series progresses, I'll slowly introduce you to more parts of the world. You will also notice that in some games, some villages are available and in other games they are not... even when you are on the same continent. This is not a bug. Each continent has dozens of villages on them, but I only display the villages that are necessary to each game.

I think many of you will be happy to know that Aveyond 4 will take us back to the Arishta Isles (Aveond 4 is a direct continuation of Aveyond 3 and will feature Te'ijal and Mel)

2. What guilds can be joined?
In Aveyond 3, you can't join any guilds. However don't be disparaged! Aveyond 3, 4, and 5 are a trilogy, so you will be able to select your guild in Aveyond 4. In Aveyond 3, you'll just have to drool over them. :-)

Aveyond 3 is turning out to be a massive game. It is easily larger than Aveyond 1 and 2. It should give you hours of entertainment and laughs.

Wow they look great
I like Naylith a lot, just hmm it doesn't look like a Druid place XD

@BeMused yeah I see what you mean, I always thought that druids live in wooden cottages in the woods surrounded by animals XD

This is the beginning of a trilogy? That's going to be epic! Will it be like AP, and AV1 where it time jumps 20 years between each game, or will time not pass between games?

These look great. The mushroom houses in Faiara also remind me of tea cup town. Happy to hear AV3 is a big game - sounds lots of fun

I have to say, I am very interested by the information Amanda. Going back to the Arishta Isles will be very, very fun! That really made my day. And right now I am going to go finish AP so I can relate with these areas. More to the point of the screenies, they all look really nice, but I am intrigued by Witchwood, it is no longer a swamp and seems much brighter than it should. =/ I really like Naylith A LOT and Faiara is very beautiful. This game just keeps getting more and more amazing! =D

I'm so excited for this game to come out already. Loved the screenies! I'm sure guilds can relate to these areas.

Awesome! These are soo neat! And, an AV4 + AV5, I'm gonna call my friend as soon as I'm done posting this and tell him! Wait, but, if this isn't on Artisha, how can Ghed'ahre be back? It's located in the Halloween Hills, the AV1 underworld-like place. And, if, as Amanda says, (Amanda is Aramanth, right?)Tei'jal and Mel will be featured again? HOW many repeats of charaters and places do you plan on doing in this series? And wait, that gets me intrigued, useally, if something has anything to do with Tei'jal, I've kinda asociated it with Galahad too now, but Aramanth (I'm saying that 'cause I'm not sure, but almost postive, it's Amanda)left his name out. I have a feeling something BIG is going to happen in this game. I can't wait for the game, as for the places:
Wicthwood? As in THE Wicthwood? Not Bogwood, New Wicthwood, but the orignal?
Fairia looks really cool! I haven't finished AP yet, but my friend says Faria and the dreamworld go toghter. I wonder if the Dreamworld will be back, too?
This game seems TOTALLY awesome! Plus, it seems like the ultimante repeat,
AV1 party-members
AP places
AV2, well, I haven't found anything AV2 related yet. But I don't really care, since that's my least favoite of the games.
And you can play it start to finnish? That means its getting along!

There is an Aveyond 5?
Whoopee! Hooray!

IF MEL COULD JOIN ANY GUILD THAT MEANS SHES THE desendant OF LARS (damn capslock)

I loved seeing the new areas. Faiara really looks interestion, and I want to explore the other areas as well. I like the fall look of witchwood (so I guess the swamp master machine broke?), and want to see more of Dragkthor, and Naylith.

Wth! I can't imagine it'd actually really be from AM's guild... -3- Guess we Amaranthians felt left out. -3- Except for W&W & Enchanters, those three I could never accept, especially Brotherhood. FireLord is probably only about fire (which would be bad for the sorcerer/sorceress in the game if he/she meets a water-type foe), and Druids is probably about Earth or some other elemental (dunno much about it) and Brotherhood...Eh...Probably the weakest, since they don't do magic. -shrugs-

Aside from that, the screenies look great! Especially Witchwood. Love the style. Druid wasn't what I expected lol, the house looks 'modern' and for Enchanters... o__0 Mushrooms??

A trilogy??

Cool!!!!!

Y'know... From the posts from King_arceus, Shaz, and Aisiling about the guild thing... It makes me wonder...

You know how in every game. the main character was the most powerful character in the game(Or second most powerful or third) depending how you level the party? I'm wondering, how will Mel be powerful? In Av2, Jack was pretty much the weakest one in the game(Which is sad to me since he's my favorite character out of the whole series with Te'ijal as the second favorite), but in AP, he was pretty unstoppable with the charmed dagger.

If this is asking for spoilers, feel free to say so or just ignore it.

Finally, can see some nice screenies! I voted full 10 for it unlike previous ones with 4 and 5...Fresh colours and I especially like mushroom shaped homes and autumn halloween lookie of first screenshot...

lol, i'm happy to know that there are guild specific areas again. Witchwood doesn't look scary now. And i love the mushroom houses at Faiara.

Oh, those houses look so cute in Faiara! ^^

Wow the screens look awesome! Did you do all of the tilesets yourself, Amanda?

Awesome Awesome Awesome! I can't wait for the game!! :3

i like mushroom house

I love the houses in Witchwood!
And Faiara is back too, and looking awesome again! That's great =)

looking awsome can't wait to play game plz hurry n post the game already

Faiara house's is so cuutee.. How can Mel go into the "mushroom house" ? XD XD

ails and shaz are u 2 are also staff on all AV games ?

firstly wow and yipee

i love the new screenies even better and its making my pulse raise even more for wanting the game..

i just loved the way Naylith looks.. its just so peaceful my second best is Witchwood which is not having the swamp and the spooky look and my third best is Faiara with its cute mushroom houses

overall great screenies and waiting eagerly for the game as well as the screenies..

These look great! I can't wait for the game to come out!>.<

WOW, this is awesome It's good to seem some familiar places like Witchwood and Faiara from AP.

I agree with some that Naylit doesn't seemed very Druid-like place, but at least it looks serene and peaceful just like we druids are

I read somewhere along the comments (that were too many to read xD)that someone thought Mel to be a descendant of Lars...Since Shaz mentioned she's a thief, I'm thinking that Mel could be related to someone else from AP, plus her name was similar to that somebody and they were in the similar "field"...I could be wrong, it's another theory I have on Aveyond 3 It's been years since I played AP so I barely remember certain names from there

Ahh but melee attack mostly focus on one enemy

i love it! i can't wait for game to come!

A trilogy is just too awesome and epic to contemplate. Knowing we have another two coming after this. Well, let's just say I'm drooling already.

I love the screenies! I must say Faiara was what caught my attention most. Naylith looks great too.

Imagine: A person with high level in Brotherhood(?), deals heavy damage, but only on one enemy; and a person with high level on the other elemental guilds, deals HEAVY damage on ALL enemy. Which do you think wins? (; (Not counting the 'elemental weakness' of course.)

Wow! It looks great I can't wait for the game and it's awsome that there's going to be an 4 and 5! Millitant squirrels are awsome I can't wait till May!

Whoa... Guilds! Can't wait to play.
I love the screenshot of Naylith and Dragkthor. Will there be a thor??

I LOVE Witchwood! It looks great!

so beautiful~~!!
can't wait

These look amazing! I am so excited to get to explore them soon!

I've noticed that the cities in this game seem to be more "technologically advanced" then past cities. Is that intentional or just my overactive brain?