{"id":2623,"date":"2018-06-15T07:25:48","date_gmt":"2018-06-15T15:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aovpro.net\/?p=2623"},"modified":"2020-07-03T07:39:21","modified_gmt":"2020-07-03T15:39:21","slug":"design-concept-arum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hthgaming.com\/aov\/news\/design-concept-arum-2623.html","title":{"rendered":"Design Concept: Arum, the Conjurer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I can take care of myself. No one gonna chain me down!&#8221; Learn more about Arum, the Conjurer.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_88 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/hthgaming.com\/aov\/news\/design-concept-arum-2623.html\/#background-story\" >BACKGROUND STORY<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/hthgaming.com\/aov\/news\/design-concept-arum-2623.html\/#a-bride-who-escaped-into-the-forest\" >A BRIDE WHO ESCAPED INTO THE FOREST<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/hthgaming.com\/aov\/news\/design-concept-arum-2623.html\/#queen-of-the-forest\" >QUEEN OF THE FOREST<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/hthgaming.com\/aov\/news\/design-concept-arum-2623.html\/#a-guardian-of-athanor\" >A GUARDIAN OF ATHANOR<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/hthgaming.com\/aov\/news\/design-concept-arum-2623.html\/#spirit-beast-design\" >SPIRIT BEAST DESIGN<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/hthgaming.com\/aov\/news\/design-concept-arum-2623.html\/#special-effects\" >SPECIAL EFFECTS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/hthgaming.com\/aov\/news\/design-concept-arum-2623.html\/#arum-is-now-ready\" >ARUM IS NOW READY<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"background-story\"><\/span><strong>BACKGROUND STORY<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"a-bride-who-escaped-into-the-forest\"><\/span><strong>A BRIDE WHO ESCAPED INTO THE FOREST<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hthgaming.com\/aov\/previews\/arum-2559.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arum<\/a> and her father Varian, a General of the Federation, lived in a small town called Tamuq. This place was unfortunately next to the Verno Woods: an enemy of the Federation. This became the ideal location for both factions to duke it out. Through they were of the Federation, Arum had a love of the woods and had a pact with the spirit beasts of the Lion Clan of Verno Woods.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hthgaming.com\/aov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/arum-design-concept-01.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hthgaming.com\/aov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/arum-design-concept-01.png\" alt=\"Arum, the Conjurer - Design Concept 1\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1080\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2631\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The townspeople were distrustful of Arum, and with the town on the brink of war, Varian forced Arum to marry a local noble for her own protection. Arum did not want this and thus ran away, leaving Varian to fend for himself as a potential traitor. They belived he helped her escaped into the woods, so they imprisoned him.<\/p>\n<p>Arum snuck back in town and turned herself in, but only under one condition: she would be placed in the same cell as her father. Now reunited with her father, her heart broke many times over seeing the weakened state he was in. The power from the Lion Clan Arum inherited overtook her, bringing forth the limitless powers of the spirit beasts. She needed to break her father out of prison at any cost. Now at her full power, she was no longer human, but one of the Woods.<\/p>\n<p>On that fateful day, Arum became the new Guardian of the Lions.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"queen-of-the-forest\"><\/span><strong>QUEEN OF THE FOREST<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Tencent Games combined some of their initial designs with her background story to create both a powerful entity of Verno Woods that also acts as a queen and guardian of nature.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hthgaming.com\/aov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/arum-design-concept-02.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hthgaming.com\/aov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/arum-design-concept-02.png\" alt=\"Arum, the Conjurer - Design Concept 2\" width=\"1920\" height=\"980\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2632\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"a-guardian-of-athanor\"><\/span><strong>A GUARDIAN OF ATHANOR<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Not only does <a href=\"https:\/\/hthgaming.com\/aov\/previews\/arum-2559.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arum<\/a> defend the Verno Woods, she is also tasked with defending the continent. Tencent Games has designed her outfit to show the level of the burden she bears: displaying a combination of authority with nature.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hthgaming.com\/aov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/arum-design-concept-03.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hthgaming.com\/aov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/arum-design-concept-03.png\" alt=\"Arum, the Conjurer - Design Concept 3\" width=\"1270\" height=\"970\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2625\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"spirit-beast-design\"><\/span><strong>SPIRIT BEAST DESIGN<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Arena of Valor developer originally used a model with more of a skeletal look, but the skeletal details didn&#8217;t fit in-game, so they decided to use a more fleshy design.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hthgaming.com\/aov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/arum-design-concept-04.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hthgaming.com\/aov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/arum-design-concept-04.png\" alt=\"Arum, the Conjurer - Design Concept 4\" width=\"1780\" height=\"760\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2626\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"special-effects\"><\/span><strong>SPECIAL EFFECTS<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Arum is one with her spirit beasts, so all of her in-game abilities and special effects are related to them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hthgaming.com\/aov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/arum-design-concept-05.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hthgaming.com\/aov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/arum-design-concept-05.png\" alt=\"Arum, the Conjurer - Design Concept 5\" width=\"1920\" height=\"680\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2627\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"arum-is-now-ready\"><\/span><strong>ARUM IS NOW READY<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Are you prepared to storm the battlefield with <a href=\"https:\/\/hthgaming.com\/aov\/previews\/arum-2559.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arum<\/a> and her spirit beasts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hthgaming.com\/aov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/arum-design-concept-06.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hthgaming.com\/aov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/arum-design-concept-06.png\" alt=\"Arum, the Conjurer - Design Concept 6\" width=\"1260\" height=\"790\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2628\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hthgaming.com\/aov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/space.png\" width=\"217\" height=\"2\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-924\" alt=\"\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/notes\/arena-of-valor\/arum-the-conjurer\/2017073825181691\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Arena of Valor official Facebook note<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn more about Arum, the Conjurer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2630,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hthgaming.com\/aov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hthgaming.com\/aov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hthgaming.com\/aov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hthgaming.com\/aov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hthgaming.com\/aov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hthgaming.com\/aov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2623\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hthgaming.com\/aov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hthgaming.com\/aov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hthgaming.com\/aov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hthgaming.com\/aov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}