{"id":12121,"date":"2026-07-23T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/?p=12121"},"modified":"2026-07-23T20:04:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T16:34:40","slug":"they-allow-you-to-play-with-the-time-limit-the-blood-of-dawnwalkers-fantasy-races-are-much-more-interesting-than-elves-and-goblins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/2026\/07\/23\/they-allow-you-to-play-with-the-time-limit-the-blood-of-dawnwalkers-fantasy-races-are-much-more-interesting-than-elves-and-goblins\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018They Allow You to Play With The Time Limit\u2019 – The Blood of Dawnwalker\u2019s Fantasy Races Are Much More Interesting Than Elves and Goblins"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the vast majority of fantasy video games, the world is populated by more than just humans. Mankind is typically accompanied by a range of different species or races, and The Blood of Dawnwalker has no intention of bucking that trend. Vampires are not the only creatures you\u2019ll be bumping into on your journey through Vale Sangora, but that doesn\u2019t mean you\u2019ll find your typical elves and dwarves at the local tavern \u2013 this is a place that doesn\u2019t play to the normal rules. <\/p>\n

Developer Rebel Wolves has taken a very particular approach to its fantasy worldbuilding. Its sentient races lean far more into ideas established in folklore than they do Tolkien or Dungeons & Dragons. One of the best examples of that is the impish, tooth-thieving sanzhana.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey play on a lot of tropes around pixies from folklore, but of course with our own twist,\u201d says creative director Mateusz Tomaszkiewicz. \u201cThere are a number of quests that utilize them and I’m very excited to see how people will react to them.\u201d <\/p>\n

Sanzhana are strange creatures, somewhat akin to moths spliced with small humans, complete with blue skin, white markings, and fuzzy abdomens. And, as our recent gameplay footage demonstrates, they have a curious interest in teeth, so much so they\u2019ll forage from corpses and barter with bandits to obtain their victims\u2019 gnashers. <\/p>\n

But why would Coen, our young and noble protagonist, ever indulge a pixie\u2019s request for molars and incisors? Well, the reward could well be much more valuable than a few gold coins. \u201cThey allow you to play with the time limit,\u201d Tomaszkiewicz reveals, \u201cbecause there are a lot of myths around pixies where they get to do some time-bending stuff. And for us, since our game is so heavily revolving around the time system, this was something cool to play around with.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it’s very cool when you do systemic stuff to have exceptions from it and some ways that impact it in ways you didn’t anticipate,\u201d he adds. \u201cIt creates this feeling that something unexpected might happen at every turn and there are still secrets to be found.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sanzhana are powerful, but they\u2019re also rare \u2013 you won\u2019t pass by dozens of them as you wander through the world\u2019s villages. Fulfilling a role more similar to that of traditional fantasy game races is the uriashi, a species of towering, beast-like humanoids. <\/p>\n

Rebel Wolves has gone to great lengths to create a distinct, believable culture for these mountain giants.\u201c<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

You\u2019ll frequently spot them working alongside humans, providing significant extra muscle for garrisons. But their role in society is relatively new \u2013 after being hunted to near-extinction in a previous age, the uriashi only recently re-revealed themselves to humanity. <\/p>\n

\u201cThey live high up in the mountains in places that were inaccessible to humans,\u201d explains Jakub Szamalek, The Blood of Dawnwalker\u2019s narrative director. \u201cThey actually ensure that they are inaccessible, they’d cause a tiny little avalanche to make sure that their secrets are kept safe.\u201d All that considered, actually finding the uriashi\u2019s village on Dawnwalker\u2019s map will be \u201ca whole adventure of its own.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the humans of Vale Sangora were largely clueless to the existence of the uriashi, the vampire lord Brencis had already discovered them. \u201cSo he showed up at their village and he said, \u2018Well, I call the shots now and I’m enlisting you guys\u2019,\u201d reveals Szamalek.<\/p>\n

Szamalek and the Rebel Wolves team have gone to great lengths to create a distinct, believable culture for these mountain giants. Their village is made of rocks, moss, and twigs, with houses built to blend in with the mountainside to help maintain their secrecy. As people who spend their winters holed up in caves, they\u2019ve developed incredible patience. And they have their own political structures, which naturally causes some division among their society.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThey’re quite conservative,\u201d Szamalek explains. \u201cSo the overall feel of the culture is to keep things the way they are and not experiment and that also becomes a bit of a tension in one of the stories.\u201d <\/p>\n

But creating a new race is not just about identity and culture \u2013 it also requires some thought about how the uriashi interact with their neighbours. That forced Rebel Wolves to consider the uriashi vocabulary and how they sound in conversation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey’re really intelligent creatures, but they don’t know the human language very well,\u201d Szamalek says. \u201cTheir vocal situation isn’t necessarily conducive to speaking a human language. They struggle to talk and their grasp of grammar is not necessarily very strong. <\/p>\n

\u201cI think the first reaction is to take them for dumb brutes,\u201d he adds. \u201cBut the more time you spend with them, you realize that they’re more sophisticated than that.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the uriashi may struggle with human words, they have no such issue with magic \u2013 something Coen can take advantage of when interacting with their peoples. Coen can, of course, learn spells, curses, and hexes \u2013 they\u2019re one of the three branches of his skill tree. And, if you\u2019ve seen any of those abilities in action, you\u2019ll already know that Rebel Wolves has crafted a very particular approach to the supernatural arts. <\/p>\n

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