WHAT IS A RECALL SPHERE?

The Recall Sphere is the save feature within the game Valius ñ The Wrath of Liberty. It acts as restorative feature allowing players to return to a certain part in the game providing that they saved their progress whenever they came across a Recall Sphere.

As an additional bonus to saving your progress within the game, the Recall Sphere also restores the entire partyís HP & MP.

DESIGN & FUNCTION

The spherical shape of the Recall Sphere allows it to revolve with ease on the plinth in which it is mounted. Whilst in rotation, the Recall Sphere is continuously recording a massive quantity of data and storing it within its infrastructure. The data in which it is storing is that of the area it is located and the time in which it is recording. This is so that the recall process can attune to any point in time and then when accessed, relocate to that particular point where it was first recorded.

While this is indeed a marvel of modern science, it has limited capabilities. The Recall Sphere can be
used to travel back in time for which is an astonishing feature however, the user of the device can only travel as far back to when they first became attuned to the Recall Sphere. While this is seen as a hindrance to the overall design, the Recall Sphere has served as practical apparatus for the budding hero.

For example, should a quest lead a valiant hero to the darkest of depths in a troublesome area to which they cannot traverse, they could call upon a Recall Sphere that they had previously become attuned to and return to that point in time.

The idea behind incorporating history and realism into the save feature of the game is to keep the playerís mindset in the game even when performing an action as simple as saving, the player is still playing a role with the game.

HISTORY OF THE RECALL SPHERE

The Recall Sphere was created by Heridomus, a sorcerer from the Arcane University. His original concept and intention was to create a Vista Orb, an object that allowed a viewer to observe past events. Heridomus spent much of his lifetime dedicated to his work until the day of completion, he had finally created his masterpiece. A trial was attempted within his workshop, empowering the sphere with magic. Heridomus stood back in awe at the sight of this glowing orb that now began to rotate. Activating the sphere, Heridomus felt a surge of power run through him as a blinding white light filled his workshop. Gazing into the sphere, Heridomus could see no images, only the clouding form of magic stirring within the sphere. Countless years wasted he felt as anger overcame him and he struck the wall with his clenched fist grazing his hand severely.

Several months had passed and Heridomus was working once again on new experiments when a miscalculated mix of potions caused a small explosion setting fire to his workshop. Heridomus dashed around, attempting to save valuable years of research when a second explosion propelled him across the room, landing upon the disused sphere he had created some time ago. Heridomus felt a third and final explosion although this time he had felt no force or heat, only a small warmth and then he sat up and looked at his workshop for no longer were there flames covering his work. He squinted his weary eyes in disbelieve, this was not his workshop at least not how he remembered it. He stood up and approached his workbench, his journal laid open to the day of the trial from his previous experiment, flicking forward through the empty pages, Heridomus noticed that his hand was no longer grazed.

Turning around in astonishment, he gazed at the glowing sphere. This was not a device to see into the past but to return to it...