In MMORPG.com's exclusive Runes of Magic design document, developers take a look at the Northern Janost Forest, one of the ancient forests of Taborea. The Northern Janost Forest is home to beast men whose blood color gives the forest its alternate name, The Black Blood Forest.

Many types of beast men inhabit the forest, each different in development and appearance. The most powerful are the famous Leonines of Angren. While their numbers and size aren’t that outstanding, their battle skills certainly are the greatest of all the beast men. Legend has it that only the Canines of Limon are powerful enough to match them. Because of this, the Angren naturally became the leaders of the beast men of Janost Forest.

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