Chapter II: The Elven Prophecy is now on live servers! Those of you who have been having withdrawals due to the lack of Elves in the game will be pleased to know you can finally make one and explore the new lands of Taborea.

The new chapter brings more than just Elves to the game, introducing two new classes, the Druid and the Warden as well as new dungeons, namely the 12-man "Hall of Survivors" raid, two six man dungeons, "The Origin", and "The Heart of the Ocean", and a 150 man public encounter called "Varanas Nightmare". Additionally, four new zones, including a new newbie zone, and three high level zones are available for players to explore.

The expansion is of course free, but there is a boxed version available in stores for €9.95 MSRP.

The boxed version contains a number of goodies for your 10 Euros, including: a game manual, a poster format world map, and an exclusive house pet: the Manticore. In addition, players who activate their keys within the first five days of release will receive the exclusive "Heavenly Black Wings" item.

The launch of the new chapter also marks the kick off a new event where players will compete to see who can level the new classes the fastest, with thousands of diamonds up for the taking, details below:

Of all (US) servers we will shower those players with diamonds that reach the following levels first:

• Warden of level "55": 1000 Diamonds
• Druid of level "55": 1000 Diamonds
• Warden + Druid of levels "55/55": 2000 Diamonds
• Any class + any extra dual class of level "55/55": 2000 Diamonds

Finally, a new launch trailer is now available for the just-released expansion, which you can view here.

For more information on Chapter II: The Elven Prophecy go here. Also, be sure to stop by our Runes of Magic gallery where we've added a handful of new screenshots released today.