Blood Ancestors

Blood Ancestors is a first-person multiplayer melee combat game set in a high-fantasy medieval world. Two teams of five fight to capture and control the Relic, an ancient magical artifact central to the struggle between Light and Darkness. You choose a faction, character archetype and class, then select three skills—Aggressive, Defensive and Utility—to shape your build. Fighting with weapons or magic, you can feed the earth with the blood of your enemies to unleash a powerful ultimate attack.

The struggle for the Relic

Hundreds of years ago, enslaved people known as the Blood Ones escaped their cruel masters, the Blood Ancestors, through a portal from their homeworld of Arham to the planet Vetlan. They powered the portal with the ancient Relic, crossed over and closed it behind them. The Blood Ones lived peacefully for generations, until war broke out between Vetlan’s native Light Ones and Dark Ones, threatening to destroy the planet.

The Blood Ones eventually returned to Arham to face the Ancestors, claim the Relic and use its power to end the war and save both worlds. The Light and Dark Ones followed them, bringing the conflict with them. Now all three factions fight for the Relic, while the Blood Ancestors remain hidden and let the others battle for reasons of their own.

The Dark Ones are Vetlan’s first inhabitants: beings of shadow and dark energy who live in caves and crevices and worship Arteis, god of night and shadow. They wage an endless war against the Light Ones. The Light Ones awakened on Vetlan’s dark surface and spread across the world. When they were close to losing the war, a powerful light appeared in the sky and helped drive their enemies back; they came to worship it as a goddess and call themselves Humans. The Blood Ones, former slaves of the Ancestors, found themselves caught between the two native races. After cataclysms revealed that the magic used in the war had destabilized Vetlan’s core, they returned to seek the Relic’s power and stop the conflict.

Capture and carry

To win a match, your team must take the Relic to the enemy spawning portal. The Relic must first be unlocked by absorbing the lifeforce of anyone standing nearby. Once it is full, the first player to grab it becomes the Bearer; killing the Bearer gives control of the Relic to the opposing team.

Two magical pillars on each map affect the Bearer. One grants Health and the other Speed: control by the Bearer’s team increases the corresponding attribute, while enemy control decreases it.

Factions and builds

You can choose from three factions, six character archetypes and 18 classes. Each character has a different gameplay style, and you can customize your character and build by choosing three skills—one each from offensive, defensive and utility styles—from a pool of more than 150 skills.

Matches and maps

Matches are fast-paced, objective-based 5v5 fights. The game features more than six multiplayer maps, with three available in the Early Access release. The Early Access release also includes six of the 18 characters.