Ancients

The Ancients (古来種) are a special race of Landers that is even stronger than Adventurers of an equivalent level. Most Ancients are members of the Thirteen Chivalric Orders, and in game era, served as quest-givers or temporary allies. Some of Elder Tale's time-sensitive events, if not cleared in time, will "summon" the server's Order to "clear" the event in place of the Adventurers. While most of the Ancients are the "heroes" of the game's storyline, there are mentions in lore of Ancients who became corrupted.

By the time of the Catastrophe, most of the Ancients have been killed or sealed by the Genius monsters. Elias Hackblade, the game's "hero," is the only known survivor for now.

Overview
How the Ancients came about is a mystery, with only several theories behind them. All that is known is that they first began appearing when Landers in the continent of Eureddo (Europe) traveled to the Land of Wen (America). Despite the presence of Demihuman monsters even there, because of the Landers' faith, the Ancients were "born". There are cases of both Ancients being born during ancient times and being created by a rite of passage.

However, not even the superior power of the Ancients was able to completely stop the monsters, since the monsters would simply respawn over and over again. Because of this, the Landers used a spell that summoned Adventurers.

Adventurers, Landers, Ancients and Monsters all have their souls appear in a different shade of color. In an Ancient's case, their soul would appear purple.

Members

 * Elias Hackblade - saved by Kanami and her companions from a Genius monster and joins their party.
 * Ling Xiangfeng (リン＝シャンフェン)
 * Saria Arisaria (サリア＝アリサリア)
 * Lugrius - (formerly) actually a Raid Boss in the game, his cursed sword is picked up by a Royal Guard, causing the Guard to gain Lugrius' abilities.
 * Youren - A woman on the Chinese Server who claims to be a surviving Ancient. She turns out to be Papus' new disguise.