<s>
Darkness	B-Application
over	I-Application
Daggerford	I-Application
is	O
a	O
premium	O
module	O
for	O
BioWare	O
's	O
Neverwinter	B-Application
Nights	I-Application
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Daggerford	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
earlier	O
Dungeons	O
&	O
Dragons	O
video	O
games	O
like	O
Baldur	B-Application
's	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
and	O
Icewind	B-Application
Dale	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
takes	O
place	O
in	O
the	O
Western	O
Heartlands	O
region	O
of	O
the	O
Forgotten	B-Application
Realms	I-Application
campaign	O
setting	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
town	O
of	O
Daggerford	O
,	O
near	O
Waterdeep	O
and	O
Baldur	B-Application
's	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Daggerford	O
was	O
originally	O
conceived	O
as	O
a	O
Neverwinter	B-Application
Nights	I-Application
premium	O
module	O
,	O
which	O
were	O
products	O
marketed	O
through	O
BioWare	O
's	O
website	O
and	O
supported	O
by	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
publisher	O
,	O
Atari	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ossian	O
decided	O
to	O
publish	O
Daggerford	O
anyway	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
free	O
download	O
on	O
IGN	O
's	O
Neverwinter	O
Vault	O
,	O
a	O
community	O
site	O
for	O
the	O
Neverwinter	B-Application
Nights	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
Neverwinter	B-Application
Nights	I-Application
:	O
Enhanced	O
Edition	O
Ossian	O
Studios	O
was	O
hired	O
to	O
remaster	O
Daggerford	O
and	O
finally	O
release	O
it	O
as	O
an	O
official	O
premium	O
module	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
an	O
expansion	O
of	O
Neverwinter	B-Application
Nights	I-Application
,	O
it	O
uses	O
the	O
same	O
engine	O
,	O
Aurora	O
,	O
and	O
basic	O
gameplay	O
is	O
similar	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alan	O
Miranda	O
was	O
a	O
previous	O
employee	O
of	O
BioWare	O
and	O
had	O
worked	O
on	O
other	O
Dungeons	O
&	O
Dragons	O
titles	O
like	O
Neverwinter	B-Application
Nights	I-Application
and	O
Baldur	B-Application
's	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Throne	I-Application
of	I-Application
Bhaal	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Miranda	O
approached	O
BioWare	O
joint	O
CEO	O
Greg	O
Zeschuk	O
in	O
2005	O
to	O
discuss	O
the	O
possibility	O
of	O
Ossian	O
developing	O
a	O
"	O
premium	O
module	O
"	O
for	O
Neverwinter	B-Application
Nights	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Premium	O
modules	O
were	O
adventures	O
created	O
for	O
Neverwinter	B-Application
Nights	I-Application
by	O
BioWare	O
and	O
other	O
companies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Miranda	O
's	O
initial	O
draft	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
was	O
a	O
pirate-themed	O
adventure	O
in	O
the	O
Sword	O
Coast	O
,	O
which	O
happened	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
same	O
idea	O
that	O
BioWare	O
itself	O
was	O
creating	O
a	O
premium	O
module	O
for	O
,	O
called	O
Neverwinter	B-Application
Nights	I-Application
:	I-Application
Pirates	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Sword	I-Application
Coast	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ossian	O
began	O
putting	O
together	O
the	O
team	O
for	O
the	O
module	O
and	O
decided	O
to	O
hire	O
prominent	O
amateur	O
modders	O
from	O
the	O
Neverwinter	B-Application
Nights	I-Application
fan	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
set	O
out	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
premium	O
module	O
that	O
was	O
ultimately	O
to	O
be	O
as	O
large	O
as	O
an	O
expansion	O
pack	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
large	O
number	O
of	O
sidequests	O
and	O
a	O
focus	O
on	O
exploration	O
,	O
like	O
Baldur	B-Application
's	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
order	O
to	O
keep	O
in	O
line	O
with	O
the	O
exploration	O
spirit	O
of	O
Baldur	B-Application
's	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
,	O
Ossian	O
hired	O
designers	O
specifically	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
sidequests	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
only	O
Miranda	O
and	O
his	O
wife	O
worked	O
in	O
a	O
brick	O
and	O
mortar	O
building	O
—	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
design	O
was	O
coordinated	O
online	O
using	O
Skype	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Miranda	O
and	O
his	O
team	O
decided	O
to	O
finish	O
the	O
game	O
anyway	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
August	O
2006	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
free	O
of	O
charge	O
on	O
IGN	O
's	O
Neverwinter	B-Application
Nights	I-Application
Vault	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Darkness	B-Application
over	I-Application
Daggerford	I-Application
surpassed	O
25,000	O
downloads	O
in	O
five	O
weeks	O
,	O
a	O
higher	O
number	O
than	O
that	O
recorded	O
for	O
previous	O
Neverwinter	B-Application
Nights	I-Application
Vault	O
's	O
Module	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
winners	O
.	O
</s>
