<s>
The	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
of	I-Application
Spellborn	I-Application
was	O
a	O
massively	B-Protocol
multiplayer	I-Protocol
online	I-Protocol
role-playing	I-Protocol
game	I-Protocol
(	O
MMORPG	B-Protocol
)	O
initially	O
released	O
on	O
November	O
27	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
developed	O
by	O
Spellborn	B-Application
International	O
and	O
distributed	O
by	O
Frogster	O
Interactive	O
,	O
Mindscape	O
and	O
Acclaim	O
Games	O
;	O
set	O
in	O
a	O
post-apocalyptic	O
fantasy	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spellborn	B-Application
used	O
the	O
Unreal	B-Operating_System
Engine	I-Operating_System
,	O
featured	O
a	O
European	O
Art	O
approach	O
and	O
contained	O
notable	O
contributions	O
from	O
Jesper	O
Kyd	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spellborn	B-Application
consisted	O
largely	O
of	O
conventional	O
MMORPG	B-Protocol
gameplay	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
plays	O
a	O
character	O
(	O
avatar	B-Application
)	O
,	O
and	O
explores	O
the	O
gameworld	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
gain	O
experience	O
points	O
and	O
advance	O
in	O
level	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
exploring	O
the	O
gameworld	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
encounters	O
quests	O
,	O
the	O
most	O
important	O
part	O
of	O
Spellborn'''s	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Repeatedly	O
killing	O
dolphins	O
(	O
"	O
Grinding	O
"	O
in	O
gaming	O
jargon	O
)	O
to	O
gain	O
levels	O
was	O
not	O
a	O
practical	O
option	O
in	O
Spellborn	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Separate	O
from	O
other	O
story-driven	O
quests	O
were	O
the	O
Ancestral	O
Quests	O
,	O
which	O
allowed	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
take	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
a	O
major	O
character	O
in	O
Spellborn	B-Application
's	O
history	O
to	O
accomplish	O
a	O
specific	O
requirement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
needed	O
to	O
complete	O
certain	O
Ancestral	O
Quests	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
advance	O
their	O
character	O
's	O
story	O
arc.Spellborn	O
incorporated	O
a	O
first-person	O
targeting	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Spellborn	B-Application
the	O
player	O
could	O
choose	O
Humans	O
and	O
Daevis	O
as	O
race	O
,	O
who	O
can	O
become	O
all	O
classes	O
and	O
feature	O
no	O
special	O
advantages	O
or	O
flaws	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
most	O
games	O
of	O
its	O
type	O
,	O
armor	O
and	O
weapons	O
in	O
Spellborn	B-Application
did	O
n't	O
provide	O
any	O
statistical	O
improvements	O
to	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
character	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
Spellborn	B-Application
focuses	O
in	O
a	O
large	O
part	O
on	O
doing	O
quests	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
provided	O
a	O
certain	O
amount	O
of	O
background	O
information	O
for	O
the	O
players	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spellborn	B-Application
's	O
fictional	O
history	O
is	O
divided	O
into	O
eight	O
ages	O
;	O
players	O
enter	O
the	O
world	O
at	O
its	O
current	O
age	O
known	O
as	O
"	O
The	O
Time	O
of	O
the	O
Enclave	O
"	O
,	O
998	O
years	O
after	O
the	O
shattering	O
of	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2009	O
,	O
the	O
developers	O
of	O
Spellborn''	O
,	O
Spellborn	B-Application
Works	O
,	O
went	O
bankrupt	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
October	O
2017	O
,	O
Spellborn	B-Application
has	O
not	O
been	O
re-released	O
by	O
any	O
publisher	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
currently	O
a	O
private	O
server	O
running	O
for	O
The	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
of	I-Application
Spellborn	I-Application
right	O
now	O
,	O
reviving	O
the	O
once	O
dead	O
MMO	O
.	O
</s>
