"Ever since I discovered Savage Worlds, I always felt Autumn Arbor deserved a home within the system," said Arbor Productions President Lee F. Szczepanik, Jr. "There is just something about Savage Worlds that handles details very well, while at the same time keeping it light and simple and focusing on character development and interaction. For Autumn Arbor, the setting has always been about the characters- whether our own or those of the various gaming groups that call the City of Legends home- and the people behind the powers, their struggles, and triumphs. It's a bit of the type of stories archetypal to Stan Lee, with the shading of something like early Ultimate Marvel."

Dawn of Legends, the initial product in the new line, will feature full details on the City of Legends, its various movers and shakers, and provide a full plot-point campaign to get players involved right away.

"I personally love the plot-point concept, but the idea has always garnered some mixed responses from gamers I've talked to over the past year," said Lee F. Szczepanik, Jr. "Some feel the space in such books should go to better detail for certain settings, while others have felt that the plot-points have provided some pretty good inspiration for their own games. I try to keep all that in mind when deciding how to move forward with a product. So, the core setting book will provide plenty of detail, but will also have its own plot-point campaign. In this case, though, I'm going to release the campaign as a free PDF at the Arbor Productions website. That way, it's available for those that want it, and for those that don't- they aren't paying for pages they don't need."

No release date has yet been announced for Dawn of Legends, which will be available in both PDF and Hardcover.

Arbor Productions will be supporting the new line with a series of follow-up sourcebooks that not only expand the details of Dawn of Legends, but also contain plot-point campaigns enhancing the material and furthering a story that could very well change the face of the world as the heroes know it. Co-written by John Polojac (co-author of: Another 13 Shades of Darkness, Adepts of the Arcane, The Promise of Purgatory, and Wild Cards: All-in Adventure Anthology), Dawn of Legends will provide Savage Fans with endless action, intrigue, and mystery.

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