In Path of Exile: Siege of the Atlas, threats from beyond the stars have arrived and seek control of the Atlas. Our lead narrative designer, Matt Dymerski, has written an overview of this new situation from a lore perspective.
They... are coming.
It was impossible to miss the Envoy's warning. Over the past year, exiles were continually told that eldritch abominations had noticed the Elder's absence and were on their way. With the release of Siege of the Atlas, to quote Carol Anne from Poltergeist:
They're heeeere.Or, at the very least, the first four are here. In a manner similar to the Elder serving a force called the Decay, the entities we fight in the Atlas serve higher powers. The Black Star and The Searing Exarch serve a cosmic force called the Cleansing Fire, while The Infinite Hunger and The Eater of Worlds serve the Tangle.
The Envoy gives us a bit of information, in his own unique way, about why we are facing these four bosses instea...
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