= Ombre Drift = The Ombre Drift is a villain-only zone in the level 25-35 range. It's a story hazard zone and serves as a parallel to hero-side's Croatoa. The zone provides an alternative to Nerva Archipelago and is a place where players can hunt ghosts for the Ectoplasmic badge. __TOC__ == Overview == The Ombre Drift is a a mystical island steeped in perpetual night that appears and disappears from the Rogue Isles. It has earned a reputation as a place where the ocean spits out its unwanted - castaways in a mystic prison with no escape. Some speculate the nature of the island is similar to that of the Bermuda Triangle. Over the course of the story arcs tied to the zone, it is revealed that the island was both the home of a splinter group of Ravenwing Cabal and the crash site of a group of Nicti who were stranded on Earth with no hosts. The Cabal, attempting to harness the power of the Shadow Cysts that the Nicti had formed to survive, turned the island itself into an anomaly. The island, mixed with the Nicti's gravimetric powers and the witches' magic obfuscating the isle, spirited it away to an adjacent plane of existence not unlike the Shadowed Paths of Praetoria. With the end of the Praetorian war, and the assimilation of Praetorian tech and magic into Primal Earth, Arachnos gained the ability to perceive and access the island, securing a regular mode of transport in and out. == Notable NPCs == === Amenities === * Arbiter Bell (trainer) * Fortunata Fateweaver * Cabal Quartermaster === Contacts === * archnos expedition lead * island native * Cabal sorceress * nictus == Neighborhoods == * The Black Sands * Phantom Drift / Forsaken Drift * Forest of the Lost * Moonlight Glade * Stars' Descent * Astral Shore === Transfer Points === * Arachnos Expedition Submarine (to/from Sharkhead Isle) == Enemy Groups == * Coralax * Ghosts * Nicti * Ravenwing Cabal == Zone Events == Like Talos Island and Independence Port, the Ghost Ship passes through the Ombre Drift, leaving behid Ghosts that can be hunted for the Ectoplasmic badge. == Exploration Badges == [b]Lost at Sea[/b] [br]text [br][i]Located near the Phantom Drift map marker.[/i] [b]Phone Home[/b] [br]text [br][i]Located at the Astral Shore's map marker.[/i] [b]Worlds Apart[/b] [br]text [br][i]Located at the Black Sands, just north and a little bit east of the Arachnos expedition submarine.[/i] == Plaques == == Day Jobs == == Notes == * Ombre is French for "shadow." * The name of the zone's trainer, Arbiter Bell, is a reference to diving bell spiders.