The latest Dev Journal at MMORPG.com has been released and this time they are talking about Asha Catari, second in command of the Dragonslayer Covenant and one of the founders of the Defiants.

Artifacts exist of a flourishing city-state known as Catari, dating back to the Eth Empire. Though the empire fell, the family line of the state’s sorcerer lords endured, continuing to produce some of the finest mages of Telara. The sisters Aurum and Asha Catari proved no exception to this tradition. The pair distinguished themselves among the pupils of Quicksilver College, though in very different ways. Aurum was the shining star of the academy, always performing to task and beyond standards of excellence. Asha, the younger sister, was just as gifted, but chafed under stringent curriculum of the college, questioning the effectiveness of century old methodologies. She was expelled in her third year for pursuing the arts of the warlock, a subject forbidden at the school. The scandal caused her father, Theo Catari, the representative of the southern races and High Mage in the court of Mathos, to disown her.

Read more at MMORPG.com.

We got a few minutes with missdoomcookie (LM Lockhart) and captaincursor (Nick McDowell), two of the Lore Leads for Rift and we got a few new tidbits. For the full transcript hop over to Telara Central.

I didn’t get any of my quick questions answered since I came late to the party. Looks like my timeline project will have to wait a bit more. However we did get some information about some of the dragon aspects.

Remember Prince Hylas? He’s the elf prince that helped bring on the Shade War with Prince Aedraxis. We learned he was associated with the Cult of Life who worship the dragon Greenscale; who, during the Blood Storm Wars wanted, to turn the whole world into a jungle, This cult was sprouted from House Aelfwar.

If you didn’t know, and you’re interested, Telara Central sponsors an IRC chat with a different part of the Development Team every week. Last week, Community Manager Abigale stopped by and spent some time with everyone. This Friday Nick and Morgan from the Rift Lore Team will be stopping by to talk Telara Lore.

For more information follow the link to the Official Forums.