
The Defiant are those who, for cultural, historic, or personal reasons, do not follow the religion of the Vigil and have put their trust in science and technology as a way to conquer the forces of Regulos. Guardians fight and die against one of Regulos' commanders, only to be brought back at the beginning of Rift. Ascended Guardians were resurrected by the Vigil after they died at the hands of Regulos, during his return to Telara. They include the high elves, the Mathosians (a warlike culture of humans from the north), and dwarves. The Guardians piously follow the religion of the Vigil, the supreme gods of Telara. Opposing Regulos within Telara are two factions: the Guardians and the Defiant. Players take on the role of the Ascended, resurrected superhuman warriors tasked to defeat the forces of Regulos and cleanse Telara of the threat of the Storm forever. However, Regulos had recently gained entry to Telara, destroying the ward and causing rifts to open, feeding the strength of the trapped dragons and allowing their minds to enter in a bid to destroy Telara's defenders. Regulos was cast out into the elemental Planes, while its five compatriots were trapped within Telara and chained beneath a ward designed to close Telara off from external threats. In the past, the Blood Storm was defeated by the inhabitants of Telara with the help of the Vigil, the most powerful of the native gods. Through the actions of the Dragon of Extinction, Regulos, the various dragons have united in an alliance known as the Blood Storm, for the purpose of invading Telara and gaining use of the intersection of all of their realms. Each Plane is governed by a dragon-deity, a personification of that elemental force. Telara is the focal point of the elemental Planes: Air, Fire, Water, Earth, Life, and Death-and one point where every one of these Planes intersect with each other. Players were able to transfer their characters to RIFT Live. On April 7, 2019, RIFT Prime closed down. A month after launch in April 2018, Trion called the server a "massive success" for the company, stating that the server had set new records for event participation and continued to have a strong active population. This server requires a monthly subscription to play. In March 2018, Trion launched the game's first progression server called Rift Prime, which features sequential expansions unlocked throughout the year, minimal cosmetic item shop and a fresh start for all characters created. In August 2011, Trion announced that 1 million users/players have played the game and by January 2012 it had earned $100 million in total revenue.

Rift received generally positive reviews from game critics.
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A port of the game, called Rift Mobile, was released for Android on January 25, 2012. Two competing factions, composed of a selection of races and classes, battle each other and the enemies who emerge from dynamic "rifts". Rift takes place within the fantasy world of Telara.

Rift (previously known as Rift: Planes of Telara, and as Heroes of Telara during alpha testing) is a fantasy free-to-play massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by Trion Worlds. Massively multiplayer online role-playing game
