Jason has been a Software Engineer and Designer in the game industry since 1993. He has worked at such companies as Origin Systems, Electronic Arts, and Microsoft. He was a core developer on Origin’s award winning Ultima and Crusader series. In 1999 Jason founded Asylumsoft, Inc. where he created his first MMORPG named Dransik also known as Ashen Empires.

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From the time he wakes up until the moment he goes to sleep, Nathanael Johnson is driven to create.Throughout his life he has constantly been drawn into the realm of online gaming, this pull landed him into the world's and story's created by Jason Ely and his staff. These worlds have left him with a love for what he would call the "Golden Age" of online gaming. This has left him with the belief that nostalgia is not a phrase but instead a goal. During the earlier years of his life Nathanael hobbied with custom client mods and graphics for various games including that of Ultima Online. While none of these works exist to date, he has re focused his passion to the re facing of Elderlands.

Frederick joined the community in February 2001 when Lothgar opened the doors for another wave of testers for the game Dransik. He mainly kept to himself but enjoyed the simple world of the tile based game. Such a vast world had been created with 16x16 tiles and he thought it would be really cool to create something that people from all around the world would explore and enjoy. Frederick grew more with the community and followed Lothgar to this new project after being a DWC member and GM for him in Dransik. He volunteered to create a few points of interest for Elderlands and Lothgar brought him onto the design team.

Ryan has been creating and developing games for the majority of his life, starting with an online card game and later moving into more advance projects. He joined the community shortly before the isometric version of Dransik went into testing and has been around every since that point. After relocating to Texas he had the opportunity to meet up with Lothgar and share some of his ideas for the game and was brought onto the team to design quests and encounters

Tex first became a member of the community back in March of 2001 when he started playing one of Lothgar-s earlier games. He was in college at the time. His time playing Lothgar-s games accounted for more than one dropped class due to late nights. But he persevered and later achieved his Bachelor of Arts from Texas A&M in Corpus Christi, where he still resides. Tex has brought to life all of the character images seen in Elderlands.

Ethago always interested in Graphical User Interfaces (GUI) and Head-up Displays (HUD) since a child, started teaching himself computer graphics design focusing on GUI’s and HUD’s who found himself offering his services to starter up game projects looking for the skills he does best. His favourite music genre is metal and favourite food is pizza. In his spare time he enjoys hanging out with his friends, playing games, drums and driving.

Panu has loved to draw since he was a little kid. At the age of 15 when he got into computer graphic design he created his first Dransik fan-art picture. Today, at the age of 22, he is one of the main graphic artists for Elderlands, focusing on larger scale graphics. You can find more of his work here.

Volchok joined the community in late 2003 in Dransik ISO after an MMORPG he played discontinued and a friend of his pointed him in that direction. The name Volchok derives from a character in the TV Show -The O.C- and is also Russian for a -Spinning Top-. Volchok loves bingo, bowling, and socializing. His favourite foods are stuffing, sausage casserole, and chilli con carne.

Adam served 5 years in the U.S. Army and is now working on a Bachelor’s in Computer Information Systems followed by a Master’s in Business. He is married and has a two year old son. Adam joined the community in early 2000 while he was searching for the perfect MMORPG. Not long afterwards he also joined the moderation team as a BA later to be promoted to a GM. Guilds are his passion and he now proclaims it his personal responsibility to make sure that Lothgar does a fantastic job with them in Elderlands. The name ‘Westley’ comes from his favorite movie: “The Princess Bride”.

James has been involved in game Design and Programming since 2003 working mostly on browser-based MMORPGs. His notable past work includes Space Merchant Realms, and Egeria. His favourite activities are listening to music/going to concerts, writing sci-fi/fantasy stories, and spending time in the sun on a beach or in a boat. James contributes to the design and client scripting of Elderlands.

Jonatan started up as a complete beginner with Dransik and ended up working professionally with art for games. There is still much to learn and he has yet to put his art in any games you might play in the future.

WonTon recently completed a one year Game Design course at the Vancouver Film School and is now looking to get a job in the games industry as an artist. He dreams of being a concept artist, but is very passionate about all forms that the art of games takes. He was drawn to 2D retro and pixel art a few years ago. At the time he was playing a game called Tibia and was consumed by a desire to work on their graphics and improve them, but instead took on the role of Art Director and Lead Artist for a 2 year project called Endless World. Unfortunately in the end this project fizzled due to lack of direction. Now he’s ready to do what he can to help out the team behind Elderlands.

Paavo has messed around with music and graphics for as long as he remembers. He made his professional debut in the gaming world with the soundtrack for Dransik. In 2003 he formed a death metal band The Zombi, their first EP "Appetite for Flesh" was released in June 2007. Paavo studied music production and won several digital music competitions, including Freestyle music competition at Finland-s largest computer festival Assembly. Most of his inspiration can be found from heavy metal, old adventure games, and movies that "kick ass".

Simona has over 5 years of experience in the game industry as a Designer and Development Manager. She has worked on Mafia II and is currently working on Top Spin 4, both published by 2K Games. She also holds a Master’s degree in Economics and worked several years as a financial journalist.