This week's State of the Game article is entitled "Melandru: God of GvG?" Focusing on each of the seven gods and its effect on one of the new character classes, the Dervish:

Five main gods represent different aspects of life to the people. Balthazar is the god of war, Grenth is the god of death, Dwayna is the god of life, Melandru represents nature, and Lyssa is the patron of mind and spirit.

The Dervish, introduced in Nightfall, is a spiritual disciple able to turn into living representations of each god. Using these Avatars, the Dervish has carved out a niche in the GvG world as a tough melee flag-stand character. Despite many other decent elite skills to choose from, the emerging standards for most Dervish Skill Bars are based on an Avatar.