Hyeong-Jin Kim, the Production team head for Lineage II, came up with basic concept for the game in early 2000, and development began in October to November of the same year Kim and producer James Bae have stated that their reasons for developing a prequel for Lineage rather than a sequel is that "Lineage will continue to be updated as a lineage II gold game", and that "by working on its past, we will not be risking conflict with the direction of updates that Lineage will take in the future."A screenshot showing a female Elven Moonlight Sentinel standing in Elven Village, clad in Majestic Leather Set (A grade armor), wielding a Soul Bow (A grade weapon), presumably enchanted.