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Since you can't read about it here it could be scrapped.
http://www.ageofconan.com/news/the_year_past_the_year_ahead

Well.. Not entierly true, it exists but not in the game. http://i.imgur.com/L7hcx4Y.png
I assume you are right, there is no one bothered to write any lore for aoc.

What do you think with? Achivements didn't really require any code since everything needed already existed. All could be done by a gameplay designer and required 0 coders, which is exactly why...

Oh wow. Is that the interview that made cirith leave??

Officially - no, "still being worked on"
But I don't think we'll ever see it.