Turns out it won't be coming out with Catacombs as originally thought:

1. Does Mythic have any plans to introduce Jewelry, Ring and Bracelet crafting to Dark Age of Camelot in the near future?

Not in the near future, but it is planned at some point after Catacombs.

From an interview Warcry had with Matt Firor.

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Though you shouldn't see much difference in the pages themselves, the guides and links pages are now database-driven and located at:
http://www.classesofcamelot.com/Links.asp and
http://www.classesofcamelot.com/Guides.asp

Please let me know if you discover anything unusual.

From the official Catacombs website once again:

The Order of the Valkyries was started by two stunningly beautiful orphaned twin sisters named Sigrun and Brynhild, who since childhood claimed to be able to hear the voices of the honored dead speaking to them from Valhalla. The voices warned the sisters from an early age that a time of great crisis would soon face the denizens of Midgard, and commanded them to build the Order of Valkyries to lead the defense of the realm against Albion and Hibernia.

Norse, Frostalf, and Dwarven women who choose to be Valkyries are trained to fight using both melee and magic to damage their enemies. They can use swords, shields, and spears, and they have special styles in each line available only to the Order of the Valkyries. Their magic line, Odin's Will, primarily uses Cone Area Effect (CAE) spells, a new spell type that affects every enemy in front of the Valkyrie who is in range of the spell.

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From the new Dark Age of Camelot: Catacombs site:

Originating from a cult that lived underground in caves beneath the Realm of Midgard, Warlocks are robe-wearing worshippers of Hel who have mastered the art of spell weaving. They have three types of spells: Primary spells (Cursing Spec), Secondary spells (Hexing Spec), and Utility spells (witchcraft).

Warlock Primary spells take about twice as long to cast as regular spells in the game - however, anytime the Warlock casts a primary spell, they can (at no cost) add in a secondary spell that will land at the same time as the primary. This allows Warlocks to mix and match pairs of spells to fit whatever situation they find themselves in.

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A couple interviews with Matt Firor are out. First there's one at GoA's version of the Herald, which includes a question about buffbots and perhaps the most thorough answer ever given on that issue (so please, stop bringing them in up every thread on every message board on every site!) - you can read that one here.

There's also an interview at the Camelot Vault, with some details about the upcoming Catacombs class, the Zealot. You can find that interview here.

Mythic has also (if perhaps unintentionally) released the names of the other Catacombs classes, as one intrepid fellow discovered... those four are the Warlock, Vampiir, Banshee, and Valkyrie.

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