Post by sidekick on May 25, 2007 23:21:55 GMT -5
This is a near final versino of the backstory. As you know I have been rewriting this over and over for the past few days spawning many different version. I have decided to go with something that fits along the lines of the old forum and opinions are need. This may be altered at any time.
*first note* the timeline will be fixed to stretch things out. Modern Kaia will be many more years after the war.,
Kaia is a planet which exists in a universe where magic and sceince fiction combine. A universe where the technologically advanced clash with the spiritually adept. The world is populated by a races you may be familiar with such as Dwarves, Elves, Humans, and the occasional ork. As well many other suprises of its own. However all of Kaia doesn't necessarily live in peace. On the contrary, the planets history is riddled with great conflicts which ended in great amounts of devastation. The most noteworthy of which currently holds the name of "the great war."
The Great War as it is currently known is regarded as one of the greatest tragedies in the history of Kaia. It was a bloody massacre that lasted close one hundred bloody years. 200 years before present day Kaia the relations between the realms of magic and machine were tense. A culmination of thousands of years of intolerance and disagreement.
There wasn't any real reason for such hatred of each other, at least not at this point. No one remembered where the hate came from. As technology advanced back thousands of years ago the Guild of mages found technology as a bastardization of nature, the Elves especially, never quiet agreeing with one another. When Machrin was founded under a man claiming to be a god sent to teach Kaia advanced technologies as a beacon of technological superiority, the to factions officially split and the hatred grew as Machrinian citizens began to speak out against those who stilled followed the ancient god Anur. AS mentioned before, these events have long been forgotten, replaced with a blind hatred for which there is no longer any grounds. Which only made the slaughter that ensued that much more pointless and horrible.
The hatred was a powder keg waiting for a match. One day that match came in the form of an assassination of the One of the Prime Minister of Macrhin. No one knew who did, however,it was immediately blamed on the Magi.
The war was fought over nothing but a strong dislike and speculation. Millions of innocent people were murdered simply for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. The war Lasted just under one hundred years, and even now, another hundred years later the scars still run deep on the devastated fields or war, many doubt that the planet will ever recover from the damage done.
In current days things have died down significantly between Anuradha and Machrin. The two nations live in a awkward peace, and have, for the most part, recovered from the devastation.
However the lower class of machrin has been getting out of hand lately due to a rise in gang activity in the undercity, and the Grand Magus of Anuradha is believed to be corrupt. Word of the Magus's assassination hangs in the air.
In the world of Kaia the players help shape the world and determine its destiny.
*first note* the timeline will be fixed to stretch things out. Modern Kaia will be many more years after the war.,
[glow=red,2,300]Kaia- A History[/glow]
Kaia is a planet which exists in a universe where magic and sceince fiction combine. A universe where the technologically advanced clash with the spiritually adept. The world is populated by a races you may be familiar with such as Dwarves, Elves, Humans, and the occasional ork. As well many other suprises of its own. However all of Kaia doesn't necessarily live in peace. On the contrary, the planets history is riddled with great conflicts which ended in great amounts of devastation. The most noteworthy of which currently holds the name of "the great war."
The Great War as it is currently known is regarded as one of the greatest tragedies in the history of Kaia. It was a bloody massacre that lasted close one hundred bloody years. 200 years before present day Kaia the relations between the realms of magic and machine were tense. A culmination of thousands of years of intolerance and disagreement.
There wasn't any real reason for such hatred of each other, at least not at this point. No one remembered where the hate came from. As technology advanced back thousands of years ago the Guild of mages found technology as a bastardization of nature, the Elves especially, never quiet agreeing with one another. When Machrin was founded under a man claiming to be a god sent to teach Kaia advanced technologies as a beacon of technological superiority, the to factions officially split and the hatred grew as Machrinian citizens began to speak out against those who stilled followed the ancient god Anur. AS mentioned before, these events have long been forgotten, replaced with a blind hatred for which there is no longer any grounds. Which only made the slaughter that ensued that much more pointless and horrible.
The hatred was a powder keg waiting for a match. One day that match came in the form of an assassination of the One of the Prime Minister of Macrhin. No one knew who did, however,it was immediately blamed on the Magi.
The war was fought over nothing but a strong dislike and speculation. Millions of innocent people were murdered simply for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. The war Lasted just under one hundred years, and even now, another hundred years later the scars still run deep on the devastated fields or war, many doubt that the planet will ever recover from the damage done.
In current days things have died down significantly between Anuradha and Machrin. The two nations live in a awkward peace, and have, for the most part, recovered from the devastation.
However the lower class of machrin has been getting out of hand lately due to a rise in gang activity in the undercity, and the Grand Magus of Anuradha is believed to be corrupt. Word of the Magus's assassination hangs in the air.
In the world of Kaia the players help shape the world and determine its destiny.