| tachus |
The great Empire has fallen.
Long considered the center of the known world, the Empire of Remunia served as the greatest bastion of human civilization in all of Mekara. Founded centuries after the mythical tragedy known as the Shoah that cast the world into a dark age, Remunia provided the cradle that humanity would emerge from again to claim their place of dominance upon the continent. Forgotten arts of mathematics and writing were again cultivated. The great faiths of the West spread across cultural boundaries long thought impossible to span. The roads of Remunia spread nearly across the world, seeming as if it were to be forever poised to remain the dominant force of the human race.
But, forever does not last as long as it once did. As the centuries passed, the great cracks in the Great Empire began to show. Providences took notice of the clear corruption taking root in the fabled capitol. The great sister city of Remunia, Byzantaria, founded its own empire in defiance of the failing nation. Even the great faiths of the Empire, Dammerung and the Immaculate Twelve, decried the Empire's quest to create itself into the glory of the great civilizations of old, whose hubris in tales was said to have caused the Shoah to strike down from the heavens. Instead of being cemented forever, the Remunic Empire appeared ready to topple, and thus cast itself and all of humanity into a new dark age.
And thus it would come to pass. Riekland has cast off the fetters of its former companion in the great empire and laid siege to the city once thought to be invincible. The great empire now lays in ruins, with former states claiming their own rights to rule. The Minotaur Empire has spread from its once secluded realm in the Desert of Seth, claiming nation after nation in its eventual attempt at domination. The formerly isolationist elves have begun a great exploration into the realms of men, with an agenda that they have kept only to themselves and their stars. The dwarves dig ever deeper, searching for their Buried God, and in doing so unleashing creatures and artifacts best left forgotten into the world once again. Gnomes research to the foundation of their existence, drawing ever closer to the question of divinity and the gods. Halflings remain to their own hidden lands, immersed in their strange rituals that they claim keeps the sun from being cast from the sky.
With this new Age, the Age of the Fall, Byzantaria, declared the heir to the greatness that once was Remunia, is the last hope for humanity in the changing world. A terrible plague has begun to spread from the north, along with it a new religion of a god claiming to be The True God, the Plague God. The formerly stable expanses of the Malificar, known as Orcs, have begun to spread, taking with them entire cities that no longer are. Whispered tales of beasts of old are said to have changed from myth to truth. The realms of faith battle against the world of magic. Empires new and old are faced for war. And somewhere, a dark shadow spreads without any display of ceasing its conquest.
Welcome to Mekara: After the Fall.
DigitalDreaming: Mekara is available for all players to join here. We are a play by chat, home-brew setting site, with a built in dice roller, associated forums and with character sheets managed by a SCORES database. The focus of our community is more centered around roleplaying with the occasional adventure scene (we strive to get at least a scene a week).
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