A little over 800 years ago Hella, keeper of the dead, went mad and threw open the gates to the abyss freeing thousands of wicked souls before fleeing to become the goddess of the undead. Until then undead had never been seen on Rassilon. Scaetha, a war goddess, fought her way to the gates and shut them taking Hella's place but the damage was done. Soon the civilized peoples of the land had to face the Liche Priest and his undead armies. As per the usual in a fantasy campaign setting: they triumphed, though it took them some three hundred years before his hordes were defeated and he was shut away for eternity.
Not three years later the Blizzard wars start as armies from the north, taking advantage of the southernlands weakened state, march upon the remains of civilization. The gods of Sun and Fire disappear without a trace as armies of frost giants, hellfrost dragons and other frigid beasts lay waste to the land. The armies of the south finally rallied together and pushed back their foes in bloody and costly conflict meant to utterly destroy them. As the enemy retreated to the north a massive wall of ice rose, literally over night, blocking the advance of the armies of civilization. The cold glacier lands became known as the Hellfrost.
Now, five hundred years later, winters have grown longer, the sun has grown weaker, the very land seems to be dying in some places, and something is causing magic to fluctuate. The "Victory" of a half a millenia ago tastes like ash in the mouths of those who struggle to keep their homes warm and their families fed. The Kingdoms of Man are stretched thin, orcs and other beasts dot the out of the way places, bandits roam much of the roads unchecked and there are whispers that the armies of winter are growing stronger...
Greetings,
I'm looking to start a Hellfrost campaign. I've found myself fond of the world and system and dove right in buying all the books and then found myself without any interested players. Solution: take this show online!
So I'm here to drum up interest. I would be running this game on RPOL, a site made for play-by-post games, as I've grown quite fond of them and used to their layout. If you're interest go to www.rpol.net and sign in then go here http://rpol.net/display.cgi?gi=4738&ti=5235&date=1289374718 and comment that you're interested in playing. Or simply comment here and wait until I have the game setup on RPOL to sign up and submit a request to join.
Players wanted thread is up on RPOL: http://rpol.net/game.cgi?gi=4&date=1289506325