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== A world at War ==
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It was an age where time did not exist… Th e Age of the Gods.
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Th e gods wandered through Creation unchallenged. Th eir
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empires knew no limit and extended over entire worlds born
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from the magical energies of Creation.
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Discord arose and the gods waged war among themselves,
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seeking supremacy. Th e crumbling of dying worlds almost
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brought about the collapse of Creation and the end of everything.
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Creation fought back. Th e gods were brutally thrown of
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their thrones and sent into exile to the most remote parts of
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the elemental worlds, or Realms.
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Time came, imposing its curse upon the vain immortals:
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if they dared to reappear on Aarklash, they would suff er its
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punishment and would be forever forgotten. Th us, the Age of
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the Gods ended.
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However, one does not get rid of such terrible forces quite
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so easily. After thousands of years in exile, the gods continue
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to wage war through their champions – the Incarnates - and
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their most faithful allies.
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Th e equilibrium is once again under threat. Th e curse of
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Time is fading. Darkness seizes the hearts of the brave and the
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gods are ready to lead their armies.
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The ultimate age has come.
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=== A continent lost in the Darkness ===
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Not far from the heart of the Creation is a much desired
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Kingdom: Aarklash. From there, magical portals, or gates,
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can be opened to travel to all of the Realms, including those
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where the gods are imprisoned. Th e future of Creation is
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linked to the fate of this one singular world.
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Th e history of the continent of Aarklash was written by the
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victors of the great wars of the past. Th e glory and prestige
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of the conquerors of eras past conceal many fratricidal wars
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and dreadful lies. Th e nations of Aarklash were built on pain,
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blood and treachery. Some nations did not resist the erosion
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of Time. From their ashes, larger, stronger and more youthful
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empires arose; and yet they were just as eagerly drawn towards
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the warlike temptations of power. Th e desire for revenge or
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domination thrives in the memory of the sovereigns of this
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blood-soaked land.
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=== Incarnates at War  ===
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Incarnates are exceptional fi ghters who have been chosen
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by the gods. Th ey can achieve the impossible; they are the
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heroes of the Rag’narok. Th ey have many powers. Th rough
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the power of their Elixirs, these champions can fend off whole
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regiments with daring counter attacks. Th eir master strikes,
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fed by divine ire, reap enemies no mortal’s hand could ever
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scratch. Th eir heroic actions can rally companions in rout and
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help their people win legendary battles.
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== Creation ==
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Th e planet on which the continent of Aarklash is found orbits
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a great yellow sun commonly known as Lahn. Two other
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much smaller solar bodies orbit Lahn: Ley, a tiny blue sun, and
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Lyth, a blood-red star.
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Ley and Lyth don’t appear every year. But when they do, it
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often happens that these celestial twins cause various natural
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phenomena: magnetic storms, climatic change, disastrous
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animal migrations, unwanted magical side eff ects and spontaneous
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appearances of gates leading to other worlds are only
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the most common events.
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One revolution of the world of Aarklash around Lahn takes
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four hundred days of twenty-four hours each, counted from
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one of Lahn’s rises to the next. Most of the continent’s peoples
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know four seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter.
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According to the calendar used in most parts of Aarklash,
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there are ten months to a year. Th e name and duration of each
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month varies slightly from one civilization to the next.
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Yllia is the name given to the great white moon with a pale
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blue gleam that orbits the world of Aarklash in twenty days.
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When Ley or Lyth are present, Yllia takes on a colorful hue:
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she can take on a deeper blue or a redder shade. Yllia has an infl
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uence on the oceans of Aarklash, causing a tidal cycle as she
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revolves around the planet. Strangely, Yllia’s orbit also infl uences
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certain living beings: their biological or mental rhythms
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vary according to the phases of this pale moon.
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Of the numerous stars that twinkle in the heavens every
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night, four are used by travellers to find their bearings.
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These cardinal stars, commonly known as Nerea (to the
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north), Sylhea (to the south), Elion (to the east) and Olhim
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(to the west), are also part of the constellations used
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by astrologists and augurs in their esoteric calculations.
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Their relative position to the other stars in the sky, their
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alignment and Yllia’s aspects are used to determine just
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about everything, including the gods’ moods, favorable or
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unfavorable conjunctions, the dates of certain celebrations
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or the fate of individuals.
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The study of the rest of the universe is left entirely to a
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small group of astronomers and enlightened theologians.
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Some claim that Lahn revolves around Aarklash and not
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the opposite, as is popularly believed. Others think that
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magical gates are really thresholds to other planets. Is
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the world of Aarklash flat, hollow or spherical? What lies
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beyond the oceans?
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The most talented and eccentric of these individuals, the
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cosmologians, develop various magical or technological
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procedures to try to observe the stars a little more closely.
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Glass lenses of incredible complexity have been designed
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by the Cynwäll and the dwarves of Tir-Nâ-Bor. The cosmologians
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who left to explore other worlds using spontaneous
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gates have still not returned.

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