RPM:0 Worldbuilding and History

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Before Recent History

There are many things that came before recent history. Most of this is lost to time.

The rise of mystical power to protect the realm (Light)

• Breaking of the Gates where many of the demi-planes burst into existence (Light)
• A famous explorer's guild troupe whose name is lost to time is hired to explore an open gate and they disappeared only to return again centuries later and they haven't aged a day. (Light)
• Clockwork technology stops working. (Dark)

Reign of the Dragon Lords (Light)

• The first Dragon Lords arrive from a dying plane. (Light)
  • The eldest of the Dragons, Elikarzadun wants to assure his kind that they have found a new and lush world that will support them, and gives them a rousing speech in what might have been their darkest hour. (Light)
  • Elikarzadun plants a tree to show peace between the dragons and the people of our world. This tree survives to this day. It is a site of pilgrimage. (Light).
• Dragon Lords change their form and commingled with cultures and ruled them democratically (Light)
• Strong demi-plane of Nature opens up in the country of Eben and it's wild magics influence the natural world, causing forests to grow and exaggerate and grow quickly and chaotically. They almost overrun civilization in the country. This outpouring causes the first Wildbloods to be born. (Light)
• The High Druid of Palimar begin the Zodiac War which leads to the demise of the modern gods in the war against civilization and the encroachment of the churches. (Dark)
• There is a great rise in the use of Magics over technology and societies and cultures rely heavily on magical prowess to do everyday tasks, construction, irrigation, travel, etc. (Light)
• Democracy slips. The dragon descendants (dragonkin) take power (Dark)
  • This Dragonkin, his name is Herbertus, found a way to allow the Senate decide that cultures from the demi-planes are permitted to vote. The way that this happened is that Herbertus was able to use some form of charm magic of the Senate to get this passes through. At the vote during the same day/scene, he pulled out a demi-plane (phrase) and got enough votes. Demiplane gerrymandering

Guilds consolidate into the Sea Alliance (Light)

• Sorcier is founded on the continent Hallbeirge in the country of Arkstone. (Light)
  • The Sorcier found the capital of Lisway (in Arkstone), this is their base of operations. This is a city into a mountain with a castle on top. Inside the mountain is their dragon. The castle is called Dorchem. (Light)
• The Library of Bignon is unburied and reintroduces Engineering knowledge to the world (Dark)

The Great Closing (Dark)

• Sorcier kill the Condrol (neighboring region)'s Figurehead Dragon in retaliation for speaking out against magic. (Dark)
• The ritual by the ocean that closed off the major demi-planes, stranded many cultures in our world. (Dark)
  • Sorcier contracted a lot of trade ships accruing favors, which eventually leads to the downfall of the Sorcier.
• Flooding washing away the demi-planes. (Light)
• One of the many Sorcier practitioners at the ritual by the ocean, who was pregnant during the ritual gives birth to twins, Kuthmaer, and Renoir (Dark)
• The Ragmen use the chaos of the Ritual By the Ocean and the uncertainty of the planes to create anarchy. (Light)

Reestablishment of Civilization (Dark)

• The Mystic Gate in which the Lost Adventurers traveled, reopens at the base of Mount Vili on the border of Condrol and Parlimain, and it remains open. (Dark)

Legitimization of technology (Light)

• Condrol advances in technology because they need alternate energy source and harness the power of the demi-planes in their area. The drawback is that there is no access to or from minor demi-planes because of this. (Light)
• There's a massive famine now that Condrol, whose dragon-magic produced food aplenty, is no longer "The Magical Breadbasket of Hallbeirge". Condrol is the first to recover, discovering non-magical agricultural techniques. (Light)
• With the world starting to shift away from magic, the Sorcier, starts to push the bounds of magic. Undead first appear as a result of the Sorcier pushing off their responsibility for violent magic. (Dark)
  • High Sorcier Alfred discovers within ancient texts from Bignon the secrets to powerful magics that push the body to its limits, almost beyond the point of undying. Liches be crazy. (Dark)