Recent History

Recent History is intended to be just that. It's history summarized, aimed at helping newer players gain a foothold of the game, or for older ones to have a sort of "scroll" to look back on. The more minutiae rumors and histories of day-to-day life, including rumors involving current plots, are in the rumor posts. Think of Recent History as a grander take on things, and if you are just starting out, this is where you want to begin. You can pick the rest up as you go.

Most recent events are at the bottom. If you would like to look at yet older game history, it can be found over here.

The War for Sendor and the Fall of Animus

Kinnevack strode into Sendor years ago and turned the once-Myrrish land into a place of slavery and domination. She toppled old temples and ruled with an iron fist. The streets of Sendor turned to chaos, and where men fell, ogres and the old goblinkin took their place. Images of Maugrim dominated the Temple Square, and tribal spears ran red with the blood of Kor the Warlord, and drums sang of more to come.

Alexandria joined forces with Myriddion, and drove its armies into Sendor. The pull required they withdraw troops from Blar, and that nation fell once again. Yet, Sendor and Myrddion marched with purpose to rescue friends and family. They marched into Sendor and drove demons from the town of Versis, they toppled the once-unsurmountable fort of Gettys. Despite losses and the crashing of airships, the gods of Light appeared to bless their efforts.

Except, tragedy struck just the same.

As they lay camped at Versis, the clerics of the Knowing God suddenly went blind. Animus was struck from the world through Taara's hand, and his loss sent magecraft into chaos, and began the unraveling of the nation of Rune. Shortly after His fall, Taara and Eluna's agents went to war over the dominion of magic. And, licking its wounds, the army still marched on--though now they looked over their shoulders, for gone was the Father of Wisdom and magic now bore two mothers, one of Evil and one of Light.

They eventually would fell Kinnevack, and retake Sendor. And as the armies gathered beneath the combined flags of nations, world peace lay on the horizon, despite the fall of a god. The ancient king of Myrddion and the elder king of Bludgun saw much in common with one another, and began, in Alexandria, to reach towards one another with the hand of peace.

Behind the falling of Sendor, the ghost of a whisper suggested that the twisted god of war, Kosomoth, was gone as well. To most, this is at best a worrisoem suggestion. Those deeply involved within their faith, however, heatedly debate the correlation between the fall of Bludgun and of the god so many of its people worshipped. They also look to Taara, after the dust between her followers and Eluna's settled, but did not abate. And wonder at the reach of the dark goddess' greed.

The End of the War and the Vanishing of Alexandria

With the end of the Sendor War, Alexandria became the center of world events. The weathered kings of two nations, Myrddion and Bludgun, gathered and shook hands over the beginnings of world peace. It was at that time that Alexandria was ripped from the world--though to the world at large, she simply disappeared. She vanished from the world for five years, though Alexandria would not age but days, and so did the kings. In the meantime, the world plunged into war and once-proud Rune would crumble.

The former followers of Animus were taken in at various temples. Navos switched from the pantheon of Light to that of Neutral, and absorbed many of them. Others too, went to a war-scarred Eluna, and yet more to other temples. Of Kosomoth's, little is known...

The Rediscovery of the World

Shortly after the War, Alexandria plunged into what history would call The Mists. While the Mists were in place, life continued as it always had in Alexandria. The world around, however, saw a different picture. In the world, the goddess Taara cackled and shadows grew and sundered nations. Dragonier fell. Rune collapsed. And the great wall of Charn was no more.* For five years this continued, while for Alexandria it would seem five weeks.

When Alexandria reappeared, it became a source of hope as well as suspicion. The world wondered why it had vanished, and Alexandrians quickly came to find that so had the great kings of Bludgun and Myrddion. Its walls were swiftly swarmed with politicians, accusers, ambassadors, hopefuls, and...refugees.

Refugees from near and far fled into Alexandria as a place of sanity in a world gone mad, where food stores had been destroyed or life had just become "uncertain." Politicians held heated talks, and during one event, a Myrrish man found himself poisoned.

Amid this backdrop, rumors spread of a man and a woman in the Mists, of ancient figures of Alexandria's history coming forth again. The Mists however, faded, and since then, those rumors have been scoffed at. And, so far, the kings have not been found. Instead, Alexandria has found its greatest ally, Myrddion, locked in a cold war between two brothers.

The people of Alexandria now reach out to a world that wasn't sure they would return. And they do not like what they hear. Some reach out for news of loved ones, others with anger and purpose. They find that the attitudes of the gods have changed, too. The Gods of Light have raised their swords and those of Twilight have become focused on their individual temples and followers, in effect raising their fortress walls. The Gods of Dark--news trickles in, but what rumors are heard brings terror to the hearts of the brave and timid alike.

* The stories of individual nations may be found on their pages.

Alexandrian Independence, Growing Politics, and the Coming of Magic

As Alexandria opened itself to the refugees and the world re-emerged, it found itself host to a number of events. The sildanyari, long secluded from the events of the world, stepped forward and offered a gift of unknown arcane magics. In the face of the fractured mages guilds, practioners of the craft watch closely, as do politicians. They are wary at what the true meaning of such a gift might be.

Despite its long closure, the Endilion Court of Alexandros may open soon--a major step, as the Court was the first of its kind, the original, in the world. Of late, the gods have also spoken--they released into the world unknown energies and prayers, causing a surge in Temple participation worldwide. Some seers argue the sildanyari are merely copycats--acting on an opportunity. Others argue that in the face of Taara's Scourge, everyone should contribute.

All this, of course, occurs during the backdrop of Alexandria's Independence festival.

The Fake Mists

Roughly a year after Alexandria's reappearance, the mists returned...or so it seemed. They rolled out of the Red Ridge mountains as they did before, crossing over the countryside from east to west. Panic grew as they settled into place and farms shut down. Some people crowded into the city while others fled the area all together for fear of being trapped outside the world again.

Food became more difficult to obtain and crops rotted in the fields, unharvested. Prices on essentials of all kinds rose and the coffers of merchants who sougth to exploit the situation swelled.

Slowly, through the dilligent work of the city watch and adventurers, it became known that the mists were fake, not like the ones that had swallowed the city before, and were coming from someplace a near the mining town of Denston in the Red Ridge Mountains. It was believed that a Mul'niessa known only as Malik was behind the growing fear. Many military forces and workers were made to work the farms that had been abandoned to secure the harvest and others still, and mercenaries, went to work rooting out the source of the mists in the mountains.

Eventually, it was found in the fortress known as Khamon Sotch--an old khazadi fort lost to ages. Small, for khazadi standards, but still formidable. It was there that bold adventurers and city watch men struck a blow against the allies of the Shadow Sorceress by destroying the mist generator and putting an end to the mul'niessans's plans.

Officially, Malik is said to've been killed at the battle of Khamon Sotch, but it is believed that the thwarted bank robbery on the same day of the assault on the fort is no coincidence. Many speculate that Malik was killed or captured and that the previous efforts were nothing more than a large effort to swell the bank's coffers and then rob it -- nothing more, nothing less.

Either way, Alexandria is again free of the fear that had gripped it and stands strengthened in the views of those who thought it might slip away again.