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Three mellenia have past since the world was cleft in two. Forsaken
were the beings when the gods fell. The great rift defines all those
that live beside, within or over its cliffs. Those that were to
survive grew stronger and apart. First, were the elves who held a
steel blade to the throats of any who dare question their reign. But
their oppressive technocracy was to implode through their own bloody
spite and treachery. Their time, the time of the Ancient Republic came
to be known as the First Duration.

But as noble elvish blood seeped into the eddies and lakes of the
dyafice, whom should rise but the scattered and nameless tribes of the
uplands. A human conqueror and now God, Mekzig. But before long, the
humans too learnt nothing from the fall of the Ancient Republic as
they too came to dominate all who dwelled along the rift's gearth. In
their hearts, they looked up to their one true god, and down toward
any other religious beliefs with brutal intolerance. Forgotten would
be the pluralist temples of the ancient Republic. This time, the
present age described by sages as the Second Duration is a time of
war. The Rift Wars.

Little is written of how the rift came to be but many prophecies
abound of its origin. For the church of men, the rift is evidence of
the wretchedness of the ancient Republic and the poverty of a society
once ruled by other kind. The rift avows the greatness of Mek, the one
true God. But sages tell of other tales. In the alleys and courtyards
of cities believers secretly pray to the old gods. In the farm houses
and ale houses of villages the downtrodden look up to the heavens.
Quietly though, beyond the reach of the Mekanites the fallen gods
answer their prayers.

However, a wondrous new power lingers in the third mellenium. It is
the battery of sorcerous energy the Mekanites call Thochthonism.
Coming in many forms, from the wild energy of the sorcerer to the
cloistered mastery of the wizard, Thochthonism is seen as threatening
Mekanite power in the two kingdoms.


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==== Adventures ====

* [[Nuer Attack on Kuurok Day]]
* [[Hunt for the Nuer Assassin]]
* [[Captives of Bassamel Fight Back]]

==== Races ====

* [[Dwarves]]
* [[Elves]]
* [[Half Elf]]

==== Player Characters ====
* [[Titus Pullo]]
* [[Arias Amaranthine]]
* [[Fel Ecco Song]]
* [[Naivara Amakiir]]

==== Cities and Towns ====
* [[Claviscero]] - ''The Second Union''
* [[Bent Knee]]
* [[Velentia]] - ''Falling Fortress''
* [[Lugusnon]] - ''Midlight''
* [[Bante]]

==== Notable Characters ====
* [[The Crown Exceptor]]
* [[First Mekae]] - ''Armand Pressarian''
* [[Muir Durilix]]
* [[Teroaro Mahakanika]]

==== Theocracies ====
* [[Mekanites]]- ''Tri-Furs''
* [[Recursors]]

==== Magic (Toch'thonicism) ====
* [[Cursors]] - ''Nuer''

==== DM ====

Ben Hall

==== Map ====

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==== The Five Dies ====

Dwarves: Tale of the 5 glyphs/dies - metal, earth, fire, water, wood.

"All of the sons disappeared due to the betrayal of two of the sons.  The son of earth and the son of metal."

Elves:

5 Sons - If the elememts are ever separated then it would cause the fall of the republic.

Wood:
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