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[xaritscin]

always wanted to post this in this forum because i feel it is my most ambicious project right now, been developing it from several years ago, it is supposed to be my greatest creation, at least, if i can get to make it to its trully end of course. so, lets start it shall we?

What is Antherea?

Antherea has been in development for like, since i was in high school as far as i can remember, it started like with any teenage project, a short story about heroes and that stuff, mixing several concepts (anime, fantasy, even speculative evolution too). eventually in time it has been improved beyond the scope conceptually, following my academic development in the needed areas, it is meant as a hobby and a main project which i want to complete. part of my developments revolve about it, and is the main reason for choosing a career in multimedia engineering in college, i should be structuring some prototypes once i have finished to learn computer graphics at least.

for now the project lives in the form of concept art and documents, but the long (a really long) term plan is to take it to full development, once i have got the resources and time to do it.

at its core Antherea is a game, which tries to get as realistic as possible, a virtual universe so to speak, and it goes against most of the current game developments in the industry, going instead for a more niche place, i dont think i'll ever monetize from it, and as such is planned to remain as a domestic and free game, unless i find the means to get it to run for profits. buts originally the idea is to make a game that suits me and anyone who may be looking for something like it.

the premises of Antherea go around 4 bases:

-story and worldbuilding
-deep character development
-interesting and complex gameplay
-a simulation as realistic as possible


The Setting:

Antherea is both a worldbuilding and a game in process, it spans a universe where magic exists, and the universe is divided in two planes, the main story occurs in one of the many galaxies that exist in it, on a planet called Antherea, the historical timeline of it spans as far as 800.000 years before the current events, in which many civilizations have existed and fallen, with the current races being the descendants of these original ancestors. the planet spans many nations, from powerfull and ancient kingdoms and empires, to nascent republics and federations, which are jumping into a technological advancement in both magical and conventional methods, space travel included in this.

Antherea spans many themes, from fantasy, to steampunk, space opera, speculative evolution and speculative history. with some references to literature and some videogames. but trying to be as original as possible.

The Universe:

the universe of Antherea is defined by two important features, the first one is magic, it is a 5th fundamental force in the universe, which is related to the dinamics of change in matter and energy, along with the other fundamental forces. the second feature is a that the universe is dual, it is composed of two interconnected planes, the first one is the Empirion, the plane of the physical, it is a plane where magic has a less powerfull influence respect to the other forces, and where the players live their mortal lifes. the second plane is the Onirion, the plane of the ethereal, magic here dinamically alters the dinamics of the universe in heavy degree, and is home to many supernatural entities, players are sent here for their afterlife. Onirion and Empirion contribute one another, throught the interchange of magic, matter and energy via black and white holes.

About Magic:

as it was mentioned, magic is not the typical stuff seen in other games or stories where it just spans stuff out of nothing, magic in Antherea makes part of the 5 fundamental forces, magic alters the dynamics of the other 4 in order to allow the manipulation of the physical laws, matter and energy. but in order to reach this, mortals have to train their minds for it requires strong mental power. the game wont make use of the typical mana bar which restores after a time, player characters will have to meditate before or make use of certain potions in order to recharge the required mental power in order to cast their spells, and even then, some of them have to be channeled for a time before being executed. or require some sort of material for canalization.

The World:

in this case world refers to the playabe universe, the game spans a single galaxy(which doesnt has a name for now), with thousands of stars and millions of planets and other astronomical bodies. players will be able to explore the galaxy and uncover some secrets regarding its current state in the future, but the main story is around the Antherean System, which not only includes Antherea, but also its twin planet, Cea, which was transformed into a barren wasteland. the other planets and moons of the system will be present too, but Antherea is the main point of start for players.

About Planet Antherea:

map:

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Antherea is inspired in Planet Earth, so you will see some similarities in its landmasses, this is of course intentional, as Antherean civilizations are inspired in alternate or new paths related to real world history. the map is very basic but it shows the land masses and their names, no biomes are shown but you can guess where are the poles and deserts, i will retake the map in the future, but for now this should suffice.

About Planet Cea:

the map:

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Cea on the other hand is similar to Mars, albeit with a different and unique story which will be mentioned in the future, for now it serves as the point of origin of three of the playable races in the game. ancestry wise of course.

About Player Characters:

the game features several races to choose, each race is unique in appearance and traits for the most part, and each one has a deep background defined both by historical antecedents and evolutionary development in some cases. players dont have limitants in how they want to build their character, as each individual is a blank book at the start, players will determine their attributes and other personal stuff in order to make them more customized. each race has physical traits that can be changed, from skin color to sexual display or body modifications(piercings, tattoos, etcetera).

About the Races:

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first of all i have to note that most of my work is in form of sketches, only the world maps have been converted to digital artworks, the rest is directly from the scanner and made with pencils. there are 14 planned playable races. 11 of them belong to four ancient lineages which are as of now, extinct. while the other 3 belong to recent discoveries. lets start with the most familiar ones

-The Human Lineage:
one of the most important events in the game's story is the last ice age, which spanned for a larger time than the average due to artificial manipulation, this extra time allowed some of the ancient human races to cover more territories, subsequently with the end of the ice age, some of these races were left isolated from the main landmasses, thriving in small spots out of the homo sapiens migratory routes. allowing them to develop independently.

humans:
evolved in Hesperos during the ice age, expanded to most parts of the planet and founded the first civilizations in this lineage. there's no difference between Antherean humans and Earth humans for that matter anyways.


neandars:
the Neandar race evolved isolated in what is now the isle of Helgard, in the north polar sea, they descend from an ancient race of humans that moved to the island during the ice age via island hoping and land bridges. while their ancestors got extinct in the mainland, they thrived in the cold island, evolving a complex society. the current seat of power of them however is the Skadia, the northern continent, which they colonized during the middle ages. a branch of them, the Vinlandians, reached the new world and formed a small kingdom in the upper parts of Nordalia. they are known for their expertise in metallurgy mostly. having perfected underground construction in a place were trees were practically nonexistant.


floresians:
the Floresian race evolved isolated on the other side of the world, in an unknown small chain of islands in the Ocean of Dawn (Antherean equivalent to the Pacific ocean), limited by resources, the Floresian ancestors developed neoteny in order to remain in a small size. their average estature not reaching even 1.5 meters. althought small in size, their brain capacity remained, floresians are known for being the first race of the new era in forming a multiracial civilization, and serve their mixed society with their cleverness and curiosity.


-The Asadthalanian Lineage:

next lineage in the list, the three races derived from a single species, which was artificially created more than 500.000 years ago by the Aescen, one of the most ancient races in the game's universe. the Asadthalanian race was created from biologically enhanced monkeys. their bodies modified to match those of hominids. their brains enhanceds for an increased mental power. their ears modified to get a better equilibrium and auditory sense. and their tails enhanced to serve as a third limb. Asadthalanians were tasked as servitors and helpers. meant to mantain a construct known as "The Astrassil". a gigantic machine/archology which controlled the global climatic conditions. living in an extended interglacial, Asadthalanians thrived for thousands of years until a civil war erupted, mostly caused by the sense of abandonment of a part of the population. the civil war ravaged the machine, and made it malfunction, the climatic cataclysm destroyed the home of the Asadthalanians which had to abandon the sunking island. not all of them were able to make it, and those that didnt manage to escape  either drowned or were left stranded in distant islands in the middle of the ocean. those who sailed and survived divided and moved to east and west. eventually landfalling into different corners of the world.

sadharians:
sadharians descend from the asadthalanians which colonized west, they reached what is now the sadharian desert, and expanse of sand and other desertic conditions which connects Etiopa and Hesperos. sadharians are known for creating the most ancient civilization of the new era, with an empire spanning as far as 8000 years. their empire is a theocracy, and their religion is monotheistic, they believe the god A'shir saved them after their original creators abandoned them, and he gifted them the wisdom of magic, for which they were the first ones to discover it. sadharians have a strong sense of sustainability, as they live in an unforgiving place. and as such water and other products are heavily cared with respect.


xelecans:

xelecans descend from those who went to the east, reaching the southern part of Nordalia, they are second in age to sadharians, forming an empire about 5000 years ago. xelecans are politheistic and worship a pantheon of gods from which the moon is the most important to them, their empire is theocratic too, revolved around around a high priest or "Xel'ankan" as they call them. very ritualistic and environmental activist, as they adapted to live in the middle of the jungle without messing around with the habitat.


moari:
the moari belong to the few survivors of the sunken construct. left stranded in an island like the floresians did. the moari didnt became smaller, but they adapted themselves to a marine lifestyle, they were the creators of the first multiracial society, they discovered the floresians during their marine migrations and formed a mutual culture, both races migrated together until reaching Sahunda, an island continent in the Ocean of Dawn, where they created a civilization with the human natives. the moari are naturally gifted for actuatic environments and are very respectful of their surroundings.


-The Grakan Lineage:

the grakans belonged to Cea, a brother planet to Antherea in ancient times. this planet once was a harbour of life, until an interplanetary war between the so called "titan races" ravaged it and made it a barren planet. originally the Grakans evolved naturally from the native lifeforms, but were enslaved by the Tartarians, this happened around 700.000 years ago, when the titans roamed both planets, Tartarians sought to invade Antherea with a top secret project, a Transgate, a portal which would allow them to put their forces inside and conquer their neighbors from the inside. this plan was destroyed by a Grakan slave, which was able to contact the Aescen, the dominant race in Antherea in that time, this started the war between worlds. for which the aftermath was the massive exodus of the Grakan race via the transgate, into what is now western Nordalia, their planet however, was depraved of life bearing capabilities via a superweapon. without a place to live the Tartarians had to abandon the system and escape, for which the Aescen would pursuit them later. stranded in an alien planet, the grakans diversified into three different groups.

nuhak:
the nuhak race evolved in Nordalia, they developed a tribal culture about the worship of the spirits and the natural world, during the age of discovery they joined with the xelecans and the vinlandians, along with the native humans against the hesperean conquerors. the aftermath of this was the creation of the nuhak confederation, which spans the west half of central nordalia. while the east belongs to the Republic of Nordalia, a former group of colonies belonging to the Albienan Empire.


valiok:
the grakans migrated from the new world to the world world after their exodus, the group that crossed the landbridge found a continent which reminded their ancestral homeland. and the group splintered in two, the valiok are descendants of one of those splinter groups. they formed a civilization in the central steppes of Hesperos, governed by a Khanate, the valiok are known for their dexterity at the mounted battle and their warmonging tendencies, having invaded both far east and west  to get resources. as of now they have abandoned these practices, but their nomadic heritage is still heavily present.


orgruin:
the orgruin are the other splinter group, they developed a more pacific society in the higher peaks of Hesperos, isolated from most of the world they developed a society around illumination. their society is a democratic republic, and their leader is the Lama. they are known for their martial arts and for being the largest non titan descended race.


-The Titans:

the last main lineage in the game, and the one who gave rise to many of the current races, titan history spans as far as 1'000.000 years ago. when a race known as the Eiven crash landed in both Antherea and Cea. the Eiven were the last survivors of a dying universe, having used an interversal wormhole in roder to evade extinction. they gave rise to two races separated in the two planets, the Aescen were diplomatics and seekers of knowledge, gifted with an stable planet they developed a highly advanced society, while their brothers, the Tartarians, developed a society around warmongery and seeking of power above the others. both societies clashed when the Aescen first visited Cea, althought the contact was relativately a success, and the Tartarians were lifted of their medieval stage, a political party of nationalistic Tartarians rose up into power and ended the interplanetary bond, seeking instead to dominate. thus the Tartarian Dominion was born. this would eventually lead to the interplanetary war. for which the Tartarians lost. escaping to the unknown space, the Aescen abandoned Antherea in a massive exodus in order to put an end to the menace. be it by diplomacy or by extermination.

the two lineages of this line are descendants of splinter groups in both societies, one was planetborn, the other was spaceborn.

vaelim:
the vaelim evolved from an splintter group of Aescen who decided not to go with the rest of the race, by that time the titans had reached inmortality via technological enhancement, replacing their organic bodies with cybernetic ones via infomorphism. the ancestors of the vaelim did the opposite, they returned to their biological life and preferred to stay in their homeworld. with the coming of the ice age the vaelim ancestors faced the advance of the ice in Austrartica, and had to abandon their cities in order to survive, living in the northernmost parts of the continent. without technology to back them, they returned to a more archaic stage, giving rise to vaelim society.


na'madi:
the na'madi are the only remaining ancient race in the planet, they are an splintter group of the Tartarians, a resistances against the nationalistic forces of their culture, the na'madi were obligued to return to their organic stage and were sent to exile due to their oposition against the government. for thousands of years they thrived in nomadic caravans around the galaxy, using the few resources they could recycle. even when the other civilizations disappeared from history they remained living in the vast void. until they found the Antherean system, a haven for them, as all the worlds the found were unhabitable.


The Others:

automacci:
originally created by a human inventor, the automacci designs was based in several sources, modern machinery, arcanotechnical devices and reverse engineered titan technology (of the few that could be understanded), supposed to be the perfect servitors, the automacci awaked with a modified neural web, caused by a malfunction in the machine that created them, the explosion destroyed half of the city were the first model was created, but this gave birth to the first automaton with a free will and a humanoid personality. automacci are versatile people, as they can modify their bodies to cover different functions, the automacci are very social and fraternal, no automaci is better than the other, all are the same, an automacci can be either male or female at will, since they dont reproduce biologically.


xenoarg:
the xenoarg along with the next race come from Paradoxia, an island in the middle of the Ocean of Dusk (Antherean equivalent to the Atlantic), the isle was undiscovered until recent times due to a malfunctioning force field. the first explorers came with reports of an island inhabited by unique and bizarre creatures, organisms that didnt seem to cover any page in the rest of the known fossil record. the xenoarg and their neighbors were found later, xenoarg are at its core, a race of colonial insectoids, which mutated from contact with human DNA thousands of years ago, be it from a lost explorer or a corpse. the xenoarg are capable or rapid mutation, allowing them to cover different functions in their society. but requiring a permanent form in order to excel at certain jobs. they can be male or female, xenoarg society is based around a community without castes, with a strong emphasis in personal contribution to the others.


mandragor:
the mandragor are neighbors to the xenoarg, but live in the wilds. evolved from a mix of plant and animal which entered in contact too with humand DNA, mandragor are the ultimate ambientalists, trying to make part of the environment as much as possible, they are strictly vegetarian, but can and will eat other creatures if there is a serious need for it. for the most part they cover their energy needs via photosynthesis and eating vegetables.

About Character Attributes:

like in all RPG inspired games, player characters will have a set of attributes that they can invest on, no race has predefined attributes, its up to the player to decide how they want to build their avatars, the only difference between races being unique racial habilities and physical appearance. there are 5 attributes planned which are

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1. Strength: defines carrying capacity and physical damage in melee combat. a character focused in strength is capable of carrying heavier stuff, including wearing heavy equipment and deal a more powerfull blow be it in hand to hand combat or using melee weapons. (an HP bonus is a potentially adition, depending on the feedback)

2. Concentration: defines magical damage, spell effect extension and channeling speed, mental power regen. a character focused in concentration is capable of dealing tons of damage with magic, with extended effect and faster cast. it can also regen its mental power quickly.(mental power cap bonus is a possible adition again)

3. Agility: defines movement speed, jump length and altitude and attack speed. a character focused in agility is of quickly response, being able to outrun its oponents or move quickly to a location. (something related to stealth could be added, need to figure it out)

4. Resistance: defines body resistance to physical and magical damage, temperature changes, poisoning, exhaust, thirst, hunger and other survival related conditions. a character focused in resistance is capable of thriving in harsh conditions more easily than others and can resist damage received in combat. (HP regen is a possible addition)

5. Will: defines mental resistance and recuperation from crowd control effects, along with extended time from buffs (something related to number of summons could be added to this one)


each player character starts with a base of 100 points to spend, each point equals to 1% of bonus for its respective area, so players will have to choose wisely, respec is possible, for now it is based around a potion.

About Racial Traits:

first of all i clarify that these are experimental and maybe subject to change, but i think it fit both lorewise and gameplay wise. for now the idea is that lineage based races have two traits, while the rest have only one, im still figuring out another secondary trait for those outside of the group of course. the idea is that races have a passive racial and and active one. anyways:

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-human races: their global racial is called "Survivor's Instinct" which reduces their needs in 15% (yes, characters have basic needs).

*Common Humans get a second racial called "Unrelenting Will" its basically temporal buff that increases all their attributes by 10 points.
*Neandars   get a second racial called "Troglodyte Heritage", it gives the Neandar race nocturnal vision.
*Floressians get a second racial called "One for All", they gain +1(or more depending on feedback) in their attributes when in a group.

-Asadthalanians: their global racial is called "Advanced Synapsis" which grants them 15% mental capacity (which means a larger mental power pool)

*Sadharians get a second racial called "Arcane Affinity" which grants them the hability to recover 20% of the mental power spend in their spells.
*Xelecans get a second racial called "Natural Camouflage" which allows them to become invisible as long as they dont move or do any action.
*Moaries get a second racial called "Acuatic Adaptation" which grants them double swimming speed

-Grakans: their global racial is called "Unbreakable Freedom" which grants them +5 to all their attributes when their HP is 25% or below.

*Nuhaks get a second racial called "Worldstrider" which gives them double sprint time.
*Valioks get a second racial called "Berserk" which when activated doubles their physical damage but makes them uncontrollable.
*Orgruins get a second racual called "Spiritual Harmony" which allow them to recover more mental power from meditation.

-Eivens: their global racial is called "Giants Heritage" which gives them doubled HP compared to the other races

*Vaelims get a second racial called "Colossus" which triplicates their inventory capacity.
*Na'madians get a second racial called "Intelectual Titan" which allow them to regenerate mental power in a passive form.

-the others:

*Automaccians get a racial called "Emergency Power" which allows them to recover 50% of their energy.
*Xenoargs get a racial called "Accelerated Metabolism" which doubles their health regen.
*Mandragors get a racial called "Photosynthesis" which allow them to regenerate energy without having to eat.

About Character Statistics:

unlike in other online games, Antherea tries to simulate a more realistic approach in gameplay mechanics, in the case of Character and NPC stats, it is ruled by a set of statistics and bars. some of them can be related to the traditional RPGs and MMOs, while others come from other places.

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-status bars: status bars are the fundamental part of a character sheet, it rules from combat to survival stuff. and it is represented by the typical bars you know from other games, except for some new ones:

*Health: your typical run of the mill red bar, it regenerates slowly due to natural body regeneration, medicines, surgery or magic healing, body regeneration depends heavily in the grade of the injuries this time, so, in the worst cases players will need help from other sources. bleeding is also something to take in account.

*Energy: a yellow bar, it controls the movement and physical actions, fighting, jumpin, sprinting, swimming, all of them depend in energy, an exhausted player means an easy victim, energy regenerates from food and by resting.

*Mental Power: a blue bar, its the equivalent to Mana in other games, however, as it was explained before, mental power cannot be spontaniously regenerated, it requires to be gathered via meditation, and maybe, using mental enhancing drugs or potions, the only race capable of mental power regen is the Na'madi one. but it has a low passive regen.

*Spirit: a white bar, and a special gameplay one, it counts the remaining death count for undead players (yes, undead is a thing), each consequent death decreases the bar. if it gets to 0, undeads die permanently, with their souls being freed finally to the Onirion(and as such opening the endgame content).

*Oxygen: a light blue bar, it depletes while running, diving, in anoxic environments and in some high altitude places. oxygen depends heavily in the atmosphere's composition, and the altitude, a player in Cea wont be able to breath on the outside for example, unless it uses an oxygen tank. death from suffocation/asfixia is automatic.

*Sanitation: a brown bar, i dont need to really explain what it does, but if you dont deplet it, the character can loose health due to disease. sanitation rises slowly with each subsequent feeding, and depletes automatically after doing "certain action".

*Hygiene: a green bar, it depletes slowly, a deplet Hygien can lead to loss of health due to infections, so players have to clean their characters periodically.

*Social: a purple bar, needs some conceptual tweaks, but it should represent the grade of social interaction of the character, it depletes in isolation and increases interacting with NPCs or characters, a full Social bar leads to an increase in standing gains, reputation, money rewards, etcetera.

*Animus: a pink bar, represents the happiness of the character, when depleted, characters cannot gain exp, when full it earns double exp. as simple as that, happiness depends on the other bars, and depends in the character personality.

-basic statistics: defines the basic attributes of a character, in theory, all races have the same stats, save for some fundamental racial traits:

*movement speed: depends in the character's mass, this includes equipment and inventory stuff, it bonuses from agility and strength for that matter.

*action speed: measures the speed of response of characters, depends in agility and concentration, and dictates both attack and casting speed.

*base damage: goes up with mass and bonuses from strength, it is the physical damage done while unarmed

*base defense: goes up with mass and bonuses from resistance, it is the defensive capabilites of the player against all hazards(combat included) while unarmored, if not while naked.

*base mentality: bonuses from concentration, measures the amount of magic damage done by spells without using any type of enhancement.

*tenacity: measures player resistance against crowd control, it is measured in a percentage and bonuses from will.

*body mass: body mass defines the weight and raw strength of a player, the higher the body mass, the stronger, but also the slower a character is, body mass increses by exercise and food, decreases with long periods of hunger, inactivity and energy consumption.

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will be posting more stuff as time progresses, all the races have been added, next on the list should be more detail in gameplay mechanics

[xaritscin]

gave a facelift to the thread, as im reorganizing the project, im trying to keep it up with updates at least. now with some concept art

[xaritscin]

BUMP

[xaritscin]

just a quick update, i'd like to get some feedback according to the current story, is it cohesive enough?, should i change it?, i'd like to know what the community thinks

[IndigoFenix]

This looks cool, magic and sci-fi elements coexisting is always fun.  I like how you used extinct hominids as the base for the alternate humans.  Might I suggest the inclusion of a race based off of Paranthropus robustus as the 'strong, stout, and primitive' archetype?

[xaritscin]

This looks cool, magic and sci-fi elements coexisting is always fun.  I like how you used extinct hominids as the base for the alternate humans.  Might I suggest the inclusion of a race based off of Paranthropus robustus as the 'strong, stout, and primitive' archetype?

the idea was to have 3 different archetypes for each main lineage, i dont know if i would be able to add more races as i have already worked into the timeline.

sorry for the lack of updates but have been working more before updating the thread. no its not dead...

[xaritscin]

the OP doesnt allow more and it seems i reached the character limit with this so:

Historical Timeline:(Part 1)

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-1'000.000 BC:

the Eiven race reaches the Anth Solar System via an interversal wormhole, but the unstability of it causes a malfunction in their ark ship, in order to save themselves from crash landing into the sun the Eiven abandon the ship and make emergency landings in two planets of the solar system.

on Antherea the ancestors of the human lineage have just evolved and are diversifying in the wild, with an extended interglacial some of them will be eventually become isolated and will lead to the birth of 3 new races

on Cea a group of aliens similar to therapsids is quickly reaching high lvls of intelligence, at the point that they are in the treshold of sapience, but their timing will coincide with one of the worst moments of their planet's history.

-800.000 BC:

without technology the Eiven race had to adapt to their respective planets, giving birth to two distinct races with different traits. the Aescen are collective and diplomatic, while the Tartari are highly individual and warmongery mirroring the distinct planets in which they settled. Antherea is a lush planet with plenty of resources to share and a hospitable environment while Cea is a world near the edges of the habitable zone and where only the strong are deem to survive.

-790.000 BC:

the Ourbis Directive ascends as a global political force in Antherea, leaded by the most brilliant minds in the planet the Aescenian civilization trascend their industrial technology and start to enter in the electronic age, enticed by the idea of exploring the rest of the universe.

on Cea, the Darcan Empire ascends as a military power in the Tartarian continent expanding around its neighbors and conquering most of the territories in the southern half of the planet. while powerfull their economy is weak and their technological level is laughable, havent advanced from feudalism and medieval technology.

-789.500 BC:

the current Darcan Emperor is killed in a power strike by his most loyal general, the nation is converted to a federal autocracy and the monarchy is taken out. the development of the Darcan Federal State will lead to great advances into the lifes of the Tartari, but the followers of the Empire will eventually get again in the political scene.

in Antherea the firsts incursions into space from the Aescen are done, the Directive explores the idea of sending probes to the neighbor planet in order to see if there's life as astronomers believe.

-789.400 BC:

first incursion of an Aescenian probe into planet Cea. the probes map the surface of the planet along with taking measurings of the planet's climate, the Directive is the first into seeing the photos of the planet, some of them including what appears to be cities both in the southern half of the planet and in an isolated island in the northern half.

while the Tartari pass their lives in their secluded part of the world, the Grakans have just evolved, from millions of years of isolation in an Australia sized island continent far on the northern part of the planet. their island is partially covered in ice, but millions of years of evolution in the planet have given rise to many cold resistant organisms, the Grakan society is still young, with only the most tribal organization, fight between tribes is rare and only if justified. their religion is still neolithic, making rituals around the spirits of nature and with some insights into the cosmos.

the Tartari which have been living in the southern half of the world still believe that the world is flat and that the southern half of the world is near the edges of the planet (Cea has its poles inverted compared to Antherea). this form of thinking has kept the Tartari from trying to explore the rest of the planet. but with the incursions of the Aescen their world will change 180 degree.

-789.350 BC:

the Aescen survey Cea looking for the source of the strange structures in the surface, their probes registering at an altitude high enough for not being detected. their society surprised when founding two sapient races living in the same planet, each one of them with a different development.

the Darcan Federal Estate has been advancing the lives of the Tartari people, while having a civilization which was forged by war, the Estate has created a code of ethics that ensure all the individuals in the country have the same oportunity to survive, thus ending with the need of warfare between all the provinces. at this point the Tartari civilization has just entered into an industrial revolution, extracting coal and releasing fumes into the atmosphere. new theories in the mathematical side will lead Tartarian scholars to review their beliefs about the planet's shape in the future.

the Grakan society has evolved in large steps, they have discovered agriculture and fishing, their tribes have converted into small city states, living in different parts of the island continent, and they have started to explore the ocean.

-789.300 BC:

the first oceanic travellers from the Grakan city estates reach the southern continent, being near the equator they found hospitable conditions to settle and send news to their homeland.

the Tartari find the Grakan colonies and send their findings to the Supreme Cancellor before acting. the orders from the capital city require more information about the "outlanders".

the Ourbis Directive, now called the Aescenian Directorate prepares its first incursions to space colonization, sending a manned mission to colonize the antherean moon. should the project be succesfull they would be able to cope with colonizing the other planets along with building orbital colonies.

-789.290 BC:

after years of studying the new race, the Federal Estate sends a welcoming party in order to take aditional information from the outlanders themselves, the Tartari civilization finds that their planet is spherical and not a disc as they thought. in realization of this they enter into an age of exploration. in order to find the origin of the Grakans and to see what other places are left to take.

the colonization effort of the Aescenians is a success, after the moon base construction they built a succesfull space station. and prepare their next target. having studied the neighboring planet the Directorate organizes the first manned mission to another planet, it will take 5 scientists, 1 embassador and 20 militants, apart from millions in supplies in order to complete.

-789.285 BC:

the Aescenian Explorer Party lands succesfully in Cea, and found the Federal Chartography fleet on their first scouting procedure. the explorers are sent to the capital city in order to meet the Supreme Cancellor. at this point the Darcan Federal Estate evolves into the Darcan Federation. a bicultural enterprise between the Darcan Federal Estate and the Grakan City Estates which started with a small trading company.

the Aescenian Explorer Party shares their history to the government of both factions and proposes an inclusion into the Federation both for research and for offering technological uplifting for both races. both races accept and a megaproject is formed for the creation of an interplanetary trading route.

-789.000 BC:

after years of development the Federation shares the same technological level but each faction has been researching on its own. being more advanced than the rest the Aescenian Directorate have been improving their lifespan with cybernetic augmentations and are researching the fundamentals for insterstellar travel. the Darcan Federal Estate has been inverting their technology in reverse engineering technology from their ancestors, but a political struggle against an emerging nationalist group keeps them occupied mos of the time. meanwhile the Grakan City Estates investigate a way to resolve the issue of space travel via portals.

-788.980 BC:

a Tartari commander named Dolfeecus Soltler grows into the leadership of the United Tartarian political party. the United Tartarians gain voice among the general population, questioning the ideals of the Federal Government, mostly related to the lack of projection of the Tartarian power both militar and politically among the rest of the races in the solar system. the Supreme Cancellor ignores the demands of the political party, stating that the advancement of the Tartarian society is due to having abandoned the barbarian behaviors of their ancestors. seeing as he cannot convince the government, Soltler launchs a propaganda campaign in order to convince the rest of the population.

meanwhile in Antherea, the Directorate discovers the fundamentals of infomorphism which should allow them to pass their minds from organic to machine bodies, and should eventually make a sort of artificial inmortality. their findings are top secret for now. but their fundamentals into warpdrive technology could serve well for the federation.

with the situation of political upheaval inside the Federal State, the Grakan Council grows annoyed by the possibility of actions against their people inside in the Federal State, and make an edict telling their citizens on the other side of the sea to keep an eye on the Tartari. meanwhile their researchs into spatial dinamics allow them to reach the fundamentals of portal technology. but at a small scale only.

-788.970 BC:

after ten years of effort Dolfeecus Soltler gets the favor of more than 50% of the population and ascends to the Federal Council. some months after that it launchs an military strike to the Federal Government and claims himself as supreme leader of the newly founded "Tartarian Dominion", he ends the treaty with the other nations, exiles the Federal Council members and evicts the Grakan inmigrants from the country.

in wake of the secession of the Tartari from the Federation the Aescen Directorate drops relations with the neighboring planet and focus on its own development. this isolation from the political agenda will prove to come at high consequences in the coming years.

with the exile of the Grakan people from the Dominion, the City States receive a large influx of inmigrants. the Grakan council gives political asylum to the Federal Council. without help from the other world, the Grakans prepare their territories in case of a potential conflict.

-788.960 BC:

infomorphism becomes a thing inside the Directorate, and a large part of the population adopts the artificial inmortality, save from one group, the Vaelim, which believe relying too much into the machine will cause problems on the future, rejecting even artificial augmentation. respecting their point of view the rest of the population abandons the need of the planetary environment and moves to orbital colonies, leaving the vaelim alone in the last planetary city.

in Cea, the Dominion takes the few developments they could copy from the Aescen and put them to use for their own evil purpose. the Tartari develop their own version of augmentation, but without the infomorph tech of the Aescen they can only replace 90% of their bodies via cybernetic augments. leaving only their brains in the process. this change is given only to the most loyal citizens, and those who go against the Supreme Government are either sent to working camps or are killed. without the technology to overcome their lack of space travel the Tartari Scientists study the archaic remains of their ancestor's scape pods, the technology for better spaceships open from these wrecks but will take time for them to get into the fundamentals of it.

the focus of the government comes into the rumors of portal technology from the Grakans. in order to secure their control over the planet, the Supreme Leader of the Dominion sends his demands for the Grakan City States. should they accept their assimilation into the Dominion they would not suffer any harm from the Tartari, as long as they stay obedient.

learning from the mistakes of the Federal Council, the Grakans reject the demands of Soltler and declare their intent to keep as an autonomous nation. the Grakans enforce their borders and organize their forces for the upcoming war against the Dominion and its tyranical leader, with the help from the few Tartari that have escaped from persecution.

-788.940 BC:

during the 20 years since the declaration of war the Grakan civilization, along with the few Tartarian desertors fought the Dominion all around the planet. the knowledge of portals allowed the Grakan City States to launch ambush attacks into the hearts of the Dominion and could rescue rebels from the hands of the government. but the increasing development in cybernetics from the Tartari made them a menace on the frontlines.

on the long run the rate of upgrading of the Dominion overthrew the limited power of the Grakans, the rebels were killed by the thousands and the Grakan race was enslaved completelly to the will of the loyalists. having conquered the whole planet with a massive army and with the power of portal technology in his hands there was nothing that could stop the Dominion from conquering the solar system. except from one thing, the Aescen themselves.

the Aescenian Directorate was still the most advanced civilization in the Anth System, and eclipsed the might of the Dominion with centuries of independent research. however, their knowledge was mostly for the good of the population, as they never had the issues of war. the Supreme Leader decided to take on this vulnerability to his favor, and envisioned the creation of an interplanetary portal.

-788.900 BC:

after forty years of slavery most of the current population of Grakans knew their history only from the few remaining elders. having being reinstructed into the life of the Tartari society. at this point most of the slaves worked in the construction of the Transgate, the portal which would lead the Dominion into an easy attack against the Directorate. many rebel groups awoke during the years of slavery, but no one succeeded into taking out the hegemony of the Tartari. all of this would change in the last decade of the century.

Turas Mart'uk was a young worker living near the south pole, he was slave to a landlord who's family had lived since before the ascension of the Supreme Leader. while obligued by law to hold control of slaves, the landlord knew the true about the slaves and educated Turas with all the knowledge he could get from the lost Grakan Civilization. the hope of freedom had grown in the heart of the young boy but being only a worker on the lowest class wouldnt give him any of that, until he found the transmitter.

one morning while gathering blocks from the icefields, he divised what seemed to be a piece of scrapmetal. leaving his tools he climbed in order to watch the wreckage. most of the machine was damaged and erotioned by the age but a good part of it was still functional. these were the remains of one of the lasts Aescenian exploration probes created by the Aescen during the first contact. having thought to be lost during entry. the space probe had suffered a malfunction due to a miscalculation in the atmospheric entry and had crash landed in the south pole.

following the discovery Turas discuted his findings with the landlord, and in secret tried to fix the machine. being an old model it was possible to repair the probe. althought incapable of flying out of the planet. the probe was able to be used as a broadcasting machine. the machine used a type of signal which was unknown to the Tartari, the Radio was invented during the age of space exploration by the Aescen, but they scrapped it after the discovery of more potent communication systems. the Tartari copied this and dont know the technology. this allowed to send undercover messages all around the Dominion.

at first the broadcasting wreckage was used to communicate with other members of the rebel force. they wanted to overthrow the government, but they didnt have the resources for it. in wake of the impossibility of the rebel force to take one directly, they decided to spend their resources in finding a way to contact with the Aescen. in the following years they gathered the supplies needed in order to launch their own probe.

the launch was done during the night, its instructions were made to reach Antherea and broadcast a transmission with the current situation to the Aescen. the last months since the launch the Aescen answered sending an stealth transmission probe. which landed in the same part of the planet as the old wreckage. they were ready to give further instructions into how to act.

-788.895 BC:

in the following years the Aescen exchanged technology with the rebels via undercover crates. the instructions were clear. the Aescen would take care of the Dominion forces with the technology they would create for war. meanwhile the rebels would finish the portal and secure the population. at this point in history the only way to finish with the Dominion was exterminating the Tartari loyalists in a single hit. and spare the rebellious ones.

-788.890 BC:

on the eve of the day of the portal's opening, the Aescen launched the attack. the Aescenian armada was improvised, but they had the technology to resist against the armies of the Dominion which were more versed into combat but technologically crippled. the fight lasted the whole day. with the military distracted by the assault, the rebels entered in action, using their allies tech in order to strike at the concentration camps and prisons, freeing the slaves and saving the few Tartari rebels that were left. the objective was clear. to reach the transgate under 48 hours before the final attack.

the dropships were protected using stolen aircraft. seeing what was occuring the Supreme Leader awakened the top secret project. in the verge of the potential victory the Dominion had created a fleet of colony spaceships fit for conquering the solar system and the nearby systems, having found a way to use portals as a way of reaching other parts of space. the ships were retrofitted on the last moment saving the lifes of thousands of the civilians, counting with their specialists and politics.

while the Tartari escaped their own world, the rebels traversed the portal to a safe place of the planet. after the clock ticked the Aescen put and end to the fight with their superweapon. during the years of development for war the Directorate created a planet killing ray, the weapon struck down to the very core of the planet and stopped it dry. in a few minutes the radiation of the sun killed everything in its wake. and transformed the planet into a barren wasteland. nothing survived.

on the aftermath of the fight, the Tartarian Dominion fleet escaped to a nearby system using their jumpdrives, never to be seen again. the Grakans were left stranded in an alien planet. and the Aescen were left with a responsibility. it would take years to rebuild the Grakan civilization. but they accepted their fate. and choose to return to the wilds, it was a new beginning, and they wanted to bury all the past.

for the Aescen, there was no spare for the Tartari, with the technology to jump the Dominion would return in the future, and could potentially be even more powerfull. they had to ensure that the Dominion was destroyed for good.

-788.885 BC:

the Aescen dismantle their orbital dwellings and prepare themselves to chase down the Tartari, using the technology exchanged with the Grakans, they were capable of completing what was needed in order to become spaceborne. the Aescenian Capital Fleet was launched from orbital scaffoldings. housing thousands all what they have learned in order to finish the deal.

the Anth System was protected with a stealth forcefield. which hid it from any possible intruder and would send a signal in case of enemies incoming. the Vaelim were left to their own business in Austratica, and the Grakans settled on Nordalia. in order to preserve the global climate the Asadthalanian race is created, educated and put to work on the Astrassil. a gigantic weather controlling machine built above the ocean.

the Grakans are tasked with the protection of a vault of knowledge known as the "Relicarion". inside the complex is a unique device, a terraforming machine capable of returning the life to a dead planet. this machine wont see the light of the day untill many centuries later.

as for the Tartari, with practically 90% of the race extinct, the people question the decisions of the Supreme Leader, a revolt is done in one of the colony ships, separating it from the fleet, this will be the point of start for the last descendants of the Tartari in the years to come.

-700.000 BC:

as the eras passed,the Astrassil kept the global climatic changes in a hiatus, leading to an enlarged interglacial. but something has changed on its inhabitants. thousands of years have passed since their makers left the planet and they have not returned. the Asadthalanian civilization started as a group of servitors meant to keep watch over the machine, but they have evolved socially, in the first thousands of years their society transformed to a theocracy, worshipping their creators as gods and the machine as their world, they have remained isolated from the rest of the world. however, in the wake of religion, most of the knowledge of the old era have been progressively lost. the current Asadthalanians know how to take care of the machine but they have lost their story, something expected as oral tradition was passed from generation to generation. some Asadthalanians have begun to question their religion, and believe there's more to explore out there, their gods may have even left them stranded or have abandoned them.

-699.950 BC:

a rebellion explodes in the arcology. several splinter groups unite against the theocracy of the machine and claim for the freedom of the Asadthalanians to seek their own destiny. the government fights against the revolutionaries. the country divides in two and a war starts. the whole arcology shakes as both parties kill each other.

-699.900 BC:

after 50 years, the war ends in a boom. the rebels sabotage the machine in a kamikaze attack. the Astrassils enters into a selfdestruction cycle, both parties suffer as the island machine sunks into the ocean, thousands of Asadthalanians die more from the cataclism than from war itself. the few ones who get to save themselves from ships or flotsam are left without a home. this episode marks the end of the archaic era.

-699.800 BC:

the few survivors of the cataclism settled at different sides of the planet. one group in what would be later called Sadharia, the others settle in southern Nordalia. and a small group of survivor thrive in an island near the ruins.

without the machine, the planet returns to its natural climatic cycle, and an ice age returns at accelerated rate.

-650.000:

the world has entered into an ice age. most of the remaining civilizations is lost at this point, the Vaelim make an exodus to the Austrartic peninsula in order to save themselves from the glaciation, loosing their cities to the ice.

the Grakans having returned to a tribal state dont suffer much from the glaciation, and use the newly founded landbridge at the north to reach the old world.

the ancestors of the Neandars and the Floressians move to their respective locations, humans have just evolved and are diversifying but there's no civilization to speak.

the Asadthalanians adapt to their new environments and most forget what happened to their race. there's no point in keeping their civilization as it was due to the different ecosystem.

-300.000 BC:

the ice age ends and another interglacial starts. the ancestors of the Neandars and the Floressians are left stranded into isolated islands while humans become rulers of the continent.

some of the grakans are left stranded in the old world, and escape human tribes by going into isolated places, like the steppes and the mountains.

-250.000 BC:

humans reach the new world, they found a few places to settle among the other civilizations. only Aztelia becomes an only human continent.

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Historical Timeline(Part 2):

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-50.000 BC:

all the modern races evolve at this point, save for the Automacci. what happened to the titans is unknown at this point, but only the Na'madi race exist in the space lanes. living from what they can gather from the void.

-10.000 BC:

after thousands of years living as separated tribes, the Sadharians are united under the banner of the first nation of the ancient era. the Na'hasher kingdom is born in slavery. some years after them are formed the Xelecan Xel'ankanates the first step into the creation of the Xelecan Empire.

first appearance of humanic settlements, mostly shamanistic communities all around the planet.

-9500 BC:

a Sadharian nomad known as Asha'kemeth contacts with an entity from the Onirion itself. illuminated by the knowledge of this creature called "A'shir" the young nomad discovers the basics of magic and becomes a prophet among the people of the desert. his predications will reach to the ears of the Na'hasher king, who will declare it as heretic, as the current religion is still based around the titans.

after a failed intent of encarcelation and execution, Asha'kemeth declares war against the false gods of the Na'hasher and starts a rebellion. using undercover tactics and their knowledge of magic, the Na'hasher kingdom is brought to the knees of the cultists. the king and all his followers are either executed or imprisoned for their acts of slavery, and the prophet declares as the first of the Sadhari. the Sadharian civilization starts at this point.

in his life as king, Asha'kemeth will consolidate all the desert tribes under the Sadhari banner, bringing an era of prosperity to all the people in Sadharia, local humans included. the Sadhari Kingdom passes to convert into the Sadharian Empire. and in an edict of abandoning the past, Emperor Asha'kemeth declares the construction of a new capital which will show the world the power of the savior of Sadharity. this marks the construction of the imperial capital of Karkun.

in Nordalia, the Xelecan Xel'ankanate consolidates all around the peninsula and becomes an empire,the Xel'ankan title emerges as an imperial lvl of political position. all the provinces of the region pass to be controled by a Xel'naku, a minor administration title under the Xel'ankan, but with the same political control as a gobernor or mayor.

Micohtli'yaku, the first imperial Xel'ankan decrees the construction of an imperial capital which connects to all the provinces via a highway. this will mark the creation of the city of Itzachitlan, one of the greatest architectural works of the Asadthalanian lineage.


-6000 BC:

the first human civilizations emerge. the Neandars make their first cities on the Albienic islands, the Floressians enter in contact with the Moari people entering an era of cultural interchange with the seafaring race.

at this point in history the most prominent nations are the Balkanian and Elatrian city estates around the messoian sea, the kingdom of Cartoga in the Edalician Peninsula. the Neandar kingdom of Bolgfirgunnd, the Eastern Dynasties, and the Sadharian and Xelecan Empires.


-5000 BC:

the Moari-Floressian maritime alliance reaches Sahunda, and enter in contact with the local humans. a treaty between the three races is born, marking the birth of the Sahundian Triumvirrate. the ultramarine civilization forms routes all around the continent and the nearby islands, trading with the local natives and the nations of  the eastern part of Hesperos.

-4000 BC:

the Elatrian Republic forms and conquers all the territories of its peninsula. the Sadharian Empires starts expands into the northern part of Etiopa and near western Hesperos.

the Neandar civilization discovers Helgard and colonize it.

-3500 BC:

the Elatrian Empire is born, englobing the western part of the continent and extending around the north. the route of the silk is born from trading interchange between east and west. Sadharians fight against Elatrians for dominion of the borders but never get to dominate.

at this point the whole old world is connected in trade.

on Aztelia the Wiracochan Empire is born in the Andacaman mountains. spanning from north to south marks the second most prominent civilization in the new world. being nearby the Xelecans, the Wiracochan forms a trading culture with the northern neighbors.

-2000 BC(year 0 in the modern calendary):

after thousands of years of dominion, the Elatrian empire falls due to internal unstability. human civilization enters into a feudal age where human kingdoms fight against each other for territorial control.

the Sadharians take in account this and start to invade the north in order to secure better territories.

the Neandar civilization having escaped human barbarians, discovers Skadia, and migrate there.

a young human boy named Yi'sehd is born along the Elatrian/Sadharian border. accounting for the second contact with an Onirian being, Yi'sehd is gifted with magics and Onirian knowledge, becoming the first human mage. living along both empires the young mage learns about philosophy, politics, warfare, and religion. seeing what is coming to the empire, Yi'sehd starts a campaign in order to unite human civilization before it enters into the dark ages.

-100 C:

Yi'sehd ascends as a religious figure among the western kingdoms, his teachings illuminate a group of followers who form a new religious movement, adapting Human and Sadharian religious inspiration, the new order is called "The Church of the Illuminated One". just before his death, Yi'sehd promises of his return to the world of the living in the future, leaving his most trusted friend in charge of the movement. this marks coronation of the first pope.

the advancement of the Sadharians on the north causes the creation of the first crusade.

-300 C:

the first crusade ends with a Sadharian victory. on the west, the kingdom of Edalicia is occupied by Sadharians on its southern provinces. on the east, the whole kingdom of Bizantinopla is claimed by the Sadharians. the crusade leaves a great toll among the western kingdoms. the church of the illuminated one uses this to expand their influence via humanitarian help.

-500 C:

the church of the illuminated elevates as the primal religion on the western kingdoms, setting their center of worship on the Elatrian City Estate of Panteona. the first place of preaching of prophet Yi'sehd before the start of the milenium. the holy capital becomes one of the most powerfull entities in the war against the Sadharian occupation. helping all the western kingdoms as long as they pay tribute.

-700 C:

the second crusade starts. all the western kingdoms, financied by the church make an assault on the occupied territories, Bizantinopla is secured by the human kingdoms. the Sadharians reinforce their borders on the Edalician peninsula.

-900 C:

an anomalous long winter causes the Neandar to look after a new home, with the east occupied by humans, they explore the west in search of a more hospitable place. they become the first explorers of the new world, founding a colony in the northern part of Nordalia. their need of survival puts them in conflict with the locals, but with the problems of hunger in the homeland, they opt for a more political approach, and form a trading partnership with the Nordalian nations. they exchange their technology with the natives, something that will mark a difference in the years to come.

on Hesperos, the second crusade ends with a human victory. Edalicia takes out the Sadharian invaders. and the church puts a foothold on the Sadharian borders.

1000 C:

the church of the illuminated suffers internal corruption among its high ranks, a group of monks and cardinals which follow the teachings of Yi'sehd and look after the good of the organization declare the need of a reform, after years of persecution the group gets a voice in the northern kingdoms. following the example of these protests the Kingdom of Baikalia declares his independency from the pope and starts their own derivation, founding the Baikalian Orthodox Church.

a young Sadharian mage called Nar'sel Althazad rises on the spot of the Imperial Academy,but he is questioned due to his interests in the fundamentals of life magics. after being found experimenting with dead animals he is declared a heretic and is exiled from the empire.

-1150 C:

the northern kingdoms of hesperos declare their independency from the pope adopting the reform, the church of the returning becomes the second third most preached religion among the western kingdoms, englobing the kingdoms of Albiena and Baltica.

despite the problems with the fragmentation, the church of the illuminated one still keep a foot on the power of the rest of the western kingdoms. but reports of heretical activity provokes the need of action. magic was a gift given to the prophet, and its anathema for other humans to use it. specially when going against the balance of life. the pope declares the creation of the inquisition, and witch hunts are done all around the continent.

despite the losses, this only empowers the ranks of the heretics, leaded by Althazad they form a cultist group called "The Death Keepers". focused mostly on necromancy, a new field of magic invented by the Sadharian mage itself.

-1200 C:

after 50 years of persecution and thousands of inocents killed, the inquisition reaches the HQ of the Death Keepers. Nar'sel Althazad is captured and burned in the holy plaza on Panteona. most of his followers are killed. but a few cells of the cult get scathered on the continent. hidden from the autorities. the execution of Althazad was only the initial part of the plan.

-1300 C:

an strange plague extends all around the continent. many people dies at the seemingly incurable disease. the first contingent results into the burial of several common pits. but as the plague extends, something is not right. and many of these pits are found open and without the bodies. reports of the undead roaming the fields expand all around and even on the Sadharian borders.

the inquisition is put to act again by order of the pope. horrible tortures on the few heretics interrogated get to extract the plan of the unholy one. Nar'sel Althazad has returned from the death. a ritual performed with the use of a philactery. the undead mage has returned in the body of one of his most trusted servitors. disguised as a human the necromancer has amased an army of undead under his control.

the horrible news shock the whole kingdoms. reaching the ears of the Sadharian Emperor itself. despite the conflict with the western kingdom, the Sadharian Empire declares a truce with the humans in order to face of the undead invasion. but first, an accord must be made with the church. in the need, the pope declares that magical practices are forgiven by the laws of the church, as long as they are beneficial to the community and dont go against the rules of life.

from that decree. the Sadharian Empire teaches magic to the human kingdoms, bringing a rapidly cultural interchange which will help to enforce the alliance between them.

-1350 C:

the third crusade starts, but this time is against the undead. the whole continent burns with the bodies of the infected, as fire seems the only way to kill them. with the increase of the disease, a group of alchemists, medics and mages is appointed to find a cure for the malignant curse. these will be known as the Plague Doctors. and their works will be known in the annals of medicine and chemistry.

the alliance forces drive the cultists outside of the continent, but Nar'sel Althazad is nowhere to be found, reports from intelligence talk of the whole disappearance of the population in the isle of Helgard. and the coming of large armies of undead and ships filled with cultists. the cold isle in the north becomes the final bastion of the undead forces. but their neverworking activities make them an impenetrable fortress.

-1375 C:

the plague doctors discover a cure for the death plague. after testing with captive undead the solution proves to be succesfull. the allied forces prepare the final assault on Helgard. protected by the anti-undead solution and using fire as aditional weaponry the island fortress is razed from all the flanks. on the winter of the year 1325 the allied forces break onto the Obsidian Citadel, the main palace of the Death Keepers cult. after a large struggle against the abominable horrors created by the cultists a group of the most select knights of the alliance entered the citadel.

at the summit of the fortress the warriors found the remains of the human body of Nar'sel Althazad, and behind him was a even darker presence. nor Sadharian nor Human, but something reminiscent of the reaper itself. Nar'sel Althazad had ascended further into the undeath, becoming the first lich in history. now completelly detached from a living body, there wasnt any way to destroy the lord of the damned. but the warriors didnt gave up. after a long fight against the lich, and the sacrifice of many. the demonic creature was slayed by an Iffelian paladin named Joan d'la noit, all the relics belonging to Althazad were destroyed in order to avoid any intend of resurrection. but the damage had been done during the years of the preparation of the cure, and the population of Helgard was condemned to live into the undead unless they decided to accept purification throught induced death. Joan, who had grown fond of the poor souls offered an alternative. without the power of the lich, the control over the undead citizens was not possible, and most of the monsters managed by the cultists were controlled by magic as they were savage and unstable.

the normal undead people still had their own minds and were capable of carry on their lives as long as they decided fit. the royal autorities declared a meeting, where all the kings, the pope and the emperor of Sadharia debated if there was saving for the damned. with the cure of the plague at a hand, and with the undead confined to a little island. the leaders declared that Joan d'la noit were assigned as embassator, leader and keeper of the undead. in a ritual procession and with the blessing of the church she willingly accepted her fate and embraced undeath. knowing that her sacrifice would help to save both the people of Helgard and the rest of the world.

-1400 C:

the third crusade ends, leaving a heavy toll in all the participant nations. relations between the western kingdoms and the sadharian empire improves up to an economic alliance. no intends of conquests from the empire is done. the few problems coming to the kingdoms are the usual invasion by the Valiokan Khanate which organized several raids into the west.

the life on the old world returns to its habitual pace.

1500 C:

the cultural enrichment in the old world leads to the age of renaissance, the old world sees the birth of several artists, inventors and philosophers. but the most prominent event is the discovery of the round world, a Xelecan exploration fleet got lost during a storm and arrived at the coast of Edalicia. at the shock of both worlds. the natives werent be able to be interrogated due to linguistic differences. so they were imprisoned and later sent back with an exploration fleet. they pointed the explorers to Nordalia. allowing to make a marine chart of the Ocean of Dusk.

the Xelecan autorities greet the explorers but ask for a copy of the codex in order to return them to the other side of the ocean. the Xelecan Empire discuss the find with the other civilizations, a group of embassators is sent to the old world with the explorers in order to discuss the terms of commerce with the nations at the other side of the ocean.

the Neandar embassators help to record and translate the discussion between both factions. trade is settled. along with migrant laws. the nations of the new world declared a set of territories in exchange for technology and other goods from the old world nations. the kingdoms of the west declared their intent into colonization of the new world. this decree is get to be called the Treaty of Cartoga. marking the beginning of the age of exploration.

-1600 C:

first colonies in the new world are founded. despite being in a renaissance era, the global society is conformed of different races, as slavery has been quite punished by all the races. the lack of slavery, specially by the laws of the Sadharian Empire have had an effect into the political agenda. however, piracy and other criminal activites are on the rise with the auge of interoceanic commerce. leading to the formation of black markets that didnt exist back then.

many of the western kingdoms ascend into mini empires, using their wealth to buy patches of territory from different locations. but the hunger for resources drives most of them to enter in conflict with the autorities of the new world and the far east. reports of ilegal activities in the colonies only agraves the situation.

-1700 C:

the renaissance gives advance to the illustration. many advances into arcane, philosophy and science are made. the first prototypes of constitutions and democratic governments are born. the new ideals given to the population with the advance of printing technology and education lead to questioning of the monarchy. all the empires receive an influx of revolutionary movements that make the territories tremble, in the colonies specially. this leads to small conflict with the autorities.

near the end of the century, the Albienan colonies along the eastern shores of Nordalia declared their independence from the empire. the Albienan gobernment sends a large influx of military in order to reclaim the colonies but the colonie's militia is helped by the Iffelian gobernment.
the independence war will last up until the end of the century, marking the birth of the first independent republic in the new world, the so called URN (United Republic of Nordalia).

having sacrificed resources into the independence conflict, and with economical problems due to an anomalous winter, the kingdom of Iffelia enters into political turmoil. a revolution explodes all around the country, anarchy takes the streets of the cities, and many people is killed. the ruling class is hunted by the working class, following the teachings of revolutionires and with the finance of the burguese class. the king and his family is executed. with a leader, the country suffers a long process of short lived administrations that will last deep into the next century.

-1800 C:

followed by the example of the Iffelians and the URN, the other colonies in the new world declare independence from the homeland. many of these revolts result into independency wars, but some others end with a diplomatic meeting. the first half of the century will see the birth of most of the modern nations in the planet. all of them born in the ideals of democracy. here's a list of the countries in its date of birth:

-in Nordalia:

1790: United Republic of Nordalia (URN)
1836: United States of Xelanka (the Xelecan Empire changes its political structure from a single theological leader to a theological federal council similira to the Xel'ankanates of yore but with a constitution and popular participation)
1867: Beringia in the northwest (former colony of Baikalia) and Kanatia at the northcenter (former Albienan colonies in the north)
1870: Nuhak Confederation (after a border conflict during the expansion of the URN towards the center of the continent)

-in the Sea of Cortez:

1804: Insular Republic of Tainoyola
1870: Insular Republic of Antilla

-in Aztelia:

1816: Republic of Pampagonia
1820:Federal Republic of La Gran Andacaiba
1823:Federal Republic of Amanoquia (Republica Federativa do Amanoquia in Portoganian language)
1826: Republic of Andacama (formerly the Wiracochan Empire, same example as the Xelecan Empire but adopted a presidential structure)

in the old world, the League of Nzymbwango is born from the former colonies and kingdoms of the southern part of Etiopa, after declaring a communal revolt against the Hesperean kingdoms. marking the first black skinned world power.

the second half of the century saw the birth of the industrial revolution that would bring the world onto the modern era. the Sadharians discover arcanotechnics, the Albienans invent the steam engine and after that the genetical manipulation.

the Automacci race is born during the incident of Automaccia in 1875. when half of the city is destroyed during an experiment, giving birth to the race as autonomous entities.

the first humanoid rights are born, along with social movements. most of the monarchies transform to parlamentary organizations.

the Vaelim Race is discovered during explorations done in Austrartica, by the laws of the humanoid rights they are taken as a protected race and the continent in is given autonomous control (not like it was important for colonizing as it was covered in ice).

-1900 C (the current Era):

astronomers discover signals of arcane energy from Cea, speculations about the possible preservation of the Transgate after the fall of the planet fly all around the world. the Nuhak Confederation decides to open the gates of the Relicarion as long as all the world nations help into the financing of the planet's reorigination. the interchange of it is the sharing of the formerly Tartarian territories to the rest of the nations. with the incentive of half of a planet in potential adquisition all the gobernments put their best researchers into the reverse engineering of the Relicarion contents.

this leads to a further advancement into the technologies of the world. Arcanotechnics bring computation and communications, Physical Sciences improve the engines and make advancements into the discovery of new ways to exploit anomalous elements.

at the same year the archipelago of Paradoxia is discovered. the Xenoarg and the Mandragor races are put into study by the humanoid rights and the island is declared sanctuary and biohazardous location. as any of the species of the island is a potential biological problem for the rest of the biosphere. the Xenoarg and the Mandragor are given the option to live outside of the ecosphere of the archipelago as long as they pass the required examinations.

in the political view, and after struggle from both parties, the Republic of Turania is born in the border between Hesperos and Sadharia (think of Turkey)

the current year is 1920. and in its the eve of the future launch of the Genesis Space Mission.

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"Eiven" No prizes for guessing what that name is based on...

Looks cool, xaritscin.

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"Eiven" No prizes for guessing what that name is based on...

Looks cool, xaritscin.

yeah its part of the many references and inspirations....

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in order to keep going with the historical stuff i think im gonna put a country showcase or something. lets start with one of the most known nations.

Country Showcase

-The Sadharian Empire:

the Sadharian Empire is a 10.000 years old imperial theocracy goberned by an emperor (have to find a good regional title). as it is decree of the law the emperor is born from one of several noble families after a competence where intellect, physical hability and magical prowess is strictly evaluated.

a theology council evaluates the participants and declares the winner. the rest of the participants get to work as viziers and other administrative titles. but most of the decisions are done by the emperor itself, which has political and religious power.

the empire worships an entity known as A'shir, which according to their holy codex was contacted by whom would become the first emperor. the contact with this being lead to the discovery of magics by the Sadhari tribes. which started a war for liberty against the old kingdom of Na'hasher.

for the Sadharians, A'shir gave them the means to fight against opression, one specially, the religious opression of the Na'hasher overlords who worshipped the archaic gods who once roamed the world.

in the wake of this beliefs, the Sadharian empire is nor fanatical nor exclusive, its preciselly this fight against opression that has motivated many of the humanist movements in history, from the prohibition of slavery to female rights.

geographically speaking, the empire is located in a expansive desert which collides with mountains at the north allowing for more fertile lands among the hills. at the south extends a large sandsea which collides with the sea. the central desert is a mix between soil and sand, with the usual oasis or river. it is also a region with plenty of acuifers.

in modern times, Sadharia is an arcanotech powerhouse. having invented crystal technology and shard based computation (memory crystals, computers, holospheres, etcetera). this economical might have allowed to modify the desert to their desires (much like real life dubai). regions like the Grey Desert and the imperial capital make up for the most complex cities in the world. with the imperial capital of Karkun being constructed in a region previously deserted. now converted into an inverted "atlantis", with large water rings dividing the districts and providing nourishment to the plants and farms of the megalopolis.

the outer districts are mostly dedicated to agriculture, from them, goes low class families, then medium, then the nobles, the second to last ring contains the commercial district and the last one is dedicated to the imperial facilities. at the center of the city lies the main structure. the imperial palace. which not only serves as the seat of power of the emperor, but also as the main religious structure and arcanical generator, which powers the entire city with the help of peripherial nodes and crystal obelisks.

Sadharian education is teached by priests which are specially trained to teach knowledge of all kinds, not only religion, but also pure sciences like mathematics and physics. natural sciences and the most important for the empire, arcane sciences.

the main institutions of the empire are the Theology Council, the Imperial Academy, the Imperial Administration and the Imperial Military.

the main exportations of the empire are spices, fish, some few dairy products and crystal components, being quartz their most important export.

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-The Republic of Turania:

connecting Sadharia with the west hesperos countries lies the Republic of Turania. formerly known as the kingdom of Bizantinopla, the country was first founded by the balkanians during the ancient times. the country was later annexed by the Elatrians during the expansion of the Elatrian Empire, Bizantinopla was the last remaining region belonging to the empire prior to the conquest of the Sadharian Empire during the middle ages.

it was also the center of the political agreement between the western kingdoms and the empire during the events of the undead plague. gaining recognition as a multiracial and multicultural realm. althought it never got to colonize regions of the new world, Bizantinopla was one of the participants of the trading agreement, and got a good amount of wealth interchanging goods from all around the old world and the new world.

before its conversion from monarchy to republic, Bizantinopla was controled by a sultanate, who had ties to the Sadharian Emperor. as such the kingdom was mostly a pseudoindependent realm inside Sadharia. with the wake of the revolutionists all around the world, a separatists group claimed for the right of Bizantinopla to become an independent country. this exploded into war during the last parts of the 1800 and early into the 1900.

in order to evade a further calamity, the Sadharian Empire decided to sign the act of independency of Bizantinopla. the Sultan's family was moved to Sadharia to work in administrative duties and a president was elected by the people of Bizantinopla. changing to the modern Republic of Turania.

like Sadharia, Turania has a good share in the market of arcanotechnical devices, but complements with normal machinery. its relations with the Federal Republic of Doneu has given it an important place in the manufacturing of walking machines.

Turania houses many religions due to its multicultural state, from ancient paganism to modern church, to sadharian religion. it serves as a trading point between the more mechanical countries of the west and the magic based empire at the east.

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-The Republic of Balkania:

one of the most ancient human founded civilizations. founder of most of western culture like democracy, philosophy, science and arts.
originally a group of city states around the Balkan Peninsula, the Balkanian City States both fought between them and against common enemies, althought keeping a sort of unified culture among themselves.

such was their cultural prowess that even when assimilated by the Elatrian Empire, the empire itself adopted practically the whole Balkanian knowledge.

during the middle ages the peninsula was a choke point between the Sadharian Empire and the western kingdoms, as Bizantinopla had been taken by the empire's expansion.

the modern republic appeared only recently, just a few years earlier than the Turanian Republic.

like all western republics, Balkania is an important manufacturer of mechanical parts. however, most of the economy of the country comes in the form of tourism and trade. with a large part of sea it also generates a good income in the fishing market. it is also an important area of study for archaeologists.

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-The Republic of Elatria:

once the most powerfull human founded empire in history. Elatria is a neighboring nation located west of Balkania, during the ancient era, Elatria grew as a strong republic, both in economy and military. after dominating the whole of its peninsula the nation expanded conquering the neighboring civilizations and converting to a massive empire, rivalling the might of the Sadharians themselves.

the Elatrian Empire ruled for centuries all around the western part of Hesperos, with only the Sadharians on the south as their rival, and trading with the eastern dynasties. however, on its final days the empire had been prey to internal conflict, generations of prosperity gave rise to lazy rulers and greedy aristocrats who preferred to waste resources for their own pleasure and enjoyed the game of backstabbing. this, summed with the hordes of barbarians both of humand and valiokan kind proved to be a killing blow for the stability of the empire.

the Elatrian Empire was divided in two in order to help secure the territories, but the gradual decay eventually won and the empire dissolved. both sides dissolving into feudal kingdoms. the elatrian peninsula reverted itself to the same city states that ruled before the coming of the republic, warring themselves for dominance.

the city states remained separated during much of the modern history, until the coming of Alessander Fainelo. son of the di'Pietri family, the young boy gained recognition for its charisma and cunning intelligence. by the time he had reached adulthood he had gained enough favor from the people to become doge of Imperia, his city of origin.

an enthusiast of history, the young doge dreamed of a unified peninsula and set a series of campaigns on the neighbouring city states. being Triforte and Panteona the first ones to annex, Automaccia and Giacoma joined only due to economical benefit and the last one, Montoblanco, required a military intervention.

the unification took most of the life of the doge, who edicted the creation of a constitution, bringing the era of the second and current republic. like it was done in eras passed. Elatria became a parlamentary government administrated by a senate but with a prime minister for international meetings.

like with Balkania, Elatria has a good foot in industry, trade and tourism. fishing and agriculture make another part of its incomes and it contains the seat of power of the church, giving it a holy reputation.

 

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-The Republic of Iffelia:

the birthplace of the first civil rights. Iffelia have had a long history of conflict before reaching its current state

like all the western kingdoms, Iffelia was inhabited by tribes of "barbarians", most of them being annexed to the Elatrian Empire, with the exception of one powerfull tribe known as the Goudixians who had a primitive(althought powerfull) lvl of magical prowess. conflict between the Goudixians and the Elatrians let a heavy toll on the regiments living in the Iffelia. and as such the emperor deemed better to let the barbarians go on with their lives instead of wasting resources in a neverending conflict.

after the fall of the empire the Goudixians became the most powerfull entity in the territory but was only one of many fragmented feuds inside the country. the internal realms of the region fought between them for dominance. this was before the Baltican raids into the country who razed many of the lands on the northeast, and the invasion of the north by the Albienians. in the wake of an Albienan dominance around the country the small feuds united under the banner of Iffelix I, leader of the Gaudixians who managed the campaign against the Albienans.

after the retaking of the occupied territories, Iffelix I united the nation as a single cohesive faction named after him. thus giving rise to the kingdom of Iffelia. he was the first king in adopting the church of the illuminated one. and receiving the boon of the pope.

his dinasty would end later. and after centuries of different rulers, Iffelia falled to a revolutionary movement who shaked the bases of the monarchy system.

during the ages of anarchy the country was ruled by temporal leaders, but most of them were killed by the uncontrollable people. this was until the coming of a military leader, general Antoine Delacroix who took control of the country via military might. after a long campaign of pression against rebellion, Iffelia was united by the military leader who in vision of the more organized times decided to settle a meeting for the creation of a constitution and the conversion of the country to a republic. Delacroix became the first president of the newly founded Republic of Iffelia on 1870.

since then the country has grown economically and at a social level. the ideals of liberty and equality have received good eyes from the nations of the new world most of whom gave their help in order to rebuild the country after years of internal conflict. the Sadharian Empire has a trading partnership with the Iffelians. due to this Iffelia has a good foot on the arcanotechnical market. althought most of its economy is still mechanical based.