War had erupted on the continent. The Cultists that worshiped the Three Betrayers had gathered armies and so the Phoenix Kingdom had sent troops to help fight them off in their neighboring country of Corsuvian, a long-time ally. Because of the war effort, the kingdom had pulled together to send supplies and troops to the front lines.
Until one day.
It had started as a normal day - Lord Malkorn had gone to the War Room as usual, awaiting the King and his other advisers. As the most powerful noble, next to the King himself, he was deep in the strategy of the war effort, both military and economically. He had known for some time that the King was hiding something, and he knew that if he had noticed it, so had the Right Hand. And if the Right Hand was watching, the King had to know he was under close scrutiny. The whole situation was tense; something was going to break, and soon.
The room suddenly shook - startled, Lord Malkorn looked out the window overlooking the capital city and saw fires and explosions raging across the city. The bridge to the Tyrestor University of Rune Magic collapsed, as did several of the towers, the debris dropping straight into the river below.
Over the next few hours, the reports came pouring in - every mage guild had suffered damage, fighting had erupted on the streets, and all communication with the rest of the nation and the front lines of the war had been lost. With the mages dead or busy, there was no one left to relay messages. Chaos had exploded onto the city.
Plus, the King was gone. Cursing the King's name, Lord Malkorn began rallying his personal guard, only to have one of them attempt to assassinate him in the name of Velsann, one of the Betrayers. He luckily avoided the strike, and killed the guard himself. Cultists in his own trusted forces! How could this have happened? He knew that with the King missing, he was the only one who could try to get the city back together before the cultists did even more damage. They had been infiltrated and betrayed by cultists from within. The war was no longer just in Corsuvian.
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This is the day the game we are designing begins. Our intent is to release the game with full comic stories to lay out the backstory of each side. This is a very rough overview, and will be trimmed up as we progress along. ;)
Stay tuned for the perspectives of the other players in the game.
Current mood: creative
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