Overview
You inhabit a world that has been brought to its knees by a cataclysmic magical storm that threatens life that lives in the open. A world once steeped in prosperity now sees its inhabitants living in caves haphazardly constructed in a rush to salvage as much of their former lives as possible– and now, fifteen years hence, most have accepted this new way of life as the only way of life. An entire generation soon to reach adulthood knows only through story and song what the outside life was like… A journey to the surface is dangerous and foolhardy, but it’s becoming increasingly common for people to search the ruins for spoil and bragging rights– if they return.
Your story starts in the central city of New Aëvon, The Beizai Empire’s prized city of magic, fifteen years since the the storm’s beginning. Life exists underground now, and most have assimilated to this new lifestyle; however, as society has begun to recover from the panic and resettlement from its upheaval, so too have political machinations and interstate intrigue returned. Fueled by the continuing international disaster, countries worldwide have begun getting impatient with magical experts’ search for answers and solutions… and the storm is only getting worse.