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A Past Shrouded In Mystery

What is known of Sauria's history is bleak and wartorn, and much of what once was known has been lost.

The most reliable history originates approximately 150 aboyoch (Saurian years) after an event known as The Wrath of the Stars, right as the time of Chaos came to an end.

A group of scholars at the behest of the newly risen Melgor (Karnian Emperor) began examining and chronicling the events that occurred from the Wrath of the Stars to the present, so that his rise to power would be fully documented.

Though there were many ruins and artifacts scattered about Sauria from the time before the Wrath, a primal fear kept them from being explored by all but the most brave and foolish of Saurn.

Twenty aboyoch after the rise of the Karn Empire, Melgor initiated a war of domination, intent on ending once and for all the chaos that claimed Sauria. His armies swept across the eastern continent, and for a time they were sated.

Eventually Melgor's thirst for conquest grew parched once more and he turned his eyes toward the west, toward Saurkrechak and Heria, where fragmented kingdoms warred amongst each other.

The Karn armies swept west, intent on bringing all Sauria under the rule of Melgor, as was his right. But with the assistance of the Jerkrenak, the kingdoms of Heria united as the Herian Dynasty and brought the war to a stalemate.

The war came to an abrupt end with the sudden activation of an ancient barrier that essentially split the planet in half. The Herian forces decimated the Karnian invasion force.

The magnitude of this even sparked a planet wide reclamation effort as the Karn Empire sought to find a means of piercing the barrier, which came to be known as the Picket, while the Herian Dynasty sought the means to ensure that they would have the upper hand should the Picket ever fail.

Over two hundred aboyoch have passed since the Picket was raised and the reclamation began in earnest. Still the old hatreds run strong, fomented by fear of the unknown. But now the Herians have found what they have been looking for, and it lies on the Karnian side of the Picket. And the Karnian Emperor knows this.

The great barrier will be pierced, and the future of all Sauria will fall into the hands of a single Karnian warrior, who's choice will save or doom them all.

 
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