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NWC time capsule | Tim Lang
In the nation-state of Mendossus,
it's been 5 long years since the king began conscripting the population to fight in the war across the sea against the violent and ruthless Chedian.
The Chedians had briefly stopped raiding Mendossus for a short time while the joined together to fight off the invading Beldonian hordes 6 years ago.
Because of the conscriptions, the formerly safe nation is rife with violence.
The roads are now unsafe to travel because of bandits.
Large groups of predators have taken up residence in the forests. Formerly safe temples and forts have been overrun by monsters.
Because of this abuse of conscription by the king, a small resistance had formed in Mendossus.
Led by a mysterious outsider, this resistance has become a thorn in the side of the king and his advisor, Archibald.
They actively hunt down the members of the resistance.
When the player first meets the king, the first mission he gives the party is to infiltrate the resistance and kill its leader.
Once the party infiltrates the resistance,
they discover who is in charge of this group of rebels is none other than Nicolai Ironfist, nephew of Archibald and son of the king of the now destroyed Enroth.
He tells them a dangerous secret about the conscriptions.
Under the influence of the evil Archibald Ironfist, the king has been lying to the population.
There is no war with Chedian, and none of the men conscripted ever go into the army.
Archibald has teamed up with a very powerful creature to disrupt one of the most important projects in the history of the universe.
A group of Ancient Scientists,
after thousands of years of hibernation have awoke to find that Research Platform Enroth has been disrupted by the destruction of the planet.
Banding together, they begin a mission to rebuild the Research Platform and continue its important mission of study.
Archibald, along with a creature known as a Sheltem are actively working to not only disrupt the construction of the new Research Platform Enroth,
but take it over for their own, nefarious use.
plot of the destroyed Enroth
dug up by member Xel
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plot of the destruction of Enroth
game plot cinematic
In the nation-state of The Reckoning was a cataclysmic event that resulted in the destruction of the planet Enroth.
It was caused by the collision between the Sword of Frost and Armageddon’s Blade,
which clashed together and brought about massive earthquakes, volcanoes, floods, and deaths across the planet along with it.
King Kilgor the Barbarian and Gelu the Elvish Ranger wielded these two blades and were incinerated by the magical energies released,
which is said to have been powerful enough to make the Ancients shudder.
As the structure of the planet of Enroth was collapsing,
magical portals opened and countless refugees fled through them to another world, escaping the cataclysm and leaving their old lives behind.
The new world was known as Axeoth.
Children of the Void; takes place on the planet Axeoth
in a land called Rysh, which is inspired by Nordic, Celtic and Viking influences.
Once there existed a great empire called the Ursanian Empire, which ruled Rysh, but it collapsed
when a powerful sorcerer named Verhoffin cast a spell that destroyed the Imperial Capitol and sank about a third of the entire empire.
The fall of the Empire occurred about 550 years ago, and sea travel is now very important due to the sea that Verhoffin created with his spell.
Provinces of Rysh include; Chedian, Framon, Beldonia, Mendossus and even Xixis which was mentioned in only "one" line of NPC dialogue
"Xixis" is mentioned by a historian hanging out in the Guberland tavern in Guberland, where Guberland Players perform a play of an ancient tragedy from the time of the Ursanian Empire
where Emperor Trislan was allegedly killed by his captain of the guard, Ralfor.
start of the game's alpha version
see the left continent Rysh only on the in-game map
game location concept art ______________ Iraniz by Jennifer Bullard
the plot takes place after Reckoning and Silence in the year 1188, ten years after the ninth game
Iraniz—a portal refugee colony from Enroth—establishes the empires of Palaedra, Great Arcan, Aranorn,
where most survivors settled, successfully overthrowing those kings.
Iraniz—a portal refugee colony from Enroth—establishes the empires of Palaedra, Great Arcan, Aranorn,
where most survivors settled, successfully overthrowing those kings.
