Reliquiae

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Reliquiae

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Prologue: In ancient times, the Aukso Folks arrived to govern the entire continent of Zemynas. However, a mysterious disaster caused its fall, ending a golden age. It is now full of countries fighting for superiority with its people struggling to survive with the ruins of the powerful Aukso civilisation among them.

Zemynas: The continent, which has long been home to the majority of the human population, was the site of the Aukso civilisation and is notable for not only its overall large size and people but also dense and large settlements, as well as the vast barely populated regions. Many great cities are linked via the High Roads that criss-cross the continent although some are very risky to travel due to the fact such roads go through customary ranges of gryphons' Eyries.

Salynas: An archipelagic lands across the Jura Ocean containing the minority of the world population. It was initially established as a penal colony by Aukso to exile their prisoners and troublemakers too. Salynas became likewise mired in wars as its islands clashes with each other over the valuable Spice Islands.

History:

SE: Sacred Era [9,000 years ago to 3,000 years ago]

The first civilisations arise with gods, demons, fairies and their servants from the other Realms walks amidst the people. Gradually, civilisations tend to favour different influences from the realms. The Sacred Era, however, came to an end when the Aukso Folks arrived in full, conquering all four Realms in the end. Human Realm was the first to fall with the Dread Realm the last.

AE: Aukso Era [3,000 years ago to 1,500 years ago]

The Aukso Folks, despite their small population, were able to exercise their control of the Realms via their powers, gryphons, the local militia armed with rifles and other creations such as the High Roads, High Gates and Sunfire cannons. The simplified speech and written language of Aukso Folks called Aukson became the dominant language in Zemynas due to the eased communication, education and commerce the unified administration of the continent helped to create. Zemynas thrived until an enigmatic event occurred, causing widespread chaos in Zemynas by the disappearance of the Aukso Folks.

HE: Human Era [1,500 years ago to the Present]

While the fate of the Aukso Folks is heavily debated among the scholars, mages and priests, their great gryphons still flew through the air to the present, killing anyone unwise to enter Eyries' ranges with Sunfire and many of their creations and artefacts remain. The people eventually recovered from chaos and consolidated into many countries across Zemynas while the Aukson language gradually diverged into many different languages, although there are still many similarities and many concepts introduced by Auksons are still in use. The fates of the other Realms are, however, unknown to the present day, although there are more rumours of the mythical creatures appearing from other Realms than ever before and increasing reported sightings of gryphons flying through and blinding flares of Sunfires further than their customary ranges of their Eyries.

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Ancient Province of Rytinisia:

Established by the Aukso Folks in the early period of Aukso Era during their conquest, it covers the easternmost province of Zemynas under their control. As the closest province to Salynas, it is well known for having trading links to Salynas and to other ports along the coastlines of Zemynas. After the Collapse, the militia forces across the continent attempted to maintain order but slowly, like the rest of the continent, fell into civil wars and rebellions. Eventually, many states were established in Rytinisia. It borders by the seas in the north, east and south, with the west bordering the central province of Serdis across mountain ranges and the Barrier, which has kept everything out of Serdis since the Collapse.

States and lands of Rytinisia:

Gintaras

The Protectorate of Gintaras was established shortly after the Collapse by the legendary Gintaras siblings, who managed to maintain the command of the Aukso Militia across the province. Once the most powerful state in Rytinisia, which almost spans the entirety of the province, most of the lands were abandoned after both Gintaras siblings disappeared. The commanders and leaders around Rytinisia fought a series of conflicts to establish their lands and dominions. It is one of the wealthiest lands in Gintaras, thanks to keeping to its natural borders of the Protectorate and maintaining its links across the world and to Salynas. The capital is home to many great educational places, such as the Gifted University, one of the world's oldest and most prestigious places of learning, where Gifted people can go for an education in magic.


Pamaldus

The Sacred State of Pamaldus is a series of lands under the Temple's direct rule that promised the sacred gods' second return. The legendary Pamaldus established the Temple, inspired by the ancient stories of the Sacred Era, looking after the lost and wandering souls during the chaos caused by the warring commanders and nobles. Eventually, the Temple became a proper state and one of the most important rulers of Rytinisia. Due to the strength of influence of the Temple Faithfuls, the Temple also wielded power outside the state. Presently, it is the largest and most populated state. The Temple is one of the larger cities in the province, with the Temple in its heart surrounded by all necessary trappings of the state, such as the Sacred Knights who defend the territories of the Temple and Scriptorium, where the Temple scribes create many books, scrolls and manuscripts.


Miskas

These Miskas Forests are vast stretches of forests and fells spanning the lands. It is often a place for refugees from other countries and more so for races and species that may not be entirely human. It is said that many Eyries are located among the fells where the mighty gryphons are sheltered and asleep. There are no actual states in such large lands, only tribes, clans and peoples that managed to band together under strong leaders, often based in natural forts and other defensive places and often war among themselves. Overall, controlling such wild lands is not worth the effort, significantly when they can gain access to raw materials, both normal and magical, along with the slaves from the fights within the Forests.