Anarand'aris

Amidst the endless Plane of Chaos, like a lotus on a dark lake, rises the Blossom, in whose core pulsates the energy of creation. With each pulse, an infinite number of new Petals are born, and an infinite number of aging Petals are torn off as they die and fall forever into the depths of Chaos. Each Petal in the Blossom is an entire world with its own, often alien and bizarre, natural laws, and sometimes with its own civilization of sentient beings.

In one such dying world, Anarand'aris, magic and technology intertwine to form the basis of a unique society. Built on the ruins of a once great civilization, dozens of new Realms exist under vassalage to the Imperial capital of Last Hope and its immortal masters called the Ran'a'shan. For four thousand years, the only thing that has held the world back from irrevocably merging with the realms of Chaos and utter ruin has been a powerful artifact called the Heart of Anarand'aris.