Not even the gods know from whence the world of Forsalon emerged. In the tales of divinity, it is said only that Ianis - first of the pantheon - emerged from the ether into the world of Forsalon, and chose to populate it with his creations. Unsure of what to do, he took up the arts (or rather, he invented the arts), and eventually created such a masterpiece that his art came to life. This was the birth of mortals, in the form of a species long since lost to time... now simply called "The Destroyed". These mortals inspired further creations from Ianis... masterpieces who would become his competing divine powers. In the time it took Ianis to create these masterpieces, The Destroyed built a world-spanning civilization that rose to great prominence. But at the height of their power, a chain of apocalyptic events shook the world of Forsalon. It started with a flood that sunk most of the world's lands beneath the waves, and ended with an explosion of such catastrophic power that it scorched what land remained and extinguished Ianis's first creation for good. The only remains of their civilization were scant buildings and records, which is why the modern world still doesn't know their true name. In the aftermath this mass extinction event - referred to as The Reckoning - the divine powers decided to create new species of mortal beings as well, to allow the world to heal and to gain new worshipers. Ianis - in the meantime - lowered himself to the mortal plane in guilt for his failures, taking one-hundred wives and seeding the world with Ianisent (Forsalon's humans). In those initial years the newly created mortals didn't even know the names of their own gods. It took centuries for them to rebuild, and centuries still to learn the language of the Destroyed species. That language allowed them to reveal the divine pantheon's existence, and their prayers prompted miracles and tragedies which made it impossible to do anything but recognize the gods existence. One thousand years after The Reckoning, modern civilization has started to come into its own. Discovery of Enum Fuel - a powerful natural resource - has prompted the birth of technology and science. Wars for power and territory have grown a vast multinational political and cultural landscape across the land. Exploration has revealed the existence of the ruins of Destroyed civilization and the powerful secrets within. It's also revealed anomalies that warp reality, and a boundary past which these anomalies exist in such great numbers that traversal is impossible. Forsalon is a world of many mysteries and wonders, but it's one that stands on the precipice. Though The Destroyed are gone, their deeds and legacy stand to shape the modern world for good and for ill. Mysteries long unsolved stand to endanger every living thing in the world, and the advent of political philosophy - as well as the continuance of ancient persecution against the so-called "Atypical Species" of the world - has created tensions within the land's greatest powers. Tensions which threaten to boil over into war. Secrets long forgotten are on the verge of being discovered, granting those who find them the power to decide the fate of everything. Perhaps even whether or not Forsalon will continue to exist. It will take heroes to reveal Forsalon's greatest mysteries, to stop its greatest threats and end its longest lasting injustices. Are you one of them, or will you just be another adventurer... lost to conflict, ambition, pride, injustice, or just plain old bad luck? That's a question for you to solve on your journeys. Welcome to Forsalon. SOME IMPORTANT NOTES