Syf

Ages ago, the Day and Night were in a dance of balance and harmony. Creatures of light lived happily on the planet's surface farming, trading and adventuring. The creatures of dark occupied the outskirts of society, hunting, prowling and sewing chaos. These agents of Night became most active when the light of the Sun could not reach them. The beasts that stalked the night were written of in myth and legend, as well as the brave heroes that fought them and the armaments they carried. Those stories are still spoken of today, but things are much different.   Nobody knows why the ocean rose, and when is a bit blurry as well, but it did. Somewhere around 1000 years past, the vast multitude of seas and oceans that covered the world all began to rapidly ascend towards the sky, fueled by a powerful magic whose source is currently unknown. That magic keeps the ocean up still, miles above the ground. This was an apocalyptic event for the people of Syf.   Now, with the light of sun almost entirely obscured or refracted by the nearly 3 miles of water surrounding the entire planet, the forces of Night have grown strong. The Night encompassed the entire world, growing stronger the further away from what measly light trickles through the ocean. Horrible forces of chaos and darkness rose up, unafraid of the Day, and the mortal races of the world were nearly wiped out. Now, living in cities that rise up out of the Night, the various kingdoms and countries of Syf have been irrevocably changed. They live confined to their City-States, while the bravest of them venture out into the black Night below in an attempt to learn how, and why, the ocean rose.