โReveal to us your form, oh Maker! So that we may behold he who gave us life!โ
And the Maker, after years upon years of silence and secrecy, finally did as they asked of him.
Why, the myriad faces of monsterkind, disheartened to witness that their creatorโฆ
โฆwas but a mere man.
- Excerpt from The Maker as Told
The story is told in many ways.
By scorn. Sadness. Faith.
I will tell it to you by the way I have always knownโฆ
Truth.
As long as any one man can remember, we have not been alone on this earth.
We are joined by beings of myth. Of legend. Of superstition.
We know them by many names. But we always devolve to a scant few.
Monsters. Demons. Beasts.
For centuries, we were viewed by them as food. Servants. Playthings.
And our only options were to cower in fear, or retaliate.
Whichever we choseโฆ many of us did not survive.
But time went on. And many things changed.
They have always clung to traditions. Rituals. The arcane.
We, howeverโฆ
We embraced the future. We thrived on industry. And we built the tools of our uprising.
Guns. Artillery. By smoke and metal, we usurped the position of power.
Those that once hunted us ran as we bombarded them with bullets and warheads.
Centuries of oppression, turned around in mere decades.
And they had almost been hunted to extinctionโฆ
Were it not for us.
We call ourselves โthe Engineersโ. We act as saviors, providers, and guardians to non-humankind.
While the war raged on, we worked in isolation.
We built a haven for the survivors of the war. We built creatures of flesh and steel to protect it. And from its depths, we brought gifts of sustenance, endlessly.
We searched for them, found them, and guided them to this place.
And we named itโฆ
By scorn. Sadness. Faith.
I will tell it to you by the way I have always knownโฆ
Truth.
As long as any one man can remember, we have not been alone on this earth.
We are joined by beings of myth. Of legend. Of superstition.
We know them by many names. But we always devolve to a scant few.
Monsters. Demons. Beasts.
For centuries, we were viewed by them as food. Servants. Playthings.
And our only options were to cower in fear, or retaliate.
Whichever we choseโฆ many of us did not survive.
But time went on. And many things changed.
They have always clung to traditions. Rituals. The arcane.
We, howeverโฆ
We embraced the future. We thrived on industry. And we built the tools of our uprising.
Guns. Artillery. By smoke and metal, we usurped the position of power.
Those that once hunted us ran as we bombarded them with bullets and warheads.
Centuries of oppression, turned around in mere decades.
And they had almost been hunted to extinctionโฆ
Were it not for us.
We call ourselves โthe Engineersโ. We act as saviors, providers, and guardians to non-humankind.
While the war raged on, we worked in isolation.
We built a haven for the survivors of the war. We built creatures of flesh and steel to protect it. And from its depths, we brought gifts of sustenance, endlessly.
We searched for them, found them, and guided them to this place.
And we named itโฆ
The year is 1891. Seven years since Voldoa was founded. Two since the War of Supremacy was officially declared over by the governments of Europe.
Voldoa, to this day, still stands in the comfort of the mountain range, its existence completely unknown to the outside world. The Engineers have brought in most all of the remaining survivors of the dying conflict, brought upon by the rest of mankind. As of the most recent months, they have begun expanding their operations to areas outside the continent. New arrivals are fewer and farther between now but, those that are already present have all made suitable homes for themselves. All sorts of beings and creatures that folks read about in books and plays, all living under the watchful vigil of the Engineers.
There are, however, mysteries. Questions intentionally left unanswered. Why have the Engineers done this? What are they looking to gain from it? What lies in the Undercity that they may bring up countless gifts of meat, flesh, and blood from its depths? They never say. But in the end, many forget to ask. They are, after all, happy.
And as well as that, they are safe.
So if youโre reading this and youโre interested, first of all, welcome. Second, I have compiled a list of relevant names and terms here to better spell out the game world. Read over it, and you should have a solid idea of what to expect. If you want me to elaborate on anything, just say the word.
This will be going in the Casual section, so I won't be asking much from anyone in terms of characters or post length. I'd prefer histories and extraneous details get explained along the course of the game, which I will be playing as nonlinear as I can. There will be events and group activities and the like, but otherwise, think of this as a playground to come up with your own plots and happenings
And for the interest check, that'll be it. Hope to hear from some folks soon.
