Convergence: The Restoration
Within another realm there lies a city, one which stands alone amidst a strange sea of maddening dimensions and geometry. Many years ago, it was the seat of an empire unlike any other the world had seen. It was a city controlled by great miracle workers known as the Evocators. So great was their pride, and unchecked their ambitions, that no price was too high for power. Not even the lives of their people and their own dominion. Calling upon strange and otherworldly entities, they sacrificed the lives of thousands in exchange for secrets which would make them the envy of gods. The jewel of their empire, the capital, was torn from the world and overnight the empire fell. Stranded and abandoned by their once beloved masters, the people cried out in vengeance against those mages that were left among them. Order was slow to return, and the study of magick abhorred for centuries.
Despite all this. the inhabitants continued on, reforging their once great city and protecting themselves from the dangers of their new world. Perilous landscapes, epidemics of madness and lunacy, and horrid beasts lurking at every dark corner have plagued the people of Phoria now for over half a millennium. But for all these dangers and pitfalls, the people survive, and at times have even prospered. The arts and high sciences have returned, and the study of magick finally allowed after so long, though sanctioned heavily for the people’s safety. Now the Phorians, still a shadow of their former glory, continue to search for some way to tame the land they have known as home for long.
Despite their attempts at conjuration, astral projection, and scrying through the veil of that vile plane, the Phorians have had no success. Indeed it seems that contact to entities and places outside of its borders is all but impossible. As such, it was no great loss when the practices of conjuration, demonology, necromancy, and similar arts were banned. Yet by the will of some unknown entity, divine providence, or mere chance, there have been strange occurances of late. Rumors abound of strange beasts and men stalking through the city, with unusual garb and sometimes great wonders to share. They say that the mages have seen glimpses of other worlds, some beautiful, others desolate, and many strange. Some have even began to claim a return to the old world might yet be possible, but many simply dismiss the rumors as simply that.
Whatever the case with these supposed outsiders, Phoria in itself holds even greater secrets. Through half a millenia, war, corruption, and infighting are inevitable within any society. Yet somehow the city still stands, and steadily progressing at that. The people can recall no great wars, nor any disaster which had rocked the core of their society, even the most dedicated historians would be hard pressed to find such an occurrence. The truth of their apparent prosperity lies in the city’s strange ability to reset itself. Should a series of events play out which lead to the fall of Phoria and its people, some force or entity returns the city-state to a time before such events began, and will do so until variable factors create a more beneficial scenario. What’s more the Phorian’s themselves have no knowledge of this, and entire lives are erased and restored when the city is reset.
Hiya! I'm Yidhra! This is just a multiverse RP I've wanted to do for awhile! It is going to be very sandbox, and I really want the characters themselves to be a driving force! Feel free to mold this RP how you like, though within reason!
Phoria is entering a Renaissance on your arrival, where will you be when the New Age ends? In The Heroes Guild? A College Magician? A Captain of the Town Watch? An ally of the government, or its mortal enemy? A Mercenary for the Rich and Elite? Or perhaps one of their number?
