Alvaia

The world of Alvaia is full of glory, magic, and death. Treacherous seas, violent storms, dangerous lands, have taken as many lives as the beasts that live in them. For centuries, pockets of civilizations of various races were only able to survive by relying on powerful heroes, contracted by a network of guilds, to protect their citizens, expand territories, and even hunt down dangerous monsters. Each broken blade, cracked staff, and muffled prayer came with a mountain of fallen heroes that became a symbolic foundation for the survival of civilization. Until a certain breakthrough marked itself in the annals of history…   Mal’qurel, a once small trading outpost in the Gametia, found a rich deposit of a rare mineral called ‘Shine’. Through the combination of magic and science, they were able to construct a Gateway using the mineral to open portals to a pocket dimension that provides safer passages between settlements. The nation of Mal’qurel employs the guild to safeguard travelers and merchants to travel using these portals and even expeditions to install more Gateways to other civilizations that have yet to be blessed with fruitful trade.   You and your crew are the group called _____ under this guild. Tasked with carrying precious cargo from the now largest trading nation of Mal’qurel to a village called Zurka. Your team is getting ready on the ship, ____, that travels through the shine Gateways. The only concern that latched on your mind were passing whispers of dark beasts taking lives in the Gateways, hinting at their rise of sudden danger. Are these rumors just tales to inflate egos of seasoned adventurers, or is something deeper and darker at play?