The Age Of Legacy
Era beginning/end
“Now is an age of wonder. They call it Alshara’s Legacy, and it’s sent our world into chaos. Power, true power, is now in our hands.
Anything is possible, as anyone can be born with this Legacy. Merchant or peasant, king or slave, anyone can change our world and we need them to, as this Legacy is not ours alone. All manner of beast have been corrupted by it, giving rise to Kreesh—devastating devils saturated with god-magic.
Forget the old kingdoms of men and the judgments of the Descendants. Let the ancient feud of Ashik and Garaith be put to rest. Leave the stain of our people’s past stay in the darkness where it belongs. Now is the age of Legacy, and we must save ourselves from this crisis. Nothing else matters.”
After the Age of Void, special children of the five mortal races were born with powerful marks. These marks were said to be a sign of the Arga’sheel’s return, heralding a new age of magic and prosperity. In truth the claims were at least half correct. Sporadically newborns all across Laruna were being found bearing magical glyphs, each corresponding to a particular part of the Arga’sheel that Alshara had fashioned so many years ago. While magic had simultaneously begun returning to the land of Laruna, these children and their marks possessed power beyond the ordinary. They could perform powerful feats once accomplished only by the greatest warriors and magi of ages past. Stranger still was how all of what they could do seemed instinctual, requiring no formal training. In time, these children as well as any born thereafter with such marks would be known as Legacy bearers, for it was said they carried a piece of the Arga’sheel with them—Alshara’s Legacy to the land of Laruna. This was not the only sign that Arga’sheel had returned to Laruna. Strange magical anomalies, which came to be called Nexi, started appearing. It is believed that these Nexi are a result of Laruna itself reacting to the unnatural presence of the Arga’sheel, attempting to expel the god-magic. Wherever a Nexus would appear the nearby environment and any creatures that came in contact with the Nexus, would become twisted and corrupted. Those that remained in contact with a Nexus would eventually become so corrupted that they changed into completely new beings: Kreesh. Not only were the Kreesh impossibly powerful, they also seemed drawn to mortal Legacy �earers. Legacy �earers quickly banded together out of necessity to fight off these powerful monsters, but just as new Legacy bearers were born each day, so too were new Kreesh. Legacy �earers of all five mortal races can now be found in every corner of Laruna. With the might of the Gods, they hold great sway over mortal affairs. Some have come to lead, some have become heroes, and others succumb to villainy. Many have fallen at the hands of Kreesh before their Legacy could be played out in full. This newfound conflict between Kreesh and Legacy �earers is at the forefront of all of Laruna’s affairs, and is set to define this age and ages to come.