The Ivory Reef

Year 697

A large island paradise, surrounded by a large coral reef, running around the island in a ring, is taken over by a Dao & Efreeti. The Dao & Efreeti inhabit the once dormant volcano and send a heatwave over the island and the surrounding waters. This boiled off the sea between the island and the reef, resulting in a large basin, surrounded by the reef mountains. In the middle a large volcano stands, the only fertile land being on that mountain, most of the valley is harsh salt flats with remnants of what has sunk in the past. This vast expanse is surrounded by the rocky and jagged mountains now known as the Dao’s Crown. It’s been 70 years since the Dao & Efreeti took over and 10 years since anyone has seen them. Some of the valley has been converted into farmable land and small towns have sprung up across the land. Water is gathered around the crown as it runs down the mountainsides. Most of the land is owned by wealthy mine owners that employ most of the valley. Though the wealth is very one-sided, the Dao taxes everyone living in their lands. But there’s been a disturbance beginning to stir the hearts of the workers. Areas in the Crown are beginning to crumble and if they do, the entire valley will be reclaimed by the ocean. Usually every year the Dao adds to the mountains but in the last 10 years, the aid has ceased. The working class is split on wanting to keep their houses they worked so hard to create and the others want the flood to level the wealth. The rich want the mountains repaired so they don’t lose their money. So the lands within the crown are being split up by the people, groups forming among the ranks that all want different things. Will you save the people of the Valley, Keep the wealthy in power, slay the Dao & Efreeti, or maybe something else entirely? Welcome to The Valley of the Mountain Queen.