The Blood and Fire religion has returned. The followers of the dark god Moorlock are growing and spreading their religious doctrine across the land. It is thought that Moorlock was the god of the Barbarians who used to inhabit Midgard before the Families. Very little is known about the Blood and Fire ceremonies, except that they practice human sacrifice. Even the Barbarians, if they utter Moorlock's name at all, say it more as a curse than as a blessing.
The Barbarians landed large forces on Midgard in an attempt to retake the continent. Several Factions banded together under the Alliance of the Rose to combat this threat. The Southern Imperial Preserve fell to the Barbarian onslaught, along with several cities. A large force of Barbarians were finally caught on ther Metlan plains. The battle of the Metlan plains had several heroes: Skeeve; Stevartovich; Queeb Quin; and Xeethra Putuum. More Barbarians remained but the Alliance had a new problem.
The Second Harvest Uprising threatened to bring all of Midgard to ruin. The Gift-Ring-Boda
(GRB) forces picked a time when Midgard was already fighting against one of the largest Barbarian
incursions in several years. The GRB struck swiftly and won several initial victories. However,
the Alliance of the Rose, which included the Imperial, Order of the Hand (which has since merged with
their former enemies, the Ring) and MercVerk which had originally formed to fight the
Barbarians, managed to concentrate on this new threat and the Ring paid most of the price.
Several Ring cities perished to the Alliance of the Rose. The war reached its highest point
when the GRB forces gathered their strength and prepared to attack the Seabreeze Imperial Preserve.
Before the attack could take place, while the whole of Midgard was at war, Nature entered the fray...
"The skies darkened for seven days proceeding His wrath, then with a thunderous clap,
the people of Kalamar were thrown from their feet. Waves taller than the buildings of the
Proud Eastern Ports swept over them. A thousand years of civilisation gone in the blink
of an eye. In this way, the Lord did place the people on the true path."
- recovered from a destroyed heliograph station in southern Midgard.
The asteroid struck the world south of Midgard and presumably on the continent of Kalamar. In the three years that followed, all warfare ceased and famine and disease were the greatest enemies. Now the people of Midgard are just beginning to recover from the greatest natural disaster that has ever befallen the world.
It is into this world, a world of competing Factions and shifting balances, that you now find yourself. Prosperity is returning, but most of the vivid memories of the past still linger. Many organisations seek your service and there are opportunities for those that can work hard.
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