"And there they stood, a hundred thousand, upon the shores of a land they were to leave for the unknown. Men, women, and children who had fought for a nation built on the lies of their betrayers. As they took to the ships they never looked back, and it is said that the Voyage was the true end to the [wiki]War of the Thirteen Pretenders[/wiki]
."
- [wiki]Historian Bern[/wiki]
, Keeper of Lore, Church of the Rising Sun 512 AV.
It has been many years since the time of the Great Voyage, when a hundred thousand refugees left the [wiki]Ostarian[/wiki]
coast at Seaside weighted down by years of conflict. When the last of the Pretenders fell the New Ostarian Empire was started on the remains of a once great civilization. War and its machines had torn the land, rendering locations inhospitable to man or beast, and the men and women of the Hundred Hands left a trail of conquest across the sea to new homes in the West.
Choosing landing points in the place known by the Ostari fleets as the [wiki]Horn of Liriam[/wiki]
, these veterans used force, diplomacy, and trade to carve out two empires for their families. New cultures came to influence old ideas, and the mixture has led to a cosmopolitan makeup unseen since the mythic time of the [wiki]Great Congress of Men[/wiki]
.
Though there are many ports along the Horn, the most known and populous of all is the great metropolis of Legendfall. Built upon the remains of the ancient [wiki]Methiran[/wiki]
city of [wiki]Lir-al'Sud[/wiki]
, Legendfall is a melting pot of traders, outlaws, scribes, and warriors. It is accorded neutral ground where armies keep their peace, and it holds itself as the crown jewel of the Two Empires.
."
- [wiki]Historian Bern[/wiki]
, Keeper of Lore, Church of the Rising Sun 512 AV.
It has been many years since the time of the Great Voyage, when a hundred thousand refugees left the [wiki]Ostarian[/wiki]
coast at Seaside weighted down by years of conflict. When the last of the Pretenders fell the New Ostarian Empire was started on the remains of a once great civilization. War and its machines had torn the land, rendering locations inhospitable to man or beast, and the men and women of the Hundred Hands left a trail of conquest across the sea to new homes in the West.
Choosing landing points in the place known by the Ostari fleets as the [wiki]Horn of Liriam[/wiki]
, these veterans used force, diplomacy, and trade to carve out two empires for their families. New cultures came to influence old ideas, and the mixture has led to a cosmopolitan makeup unseen since the mythic time of the [wiki]Great Congress of Men[/wiki]
.
Though there are many ports along the Horn, the most known and populous of all is the great metropolis of Legendfall. Built upon the remains of the ancient [wiki]Methiran[/wiki]
city of [wiki]Lir-al'Sud[/wiki]
, Legendfall is a melting pot of traders, outlaws, scribes, and warriors. It is accorded neutral ground where armies keep their peace, and it holds itself as the crown jewel of the Two Empires.