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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mps42" data-source="post: 4779001" data-attributes="member: 9571">Darn. I was really hoping for that, too. JK <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":P" title="Stick out tongue    :P"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":P" />The problem is i'm not sure where to start, but, here goes: Recent History4604ac (after collapse) King Ker of Messar and King Perrin of Nelgar are chatting over dinner, one of them makes a comment to the effect of “I can’t believe you eat this food” and the other replies “better that the piss-rot your folks eat”. This does not go over well, needless to say. Shouting occurs, plates are thrown, eventually swords are drawn and Ker is killed. The kingdom of Messar declares open war on the kingdom of Nelgar. This is the unfortunate start of what will become known as The Generations War.4624ac King Perrin dies on what become known as the Blood Plains. The Elves decide that, until the Humans come to their senses, they are leaving the humans to their own devices. They disappear into the woods and forests, and are not seen again.4625ac In what will become a staggering blow to the war effort in both Messar and Nelgar, the Dwarvish clans decide that they, too, have had quite enough of human stupidity, crawl back into their underground homes and seal the doors tight.4856ac Someone somewhere notices that the summers have been getting gradually shorter and cooler, and the winters longer and colder.4859ac (9th month) Peace negotiations begin between Messar and Nelgar, mostly because of the fact that the summers have gotten so mild and short that it is becoming increasingly difficult for either kingdom to feed their populations. Lack of food is beginning to be a problem. 4860ac (3rd month) The Generations War is finally over. After over 250 years of bloody conflict between the mountainous Nelgar kingdom and the coastal Messar kingdom, peace finally roams the land. Young prince Lenric of Nelgar has wed the lovely but mysterious Xar (pronounced Shar) of the Messar kingdom. There are rumors that they even might love each other, a luxury indeed in political marriages. The newly formed kingdom is named Nessra. 4860ac (6th month) Spring just arrived, after a long and brutally cold Winter. There are rumors that it is even worse the farther north you go, and everyone knows that north of the Hama River is Orc territory. The general populace is worried about possible invasion of an already weakened kingdom.4860ac (7th month) Still no signs of a real summer and many are dying from a lack of food or proper shelter. Prince Lenric calls a ducal conference to discuss plans for the defense of the kingdom should it be necessary. 4860ac (8th month) There was really no summer at all this year; it went straight from spring to fall. In some of the higher regions the winters snow never melted and the court seers are predicting another long, cold winter. The sick, hungry, and dying now outnumber the healthy by almost two-to-one. It’s been 2 weeks since the ducal counsel convened, and Duke Baerd has not shown up or been seen anywhere in the area. Duke Baerd has never been a friend of Messar and never very punctual, but this is inexcusable. Duke Baerd lives on the border between Nessar and Orc territory, and any information he may have is desperately needed to judge the mood of the violent, often brutal orcs.Unknown to the human population, the Orcs and goblins have formed an alliance with the Frost Giants and a Frost Giant Archmage has created a arcane device to generate cold on a massive scale, cooling the area around it and, effectively, creating "global cooling". Duke Baerd, his family and all his men are the first human casualties of the oncoming horde.The first adventure was a trip to the fort to find this out and that the orcs are coming in massive numbers.That was really as far as I got.</blockquote>

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