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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Aloïsius" data-source="post: 341042" data-attributes="member: 1191">Not a surprise... Anyway here it is :Core Ethos SentenceYas is a world of epic-high fantasy shaped by unleashed magic, where the people have pinned all their hopes and dreams in their heroes, for many dangers arise with the first dawns of the new era.Who are the heroes?The destruction of the City of Souls and the New Dawning of the sun have brought many changes, and heroes face new challenges and bear new duties. In the wild lands, the dawn may be the herald of death rather than hope. There, heroes stand up to save their kin, the so-called Night Folks, from oblivion. Within the realms of the Empire of the Sun, many people have rallied the Eternal Princes to protect the tenuous peace and harmony just achieved. Moreover, several persons begun to have haunting dreams that stir them into perilous quests.What do they do?Fighting for their freedom and to save their culture from assimilation, the Night Folks face dire odds. Since the Empire’s legions vastly outnumber them, they are searching the fabled cities of Telluria, hoping to find there the magic they need. On the other hand, the faithful subjects of the Eternal Princes, seeing the promises of the Empire, are eager to ensure its flowering. This leads them in endless intrigues against evil plotters, fierce battle with lunar pirates and tense encounters with the Night Folks. Meanwhile the goals of the Dreamers are shrouded in age-old mysteries,  they often end up fighting each other.Threats, Conflicts, VillainsReveling in the conflict between the Empire and its neighbors, evil powers are adding fuel to the flames, while others are willing to propose unholy pacts to the desperate. The Eternal Princes’ divine status makes them targets of countless plots, to subjugate, corrupt, or destroy them. Should these children fall under the sway of evil, nightmares would blossom upon the world. With the destruction of the City of Souls, the passage between the Red Moon and Yas is left uncontrolled, and lunar pirates now have easy access to the skies of Yas. And furthermore, if the ever more numerous Dreamers are pawns on a chessboard, who are the players?Nature of magicMagic comes from dreams. While arcane magic requires a state of daydream to be accessed, divine magic is granted by plane of dreams denizens, known as Spirits or Gods. Magic is a primal force, feared and dangerous. Rains of light, swarms of flying rocks, rifts opening suddenly in silence are common examples of magical manifestations encountered, especially in the Lands of Night. But should the telluric lines be broken, the planet itself would suffer the fate of the City of Souls. A powerful and dangerous thing to deal with, practice of magic is strictly controlled in the Empire, but unregulated in the Lands of Night.What’s new? What’s different?For millennia, the world knew an eternal night, all the light from the sun being channeled to power the City of Souls. Only through magic was life able to flourish on the darkened lands. Long ago prophesized, the New Dawn struck peoples with awe and wonder, but also with anxiety and dismay, when it finally happened. Now while humankind is rising after eons of terrors, other civilizations are waning in the light, seeking refuge underground or in deep forests. Ordered civilization and wild nature battle as the Empire claims lands from the Night Folks for its own development, and both side will suffer bitter loss if cunning heroes don’t succeed to establish a new balance between Law and Chaos. Meanwhile the fallen lords of the City of Souls, although stranded in the deeply buried Tellurian ruins, secretly continue their destructive conflicts against each other by manipulating people through dreams; for good or for ill. Many other players will join the game, coming from the wrecked surface of the Red Moon, the arcane circles of the Empire of the Sun or the frozen depth. The winners will define the future of the world.</blockquote>

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