The Mage War
- back to prologue -
-How it Started
Queen Diana of the just emerging Augustine Empire ruled over Port Drake and several
other small towns, the Elders were governing the southern capital Volkrad, the
dwarves had their own capital of Pax Tharkas in between those two powers, and
to the north a king will soon die and his two sons will fight over the thrown
of Waterdeep. Most cities at this time were individually self governed.
Strange occurances started to happen accross the lands: the capital of Pax Tharkas
was attacked by a giant green dragon that burst up from undernieth the city to
attack the city, the two Cadeltrel brothers fought over the crown to Waterdeep,
William Elders, ruler of the south, soon fell ill and then was murdered with a
dopleganger taking place of one of his daughters and the other one being blamed
for his death. Terror and uncertanty was abounding accross the land and soon after
hundreds of various types of elementals sprang forth from the ground and advanced
on the city, the city put out a plea for help. From the west came the Augustine
Empire and to the east Pax Tharkas, while the elementals nearly destroyed the
city, the elementals were finally defeated by the Augustine soldiers who were
then left to keep the peace. A gigantic Red Dragon appeared around Ceartree causing
trouble until it was found to be a fake that was controled by bandits. The Augustine
Empire all this time had been moving slowly and silently into the streets and
governments of most of the cities of the west including Port Drake, Miragon, Pax
Tharkas, Wyvern Water, and even Waterdeep. A wizard in the shadows of Diana was
behind most of the disasters that have been happening including the elementals,
fake ded dragon, back door deals with Waterdeep and eventual takeover. After recieving
a letter from a friend in Ceartree Darwin and his party quickly traveled there
through forests and back ways. With as many soldiers that Ceartree could spare,
because they were close to the front line, they gave to Darwin to command which
he took through the southern forest into the Talocian mountains to attack Pax
Tharkas from behind which was liberated. With no concrete front line Darwin's
party decided to do a stealth mission directly towards Waterdeep, it was then
that Darwin left his army at Harfein telling them that he would return and until
that time they were to wait because there might not be many people who will survive.
- Final Move
With much of the ground destroyed through the new invention of Atmost powder (blackpowder)
and bodies littering the ground The forces were able to charge through into the
heart of the Empire at Waterdeep. That's when Logenous unleashed his ultimate
weapon Ruby, a Gargantum Red Dragon enhanced through magic and metal and under
his complete control. It devistated countless soldiers until there was a retreat
back to a safe distance. Rohm, Darwin, Nicholas, Wes, and Charisma with the help
of an inventor created an 'Airship' (basically a small boat with a hot air balloon
heated with oil) to fly a secret mission into the walls to take out the dragon.
With that surprise attack they were able to kill it then retreat back to a safe
distance to left the soldiers do their work.
- The Ripple Effect.
Because the war was started by mages and perpetuated by magic it was deemed the
Mage War. Much magic was lost or forgotten in the world, Leading towards a strong
dislike and even hatred towards mages. Technology abounded afterwards and many
of the old gods were forgotten or lost in prayers. The Augustine Empire was basically
broken down and pieces given to smaller rullers. With Atmose Powder Rifles and
Pistols as well as cannons were created. The idea of an Airship became widespread
and became common for travel, war, and piracy.
