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* DivineConflict: The Changer's War was waged between mages who would eventually be declared gods. Whether they were actually divine or not, they certainly had enough power to count.



* EldritchLocation: The Astral Plane, the source of all magic. Without the protection of something native, mortals might struggle to figure out how to even move in its {{AlienGeometry}}.



* FantasticRacism: Wouldn't be LowFantasy without it. The elves of Darlerone lead the charge on this front, refusing to so much as allow humans into their nation.

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* FantasticRacism: Wouldn't be LowFantasy without it. The elves of Darlerone Darleone lead the charge on this front, refusing to so much as allow humans into their nation.



* TheTimeOfMyths: Two thousand years ago during the [[GreatOffscreenWar Changer's War]], the Great Seal which separated the Astral Plane from Pal Tahrenor did not yet exist, giving mages considerably more power and allowing all manner of creature to freely roam earth.

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* TheTimeOfMyths: Two thousand years ago during the [[GreatOffscreenWar Changer's War]], the Great Seal which separated the Astral Plane from Pal Tahrenor the mortal world did not yet exist, giving mages considerably more power and allowing all manner of creature to freely roam earth.earth.
* TheWildHunt: Faries will occasionally decide to drag mortals into the astral plane and hunt them through a [[EldritchLocation twisted facsimile]] of a forest. It's [[ItAmusedMe for sport]], generally.

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* ChildByRape: Most half-trolls are this, though [[InterspeciesRomance there are exceptions.]]



* DysfunctionJunction: One of the core ideals of the forum.
* EvilEmpire: How Marn sees the empires, but the truth is more [[GreyAndGrayMorality grey.]]
* FantasticRacism: Wouldn't be LowFantasy without it.

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* DysfunctionJunction: One of the core ideals of the forum.
forum. The forum's favorite threads tend to be the ones that bring out each character's inner demons.
* EvilEmpire: How This is how Marn sees the empires, but the truth is more [[GreyAndGrayMorality grey.]]
* FantasticDrug: Most are magically created. Two examples would be Copiax, a drug which causes users to spontaneously gain loosely controlled casting ability, and Breath of Teonidus, which does the opposite by shutting down the parts of the brain responsible for magic.
* FantasticRacism: Wouldn't be LowFantasy without it. The elves of Darlerone lead the charge on this front, refusing to so much as allow humans into their nation.



* GreatOffscreenWar: The ancient history variant is seen in the Changer's War

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* FictionalCurrency: All cultures across the world use bishani. A bishan looks like a small green coin, and magical forgeries are avoided because each coin has a magical "signature."
* GreatOffscreenWar: The ancient history variant is seen in the Changer's WarWar, when massively powerful mages waged war with each other and devastated the entire world. They permanently altered entire continents.



* InterspeciesRomance: Half elves are fairly common, as are other hybrids.

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* InterspeciesRomance: Half elves are fairly common, as are other hybrids.hybrids, as a result of these pairings.



* LowFantasy: Though magic tends to be at least somewhat common, all the other aspects are present.

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* LowFantasy: Though magic tends to be at least somewhat common, all the other aspects are present. Humans are the dominant species, the focus is primarily on personal struggles instead of grand adventures, and politics are generally the source of large scale conflict instead of an ancient evil.



* MagicKnight: The battlemages, Marn's SecretPolice, have a tendency towards this.

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* MagicKnight: The battlemages, Marn's SecretPolice, have a tendency towards this. Individual battlemages may differ in approach.



* MedievalStasis: To some extent. The influence of [[MadScientist gnomes]] complicates matters.

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* MedievalStasis: To some extent. {{Justified}} by magic leaving technology a slower alternative, as well as causing most people to regard the notion of a rational universe as silly. The influence of [[MadScientist gnomes]] complicates matters.



* PhysicalGod: The Changers were this.

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* PhysicalGod: The Changers were this.this, able to reshape continents and throw the Earth's orbit out of line.
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* AntiMagicalFaction: Marn

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* DemonicPossession: Alarmingly common.

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* DysfunctionJunction: One of the core ideals of the forum
* EvilEmpire: How Marn sees the empires, but the truth is more [[GreyAndGrayMorality grey]]

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* EvilEmpire: How Marn sees the empires, but the truth is more [[GreyAndGrayMorality grey]]grey.]]



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* OhMyGods: Appears frequently

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* PhysicalGod: The Changers were this

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* PhysicalGod: The Changers were thisthis.
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The forum can be found here: [[http://www.tharshaddin.com/]]

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The forum can be found here: [[http://www.tharshaddin.com/]]
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Recently, other areas of the setting have received considerable expansion, opening the setting up for a wider range of experiences. Regardless of the region, writing is expected to be given considerable thought. The members and moderators keep a tight leash on the setting, with all members expected to undergo an in-depth character application process. Those willing to work with the forum to make their character seamlessly fit the setting will discover a dedicated community with exceptionally high standards of writing and commitment.

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Recently, other areas of the setting have received considerable expansion, opening the setting up for a wider range of experiences. Regardless of the region, writing is expected to be given considerable thought. The members and moderators keep a tight leash on the setting, with all members expected to undergo an in-depth character application process. Those willing to work with the forum to make their character seamlessly fit the setting will discover a dedicated community with exceptionally high standards of writing literacy and commitment.


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* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Mages are often the unfortunate victims of this.
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TharShaddin is a [[PlayByPostGames play by post roleplaying forum]] with a heavy emphasis on quality writing. It has been active for over a decade, having passed its 10th anniversary in July 2015. No dice are used, combat is uncommon compared to other websites, and the story has a strong focus on the day to day life of player characters: grand adventures are often secondary to personal conflict.

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TharShaddin is a [[PlayByPostGames play by post roleplaying collaborative fiction forum]] with a heavy emphasis on quality writing. It has been active for over a decade, having passed its 10th anniversary in July 2015. No dice are used, combat is uncommon compared to other websites, and the story has a strong focus on the day to day life of player characters: grand adventures are often secondary to personal conflict.

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* DietyOfHumanOrigin: Almost all of the [[PhysicalGod Changers]] have a religion dedicated to them.

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* DietyOfHumanOrigin: DeityOfHumanOrigin: Almost all of the [[PhysicalGod Changers]] have a religion dedicated to them.



* ParentalAbandonment: A common backstory for characters.

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* ParentalAbandonment: A common backstory for characters.OurWerebeastsAreDifferent: Collectively called shifters, they can be any species of animal. All share a weakness to silver.
* PhysicalGod: The Changers were this

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* AnotherDimension: The Astral Plane, which doubles as the source of magic.



* CursedWithAwesome: Subverted by the general attitude towards magic. While magic is regarded as a curse by most Puradynes and it does let you perform incredible feats, note is made of the fact that most people don't have any need to shoot fireballs, making their awesome talents more of a hazard than advantage.

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* CursedWithAwesome: Subverted by the general attitude towards magic. While magic is regarded as a curse by most Puradynes and it does let you perform incredible feats, note is made of the fact that most people don't have any need to shoot fireballs, making their awesome talents more of a hazard than advantage.



* DietyOfHumanOrigin: Almost all of the [[PhysicalGod Changers]] have a religion dedicated to them.



* FantasticRankSystem: Marn is divided, in order of general power, into Decendants, Synevives, Titres, and foreigners who don't get any specific rank.



* InsaneEqualsViolent: {{Averted}} for mages. While magic does have a tendency to drive wizards insane, it does not always drive them to violence.



* MadeOfExplodium: A common drawback to [[MadScientist gnome]] equipment.



* MutantDraftBoard: If Marn doesn't execute or [[SuperRegistrationAct register]] a captured mage, they might get drafted into the [[SecretPolice battlemages]].



* NoSuchThingAsWizardJesus: Subverted to hell and back. Even followers of the Puradyne religion, which teaches that all MagicIsEvil, acknowledge that their god was a powerful mage.

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* NoSuchThingAsWizardJesus: Subverted to hell and back.{{Inverted}}. Even followers of the Puradyne religion, which teaches that all MagicIsEvil, acknowledge that their god was a powerful mage. Most religions in the setting are implied to think likewise.


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* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: The government may be oppressive, but the rebellion sells slaves and drugs to fund their platform of mage freedom.


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* SuperRegistrationAct: Marn again.
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* Dark Fantasy: The setting can be fairly bleak.

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* Dark Fantasy: DarkFantasy: The setting can be fairly bleak.

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* Dark Fantasy: The setting can be fairly bleak.
* DemonicPossession: Alarmingly common.



* MedievalEuropeanFantasy: Increasingly {{Averted}} as time passes, with other areas receiving more and mroe expansion.

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* MedievalEuropeanFantasy: Increasingly {{Averted}} as time passes, with other areas receiving more and mroe more expansion.



* TheNecrocracy: Noituratan, an underwater city filled with [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Aztecan fish zombie missionaries]].
* NonHumanUndead: The Noitu are arguably this, though most [[WasOnceAMan started as human]] before being mutated into marine life. The Worm Basilisks are definitely this.



* PoliceState: Marn certainly is one
* PragmaticVillainy: While "villain" [[GreyAndGrayMorality may not apply]], Marn has a strong tendency towards this. For example, there are no public executions.

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* PoliceState: Marn certainly is one
one. Showing disrespect to a guard is technically punishable by a beating, though this is rarely put into practice.
* PragmaticVillainy: While "villain" "villainy" [[GreyAndGrayMorality may not apply]], Marn has a strong tendency towards this. For example, there are no public executions.


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* SecretPolice: The battlemages in Marn, a force of powerful mages sent to stop other mages, tend to act like this.

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* FantasticRacism: Wouldn't be low fantasy without it. However, it is subverted by the fact that Marn has no legally enforced racist policies.

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* FantasticRacism: Wouldn't be low fantasy LowFantasy without it. However, it is subverted by the fact that Marn has no legally enforced racist policies.it.



* GreatOffscreenWar: The ancient history variant is seen in the Changer's War



* OhMyGods!: Appears frequently

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* OhMyGods!: OhMyGods: Appears frequently


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* ScrewYouElves: The setting is quick to stress that elves are not superior to humans, despite what the elves of Darleone [[FantasticRacism would have you believe]]. Their only real advantages are longer lives and a slightly higher chance of developing mages.
*TheTimeOfMyths: Two thousand years ago during the [[GreatOffscreenWar Changer's War]], the Great Seal which separated the Astral Plane from Pal Tahrenor did not yet exist, giving mages considerably more power and allowing all manner of creature to freely roam earth.

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* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Due to its status as an AlternateHistory, this was inevitable. Eyropa is obviously Europe (though with parts of Africa and the Middle East), and Tian Xia is China, for example.
* FantasyGunControl: Notably {{Averted}}. The most advanced weapons of the setting, such as early revolvers, tend to be [[MadScientist gnome]] created and therefore have strange drawbacks, but primitive firearms built by humans are present as well.



* MadScientist: Gnomes have a semi-magical ability to create bizarre inventions, often manifesting along this line.



* MedievalEuropeanFantasy: Increasingly {{Averted}} as time passes, with other areas receiving more and mroe expansion.
* MedievalStasis: To some extent. The influence of [[MadScientist gnomes]] complicates matters.




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* SchizoTech: Due to the influence of [[MadScientist gnomes]] and magic, [[MedievalStasis technology has slowed]] in general while a few strange, unique inventions pop up every now and then. Wealthy areas of Marn even have electricity!
* {{Wuxia}}: The primary influence on recent developments in [[FantasyCounterpartCulture Tian Xia]]

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* HalfHumanHybrid: Half elves and half-trolls are common, but even half-dwarves and gnomes have appeared.
* HeinzHybrid: Some player characters have a pretty expansive family tree



* HiddenDepths: Strongly encouraged. If necessary, users are allowed to send messages to moderates and avoid putting certain details into their application.

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* HiddenDepths: Strongly encouraged. If necessary, users are allowed to send messages to moderates moderaters and avoid putting certain details into their application.
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* BadassArmy: Marn's guard, who have long training hours and higher quality weaponry than even the setting's empires.

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* BadassArmy: Marn's guard, The Marn Guard, who have long training hours and higher quality weaponry than even the setting's empires.



* HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic: Subverted. Mention is made of the fact that battlemages are not required to wear helmets, but it is used to show their ability to defy Marn's own rules and hypocrisy rather than heroism.

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* HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic: Subverted. Mention is made of the fact that battlemages are not required to wear helmets, but it is used to show their their hypocrisy and ability to defy Marn's own rules and hypocrisy rather than heroism.
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* NoSuchThingAsWizardJesus: Subverted to hell and back. Even followers of the Puradyne religion, which teaches that all magic is evil, acknowledge that their god was a powerful mage.

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* NoSuchThingAsWizardJesus: Subverted to hell and back. Even followers of the Puradyne religion, which teaches that all magic is evil, MagicIsEvil, acknowledge that their god was a powerful mage.
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* HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic: Subverted. Mention is made of the fact that battlemages are not required to wear helmets, but it is used to show their ability to defy MArn's own rules and hypocrisy rather than heroism.

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* HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic: Subverted. Mention is made of the fact that battlemages are not required to wear helmets, but it is used to show their ability to defy MArn's Marn's own rules and hypocrisy rather than heroism.
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* Immortality: A few characters have some flavors of this, but it is generally discouraged. Even those that do have it tend to possess some serious drawbacks.

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* Immortality: {{Immortality}}: A few characters have some flavors of this, but it is generally discouraged. Even those that do have it tend to possess some serious drawbacks.

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* BadassArmy: Marn's guard, who have long training hours and higher quality weaponry than even the setting's empires.
* CursedWithAwesome: Subverted by the general attitude towards magic. While magic is regarded as a curse by most Puradynes and it does let you perform incredible feats, note is made of the fact that most people don't have any need to shoot fireballs, making their awesome talents more of a hazard than advantage.
* DrunkOnTheDarkSide: One possible fate for mages, though the insanity magic can create isn't always violent megalomania.
* DysfunctionJunction: One of the core ideals of the forum
* EvilEmpire: How Marn sees the empires, but the truth is more [[GreyAndGrayMorality grey]]
* FantasticRacism: Wouldn't be low fantasy without it. However, it is subverted by the fact that Marn has no legally enforced racist policies.
* GreyAndGrayMorality
* HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic: Subverted. Mention is made of the fact that battlemages are not required to wear helmets, but it is used to show their ability to defy MArn's own rules and hypocrisy rather than heroism.
* HiddenDepths: Strongly encouraged. If necessary, users are allowed to send messages to moderates and avoid putting certain details into their application.
* Immortality: A few characters have some flavors of this, but it is generally discouraged. Even those that do have it tend to possess some serious drawbacks.
* InterspeciesRomance: Half elves are fairly common, as are other hybrids.
* LowFantasy: Though magic tends to be at least somewhat common, all the other aspects are present.
* MagicKnight: The battlemages, Marn's SecretPolice, have a tendency towards this.
* MightMakesRight: Enforced as a matter of policy among the battlemages.
* NoSuchThingAsWizardJesus: Subverted to hell and back. Even followers of the Puradyne religion, which teaches that all magic is evil, acknowledge that their god was a powerful mage.
* OhMyGods!: Appears frequently
* ParentalAbandonment: A common backstory for characters.




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* PragmaticVillainy: While "villain" [[GreyAndGrayMorality may not apply]], Marn has a strong tendency towards this. For example, there are no public executions.
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The forum can be found here: http://www.tharshaddin.com/

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* AlternateHistory: Magic was discovered by Egyptians early in human history, leading to a great deal of change.
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Recently, other areas of the setting have received considerable expansion, opening the setting up for a wider range of experiences. Regardless of the region, writing is expected to be given considerable thought. The members and moderators keep a tight leash on the setting, with all members expected to undergo an in-depth character application process. Those willing to work with the forum to make their character seamlessly fit the setting will discover a dedicated community with exceptionally high standards of writing and commitment.

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Recently, other areas of the setting have received considerable expansion, opening the setting up for a wider range of experiences. Regardless of the region, writing is expected to be given considerable thought. The members and moderators keep a tight leash on the setting, with all members expected to undergo an in-depth character application process. Those willing to work with the forum to make their character seamlessly fit the setting will discover a dedicated community with exceptionally high standards of writing and commitment.commitment.

The forum can be found here: http://www.tharshaddin.com/
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Recently, other areas of the setting have received considerable expansion, opening the setting up for a considerably wider range of experiences. Regardless of the region, writing is expected to be given considerable thought. The members and moderators keep a tight leash on the setting, with all members expected to undergo an in-depth character application process. Those willing to work with the forum to make their character seamlessly fit the setting will discover a dedicated community with exceptionally high standards of writing and commitment.

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Recently, other areas of the setting have received considerable expansion, opening the setting up for a considerably wider range of experiences. Regardless of the region, writing is expected to be given considerable thought. The members and moderators keep a tight leash on the setting, with all members expected to undergo an in-depth character application process. Those willing to work with the forum to make their character seamlessly fit the setting will discover a dedicated community with exceptionally high standards of writing and commitment.
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The setting is a bleak world in which [[AlternateHistory ancient cultures across Earth discovered magic]]. Unaware of its corrupting influence, they dramatically changed the earth’s geography, [[GreatOffscreenWar waged war]], and created new species such as elves, dwarves, and gnomes. The end result of the war was catastrophic. Even in the present two thousand years later, empires are influenced by its results. Overall, the focus is on a region called Thar Shaddin, where [[AntiMagicalFaction magic is outlawed]] by the [[PoliceState totalitarian government]] in the city of Marn. Its location in a barren, monstrous plain between two massive, ancient empires has forced a defensive mindset upon the regime and populace alike.

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The setting is a bleak world in which [[AlternateHistory ancient cultures across Earth discovered magic]]. Unaware of its corrupting influence, they dramatically changed the earth’s geography, [[GreatOffscreenWar waged war]], and created new species such as elves, dwarves, and gnomes. The end result of the war was catastrophic. Even in the present two thousand years later, empires are influenced by its results. Overall, the focus is on a region called Thar Shaddin, where [[AntiMagicalFaction magic is outlawed]] by the [[PoliceState totalitarian government]] in of the city of Marn. Its location in a barren, monstrous plain between two massive, ancient empires has forced a defensive mindset upon the regime and populace alike.
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TharShaddin is a [[PlayByPostGames play by post roleplaying forum]] with a heavy emphasis on quality writing. It has been active for over a decade, having passed its 10th anniversary in July 2015. No dice are used, combat is uncommon compared to other websites, and the story has a strong focus on the day to day life of player characters: grand adventures are often secondary to personal conflict.

There is a great appreciation for GreyAndGrayMorality, with all characters required to carry both positive and negative traits. Conflict ideally results out of in-character disagreements and is not divided along lines of good or evil.

The setting is a bleak world in which [[AlternateHistory ancient cultures across Earth discovered magic]]. Unaware of its corrupting influence, they dramatically changed the earth’s geography, [[GreatOffscreenWar waged war]], and created new species such as elves, dwarves, and gnomes. The end result of the war was catastrophic. Even in the present two thousand years later, empires are influenced by its results. Overall, the focus is on a region called Thar Shaddin, where [[AntiMagicalFaction magic is outlawed]] by the [[PoliceState totalitarian government]] in the city of Marn. Its location in a barren, monstrous plain between two massive, ancient empires has forced a defensive mindset upon the regime and populace alike.

Recently, other areas of the setting have received considerable expansion, opening the setting up for a considerably wider range of experiences. Regardless of the region, writing is expected to be given considerable thought. The members and moderators keep a tight leash on the setting, with all members expected to undergo an in-depth character application process. Those willing to work with the forum to make their character seamlessly fit the setting will discover a dedicated community with exceptionally high standards of writing and commitment.

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