Sansara is a huge, vastly varied continent...from the marauding Northern barbarian tribes that call the vast Pale Wastes their home, led by their warrior chief-kings to the southern Jeornelands where many of the dark-skinned Jeorne people reside, producing their famous artisan works in their desert homelands and ruled over by their Sultana, who doubles as a High Priestess and every race that walks, crawls, flies and swims in between. The turbulent seas that cradle this place are home to the mysterious and enigmatic Mer, who will sometimes save your ship if it sinks or lure you to their deaths with their enchanting voices, depends on trade agreements and whatever mood they’re in. The deep, dark forests of the central-lands are where the Veil, the layer created by the Supreme Being separating the visible from the invisible is thinnest. Many portals to the land of Faerie are in these woods that have become the fey race’s foothold on the continent, and so travelers are always warned to be on their guard there.
The majority of the continent worship Irune, the Supreme Being...but different subsets of that religion have formed depending on whatever Aspect that Irune has taken in that race’s particular prophet. One thing remains consistent, every Irune-worshipper believes the Angels, who live in sky-cities far beyond the clouds above Sansara are holy beings, divine messengers that were created by Irune themselves to guard and protect the world from evil. And that the demons who live beneath the earth, making their homes in the Elemental Plane of Fire near the core of the planet are wicked, vicious creatures who plan to destroy the world and disrupt the Supreme Being’s will...but of course, things are never so cut and dry as that.
When the world was still young, Irune created the five main races as well as the several other species that reside here...at least that’s what the usual creation story says, each having a role in maintaining the balance and residing over a particular element of nature. To keep either race from becoming too powerful, the Supreme Being took the forces of nature and divided it into five parts, giving one piece to the ruler of each race in order to maintain balance. For the angels, guardians and protectors of the earth and enforcers of Their will, Irune gave them the Hurricane Blade, a holy sword that could control the winds and the air as well as conjure up mighty displays of thunder and lightning. To the Mer, their ruler received the Wavebreaker, a trident allowing them dominion over all the waters and rainstorms of the world. The demons received the Staff of Horns, a font of powerful magic which would serve to tame and fan the flames, in the hands of the very powerful it could control volcanoes. The humans and fairies received the Amulet of Gaia and the Hawthorn’s Eye respectively. The Amulet of Gaia was granted to Amalia the Strange, the first queen to unite the warring human tribes of the central steppes into one kingdom, and its power over the earth would ensure that her people would never go hungry and that their farmers’ harvest would be bountiful. Finally the Hawthorn’s Eye was granted to the ruler of the Fae, a green jewel that was later set inside an antlered crown. This jewel granted power over the fifth element, Aether...the element of balance and life, this was the clear essence that flowed throughout the world and bound the energies of the world together, keeping all elements balanced and in check. Aether, being the element of invisibility allowed the Eye to grant invisibility to both its wearer and whatever they focus their energy on.
The five main races lived in relative peace and harmony with each other and the other inhabitants of Sansara, until the world was thrown into chaos when a group of demons broke into the Sky Palace of Auroak, King of the Angels. They killed guards and civilians alike and managed to steal the Hurricane Blade, though the angels are heavily guarding this fact to prevent from seeming weak. They have now launched a full scale invasion of the demon realm and the violence threatens to spill over to the entire world. However something even more threatening lurks in the shadows. A group of cultists have infiltrated the societies of every race and are orchestrating this descent into chaos. Their mysterious leader seeks out the artifact of each race, and will stop at nothing to get them...rumour has it that whoever this leader was, they wish to become a god themselves by draining the power of all five artifacts and thus pulling a bit of the power of Irune into their own body. Due to all these events, a climate of wariness has settled over the peoples of this continent due to each race not knowing who exactly is working with the cultists or where they originated from. There is especially distrust now toward the demon race, who have vehemently proclaimed their innocence and haven’t wavered from that story ever since the events happened. Whatever the case, there is clearly a threat to the people and their way of life here...and it’s either unite and stand together against it, or fall into the pits of destruction divided. Probably the only reason that this hasn’t erupted into full out war is because there’s a bigger threat to take care of.
Hello guys, me and my awesome friend Tomia have been working on this RP idea for about a week and a half now and we now feel that it’s ready to share with you all now that RL isn’t kicking my ass. I tried not to make it too similar to my current Clash of Kingdoms RP, but I may have failed in that endeavor (if anybody has any suggestions, feel free to comment below). This is the fantasy world of Sansara...I didn’t want to make it your typical fantasy world so there’s the burgeoning development of magi-tech (think things like magic-powered airships, elevators, constructs...gauntlets that you can program spells into, mirrors that can be used like cell-phones, things like that but nothing too huge) to spice things up. There’ll also be a sandbox element so players will be free to go off and do their own thing while the central plot is there so everyone doesn’t get bored. Which is why there also isn't a lot of information about the kingdoms, I wanted to put some basics and let the players who control them fill the blanks in themselves. We’ll be using the OC to help tweak things a bit as well so this RP can be as complete and enjoyable as possible. Now that my rambling is over, here are ze rulez: