The wind blows in your hair as you turn away from the castle that once was your home. You face the open sea, now; the home of great, new adventures. You check that your gleaming sword is ready in its hilt, and touch with joy the vast Weave of Wind that propels the ship along its course, faster than a normal wind could push it.
After years of preparation and training, your waiting is over. Finally the King has chosen you to help in the War with the accursed Elves. Finally you can prove yourself worthy; worthy of your country, and your king.......
Aria is a beautiful world; one of lush forests, vast deserts, powerful magic, bold heroes, diabolical villains, terrible mystery, gods, mountains, creatures and mystery. Huge, incredible monoliths and civilisations are buried amongst the new buildings that can be found in this Age; huge incredible castles buried beneath the sea, and the mountains, and the earth. The existence of these things are a mystery even to the most scholarly of minds, and the most educated. Why were they there? And what happened to these powerful kingdoms? WHO were they?
These questions are unanswerable. But perhaps answers could be obtained......
Dragons were once rumored to rule this earth; powerful, wise creatures that counselled the other kingdoms. They disappeared; or so the records say. But these chronicles are dubious and the stories therein almost mythical.
But sometimes, on starry, crystal clear nights, dark shapes can be seen near the Rifts, and one wonders.
The kingdoms are strong, now; years of war between races have strengthened them. But as peace talks are arranged war erupts as the races turn on eachother. The gods, once believed to have helped us become great, are silent. The prayers and beseeching of their peoples do not call them any longer.
Years of destruction, war, anarchy, fire and impassable time have shrouded the past of Aria. Great mysteries and powers await beneath the surface of this already complex world. What could they be? What could they entail? They are the endless questions of the philosophers. But someone must find out the secrets of this world; and soon.
For the past will return to haunt them all.............