Plots and Intrigues

Plots and Intrigues

The Shepherd city of Brionne strains as the frictions that have arisen between the twin nations of Aviendora and Farstrider begin to leak out into Brionne's streets. Constable Adrik and his Farstrider wife Elayne find themselves at the center, torn between two nations as plots come to fruition and intrigues abound.

Can they survive as their two worlds collide in explosive ways?

Realms & Shadows

War looms like a shroud over the great nations of Aviendora and the Land of the Farstriders. Greed, the center point of most contentions, lies like a plague within the hearts of both nations. The lands of Moraedo, vast swathes of rolling hills and verdant fields that separate these two giants, is claimed by both.

Aviendora, a proud and hearty nation under the belief that it has been marked by divine providence, has established shepherd cities and farmsteads within Moraedo's lush fields. Its aristocracy, the noble Astrael a majestic race of winged men and women, have ordained expansion for the nation. Using their technological wonders, airships have allowed for rapid settlement upon Moraedo's fertile landscape.

The Land of the Farstriders claimed Moraedo as its own centuries ago. Though a seafaring people, the nation instantly saw it for the untapped riches that it represented. The Farstriders colonization although limited over the centuries does not negate its ownership of the contested land. Janis Farstrider leader of the nation and lord of ships has decreed that none shall impugn the nation's legal rights and authority.

Peacemakers work diligently on both sides to prevent an escalation of animosities. Many fear it is a slow inexorable grind toward war, however, for both countries have cultural schisms that seem to antagonize and enflame the other. The longer the ambassadors debate the more frequent hostile and violent contacts erupt. Time is the greatest enemy of these twin giants, and it is running out; soon there will be only war.

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