High Serif 268 B.F.C. (Before First Contact)

It is known that when the world was young and covered with only the swirling tempest of the sea, there came from the heavens a divine dragon, and upon its back were all of the peoples, and animals of the land, and in its mouth the fish of the sea and in its lungs the birds of the air, and in its belly all of the seeds of the forests and plains. And the dragon was know to the people as High Serif. And High Serif came to rest in the waters of this world releasing the the fish into the sea, and the birds into the air, and letting plants sprout up upon its back that the people and the animals might live in prosperity. and for a time they did. But the dragon became tired, and needed to rest, so it gave to the people 8 keepers, ageless, and deathless, and born from its blood. without the efforts of High Serif, resources became strained, and the keepers grew distrustful of one another. they drove the people to forge weapons of war from the flesh of High Serif, the most powerful made from bone of the divine dragon, taken from deep within the land. and the more the people took of the land, the longer High Serif slumbered, and the longer High Serif slumbered, the more the people took from the land, and so on for generations, until the nature of the land of High Serif and the keepers fell into myth and legend.

in the year  80 B.C.  The mighty warrior Queen Nō unified all of the peoples of High Serif under one baner for the first time since the devine dragon shut its eyes. and for nearly 100 years, she protected the peace she created using the Devine sheild known as the Burning Sigil. but then came The Others, appearing as if they rose from the desert sand,with their staves of smoke and fire. and though the outsiders did not wage war, they did inspire it, and in 22 A.C. (After Contact) Lady Nō was betrayed by her closest adviser, burned to death along with her palace. the death of Lady Nō broke the kingdom into 8 waring city states, all fighting to claim territory and the burning sigil that was lost in the fire that took Nō and the peace that she had forged.

## City States

### Greenwell

Greenwall is a massive hanging garden city with produce hanging from every wall of every building. It is the center of agriculture for all of High Serif

### SpineDeep

SpineDeep is a technologivally advanced super city suspended in the hollowed out mountain, (The Spine) with 3 massive elevator shafts that run deep into the mountain. It is the primary mining and manufacturing territory in High Serif.

### Atlan

Atlan is a massive port city on the sound side of the island south of the rest of High Serif. It provides shipping for all corners of High Serif, for the right price that is.

### Ventra

Ventra is a small, but rapidly growing city that players can influence the growth of as they play. It was the seat of power for the first unifier Lady Nō.

### Turia

Turia is an oasis city on the south coast. The desert territory they controll is where "the others" magically appear.

### Randsfel

Randsfel is a massive city in the trees deep within the Ventra Forest. It provides High Serif with the finest wild game meats, and the finest hunters money can buy.

### Emryn

Emeryn is a great shining city with magnificent towers stretching into the sky. It serves as the banking center for all of High Serif.

### Magnostadt

is less of a city and more of a college that has laid claim to large swaths of land. It is the preiminant university of the arcane arts and sciences.