Main Lore

## Backstory

Elementia is one of the few islands left on the earth after the water level rose devastatingly, flooding 87% of the population. The map of the land drawn by ancestors shows what is on the island, what is outside is either sand or water. Items and technology from the previous society are very rare and precious.

The main reason for the massive flood was because of climate change. The antarctic melted away and made the sea levels rise along with the increase in rain and storms. That's why a part of the island's climate is plain as if in late summer and that one part of the island is cold, as if in midwinter.

Ever since the flood happened, monsters, enveloped in pure darkness, started appearing around the remains of the world. The reason for these monsters appearing is still a mystery to this day. It was at that exact time that newborn children started developing elemental powers. At first, it was the four main elements (fire, water, earth, and air), but then the evolution expanded into the world's properties and the human body.

## The Calamity

> "*A pair of decades ago, humans and the dark beasts lived in 'harmony', the humans' task was to prevent the darkness to spread too much. My dad used to work a lot at keeping the land balanced. But then, something went horribly wrong. The monsters became fierce and way sturdier, and very powerful monsters appeared more often. As if it wasn't enough, a mythic type of creature called 'corruptors' can infect someone with a very contagious mind-controlling disease. A calamity struck the land as almost the entire population was infected... but then... four heroes came to put an end to the monster's reign. A combustion elemental (my dad), a healing elemental, a fire elemental, and a water elemental collected the elemental orbs' powers and defeated the swarm." -Hiroki Honokara*
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The Calamity is the title of the story that inspired MPRanger to make the roleplay server. It is also the first main story of the land that happens every 20-ish years (in Elementia). It mainly consists of 4 stages.

### Stage 1: The Warning Stage

The warning stage begins when super monsters appear at a more often rate than usual, and also when normal monsters get a boost in strength and toughness. They will be harder to kill and the human/monster ratio will slowly start to unbalance. Most people will notice that change and will warn anyone about the return of the calamity.

### Stage 2: The Corruption Stage

This stage lasts quite a few weeks. Corruptor monsters will begin to appear in the world and try to infect anyone they attack with a disease called the "corruption". The corruption controls the brain to make anyone enter a state of rage and a will to spread the disease around Elementia. Any direct physical contact with a corrupted creature will spread the disease at a very rapid state through any uncorrupted being.

### Stage 3: The Storm

Clouds will cover the sky and intense rain will fall onto the land, reducing visibility (and putting any fire and electricity elemental at risk). This stage mostly lasts until the calamity is defeated. It also announces the beginning of the fourth stage.

### Stage 4: Towers of Darkness

Four towers emerge from the ground, spreading darkness through the ground. Anyone who touches the darkness that the towers generate will be infected with the corruption, even if they were equipped with armor or any type of clothing. Four cores are located inside the towers that are the key to stopping the chaos. Once destroyed, the cores will explode after a short amount of time and will make the tower that hosted said cores back into the ground and erase all darkness created by the tower. Of course, a lot of monsters will protect the towers' cores, so getting trying to get to them alone is literally suicide.