Lore

The War Ages WA0 - WA1,000 (Y1)

These are what the years before magic are referred to as, since a lot of wars have been documented back to this time period. The War Ages counted just like normal years, but are essentially the same as “B.C.” in our world. These ages lasted for exactly 1,000 years, as this is the furthest back they have been traced. More about this time period will be revealed in Arcane Odyssey. People in this time period did not refer to their era as the War Ages, as this was a name given to it in the future. In WA1,000 (or Y1), humans were given magic.

The Golden Age of Magic Y1 - Y227

Y1
Labeled as "Y1", present day humanity names this as the first year of recorded human history, due to the discovery of Magic.

Magic was rumored to have been discovered by an "old monk" in a town called Ian’s Cross, and his teachings spread like wildfire. Magic in these times came from the soul, which took its toll on the user when used too much. In the present day, wizards summon "Magic Circles" that produce their Magic for them, which is far less costly.

The old monk was actually the god Prometheus in human form, giving the gift of Magic to the humans. In return, Prometheus asked that the humans would burn the valuable red stone known as Aurem, which was worth more than gold at the time. When a human burns Aurem as a sacrifice to Prometheus, he grants the individual human more magic power. Burning Aurem is the only way to transport it to Mount Olympus. As soon as Prometheus obtains the Aurem sent by the humans, his own power is boosted when he absorbs it, which is something only gods can do. Over time, Prometheus becomes more powerful than Zeus due to these continuous small power boosts, and kills him. Prometheus overthrew Zeus as ruler of the gods.

circa. Y50
Humans search the world for Aurem in order to increase their power. Some found huge amounts of it inside of massive temples and dungeons, causing their power to skyrocket.

Y112-Y227
All was peaceful for a while, until war struck. The most power hungry wizards fight with each other over what little Aurem is left in the world. 40% of all humans are dead after this hundred year war, and even a few gods from Mount Olympus, including Prometheus himself, perished.

Prometheus was killed by Arthur the Cursebeard, known globally as the most powerful and greedy wizard alive, even stronger than Prometheus at the time (which was a mistake on Prometheus’s part for letting a human become that powerful). Arthur knew that Prometheus was holding back the true power of magic from the humans, so he raided Mount Olympus, and forced Prometheus to create the Sea Curses.

Sea Curses are a physical manifestation of magic. When touched, you and the Sea Curse will become one. Curse-users can phase their body into whatever magic they joined with, allowing them to be impervious to all physical attacks. When a Curse-user dies, their curse shoots out of their body and lands somewhere on the planet, or, like a few of the Grand Fire Curses, fly out into space. However, since Curse users are immortal, most curses can never be found again, unless someone who possesses one is killed by other means. Magic requires a lot more skill and willpower to be performed compared to Sea Curses, and drains a lot more energy.

In secret, Prometheus also created the Grand Fire Curses, hoping a human would find them someday and defeat Arthur. Mount Olympus and most of the gods were killed in the war, as well as several thousand human wizards.

The Age of Discovery Y600 - Y1051

circa. Y600
Humanity recovered from the fall of Mount Olympus, and the idea of Magic faded into legend. Huge amounts of Aurem were discovered after the invention of mining, and humanity started using it as a valuable currency.

circa. Y1000
Hundreds of years later, magic resurfaces, in the form of Magic Circles. This is where the tale of Arcane Adventures begins.

During these times, there was a young boy with curly black hair who was unable to learn magic. As a result, he felt distant from the rest of the children in his village. One day, as he was walking through a distant forest, he found a large, glowing cube. It shined bright purple, and when he tried to touch it,
his hands went right through. Suddenly, it exploded in a violent flash of light.
Afterwards, the boy felt strange.... as if he had enough power to rule the world.

It wasn't until much later that he discovered the true power the cube had given him.
One day, bandits invaded his town. Each one seemed to have a different type of
magic, and there were lightning bolts and magic attacks flying everywhere.
The boy was sleeping at the time, but was woken up when the roof of his house collapsed. He crawled out from the rubble, his left arm broken. One of the bandits was standing and facing his house, as the Light Magic Circle in front of him shrunk and then vanished. The boy had a strange sensation, as if he knew he had the power to defeat this man.

As if by instinct, he held up his right arm and pointed it towards the bandit. Slowly, the bandit's magic energy drained from his body, so fast that he soon laid motionless on the ground. Having stolen all of the bandit's magic energy and his powers, the boy was now able to create Light Magic Circles and summon light. At last he had discovered what the cube had given him. He had gained the power of the Absorption Curse, allowing him to absorb Magic and Sea Curses from his enemies and use them indefinitely.

Y1018
Three years later, the power-hungry boy is travelling the land, stealing new magic from innocent wizards all over the massive continent. He can now use all seven types of magic discovered at the time, which are Fire, Lightning, Light, Wind, Earth, Water, and Shadow. During this time, the world had no organized government, so it was quite easy. He is now rumored throughout the land as "The Magic Thief", and people are terrified of him. One day, a man challenges him to
a fight. The man's arm suddenly turns into dirt, as he laughs. He tries to absorb the man's magic energy, but feels something strange. He seemingly had no magic energy, as if he were dead. The man continues laughing, then explaining that he does not use magic, and has never been able to. The boy comes to a conclusion. This man had the power of the Earth Curse, a different type of Sea Curse to the boy’s Absorption Curse. After a long fight, the man finally gives in. He passed out on the ground, and his Earth Curse was finally absorbed. Instead of trying to absorb magic energy, the boy had instead just drained the man's physical energy, and it had worked.

“The Magic Thief” now lives inside of a massive tower he had built using his abilities. He studies magic in solitude, and slowly, the rumors of him fade into legend. Years pass, and now the dark wizard knows nearly all of the secrets to magic. He has learned how to revive the dead, undo Curses, combine the powers of Curses, and even turn a magic into a more powerful form of itself, which later came to be known as Mutating.

Y1042
During his solitude, the world advances. There are now around thirty different types of magic, most classified as "mutations”. The wizard had known about mutations for many years, however since he is not a magic user. He was unable to learn them himself, and had to wait until other wizards learned of their existence so that he could steal their powers. Not wanting his research to be interrupted, he controls himself and resists the urge to steal mutations.

Y1046
Finally, the dark wizard ends his solitude. After leaving his tower, he walks for about three hours back to the nearest village. There he absorbs the magic energy of a Flash Magic user, and shortly after, a Sun Magic user. He feels the power-hungry lust once again, and begins
travelling the land. He comes across the large city known as Oberon, and at the entrance, a man that knows Phoenix Magic, named Theos. The dark wizard tries to absorb his magic energy, but it doesn't work. Theos’ attacks are so powerful, the dark wizard can barely counter him. They battle for hours, eventually destroying the city’s front gate. Both wizards are exhausted, and Theos retreats deep into the city. The dark wizard, frightened by this man's powers, turns the other way. Realizing his weaknesses, he begins to use his Dead Revival Magic to create an army.

Y1050
The dark wizard now has a massive force of undead villagers and wizards at his command.
Using his powers, he gave them some of his magic, allowing them to fight for him. He had also gained the abilities of the Lightning and Explosion Curses during this time period. Eventually, he commands his undead army to attack Oberon.

Y1051
At the beginning of Y1051, the undead army finally reaches Oberon, but Theos destroys almost all of the army with ease. Furious, the dark wizard decides to attack Oberon himself.

After reaching the city, the two legendary wizards begin to battle. Both at their full power, they destroy multiple villages and forests. The dark wizard was losing badly, having lost his right leg to the orange and white flames. He knew there was no way he was escaping alive. The man was too powerful. The dark wizard did not want to die. In a desperate attempt to save his life, he used the rest of his strength to combine all the powers he had absorbed, and fired them at Theos in the form of a gigantic blast.

The attack had missed, and hit a mountain far behind the man,causing a massive earthquake as the land started to split from the explosion. No one could see anything, and both the dark wizard and Theos were left unconscious. They awake several thousand miles away from each other, on small islands. The attack had wiped out 80% of the human race, and caused lasting damage to the entire earth that would alter it for the next several hundred years.

“The Player” (in Arcane Adventures) was living during this time period as a peasant without magic, and was also killed by the blast. They continued to exist as ash floating on the sea for hundreds of years.

circa. Y1500
Five hundred years pass, and the world's remains have developed villages, cities, and more. The attack filled the air and sea with magic pollution, causing massive tsunamis, huge storms, snow in hot places, and other anomalies. Some areas of the earth are now so malicious and polluted with energy that life cannot exist in those areas anymore.The energy in the atmosphere and seas had remained this way for about 500 years, until it finally dissipated into space, which returned the world's weather back to normal.

No one knew what had caused the world to split into islands, and eventually everyone forgot about the old continents. People live their lives near the sea, using ships to travel from place to place. Because of the vastness of the ocean, pirates and other villains begin to surface. In a place currently known as "The Old Sea", a Sea Curse is discovered for the first time in hundreds of years.