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Main Plot
Elesya has seen many wars and battles in it's time. Excessive loss of life, violence, bloodshed, dark magic, and greed all common products of blind conflict. But how do you fight something you can't kill? The very question has been heavy on the minds of many who fell victim to the mercy of the Taint - a deep seated sickness born of magic. For many years it only affected small portions of Elesya, now it stretches across almost half the entire land's mass. There is speculation that it bore its seed within the lands during the Fall of the Great Dragon, laced with legends of the thirteen. Most suspicions have been written off as tall tales for they lack solid proof.

The Taint has overtaken three territories: Gormlaith, Parisa, and Sutherlands. Gormlaith has no known survivors but what was left of the other two territories fled their homes. Haunted by all that they'd lost, refugees from both territories made their way to their closest neighbors, Lymoria and Raven's Rest in hopes of establishing a safe haven for those that remain while plans are made to find out more about the Taint.

So what caused the taint? Really?
We will sum it up in a quick-like run-down of it.

Super long time ago there used to be a dragon that wanted nothing less than world destruction. Referred to as the Great Dragon, she embodied all thirteen elements. Few dragons challenged her as doing so would mean death. One day she produced a clutch of dragons that would one day be called the Guardians, though there have been many generations since the original thirteen. Each of the offspring were affiliated to one particular element and later on they were the ones to destroy the Great Dragon. Her first destruction was the creation of the thirteen gems.

Things got quiet and new races began to populate Elesya, bringing war over land and power - battles that ultimately destroyed the dragon race save for the Guardians. Shit got real when the power of the dragon gems was realized, and others sought after it, igniting more wars and battles. Some things happened and the gems were used to resurrect the Great Dragon. Once again the Guardians destroyed her and in doing so, nine of the thirteen gems shattered (picture fireworks... scattering shards everywhere). This birthed the dragon race we know today. The guardians all perished. But four gems did not shatter... scattered much like the shards over Elesya. Only their magic did no bore life, it festered and began to corrupt and corrode the land that surrounded it.

Current Events
These events will be centralized around the taint or other big movements related to its development.
 * I'm Not Afraid - A precarious pair of magi discover a mysterious stone in the Neutral lands. It displays powerful characteristics which lead to the timely decision of contacting the Alpha Dragon to investigate the origin of this stone.
 * Event: Quest for The Grove - Following several rumors of a floating island, a crew set sail in an airship to find it.
 * Summoning the demons - The Gypsy King (Zandren Numiri) and a past member of the Gypsies (Brystal), meet with Nocte, the Alpha of the dragons. It is concluded that the strange stone found by the lake near Martyr Wood is a fabled Dragon Gem.
 * The Price of Blood - Nocte returns to Demir with what is suspected to be the Blood Dragon Gem.
 * The taint continues to spread. The area that has overcome the Elven lands in the northeast, remains to stand alone. However the other three have merged.

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