3 Altera

After a the thousand years of war the Earth had reached its brink and a great cataclysm fell apon the land swallowing the light of the gods and the will of man. After the years of the of battle between the old gods of the Heavens and the Deamon tribes of the underworld. Most of the elder Gods had perished among the last of the primordial beings sacrificed herself for the ten young gods and the three surviving mortal races .With her Dying breath and last will Gaia The Goddess of life Mother of Earth she chose to strip the seed from her divinity and use it to birth to a new realm. From that seed grew the beautiful world of Altera

Altera Comprised of Three Great kingdoms, and The Great Mage City Of Mahora housing the great world tree the realm of Altera has been the cradle of several unique civilizations throughout history. Towering mountains dominate the north, their peaks forever lashed with icy winds; to the south, a expanse of unforgiving jungle holds sway.In the center Of the realm lies The world tree Austras koks the great "Tree of Dawn" If any asks where is the chief or holiest place of the gods All would reply "It is the Austras koks". There the gods must hold their courts each day". If any asks what there is to tell about Austras koks all would say that Austras koks is the biggest and best of all trees, that its branches extend out over all of the world and reach out over the sky. Three of the roots of the tree support it, and these three roots also extend extremely far: one lies within Elyria the home of the Elven people and all there variations the second among the Beastmen of the Dragnar Contry and there many species third and final in Asura the Kingdom Of Man.

These great lands hold irresistible lure for man and monster alike, for wide and deep flow the currents of mana, and rich are the veins of mana-infused crystal and great spirit treasures. In these harsh though vibrant region, the people of Altera have carved out their histories through strife hardship and darkness. The Great cataclysm brought an end to the age of the Science, and ushered in the age of man and magic or the first astral age its has been six such ages since then. Each of the Astral ages came with its own catastrophes has, in turn, borne the characteristics of one of the six elements. With all the elements now represented, it was believed the current Astral era would last into eternity as man had survived all and belied that the final and seventh age would age would be the age of eternity the age of the gods.

But in the seventh verse of the Astral Chronicles, Aymara The Great priestess prophesied a less fortunate fate. The "Twilight wakening " or Sixth Astral Era, would indeed end, and the "Age Eternis," or Seventh Astral Era, would cast its shadow upon the land as the Dark moon or the "Old Shadow" would return and darkness would once shut out the light of the gods and darkness would devour the land again.

The vast realm of Altera, comprising the four great countries have seen the rise of a civilization with peoples as diverse as its environs. Throughout its history, the landscape has played home to a number of city-states—the tenuous relations among them fluctuating between friendly and hostile.