Long before recorded history there existed a magnificent city, a city that seemed to float on water. You know that this is the lost city of Atlantis, but the twist of the story you don’t know is that it was built and inhabited by vampyres. The supposed Eternal city was inhabited by the eternal race, but do not think these vampyres are the sun hating, murdering, and blood-sucking vampires that you see in movies. No these vampyres were philosophers who had a slight taste for blood and had sensitive skin, they were so advanced that they started looking for ways to prevent all sickness.
It was this search that ended with the vampyres’ need for blood and light sensitivity. It started out as a cure for a type of cancer, a vaccine called Tri Probe. It was a group of nanoprobes that would repair all damaged tissue, using blood sugar as an energy source. The problem arose a week after injection, probes were repairing all damaged tissue, including their skin. The vampyres had sensitive skin and the sun’s UV rays did constant damage to them because of it, thus causing more blood sugar being used to repair the damage. The brain was deprived of its necessary sugars to keep it running, resulting in death. The Tri Probe syndrome was incurable, so as a treatment the infected had to have daily blood transfusions and were instructed to avoid going out in the sun until further action could be taken. But as time went on the disease grew worse, soon its sufferers became dependent on blood and any contact with sunlight burned their skin. To try and help these people live easier lives the scientists started to develop something that could repelle UV rays, something to be put on windows or a skin crème. This raised a problem because the treatment had to be gentle enough to not harm the vampyres sensitive skin but tough enough to repelle UV rays.
While the scientists worked so diligently on that, the entire population of Atlantis was being infected. The disease was spread through direct insertion into the blood stream, bites on the neck and blood letting would do the trick and these were common practices in the Eternal city especially among lovers. Soon the list of infected far out weighed the list of the healthy. The epidemic was spreading so quickly that they had to go out and capture other races from which to get blood from; elves and nymphs were commonly used. The compound was developed quickly, a skin crème simply called ‘Sun Block’ and a window treatment called ‘Green’.
After that, the water nymphs declared war on Atlantis; they won that war by sinking the Lost City and claiming it for themselves. Most of the vampyres were killed when it sunk but a few who saw it coming left the city. They left for a new continent that they had heard of called Emistal because they weren’t stupid they packed enough ‘Sun Block’ and ‘Green’ to last them years and left in the dark. Emistal was located in a different dimension that could be accessed through the Bermuda Triangle.
They flew for two nights before they reached the infamous triangle and spent a night in it trying to find the portal into Emistal. They did find it though, accidentally, but they found it and they found themselves lost among the fast moving society and government in the new country. At first they floundered and then they slowly gained ground, soon becoming experts on its politics and different cities.
RELIGON
Emistal depended upon its deities to structure the cities. Emistalian religion seemed to run a little oddly but I’ll explain it as best I can. The Stalwart mother, who controlled earth, gave birth to the twins, The Fierce Protector and the Even-handed Warrior. The Fierce Protector had an affinity for fire, from the moment of her birth she seemed to be able to persuade it. When she was old enough to talk and fight she continued to work with this ability, by the time she was an adult she had become one with fire. She used this ability to protect those she loved, never to harm them.
The Even-handed Warrior had no abilities at birth or even when he was a young adult, at the midway point of his life he had an epiphany. He realized that to align himself with the wind was his calling. So he started meditating, trying to reach the wind through inner peace. This did not work so he started to try and redirect his chakras to a more wind like state; this sort of worked and gave him a little sync with the wind. It was never written down how he actually got the full control of the wind but it was all through hard work.
The Fierce Protector later got married to a man called the Imperceptible Rogue; he was one with the Shadows, he always seemed to trust people though. He was never shady or dishonest. The wedded couple never had children for the Protector would not allow her womb to be seeded.
In the end all of the Deities got together and combined their powers, creating Emistal and the Chosen One. A deity that was neither male nor female that had the power of all the elements, the One created the races that populated Emistal and gave a few of them affinities for elements and other radical abilities. These affinities and abilities were harnessed to create what is know as the Elemental Martial Art Styles, martial arts that incorporated the control of certain elements into its stances and forms.
CITIES
WHITE VILLAGE- Along the Emistalian West Coast there is a mountain range that runs almost the full length of the coast, it is called the Blue Mountains. In the absolute center of Emistal there is a huge lake, almost fifty kilometers in length and a little over sixty kilometers wide, Mirror Lake. Nestled between these giants is a large city, population about twenty nine thousand, called the White Village. In this city the Even-handed Warrior is the most celebrated deity, though the others still have many temples.
RED VILLAGE- Along the Southern Coast is a huge desert known as the Dune Desert; it runs the entirety of the coast and is about ten thousand kilometers wide. About half way between Dune Desert and Mirror lake is a mid-sized city, population about twenty-two thousand, the Red Village. In this city the Fierce Protector is most revered.
GREEN VILLAGE- A three day hike north of Mirror lake is the most deadly forest in Emistal, Dread Forest. Spanning less then two thousand kilometers, but more than one thousand kilometers it is not very big. About fifty kilometers north of the Dread Forest is the Green Village, the largest city in Emistal it has a population of fourty thousand. The Stalwart Mother has the most temples in this city.
BlACK VILLAGE- On the Eastern Coast is a range of mountains called the Shadow Range, the range curls in a circle and at its center is a small city. The Black Village, population eighteen thousand. The Imperceptible Rogue is favored in this city.
GEOGRAPHY
BLUE MOUTAINS- The mountain range that runs the length of the west coast of Emistal.
MIRROR LAKE- The Lake directly in the center of Emistal it is about fifty kilometers by sixty kilometers.
ARCH RIVER- River that runs between the Blue Mountains and Mirror Lake.
DUNE DESSERT - the huge dessert that runs the length of the Emistalian South Coast.
DREAD FOREST - The most deadly and feared forest in Emistal, full of deadly creatures. Described as pitch black in dense parts of forest, even at noon.
SHADOW RANGE- The Mountains on the East Coast that curl in a circle.
Emistalian Time Cycle
1 day = 36 hours (12 Day, 24 night)
1 week equals ten days
1 revolution equals eight weeks
1 rotation equals nine revolutions
Days
1. Staln
2.Wan
3.Fild
4.Coid
5.Ith
6.Miyt
7.Kiv
8.Beght
9.Slint
10.Telv
Revolutions
1.Gito
2.Mot
3.Invh
4.Yint
5.Fipil
6.Lival
7.Unth
8.Aful9.Putvl
The continent had no unified government instead each city developed its own government, despite this the continent was for the most part peaceful, no border squabbles or other stupid conflicts. Each city had a specialization, Red Village was full of Brawlers, Green Village was known for its tactical fighters, White held the greatest medics, and Black held many great stealth fighters.
Emistal held this system until a man named Lucius changed Emistal forever.