It's been a few years since the New World was discovered. Every nation set up colonies in order to exploit the resources there. However, as the years passed, the colonies slowly disappeared. Some had been found raised to the ground. Others had been found totally empty, devoid of their populations, yet the buildings still unharmed.
Survivors gathered in the Mepharan colony of Riverport. People from all places took shelter there. The nations of the Old World held a convention, and declared the colony neutral territory. The people of Riverport live relatively harsh lives, with each passing week holding them to the whims of fate and nature. But still the eek out a living; hunting, farming, and mining the magic-infused minerals of the New World.
While in the beginning many colonists flocked to the opportunity that the New World presented, the slow devastation of colonies has slowed progress to a near crawl. Most nations have stopped sending trade ships. Only Riverport's tw ...