[quote=@ravenDivinity]
I'm interested! :)
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Awesome.

[quote=@Polybius]
Interested but why are the nations suddenly plagued by all of these horrible events? Or has that always been the case? What is the impetus for the events that lead to the story? 
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My apologies for the confusion I'll try my best to answer your question. It's always been a problem ever since the fall of the old empire and has been consistently getting worse. During the days of the empire, the imperial troops and other central-government related forces would be responsible for keeping internal security but since the fall of the old empire, that has not happened. Also the fall of the old empire was devastating to the point where it was said that humanity backtracked in terms of population and technology by about a hundred years or so. The 6 Remnant nations afterwards had highly decreased military and more or less left for the countrysides and thinly populated areas to fend for themselves.