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[hr][h1]CATACLYSMO: The Shattering[/h1]
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This story was born from my desire to experience a fantasy-themed world, rather than the countless science-fiction, futuristic variants that already exist in vast array. As this is currently an interest check, I would welcome any suggestions and additional ideas. I will, of course, also be answering questions should anyone need clarification regarding certain, or any, topics.

With that said, I will now present my idea.

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Since the dawn of days there have always been legends to scare disobedient younglings into order, tales to frighten your companions over some ale whilst staying at a local inn, and stories to erase the monotony of travel. These memoirs, myths, and legends all reach into the furthest part of our world's history, often representing ancient kingdoms and empires, their heroes, and the countries of which they dominated. Other times they speak of spirits and whisps whom lead you away from your homes and into the night. And lastly there are the fables that speak of the impossible; raising land from the sea, bringing rain into previously desolate lands, and finally bringing life to the lifeless.

During our time upon Maulia, all these spirits and whisps, these mighty empires and kingdoms, these impossible feats of magic and might, have long since vanished into the void; seen only as mere fairy tales. Now all that exists are countless nations locked in stagnancy, small border conflicts littering every border across all of Maulia. A boring world, lacking in mystique and wonder. A corrupt world, lacking in justice and valour. A stagnant world, lacking in chaos and possibility.

It would seem like this boring world would never cease, that the countless feudal nations of Maulia would never stop their bickering, and that the corrupt lords would never tire of exploiting the masses. It was at the end of hope that the flower first blossomed. A flower which would bring unprecedented change upon our world. It was first when people began to accept torment that change occured. The transition was abrupt, sudden, and unexpected. The shattering was chaotic, Maulia was ripped apart quicker than anyone could ever comprehend. Lands which previously belonged to neighbouring kingdoms quickly came to drift away into different corners of our once unbroken world.