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The Malagan Civil Conflict

Trouble began when Malaga, then only a small developing nation, discovered a massive Etherium Nexus - a wellspring of pure energy - buried beneath its capital city. Realizing it was his opportunity to increase Malaga's political power and improve the lives of his citizens, King Taros hired the Symndicate Corporation to act as Malaga's liaison in harvesting rights to other nations...



The Etherium Wars

Sometime around the year 2070, fifteen years before the story begins, the world’s most powerful nations were engaged in a ferocious war. This war, between the Laconian Federation, the Anzier Empire, and the lost nation of Malaga, was one veiled in secrecy, its details carefully masked from the public...



The Legend of the Harken

Tens of thousands of years ago, predating the prolific rise of the Phaedrian civilization, a superlative race known as the Harken stood at the peak of the evolutionary hierarchy. The other "lesser" races were scattered about the lands, fighting one another for the leftovers tossed to them by the Harken. The great civilization was centered around the magnificent capital city of Malduke, which boasted marvels of architecture the world had never seen, or would ever see again...