Saltwave History - 20 Years After

20 Years After

History of Saltwave from LY 2143 - 2163

The Twenty Years
LY 2144 - 2148
LY 2149 - 2153
LY 2154 - 2158
LY 2159 - 2163

A lot can happen in twenty years. This is even more true when the entire geography and magical nature of the world is upset by a huge surge of magical power. These are the events that occured between the end of the War of Falling Stars and the next generation of player characters in Saltwave.

2143 - The Year that Started it All

Kyriabor is embroiled in a civil war. Begun by half-elven separatists with a poison gas attack on the Kyriaborean Senate, the country is ravaged by civil war. The mysterious Brotherhood of Thought manipulates the war from behind the scenes, using the chaos to gain control of the country before losing it during the War of Falling Stars.
Lebensbrüke declares independence from Smeisserand. Rather than submit to the whims of the Brotherhood of Thought, Lady Anissette DuKott and her supporters break with Smeisserand to form a separate kingdom. The short war of rebellion was handily won by Lebensbrüke, and further attempts to regain the renegade provinces are forestalled by the War of Falling Stars.
The Second War of Falling Stars is fought, with the evil machines called Sky Golems ravaging the entire world of Saltwave from high above the sky. The world gains a moon, but is nearly destroyed as the Sky Golems hammer the planet with rocks and invading death machines. The Sky Golems also unleashed the Red Plague, a pseudo-magical disease that causes transformation of living creatures into new forms. The war is ended by the efforts of Sir Drake Hedgerton, archmage consort to Queen Anissette, who led hundreds of valiant adventurers to research and create an artifact of power to stop the Sky Golems at their source.
Most high technology devices become worthless. In the aftermath of Sir Drake's use of the Dragon's Gift to stop the Sky Golems, all high-technology devices are drained of power and their circuits ruined. This includes the blasters of the Sky Golems, the weapons and armor of Sir Drake's troops and elite units, and the firearms found throughout the industrialized nations. All are rendered useless by the surge of magic that ends the war.
The dwarven corporate clans move the capital of Technikor to Dwithers. Despite being struck by falling stars twice, a dinstinction that citizens proudly trumpet, Dwithers survives the War of Falling Stars with only surface damage. This apparent miracle cannot make up for the several hundred thousand killed by the destruction of other cities, but it unifies and strengthens the dwarvish will. The corporate clans spend much effort on planning the reconstruction of Technikor and the resettling of refugees.

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