Written: Early 2009. This is the 'introduction' summary of what happened to get the 'Big Fantasy World' into the state it's in. Needs a little update (too much emphasis on other worlds, which are completely inaccessible in the setting).
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In times long past, all mankind lived as one; fellows, friends, family. They built great cities, and magnificent artifacts. They used magics and technologies, and even other, stranger things. In time, they came to realise that they could peer into other worlds; worlds friendly, and worlds foul. Many experimented with windows, and one day, they decided to open one, to create a portal to the fairest of worlds.
This action broke the balance of the worlds, and the worlds corrected it. More portals appeared; and not just to the fair worlds. Fell men and foul beasts came forth; the weather became chaotic and strange; and the cities were broken to dust. In time, the portals shrank and faded, and the remnants of mankind were left with their ruins, and dead. But they were no longer the men of old; they were those from other places, those who would fight for life, and less.
So although the first nations to form were long at peace, as the shattered world was pieced together, it was not long before one became jealous of another. Wars were fought, nations rose, and nations fell. And now we are in the present.
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