Prologue

Long ago, the lands were all united in peace and harmony. Magic abounded everywhere and the monarchs were just and fair. The gods looked down on the kingdoms with pride.

Like all things it was not to last.

The Halrex Empire grew more powerful by the day. Their rulers delved as far as they could into the works of magic, seeking the most powerful spells to use and the strongest monsters to enslave. Once their powerful pharaoh decided their forces were sufficiently strong he waged war on they who had been his allies. Thus began the Shadow Wars.

Angered by his act of treachery the pharaohs of other lands began seeking their own powerful spells and monsters to combat this threat. One by one empires and lands fell in this struggle to control the world. It was in this time that darker forces began to emerge set to betray the empires they had sworn to protect.

The gods realized the darkness that was growing. In a final decisive battle they split the land into seven separate realms to keep the darkness at bay and to prevent mankind from destroying itself.

As time went by some of the realms advanced in ways the others did not perceive. Eventually knowledge of other kingdoms passed into myth and legend. Yet to this day the inhabitants of each realm still fight battles in the form of duels.