Disk 1 – The Return of Magic
When the last vestiges of the flames and ravishes of the First War of the Magi at last receded from the remains of a once peaceful land, only the charred husk of a world remained. Many things were lost, not the least of which was the awesome and mighty power of magic. In the thousand years that followed, iron, gunpowder, and steam engines took the place of magic, and life ever so slowly returned to the once barren land. Cities grew where towns and small villages stood and soon cities became nations. Nations begat wars and etched out their own empires upon the land in an attempt to rule over others, yet through it all the power of magic yet remained lost, unknown, and untouched. But inside of a millenia from that dreadful and fated war, there were some that stood in power who desired to reawaken the magic of ages past, and use its dread power as a means by which to conquer all the world.
-Ted Woosly the Archiver of New Vector in From One War of the Magi to the Next.
The Gestahlian Empire had by that point reached far and wide in both its reach and power. Fear of the Emperor's great strength and military might led most to join the growing Empire as territories or through the use of treaties. Although many did join in the years and few decades before the Second War of the Magi, some nations openly opposed this central rule as a form of forced military dictatorship. Of those who did, few there were who actively sought the abolishment of the expansive Empire. Groups were formed and subsequently destroyed by the armies of Gestahl the Fearless as he expanded his already widespread Empire. He continually sought for a way to conquer the remaining lands not under his control and to also destroy all those who dared to oppose his power.
-Kain the Dragonlance in Prelude to the Magitek War.
Word Count: 340
Uploaded: 2008/10/02 Thursday