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The History of the Wizard War
Within the covers of this leather-bound volume, its ancient pages coated by
dust and time, is contained the History of the Wizard War. It was the great
historian Molenubar the Chronicler who collected these many fragments of
myth and legend, preserving them for posterity in one weighty tome. His was
the labor of a lifetime. Writing in the ink of squids on pages of dried papyrus,
Molenubar worked day and night to complete the task. But the Old Gods
were jealous of the immortality that the completed work would grant him, and
took Molenubar before the story could be finished.
And so for the last 5,000 years the History of the Wizard War has remained
incomplete. This much, at least, of the history is known:
When the Old Gods created the world, they invested all living things with a
powerful energy force – mana. In time, man learnt of the existence of mana
and those skilled enough to harness its incredible energy became powerful
wizards. It was an age of magic. Sorcerers amazed the populace with their
feats and toiled to unearth more of the precious mana. But healthy competition
soon turned to bitter rivalry, and the most powerful of these sorcerers learned
black arts so that they might overcome their adversaries. Then, in a mighty
cataclysm, the world was shattered by one wizard’s misguided hand...
However, of the apprentice wizard who was charged with restoring the world
to equilibrium Molenubar tells us nothing. All that is known of him is that his
mastery of the Magic Carpet was unsurpassed. It now falls to you to complete
the chronicle, gather the power of the wizards to yourself and take a Magic
Carpet ride to glory.
Restoring Equilibrium
Your quest is to restore equilibrium to fifty shattered worlds. You do this by
possessing mana, whether it be found floating free, contained within some
dreadful demonic beast, or in the possession of an evil rival sorcerer. Once
possessed, the mana is gathered by hot air balloon and transported to your
home castle.
This quest is fraught with danger. The skies are alive with evil. Birds and