Future Plans V - The Setting

The world is dying. Humanity has been wiped out twice, but like cockroaches, men keep coming back, weaker each time. Three city-states and five fledgling towns are all that remain.

The primordial races that came long before men still dwell in the darkest corners of this Earth, serving gods as old as the world itself. Yet the dark void beyond this world is older still, and things that lurk in that darkness are drawn to the light cast by worlds crawling with life.

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The Ur-Ghol dwelling in deep caves, close to mighty Dhargarak, the Great Father. When the world was young, his coils bound the molten heart of the earth and gave the world its form.

Sea-dwelling folk serving their Great Mother Nghallorath, giver of fish and taker of sailors. When she rises, the waters will follow, drowning the world in her joy.

Desert Ythlir worshipping the great goddess Ul'Zanir, the Maw Beneath the Sands, the Living Abyss that swallows light and life. She is the end of all things, great and small.

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The city-states fight each other for dwindling resources. The non-men fight each other because the world isn't big enough for all three gods. And beyond the world, things stir in the darkness, drawn ever closer to its light.

And then, of course, there's you – an insignificant insect trying to get paid…