The Yalanze Chronicles

[Sedaiyus]

 Long ago the people of Earth longed to explore the stars. With Earth being overly crowded many left for distant planets in search of a new start. Generation ships from various countries took off for the great unknown with only a dream and a hope that there would be other worlds like Earth. They were right. There was another planet like Earth. Bright and vibrant, it had many similar features to Earth before it was polluted and spoiled by wars and technology. The humans on these generation ships named this world Yalanze and they proceeded to pick spots on the planet that reminded them of their homelands of old.

Each of Earth's cultures found a place to call their own. Remembering the past but keeping an eye to the future they chose to work hard and make a better future for their children. The Yalanzens were not alone however, unknown to them, Yalanze was a land of mystical portals where peoples from other worlds could travel to their own, some to stay, others only for a brief time. Creatures of myth and horror stood side by side with Yalanzens and few ever knew that their friend might be a dragon in human form or that the neighbor that watched their sheep at night might be a werewolf.

Then one day, the supernaturals decided it was time to show the Yalanzens they were not alone. They did not wish to lose their rights as the Yalanzens began to expand their cities. So, in every city and town on a day chosen in advance they came out to their human brethren. There was much chaos at first and bloodshed. But slowly, very slowly, the Yalanzen's realized they did not come to this planet to enact the old hatreds but to work past that. Tentative steps were made to heal the breach.

Distrust is in the air though. Old wounds still linger and not everyone is so easy to forgive regardless of species. To further complicate the matter the portals bring new people to the planet every day.
In an attempt to bring some order to the planet a mercenary company called The Brigade was re-purposed from a Hunters group that killed supernaturals to an organization that gives strangers a place to belong. The Brigade offers a simple package, work for them for a year, taking missions that suit your personality and at the end of your apprenticeship you can either advance or someone can help you find the portal back home.

The previous years have been hard on the various supernatural races on Yalanze. Ten years from that initial unrest, the vampire king is still missing. Marina rules in his name effectively but not without some personal sacrifices. Raising his child as best she can with the help of her trusted guards and personal retinue she gains the respect of the council and the other races for her diplomatic skills. For the other races the situation has grown more confusing. An unease fills the air. There is danger on the wind and no one knows where the future may lie. There is the whisper that the old gods of Yalanze are watching and waiting for something momentous to happen.

If you have found yourself in this new world where alliances have been forged which side do you believe in? Do you join the Yalanzens in their tentative alliance with the Vampires to avoid a Draconic bid for supremacy or do you prefer the subtle ways of the werewolves? The brigade is still an option but after a year with them how do you know that the portal you step into is really your home? All these choices and many more await the traveler to this world. Maybe you are lucky enough to pass a trial to become an elder God, or maybe you just prefer to be a humble bard with a taste for sheep.

The choice is yours.

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Their final hour upon them, humanity takes to the stars in search of a new planet to settle as their own. With the destruction of earth, there is a grim future for the rest of mankind as they desperately cling to their ways. For years they would drift through space aboard their floating colony, food becoming more and more scarce. However one day their salvation would arrive as an odd land mass seemed to be looming ever closer to the ship. They would discover a new home that day, Yalanze- a place where even the most impossible things seemed to be a daily occurance. Upon landing the settlers would make this place their home- only to find that demons had come along for the ride and beaten them to it. The first hardship the Yalanzian people would face were the ravenous hordes of their dead being reanimated by the demons they thought they left behind. However an unlikely hero would rise up out of the humans and unleash an acient power that had been dormant on Yalanze; the power of the planets ancient gods. An avatar was chosen from each of the races upon the surface- turning mortals into beings of immense power.

With this power the heroes of Yalanze would contain the threat of the undead in a place now called Sylthanus- the throne of the vampires. With the threat of the undead contained things would become peaceful once more, until the portals started happening. Unknown to the heroes of Yalanze another power was unleashed, one that granted one woman the power to tear a rift in reality and bring beings from other dimensions to their world. Yalanze would become a terminal for other races and people they never thought could exist. Many would try to obtain that power for themselves but they would be thwarted by a higher power- the "Master of Storms" Lucius would aid the Brigade in keeping her safe. However even his protection has it's limits as civil unrest was brewing within the ranks of the Yalanzian heroes, a massive power play in the making. Whoever controlled the power of the portals could move unrestricted to places in Yalanze that even the gods had never stepped foot- places that contain unimaginable power.

Enter a world where even the actions of mere mortals can influence the gods, a world where nothing is impossible. Will you be the hero that bring true peace to Yalanze or the villain to end all villains? In a world where no one is who they seem to be, keep your wits about you, welcome to Yalanze Book One - The Ancient Ones.