Templars (tentative title)

It has been 698 years since the world of Dangoria was torn asunder. In that time entire empires have rose and fell. Wars have swept across every continent and ordinary people have discovered the source of their new found magic and bent it to their will.

The Prophecy of the Templars says that exactly 700 years after the heavens burned, a new race of warriors would rise to take back their power. These warriors are believed to be impervious to both the new magic and the old, dark magic.

Their enemies will be numerous and undoubtedly powerful. There are many with an interest in destroying them before they attain their full potential.

In an age where life spans have more than doubled, fear of the Templars set in long ago. 550 years after the fires, the High Kings of Agmoria began the ritualistic cleansing of all children born with the slightest resemblance of a deep magic.

The Dark Light Guardians were re-purposed. They no longer acted as king makers and war council. The Guardians were branded traitors to the empire and went into hiding in order to ensure the prophecy be fulfilled. Their new mission to guard the Templars, so that they might learn to harness their power and destroy the tyrannical rulers of Agmoria.

Across the Great Ocean, in the Old Lands of the Felinra the mighty cat-like people prepare for war. Their fleet of airships nearly complete, they move to cross the Great Ocean for the first time in 3,000 years.

All Felinra are born of the Deep Magic. Their race was formed on the eve of the First Sundering of the heavens, before that they more closely resembled enormous house cats than the graceful warrior people they have become.

The old races once controlled the lands of the Felinra, before finally losing their grip and being driven across the seas. The Felinra were once no more than dignified slaves and mercenaries indentured to their superior humanoid masters. As the race of cat-men grew into maturity, their intelligence continued to increase as well until the time came that they no longer needed the old races to function as a society.

The Great Wars ravaged most of the known world for over 300 years before the old races conceded to leave the Felinra homelands in favor of the lands across the Great Ocean. Their new lands were not as harsh and weren't covered in jungles. The climates cooler and more forgiving on their weaker bodies. Though they had lost the war, they often claimed that they had been blessed with a more bountiful prize than the savages.