In a world where two major powers are involved in a comprehensive battle, where magic and technology strike each other with what they’ve got, you try to find a way to wealth, power or happiness. Alva, a world immersed in chaos, awaits the arrival of a new hero; its savior. Will you lead your followers into a glorious victory, or profit from the knowledge left by the ancients? Your future awaits…

The Arcane Order

Once, Alva was a world of premature chaos. Establishments were constantly infested by cruel creatures and bloodsucking gangs, egoism and hate were all that was. War, murder and homicide were the daily topics. From castles and palaces, kings neglected their  their people, while they were fighting their personal battles. Worldwide society was balancing on the edge of the abyss. But when the need was higher then ever, salvation came upon Alva. The Archmages: mighty users of Synths, who built a gigantic tower in Silverrain Gorge. As an Iron needle pinched the Arcane Tower into the air, to be seen from miles away. The Archmages took care of those with magical talent and thought them to be mages, masters in the art of synthbending. They were send with these powers throughout Alva. They executed their task and saved the world from total destruction, with love and passion. Heavily guarded magical borders were put in place around the continent to keep every evil influence out. We all remember the day that Alva was united under the power of the Archmages of the Arcane Tower: the day that the Arcane Order rose.

The New Age Alliance

For centuries  the Arcane Order ruled  Alva and taught the inhabitants  how to use synths. But the order that was developed by the Order, led to uncontrollable progress: engines were invented, complex machines  not driven by synths arose from their hands . The Arcane Order didn’t see any harm and ignored these inventions. They ignored the support that was given to these machines by the people ; they ignored the invention of guns and bombs. These new weapons of mass destruction escaped  the overseeing eye of the Order. And without their knowledge, a city rose from the sand in the wastelands of Dun’Aroon, operated by machines. Cinear was the city made of metal, driven by electricity, steam and water. A city completely independent of synths – a revolution was coming. It was not before then that this heresy was brought upon the attention of the Arcane Order. Works of the Devil, as they called the machines, and Cinear, in their eyes a city without a soul that would eventually overthrow civilisation, were ordered to be destructed. But now it was they who were ignored.

The New Age Alliance, composed of fanatics to whom the technological progress couldn’t go fast enough, refused to give up Cinaer. The Arcane Order was furious. So they marched with their full army, every mage  ever trained, to Dun’Aroon, far from their homeland, to, if necessary, pull the stones from the walls with their bare hands . But in the wastelands, the army of the New Age Alliances joined forces. Endless rows of robots of war, manned by merciless men, prepared to give their lives in order to protect their city. No silence has resided on the wastelands of Dun’Aroon ever since the day this war commenced. The voices of the mages, carrying spells and curses, only seem to break trough every now and then over the terrible crash of the guns. Both sides suffer heavily, while none of them reaches victory, since no one would dream of a dispossession or treaty.
There is only one way to end this war: the destruction of magic or technology – or both.

A divided world

As war returned to Alva, and the Arcane Order is no longer able to guarantee order and safety for its population, back at our primitive selves. From over the entire planet, warriors react on the news of the war in Dun’Aroon. Some of them come to fight, others in the hopes of returning home later, as a wealthy man, after finding hidden treasures in the wastelands. Some of them come to fight for the continuation of the New Ages Alliances, others for the safety of the Arcane Order.
Once again the realm is provoked by monsters and criminals. The borders are bound to collapse. The world is in Chaos. What is your place in this war? Will you march to Dun’Aroon for fame and glory, or will you protect those that are now so helpless?

Alva awaits your decision.