Hello everyone!
We're excited to finally have a place to share the evolution of our story with our community.
Over the past weeks, we've been laying the foundations of our world: its cultures, its struggles, its past. The playable races and their origins along with the lands and the peoples who inhabit them are coming to life.
This website is a living record of our processes and a chance for you to see how our game grows from its earliest foundations to the adventures that will eventually exist within it.
We hope you'll enjoy following our journey as much as we're enjoying creating it.
DEVELOPMENT PHILOSOPHY
We're going back to the roots of traditional fantasy: the romanticism, the escapism, and the heroism baked into tales rooted in western legends.
The hunt for the Grail. The sword in the stone. The hero who rides into the unknown. We hope to achieve the sense of wonder that made those early fantasy settings unforgettable.
These are some of the pillars guiding our development:
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Community centered gameplay. A world designed to bring players together, where the best memories are the ones you share with others.
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Immersive character experience. Your character is not a menu of numbers but a person in the world, with an identity you shape and grow attached to.
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No fear of missing out. We avoid seasonal, limited-time experiences that punish you for stepping away. The world will wait for you, and your time in it should never feel like an obligation.
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Meaningful freedom of choice. Enough agency to become who you want to be in the world, without losing the coherence that makes the world feel real. Your path is yours to choose, and your choices matter.
MEET THE MASTAARI (PLAYABLE RACE)
The Mastaari are a race of towering elephant-like sages and scholars. Long-lived and deeply spiritual, these nomads wander the southern deserts, steered by their faith and customs.
In pursuit of wisdom and the purpose for their existence, they pray to the stars, the eternal firmaments in the night sky. Blessed with their celestial magic, the Mastaari have kept to themselves for generations.
Their tribes' kinship transcends blood relations, protected by the unwritten law of the Blood Feud.
Throughout history, the values of the Mastaari have always been put to the test. From the Era of Strife, to the Endless Drought, the Mastaari way of life has adapted to fit the times.
THE MASTAARI HOMELAND: MASTARON, THE DESERT OF WANDERERS
The rolling dunes of Mastaron are a treacherous and hostile place. Terracotta mountains break apart the endless vista of sand upon sand. To the west the sapphire blue of the ocean glistens on the horizon. Gripped in perpetual dry heat at day and chilling cold at night, the Mastaari learned to live through these deadly conditions.
Mastaron's indifferent cruelty shaped their way of living from the early days of their culture. By valuing those close to them regardless of their blood, the nomads have survived for millennia in a place where life rarely thrives. Through the exchange of stories, traditions and teachings between the tribes, they persisted.
Yet the desert is as much part of them as the stars of the sky or the life-giving waters of the oases. From nomads to city dwellers to nomads once again, the future of the Mastaari is not set in stone. Their history has shown that time and time again.
A PEOPLE AT A CROSSROADS
Neither the sage viziers of the capital, Mastakar, nor the nomadic shamans traveling the sands know for certain which path will be the right one for their people.
This divide between the nomadic and the urban has existed since the Mastaari Golden Age, a time when society flourished and vast amounts of wealth and knowledge were accumulated.
Whilst the Golden Age ended in calamity and brought great starvation, there has always been a clear divide between the viziers of the city and the nomads of the desert. Two sides of the same coin in Mastaari life.
Driven by their own truths, the just and the wicked compete for the secrets of the desert. This conflict of ideals will determine the future of Mastaron.
(BONUS) BEYOND THE DESERT: THE TARMUND (NON-PLAYABLE CHARACTERS)
The Tarmund have long made the world's roads their home. Stout marmotfolk by nature, they are welcomed in villages, bustling cities, and lonely roadside inns alike. With packs full of curious wares and a story for every occasion, they carry distant news between kingdoms and leave every place with a few tales of their own.
Trade is more than a livelihood to the Tarmund, it is a way of life. Every one of them eventually sets out upon the Merchant's Way, a tradition that leads them across the world in pursuit of a purpose known only to their own kind. Whether bartering goods, sharing stories, or quietly gathering rumors, the Tarmund have become the closest thing the world has to a living network of travelers and storytellers.
Though they are among the most familiar faces on the roads, surprisingly little is known about the Tarmund themselves. They speak openly of the places they have visited, yet never of the hidden homes from which they came. That quiet secrecy has given rise to countless rumors, ensuring that every encounter with a Tarmund leaves behind as many questions as answers.
SEE YOU SOON!
Every corner of our world carries its own history, waiting to be told. Sharing it with you today makes it real in a way it never was on paper.
We're looking forward to building this world alongside a community that shares our love for adventure, discovery, and classic fantasy.
Thank you for reading, and see you in the next one!