New: Islands_of_Zielve (free, open-ended, email, human, fantasy, rpg, abstract) From: lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl) Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2002 07:13:01 +0000 Name: Islands_of_Zielve Costs: ~FREE~ Contact: all_gears_and_teeth@yahoo.com URL: http://www.geocities.com/all_gears_and_teeth/index Frequency: Fluid Email: all_gears_and_teeth@yahoo.com Type: Freeform RPG, Interactive fiction EEmail: all_gears_and_teeth@yahoo.com Last-Update: 2002Jun14 Keywords: free, open-ended, email, human, fantasy, rpg, abstract Description: In an ancient era, where magic and machine have been mastered by humans and the other races of Gaia, the entire world is at war. It is known that there are two empires battling each other for dominance, the Atlantian Empire, and the Enveshi Empire. Yet the sacred islands of Zielve are forgotten by the rest of the world. A chain of islands on which many people live, charged with the protection of various secrets. A people believed visited by the six Goddesses... The humans of this small cluster of islands are broken down into five nations. The people of these nations have long forgotten just how sacred the land truly is, and war constantly with a tyrant Empress, the Emissary of Dominance, as she is known, who has formed her own empire throughout the islands. The land is broken down into three main land masses, and she rules the greatest, on which grows the nation of Karulia... Sharing the largest island is the magickal land of Embladet, once a proud monarchy now reduced to a mere vassal of Karulia, ruled and protected by a council of witches and sorcerers, who still protect the secrets of the Goddesses. Embladet lacks the population or wealth to fight with Karulia, so for the sake of the lives of their people, the council has accepted the terms of the Empress... On the second largest island exist the two nations of Zellake and Vilce, two countries who are constantly at war. It is a timeless war of peasants versus nobles, commoners versus the wealthy. Zellake rules the northern half of the island, the city of royalty ruled by the Queen Necelia. Zellakians view her as a generous and kind servant of the people, Vilcians view her as a selfish queen who cares only for her own people... Vilce is ruled by the Matron Yylic, a young lady who has been forced into a difficult position of rulership by the death of her father, the former Patron Ruler of Vilce. Often the enemy nations of Zellake and Vilce have been forced to cooperate against a greater enemy, Karulia, but many times over the wars have reunited between the two nations. Yylic wishes to lead a rebellion against Necelia and unite the island under herself... The third largest island, less than one fourth the size of Karulia, is owned by the monarchy of Alahm, ruled by King Zalphas and King Yudamonte. The land is highly reclusive and pays little attention to the workings of the other nations, as they are quite capable people in the ways of magicks, and their barrier magic protects their kingdom from the threat of Karulia. The people of this land use magic to also prolong their life, and create extreme fertility so as to farm with so little land for so many people, but now their sacred artifacts are also coveted by the Empress... How will the story unfold in this land...? Will the ancient secrets of the Dragonick people of ancient days be discovered? Will someone find the power to stand against Galas? Will the other nations finally unite against the common enemy? And most importantly... how long will it be before the world powers of Atlantis and Enveshi set their sights to dominate this land as well...? Only time will tell... [ This is a new entry for the PBM List. You can find the list itself, and instructions for adding games or comments, at http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/pbm_list/ -- greg ] Up