Lore and Legends of the Dezzyverse

In Fahr Ryasc, the Lords of the Higher Worlds overthrew the Princes of Ruin, imprisoning Chaos and establishing the dominance of Law.

One thousand years ago, Law triumphed over Chaos in Fahr Ryasc. Nikkarn, one of the Archons of the Nea’Archi Doctrine wielded the Ebonrune Scepter to bind each Prince of Ruin into it’s prison in the Underworld. With the Princes entombed, The Lords of the Higher Worlds were freed to elevate Law among the mortal peoples of Fahr Ryasc, starting with the Old Xjinn Empire.

The Old Xjinn Empire had already adopted the Nea’Archi Doctrine as it’s religion and creed almost since it’s founding. After the triumph, the empire withdrew back into it’s irex (“throne-cities”) and spent centuries consolidating and transforming into the instrument the Lords of the Higher Worlds would use to subjugate all of Fahr Ryasc.

Through Nea’Archi Doctrine dogma, the Old Xjinn Empire forbade sorcery, and adopted science and rationality to replace it with Alchemy ,Artifice and Clockwork. This led to the discovery of the element Aurixom as a catalyst for industry. This revolution in the empire has reinvigorated the declining, fading realm. Purges of sorcerers and practice of religions other than the Nea’Archi Doctrine has reshaped imperial culture and returned the Old Xjinn Empire to a position of supremacy in Fahr Ryasc.

The Old Xjinn Empire had reclaimed most of its former territory over the past century. With the absorbtion of the city-state of Vohrkohz on the Tyrqohz River, the empire has secured the richest source of Aurixom ore known in Fahr Ryasc. As the campaign opens, the empire is expanding and beginning it’s effort to conquer the entire continent.

As a background option in Black Sword Hack, the Old Xjinn Empire is considered decadent.