The Great Crystal Hunt!

Where You Come In:
This RP takes place during The Great Crystal Hunt, an era where everyone and their grandmother was on the hunt for these fragments of the Ley Crystal. When the Ley Crystal shattered, the shards of it scattered, making their way to all corners of the globe. From the depths of the oceans to being baked inside of Grandma’s cookies, these things found their way into the strangest of places. And now, they’re all worth millions on their own.

As mentioned before, the shattering of the Ley Crystal made Ley Lines run wild. No longer were all of them controlled by a single artifact. Now Ley Lines spread with very little to stop them. In fact, Magicians, Monsters, and Immortals, along with many others, were directly and indirectly responsible for their creation, growth, and locations. The disastrous destruction of the Ley Crystal weakened the barrier between Aneos and The Beyond, allowing demons and other Immortals to claw their way in for the first time in centuries; maybe even millennia. Monsters devoured the abundant Juice, and became terrifyingly powerful; yet still thirsted for more. Magicians—fairly weak and uncommon during the days of the Ley Crystal—also grew dramatically in magical strength due to this shift in the environment. Everyone wanted more. The Juice changed them, and the more they changed, the more they wanted to change. Their thirst for power was insatiable.

This is why many have sought out the shards for thousands of years. Though they’d failed, the recent invention of Thaummtech, and the industrial revolution that spawned from it may have finally given everyone a better shot. The world is a big and dangerous place, but trains, airships, and other modern forms of transportation allow adventurers to get where they want to go more quickly and easily than ever before. It—along with advances in communication technology—also allows rumors to spread like wildfire. Now there’s not a day that goes by where people aren’t out there seeking the shards.

Many people want them to put the Ley Crystal back together, regain control over the Ley Lines and make the world all swell again. Others want to acquire shards to prevent the reconstruction because they are too fond of the Aneos they know, and don’t want to go back to a world that they’ve never seen. Many just want them because they are priceless treasures, beautiful pieces of jewelry, or heroic trophies of accomplishments. For whatever reason, everyone wants these little buggers!

So, what will you be? A fiery Elementalist on the hunt for the shards to maintain your blazing power? A bounty hunter aiming to take down every criminal on the planet, not concerned with the shards at all? A traveling bard with an orc companion that only cares to overexaggerate his stories? The choices are yours while on the hunt for these Shards of Great Power!

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The World of Aneos