Dark Sun

The world of Athas is a harsh and brutal place, a dying world thanks to manipulation of Rajaat and his champions who cleansed the world of most non-human races. The result of this mass genocide caused magic to become unstable, the gods to be cut off from the world, and the very planet to succumb to the draining forces of Rajaat and his champions.

Yet in the past Athas was a lush and rich planet inhabited by a highly advanced civilization of halflings. These halfling were the master of bio-magics and bio-technology that have not been seen anywhere else. Yet like most civilizations, their hubris came and bought there downfall. However, they created many of the lifeforms and races to survive as their legacy as they retreated away from the world.

This is where centuries later Rajaat and his champions come in. They knew that the other races where just experimental lifeforms that  had no right to live on Athas. So he and his champions set forth and exterminated all that was deemed uncleaned. The magics that they harness warped the land, leeching the very life essences from the world. The fonts of power that they crafted for themselves also blocked whatever gods that watched over Athas. As there reign of terror spread across the globe, the seas turned to silt, the green earth wilted to bare rock and sand, and only a few places could life exists in such harsh conditions. They each established their own strongholds in various city states, and soon learned that they could evolves themselves into more powerful forms. It was during this time of the Sorcerer-Kings that they betrayed their leader Rajaat, Borys lead the revolt and imprisoned Rajaat.

Many of the people live their live among the deserts of the world, traveling from city-state to city-state earning a meager life in the shadows of the Sorcerer Kings. Yet there are still many other hidden wonders of the world to find. Life itself is coming back slowly, the Halfling in there hidden retreat having been continue there research and the vast nation of the Thri-kreen, hundreds of miles away have survived the changing world and prospered.