Finished Adventure Background

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 Some Elves and Dark Elves inhabiting this planet can still remember this time, and the utter chaos that followed. As the light of their sun faded into darkness the inhabitants of the world, Exlari, hoarded what little they could in order to get by. The peaceful planet of Exlaris quickly turned into a struggle for survival.
 
 Admist the chaos, an archmage assembled a team of scholars, wizards, sorcerers, and leaders to put the might of their intellect behind this problem. They developed a shield surrounding the planet, which would protect them from comets, asteroids, and other hazards of space travel while maintaining the planet's original temperature, mimicking Exlaris' original atmosphere makeup. This shield was created when the archmages wove their magic together, harnessing as much of the energy of the vacuum as they could possibly muster from the universe around them and intertwining it with the technology they possessed. Because Exlaris was now a rogue planet, they were able to harness even more energy then they had imagined possible. Once the shield took effect and the planet began to stabilize the mages developed a fear of it being undone. They sealed away knowledge of how they harnessed so much of the energy of the vacuum, using it only among themselves for maintenance of the shield. Since they had never before had the ability to harness the energy so powerfully they were secure in the knowledge that it was secret. Within cities, they created lamps using energy and technology they had for the shield, though far less powerful than the shield these lamps could mimic the day and night cycled had while orbiting their sun, and farmers were given extra-powerful lamps that could keep crops healthy in order to keep the populace fed. Although much of the planet remained in perpetual night, society began to build itself, and peace returned to the planet. During this time, creatures from the under dark, once driven into the shadow by an aversion to the light they now walked freely.
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+In the wake of The Breaking, a new chapter began. The studious ones who saved the Exlari were elevated to leadership roles and rebuilt society on the principle of keeping information open and accessible, a tradition that continues today. Although some people prefer to wander in the bands separate from society, most settled back into peace and routine. Exlaris was forever changed, and they had a new focus for their academic interests: the cosmos around them.
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+In the centuries since The Break, this world's study of the cosmos took shape and honed a focus on studying other worlds like itself, rogue planets, and a special interest in black holes and energy of the vacuum. In recent years, a mage in Aldastron, Eirik Hazn, developed a spell that allows him to connect with in a way that for more than just observations about the planet, its civilization, and how it moves through its solar system. Eirik linked to the Hubble Space Telescope after learning of its observations that have propelled understanding of black holes and dark energy (similar to the energy of the vacuum) on Earth, and copied data that he and slect other researchers used to help decode some of the mysteries of their own planet and further drive new areas of research. Unknown to them, this drew attention of a young dragon, Isilias, whole stole the spell Eirik created, as well as Eirik himself and his fellow researchers, in order to steal Hubble itself so Isilias alone would possess its knowledge.
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+There are five major cities on Exlaris: Aldastron, Sarthelios, Beska-Pereia, Palereidon, and Arketnum. Each of these cities has a particular academic focus and trade flows openly between them, most commonly by teleportation spells but sometimes by braving the dark between. While each city is home to most of the knowledge and study of a given topic, it is extremely common for researchers to rotate between the cities, learning man different disciplines. Although there are five main cities in this world, there are innumerable smaller towns and cities scattered throughout, some of them with their own unique academic interests as well, while others focus on agriculture, farming, or other facets of society.
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+It is in the dark, however, that you find traces of what life was like before The Breaking. Some of the major cities of that time did not survive the chaos, and travelers can still find their ransacked ruins. Those who dare to journey within these ruins seldom return, as they are home to varies dangerous creatures just waiting, lurking in the dark. This is why most use teleportation to travel.
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+Teleportation on this world is easy between cities, but less so the more remote area is, and is done through a series of magically connected portals. Not all portals are open at all times; in many ways teleportation on Exlaris is similar to a transport hub in a major city on Earth.