Most of all, for yourself and your dynasty-to-be. Adventurers move to the Orient to make their fortunes and amass power beyond the dreams of most men.Īdventurers like you, who go for King, for Country and for Glory. There is also peril, from the sages and daevas of India to the great god-kings of China - Asia is full of great power and little restraint.Īfter the wavemasters of Portugal and the merchant princes of Genoa and Spain made their way across the Atlantic and the Capes, Asia met Europe, and history changed. The merchants and sailors of the West have gained access to these waters, and there are fortunes to be made in the fertile soil of the East. Europe calls itself the Old World, but the ancient civilizations of the Orient claim greater antiquity still. There are many who would dispute that claim.
They claim that it was in Europe that the price of power was first paid. It was here that many claim that man first unlocked the inner magics and the gods' blood, the secrets of human empowerment. It was in Europe that the secrets of Babylon were unlocked, and the mages of old Rome crafted great works in the shadow of heathen gods.