Legend of the Burning Sands RPG - Kaze no Shiro

Legend of the Burning Sands RPG Campaign Settingdeities of a lost age. Shilah, the sleeping Kaleel,their children in the night sky – all would perishso that the Jinn could revel in their self-deprivingpower. Second, the Seal offered a way to contactShilah directly, to pierce through the wall of Jinnthat murmured deceitfully in her ear each day,and opened her clenched eyes to the terrible truthof her creations’ design.The humans only sought a new ally in their fightagainst the Jinn, a way to end the awfulcataclysm approaching. They never anticipatedthat their actions would urge it forward.Awakened from her lunacy, Shilah witnessed theJinn through the veracity of the Seal, and –calling upon all the power keeping her sane –lashed out across the beautiful terrain she hadbrought into being. In one climactic moment, theworld dissolved around the Jinn, Ashalan, andhumans. Magic touched by her wrath wasconsumed to add to the destruction, ripped awayfrom those who would carelessly use it for theirown selfish desire. Minor beings – Jinnsubsisting upon the land and within the air, andAshalan both young and weak – were obliteratedin a flash of Shilah’s grace. Those who thrivedfrom magic and lived were forced out of Shilah’ssight: the Ashalan fled into the earth, and the lastthousand Jinn bound themselves into servicewith the humans or fled beyond the boundariesof our world.Kaleel and his brothers, saved by the powerstolen from the slumbering Moon, were severelyweakened during the Day of Wrath. Theyattempted to escape but were hunted down bythose whom they had tried to enslave, theircitadel grounded and buried beneath the sands.With precious little strength left, they fell into along sleep – like their father had before them –not to be seen again for hundreds of years. Intime, the Young Races, who are eternallyoptimistic in their nature, assumed the Adversaryand his brethren to be destroyed. One brother,Israk, refused to accept that Kaleel was dead andventured into the Blighted Realms to find him.The First Jinn War was over.The Third Age: TheSurvivorsThe survivors of Lady Sun's wrath wandered thebarren lands for many days. Groups wanderedoutwards seeking lands that would support them,desperately looking for water and farmable land.Many died as they wandered the land of sand andsun.One group wandered inland, confidant that theywould find salvation, that all the fertile land hadnot destroyed. They indeed found fertile land, onthe banks of a massive deep river that flowedfrom east to west. On the banks of this river thetribe build their first city, calling it Senpet, inhonour of their leader who had brought themhere.Yet another group wandered northwest till theycame across a fertile river delta, a part of thesame might river that the fledgling SenpetEmpire had found. Here they built their villagesand set their farmlands. They tamed the camelsand horses they found there and thanked Fate fordelivering them to this place of peace.A Time of Growth: theGolden AgeThe Tribes of Senpet faired well, their citiesgrowing in size and splendour. Huge pyramidsbegan to dot the landscape of the Senpet cities,marking the tombs of their dead priest-kings.The Senpet also traded with the tribes to thewest. The Senpet possessed incredible artistswho created some the Burning Sands mostdazzling paintings, jewellery, and pottery. Theyare also accredited with creating the first form ofwriting within the cultures of the Burning Sands.Their hieroglyphic writing was adopted by themore learned of the other cultures in order torecord histories, legends, and importantdocuments. Many tribal wise men traveled to thecities of the Senpet to learn the arts of writing.The tribes to the west were perhaps the mostprosperous of the cultures of the Burning Sands.Ruled by person know as the Sultan, theSultanate cities grew incredible fast. The entiredelta was taken under their control. Dozens ofvillages had grown up over the delta, with keepsprotecting them. The capital itself grew in leapsand bounds. Nick-named the City of OneThousand Stories, Medinat al-Salaam becamethe focal point of all trade for the Burning Sands.Ships from the lands of the Senpet regularlydocked on its’ river port. Trade caravansroutinely entered and left the massive gates ofthe merchant quarters, bringing horses, furs andcopper, and taking back worked goods. The rulerof Medinat al-Salaam, the Sultan, declared hiscity the brightest gem in the Burning Sands and4Legend of the Five Rings Fan Book