The Lore

The year is 1899.

A five-year plague has decimated the region's populace. Across the windswept horizons, farms are overgrown and abandoned with plows rusting in the fields, homes stand empty as nature fights to take the land back and predators roam unchecked.

Government officials have withdrawn from the region. Food is a valuable commodity, money all but worthless. With pockets of hostiles, the only law are free-roaming self-appointed 'rangers,' little more than vigilantes.

Yet, there are hopeful signs. People are trickling back, seeking a fresh start, reclaiming abandoned homes, working the farms, hunting across the island, and starting new businesses.

From the ashes comes renewal. The indomitable, adventuresome human spirit is returning to the land, and you along with it. As you step off the boat onto the shores of Ventosus Insula, the sounds of the Blackwater community greets your ears. Ahead of you, nothing but possibilities.

It's a new day. A new start.

What have you brought?

What can you build?