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== Overview ==
== Overview ==
Before all of creation, the Creator presided alone over the primordial void, a vast, conscious, realm from which all of reality, and magic, sprang forth. The first creation, the Book of Causality<ref>Read the "Two Books" theory for more information. This is the Book of Life that the Creator uses, NOT the Book of Life entrusted to the Raposa. While linked, consider this Book to be the "administrator" copy of the Book of Life, that contains the most important pages.</ref>, was formed by the Creator's hands and created the template for which the Raposa Universe, and Raposakind, would be drawn to life.
Before all of creation, the Creator presided alone over the primordial void, a vast, conscious, realm from which all of reality, and magic, sprang forth. The first creation, the Book of Causality<ref>Read the "Two Books" theory for more information. This is the Book of Life that the Creator uses, NOT the Book of Life entrusted to the Raposa. While linked, consider this Book to be the "administrator" copy of the Book of Life, that contains the most important pages.</ref>, was formed by the Creator's hands and created the template for which the Raposa Universe, and Rapokind, would be drawn to life.
The first Raposa, drawn into the Book by the Creator's hand, became the stewards of their newly created world. Separated from the start into four large groups, the first generation of Raposa created the four original villages, each one inaccessible and unknown to the others. The four villages—Capital<ref>Rapoville</ref>, Watersong, Lavasteam, and Galacia<ref>Galactic Jungle</ref>—would be kept separate under the power of the Creator until each had completed its divine purpose under the leadership of their Mayors. By the 248th year, eight generations passed, each village, now matured, had fulfilled its principle and the world slowly grew united.
The first Raposa, drawn into the Book by the Creator's hand, became the stewards of their newly created world. Separated from the start into four large groups, the first generation of Raposa created the four original villages, each one inaccessible and unknown to the others; The four villages—Capital<ref>Rapoville</ref>, Watersong, Lavasteam, and Galacia<ref>Galactic Jungle</ref>—would be kept separate under the power of the Creator until each had completed its divine purpose under the leadership of their Mayors.
Despite the separation, the four villages progressed ardently. Centuries worth of technical innovation and progress occurred in the span of mere decades thanks to the discovery, and mastery, of magic. Magic had become a boon to the rapid development of Rapokind. By the 248th year, eight generations passed, each village, now matured, had fulfilled its principle and the world slowly grew united.
* Watersong, blessed with expression, overcame pride under the leadership of Miles.
* Watersong, blessed with expression, overcame pride under the leadership of Miles.
* Galacia, blessed with knowledge, overcame ignorance following the troubled leadership of Click.
* Galacia, blessed with knowledge, overcame ignorance following the troubled leadership of Click.
* Capital, blessed with wisdom and faith and entrusted with the Book of Life, overcame deceit following the The Fall<ref>marked by Wilfre's defeat to the hands of the Creation Hero</ref>.
* Capital, blessed with wisdom and faith and entrusted with the Book of Life, overcame deceit following the The Fall<ref>marked by Wilfre's defeat to the hands of the Creation Hero</ref>.
Soon after, the colony of ForestStream was founded on a newly discovered island in the Emerald Sea, organized by teams from each of the four villages. This settlement would eventually grow to become the Kingdom of ForestStream, a harmonious amalgamation of the four founding villages.
Though Wilfre's defeat marked the end of The Fall, the final catalyst before the villages could unite, it also marked the start of new, unprecedented, era. Dubbed The Purge, magic levels began to drop worldwide. 80 years later, ambient magic levels had completely depleted across the globe, cutting Raposa off from the magic realm and their windfall. Everyday magicians who used their skills to erect buildings, construct Warp Gates, cure illness, and generally aid society of yore became extinct, and the profession eventually forgotten. The start of the modern era was the start of the mundane era.
By year 600, around 270 years since the effects of The Purge, widespread magic usage became thought of a lost art, as modern technology took its place. Some magical devices created before the loss of magic remained operational, such as the Warp Gates, and became the few extant examples of the bygone Magic Age. Worse yet, many Raposa became apprehensive toward the mere thought of magic due to Wilfre's influence; not only was the practice of magic lost to the public, the thought of it became shunned. However, this would soon change.
Manere Heinnen, a typical young-adult from ForestStream came across a powerful artifact imbued with ancient magic. His misuse of the object led to its destruction, releasing all the magic trapped within it. Overwhelming quantities of magic flooded into the environment, starting a chain-reaction that led to the slow resurgence of magic worldwide—and imbuing him with control over Shadow. Now, Rapokind must face their apprehensions head-on and choose between the mundane or magical, and forge a new way forward.
== Further Reading ==
== Further Reading ==