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| Rivellon |
A once forgotten place, a
world of fantasy and possibilities…
...to you the reader I bring you to Rivellon, the world in which Divine
Divinity exists. A world of beauty filled with wonderful creatures that
we call fantasy… teeming with bustling cities where dwarves, elves,
humans, and lizard men all co-exist.
A world of full of dark crypts and dungeons scattered throughout
Rivellon belonging to long forgotten powerful Necromancers, that led
battles in the Ancient ‘War of the Damned’, and waiting to be
discovered by weary and foolhardy adventurers such as yourself. The
bounty for such initiative and perseverance… well legend has it the
Legendary ‘Sword of Lies’ is the reward. A powerful Necromancer can
never be truly killed; their corpse still stirs in the tomb for they
wait ever patiently to be released by unsuspecting Tomb Raiders.
Ancient demon writing on the sacred slabs of Vermillion tells of 13
sacred shrines deep below the lands of Rivellon. These shrines are the
resting places to the ‘Generals of the Damned’, the deadliest demon
knights ever trained. They served the Lord of Chaos during the Wars of
the Mages and the Wars of the Damned. It wasn’t until Duke Ferol
sacrificed himself to banish the Lord of Chaos did the Demon Knights
lose their gift of immortality, so they fled and constructed shrines for
themselves scattered deep below Rivellon in concealed locations.
Other dungeons have been discovered, but more often than not they are
homes to the Imps, Ghosts and Trolls. Still they are not to be taken
lightly, they will attack you for you are intruders to them and their
space.
Rivellon, is also the domain where the ancient and almost extinct races
of dragons reside. Of all creatures that inhabit our world, dragons
appeal the most to people's imaginations. Wise, powerful, aggressive,
and cunning are all words that come to mind. They are the epitome of all
that is beautiful in nature, and if one ever gets to see a dragon, he is
considered blessed… that is if he lives long enough to tell the tale.
Sightings of the various species of dragons have included the
description of size, colour and even its friendly nature.
Some report of Giant Black Behemoths with fiery red reptile like eyes,
although looking like a Spawn out of Hell, no acts of Destruction has
ever been reported by witnesses. Still there is a price on the head of
this dragon that has picked up the nickname the Patriarch, those of you
foolish enough to go after the title of ‘Dragon Slayer’ good luck to
you.
Others have reported dragon riders, a short race of evil minions trained
in the art of dragon riding on smaller elemental class dragons. A
mystery still remains on their Master’s identity. The sinister sect
known as the ‘Black Ring’ usually commissions dragon riders on
missions of assassination by decapitation, if a bounty is on your head,
it is unlikely you can escape.
Divine Divinity is unfolding into an epic tale of Rivellon’s unstable
balance of Good vs. Evil. The fight takes you on a wonderful journey
that will see you in dungeons’ depths and meeting life threatening
dragons. Some have called this RPG a ‘Dark Horse’… a genre that
although saturated seems to have found some new life. |
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