North America-based online games publisher GamesCampus.com has just released details of the backstory behind its new massively multiplayer online real-time strategy game Soul Master. Real-time strategy as an MMO? I know, I know—I'm just as intrigued as you are. Before I lead you into this new virtual world, let's first take a closer look at its backstory.
The Story of Soul Master
Nobody knows for certain how it was first discovered, but its immense power and endless potential were enough to destroy the greatest empire of the Bunden continent: Elamond. The Magic was a gift and a curse for the Empire that first experienced its effects. With its populace split between fear of the unknown and a hunger for power, the Great War that soon followed was swift and terrible. The conservative citizens that distrusted the corrupting influence of Magic were forced from their homes in an exodus across the continent, and eventually found refuge in the north. The revolutionists that had embraced the darker nature of Magic and brutally toppled the Elamond government entered into an age of obsessive, uninterrupted mystic study.
Decades passed, and the exiled among conservatives struggled to establish a culture with powerful technologies of their own. After uniting the various factions among themselves over the intervening years, a new nation was born out of the distrust of Magic that had been passed down over generations. The Valiant Empire that emerged was soon well known for their advanced steam punk technologies and mastery over machines. The revolutionaries of the former Elamond Empire had since created their own nation state, one self-indulgently known as the Holy Empire. By combining the primeval forces of light, darkness, ocean, and sky they had perfected the use of Magic to both an art form and a terrifying weapon. The Holy Empire soon became the most unstoppable force on the continent, with the Valiant Empire keeping an ever wary eye from the north.
Many, if not most, of the citizens of the Bunden continent prayed that the uneasy peace between the two powers might last... but it was soon shattered. With the sudden appearance of the nomads from the east, the Harmony Tribe emerged from out of legend and tipped the balance of power in the region. Peace between the Empires began to crumble as isolated border disputes turned into pitched battles over control of key resources and territory. War had returned to the continent.
