A long time ago, there were two planets that had very similar goals. They wanted to bring all creatures together, who are willing to agree to peace and synchronicity. At the time, creatures came from all over the realms to join this beautiful global peace project. The way that they maintained peace and became more advanced, was from artifacts of technology that combined magic with metallurgy, and knowledge from gathering distant planets and realms together throughout a span of time. This world was ruled by a very powerful wizards who had spent millennia gathering sacred information from every source possible. They swore an oath to uphold the secrecy, and would only share with those indoctrinated into their circle. Eventually, this technology grew to where they could create cuts through time or wormholes as we know it. They came upon this planet that had a vast wealth of minerals, metals, and alchemical substances, from natural gasses to botanical plants, streams of minerals that healed, and mountains that held secrets of their own.  They began to send their own members of society there to expand and start a second world organization that honored their practices. They sent their precious secret protected technology with these people to be able to succeed in mining and extracting, and doing everything they needed to continue to make more powerful sacred technology. A new  circle of wizards was established on this planet to oversee and protect this hidden technology. And their plan went swimmingly well for millennia more. They not only extracted  properties of wonder, but found great wealth in the gold and other metals that crawled through the mountains like frozen lightning. And then one day, the cataclysm happened. The Earth shook, the ocean’s rose so high they took out entire cities. The weather changed and tropical areas became cold tundras. Oceans became vast deserts. Continents crashed into each other with such force they created their own mountain ranges. The tides and currents changed to adapt to their new surroundings.  And during the chaos many died. In the chaos comes in balance and change and new factions started taking over based off of their own greed and selfish needs. This planet was discovered by other nearby planets as technology changed and space travel was readily available to others. When this happened, the original planet decided to close its cut through time leaving their own wizards to hopefully stay united as a global faction, while maintaining their secrecy of their true purpose. They were instructed to standby until the time the other planet feels comfortable opening that channel and giving them further instructions. These wizards waited, thousands of years. They passed down their information and limited technology. They had to train new generations of people they could trust to hold their circle sacred.  Every hundred years or so 1 Wizard would cut through time to check on the planet and see how it’s progressing. Other than that they were told to wait as it was too dangerous to give away the knowledge that this technology even existed on this planet. But then people outside their circle start finding it. Some were starting to figure it out. They hadn’t found the big secrets and the most powerful devices, and it was imperative that this faction finds it first. It’s critical to the preservation or destruction of the entire planet, depending on whose hands it falls in. They began to assemble a specialized team of creatures that had been observed since their youth. These specific creatures had the skills and talent necessary to traverse any ground and weather. They each held specific abilities that made them not just the ideal team but also look unassuming no matter where they were. The wizards knew they would need to send them out soon on their first mission. Meanwhile, the wizards maintained hope they’d be visited soon as their home planet was overdue.  Just as they had finished assembling this secret group, they saw the light cut through the room from ceiling to floor. The thin light grew, brighter, and brighter as it expanded and the other wizards from the planet of peace stepped through. They had a plan. And they had instructions. ~by Becka Temple