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| Darksun MUD - MUD Description | |
| This is the world of Athas, the world of the Dark Sun campaign setting. Athas' savage, primal landscape is the result of long centuries of ecological and magical abuse. The world is dying. It breathes its last gasps as water turns to silt, grasslands become sandy wastes, and jungles decay into stony barrens. Still, life finds a way to endure even in these hellish conditions. In fact, it thrives. Athas is a place of contrasts. Bleak deserts exist beside verdant belts, rocky badlands give way to thick forests, and scrub plains surroud opulent oases. These contrasts go beyond envrionmental conditions. Magic, for example, is relativly scarce and universally feared, while psionic powers are a common and accepted part of life. Water is more precious than gold in this resource-depleted world, and metals of all sorts are likewise in short supply. Except for heat and sun, blood and dust, few things can be found in abundance. Children growing up beneath the crimson sun don't aspire to become heroes. True heroes who champion causes or seek to make the world a better place are as rare as steel on Athas. Living to see the next dawn is more important than defending a set of beliefs, so survival ultimately motivates all living creatures - not virtue or righteousness. Today, Athas rushes toward its future. If the course of destruction is to be diverted, if Athas is to be restored, then more heroes must grab the reins of destiny and give Athas a new hope. |
