From when the blood red sun's rays wash upon you when
it dawns, bringing with it with a dense heavy heat, or when the sun
leaves in the night and the cold sets making many beg for what was only
moments ago something they thought was nearly unbearable one thing is
also constant. You always taste dust and ash. Athas is dying and so are
its people.
The Dragon Kings and their cities raid the wastelands,
the dunes, the mountains and last forests. Sometimes a bold one takes
arms against one of the others, but such battles are so costly for both
sides and present so little gain that such wars thankfully grow
increasingly rare. They go to war for many reasons, for minerals, for
gold and other treasures, for water, and often just for it's people.
Their cruelties doesn't end outside of it's borders however, their
peoples are oppressed, abused, and ended at the cruel, fickle whims of
their masters.
You and your compatriots are just one of many slave
gladiators condemned to Tyr's Arena. You will fight for the people's
amusement and will eventually one die for it if things continue on as
they do. But as the sands time flow even it might catch up to the
immortal Dragon Kings.
Mummers, rumors, and gossip of rebellion flow. This is
nothing new, tiding of unrest constantly ebb and flow in all the cities
in Athas. But now it just flows. The Templars and their men crush overt
defiance and uprisings, but in reality it has just weeded out the weak
from the strong. Subtle but major distributions and rebellion are more
commonplace then ever. The city is on the brink of something is just a
matter of when. Furthermore from the faint tidings you've heard about
the other city states, it's something happening across Athas, abit at a
much slower rate. Athas is waiting for change, it's just waiting for the
right people to bring it where it really wants to go. Character Creation You start off as level 3 characters (yes, that's my 'clever ad&d reference for the day), with NO starting gold or magical items. Divine Classes, gnomes, half orcs, and the like are a no go. Fill those roles with other stuff. PHBs, Dark Sun, and Essentials books only please for other races/classes/powers please.
