Location: A sort of "alternate universe" Earth, Mars, and outer space.

Time Period: Futuristic.

Technology Level: Similar to our current one, but on steroids. That is to say while there is space travel, fancy holographic technology, advanced weaponry, magic, mechas, and nifty gadgets that can do things we can only dream of, there are also still all the old comforts we know and love, like TV, video games, cell phones, motorcycles, and the internet. In other words, don't be intimidated by the technobabble! You can feel free to make up wacky inventions as you please, but if science mumbo jumbo isn't your thing, the world as a whole isn't too far removed from our own. There have just been a lot of neat advancements and you can get creative as you see fit.

Special Notes: Please keep in mind that although Earth and other planets in our solar system are used as locations and referenced in the game, this game does not take place in our world as we know it. Japan does not exist, the United States does not exist, and important historical figures and celebrities and pop culture from our time and world also do not exist and never have existed. Feel free to make up RotE equivalents, though! A lot of us have fun parodying things from our world. (:

BASIC PLOT OVERVIEW

The Earth is ruined. What was once a paradise is now a hell: barren, polluted, the air too toxic on most days to breathe without a mask, the oceans and rivers a mess of sludge and waste. Even the sea level has risen as the icecaps have melted, flooding the coasts and wiping islands off the map. Only one large continent, Le’raana, remains fairly inhabitable—as long as you remain under the shelter of an electromagnetic dome.

While many people have fled the Earth and taken to space to find a new home, some nations stubbornly remain. The main players are Aedolis and Teinar, two nations with two entirely different plans for the world. Aedolis is the Earth's superpower, a technological tyranny obsessed with control and directly behind the degradation of the Earth—yet far too deluded to accept that. While the rest of the world falls apart, Aedolis seeks to absorb and dominate the remaining nations on Earth and create its very own utopia, as envisioned by the dragons that saved them from their demise. But Meanwhile Teinar, a network of rebels and underground cities, works to resist Aedolis' rule and free those citizens Aedolis has subjugated, all while desperately searching for a way to heal the Earth. Not everyone has given up on the planet.

Unfortunately, the problems don't end on Earth.

Of those nations that that have opted to flee the Earth to space, refugees group together in a series of space stations, seeking a new home after being displaced by the very empire they were once allies with: Aedolis. These space stations are what remain of Earth’s free people and they are hardly pacifists; many of them coordinate with Teinar and the Gospels to smuggle people out of Aedolis. Meanwhile another nation, Edanith, wages a cold war against Aedolis and targets vulnerable ships and stations for their mages—valuable resources to a country that enslaves and uses them.

Truly the only neutral party is a company known as Thanatos Inc., a shady corporation with its fingers in all the pies, playing both sides of the field and forging a tight partnership with Edanith and Aedolis alike. They aren't lying when they say their products aren't tested on animals; they're tested on humanoids.

NATIONS, STATIONS, AND CORPORATIONS

Aedolis The resident superpower of the Earth, Aedolis is also directly responsible for its degredation. Ruled by the dragons and their Pilots, Aedolis is famed both for its culture and its brutality.	Teinar An underground free city hidden out in the wastelands, Teinar is home to refugees and rebels alike and remains one of the only free places on Earth.
Space Stations The main stations are the Libra and the Cancer, allied yet vastly different.	Edanith A nation where mages are no more that resources to be exploited.
Thanatos Inc. Household name, booming corporation, shady research facility.