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A long time ago, there was a man named James Stryker. At the time was the strongest mage in the land, however the practice of magic was forbidden by the infant Argossian Empire. So he one day, left his home along with thousands of followers to establish his own Kingdom where those who wished to practice and learn magic were free to do so. This ended up becoming his life work, and before James could see it finished, he died and left this new Kingdom of Magic to his closest disciples and the next most powerful wielders of magic in the land, The Four Aces.
With no one single ruler for the budding nation to look up to, The Four Aces became the de facto rulers of the people within their domain. Training and raising up the next generation of mages in their own way. Which created a gap between the now four nation-state, called Suits. This gap widening with each generation as they all saw each other as rivals for control over the entire magical kingdom. As this gap widened so did the gap between each tier of Mage as those whose potency in becoming great Mages were chosen as pupils of the each proceeding generation in order to boast greater power over the other Suits. This social caste system used the value of cards to address every man, woman, and child's ability to use magic.
Within a short time, conflicts between the four nations flared up and stirred into an all out war between the Four Suits. This great conflict became known as the Great Magic War. A time of great turmoil in which history had not been recorded to well, a dark age so to speak. But suffice to say that it resulted in a great number of casualties between all sides as the war lasted for over 100 years supposedly, some historians would say it lasted for up to 200 as smaller border conflicts did not stop completely for a very long time. This war paved the way for the now much stronger and more intimidating Argossian Empire to reclaim land they believed was rightly theirs, leading into the Argossian Crusades.
Aided by the new found technology of gunpowder and natural gas, the Four Suits were initially pushed back by the onslaught of the Argossian's unseen war tactics and new technology that somehow rivaled the magic of the Four Suits. The Argossians pushed inland even going as far as completely decimating the Diamond Kingdom and reclaiming it completely, but with new found leadership, the rest of the Suits banded together and turned the conflict around with an incredible counter offensive that divided the Argossian forces in two, allowing for the Suits to reclaim the land they initially lost. The borders that the Suits set up after driving the Argossians from their land still stand today, and the two back to conflicts served as a reminder to every generation thereafter that together the Suits were greater than the sum of their parts, leading to the more peaceful relations that the Kingdoms have today.
A long time ago, there was a man named James Stryker. At the time was the strongest mage in the land, however the practice of magic was forbidden by the infant Argossian Empire. So he one day, left his home along with thousands of followers to establish his own Kingdom where those who wished to practice and learn magic were free to do so. This ended up becoming his life work, and before James could see it finished, he died and left this new Kingdom of Magic to his closest disciples and the next most powerful wielders of magic in the land, The Four Aces.
With no one single ruler for the budding nation to look up to, The Four Aces became the de facto rulers of the people within their domain. Training and raising up the next generation of mages in their own way. Which created a gap between the now four nation-state, called Suits. This gap widening with each generation as they all saw each other as rivals for control over the entire magical kingdom. As this gap widened so did the gap between each tier of Mage as those whose potency in becoming great Mages were chosen as pupils of the each proceeding generation in order to boast greater power over the other Suits. This social caste system used the value of cards to address every man, woman, and child's ability to use magic.
Within a short time, conflicts between the four nations flared up and stirred into an all out war between the Four Suits. This great conflict became known as the Great Magic War. A time of great turmoil in which history had not been recorded to well, a dark age so to speak. But suffice to say that it resulted in a great number of casualties between all sides as the war lasted for over 100 years supposedly, some historians would say it lasted for up to 200 as smaller border conflicts did not stop completely for a very long time. This war paved the way for the now much stronger and more intimidating Argossian Empire to reclaim land they believed was rightly theirs, leading into the Argossian Crusades.
Aided by the new found technology of gunpowder and natural gas, the Four Suits were initially pushed back by the onslaught of the Argossian's unseen war tactics and new technology that somehow rivaled the magic of the Four Suits. The Argossians pushed inland even going as far as completely decimating the Diamond Kingdom and reclaiming it completely, but with new found leadership, the rest of the Suits banded together and turned the conflict around with an incredible counter offensive that divided the Argossian forces in two, allowing for the Suits to reclaim the land they initially lost. The borders that the Suits set up after driving the Argossians from their land still stand today, and the two back to conflicts served as a reminder to every generation thereafter that together the Suits were greater than the sum of their parts, leading to the more peaceful relations that the Kingdoms have today.
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