Age of Ruin (18+ Text based PBP, Living Community, discord)

Game: D&D 5e (2014)
Group preferred: Text based
Experience: The dms have varying levels
Location/Timezone: All time zones
Preferred role: Looking for players
Game style: Text based, living community!

# # 𓆩♛𓆪 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝔸𝕘𝕖 𝕠𝕗 ℝ𝕦𝕚𝕟 𓆩♛𓆪
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The Age of Ruin is a dark fantasy/ Historical AU roleplay server centered around collaborative storytelling, political tension, and consequence-driven worldbuilding. Using light D&D-inspired mechanics for structure and balance, the server focuses less on traditional campaigns and more on an evolving shared world shaped directly by player actions, faction conflict, exploration, and long-term narrative development.

Setting Lore

This world exists in a world much like our own. Humanity has conquered all four corners of our globe, and thus have achieved a status near godhood. Yet what also exists in this space are monsters, demons, gods, and relics. Every story is true, and every monster that lurks in the night is breathing. The server focuses on one kingdom, in the fictional land of Ealdeland, a land ruled by King Rawlin and his five sons. The kingdom stands as a last visage of monsterkind in Europe, filled with great forests and dangerous mountains. King Rawlin has called for an execution of all monsters. So the hunt has begun. Within the world exist two broad forces: the Blessed and the Damned.

The Blessed are those aligned with civilization, hunters, warriors, clergy, mercenaries, and those tolerated by the Church despite cursed or inhuman blood. They push into the dark places of the world seeking to reclaim land, destroy monsters, and preserve what remains of humanity.

The Damned are the forgotten things: vampires hidden in dead castles, fey lingering in ancient forests, relic-born horrors, beastfolk tribes, wandering undead, witches, and creatures drawn from folklore and myth. Some seek survival. Others seek revenge. Some simply wish to be left alone in a world that has decided they no longer deserve to exist.

The setting itself composes of late medieval to early renaissance time frame, starting in the year 1400. Because of the alternate history, with the subjects of magic, monsters, and gods, in the setting, technology is both more advanced and less than in real world. 

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WHAT WE OFFER

➤ Start at level 1 and grow your legend!
➤ 18+ fantasy RP server with historical elements of myth and legend
➤ Semi Literate / advanced literate storytelling focus
➤ LGBTQ+ inclusive and safe community environment
➤ Living world style rp with structured narrative arcs
➤ DND 2014 system rpg mechanics and leveling
➤ Ability to help sculpt the arcs for the entire server!

- Lore Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11Uu4DioHjMoFCNfE8ziimQO325HhUa0EJU3rSKo5--0/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.8mr81hqgiiv1

- https://discord.gg/eGeQ4Qvehg

# ARC 1 

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## The Keep
> It happened during the night, all at once. A call so ancient that it sung through the land like a siren's call. An old structure, nearly lost to the time, beneath the great All-mountain, has risen from its death-bed. Found abanadoned, ravaged by a mysterious plague, the keep now calls to all of monster kind to hide and shelter within its walls.
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> May they find a new home, away from humanity's bloodlust.

## The Death of the Grand Paladin.
> Judd has slaughtered the previous standing grand Paladin.
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>  The hunter's guild has turned into a joke over the years, the knight orders laugh at it, the standing king Hedonia believes it to be a wasteful group of mercenaries. After Judd found the keep filled with monsters, he returned, only to see that the Grand Paladin was content to do nothing to stop them.
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> In his blood lust, he slaughtered Grand Paladin Reuban. 
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> With no successors, and no second in command, Judd was crowned as temporary leader. Time will tell if he will earn the title.

I'd be interested in joining, very unemployed and able to make any session. The discord link seems broken though, I'll DM you my discord username if you'll have me.

the discord link should be fine!

The werewolf and vampire event has started! Who will these new factions decide to join, and how will they shape the world around them?