Our primary fusion of backgrounds can be attributed to Robert Howard and J.R.R. Tolkien. Game year is 550 of the 3rd Age: The Age of Steel (See Aereth History) In a past so distant even the myths and legends are barely remembered, existed the sub-continent of Lemuria. It was the home of three ancient human races known collectively as the Aeld and individually as the Aeldrayd, Aeldmiri, and Aeldwyr. The Lemurians rose to great heights of civilization, power and technology. As their power grew, the Talisman could no longer hold the arcane world in balance. In time, this attracted the attention of the Dark Lord and his denizens of the Dark Island which rose from the seas. The Aeld fought the Dark Lord and his minions, but in the end were defeated and Lemuria itself destroyed. The Aeldryad and