The Khazad bankers have recently stopped ALL loans, in an effort to stem rising inflation. As a result, unemployment has skyrocketed and the leading Orcish worker's union, the steelworker's union (called Burning Embers) has protested strongly. Riots are expected.
The Doviello biker gangs are causing increasing havoc in major cities, as they slowly unite under a new "pack leader", called C. Don Again.
Elvish leaders rigorously deny that they are in a civil war. Borders to their lands have been closed for months and nonElven residents of the former vacation haven expelled.
The Amurites, have recently had a discovery by their alchemists, something to do with uranium. This seems a fair bet to set them on the world stage.
Due to increased population and better agriculture, Kuriotate settlements have been able to increase exports from nothing to a little, little bit. Excited Kuriotate leaders claim that these new developments are due to a young boy genious, who has been whisked away to a government-sanctioned orphanage and is gaining remarkable political influence for his age.
Across the world, vigilante action by the shady "Angel" society is beginning to fuel an effort to eliminate them... a new mercenary group called "The Infernal Devils" has made the low bid. Several nations have protested this action, claiming that the "Angels" are much more preferable than the "Devils", who themselves carry a bit of a wild-card reputation.
Luichirp panzers and their Malakim guerilla allies are moving across the central deserts in an effort to find Calabim nomad groups, a recluse collection of tribes who are led by "The Faceless", tribal leaders that are always kept shrouded.
Elohim monks, in an effort to reverse the worldwide trend of athiesm, begin mass suicides at holy sites around the world.
Lanun traders are mysteriously disappearing, with all cargo lost, but oddly, this seems to happen only when Lanun ships are carrying FOREIGN cargo.
Hippus troops have staged a surprise blitzkrieg against their Illianer neighbors. Despite protests by the World Overcouncil, no punative action has been taken. Whispers that the invasion was sanctioned by another, secret world council have been seemingly quashed.
The Erebusnet is full of rumors concerning a man nicknamed The Last Mage, who never seems to age and routinely carries an old sword. This man warns of another immortal, a woman, who leads a cult to destroy the world. He points to increasing numbers of suicide bombers around the world as proof. The Overcouncil denies this rumor, but the Bannor police state is mobilizing with no official statement as to why.
The only people that seem to be unaffected by the current events are the Balseraph wanderers, who continue to travel from city to city in mass carnivals. However, in one of these troupes, there is a street actor with an odd reputation. In an interview, he has stated (in character, as always):
"And in these times of bloody fire,
the world shall start it's final pyre.
I've seen it all, and these times,
Sign these signs with minus signs,
to take away life from even death
and bring to hell dread Erebus.
But laugh, fair children, last to be-
for I can laugh after all I've seen.
There's one last trick, a card to play,
and we'll see what will end the day.
But I must say, I'm rather tired
and it may just be time to retire,
and leave this world a little less,
yet all must take a final rest.
I think I'll be done, then. Goodbye."
[Interviewer] "Umm... that's nice, but I asked you how you thought your show went... Hello? Mr. Tach, I'm not done with this interview. Mr. Tach? DAMN."
War is in the air, it seems, and a few people are even claiming to be able to see it in visions. In some Luichirp cities, people claim to see ancient statues blinking, and in some Amurite cities street magicians are gaining large, almost cult followings. In a few backwater places in the world, old stone circles are reputedly glowing softly at night, with echoes of screams from within. And finally, there has been a declaration from the Order holy city... a declaration that there has been a FALL FROM HEAVEN.
(this would be a SWEET modmod, if I knew anything about modding)
. I think I'd prefer it to have more of an industrial era focus though.
