EVERA PRIME - TIMELINE
2237-2154 C.E.
SEVERAL NEW LONG DISTANCE COLONIES ARE ESTABLISHED WITH THE HELP OF EXPERIMENTAL FTL GATEWAYS, ONE OF WHICH IS EVERA PRIME
2505 C.E.
A CATASTROPHE OF UNKNOWN CAUSE CLOSES THE EARTH-EVERAN GATEWAY. EVERA IS ENTIRELY CUT OFF FROM EARTH.
2545 C.E.
AFTER SEVERAL DECADES OF UNREST AND STAGNATION, THE NATIONS OF EVERA PRIME CREATE THE WORLDWIDE UNITED ASSEMBLY GOVERNMENT TO BRING THE COLONY TOGETHER.
2563 C.E.
A PERIOD OF RAPID GROWTH AND RECOVERY LEADS TO THE LAUNCH OF PROJECT BUILDER, AN INITIATIVE TO CREATE A WORLDWIDE WIRELESS POWER AND UTILITY GRID.
2586 C.E.
PROJECT BUILDER IS COMPLETE AND COMES ONLINE. THE BUILDER, A SENTIENT AI, POWERS WORLDWIDE SYSTEMS AND COORDINATES HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF CONSTRUCTION AND TECHNICAL MECHS.
2628 C.E.
THE WORLDWIDE UTILITY NETWORK SHUTS DOWN AND THE BUILDER AI'S MECHS BEGIN ATTACKING POPULATION CENTERS. MILLIONS DIE. PEOPLE CAN ONLY DEFEND THEMSELVES THROUGH HIDING AND GUERILLA WARFARE.
2629 C.E.
USING LOW-TECHNOLOGY RADIO FREQUENCIES, SURVIVORS COORDINATE THE DELIVERY OF EMP BOMBS AND NUCLEAR MISSILES TO UTILIHUBS. WHEN THE LAST UTILIHUB IS DESTROYED, THE BUILDER AI IMMEDIATELY FALLS DORMANT. HUMANITY WON.
2640 C.E.
HUMAN SOCIETY RE-EMERGES IN SMALL FACTIONS STRUGGLING FOR SURVIVAL. THE WORLD’S INFRASTRUCTURE IS A WRECK. CITIES ARE EITHER IRRADIATED RUINS OR ABANDONED DUE TO LOSS OF POWER AND UTILITIES.
2837 C.E.
PRESENT DAY EVERA IS A STRANGE MIX OF MAGIC-LIKE HIGH TECHNOLOGY, POST-APOCALYPTIC RUIN, WILDERNESS SURVIVAL, HORRIFIC DANGER, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, HOPE.
YOUR ADVENTURES BEGIN
EVERA PRIME
ON A DISTANT WORLD IN THE FAR FUTURE, CUT OFF FROM EARTH, THE INHABITANTS OF EVERA PRIME BALANCE ON A RAZOR’S EDGE BETWEEN TECHNOLOGICAL DISTRUST AND REVERENCE.
IN THIS STRANGE NEW WORLD, SLEEPING MECHS FORM PART OF THE LANDSCAPE, BANNERS AND FLOWERS DECORATE THE RUSTING GOLIATHS WHILE THE COMMUNITIES THAT MAKE THEIR HOMES AROUND THEM CELEBRATE BIRTHS, FESTIVALS, AND HARVESTS.
LIFE GOES ON IN THE SHADOW OF THESE TOOLS OF DEVASTATION, NOW SLUMBERING, THEIR FORMER PURPOSE LONG FORGOTTEN.
RUMORS SWIRL OF A DARK CITY AND YET MORE TELL OF WAKERS; MECHS THAT MOVE, THAT KILL, THAT CANNOT BE STOPPED. BUT RUMORS ALWAYS SWIRL, LIKE CLOTH IN THE WIND. WHO’S TO SAY WHAT IS REAL AND WHAT IS FICTION?
THE WORLD IS WIDER THAN YOU KNOW. IT’S TIME TO EXPLORE IT.
FACTIONS OF EVERA
WHEN THE OLD WORLD WAS BROKEN, THE SURVIVORS FLED IN EVERY DIRECTION. AFTER THE WAR, THEY EMERGED FROM THEIR HIDING PLACES, AND BANDED TOGETHER WITH OTHERS FOR SAFETY. OVER THE CENTURIES, THESE GROUPS FORMED DISTINCT WAYS OF LIFE.
EVERANS
GENERALLY GOOD-NATURED, EVERANS ARE RESOURCEFUL PEOPLE INTERESTED IN BUILDING COMFORTABLE AND HAPPY LIVES FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR TOWNS AND VILLAGES. HOW ONE ACCOMPLISHES THIS IS ENTIRELY UP TO THEM, BUT IT USUALLY INVOLVES MAKING AN UNIDEAL SITUATION WORK IN THEIR FAVOR.
EVERANS TEND TO GROW UP IN A VILLAGE OR TOWN, AND EACH COMMUNITY HAS UNIQUE FEATURES BASED ON WHAT WAS SALVAGEABLE IN THEIR AREA. WHEN IT COMES TO OTHER FACTIONS, AN EVERAN WOULD BE AS COMFORTABLE CHATTING WITH A RIVER AS THEY WOULD WITH A SPEAR.
SPEARS
HUNTERS, WARRIORS, MADMEN, MERCENARIES, AND FRIENDS. THE SPEARS HAVE BEEN CALLED ALL OF THESE NAMES, AND EACH TELLS A SMALL PART OF THEIR STORY. THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO HAUNT THE RUINS OF THE OLD CITIES, SLIDING FROM SHADOW TO SHADOW LIKE GHOSTS, INVISIBLE UNTIL THEY STRIKE.
THEY OWE SOME OF THEIR SUCCESS TO THE WEAPON FROM WHICH THEY TOOK THEIR NAME: THE ELECTROSPEAR. MADE OF AN ADVANCED ALLOY, AND HONED TO AN IMPOSSIBLY SLENDER EDGE, EACH ONE HAS THE ABILITY TO CHARGE AND RELEASE AN EMP BLAST CAPABLE OF DISABLING A WAKER. NO ONE IS QUITE SURE WHERE THE FIRST OF THESE WEAPONS CAME FROM, BUT WHAT THE LEGENDS AGREE ON IS THAT THEIR CREATION MARKED A TURNING POINT IN THE FIGHT AGAINST THE WAKERS.
RIVERS
THE FIRST RIVERS WERE THE PEOPLE WHO TRAVELED WHEN THE WORLD ENDED. IT STARTED WITH THOSE WHO HAD BOATS NEARBY AND KNEW THE WATER — SAILORS AND NAVAL PERSONNEL. GRADUALLY, OTHERS CAME ABOARD, USUALLY THOSE WHO TRAVELED AND TRANSPORTED GOODS OVER LONG DISTANCES; LONG-HAUL TRUCKERS, EXPERTS IN LOGISTICS, ANYONE WHO RECOGNIZED THE IMPORTANCE IN KEEPING THINGS, AND THEMSELVES, MOVING. ANYONE WILLING TO WORK COULD FIND A HOME AND A FAMILY ON THE WATER.
RIVERS SO HIGHLY VALUE COMMERCE AND COMMUNICATION. REGARDLESS OF RIVALRIES, THEY ARE WILLING TO DEAL WITH ANYONE WHO APPROACHES THEM, SO LONG AS THE TERMS ARE FAIR AND THE OUTCOME IS MUTUALLY AGREEABLE. LIKE WATER OFF A DUCK’S BACK, THE RIVERS FIND NO VALUE IN ENGAGING WITH CONFLICTS THAT DON’T DIRECTLY CONCERN THEM.
ARCHIVISTS
THE ARCHIVISTS FORMED IN THE FIRES OF THE BUILDER WAR, TAKING REFUGE IN AN OFF-GRID FACILITY KNOWN AS THE LA SCIO ARCHIVE. THE FOCAL POINT OF RESISTANCE AGAINST THE BUILDER, LA SCIO RALLIED THE REMNANTS OF HUMANITY… UNTIL THE BUILDER LAUNCHED A DEVASTATING ATTACK THAT DESTROYED THE CITY.
TODAY, LA SCIO IS A BADGE OF HONOR THAT ALL ARCHIVISTS HOLD DEAR. THAT IS, WHEN THEY CAN STOP ARGUING AMONGST THEMSELVES. THOUGH THEY HAVE THEIR OWN PHILOSOPHIES, EVERY ARCHIVIST BELIEVES THAT KNOWLEDGE IS CENTRAL TO THE FUTURE, THAT THEY MUST LEARN, AND IN SO DOING HELP OTHERS. HOW THEY GO ABOUT DOING THAT IS MUCH DEBATED… LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE.
DREAMERS
TO BE A DREAMER IS TO SEE OUTSIDE OF THE OLD TECH, TO BE DARING ENOUGH TO STRUGGLE, SAVVY ENOUGH TO EXPERIMENT, AND PRUDENT ENOUGH TO AVOID ANCESTRAL MISTAKES.
DREAMERS ARE KNOWN THROUGHOUT EVERA PRIME AS ARTISAN CRAFTERS AND HARDY PEOPLE, BUT ONLY A SELECT FEW OUTSIDERS HAVE SEEN THE UNDERGROUND LABORATORIES, GREENHOUSES, AND STORAGE FACILITIES THAT ARE THE TRUE GENIUS OF THE DREAMERS. THEY CONCOCT EFFECTIVE MEDICINES WITHIN THEIR LABS, GROW LUSH GARDENS YEAR-ROUND, AND HAVE VAST STORES OF ALL ITEMS IN CASE THE COMMUNITY FACES A FEW HARD YEARS IN A ROW. THEY HAVE RE-LEARNED SMITHING, WOODWORKING, CERAMICS, AND OTHER ANCIENT CRAFTS THAT ARE EASY TO SUSTAIN WITHOUT “TRADITIONAL” TECHNOLOGY.
AUDIO FRAGMENTS FROM EVERA
A TEAM OF GRABBERS MAKE THEIR WAY TO NEW MOSSGROVE WHERE A DOCTOR IS LOOKING FOR A CREW TO JOIN HIM INTO THE WASTES TO SEARCH FOR AN IMPORTANT PRE-WAR DATA DEVICE. FOLLOW THE TEAM AS THEY MAKE THEY WAY TOWARDS MERCY COMPLEX AND THE DRAMATIC CLIMAX OF THEIR QUEST.
DANGERS ON EVERA PRIME
OVER GENERATIONS, EVERANS HAVE LEARNED TO SURVIVE WITHOUT THE BENEFIT OF PRE-WAR TECHNOLOGY; HOWEVER, HUMANITY MUST NOW CONTEND WITH NEW NIGHTMARES THAT HIDE IN THE DARK SPACES OF EVERA PRIME.
THE WAKERS
A MECH MAY HAVE LAIN IN THE DUST FOR YEARS ONLY TO ONE DAY SPRING TO LIFE, WITH A FIZZING OF CIRCUITS AND THE GRINDING OF SERVOS. THESE WAKERS ALWAYS CREATE HAVOC, ZEROING IN ON POPULATION CENTERS OR ADVANCED FACILITIES. THEY RAMPAGE UNLESS STOPPED OR UNTIL THEY SHUT DOWN AGAIN, TWENTY FOUR HOURS LATER, RETURNING TO THEIR SLEEPING STATE. MANY ARE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO DESTROY AND THE SENTINELS HAVE DEVELOPED SUBTLE TACTICS TO DRAW THEM AWAY FROM TOWNS AND VILLAGES UNTIL THE MECHS FALL SILENT AGAIN.
THRALLS
LITTLE IS KNOWN OF THE THRALLS BY MOST EVERANS. MOST GUESS THEY ARE DESCENDED FROM THOSE WHO FLED UNDERGROUND DURING THE BUILDER WAR TO ESCAPE THE MACHINES, BUT THEIR LONG SEVERANCE FROM THE REST OF EVERAN SOCIETY MEANS IT’S IMPOSSIBLE TO TELL. THRALLS ARE RARELY SEEN AND BARELY KNOWN, EXISTING MOSTLY AS RUMORS AND HEARSAY. THEY ARE USUALLY ONLY GLIMPSED DURING THEIR INFREQUENT RAIDS, AND IT IS HARD TO KNOW WHAT THEIR CULTURE LOOKS LIKE. CERTAINLY, THEY APPEAR TO NEED FOOD AND TECHNOLOGY AS SUCH AS ANY OTHER EVERAN, GIVEN THAT THESE ARE THEIR MOST COMMON TARGETS DURING THEIR EXCURSIONS TO THE SURFACE.
THE DARK CITY
PEOPLE WHISPER THE NAME ‘THE DARK CITY’ IN THE FLICKERING GLOW OF A CRACKLING CAMPFIRE OR ON A GLOOMY WINTER’S NIGHT OVER A STEAMING SPICED RUM, BUT NO ONE REALLY KNOWS WHAT IT IS. EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE A DISREPUTABLE SPEAR OR RIVER COMES THROUGH THE VILLAGE, TELLING TALL TALES OF DUBIOUS FOLK WALKING THE WILDERNESS. SOME EVEN CLAIM TO HAVE SEEN OR CROSSED SPEARS WITH THESE STRANGERS. AND STRANGE THEY ARE, BY ALL ACCOUNTS — VICIOUS AND WICKED. THEY ARE POWERFUL AND FEARLESS, AND CARRY WEAPONS TO RIVAL THE SPEAR’S OWN BOND-SPEAR. WHERE THEY COME FROM, NOBODY KNOWS, BUT THE NAME ‘DARK CITY’ IS OFTEN SAID IN THE SAME BREATH.
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE WORLD OF EVERA PRIME
MEET THE CREATORS OF DREAMS AND MACHINES AND LEARN HOW THE STUNNING WORLD OF EVERA PRIME WAS BUILT FROM THE GROUND UP. FIND OUT WHAT MAKES THIS INCREDIBLE SETTING UNIQUE AND DISCOVER THE DIVERSE FACTIONS WITHIN. FROM THE DREAMERS TO THE RIVERS, NEW MOSSGROVE TO PADROL TOWER, INDULGE IN ALMOST AN HOUR'S WORTH OF INTERVIEWS WITH OUR INCREDIBLY TALENTED TEAM OF WRITERS.
THE WORLD OF DREAMS AND MACHINES AWAITS YOU...
