♫Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - The New Stone Age♫copyright protection24ＰＥＮＡＮＡqJVdbVFSre
At the end of the 18th Century, new high developments in agriculture, trade and engineering changed abruptly life-styles and outlooks from those who live on Gaia, resulting in a massive exodus from the country people to the main powered nations of the continent. Either the Kindgom of Alexandria, home of major Literacy, the Kindgom of Lindblum, known as the birthplace of new Inventions, or the Dark and Corinthian city of Treno. At the same time, people were witnessing a technological development never sent before, where new consumption habits and artistic movements were born and interwine with each other. Men both young and old dreamed that one day they could live the life of a nobleman.copyright protection24ＰＥＮＡＮＡQfBVQpGEzP
The fields where those people lived before they came at the big cities are surrounded by an immense Mist, that appeared a long time ago and for this reason, the entire continent is also known as the Mist Continent. Since the Mist began to be discharged into the atmosphere, a rampant number of monsters were born, and conflicts between the human communities forced the old habitants who lived in the plains migrate to the plateaus of the continent, centralizing their new spots above the Mist. The inhabitants of Lindblum were the first to develop mist-powered engines, primarily used to power airships. Besides those manufactured airships only function when there's mist, the invention of engines capable of convert mist into energy revolutionized the technology around the time, allowing Lindblum engineers the invention of new steam-powered transportation vehicles in the late of the century, such as air cabs, capable of transport people to the other districts of Lindblum. This and other ground-breaking inventions lead Lindblum on it's path to be self-declared the major nation of Gaia.copyright protection24ＰＥＮＡＮＡjIaRZIg8bY
However, as the city population grew massively, several problems happened. The increased waste produced by growing populations eventually lead to potential health hazards, such as cholera or dysentery, both transmitted by contamined water. Many people also have been fooled by the failure of new technologies that only provide a good life based on abysmal work conditions, resulting in the loss of a limb for those unfortunate enought to work on these factories. Even the children had been exposed to danger, with the high risk of being stuck inside a dirty chimney and later getting contaminated by respiratory diseases throught the remainig of their low-life. The idea of an unreachable progress of those who were working hard in search for better living conditions at any cost eventually led to the rampant increase of alternative ways to escape the harsh reality they lived, throught alcoholism, prostitution and even suicide.copyright protection24ＰＥＮＡＮＡK6thnPLgrX
As if the situation was nowhere to be even worse, the internal crisis of each capital was followed by a geopolitical tension between Alexandria and Lindblum, the main powered nations of the entire continent. In 1794, after the demise of her husband, Brahne Raza Alexandros XVI become Alexandria's main ruler. Brahne regularly sends her emissaries to Lindblum to demand the secret behind the convertion of mist into energy to Lindblum's Regent, Cid Fabool IX. Despite Brahne's negative behavior, the Regent of Lindblum refuses to accept her requests at any cost. While many people were occupied in search of riches, a few were worried, about the leaders attitudes and the socioeconomic differences between the people, plus Lindblum's monopoly on mist-powered engines would result into another inceaselessy war against the nations, but in a large scale, like never seem before.copyright protection24ＰＥＮＡＮＡpaoxgjWlau
Yet, Alexandria and Lindblum nations still remained into a endless threat. However, beyond the heavy and mysterious sea of Mist, another nation remains forgotten by many and obscured like it's own history...copyright protection24ＰＥＮＡＮＡo962CRd9SJ
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