The continent of Foulis, a land without gods, is introduced. A goddess, Sothis, arrives and is described as more like an alien than a god. She performs godly tasks like helping crops grow and aiding in asexual reproduction. She creates a race called the Nabataeans, who have unique characteristics like green hair and hearts made of magical stones that allow them to transform between human and dragon forms.
The Nabataeans initially coexist with the locals, the Agarthan, sharing their knowledge to create inventions like electricity and nukes. However, they become too powerful and wage war against Sothis, leading to their near extinction and the goddess falling into a deep sleep.
The Nabataeans built a holy tomb for Sothis and a city surrounding it called Xanadu. The Agarthan who survived the war became known as those who slither in the dark. They plotted revenge against Sothis by stealing her body parts to create powerful weapons and crests. One of the crests, the Crest of Flames, was given to Nemesis, a bandit leader, who used it to slaughter the entire Nabataean race.
The only survivor of the massacre was an abbot named Saros, who sought revenge. She allied herself with four other abbots known as the Four Saints and persuaded one of Nemesis' allies to betray him. They founded the Addressing Empire, marking the start of a new era.
The Addressing Empire fought against Nemesis and the Ten Elite, a group of Nemesis' strongest allies, in a war over Follan. Nemesis was eventually defeated. The Ten Elite were systematically hunted down and killed, but their descendants were offered high positions in the empire due to the value of their crests.
This led to a long-standing tradition of crest bearers being in a position of nobility, while non-crest bearers were looked down upon. The monastery of Garrick Mach was founded to spread the teachings of Sothis and rewrite history to make it seem like the rest in hero's relics were actually gifts from the goddess.
In the present, Saros attempts to revive Sothis using a combination of her blood and the Crest of Seed. The goddess now resides in a chair inside Bala's head. Geralt, a mercenary, suspects that Cerros had something to do with this and leaves the monastery to raise Violet as a mercenary.
A coup takes place in the Addressing Empire, stripping the current Emperor of most of his power. His children are taken away to undergo torturous crest experiments. The only survivor is a child named Adel, who now bears the Crest of Flames. She hates crests and intends to dismantle the current nobility system.
In the land of All Myra, a Leicester noblewoman meets and falls in love with the king, birthing a child named Claude due to his Follan heritage. Claude faces intense discrimination and vows to end racism. Years later, Claude and the girl from Geralt's dreams, Bile, enroll at the Officers Academy and are sent on a training mission.
1. The continent of Foulis is a land governed by no gods.
2. The Nabataeans, a race created by a goddess named Sophist, have green hair and hearts made of magical stones that allow them to transform between human and Dragon forms.
3. The Nabataeans, along with the Agarthan locals, coexisted and shared knowledge to create inventions like electricity and nukes.
4. The Nabataeans eventually waged war against the goddess Sophist and were wiped out in retaliation.
5. Sophist, after falling into a deep sleep, was placed in a holy tomb by the Nabataeans and a city named Xanadu was built around it.
6. The Nabataeans who survived the war went into hiding underground and plotted revenge against Sophist.
7. The leader of a group of bandits, Nemesis, was convinced to sneak into the holy tomb and steal Sophist's body, using her bones, heart, and blood to create powerful artifacts.
8. The combined forces of the Four Saints and Abbot Ann fought against Nemesis in a war over Folland.
9. Nemesis was eventually defeated by Cerros at the Tailteen Planes, marking the end of the war.
10. The descendants of the Ten Elite, who were systematically hunted down and killed after the war, were offered high positions in the Addressing Empire due to the value of their crests.
11. The Addressing Empire was founded by the Four Saints and Abbot Ann, marking the beginning of year 1 on the calendar.
12. The Officers Academy was established at the Garrick MOC monastery to train youth from all walks of life.
13. Saros, one of the Four Saints, attempted to resurrect the goddess Sophist by implanting his heart into an artificial life form created from her blood.
14. A mercenary named Gerald was gifted some of Sophist's blood and survived a mortal blow, leading to a romantic relationship with a nun named Sister Lee and the birth of a child named Lift.
15. A coup took place in the Addressing Empire, with the sixth noble House leaders stripping the current Emperor of most of his power and taking his children to undergo krest experiments.
16. A child named Adel, the only survivor of the coup, now bears the crest of flames at the cost of a greatly shortened lifespan and white hair.
17. In the far-off country of Duskera, a group of Fargus Nobles, including the king and his family, were attacked by locals during a diplomatic mission. The sole survivor, a young prince named Dimitri, knows the truth and vows to take revenge.
18. In the land of All Myra, a Leicester noblewoman meets and falls in love with the king, birthing a child named Claude due to his Folden heritage.
19. Claude faces intense discrimination by The Awl Myron's and vows to end racism by uniting Folan in Almira. The three - Claude, Geralt, and Bile - enroll at the Officers Academy and are sent on a training mission close by.