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Pirate
The Steva Nation
kane & Argo Nations
Sterherian Gods

Main Plot

In year 3050 the earth, torn by war and bloodshed was nothing but a bone strewn wasteland unfit for life. Forced to flee their birth planet humans set out in search of a new home where they could start over and rebuild their lives anew. They found this on the lush planet of Sterhera. Teaming with life this new planet offered an abundant ecosystem, new and more dangerous animals, more powerful herbs, and most of all a place to start over.

Quickly our species colonized the new world, becoming far more technologically advanced then ever before; building grand flying ships in which they used to explore their home. Medicine was far more powerful, but the herbs are unfamiliar and new and so the medical field's advance has been greatly slowed. Without their older resources and methods of creating medicine humans were forced to rely upon the herbs themselves as they strive to learn about and use the new plants effectively.

For over one hundred years humans inhabited this land in relative peace, three nations rose in different parts of the world Steva, Argo, and Kane. Each nation lived in peace, trading their richly diverse products between each other, the sky ships allowing them to distributed goods far faster and more effective then over land or sea. The nations flourished, but soon their governments became corrupt and the two large nations Argo and Kane fell into war and bloodshed. Without an established army Steva remained out of the war, using its tall mountains and treacherous skies to its advantage. None could penetrate the natural barrier, allowing the very small army to easily defend its borders.

After 30 years Kane fell, disease and starvation weakening their forces until Argo's men over ran them. With the destruction of one great nation Argo claimed much of the world’s resources, its corrupt government worshiped as gods. Oppressed the people continued to survive their government, the only form of resistance coming from the free spirited pirates as they continued to pillage and plunder, attacking any merchant ship or army vessel that fell within their clutches. Quickly the government moved to crush the renegade ships, taking any free vessel to use in their fleet. Out number the pirates fled to the mountains of Steva, who offered the outlaws shelter and protection; for any enemy of the Agro was an ally to them.

Still unable to break through the mountains the government’s forces were driven back leaving the pirates free to continue to rob and plunder. Now one hundred and fifty years have passed away, and the pirates have banded together out of sheer necessity, electing four pirate leaders to lead them, each forming for clans that reside within Steva's borders all well protected all as dishonest as the next. The continue to rob as they struggle to free Agro from the evil government that rules over them, some for glory, riches, a place in history, a few desire to clear their names, while other merely fight to get back at the government for throwing the first punch.


No one aside from the Agro and Steva military, the sky pirates, and a lucky few own flying ships. Being looked to instead of Sterhera's religion the Council of Sterhera has become revered as gods, to all except the pirates and Steva nation. They have adopted their own religion, worshipping their own gods, that unbeknownst to them actually exist; strengthened by their prayers. These gods soon visited the leaders of the pirates to be worshipped and aid their human followers in their battle against the oppressive government that wishes to rule them all and crush any other form of religion ultimately killing the gods.

As war breaks out the gods watch, waiting for the time they are needed. But soon even they are torn by war as half of their forces align themselves with the Agro nation, now fighting amongst themselves the gods struggle to gain an advantage as their human counter parts fight tooth and nail for survival. The only question is. What will you do? Will you join the corruption, will you watch from the sidelines, or will you become a hero?

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PIRATES

Throughout the Kane and Argo war pirates continued to plunder and go about their business, at times their services were enlisted by the two warring nations pirates thrived and prospered off of the bloodshed. After the war they continued about their business, attacking government and merchant ships alike making an enemy of the powerful Argo government who soon attacked the free spirited pirates forcing them to flee to the nation Steva, who took them in offering them shelter, food, and protection in return for their services, and skill as efficient killers and warriors. Not one to stay down for long the ever resourceful pirates banded together more for survival then to actually attempt to take on the Argo government and free its people. Four leaders were elected to lead them all the best, the most feared and respected captains of the pirates. These leader soon had their own fleet or clan underneath them, each with their own views and opinions, their own gods, all united in one cause survival; and the only way to preserve their way of life is to defeat Argo and its corrupt government. Visited by various gods these captains receive aid from their deities as they attack Argo ships, taking the contents of their prey for themselves.


The people of Argo have begun to view the pirates as their savoir the resistance fighters that will end the tyrannical rein of the Council. Allied with the Steva nation the pirates continue to use the dangerous mountains that protect them from a full on invasion from the larger Argo forces who would completely slaughter them without this natural barrier.

(More info will be added as the plot advances and pirate leaders and clans are formed.)

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STEVA


The Steva nation is small compared to the Kane and Argo nations, when the two great nations went to war Steva did not have a standing army and would have been easily concurred by one of the nations if it weren’t for the mountains that makes up most of the nation’s terrain creating high hurricane-like winds that constantly blow through the canyons that formed towering mountains and a labyrinth of canyons and crevasses, if one did not know how to navigate the high winds and jagged cliffs, avoiding the territories of the acid spitting birds that nest on the cliffs in many of the tombs an ancient civilization painstakingly built on the cliff face sticking out in great contrast to the white and grays of the cliffs. One can easily get lost among these canyons, only the Steva who have grown up flying and walking through these mountains or the pirates who have allied themselves with the Steva can traverse this landscape safely.

As the war with Kan and Argo continued Steva managed to stay out of it as it slowly began to build up an army of its own, not large enough or as skilled as the Argo and Kane these men and women were never to go out and battle in the open skies. Rather, they were used to defend their home from invasion using much smaller and more agile air craft that could easily navigate the canyons, landing and taking off from the precarious perches their pilots landed them upon these machines and the cunning tactics of the people who knew the land like the back of their hand helped to ensure Steva’s neutral state. But when Kane fell the nation knew that they would soon be next, with no one else to concur Argo would turn its gaze upon the high snow caped peaks of Steva’s mountain range.

But first the Argo government attacked the pirates, who like the Steva were a much smaller force compared to Argo fled toward the protection of the mountains and the neutral nation. Seeing an opportunity the Steva and pirate struck a deal, in return for offering them foods and shelter the pirates would lend their services on protecting Steva and bringing down the Council of Argo.

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Kane & Argo

During the war both Kane and Argo were evenly matched drawing the war out longer then either body had intended as each tried to concur the other. As the war drew on though Kane was hit with a severe drought that brought on a great famine weakening the nation, seeing their change the Argo nation struck the final blow that ultimately brought Kane to its knees, smuggling several people infected with disease to the capitol of Kane. Unable to withstand this new assault on their bodies the country collapsed and was defeated by Argo.

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Serherian Gods

Like the humans the many gods followed our race as they left earth, kept alive and strong by our constant prayers these powerful beings would have passed away or gone into a deep sleep had they not followed their human worshipers. Many faded to none existence as the people traveled through space is search of a home, some survived long enough to reach the new planet before falling into hibernation after they war abandoned for the Serhera Council.

As the pirates and Stevanians worshiped gods they were strengthen, gods who slept within the ruins of past civilizations reawaked, taking the form of the god the new inhabitance of the land desired. New and old gods learned to coexist together while the planet was at peace but as war broke out many left to supported their nation's side dividing the gods into three waring bodies. When only two nations remained the gods at first supported the pirates and Steva who loyally worshipped them, but then many split away leaving to join the side of argo. Others merely took a neutral stand preferring to watch from the sidelines as the world crumbled into yet another war.

Fighting amongst themselves these gods also fight a war of their own as they attempt to bring their side to victory, while at the same time coaxing the benign gods into joining their fight.