Hidden Earth is a place much like earth. It has everything earth has but everything that stays in myths and legends there is real or at least it was. Things like the legend of King Arthur have come and gone. Other things like the gods such as Zeus are still around. There's three main kingdoms or cities. Athol is the largest. It's named after the founder who is now long gone. However the name Athol lives on through his son and his son's son and so on. Cork is the middle kingdom. It's name comes from the first King Essex thinking that it's like a cork for a bottle of wine as it sets in the valleys between Athol and Wenden. Wenden is the smallest of the three major kingdoms. Kenelm, the first king came up with the name purely from his own ingenuity. Each kingdom has it's own focuses. Athol is a military based kingdom while Cork is a knowledge based kingdom and Wenden is the artists and magicians or mutants.
The technology is much like modern earth, maybe even more advanced in places. Most people from outside the kingdoms think they are still in midevil times but they are quite wrong. The architecture is but the people are not. They dress like modern people and talk like modern people.
Most of the people in Athol are human or elves. Although elves are known as old and mystical creatures most elves here are not as long lived as most. They have been living amongst humans so they're lives have shortened as they breed with the humans. In the city the elves only live to be about 200 or so rather than the elves who live outside the city that live to be at least 1000 is they aren't killed by bandits, raiders or wildlife. Normally if a human in Athol is born with powers they are sent to Wenden to learn about how to use it.
Cork is a simple kingdom that wishes peace everywhere. As far as they are concerned they will achieve it even if it means wiping out the small kingdoms that are nothing more than pests for Athol, Cork and Wenden. The people who live in Cork are mostly elves, dwarfs and other knowledgeable creatures.
Wenden is the smallest of the three major kingdoms. People there practice magic, art of all forms and learn to master powers they were born with or developed as a teenager. All humans are given a new name upon entering the city of Wenden if from another city. If they are from outside a city then they are questioned then if they are gifted (has a power or ability their race is not known to have) they are given a new name then are free to do as they please.
There sometimes are people, regular humans from our world, that slip through the cracks of the dimensions and are trapped in Hidden Earth. Most of them die in the wilderness but some humans are lucky enough to make it to safety. If they do they either travel to Wenden to learn how to get back to Earth or stay and make a new life.
The technology is much like modern earth, maybe even more advanced in places. Most people from outside the kingdoms think they are still in midevil times but they are quite wrong. The architecture is but the people are not. They dress like modern people and talk like modern people.
Most of the people in Athol are human or elves. Although elves are known as old and mystical creatures most elves here are not as long lived as most. They have been living amongst humans so they're lives have shortened as they breed with the humans. In the city the elves only live to be about 200 or so rather than the elves who live outside the city that live to be at least 1000 is they aren't killed by bandits, raiders or wildlife. Normally if a human in Athol is born with powers they are sent to Wenden to learn about how to use it.
Cork is a simple kingdom that wishes peace everywhere. As far as they are concerned they will achieve it even if it means wiping out the small kingdoms that are nothing more than pests for Athol, Cork and Wenden. The people who live in Cork are mostly elves, dwarfs and other knowledgeable creatures.
Wenden is the smallest of the three major kingdoms. People there practice magic, art of all forms and learn to master powers they were born with or developed as a teenager. All humans are given a new name upon entering the city of Wenden if from another city. If they are from outside a city then they are questioned then if they are gifted (has a power or ability their race is not known to have) they are given a new name then are free to do as they please.
There sometimes are people, regular humans from our world, that slip through the cracks of the dimensions and are trapped in Hidden Earth. Most of them die in the wilderness but some humans are lucky enough to make it to safety. If they do they either travel to Wenden to learn how to get back to Earth or stay and make a new life.