It is under these trying circumstances that heroes are made, heroes like Elric Faranthal.
Now Tortha is one of Hysperia’s tribute states and its citizens are being shaken to a breaking point. As soon as Gareth took the imperial throne, his paranoia drove him to oust King Benton in exchange for his own puppet king and impose heavy taxes and other burdens on the country’s people. After being soundly crushed, other nations learned from Tortha’s lesson and took Hysperia’s side. When Hysperia began its conquest decades ago, Tortha was the first to make a stand. Though its citizens have long-forgotten much of their origins, the laws and moral codes of the nation still cling to notions of knighthood, chivalry, and feudalism. After his death hundreds of years ago, his empire slowly crumbled and his great capital city began to sink into the rivers surrounding and beneath it until it was lost to the pages of history. In an age long since passed, Tortha stood as the capital of the sweeping Darcidian Empire lead by Rugnar the Black.
