When society collapsed, people despaired. Roads were cut off. Cities emptied as folk fled in search of safety, leaving behind anything not crucial to survival.
Much was forgotten and lost in those dark days. But a rumor spread, that a new city was being built in the hills above a wide and welcoming bay, where knowledge might be preserved.
A lighthouse would shine out across the water, guiding the lost with its beacon. A library would collect what scraps of learning remained.
Builders and scholars gathered from the four corners of the earth to Aquesta, the city of light. There, they would rekindle the light of civilization.
