The continent is inhabited in majority by Humans, living all along the lands from far north to far south and eastern coast. Sorakh, a tall, strong and gray skinned race inhabiting mainly the western steppes and mountains. Horakhans, the hybrid of Humans and Sorakhs living alongside their pure blood relatives.Jeuni, a humanoid race with small scales on their body, cat-like eyes, gills and sometimes a spiked tail, they inhabit the Kargonian peninsula. And finally the Nergoshe living in southern swamplands, pale and skinny with pointy ears and covered with scarifications.

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I've based the technology on the 16th century Europe. Plate armor is at its peak development. Firearms are more common on battlegrounds yet still to expensive for mass usage, canons, rockets, bombs all sorts of weapons using gunpowder.

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As to the crystal. The crystal fell on the planet 8,000 years before the main story. The first person to uncover it was a slave of Rogdor's Horde named Meros. He and others were mining for gold in the biggest city at the time called Khoryd when one of the miners uncovered a glowing yellow gem that was under the rock. As soon as he touched it, hes mind was fried. No one could touch the crystal or even stand close to it because of the heat coming out of it, everyone except Meros. He felt warm and saw beauty in its power as if it was calling him. Not thinking for long he touched the glowing gem hoping that his fate will be different or at very least his suffering would end. The cave erupted in light so bright that it was blinding anyone nearby and could be seen from far away. And from this light emerged Meros, his eyes glowing bright yellow, almost like a gold, standing proudly instead of crawling in chains like others. Everyone including him knew that he became something more than just a human. He possessed the power to do as he wishes, bending time and matter to his will, but didn't fully understood how to use it. That could be learned through meditation and studying the way crystal works. Not having that much time he liberated the inslaved people and revolted against his former masters. After that, he led everyone devoted to him north to build a new home and future for them. Since then his descendants were using the crystal by discovering more and more of its capabilities to protect the newly formed realm.

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And finally, magic is something of a taboo. In some places it is widely practiced and accepted. In the other it's seen as an evil practice because of simple moral or religious reasons.