Preface
He who fights with monsters should see to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you. —Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil, Aphorism 146
Welcome to Hauther, a continent of lost glory and encroaching doom set in the fantasy world of Ferron. To put it concisely, this setting is a mashup of knights and magic in the throes of an infection-style zombie apocalypse with blackpowder flintlock firearms just beginning to rise in use. The goal of creating this setting is to take the wonder and epic scale of high fantasy (e.g. The Lord of the Rings), the unrelenting desperation of a zombie apocalypse (e.g. World War Z, 28 Days Later), nightmarish encounters with macabre and twisted creatures (e.g. Silent Hill, Resident Evil), a little bit of low-tech black powder weapons (e.g. Pirates of the Caribbean), and player characters who embrace the darkness they fight (e.g. Dragon Age) and mix it all together so that it presents an interesting and unique setting that still harkens back to its component inspirations. Hopefully, you will find something interesting to play in this setting and enjoy breathing life into it.
Chapter 1: Setting Introduction
Appendix 1: Hautherian Calendar