User:Zone Descriptions Project/Freeport

Founded around 5370 BF, Freeport was originally a neutral trading spot, meeting ground for the ancestor tribes, and home of the Humans. Around 3100 BF, Freeport became a monarchy, with the King of Freeport effectively ruling the Human race with only one recorded coup attempt, from the Erudites.

Starting around 1700 BF, prolonged exposure to magic results in mutations; Human children born with features and bodies not Human at all. A civil war ensues, and the demi-humans and their supporters are driven away in what is known as the Scattering. These outcasts war amongst themselves and continue to evolve into all the Younger Races - the Elves, Greatkin, and Halfkin - from which many of today's races draw lineage.

Political strife ends the rule of Freeport around 1500 BF, and Humans begin forming independent city-states. Freeport did not regain its renown until around 1100 BF, when Erandus Elthannar subdued the warring Young Races and Humans, effectively ending their racial wars and the city-state mentality of the Human race. Freeport then enjoyed a millenium as a trading city and the home of the Humans.

Iksar troops landed in Freeport in the year 53 BF with the sanction of its Ruling Council, believing themselves to be allied with Kaezul. Freeport was razed to the ground on the day of its Anniversary Celebration. Inhabitants were sacrificed or carried away in slave ships. Those inhabitants now wander the streets as restless skeletons, assaulting any living thing that comes near.

The Silver Crown Trading Company has assumed a military presence on the docks and within the sewer system of the city in an attempt to learn more about the city and restore it to its former glory.