The two kingdoms of Bashar and Lo-debar have been at odds for as long as anyone remembers. Their societies were inherently incompatible. The people of Bashar had higher society and culture, things the tribals of Lo-debar cared nothing about. At best, the Lo-debar denizens were considered barbaric, and at worst, beneath the lowest Bashar had to offer.

Bashar, under the leadership of Gilead, was a glorious kingdom. Then, heatwaves started ravaging the land. The rivers and streams are shrinking or drying up altogether. Grasslands grow pale and dry. Efforts had been made to irrigate, but most who believe in the deities of MESOPOTAMIA feel that the kingdom has drawn the ire of the sun goddess, Helia, though why none can figure out. As the landscape changed, so did the king. Gilead reinstated the nearly extinct slave trade, and he began requesting exotic women be brought to him---especially some tribals of Lo-debar.

Machir, the leader and chieftain of Lo-debar, did not take kindly to the best of his tribe's women being taken for slaves. Machir believed that the heat was the wrath of Helia for this act against a tribe devoted to her, a tribe who ran wild and free in all the areas that the sun touched, unshaded by buildings or grand towers like Bashar. Lo-debar was also feeling the effects of the heat, perhaps even more harshly than Bashar for their lack of infrastructure and trade to replenish their stores.

Lo-debar has begun fighting the forces of Bashar where they've appeared, but they're far outmatched. With the sun goddess scorching the earth and Bashar pushing into the borders, Lo-debar is running out of options. They must fight to survive... and fight they will.