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Rain Mountain
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As more distant launches and communications spellwork advanced, we ceased sending Voidwalkers to the stars, and commanded Voidslaves instead. Great constructions of steel, wood, and crystal, these lumbering beasts of mechanical and magical engineering were our bodies in worlds beyond. Piloting them became a career of note and prestige, when someone says "pilot" they mean a master of a Voidslave. To go out - to secure great wealth and Mana in the name of your nation - to return your voidslave intact - became not just a work of great value to humanity, but also the work of celebrity and entertainment.
At first these worlds were small compared to ours, plundered quickly and just as quickly discarded. But we eventually - in the YOA 354 - discovered the greatest, most dangerous, most mana-rich world of all. It became the target of all nations. We all sought the riches...
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