Ten thousand years ago, the southern empires and the winter horde of the north were in constant war. The winter horde and their wizards constantly threatened the south. So the southern empires built a wall so massive and so strong that neither the winter horde nor their wizards could break through. The wall spanned the entire width of the continent in its northern region and rivalled even mountains in height. It is said that an army of 250,000 manned the wall at a time.

Nowadays neither the winter horde nor the southern empires exist anymore. The south turned into many small principalities while the north is said to be inhabited by mostly just by whalers, hunters and merchants. The wall is mostly forgotten by the south and the few who live in the north only know it as a landmark. The wall itself is mostly abandoned with only a few scattered small orders and families still manning the wall, gradually giving up as there seems to be no more use for the wall.

One such order is the order of Whitewatch. The guardians of Whitewatch are said to be elite warriors who feast on the blood of orcs and dragons, despite orcs being extinct. Occasionally, the principality of Netherwall sends cadets to Whitewatch mostly for training to protect the principality. But occasionally, recruits show up from elsewhere seeking to become members and uncover the order that seems so shrouded in mystery.

There are however signs that wall hasn't outlived it's service yet. There have been reports of groups of undead in the far north and some dragon sightings. There is still some speculation, but the rulers of Netherwall suggest someone could be raising an army in the north and that if they undead have in fact been raised and there are even dragons, then that someone must be very powerful.

Places:

Continent of Aelva: A massive continent spanning about 2500 miles from east to west and 7000 miles from north to south. The distance from the wall to the southernmost tip is 5700 miles and 1300 miles from the northernmost. Everything north of the wall is in permanent winter. Areas just south of the wall experience long winters and mild summers. The more south you go, the warmer it gets until you get into a tropical forest. There are barely hot deserts on the continent. The largest desert is relatively central and doesn't get too hot or too cold, but stays very dry.

Principality of Netherwall: Netherwall has an elected prince instead of a premier. It is a small nation bordering the wall in the east. It's capital is Maindon. It's population is about 25,000. Despite being directly along the wall, it enjoys relative safety. It's military consists mostly of volunteers and unofficially the Whitewatch order. The climate is mostly cold with about three months of mild summer and barely any spring or autumn.

Whitewatch order: An ancient order dating back to the erection of the wall. The order is older than pretty much all of the current nations on Aelva. But the order has fallen into disrepair and is undermanned as barely anyone is initiated into the order but the principality uses the order for training soldiers instead. Once being over 15,000 soldiers strong, the order nowadays is a mere twenty strong. While the order is still feared by soldiers of neighboring principalities, the order is in dire need of recruits. The order's initiation ceremony involves drinking a cocktail of dragon and orc blood. Since orcs are extinct, a sacrifical orc must be magically summoned. Dragon blood can be obtained from wyverns. Only one in four recruits survive the ceremony, but after the ceremony, the recruits possess the strength of a dozen men, enhanced healing and a large mana supply. Usually around six to eight members man the wall at any given time. Most of the time, they only have to fight large birds and bandits that try to scale the wall. The order usually wears black armor that helps them hide in the darkness, but they alternatively have white cloaks to hide in the snow.


Starting point: Whitewatch castle. The base of operations for the order. The adjacent settlement only has a few dozen inhabitants and cattle. The castle seems as if it was built against the wall near the stairs that go up the wall.

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You are a recruit seeking to join the order or you are a relatively young member of the order.


Character sheet:

Name
Age
Gender (Male, Female, Neuter)
Species/Race (Human, Elf, Halfling, Animalian [humans with some animal traits like cat ears and tails])
Appearance
Clothing (when not on duty, medieval fantasy, warm clothing, tunics, cloaks and dresses)
Armor
Weapon (no guns, you can have crossbows or bows as ranged weapons. On melee weapons, please make sure it isn't too big to sheath.)
Specialization: (Swords, magic, agility etc., if you want all round, you cannot be great in everything. Instead you can have balanced proficiency.)
Likes
Dislikes
Personality
Background