New Campaign for 5e - Tentative Title "Bright Sun Dark Forest"
TL;DR The setting was inspired by study of the transition from the Roman Empire to the Middle Ages, the creation of the Holy Roman Empire and amalgamation and exaggeration of the disasters of the Dark Ages. The Lords are just yesterday’s war chiefs and we only know they’re Kings now because they don’t have shit on them. And yes, it's a mythology necessitated by the evolving backstory (because all the best stories evolve from necessity and not design) of the megadungeon mentioned here . Now that you've read the TL;DR version, here's the one page flavor text version: How the world came to be The 8 Pointed Star of Sol Invictus, The Almighty Sun The New Empire was blessed by Patriarch of the Church of the Almighty Sun. But now this beacon of hope is breaking, the pieces slipping into darkness. Plagues, war, and worse ravage the survivors. Saxon war chiefs aspire to be lords and re-forge the glory of the Old Empire, but the...