This is a world called the Nine Provinces Continent. The continent is divided into nine provinces. At its center lies Divine Province, directly ruled by the Son of Heaven, while the eight surrounding provinces are governed as fiefs by eight feudal lords. But as the Son of Heaven's power wanes and the lords carve up the land, the realm enters the early stages of a chaotic age in which rites and music fall into ruin. Great aristocratic clans monopolize resources, ordinary people suffer terribly, bandits run rampant in the mountains, and Japanese pirates ravage the coast. Just then, a fully immersive strategy game called Lords officially opens its global beta. Tens of billions of players pour in, seeking to carve out their own path to supremacy in this chaotic age.
