The flames are dying out, and winter is closing in. Wars rage across the land.
The age of gods and elves has long since passed. Only the dwarves, deep beneath the earth, still tell their legends.
The flame that lit the fire of civilization, the First Flame, is about to go out. The countless miracles and magic it brought are fading with it, while icy blizzards sweep in from every direction across the world of Middle-earth.
Humanity tried to use technology to hold magic in place, only to discover it was all in vain. Those miracles continue to slip away.
The dwarves, meanwhile, dug ever deeper, hoping to reclaim the glory of old. But they encountered horrors from the abyss. The most prosperous dwarven city-state, the Dwarven Delving of Khazad-dum, thus became the Black Pit of Moria, a dwelling place for monsters.
I, Shilangde Clausewitz, will play this world's final requiem.
He, pure yuri, angst
