===== Themes =====

==== Discovery ====

After the [[dd5b:history:sundering|Sundering]], society fragmented.  The plague wiped out large numbers of farmers, artisans and intellectuals.  Books were destroyed.  Knowledge of what lay beyond the [[dd5b:regions:greenwood|Greenwood]] and [[dd5b:regions:eastwall|Eastwall]] is speculation and rumor.  Even the purpose of many nearby structures has been forgotten to time...

==== Wonder ====

The stories of the past have grown both parochial and fantastic.  [[dd5b:regions:vara|Varans]] are once again learning to unlock the mysteries of magic after a long night, and regard most tales of old as stories for children...
==== Renewal and Rebirth ====
Things are looking up.  [[dd5b:regions:vara|Vara]] is emerging from a dark age.  Magic is once again being studied, even if at comparatively elementary levels.  Talk of pushing into the [[dd5b:regions:greenwood|Greenwood]] is being taken seriously.  The general sense is that the dark night is over and that the sun is shining.