Chronopia
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Chronopia is a fictional city in the Swedish role playing game Drakar och Demoner, and is also the title of two editions of table top miniature battle games published by Target Games and later by Excelsior Entertainment.
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[edit] Chronopia (Drakar och Demoner)
Chronopia is the central city of the Swedish role playing game Drakar och Demoner. It is the largest city on the world named Altor.
Chronopia is said to be ruled by a great time-mage, but no one has ever seen him. Below the Emperor there is a huge army of lesser time mages, ordinary-but-still-powerful mages and a powerful army of elite highlanders with necrological weapons.
Revolt against the Emperor is hopeless, but that does not mean that there are no crimes committed in Chronopia. Despite the ultra-hard government with its mages and endless legions of elite warriors there are crimes committed everywhere. The Emperor does not care for the people that live in his city; all he cares about is time itself.
The Emperor moved to Chronopia, because it is built on top of the largest magical point in the entire universe. Chronopia is a huge city. At some locations in the text that describes the city, it says that it is seldom that you see the ground, because layer after layer of old houses, streets, sewer systems, etc. hides it.
[edit] Some interesting locations in Chronopia
- Silvertop - A mountain in the center of the city, where the Emperor and all the other time-mages operate.
- Medith - the mage town, just north of Silvertop
- Stubbstaden, "Stump Town" - Underneath Chronopia, kingdom of the dwarves.
- The Arena - Huge arena, with mostly gladiator games
- The Temple Hills - At the foot of Silvertop, a religious "meeting place" southeast from Silvertop.
- The Thousand Joys Street - The city's bordellos are here.
- The Great City park - Where the "light elves" mostly live.
- The Wongo-City - Where most of the wongos live.
[edit] Autonomous states inside Chronopia
Chronopia consists of several different smaller cities/towns, together forming the ultrametropolis named Chronopia.
- The dwarves have their own kingdom under the city. Stubbstaden with its tiny houses (just a few floors high) is considered to be the entrance into their kingdom. The houses on the surface are connections to the real dwarf-city. The dwarves have their own king, their own laws and their own economy. The Emperor largely ignores their presence but occasionally conflicts arise which always end with the same result: the dwarves adapting their laws to the time-mages' bureaucratic law.
- The elves coexist with the other Chronopian community, in their own way. They have created a few different trading companies/communities known as "Houses".
- House Koth - Relatively small sectlike community with sadistic elves.
- House Belsarius - Trading company with exotic drugs and animals.
- House Degas - "Ordinary" tradehouse. The elves in the Degas house are known for being extremely decadent.
There are other similar elvish houses. One unique trait elves have in Chronopia is that they all eventually commit suicide due to boredom. They exploit the humans and other species for their own high amusement. Elves in Chronopia are not like the traditional Tolkienesque elves: they are evil.
[edit] Chronopia: Dark Fantasy Battles (First Edition)
Chronopia: Dark Fantasy Battles was a table top miniature game published by Target Games. Players would field an army composed of 25 mm miniatures which were composed of pewter, resin, or a composite of both. The game featured eight different armies for players to choose from which are as follows.
Firstborn
Empire composed of humans led by the One King who is also the world's most powerful Chronomancer. Chronomancers practice magic that can control time and are exclusive to the Firstborn.
Blackbloods
Empire composed of Ogres, Orcs, Trolls and Goblins.
Dwarven Clans
The Dwarves worship their bestial gods and live in underground labryinths called ringholds. There are five major Dwarven Clans: the Dark Tusk, the Horned Ones, the Bloodbone, the Vulture, and the Wolf. There was also a sixth named the Dragon Clan but they were betrayed and taken as slaves by the Obsidian Serpent Elven House.
Elven Houses
There are five great Elven Houses: House Helios, House Crystal Lotus, House Obsidian Serpent, and House Jade Lotus.
Devout
The Devout are humans who have given their souls to the dark powers allied with demons from the Dusk Realm.
Stygians
The Stygian are an ancient reptillian race that has recently awakened from its slumber in the Land of Two Rivers.
Sons of Kronos
Human barbarians also called the Untamed, the Sons of Kronos live in the cold northern reaches.
Swamp Goblins
The Swamp Goblins refuse to bow before the Blackblood Emperor as their civilized kin do and live in the dangerous swamps in the southern reaches.
[edit] Chronopia: War in the Eternal Realm (Second Edition)
Chronopia: War in the Eternal Realm was a table top miniature game published by Excelsior Entertainment.
