Alchemica Magnus

Alchemica Magnus was a planet in the Core Universe of the Shadowmaster Continuity, and a term also used to refer to the Core Universe itself.

History
Alchemica Magnus' early history is cloudy, though it is the first recorded location in any universe to exhibit life. However, it is known that eventually, the Great Beings managed to convince everyone that it would be beneficial to band together and form a society. However, eventually it became clear that this society was slowly becoming based on a class system in which the Great Beings were superior. The leader of the Great Beings perished, and the deputy became mad with power and attempted a purge of all non-Great Beings. This lead to a war between the Great Beings against the Netorrians and Kestora.

The war lasted several years, but eventually ended with the victory of the Netorrians, and the disappearance of all Great Beings. The society that had been formed broke apart, and spread across the planet. Soon, people began banding together once more, though divided, and small tribes began to war over disputes. The supposed Netorrian, Eden, managed to convince the people to stop their ridiculous warfare and band together as one society yet again. This society elected Eden as its leader, though she disputed this.

Society became divided yet again over time, and people protested Eden's leadership, which she agreed to, saying that while the culture needed a leader, it needed more than one. Several made attempts to attain position of leader, but only 4 others were accepted after showing their unique powers - Kairos, the essence of time, Vius, essence of life, Astrax, essence of space, and Chaos, the essence of chaos. Eden was found to be the essence of order, peace, and prosperity. They were confirmed by a prophecy, which stated that "5 will come to govern this land". These 5 leaders, who would come to be referred to as the Godly Ones, split their leadership into tribes (to Eden's protest) and left to reside in different individual regions of the planet. A pact was made between the two tribes.

From then on, the Ancient Tribes, as they would be referred to, lived together in peace, with only minor skirmishes until several thousand years later. The Ancient Tribes had suffered numerous raids from the outside raider tribes, and the tribes had noticed that the health of the land had begun to decline. The deputy of the Tribe of Peace was killed in one of the raids, and the new deputy, Shadow, suggested that the other tribes were responsible. He suggested that borders be set up around the land to divide the tribes to avoid more raids, so that no tribe member could cross into another tribe. The leaders of the tribes, excluding Kairos and Eden, supported this, and borders were implemented.

Landscape
The landscape of Alchemica Magnus is very diverse, separated into various different regions.

Jungle of Life
The Jungle of Life was a large, yet hard-to-traverse jungle, and the location of the Tribe of Life, lead by Vius. It sprang with tropical trees and diverse plantlife. It was known as being difficult to traverse by members of the other tribes, due to its cluttered environment of vines. It was known to be inhabited by more primal creatures that were hunted by the Tribe of Life for purposes of eating them.

Volcano of the Ages
Unfinished...