Noone by now remembers what was the Former World. It is said that life in it was simple and completely mundane. But the Former World was destined to perish, and after the cataclysm upon its remains Far Edge has risen. The world of unstable enraged nature. The Former gods either died or left this World. Out of the powerful entities the Primordial Elementals have stayed, also known as the Aspects, whose attitude towards the creatures of flesh and blood is not fully understood.
Anomalous surroundings, raging elements obligate the cataclysm outlasted peoples to adapt. Fractured communes with time have developed their own methods of survival. The cities here morphed into tough citadels, mage collegia and martial academies.