Element

Element is the name of the planet that CoE takes place on. It is known as a world always at war. The planet has two main continents, Gaia and Terra. To the far south are the Icelands, which is Element's third continent. However, the Icelands are uninhabited. Not quite so far south as the Icelands lie the Moonstar islands, a small island chain that is home to draigons.

The series begins after the War that Ended the World. Not much is known about Element before the war, but the old world was certainly scientifically advanced, as it was able to build the skytowns and ships before the world was flooded by the smokes, essentially turning the planet into a gas coated world. For many years after the that, an organization called the System essentially ruled the planet by controling trade and transport between the otherwise isolated flying cities. During the course of the Raiders Saga, the System met its end. Soon after the smokes vanished and most of the ships and skytowns that had been the world until then crashed into the ocean or onto land as their old fuel source had dried up. People began to adapt to life on land and rebuild the fallen skytowns, turning them into cities. Travel was dangerous, and beasts of burden were the most common form of transport, though they provided little protection from the predators that roamed the land. Contact between the cities was slowly restored, and governments began to crop up, though each city was more self-governed than any part of a group with others. Over the years, some self-proclaimed warlords tried to conquer cities, but they were usually quashed quickly, though one was successful : The Empire of Heaven. This was the beginning of the Riders Saga. The saga ends with the fall of the Empire and the rise of the Union of Allied States. During the time between the Riders Saga and the Knights Saga, the world began to develop more, and new forms of terrestrial and aerial transport became available. Contact between cities became stronger, and travel became safer, the cities slowly becoming interconnected. Chosen became more common, but after several became convinced they were better than the normals and became power-hungry, they were hunted down and slain. Chosen began to hide their powers, often not revealing to their spouses or children what they were. Some of the prejudice of the past remains in modern Element. After the events that destroyed the ruling body of Thorn, the Knights Saga began.