The Age of Gods was closing. Eternity had come to an end. The heavens shook as the armies of Falis, God of Light clashed with those of Falaris, God of Darkness. In the unceasing battle which followed, the earth wept... The seas boiled... At last, only two survivors remained of both sides - Marfa, Goddess of Creation, and Kardis, Goddess of Destruction, who met in a clash which echoed to the ends of the earth. At the end of their fierce battle a new land was born, split off from the continent as the life fires of the goddesses of Light and Dark flickered and died away. Thousands of years have since passed. And now, the land to the south of the continent of Alecrast has become known as "Lodoss - The Accursed Island."
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Record of Lodoss War is an epic fantasy anime series (Japanese Animation), chronicling the
adventures of a party of heroes. Based loosely on the American RPG D&D, a Japanese RPG
called "Lodoss War RPG" came to life, developed by Ryo Mizuno and Group SNE, and became modestly
popular. Shortly following, a novel series and manga series (comic book) came out, based on
the RPG campaign of Group SNE. Finally, these stories were adapted into a 13 part animation
series title "The Record of Lodoss War" (or "Lodoss Island War Record", in its literal translation).
There was even a radio broadcast version in Japan, and four CD music soundtracks (vol. 1-3
and the original music score from the broadcast), all extremely beautiful and very well done.
Just to clarify matters, there is a real RPG, not an email or MUD web-game, or any sort of computer game (there is, indeed, a real Lodoss War RPG for Nintendo). This is a real role-playing game, like D&D.
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