History of World of Chi
Prehistory
The beginning the gods of old create the world from the five elements. Then they created animals to populate the world and kami to bring it to life. Next they created man to toil in the fields and do their work. The Kami taught men the way of Shinto and how to control the elements so that they could rise up and free themselves. The gods saw this and decided they needed to watch the people more carefully. In order to control people, they create the hengoykai to be their spies and warriors from animals in the field making them intelligent. They too were mistreated by the gods also and soon joined the men. The sides were formed. One old god Lu-Ti lead the men, Hengoykai, and the kami against the gods. During the battle many of the Hengoykai turned on the army being the secret warriors of the gods and that is why to this day they are still distrusted. In the end, Man and beast won their freedom from the gods. And Lu-Ti created the Celestial Bureaucracy to rule.
500 BE (Before the Empire)
Lao-Fu-Tzu becomes a Shinto Priest.
400 BE
War of the old gods and Kami begins.
300 BE
Lao-Fu-Tzu discovers Buddhism as a path to enlightenment and attains it.
250 BE
Lao-Fu-Tzu after obtaining enlightenment writes the Doctrine of Taoism.
200 BE
Lu-Ti wins the Kami War and establishes the Celestial Bureaucracy. The Blood of the The dead gods becomes the dragons, oni, and the demons.
100 BE
Lao-Fu-Tzu moves to his temple in the northern mountains.
0 NE (Year of the New Empire)
Di-Ma's Son, Jiao-Ti, became the first Emperor of the known world, His reign was The dawn of modern civilization.
10 NE
Jiao-Ti creates an army of soldiers and spies , samurai and ninja, and lays down the principals of Bushido for them to follow
150 NE
Jiao-Ti dies and his identical quintuplet son's divide the kingdom into the current kingdoms each claiming to be rightful emperor of the original Empire. each also managed to take one of the emperor's great artifacts.
| King | Location of kingdom | Artifact |
|---|---|---|
| Hong Kai Yi | The Southern main land kingdom. | The Crown |
| Fu Shu Er | The Kingdom of the Northern Islands. | The Sword |
| He Chih San | The Northern mainland kingdom. | The Mirror |
| An Mi Si | The kingdom of the southern islands. | The Signet |
| Wa Bing Wu | The eastern kingdom. | The Scepter |
160 NE
The return of the barbarian hordes
175 NE
The last son of Jiao-Ti dies as the rest, battling his brothers' armies
200 NE
The Kings of The Dragons take control of their kingdoms. Ruling over different lesser dragons, monsters.
300 NE
150 years after Jiao-Ti's death the Imperial Army Goes through a disastrous breakdown, The Barbarians, constant internal warfare and death of several generations of kings divided them into:
- 5 Ninja clans
- each very small and serving the separate kings
- 5 Schools of Samurai
- large groups each serving a separate kingdom completely loyal
- Ronin Clan
- A very loose organization of ninja and samurai who wander the 5 kingdoms answering only to themselves
- Yakuza Clan
- A very tight clan of ninja and samurai who ignore the boundaries of the kingdoms and try to reunite them.
320 NE
The Yakuza Clan ends up becoming more of an organized crime syndicate and their original leader, Hei-Bao, dies later becoming the King of the First Hell.
400 NE
He Chih begins their Great Wall. To protect from barbarians from the north and Hong Kai from the south.
430 NE
The Individual kingdoms finally stabilize and begin to reach a peak not seen since the time of Jiao-Ti
500 NE - today
| Kingdom | Emperor | Ninjas | Samurai | Soldiers | Population | Export |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hong Kai | Bi-Xue | 50 | 50 | 1,000 | 1,000,000 | Spices |
| Fu Shu | Hei-Xiang | 20 | 40 | 600 | 600,000 | Steel |
| He Chih | Feng-Ying | 20 | 80 | 1,000 | 1,000,000 | Rice |
| An Mi | Xian-Yan | 30 | 10 | 400 | 400,000 | Wood/Gold |
| Wa Bing | Jing-Xiao | 40 | 10 | 100 | 300,000 | Silk |
Famous Artifacts
The Emperor's Crown
Allows the wearer to understand all languages, communicate telepathically and detect lies.
The Emperor's Sword
One handed sword +5 on a natural 16-20 it removes wielder's choice of opponent's limbs including head.
The Emperor's Mirror
The Mirror allows the user to see any room he's ever visited and teleport one person who is there to the king.
The Emperor's Signet
Allows wielder to copy Attributes, skills, abilities and powers from one target within 100 ft once every 24 hours. can only copy one person at time.
The Emperor's Scepter:
Staff +3 , +3 Defense, while concentrating on defense the staff also makes wielder immune to any form of Chi power.
Other magic Items
Helm of Understanding
Helm of Truth
Magic Sword +0 to +5
Keen edged Sword
Mirror of scrying
Mirror of spirit containment
??? of teleportation
Rich of <1 power, skill, ability or attribute bonus>
Limit 10 rings, can only have 2 active simultaneously