Editing Pyromancer: The Shining Domain (section)

==How Things Came To Be==

The Church controls the recording of history, and has been in power for many centuries, so records of how things were before they created the ''Domain'' must be learnt from their versions of the truth.

The way they tell things, almost a millenium ago humans came to ''The Domain'' in ocean-faring ''Arks'' that travelled across ''The Black'' from another land, fleeing a natural disaster that had destroyed their island homeland. They say that they found the ''Domain'' and recognised it as their new homeland, but that it was inhabited at that time by the demonic forces of ''Skar''.

The ''Templars'' led a great crusade, using the power of ''Holy Pyros'', and driven by righteous zeal and determination, and over the course of a century carved out the land we now call ''The Domain''. The ''Church of the Holy Flame'' swore they would govern and protect this land, and under their proud leadership, the ''Shining Domain'' has flourished to its current position of strength.

This cosy and sanitised version of history is, however, almost certainly false.

Archaeologists frequently find evidence that human civilisation has existed in the Domain for thousands of years, long before the ascent of the Church. Biologists looking at fossil records show that the land was once, in the distant past, teeming with life. Academics examining the evidence have found that things just don't add up.

Of course, the general population is unaware of even these small signs of the truth breaking through. The Church and the Guilds are interested in preserving the status quo, and have no interest in allowing the established mythology to be challenged. Any who question history are liable to be arrested and secretly eliminated, and their works destroyed by the painstakingly thorough ''Templars of Truth''.

This, of course, is just one aspect of the oppression of the Domain's people: denial of information.