Lemurian History

Return to Lemuria
It is the year 4518 of the Ascendant Magus Empire (AME). It's a long time for a polity to remain single and consistent, but that visible stability belies the internal power-struggles, palace coups, and dynastic transitions that marked the millennia of existence as a state. Scholars point to a strong cultural identity as the source of the continuity, which itself was a survival adaption in response to various waves of extra-dimensional arrivals to the continent.

Refuge for the Lost and Worldless
Lemuria is marked by a thinness in the membrane between dimensions. This means that many people who seek to leave their plane for reasons of curiosity or need find themselves in Lemuria. Some believe the first settlers of the continent may not have been natives but actually came from another plane, while others insist there was a native race to the continent. After many waves of people have come, it has resulted in a population that is varied in appearance cosmopolitan in social outlook. There is a strong tradition of taking in anyone who needs a home. Sometimes that included some people from Kumari Kandam as well.

There are several examples of this happening in recent memory. A race of dragon-like humanoids who go by the name of "dragonborn" came across from their home plane only a few decades ago. They were facing persecution and extinction and evacuation was their only option, but even so only a handful made it out.

Refuge to Refugees
It is a serious hit to the people of AME's pride that they must now find or beg homes from their neighbors. While the greatest heroes of the Empire–wizards, scientists, first responders, and healers–work together to keep people safe on Lemuria for as long as they can, scouts were sent to Kumari Kandam to find places for the population to settle and form a new civilization out of the ashes of the old one.