FF VII: Lands Of Gaia
Jun 27, 2007 22:15:26 GMT
Post by Gaia on Jun 27, 2007 22:15:26 GMT
Name of site: Final Fantasy VII: Lands Of Gaia
Link to site: Lands Of Gaia
Types of characters/creatures allowed: Humans (Exceptions with canons)
RPG genre: Fantasy
Rating: Ages 16+
Plot/Storyline:
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Link to site: Lands Of Gaia
Types of characters/creatures allowed: Humans (Exceptions with canons)
RPG genre: Fantasy
Rating: Ages 16+
Plot/Storyline:
The game's setting follows in the footsteps of Final Fantasy VI by presenting a world with considerably more advanced technology (than the first five video games in the series). Overall, the game's technology and society approximates that of modern or near-future science fiction. The world of Final Fantasy VII, named "Gaia", is comprised of three land masses. The eastern continent features the city of Midgar, an industrial metropolis that serves as the headquarters of the Shinra Electric Power Company, a ruthless mega corporation that operates as the de facto world government. Shinra's major military base, Junon, is also located on the continent, along with a chocobo ranch and a small town called Kalm.
The western continent features some pretty cool areas, which include an amusement park, a seaside resort, and a settlement constructed on a plateau called "Cosmo Canyon". The tribe inhabiting the canyon places a strong emphasis on living in harmony with nature and dedicate great consideration to its well-being. Their settlement features an observatory and serves as a research facility for those who wish to participate in a philosophy known as "the Study of Planet Life", an environmentally conscious way of life that encourages utmost deference for nature, and teaches that the planet has a life of its own. The northernmost continent is a heavily glaciated wasteland covered in snow and ice, with its few settlements largely concerned with excavation or research. It does, however, feature a ski resort.
The Shinra Company began as a small weapons research and development corporation, but within one generation achieved global political dominance due to their discovery of mako energy, a power source derived from a green ethereal substance that forms within the planet's core. Siphoning this substance from the planet via facilities called "mako reactors", the company soon discovered that it could be used both to provide electricity and create small orbs called "materia" that would grant humans magical powers. Moreover, they learned that if infused directly into the bodies of strong and healthy individuals, the energy would provide permanent superhuman abilities. Quickly establishing a monopoly on the development of mako energy and the production of materia, Shinra manufactured a line of superhuman warriors called "SOLDIER". Dispatching this army, the company brought a rapid end to a worldwide conflict that had lasted several years. In the postwar society that followed, daily dependence on mako and materia allowed Shinra to quickly establish worldwide rule.
Following the establishment of Shinra's control, eight towns in the corporation's vicinity were united as a single city, becoming Midgar. Catering to the upper class, Shinra expressed little concern for the welfare of Midgar's poorer citizens, constructing a seventy-story skyscraper to serve as their headquarters while erecting a massive metal plate over the city for upper class citizens to live and work upon. In the meantime, the lower half of the city became known as the "slums", its view of the sky obstructed and its air polluted. Many citizens living in these conditions became malnourished or otherwise unhealthy, but Shinra did little to assist them.
Shinra's operations began to face opposition, however, from those who believed that the use of mako energy was depleting the spiritual essence of the planet, a massive swell of ethereal matter the Study of Planet Life referred to as the "Lifestream". The philosophy explained that this energy wave was not only the life force of the planet, but the source of life for all lifeforms living upon it. Those who followed the lifestyle referred to mako energy as "spirit energy" instead, a term that would fall into disfavor as the populace became increasingly dependent on mako. The Study of Planet Life held that when an organism was conceived, it was given a small amount of the planet's own spirit to live. As the lifeform grew, its accumulated life experiences would allow its spirit energy to grow as well, such that when the organism died, its spiritual energy would return to the planet's core, enriched by its experiences in life, allowing the Lifestream as a whole to grow. Those who followed the philosophy argued that Shinra's activities were sucking up the life force of the planet and slowly weakening it, with the inevitable result being the death of the entire world and all creatures living upon it.
The western continent features some pretty cool areas, which include an amusement park, a seaside resort, and a settlement constructed on a plateau called "Cosmo Canyon". The tribe inhabiting the canyon places a strong emphasis on living in harmony with nature and dedicate great consideration to its well-being. Their settlement features an observatory and serves as a research facility for those who wish to participate in a philosophy known as "the Study of Planet Life", an environmentally conscious way of life that encourages utmost deference for nature, and teaches that the planet has a life of its own. The northernmost continent is a heavily glaciated wasteland covered in snow and ice, with its few settlements largely concerned with excavation or research. It does, however, feature a ski resort.
The Shinra Company began as a small weapons research and development corporation, but within one generation achieved global political dominance due to their discovery of mako energy, a power source derived from a green ethereal substance that forms within the planet's core. Siphoning this substance from the planet via facilities called "mako reactors", the company soon discovered that it could be used both to provide electricity and create small orbs called "materia" that would grant humans magical powers. Moreover, they learned that if infused directly into the bodies of strong and healthy individuals, the energy would provide permanent superhuman abilities. Quickly establishing a monopoly on the development of mako energy and the production of materia, Shinra manufactured a line of superhuman warriors called "SOLDIER". Dispatching this army, the company brought a rapid end to a worldwide conflict that had lasted several years. In the postwar society that followed, daily dependence on mako and materia allowed Shinra to quickly establish worldwide rule.
Following the establishment of Shinra's control, eight towns in the corporation's vicinity were united as a single city, becoming Midgar. Catering to the upper class, Shinra expressed little concern for the welfare of Midgar's poorer citizens, constructing a seventy-story skyscraper to serve as their headquarters while erecting a massive metal plate over the city for upper class citizens to live and work upon. In the meantime, the lower half of the city became known as the "slums", its view of the sky obstructed and its air polluted. Many citizens living in these conditions became malnourished or otherwise unhealthy, but Shinra did little to assist them.
Shinra's operations began to face opposition, however, from those who believed that the use of mako energy was depleting the spiritual essence of the planet, a massive swell of ethereal matter the Study of Planet Life referred to as the "Lifestream". The philosophy explained that this energy wave was not only the life force of the planet, but the source of life for all lifeforms living upon it. Those who followed the lifestyle referred to mako energy as "spirit energy" instead, a term that would fall into disfavor as the populace became increasingly dependent on mako. The Study of Planet Life held that when an organism was conceived, it was given a small amount of the planet's own spirit to live. As the lifeform grew, its accumulated life experiences would allow its spirit energy to grow as well, such that when the organism died, its spiritual energy would return to the planet's core, enriched by its experiences in life, allowing the Lifestream as a whole to grow. Those who followed the philosophy argued that Shinra's activities were sucking up the life force of the planet and slowly weakening it, with the inevitable result being the death of the entire world and all creatures living upon it.
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