Ballerium, a World in Flux
Ballerium is a vast world with one single sun always shining above it and providing the
energy anf light for life. This sun goes through a never-ending cycle of color-changes,
known as phases.
Seven sentient races populate the world, and live together in the cities dotting the
landscape. Each race is connected with one color of the sun and prefers that color above
all. Lately, a number of anomalies have appeared on the surface of the sun, and many
believe that the end of the world is near.
Thus, all of Ballerium's inhabitants wish to
escape to other worlds, through the use of dimensional gates. Others see the gates
themselves as the real threat, as they seem to be connected with the dreaded Shard-Rifts
(dimensional rifts between Ballerium and other planes of existence, pouring forth horrid
monsters into the land). There are yet others who care for nothing but exploiting the
situation to amass power and wealth.
Ballerium is now a torn and fragmented world where might makes right, and the inhabitants
of the once-safe cities now turn to roaming bands of soldiers and warriors to help them
protect themselves against marauding monsters and raiders, and crumbling political
institutions try to enlist these same bands to their cause be it what it may.
A Short Background
For thousands of years, the seven sentient races populating the
world of Ballerium lived in relative peace, under the blessed
life-giving sun. Then, in the year 9900 the anomalies appeared, and
with them the prophecy of the apocalypse. Responding to the public
outcry and demand for immediate action, the Great Assembly decreed that
the massive dimensional gates that had stood, silent, throughout the
land, should be reactivated, allowing the population of Ballerium to
escape the oncoming disaster. Almost immediately, chaos ensued, as
different factions struggled for control of the gates-project. Panic
spread over the world, great armies were raised, and wars raged for
years.
Eventually, the wars died down, as the exhausted populace could
no longer support fighting on such massive scale. And then, when it
appeared that all the rival warlords were finally willing to lay down
their arms and cooperate, something else happened. No one knows whether
it was an accident or a deliberate act, but the gates were activated
before their time, and all of them shattered, their fragments dispersed
over the land. From the shards of the gates came the Shard Rift, and
what was already a difficult situation became even worse.
Avatars
Ballerians have been worshiping Avatars since time immemorial.
An Avatar is the spirit of a great, now departed hero, who can guide
his or her followers through mental visions, and even manipulate the
physical world through the use of Flux, or mystical energy. In ages
past, newly formed Avatars (spirits of recently departed heroes)
usually merged into existing Avatars, adding their spiritual essence to
that of the older, stronger Avatar, creating Great Avatars. However,
many Avatars now prefer to try and gather followers on their own, and
there are now countless Avatars roaming across Ballerium. As a player
in Ballerium, you control such an Avatar, and a band of warriors who
follow you.
Welcome to Ballerium - one of the first massively multiplayer online realtime strategy games.
Ballerium features some very innovative gameplay including a real-time economy lets you control
and influence the in-game market, dynamic resource gathering, and unique army building mechanics
centered a hero system that influences your abilities. So get started trading, mining and
fighting your way to top of the leader boards. Tell your friends about our fun strategy game
that features:
Present features:
- Free download and gameplay
- Persistent multi user environment
- Many ways to win the game (trade, role-play, combat, and diplomacy)
- AI that is capable finishing combat for you in case of disconnection
- Warfare on an epic scale: Play with thousands of players on a single map
- Seven Unique races to choose from, each possessing unique units and magic abilities
- Great community features
- Low Bandwidth Requirement
You can also gain status outside of the game by participating in our great community. Earn prizes
for being an active member in the community. Show off your creative skills by creating content for
the game like cool videos, fan art and soon even ingame monsters and levels
The world of Ballerium has been experiencing, for the first time in its
history, a global crisis: an oncoming cataclysmic event is about to
bring about the end of the world. Each player in the game controls an
Avatar - a spirit of a great hero, and a group of followers ("units")
of that Avatar. Players are free to choose their own goals - whether
they wish to try to reveal the mysteries of the gates, to simply amass
power and wealth, or to conquer every city and become the ultimate
Avatar in Ballerium.
In any case, the means for achieving these ends
are the same - collecting money and resources, in order to build a
larger army, which allows for more money and resources, banding
together with other players to defeat mutual enemies, exploring the
world and seeking new challenges, and anything else which furthers the
player's professed goals - after all, all is fair in love, in war and
in Ballerium.
