Kill The Lights

Xing is an ancient country that has existed for countless millenniums. In the beginning, it was populated by savage groups and tribes, the majority of which were nomadic and highly uncivilized. Their way of life was ruthless, barbaric, and strongly attuned to survival. Although beautiful, Xing is of a harsh climate and terrain, making famine, sickness, disease, injury, and many other afflictions quite prevalent. Since the beginning of known history, Xing has been riddled with inner conflict and civil war. The contention predominantly originated from common issues over favorable resources and territories. However, it was only a short matter of time before elements such as revenge, spite, cruelty, animosity, and the desire for power began settling into the roots of the continuous conflicts.

Over many decades and centuries, the primitive groups began developing into civilized clans. The repeated occurrences of warfare became far more intelligent and tactfully devised. With such a long history of bloodshed and survival oriented existences, it was only natural that Xing soon developed into a highly political country. Although less trivial and outright savage, mere skirmishes and high end battle campaigns alike remained more prevalent than ever as the country grew.

The forming of alliances, though present for as long as warfare, only became more common as the country matured socially. However, there has never been a time when Xing has not existed on the base principle of every man for himself, or generally, each clan for itself. Thus, genuine and fully trusted allegiances were always few and far between. Traditionally, they came and went very swiftly, and were made for entirely selfish reasons on both or all respective sides. Treachery and deception have long been necessary skills in both pursuing and surviving Xingese politics.

In accordance with their growing sophistication, the clans slowly began working together in a more civilized manner, even though conflict and disagreement remained prevalent. Shared markets were created, clearer territory boundaries were instilled, rough sets of laws and punishments were mapped out, as well as other things of a similar nature. However, though these changes were certainly effective to a degree, they also resulted clashes of their own, for without a singular leader, the issues of disagreement and opposition were endless. Particularly since so many clans shared negative past histories, they were reluctant to cooperate with one another, even if only for that very reason.