The state of Monaiya, has been at war with an invading empire from across the endless ocean, the Karl's the people of Monaiya call them, they have attacked Monaiya for almost half a century now, slowly invading further and further in land pillaging more and more cities. The council of sorcerers that rule the state have struggled to repel the threats. The Karl's seemingly to come from different directions, have different tactics and weapons each time, some almost tribe like with wooden spears and skin shields, others fully armoured warriors on horseback, and even arriving in strange ships with smoke billowing from them, and using strange sticks that shoot flame and metal balls that tear through armour and skin. They appear to have no leadership, just the urge to attack and pillage the cities, rarely targeting the same place twice.

In each major city stands a tower, where the sorcerers direct their authority from, and practice their secretive and strange practices. The greatest of the towers lies within the centre of Tothaza, the greatest city of Monaiya, although not the capital city, it had become the most divers of all Monaiya, and was well known to be the place where the council were to going to defeat the Karl's once and for all. How they would do this was speculation, some people thought they were raising a great army, others a new weapon or magic to defend against the Karl's others thought a great warrior was waiting to lead them to victory.

None would probably find out the truth now... A week and three days ago the Karl's attacked, they must have landed on a deserted coastline, and made their way to Monaiya, although miles inland they had not been seen or detected by any council forces. They attacked the city, murdering burning and taking no prisoners. Eventually working their way into the centre of the city and almost into the tower. Just as they did darkness fell onto the city. The sky darkened almost blocking out all the light, a field of shadows had engulfed the entire city, nothing living could penetrate. The Karl's forces were cut in two, those outside and those inside. Object could be thrown through the strange wall but no creatures could make it. The council forces put up a valiant fight the first two days, but many citizens had changed with the appearance of the darkness, turning mad, attacking and killing with no meaning. Karl's, the council forces, and normal people found themselves fighting against former comrades and crazed people from within the city. Chaos soon reigned after this, food quickly ran low, mobs battling over scraps, and people hiding in the darkness from the crazed ones. The city began to burn, and unchecked the fires now give the most light to the cut off metropolis. The temples seemed somehow to be a haven from the crazed mobs, not being able to enter across the threshold, but not from the raidng Karl's or council forces looking for sanctuary or supplies. They burned like the rest. The last one standing is the temple to Prometheus, who in Monaiya is a god of empowerment, he gives second chances to those who need them, and gives retribution to those that deserve it.

You will be thrust into this den of madness and despair. And will have somehow survived the initial chaos.
Characters can be extremely varied, Tothaza is a melting pot of all types of peoples and creatures, humans, elves, vampires, warlocks, humanoid races all over Monaiya. It is up to you wether you struggle to find a way out of the city, if you do decide that you don't wish to die in the dark and cold, then you may want to find fellow people that wish to escape, or hunt down those that may have the metaphorical key.