Are you ready? Then welcome to Kesteva
Once upon a time, an anonymous former newspaper Editor from a fog-shrouded Midwestern town discovered a multidimensional door into the ancient kingdom of Kesteva. Royal Road West is dedicated to the increase and diffusion of knowledge concerning Kesteva, primarily by publishing role-playing game materials based on historical records from that ancient land.
Royal Road West believes temporary escapes from the modern world can spark the imagination and rejuvenate the soul. We just happen to publish fantasy role-playing material.
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An Introduction
Excerpt from this website’s Cyclopedia.
Kesteva is an ancient kingdom in Atalanta. It was settled three centuries ago by followers of Aelfric & Aelin, who fled the Old World in search of freedom. Over many hard months, these hardy pioneers crossed the high Parthian Mountains into the verdant new land. Once past the mountains, Aelfric & Aelin and their followers continued their march a thousand miles west to the sea, founding cities as they journeyed. These and the lands in between became the kingdom of Kesteva.
In appearance, politics and sound Kesteva somewhat resembles medieval Europe and medieval Asia (or what many imagine them to have been). In studying the historical records and converting them into role-playing game material, however, the staff at Royal Road West have uncovered crucial differences: There are what we would call monsters. There is magic. Gunpowder is unheard of. Everyday electricity does not appear to work (though lightning does).
Excerpt from the book Discover Kesteva, published by Royal Road West, describing the Editor’s opening of the multidimensional door he discovered into another world.
… On the other side was an ancient library. Inside, the Editor found books, maps, letters, field manuals, logs, drawings …
The Editor had no ease with foreign languages, and so he found and somehow persuaded a Translator to convert the texts into Modern English. It was slow going at first. But after a time, the Translator reported breakthroughs, and soon the first translations began arriving at the Editor’s doorstep. Within these previously mysterious texts, the Editor encountered an ancient world of soaring mountains, great cities, castles, monsters and magic. As he read the decoded material that began arriving in regular parcels, he gained appreciation for Kesteva and determined the world must know of it and its people.
He conceived a plan to bring the world of Kesteva to our world’s attention by inviting university scholars to examine the material. Academic papers would be written, grants would be awarded, courses would be offered, department chairs would be endowed. The world would learn of Kesteva. …
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