## Description
The small kingdom of Celystra was prosperous under it’s old king, “Korros the
Wise”. The prince, Lythare has ascended to the throne and his wife given birth
to a child on his coronation day. However two days later this newborn infant
disappeared, presumed kidnapped. Lythare blames the kingdom’s Champion Knight-
Paladin, as well as several members of the court for failing to protect the
child, and imprisons them in the dungeon. The Champion’s son, knowing that his
father must not have deserved imprisonment sets out on a quest to find the
baby with his two companions. However not much is known of the fate of the
child, so perhaps other quests and objectives will need to be accomplished
first.
_The Aethra Chronicles: Volume One: Celystra’s Bane_ is a shareware medieval
role-playing game in the tradition of SSI’s Dungeons & Dragons licensed Gold
Box RPGs. Taking it’s inspiration from that, the game uses a similar system
based on die rolls against stats/skill combinations. Players begin by creating
three characters, choosing their class and stats in various stats such as
Strength, Agility, Constitution, Intelligence, Wisdom, Presence, Memory, and
Reason. The player then assigns skill proficiencies in a variety of abilities
dependent on those stats (such as Spell Lists, Pick Lock, Woods Lore, etc.).
Combat between characters and monsters is turn-based and the player can
recruit an additional three characters for a total of six.
As with most shareware games, the first episode (The Book of Prophecy) can be
freely distributed, while the other two (Gems of Power and Demon’s Might)
available only to registered users.
The Aethra Chronicles: Volume One – Celystra’s Bane