[ WP ] Magic is discovered and it 's channeled with music . Modern nations dissolve and new countries rise in their place divided by the preferred music . In the frozen north lie the Metal kingdoms . Far to the south are the countries of Soul etc .

Leonard Ashby sat with hands folded on the oak table, a calm expression on his face. However, internally he was more nervous than he had ever been in his life. That was saying something, considering he had lived through the Harmonic Wars. He was just a boy when they began 30 years ago, when the source of magic was rediscovered in music. Musicians became akin to sorcerers, and the different genres of music became conduits for specific types of magic. With the advent of this newfound power, nations crumbled and rebuilt themselves around their schools of magic; or more precisely their genres of music. Soon these new nations warred with each other over land and resources, eventually becoming known as the Harmonic Wars. 
 
 As Ashby anxiously tapped his finger on the wooden table he reflected on just how lucky he had been in his life. At a young age his family moved to the city of Atlanta Georgia during the height of the American conflict. To the west the forces of the Country Western Republic encroached on the territory of the Soul states. By all accounts the CWR should have easily beaten the Soul states, but the CWR's earth and nature based magic was no match for the spiritual and empathic spells of Soul and Blues. The two nations warred for five years primarily in and around the city of Atlanta, until its citizens had enough. The Atlantans fought both parties back and established itself as a prominent city state eventually brokering a peace treaty between the two warring states. Now Atlanta was known as the New Constantinople, a hub of trading and mixing of different magic schools such as Hip Hop, Country, and Soul. 
 
 And it was Ashby's job as the Chairman of Trade and Commerce to make sure that Atlanta stayed as this economic power. Which is why he is presently sitting in the great chamber surrounded by all of the major merchants of the city, awaiting the arrival of a new trade delegation. Ashby took a few glances around the spacious room, trying hard to maintain his composure and hide his nerves from the city's merchants. He noted the guards with brass horns that stood stationed around the entrances and exits. Silently he wondered if they would be enough protection. 
 
 The reason for Ashby's anxiety was the new trade delegation and where they were coming from; the Metal Kingdoms. Lying in the far frozen north of Europe, the Metal Kingdoms were a feared militaristic nation. The kingdoms were once separate and autonomous warring mostly with each other. That is until they unified themselves against a common enemy. Because the Metal Kingdoms fought amongst themselves, the European Dance Mainland or EDM nation thought they would be easily conquered. They were horribly wrong. The Metal Kingdoms put aside their differences and beat back the EDM's Technomancers in a show of brute force. They used powerful elemental spells to summon gouts of flame and blizzards of ice. Strength enhancing spells were another common tool. But the most feared magic that was employed came from the Death Metal musicians who used the black magic of necromancy to turn the EDM's own fallen against them.
