World of Arcus

The World of Arcus is a fictional setting created by Jones King as underlay for the 3 soundtracks The New Age, The Legend of Antaphar, and a yet unnamed soundtrack album. The setting has since undergone extensive work and is described in full on this page.

The World

Arcus is the name for the huge island landmass populated by humans and beasts and is the main setting for Chronicles of Arcus. The only known sentient species known on Arcus are the humans who enjoys the same technology level of that of the early middle-ages of Europe. The island enjoys a temperate climate in the north and central areas where as harsh desserts and stonefields stretches across the south and east of the island. North of the island lies the Ancient World where the humans first lived and evolved. But during the Age of Ice tribes of men fled across the great sea and settled upon the island.

The Age of Ice

This era is all but a forgotton chapter in the human history. It is known that when the Great Ice came from the north the kingdoms of the Ancient World stood against it for a thousands years until the Ice destroyed them. Eccarus the Seaking then took his peoples across the great seas and settled upon the the great island later named Arcus by Eccarus' followers.