Once this world was filled with magic and hummed with the might of steampunk industries. Airships filled the sky, cities of bronze spread from horizon to horizon, and even the commoners could learn to control the elements. But the galaxy is a cruel, dark place and those who practiced sciences beyond comprehension did not want to see magic spread to the stars.   The sky fell, giant pillars of glowing steel pulverizing entire civilizations, leaving nothing but desert and bones behind. Abominations known as the Clay exited from these pillars and turned any who survived into corpses and memories. Only one spot of civilization was permitted to remain: The countryside of Annis was spared the attacks the rest of the planet suffered.   Those that survived in this small nation should have been wiped out by the horde of clay that remined, but only faced the smallest and weakest of their number instead. Six hundred years have passed since the falling, and the population of Annis has been allowed to grow, as the Clay toy with them day in and day out. But fate is turning against the remains of humanity. The Clay are growing bored with their little game and seek to finish what was started so long ago...   Monsters of flesh and steel await inside, wars inside the crumbling cities of the old world, fought with the brutal machines of the new. Demons of clay and glass destroyed with enchanted revolvers and lightning swords. Welcome to the land of Annis. Welcome to the world of Ashes.