The New world

A projection appears in front of you, it is an old looking man in tattered purple robes. He starts speaking in a raspy voice.     "The date is 700 Ac, almost 200 years after the time described in the chronicles. That time is long past and the world has changed significantly. I do not know the people who will be reading this, but this will be a whole new world for you. I'm getting ahead of myself let me first introduce myself, I am Archmage Shamat, I am the head of the combined forces trying to prevent the end of the world.   Let me explain what is going on, there are factions in the world as I know it that are knowingly or unknowingly bringing about the destruction of the entire land. These are the God Tambor who has retreated into his palace and is meddling in things best left alone, the Voltarian empire who use magic to reanimate the dead and form pacts with souls from beyond the grave, and the dragon princes who rule their lands with an iron claw. These factions as well as some others are summoning something, in the past it has been known as the God of magic, if this being breaches its prison it will mean the end for the world as we know it... "   There is a banging from outside and the whole rooms shakes and rattles. The man glances around nervously looks worried before continuing.   "This has lead me and my colleges to put into place drastic actions. This is where you come in, you are volunteers from our time who chose to be sent backward almost 200 years. They will inhabit the bodies of people in that time who they are most like and in the same area, unfortunately they will likely have no memory of my time and will gain the memories of the body they join with, so for you this is our first meeting. But I beg you to listen and help me save the world.   The plan is to change the past so that none of the events like the Voltarian empire taking the Duchies will ever happen. We have consulted the records and we believe that the first domino in these events was the assassination of the kings brother during his visit to the capital, it is unknown who did it but he died from a stab wound to the chest with a dagger that claimed his soul. I don't know exactly when you will be sent back to but it will be roughly 2 months before the murder takes place. stop it if you can and maybe you can save the future...   The banging of outside the room increases and dust and fragments of the ceiling begin to rain down.     To power this ritual there are 5 crystals in this time that have been given to 5 trustworthy and careful individuals, if these crystals are taken by the enemy then your link to the past may be broken temporarily. You must not let these fall into the wrong hands for too long as they could stop the whole ritual or reverse engineer the plans and send someone to stop you."   As he is speaking the large stone door behind him explodes into shards and in storms several armored figures. Shamat can be seen fighting these with magic before the projection shuts off.