Ki

Ki is the world where our story takes place. One-half of the known Material Plane, Ki has a connection with An that seems to have its roots in long-ago history, though it was seemingly closed off for many centuries prior to the opening of the gates. Formerly known as Earth, this name for the planet has not been used outside of academic circles for at least two hundred years.

History
Much of Ki's history was lost in the Great Rising. Scholars have pieced together several records, with much more information surviving in old stories and songs, but most people still have very little knowledge of what the world was like before the Great Rising, aside from "dominated by humans and cut off from magic."

In the early 21st century, the Great Rising occurred. As a result, most of humanity was killed or died off in the harsh conditions. However, vampires and werewolves revealed themselves, and slayed the undead who had taken over Ki, offering their friendship and cooperation to humanity. Ever since then, according to the history books taught in schools these days, humanity has lived in harmony with these sibling species.

Sometime not long after the Great Rising, the opening of the gates occurred, bringing magic back to Ki and reopening the gates between it and An. What followed was an era of discovery and prosperity, and growing travel between the two realms.