Story
Black Desert Online takes place in a setting and revolves around the conflict between two rival nations,
the Republic of Calpheon and the Kingdom of Valencia.
Calpheon is very materialistic whereas Valencia is very spiritual.
Long ago, the four main areas, Calpheon, Serendia, Balenos, and Mediah, were at peace.
This all changed when the started spreading via merchants from Valencia, in an area east of Mediah that controlled trading.
Many around the world died of the plague. Some who did not, were expelled due to the black death causing paranoia.
Eventually, the three of the main areas made an alliance and began a war that lasted for 30 years;
with Mediah profiting the most by harvesting black stones and trading it to the others.
After the war, the alliance slowly started to conduct trades with Valencia once again.
Tensions arose when the other areas discovered the importance of black stones.
Desperate to gain wealth, they began to search for black stones as well.
Calpheon had no area that harbored the precious black stones, thus they stole from the rest.
This created further conflicts with Valencia, due to the fact that Valencia has a vast Black Desert which holds many black stones.
