

Valera, believing crystals had the potential to improve the lives of everyone, gathered those who shared her beliefs, those who saw crystals as a right to all living beings, or those who simply despised the Magistrate, into the Resistance, aka the Paladins.Karne, fearing a repeat of the past chaos as well as the crystals' terrible potential, declared crystals to only be handled by the Magistrate, stripping towns, cities, and commoners of crystals - for some, a lifestyle they could not live without - by peace, or by force, causing an uproar among the Realm, violence to deepen, and a schism within the Magistrate and its people: A technological revolution overtook the Realm - and as with all progress, came its costs: destructive accidents, misuse of power, and a threat to everything that had been built. In their place, the Magistrate formed, led by former Paladins Karne and composed of other powerful magicians and former Paladins, it was under their wise rule and studious research, Crosswind Hold furthered its golden age for nearly an entire century.Ī new type of magic via crafted crystals was discovered and transformed by scientists and inventors into a powerful kind of magic that rivaled even the Magistrate's might. The Realm was saved, bringing a golden age of peace - and with the absence of war, the Paladins disbanded. Two groups, one composed of those who learned the secrets of the dragons, the Warders, used their powers to subdue that threat, while another group, composed of powerful warriors and magicians, formed as the Paladins and dealt with the goblins, with the group being led by the warrior Valera. Dragons ravaged everything with their nigh unstoppable strength, forcing other species to fight for the remaining scraps, and later, goblins would also devastate the Realm in two massive scourges. Long ago prior to this war, the Realm was in chaos from other threats.

The story is based around a war between the Magistrate and Resistance in a world simply known as "The Realm". The game was also put on the Epic Games Store on March 24th, 2020.

It was in Open Beta on Steam, Xbox One, and Playstation 4 before being fully released on May 8, 2018, where a now-defunct Nintendo Switch port released shortly afterwards on June 12, 2018. Paladins is a Free-to-Play hero-based First-Person Shooter developed by Evil Mojo Games and published by Hi-Rez Studios of SMITE fame.
