Editing Log Horizon (section)

==The Setting==
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The world of Log Horizon called is called '''Theldesia''', which is really just Earth in the far-off future, where civilization has somehow clawed itself back to late-Medieval to early-Rennaisance levels of technology after not one, but TWO apocalypses: a mundane nuclear one that ended "modern" civilization, and an empire built on the ashes of the former, discovered magic, proceeded to do magical eugenics to breed demihumans for slave labor, then imploded ''spectacularly'' when it grew corrupt and decadent.  

Most of the action described by the light novels occur in Yamato (which was also the name of the Elder Tale server), aka Japan.  Specifically they happen in and around the hub town of the Akihabara ruins, though later books feature locations north in Hokkaido and south close to where Kyoto and Osaka are located in the "real" world.

The native people of the world are termed "People of the Land" or "Landers" for short.  These were the NPCs that the players used to interact with, and with the change of Elder Tale into something very real, PCs now have to come to grips that they were now anything but, and the Landers are now ''people'' with histories, hopes, dreams and problems they have to deal with every day.  

Hilariously this works both ways -- from the Lander's point of view, it's the ''Adventurers'' that had changed. Before their movements were stiffly mechanical and they acted incomprehensibly (picture your typical MMO tavern or town plaza, with AFK PCs dancing, walking around naked, etc. and you get the idea).  Confusing though their behavior was, they would reliably do whatever work the landers offered them, until one day they suddenly stopped and now they're acting like individuals.  

A few other things about Landers are that they can also gain levels in the Adventurer classes, but at a much more lower rate.  Having 30 class levels is already a near-heroic feat for them, so obviously the things that endgame-level (90 and above) Adventurers like Shiroe can do are miraculous.  Then there's the fact that, unlike Adventurers, when Landers die, it's permanent; no manner of resurrection will bring them back, as their spirits return to the land, so to speak.

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It is eventually revealed that nothing magical has happened.  Rather that the whole incident is the result of externals of a data nature who happened upon the Theldesia server and decided to clone it for their own purposes.  So the whole world and everything in it (including the player characters) are copies.  
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