02. Setting

the story of our destiny.

It's 2016. It's been twelve years since Yugi Moto became the undeniable original King of Games! The world is a prosperous place, thanks to the advances in technology and science for the greater good. Domino City flourished as the dueling capital of the world, thanks to the efforts of the Kaiba Corporation. KaibaCorp provided jobs, an aspect of the economy, and even education for the children of Domino City, placing it on the international map. Duel Academy was created as a result of this progress and is currently entering it's third year of existence.

Duel Academy, the place for youth to learn the basics of the card game and train to become professional duelists. The school also offers diverse engineering and coding courses for those with an interest in dueling but not willing to risk it all on being a professional duelist.  The Academy has been touted as being the future of education and the pinnacle of KaibaCorp's technological advancement.

The Academy rests on a man made island off the coast of Domino City. The school grounds are equipped with top tier facilities. They spared no expense. All of the classrooms are lecture halls, and there are dueling pads all around the island with three large dueling domes in the center reserved for exams and events. One can find small cafes on the island for students to go to on their days off along with some small stores. On the weekends, a ferry can take student to and from Domino City for free.

Recently, the school has been the buzz of the dueling world even more than usual! This year, to celebrate Duel Academy's success, Kaiba himself has taken over the reigns as headmaster. Meanwhile, he's brought in high profile teachers such as the King of Games himself, Yugi Moto! 

You, my friend, are a citizen of this place. In all likelihood, you are a student at Kaiba's illustrious Duel Academy, but you could also be a teacher, or perhaps a citizen. Enjoy your time in the City of Games!

the setting of our destiny.

This site is set in 2016 on the fictional island of Duel Academy Island off the coast of the fictional Japanese city of Domino. The city is a relatively new city, having been built up over the past decade by various technology firms- most noticeably KaibaCorp. Originally, the area was filled with various moderate sized towns. Now, all the towns have been united into a large ocean side city. Domino City boasts the most advanced technology in the world, gaining the nickname, the Digital Palace. The technology here rivals that of Silicon Valley, and within the past 20 years, a grand breakthrough has marked Domino as the global lead in digital tech.

With the advent of holographic technology, the entire city and academy island has set up projectors of the globally popular game, Duel Monsters. One can walk down the streets and see various monsters fly around the sky to advertise businesses or duels currently going on. As the home of the historical Duel City tournament and the King of Games, Yugi Moto, Domino City has completely embraced this as a major tourist draw and host tournaments constantly.

Duel Academy was founded three years ago. The school, while advertising as specializing in dueling, actually has some of the world's top tier academics. Many students who come to this school not only aim to become professional duelists but also members of the companies that run the Duel Monster world. The Academy could be compared to an early college for students interested in hologram technology, game design and many more technical aspects of the game.

Technology Levels

This site is playing with cutting edge technology. We use technology featured in the Yugioh Anime like holographic dueling and mild augmented reality. Augmented reality is something saved only for top tier duels, and when one arrives, more details will be given. Things like glass technology are a thing here. [A video showing glass technology can be found HERE] Don’t go too crazy though. We still don’t have flying cars. Technology has only been given an edge on this site.

There is a large network of hologram projectors placed throughout Domino City and Duel Academy that are all connected to each other. This system is known as the Hologram Caster, or HCaster. The HCaster is connected to all duel disks and when duels begin, it sends orders for the duel to be projected into the area. During duels, the HCaster may create illusions of buildings being damaged to increase the atmosphere of the duel, but these are just holograms of falling rubble and damage that vanish after the duel.

Duel Disks are all connected to the HCaster. Members may use customized duel disks for cosmetic purposes, but every duel disk will automatically log the result of duels preformed outside of the Training Ring and add it to their history. This means that all Duelists have access to your wins and loss records. For students, this means that every duel is monitored and can count against or for you. 

Duel Monsters

Duel Monsters has been gaining world renown for the past two decades. It has become firmly implanted in pop culture and the heart of children throughout the world. There is a very serious professional circuit as well. Duel Monsters is a cultural phenomenon that doesn’t seem to be losing steam after twenty years. Duel Monsters is a multibillion dollar industry primarily revolving around Industrial Illusions and KaibaCorp along with a small handful of other companies.

Schools of Dueling

The Schools of Dueling, as in the different types of dueling like Synchro and fushion summoning, all still exist. In this AU they were all developed by different branches of the Industrial Illusions company to spice up the game and bring in more variety. Basically, anything that goes in the card game Yugioh in real life, goes here. However, it should be noted that Pendulum Dueling would have been made by a subsidiary of Industrial Illusions rather than directly from the company. 

Villains

For the first month or so, our "villain" group is going to be locked. They will be announced at a later date. Feel free to make a chaotic aligned character if you so wish.

Exploration!

Here on Rise of Destiny, we encourage members to explore the Academy and City through new threads and roleplay. The more you explore the more of the plot you unlock, and the more you have a chance to unlock events and NPCs! You see all those mysterious boards!? There's a chance of something happening if you go there!