TempusMUD has been in operation since April 1995. It was originally spawned from the base code of a CircleMUD 3.0 beta. The MUD still retains much of its Circle look, but the game play and feel of the MUD is decidedly original.
Started by Fishbone and Fireball and coded primarily by Fireball, Tempus was conceived as an alternate reality in which the distinction between radically different times has been blurred by the activities of the most powerful beings in the universe.
Ownership of the mud has evolved beyond the founders, but they will never be forgotten. As time progressed others joined the efforts, such as Lucifer, Sarflin, Stryker, Forget, and Nothing. The torch has been passed to Azimuth and Wish, who are currently in charge of coding and building, respectively.
TempusMUD is in perpetual development and expansion, as new abilities, special effects, and areas to explore continue to be added to the Tempus Universe.
The distinction between different time frames has been blurred by the activities of the most powerful beings in existence.
The high mages of the past have built their secret empire by planting political seeds of influence. These seeds have begun to sprout as they delve deeper into the realm of the arcane, finding a new lore in the art of time shifting.
The disciples of the greater gods and goddess, after a lifetime of attaining a closer relation with divinity, are shown a new realm of infinite proportions, the continuum of time.
Far into the future the scientists and technologists that rule the civilized world relentlessly pursue the fleeting prize known as energy. They uncover the secret of time, allowing them to build great machines to send them through a new temporal dimension.
As the time frames collide, these figures inevitably meet and begin to engineer the nature of reality to their own ends. Populations across the timeline begin to notice subtle changes as strange visitors bearing unknown powers begin to emerge.
As the flow of time begins to swirl together, you enter Tempus.
