WHEN WE LAUNCHED OUR KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN IN SEPTEMBER
of 2012, we had modest hopes that we would hit our target goal of $1.1 million in the
following month. To say we were unprepared for the immediate outpouring of enthusiasm and
encouragement would be an understatement. In the final tally of our month-long march, over 77,000
fans backed our campaign, then simply called Project Eternity. Like the project itself, no foreword to
this book could begin without first thanking all of you for the tremendous support you have given us.
With that support came the responsibility to create both a game and a setting that lived up to the
legacy of our spiritual forebears. We built the foundation for the world of Eora in the style of the
classic fantasy settings of our youth. As we continued building, we knew that Eora could not simply
be a facsimile of other worlds, but a living and changing place that inspires us to create engaging
characters and challenging story lines for players to explore.
In Pillars of Eternity, we want to welcome you to a world in the midst of wondrous discoveries and
all the changes they bring. The Eastern Reach is at the heart of technological and social revolutions
that will shape Dyrwood, Readceras, Eir Glanfath, and the Vailian Republics in the decades and
centuries to come. We want you to feel that you are a part of this world, one of the many forces that
can push and pull the Eastern Reach from its tumultuous present into its promising future.
With that in mind, please take the contents of this book for what they are: snapshots of one corner
of a world that is, like our own, ever in motion. We hope that you can help us illuminate the contents
of many more volumes in the years to come.
Josh Sawyer
Project Director