In ashes rise of the phoenixborn a two player expandable card game players take on the roles of phoenixborns demi gods and protectors of this world these characters are the great saviors of their civilizations before they came into existence the humans were plagued by monsters like chimeras that took away their lands and forced them to live in walled off cities when the phoenixborns came they fought off the chimeras and freed the lands for humans to take over once again