The Manalords of Aerth

Long into the future, as a massive cloud of energy was speeding at fluctuating sublight speeds towards the Aerth, one man by the name of Amadeian led a group of scientists to the forsaken continent of Antarctica. There they built many cryogenic chambers from which they would emerge thousands of years after the likely catastrophic event. However, they emerge into a foreign land, transformed beyond belief. How will they affect this brave new world, and more importantly, how has it affected them?