Post by Doctor Atomic on Apr 9, 2017 21:25:09 GMT -8
Before it was the Protectorate
Once upon a time there was a land called Harseth, a lush and fertile land bounded by the sea on all sides. There were seven kingdoms of men, each ruled by a brother from an ancient and noble family; in the main their rule was just and merciful and their people prospered.
On a fateful day gates opened into this land from a world in another time and space and released into the land of Harseth a war between the Derai clans and a confederacy of corrupt creatures and beings known as the Dark Consolidation (but called the Swarm by the Derai). Both sides wielded powerful magicks and their battles shattered the land into a collection of islands, an brief event that came to be called the Cataclysm.
The Seven Kings made a hasty alliance with the Derai clans and lead their people into battle with the corrupt forces of the Dark Consolidation but the ensuing Cataclysm destroyed almost everything and everyone and brought about the fall of the Seven Kingdoms. The remnants of the Dark Consolidation were confined in the Shadow Lands on the other side of twilight by the few remaining Derai.
It is said that the Seven Kings survived the holocaust. The wizard Algarn lead them to a hidden cavern where he wove a spell that put them all in death-like trance where they have slept away the centuries. When the time is right they will emerge to fight the Dark Consolidation in a final battle that will end time and bring about a new era.
Translated by the scholar Marcus Votte from an inscription on a monument found carved on a wall in ruins found on the island of Andu.
Once upon a time there was a land called Harseth, a lush and fertile land bounded by the sea on all sides. There were seven kingdoms of men, each ruled by a brother from an ancient and noble family; in the main their rule was just and merciful and their people prospered.
On a fateful day gates opened into this land from a world in another time and space and released into the land of Harseth a war between the Derai clans and a confederacy of corrupt creatures and beings known as the Dark Consolidation (but called the Swarm by the Derai). Both sides wielded powerful magicks and their battles shattered the land into a collection of islands, an brief event that came to be called the Cataclysm.
The Seven Kings made a hasty alliance with the Derai clans and lead their people into battle with the corrupt forces of the Dark Consolidation but the ensuing Cataclysm destroyed almost everything and everyone and brought about the fall of the Seven Kingdoms. The remnants of the Dark Consolidation were confined in the Shadow Lands on the other side of twilight by the few remaining Derai.
It is said that the Seven Kings survived the holocaust. The wizard Algarn lead them to a hidden cavern where he wove a spell that put them all in death-like trance where they have slept away the centuries. When the time is right they will emerge to fight the Dark Consolidation in a final battle that will end time and bring about a new era.
Translated by the scholar Marcus Votte from an inscription on a monument found carved on a wall in ruins found on the island of Andu.