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Human History, From 0 ALD - the Present

Preamble:
The human lands along with the other sentient races were a part of an empire that stretched across Mythera. The empire was ruled by Limnar and all the regions that it enclosed were held together as one by alliances that were strong enough to overcome racial tensions. During the war with the undead many alliances did not last, as some races that where out the side the area of light cast by the Lightbringers turned on others to escape the hordes of undead. What remained of the alliances would be put to the test when after 20 years the sun finally set and the Long Dark began. And the real assault by the Undead started. Some races stood as one for a time against the undead but many had to return to protect their own lands. All races regardless suffered as the Undead were unstoppable in the never ending darkness.


Nearing the end of the Long Dark all hope had been lost in the land of man. For the undead and Those That are Not Spoken of [read traitors/people who have joined that side of the undead] had spread across the entire world of Mythera. Few places remained free from their terrible destruction, one such place was the last human city; Kio.

In the 99th year of the Long Dark an army of the Dead was closing in on the meager forces that remained of the once noble armies of man. The army had been retreating from a heavy loss at Harra Pass when it arrived at the gates of the last human city, exhausted and broken. The people of the city watched as the wounded and tired soldiers trickled into the city, realizing that the end of their world was at hand. However one man had not given up, he had fought and sacrificed too much to only loose in the end. That man was General Rigat one of the last people alive able to stop the horde of the dead. He would have only days to prepare for the oncoming undead. The soldiers and the people of the city wallowed in despair as General Rigat planned the defense of the city. He would never surrender to the undead forces. As the general tirelessly worked at fortifying the city it sparked a sliver of hope in the soldiers and people of the city that maybe he would be their salvation.

The seemingly never ending dark continued to prevail across the land as the first soldiers of death appeared at the top of Salvation Hill at the front of the city. As people began to panic the general appeared in the centre of the city, ready to lead the people to victory or victory. There could be no other outcome. His speech to the people would provide them with the strength to face death.

The first wave of the undead poured towards the city, but they would not make it within 20 meters of the city's walls before being cut down by an unimaginable hail of arrows. But the hordes of the undead cared not, for they were but a few among thousands. As more and more undead came streaming over Salvation Hill the undead began firing their catapults at the city walls. The fate of man depended on the walls holding. The hordes of the undead were now at the base of the city's walls attempting to place ladders against them. They had to be stopped at all costs; fortunately the general already had a plan to do so.

The city had several secret exits on its sides. 500 hundred men rushed out of them flanking the undead as they bunched up against the city's walls. The undead at those walls would be slaughtered by hails of arrows and the swords of the general�s now veteran soldiers. But the undead still continued to pour over the hill, and now the Death Knights mounted on their steeds of jet black began their charge. The general quickly ordered his soldiers back inside the castle, wishing that his massacred cavalry were still alive. The soldiers knew that if the walls of the city broke they would not stand a chance against the Death Knights. As they watched them charge down the hill towards the city they heard a sound that shattered the heart of every man. It was the sound of a wall collapsing after a direct hit from a catapult. It all seemed over. But as the Death Knights drew closer to the city an event that lives in the memory of all the people of Mythera occurred. It was the Rising of the Sun. Yellow beams of light began stretching out across the land, stopping the charge of the Death Knights. Seizing the moment the general ordered all his troops to charge at the undead, gambling that they would flee now that the Sun had returned. It paid off. As the soldiers of Kio started engaging the undead, the sun reached high enough in the sky to bathe the entire land in warm sun light. The undead shrieked in terror and began retreating back to the shadows. Humanity and the people of Mythera were saved.


0 ALD (After Long Dark)
On the first new day in 100 years the people of Mythera celebrated their victory over the undead. The people of Kio rejoiced as they anointed their new king; General Rigat who had saved them from destruction. There was much work to be done for this new king, the lands that man once held lay in ruin. Their once grand and bustling cities lay silent and decaying. But the new kingdom of Tralon (founded following the victory over the undead) brought with it hope and a new beginning for the people that was sorely needed.

As the people returned to their home towns and cities to try and rebuild their lives they discovered that the alliances between their people and the other races of Mythera that existed before the Long Dark were not as they once were. When the remnants of each of the races of Mythera expanded back out in the lands they once held conflicts flared as the different races claimed ownership over the same land. This situation was not helped by the fact that many races had once fought under the one banner as part of the Limnar Empire but some had to withdraw to protect their own lands. Many saw this as a betrayal. But this betrayal was nothing compared to Those That are Not Spoken of, who joined with the Undead. It is lost to history who exactly these people were, such was their betrayal that all mention of their names was forbidden. However it is commonly thought that it was the Dark Elves that joined with the Undead and that is why they were forced underground. The real truth may never be known.

1 - 2 ALD
What is known is that King Rigat in the years following the Long Dark would ruthlessly hunt down Those That are Not Spoken of. As time went by the hunt for these betrayers would begin to dominate the King�s waking hours as he slowly descended into madness. He terrorized the people as he became paranoid about being surrounded by betrayers. 100s of people were randomly executed. Riots sprung up across the land as the people chanted for the downfall of the King, fueling the King�s paranoia.

When the rioters reached Kio (now the capital) the situation reached boiling point; the King ordered his army to kill all of the rioters. The army commanders refused and the King swung into a blind rage. The rioters stormed the King�s keep and searched for the King, now seeking his head. As the King�s royal guards held the rioters at bay the King committed suicide. He pulled out as his long sword that had cut down many evils of the world; it had one last evil to slay for its master, and drove it through his chest. When the rioters found the King he was laying on his side in a pool of blood. The war against the Undead had taken its last victim, for it was the years spent fighting the Undead that had pushed a once great man over the edge into insanity.

Following the King�s suicide the people appointed a Council of Elders to govern the land. They would be chosen by the people every 15 years. For the next 500 years there was a peace throughout the land, and the people were able to move on and forget about the horrors of the Long Dark. That was until the inevitable happened, the Council became corrupted.

This post has been edited by Sir-Kill: Nov 21 2006, 10:13 AM

[Awake]

ELVEN HISTORY

2000 BLD
The elves of Terranor came to Mythera 2000 BLD (Before Long Dark) and were the first humanoid race to come to this New World, which the Elves named, and still refer to it by, Lengwe Seragon (New World). The elves spent the years before any contact with other races by ridding their lands of less desirable races such as gibberlings, spiders, carrion crawlers, and other such species. One race that they did leave alone was the wolf. The elves of Terranor had a tendency to bring the wolves into their homes and make them their own. The elves respected the wolves for their unity when in battles. They also considered them to be of a noble nature. This is why the highest-ranking officers in the elven army are named the Moon Wolves, or Lyalis Mitore in elf. The elven warriors of Terranor were of a rare nature. They would stand their ground in the face of any demon and laugh. They did not always win these battles with demons, but they never back down
from a fight.

1500 BLD
In 1500 BLD the next species came to Mythera. This species was the dwarf. At first the two races were very comfortable with each other and spent a lot of time with each other. The elves and dwarves would hunt with each other. Soon though, the dwarves and elves became started becoming less and less friendly with each other since they saw each other a lot less. This was the time that the dwarves decided to go underground. The elves were unsettled by this, but were of a more understanding nature back then and wished the dwarves good health. The dwarves still ventured to the city every now and then for supplies, but not nearly as much as they do now.

1258 BLD
In 1258 BLD another race came to this still new world. The elves considered these humans to be foolish. The humans at first violently refused any help from the elves, but a few weeks later they pleaded for forgiveness and help. The elves laughed, but kind in their nature, still helped the humans. The elves later saw that the humans were not as foolish as they had first judged. Once the elves helped the humans rid their area of creatures and demons the humans soon started to prosper greatly. The elves then took their leave of the humans and went back to their own business of battling demons and creatures. The elves and humans remained on somewhat short terms for a few hundred years, until the halflings came along. The humans did not know that the dwarves even existed for a few years, until a dwarf came to them asking for supplies.

800 BLD
This was the time that the halflings and gnomes came to Mythera. Finally the elves and humans spoke to each other again. They would spend hours laughing at these two new races, yet always in good heart. The elves became much more comfortable with these races, more then they had been with the dwarves. The halflings were of such a happy race, always seeing the brighter side of things. Unfortunately, the gnomes did not seem to have this characteristic, and disliked the elves. The elves and the humans helped these two races clear out their country. The elves and halflings spent much time with each other.

250 BLD
The elves finally met a race that they could NOT get along with. The Yuanti. The Yuanti were despicable monsters that were entirely greedy and attempted to kill the elves or most other races on site. The only race they seemed to get along with was their own. The Yuanti vanished only weeks after they came. And that is all of the history that the Elves will speak of concerning them.

0-99 LD
The time of the Long Dark had started. Undead were sprouting all over the place. The elves were lucky, considering very few of them die. The elves were greatly angered by the fact that their dead would rise against them. This was a turning point for the elves, and lost much of their sense of lawfulness. They became much more chaotic then they had ever been before. They had little respect for anyone, the only thing on their minds were death. They spent almost all of their time hunting down the undead. The humans and the elves bonded with each other, and started hunting down all of the undead they could find. This was not difficult because the undead found them most of the time. The elves, humans, and dwarves joined together to battle this great menace. The gnomes and
halflings were also protected by a group of elves. Throughout the year�s humans, dwarves, and elves died side by side in battle. No one was dying of old age in this time. When the humans were down to one last city many of the elves (liking the humans at this time, having battled together) joined the humans in a battle against the undead. Most others were off defending their home city. An elven general, rank Lyalis Mitore, was leading the home battle. The undead had all types of ways they were attacking the city. They were attempting to dig into the city, some were trying to burn their way into the city, while a few were even flying into the city on the backs of wyverns and small dragons. The general, �rturis Gysse'Mitore, was standing atop the palace when a wyvern flew too close to him. �rturis ran and jumped on top of the wyvern, slaying the undead archers who were riding on it. The wyvern was not interested in following Arturo�s commands, and attempted to fling him off of it's back. �rturis had no fear of death though, and stabbed the wyvern over and over until it was dying. The wyvern started plummeting to the earth, but slowed down just in time at the end. The wyvern crashed into the ground in the middle of the undead army. �rturis grabbed up his sword from where it had landed and lopped off the wyvern's head before it could do the same to him. Immediately he started to battle with the surrounding undead. Somehow he managed to make it back to the cities walls and gained entrance by climbing up the wall in a way that only a skilled elf can do. The elves then continued fighting with a boosted morale, most of them having seen him crash into the ground and then come back. Arrows were flying continuously at the undead, slaying hundreds of them at a time. Still, the undead would not relent. Right when the undead were about to breach the well made gates (which were made by the dwarves), something happened. Something that was so great, that even the elves still speak of the time they saw it. The sun had started to rise. As soon as the rays hit the enemy army, screams that would haunt lesser people for all their lives went up. �rturis ordered an all out attack on the undead. The elves dropped their bows and jumped to the ground. The fields were strewn with the bodies of undead. The elves had won this battle. Later on that day the elves decided to crown �rturis as the rightful ruler of that city, and his descendents have been in control of the city ever since.

1-2 ALD
During this time the elves minded their own business and ignored the problems with the human kingdom, but accepted the human refugees.

3-2000 ALD
Throughout all these years the elves had very few notable events. There were a few epic battles with demons and the sort. Also, most of the humans had left the city. The humans tried going back to their own city, but they were denied because the humans were suspicious of the elves, who could not care less about what the humans were doing.

This post has been edited by Sir-Kill: Nov 21 2006, 10:14 AM