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[dragon_lord]

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

[Ragnar]

Dwarven History, From 1500 BLD - the Present
1500 BLD
The dwarven race had now appeared upon the face of Mythera. They were shortly greeted with open arms by the elven race and soon a friendship was formed. With the aid of the elves the dwarves claimed a piece of this world as their own and soon built settlements to live there and shortly after created a effective trading route with the elves to trade goods and supplies. It was not long until the Dwarves noticed minerals that lay underground and where dazzled by its beauty, metals that where woven through the walls as if it where some part of great tapestry of the earth, gems that glittered and created rays of brilliance from the sunlight. The Dwarves craved for this perfection and wished more, so slowly over time the Dwarves contacted the Elves less and less until only those with the trading caravans spoke with the Elves.

1258 BLD
The Dwarves soon began to prosper and built great halls from the stone that was mined from the ground. The Dwarves looked out from their own boarders and saw that a new race had come upon the world without them noticing. These were the Humans and they wished to learn more of them and so sent they a Dwarf to trade with them but unknown to the Humans this was a member of the Stonesmelter clan. This dwarf looked at the way the Humans made their walls and protected their city and saw that the humans wouldn’t be a threat.

1000 BLD
The mines that were inside Fort Unity had finally run out of their precious metals and gems, what had caused the Dwarves to begin mining had now disappeared so with heavy hearts those Dwarves still living there moved to the Dwarven kingdom and left Fort Unity abandoned.

800 BLD
Halflings and Gnomes arrived to Mythera but this time the Dwarves were alert to this, once more they sent out a dwarf of the Stonesmelter family to see if they would be hostile or not. They soon found the Halflings too optimistic for their liking but found the Gnomes much more agreeable. With the help of a Gnome, a member of the Earthbeard family created 'Tegnok's Triangle', which would soon be a well used trading route between Humans, Dwarves and Gnomes. The Elves had no need of goods from the other races as the forest provided what they needed and the Gnomes dealt with the supply of goods for both them and the Halflings.

250 BLD
A new race appeared on Mythera but this time the Dwarves were not caught unprepared and so they sent the Deathfist clan to see if these creatures would be a threat, this would be the first time that it would be true. When the clan arrived at the land the Yaunti had control over a battle quickly began, within one week an entire clan had been wiped out. Once the Dwarves found out about this they soon began a campaign to avenge their fallen brethren, but during this Kultan would deal them a cruel hand.....

0-99 LD
The Undead were swift in their attack and gave no quarter, the Dwarves were unprepared for such an assault and were pushed back into their halls but the undead would not stop there, for soon the Dwarves would have to flee from there also. The Dwarves soon found sanctuary in the Halflings homeland and repaid them by building their defences as the Dwarves had lost many of their clans from the campaign against the Yaunti and the undead assault. Those clans that could not make it joined with the Humans and the Elves against the Undead, they were lead by Thalkar Beamblade. The war lasted seemed to last an age and no Dwarf was spared it's wrath Thalkar led many charges against the Undead and never knew defeat but the Undead never tired and easily repelled all of their attacks, until Thalkar had to make the decision of making one last desperate attack upon the undead as his troops began to feel the fatigue of losing countless battles. This would turn out to be a mistake as the undead had prepared themselves for this and ambushed the army, the battle seemed hopeless and Thalkar fell to his knees and shouted a prayer to Sargana for victory. Perhaps she had heard this as once the prayer left his lips the sun rose in all its majesty and it created a shriek of pain from the undead, the Dwarves felt revitalised and charged the undead with the few soldiers that were left. Thalkar went into a battle frenzy as his heart beat quicker to the victory at hand and he chased the general of this army that had been sent to kill the Dwarves but it was a foolish move as this general and a part of the undead army retreated into the mines. None of the Dwarves know what the fate of Thalkar was, some saw that in the darkness Sargana had got her payment for the victory she handed Thalkar.

0-2 ALD
This was a trying time for the Dwarves, for they had much work to do with rebuilding their homes and making order with all the clans once more, the Stonesmelter clan formed the other clans into an efficient workforce. For 2 years the Dwarven clans worked together to rebuild their homes and their mines, which were rumoured to have some of the Undead army haunting them although there were no sightings of them.

3-500 ALD
During these times those few clans that still had a battle lust because of the war needed to fight again and saw a perfect opportunity. They soon began accusing the Half-elves that lived there of stealing their homes and that it was theirs by right, the Half-elves simply replied that the Dwarves abandoned it and so they lost rights to it years ago. The arguments soon got heated and war was almost declared until the Stonesmelter clan (who had become the leading clan due to their work) put a stop to it. Those Dwarves that were eager for a fight were very bitter and ended up leaving the Dwarven Kingdom, saying they would get their ancient fort back.

501-2000 ALD
There was very little activity during this time for the Dwarves, they rebuilt the roads (with help from the Gnomes again) so trade could begin anew and returned to their mining, also the leading clan would change as it always has.

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