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Writings preserved in the great libraries of Berelan and Ergedh,
confirm the tales of the fey lords, that the land is not round or flat,
as is oft said. It is, instead, a tangle or knot. a twisting, of the four
primary elements Earth, Air, Fire and Water, into that which we see and
hear about us. The elemental plane of Air lies above, Fire below, Water
to the South and Earth to the North. Common people oft deny this, though
there are those travellers who agree. If you travel up there is only air,
to the south only water, to north a great mass of solid stone and ice
reaches in all ways, and if you dig down far enough there is only fire.
When it came to pass that Torechel, of the Allien Kighthood, had slain
many of the foul brood of wizard and witch; to be knighted. Then, was
he, held as first among the vassals of his king. It was he that challenged
Cloretherregge, the Great Drake, sending the dragon hence with many a
sortie to the wilds of Nede. After his foe had flown, Torechel turned,
leading his host, to lay siege to the halls of Ergedh last of Wizard Kings.
Before, Cloretherregge returned from his fright, the citadel was op’ed,
and Ergedh slain with the very tooth-sword of his dread lieutenant. Torechel
was then, by the Allien declared Duke of Drake, first beside the King,
to stand shoulder to shoulder, with the Earls, and his sovereign.
Carel Eiadawen, daughter of the king, was to him betrothed, and in time,
bore him a son, Atol Gunerson I, grandfather to Herigar Gunerson. Coretherregge,
yet lived returning to declare himself supreme emperor of the land, spreading
his seed from Nede, to drive the Arrakens into their strong stone castles,
and citadels, so again did fear rule the land..
For a century more the war raged on. Forces of Coretherregge, her spawn
mixed with the beings of Rotwart Swamp, fell upon the knights of Drake
bolstered by the Arraken crown. Many fell in the fiery onslaughts that
issued under the plume of Coretherregge's flames, widows and orphans,
wandered the kingdom, homeless. Devastation and waste flooded the low
and high lands.
Thus was it that, Torechel tiring of the bitter conflict, donned his
thick Derem fashioned plate, and taking Atol as squire rode to Nede to
face the lieutenant of Ergedh, Thangbite burned at his side longing for
a taste of blood from its birth spring.
They found the wurm sunning its hide before its mountain throne, and unable
to run from the draw of the blade, Lord and dragon, each smote the other.
Atol returned to Ergedh with Thangbite and the tale of his father's death.
So came the passing of the wurm, and the dawn of the age, the Fey call,
the Time of Three Thousand Wizards. Seredan, lord of Thornbreak, seeing
the pain of his nephew’s death, in the eyes of Feorowin, the Chief
Justice of Arraken, then, renamed, his brother, Feorowin the Cursed, barer
of the doom of man.
It was in this way, that Feorowin lost his right to lordship over Thornbreak
and the Fey People, that before this time, had been his, as it had been
his brother's, in accord with in the genealogies of his people. Feorown
was truly cursed to lose his birth right, his people and ever to see that
which he loved wither and die before his immortal eyes.
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| The Kingdom of Arraken
Arraken, is ruled by King Ottar Eiadwin from the fortified Island,
the Red Towers of Berelan. Primate Simmon, in the Star Court of
Berelan, uses his inquisition, to keep Ottar's people on the path
of the One. His bishops have outlawed all practise of Magick by
any but the clergy throughout the Kingdom.
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The Lands West (The City State of Threnobal, Thornbreak and
the Jarls)
Far to the west across the Doom Mountains lies the Fey land of
Thornbreak, the Elven King, Searadan swore fealty to the Throne
of Arraken, on the death of the Great Drake Clorrtheregg. His people
are diverse both human, dwarf, halfling, and elf. The Town of Thronbrek's,
human Lord Morien Wirthwing is overlord of the most prosperous and
populous city. North across the wilderlands from here is the City
State of the Seat of Threnobal, a great Thaumaturge Lord's City
State, and the Jaldoms of the barbarian Kings.
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The Lands East (The Grey Lands, Zymosia and the Great Waste)
To the East, and South, the Master of Waters, Ever Radiant Earl
Hasselblad the Protector of the Greylands, rules from an Island
citadel, Greymoon Spire. The Greyglow River flows up from here into
the wilderness Earldom of their Eastern borders. Beyond, the Earldom
lays The Great Waste a land of Sand, fire and a few nomadic peoples.
Closer to Arraken and the main Kingdom, is Zymosia ruled since the
crusades of Theine, by the Barrack and his family. Barrack Theine.
A mighty knight of adventurous spirit, protects the birth place
of the Profit of the One, and Arraken's Southern approach .
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The Lands North (Darkmore, Rodenwack and Vale of Mist)
A treacherous route leads from Tratia in the North of the main
Kingdom to the barren and desolate land of Darkmore. The Giants
of Bogwood's End plague these mountain passes. Here Earl Atoral
guards the gates into the Halls of Mist, from the walking dead,
with the metal and steal of his vassals. East from here is the Earldom
of Roddenwack and his spider guards, a gateway to the strangely
peopled land of the Bladewares and their immortal lords.
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The Lands South (Papal States of Arecia, Jungle Lands, and the
Under Ocean)
The Islands of Peace, the Papal Islands of Arecia and the Holy
Worship of the One, dominate the Southern Sea of Arraken. The Ancient
Pope Leopold the 4th, casts an air of tranquillity through his sacred
eye of St. David. His Cardinal of Boatyards and the Cardinal of
Exploration have proclaimed the word of the One far and wide. For
long it was borne beneath and above the lands. They journey, following
routes into the sea caves and through the deeps of the Under Ocean.
They travel high in vessel and on winged steed. They bring trade
and peoples from the Jungles, and word of the distant Empires of
the Far continents.
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