Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll
2007-04-27, 08:58 PM
First the History
Inris, a vast plain bordered by mountains and great seas to the south, and endless monotony to the North.... Nothing to bother the indigenous species, who freely made war upon themselves. The only sufficiently advanced races though, were the ancestors of the Dondai and the Vendantsch. The Dondai were based around the large volcanoes, where they mined diamonds, which they traded away. The Vendantsch lived in the large plains. (the Early Vendantsch culture is based on the romans, the Durdan, the greek) The humans, and other savage races used stone tools still, and waged miny wars, with spears, and axes, and bows. And they lived this way, with the occasional war, and slowly, the humans got a head start on the savage races, as the Dondai taught them Bronze, as the vendantsch taught the Dondai. However, it wasn't long after when the primal force of Magic was discovered by the Vendantsch. This magic produced many wonderful things, such as the hearnes, mutated humans, with 4 arms, tiny horns, and large, vestigial wings. and other, unexpected results. One such result was the magic, which freely floated in the air, and sometimes clumped together to form stars, bringing down a meteor out of its normal path. This meteor landed to the north of Inris, disrupting the Est-too-Hen, the ancestors of the Estahel, from their native way of life. (much like the inuit of old) They came south, seeking to outrun the flood rushing from the fractured glaciers, melted by the rock that fell from the sky. This frightened the Dondai, the humans, everyone, that they all attemted to flee south as well. However, the Other sea to the south blocked any passage thataways. While the Est-too-Hen built rafts and boats with which to ride out the flood, the others fled to the high places, and prayed that the floods stopped before it reached them. and still others refused to believe that this was happening, and were drowned. Many died, and the lower slopes of the mountains were consumed, and all the old writings and cities from that time were lost to the waters. But many mountain peaks remained overwater, and on those new islands, people tried to start a new life. Some, however, refused to settle down, and persocuted the vendantsch for bringing the flood down upon them. The Humans were indifferent, and began living as usual on the new place. The Est-too-hen, most of whom survived, began ferrying people around, revelling in there new role in society. The Dondai, whowever, were split. Some went so far as to blame the vendantsch for pushing civilization upon them, and these became the Djurdan, and they hunted the Vendantsch down, driving them underground. The others embraced magic nonetheless. These wer the Endreck
That is part I and II of the history, I'll post Part III later.
tell me what you think. believable so far?
So far i also have several Player Races out. The Estahel (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40459), the Djurdan and the endreck (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41369). Links.
Inris, a vast plain bordered by mountains and great seas to the south, and endless monotony to the North.... Nothing to bother the indigenous species, who freely made war upon themselves. The only sufficiently advanced races though, were the ancestors of the Dondai and the Vendantsch. The Dondai were based around the large volcanoes, where they mined diamonds, which they traded away. The Vendantsch lived in the large plains. (the Early Vendantsch culture is based on the romans, the Durdan, the greek) The humans, and other savage races used stone tools still, and waged miny wars, with spears, and axes, and bows. And they lived this way, with the occasional war, and slowly, the humans got a head start on the savage races, as the Dondai taught them Bronze, as the vendantsch taught the Dondai. However, it wasn't long after when the primal force of Magic was discovered by the Vendantsch. This magic produced many wonderful things, such as the hearnes, mutated humans, with 4 arms, tiny horns, and large, vestigial wings. and other, unexpected results. One such result was the magic, which freely floated in the air, and sometimes clumped together to form stars, bringing down a meteor out of its normal path. This meteor landed to the north of Inris, disrupting the Est-too-Hen, the ancestors of the Estahel, from their native way of life. (much like the inuit of old) They came south, seeking to outrun the flood rushing from the fractured glaciers, melted by the rock that fell from the sky. This frightened the Dondai, the humans, everyone, that they all attemted to flee south as well. However, the Other sea to the south blocked any passage thataways. While the Est-too-Hen built rafts and boats with which to ride out the flood, the others fled to the high places, and prayed that the floods stopped before it reached them. and still others refused to believe that this was happening, and were drowned. Many died, and the lower slopes of the mountains were consumed, and all the old writings and cities from that time were lost to the waters. But many mountain peaks remained overwater, and on those new islands, people tried to start a new life. Some, however, refused to settle down, and persocuted the vendantsch for bringing the flood down upon them. The Humans were indifferent, and began living as usual on the new place. The Est-too-hen, most of whom survived, began ferrying people around, revelling in there new role in society. The Dondai, whowever, were split. Some went so far as to blame the vendantsch for pushing civilization upon them, and these became the Djurdan, and they hunted the Vendantsch down, driving them underground. The others embraced magic nonetheless. These wer the Endreck
That is part I and II of the history, I'll post Part III later.
tell me what you think. believable so far?
So far i also have several Player Races out. The Estahel (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40459), the Djurdan and the endreck (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41369). Links.