Post by Finrod on Feb 22, 2007 14:26:22 GMT -5
Prologue
Before The Dragon Lords walked on this earth. Before men with their frail bodies made war to tear the lands of Jurda. There were the kvynnirà, the daughters of the Dragon Gods. Most hated by the Gods of Creation. In punishment for the wars of the Dragon Gods, the Gods banished the daughters of these Gods to the mortal world ever enslaved to mortality and men.
They stood on the earth for aeons building halls of wood with magic. They cared not for metal or mortals that were yet to be born. They pleaded with the Gods to put them back with their Fathers. The Gods of Creation said nothing but cursed their sacrifices and burnt any defences they built. The kvynnirà stood weeping and built no more defences and no more things of beauty. And they started to wane, travelling deeper into the forests where they built to hide instead of dwellings. The features of these people changed as well from when they had the look and build of a man-dragon then they looked more like half elves.
Now in the centuries to come, nature forgot about them and the Gods put the kvynnirà in the back of their minds. They put there gifts and their arts into the art of magic which they weaved around nature. And they fed the world’s nature with this magic, so that every creature and plant looked beautiful and they were pleased for although they were weakened and knew the Gods would not give them a second look, but they were pleased.
So after these years of magic, Astariale the Queen of Nature and Beauty felt pity for the kvynnirà pleaded with Astarial the High God to have pity on the kvynnirà but he laughed and dismissed Astariale. In her grief she fled down to Jurda and in the forests which are now called Astaraille and there she made the race of Elves blessed with beauty, strength and wisdom.
Countless centuries under the blackest of skies, where the only light came from the houses of the Gods, the Elves grew strong in arms and wise in mentality. And, a pact was made between the kvynnirà and these early Elves, the kvynnirà saw a glimpse of hope. The daughters allowed themselves to fall in love with the Elves, many relationships were founded, and many of their children became powerful leaders. And, a race was made of Dragon Elves.
Astarial was furious, and brought much death to all three races, this brought on what is known now as “The First War” Elves do not mention it, Men fear it, so it has been forgotten, save in the books of ancients. A horrendous war it was, the oceans turned to blood, plants turned to ash. Astarial, waged war for three hundred years. This massacre, slaughtered most of the kvynnirà. The Elves in fear went into hiding after the first hundred years. So, it was the newly formed race of Dragon Elves who fought on, but, by the end of the war, all but twenty remained. A massacre of nine-hundred. It was only thanks to the Dragons Gods that these Elves were saved; they sacrificed themselves, to give their energy to their offspring, in which it was possible to defeat the army of the Gods. At the end of it all, the land had been formed into a twisted shape that held no beauty.
In these years of need and strife, Astariale, broke the continent into many different lands, giving the Elves, The Dragon Elves and the kvynnirà, Jur. In the centuries to come Jur became a mighty continent, the three races together rebuilt what had been twisted and it grew in beauty, with beautiful emerald forests and crystal clear lakes, it was a magnificent site to behold, the races grew, the kvynnirà that were left built enormous magical monuments from nature, and there they taught the elves and dragon elves the secrets of nature’s magic, the elves used this magic to heal and empower their defenses, while the Dragon Elves used to make wondrous things and magical weapons which still strike fear into anyone who attacks them. While the land of Jur grew mighty far away in the land of Urd a new race was born.
In the land of of Jur amongst the ruthless mountains the race of men was made by Astarial, to men he gave compassion and love but he also gave them the lust of war and being territorial. In these mountains men made grand fortresses, and many weapons of war. And men spread past the land of Urd to the islands of the north and the forests of the south and they made great cities of stone. Their flimsy ships landed in Jur and the dragon elves met them while the elves and kvynnirà hid in fear of the weapons of men, the dragon elves taught the men who landed the knowledge of the world and magic, but men have no mental ability to learn true magic so they learnt a version of it. The magic these men learnt was only enough to defends and heal the most basic attacks. But, these men left Jur more knowledgeable about the world, and they taught it to others, but men who have an insatiable lust for war used it for battle and for four hundred years men went to war and split their kingdoms into thousands of pieces.
The Dragon elves made Jur impenetrable to men and never did they teach men anymore about the world. This is where the wars of doom start.
whatever u wanna say.
Before The Dragon Lords walked on this earth. Before men with their frail bodies made war to tear the lands of Jurda. There were the kvynnirà, the daughters of the Dragon Gods. Most hated by the Gods of Creation. In punishment for the wars of the Dragon Gods, the Gods banished the daughters of these Gods to the mortal world ever enslaved to mortality and men.
They stood on the earth for aeons building halls of wood with magic. They cared not for metal or mortals that were yet to be born. They pleaded with the Gods to put them back with their Fathers. The Gods of Creation said nothing but cursed their sacrifices and burnt any defences they built. The kvynnirà stood weeping and built no more defences and no more things of beauty. And they started to wane, travelling deeper into the forests where they built to hide instead of dwellings. The features of these people changed as well from when they had the look and build of a man-dragon then they looked more like half elves.
Now in the centuries to come, nature forgot about them and the Gods put the kvynnirà in the back of their minds. They put there gifts and their arts into the art of magic which they weaved around nature. And they fed the world’s nature with this magic, so that every creature and plant looked beautiful and they were pleased for although they were weakened and knew the Gods would not give them a second look, but they were pleased.
So after these years of magic, Astariale the Queen of Nature and Beauty felt pity for the kvynnirà pleaded with Astarial the High God to have pity on the kvynnirà but he laughed and dismissed Astariale. In her grief she fled down to Jurda and in the forests which are now called Astaraille and there she made the race of Elves blessed with beauty, strength and wisdom.
Countless centuries under the blackest of skies, where the only light came from the houses of the Gods, the Elves grew strong in arms and wise in mentality. And, a pact was made between the kvynnirà and these early Elves, the kvynnirà saw a glimpse of hope. The daughters allowed themselves to fall in love with the Elves, many relationships were founded, and many of their children became powerful leaders. And, a race was made of Dragon Elves.
Astarial was furious, and brought much death to all three races, this brought on what is known now as “The First War” Elves do not mention it, Men fear it, so it has been forgotten, save in the books of ancients. A horrendous war it was, the oceans turned to blood, plants turned to ash. Astarial, waged war for three hundred years. This massacre, slaughtered most of the kvynnirà. The Elves in fear went into hiding after the first hundred years. So, it was the newly formed race of Dragon Elves who fought on, but, by the end of the war, all but twenty remained. A massacre of nine-hundred. It was only thanks to the Dragons Gods that these Elves were saved; they sacrificed themselves, to give their energy to their offspring, in which it was possible to defeat the army of the Gods. At the end of it all, the land had been formed into a twisted shape that held no beauty.
In these years of need and strife, Astariale, broke the continent into many different lands, giving the Elves, The Dragon Elves and the kvynnirà, Jur. In the centuries to come Jur became a mighty continent, the three races together rebuilt what had been twisted and it grew in beauty, with beautiful emerald forests and crystal clear lakes, it was a magnificent site to behold, the races grew, the kvynnirà that were left built enormous magical monuments from nature, and there they taught the elves and dragon elves the secrets of nature’s magic, the elves used this magic to heal and empower their defenses, while the Dragon Elves used to make wondrous things and magical weapons which still strike fear into anyone who attacks them. While the land of Jur grew mighty far away in the land of Urd a new race was born.
In the land of of Jur amongst the ruthless mountains the race of men was made by Astarial, to men he gave compassion and love but he also gave them the lust of war and being territorial. In these mountains men made grand fortresses, and many weapons of war. And men spread past the land of Urd to the islands of the north and the forests of the south and they made great cities of stone. Their flimsy ships landed in Jur and the dragon elves met them while the elves and kvynnirà hid in fear of the weapons of men, the dragon elves taught the men who landed the knowledge of the world and magic, but men have no mental ability to learn true magic so they learnt a version of it. The magic these men learnt was only enough to defends and heal the most basic attacks. But, these men left Jur more knowledgeable about the world, and they taught it to others, but men who have an insatiable lust for war used it for battle and for four hundred years men went to war and split their kingdoms into thousands of pieces.
The Dragon elves made Jur impenetrable to men and never did they teach men anymore about the world. This is where the wars of doom start.
whatever u wanna say.