Roaring_Dragon
A vagabond of the lavish jungles of my mind
Children of Blood and Shaddows: Devil's Walkway
*Trigger Warning: This RP contains mature content. If you are not comfortable with gore, violence and swearing, then reading this may not be for you*
An extract taken from the historic writings of the elf Sir Aegadan of Erenanor, written in the year 645
In the year 432 of our ancestral calendar, the first Elven settlers of the Empire of Elyria landed on it's shores. This is to say, they were not the only settlers at the time. The land was populated by what one can only call 'filth'. Demons, grotesque in their appearance and savage in their habits and culture roamed the land as nomads or abiding in archaic settlements. More populous were the humans; short lived and with the gifts of magic so vastly dilute in their veins that they were hardly worth noting. The two primitive races were greatly at odds with each other, petty squabbles over nothing more than farming land.
In the following years after the first Elven ships landed on the shores of the empire, the enlightened of our race proceeded to cleanse the land of the common rabble. They pushed back the unprepared humans and demonic races to areas more deserving of their position; claiming the fertile lands as their own, as was their right. In these holy lands started the construction of our capital, Elaluma. The city's vision was that of architectural and technical innovation, a wonder unlike our race had ever seen.
Ten years after our landing, the empire experienced it's first skirmishes at it's boarders. Petty, unorganised attacks by both humans and demons. It seemed that at the time, the two races were not coordinating with each other and were no more than a nuisance. It wasn't until the year 451, nineteen years after our landing that the two races banded together to form the rival kingdom of Omega. A fitting name of a kingdom that comes last, I say. The kingdom encompassed the mountains to the east, as well as the uninhabitable desert adjacent to the mountain range. After it's founding, it was filled with unrest for many years to come due to racial strife between humans and demons. The empire of Elyria did not feel threatened by the creation of this new allegiance. Focused as they were on the construction of their cities, cultivation of their sacred forests and the extermination of non-sentient monsters from their lands, the early elf settlers decided not to act on this change. The happenings of infertile far off lands were of little consequence. In hindsight, this was a grand mistake.
With the populace united, the savage kingdom of Omega was able to mount an ever increasing pressure on our boarders. Many of our boarder settlements were quickly raided and settlers had to retreat further towards the coast. In the year 453, our queen Iryen the Fair declared that henceforth any humans and demons in the empire of Elyria would be executed on sight. This started the escalation of defensive measures to strengthen our boarders and keep out any invading forces. Very quickly the two sides saw the formation of a buffer zone, latter dubbed the 'Devil's Walkway'. So much pure Elven blood has been spilt there ever-since that even decades later, no vegetation grows on this accursed land.
Now, almost 200 years after the founding of Omega and the start of the war, both sides have been sending envoys for peace talks with the possibility of ending this accursed strife. In my most educated opinion, my personal belief is that any talks will surmount to more bloodshed, as it has always been in the past. Demons and humans with their savage ways, cannot stand for the grandeur of Elysia and will always try and see it's downfall.
Signed
Sir Aegadan of Erenanor,
Historian and Scholar of the Elven Capital of Elaluma
*Trigger Warning: This RP contains mature content. If you are not comfortable with gore, violence and swearing, then reading this may not be for you*
An extract taken from the historic writings of the elf Sir Aegadan of Erenanor, written in the year 645
In the year 432 of our ancestral calendar, the first Elven settlers of the Empire of Elyria landed on it's shores. This is to say, they were not the only settlers at the time. The land was populated by what one can only call 'filth'. Demons, grotesque in their appearance and savage in their habits and culture roamed the land as nomads or abiding in archaic settlements. More populous were the humans; short lived and with the gifts of magic so vastly dilute in their veins that they were hardly worth noting. The two primitive races were greatly at odds with each other, petty squabbles over nothing more than farming land.
In the following years after the first Elven ships landed on the shores of the empire, the enlightened of our race proceeded to cleanse the land of the common rabble. They pushed back the unprepared humans and demonic races to areas more deserving of their position; claiming the fertile lands as their own, as was their right. In these holy lands started the construction of our capital, Elaluma. The city's vision was that of architectural and technical innovation, a wonder unlike our race had ever seen.
Ten years after our landing, the empire experienced it's first skirmishes at it's boarders. Petty, unorganised attacks by both humans and demons. It seemed that at the time, the two races were not coordinating with each other and were no more than a nuisance. It wasn't until the year 451, nineteen years after our landing that the two races banded together to form the rival kingdom of Omega. A fitting name of a kingdom that comes last, I say. The kingdom encompassed the mountains to the east, as well as the uninhabitable desert adjacent to the mountain range. After it's founding, it was filled with unrest for many years to come due to racial strife between humans and demons. The empire of Elyria did not feel threatened by the creation of this new allegiance. Focused as they were on the construction of their cities, cultivation of their sacred forests and the extermination of non-sentient monsters from their lands, the early elf settlers decided not to act on this change. The happenings of infertile far off lands were of little consequence. In hindsight, this was a grand mistake.
With the populace united, the savage kingdom of Omega was able to mount an ever increasing pressure on our boarders. Many of our boarder settlements were quickly raided and settlers had to retreat further towards the coast. In the year 453, our queen Iryen the Fair declared that henceforth any humans and demons in the empire of Elyria would be executed on sight. This started the escalation of defensive measures to strengthen our boarders and keep out any invading forces. Very quickly the two sides saw the formation of a buffer zone, latter dubbed the 'Devil's Walkway'. So much pure Elven blood has been spilt there ever-since that even decades later, no vegetation grows on this accursed land.
Now, almost 200 years after the founding of Omega and the start of the war, both sides have been sending envoys for peace talks with the possibility of ending this accursed strife. In my most educated opinion, my personal belief is that any talks will surmount to more bloodshed, as it has always been in the past. Demons and humans with their savage ways, cannot stand for the grandeur of Elysia and will always try and see it's downfall.
Signed
Sir Aegadan of Erenanor,
Historian and Scholar of the Elven Capital of Elaluma
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