There was once a town called Akaelythum, where peace was flowing and no evil dared to show. All the villagers helped one another, and no fights were started. Kazika Nashi was the king of the nation, just outside Dasaria and Varana: But very well hidden. Akaelythum was the capital of Tyrolz, land of everlasting peace.
Kazika was a great king, the only problem was: since no violence ever erupted in Tyrolz, he did not know how to handle it when it came.
A group of drow attacked Akaelythum several years later, when Nashi's reign was coming to an end. Akaelythum won the battle, but Nashi died in the proccess.
Jereck Arkenath, king of the drow at that time, had killed Kazika during the battle. Erlond Arkenath, Jereck's 'good' brother, had died trying to save Kazika . . .
Generations later . . .
Haru was practicing his clerical abilities, when some elves covered in helms and armour came walking up the hills.
They shook hands with the king, then went outside and gathered everyone to a marketplace. Then they took off their helms, and battle broke out.
Haru ran for his life, but a drow slashed him in the head.
He was near death at the end of the battle. Everyone else in the village was dead. But a young drow walked up to him and gave him a healing kit. He helped Haru heal himself, and left saying,
"Haru, my name is . . . Divven Arkenath."
Haru went into a coma, and woke nearly thirty years later in between Tyrolz and Dasaria. He went to Dasar to start a new life, forgetting most of his past.
(( just thought people would like to see the more accurate history of Haru ))
~Evelond~
"This world is completely opposite. Why do you think we drive on parkways and park on driveways?" - Evelond Formos
One comment I would have is that the campaign history of Dasaria is rich and extensive. It would be fantastic to see your work work within the vast and general framwork provided in the campaign. It also helps DM's work with your storylines for in game support.
I don't quite understand your point Jeh. I do understand that you are giving me a compliment for the storyline, but are you also saying I should create hidden ruins of some kind to supposedly be the ruins of Akaelythum?
((BTW here is a list of pronounciations:
Haru Nashi- Har roo Nash ee
Sypheous Nashi- Si fee us Nash ee
Divven Arkenath- Div ven Arken ath
Akaelythum- Ak ay lith um
Kazika- Ka see ka
Tyrolz- Ti rolz
Jereck- Jer Eck
Erlond- Air lond))
~Evelond~
"This world is completely opposite. Why do you think we drive on parkways and park on driveways?" - Evelond Formos
What he means is that you chose Dasaria to play on and Dasaria has a certain amount of lore, places, creations, deities and whatnot that already was created for you to play with. It's much easier for people to play with you, and for the DM's to work with you, if you'd stick to the campaign you are playing in.
As far as -I- am concerned, if your character starts talking about places you made up that are not on the Dasarian map, my characters will treat him as if he were nuts. Because to my characters, none of that is real.
That's the risk you take with making stuff up that isnt in the campaign originally.
Much of the campaign setting is still unrealised yet, and there is always opportunity for elaboration in certain areas. We would like it, if you were serious about developing a historical aspect of Dasaria, that you work with the DM team to ensure a seamless integration into the already rich Dasarian lore that has been built over many years (including before the birth of Dasaria on Neverwinter Nights).
Evelond Formos wrote:Generations ago, when Dasaria was young . . .
Kazika Nashi was the king of the nation, just outside Dasaria and Varana: But very well hidden. Akaelythum was the capital of Tyrolz, land of everlasting peace.
Note the: But very well hidden. If you look at the biography of Haru, Akaelythum (or called differently, this is more accurate) it clearly stated the town was destroyed. If I must, I will tell you part of what happened while Haru was in a coma:))
With Akaelythum destroyed, and the king once again slain, Tyrolz was at a crisis. Since Dasaria and Varana had no knowledge of the existance of Tyrolz, it had no way to get food without the king making all the major merchantry decisions. People fought over who was going to be king, because supposedly Haru, nephew to the king, was dead. They did not know that he had actually made his way to Dasar, accidentally ending up in Daris.
If Haru hadn't fled, Tyrolz might have had a chance. He would have become king, for he was the previous king's heir. But he fled out of confusion, barely remembering why he was there.
Tyrolz finally decided as a majority that they must move if they wished to live.
Without the barrier that the king used to seal Tyrolz from the rest of the world, it was a sitting duck. Assassins entered Tyrolz and murdered several people. A year later people abandoned their nation.
They moved north, where an ambush from the drow was waiting. The drow took the nation as slaves, hiding them well underground. Since Divven Arkenath sealed the path to the drow nation after Shrimur'ss Arkenath supposedly killed Mayna Arkenath, the slaves had no way to get out. But cackles can sometimes be heard if you dig far enough, the cackles of the drow torturing the slaves . . .
Later . . .
Trojan and Haru chased Mayna, who was thought to be dead. She needed the Bless, a blessing from an heir to the king of Tyrolz. It would enable her power to possess stronger souls than a mere boy, and that would mean she could trick the Queen into letting drow invade Dasaria.
Haru would not give her bless, but she threatened to kill two of his friends if he did not. The two people in danger had no way of telling they were in it. All she had to do was give up her powers, and voila: two corpses added to the world.
Haru then realized Trojan had cast invisibility on him, and tried to devise a plan:
Maybe I could summon power to LOOK like I am using bless on her, he thought. Then I would pray to Enlil to end her treachery.
But then again . . . the drow think she is dead. They have no queen; and if they see her they will fear ghosts have haunted them . . . making them attack her. . . .
((is that good for you? the nation is no longer there, and remember Haru had forgotten most of his past so he does not remember anything of Tyrolz.))
~Evelond~
"This world is completely opposite. Why do you think we drive on parkways and park on driveways?" - Evelond Formos
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