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| BurningBright | Mar 2 2014, 08:57 AM Post #1 |
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From the dawn of time, man has fought the Fiends of the world with Essence. Essence, a mysterious force capable of allowing a person to do all manner of impossible tasks, was man's weapon, but also his greatest weakness, for a Fiend could only be created with Essence, but fighting without Essence against a Fiend was a death wish. And so, for countless centuries, mankind destroyed Fiends with Essence, but created the Fiends as well, leading to a never ending cycle of war. Over the centuries, however, people slowly began to neglect their responsibility to the world; most abandoned Essence entirely, leaving the role of defending the land to an elite group of warriors known as The Knights of Valor. The Knights were in possession of a series of powerful marks called Brands that allowed them to tap into even greater reserves of Essence safely, giving them an incredible edge over the Fiends. With this great power, the Knights were able to defeat almost any Fiend they came across-but there were too many Fiends, and even with the power of the Brands, Fiends were being born faster than they could be defeated. The war was tilting in the direction of the Fiends, and if something didn't change, surely Orisend would meet it's doom. It was then that seven Knights rose up and attained the most powerful Brand in existence-a brand that has not been seen since. With the power of that Brand, the 7 unleashed magic so devastating that it completely destroyed the Fiend threat. The seven Knights were raised up as heroes, and each became a lord of a different part of Orisend, agreeing to rule jointly. The honor of those seven would not live on in their descendants, however. It took only a few generations for the lords to begin fighting against each other, now using Essence against each other in their thirst for victory. And with the abuse of Essence, Fiends once more were inflicted upon the world. The lessons that had been learned all those years ago were forgotten, and the land of Orisend fell apart, no longer one united nation, but seven divided by feuds so old no one remembers their origin. Though many things have changed, the world still has its defenders, known in every land as Knights-in honor of those who came before. ~ Since those early days of legend, Orisend has been a land of almost constant war. The current uneasy peace is one of the longest, having lasted for fifteen years and allowing Knights to focus on the threat of Fiends rather than on each other. Despite the peace and the need to eliminate Fiends once and for all, the seven nations of Orisend have kept their hatred of each other intact-most are only waiting for the next inevitable war to break out. Current Alliances: Laoch and Marshall Salaadi and Herebi Gerier Kriegal Drenger |
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