LINESII- Into the Darkness

[Lord_Iggy]

hey Lord Iggy, can I create mechanical inventions to fight? After all Albino people shouldn't be out in the sun.. so Their way should be invent things that hide to them, or even do the job for them...?

As long as your invention is feasible with current technologies, you can do it erez.

Sorry to hear that Contempt. First NPC.

And nice story Thlayli.

 

[Thlayli]

I'm not really sure what "mechanics" are even possible, this is the Stone/Copper Age, technology is analogous to about 1500-1000 B.C, so...

Oh, and thanks Iggy.

 

[Silver Steak]

Copper machines? O_o

 

[erez87]

actualy wooden machines... and I can start by inveting the wheel ya know

 

[Kal'thzar]

224- Khemri develops the wheel.

 

[Silver Steak]

Huzzah for Khemri!

 

[Thlayli]

From: Veritas
To: Mogul, Gerber, Aney Tigot

After much deliberation, we have decided not to destroy your nations, even though you are not holy as we are. If we followed the path of war with every nation we met, then we would only be hypocrites, as our actions would cause death and Chaos.

So we will have peace, on the condition that you allow our traders and disciples free passage through your lands. The Aneyans have already agreed to this, and you have our thanks.

OOC:

Like the skies which are so blue
Island breezes come to you
Soaked by fine Jamaican sun
And the sweet calypso drum
Oh Lord Iggy by afternoon
Orders comin' very soon

Ah, St. Croix...

 

[Kal'thzar]

Huzzah for Khemri!

Thank you, thank you.

To Veritas
From Khemri

Assurances are always appreciated, would you not spare some for us?

 

[Thlayli]

From: Veritas
To: Khemri

Sorry, but who exactly are you?

OOC: I doubt we have direct contact yet, but I'm not going to attack you.

 

[Lord_Iggy]

That distant land in the far west. Khemri-land of the setting sun. Do you like that title? Or should it go to nurmafer?

 

[Thlayli]

Well, I know who they are...but I didn't know if I had contact with them yet.

 

[Swiss Bezerker]

From: Veritas
To: Mogul, Gerber, Aney Tigot

After much deliberation, we have decided not to destroy your nations, even though you are not holy as we are. If we followed the path of war with every nation we met, then we would only be hypocrites, as our actions would cause death and Chaos.

So we will have peace, on the condition that you allow our traders and disciples free passage through your lands. The Aneyans have already agreed to this, and you have our thanks.

OOC:

Like the skies which are so blue
Island breezes come to you
Soaked by fine Jamaican sun
And the sweet calypso drum
Oh Lord Iggy by afternoon
Orders comin' very soon

Ah, St. Croix...

Military Passage Though Gerber! We refuse. I hope Mogul will agree with us on this one, despite our religous differences.

 

[Kal'thzar]

"Khemri-land of the setting sun"

I love it

 

[Lord_Iggy]

Flashback! Remember the Fake War?

 

[Thlayli]

Military Passage Though Gerber! We refuse. I hope Mogul will agree with us on this one, despite our religous differences.

No...did you read my diplo? Traders and disciples (priests) only, no troops.

From: Veritas
To: Khemri

Oh, you're the Khim-rae. Sure sure, we won't attack you.

 

[Finmaster]

From Mogul
To Veritas:
Sure, your traders and priests are welcome for our land.

 

[Lord_Iggy]

Okay guys, I'd like orders in the next 24 hours.

 

[jalapeno_dude]

Two Views of Eldrainia​

Eldranian Prayer upon Victory

-All hail Eldos, the One True God, the Destroyer of His Foes, the Savior of His People!
-Hail Eldos!
-All hail Eldos, the Father of All, the Lord of War, the Smiter of His Enemies!
-Hail Eldos!
-All hail Eldos, the One True God, for in His infinite wisdom He has seen fit to grant us victory this day!
-Hail Eldos!
-All hail Eldos, the One True God, for He has led us to smite the demons!
-Hail Eldos!
-All hail Eldos, the One True God, for He has given us our birthright!
-Hail Eldos!
-All hail Eldos, the One True God, for He has granted us the lands of our enemies!
-Hail Eldos!
-All hail Eldos, for we have triumphed!
-Hail Eldos!
-Hail Eldos!
-Hail Eldos!
-All hail Eldan, the Voice of Eldos, the High Priest of the One True God, the Leader of His People, the Commander of the Armies, the Victorious One!
-Hail Eldan!
-All hail Eldan, the Voice of Eldos, for his wise guidance has granted us victory!
-Hail Eldan!
-All hail Eldan, the Voice of Eldos, for his cunning plans have allowed us to prevail!
-Hail Eldan!
-All hail Eldan, the Voice of Eldos, for he has heard Eldos truly!
-Hail Eldan!
-All hail Eldos, the One True God, the Destroyer of His Foes, the Savior of His People!
-Hail Eldos!
-All hail Eldos, the Father of All, the Lord of War, the Smiter of His Enemies!
-Hail Eldos!
-Hail Eldos!
-HAIL ELDOS!

Transcript from a lecture series on Ancient History and Religion
Lecture 13: The Eldranian Crusade, part I

Around Year 180 VC(Veritasian Calendar), the Eldranian discovered other humans, specifically the Dula-Hathran and Garagari. The Eldranian worldview staggered. For centuries, the Eldranians had believed that they were the only group of intelligent beings in the world, and that Eldos had granted them the world to inherit. But now, this belief was called into question. Word was sent back to the Eldar, the semi-divine high priest, and all Eldrania awaited his answer.
And for reasons we shall never know, rather than alter his worldview to something vaguely representing a normal one, this Eldar chose the polar opposite. Instead of believing in the evidence of his eyes, he believed in his faith. These others, he declared, were no humans, but demons sprung up from the Void (which Eldism had gradually developed from alien, uncaring coldness to conscious, spiteful hate) to challenge the rightful dominion of Eldrania.
Thus begun the Eldranian Crusade, the first religious war in history, a war that would last for centuries, that would see the genocide of an entire race, that would spill untold amounts of blood on the soil of the mountain pass that was to be its main battle ground, at least for its first two and a half centuries.
By 182, the Eldranian Crusade had begun. Although the Eldranians had success in the first, small-scale raids against the Dula-Hathran, the war did not begin in earnest until around 220. While Khmeri was developing the wheel, the Eldranian armies were marching.
And at first, they seemed invincible. They won victory after victory in the first 20 years, and it seemed nothing could stop the fanatical hordes. But around 240, one of the many twist of fate happened, which effected what was to come dramatically. Alarmed by the Eldranian xenocidal tendencies, the local tribes formed a loose coalition and attacked the Eldranians. This in itself did not matter to the Eldranians; these were simply more demons, and they were crushed the same way as all the others.
But the Eldranians had to move troops away from the battle in the pass, and this gave Dula-Hathran time to regroup and build primitive fortifications in the only pass through the mountain range that was preventing unchecked Eldranian expansion. When the Eldranians marched again around 270, they were soundly defeated and repelled, and this continued for the next hundred years.
However, the constant attacks destabilized the Dula-Hathran, and when the leaders of the Dula and Hathran perished while repelling yet another attack on their city of Highpass in 372 VC, the population realized they could not survive on their own. So they turned to Gargari, the other primary nation in the fight against Eldrania, who was already aiding them. In that same year, the Dula and the Hathran were absorbed into the Gargari nation.
With the best minds of 3 peoples working on their mutual defense, a seemingly foolproof plan was hatched. The allied forces would seem to retreat from the Duality Pass, and the Eldranians, being foolish barbarians, would rush forward. But the allies would reappear behind them, and the Zealots would be attacked and crushed.
The plan was executed around 380 VC, and it worked perfectly. The Eldranians took the bait, and the trap was sprung. It seemed the Eldranians would have to attack the pass again, and be massacred.
But the Gargari had miscalculated. The Eldranians were even more barbaric then was thought. Instead of realizing the obvious, that they were trapped, the Eldranian commander saw only that there was no longer an army barring the way into the fertile lands of the former Dula-Hathran. And so they proceeded, in a wild half-decade moving through the land, sacking and killing as they went, and were only stopped and finally destroyed on the very doorstep of the enemy capital. Ultimately, the Eldranians did not benefit from this exploit. Dula-Hathran lay in ruins, but the Eldranians were now outnumbered three to one. In 440 VC, the end of the Crusade seemed in sight.
But the Eldranians had one last trick. They decided to use the mountains as their ally, rather than treating it as their enemy. To that end, an elite force of mountaineers was prepared. And in 441 VC, they struck. They moved through the mountains, attacked the Gargari from behind in the dead of night, and extinguished their campfires. That was the signal for the main Eldranian force to attack. In the chaos that resulted, every Gargari, Dula, and Hathran was cut down. None survived to tell of the defeat, so the former Dula-Hathran lands were completely unprepared when the Eldranians arrived. And there was no force to oppose them. They sacked. They pillaged. They burned. But most of all, they genocided. Every single Dula and nearly all of the Hathran were killed. Two entire peoples, two entire bloodlines, were wiped out of existence.
And now the vast, fertile plains lay open for the Eldranians. And the fertile Kalmar lands were only a short distance downstream...

 

[jalapeno_dude]

On that note, orders sent.

EDIT: Wow! I just wrote 1000 words! If only essays were that easy...

 

[Lord_Iggy]

Awesome story! Big bonus for Eldrania this turn.

Every single Dula and every single Hathran was killed.

Actually, a few thousand Dula still live across the river from their occupied homeland. But they're shown as barbarians now, as they lack leadership and organization.