Icekommander
Colonel
For thousands of years the Galavan tribes peacefully fished and farmed the land. All was in accord and the tribes would trade and share with each other. All of the Cheifs and shamans had visited other villages and indeed, many of the commen folk too. The fish and wheat were shared in times of need and traded in times of plenty. Until the Sawadans.
THe raider came from the North burning and pillaging. For many years they were rumors and bedtime stories. Intil they came into Galavan land burning the first of many villages.
The tribes panicked. They horded the food and tried to avoid the raiders attention. But as the Sawadans methodically destroied village after village it became obvious that alone they could not stand. THe first person to see this was Kaled the Speaker. He convinced his tribes cheif to see if he could get the next village over to join forces.
It worked. Kaleds voice spread like a wildfire into the surrounding tribes and soon all of Galavania was united under him. So when the next group of raiders attacked, a huge horde met and destroyed them. They confiscated the weapons and learned to make their own.
But soon the brunt of the Sawadainian came crashing down. And Kaled met them on a hill just out side of a newly resurrected village. In fact it was the very first one burned. And as the raiders charged up the hill, the Galavainians swept them down. It was a crushing Galavan victory.
But the Galavains had weapons and many dispossesed people. These formed an army that attempt to go out and "convince" people they should join the new Galavainian confederation. In cases in which the natives resisted, force was used, but with a minimum of killing. This was the start of "slavery" as we know it. But as the captured populaces were absorbed into Galavainia, iut was impossible to tell who was pure and who was not.
OOC: What about wonders?
THe raider came from the North burning and pillaging. For many years they were rumors and bedtime stories. Intil they came into Galavan land burning the first of many villages.
The tribes panicked. They horded the food and tried to avoid the raiders attention. But as the Sawadans methodically destroied village after village it became obvious that alone they could not stand. THe first person to see this was Kaled the Speaker. He convinced his tribes cheif to see if he could get the next village over to join forces.
It worked. Kaleds voice spread like a wildfire into the surrounding tribes and soon all of Galavania was united under him. So when the next group of raiders attacked, a huge horde met and destroyed them. They confiscated the weapons and learned to make their own.
But soon the brunt of the Sawadainian came crashing down. And Kaled met them on a hill just out side of a newly resurrected village. In fact it was the very first one burned. And as the raiders charged up the hill, the Galavainians swept them down. It was a crushing Galavan victory.
But the Galavains had weapons and many dispossesed people. These formed an army that attempt to go out and "convince" people they should join the new Galavainian confederation. In cases in which the natives resisted, force was used, but with a minimum of killing. This was the start of "slavery" as we know it. But as the captured populaces were absorbed into Galavainia, iut was impossible to tell who was pure and who was not.
OOC: What about wonders?
