Just some stuff on my mind.
I'm not a writer of fiction; I just wanted to get some thoughts out.
The Known World is old. Before the Dawn-time the Orcs roamed what is now our home, hunting and gathering as tribes. As savage then as they remain now burning the remnants of our past glory!
The Dawn-time saw the coming of the Elves; they drove the Orc out across the Twin Rivers into the Steppe, and stamped out their pathetic attempts at civilisation. In their stead, our ancestors built cities of stone and gold across their newly won homeland. In time their Empire of Light grew and thrived, creating the marvels of technology we salvage and maintain.
After a thousand years of glory, traitorous vermin began to splinter the empire, spreading malice in each of the Great Cities to turn Elves against one another. One by one, the cities and towns ceased their trade, lost in the dark times of the Burnings as Orcs swept across the Twin Rivers and destroyed all in their path. So many lay dead in their wake that the bodies were left to rot where they'd fallen.
Since the Burnings, we've fought to eke out a life in the ruins of our past.
The Known World is old. Before the Dawn-time the Orcs roamed what is now our home, hunting and gathering as tribes. As savage then as they remain now burning the remnants of our past glory!
The Dawn-time saw the coming of the Elves; they drove the Orc out across the Twin Rivers into the Steppe, and stamped out their pathetic attempts at civilisation. In their stead, our ancestors built cities of stone and gold across their newly won homeland. In time their Empire of Light grew and thrived, creating the marvels of technology we salvage and maintain.
After a thousand years of glory, traitorous vermin began to splinter the empire, spreading malice in each of the Great Cities to turn Elves against one another. One by one, the cities and towns ceased their trade, lost in the dark times of the Burnings as Orcs swept across the Twin Rivers and destroyed all in their path. So many lay dead in their wake that the bodies were left to rot where they'd fallen.
Since the Burnings, we've fought to eke out a life in the ruins of our past.
