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[Drogo]

The Great Sundering (11900 b.s. – 11750 b.s.)

After the destruction of Fa’av’ca’lar, and the turning of the once splendorous lands into nothing but a ravaged wasteland the races went their separate ways.  All of the original leaders of the races were slain during the horrific fighting.  Quarrels erupted between the new leaders of not only the races, but also within their own race as well.  This resulted in the splitting of armies and families.  Each group then went their own way.  

Of the Dwarves

During the days of fighting the elves two great commanders arose.  Kurak the Strong and Vurag.  Kurak was eventually nominated head of the dwarven army after the death of their original commander, for he was viewed as not only strong, but wise as well.  Kurak immediately saw the uselessness of fighting over what remained of Fa'av'ca'lar and began to slowly disengage his forces.  When Kurak slowly retreated South, Vurag and his troops were no longer with him.  He still retained the greater part of the dwarven people, and led them into the high slopes of the Prominent Mountains where they built great wonders in the years to come.

Vurag though, had risen to prominence, due to his feared reputation of mindless butchery.  There was no dispute as to his skills, or their effectiveness however.  He refused to disengage his troops when Kurak gave the command.  He kept fighting until forced out of the lands by the orcs, he and his troops grudgingly retreated North to the Imlith Mountains.  There they had constant skirmishes with the orcs and goblins that fled north and settled in the area.  The constant warfare and atrocities on both sides, kept Vurag's people in a semi barbarous state.  

The final group of Dwarves to emerge from the death throes of Fa'av'ca'lar were the Mithram.  Mithra was a low positioned officer in a dwarvish infantry troop that had been cut off from the main force of Kurak.  He and the rest of his troop had to commence with a fighting withdrawl.  During this withdrawl, heavy casualties were faced, and Mithra proved himself by gathering up the shattered remnants and leading them to some half-ruined docks.  Once at the docks, he stole several strong ships of war and sailed south.  There was not a single sailor among them, and they were blown far out to sea.  They would eventually come to land far to the South in the Mithril Mountains, and form the Mithram clan.

Of the Humans

During the wars of dominance for Fa'av'ca'lar, The human leader was slain.  Being orderly, he had four sub commanders, each in charge of a seperate division.  There was the infantry, calvary, navy, and ranged.  These commanders did not vie for the newly open position, they just stayed in control of their assigned areas.  This was partly due to the discipline of the army, and partly because the former leader had simply been a figure head and the sub commanders had all met in councils and made the decisions without him.  

When it came time fore the human armies to leave the war, the seperate commanders simply took their men wherever they so chose.  True, some men deserted one army and joined another, but for the most they stayed loyal to their commanders.  The seperation was not equal in the terms of men, as the army had always been mostly made up of infantry and calvary.  

Minar, the commander of the calvary, led his men South and they settled along the coastal area below the Prominent Mountains.  They would later found a great Kingdom, named after this first leader.  The Myninan Kingdom.  Dietych the commander of the infantry led his men West.  They took the Dinali peninsula as their own, and their descandants would take the name of the land for their own.  The navel commander, Glandor led his men East.  They sailed around the Great Horn Covert Major and landed on a peninsula christened the Glandor Peninsula.  They then built the Port of Margith. The ranged weapons commander, Jiarden fled North with his archers.  They actually ended up living in close commune with a group of elves in the Themed'lon Forest.  They lived upon villages in the ground, while the elves lived in the trees above.

Of the Orcs

The least is known about this race, as they did not keep records of their own at the time.  As well as many of the races viewing the orcs as not worth keeping track of.  Perhaps with the exception of attacks.  What is known though is that when Avash'aelia killed the orcish warlord Us'gar the orcs and goblins scattered and were broken by fear.

One Orc by the name of Grag’tharkle was able to claw his way into a position of power and gathered many of his brethren and settled into the Wilshirer Heath area.  Many of the others settled in scattered pockets in the Heath of Wilderon.  Of the other orcs nothing is known, except they disperesed throught the land.

Of the Elves

The people on whom the most sorrow befell; had to decide whether or not to leave the remnants of their once great empire.  In the end after staying longer then any of the other races, many departed.  Some however, could not bear to leave, and eventually became known as Shadow elves.  Of those that left Fa'av'ca'lar, there were two types, the Dark Elves and the Wood Elves.  

The wood elves split into two large tribes, mostly decided by family ties, the majority following a renowned Elven officer known as Ahman’avaesthan (“In answer to the fault”) to the Shaded forest.  As most of the Elven people took that route, much of the knowledge that was salvaged from the ashes of Fa’av’ca’lar was taken with them.  The smaller group of Wood Elves went North and found the Wood Forest, where they stayed.  

The Dark Elves, being despised by the majority of Elves had to go further a field to find a safe haven.  They are known to have followed Saban the second into Southern Sarvonia. Along the way though he and Avash'aelia quarreled over leadership, and afraid of her ambition Saban the second exiled Avash'aelia.  He continued South and led his people to the Paelelon.  Avash'aelia returned North through the Hovel Frond Forest.  There she settled for a short time before heading further North.  Many stayed there, and later became known as the Diorye'oleal, the hidden wind.

Avash'aelia continued ever nothwards until reaching the remnants of Fa'av'ca'lar.  There she united the those that remained and named herself their queen.  These elves over time would change and blend into the shadows of their ruined empire.  They would take on the name, Shadow Elves.  

Work in Progress, goes with the history I'm making.  Hope to have a more detailed entry for most of the ones in the history.  As always, any criticisms/comments are useful.  Thx

Edited by: Drogo at: 8/31/01 10:12:09 pm

[Artimidor Federkiel]

This Sundering entry was long overdue. Glad you could work it out, Drogo!

It is exactly what we needed here, maybe with a few more necessary details. E.g. when you speak about the humans you name 4, but only hint on where they went and what has come from them. Currently this draft is still a bit vague concerning names. I guess a historian describing the Sundering would give names to all the tribes. I'd say the Mitharims are one of the few who still bear this ancient name, many other tribes which currently exist somehow derived from other, larger tribes which split up some thousand years after this initial Sundering. But we would need names for all those tribes. And finally a few further reference points (at the moment only in a very rough sketch) when exactly the tribes split up again. E.g. - just some invented date here - in 6600 b.S. when there was a great dryness and there was a big migration. If you can work a bit more on tribe names and some small drafts where every tribe exactly went, this would be perfect, Drogo! BTW: Don't forget to mention at the details you are elaborating that some tribes lived outside of Fá'áv'cál'âr and that the tribes coming from the ancient elven empire mingled with them, forming new ones.

I already see an overall map of the Sarvonian continent showing these travells... Ahhhh...

[Drogo]

It shall of course be longer and more detailed with time Art, could it be any other way with a wise sage as yourself  to guide me.    The tribes and people I have named so far were done simply so I could have some names to work off of when I did the outlines of the Northern Sarvonian History.  Also, I came up with all of this at about 2 am today.  More of course will be added, in fact I could already do some updating due to some things added in the histories.
Also, many of the migrations and splitting of tribes in Northern Sarvonia happened after this first time of complete change.  This happened during the War of Chosen when families were ripped apart by slavery.  Not all who survived went back home.  A lot of moving occurred in the area During the Age of Chaos, and the year of The Burning Night ( 1649 b.s.)  Along with the fact that other peoples already existed in other areas of Sarvonia, cut down a lot of this entry.  

Edited by: Drogo at: 8/15/01 7:11:49 pm

[Drogo]

Is there anyone who would be interested in developing some accounts of the races further.  I am mainly focusing on the human migration, so any help in the elf, dwarf, greenskin areas would be helpful.

[Koldar Mondrakken]

If I have the time (between Nybelmar, the Map tutorial and Real Life) I'll try to develop the Orc tribes further! They need to become worthy enemies rather than bloodthirsty monsters!  

Koldar Mondrakken, Knight of the Moonlight

[Artimidor Federkiel]

Sounds good  

[Drogo]

Most Definately Koldar.  I imagined a great empire in the Skelton Coast beginning in the Year of Darkness.  There definately needs to be some cohesion there to prove a strong enemy to both the Kuglimz(tribes) nearby and the elves in the Shaded forest.  Mayhaps we can work conjointly on such a thing in some time.  When we can both see our desks again  

[Dala Valannia]

I would like to volunteer for the Dark Elves only I know how precarious my attention is sometimes >_< But this phrase popped up in my head a few days ago 'The Bone Queen' and I couldn't forget it and started thinking of a story attached to her. Was thinking maybe could be related to the Dark Elves somehow. Perhaps she was chosen by the Dark Elves as their queen during the Sundering to lead them, in rejection of the other elves and the High Avá'ránn?

P.S Art, I haven't forgotten about Lysander's entry....in case you think I have   Soon, Great & Illustrious Leader, soon you shall have it.....

Edited by: Dala Valannia at: 8/21/01 2:50:34 pm

[Drogo]

Sounds good, so far the only dark elves that I have placed for sure in Northern Sarvonia is in the Hovel Frond Forest, right above the Tandala Highlands.  I thought of them as a branch off from Saban's group that headed south.  Perhaps she was a female from that line, and decided to stay there with some people?  Or there were also refugees going North and East.  But hey, have fun Dala.  Bone Queen, sounds very interesting.

[Drogo]

Koldar, BTW during our discussion of the orcs in the area, I forgot to mention a very important thing.  If you look at the map we were looking at yesterday, you will see a town named Darooth on the Western Coast near the Shaded Forest.  I had imagined a tribe of good aligned greenskins.  Either captured and pacified by the elves, or original inhabitants that with long association raised themselves to a higher plain of civilization then their brethren on the Eastern Coat.  They would not be very warlike at all.  In fact they would rather cut against the grain of what most people think of as an Orc.  Perhaps even joining the elves ocasionally against their brethren?  Not sure, but just wanted to see what you thought.

[Artimidor Federkiel]

Hello again, Dalá! Nice idea, and I'd be glad if you would try to elaborate more here  Also good to hear that Lysander will get some more lines! He'll be very happy  

[Dala Valannia]

Okay, here's my take on the Bone Queen, hope Art will find a use for it! Lemme know if anything needs to be changed or corrected   I thot making her a Shadow Elf would be cool too, instead of the Dark elf originally intended though, hope you don't mind! Btw, isn't there an Elven tribe name for the shadow elves too or are they known part of the Eophyrhim as well? Also, I separated Saban and Sohlim as Saban the First and Saban the Second because I was afraid of confusion, is that alright?

P.S Art, does Enayla still allow us to use her existing pictures on Elfwood? Cause I think I saw a picture that would fit the Bone Queen quite nicely.

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Avásh'aelía' / The Bone Queen

Ruler of the Shadow Elves, those who remained in the ruins of the once fabulous and legendary elven city of Fá'áv'cál'âr, now a haunted and cursed place known as the Water Marshes. She was chosen Queen as a sign of rejection and independence from the other elven tribes and the High Avá'ránn. Though not inherently evil, the Shadow Elves are intricately bound to Coór, and are known for their unwavering neutral stand on the machinations of the Eophyrhim Tribe who has futilely sought an alliance with them against the Light Elves for centuries.

Also known as the Bone Queen among the other races, she was born and named Avásh'aelía', meaning the 'Wind Eye' in the elven tongue. Her origins are lost in the antiquity of time although one popular myth has credited her to be the baby torn from Kalara's womb during her death throes and younger sister to Sohlim, he who will later take on the name of his father, Saban, and who founded the Eophyrhim Tribe.

Another lore has Avásh'aelía' as the daughter of Kásh'áv'taylá, then Empress of Fá'áv'cál'âr during the years before the Great Sundering, and who stood by calmly and did nothing as she watched the Goddess of Death decapitated her mother for the latter's sacrilegious preaching against the other Gods.

But whatever her birthright, what is known was that, after Saban the First's death, she emerged from the destruction of Fá'áv'cál'âr by the Gods and became an instrumental figure in the driving out of the other races and regaining temporary control of the devastated city for the elven race. Through her cleverness in tactical warfare, she kept the walls of Fá'áv'cál'âr unbreached against the continuous siege by the other races. Her ferocity and bloodthirst in battle was notorious and caused unease among some members of her fellow elves even though it was a period of intensive warring, when atrocities were common. Still, victory was paramount for survival, no matter how victory was achieved, and therefore only a handful of elves murmured in distaste and revulsion when Avásh'aelía' came back to Fá'áv'cál'âr one day, after a particularly bloody border skirmish with the enemies to the west of the city, with a sack-full of mutilated Orcish and Human body parts. After stripping the flesh away, she fashioned herself an armour made out of the bones, hardened ten-fold through magic, and became known and feared as the Bone Queen among the enemy camps.

During the end days of the Final Wars, she met with Us’gar Loc’um’rak, the Orcish general who betrayed and murdered Saban the First, and fought with the Orc unceasingly through three days and nights. It was said that the surrounding countryside resounded constantly like thunder raging as the sound of their blades blasted each other and the ground was stained red with the spilt blood from the elf and the orc's combined wounds. On the morning of the fourth day, though injured greviously herself, she managed to gain the upper hand and at last delivered a final deathblow to the Orc general and gained revenge for Saban the First's murder.

When Fá'áv'cál'âr was abandoned by the races, she accompanied Sohlim, now known as Saban the Second, during the elven migration to Southern Sarvonia where apparently they had a furious disagreement during a stop at the Hovel Frond Forest. Of what they quarreled over was also not recorded in the history books but it was highly likely that Saban was disturbed by her ambitious nature and wanted to exile her for fear that she would ursurp his position one day. When Saban resumed the journey further south where he eventually settled in the Paelelon, she remained in the Forest for sometime before returning back to the devastated city of Fá'áv'cál'âr.

She single-handledly united the scattered pockets of elves who chose to remain in Fá'áv'cál'âr, becoming ruler of a ghost city and there she remains until this day. Those foolhardy enough to dare venture into the Water Marshes are inevitably found dead, their bodies unimaginably twisted into impossible shapes of hideous pain, or else driven hopelessly insane. One legend say that if you gaze long enough into the eye of one of these poor gibbering idiots, you will see, not your own reflected image, but that of a beautiful ivory-haired, dark-skinned elf woman, dressed in a blood-stained gown. And upon her head rests an intricate crown carved out of bones...

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Hey, I think I may have created the first psychotic elf in Santharian history!          

Edited by: Dala Valannia at: 8/25/01 2:27:37 am

[Koldar Mondrakken]

I want to go there!

Hey! Did it just become colder here?

BTW: Dala, are you depressed because you've to learn/work/study? When you only write stuff like that when you're I hope you'll have some vacation soon otherwise Santharia will be overwhelmed by the Hordes of Undead and ancient Evil!

 

Koldar Mondrakken, Knight of the Moonlight

Edited by: Koldar Mondrakken at: 8/23/01 8:48:38 pm

[Drogo]

Wow, I love it.  What more can I say.  I'll integrate parts of it into the history, and the Great Sundering.  Once again, good job.

[Dala Valannia]

Yes, in dire need of a vacation, my brain is turning to mush....but in the meantime, until I do, Santharia will just have to bear with my undead and ancient evil hordes!

Thanks Drogo, glad you like the entry!

Edited by: Dala Valannia at: 8/24/01 9:35:52 am

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