WHAT HAS COME BEFORE...
In The Time before, Malichor, The Supreme being, was in fact only a lesser deity
in a large pantheon. Loved by many, Malichor moved as one with the universe, Till one day,
in an obscene act of the others, He was expelled form the Pantheon. Enraged and saddened
by the act of his family, Malichor floated in the Nothing behind Everything. Gathering
power, He bided His time and watched. It was in the void that He made an amazing
discovery. There were OTHER UNIVERSES! Being the Supreme Thief, He stole into these worlds
and looked upon what he saw. Before his eyes were revealed many wondrous places and
things. He then took to stealing power from the worlds he visited, hoarding it, for what
reason was as yet unknown.
Then Malichor stumbled into a series of worlds, where they had blended together in a
future time, Investigating this further, He saw that the magic of the worlds was dying,
causing them to meet at a nexan point in the future. Intrigued by this, He girded himself
with his stolen power and dove into the timestream to see the end effect of this tragic
happening. What he saw was tragic on a scale that even he could not see without shedding
tears.
He saw the children of the gods, turning their backs on their creators, their faith
twisted away and placed in machinery and science. The whole world was moaning in suffering
as the Gods died one by one. As the Gods were forgotten, the People there claimed that
their lack of existance proved that they were only myths, causing the entropy to hasten.
Even Malichor could feel His own, carefully hoarded power being sucked away, into the
vortex of disbelief. It was at this point that He realized why He had been collecting the
power.
Stealing into the world he had moved to the sides of the falling gods, and taken some of
them into His arms, letting them sustain themselves on the power He had been saving. Then,
when he could carry no more, He fled into the Nothing behind Everything. With a broad
stroke of his arms, He created a world, a world consisting of the best parts of all the
other worlds he had visited. He then laid the power he had taken into the earth, letting
the whole planet glow with energy. The other Gods had slowly aroused, as if from a
slumber. and at this time He spake:
"My children, I have saved you from oblivion, to populate this world, I wish you to
live on eternally, as Gods were intended to.."
At this time Hades demanded upon Malichor:
"How should we populate this world? We have not the power to do so!" and "
All our faithful followers have forsaken us!"
Then All the rest of the gods began wailing in dispair, seeing the truth in Hades' words.
And so spake Malichor: "I shall return, and you will flourish once more"
With that, Malichor once more dove into the Nothing behind Everything, and scoured the
worlds for life. Then taking all sorts of intelligent life from the worlds of magic. and
thusly returning to His newly created world. Standing before the Gods, he brandished a
velvet pouch before them. He then poured its contents out into his palm, and many colorful
gems and jewels spilled out. These are the children who you will nurture, and they will be
devout followers, sow these where you would have them prosper.
Hades, then took the Emeralds from the pile and declared: "These are my children,
they will be the most beautiful of all the races" He then Invoked them, and truly
they were beautiful, tall thin and lithe. He then took them into his arms. Hades' children
began moaning in pain at thier fathers touch. They became twisted, thick and squat,
reflecting the evil within their creator. Hades then dissapeared, cursing, taking his
children, the Goblinoids with him.
The other Gods cringed away from the gems, but Malichor re-assured them: "He was to
let the people find him, but his evil twisted thier new forms to reflect his nature, I
will spread them over the earth, and they will sort and organize to suit their own whims.
Go to them in their dreams, inspire them, guide them. They wait for you." Malichor
then flew arond the world, casting stones into the sea, the plains, the mountains and the
forests. Soon, life flourished everywhere and the world as we know it was born.
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1. Creation - no animal life yet
2. Infiltration - Malichor steals the dying Gods from Earth and revives them
3. Malichor steals animal life from the multiverse (including sentient life)
Player races are created (except fae).
Hades storms off with the goblinoids to the Underworld.
4. The races leave to forge themselves a nation of their own.
5. The Fairy Folk discover this universe and colonize it. (The Fae are introduced.
6. Orc/Dwarf War (The orcs consider it a chuffin' blast)
7, Orc/Wood Elf War (also considered a hoot)
8. Humans establish alliance with the elves.
9. Dwarves approach Humans with Brotherhood Pact.
