Ancient
History/Myth
(as
believed by most of the population)
When the land was wild, there existed various small
packets of civilization throughout the lands of Threforfar. The elves and
gnomes lived in the forests. The elves had many different subraces that
each grew in a different way. They are the most ancient of the peoples.
The gnomes learned much of their wisdom and existed with the elves peacefully.
They learned the ways of the forest spirits and magics. The humans and
halflings settled in the plains and soft, rolling hills. They learned how
to farm. The dwarves lived in caved deep under the mountains and learned
the crafts. There were only small leaders who fought between the races
and among the races. It was a land of much uncertainty. Then, the DragonPeople
came. Some say they were dragons who had the ability to change into the
forms of man. Others say that they were human warriors from the north who
wore shields with the symbol of a dragon. They were raiders and conquerors
who migrated southward across the Empire. It is speculated that their root
is shared with those who have now settled in Colum. What is the truth is
lost. It is the story that is imporant. These conquerors claimed leadership
of various tribes and soon three of them emerged as Lords, each controlling
sections of what is known today as Threforfar. The Ice Queen Morwen ruled
the north and west. King Estola rose in the south and west. King Joymont's
kingdom grew in the east. The three kingdoms, Morwen, Estola, an Joymont,
battled each other as the DragonPeople turned against each other, each
seeking dominance over the region. Legends tell us that these kingdoms
struggled for centuries until one finally rose up. This Dragon was known
as Morinskar. With his army, he swept through the three kingdoms, forcing
their surrender until they united under him. He declared himself Highlord
over all the other Lords and founded what is roughly Threforfar. Some say
he ruled for a thousand years as Emperor over the three kingdoms and other
lessor lords. Others claim that his son and his son and his son passed
the name down through the centuries. It was Threforfar's Age of Glory.
A road system, uniting all the Empire, was built to every corner of Morinskar's
control. The Imperial Tower was built in the very center of the land and
the city Flagaton Pol grew up around it. It is in these times that the
wonders of Threforfar were built. However, after a thousand years, it all
came to a close. War rage with the Tiscotian Empire. It is said that the
Tiscotian Gods themselves took the field of battle against the Dragons
and the Highlord. The Gods andthe Highlord fled to the heavens while the
Dragons were slain. Chaos settled over Threforfar. Some Lords claimed independence.
Others elected a new Emperor. For a few hundred years, things deteriorated
and the science and magic of the Dragon People was lost. The Empire, however,
managedto hold on and soon reached some level of prosperity forming into
a dual branched government with the Emperor on one side and the noble houses
on the other.