Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Chronicles of Ovaleen

A long time ago there was a planet named Ovaleen.
Several Gods ruled over it peacefully, Death, Kidari, Culmaryn, Solaryss, Templar, Scorebee, Nazrul, Beelzebub, Shandros, Kilnari and the ancient dragon lords.
Several races came to be on the planet, Eldrasans, the Kilnari, humans and the Aethyran.
Ovaleen itself was divided into four continents, Santaurez, Rudiev, Angelus and Teldai.
Santaurez was a large continent with rich resources and was home to humans, Eldrasans, Aethyran and Kilnari.
Angelus, was the smallest continent, and was in fact a series of four large islands, in a loose ring, they were settled by humans seeking a new life.
Rudiev, was the largest continent vast and uncharted, it became home to every race bar Eldrasans.
Teldai, was a medium sized continent, dominated by thick forests and tall mountains, the ancestral home of the Eldrasans, and the center of the Eldrasan Empire.
Eldrasans were the longest lived and most ancient of the races, and they called Culmayrn their chief diety, in many ways they held a center area to the humans and Aethyran, they had the looks of humans, with the strength and agility of the Aethyran.
Humans were numerous and powerful magically and intellectually and paid homage to Solaryss and Templar as their chief gods. However the gods not happy with just those races decided to "modify" small pockets of humanity, creating stocky short humans, who became known as Dwarves, and short thin intellectually gifted people, who became known as Gnomes.
The Aethyran themselves represented a diverse range of humanoids, ranging from savage beasts, to intelligent and cultured civilisations, and possessed the largest population. The Kilnari were brutal yet intelligent, and sought to wipe the other races out, however they were numerically inferior, thus their efforts were easily stunted.
Kidari became the patron deity of a small group of individuals devoted to nature, and gave them the knowledge of how to use nature's power to assist nature. They became known as the Druidic Council, and quickly grew in size.

About five hundred years ago, a war in heaven occurred, as Nazrul, Shandros and Beelzebub came into conflict with Solaryss, Culmaryn and Templar.
Nazrul the most powerful of the three created what would become known as hell, a place of madness and evil, and created creatures to populate it, known as Nolsaryn or by mortals as demons.
Shandros once well liked as a patron for free living, became the patron for assassins, and thieves guilds.
Beelzebub, created his own people to populate Hell, known as the Desoltros, and corrupted many of the Sireal (angelic beings servants of the gods) to serve him.
At the same time Scorebee descended into madness, as Death transformed further and further into a malevolent being.

The church of Solaryss, a human organisation, was quickly gifted with some of Solaryss's own power, allowing them to defend the mortal realm, or Ovaleen, from the new threat.
The church of Templar came into being at about this time, as Templar, though his servants, created a vast militaristic order of knights and scholars to help the Church of Solaryss.

Four hundred years passed with brief but bloody battles being fought to help protect Ovaleen from the demons, until finally the war came to a head. Nazrul, took on Solaryss, Templar, Culmayn and Kidari in a massive battle over Ovaleen, the end result of the battle was Solaryss's death and Nazrul being sealed in a pocket dimension.
Solaryss's death resulted in an unforeseen reaction within the Church of Solaryss, over half the order went mad, and joined their rival order the Demon Guard, and the rest dwindled in power. The Church once the most powerful human order, was destroyed overnight. Templar worship grew as it became clear that Solaryss's paladins could no longer protect them, from evil.

However Nazrul's imprisonment was only temporary...
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That is a kinda introduction to Chronicles of Ovaleen, showing a bit of the past major events, I've left a lot out but that's because I didn't think of it. Tell me what ya think if you dare.

And also as I was a fan of Steve Irwin's show despite not watching all that much of it, I would like to say, that even though its been said by many many newspapers at least forty times, he will be missed. And my sympathy goes out to his family for their loss.

Not much but my fingers hurt now...

Goodbye and Goodnight, and Good morning