Romarian Chronicles I

Excerpt from "Origins" by the elven scribe Ylathian, 3743 New Yamir Count. Currently in the Aethis Library of Silver Bay.

In the beginning, there were only the savages, who prayed to the pagan Eldreth. The world was in chaos, as there was no civilization, no justice, no knowledge. Frailith saw this and was displeased, so she asked Teis the Joyous, Lothar the Rich, Maphai the Quarrelous, Aethis the Wise, Döllno the Just, and Cailith the Dark to help her bring the gift of society to the mortal races. And the Seven, in their altruism, gave agriculture to the humans, elves, gnomes, and dwarves.

The humans built their kingdoms of the plains, the elves grew their principalities in the forests, the gnomes settled in the hills, and the dwarves dug their great mountain smithies. The humans and elves discovered magic, and civilization prospered. But Yamir, the human empire grew too large. And men became arrogant, and reached too far. They angered the Glaithans, who crossed the Belt Sea, and besieged Romaria. For five bloody years, Romaria burned. Civilization collapsed, science was lost, and knowledge of the millenia before the War of Terrors was forgotten forever.

But the Seven took mercy, and helped the Romarians drive the invaders from our lands. So the humans, the elves, the dwarves, and gnomes, and the half-orcs rebuilt their cities and reclaimed their culture. Here follows a complete history of Romaria, begining with the crowning of King Revon the First or New Yamir, in the first year of the New Yamir Count...

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Romarian Chronicles is a project for me to practice serialized storytelling and inventing a mythology. Feedback is always welcome.