THIRD AGE: The Age of Death
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Year 111: Welsun's Quest for the Protectors Kronus first finds Helena the Druid is Lady Selena. Kronus second finds Sir Nickolas of the White is Sir Nike. Kronus third finds Roy the Dragon Slayer is Sir Gvon. He doesn't find Odin. The other protectors have lost their memories. He cannot restore their memories but has again assigned them to continue the task as the protectors. But they are not excepted or believed as they once were. |
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Year 200: The Story of Saint George A brave human knight who still follows the code of the old church, Sir George Dragonscale, receives word that this king is celebrating the birth of a daughter to begins a trip to return home. While riding on a ship is attacked by Templars. Refusing to swear to the Temple, Sir George is thrown over into the water to drown. Sir George unable to stay afloat, wearing full heavy plate armor, sinks into the water and is saved by an aelf ice spirit. She charges the paladin to go north to a small human village where he must save a boy by the name of Azrthur. The knight who lost his armor and weapons to the Templars heads north to the frozen lands searching for this boy, the locals believe he is a wandering monk. He finds a village that was raided and destroyed by the Half-Giants from the north. He finds a lone survivor, a baby boy. The water Aelf spirits reveal through a vision to Sir George that he has found Azrthur. Sir George travels back south to West Keep which is still loyal to the Church and not the temple Sir George raises the boy as a page, learning him to be a knight. |
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YEAR 220: The Story of King Azrthur Blackshield Azrthur is dubbed a knight by the king of West Keep just before the West Keep annual knightly games. Sir Azrthur receives the favor of the princess and they announce their wedding plans during the beginning of the games. Templars appear in the kingdom to join the games but begin to cause trouble and demand West Keep convert their Churches into Temples or be burned to the ground. A Knight named Sir Nickolas tries to arrange peace with Templars and West Keep. Fighting breaks out and the King of West Keep is killed. Soon Azrthur is fleeing from the Templars with the princess and another templar's escaped prisoner with him named Siovn, The templars corner the two at lands end, where the lands sink into the ocean. A ladies arm reaches from the water and a ladies voice echoes ' Azrthur, you are the chosen to protect the gift, take Excalibur. The holy light from Excalibur blinds the Templars. Sir Azrthur, princess and Siovn escape using the Templars horses. Siovn reveals to Azrthur why the Templars were trying to kill him, he is cursed with a terrible curse. Azrthur tries to use Excalibur to help Siovn but it cannot help. With Excalibur, Azrthur Princess and Siovn frees Sir George and Sir Nickolas and a band of knights from the Templars. In awe of Excalibur, they all declare loyalty to Azrthur. Lead by Sir Azrthur Blackshield, West Keep is freed from the Temple. The princess becomes the Queen of West Keep. Soon Azrthur and the Queen are married. Azrthur, advised by Sir Nickolas, rides from human kingdom to human kingdom and joins the kingdoms into one. The Temple is forced to accept Azrthur as the ruler and for the first time, the temple and the church are forced to tolerate each other in the same city. When Azrthur arrives in Deep Springs to met Lady Gabriel she is nowhere to be found. King Azrthur is able to unite the five human city-states and form the Great Empire. Azrthur and an army of knights guided by an elf named Lady Helena enter the elven kingdom. Azrthur with Helena's help had planned on convincing the elves to join the Empire. But the elves refused, they no longer followed the teaching of the church and worshiped nature as there mother. Azrthur's knights are escorted out of the elven kingdom. Siovn, with the help of Welsun, begins to learn to control his curse and becomes the first Warlock, powers become known as Psion powers and he is able to control them and teach them to others his new magic. No force can stand against the Human empire. The Great Empire. King Azrthur leading his armies into battle with the light of Excalibur. Elves, Half-Giants, Dar-Kelf, Orcs armies are no match for the King. |
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YEAR 235: The Fall of Azrthur "The Battle of Blackshield" The 10th anniversary of the marriage of the Emperor and Emperoress of the Empire is to be celebrated during the annual games in one week. Dwarves appear to join the games. Dwarves have not been seen in a couple hundred years. A dragon slayer named Roy advices the dwarves. Azrthur, with Sir Nickolas, met with the dwarves and find they wish to verify that he did have Excalibur, for the dwarves forged it for Odin long ago. With Sir Roy and Sir Nickolas as leading delegates, the dwarves swear loyalty to Azrthur and Excalibur. The next day celebration begins through the keep's games that include humans and dwarves with knightly tournament During the games an army of elves camp outside the keep. Their intentions unknown but does little to stop the celebrations. Lady Helena leaves to find their true intentions. A black knight appears in the tournament boasting that he is undefeatable. He defeats the best of the human and dwarven knights. Soon he boasts he is even a greater knight then Azrthur. Despite being a King, Azrthur is still a knight and accepts the challenge. Helena returns informing that the elves have come to help us but Azrthur responds. Help us from what? Helena says they were tracking down the black knight. The black knight unhorses Author in a joust. But then the black knight draws a sword and poison leaks from it into the air knock everyone around him unconscious. Welsun unaffected tries to rush forward to protect Azrthur but the black knight removes his helmet revealing himself as an undead lich called the dark remnant. Sir Weryn dashes forward to protect Azrthur Welsun is surrounded by a no magic field cast from the dark remnant. The dark remnant tells Welsun he knows all his magic and nothing can stop him. The Dark Remnant slays Sir Weryn. The Dark Remnant opens a magical gateway and picks up the Azrthur. Azrthur is able to swing Excalibur but drunk with poison misses and the dark remnant seals Excalibur into a stone block. Helena casts a druid spell a spell not affected by The Dark Remnant's dispel magic shield and shapeshifts Welsun into a lion. As a lion Welsun leaps free of the Dark Remnant's spell. The Dark Remnant drags Azrthur through the portal. Just before it closes the Welsun in lion form leaps through after them. This marks the beginning of the Second Rising. The sound of battle comes from outside the keep. The army of elves defend the keep from another attacking army of undead. Undead overrun the keep. The Queen is killed. Few dwarves escape with Princes Oar. Unknown the fate of Oar, The elderly Sir George become ruler of the empire. Sir George forces retake West Keep. King George renames it to Blackshield Keep after the lost royal family. |
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