PROLOGUE
Hundreds of thousands of years ago, when the realm of Vorana was still young, high priests of the ancient civilization known as the Tul'Gan crafted a powerful, stone-shaped artifact called the Eye of Light. This stone, said to possess the very soul of every known elemental power, protected the Tul'Gan for centuries from drought, famine, and from attack by their enemies. However, their peace was not to last...
The evil Lord Onyx, who ruled the Black Lands with an iron fist, was envious of the power that the Tul'Gan wielded and launched a merciless crusade against them, hoping to take the stone for his own. Onyx's dark armies marched on the Tul'Gan capitol nearly a year after the conflict began.
It was a horrible slaughter. The once mighty Tul'Gan defenses fell in minutes, and much of the city went up in flames shortly thereafter.
Realizing the extent of the danger that the Eye of Light was in, the surviving high priests moved the stone from its place in the city's capitol building and hid it deep within a secret jungle island. To this day, the Eye's location remains a mystery.
Many years after the great battle, the scattered remnants of the Tul'Gan people settled the unexplored portions of Vorana, each forming a new civilization. The strong and noble Clevlon appeared in the northeast, the proud warriors of the Rae Empire formed in the northwest, the magic-wielding Minsar folk formed in the southwest, and the skilled archerers of the Zeld Federation began in the southeast. The Black Lands, however, remained untouched.
It was said that after his loss of the Eye of Light, the evil Lord Onyx returned to his realm and fell into a deep slumber, waiting for the world to replenish itself and try once more to take the Eye and become the ruler of the entire realm of Vorana.
FACTIONS
THE RAE EMPIRE
Appearence: Rae Warrior
Info:The people of Rae are known far and wide as the best swordsmen of all of Vorana. They have 7 arts of sword fighting, and seven Grandmasters of each art. They keep these fine arts to themsevles and are very successful at this. The Shadow Guard are their most powerful and elite guard. It is said that when confronted by the Shadow Guard, you do not live to tell the tale.
THE CLEVLON EMPIRE
Appearence: Clevlon Army
Info: The Clevlon Empire is known far and wide for their powerful and tight formation and highly efficently disiplined army. They are known to carry primarily small swords and gigantic shields forged from iron. Their army and tactics are as yet undefeated by any opposing army.
THE ZELD FEDERATION
Appearence: Zeld Infantry formation
Info: The Zeld Federation are quite simplily the best archers in all the land. Every other nation on Vorana employs Zeld mercinaries in their armies and the Zeld are the richest nation on Vorana as a result of high tributes in exchange for archers.
THE MINSAR
Appearence: Wizards
Info: The Minsar are the keepers of the ancient Tul'Gan arts of magic. Their are 6 arts of magic including: Water, Earth, Fire, Air, Light, and even though it is forbiden, Darkness. The Minsar army consists of the Sage-i, fire sages who study the arts of Rae sword fighting (and are sworn not to share their arts) and light their twin longknives ablaze with fire.
THE ELVES
Appearence: Elven Infantry
Info: The elves where once a great race of powerful beings, they were the ones who originally gave the humans magic, and are the only race that wields magic as strong as Dragons or Griffins can. The resided in the Territories of Dacias and Terion in the Minsar. The Elves were attacked because of their strength and eternal youth, which Lord Onyx used they're souls to twist his own life into one of equal power. They were almost completly wipped out, except for a good size majority which escaped because of the king and queen's efforts to defend them and bring them to saftey. They soon set up their new settlements in the western forest in the Southern Territory on the west side of the Zeld Federation. Here, in secret, they have quickly established cities and a captital, bringing they're once glorious race back into it's full glory.
GRIFFINS
Appearence: Griffin
Info: The Griffins are a creature resembling a lion's body with an eagle's head. The Griffins have roughly the same intelligence with humans, and are employed at a high price for scouting duties (and not to mention blitz like bombings of enemy cities with really big boulders) for all nations of Vorana. They also feel obilged to become a companion of a half-dragon, which is obviously a decendent of a very rare good dragon (once their allies) and providing some much needed protection for the half-dragon.
THE TALARIANS
Appearence: Talarian soldiers
Info: The Talarians are a group of chieftains who live in the Eastern mountains of Vorana. They have been known as "barbarians" who have no agenda or motives other than to pillage. They have been known in the past to side with the dark lord, should the opportunity present itself.
THE NOR'GATH
Appearence: Nor'Gath warrior
Info: The Nor'Gath are a race of men-like creatures that reside on the island of Toool, east of Vorana in the Easterland Sea. They are known as pirates, as they disrupt Zeld, Minsar, and Clevlon shiping along the coast of Vorana. They are said to wait like sharks in the deep waters for the fool who has sailed out of Vorana too far. As most seacaptains of these nations do not venture too far of the coast of Vorana, the Nor'Gath occationally raid coastal villages of Vorana as well, and their skills with the ax are legendary. They also are employed by the Dark Lord from time to time.
DRAGONS
Appearence: Fire Dragon
Info: Dragons are the arch-nemesis of the Griffins, and are found in the Black Lands and the Rae mountains. It is said that at one time their were good dragons that brought water to barren lands. But the evil dragons, those who breathed fire, distroyed them. The Griffins could not forgive this autrocity, and are the only creature other than humans that has the power to oppose them.
THE KAL'KIR
Appearence: Kal'Kir warrior
Info: The Kal'Kir are a race of vicious beasts. Legend has it that the Kal'Kir were the original army of the dark lord when he attacked the Tul'Gan. The Kal'Kir are the remnents of his army, which he just left behind. The Kal'Kir live in dark, spooky forrests around Vorana and the nations of Vorana have a tough time keeping them from attacking travelers who cannot defend themselves. The dark lord uses a different, more intellegent version of the Kal'Kir for his hordes as regular infantry.
THE HORDES OF DARKNESS
Appearence: Horde of Darkness
Info: The Great Horde of the dark lord. He employs all sorts of nasty creatures to do his bidding. No man or army has defeated the Hordes of Darkness.
