Post by Hussar on Oct 5, 2003 6:19:22 GMT -5
A Brief history of the Scarred Lands and Mithril
“Long ago, the legends say, a great metal warrior descended from the heavens – a machine of nigh-unbreakable mithril…
In those days, the titans’ implacable force pushed the divine races to the brink, and many fell prey to despair, convinced that the legions of darkness would triumph.
The coming of the great Mithril Golem changed everything. Titanic and terrifying, imbued with the strength of Corean (the chief of the gods) and the other good gods, it joined the battle and set the enemy to flight, killing hundred with a single blow and scattering entire armies.
Some stories claim that the Golem aided in the defeat and imprisonment of Kadum, holding the titan’s tail while the gods gutted their foe and bound him in chains in the oceans’ depths.
In the war’s aftermath, the divine armies discovered the giant twisted and damaged by some colossal struggle. It stood motionless on the heights obove the crashing surf of blood tinted waters, apparently lifeless, its mission completed.
Now, a century and a half later, the Golem yet endures as an immovable monument to the divine race’s victory and the titans’ defeat. A great city has grown in the giant’s shadow: a place called Mithril, founded in honor of the spirit of law and the merciful justice of Corean.
From the introduction of The City of Mithril.
“Long ago, the legends say, a great metal warrior descended from the heavens – a machine of nigh-unbreakable mithril…
In those days, the titans’ implacable force pushed the divine races to the brink, and many fell prey to despair, convinced that the legions of darkness would triumph.
The coming of the great Mithril Golem changed everything. Titanic and terrifying, imbued with the strength of Corean (the chief of the gods) and the other good gods, it joined the battle and set the enemy to flight, killing hundred with a single blow and scattering entire armies.
Some stories claim that the Golem aided in the defeat and imprisonment of Kadum, holding the titan’s tail while the gods gutted their foe and bound him in chains in the oceans’ depths.
In the war’s aftermath, the divine armies discovered the giant twisted and damaged by some colossal struggle. It stood motionless on the heights obove the crashing surf of blood tinted waters, apparently lifeless, its mission completed.
Now, a century and a half later, the Golem yet endures as an immovable monument to the divine race’s victory and the titans’ defeat. A great city has grown in the giant’s shadow: a place called Mithril, founded in honor of the spirit of law and the merciful justice of Corean.
From the introduction of The City of Mithril.