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This is the history for the old campaign.

The Beginning

Not to much is know about the way the world was in this time. No records exist in The Valley from this time. As such, much of what was known, was passed down through stories from parent to child. When record keeping was established, all of the myths and legends were written down.

It is said, that once the chosen's ancestors had lived outside the walls of The Valley. Their numbers had been great, and their way of life was prosperous and filled with much joy.

The gods also walked the earth among the chosen's ancestors. They were great beings, who could create miracles with but a thought. Those gods who favored the chosen's ancestors brought them great miracles. They also taught the chosen's ancestors great magic.

But there were gods who were jealous of the chosen's gods. And because they were jealous, the people who worshipped those gods, grew jealous of the chosen's ancestors. Soon the jealousy turned to rage and the rage turned to outright war.

Very quickly other races were drawn into the conflict and soon the whole world was at war.

The God Wars

Not much is known about the God Wars, but it is known that the all the races of the world fought each other. The gods were at the center of the conflict and they destroyed much of their followers cities. Only the valley was spared from the conflict. It is said that the valley was a sacred place of the gods, and even in war, they would not damage the valley.

It was during this time, that Gideon came to The Valley of Life. He devised a plan to save as many of the chosen's ancestors as he could. His servants went about protecting The Valley and making it ready for the chosen to live in, while he went to bring the first of the chosen here.

The God Wars did not last long, less than a season passed before the fighting stopped. Much was destroyed, and foul magical energies poisoned much of the land. This was the beginning of the Time of Darkness.

The Time of Darkness

Not much is known about the Time of Darkness. It was during this time that the chosen were brought to The Valley. The tribes stayed to themselves mostly during this time.

Gideon came and went often during the early years of the Time of Darkness. Sometimes when he returned, he would bring others of the chosen back with him.

His servants, the Guardians, would always be with him. They wore very fine glowing suits of platemail. They were great warriors, whose weapons could call lightning from the very skies.

The last time Gideon left, he told the chosen that it might be a long time before he returned. As such, he left several guardians behind to guard the Forbidden Valley, and to help guard The Valley of Life enterance.

Those guardians who were charged with guarding the enterance, selected the best warriors from the tribes of the chosen. Those chosen, were trained to help the guardians with the job of guarding The Valley enterance. It was a high honor to be chosen as a guard.

About 39 human generations after the chosen had come to The Valley, the first monsters began to invade. Over a period of about 34 generations, there were numerous incursions into The Valley by these monsters. The monsters consisted of giant insects, reptiles and a few mammals. Although none existed naturally in The Valley, every once in a while, some would find a way in.

The guardians would always arrive to fight back and kill the invaders. But as time past, fewer and fewer guardians would show up. A reason was never given by the guardians as to why this was happening, and none of the chosen ever asked.

It during the 34th generation of The Chosen, that the guardians chose the best of the guards, and began to train them in the ways of tracking and fighting the monsters. These individuals were given the name hunter. As they could hunt down the monsters. These skills also helped the hunters track the animals which inhabited The Valley.

To be given the name hunter, was the highest honor of all. For although the guards protected The Valley, the hunters were counted on to porvide food for The Valley as well as track down and kill any threat which made its way into The Valley.

The Time of the Council

Approximately 25 generations later, the greatest threat in the history of The Valley appeared. The monster attacks had dropped off significantly over the past 4 generations. Then all at once, an army of insect monsters began to sweep through The Valley.

This army, was lead by a never before seen race of scorpions, which had humanoid bodies attached to where the head of a normal scorpion would be. The army quickly destoryed the guard posts at the pillars of might, The Valley enterance.

Where as before the monsters came into The Valley in unorganized attacks, this army was lead by a sinister intelligence. The scorpionoids, as they called themselves, wished to overrun The Valley. They pushed through the lands of the centaurs, but were stopped in the realm of the dwarves.

The guardians, who had not been seen in 16 generations, raised an army of the combined tribes of the chosen. The scorpionoid army was broken and scattered before the might of the armies of the chosen.

It was a costly victory, for many of the chosen had fallen. Also, the scorpionoid army had destroyed much of the lands of the centaurs and the race was almost devistated to extinction.

The guardians, chastized the chosen for their lack of centralized defense and told them to create a council, which would govern all the tribes of The Valley. The guardians were also displeased at how the tribes had shunned contact with each other over the years. The only way the chosen would survive, would be if all the chosen would work together and help build a well fortified home in The Valley.

Within 3 generations, the council had begun to record the history of The Valley. For the past 90 generations, the council has kept track of the history.

The seperate tribes govern themselves in their own way in matters that do not concern the overall well being of The Valley. The humans have a king and queen, with the rule falling to the rightful heir. All citizens have the equal rights, but the nobility make sure that order is kept and any problems are solved by the nobles.

The dwarves and elves have a noble rule as well. It is similar to the human rule, except that dwarven and elven citizens have more of a voice in what happens in their kingdoms.

The centaurs have clan rule, with the king chosen by whoever has the most support in the clans. Those chosen to be king, must be of noble birth, but being of noble birth is not the only qualification to rule.

The catkin believe in the rule of the strong. Though the fight for leader is usually not to the death, but accidents do happen.

The members of the council, are chosen by the ruling body of each of the tribes. The number of council members is determined by how big the population of the tribe is. The larger the population of the tribe, the more council members the tribe gets.

Also, the more members in the council, the more responcible that tribe is with reguard to matters of The Valley.

Recent history

21st day of the month of Reaping, a great groundshaker rocked The Valley. There was never an groundshaker of this magnitude in recorded history. Although no one was injured, numerous landslides around the walls of The Valley were caused by the groundshaker. Although there were no new enterances formed into The Valley from the groundshaker, the building of new guard posts at the worst of the slides was proposed and started.

3rd day of the month of Harvest, an attack by beastmen on flying bats was turned back from numerous places around The Valley. These creatures had never been seen before in the recorded history of The Valley.

26th day of the month of Colors, an attack by the scorpionoids was turned back at the site of the worst landslide. Validating the plan of building the new guard posts at the obvious new entry points to The Valley.

14th day of the month of Iceharvest, an attack by the scorpionoids was again turned back at the site of the worst landslide. Prompting the council to impliment the construction of a fortress at that point in The Valley wall.

7th day of the month of Regrowth, a much smaller groundshaker was felt in The Valley. No new major landslides occured, but the largest of the original landslides shifted or grew.