Thread: Building an Empire with the Gods (Wingshadow x I.Madness)

When he spoke of the devastating war that had raged between their races for a length of over twenty years, the images of the destruction and death flashed before her, causing her to dip her head slightly in sorrow. Yes, she knew of the war of which he referred, for it had marked the loss of her innocence, the start of what she would consider the darkest part of her life. The simple mention of that time, that place that she would rather purge from her mind than openly discuss, caused a thick cloud of gloom to huddle about her heart. The Purge, she spoke softly, her lips hardly moving, That is what the eleventh monster god named what humans now know as the Monster War. In the time before the war, there was growing tension between our races, but peace still resided. Emperor Jhinn Thul'kale, the man that we know as the One Who Smote the Heavens, was a highly ambitious man, one who sought for the benefit and advancement of mankind above all else. He saw it as his duty to bring humanity together under his rule, to protect and guide them along the path of greatness and prosperity. But, legends say that Emperor Jhinn Thul'kale had a wife, a woman that he loved most dearly, who had fallen prey to some mysterious illness following her third pregnancy. Not even the most skilled of his court physicians and healers could give her relief from the raging pain within her body, which tormented her day and night. It was known as Blaze Fever, a rare disease that generally only effected monsters, but in rare cases could be transmitted to humans as well. In a blind rage, Emperor Jhinn Thul'kale accused the eleventh monster god of inflicting his wife with this terrible disease, and demanded that she cure his wife, Mei sighed sadly, her gaze dropping toward her lap, Some accounts say that Emperor Jhinn Thul'kale merely used this as an excuse to further his ambition in conquering the monster realm as well and placing the monster race under his authority as well, but as I have no personal knowledge of what either side's true intentions were, I cannot say for certain what caused the outbreak of the war. If I had to venture a guess, I would say that the accusation was merely the straw that broke the camel's back, so to speak. The Eleventh always harbored a hatred for humans, her heart hardened by years of hostility and betrayal by the race which her kind depended on. His words, therefore, were the only excuse she needed to unleash her fury upon humanity, calling upon her kind to purge the earth of humanity's unfounded pride and boundless ambition, for according to her their proper place was just a little higher than brute animals, fit to be placed in cages and used as necessary to further the needs of monsters, Mei explained, I knew that this was wrong, that humans had just as much of a right to life, love, happiness, and peace as we do... But I held my peace, for it was not my place to question her. The war continued for twenty long years, the land itself scorched from the violence, until Emperor Jhinn Thul'kale and the Eleventh met each other on the field of battle. In a furious battle, they exchanged blows, Emperor Jhinn Thul'kale inflicting a terrible wound upon the Eleventh before forcing her to withdraw... Her voice grew darker and more subdued, It was then that I acted... Calling upon what few like-minded individuals that I knew I could trust, I confronted my own lord, leader... and mother. As the ultimate show of betrayal, I brought down the Eleventh with my own two hands, claiming her throne as my own in the process as the Twelfth. I instated my supporters as the other four gods of the monster realm, the five of us taking it upon ourselves to rebuild and maintain the peace between our peoples since that time.