History of Arathia

The following is a history of major events that happened in Arathia.

**04/19/2021-** Tyro Fairheart established the first settlement of Thelessa and began to recruit members.

**04/21/2021-** Arathia's first treaty was signed, and thus its first alliance formed between Thelessa, and the town of Stonegate, a small island town located in the Misty Sea. This Alliance would become known as The Neptonian Alliance.

**04/23/2021-** Prominance was created, becoming the first nation in Arathia, with the town of Thelessa as its Capital city, and Tyro Fairheart declared himself king of Prominance.

**04/27/2021-** The settlement of Khen Faruhm is founded and the earth around starts to move as the workers mine and build. Stone cliffs begin to grow and take shape, marking the foundations of the future as the planners design the capitol of a new nation.

**05/01/2021-** The settlement of Coldandria, and the Settlement of Aerya officially announce a Trade Agreement that holds in that for crops and alcoholic beverages from Aerya, Coldandria will trade ice and snow. Coldandria also offers military support in the case that Aerya is attacked.

### **Whispers of war**

**5/04/2021-** Tensions rise in Coldandria as players Island and TheFakeKush succeed from Coldandria to make their own town. The Coldandrian regime is not happy about losing the manpower and whispers of an attack on Island and Kush begin. Island and Kush are taken into the protection of The Neptonian Alliance until they can get their new lands settled and gain some power to stand on their own. Tensions begin to rise between Coldandria and The Neptonian Alliance as talk of attacks on the refugees and nations within The Neptonian Alliance continue.

**05/07/2021-** The nation of Dhun Burimm is created, with its capital city being Khen Faruhm. Dhun Burimm joins The Neptonian Alliance as tensions rise between Coldandria to the south and The Neptonian Alliance.

**05/12/2021-** Jök Es, the leader of the outcasted Coldandria, set sail on a voyage to a land to the east in order to make a trade deal, however, he would never arrive. Jök had unwittingly sailed into a terrible storm and his ship went down into the briny depths, bringing Jök with it. With the death of Jök, thus began the decent of Coldandria. and ultimately brought the conflict in Arathia to a close.

### **Darkness descends**

**7/12/2021-** following the fall of Coldandria, there was a period of peace as all nations worked together to grow and prosper. Until on 7/12/2021, the rain turned to blood, and the moon was also stained. This was seen as a bad omen for Arathia as a whole. on the evening of the 12th, The black alter was found, along side it, a book, explaining all that had transpired. Ataxia, Goddess of Chaos had manipulated a dying man named Fornost into summoning Azgad The Smoldering Shadow from the gates of hell in order to cause chaos in Arathia. A full account of these events is detailed in the book "Azgad's Wrath."

Ten Arathian fighters from many different cities and nations traveled to the newly discovered Black Altar to hunt the beast, most of them afraid for their lives, but unwilling to allow Shadow to destroy their homes, friends, and families. The ensuing battle took about an hour, and at the end, Azgad stood victorious, having slain the brave fighters, he flew off to recuperate from his minimal wounds suffered during the battle. Azgad remains at large in Arathia, as seen by the blood rain and the blood moon, all signs of Chaos at work in Arathia. This day was marked as "The Battle of Black Altar."

**7/13/2021-** Invigorated by the arrival of the shadow, other beasts started to show up again in Arathia, including younger dragons such as the lava dragon and fire dragon whelps. and oddly enough, Naga's started returning to Arathia's Shores.

**7/28/2021-** While wandering the Arathian wilderness, Beatcrop was shocked to be attacked by Azgad., Nearly two full weeks had passed since Shadowwas seen following the Battle of Black Altar., Beatcrop hid in a cave until Azgad flew away, at which time Beatcrop gathered all the fighters from Annawan he could find. 5 fighters was all that Beatcrop was able to find Tyro Fairheart, SaintMark, OrangeJuice, and Alyca returned to the site where Azgad was last seen, eager to slay the beast. it wasn't long before they spotted Azgad in a nearby roofed forest. The five fought fiercely four an hour, injuring the dragon until it flew away. The band of fighters returned to Annawan to gather a hunting party, and managed to gather up a party of a total of 12 members. The group of fighters tracked Azgad down to The Arena, formerly known as The Holy Land, Where they once again, engaged Azgad in battle. This time, at long last, after losing so many to the dragon, slew him. The sky lightened, The blood moon and the Blood rain lifted, marking the end of a terrible blight on Arathia's history. but it was bittersweet. for many men, and woman bravely gave their lives that day, so that Arathia might be safe.