General Lore

The first true inhabitants of Alantia. Namian's as they are now are several different peoples meshed together. Once a powerful nation brought low; those that survived Minedas slaughter fled to Narsi, a small island off the mainland.

Their tale begins in the year 10 B.C.A (before the Common Age), otherwise known as the first age of Alantia. The inhabitants of the land were nomadic, having no connection to each other. As one family moved, another would take their place. Officially, the records kept at the time say there were about 150 separate families dwelling on the great land mass. Finally, two families met, and the eldest son, Askeneth of the Brinsen family of Namia (of which would later become the royal family), fell madly in love with the second eldest daughter, Kiloa of the Longien family. Over several months, he tracked the Longien family over the Nisne Desert (Currently Part of Alantos), until they finally agreed to a marriage between the two. This marriage led to the creation of the first Namian clan. The clan took on Askeneth's surname, Brinsen. As a way of celebration, they settled the first town of Alantia, but quickly abandoned it for the desert to consume. It still stands to this day; battered, but still a well preserved relic. The clan carried on its nomadic traditions for many more years.

The next clan to form was Ni'Jonia. Two of the larger families, Ginjopies and Ni'Fornia, were brought together after a severe storm forced them into a cave. The two families initially fought, hoping to push one another out of the area. The younger children of two clans, however, did not understand the point of their bickering, and started to play together, running deeper and deeper into the cave. Unfortunately,  unbeknownst to the warring clans, the cave was home to a powerful bear. First, they heard the screams, then the heavy roar of the bear as it broke the monotony of the clans' bickering. Quickly, without pause, both of the clans charged the great beast. In the end, however, the creature submitted to the clans' overwhelming ferocity, and became tranquil and tame. The two clans adopted the bear and named it Ni'Jonia, meaning Great Terror. When the storm was over, the two families stuck together and formed Ni'Jonia, as a way to remember what had occurred in the cave. They became the breeders of War Bears for the Namians, with Ni'Jonia herself being the patron of all the bears from that clan.

Not much is known about how the other great clans formed. They unlike the first two didn't document the reason for their joining. But out of the 150 families about 50 formed the clans we came to call The Kingdom of Namia. There were 10 clans in all, each with several families under them and vast areas that they controlled. Their names were: Brinsen, Ni'Jonia, Verni, Roc'Nor Fell, Immithus, Naris, Naminas, Cor'Nilth, Minanas, and Hathena. What we do know is that when the Alantians arrived in 50 B.C.A near the end of the first age the clans had been through many wars amongst themselves over the territories that they controlled.

   The Brinsen clan in the end controlled them most and governed the rest it would seem as most arguments and disagreements were brought before Askeneth and his brethren.

Nothing is known about the alantians history before their arrival in Alantia in 50 B.C.A. There were originally 20 clans of the alantian people:  Ithim, Hayward, Xernes, Sva, Lledatgulf, Garlum, Vernisa, Georgiadis, Wvernit, Esilithor, Bexesis, Minae, Naenim, Kinilin, Neoros, Ithune, Danathoros, Lledun, Havarn, and Falnorel. In the year 50 B.C.A they were led by Nicinodas the Wistful; his blood line led to Minedas and later Hana the Queen of Phynecia.

Hayward was considered a minor clan of the Alantians but they were warriors every man, woman, and child. In the year 94 B.C.A the greatest leader this clan would ever see was born, Hërfin the Bloody. As he grew his ferocity was noted not only by those of his clan but also by the namians, who dared not cross him, however it was not till he was 18 that he would take control of the clan. Xernes was also a minor warrior clan of the alantians. They unlike the Hayward clan actively sought after fights constantly; clashing with namian and alantian clans alike for the sake of glories. As for the rest of the alantian clans there was nothing truly significant that they did from the first age till now.

For the next 50 to 60 years the Alantians and Namians lived in relative peace. There were a few major skirmishes over small portions of Alantia (This marked the beginning of the Second Age) but, these achieved very little. The first major event after this period was a marriage and the first between the namians and alantians. Hërfin (18) head of the Hayward clan asked for the hand of Lia (18) of the Brinsen clan in marriage. Initially the head of the clan was reluctant but after watching them together over the following week as they courted he warmed to Herfin. Not only did Hërfin present himself as an honourable warrior but also as a caring soul looking after Lia every step of the way. Unknown to Hërfin and Lia herself was that she had the Länglífr blood in her (This is the blood the Hayward clan became famous for). Nailian (The Head of Brinsen in the Second Age) married the two in 112 B.C.A (For the following events in Herfin's and Lia's lives see the Alantian Histories) and formed an alliance with Hërfin allowing members from both clans to dwell in each others lands. The area they lived is what became the minor kingdom of Sacwasere in Alantos in the Third Alantian Age.

The Dominion came in 125 B.C.A. With them came the Krysians and Hasndins and the great wars of the Second Age (See the Phynecian Histories for more on these wars). By the end of the wars the Namians controlled the South East area of Alantia, with the alantian people who had supported them in those wars, bundled in with them. At this time the kingdom of Namia formed as the clans now saw that working together was better than being separated.

Believed to be from somewhere called Greece, little is actually known of the Phynecian Dominion or why it originally came to Alantia. They landed on the Western side of Alantia in 125 B.C.A bringing with them the Krysian and Hasndin people (Known now as the Cyanthians and Handrians). With military strategies unseen before they quickly push the Namian and Alantian people into the South East before settling the Krysians and Hasndins in the North East and South West respectively. By 132 B.C.A the Phynecian people controlled most of the land, their military forces stood down and their banners put to rest.

t wasn't until 140B.C.A , after the Dominion's arrival forced the namians and alantians into a small area, that the alantian clan of Ithim started to unite the alantian clans under one banner. The alantians had been crammed into a small area by the Kingdom of Namia and were expected to pay tribute to them. Minedas (Leader of Ithim), however refused to pay, remarking that the namian people had no right to demand tribute from their allies. The namian king laughed at this and told him that if he wouldn't pay then he was their enemy. The first two clans to pledge allegiance to Unity were Lledatgulf and Sva; these were large clans with vast waves of warriors ready to fight. Like Minedas they refused to pay the namian tribute, their clans formed the backbone of the alantian cavalry. Minedas tried for years and years to convince Hërfin to join unity but, Hërfin refused as he was never asked to pay the namian tribute. During the time of the Dominions arrival to Alantia his son Lökifr was born and 20 years later in 145 B.C.A his three grandchildren were born

In 142 B.C.A Unity started to attack within days they had taken great areas of land, but were starting to struggle as the namians organised and began to fight back. 142 B.C.A was also when things took a turn for the Phynecian Domion as their namian allies started to fight with the alantian kingdom of Unity. The unrest caused by this sparked the fires of rebellion in Krisia and Hasni who started their own wars against the dominion.

By the year 164 B.C.A Phynecia had formed a defensive point in the centre of Alantia, successfully repelling the handrian and cyanthian advances repeatedly. By 165 B.C.A Lökifr succeeded in killing his father Hërfin. Once he was head of the clan Lökifr moved Hayward into Unity, bringing fresh troops to the fight and the thing Minedas had wanted most the War Wolves. As the wars with Cyanthia and Handria fizzled out in 165 B.C.A, the phynecians started to skirmish with the newly formed Alantian Empire in retaliation for their war with the namians forming the foundation of their rivalry.

167 B.C.A saw Minedas assign Shane of Hayward as lead general of Unity's armies; with him at the lead the namian army was quickly pushed back. The namians at this point started to lose and Naris was the first clan to flee the mainland for one of the smaller islands (This one came to become known as Naris by the alantians as a mockery of that clan). Brinsen and Ni'Jonia were the last two clans to remain in Alantia; they fought long and hard against the alantians but in the end only a few remained. 175 B.C.A saw the Ithim clan banished from Unity, with Minedas assassinated by Lökifr, forced into the territories of the former Dominion. Lökifr established his clan as the royal house of the alantians; calling his new kingdom Alantos, he immediately continued the assault on Namia swearing that he would finish them off once and for all. During 180 B.C.A Gildarts (44) the head of Ni'Jonia came to the now Crown-Prince Shane (35), and asked what the cost of their freedom would be. Shane offered for them to swear fealty, not to Lökifr, but him! He promised that if they swore to fight for him, they could have land on the north end of the minor kingdom of Sacwasere; land given to him by his father. An agreement was struck and the beginning of the long friendship between them began.

By the year 185 B.C.A (Third Age) the Brinsen family became nomads again attacking the alantians from concealed locations in the forests; they became outlaws and mercenaries calling themselves the True Namians they were hunted relentlessly by Lökifr the then king of Alantos (Unity).

In the years that followed 3 major civil wars shattered the lands of Alantos. The first two were rebellions of the eastern side of Alantos; the first rebellion was crushed by the crown within 5 months, and the peoples of the area punished severely. The second (another 5 months) saw King Lökifr dethroned and killed by his own son. After this war the people were given a choice by Crown-Prince Shane, and Princess Rachel as to who they wanted to rule Alantos. Through charm Rachel convinced the people to let her rule. As Rachel was crowned, Shane separated his Minor Kingdom from Alantos itself keeping his family's original coat of arms as the kingdom's banner. Rachel adopted a banner of her own design fully splitting the two, but only for a short while; Rachel started the third civil war as she broke her agreement with her brother. The two fought for 2 years with Shane finally winning. For the crimes she committed during the war the people executed Rachel.

210 C.A was when Phynecia (Formally the Dominion) stopped skirmishing with Alantos, and brought open war. Byron the Mad attacked the east side of the Alantosian empire, burning several villages in the area Meanwhile his daughter, Layla, launched a siege against the city of Naminas, taking Alantos by surprise. Their final retaliation against the alantians happened in 212 C.A. Under King Marius the phynecian army marched through the pass of Illinthi and took the Citadel of Alantos. Sensing the end of his kingdom Shane of alantia ordered the evacuation of the all the remaining cities, ordering the people to the ports of Silivith. The two kings clashed on the plains of Häen with Shane leading the alantian havardr in a charge on the phynecian lines to stall their advance. By the time Marius arrived at Silivith none but the garrison and Lord Marcos remained, not wanting to abandon the people to the phynecians without a fight.