The First Season - Before the Fall

## The First Season

(Before the Fall)

*The Lands of Aeternia first began on the summer nights of the first moon.* The Great Primordials - powerful beings of archaic origin, gave birth to the two "children" of Aeternia, the Elves (First-borns, *Quendi*) and the Humans (Still-borns, *Fírim*). The Elven Tribes, led by Eruman, created the first cities of Yelva (Eden) and Minas Ithīr, in the Mountain of Alva-Elbion. The Humans however, thought that they would create their settlements far west on the Plains of Shakapura, creating the first ever city, the Red City of Rotenburg.

## Chapter I

#### The Destruction and Rebirth of Eden

By the first age, a civil war broke out in the midst of the Elves, causing the three Elven Kingdoms to be born. Taurë created the kingdom of the forests, Miruvor had carved the valleys, and the Eóril has control over the grand city of Yelva. After the death of Eruman's last living son, the Elven Kingdoms went against each other, in the four Elven wars for the throne of Yelva. In the battle for Minas Ithīr, King Ehrendil of the Valleys destroyed the two cities, creating ruins that would become the foundations of Minas Telumë, and thus destroying Eden itself.

The Elves did not survive. The few that did (The *Calaquendi* - Elves of Light) rose upon the ruined valleys of Alva-Elbion (Now the Mountains of Eruman), led by Koja (The Iron Queen) and Theodred (The Blessed Preist) , as they successfully took back Ellundir's blessings by reclaiming and rebuilding what was once the lush gardens of Eden.

#### The Great Migration

In Rotenburg however, the population reached a stagnant state. Their Meister, Alan Shaka, decided it would be best to conduct a grand expedition for a village, sending Jordy and his followers into the unknown. In the end, he didn't find a village - he found his new home, in the lands of the New World. In the Old World, however, many heard of the news and decided to join his expedition, lured by the possibilities of the New World.

The journey was treacherous, but a bond was build - The foundation of a great nation.

Meanwhile, in the grand gardens, Some elves, led by Koja and Diandrë, decided to migrate as well. Theodred was well aware of Koja's departure and used the last of Ellundir's blessings to grant Koja the Elven *Arimaitë*, giving her the power to mine as powerful as the primordial *Enya*. This comes with a cost, though, as she had to make a tunnel from the New World back to the Garden of Eden to appease Ellundir before the eight sun dawns the lands of Yunnan, or her powers will perish - never to return. This earned her the title of *The Lady of the Tunnels / Ravaed Phinya* (The Lord of the Tunnels). Together, Jordy and Koja created the Far Far Away, creating the first villages there and forming harmony between the two races. It sprawled over and became a large settlement, as countless herds of settlers would come to test their fate in the New World. At last, as Koja built the lands and the first tunnels, so did Theodred, as he spent his time rebuilding *Minas Telumë*, the Lost City of Light, in the ruins of Yelva and Alva-Elbion. At that moment also, the Elves and Rotenburg created an Alliance, hoping to forge a peaceful world.

#### The War of Two Worlds

During the Third Winter, The Premier of Rotenburg, Alan Shaka, betrayed by his own trusted men, decides to declare war upon the Far Far Away. This led to the duel between Jordy and Alan, in which Alan prematurely dies before combat.

Upon such event, Jordy decides to take Alan Shaka's Inventorium, in which he retaliated by razing the Far Far Away villages to the ground. Koja stood in horror, of the flames which consumed what she calls home. Alan asked the Elves and their sovereign, Theodred for their help in accordance to their alliance, but the Elves - stubborn and consumed in their own valour, decided to declare their neutrality against the issue. This proved decisive to the war's outcome, changed relations, and marks the fall of Rotenburg, the first civilization to fall on Aeternia. After this war, the primordial gods were enraged. They then curse the inhabitants of Aeternia outside of the world of Yunnan into what we know now as the world of Man. As Ellundir favoured the elves, he gave power to the old elves (Theodred and Koja) a blessing to enter the old world, as now only the most honourable of the deceased may enter Yunnan, the old land of eternal peace and harmony. *What shall be the fate of the souls which inhabit the world of Man?*