Lore

It was 10,000 BCE, long after the birth of Tercuptas and out of it came man. At the start of the Neolithic era, men wielded sharpened sticks, hunting their prey, when their female counterparts stayed home and cooked them meals, twas a sight to behold. The birth, not of Tercuptas, not of man, but of Civilization. As the years passed, when the sun rose and set, when day merged into night, a man came and with him a smoothed stone tied onto a stick, after roughly 2 millennia they had made tools of stone none seen before and the first to reach this world.

### The Chalcolithic Age

The Chalcolithic age starts around 8,000 BCE.

Oh how the sun was high in heaven, when its rays of grandeur hit the soil a man stumbled upon a shiny rock. Smooth it was, and hot, it was harder than rock and had potential. The man brought it back to his home, and he glanced at it in awe before he put it into his forge, there he watched, he watched as the it melted in the great furnace, its once solid structure turned into liquid. As he poured it out he watched the glowing liquid flow into the clay mold he had. Then as the skies darkened and night came, after centuries passed the metal spread and found its way into the tools and the hands of all working men, and thus copper was found.

### The Bronze Age

The Bronze age starts around 5,300 BCE

Deep down in the darkness, man stumbles across a rare exotic looking shiny rock. It is ridged yet very sturdy. Man takes it home to his village. The shaman orders the melting of this metal with the blue oxidised copper as worship to the holy god of riches. And from the ashes of the burn wood rolls a bronze coloured liquid, shiny and exquisite as can be. Man has found out the secrets to creating the powerful mineral of bronze.

### The Iron Age

The Iron age Starts around 1,500 BCE

As the dust cleared and the sun turned bright, the horizon was lined with catapults, siege towers and soldiers, as they advanced the city garrison watched in horror trying desperately to fortify their position and come up with a counter attack, but twas too late. The huge wooden towers slammed against the city walls as a hail of fire and brimstone flew across, the gates fell as men rushed in, their bronze swords shattered as they fought and in vain died. With *Blood and Iron* men forced their way to power, and created the birthplace of empires.

### The Classical Era

The Classical Era Starts around 500 AD

As the sound of a violin reached the grand halls of great kings, and the great works of artist were gazed upon by the eyes of nobles, and the fine taste of wine was truly appreciated there was a sense of harmony to the land and its people. The thriving minds of the earliest philosophers spread their ideas of utopia as the people followed like flocks of sheep, but such perfection and such peace must always come to an end, an end followed by the beat of drums and marching feet.

### The Dark Ages

The Dark Ages started in the late 9th century.

A wounded knight in tattered amour and a dying horse made their way to the king and his court.

"Speak up I have yet to hear what a traveler like you brings to my court." Said the king.

"Sire, we are being attacked by bordering nations and our land has been ravaged by bandits and brigands, what will we do? There is no hope in the people and an age of darkness lurks before us." He said grasping for breath.

"Where, where are these invaders, our armies will make short of them, and the bandits too."

"Everywhere."

As the king walked out side he watched as the once blue sky shatter, torn apart by fire, and the peace that they had once seen destroyed by foreign invaders as they scaled his walls. There was not much to do, nay, nothing left to do, but fight, fight or die and if so die with honour.

The green vales and blue streams in the country side were now stained red and flowing with blood. Orcs from the east had descended upon them and began a full invasion overwhelming the forces of man and elf hitting them with total surprise both in numbers and in malice.

### The Middle Ages

The Middle ages Starts around 1200 AD

As nightfall passes onto night and the darkness into dusk, the campfires extinguish and the dark red horizon at the looming hills fill up with rows and fleets of the arms. A 100,000 soldiers barge down the hills into the deep dark treacherous pits of the small gorge connecting the two barracks. A horn blows and the fight begins with a flash of Iron and the spill of blood. And such shall be the way the middle ages start and end, All going out with a flash.

### The Renaissance

The Renaissance Starts at 1,472 AD the fall of Solitude

Staring at a burning city Isaiah turned to his steward,

"Quickly load the ships and send them north to the Eyrie and across rivers to the dwarves, and return these ancient scrolls to the Eldar for none must fall into the hands of our enemies."

His steward ran to the ships and with these final orders sent them off, Isaiah watched as the ships sailed of and then looked at his burning city, the walls had been breached and barbarians were fighting their way up to the keep, his garrison was dying and out numbered, Drakes had burnt his ships and Orcs were at the other end. This was the end for him he knew it, casting aside his royal garments and threw the helm of kings into Mirrormere. He then unsheathed his sword and rallied his men one final time. If they were going to die they would die fighting and so he charged and was lost in crowds never to be seen.

Months later ancient texts had found their way into the hands of scholars, artists, and kings. Culture began to thrive in the north and the east and soon there was a boom of art and great works of music composed by great musicians, telling the tales of fabled heroes and their adversaries and enlightening them with the wonders and history of the south.