Ashdinosaur05

## The Beginning

**Ash** was the son of Evolvedlizard, and the grandson of a great warrior and a powerful witch. He was born in a small log cabin in the woods, his mother leaving shortly after his birth. As he grew older he realized he was not made to be strong, but instead a good and wise leader who would eventually lead a nation in the name of his grandfather, **Yorgen**.

## The Start of Life

### Childhood

**Ash** lead an isolated younger life, living in a small cabin in the woods, only being able to leave to go on small hunting trips under his father's supervision. The only entertainment **Ash** would get is stories of his grandfather, a great warrior who was loyal to his nation, and was great in battle. Being isolated left **Ash** a lot of time to imagine, imagining something bigger then the life he was currently living. He dreamt about creating a town where anyone could settle down, not worried about their past affiliations with other nations, as long as they were kind and loyal to the nation. He would do this in the name of his grandfather, **Yorgen**, for he wanted to honor him for many years to come.

### Ihva

**Ihva** was **Ash**'s grandmother, but was not mentioned throughout his childhood. This is because of her deserting her nations mere days before the great war that took her husband's life occurred. Evolvedlizard had a hatred for her, seeing her as a traitor who left his now dead father, so he did not mention her name to his son.

Eventually, **Ash** came of age to leave cabin, and was allowed to go off and explore on his own. He encountered new people, made friends, heard stories from all around the world. Some of these stories that he was told were about his grandmother, and how she was seen as a witch or a goddess, with powers that no-one else could comprehend. **Ash** learnt how she had left her nation when she was most needed, leaving behind his grandfather and allowing the once great nation to fall. Anyhow, he built a small shrine for her in a cave booming with life, as even though she had betrayed her nation, she deserved to be remembered.

## The Start of Something Great

### Joining Solaris

**Ash** had wandered across the lands of Iaddithis, searching for a nation he could find a home, when he finally found Solaris. **Ash** travelled across the nation and eventually found a home within the small town of **Ziegendorf**, which was led by his friend TheKoolaidKat. He made a small hut within **Ziegendorf** grounds and had a few glorious days within the town, making new friends and learning what it was like to live within a nation.

### Old Yorgenheim

After spending a couple weeks within the town of **Ziegendorf**, **Ash** decided his dreams were too big for him to be in another person's town, so he made contact with the leader of Verdicant, the leader of Solaris. Together **Ash** and Verdicant searched throughout Solaris' land, eventually finding a forest that was bountiful with crops and livestock. **Ash** had looked around at the beautiful landscape and decided this was where he wanted to live. **Ash** started construction, building a storage area, a house for himself, and a little market to sell any goods he produced to others. The land had an endless stream of resources, granting him easy access to valuable ores and any food that he needed or wanted.

## If You Fall, You Are Bound To Rise Again.

### The Collapse of Old Yorgenheim

Months after the start of Ash's town, he realized that the town had not grown at all. Despite all his attempts to recruit people to this land, people ignored him and flocked to the more known towns. He had heard that this land that he had chosen was undesirable, that despite the land's resources being bountiful the landscape around the town wasn't fit to be built in. With all this new information about **Yorgenheim**'s surroundings, Ash decided to leave the town behind and let it go to ruin.

### The Rise of Yorgenheiim

After the collapse of **Old Yorgenheim**, **Ash** wandered around Solaris territory for days on end, unsure on what to do. Eventually, he passed out, exhausted from all his traveling. When he woke up he looked around him, and realized it was the sort of land he had been told about, a great land to develop and build upon, one that would bring citizens in from all around the world. Not wanting to let this land go, he picked up his axe and got to work. He decided to name this new land Yorgenheiim, in memory of his grandfather and **Old Yorgenheim**.

## A Success Story

### Yorgenheiim's Growth

As time went on, Yorgenheiim grew exponentially, gaining citizens and buildings very quickly. It went from only a small town with a small amount of citizens, to a great city with over 20 citizens. New building's popped up, Yorgenheiim became a trade hub, and relations with much bigger towns and nations improved. **Ash** stood at the top of the Yorgenheiim castle and looked around with pride, seeing how far how far his town had come, but deep down he always knew it could be greater. He vowed to never stop development in Yorgenheiim, only stopping when it is one of the greatest in all of Iaddithis.

### Yorgenheiim Independence

Months after the start of Yorgenheiim's construction, Verdicant approached **Ash** with a proposal. Verdicant had realised the amount of people going inactive within the nation, and that the main town that was flourishing was Yorgenheiim. **Verdicant** proposed that **Yorgenheiim** become independent, and that the other active **Solaris** town become a city state. Both **Ash** and **Verdicant** agreed that they would maintain good relations with each other, and possible reunite under the same flag in the future. So under these terms **Ash** agreed, and looked happily into the bright future.

## The Plague

### Arrival in Varshaad

**Ash** heard stories about a fungus that destroys the mind, spreading like a plague in Varshaad. Ash was interested in these rumours, so he grabbed a hazmat suit and walked there, along with his friend Markykr. **Eldron** and Assassin had set up a quarantine area containing what seemed to be all the fungus in the area, and had been experimenting on it for the past while. The fungus seemed to be of nether origin, which made sense due to there being a nether portal nearby. **Ash** made a theory that fungus spores made their way through the nether portal and into the overworld, spreading throughout Varshaad, mutating to have dangerous effects. **Ash** added the nether portal to the quarantine area to be safe, to make sure no more spores spread from it.

### Looking Into It

**Ash** explored the quarantine zone and took some samples of food and wildlife affected by the fungus. He took it back to the research tent in the quarantine zone and began studying it, wondering how it was effected, what the fungus had done to it. After a couple hours he learnt that all moisture within the food and wildlife was gone, it was a dry shell of what it had been. **Ash** came up with a theory that the fungus generated heat, which is why everything in the area had been depleted of moisture. To test this theory he grabbed a chicken and brought it into the quarantine zone, and put it just far enough away from the fungus for the chicken not to get infected. He closely watched the chicken's health deteriorate as it's blood evaporated. At the end of the experiment, **Ash** had come to a conclusion his theory was true, the fungus generated a heat that could evaporate a beings blood if they spent enough time around it. Interested by this, he took a sample of the fungus and continued experimentation.

### Infection.

**Ash** started killing all the animals in the quarantine area, making sure they didn't get infected and spread the fungus past the quarantine zone. When **Ash** was almost finished slaughtering all the animals, Assassin approached **Ash**, wondering what he was doing. Unfortunately **Ash** swung his sword in this moment, killing the chicken in front of him, but also slashing Assassin's hazmat suit wide open. After realizing what he had done, **Ash** slowly backed away, apologizing, saying that "everything would be fine", but deep down he knew that wasn't true. He told **Assassin** to stay put and went to get **Eldron** and Markykr, as he was unsure what to do.

After **Eldron** and Markykr arrived, **Ash** advised them of what had happened, and shock hit them. They started asking **Ash** questions, but eventually calmed down and started talking about the next step. They all knew the risk of Assassin being infected was too high, so they had to keep him in the quarantined area until a place he could be kept was built. Ash immediately started on an underground bunker where they could keep infected people, and record symptoms of their infection.

### The Outbreak

Halfway through the production of an area where Assassin could be kept, **Ash** heard yelling above him. He quickly rushed up to the surface and searched for the source of the yelling, when he saw **Eldron**. He rushed towards him, asking what had happened and why **Eldron** was shouting, when he saw a massive hole in the quarantine wall. Assassin had escaped. His body had been completely taken over by the fungus, giving him inhuman strength, allowing him to break through the wall and go into Varshaad. Ash found a trail of fungus that he suspected to have been left behind by **Assassin**, so he began to follow it into the city center.

### Infection x2.

Once **Ash** reached the inner city, he began to look around and realized that the fungus had been spread everywhere, he knew Varshaad was no longer safe. **Ash** knew soon enough the fungus would spread into other nation's territory, causing havoc wherever it touched. Suddenly, **Ash** hears **Eldron** and Markykr shouting from near the fountain in the city center, and immediately started running there. **Ash** reached the city center and saw **Eldron** and Markykr with their shields raised, pushing Assassin away from them. Suddenly, Assassin lunged towards **Markykr** and bit his arm, ripping his hazmat suit, pushing **Markykr** back which caused him to stumble into a large patch of fungus. **Ash** rushed towards them to try help, lifting **Markykr** off the ground, and then helping **Eldron** force **Assassin** away. They later managed to tie down **Assassin** and bring him in the isolation area **Ash** had built, stopping him from harming others. After this, **Ash** approached **Markykr** to check out his wounds, and realised that the fungus had infected him too, with it starting to grow on his arm. It seemed like he was managing to hold back the infection a little bit, possibly because he was stronger than **Assassin**, or because he was more determined to hold on to his humanity. Either way, he had to be isolated as well, so **Ash** built an extra cell to put **Markykr** in.

Shortly after these events occurred, a large concentration of the fungus appeared next to the Varshaad fountain. It was recommended not to approach this area, as you could get infected.