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History
Jan 15, 2013 12:05:19 GMT -5
Post by | Site Admin | on Jan 15, 2013 12:05:19 GMT -5
The Fight For Olindia: Summer Land's History
Once the seat of power in Olindia rested in the Western Mountains, but their rule grew weak over time. Many years ago, the first king of Summer Land rose up and took a hold of the south in a way that the Mountain King could not fight. Over the years, this land of pure summer has thrived, becoming the strongest kingdom of all the kingdoms. It is a utopia of rich soil and green grass, perfect for farms and growing worlds.
Many years later, King Rowan de Bors did something unheard of, and married a Mage, who would become Queen Sybbyl de Bors. The blending of royalty and magic was a rare union, and she gave him only one daughter, who would be called Syren. To prove to all her love for the king, and to lay to rest rumors that he only married her for her magic, on her daughter's tenth birthday she used a powerful spell to give up all her magic, giving it all to the daughter she so loved.
Yet fate would not be kind to the ruling family, despite their love. For when their daughter came of age they held a ball to celebrate her adulthood, and to seek out a suitor worthy of her hand. Instead, the newly crowned king of Winter Land kidnapped the girl to provoke her father into starting a war. While the kingdom was still reeling from the loss of the princess and making their preparations for war, the king of Summer Land was assassinated. There had been an attempt on his wife as well, but she survived the assault.
Bitter and broken of the loss of her family, and with no magic to save her daughter she pushed her army into a confrontation they were ill-prepared for with Winter Land, and in so doing crippled the army to get her back. With her army broken, when she heard the news of the child her daughter would give the Winter king, she demanded her daughter's head. The death of her grandchild. Heartbreak had broken her, and turned her against everything she had once loved. She sent assassins to bring her back her daughter's heart, but none returned.
It was in these dark days that Merek, the bastard son of the king and the king's mistress, rose up and claimed his father's lands and crown. The former queen lives there now, attempting to manipulate the new king into doing as she wishes. The new king seeks to rebuild the kingdom's strength, as his father did before him.
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