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SAY NAME2 ~Trials of the Long Dark: The Human Lands~
SAY DESC ~Written a top of the page is a note:
I am tired of the constant travel between the material planes, and thus this shall be the last book I write on the other worlds that exist on the planes. This particular book is about the world of Mytera, a world full of many different races, adventures, wars, and forces of both good and evil - things that my travels have told me are common among all the planes. To anyone who happens upon this book, I bid you knowledge because luck runs out much sooner than you would like and a fond farewell.

Signed Liotan the Chronicler


Preamble: 
A powerful empire once ruled much of the world of Mytera over 2000 years ago. The humans along with many other races were a part of this empire that stretched right across Mytera. The empire was controlled by one man, Limnar who had extended his life through magic, and all the regions that it enclosed were held together as one by alliances that were strong enough to overcome racial tensions. However this empire did not last as it was torn down when the Undead hordes arose from the depths of an ancient and forgotten graveyard. The Undead hordes were an unstoppable wave of evil bent on destroying all life on the world of Mytera. Their advance was only halted when a mysterious group of mages known as the Lightbringers cast a spell over the land to insure the sun would never set. A peace lasted in the lands where the sun shone, but those lands that lay outside the light faced the brunt of the Undead's attack. The Goblins lived in such lands and thus suffered the unrelenting attack of the Undead waves. The reptilian races which lived out side the sun's gaze were forced to unite for without the sun's warmth they would freeze to death. The dwarves who were closest to the ancient graveyards from which the Undead spawned fled their halls and sought sanctuary with the Halflings.

In the lands beneath the never ending sun crops failed because of its relentless warmth and crops outside its view perished from the cold. Chaos reigned as the peoples of Mytera starved and the empire of Limnar fell apart, the alliances that once held it together crumbled. The Lightbringers who had caused the eternal sun disappeared without warning and with them gone the sun set for the first time in 20 years. Seizing the opportunity the Undead began their assault once more on the lands of Mytera, marking the start of the Long Dark - a period of night that would last 100 years. Some races whose alliances had not broken stood as one for a time against the undead but many who did had to return to their own lands to protect them. All races regardless suffered as the Undead were unstoppable in the never ending darkness.


The Lands of Man
Nearing the end of the Long Dark all hope had been lost in the land of man. For the Undead and Those That are Not Spoken of (traitors/people who have joined that side of the undead) had spread across the entire world of Mytera. Few places remained free from their terrible destruction, one such place was the last human city; Kio.

In the 99th year of the Long Dark an army of the Undead was closing in on the meager forces that remained of the once noble armies of man. The army had been retreating from a heavy loss at Harra Pass when it arrived at the gates of the last human city, exhausted and broken. The people of the city watched as the wounded and tired soldiers trickled in, realizing that the end of their world was at hand. However one man had not given up, he had fought and sacrificed too much to only loose in the end. That man was General Rigat one of the last people alive able to stop the horde of the Undead. He would have only days to prepare for the oncoming Undead. 

The soldiers and the people of the city wallowed in despair as General Rigat planned the defense of the city. He would never surrender to the Undead forces. As the general tirelessly worked at fortifying the city it sparked a sliver of hope in the soldiers and the people of the city that maybe he would be their salvation.  The seemingly never ending dark continued to prevail across the land as the first soldiers of death appeared at the top of Salvation Hill at the front of the city. As people began to panic the general appeared in the centre of the city, ready to lead the people to victory or victory. There could be no other outcome; his speech to the people would provide them with the strength to face death.

The first wave of the Undead poured towards the city, but they would not make it within 20 meters of the city's walls before being cut down by an unimaginable hail of arrows. But the hordes of the Undead cared not, for they were but a few among thousands. As more and more undead came streaming over Salvation Hill the undead began firing their catapults at the city walls. The fate of man depended on the walls holding. 

The hordes of the undead were now at the base of the city's walls attempting to place ladders against them. They had to be stopped at all costs; fortunately the general already had a plan to do so. The city had several secret exits on its sides. 500 men rushed out of them flanking the undead as they bunched up against the city's walls. The undead at those walls would be slaughtered by hails of arrows and the swords of the general's now veteran soldiers. But the undead still continued to pour over the hill, and now the Death Knights mounted on their steeds of jet black began their charge. The general quickly ordered his soldiers back inside the castle, wishing that his massacred cavalry were still alive. The soldiers knew that if the walls of the city broke they would not stand a chance against the Death Knights. As they watched them charge down the hill towards the city they heard a sound that shattered the heart of every man. It was the sound of a wall collapsing after a direct hit from a catapult. It all seemed over. But as the Death Knights drew closer to the city an event that lives in the memory of all the people of Mytera occurred. It was the Rising of the Sun. Yellow beams of light began stretching out across the land, stopping the charge of the Death Knights. Seizing the moment the general ordered all his troops to charge at the undead, gambling that they would flee now that the Sun had returned. It paid off. As the soldiers of the last human city started engaging the undead, the sun reached high enough in the sky to bathe the entire land in warm sun light. The undead shrieked in terror and began retreating back to the shadows. Humanity and the people of Mytera were saved.

On the first new day in 100 years the people of Mytera celebrated their victory over the undead. The people of Kio rejoiced as they anointed their new king; General Rigat who had saved them from destruction. There was much work to be done for this new king, the lands that man once held lay in ruin. Their once grand and bustling cities lay silent and decaying. But the new kingdom of Tralon (founded following the victory over the Undead) brought with it hope and a new beginning for the people that was sorely needed. However the people would soon learn the price their new king had paid fighting against the Undead.

Another note is squeezed in at the bottom of the page:
As a parting gift for those that seek knowledge; Bring History Alive for it stops the world repeating...~


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