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==The Legend of Arktwend==
'''Tyr, the beginning of time, the old Kingdom'''<br /><br />
The people of Arktwend have been recounting this legend for hundreds of generations, even since before the fall of the old Kingdom. At the beginning of all creation there was light and darkness. At some point both of these ancient energies united with one another and a God was made, named Tyra after the old words for darkness, "Ra" and the almighty light "Ty", or "Tu". Using his eternal power he created the world. Then he took a pile of earth and turned it into the first primordial man. Then from this primordial humanoid, all other humanoid races that live in the world were made . Because Tyr didn't want to stand in the way of things anymore, he created an undisturbed place for him and his seraphim within a parallel dimension. Years passed by and kingdoms blossomed, kings died, wars raged. It was also the time where a powerful kingdom arose under the crown of Groth, a white human boy. This kingdom had several regions, and within its borders lived different nations in peace and harmony.<br />
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'''The Sorcerer King Asartan''' <br />
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Long ago, before the human boy Groth explored the kingdom of Tirmatral, there lived in the ancient forest a powerful magician who protected the forest and its inhabitants. He was well-travelled in his young years, and had learned all the arts of sorcery and hexing, but he used his power only for good purposes, unless his old sandstone tower was occupied by dark creatures from the depths of the forest, or trolls from the great mountains. In his final years, he trained an apprentice, Asartan, an orphan boy whose parents had been killed by a claw wolf. Years passed, and the boy tirelessly sought to catch up with his old master. So it was that one day, while the old magician was walking through the forest, in the library of the sandstone tower, came across a heavy book hammered in with dark irons. All sorts of dark arts were taught in this book. The young Arsartan was so obsessed with this book that from then on he only stayed in the library and devoted his studies to this book. Gradually, the old magician also noticed the constant change in his young student. When he confronted him, Arsartan uttered a cruel ban on his old master, who then turned to ashes. So he took over his master's old tower, in which he vegetated alone in his unbridled hatred, and enslaved the area around this tower with his dark sorcery. But realizing that as a mortal he would never have the time to study all the dark arts, he turned his entire aspiration to the irrepressible source of life, to attain immortality. But no matter how much he traveled the world, he could not find a cure for aging. It was at this time, however, that Arkt was cast out of Eternal Paradise and his wings burned, forced to spend his miserable life in immortality forever among mortals. But in his hatred of Tyr, he drew all dark thoughts to him, including Asartan. He allied with Arkt and together they put up a dark force. As a thank you, Arkt created a black stone that bestowed immortality on the wearer, but on the other hand made him a slave of Arkt. When Arkt was finally defeated by Wend, destroying his physical form, Asartan lost much of his power as well. Centuries passed while he, also known as the Sorcerer King, eked out his immortality and no one dared go near his tower... <br />
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'''The end of Tirmatral, the banishing of Arkt, the battle of Storm, the creation of Arktwend'''<br />
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Yet with his endeavours, Tyr had also reaped hatred, especially amongst his seraphim. Among them was one they called Arkt. He hated Tyr because he had given his breath to all beings, just not the seraphim. Arkt tried to overthrow Tyr, but his efforts failed and after a terrible fight amongst the seraphim, Arkt was struck down. His wings were ripped off and he was banished to the Earth forever to fulfill his destiny amongst the mortals. But in his rage, Arkt created a dark army of shadow warriors and with the help of a master of necromancy, he shifted the entire kingdom of Tirmatral with his shadow. Nobody was able to destroy the dark army. However, Tyr sent his arch seraphim Wend to Earth. He won the trust of a young tribal leader. Together they were able to unite the nations of Tirmatral and build up an enormous army. The years went by and Arkt's army was gradually pushed further and further back. In the ruins of the town that was once Storm, Wend and Arkt met each other in battle, from which Wend emerged as victorious. Arkt's body was locked in the old halls of Enderal. However, Wend was weakened so much that he collapsed right there and then. The tribal leader was elected the first emporer of the new kingdom that was named Arktwend. Upon the ruins of Storm, the emporer built a mighty city, and upon the place Wend had died, he created a mighty tower for himself. Wend's body was to be brought to the eternal town of Tyrat, but on the way there his body was robbed and defiled by dark creatures. <br />
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'''The emporer's death, the preliminary end of the emporer lineage, the fall of the empire, the tyrant Brutus'''<br />
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Centuries passed, the kingdom blossomed under the rule of the emporer. During this time there were no conflicts. Many great towns were made in this time. However, as peace was still reigning over the realm, a mysterious cult began to form. This cult strongly beleived in the resurrection of Arkt and posed a serious threat for the kingdom. When the emporer tried to destroy the cult, his galley was attacked. The entire lineage of emporers was also taken out by intrigues. Only two were able to save themselves, they were twins and had only been born a short time beforehand. They were both brought out of the country. Now the former chancellor of Stormwend took over the reign of the realm of man. The realm broke up into several smaller regions. The chancellor was an evil tyrant and there were rumours that he was the driving force behind the mysterious cult. He had the high council of Stormwend replaced by one he formed himself. However, the sovereign of the old council, Callisto, once of the chancellor's confidants, stood upon his defence. Together with other former confidants he formed a secret covenant to fight against the tyrant. But the chancellor fought against this covenant with all his might, and Calisto had to leave the town. Before he fled the town, he sealed the emporer's old tower with a powerful spell. Brutus was not able to break this spell and could not enter the tower any more. The years passed by, a shadow lay over the lands of Arktwend and rumours arose that Arkt had resurrected...