When the universe of R.O.H.A.N. first began, there existed a being of
immense power known as Ohn. Ohn had a partner named Edoneh, also known
as the Mother
Goddess. She longed for creatures to love and care for, so Ohn came
up with a plan. He created the continent and world of Rohan as a
starting point for life to grow. Edoneh, ecstatic at the creation of
Rohan, created their children, the five younger
gods. These young gods were still beings of immense power, and with
their fledgling powers, they began using their powers to create the
majority of the races found in Rohan today.
Roha, the proud god
of the Sun, created the human race
in the region of Del Lagos. Drawn together by the brightness of the
sun, the humans stood as a noble race of honorable beings, beings Roha
wanted to create to worship and praise him as the strongest of the
younger gods. They would praise him daily,
and remind all of who the strongest of the young gods was. Marea, the
kind Goddess of water, created the race of the Elves in the region of
Via Marea. With the power of life and healing flowing through their very
veins, the Elves were a filled
with much of Marea's magical powers. She wanted to create a race with
the potential to heal those who got hurt, to limit the suffering in the
world. Marea wanted her race to help all the other races of Rohan grow
together in harmony and peace.
Ignis, the capricious God
of fire, created the Dark Elves in the region of Ignis. He disagreed
with Marea's beliefs, and wanted to create a race of magical creatures
able to spread throughout the land. He imbued his race with the power of
dark
magic, so that the Dark Elves would be powerful and able to spread
throughout the land of Rohan. Gail, the stubborn God of Earth, agreed
with Ignis' idea of creating a powerful race himself, but he disagreed
that magic was the way to do it. He
instead created the Giants, a race of powerful and huge creatures in
the region of Draht. He wanted his race to be as tenacious and strong as
himself, and being exceptionally proud of them, placed them in the
harshest region of Rohan, knowing
they would survive and be strong.
Silva, the soft spoken Goddess of the Wind, created the various animals
and creatures of the air, land and sea. She believed in the quiet
beauty of nature, the sounds
of a gently rolling stream or the chirping of a bird's song being
more important than the creation of beings in her image. With her, the
last of the five younger gods worked their magic into the land of Rohan.
Edoneh, wanting to support her children,
filled the continent of Rohan with plants; trees and grass spread
throughout the inhabitable areas, natural resources for the freshly
created beings. Ohn, wanting to make sure that his children's creations
played peacefully with one another, created
a cluster of powerful creatures known as dragons. Creating these
massive beasts drained much of Ohn's power however, as these creatures
were of godlike strength as well. Edoneh cared for Ohn while he rested
from using much of his power, and the
young gods watched their creations grow with much anticipation. Ohn's
dragons kept vigil over the land, making sure that no one race expanded
too far out from their assigned territory. With all these pieces in
place, the people of Rohan prospered
and flourished.
Peace ensued for quite some time. All the
races erected countries and capitals, with constant growth due to an
abundance of natural resources and a complete lack of war. The Human
race continued to grow and praise Roha,
with a sect of knights called "Paladins" using Roha's power to spread
his word throughout the land. The Elves, realizing their magical
potential, focused on developing their magic powers and culture. They
created beautiful structures and floating
crystals, filling Marea with a sense of joy as her creations
prospered and stayed true to her belief of helping others by mastering
healing magic. The Dark Elves were also developing their magical
abilities at that time, but they focused more
on their ability to protect themselves, not on helping others. They
mastered powerful magics of teleportation and destruction to enable them
to survive in the harsh region of Ignis, making their creator beam with
pride. Ignis had faith that his
creations would be the strongest on Rohan. Gail felt that way about
the Giant race as well, and he watched them grow stronger and stronger
with every fight. The Giants gathered together and created their giant
capital city of Etton, with stonework
and masonry that would impress even Gail the earth God. Everything
seemed to be going well on the continent, until one day, the human king
was murdered.
Kraute Del Lagos was the younger brother to the
then king of Del Lagos, Ferrikhan.
An arrogant man, he was jealous of his brother becoming the king over
him due to his age. Kraute felt like he could lead the humans to
greatness, while his brother merely led them to mediocrity. This all
changed when Kraute was approached by the
prophet Hailok, King Ferrikhan's second in command. A mysterious man,
he spoke to Kraute of a future where he was king and ruler of the
humans, not Ferrikhan. Kraute, entranced by his stories, began to follow
and listen to Haliok almost exclusively.
Haliok took Kraute's frustration and rage at his older brother and
channeled it into training him in his exotic and dangerous fighting
style. Poisons, traps, surprise attacks and more dishonest techniques
that were foreign to humans at the time
were all shown to Kraute, his ambition for power blinding him to the
cruelty of his lessons. When Haliok felt Kraute was ready, he told him
of the visions he saw; for humans to survive in Rohan, they would need a
stronger leader then Ferrikhan,
they would need Kraute. In cold blood, Kraute murdered his brother
Ferrikhan and took on the mantle of leadership of the humans. Kraute
never realize that this was Haliok's intention all along.
The prophet Haliok did have a connection to the divine; he knew that
the humans and the dragons keeping them from expanding were creatures
created by a powerful godlike
entity. However, he disagreed with the "protection" offered by the
gods. Haliok felt that life was meant to be cruel and that only the
strongest would and should survive, their duty being to stomp out the
weak races so that the strong could rule.
He knew however, that the mighty dragons could easily slay hundreds
of human knights without suffering a single scratch, so he began to
study and research into dark forbidden arts. Haliok had free reign to
experiment with citizens and animals,
his twisted research completely supported by the now King Kraute Del
Lagos. Many humans were kidnapped and sacrificed or worse yet; used in
twisted experiments to try and find the ability to destroy the dragons.
This dark time in the human lands
continued for almost 13 years, with Haliok finally finding the secret
to destroy the beings that inhibited his vision of human expansion on
the continent of Rohan. However, at this point, the Humans had had
enough. They rebelled against their
Tyrant king Kraute and his assistant Haliok, and after a successful
coup, Kraute was finally slain. Haliok, leaving his king to die, escaped
with a handful of his followers through a hidden passageway in the
castle. The few humans that were left
vowed to never follow the dark path that Kraute had taken their
country through ever again. This era was when the humans returned to
their chivalrous and honorable ways, re-establishing their practices of
Knighthood and the worship of their god
Roha. Haliok and his followers however, escaped far to the north
towards Bahran Island. These survivors were the progenitors of the Dhan
race, and hidden in the mountains, began their growth into a powerful
nation in the world of Rohan.
During this entire time,
the lesser gods watched with worry that the great god Ohn was not
recovering during his period of rest. Having exhausted most of his power
in creating not only Rohan, but the dragons guarding it, the lesser
gods were afraid
that Ohn would eventually pass away. Roha, having just watched the
internal war happen amongst the humans, knew that they would need Ohn's
guidance and help in managing the world of Rohan. His suggestion to the
other gods was the one that would
change the world of Rohan forever; to restore power to Ohn, they
would need to return the energy that he spent back to him. They
deliberated and discussed this for quite some time, but eventually his
reasoning made sense. They could not destroy
Rohan, as their creations lived there. The dragons however, could be
destroyed, and if they no longer lived, the energy expended to create
them would return back to Ohn. The lesser gods banded together and began
killing the dragons one by one.
The dragons, nearly godlike in power themselves, fought back against
the lesser gods, but with numbers on their sides, the gods won in their
battles, and eventually, only one dragon was left alive. Armenes,
knowing the fate of the other dragons,
escaped into the northern most part of the Rohan continent after a
fierce battle with the lesser gods and gathered all of his energy into
one last act. Expending all of his life force, Armenes created the
draconic race of the Dekans. With the
last of the dragons dead, Roha rushed to the side of his father Ohn
with the other lesser gods and awaited his revival.
With the
loss of the guardian dragons of Rohan, the sentient races of Rohan could
finally explore the surrounding areas
of their home regions. The humans and the Elves met rather quickly,
with their regions very close to each other, and immediately established
healthy trade relations. The Dekans, bitter towards the god created
races, expanded their areas only to
find the hidden Dhan. The Dhan, eager to enact their vengeance on the
world of Rohan, entered battle with them and began their decade long
war with each other. The giants, eager to find worthy challenges in
battle, explored their frozen north,
while the Dark Elves, interested only in developing their strength,
focused on building their fortress and mastering their magical
abilities. During this period the Half-Elves were created by Human and
Elf comingling, however, the Half-Elves were
so different from their parent races that they eventually broke off
to form their own capital in Morrisen. The world of Rohan was
flourishing and growing, full of life and energy. The same could not be
said for Ohn. The lesser gods believed that
Ohn would have recovered from the release of energy that came from
the deaths of the dragons, but he was still unresponsive. Edoneh
continued to watch over and care for Ohn, claiming that he needed more
time to rest, but Roha was furious. He resented
the races that they had created for Rohan, blaming them as the reason
that the father god was unresponsive. Again, Roha gathered his brothers
and sisters for another meeting. He reasoned with them, claiming that
they too, would eventually fall
into a deep sleep, if they did not restore Ohn's consciousness.
Fearful of their own mortality for the first time, the gods came to an
agreement; the races of Rohan needed to be wiped out.
When the
first monsters began appearing on Rohan,
their appearances were few and scattered. Various races reported
being attacked by previously never before seen creatures, lizards who
walked on their hind legs and wielded weapons on metal, giant muscle
bound brutes whose skin was green, and
many more. The stories were considered rumors and happenstance for
quite some time, until people noticed these occurrences happening more
and more frequently. The Elves were the first race caught off guard by
the first massive monster attack.
Emerging from the ocean surrounding their capital, they were caught
off guard by waves of several sinister snake creatures. Barely escaping
with their lives, the Elves retreated from the onslaught and knew; there
were forces on Rohan now interested
in their destruction. Speaking with their Human allies, the Elves
warned them that the gods were now angry at the mortal races, and that
they would need to prepare for the worst. Luckily for the humans, they
had been preparing for quite some time.
During their
period of expansion, the humans encountered many of Rohan's sentient
races with offers of peace and trade negotiations. Their first and most
successful meeting was with the race of Elves, however their meetings
with the other races
did not go so well. The Dekans were scornful to the races of Rohan
created by the lesser gods that killed their progenitor, the Giants
viewed the humans as little fools who believed in imaginary gods, while
the Dark Elves ignored the requests
for peace from the humans entirely. It was during this time that the
then king of the humans, Gratt Del Lagos, realized that peace was not
going to be achievable for the human race for quite some time. He went
to the region Shielnyth and began
building the largest fortress on Rohan. It took many years, but
eventually Gratt Fortress was finished. Enormous and impenetrable, the
humans would be ready to defend themselves against the more aggressive
races of Rohan if war became the only
option. When the Elf Queen came to the humans to warn them of the
monsters attack, the humans were already ready for the war that was
coming. The paladins were proud and many surrounding the majestic walls
of Gratt, with the chivalrous Knight
Templar Captain Edwin leading the guard. A hero known for slaying
hordes of monsters, he was tasked with the relocation of the Human race
to the Gratt Fortress, a place where they would be safe from all but the
strongest monster invasions.
Edwin was a devout follower
of Roha, and after his final inspection of the Gratt Fortress, he
prayed for guidance from his god. He asked for the strength to lead his
people through these difficult times, and for a safe and blessed
journey. Edwin
was shocked when Roha appeared before him in his glorious splendor.
Kneeling before his god, he genuflected upon him and thanked him for his
protection throughout his many battles. Roha however, disgusted by the
creatures he blamed for the condition
of his weakened father, was not moved by his prayers. Roha began to
use his godlike powers to possess the guards of Gratt fortress,
transforming them into horrible and twisted versions of themselves.
Edwin, in shock, pleaded with the god Roha
with no response. Being one of the few who were able to resist the
god's possession, Edwin escaped the fortress as quickly as he could.
Rushing back to the human capital of Einhoren, he came back with
terrible news; the gods were the reason behind
the monster attacks. Rhit Del Lagos, the king of Einhoren and Rima
Regenon, the queen of the Elves, were shocked. With their back up plan
destroyed, they had no idea what to do. The Humans once again reached
out to the other races of Rohan asking
for their help against the united strength of the gods and once again
were met with rejection. The Dekans and Dhans went from being bitter
enemies to close rivals, both hated the other races of Rohan, while the
Dark Elves and the Giants had actually
formed their own secret alliance to destroy the "weaker" races of
Rohan. Surprisingly, the Half-Elves decided to remain neutral in the
war, and rejected the chance to join the Humans and Elves. With their
close ties to nature, they knew that another
race was soon going to join the many already residing on Rohan.
Edoneh had spent many years watching over her partner Ohn with little
to no response. She had watched the mortal races grow from scattered
settlements throughout the land
into enormous capital cities bustling with life. As she watched her
children struggle to bring life back into Ohn, she too was torn between
the best ways to handle the situation. Part of her wished that the races
would work together, to live in
harmony with the world as Ohn had originally intended. Another part
of her did blame the mortals for his condition, feeling that he might
have expended too much of his energy in the creation of the world and
its protectors. She was conflicted
between these two opposing viewpoints as she created her race in the
land of Rohan; the Trinity. Beautiful creatures created in her image,
they were both similar and vastly different. Not able to decide which
path was truly better, she created
her race with the capacity to choose which path they felt was right.
Was peace the answer to the catastrophes in Rohan, or was complete
destruction the path?
The land of Rohan has changed dramatically
from the way it once was. Created
as a world meant for races to cohabitate in peace, it has turned into
a land of war and carnage. As a member of one of the races of Rohan,
will you be able to save the world from the wrath of the gods that
created you, or will you merely expedite
the destruction of the world? The choice is yours!
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