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Tales of Aphal
- Author Centinuus
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And It Is beyond beyond
And it is beyond words
And It spoke to me and i listened and you must now listen as well
This you are bound to as i was
And i shall feel no sympathies nor hold prejudice, and you shall come down with me here
Down below
This is not truth i heard when i pressed my ear...
Rivea and their king, Charlin Tulon, were in a somewhat more vulnerable position, having just lost a crippling conflict against the Searshish to their east, they were weakened, and desperately seeking a reprisal, King Charlin befriended Midlon, and even submitted himself before him, perhaps...
Often seen as the pinnacle of unity and prosperous peace on Aphal, the collective of provinces commonly known as the Antramarian Empire has known nearly as many names as it has controversies.
The Second Union, the Neo-Unitine Empire, Greater Gimsonia, Antramar has left a distinct imprint on...
the beast turned towards Firent, meeting eyes with him yet again as even as the fel creature towered over him in the distance.
It let out yet another tremendous scream as it once again boasted its terrifying size, but this time Firent did not freeze, he stood, brandishing his dagger, and began...
Anok immediately brandished his axe as Firent, Leiman, and Durgo stared perplexed while hurriedly attempting to keep their lighter goods from taking flight in the mighty gusts.
Anok quickly pulled them towards the cover of a set of larger boulders and brush, mouthing a gesture of silence as he...
Four Years after, in the taverns and places of congregation in Ryav, Woym, and Laklund, Anok would silently make his name known, and make his intentions clear, he would track and kill this Wyvern, like his childhood hero Kain Arcwin.
Of course, the reputation he garnered was more as a madman...
The Tale of Anok Dragodd
Anok Dragodd would have certainly lived a very ordinary life had destiny not blown its way in, carried by dark wings.
He and his father had moved up from Ryav to an unassuming and lonesome woodmans shack that rested in a small grove that hugged the river Souliya, and...
When the 3 spirits first created life on Aphal, initially the beast's that had been created by Linun held dominion over the surface, leaving mankind to dwell in the caverns of Aphal in fear of these ancient and powerful creatures.
It was not until the first hero of man, Centinuus, began to...
The transient realm of Western Rivea has long been a region fawned over for its immeasurable capability to amass wealth and to use the incredible influence that accompanied it to make sure it's ideas were heard in whatever nation should occupy its borders.
Founded originally far back in the...
The Dark Age of Aphal has for many Ages been an enigmatic and shrouded time within history, with everyone knowing of the well documented rise of Antramar being the end of the dark age, but not much recorded history before that crucial point.
In the many tales and accounts of Midlon Hastorius...
The Covent Creature that once stalked the Gailish Barrows of northern Gailen went by many names during its undisputed primacy over the misty and boggy region, The Great Black wolf, Yogriffs vengeance, Firinus, but in reality it had not one name, but many.
For the Covent Creature was born from...
At the same time however, Charlin had firmed up his alliance with Johan Scarrim, the king of Astrarch who had, like Charlin, seen a great deal of opportunity in the rapidly confligrating pyre of Gimsonian politics, as such Johan launched a similar attack campaign on the northern cities of...
King Ethain Callistar of Gimson inherited a mighty and loyal Kingdom from his mother, the political titan,old Queen Eraine. With this framework however, Ethain and the future Callistar line would also inherit all of the trouble’s of keeping the vast and expansive territory of what was...
The 8th king of Gimson, 8th in the line of Callistar kings to rule, Verrim II, gazed out to the courtyard of the castle Gersrik, the darkness swallowing the enclosed gardens, the groomed tree’s and resplendent flowers all engulfed in a thick dark tarry haze of the night.
His eyes straying...
Success had been made across the SouthShattered Sea however, the Halasphorans had made landfall on Dacacia and after a short siege had managed to secure the surrender of the city, capitulating and agreeing to rejoin the Halasphoran Empire willingly.
This was good and bad news for the Aphalians...
The transition out of the Boundlord system after nearly 2 Ages was bound to inevitably be a trying time for the many nations of Aph.
Marred by confusion, corruption, and division it was kept relatively stable through the unifying despisal of the Wraiths.
However as that embers of that shared...
After the fall of the Akarian empire with the death of the God-King Akar, the legendary former slave turned king Mufias managed to seize much of Akar’s lands as his own backed by the people embittered by Akar’s cruelty, forming the Moofian dynasty which would dominate the south of Aeophora for...
The city had been under siege for weeks and the whole garrison had been waiting as if on the edge of a knife, knowing of little rest and expecting the inevitable breach of the walls at any moment.
Nolan Brook had been given watch of the southwestern side of the wall, which was better than most...
The Tragic and Bloody conflict known as the Second Candexes War, the War that broke Unitine finally after its 600 year reign, and the Last war of True Men began the day the 5th Emperor in the Arcwind Dynast died, Barun's rule during the last war of wyverns was pitiful at best, and the public...
The dawning of the Third age left a resonating peace and feeling of purpose within the overarching machine that was the Unitine Empire.
The coming years however, and Midlons waning health would lead to a quick lax of the Legions of Imperial soldiers, leading to several conflicts arriving...