02-23-2012, 08:20 AM
Generations passed in New Vesaria with few problems. King Talin’s line continued to rule, each generation expanding their sphere of influence. The lands surrounding New Vesaria came to be known as Elmont, a tribute to the first sorcerer-king. The decades passed peacefully as Talin and his descendants used their power to shape Elmont into a lush, verdant utopia for their citizens. Things would not stay peaceful forever, though.
Reports began to trickle into the capital of crops dying and small farms vanishing overnight. The knights of Elmont were sent to validate the rumors, but few returned. Those that managed to make it back to the capital were all but comatose. Only a single knight was able to explain what they saw.
A massive construct of earth and rock was making its way across the landscape, crushing anything and everything in its path. The knights attempted to stop it, but most fell beneath its heel or were swatted over the horizon as though they were no more than insects. It was not too long before the abomination itself was within sight of the New Vesaria. The city trembled both with fear and from the creature's mighty footfalls. The citizens turned to their leaders for security, many of them already preparing for an inevitable end.
During the time of peace that Talin had created, he had enjoyed many luxuries and, as a result, had ended up with several potential heirs to his throne. While there were arguments over who would be the next heir as the generations passed, there came a time when all were in agreement that there were five equally strong candidates. Camden, Alanyia, Balron, Tannis, Felnar were all mages of equal renown and power. It was often thought that the only one stronger than any of the five heirs was Talin himself, though even his power would fall against the combined might of his heirs. Each of the five heirs were capable mages, but could control a single element as though it were naught but an extension of their own being. So, when the Construct, as it would later be known, set upon New Vesaria, the city turned to the heirs to stop it.
What, exactly, happened in the battle against the Construct was only ever truly known by the five that fought against it, but echoes of explosions and the rumbling of the very earth shook throughout all of Anyria. For five days the battle raged on until, on the eve of the sixth day, the heirs returned to the city. None of the heirs said anything, neither to each nor the people who gathered to greet them. Their skin had paled and their faces locked in an expression lost somewhere between exhausted and shocked. The five walked through the city, straight to the palace where they rested for only a single night before they announced they would be leaving New Vesaria.
Reports began to trickle into the capital of crops dying and small farms vanishing overnight. The knights of Elmont were sent to validate the rumors, but few returned. Those that managed to make it back to the capital were all but comatose. Only a single knight was able to explain what they saw.
A massive construct of earth and rock was making its way across the landscape, crushing anything and everything in its path. The knights attempted to stop it, but most fell beneath its heel or were swatted over the horizon as though they were no more than insects. It was not too long before the abomination itself was within sight of the New Vesaria. The city trembled both with fear and from the creature's mighty footfalls. The citizens turned to their leaders for security, many of them already preparing for an inevitable end.
During the time of peace that Talin had created, he had enjoyed many luxuries and, as a result, had ended up with several potential heirs to his throne. While there were arguments over who would be the next heir as the generations passed, there came a time when all were in agreement that there were five equally strong candidates. Camden, Alanyia, Balron, Tannis, Felnar were all mages of equal renown and power. It was often thought that the only one stronger than any of the five heirs was Talin himself, though even his power would fall against the combined might of his heirs. Each of the five heirs were capable mages, but could control a single element as though it were naught but an extension of their own being. So, when the Construct, as it would later be known, set upon New Vesaria, the city turned to the heirs to stop it.
What, exactly, happened in the battle against the Construct was only ever truly known by the five that fought against it, but echoes of explosions and the rumbling of the very earth shook throughout all of Anyria. For five days the battle raged on until, on the eve of the sixth day, the heirs returned to the city. None of the heirs said anything, neither to each nor the people who gathered to greet them. Their skin had paled and their faces locked in an expression lost somewhere between exhausted and shocked. The five walked through the city, straight to the palace where they rested for only a single night before they announced they would be leaving New Vesaria.