75 lines
3.0 KiB
Plaintext
75 lines
3.0 KiB
Plaintext
History of The Hammerkeep Scenario
|
|
|
|
As the tale goes, East Kingdom is a penninsular land body off the east side of the Realm of
|
|
|
|
Exile. This far east kingdom was part of Exile many thousands of centuries ago, but with continental
|
|
|
|
shifts, was seperated from the main of Exile and thus had it's own evolution. Many of the creatures
|
|
|
|
will be very familiar to those that have ventured within Exile, though a few have developed and
|
|
|
|
evolved in thier own manner.
|
|
|
|
For many years the East Kingdom lay unexplored. After the Realm of Exile began to
|
|
|
|
expand and the north eastern shores were reached by the dense populus that is Exile, a man by the
|
|
|
|
name of John Tzimesces was to take up a Barony in the new land. The new kingdom proved to be
|
|
|
|
a rich land with many exciting areas to explore. Soon it would come to pass that the governing
|
|
|
|
factions of the new kingdom would seek thier autonomy. Toward the end of the last century John
|
|
|
|
would realize his aspirations and gain sovereignty from the Exile Empire. He developed the
|
|
|
|
kingdom into a mecca of commerce and adventure.
|
|
|
|
After a long rule the inevitable would pass. John Tzimesces the 1st would marry and unto
|
|
|
|
him a son was born. The child would be called Basil after his grandfather. John 1st involved
|
|
|
|
himself in matters of state, as he was forging an alliance with the Empire and was seeking a
|
|
|
|
commerce agreement with Exile. This did no favor to his home, for he took little time to govern the
|
|
|
|
new kingdom, but worse, he gave the responsibility of raising his child to an old wizard that was his
|
|
|
|
mentor when he was a child. The wizard, Nicephorus Phocus, would do as he was told even though
|
|
|
|
he could see that East Kingdom would suffer by the actions of John 1st. John was losing his grasp of
|
|
|
|
the fiefs of East Kingdom. As Basil 2nd grew it beacame apparent that he would succeed his father
|
|
|
|
who was falling into ill health, but Phocas saw an oppurtunity to grasp the seat of rule over the
|
|
|
|
kingdom. He felt that his hand would serve best, the interests of the land.
|
|
|
|
Nicephorus Phocus convinced Basil 2nd that he must kill John 1st, and not wait for him to
|
|
|
|
die, or the kingdom would fall. The air of sedition to the Empire was stronger than ever and
|
|
|
|
Basil did try as Phocus commanded, but in his crime was caught, and banished to Exile never to
|
|
|
|
return. Phocus in turn, disappeared with the wealth of the treasury, and had never been seen again.
|
|
|
|
Soon after John 1st was to take his place in the heavens, and the kingdom would
|
|
|
|
revert back into a property of the Empire. A few years have passed since that time, the holdings
|
|
|
|
of the Empire are now strong in the region, and the Empire of Exile has appointed a new baron to
|
|
|
|
the fiefs of the kingdom. Sir Wilfred, the baron, has since gained almost all the lands of the East
|
|
|
|
Kingdom in service to the Empire, but now it would seem that strife and insurrection once again
|
|
|
|
plague the land.
|
|
|
|
And so the tale goes on .............. .... .. . . . .
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
HammerKeep Scenario v.1.0.0
|
|
|
|
|