Abatral History VI

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Continuing on with what I said yesterday, I'm gonna post the sixth part of the broad Abatral History.  If you haven't figured it out yet, you should take notice that most of the history of Abatral revolves around or is directly caused by the Aidis, for better or worse.  This is something that plays out even with the story I am working on currently - the Illum story (haha I still need to figure out a better title for that 😃)


Don't forget to read the other ones - Part I, Part II, Part III,and Part IV, and Part V.

 So here is Part 6:

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The Sixth Aidis



Hilkiah, the Sixth Aidis, was raised as a farmer.  She was taught by her parents the teachings of Jehoiada.  Hilkiah was given visions early on – prophecies of the future soon to be.  A future of death and destruction.  Her parents knew that the Okreds were growing in power, and that their hatred for mankind was unchallenged.  When the Saphid Kingdom fell, the Elves came to the human lands – where the different groups of humans were still fighting with each other – and warned them that they must prepare for the coming of the Okreds.  The human leaders used their armies to chase the Elves off, laughing at them openly.

When Hilkiah was a teenager, she began spreading the words of Viius to those living near her home.  She proclaimed that Viius was angry with his people and that they would be punished for their foolishness and rebellion against him.  She further said that Viius would one day bring his people back, but first they would learn a lesson – a lesson that could only be learned from a rude awakening.  The people openly mocked Hilkiah and her family.  They even mocked Viius.

Then one day Viius spoke to Hilkiah.  He warned her that the Okreds were planning to invade the human lands, and that within a few days all of humanity would be subjugated.  He told Hilkiah to take all her things and to leave her home for the Elvish Kingdom.  She told her parents what had to be done.  As they prepared to leave the people of their village attacked them, fed up with her prophecies.  They burned their house down as they attempted to flee.  But they were stopped by a group of armed men, who killed her father.  They attempted to flee but they were captured.

Hilkiah tried to force herself into the Vikken State, but couldn’t do it.  She hadn’t been trained properly.  Just as the group of men prepared to kill them, from the distance they heard screaming.  They looked to the place of the screaming and saw a far off fire.  They heard hoses approaching and soon after an Okred horseman rode into the village with five others, and started slaying the humans, showing no mercy.

Hilkiah was released and she fled along with her mother.  They ran as fast as they could, but an Okred raider chased them down, and ran over Hilkiah, breaking her legs.  They almost killed her mother, but Hilkiah unleashed all of her powers and killed the Okred.  Hilkiah’s mother put Hilkiah on top of the horse, and mounted behind her.  The two then rode away with best speed to the Elvish Kingdom.

Once they arrived, they noticed that the Elves were intensely working on their boarder defenses.  Their archers began to take positions.  The Elves welcomed them into their kingdom.  The Elvish Council brought Hilkiah to the Viius Sanctum and taught her the ways of the Aidis, as recorded by Eliezer, the third Aidis.  Hilkiah became wise, and she was protected inside of the Elvish Kingdom.  When the Okreds attempted to invade the Elvish Kingdom, it failed horribly.  It was like hitting a stone wall.  The Okreds attempted to fortify their position opposite the Elves and tried to blockade them from the sea.  The Elves were able to use their superior weapons to destroy anything that got in their way.

Hilkiah received the words of Viius and was told to go to the Far North – to the Dragons, and to seek their wisdom.  Hilkiah told the Elves about this, and they sent their elite soldiers to guard the Aidis – as she was still disabled.  The Aidis Guard boarded an Okred ship and killed all the Okreds on board.  They then helped Hilkiah and her mother board the ship.

When they arrived in the North and disembarked they traveled many miles in land, being led by visions given to them by Hilkiah.  Hilkiah led them to a small settlement, built inside of a mountain range.  Those who lived there were from all the fallen kingdoms in the world, who had fled from the oppression of the Okred Empire.

They were stopped by multiple dragons who warned them that they could only enter if they spoke the truth and meant no harm towards those that lived there – for they were under their protection.  Hilkiah explained to the Dragons her entire story, including how she was injured.  She also told them that she was the Aidis.  The Dragon Lord who led this group of Dragons took great pity on Hilkiah and allowed her and her guard inside of the settlement.

The Dragon Lord changed his form to that of a human male, and began to teach Hilkiah magical healing powers.  Eventually Hilkiah learned how to use magic to heal her legs.  She was free from her paralysis.  The Dragon Lord – Zabbai– continued to teach Hilkiah magic.  Hilkiah could not fully understand Dragon Magic, but Zabbai taught her almost every other form of magic.  They grew close together and even married.  They had a child – a son named Baruch.  Baruch was the first of the Goryon – a humanoid whose parents were a humanoid and a dragon, inheriting dragon magic as a birth right.

Hilkiah got the people to build steps up to the top of the tallest mountain – Dragon’s Mouth.  Once they reached the peak, they constructed a large temple – Dragon Mouth Temple or simply Nogard’s Temple.  It was dedicated to the Queen and leader of all the dragons, Nogard.  It was also dedicated to the study and use of the true art of magic.

Hilkiah, with guidance of Nogard and Zabbai, oversaw the formation of the Goryon Kingdom.  She crated it as a lasting hope to the rest of the world; to remind the world that the Aidis had not forgotten about them.  The Dragon’s protected the Goryon, solidifying the Kingdom.  The Dragon Lords also mated with the different humanoids that lived in the Goryon Kingdom, allowing the birth of more Goryon.

The Goryon eventually used their magic to create the Ice Giants as a first defense for their kingdom.  The Aidis Guard also trained the Goryon army, and taught them balance.

Eventually Hilkiah gave command of the Goryon Kingdom to the first Goryon, her son Baruch.  Baruch became the King of the Goryon.

After this, Hilkiah left the Goryon Kingdom and traveled far away, to see what the world was like.  She learned that the world was suffering still.  She eventually returned to the Elvish Kingdom, and passed her powers on to an Elf.  Almost immediately she became week.  Her paralyses returned.  Her Aidis Guard had to carry her back to her ship, and took her back to the Goryon Kingdom.  She passed away shortly after.

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Abatral History V

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With Thanksgiving coming up, I'm just gonna continue to post the History of the World I've created.  I think it is really cool just to sit back and realize that I did make this, and to see if it will ever go anywhere in the future.  I think what is awesome about this is it isn't very in depth, but eventually I'll go back and make it so there are actually stories to along with these broad history summaries.  You'll have to forgive me if some of my thoughts while writing are jumbled.

Also - my story writing is going great.  I've gotten past the first four chapters and chugging along beautifully!!  Once Illum basically gets chased out of the Palace - Enochi Tower - the story will be easier to write - at least until the climatic ending. 😃

Don't forget to read the other ones - Part I, Part II, Part III,and Part IV.

This post has even more of a story to it than the last one.  Hope you enjoy.

So here is the Fifth part of the History of Abatral:

The Fifth Aidis



The Fifth Aidis was an Okred named Jehoiada.  Jehoiada was trained by his parents in the way of the Aidis, and told him stories of the previous Aidis.  Jehoiada eventually was able to enter into the Vikken State and was the first Aidis to communicate with their previous lives.  All four of them counseled and trained Jehoiada.  They made him into a powerful and wise leader.  Jehoiada became a more recognizable figure after he started making a difference for the Okred people.

They were highly impoverished.  Jehoiada was given the words of Viius to help the poor.  So Jehoiada used all his wisdom to bring the Okreds out of their poverty.  He created jobs – mostly commercial.  What was considered the King of the Okreds eventually decided to make Jehoiada the prime minister of the Okreds.

Jehoiada began requesting trade with the Dwarfish Kingdom, the Saphid Kingdom, and the Elvish Kingdom.  He attempted to commence trade with humanity, but humanity treated him with great contempt.  Humanity still remembered that the Okreds had once invaded their lands, and they refused to let such a thing happen again.

Jehoiada eventually saw the Okred Kingdom grow in power.  The people of his kingdom became very supportive of him.  They even planned to oust the King of the Okreds and replace him with Jehoiada.  However, Jehoiada intervened – saving the Okred Kings life.  He announced that he was leaving political life at a time when the Okred Kingdom was prospering.  He opened up a Library – later called the Library of Jehoiada – and filled it with knowledge that he gained from the kingdoms that the Okreds traded with.  Jehoiada wrote many books of wisdom, and guidelines for his people.  The Okred King constantly sought his advice, to which Jehoiada wrote a book specifically for the Okred King, instructing him on how to rule properly.

Eventually Jehoiada received the words of Viius to go to human lands.  Viius wanted Jehoiada to bring balance back to humanity.  To stop his most loved creation from constantly fighting and killing each other.  He left Dokel and traveled to the lands of Man.

Mankind despised him.  They refused to listen to him and often tried to fight him, to which he would simply leave, only using magic to knock those who attacked him off their feet.  The hatred in mankind was so much that Jehoiada left the Lands of Man and traveled to Shilvé, the capital of the Elvish Kingdom.  He sought the wisdom of the Elves.  The Elvish council brought Jehoiada to the Viius Sanctum, hoping that he would receive a vision from Viius.

After weeks of meditation, Jehoiada finally received words of wisdom from all the previous Aidis’ and from Viius.  He saw Viius in a vision as he touched the giant Kide Crystal in the Viius Sanctum.  Viius showed him that mankind would be united one day – by an Aidis; however, it would not be him who united mankind.  Viius told Jehoiada that he must not give up however; because the seeds that he plants now will grow fruitful eventually.  Humanity needs to know that not all of the Okreds are trying to kill them.

Jehoiada then prepared to leave the Elvish Kingdom, when Lord Jehoiakim of the Elves stopped him.  He warned Jehoiada that war was coming, and that the world was in grave danger.  He asked who would start this war, to which Jehoiakim sadly said it would be the Okreds.  Jehoiada acknowledged this and left, to fulfill the words of Viius.

After many years of failure, he finally was accepted by some humans.  These humans were unlike the others.  They were devout followers of Viius and sought to keep in balance with him.  Jehoiada stayed with these humans for a while, until one day he received the words of Viius.  Viius told him it was time to pass the Spirit of Lumir to someone new.  The new holder of the spirit would be the soon to be born child of the family who took him in.

During the following months, Jehoiada began writing instructions about the Aidis.  He gave it to the family who took him in, and explained it to them to the best of his abilities.  The family accepted this responsibility.  When the child was born – a daughter named Hilkiah – Jehoiada took the child and said the words as he passed on the Spirit of Lumir.  Jehoiada was greatly weakened as almost all of his powers left his body.  As soon as the Spirit of Lumir was safely embedded inside of Hilkiah, Jehoiada began to return to Dokel.

When he reached the nearest harbor, he noticed that an Okred army camp was set up.  The Okred commander walked out and greeted Jehoiada.  Jehoiada questioned why a small Okred army was on human lands.  The commander explained that the war with the humans was about to begin.  Jehoiada questioned this.  The commander then apologized and ordered his men to arrest Jehoiada.  Jehoiada being weak, could do nothing to stop this.  He was loaded on a boat, and shipped back to Dokel.

On his way, Viius spoke to Jehoiada.  Jehoiada had believed that Viius had forsaken him, but listened willfully to his words.  Viius told him not to be afraid.  He said that he had done his duty as the Aidis well, and has prepared the way for the future.  Viius then explained that death was upon Jehoiada, but that he should not fear death.  Viius explained that his body would be destroyed, but his spirit would live on.

Jehoiada listened and was not afraid.  When he was brought to Dokel, he was deeply saddened.  The Library of Jehoiada had been burned.  The Temple of Viius was destroyed – it was replaced with a Temple of Kyyja.  Jehoiada was brought before the new King of the Okreds – Nahashnabal – the son of the previous king, who had passed away under odd circumstances.

Nahashnabal accused Jehoiada as a traitor.  He was the only one who knew Jehoiada had returned to Dokel, besides the soldiers who brought him there and the commander.  Nahashnabal then told Jehoiada his plans to invade the mainland and to show the world that the Okreds were a force not to be trifled with.  Jehoiada demanded to know why the king had turned his back on his people.

Nahashnabal explained that he fell under the teachings of Kyyja.  He explained that she promised the Okreds a chance to rule.  He also said that the people needed to rally behind a strong leader.  He told Jehoiada that he killed his father one night, and blamed it on a group of rebels.  He then claimed that the rebels were the followers of Viius, and that it was Viius who had ordered the attack on his father.  He then explained that Kyyja had luckily protected him from the attack.  Then Kyyja appeared before the people and explained what had happened.  She told them that Viius was to blame; as were the humans who he loved so much.  Kyyja then demanded that the Temple of Viius be destroyed, and the priests killed as well.  Then a new temple be made in her honor.

Then one night, Kyyja set fire to the Library of Jehoiada.  Nahashnabal explained that he told his people that it was humans who had done this.  The people believed him and wanted to have revenge on the humans.  Nahashnabal then said that he and Kyyja hatched a plan to invade the human lands – a plan that would rally all of the Okreds against the humans.

Nahashnabal then explained that Jehoiada himself would be the scape goat.  That once Jehoiada was killed and his body was desecrated, that the Okreds would be told that the humans did this and that his body was recovered by soldiers who were requested by Jehoiada to come help him flee the human lands.  Nahashnabal was proud about this plan.

At this moment Jehoiada was given the words of Viius – to tell Nahashnabal that his dynasty, his line, would end when he was old in age.  And that he would be driven into madness, and would eventually would be burned by fire, from his foolishness by attacking Viius’ chosen people.  Jehoiada told Nahashnabal these words, and Nahashnabal became furious.  He grabbed a spear and threw it at Jehoiada, fatally injuring him.  Jehoiada however, pulled the spear out and stood back up.  He then said that Viius was with him, and that Nahashnabal had doomed the Okred race.  That he was to blame for the destruction of his own people.  And that in the end, he would burn in the fires of his failure.  Nahashnabal then began beating Jehoiada.  But Jehoiada refused to give Nahashnabal any leverage.  He just stared at the King, with the greatest amount of disappointment and sadness.  Then Nahashnabal took his sword and slayed Jehoiada.  He then desecrated Jehoiada’s body.

The following day, Nahashnabal brought Jehoiada’s body out of the palace, and into the courtyard.  The people gathered around their king and fallen Aidis.  The King then claimed that his body was recovered by his forces that were sent to rescue Jehoiada from the humans, and that the humans had killed Jehoiada and desecrated his body.  He blamed his people for not allowing him to act soon enough.  He claimed that the humans would be destroyed for this outrage or enslaved.  The people agreed and the Okreds prepared for invasion.

In the years that followed, the Okreds began invading the Dwarfish Kingdom – and succeeded.  Their goal was to secure the Forge from the Dwarves and use it to fuel their armies.  However, the Dwarves managed to hide the Naphtali’s Staff deep inside of a cave guarded by a Forest Dragon Lord.  The Forge was placed under heavy guard and the Dwarves were subjugated to Okred rule.  The Okreds forced the Dwarves to work for them and to gather resources for their growing empire.  Then Nahashnabal prepared to invade the Saphid controlled Aona Islands.  He used the resources he gained from the Northern forest – harvested by his Dwarfish slaves – to create a massive and heavily armored fleet of ships.

He then sent an invasion fleet to the Aona Islands and began to take it over, crushing the Saphid Naval Fleet, despite the Saphid superior naval tactics.  Once the Saphid fleet was destroyed, the Aona Islands slowly began to fall under the growing Okred Empire.  Once the Saphids were enslaved, they were forced into cruel submission.  Their temples were destroyed and the Okreds dealt with Saphid dissenters by public execution.

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Abatral History IV

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So in keeping with what I've been doing, here is the fourth part of history.
Now I know that some of this information is vague - that's only because it isn't fully developed yet.
My plan is to the stories of the Aidis' as a basic history of the Realm, and then to continue world building from there.  I'll eventually have to write the cultural things for each nation/group of people in the Realm, and this basic history is a pretty good foundation to go off of.

Don't forget to read the first three parts - Part I, Part II, and Part III

So without further ado, here is the story of the fourth Aidis:

The Fourth Aidis

The Fourth Aidis was a Dwarfish Woman, Naphtali.  Early on, many refused to follow the words of Naphtali, even though most of them were the words of Viius.  The Dwarves at the time were a vile, oppressively patriarchal society.  Many would fight with Naphtali, but she would always win and accidently end up hurting some people.  At one point she even killed a male Dwarf – her brother.  Because of this, she was banished from her home, and she fled the Dwarfish lands.  She ran until she could run no more.  And she ended up in the Elvish Kingdom.
 
The Elvish Council recognized her as being an Aidis.  They brought her into their society, and she was taught by the Elves the true way of understanding Vikus, and gave her valuable teachings that would guide her life; one of which was her need to return home and make peace with the past. 
At one point, when she was among the Elves, she entered the Temple of Baesaestia, and the High Priest of the Elves and the Chief Priest of Baesaestia summoned Baesaestia to speak with Naphtali.  Baesaestia spoke with her alone for a very long time.  The wisdom that Baesaestia gave her, would soon be used by her.

Naphtali eventually began her long journey back to Dwarfish Lands.  She was stopped along the way by Libris – the goddess of wisdom and inventions – and Ducorrbus – the god of fire and war.  They both spoke with Naphtali.  Naphtali was at first apprehensive towards the two, especially Ducorrbus – she had seen what the worship of Ducorrbus could bring to the lands – as humanity at this point was still fighting amongst themselves.

However, the two divine creatures began to give Naphtali a grand idea.  An idea that would help unite the Dwarves into one kingdom.  Ducorrbus reminded Naphtali that despite being the god of war he was also the god of fire and he went hand in hand with Libris’ powers of wisdom and inventions.  Naphtali took the plans that the two divine creatures had given her and returned to Dwarfish lands. 
When she returned to the lands, she returned home – hoping to be accepted back into her family.  Her family despised her and rallied the whole town together to get rid of her.  They chased her across Dwarfish lands until they ran into the camp of two Giants.  Giants began to attack the Dwarves. 
Naphtali used her magic to make a defensive barrier between her and the Dwarves.  She then told the other Dwarves to run away, as she began to fight the Giants.  She managed to bring the Giants to their knees using her magic.  She was planning on leaving them there, but they both got up and attacked again.  She defensively killed them using her magic.

As she left the area, the Dwarves that intended to kill her, began begging her for forgiveness.  She told them to rise up and to follow her.  They returned to their home, and in the nearby mountain they began digging – Naphtali using her magic led them deep under the earth.  They eventually opened up a large cavern – a Kide Cave – and started construction of a large machine.  The Machine was extremely powerful and was used to create anything.  It would use magic to summon any material in the world, and it would create the item wanted by the user.  The Machine became known as the Forge.

Naphtali created a special magical staff – later dubbed Naphtali’s Staff – which acted like a key, to wake up the Forge.  The Forge couldn’t be used without this staff.  This was a preventative measure to ensure that the Forge wouldn’t be misused.  The Staff would be passed on to Naphtali’s descendants.

By the use of the Forge, and by the word of how powerful she was, Naphtali visited every part of Dwarfish lands.  Naphtali eventually gathered all the heads of the families and they unanimously agreed to make Naphtali their ruler.  A crown was forged, embedded with Kide Crystals, and given to Naphtali.  Soon all of the Dwarfish lands were united as one Dwarfish Kingdom.  They had a new matriarchal system of leadership.  Naphtali and the Dwarves became closely connected with the Elves, as they had helped her become who she was.

Naphtali was revered by her people.  They even constructed the underground capital named Ilathpan.  They constructed massive temples, carved into mountain tops, in honor of Viius, Baesaestia, Ducorrbus, and Libris.  Ilathpan prospered, along with the rest of the Dwarfish Kingdom.  Old in age, Naphtali was given the words of Viius.  She gave all her reigning powers to her daughter so that she could lead the Dwarves.  Then Naphtali traveled East – to Dokel, home of the Okred people.
Naphtali found the Okreds as poor and weak creatures.  They fled from her when she arrived at their island.  She eventually found a family of Okreds that welcomed her.  They had recently had a child, and Viius spoke to Naphtali that this was the one who he had chosen.  Naphtali performed the ritual and passed the spirit of Lumir to this child.

She stayed in Dokel for a few months after, teaching the parents of this child the ways of the Aidis, and the wisdom of Viius – who was superior to all the other gods.  As Naphtali became weaker with age and the rapid degeneration that followed passing the Lumir Spirit, she eventually returned to the mainland, to her kingdom.  She returned to Ilathpan and was welcomed like a goddess.  She was forever immortalized.  Before she passed away, she had a scribe write down some of her words of wisdom, and what it meant to be a Dwarf.  She gave these words to her daughter, along with her staff to the Forge – telling her to pass the staff on to the next ruler.  Naphtali then passed away peacefully in her sleep.

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