A BRIEF HISTORY OF BLACKSTRUM
The First Era
Things moved slowly at first, Aingar and Gamor had just awaken and start working on building their domain. The twin brother worked well together, things were peaceful then. They shape the land, the sky and the ocean. But already, there was a note of discordance between the brothers. Aingar was quick to anger and Gamor enjoyed upsetting his brother. These little spat were happening once in a while, but over time, they grew to become regular occurrence. Every so often, Gamor would think of something to anger his brother. But nonetheless, the creation of their domain continue.
They labour for years after years, shaping BlackStrum to their liking. But one day, something unexpected happen, another god showed up. By combining their power, they had created an entity. This entity was a woman, who named herself Helma. They both envied her, desired her. But she did not wanted to have anything to do with them, so she left and took control of the land. From that point on, she became the Goddess of the Earth.
After her departure, both god were sad, but to overcome that, they dove into their creation. So they start populating BlackStrum. They began by creating the kingdom of the animals. For century, the twin made new animals to populate BlackStrum, they were enjoying their work, only fighting from time to time. But the brother made concession to each other and all worked well.
They both grew tired of animal, they moved on to make a new type of animal, one that could think and learn. This was the beginning of the deep hate between the brothers that still last to this day. They start working on their creation at the same time and Gamor was the first one to finish, thus the Orcs came to be. Not much longer after, Aingar finished his "animal" and the Gnome came to be. The Orcs had the thinking of Gamor, while the Gnome much resemble Aingar. Orcs wanted to play with thing, make thing react to their action, always looking for some good time. There was not an ounce of malice in them. The Gnome, to the opposite of the Orcs, were quick to anger, quick to react. Thankfully, the gods were smart enough to keep them apart, for war would have ensue for sure. And the Gnomes and the Orcs built and develop their domain, the Orcs were master of the overland and the gnome were master of the underworld, this went on for century. Until one day, a Gnome named Tekwood Deathtinker decided he had enough on the darkness. He got together many gnomes and he travelled upward to the land above and built a city. The Orcs, seeing for the first time gnome, start having fun with them. They played tricks after tricks to the Gnome. Eventually, Tekwood grew tired and attacked the Orcs. This marked the beginning of “The first Great War”. Years after years, the Gnome and the Orcs fought, no one ever getting the upper hand.
It was at that time that Helma resurface. She was getting bored of her lonely life, so she came and saw the brothers. The brothers, both in love with her, started to jest for her attention. This contest lasted years, Helma never choosing between the two. Helma, being true to herself, got bored with this and finally decided to choose a mate. Her choice was simple, she did not like the happy way of Gamor, so in a despicable act of provocation, she gave Aingar a deep kiss right in front of Gamor. This was the first time Gamor felt anger, and it was true anger. Gamor smashed the earth, earthquake happen all over the world, large mountain came to be, large tsunami flooded the land, the entire world was devastated. Gamor took his creation, the Orcs and went underground, feeling banish from the over land by his brother and newly found love.
This devastation and the withdrawal of Gamor from the world marked the end of the First Era
They labour for years after years, shaping BlackStrum to their liking. But one day, something unexpected happen, another god showed up. By combining their power, they had created an entity. This entity was a woman, who named herself Helma. They both envied her, desired her. But she did not wanted to have anything to do with them, so she left and took control of the land. From that point on, she became the Goddess of the Earth.
After her departure, both god were sad, but to overcome that, they dove into their creation. So they start populating BlackStrum. They began by creating the kingdom of the animals. For century, the twin made new animals to populate BlackStrum, they were enjoying their work, only fighting from time to time. But the brother made concession to each other and all worked well.
They both grew tired of animal, they moved on to make a new type of animal, one that could think and learn. This was the beginning of the deep hate between the brothers that still last to this day. They start working on their creation at the same time and Gamor was the first one to finish, thus the Orcs came to be. Not much longer after, Aingar finished his "animal" and the Gnome came to be. The Orcs had the thinking of Gamor, while the Gnome much resemble Aingar. Orcs wanted to play with thing, make thing react to their action, always looking for some good time. There was not an ounce of malice in them. The Gnome, to the opposite of the Orcs, were quick to anger, quick to react. Thankfully, the gods were smart enough to keep them apart, for war would have ensue for sure. And the Gnomes and the Orcs built and develop their domain, the Orcs were master of the overland and the gnome were master of the underworld, this went on for century. Until one day, a Gnome named Tekwood Deathtinker decided he had enough on the darkness. He got together many gnomes and he travelled upward to the land above and built a city. The Orcs, seeing for the first time gnome, start having fun with them. They played tricks after tricks to the Gnome. Eventually, Tekwood grew tired and attacked the Orcs. This marked the beginning of “The first Great War”. Years after years, the Gnome and the Orcs fought, no one ever getting the upper hand.
It was at that time that Helma resurface. She was getting bored of her lonely life, so she came and saw the brothers. The brothers, both in love with her, started to jest for her attention. This contest lasted years, Helma never choosing between the two. Helma, being true to herself, got bored with this and finally decided to choose a mate. Her choice was simple, she did not like the happy way of Gamor, so in a despicable act of provocation, she gave Aingar a deep kiss right in front of Gamor. This was the first time Gamor felt anger, and it was true anger. Gamor smashed the earth, earthquake happen all over the world, large mountain came to be, large tsunami flooded the land, the entire world was devastated. Gamor took his creation, the Orcs and went underground, feeling banish from the over land by his brother and newly found love.
This devastation and the withdrawal of Gamor from the world marked the end of the First Era
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