The Tetrichor



The Tetrichor is the world where Ethan's Dnd games take place. It is made up of 6 continents, Dragovere, Arken, Draetoss, Eastern Draetoss, The Volcanic Midlands, and Illuminia.

The Tetrichor is that which all Arkelor reside upon. Its origin is unknown, though it is said to have been discovered by two Celemane, Apo Crixo and his brother, Dalamaro.

THE FIRST AGE (AGE OF WAR)

The Tetrichor was discovered as one large, flat landmass. a thick fog hung in the dim air, and Apo and his brother walked along the still sea shores performing miracles, competing against each other, trying to outdo the other.

The brothers spent 7 years shaping The Tetrichor, and upon its completion, Apo created the Celedim, and Dalamaro in turn created the Malodin.

The brothers then set to work on creating a massive temple, carved out of the stone. This came to be known as The Temple Of The Father, and within, they established The Congress Of The Father, passing new laws into existence. Apo passed laws such as when the sun shall rise, and Dalamaro created the Moon, to keep a watchful eye upon the Sun. each appointed one general to guard their creations. Apo appointed Solaron, and Dalamaro appointed Lunas. Apo instilled a creative, curious joy upon the world, and Dalamaro infected the air with greed.

After 700 years, Apo and Dalamaro had created the world to their liking, and Apo and Dalamaro collaborated to create Lumineers, the race of men. Apo also created the Gnomes and the Fairies (Gelren and Faoren), while Dalamaro created Hobbits and Dwarves (Halibat and Duvenor). For 200 years, the Arkelor lived in relative peace in The Age Of Angels.

in the year 900, Dalamaro's estranged daughter, Sivalstra, fed him a poisoned Ox, casting a cataclysmic enchantment upon him, putting him into a deep sleep. This was done with the help of The Lumineers, who saw Dalamaro as the ultimate evil. Upon hearing of this incident, Apo declared war on The Lumineers, and cried out in anger with such ferocity that it summoned a mighty lightning storm that struck the ground with such powerful lightning that it broke the land into 6 pieces. Thus began The God Wars. A 300 year long conflict in which The Celedim hunted down and eradicated almost all of The Arkelor.

In the year 1200, Sivalstra finally infiltrated Dalamaro's fortress, in which he still laid sleeping. She attempted to end his life with a cursed dagger called "Alamashta" but Dalamaro's most faithful servant, Galen The Meek, jumped in front of Sivalstra, suffering a wound to his chest. Galen drew his blade, "Valkestar" and battled Sivalstra, fiercely driving her out of the fortress. Galen sat down against Dalamaro's bed, and as he slowly began to bleed to death he started to weep, wishing that he could see his master alive one last time. Galen's ferocity and his stout loyalty awakened Dalamaro, and Dalamaro healed Galen and cleansed his wound. Dalamaro then blessed Galen with his freedom, and blessed him further with a destiny to inhabit the lands with many descendants. Galen was dubbed Galen Unkosdt (Galen The Worthy) and his descendants went on to become The Orcs (Orkinox).

Dalamaro saw the state of his world, which had been plunged into chaos, and he stormed into Apo's Castle and demanded an end to the conflict immediately. Apo hung his head in shame and cast out his warriors to the world, to become the Elves (Elfre).

100 years later, Sivalstra would return and challenge Dalamaro to an honor duel. Again wielding the Alamashta, Sivalstra tricked Dalamaro into fighting alone, and swarmed him with cursed Malodin, who Dalamaro could not bring himself to strike down. Dalamaro was defeated, and his throne was usurped. Dalamaro was banished to the center of the Tetrichor, where his rage burned so mightily that it caused a 100 year long drought. Apo cast Sivalstra into The Sacred Wild and left The Tetrichor to reside in the Multivoid, ending the Time of Gods.

The drought ended in year 1400 and The Arkelor rapidly began to develop. Massive cities such as the great city of Ram, and the stronghold city of Metrova. In 1475, the armies of Dragovere landed on the beaches of Draetoss, and marches on Metrova. This began The War of Thorns.

by 1490, the population had dropped to just 5% and the violent 15 year long war attracted The Great Ones, among them, The Dragons. The Dragons laid waste to the remaining civilization, and established a kingdom atop the ruins of The Arkelor. Thus ended the First age.

THE SECOND AGE (The Forgotten Age)

Due to the destruction in the wake of the Dragons, any record of the first 500 years of the second age were either destroyed or simply nin existent. It is known that society was very fragmented, and the people had to fight for survival.

But after 500 years of darkness, a man named Thomas Brubarb established an order of the mightiest warriors that he had sought out over the course of 10 years. This order was called The Drakebanes, and they fought back viciously against the Dragons.

500 years to the day of the founding of The Drakebanes, Sir Owen Wilkshire slayed Esberein, The Dragon King. The remaining Dragons burrowed deep underground to hibernate.

2000 years pass, and The Arkelor rebuild. none bother to attempt to record their history, and as such, much is lost. finally, and the year 3000 of the Second Age, King Wallace Darkmoor established The Third Kingdom of Dragovere, and along with the lesser 5 kings of The Tetrichor (King Drugor The White, King Yoshohiro Naganawa, King Robert Arnleaf, King Guzgon Stoutmire, and King Zhi Tao), decreed that history be there on recorded in the highest detail. (See The Decree Of The Ages)

Thus ended The Second Age

THE THIRD AGE (AGE OF KNOWLEDGE)

As The Arkelor flourished, more races came to be. Great cities were founded in the most developed of the continents, Dragovere, and peace reigned for over 100 years.

In the year 112, the first encounter with a Warlock known as Dane is recorded.This warlock has enlisted 7 Lich Kings, and attempts to open the Multivoid. Around the same time, The Northern Watchmen are formed by Sir Mikel Von Strond.

In year 321, Dane opens a portal to the Multivoid. It is not known for what purpose this was done, but the chaotic magic that emenated from within wreaked havoc across the land of Draetoss. The Northern Watchmen were the first to respond, raising a strong Militia, and fighting a 5 year long campaign against Dane's army and the forces of the void.

in 326, Dane was slain, and the void closed. The Northern Watchmen returned home.

In 424, The Northern Watchmen fought against The Dread Pirates in the South Sea

for the entire 4th century, Eastern Draetoss was warring with itself, constantly fragmenting into pieces and unifying again until King Yang Xi stood tall at the end of the Century.

Dragovere spent much of the 4th century politically floundering. Due to numerous assassinations, Dragovere was often run by an Oligarchy type government, and suffered great corruption partly due to the influence of The Blue Banner, an orginization of merchants making grabs at power. Dragovere spent hundreds of years in political flux until 642 when King Rygas Darkmoor marched on The City of Ram and took control of the country, reestablishing his royal lineage.

Arken spent the last 1000 being settled by a tribe of sailors called the Duff. The Duff were a simple people and they were content with living simple lives. In the 4th century however, a number of parties from Dragovere began claiming parts of Arken as retirement plots for their old soldiers. Arken was quickly taken over by the new peoples, and in 435, King Gerald Lyons established The Kingdom of Ravenwing in East Arken. Ravenwing controlled the southeastern portion of Arken, but for the next several hundred years, could not  get a foothold past the Mountains of Crixo, or in the northern arctic.

in 456, a group of people known as The Outlanders landed on the beach of West Arken. They would not meet with any others for several hundred years, and they developed a quite unique culture. Their land became that of Traeth which is Otlan for "Those who outsmart god"

The Volcanic Midlands were home to the Duvenor. for the last 1000 years they dug into the sandy terrain, building massive and elaborate underground strongholds. Duvenor is home to the only lasting bloodline from The First Age, hailing from King Gour Dumengon.In the second age, The Midlands served as the epicenter for the remaining Arkelor, and was the home stronghold for The Drakebanes. It is said that many secrets lie in their old fortress, The Kargendour, and it is rumored that it goes so deep that you can hear Dalamaro scream with unyielding rage.

In Year 944, Sir Don Stratus formed The Knights of the Dawn.

By the year 978, a number of Warlords began to gather power in Draetoss due to corruption and apathetic procrastination in their government.

This conflict lasted 39 years, until 1017, when The Almighty Dawn (The Northern Watchmen united with The Knights of the Dawn) defeated The Most powerful Warlord, a man named Shawson, on the steps of The Kargendour.

from 1030-1034, The Almighty Dawn, bolstered by Dragoverian and Draetossan armies, hunted down and exterminated almost every surviving warlord, and any who affiliated with them.

While the third age is notable for the rise of the Dawn Militia and the Warlord period, it is also known for its economic growth and artistic development.

ART ON THE TETRICHOR

very little art survived from the first age, though that which did prevail is highly sought after and considered to be sacred. The second age yielded a surprising amount of art, most of it crude or abstract, and as the age began to close, many notable artists such as the painter Mathiesmo, who is considered to be the greatest artist to ever live, rose to prominence. This only continued in the beginning of the Third Age, and in modern day, the culture of visual artistry has also grown tremendously.

MUSIC ON THE TETRICHOR

music in the first age mostly consisted of folk songs. the earliest are traceable to 750, and a higher quantity originate from the 1400s as war bore down on the people.

The second age is not known for its musical culture, though musicians did exist in this time, playing crude self made instruments, or scavenging ruins for old salvagable ones. songs that were written from the second age were usually dark songs of mourning, written for and played at funerals. A notable musician Sandybrook The Golden was known for his songs of rage. One of the only surviving relics from the second age is a song book written by Sandybrook titled "In which God hath spit upon us". Sandybrook was notable for being Sir Thomas Brubarb's favorite songwriter. The only surviving copies of Sandybrook's works were recovered from an uncovered portion of The Kargendour, where Brubarb resided with The Drakebanes.there were those who wrote happy songs, usually in an effort to raise morale, but these seldom had any effect.

The third age brought many new musicians into the forefront of the recovering culture. for centuries, many Kings had court musicians that would personally entertain the king and his court. One such notable musician was King Wallace Darkmoor's personal bard, Asante Lumbor, who wrote many persisting folk songs.The third age brought on a resurgence of happier songs, and also paved the way for a broadening of genres, as well as music as a form of expression. Music as a form of emotional expression, as opposed to a function to relay history of tell of certain events, started in the second age, but it was popularised by a musician named Adrian Lethgow, who put out several musical publications, his most notable being "That which hath crushed my elven heart" and his song "The Lone Owlbear" is still prominent in the modern culture.

WRITING ON THE TETRICHOR

scribes were common in the First Age, and they were used almost exclusively for the telling and preservation of history. any deviation from this format was considered unholy, and was often punishable by death, or by amputation of the hands. However, in Eastern Draetoss, some were known to publish stories of fantasy. These stories ranged from stories of becoming a god to dark and realistic stories about the world they lived within. One notable writer from this period and area was Hakuno Nagashimi. Nagashimi's book series "Lost In Shato" told the story of a Samurai lost in the Sacred Wild (known as Shato in Eastern Draetoss) named Hushigan Ka. The book series was published over the course of 87 years, ending shortly before Nagashimi's death, and the series contained 397 published volumes.

The art of writing was mostly lost in the Second Age, and the common language was only able to be preserved by passing it through generations. After the defeat of the Dragons, the people were left with no way to read or write, until a monk named Sibaso uncovered an ancient ancestor who had preserved his body perfectly and awoke for 7 days to pass on this ability. very few knew how to read and write through much of the rest of the age.

around the 3rd century of The Third Age, the ability to read and write had begun to finally become common again, largely in part to a man named Arnold the Traveler. Arnold was a travelling scribe who took it upon himself to travel across the lands and teach these abilities. his quest lasted 49 years, and after his death in 397, King Turlos Darkmoor posthumously knighted him.

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