Post by Draque on Jan 26, 2007 15:26:44 GMT -5
A little story from Hidden
You spent a long time in libraries around all the Paradise, seeking for knowledge. You have seen many books, but now, in Ocllo, you walked into a book, that has not copy in other libraries. It has no headline and it is quite dusty. So you open it and you begin to read the words you haven't seen before..
CHRONICLE OF AOB
(the events as they were seen by Hidden)
I am writing this text because our realm grows older and older and yet we haven't got many memories of the past days. So I decided to write down a small chronicle of events that I remembered and I want to share my memories as well, for there will be always someone new, who comes to our world.
ORIGIN OF DRAQUE AND HIDDEN
The very core of our guild is composed of two people, Draque and Hidden. We are both Shard-Travelers. We have seen many worlds from the beginning of your lives. Some were prosperous, some were nearing their demise, some were quite small, some were flowing with many heroes.
The last world we visited before this one was unavoidably going to go out of the face of the Shard universe (but we didn't know it at the times past). The name of this world was not so important, but it was inhabited both by ordinary crafters like we were back at that times, as well as twisted murderers, who were hunting us for fun. At least we learned to fight back, but we were unhappy at our souls, so at one day, Draque decided to explore another world, the world we would live in at peace. So Draque arrived here, and I arrived three days after...
THE "BIRTH" OF AOB
We got into a beautiful small world named Paradise Found. We settled here quite quickly, because there were good people who were willing to help us out with advices (I briefly remember Touche' and Beau Sefus). But still, we had some friends and we wanted them to enjoy this world as well. So Draque brought in his good friends Jupiter, Druuna and Saper (I think we found him in last world). They are not much seen nowadays, but all of them are important part in our guild, which we founded. Its full name is Adventurers of Bohemia. It reminds of the world, which we came from and from the fact, we strived to be something more than humble crafts we used to be. So we were starting with five members. It may seem hardly anybody, but back then, there were fewer heroes in Paradise.
THE RISE OF DRAQUE
As the time progressed, our guild were growing stronger and we became experienced in the ways of Paradise. Draque has been the first of us, who obtained mysterious Dragon egg for example, for we haven't seen anything like that in previous worlds. Sure, others discovered other things, but that kind of deeds was not unusual at days of younger Paradise, and their names was forgotten in the past.
There were new possibilities with each new discovery. And one discovery was crucial back then. We found out, that Lord of this realm, Haazen, is a real person. The Lords in other realm were behaving as absolute gods quite often, and some were often punishing mere mortals at their will. Our Lord is different. Sure, he can take care of those infidels, who defile our Paradise every now and then, but he is kind and he also makes the Paradise to be better and better along the flow of time. So be glad, that we have this kind of Lord an not another.
And now to the point... One Lord, even as good as Haazen, cannot be in the world all the time. So he was looking for people good enough to be his helpers. He chose Draque as one of them, for he was experienced at ways of paradise and he had the qualities needed for his helper. He didn't choose only Draque, but he chose also Botnick and later Marie Ange. I think his choice evidences, how wise Haazen is.
TRANSFORMATION OF HIDDEN
I remember another event which took place not far from Draque joining Haazen. Draque has been seemingly gone and I wanted to live on. But my dreams didn't allow that so easily. In my dreams I saw a new race of elves inhabiting Paradise. This was so disturbing that I sought out Draque for advice. He said, that not only elves are truly coming, but that people of Paradise can turn themself into elves. I naturally sought for transformation and battled many strange pixies which often turned into image of myself. I smile at fact, that you can become an elf easily nowadays. But I was proud to be one of the first transformed back these days. But it is not only elf, that I have within me. At some point, I learnt how to become a vampire. Surely it may seem disgusting at first, but I got used to it. So, in fact I am now half-elf and half-vampire. It is not only for battle advantages though. I can live much longer now and I devoted myself to similar goals like Draque, although I spent less time in Paradise. We'll see, how well I can fulfill my quest..."
... the book end here, so you carefully dust it and return it into bookshelf.
You spent a long time in libraries around all the Paradise, seeking for knowledge. You have seen many books, but now, in Ocllo, you walked into a book, that has not copy in other libraries. It has no headline and it is quite dusty. So you open it and you begin to read the words you haven't seen before..
CHRONICLE OF AOB
(the events as they were seen by Hidden)
I am writing this text because our realm grows older and older and yet we haven't got many memories of the past days. So I decided to write down a small chronicle of events that I remembered and I want to share my memories as well, for there will be always someone new, who comes to our world.
ORIGIN OF DRAQUE AND HIDDEN
The very core of our guild is composed of two people, Draque and Hidden. We are both Shard-Travelers. We have seen many worlds from the beginning of your lives. Some were prosperous, some were nearing their demise, some were quite small, some were flowing with many heroes.
The last world we visited before this one was unavoidably going to go out of the face of the Shard universe (but we didn't know it at the times past). The name of this world was not so important, but it was inhabited both by ordinary crafters like we were back at that times, as well as twisted murderers, who were hunting us for fun. At least we learned to fight back, but we were unhappy at our souls, so at one day, Draque decided to explore another world, the world we would live in at peace. So Draque arrived here, and I arrived three days after...
THE "BIRTH" OF AOB
We got into a beautiful small world named Paradise Found. We settled here quite quickly, because there were good people who were willing to help us out with advices (I briefly remember Touche' and Beau Sefus). But still, we had some friends and we wanted them to enjoy this world as well. So Draque brought in his good friends Jupiter, Druuna and Saper (I think we found him in last world). They are not much seen nowadays, but all of them are important part in our guild, which we founded. Its full name is Adventurers of Bohemia. It reminds of the world, which we came from and from the fact, we strived to be something more than humble crafts we used to be. So we were starting with five members. It may seem hardly anybody, but back then, there were fewer heroes in Paradise.
THE RISE OF DRAQUE
As the time progressed, our guild were growing stronger and we became experienced in the ways of Paradise. Draque has been the first of us, who obtained mysterious Dragon egg for example, for we haven't seen anything like that in previous worlds. Sure, others discovered other things, but that kind of deeds was not unusual at days of younger Paradise, and their names was forgotten in the past.
There were new possibilities with each new discovery. And one discovery was crucial back then. We found out, that Lord of this realm, Haazen, is a real person. The Lords in other realm were behaving as absolute gods quite often, and some were often punishing mere mortals at their will. Our Lord is different. Sure, he can take care of those infidels, who defile our Paradise every now and then, but he is kind and he also makes the Paradise to be better and better along the flow of time. So be glad, that we have this kind of Lord an not another.
And now to the point... One Lord, even as good as Haazen, cannot be in the world all the time. So he was looking for people good enough to be his helpers. He chose Draque as one of them, for he was experienced at ways of paradise and he had the qualities needed for his helper. He didn't choose only Draque, but he chose also Botnick and later Marie Ange. I think his choice evidences, how wise Haazen is.
TRANSFORMATION OF HIDDEN
I remember another event which took place not far from Draque joining Haazen. Draque has been seemingly gone and I wanted to live on. But my dreams didn't allow that so easily. In my dreams I saw a new race of elves inhabiting Paradise. This was so disturbing that I sought out Draque for advice. He said, that not only elves are truly coming, but that people of Paradise can turn themself into elves. I naturally sought for transformation and battled many strange pixies which often turned into image of myself. I smile at fact, that you can become an elf easily nowadays. But I was proud to be one of the first transformed back these days. But it is not only elf, that I have within me. At some point, I learnt how to become a vampire. Surely it may seem disgusting at first, but I got used to it. So, in fact I am now half-elf and half-vampire. It is not only for battle advantages though. I can live much longer now and I devoted myself to similar goals like Draque, although I spent less time in Paradise. We'll see, how well I can fulfill my quest..."
... the book end here, so you carefully dust it and return it into bookshelf.