So heres some lore on Murond and the Clans, which is just moved from the original thread that it came from:
Murond
Based on the War of 1066 in England. The island of Murond was a rich kingdom with its mines in the (uninhabitable/unexplore region of the island) the growing jealousy of the poorer clan tribes caused a great invasion in southern Murond. The Murond king gather his forces and marched south to send the rotten highlanders back to the sea from wence they came. Lauria, seeing an opportunity, gathered it's own invasion force and set sail (lost my notes on who from the Laurian line would be the invader). When the Murond King had finished with the Highland Clans, he took his exhausted troops North to deal with the Laurians. Over powered by the well organized might of the Laurian army, the Murond troops were routed. Refusing to surrender, the Murond King was trambled by (particpating Knightly Order of Lauria). Having only a younger brother and a young son as heir to the line of Murond, the Laurians made a deal with the brother. If the brother agreed to fealty to Lauria and send the son as a ward, they would allow him to rule Murond till the son became of proper age. The brother, being a craven, agreed greatfully.
1495 - With Queen Imelda's war in Calridia, the heavy taxes on Murond reach their breaking point. Miners gather deep in the depths of the mountain, holding each other's black, dirty hand conversing of the rotten nobles living a life of luxury as the common people struggle to survive. Silence fills the cave as three men, once wealthy merchants now poor as everyone else, walk into the crowd. One stands on a crate they just brought in, "Too long have you gone hungery, while men who think themselves gods feast on your labour. Too long have your love ones suffered, as the ones who think they are high crawl into their warm beds. No longer! No man is above another, no matter his station, for the blood that flows through his veins is the same of anyone in this cave. Behold!" The man unvales a brown, leather book, "The Code! The Code, written in blood of common and noble, a guide of how every man must treat another. Come forth and swear by the code, to treat each other equally, thy brother, thy neighbour, thy enemy. All men who bleed red. Come forth and swear." As each person swore on the book, the black imprint of everyone's hand became prominant. The Black Hand was born.
In the crates were firearms. In an attempt to hinder Queen Imelda, the Haelmar Union smuggled crates of the weapons into Murond. Proving an overwhelming success with the free folk of Murond, it wasn't long before Waymouthport was stormed and the craven king's head and the rest of his family was beheaded and piked on the gates of the harbour. With the Island solely under Murond control the entire country celebrated, though soon after began to mourn. Their charismatic leader, known as George Blackhand had been killed while storming the keep of Waymouthport by a Laurian Knight. The only person to see this was George's right hand woman, Mary Perriton (also know as Bloody Mary for sending her troops into blood bathes) and her private Guard. The book in which the Black Hand had sworn on had also gone missing, but Mary annouced to the people of Murond that every household shall recieve a copy as she still "remembers" what George listed in the original book. She will install the political cabinet he fought so hard for and shall take his seat as Prime Minister to keep his memory strong.
The Clans
The many clans are lock in a bitter fight between each other over land and cattle. Magnus, the head of one of the stronger Clans stops the fighting by goving a promise to make all the clans rich. They set sail for Murond. Once there they meet the superior numbers of the kings army and Magnus falls, routing the soon to be bickering clansmen. Once back at home the fighting is renewed and the clans split once again.
1495ish - the son of Magnus, Magnus II, now a man, sees to stop the fighting like his father, but is stumped on the path to take. While conjuring an idea, an old man in worn purple robes enters his court, "I see what troubles you and I now in which way you must fix it."
Intrigued Magnus begs him to continue.
"Your belief. Of the bear and the wolf and the hawk. So many different things with so many different goals. Some of your people worship one, others another. That is why your people fight. The bear cannot like the eyes of the hawk, nor the hawk of the cunning of the wolf or the wolf of the strength of the bear. What you need is one animal. A lion. Strength, honour, pride, loyalty. A lion is the head of a clan and bestows gifts to those which are loyal to him. Behold, my loyalty to him has granted me with immortalty!" The old man raises his hand and conjours a dagger in his other, then thrusts the dagger into his open hand. When the dagger is removed no blood pours from his hand.
When Magnus II asked the old man how he can learn to be immortal, he laughed, "It can not be learned, but given by the white lion himself, and only to the truest believers of Filaharn, like I."
And to the protest of the Magnus' own priestess he beckened the old man to teach him of Filaharn. When asked about his name he would only say "Zendar".
1499 - A Kingmoot is called upon all the clans. Many Heads of their clans speak to their kin stating they would make the better Highland King, but all paled to the son of Magnus. Cheers roared out as they elected him as their King though they soon came to regret their decision. With his reign came the burning of the old gods and the introduction of Filaharn. Some of the clans imbraced the new faith. Some protested quietly. And those who opposed Filaharn went into hiding or were crucified. Not all hope was lost, as the druids of the old gods saw the future and a champion would be born to fight the dreaded white lion.
In the winter of 1499, Lion Throne scout reported an entire outpost razed to the ground. Reinforcements were sent to investigate and were never heard of again. Weeks later the city of Dublyn, a strategic point for holding the northern clans fell in just a few days. Stories told of a mighty army, led by a boy with the spirit of the bear and the wolf and the hawk, crushing the armies of the White Lion as if they weren't there. More and more brigades were sent to challenge this boy warrior and each time they failed. Soon the only hold the Lion Throne had in the Highlands was the city of Adynburgh, where Magnus II held his seat. Magnus II asked his mentor, Zendar the 4th Deva of Filaharn to bring more aid to stop this devil and so Gunther, Piedmont and Aberdun in the Lowlands began to directly aid in quenching the revolt.
Murond
Based on the War of 1066 in England. The island of Murond was a rich kingdom with its mines in the (uninhabitable/unexplore region of the island) the growing jealousy of the poorer clan tribes caused a great invasion in southern Murond. The Murond king gather his forces and marched south to send the rotten highlanders back to the sea from wence they came. Lauria, seeing an opportunity, gathered it's own invasion force and set sail (lost my notes on who from the Laurian line would be the invader). When the Murond King had finished with the Highland Clans, he took his exhausted troops North to deal with the Laurians. Over powered by the well organized might of the Laurian army, the Murond troops were routed. Refusing to surrender, the Murond King was trambled by (particpating Knightly Order of Lauria). Having only a younger brother and a young son as heir to the line of Murond, the Laurians made a deal with the brother. If the brother agreed to fealty to Lauria and send the son as a ward, they would allow him to rule Murond till the son became of proper age. The brother, being a craven, agreed greatfully.
1495 - With Queen Imelda's war in Calridia, the heavy taxes on Murond reach their breaking point. Miners gather deep in the depths of the mountain, holding each other's black, dirty hand conversing of the rotten nobles living a life of luxury as the common people struggle to survive. Silence fills the cave as three men, once wealthy merchants now poor as everyone else, walk into the crowd. One stands on a crate they just brought in, "Too long have you gone hungery, while men who think themselves gods feast on your labour. Too long have your love ones suffered, as the ones who think they are high crawl into their warm beds. No longer! No man is above another, no matter his station, for the blood that flows through his veins is the same of anyone in this cave. Behold!" The man unvales a brown, leather book, "The Code! The Code, written in blood of common and noble, a guide of how every man must treat another. Come forth and swear by the code, to treat each other equally, thy brother, thy neighbour, thy enemy. All men who bleed red. Come forth and swear." As each person swore on the book, the black imprint of everyone's hand became prominant. The Black Hand was born.
In the crates were firearms. In an attempt to hinder Queen Imelda, the Haelmar Union smuggled crates of the weapons into Murond. Proving an overwhelming success with the free folk of Murond, it wasn't long before Waymouthport was stormed and the craven king's head and the rest of his family was beheaded and piked on the gates of the harbour. With the Island solely under Murond control the entire country celebrated, though soon after began to mourn. Their charismatic leader, known as George Blackhand had been killed while storming the keep of Waymouthport by a Laurian Knight. The only person to see this was George's right hand woman, Mary Perriton (also know as Bloody Mary for sending her troops into blood bathes) and her private Guard. The book in which the Black Hand had sworn on had also gone missing, but Mary annouced to the people of Murond that every household shall recieve a copy as she still "remembers" what George listed in the original book. She will install the political cabinet he fought so hard for and shall take his seat as Prime Minister to keep his memory strong.
The Clans
The many clans are lock in a bitter fight between each other over land and cattle. Magnus, the head of one of the stronger Clans stops the fighting by goving a promise to make all the clans rich. They set sail for Murond. Once there they meet the superior numbers of the kings army and Magnus falls, routing the soon to be bickering clansmen. Once back at home the fighting is renewed and the clans split once again.
1495ish - the son of Magnus, Magnus II, now a man, sees to stop the fighting like his father, but is stumped on the path to take. While conjuring an idea, an old man in worn purple robes enters his court, "I see what troubles you and I now in which way you must fix it."
Intrigued Magnus begs him to continue.
"Your belief. Of the bear and the wolf and the hawk. So many different things with so many different goals. Some of your people worship one, others another. That is why your people fight. The bear cannot like the eyes of the hawk, nor the hawk of the cunning of the wolf or the wolf of the strength of the bear. What you need is one animal. A lion. Strength, honour, pride, loyalty. A lion is the head of a clan and bestows gifts to those which are loyal to him. Behold, my loyalty to him has granted me with immortalty!" The old man raises his hand and conjours a dagger in his other, then thrusts the dagger into his open hand. When the dagger is removed no blood pours from his hand.
When Magnus II asked the old man how he can learn to be immortal, he laughed, "It can not be learned, but given by the white lion himself, and only to the truest believers of Filaharn, like I."
And to the protest of the Magnus' own priestess he beckened the old man to teach him of Filaharn. When asked about his name he would only say "Zendar".
1499 - A Kingmoot is called upon all the clans. Many Heads of their clans speak to their kin stating they would make the better Highland King, but all paled to the son of Magnus. Cheers roared out as they elected him as their King though they soon came to regret their decision. With his reign came the burning of the old gods and the introduction of Filaharn. Some of the clans imbraced the new faith. Some protested quietly. And those who opposed Filaharn went into hiding or were crucified. Not all hope was lost, as the druids of the old gods saw the future and a champion would be born to fight the dreaded white lion.
In the winter of 1499, Lion Throne scout reported an entire outpost razed to the ground. Reinforcements were sent to investigate and were never heard of again. Weeks later the city of Dublyn, a strategic point for holding the northern clans fell in just a few days. Stories told of a mighty army, led by a boy with the spirit of the bear and the wolf and the hawk, crushing the armies of the White Lion as if they weren't there. More and more brigades were sent to challenge this boy warrior and each time they failed. Soon the only hold the Lion Throne had in the Highlands was the city of Adynburgh, where Magnus II held his seat. Magnus II asked his mentor, Zendar the 4th Deva of Filaharn to bring more aid to stop this devil and so Gunther, Piedmont and Aberdun in the Lowlands began to directly aid in quenching the revolt.