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Teutonian Ancestors

Found among other paperwork, Autumn 1124 Before the coming of civilised man to Teutonia, there were two sister ancestors – Sithis and Vouivre. Sithis was the eldest and when she came into the world she went off by herself to raise a mighty church of faithful. In those times ancestors walked the earth in the…

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Blackfire Stories of Trinity Reach

Librarian note: Submitted by the Ironhold, May 1124 Preface Recorded here are a compilation of the scattered histories of the Blackfire family, both documented and spoken. While ironic that a house of Adaranites could have lost so much history, let this record be a bulwark that defends against ignorance of our own identity. –Brundin Blackfire,…

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The Oni of Siam

The Unicorn Faction library holds very little on Nihon. Unicorn traders have covered all of the Heartlands and often a little beyond, but their forays into Nihon have given them no information about the Siam. Lady Rowan obtained us access to the Great Library that has a lot more information on Nihon, and we found…

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A Graecian creation myth

The Creation of the World and of Men In the beginning there was only Khaos, the sweet Air that filled the nothingness, very first, there from the beginning of time. She spent an eternity swirling in the void until eventually, finally, she grew lonely. By her will she swelled and brought forth Erebos, the Darkness,…

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Beastmen Creation Myth

In the beginning there was the First, a being who created the world, filled the sky with stars and covered the hills with trees. This being, scooped up mud from the rivers and made fish out of them, it scattered soil from the plains over the land to form the many animals and plants. Then…

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A Midwinter Message from King Wyndrake Pendragon

On the night of the birth of Arthur and Morgana, in the heart of winter, it is said that a great fog covered the lands of Albion. Some say that this was the work of the Merlyn, who had risen that night from his slumber to claim his payment from Uther for the works he had done in securing his throne….

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The Apple of Winter – a Midwinter Message from King Wyndrake

A transcript of the first Midwinter Message delivered by His Majesty King Wyndrake: Greetings to you all from the Palace at Winchester – I come to you tonight to wish you a happy Yuletide. Though we may be far apart, let us be as one – those who call Albion home, draw close. I bring…

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A Song of Light & Darkness

(Also known as “The Lament of Brother Paul”) In the days following Aries defection to the darkness of Erebus, a great tempest of shadow and demonic creatures erupted from the darkness below the waves and began to consume the island of Gallow. Cygnus– already banished due to his forbidden love of the priestess Cassiopeia despite…

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Concerning the Preferred Teas of several Knights of the Round Table

Concerning the Preferred Teas of several Knights of the Round Table – Letter from Dunamace Strongarm of Eaton, Nord-Draco Herald-Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary, Royal College of Heralds Lord Echo, I confess this is one of the stranger topics of research I have been asked to consult upon. The heraldic aspect, I very much understand….

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Arthur’s Quests

Prologue It was during the gap between the first and second ages of Camelot, that shining beacon of Albion, based in Glastonbury Tor, in Cornwall, that Arthur came to make his quest into the mists and assault the city of Arcadia… By this time, my liege was a bitter, cynical man, who had expended much…

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