T'Lan'toria

Prologue

The Histories:
Klicch's Tower Library, Chief Historian Litsof Ro'de, Year Two Hundred Five After Reformation-
When men were more primitive, the wilds was a place of high order called T'lan'toria. It was controlled by a council of sorcerers, and enchantresses. No creatures were allowed to enter T'lan'toria without the consent of the council. Every creature in existence in the Wilds currently is a remnant of that time, the time before the Black Enchantresses. When the Black Enchantresses took control of T'lan'toria, the members of the council had to flee. The surviving members dedicated their lives into hiding their existence from the new rulers of T'lan'toria. It was only a matter of time before the Black Enchantresses found the council members. When they were discovered, the Black Enchantresses sealed all the surviving members into a hidden chamber in the mountains. One man, a primitive servant- caught, tamed and taught by a council member- managed to escape back into the world of primitive men. He taught the other men how to speak, how to organize themselves and quickly became their ruler. The Klicch, a direct descendant from that man, rules over all of Nakia.

After defeating the council, the Black Enchantresses had complete control over T'lan'toria. Jealous of any holder of magicks other than themselves, the Enchantresses Three hunted down and enslaved all magical people in the land. We know from early journals recovered dated approximately around year 10 after the reformation that some children were able to escape notice, whether from luck or a higher hand. The number of children that went unnoticed by the Enchantresses is unknown. However we do know the oldest of the group was in his eighteenth year and the youngest was twelve. It is speculated that this group was able to slip through the Enchantresses Three nets by the fact that magic generally only comes periodically throughout adolescence (Flyoddick Taringael, circa 137 AR). Kehate and Tehalia,, the oldest and youngest of the group respectively, led the children to the river Ertia. Ertia stood as one of the ancient barriers between the primitive world and T'lan'toria. (See sketch in appended journal) From what can be gathered in texts and legends, it is safe to say that Ertia was guarded and controlled by Natiar- a creature left from the creation of the world. Natiar was sympathetic to the children's pleas, specifically those of Tehalia's. Natiar agreed to create a small sanctuary, an island called Isthos on the condition that the children agree to help guard and protect Ertia. Many years passed and the group noticed that T'lan'toria was becoming unruly, it was becoming what we now call the Wilds. It was quickly after this, according to Griswok the First Historian's account, that Natiar told the group that he was being called back as was the river and the old land. Natiar then instructed Kehate and Tehalia to take the remainder of the children and leave the island.

With Natiar gone and the landscape changing quickly around them, the now grown children broke apart and spread across what used to be T'lan'toria, searching for new homes and if at all possible- old faces. According to most early scholars, it was at this point that T'lan'toria became lost and the Wilds was born.