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A brief history:

The Golden Ages was the first age of Igros. Then the world was a barren wasteland where demons roamed freely. Down from heaven came the Order of the Avalon and they did gaze at the demons. Llunna, Avalon of the Heavens and Chief Avalon, turned to his brothers and sisters and said to them, 'behold Igros and all its chaos. I ask thee is this where the fate of man shall live? Come now and assist me to bring order and justice to this unjust land.'
Qullkin, Avalon of Fire and the Fore, stepped forward and said to his elder brother, 'the darkest shadows lie in the west. To banish it completely Llunna we shall need a weapon of pure light that can cast away the evil.'
Llunna then turned to one of his three sisters Lunias, Avalon of the Heart and Soul, and said to her, 'to forge such a weapon we will need all the powers of the Order of the Avalon.'
'We shall aid thee Llunna,' Lunias replied. The seven Avalon then formed a circle and behold they did in fact create a sword. The hilt was greater then any other that would be made. The blade was white and it was named the Celestial Sword.

Male Avalon
Llunna: Chief Avalon and Avalon of the heavens
Qullkin: Avalon of fire and forge
Diablen: Avalon of the Dead
Monthor: Avalon of the Shadows
Female Avalon
Lunias: Avalon of the heart and soul
Angllia: Avalon of the ocean
Melkey: Avalon of life

Qullkin took the Celestial Sword and placed a spell over it so when in the hands of the Chosen of Celestial the blade shines gold. Qullkin placed the sword in a pedestal and Anglli, Avalon of the ocean, and Melkey, Avalon of life, built a might temple around it and named it the Temple of the Avalon and made three pendants as the only way into the temple.

And so it came to pass that Serrago was filled with anger and rage and hatred for the Order of the Avalon for they wanted to destroy the control Serrago had on Igros. Serrago went to Angllia, the Avalon of the ocean, and said to her, 'Angllia I know that you have in your grasp a pendant to the Temple of the Avalon. Hand it to me and all shall be spared.'

'I shall do no such thing Serrago,' Angllia replied. At with that Serrago beheaded her and took the pendant and ate it. The pendant was then fused with his heart and gave Serrago power over all. Monthor, Avalon of the shadows, and Diablen, Avalon of the dead, learned of this and when they witnissed the power Serrago unleashed the two ate the remaining pendants and became servants for the dark Lord. With two Avalo in his command Serrago sent forth demons to destroy the Temple of the Avalon but Qullkin and Melkey with the angels of Avalon defeated the army of demons beginning the thousand year war, the Angelic-Demonic War.

Finally it came to pass that Qullkin forged lesser swords from blue cielo crystals that were vitrually unbreakable and can cut through almost anything. Qullkin, along with the powers of Llunna, then brought forth five beings and gave them the cielo sabers and they became the paladin sages. They were given great powers and with those five the rule of Serrago over Igros was ending.

Llunna went to Darkice and faced down Serrago whose power surpassed Llunna's. Diablen and Monthor assisted Serrago but if not for the timely arrival of Qullkin, Lunias, and Melkey Llunna would have been slain. Lunias and Melkey slew Monthor and retrieved the pendant from his heart. Qullkin slew Diablen and took the pendant from his heart but died in the process. Llunna threw Serrago and chains and took from Serrago's heart the last pendant while Serrago still lived and with that Llunna threw Serrago into the Black Hole in Mount Vovlian. The Gold Ages ended with the downfall of Serrago.

The Silver Ages came to be with the first catlons appearing in the Grand Forest. Catlons resemble human women but they have cat like ears and cat like tails. The catlons were created from the image of Lunias who was said to be the fairest being ever. The catlons did live peacefully in the Grand Forest and east of that Llunna created the race of man. Llunna gave man something catlons or any other race had and that would be their strong will and determination. Man built the city Trece on the eastern banks of the Getian River.

Far in the west the dark grip of Serrago effected the five paladin sages as they built the Paladin Temple in Ethian and one by one they fell into shadow and darkness. With those five the dark Lord's reign existed and with them came the dai-orks. They resemble human man but more massive, dark green in color, yellow sharp teeth, and red piercing eyes. The dai-orks were all filled with anger and rage and wished to lay ruin to the Grand Forest.

And it did come to pass and so the dai-orks attacked the Grand Forest in the year 220 of the Silver Ages and they attacked without mercy for they knew none. The ancient catlons, that resembled more of a panther at the time, fought back but after seven years of fighting the ancient catlons were defeated. Some were kidnapped by the dai-orks and bred with them to give birth to a new race called the forrtu catlons. Their teeth are sharp and their skin is darker then the ancient catlons and they were given the rage of the dai-orks.

The remaining ancient catlons fled east to Trece and lived with the race of man for a time being. From men came the woodrow catlons or catlons for they are the modern catlons today and the race with larger numbers. The woodrow catlons existed along side man for nearly three hundred years until finally they departed east and started to live in the woods like the ancient catlon race but some catlons did stay with men.

Together the dai-orks and forrtu catlons attacked Trece but the alliance of men and catlons together pushed back the foes to the shadowy land of Darkice. For six years man and catlon alike fought in the lands of Darkice until finally the grip of Serrago's was no more and the dai-orks and forrtu catlons left Darkice and fled to different parts of Igros. With that started a new age for man for the shadows were gone for a time.

Man expanded Trece across the Getian River and even begun to build many more villages. The greatest of which was at the foot of the Mystic Mountains where Gandra was built named after the first king of man King Delphi Gandra. Seven villages were made and they all were one kingdom named Gandriar. Some men went south to build Hyerland since it was high up in the hills. More and more villages were built in the south until finally they refused to be ruled by Gandriar and they became Hyland.

Gandriar attacked Hyland beginning the Igrian Civil War. It was the bravery of the Hylanders that drove out the Gandriar soldiers and won their freedom. In the west the kingdoms of Toran and Maldarian came to be and east came the kingdoms of Uplia and Uplian and Sillow. To the south came Fongon and Grediuum and Bethal. These eight kingdoms had wars with one another countless times and none ever won when attacking.

It wasn't until King Remiul of Gandriar raised the white flag and called forth the kings of the other seven kingdoms. They came to agree with each other that their way was wrong and so they ceased to be eight and became the United Nations of Igros. Now the kingdoms fell and became a republic serving the better good of the people. Over the next twenty years more kingdoms joined the union including Floridan, Illones, Caltor, and even Silici. With the growing force of the union some wanted to leave.

They traveled south along the Getian until passing Silence Woods and built Marton. Marton was owned by the union but more and more people came to Marton and then they built Merrierton where many catlons came out of Silence Woods to wonder about and then to the south they built Mayton.

With all these things the United Nations of Igros lacked a leader and the newly formed senate demanded one. So they elected their first president Robert E. Lee who was a strong and wise military leader. Lee kept the peace of the union with compromises and even settled terrible conflicts between man and catlon peacefully and without war. And so ended the Silver Ages after three thousand years of advancement and begun the Bronze Age.

The Bronze Age started when the three villages; Marton, Mayton, and Merrierton demanded to be its own nation. Gandriar refused and so begun the Gandriar-Gravince War which ended when the king of Gandriar finally saw the determination they had and declared them a free nation. Gravince did not join the union until the year 118 which was over a hundred years later.

With the growing force of the Paladin Temple at Ethian and now dozens of trained paladins the union is safer with their great task force. Some consider the paladins as a threat to inforce order and stop rebellion while other see them as the warriors of truth and justice. It is the year 215 of the Bronze Age at the moment and peace has faded from Igros as more and more dai-orks and belves, they resemble wolves but the size of bears and have black or brown fur, continue to raid villages and attack the catlons in the forest.
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That is the end of the brief history (prolong to some). So with all said and done I have but one question:

1.) What do you think the story is going to be about?