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A/N: This is a story from my Dungeons and Dragons world: Gaea. I will start off with a short history and then the story of Sean Heartfang, Father Jacob Hans, Neliel "Nel" Nammal, and Erik Shade will begin. Thanks for reading. Yes Neliel is a name from Bleach (which I don't own) and she even looks a little like Nel but she is a character of my own design.
The History of the world of Gaea
Gaea was born an inconceivable number of years ago, brought into being by the Immortal Six, Ishtishia, Kossuth, Grumbar, Akadi, Jeral, and Rithune, the gods and goddesses of Water, Fire, Earth, Chaos and Order respectively. The Six gathered their power and forged the material plane of Gaea as a last refuge from the wars of the pantheons of their followers on the planes of Faerun and Ebberron.
Millennia passed and, despite The Six's best efforts, other gods and goddesses came to Gaea, some staying and some visiting: Boccob, God of Magic, Corellon Larethian and his elves, Garl Glittergold and his gnomes, Gruumush and his orcs, Moradin and his dwarves, Yondalla and her halflings. Others were created by the mortals that inhabited Gaea: Souren, Guardian of the Forest, Ragna, Queen of Slaughter and her brother Rok, Prince of Shadows, Vasha, Goddess of Retribution, Koll, God of Death, Heresh, The Trickster. Others still were born of other deities: Allrand, the Golden Blade son of Heironious, his cousin Ziric the Black son of Hextor, Mara, daughter of Kord, and many, many others.
The wars once again possessed their world and The Six despaired. Unable to forsake their followers and unwilling to participate in these senseless battles, they fled to their domains to aide their followers as best as they could.
Wars raged and Empires rose and fell just as it is in other worlds, the rise and fall of Chandalar the first elven empire, the destruction of Fellmore, a human kingdom that replicated Chandalar's shadow portal experiment and brought into being The Blighted Lands and many others just as powerful and just as foolish.
Distracted by the troubles of their followers, the deities of Gaea forgot their battles except those joined on the material world. Unfortunately, the twin gods Ragna and her brother Rok saw their chance to seize ultimate power, to usurp the other gods and goddesses and gain total control of Gaea for themselves.
Towards this end, they created a race of their own, combining the characteristics of men and wolves in to the Garou. The Garou served as the bulk of the armies of the twins, though they gathered strength and other followers quickly.
For nearly six centuries, Ragna and Rok were unstoppable. Their armies turned aside every force brought against them; the shear power of the Garou was enough to ravage even the mightiest of kingdoms.
In the end, it was the Garou that turned the tide of the war. Sick of being used, they turned on their creators, driving back the demonic hordes of The Twins. Karath Heartfang, leader of the Garou, Kithara Moongem, Queen of the Silver Island elves, Ulrich saer Doran, King of the Southlands, and Morik Drugenhost, High King of the Dwarven Empire lead the charge into The Twin's fortress and there, aided by the Immortal Six, they slew Rok and imprisoned Ragna, ending The War of The Twins.
Centuries have come and gone since that fateful day…
Now a new peril has revealed itself…
And an old evil is stirring in its confinement…
Heroes both old and new will stand against the gathering dark, but only time will tell whether or not they can prevail against the shadows falling all around them………