Hi everyone. So this is a new story I am making called "To Do Right Again." There was another story I'm working on, but I just felt more hyped on this cuz its fantasy and I like fantasies. This fanfic is also influenced by my first DnD campaign I did around 2 years ago, so there are a bit of references to some of the elements from the campaign I did (3rd ed. if anyone is wondering). I'm also gonna explain those at the end of the chapters, plus other trivia stuff. :)
This is a prelude to the actual story - like a history lesson. This just helps having it up now than later. You do not have to read this for the story (or maybe not now) but it does relate to it and it'll help much later in the story.
I hope you'll enjoy "To Do Right Again." Until next time. (\(^^)
There are 5 lands that were once have been a united land till it was split apart by the world's creator. These lands became to be known as the following: Aracnus, Dysnei, Maiz, Ottava, and Gredwo. As a sign of each land's creation and independence, each person born under any one of the lands bears that land's symbol also known as the signal tattoo. Aracnus, known for power and guidance, bore a purple great sword with a black slash circling around the weapon; Dysnei, known for experience and growth, bore an intricate blue mandala with a star in the middle; Maiz, known for time and harvest, bore a green bird with 2 grain strands crisscrossing behind it; Ottava, known for chance and harmony, bore a combination of a treble and bass clef in yellow; Gredwo, known for peace and defense, bore a red triton within a tree.
Our story begins long, long ago with the people of Gredwo against its neighbors, the people of Aracnus. No one knew the reason for the conflict; throughout the time of war Gredwo could not handle the strong offense of Aracnus' soldiers, but Aracnus could never penetrate Gredwo's natural defenses. The two were in a standstill until Gredwo somehow began to slowly crumple against the might of Aracnus as time passed on.
When all hope was seemingly lost in Gredwo, a pair of twins known as Elios and Mistraee were determined to end everything. They were able to board onto an enemy ship in one of the cargo boxes and arrived at the capital of Aracnus, Umbra. Elios and Mistraee, disguised as northern nomadic bards, began to live their life in Aracnus to learn more about the mysterious land's culture. After a year, however, a guard to one of the 4 land's rulers found Elios and Mistraee as people from Gredwo . The guard saw Mistraee's signal tattoo and took her to his lord's domain; Mistraee, desperate to save her brother, hid Elios after putting him to sleep and deliberately let herself be caught.
Some say that after Elios and Mistraee were separated, the twins had met the nature folk, messengers of the world's creator, in their dreams; others say the world creator itself appeared before the two before the unfortunate string of events. However, the moment Elios woke up, according to every bard and chief of every village in Gredwo and Aracnus after the war, they stated that Elios was surrounded and aided by floating orbs of light known to be later as faeries.
They told everyone in song, books, or orally that as Elios began to search for his sister he took down each stronghold of Aracnus through the aid of the faeries, as they granted him immense powers of nature and light. Some say he was not Elios, and instead was a different animal within each nightfall of his journey. Mistraee, on the other hand, was forced to entertain Aracnus' rulers for they could not execute her for her fathomable beauty. This, some say, allowed Mistraee to not only improve her dancing and singing, but also connect with her brother through the elemental forces around us all thanks to the nature folk.
Eventually, in 3 nights under the witness of the crescent moon, Gredwo won the war against Aracnus the day Elios and the faeries reunited with Mistraee. The first night, Elios and Mistraee, reunited and destroyed Mistraee's prison hold. The second night, the twins and the faeries gathered an enormous army of rebels and other living kind against Aracnus' army after comquering one of the largest cities of Aracnus. Finally, on the third night, Elios and Mistraee made a surprise pincer attack on Aracnus' army with the help of the Gredwo army, and the wins clashed with the all 4 grand rulers of Aracnus. With the defeat of the Aracnus' army, the twins headed back to Gredwo and presented the rulers with a body part of each Aracnus ruler as proof of victory.
Over 300 years have pass since the Gredwo-Aracnus war. Both lands came under a peace treaty and slowly reformed bonds as the twins had hope; if you squint at this relationship, however, you can still see distraught and uncertainty every now and then. When the twins came back to Gredwo, they oversaw their hometown, Mai, and every other town that surrounded Mai as the province rulers. This province, after Elios and Mistraee's death, later came to be known as Eilistraee, with Mai as its center. Gredwo was finally at peace with its new rulers, the house of Utoniums, until one fateful event…
Trivia: Eilistraee is based on a deity from Dungeons and Dragons (DnD) - the goddess of song, dance, hunting and the moon of the same name.
In the DnD world, Eilistraee led what's left of her kind, the Drows, away from the influence of her evil mother, the goddess Lolth. She was free-spirited and kind, who thought that those who fell into darkness can return to the light and sought to return to the surface from their cavern dwellings. Much of the general vision of the Eilistraee province and its people is based on Eilistraee's teachings and beliefs of unity and peace for all races and folk kind.