The Beginning: Story1
Azarath now had no need to fear their past rulers, the violence and slaughter was brought to a end. The Gods, along with their champions, build marvelous cities and empires from the wastelands of Azarath. Nosgoth, Artines, Munari City, Galdyr, Hopiris, and Sharaman were just a few great kingdoms that arose from the land of Azarath. One of the greatest of all empires known in Azarath gained the most respect out of the land, Halassar. The ruler of this fine empire wasn't a king but a God, Lahara. Lahara was praised by the Azarathians for her love and compassion toward all that inhabited of the land. She was the one who made the wastelands of Azarath bloom with gorgeous life. After the war, the gods separated from one another to rule kingdoms as one of their own. Lahara however wasn't as greedy as the other Gods. The gods demanded respect and honor for themselves by the people they chose to rule. Lahara just wanted her people to be happy with their newly formed life. She made lush forests, massive rivers, and wondrous sites all across Azarath. Her power for this was locked in tree, a tree that Lahara made with blood, sand, twigs, and an eye. This formidable tree was named the Tree of Eleh and was the life long bond that kept kingdoms together. The Tree of Eleh held life and death within its branches, as to the sole provider for the Azarath nature. Azarathians praised this tree in advance that the main Gods felt angered. Six of the greatest gods that formed Azarath started to compromise a way to destroy the tree. The Elder God, ruler of the sea and all other Gods, knew that a god or mortal couldn't destroy the tree. Only a being of evil and hatred could cause the tree to shrivel, the being had to be a Demon. Sareena, the Goddess of war, Artemis, the Goddess of knowledge and wonder, and Shao Kahn, God of death and darkness, pulled a demon from the locked underworld. The gods promised this demon that he would be allowed to live in Azarath if he was to destroy the Tree of Eleh. They gave the demon the power of the winds and darkness, with this the demon turned into the Tempest. The Tempest, without any hesitation, ripped the mighty tree out of the ground and swallowed it in its storm clouds. The Tempest was egger to kill Luhara's people too but was warned by the Gods not to over do his freedom. Lahara was heartbroken for the lost of her beloved tree. Her powers slowly faded away and the one of the greatest honored Goddesses died. Before her death she told the land that she will come back in a thousand years as a reborn child to for fill the her prophesy of the tree. She also informed that three powerful warriors would soon rise a few years after her birth. These three warriors would be the only hope of saving Azarath if something was to happen. She again for told the future saying that there may be a huge change in Azarath's history, what ever the cause, these three warriors would have the greatest adventures ever for told. Sadly this news didn't lift the sadness, it would be over a millennium before they would see their beloved Goddess and the events she predicted. Many kingdoms broke apart after the death and wars between them rose once more. Battles forced the smaller Gods to brake apart and support the ones the rule. The six main Gods never took responsibility for the hell they unleashed; yet they choose to stay out of sides. Soon these battles turned from unacceptable anger to fights for land and power. Even the great empire of Halassar was corrupted by greed to take land and power. Halassar fought against the ruler of Galdyr, Imarbeth, for the land his kingdom owned. Over powered by the forces of Halassar, Galdyr lost huge amounts of land from its kingdom. Still wars against other empires rose in different reasons for themselves. Munari City fought against Hopiris for their lack of Gods and beliefs, while Nosgoth fought against Torna, a city of half blood Demons. Many kingdoms seeked help from Sparda and Krondos, but were rejected because the two Demons refused to fight over hatful things. For years the battles were fought over many the certain kingdoms, until one event changed all. The birth of a child that had the mark of Lahara was said to have been found in Halassar. This was the child that the Goddess Lahara said would be her reborn spirit in a thousand years. The news of the birth of the child postponed remaining wars going on. Azarathians crowd the country from all empires to see the Reborn Goddess that was told would be born. Yet comfort was in little supply, over the years many kingdoms lost interest in Lahara or her prophesy. The new ruler of Galdyr, Azraman II, had no feelings what so ever for this event. He cared more about revenge for his past fathers and his kingdom against Halassar. Even the ocean city of Munari lost its interests, for they had changed in many ways in beliefs and in their physical features. Still Halassar and a few other kingdoms honored the child and hoped to make her the ruler of Halassar. Sudama Kir, the ruler of Halassar and a strong believer in Lahara's Prophesy, took over the child and raised her as the new ruler of Halassar. The people of Azarath named her Arella, The Goddess Lahara Reborn.