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- | [[World|Back to main World page]] | + | ===== Resh ===== |
- | ==== Resh ==== | + | === Common Knowledge |
- | The dead lands. | + | |
- | worshipped the Sumerian gods who were slain by the Godslayer. | + | |
- | entire culture is destroyed. | + | |
+ | Before the wars, Resh was a highly isolated kingdom ruled by a theocracy that worshipped | ||
+ | the [[Babylonian]] gods. They considered outsiders to be dangerous and eschewed contact | ||
+ | as much as possible. | ||
+ | nation relatively safe. | ||
- | [[World|Back to main World page]] | + | When [[Backbone]] fell to the Orc armies in 1098, hundreds of thousands of people were |
+ | displaced. | ||
+ | this travel and so fled to Resh on foot. A combination of the great marshland (where | ||
+ | Lizardfolk live) and Resh's isolationism whittled those refugees down to a bare minimum. | ||
+ | But even that small number was enough to nudge the nation to adopt a more friendly | ||
+ | attitude toward outsiders. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Then, in 1104, [[neville|a mysterious hero]] arrived who defeated a group of evil cultists | ||
+ | who were intent on summoning the Godslayer | ||
+ | operated in secret without the citizens of Resh even being aware of their presence. | ||
+ | |||
+ | While the hero died in the fight, he disrupted the cult enough that the Resh populace | ||
+ | was able to stamp them out for good. A statue was erected in honor of this mysterious | ||
+ | hero. And since his name was unknown, they simply named him " | ||
+ | |||
+ | After the chaos of the cult, it was revealed that the ruling theocracy had lost its | ||
+ | powers. | ||
+ | form of government and helped open the society to the outside world. | ||
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+ | === Expert Knowledge === | ||
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+ | The theocracy lost its powers because the [[Godslayer]] killed the entire [[Babylonian]] pantheon. | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Hidden Knowledge === | ||
+ | |||
+ | The hero who saved the city was a little-known adventurer named [[Neville]] who was granted | ||
+ | the ability to travel through time by [[Parádoxa]], the Lord of Time. His exploits resulted | ||
+ | in a significant alteration of the time stream -- saving the nation not only from the cultists | ||
+ | but also from total destruction. | ||
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