Mar 18, 2011

INTRODUCTION


Both Kalluf and Andigo are born into free farmers families, in areas outside of control of any city-state or petty kingdom. You live on large peninsula known as Ung among other names where cities are on the south and to the lesser extent on the east and the west shore, while the middle of the peninsula is wilder and north without almost any human presence. Falco is born into a shipowners family on a island of Guna.

People live in about 20 city-states on Ung, which together cover about 30% of the landmass, while free farmers and several barbarian tribes claim the same percentage in the middle Ung. The rest is either uninhabited, uncharted or in possession of Evil, as there are more than 100 identified hotspots on Ung, at least as old sayings go, and it is probably correct estimate as every city-state has at least two witches, sea-monsters, harpies or whatever right on its borders. As I said earlier, Evil things are almost untouchable in their liars, but they also rarely venture to attack humans far from their strongholds, so they are mostly black areas on the map which are to be avoided.

Kalluf`s farm was destroyed in a raid by a vengeful barbarian tribe, which happens from time to time, as relations between free farmers and the barbarians have ups and downs. He was than taken by neighbors, and raised properly in a large community of free trappers and hunters, all civilized people who left their native city-states not willing to pay taxes. Kalluf quickly grew into a mighty ranger and fighter, and than decided to try to live in a city for a while, as he had enough money from trading hides and furs to buy a house, and was hoping to get a job in growing port facilities of Kimio, a fast growing coast town, because he have heard that strong warriors are very well paid in the Self-defence force, created to protect the port from pirates.

Falco`s life was more-less pleasant and interesting as he was growing up on Guna, learning about trade and ships, until when he was 15 when he was following his father on a long journey and one night decided to leave for a few hours, but he fell into trouble and couldn't`t return for five days, when ship was long gone. After five years in different countries where he was mostly thieving he managed to get home where he realized he is not anymore in any succession plans and that life there is much more boring than he remembered. He stole family jewels and started his own business in trading with pirates he met on his voyages, reselling stolen goods in towns and cities in Ung, pretending to be a rich merchant. But after another three years he became a well known figure in many places and had to flee from arrest several times.

Andigo`s story is much rougher. He lived before age 10 in a beautiful settings of a house in the woods, as parents were farmers living of a lovely small garden, away from other peopple. Later Andigo realized that they were so well off as 50 gardens couldn't provide, and that he never knew really much about his muscular father and his stunning mother. Anyway, after he turned 11 weird accidents started to occur, and parents were visibly shaken, as Andigo heard them planing to send his baby sister away. But one accident (never involving Andigo himself, just parents) eventually took life of his father. After that, mother became lethargic and one day Andigo found only burnt out remains of his house - one last accident. So he set off wondering with his dog Phoenix, always going from trouble to trouble and bringing misery to people around him. He soon accepted that he is cursed and stayed away from humans, watching stars, collecting herbs for a living and philosophizing about his fate.

Their stories cross in a town of Kimio where Kalluf is frustrated as he almost spent all his savings and still cant get local nobles to accept him in the anti piracy force, because they say he has to live five years in the town to get residency, but he knows it is just a game to make him either work as a guard not for salary but as a dependent servant or marry ugly doughier of one of the nobles. In the meantime, Andigo, who was living on the edge of the town was accused of causing a ship to sink by means of evil spells, and he is to be trown off the cliff in a few days as an offering to the gods. Falco came to Kimio as he heard that on of his kis, mighty warrior Daleanus is traveling with Lord Xendex, one of present living heroes, trough Kimio on some epic quest. He wants to talk to his cousin to see if there is any way for him to be accepted back in the family as he more than multiplied what he stole, but is now a wanted man.

This is two years before the time in which we begin the game, when your characters were level 2, before Kalluf acquired monster-hunter, Andigo arcist nad Falco nightblade level. We will first play the prologue, which will set some themes, give you a chance to make some small success or mistakes which will affect the future, and talk a little to some characters. You cannot die in the prologue.

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