West Continent/Background Story Proposals

This is the page for proposing a background story for the continent which is codenamed West Continent at the moment. Please add your story below following the format.

Story Submitted by Marc J.

How about we combine some of these ideas? It's a huge continent, we can get away with having more then one story! How about using the one old King who separates his kingdom amongst his three sons for the bottom part, (where that island is).

The King ruled the coasts of both major islands from his island capital until he died. He then gave his oldest son the western coast, his middle son the eastern coast and gave the capital to the youngest son.

That would take care of the bottom... how about for the middle to the top of western island the back story is that:

5 tribes all grew into a concise realm at around the same time. Thus, all had to at lest acknowledge each other's presence. However, over the years, ancient disputes over water rights, animal poaching and some "failed" marriages have soured their relations to the point of almost certain war.

Hmm, time for the eastern island...

An evil king based in his palace by the sea, (that city at the top of the map) made a fortress in the mountains, (that city/stronghold in the mountains) and attempted to crush the wandering Bedouins of the desert and the natives of the forest. Eventually, the natives and Bedouins banded together and managed to beat the King's armies back to the fortress in the mountains. Yadda, yadda, yadda... history unfolds, the natives and Bedouins learn government, agriculture, letters, education... and several realms rise up. One, in the forest headed by the natives, another in the desert, led by the Bedouins and one created on the outskirts of the fortress in the mountains created by both the natives and the Bedouins. Soon, the evil King dies and leaves the northern part of his Kingdom to his youngest son and sends his oldest son down to the fortress to continue the war against those kingdoms. The younger son wishes to live in peace with the natives/Bedouins, but the older brother wants to wipe them out.

The islands in the middle where the result of increased trading and shipping across the (lake? channel? ocean? what's the correct terminology here?). As the years pass, several merchants set up communities where they "keep" their wives and children so they can see them twice as often compared to only when they get into port, (they can see them no matter which way they go). And, as everyone knows, where women go, shops follow. Soon, communities spring up and after that, crude forms of government. The early government organized a large navy for the protection of the merchants, (whose survival they depended on) and paid for it with moderate tariffs. Some of the merchants stopped trading and decided to by land on the islands. Yadda, yadda, yadda, the government grows to include land rights, soon other rights and responsibilities grow, trading and intelligence in trading becomes important skills, the wealthy merchant class and the land owning class comes into conflict...

Submitted by Roman

A great nation centered around Port Nebel rose to power as the influence of the old Garin Empire in the north waned. The two went to war and slowly the Nebellians gained the upperhand. The small nations of the southern parts of both islands realized this new power could end them. They prayed to their gods for days asking for a gift to save them. When the white sails of new explorers came over the horizon they rejoiced. Using the knowledge of the outside world as a reassuring secret weapon the armies of the Southern Nations as they called themselves marched north to keep all they knew safe from the invaders...

Submitted by The Himoura Family

In the dark city Nightmarch rules a tyrant. He came to power when he led a revolt against his father after elaborately framing him for an unjust war with the nation's neibhors. The tyrannical son took power and for a time people were content. The tyrant was not satisified with just ruling however, he wanted more. He prayed to his demonic gods and was granted a vision. He began to oppress his people far worse than before, enslaving many and forcing them to construct a great statue of him in Dragon Song. However, harsh conditions lead to a large slave revolt. The tyrant was furious and gave one slave to all his soldieres. On his command, 9,ooo people were murdered all at the single command of one man.

Submitted by The Shenron Clan

In the lands of West Continent. The Three Kingdoms, Gorinar, Aethil and Karas. Eac very religous realm gor ready for war as they each lead their army to battle. Eventually Aethil was destroyed because it was mainy in the middle leaving Karas and Gorinar each with an Island for themselves. TSince it was hard getting to each it other. They started to have internal problems. Rebellion started breaking out in each realm. So the realms signed a peace treaty to deal with their own problems. They were both destroyed leaving several little realms left there but the religions still remained, Goranism, Falasius Aethilius and Ryou Karasa. These religions formerly of the great kingdoms fed throughout the small realms and cause the trouble. Until the realms formed their own versions of the religions and that's when the fighting began again over who was the right religion. There was of course people not out there for religous reasons but that's the fighting started.

Submitted by Robert Wilson and the Twinblade Family

A mighty kingdom carved out in the shape of a diamond stood tall in the west. The Magnificent overlooming capital of Flowrestrom protected the coast, the steadfast stronghold of Balance's Retreat kept the saftey of the Southern Divide from lands beyond, the eloquent city of Understrom protecting the people on the western boarder while a village of fierce warriors, Caiyun, protected the people in the north. The king, a elegant man, yet a feroucious warrior, weilding two long blades of sapphire kept his hand of wisdom upon the people, and guided them through peace and prosperity as well as times of war and poverty. He was a humble man, yet the people respected him, respected his wisdom, as he was a man of morality, that upkept moral principles not only thoughout his lands, but throughout the land surrounding his own. And he would upkeep them through terms of peace or at the point of a lance, whichever the offeneder would choose. And the kingdom prospered under his rule, but alas, peace could never last. Rouges from the Desert of Silhouettes supported by reinforcements from the deomonic inhabitants of Sallowtown launched an invasion in the southern half of the Kingdom, and the steady and strong and the warriors of Caiyun, mighty as they are, could no longer hold off the invading hordes from Donghaiwei. The time had come, it was time to end the threat of the hordes of Donghaiwei and the demonic inhabitants of Sallowtown. They would fall before the Kings feet in submission or perish in thier ignorance.