Valterrian
From Mizahar Lore
Abstract
Referred to as Mizahar's Cataclysm, some scholars say it was the darkest day in Mizaharian history. Others say it was fated, for the new world that rose out of the old human empire consumed the living and reforged a new stronger realm for life to truly branch out and flourish. The Valterrian was the events that transpired on BV/AV 0 when the Emperor Galifer Odahal slew the Queen of Alahea, Kova, in a fit of rage on their wedding day when he found out she was not 'pure'. Kova's lover, The God Ivak, was swift in his rage, and unleashed a fury upon Suvathat caused a Divine Djed war among the Gods and Goddess themselves which nearly destroyed Mizahar. Now, new races thrive and spread out even as humanity struggles to rebuild and reestablish themselves. Sylira, a new nation born out of the old Suvan Empire and Alahea Empire, now rises to prominence collecting the war tossed humanity and rebuilding government. Joining it is Cyphrus and Eyktol in the east, and Falyndar, Kalea, and Taldera in the west.
Mizahar's Cataclysm ~ What Exactly Happened?
For thousands of years, Mizahar was divided into two main nations - Alahea in the east and Suvan in the west. While there was never truly peace, the two nations enjoyed uneasy relations, trade, and the occasional war that gained or lost either side territory. Suvan was united under the iron-fisted rule of the Odalah Family Dynasty. Born not of nobility, but from more common barbarian stock, it was said the entire bloodline infused their rise to power with an unparalleled bloodbath that resulted in the increasing dominance of Suvan over Alahea. Galifer Odalah, Suvan's Emperor and the last great warlord of Mizarhar, became betrothed to Aleah's young Queen Kova Nivar Symkanta in Alahea's last ditch effort to settle the war and promote peace through a united empire. Queen Kova's father had died during a battle in one of the last conflicts between the two nations before a marriage was announced and peace brokered. Emperor Galifer was notoriously ruthless, rather than tolerate dissent he simply eliminated it in a seemingly endless bloodbath of public trials and executions. These executions weren't limited to individuals neither. Entire towns and cultures fell to the Emperor Odalah's verdicts.
The Wedding was to take place in Suvan's capital city Suva which was set in almost the exact northern center of the continent of Mizahar. It was an epic celebration with its festivities planning to run a full month or longer. Suvan hosted Alahea's forces, and for the first time peace seemed assured. The ceremony went off without incident, but upon Queen Kova's wedding night her new husband discovered he wasn't her first lover and flew into an unprecedented rage where he nearly killed her with his violence. His sentence for her crime was swiftly carried out. Chaining her naked to the city gates, her crime painted in her own blood across her bare chest, she was left as a symbol of why Suvan would always dominate Alahea. Queen Kova was much beloved by her people, and violence almost immediately erupted between the foreign forces within the city.
However, one factor the Emperor didn't take into account was who Kova's lover was. In those days, the Gods roamed the lands freely and warred almost as much as the people. Kova's crime was loving the God Ivak a being of enormous power whos dominion included several forms of power, especially those of volcanism and fire. And when she was lead shamefully through the city and chained to its gates for the Suvan citizens to stone, her fate was sealed in a painful death almost immediately. Ivak realized too late what was happening, and though she was only a mortal,, his rage knew no bounds. And though Queen Kova never cried out once, protested her charges, or begged for her life, Ivak reacted swiftly. His actions set off a series of events that resulted in the total destruction of the city of Suvan, its nation, and Alahea as well. Gods reacted to Gods and before anyone could gain control, Suva and Alahea's war spilled over into the heavens and resulted in the complete and utter reshaping of the continent of Mizahar.
Where the city of Suva stood proudly in the nation of Suvan, now stands an enormous inland sea named for the very nation it now flooded. Ivak's enemies used his inattention to strike, and while he was busy destroying Suva in his rage and grief they united together to take him down. Fire erupted. Djed ran wild across the land, and the two great nations lost almost the entirety of their citizenry in one short time. Nothing was left unaffected. Those that survived did so out of luck or planning, often taking to the subterranean depths to escape the war of the heavens. The face of the land, its flora and fauna, even its very nature changed.
Five generations pasted. The first and second generations withstood the ravages below ground or in isolated locations throughout Mizahar. The third generation emerged and began to take stock, while the fourth generation began to rebuild. Now, however, is the fifth generation of human life after the Valterrian... the sundering of the world. Life isn't easy. Life isn't simple. But the landscape is wild, open, filled with riches and dangers in equal measures. Opportunities and dangers abound. This generation has the ability to restore order, change their lives for the better, and harness the second chance for what it is; a gift and a curse. They did not cause the Valterrian, they only live with the results. And the life they make isn't an easy one. It's instead an enormous struggle; rewarding and epic. This generation, moreso than any other, has the ability to shape Mizahar like none other have before. But they must do so mindful of the Gods, mindful of each other, and the savage world they find themselves in... a new world built on the ruins of the old.