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Old August 30th, 2006, 10:50 PM
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THE RISE OF THE VALKYRIE

Once upon a time in the world of Valhalla there lived a race of noble beings call the Valkyrie. The Valkyrie were nearly immortal in body and were able to live for thousands of years. The Valkyrie were masters of magic and technology, though they used little of each since they prospered without them. Other sentient beings lived on Valhalla also, of these only the Dragons of Icaria rivaled the power of the Valkyrie. These lesser being were very primitive compared to the Valkyrie. Some of the Valkyrie thought that the Valkyrie should rule these lesser beings, but the leader of the Valkyrie, the Archkyrie Migol, forbade the Valkyrie from interfering with the development of these lesser beings. Migol confined the Valkyrie to their homeland of Nastraland so that the other races could be left alone.

Utgar, the oldest of Migol’s five sons, disagreed with his father and thought that the Valkyrie should rule over the other races of Valhalla. Eventually Utgar rebelled against his father, slew him, and declared himself Archkyrie. At first the only one to challenge Utgar’s claim was his brother Jandar. Jandar attempted to reason with his brother to get him to atone for his sins, but when that did not work Jandar gathered his father’s loyal guards to block Utgar’s installation. Utgar lead his minions against Jandar and his sentinels for control of the throne.

Soon two more sons’ of Migol, the twins Ullar and Einar, joined the fight. Ullar backed Jandar and Einar backed Utgar. Neither was happy with Utgar for killing their father, but Einar believed that the law dictated Utgar should be the new Archkyrie. Migol’s youngest son, Vydar, mostly stayed out of the war but did assist one side or the other on occasion.

The war raged for decades and soon spilled out of Nastraland to other regions of Valhalla. Dragons entered the war on both sides. Forced out of Nastraland, Utgar took up residence in the volcanic region known as the Volcarren Wasteland. He subjugated the inhabitants of that land (the Moltarn) and their King Brunak. Even though they were weakened outside of their volcanic homeland, Utgar’s Obsidian Guards (as he called the Moltarn) formed a powerful army to defend Utgar’s lair. By tapping the technology forbidden to him by his father Utgar created a race of sentient artificial life-forms called Soulborgs and began to develop super-weapons to destroy Jandar and his forces.

Jandar was reluctant to invade the Volcarren Wasteland fearing the death toll would be too high, but upon hearing about Utgar’s super-weapons project Jandar gathered all of his forces together for one final strike to end the war. During the Final Battle (as it became known later) when Utgar feared defeat he released his super-weapons on the battlefield devastating both armies. Ninety-nine percent of the combatants were annihilated within seconds.

After the battle the war was over with no winner. The Valkyrie and Dragon races were near extinction, but the five brothers survived. Utgar returned to his lair in the Volcarren Wasteland to plan his return to power. Wanting to obey his father’s wishes, Jandar, now the new Archkyrie, returned with the majority of the remaining Valkyrie to their homeland of Nastraland. A few of the remaining Valkyrie went to live among the lesser races to guide their development (and in some cases dominate them). The Valkyrie were now seen as Gods and feared by some of the lesser races that witnessed the destruction of the Great War. Ullar went to live with the Elves in Feyland Forest to the east of Nastraland. Vydar and Einar both went into seclusion in different parts of Valhalla.

During the next thousand years the lesser races (particularly the Elves, Marro, and Primadons) began to develop their own civilizations. Some of Utgar’s weapon technology was discovered and adopted by these races. Only a few Marro were intelligent enough to use this technology, but they put their new plasma blasters to good use against their less evolved rivals (a species of huge snakes known as Vipers) on the island of Marr. The Primadons learned about cybernetic enhancements from the Soulborgs, and Ullar taught the Elves to use advanced materials to make better weapons such as stronger and sharper swords and exploding arrows. The Elves were not particularly fond of the technology, but the constant incursions by the Anubian Wolves and Grut Orcs into their homeland made such uses of technology necessary.

Recently waters that contain powerful magic were discovered around Valhalla. When news of these Wellsprings reached Utgar he immediately began gathering an army gain control of them. He knew that these Wellsprings would give him the power to gain control of Nastraland the rest of Valhalla. In addition to the Valkyrie that had remained loyal to him, Utgar gathered a huge army of Marro and Orcs. He sent out his lieutenants, Taelord the Valkyrie, Su-Bak-Na the Marro Hivelord, and Grimnak the Orc King, to capture as many wellsprings as they could.

Meanwhile Jandar’s Sentinels lead by his Valkyrie commanders Concan and Raelin apposed Utgar at ever turn. Soon after Jandar had gained control of some of these Wellsprings he began to receive visions of great battles being fought throughout time on another world. Jandar also received the insight that these Wellsprings were connected to that world (known as Earth by its dominate race of humans) and whoever control Valhalla would also be able to control Earth. These Wellsprings also gave him the power to summon warriors from Earth moments before they died in battle. Jandar was reluctant to draw these warriors into another war, but both worlds depended on Utgar’s defeat to survive. Hence, Jandar began summoning the most valiant of warriors from Earth to bolster his armies. A race of Soulborgs known as the Omnicrons and the Dragon Nilfheim also joined Jandar’s army.

The other sons of Migol also began to capture wellsprings and gather armies for the coming war. Ullar summon a few humans to his cause, but the bulk of his army consisted of Elves and Vipers (the snakes from Marr). The Dragon Charos also joined Ullar. Like Jandar, Einar and Vydar both relied heavily on humans to fill their armies. In addition Vydar gained the allegiance of the Primadons, few groups of Soulborg, and the dragon Braxas. As in the previous war, Ullar and Jandar have formed an alliance. Einar’s and Vydar’s ultimate loyalties are still unknown. Einar has an uneasy partnership with Utgar (but does not trust him after the Last Battle) and Vydar again seems to be on no one’s side but his own.

The Second Great War of Valhalla has just begun . . .
EDIT: I did a little editing of the backstory.
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Old September 12th, 2006, 04:38 AM
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Reminds me of the Silmarillion... Good job!
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Nice. I like the stop and re-start. Seems to add depth. ... In fact, I like your back story better than the original, but that's just me.

I also think that Einar is more nuetral than Vydar, but that's also just me.

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Mind if I make this look cool in PS? I've been dying to try some graphic Fan-fic?

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Great job at tying together the individual stories of all the characters.
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Old August 19th, 2009, 04:37 PM
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Re: My Own Heroscape Backstory

In have updated my backstory to incorporate new material. This time the story is focusing more on the fantasy and historical elements. Going forward I am not sure I want the sci-fi element to be part of my story, but that can change (nothing I wrote would exclude the sci-fi stuff coming in later).

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CHAPTER 1: THE RISE OF THE VALKYRIE

Once upon a time in the world of Valhalla there lived a race of noble beings call the Valkyrie. The Valkyrie were nearly immortal in body and were able to live for thousands of years. Other sentient beings lived on Valhalla also, of these only the Dragons of Icaria rivaled the power of the Valkyrie. These lesser beings were very primitive compared to the Valkyrie. Some of the Valkyrie thought that they should rule these lesser beings, but the leader of the Valkyrie, the Archkyrie Migol, forbade the Valkyrie from interfering with the development of these other races. Migol confined the Valkyrie to their homeland of Nastraland so that the other races could be left alone.

Utgar, the oldest of Migol’s five sons, disagreed with his father and thought that the Valkyrie should rule over the other races of Valhalla. Eventually Utgar rebelled against his father, slew him, and declared himself Archkyrie. At first the only one to challenge Utgar’s claim was his brother Jandar. Jandar attempted to reason with his brother to get him to atone for his sins, but when that did not work Jandar gathered his father’s loyal guards to block Utgar’s installation as Archkyrie. Utgar lead his minions against Jandar and his sentinels for control of the throne.

Soon two more sons’ of Migol, the twins Ullar and Einar, joined the fight. Ullar backed Jandar and Einar backed Utgar. Neither was happy with Utgar for killing their father, but Einar believed that the law dictated Utgar should be the new Archkyrie. Migol’s youngest son, Vydar, mostly stayed out of the war but did assist one side or the other on occasion.

The war raged on for year and soon spilled out of Nastraland to other regions of Valhalla. Dragons entered the war on both sides. Forced out of Nastraland, Utgar took up residence in the volcanic region known as the Volcarren Wasteland. He subjugated the inhabitants of that land (the Moltarn) and their king Brunak. Even though they were weakened outside of their volcanic homeland, Utgar’s Obsidian Guards (as he called the Moltarn) formed a powerful army to defend Utgar’s lair. Utgar researched powerful magic to try to create an ultimate weapon to defeat Jandar and his allies.

Jandar was reluctant to invade the Volcarren Wasteland fearing the death toll would be too high, but upon hearing about Utgar’s ultimate weapons project Jandar gathered all of his forces together for one final strike to end the war. During the Final Battle (as it became known later) when Utgar feared defeat he released his ultimate weapon on the battlefield devastating both armies. Ninety-nine percent of the combatants were annihilated within seconds.

After the battle the war was over with no winner. The Valkyrie and Dragon races were near extinction, but the five brothers survived. Utgar returned to his lair in the Volcarren Wasteland to plan his return to power. Wanting to obey his father’s wishes, Jandar, now the new Archkyrie, returned with the majority of the remaining Valkyrie to their homeland of Nastraland. A few of the remaining Valkyrie went to live among the lesser races to guide their development (and in some cases dominate them). The Valkyrie were now seen as Gods and feared by some of the lesser races that witnessed the destruction of the Great War. Ullar went to live with the Elves in Feylund Forest to the east of Nastraland. Vydar and Einar both went into seclusion in different parts of Valhalla.

During the next thousand years the lesser races began to develop their own civilizations. Ullar and his Kyrie followers (known as protectors) guided the elves to dominate southern Feylund forest. The Darklord Khosemet and his Anubian Wolves controlled northern Feylund forest and were a constant threat to the elves. The orcs from the Grut Mountains (with their troll allies) also constantly raided the Elvin homeland. On the island of Marr the Marro hive remained in a constant battle of domination with the semi-intelligent snakes (know as vipers) that were also native to the island.

Recently waters that contain powerful magic were discovered around Valhalla. When news of these Wellsprings reached Utgar he immediately began gathering an army to gain control of them. He knew that these Wellsprings would give him the power to gain control of Nastraland the rest of Valhalla. In addition to the Valkyrie that had remained loyal to him, Utgar gathered a huge army of Marro and Orcs. He sent out his lieutenants, Taelord the Valkyrie, Su-Bak-Na the Marro Hivelord, and Grimnak the Orc King, to capture as many wellsprings as they could.

Meanwhile Jandar’s Sentinels lead by his Valkyrie commanders Concan and Raelin opposed Utgar at ever turn. Soon after Jandar had gained control of some of these Wellsprings he began to receive visions of great battles being fought throughout time on another world. Jandar also received the insight that these Wellsprings were connected to that world (known as Earth by its dominate race of humans) and whoever controlled Valhalla would also be able to control Earth. These Wellsprings also gave him the power to summon warriors from Earth moments before they died in battle. Jandar was reluctant to draw these warriors into another war, but both worlds depended on Utgar’s defeat to survive. Hence, Jandar began summoning the most valiant warriors from Earth to bolster his armies.

As part of Utgar’s deal with the marro he sent his minions (lead by the Kyrie captain Taelord) to help the marro wipeout the vipers. However, Ullar learned of Utgar’s plan and sent his protectors (lead by Kyrie Atlaga) to the vipers’ aid. Using the swords and crossbows Ullar’s protectors held Utgar’s minions and the marro at bay long enough for the vipers to escape. Ullar gave them sanctuary is an uninhabited swampy region that was part of his kingdom. In return the vipers agreed to serve him in the war against Utgar.

Einar and his loyal Kryie followers (the imperium) captured a Wellspring and began to summon warriors from Earth. With his army of Romans and samurai he entered the war. Refusing to join either Utgar or Jandar and his ally Ullar, Einar created a second front for both sides slowing the war down to a three-way stalemate.

Vydar began to secretly accumulate power and (as he did in the first great war) he would send his followers (the undead queen Sudema and dragon Braxas) to aid one side or another seemingly at random.

The Second Great War of Valhalla has just begun . . .
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The next chapter

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CHAPTER 2: THE SWARM OF THE MARRO


In an effort to break the stalemate Utgar began breeding marro at an impressive rate and marro hives began popping up all over Utgar’s lands. With his marro swarm Utgar began breaking Jandar’s and Ullar’s defenses. Even with the humans from Earth that Jandar had summoned to the war (such as medieval knights, Scandinavian Vikings, and colonial American soldiers) and the powerful elf and viper army that Ullar commanded, the allied forces were on the brink of destruction.

Einar, seeing that Utgar was going to be too powerful to deal with alone after Jandar and Ullar were defeated, made a surprise attack deep into Utgar’s territory. The attack caught Utgar off-guard and forced him to withdraw his troops from the Jandar/Ullar offensive. If not for the courageous efforts of Runa (Utgar’s daughter) Utgar forces would have been shattered.

At the treaty of Lindesfarme Jandar, Ullar, Einar, and Vydar signed a pact to bring about Utgar’s defeat. All of them now realized that Utgar’s breeding programs had given him an army larger than the other four combined and that he could only be defeated if they worked together. Even though Vydar did not have a very large army, in the coming months his agents (mostly summoned from Earth) would provide valuable support in spying on and sabotaging Utgar ‘s forces.

Within weeks of the treaty being signed Utgar countered with a new (and possible) more terrible threat. The vampire lord Cyprien Esenwein (the overlord of Bleakwoode) swore his loyalty to Utgar. It was rumored that Cyprien’s mistress Sudema had convinced him to not support Utgar and to remain neutral in the war. However, after Sudema attempted to destroy his wife Sonya (apparently in a plot to replace her) Cyprien’s hatred of Sudema brought him, his vampire clan, and his horde of undead followers into the war under Utgar’s banner.

Bolstered by the forces from Bleakwoode, Utgar launch several new offenses. Striking at each of his brother’s territories Utgar regained much of the territory he had controlled before Einar’s surprise attack. With all of his brothers standing against him his gains were slower and more costly than ever, but he was still winning.

At this time a new Kyrie general began to emerge. Known as the beast queen, Aquilla had secretly discovered a Wellspring long before the others. Using its power she allowed her pets (mostly insects and spiders) to grow and evolve to monstrous proportions. This guaranteed that the rest of the world would leave her and her pets alone. Both sides had courted her to enter the war on their side, but she was unconcerned with the outside world. Eventually she came to realize that if Utgar won no one (not even her pets) would be safe. She decided to enter the war against Utgar.

After openly declaring her support for the allies Aquilla made a visit to the dwarf king Migol (named after the legendary Archkyrie). The dwarves had warred with the orcs and trolls of the Grut Mountains for centuries. However, like Aquilla, the dwarves were reluctant to leave their homeland to pursue a war. Aquilla convinced them that Utgar needed to be defeated. Migol was awed by the magnificent woman and pleaded the dwarves' service in defeating Utgar.

Once again the war has drawn to a standstill as Utgar pauses to devise a scheme to combat his growing list of enemies. There are rumors of Utgar striking a deal with a race of dark elves from a place known only as the Underdark . . .

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Dude, I like it a lot. I'm not very familiar with the intricacies of the 'official' story, but are the Generals all the sons of Migol? I like that aspect, but I'd have liked to have seen Aquilla related to the other Kyrie generals as well.

I've got to show this to my girlfriend when I get home.

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The next chapter

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CHAPTER 2: THE SWARM OF THE MARRO


In an effort to break the stalemate Utgar began breeding marro at an impressive rate and marro hives began popping up all over Utgar’s lands. With his marro swarm, Utgar began breaking Jandar’s and Ullar’s defenses. Even with the humans from Earth that Jandar had summoned to the war (such as medieval knights, Scandinavian Vikings, and colonial American soldiers) and the powerful elf and viper army that Ullar commanded, the allied forces were on the brink of destruction.

Einar, seeing that Utgar was going to be too powerful to deal with alone after Jandar and Ullar were defeated, made a surprise attack deep into Utgar’s territory. The attack caught Utgar off-guard and forced him to withdraw his troops from the Jandar/Ullar offensive. If not for the courageous efforts of Runa (Utgar’s daughter) Utgar forces would have been shattered.

At the treaty of Lindesfarme Jandar, Ullar, Einar, and Vydar signed a pact to bring about Utgar’s defeat. All of them now realized that Utgar’s breeding programs had given him an army larger than the other four combined and that he could only be defeated if they worked together. Even though Vydar did not have a very large army, in the coming months his agents (mostly summoned from Earth) would provide valuable support in spying on and sabotaging Utgar ‘s forces.

Within weeks of the treaty being signed Utgar countered with a new (and possible) more terrible threat. The vampire lord Cyprien Esenwein (the overlord of Bleakwoode) swore his loyalty to Utgar. It was rumored that Cyprien’s mistress Sudema had convinced him to not support Utgar and to remain neutral in the war. However, after Sudema attempted to destroy his wife Sonya (apparently in a plot to replace her) Cyprien’s hatred of Sudema brought him, his vampire clan, and his horde of undead followers into the war under Utgar’s banner.

Bolstered by the forces from Bleakwoode, Utgar launch several new offenses. Striking at each of his brother’s territories Utgar regained much of the territory he had controlled before Einar’s surprise attack. With all of his brothers standing against him his gains were slower and more costly than ever, but he was still winning.

At this time a new Kyrie general began to emerge. Known as the beast queen, Aquilla had secretly discovered a Wellspring long before the others. Using its power she allowed her pets (mostly insects and spiders) to grow and evolve to monstrous proportions. This guaranteed that the rest of the world would leave her and her pets alone. Both sides had courted her to enter the war on their side, but she was unconcerned with the outside world. Eventually she came to realize that if Utgar won no one (not even her pets) would be safe. She decided to enter the war against Utgar.

After openly declaring her support for the allies Aquilla made a visit to the dwarf king Migol (named after the legendary Archkyrie). The dwarves had warred with the orcs and trolls of the Grut Mountains for centuries. However, like Aquilla, the dwarves were reluctant to leave their homeland to pursue a war. Aquilla convinced them that Utgar needed to be defeated. Migol was awed by the magnificent woman and pleaded the dwarves' service in defeating Utgar.

Once again the war has drawn to a standstill as Utgar pauses to devise a scheme to combat his growing list of enemies. There are rumors of Utgar striking a deal with a race of dark elves from a place known only as the Underdark . . .
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That's a fun read. Nice work!

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Dude, I like it a lot. I'm not very familiar with the intricacies of the 'official' story, but are the Generals all the sons of Migol? I like that aspect, but I'd have liked to have seen Aquilla related to the other Kyrie generals as well.

I've got to show this to my girlfriend when I get home.
Thanks. The sons of Migol was my own creation. After I made the generals brothers I took the name Migol from the "Migol's Tomb" map to use for the father. I am terrible at making up names.
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That's a fun read. Nice work!
Thanks for the fix. I will edit.
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