Sunday, December 12, 2004

   Still here

Well I lied a bit about not being able to post again, but this is the last time for about a week. I'm also not able to visit anyone's site today. Here is part three of my Prologue. Prologue Part 3: When news was brought that the savior was no where to be found rumour spread that he had been consumed in the fire as no corpse had been discovered. Many other rumours followed including that he was a magician who delved in the dark arts and was consumed by his own will for power. It was also popularly believed that Zanar was God having come to Earth to rescue His people from the creatures and had returned to Heaven via the magnificent height of the tower which was burned after His need of it had been completed. From this ideal the first non-pagan religion sprang to life on Falcacia. The religion spread like a fire to dry grass throughout the lands of Falcacia. The Lords came together in relationship to this spreading religion and agreed that a man should be inducted as the leader of the religion so as to assure its smooth operation. The first man to be inducted as the Kanash, as the title was first proclaimed by the Lords, was a man named Darias. His first task as Kanash was to initiate priests into the order so as to document the known life of Zanar. In these recordings the life of Zanar became a corrupted story to make him an almighty God who had come to Falcacia to save the people. His deeds were extended to more than just saving towns from the creatures but also to curing the sick and performing miracles of intense magnitude. No one questioned whether these stories were true as it was believed that what was written could not have possibly been in any way controlled or exaggerated. The universal theory, where the people of Falcacia were concerned, was that the Book of Zanar comprised of eyewitness recordings and information pieced together from notes that were scattered around the old tower. The religion spread like a wildfire throughout Falcacia and people began to forget the pagan religions that had once been a crucial part of the three kingdoms ways of living. Those gods that had once been praised and glorified were removed from the temples and Zanar became the dominant figure. There were some who refused to accept Zanar as a God. These people became outcasts and as time progressed they too were forgotten by the three kingdoms. It is believed that these people started their own village away from those who had chosen to stray from their origins where they could worship their Gods without fear of being treated unfairly by the Zaralists, worshippers of Zanar. Three hundred years past. The religion of Zanar was widely worshipped and helped to bring peace to the three kingdoms. Little use was needed of the armies though they were kept incase another outbreak of the creatures occurred again. The kingdoms prospered in these days and, while keeping to some of the old ways, advanced through their scholars and scientists. But how long is peace likely to remain when the lords had broken from the old ways in belief that nothing could truly threaten their homes? That's the end of the prologue. I'm actually hoping that posting it up might inspire me to start the first chapter. I may post up the start of the chapter at a later date.

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