The Third Kingdom

 More than a millennial ago two great empires existed in the east, beyond the eastern mountains. For
centuries the two kingdoms lived in harmony. Separated by the mighty Lioness River, both regions thrived and grew into great kingdoms. As is the custom of man, the kingdoms began to grow jealous of one another. The Northern kingdom envied the great gold mines of the Southern kingdom. The people of the Southern kingdom desired to possess the rich and fertile farmland of the north. Envy grew into spite and spite into hatred. Eventually, both determined they could not tolerate the other and during the reign of King Gruber of the North and King Sebastien of the South, war broke out. 

The armies of the two kingdoms marched out to do battle. The river Lioness ran red with the blood of the fallen. The desires of the kings could not be satisfied with blood, but with only the total annihilation of their neighbor. Months of cruel fighting turned to years, years to decades and decades to centuries. The two once mightily kingdoms were left in ruins, barely a shadow of once they once were. 

Those the war did not destroy were left to face even greater horrors. Famine, disease and pestilence left too many dead to even bury. The great farmlands had been burned, poisoned and left to wither and die. The gold mines sealed and lost to memory. Nothing remained to rebuild, nothing left to salvage. Even then the fighting continued. The great kingdoms were gone, but the villages and remnants continued to fight, loot and burn what little remained. It seemed all hope was lost.

Out of the ruins emerged twelve adventures who shared a vision, who found the last sliver of hope. Twelve men packed up everything they owned, took their families and forged a trail through the mountains and emerged in a new land. 

The land was fertile, but the first years were a great struggle. Eventually these braves souls formed a new kingdom unlike anything that had come before. This third kingdom would be nothing like the previous kingdoms. The kingdom would grow larger and more powerful than anything the world had ever known. Magistrates, monks and Knights would establish a system of laws and a justice system which would allow the kingdom to flourish. Much of this has been forgotten but remnants remain, stories of the people, the events, the adventures that make the third kingdom so special, so unique. From the ashes of envy, hatred and war came the third kingdom. Join in the adventure, become a part of the quest,,,

The Third Kingdom