Creative Writing: Tamia
These are dark days for Tamia, so dark that we may never again see the
light of day. A cloud of darkness, thick as smoke, clings to our fair city
like a foul mist. Inside Tamia, it is almost perpetual night. Creatures
most foul maraud, pillage, and kill at will. Yes, there are those who
would stand and fight, but they cannot hold out much longer.
It was not always this way. Tamia, for many dozens of generations, was one
of the most powerful cities in all of Eastern Olmran. Its citizens were
learned and, in general, culturally advanced. Learning and knowledge
flourished, prompting many sages and scholars to visit and make Tamia their
home. From them came the workings of magic, ...
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burst forth in a conquering fury, and none in their path could
withstand them.
The Kaidites brought with them their strange customs and gods. The supreme
Tamian god, Niord, god of light and fury, was replaced with the warlike
Helk. Ahrimal the forked-tongue had a temple right against the wall of
the Palace itself. Tamian gods, save for Niord, were tolerated, so long as
their worshippers did not cause any trouble. The Niordites continued to
worship their god underground, however, even under severe persecution, for
all knew that if their lost high god found his power, the Kaidites would be
driven out.
The conflict was a hundred years in the making, and when it happened,
events moved so quickly and in so bizarre a fashion that none could have
foreseen it. The Kaidites brought their own gods with them, but they also
brought the dark blight -- the Cult of Arnak. Arnak, whose mere name made
every Kaidite, regardless of social station, quiver with fright. Arnak was
true evil -- ...
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