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Why did you flood the thread - I thought I was the only one who could write here?[U]
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[/U]Alright, since I gave my word and accepted the bet - I'll post, why not? What is there to think about for so long?
I apologize in advance, I am a poor storyteller, so I might not be able to explain what I've come up with very well.
Anyway, listen.
The history of my race begins in the Silver Cities. Until now, this page of history had been torn from the chronicles of the Mages, but now the time has come to tell you how it actually happened.
The wizards of the Silver Cities once reached unprecedented heights in the creation of new species. Their experiments mixing human and demon led them to victory over the armies of the Inferno, brought to them by the results of their experiments - the orcs. However, after the victory, the orcs were rewarded with slavery and were declared non-humans, and such experiments were banned.
However, there remained one wizard who could not abandon the idea of breeding a new species and violated the ban. His name was Selhet.
All the work in the Silver Cities was performed by gremlins, and he had long been observing this race, which had also appeared as a result of an experiment. Selhet wanted to develop this experiment. The thought that gremlins could be of more use if they were more human haunted him, and one day he decided to cross a human and a gremlin.
The experiment was successful, and a new species of beings came into the world - the Squats. Despite their beastly appearance - yellow eyes, sharp teeth, pointed webbed ears - they were, after all, largely more human. Short in stature, with coarse, grey-tinted skin, they looked like no other people inhabiting Ashan.
When the condition of the first squats who survived the experiment became stable and they spoke for the first time, their first word was "Father".
Selhet was very pleased.
At first, he kept the results of his experiment, which were nine squats, a secret. However, he soon realized that his creations exceeded all his expectations.
Taking the best of both species, the squats demonstrated good physical endurance, high intelligence, superior logic and memory, as well as an innate inclination toward engineering, working with complex mechanisms, and alchemy, inherited from the gremlins.
When Selhet realized that a true miracle had occurred, he brought his children out of the "darkness" into public view.
Initially, the mages reacted to the squats almost aggressively, and Selhet could have been thrown into a dungeon for violating the ban. But his creations were already fully capable of speaking for themselves and soon brought him honor and fame.
The Higher Gremlins, as they were called, became the best designers and alchemists in the Silver Cities, modifying most mechanisms, such as golems, or discovering such formidable weaponry as gunpowder. They were also the first to invent steam engines, skillfully mastering the principles of their operation. The mechanical clocks of the squats, a miracle never before seen even in the Silver Cities, became a luxury item and appeared in the homes of all self-respecting wizards.
The best squat engineers began to be accepted not as servants, but as worthy members of society.
However, the golden age of this race was coming to an end.
Among those who sincerely admired the genius of squat engineering, there were also many who viewed technical progress very negatively. Many mages were against most of the squats' inventions, calling them artificial and dead pieces of iron. In the opinion of many mages, such technologies, should they become widespread, could disrupt the balance of power in the world of Ashan. They claimed that everything that is not magic is not of nature. And what is not of nature is evil and a foreign element in a harmonious world.
Many of the mages were deceptive, pretending they cared about the balance of power. In reality, there were many who feared that squat technologies could reach a level where magic would take a backseat. The mages feared losing their power and influence.
Eventually, a group of opponents of "animism" - as they called the squats' ability to animate inanimate objects using technology rather than magic - deceitfully claimed that the squats were preparing a rebellion and wanted to stage a coup in the society of the Silver Cities. It was stated that the squats rejected magic and were trying to replace it with science, technology, and alchemy.
One of the rulers of the Silver Cities, a longtime opponent of the aging Selhet, acted on the side of the conspirators. With the support of his authority, many believed the lie, and the squats lost all their rights and privileges in society overnight. Remembering the fate of their predecessors - the orcs - the squat population decided to flee the Silver Cities, though some groups started rebellions, thereby only exacerbating the situation and playing into the hands of the conspirators.
The rebellions were suppressed, and the rebels were killed. Along with them, those who failed to flee in time were executed. Others were thrown into dungeons or quarries.
Those who managed to escape became lost across the territories of all Ashan, forever harboring a grudge against all mages, except for one single person - Father Selhet.
Building their refuge-cities in the most remote places of Ashan, the small squat race continued its path of development and gained the opportunity to advance their mastery of engineering and alchemy further and further. With contempt and hatred, they view wild nature and magic, placing their technology at the service of military goals in order to protect themselves and defend their place under the sun.
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[/U]Alright, since I gave my word and accepted the bet - I'll post, why not? What is there to think about for so long?
I apologize in advance, I am a poor storyteller, so I might not be able to explain what I've come up with very well.
Anyway, listen.
The history of my race begins in the Silver Cities. Until now, this page of history had been torn from the chronicles of the Mages, but now the time has come to tell you how it actually happened.
The wizards of the Silver Cities once reached unprecedented heights in the creation of new species. Their experiments mixing human and demon led them to victory over the armies of the Inferno, brought to them by the results of their experiments - the orcs. However, after the victory, the orcs were rewarded with slavery and were declared non-humans, and such experiments were banned.
However, there remained one wizard who could not abandon the idea of breeding a new species and violated the ban. His name was Selhet.
All the work in the Silver Cities was performed by gremlins, and he had long been observing this race, which had also appeared as a result of an experiment. Selhet wanted to develop this experiment. The thought that gremlins could be of more use if they were more human haunted him, and one day he decided to cross a human and a gremlin.
The experiment was successful, and a new species of beings came into the world - the Squats. Despite their beastly appearance - yellow eyes, sharp teeth, pointed webbed ears - they were, after all, largely more human. Short in stature, with coarse, grey-tinted skin, they looked like no other people inhabiting Ashan.
When the condition of the first squats who survived the experiment became stable and they spoke for the first time, their first word was "Father".
Selhet was very pleased.
At first, he kept the results of his experiment, which were nine squats, a secret. However, he soon realized that his creations exceeded all his expectations.
Taking the best of both species, the squats demonstrated good physical endurance, high intelligence, superior logic and memory, as well as an innate inclination toward engineering, working with complex mechanisms, and alchemy, inherited from the gremlins.
When Selhet realized that a true miracle had occurred, he brought his children out of the "darkness" into public view.
Initially, the mages reacted to the squats almost aggressively, and Selhet could have been thrown into a dungeon for violating the ban. But his creations were already fully capable of speaking for themselves and soon brought him honor and fame.
The Higher Gremlins, as they were called, became the best designers and alchemists in the Silver Cities, modifying most mechanisms, such as golems, or discovering such formidable weaponry as gunpowder. They were also the first to invent steam engines, skillfully mastering the principles of their operation. The mechanical clocks of the squats, a miracle never before seen even in the Silver Cities, became a luxury item and appeared in the homes of all self-respecting wizards.
The best squat engineers began to be accepted not as servants, but as worthy members of society.
However, the golden age of this race was coming to an end.
Among those who sincerely admired the genius of squat engineering, there were also many who viewed technical progress very negatively. Many mages were against most of the squats' inventions, calling them artificial and dead pieces of iron. In the opinion of many mages, such technologies, should they become widespread, could disrupt the balance of power in the world of Ashan. They claimed that everything that is not magic is not of nature. And what is not of nature is evil and a foreign element in a harmonious world.
Many of the mages were deceptive, pretending they cared about the balance of power. In reality, there were many who feared that squat technologies could reach a level where magic would take a backseat. The mages feared losing their power and influence.
Eventually, a group of opponents of "animism" - as they called the squats' ability to animate inanimate objects using technology rather than magic - deceitfully claimed that the squats were preparing a rebellion and wanted to stage a coup in the society of the Silver Cities. It was stated that the squats rejected magic and were trying to replace it with science, technology, and alchemy.
One of the rulers of the Silver Cities, a longtime opponent of the aging Selhet, acted on the side of the conspirators. With the support of his authority, many believed the lie, and the squats lost all their rights and privileges in society overnight. Remembering the fate of their predecessors - the orcs - the squat population decided to flee the Silver Cities, though some groups started rebellions, thereby only exacerbating the situation and playing into the hands of the conspirators.
The rebellions were suppressed, and the rebels were killed. Along with them, those who failed to flee in time were executed. Others were thrown into dungeons or quarries.
Those who managed to escape became lost across the territories of all Ashan, forever harboring a grudge against all mages, except for one single person - Father Selhet.
Building their refuge-cities in the most remote places of Ashan, the small squat race continued its path of development and gained the opportunity to advance their mastery of engineering and alchemy further and further. With contempt and hatred, they view wild nature and magic, placing their technology at the service of military goals in order to protect themselves and defend their place under the sun.