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Ages of Legends
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The distant past saw the rise and fall of the long-lived Haelfinan and their creations,
the Var. Legend tells that the Haelfinan Willcrafters, who were fond of creating
other creatures, created the Var as they had created many other beings. The Var
were intended to mine the earth for the Haelfinan, who had little love of being
underground. However, after many centuries of servitude the truculent Var
rebelled against the Haelfinan. The Var established their independence and warred
back and forth with the Haelfinan for thousands of years.
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Tiring of the long wars the Haelfinan decided to create yet another race of creature;
a (comparatively) short lived race that would breed quickly and learn rapidly so
that each may be made into a warrior in as little as fifteen to twenty years. Thus,
in a move they would doubtlessly later regret, the Haelfinan created a new creature
called Man.
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Mankind served its purpose well. They did indeed learn and breed quickly. They took
the Haelfinan's battle to the Var and shattered their Empires in a mere eye blink
to the Haelfinan; barely two hundred years. The Var were left with isolated mountain
holdfasts and fortresses. The leaders of the canny Var then noticed how proud the
Men creatures were of weapons and finery looted from the Var strongholds they had
conquered, and hit on a plan.
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Under flags of parley the Var offered something simple to the leaders of the armies
of Men; bribes. Gold, treasures, whatever riches suited their fancy were theirs
for the taking if the Men would side with them against the Haelfinan. Were they
not both servant races created by the Haelfinan and forced to toil for their master's
gain rather than their own? Surely common cause could be made?
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Many Men agreed, others didn't, and soon war was joined again, with Men fighting
on both sides. The Varic Alliance was eventually victorious again after another
seven centuries of battle.
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The rule of the Haelfinan was broken, and aside from a few pockets of Haelfinan
in remote pockets of the world, they were shoved off the mainland. Though the Haelfinan
continued to rule supreme on several large Islands around the world, as neither
the Var or Men had the way of sailing or boat craft yet, their time as rulers of
all they could see was finished.
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Several Ages followed as Men slowly but surely rose to supremacy of the world, eventually
even forgetting their origins as creations of the Haelfinan designed to kill the
Var. Nevertheless, the Haelfinan still remember and are not likely to ever forget
it.
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