The happenings of Saxonia (1)
Tristan and Jeremiah sat down on the couch, put their legs up on the coffee table and Tristan grabbed the remote and switched on the T.V
"So, what race do you want to look at first?" asked Tristan
"Hmm, when I was observing earlier, I saw some interesting events go down on the Terran Continent, so how about them?" said Jeremiah
Tristan then switched to the "Terran channel" and clicked on notable events.
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Earlier Tristan had witnessed the Terrans create the first Kingdom, which was in 14,000 AC.
After another thousand years or so, the Vraetia Kingdom (Aka: first kingdom ever) and most of the continent had entered the early bronze age.
Despite the race only existing for 5,000 years up until that point, the fast development was due to Tristan having them be in the Mesolithic Age upon their creation.
Basic information like basic farming, architecture, and advanced stone working, were integrated into their DNA.
"The first generation of Terrans were also unique to all of the other races in the regard that they knew about Tristan.
While they didn't know of his name, they knew of his existence, and the tradition of worshiping the Creator God was passed down for generations. Of course, some were skeptical and there were also those who made their own religions, mostly animism and shamanistic type religions.
For the most part, though, the Terrans worshiped the "Primordial Creator" as he had come to be known.
Most of the other branch religions had him as their figurehead, the only difference was they worshiped other deities as well as the planet and nature itself.
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Anyway, things progressed smoothly, until the rise of "Rigurd the Great Conqueror".
In the year 19,980 AC, Prince Rigurd Vraetia was born in the now ancient and mighty Vraetia Kingdom.
The Vraetia Kingdom had now existed for almost 6,000 years, which by earth standards would be stupid long.
Due to Terrans having an average lifespan of 1,000 years putting them at the top of the list for longest-lived species, as well as the fact they have barely entered the late Bronze Age, there hasn't been much that has threatened the existence of the kingdom.
Another thing to keep in mind is, that while they are referred to as kingdoms, most kingdoms are either city-states with a huge territory, or they have upwards of 3-4 settlements within their territory.
Vraetia only had 3 cities, both of which were positioned at the southernmost coast of the south-eastern part of the continent. While that doesn't seem that big, for the area the kingdom is situated in, they are the dominant force there.
One of the main reasons for their dominance was not only due to their early start but also because of how fertile the land is around them.
Due to the perfect conditions, Rigurd's ancestor Belhorn Vraetia, the founder of the kingdom as well as the first king ever, brought his clan to this area to settle.
In the beginning, the land surrounding the village was a dense temperate forest, this forest was full of life, ranging from fruits to animals that could be hunted. Later down the line they even managed to domesticate a type of cattle that when cooked and eaten gives a small portion of mana to the consumer.
This forest covered the whole southern part of the "Great Eastern Peninsula" of the Terran continent. Due to its sheer size, Vraetia was one of 5 different kingdoms that sprouted up over the years in the forest.
When mana was first introduced to the planet, this forest was one of the areas that we're lucky enough for a dense amount of mana to wash over, thus causing the lush forest and mana-rich herbs and animals to come about.
Of course, with the mana came strong magic beasts, at first the Vraetia Kingdom was assaulted many times by an assortment of beasts, but luckily the founder Belhorn, now 646 years old, had discovered mana and created a way to utilize mana in the body.
Later in the ages, the great historians of the Terrans would account for this as the first "Aura Method" ever made.
The now dubbed "Vraetian Aura Method" was at first a very crude method of harnessing mana to strengthen the body, but over the millennia, it was perfected, and by the time of Rigurd's birth the Vraetian royal family and a few others had achieved the power called Aura.
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Quick side note, in the world of Saxonia, there are three main types of power. Mana and Aura are the only know power to the inhabitants of Saxonia as of right now but there is also the mysterious Spirit Power, technically there are two powers since Aura is a different version of mana that can be used in the body directly to strengthen oneself.
To put it simply, Aura manipulation is the action of using the internal mana that is in all living creatures, and Mana manipulation is the action of using the external mana within the air and all around the world.
In a fight between a mana user and an aura user at the same level they are technically the same strength-wise, however, I skilled mana user will always come out on top due to their ability to attack long and short-range.
To put it in other terms, a skilled martial artist with a sword against someone who is holding a gun for the first time will almost always win, but if you put that same martial artist up against a trained soldier or even a civilian that has been trained to shoot, then the outcome is more in favor of the one with the gun. And in the soldier's situation, the martial artist will almost always lose to a well-trained soldier with a rifle, no matter how fast or nimble they may be.
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The reason this is important is, in the year 20,000 AC, 20 years after Rigurd's birth, his father King Felern ll died in a coup by Rigurd's older brother the first prince.
Now it may seem stupid for the first prince to kill his father since the oldest son would inherit the throne, well at least normally they would.
The first prince Rollard had been the crown prince until Rigurd turned 15, on his 15th birthday, Rigurd announced that he had reached the 4th tier with his aura and officially became an Aura Knight.
(Aura tiers are split into 15 tiers with 3 stages per tier; early, mid, and peak, the tiers are as follows: tiers 1-3 are Aura Squires, 4-6 are Aura Knights, 7-9 are Aura Grand Knights, 10-12 are Aura Masters, and 13-15 are Aura Grand Masters. As of 20,000 AC only tiers, 1-12 are known)
This news was cause for celebration due to the average Terran who enters the 4th stage being well over 200 years old.
As you can expect, the first prince was extremely jealous of his little brother since he was 57 years old but was only in the 2nd tier.
(Due to Terrans' long lives, they only grow until they look like they are in their mid-twenties then they stagnate until the last 100 years of their life.)
Eventually, the first prince calmed himself since he was still the crown prince and there was no reason to be jealous of his brother since he would inherit the kingdom, well, that is, until the king made a bombshell announcement at the feast for Rigurd.
At the end of the feast, King Felern ll had declared Rigurd as his successor, while this was a major shock to the first prince and his supporters, to most of the people present at the feast and the citizens who were later notified, this didn't come as much of a shock, instead, they welcomed the change and embraced the new heir to the throne.
The reason most welcomed the change was due to the well-known fact that the first prince was a greedy bastard who wasn't fit for the throne, and at the same time Rigurd had shown exemplary skills when it came to all things related to politics and leading, on top of his aura prowess.
This of course was the tipping point for the first prince, so in the year 20,000 AC, after 5 years of schemes and preparation, the first prince Rollard had staged a coup against his father and took the throne for himself.
Outraged by his brother's betrayal, Rigurd gathered his forces, and for the next 5 years, a bloody and brutal war of succession was fought between the two brothers.
During those 5 years, the kingdom was run by no one, so, those five years was a very long and dreadful time for the people of Vraetia
At the height of the conflict, Rigurd and his brother Rollard met on the battlefield, and during the Battle of Calbry Feild, Rigurd slew his brother and decimated the rebel forces in a one-sided slaughter.
The reason it was such a one-sided massacre, was due to the newly formed cavalry unit under Rigurd.
Keep in mind, that this was during the middle period of the bronze age in Saxonia, most battles were determined by numbers and training, or in this case, Aura.
During the war, Rigurd found out that he also had a talent for Mana Manipulation, and it just so happens to be that his most proficient use of mana was taming beasts.
This use of magic however wasn't completely unheard of, in fact, the founder Belhorn Vraetia was a beast tamer, hence the two dire wolves on the royal insignia.
Using this new form of magic, Rigurd went out and tamed around 100 dire wolves to be used as mounts for a wolf rider unit, aka cavalry.
While these numbers may seem impressive, dire wolves are only one stage above the lowest stage of forest wolves, however, not to discredit Rigurd, back then it was unheard of to tame a dire wolf, much less 100 of them.
After the battle/slaughter was over, instead of giving Rollard a proper burial, Rigurd literally threw his body to the wolves to be devoured.
And so, in the year 20,005 AC, at the age of 25, Rigurd Vraetia was crowned king of the Vraetia Kingdom and even earned the title, King Rigurd "The Wolf Tamer".
For the next two centuries King Rigurd consolidated his rule and started to enact reforms that would help with crop yields and infrastructure, he also implemented a new system in the military where all soldiers would learn a new streamlined Aura method made special for the military.
In doing so, he also implemented a meritocratic system for promotion, those who reach the 2nd tier would become squad leaders and the 3rd tier would become commanders, with the 4th tier being generals.
King Rigurd also created a new strategist position that would have 4 empty spots for those who have proven their military and strategic knowledge, no matter their strength since they wouldn't be fighting on the front line.
Once the year reached 20,200 the next major event happened, and what do you know, it revolves around King Rigurd.
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Back to a certain duo sitting on a couch watching "T.V"...
"Wow, that was crazy, I mean what an amazing set of events right after each other." said a certain God of Creation
"Mhm, I know what you mean, and those reforms that he implemented after he ascended the throne were quite ingenious," commented Jeremiah
"I do have one question though," said Tristan to Jeremiah
"What is it?" responded Jeremiah
"Is Rigurd a reincarnated person?"
It took a minute for the question to register but when it did Jeremiah had a shocked expression that quickly turned to one of deep contemplation.
After a few moments of silence, Jeremiah finally spoke up.
"To be honest, there is a possibility."
"However, if he is then it isn't in the way that you are thinking, at least I don't think it is," said Jeremiah
"Well, enlighten me."
"You see, when a universe dies from either conquest, internal destruction, or the Creator there just decides to hit the reset button, then the souls of all the past inhabitants are thrust into the omniverse and are pulled into other universes and planets and go through the reincarnation process.
"Sometimes those souls who go into other universes are lucky enough to either remember small bits of who they used to be, or they have their complete memory, except for the whole universe ending thing."
"However, from the way Rigurd has gone through his life, I highly doubt he remembers all of his memories from a past life, probably only small bits of information."
"For example, all of his reforms are ahead of their time, but they aren't too far ahead if that makes any sense," answered Jeremiah
"Hmm, I see, that does make a lot of sense, ah I just realized, Azrail has the power to discern how many times a soul has reincarnated and who they used to be or even who the very first incarnation of the soul was," said Tristan
After a few moments, Azrail came through the door into the study where Tristan and Jeremiah were.
"You called older brother?"
"Ah there you are, sorry if I pulled you away from something, I need your help, can you locate that Terrans soul for me," said Tristan pointing to the picture of Rigurd
"Of course, I can even summon it."
With that Azrail summoned what appeared to be an orb of pure energy, this was what a soul truly looked like.
"Can you tell me who he was and where he came from before he became Rigurd Vraetia?"
"Of course."
After a few moments, Azrail opened his eyes and looked toward Tristan signaling he was done.
"This soul originates from the planet Caliya."
"I think I remember what universe that world was from, it was from a universe that delved into mass galactic war all over the place and the creator got tired of it so he pressed the restart button," said Jeremiah
"Hmm, interesting, it seems I can peer into a soul and see its passed memories now," said Tristan
"You must have gained some control over Azrail's domain due to you creating him," responded Jeremiah
"Ah, checks out."
"This soul has gone through many lifetimes, and it seems in most of them he was a great conqueror king and sometimes emperor, however, he always cared about his people well being and their future."
"Now I can't wait to see what he does with the rest of his life," said Tristan smiling
(King Rigurd --->)
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Authors Note.
Now that we start diving into the events that happened on Saxonia during those 15,000 years I want to give a heads up that it will probably take 6 or more chapters just to cover everything that happened among all of the 6 races, to be honest it will probably be more but who knows.
If you have any input or critiques then please tell me, all forms of feedback are helpful.
Hope you enjoy my novel, and once again thanks for reading!