My name is Olin Petty and I live in the anime deprived town of Lynchburg Va. It is the center of the evil empire of Jerry Falwell(T.V. evangalist) so we don't do much here. I'm 17, born (8/17/79)
What I like: I like Ranma ^_^, love fantasy books (esp David Eddings, Robert Jordan, and Michael Moorcock among many others), lacrosse, video games (RPG and strategy) hiking(right next to the Blue Ridge Mts.), AD&D prefrably Dark Sun(hehe Avanigons rule), computers, and assorted other things.
Music I like: Pachelbel Canon (one of the most beautiful musical pieces ever written I have it on continous replay 24/7), aside from that anything except rap and it's counterparts.
Time on ML:who knows(at least I don't). for me when doing things I like time seems to kinda become irrevalant.
Lets see here I have been colecting Ranma for about 4 months now, and I have 10 tapes of Ranma, episode 2 or AMG, Tenchi Miou in Love in my library, And I have Sailor Moon Movie R, 3 tapes of Ranma, 1 Episode of Records of Lodoss War, 2 Final Fantasy episodes, and the Ranma 1/2 Doco music video on backorder for TWO months(well almost ^_^) Kids if you are in danger of having any of these; Money, A life, Sanity, or Sleep then becoming addicted to Ranma and joining the Ranma ML and the FFML is your cure.
I currently have a few projects: Getting into College (UVA or Tech), writing a piece or two for the Tendou Kasumi School Philosophy, Writing my Ranma/Belgariad crossover, and working on my homepages.
My homepages are http://members.aol.com/HHDeNi/index.html (has a page of WebDragons wonderful poems Through Uncolored Glasses) http://www.oocities.org/Tokyo/Towers/2231/odinswrath.html
Feel free to drop me a line at HHDeNi@aol.com I love getting personal mail (I also have about 4 other Email sites but I don't regularly check them)
Oh for all wanting to see a picture of me don't hold your breath I really don't take a good picture as soon as I do I shall send Mortal one, but until then I have nothing to show you.(that I like anyway)
The woods are lovely, dark and
deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
~Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost
Prologue
When the world was new the seven Gods dwelt in harmony, and the races of man were as one people. Belar, the youngest of the gods, was beloved by the Alorns. He abode with them and cherished them, and they prospered in his care. The other Gods also gathered peoples about them, and each god cherished his own people.
Belar's eldest brother, Aldur, took no people as his own. And he dwelt apart from the realms of man existing only with the animals in nature. Until one day a young man came to him seeking knowledge and learning from him. Aldur accepted the man as his disciple and named him Genma(or would you prefer Belgenma for continuity's sake)((I THINK IN THE PROLOGUE IT SHOULD BE BELGENMA, BUT LATER IN THE ACTUAL STORY HE COUOLD BE CALLED GENMA, LIKE "POL")). He taught Genma the secrets of the Will and the Way, and introduced to him the pure natural beauty of martial arts. Thus, through these teachings, Genma became the first sorcerer.
In the following years many others sought out the solitary god to become his disciples. Those that the god accepted joined at his feet in brotherhood to learn from him, and time did not touch them.
Now it came to pass that Aldur took up a stone no larger than a child's heart. He turned the stone in his hand until it became smooth as the surface of the lake at dawn, and the breathed the fires of life into it And it had a soul and shown with the pure light of innocence. The power of the living jewel, which mortals called the Orb of Aldur, was immeasurable, and Aldur worked wonders with it's power.
Now of all the gods, Happosai was the most beautiful, (imagine how Happosai sees himself when he was younger) and his people were the Angaraks. They burned sacrifices of that which is worn close to the heart (as well as the heart), and they called him the Lord of all Lords. All of this really went to his head, so when he heard of Aldur's object of power and of the beautiful wonders that He wrought with it, he was immediately seized with an immense jealousy. He went to cajole the Orb from Aldur with honeyed words and false confidences.
Aldur seeing the darkness that had inhabited the soul of his brother Happosai, replied "Why dost thou seek lordship and dominion? Is not the praise of thy peoples and thy lands enough for thee? I plead with you do not, in thy pride, seek to possess the orb, for in thy pride it shall surely slay thee."
Upon hearing this Happosai's wrath was ignited and he did smite his brother and take the orb.
The other gods pleaded with Happosai to return the orb to their brother, but he turned a deaf ear to them. Then in desperation the races of man rose up against the hordes of Angarak and made war against them. The wars of men and gods raged until at the high places of Korim, Happosai raised up the Orb and smote the land asunder with it's power. The sea came in where once there were mountains, but Aldur and Belar combined their wills and put limits upon the sea.
Now Happosai's use of the living jewel against it's mother, the earth, greatly upset the Orb and it woke with a fury and struck out against that which it's user held most dear. Azure fire enshrouded the God and seared away the youth of his appearance, disfiguring him greatly.(Happosai as we all know and love him) In a wretched pain he led his hordes to the plains of Malorea where they erected a tower of iron and built a city about it called Cthol Mishrak, the City of Night. In his wrath, Happosai hid in the darkness that surrounded the city and carried out unspeakable acts against it's populace. The Orb was placed in an iron cask which Happosai could only gaze upon, for fear of what it would do at his touch.
Centuries passed, as they are want to do, and the Angarak's came to call their disfigured God Kal-Happosai, he who is both king and god. All was undisturbed until Cherek Bear-shoulders the greatest king of the Alorns, traveled to the Vale of Aldur to seek Genma the Sorcerer. He told of the auguries he had read; they told that the way to the city of the night was open and it was possible to take back that which was stolen from his master. Poledra (Nadoka is to be aunt Pol) Genma's wife was with child so he was loth to leave her. However Cherek prevailed. One night they left to join Chereks sons Dras Bull-neck, Algar Fleet-foot, and Riva Iron-grip.
A cruel winter gripped the north that season, and the moors shone like steel under the winter stars. To lead them Genma took the form of a great bear He lead them unseen to Cthol Mishrak in to the iron tower itself. They reached the orb and with Happosai asleep, horribly disfigured from his previous beauty.
King Cherek motioned Genma to take the orb. But he protested "Only one without ill will may touch it. For once it welcomed any touch, but now its soul has been steeled against the evils of man and god. Now it reads the soul to see that it is not used against its mother again." Cherek despaired saying "Who among us has no ill intent somewhere upon his soul?" At that point Riva Iron-grip moved forward and took up the Orb, its fire shone forth from his fingers but he was untouched. "So be it."said Genma,"It shall be the doom of you and all your line to protect the orb Riva." After this they stole away from the city as quietly as possible.
However Happosai soon awoke and went to his torture and pleasure, to look upon the Orb that he could never possess. When he found it missing, he roused his army and pursued the thieves.
Using the light of the Orb, which was awakened by the pursuit of its enemies, Riva held back the hosts, thus Genma and his companions were able to make it back to the Kingdoms of the west safely.
Now the Gods knew all that had transpired, and held council, and Aldur advised them. "If we wage war upon our brother surely we will destroy this world that we have made. Thus we must absence ourselves from our dear creation so that our brother may not find us. We may never again visit our peoples in the flesh but only in spirit may we come. For the sake of our creation it must be so. For on the day when we wage war again surely the world will be unmade."
The assembled Gods wept that they must depart. But Chaldan Bull-God of the Arends asked,"In our absence will not Happosai have dominion over all?" "Not so,"Aldur replied,"So long as the Orb remains in the possession of the line of Riva Iron-grip, Happosai shall not prevail."
So it was that the gods sadly departed, and only Happosai remained. But the knowledge of the orb in the hands of the line of Riva was as a canker in his black soul.
Aloria was split among Cherek's three sons. Dras went north and dwelt in the lands drained by the River Mrin. He built a city called Boktor and named his lands Drasnia. He and his descendants stood to defend the northern marches to deny them to the enemy. Algar went south to the plains by the Aldur river and found upon them horses. These he tamed and learned to ride and for the first time in history of man or god, mounted warriors appeared. Their country was named Algaria, and was populated by nomads following their herds. Cherek returned sadly to Val Alorn and renamed his diminished kingdom Cherek, for now he was without sons and alone. He grimly built ships of war to patrol the seas for the enemy.
Upon Riva the bearer of the Orb had a longer journey however. He was to take his people to the west coast of Japan (Sendaria) and settle his people upon the isle of the winds. He there built his kingdom Riva and carved his fortress city Tokyo out of the granite of the mountains. Then Belar, God of the Alorns, caused two stars to fall from the sky. Riva took up one and forged a blade from one and a hilt from the other, setting upon it as the pommel stone, the Orb. The blade was so large that none but Riva could wield it. Across the sea Happosai felt, in his soul, the forging of the blade, and for the first time, felt fear settle into his heart.
The blade was set in stone above the throne so that none but Riva could remove it. The Orb burned with a cold fire whenever he sat upon the throne. And when he took down his sword and raised it, it became a great pillar of cold fire.
The greatest of all wonders was the mark on the right hand of Rivas heir. Once in each generation, one child in the line of Riva bore upon their palm the mark of the orb. The child marked was taken to the throne room, and in a ceremony his hand was placed upon the orb so that it may know them. With each touch the Orb waxed in brilliance, strengthening the bond between the orb and the house of Riva.
After Genma had parted from his companions he hastened to the Vale of Aldur. But, there he found his wife Poledra had died bearing him twin daughters.. He named the elder Nodoka. Her hair was brown, and in the fashion of sorcerers, he stretched forth his hand and laid it upon her brow. Where his hand touched a single lock at her forehead turned a snowy white. This troubled him for the white lock was the mark of sorcerers, and Nodoka was the first female child to be marked so.
His second daughter, fair skinned and unmarked, was named Beldaran. He and Nodoka loved her with all of their hearts, and contended with each other for her affections.
When Nodoka and Beldaran reached their sixteenth year Aldur came to Genma and said to him,"My beloved disciple, I would join your house and that of the house of the guardian of the Orb. Chose which of thy daughters is to wed the Rivan King, for in that line will lie the hope of the world, against which the dark power of my brother Happosai may never prevail." In the silence of his soul, Genma was tempted to chose Nodoka to wed the Rivan King and keep Beldaran with him. But instead he sent Beldaran, and wept at her departure. And Nodoka also wept, knowing that while her sister shall fade and die she shall live on unchanged. In time however they came to know each other and comforted each other in their griefs. They joined their powers to keep watch over Happosai. And some men say that they abide still, keeping their vigil through all the uncounted centuries.