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The land of Philenos has a rich and colorful history.
Located in this area will be but a small section of it to give
an idea of the flavor of Philenos.
Located below will be just a few key moments in history
that effected the entire known world at that time.

If you find it interesting and would like to see more, let me
know. frobizdarkmage@lycos.com or post in my forum.

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The Arrival

Originally the humans, elves, orcs, gnomes,dwarves and halfings lived on the Planet Filone. They were a technological society. Filone's magic was weak and the races had turned more to technology.

The gnomes were the researchers of the world, they labored long hours and came up with many things that help make life easier. They invented great ships that flew through the air, ways to light dark rooms without fire, and many other things. They were constantly laboring to come up with new and exciting things.

One of their experiments involved a way to move a great distance in very little time. Upon testing their invention, they opened a gateway to another plane and 3 Demon lords came through. The gnomes quickly opened another doorway and escaped through it. With no magic to stop them, and the advanced gnomes no where to be seen, the demon lords enslaved the planet with very little resistance. For thousands of years they reigned supreme.

Filone became a brutal place. The demons enslaved every man women and child on the planet. The quest for technology was abandon for the quest to stay alive.

One day two figures appeared to the leaders of the races, one of dark and one of light. They offered the people a choice, if they would come with them, they would lead them to a new land where they could start over. Many of the people were afraid and stayed behind.

In the dead of night, they lead those that were willing through a magical portal to the land of Philenos. They told the people that Philenos had people of its own and they would have to find a way to live with them. They taught the people the ways of magic and helped them get a start on what is now known as the continent of Teruno. The people worshipped them. They were the god and goddess, come to help their wayward children. Across Philenos, the Gods scattered a number of gems of great power. These gems, when they were found and unlocked, would turn the finders into lesser gods. Thus the people would have beings of power from among their own kind so the tragedy of the demons would never be repeated. The gems were of different varieties and powers.

They sealed up the magic portal they had came to the world in and built a great tower at the site. Darkon and Lighonia, the god and goddess, told them, some day, one of them would know what to use the tower for. With that, they disappeared and let the people know that they would be watching and if they were ever truly needed, they would return, as long as the people didnt forget them.

The people lived peacefully for many hundreds of years and prospered. They always feared the demons would find them and set to keeping watch over the portal. They slowly expand and created their own civilization on the continent of Teruno. They built two towers in honor of their gods, the towers of light and dark. So far, they hadnt found any of the other races that the Darkon and Lightonia had talked about. After a couple hundred years, brave souls began sailing away from Teruno, many were never seen again. Those sailing to the south reported finding another land. They named this other continent Twoto.

They discovered their first race, the Mogulans. The Mogulans appeared to be distant relatives of the dwarves, They resembled them in stature but were very adept at natural magics. The Stratarians were a race of intelligent avains. The Dwarves and Mogulan became fast allies. Working together, they created tools and weapons that couldnt be beat. They slowly began to spread across Twoto. All was still peaceful. They built great institues of learning and new and powerful magics were discovered. The people learned of the four elemental gods. They were minor in power but many flocked to their worship too.

Across Twoto they discovered signs of an ancient civilization that had long since expired. The Stratarians and Mogulans knew nothing of other civilizations, as far as they knew, the ruins had always been there.

The Great War

This was a golden age for the ancient civilization.Unfortunately, it was not to last. An evil wizard named Shaylock, was thrown out of the major academy of learning, for unlawful experiments. He disappeared into the uncharted parts of Twoto. While there, he learned black arts long forgotten by the peaceloving peoples of the lands. He discovered a mysterious artifact that increased his powers tenfold. After many years of seclusion and hiding, he returned and quickly seized control of Twoto. No one could stand up to his power. He built a massive fortress on an island he created in a lake in the center of Twoto. Thousands of slaves died in the construction, and as they died, he sealed them into the walls of the Castle. The black fortress could be seen for miles. He magically engineered a group of his servants and they become the first shadow masters.

He quickly spread his control across the lands. He enslaved and exterminated as he went. Thousands fled to the sea to escape. Many of the Sorcerors fled to the north and founded Sorcerian. They built a massive fortress to hold off the powers of the Dark master. They found the nation of the feline race, the Kitarian. The Kitarian, became fast allies with the human and elven refugees. Many fled to the west and discovered the Desarians and their vast desert kingdom on Desar. The mage Bloodmoon, founded a large citadel in the mountains there. Him and his followers trained everyone who was interested in the Magical arts and slowly built an army to fight Shylock. They hand picked a group of fighters and began to

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