The Age of Dreams lasted 1175 years when the Kol Draahl began once again to rise. Kingdoms the world over denied the sightings coming from the Southern Kingdoms in Mologan. Surely, everyone knew the Kol Draahl had been destroyed. Under the command of the Centaur High Queen Galien, the seven kingdoms united under her rule held the Kol Draahl at bay for nearly ten years while the rest of the world denied the very existence of the enemy.
During this time, the sorcerer Nirovei working under Solomon Uncas at Bloodstone Manor used Rune magic to create the first Spellshooter. This new device allowed non-mages to use a wand, rod or staff primed with a certain spell. This invention inspired others, specifically the group who would eventually form the nomadic tribe of rune mages called the Boergani, to push the boundaries of what Runes could do. By the time the Southern Kingdom's fight with the returned Kol Draahl reached its zenith, there were skyships soaring across the skies on their vaunted Runengines.
A squad of soldiers press-ganged into the war on Mologan stole one such skyship. Among them was one talented Rune mage named Aklhan Lazarus, who fine tuned the ship and named it the WolfWind. Those who served aboard her were known as the Windwolves. On their own, AWOL from the army, they fought the Kol Draahl and earned a reputation as being fierce opponents to the evil threat. After several Arcs, High Queen Galien pardoned them for their desertion and even commended them for their actions in the war. Almost two years after the Windwolves struck out on their own, the crew had a few changes of personnel and survived the Maelstrom. They then discovered that one among them was a member of the Kol Draahl's most dreaded forces; the Myde Laethe. He had turned traitor against the Kol Draahl and though the crew didn't trust him initially, after the Kol Draahl overran the capitol, they took a chance on him and launched a daring plan that would change the face of Geis forever.
The Kol Draahl hadn't adapted to the new ways Runes were being used, so they were dependent upon naturally occurring fonts of pure magical energy; mana. Spending two full Arcs in preparation, they sought to destroy one of these fonts. To do so, they needed to cast a spell of such power that it would drain the font. They reformed the Arc back into the moon it had once been. The resulting energy thus unleashed destroyed not only the font itself, but the entire crew of the Wolfwind. (The ship itself was transformed, taking on a form of life and sentience all its own. The son of Aklhan became the new Captain.) The loss of the font set the Kol Draahl back for it was one of four they had. The Kol Draahl controlled the continent of Mologan at the dawn of the Rune Age but were unable to move further until they recovered from the daring action and sacrifice of the valiant Windwolves.
I plan on updating this blog more. The past four years or so have been very hectic in my personal life. For the five or six people who follow this blog, I apologize.
