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Mystery of Tirmatral, retold[]
Tyr, the beginning of time, the old Kingdom
The people of Arktwend have been recounting this legend for hundreds of generations, even since before the fall of the old Kingdom.
At the beginning of all creation there was light and darkness. At some point both of these ancient energies united with one another
and a God was made, named Tyra after the old words for darkness, "Ra" and the almighty light "Ty", or "Tu".
Using his eternal power he created the world. Then he took a pile of earth and turned it into the first primordial man.
Then from this primordial humanoid, all other humanoid races that live in the world were made . Because Tyr didn't want to stand in the way [sic1; spacing]
of things anymore, he created an undisturbed place for him and his seraphim within a parallel dimension.
Years passed by and kingdoms blossomed, kings died, wars raged. It was also the time where a powerful kingdom arose
under the crown of Groth, a white human boy. This kingdom had several regions, and within its borders lived
different nations in peace and harmony.
Chapter II
The end of Tirmatral, the banishing of Arkt, the battle of Storm, the creation of Arktwend
Yet with his endeavours, Tyr had also reaped hatred, especially amongst his seraphim. Among them was one they called Arkt.
He hated Tyr because he had given his breath to all beings, just not the seraphim. Arkt tried to overthrow Tyr,
but his efforts failed and after a terrible fight amongst the seraphim, Arkt was struck down. His wings were ripped off
and he was banished to the Earth forever to fulfill his destiny amongst the mortals. But in his rage, Arkt created
a dark army of shadow warriors and with the help of a master of necromancy, he shifted the entire kingdom of Tirmatral with
his shadow. Nobody was able to destroy the dark army. However, Tyr sent his arch seraphim Wend to Earth.
He won the trust of a young tribal leader. Together they were able to unite the nations of Tirmatral and build up
an enormous army. The years went by and Arkt's army was gradually pushed further and further back. In the ruins of the town that was once Storm,
Wend and Arkt met each other in battle, from which Wend emerged as victorious. Arkt's body was locked in the old halls of
Enderal. However, Wend was weakened so much that he collapsed right there and then. The tribal leader was elected the first emporer [sic2]
of the new kingdom that was named Arktwend. Upon the ruins of Storm, the emporer [sic2] built a mighty city,
and upon the place Wend had died, he created a mighty tower for himself. Wend's body was to be brought to the eternal town of Tyrat, but on the way there
his body was robbed and defiled by dark creatures.
Chapter III
The emporer's [sic2] death, the preliminary end of the emporer [sic2] lineage, the fall of the empire, the tyrant Brutus
Centuries passed, the kingdom blossomed under the rule of the emporer. [sic2] During this time there were no conflicts.
Many great towns were made in this time. However, as peace was still reigning over the realm, a mysterious
cult began to form. This cult strongly beleived [sic3] in the resurrection of Arkt and posed a serious threat for the kingdom.
When the emporer tried to destroy the cult, his galley was attacked. The entire lineage of emporers was also taken out by intrigues.
Only two were able to save themselves, they were twins and had only been born a short time beforehand.
They were both brought out of the country. Now the former chancellor of Stormwend took over the reign of the realm of man.
The realm broke up into several smaller regions. The chancellor was an evil tyrant and there were rumours that he was the driving force behind the mysterious cult.
He had the high council of Stormwend replaced by one he formed himself. However, the sovereign of the old council, Callisto,
once of the chancellor's confidants, stood upon his defence. Together with other former confidants
he formed a secret covenant to fight against the tyrant. But the chancellor fought against this covenant with all his might, and Calisto [sic4] had to leave the town.
Before he fled the town, he sealed the emporer's old tower with a powerful spell.
Brutus was not able to break this spell and could not enter the tower any more. The years passed by, a shadow lay over the lands of Arktwend and rumours arose that Arkt had resurrected...
Notes[]
- [Sic] lets the reader know that this is not the editor's mistake, but how it is written in the text.
- [Sic1] Extra space between the period and 'Because' in the phrase '...world were made . Because Tyr...'
- [Sic2] Emperor is misspelled as 'emporer' in each instance.
- [Sic3] Believed is misspelled as 'beleived.'
- [Sic4] Callisto is misspelled as 'Calisto.'
- The formatting may look strange in-game due to the breaks not lining up properly with the end of the page seen in-game.
- It is a common book throughout Nehrim, having 66 persistent references, located in two merchant containers (Tenzos & Nirma [sic5; the correct spelling used in-game is Narima], apart of a leveled list BuecherHaushalt [LVLI:0019CBE7] , and part of the random books found in book containers.