The Tale of Archon Discussion/Updates [Archive 2003]

Yay everything right now is 100% debugged.
So for the rest of the night I gotta do village crap (all the background stuff like villagers moving around, etc...)

u could call the Demon Xa'arzz

Well actually the thing is, I already have a few unused names and stuff. I'm just deciding wheter I am going to rename one of the lesser gods, and give "The Demon" the lesser god's old name. Once I decide, then I will release a set in stone name.

But... its such a coooooool name! :ggani:

cool some history, this is going to be in the cinematics right?
Like someone will refer to rhe old demon god or they'll run into Arsil's spell book. Something like that?

Well the actual old historical war "Clash of the Titans" takes place 1300 years before the time of Archon's life. But yes this will be described in part 1 when I add an additional 4-5 minutes in :ggani:
And it will play a big role in the main storyline too... very big... :gsmile:

How did they get into the spheres exactly?emote_confused

Hmm I should have gone into more details about that...

The lesser gods knew that the magical rift was reaching a critical point, and they knew that if it exploded, the energies would collapse and destroy the Titan and Demon. Two of the emmisarys of each faction met and discussed what would happen if the rift was destroyed. They agreed to set up huge statis' to draw the energy into a ball-like form (The Spheres), in case of emergency.

Both sides were very naive and rather then trying to protect both of the creator's existances, they tried to direct the rifts explosion towards the opposing side, rather then trying to balance out the rifts dangerous energies. When both sides attempted to shift the rifts magic to the opposing side, it caused it to split open, unleashing a deadly blast which weakened all spellcasters, and killed many living creatures, and lesser gods.

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The reason the rift formed was because at the time, magic was so ripe in the world. It was easily gathered, and the Titan and Demon's power was so vast it could shape worlds. When all the destructive energies of the war were released, the magic caused a massive reaction which opened a little tiny rift. The rift slowly sucked more and more energy into it, until it finally exploded.

EDIT: W00t! Just finished around another 30 seconds of part 2 :ggani:

but u arent gonna tell us what the demons nam is are u?

Soon my friend, soon... :ggani:

Eventually I'll release a big document of history, the gods, legendary heroes, all of the continents on Arasil, etc...

10/27 - Some interesting figures:

# of files in Iron_Ian's organized TTOA folder - 980, 123 mb.
# of files in Iron_Ian's unorganized TTOA folders - 22, 6.8 mb.
# of files in Iron_Ian's sound directory - 4849, 667.89 mb.

those are some serious numbers...

Sorry about the lack of updates lately, I was away for 2 days. I may work on TTOA pt. 2 a bit tonight, but I'm really tired, so I might not.

11/9

W00t finally worked on TTOA a bit after like 2 weeks of no progress.
I got a bit of dialogue done, and a nice outline for a little hump in the storyline that was bugging me. And I finished a pain in the *** little fade filter I had to do. :ggani:

Iron_Ian

Yay some history of the founding of the two biggest nations in Kiran-Hal. (Note that atm this is still WIP. Also the dates will be changed alot. I have written an updated timeline of the events on Arasil, but not put it to use in the history yet)

Dale/Asiragund:

The Founding of the Nation of Dale:

213 years ago, a man named Sir Daran Alaranas founded the Nation of Dale.
Kiran-Hal was a land of scattered villages and colonies at that time, and the people were subject to attacks from brigands, barbarians, savage orcs, and other dangerous creatures. Out of the midst of many lords and paladins vying for power emerged Sir Alaranas. He was the lord of the largest city in Kiran-Hal at the time, the port city of Tillera. Located on the Dragon Shores, this was a small city compared to its size in the current day. Sir Alaranas gained the support of three surrounding villages mayors, and a lord of another small city nearby by helping them fend off barbarian and bandit attacks. When a barbarian chieftain Grok the Mauler attacked his city, the nearby lords sent their militia's and even personal men-at-arms to help fight against what seemed to be overwhelming odds. The barbarians outnumbered them 5-1. Amazingly the walls of Tillera held, and the barbarians fled. Sir Alaranas' troops flanked the barbarian army and killed their leader, crushing the barbarian upstarts in Kiran-Hal.

The townsfolk and lords from villages and cities all around were amazed at Sir Alaranas' success, and instantly vowed their support for him.
Sir Alaranas chose his most loyal compatriots to become his counselors and generals.
On the 16th of October, 1162, Sir Alaranas declared the founding of the Nation of Dale. Their borders stretched from the southern shores of the Dragon Sea to the far Northern Shok'kar Mountains, from the Eastern Shard Wood of Ta-Kora, and all of what is modern day Asiragund.

The Separation:

Though most were sound with the leadership of Duke Alaranas, there were some who despised his rule. One of these people was Lord Aietius Asiragund, a wealthy lord of the city of Kurash (the modern day capital of Asiragund). Lord Aietius strongly despised Duke Alaranas due to the fact that he was promised more land if his army aided Duke Alaranas in the battle with the barbarians. Duke Alaranas granted Aietius land, but in Aietius' eyes it was not a big enough share of the spoils for him.
Lord Aietius had a fair sized army, and his ranks grew larger as more people that supported his cause joined his army. He gathered the support of 3 surrounding lords and on the 6th of January 1170, they made a surprise night attack on Lord Agamand's city of Taranor. They were caught completely off-guard and they were all brutally slaughtered. Outraged, Duke Alaranas declared war on Aietius and sent a legion of his finest soldiers to destroy Aietius before he could gain any more followers. Unfortunately for Alaranas, the Asiragundis (as they called themselves) were stronger then he thought, and though his forces did a large amount of damage, they were defeated before they could even reach Kurash. Aietius ordered his army to move in towards the Heart of Dale. They met fierce resistance from Alaranas, but soon broke the outer ranks of his army, and rushed towards the capital city of Tillera. The walls of Tillera would not give in, and Aietius' army had taken severe casualties. He stalled for reinforcements, by falling back for a week until they could arrive. Then he charged back at the city. The walls of Tillera eventually gave in, and Aietius' men rushed in, though they had still not broken the line of defense surrounding the upper section of the city where Duke Alaranas' Palace was.
Duke Alaranas couldn't stand it any longer, Aietius was executing his citizens if they did not join his side and take up arms against Alaranas. He climbed to the top of the wall surrounding the Palace of Tillera, and called out for Aietius. Aietius arrived and they worked out an agreement:
“I don't wish to kill you Alaranas. I want to bargain with you. You give me half of Dale to declare as a new nation, and I'll leave you, and the rest of your people alive.� He sputtered. Duke Alaranas was silent for a moment.
“I do not wish to kill you, or your people Alaranas. I only want to have my fair share of the spoils. You know that my army was a decisive factor in the battle with the barbarians.� At this Alaranas spoke up:
“Your… your request will be granted. We will divide Dale in half then… you take everything to the west of Tillwood, and I'll take everything to the east.�
“Very well… fair enough.� Aietius said. “You're lucky I'm a fairly sympathetic man Alaranas. Otherwise I would have taken all of your land and killed you.�

Three days later, on the 13th of July 1172, both leaders signed the Treaty of Agamand (In honor of Duke Alaranas' fallen friend). The treaty declared the new nation of Asiragund separate from, but allied with Dale.