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| Long ago, when the earth was still young and magic roamed unkept, five mages gathered together to form a council of sorts, acting under the order of the godesses, each of the five respresented an element, earth, wind, water,fire and soul. Harmony abounded and man thrived, but as our nature man desires power above all things and the five could do nothing to stop them as they could not use their powers for violence. A war swept across the land, killing, maiming and taking. The King of Leoni fell upon his knees in a desperate prayer for the saftey of his people and his land. His prayer's were answered in the form of a stunning white mare, called Silver Wind. The horse was more of a kindred soul to the monarch than anything else, and when any threat of war came to the kingdom the mare seemed to gain a firey power and the kingdom would end up untouched. For years the war ragged, and Leoni became the only safe haven for the passifists. The five were long gone, and their spirits watched in agony as all they had created fell to ruin under the lust for power. Suddenly one day the Monarch died and with him the mare. Days later his only child, a daugher of 19 took the throne. War could now touch the kingdom as the mare was gone, and the new Queen was forced to construct an army of mages, knights, pesants, and at the head, the monarch herself, flanked by the Queen's Own. In a desperate battle for freedom and survival Leoni struggled, crumbling and regaining, lossing and winning footing, each battle giving no clue to which side would prevail. Years passed and still the war raged, finally a group of mages gathered and tapped into the power of the very earth, using it to stop the war...at a enormous cost. Besides losing their lives the mages lost control of the power and it raged through the gathered masses killing those the power thought worthy. Causing the deaths of hundreds of men and women. With the battle truely over the queen took the thrown again, aged not only in body but also in mind. Unlike most kingdoms the monarch passed a law allowing women to the knighthood, and women were the ones that she used as her personal gaurd, causing the kingdom to become a destiny of sorts to the women who wanted somethign more than house-work and child-birth. A truely magical place Leoni has survived wars and trials, both good and bad times, each passing the kingdom to only make it stronger. We have gone years without conflict, but there is rumor that there is evil brewing to the west, that a war may well again start...and leave the kingdom in ruins... |