History Of Moonglow
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Title: History of Moonglow
Author: Moonglow Town concil
In the beginning there was the mage tower. It stood near the lycaeum in feluca. Blessed by the gods as no true tower can stand in Moonglow. It was led by Tiffric who was Greypawns mentor. He taught him the ways of the mage and was spymaster under him for years. The mage tower waned in power as Tiffric's health deteriorated. Eventually he sought his own adventure with one named Aleph. Who founded the heralds of the awakening.
He was sage of honesty for a long time and it was his solemn duty to establish the council. He did so holding the first MTC of honesty in the northeast. It was apparent that they would face opponents, evil had it's eye on them. So he established the militia to protect Moonglow.
Eventually he was able to procure MTC a headquearters. A small house near the lycaeum that functioned as home. Soon war took them to Caina the home of the Order of the Ebon Skull.
Over time wars raged with OES and their allies the orcs. Vice mayors came and went, captains came and went, virtually the last person chosen to be captain was a man named Richard Ebonrune. He shunned the though of leadership but Greypawn forced it upon him. The best leaders are those who never wish to be he has found. Richard was iconic, with Richard Moonglow grew vast and enormous. At one point they discovered a plot by Nujel'm nobility to keep their population poor. He learned through agents of honesty that spies in his employ. that the Westmarks the ruling family of Nujel'm had conspired with the shadow enclave. which was the OES and orcs and other unsavories. They were going to overthrow the government, they claimed Greypawn was insane or misheard. So they did what they had to do and invaded Nujelm.
MTC's first military action against another power was the invasion. They succeeded and burned their palace. Richard, Lieutenant Isk and Lieutenant Pheonix and Greypawn took the Westmarks to the guillotine and executed them all. After this violent overthrow, public opinion turned on Moonglow. Greypawn suddenly became a bloodthirsty dictator, conqueror invading whatever island he so deemed. He was expelled from the Awakening and so the removal of Moonglow from the light began. Moonglow reached an extreme power during this time. As they had to forge their own alliances. no longer protected by those they though allies.
The darkness targeted them mercilessly, and they stood alone awhile against it. GreyPawn was able to use diplomatic power to forge a new alliance. The Moonglow alliance. He installed a Nujel'm noble, Lord Danny De'Fiona, one of Malicite's relatives to the throne. And married him to secure moonglows authority over the island.
The Moonglow alliance was vast it was Nujel'm, Wintermoor, Bucss Den, and Windemere. The awakening saw what was going on and worried forged their own great alliance which would be called the Regency. It was during this tumultuous time that the council of mages and the true britannians broke. Moonglow sided with the council naturally as Greypawn is the 2nd seat holder. When felucca was sundered from trammel, lord british and nystul his mage blamed minax for the destruction of felucca, the COM knew different.
They knew that nystul had lied and stolen energy from felucca to create trammel. Minax would not have gone through the lands and ripped the leaves off of tree. Nystul and lord british lied. So the COM sought alternate means. The council ultimately wishes to summon forth the stranger, also called the avatar. it was after this split that he came to realize the council was moving to slow. So taking matters into his own hands he invaded yew and acquired the Candle of Love, they invaded Serpents hold and acquired the bell of courage. The book of truth was already in Moonglow possession. The three items were necessary to summon the avatar. If Moonglow could defeat evil once and for all. The avatar could. He searched long and hard for the keep known as Stonegate. He found it on the plains east of britain and a date was set.
Combined with the Regency that was two thirds majority of good in the world. The avatar can only be summoned when the balance is shifted towards evil. So a sacrifice had to be made. Moonglow kidnapped the son of the oracle of truth, Aleph Aeris. They took his son Ander to Stonegate and set about performing the ritual.
Picture a world war if you can. Every one you've ever met in Sosaria at war. That was Stonegate. Moonglow held the structure and the entire host of Regency forces arrived. The regency numbered in the 500's at least while Moonglow had 200 at best. Luckily a stupid move by Grimrick the current regent lead to a tactical error. He had his cavalry rush the entrance. The men died leaving their horses to block further entrance.
Moonglow won Stonegate against all odds. But the sacrifice didn't go as planned. Ander's blood flowed but he did not die. He could see the figure of the stranger beyond the gate he had opened into this world. Huge metal beats roared across roads of white stone, He looked surprised to see him then reticent, then the gate closed. The energies released from the gate closing blasted GreyPawn upwards phased him through the structure of stonegate and into another vision. He awoke in a ditch having failed his task. Moonglow from then on served the balance. Aspiration to good, but independent in thought and spirit. No more mindless lightbearers, out to save the world. The Moonglow Alliance fell. And there was a period of silence.
Eventually, after many years Greypawn stepped down as mayor to let the future have its say.
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