Hi,

I'm starting this thread just to post what will be the intoduction part to the Atlas Aebrynis (I think).

It is written from an Anuirean point of view, by Chamberlain Maevous Dosiere who died in 1240 HC. He trained as a wizard in his youth, but eventually gave up sorcery to spend his life collecting and compiling the history of the Anuirean people. He became Chamberlain late in his life after several of his colse realatives died under unfortunate circumstances. He continued his work until he died of old age 99 years old. He might not have felt that his work was completed, but his work is considered the very best source on the matter for those few scholars who have access to it (it is generally considered heretical in nature by several prominant Anuirean chruches).

Well, that was just fluff, but I alwasy find it more enjoyable to write something for BR if I prentend it is the work of someone actually living in Cerilia. So I made up Maevous Dosiere for that purpose.

I'll spilt the rest into several post, since it is all very long and not everything is quite done yet. It will be divided into the following parts:

THE AGE OF DREAMS
Which is basically a creation myth.

THE AGE OF MYTH
Which speaks a little more about whay is commonly known as the age of monsters. There will be stuff both about dragons and giants, as well as the nature of the spirit wolrd and the Sie, and of course something about the emergence of the younger races (humans included).

THE AGE OF LEGEND
This is the part about the ancient hsitory of the Andu, what they did in the years before the Flight from Shadow and up until the Battle of Deismaar. It will also cover the old gods and such.

THE AGE OF HISTORY
This is the part after Deismaar, and will mainly focus on the early years right after Desimaar.

The first post will be the AGE OF DREAMS. Feel free to speak you mid about it (maybe this could have gone in the BArd's Tale forum, but since it's map/altas-related I'm putting it here).

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“For more than seventy long years I have labored to bring this work to completion, and yet much knowledge still eludes me. I am an old man now, near enough one hundred winters, and my time on Aebrynis grows short, and I must complete the work as best I can, and hope that some of my descendants will take up the quill and resume the labor.

Herein I have penned what lore I have uncovered about out ancestors, the proud and noble Andu. Not only have I related their history, but I have also written about their beliefs and their most prized skill – warfare. I am afraid I do get a bit esoteric at times – it seems my years as a wizard’s apprentice finally caught up with me – and I have a bad habit of throwing in unsubstantiated claims (and a bit of educated guesswork as well).

There sources I have used are to numerous to mention here, but you will find them all in the appendixes. Yet I would like to mention a few – The Imperial College of Sorcery, the Imperial Libraries here at the Cairn, the High Mage, and the Emerald Queen (long did I vie for her grace, but in the end it was worth it). I would also like to thank Maester Kaleiman, for without his unflinching support (and sometime harsh words when I faltered), I would never have gotten this far.”

- as penned in the Anuirean Book of Days by Chamberlain Maevous Dosiere d. 1240 HC