The old realm (IC open)

[Aurelleon]

Long before recorded time there existed a realm far away from earth. This was known as the old realm…

It was created by the deity of bravery known as Kong-Bereem. Using the elements of fire,water,and wind he made a realm the size of a massive continent. The continent was divided into 4 with a tundra in the south, a swamp in the west, a forest in the east, and plains in the north. He made the first to live on this realm human-like with the ability to be genetically altered by him whenever he wanted. These were known as the Reemeans or the subjects of Bereem. The next thing he created was their enemies, the frost and fire giants who would clash and go to war with the subjects of Bereem. These wars are brutal and constantly ever evolving with empires rising and empires falling.

Overtime humans from other worlds have entered the old realm. These were known as outsiders. These normally didn’t last very long but occasionally some would come that would change everything. Some claim to come from the future bringing weapons such as guns while others come with flying mechanical dragons that forever changed war in the realm.

On earth in the Atlantic Ocean a portal has opened to the old realm. Will you join and see what this realm has in store for you?

[Aurelleon]

In the cold northern tundra an Army of Reemians from the kingdom of Concordia marches through the cold snow to fight against an army of frost and fire giants. They were armed with a variety of weapons, some were fighting with traditional medieval swords and shields while other carried outsider weapons from the new world called rifles. Around 100 soldiers marched through the snow carrying heavy armor and backpacks. They stood off against an army of frost and fire giants who roared at them and carried giant clubs and axes that could easily kill the subjects of Bereem in one hit. The commander of the Reemian army yelled his command to the rest of his army, “Charge!!! We are not leaving any giants that cross our paths alive. For Kong Bereem!!!!” He yelled. The soldiers advanced and attacked the army of giants as they engaged in brutal combat.

The Reemians sliced with their blades and shot out the brains of some giants with their guns but with their large clubs and brute strength the giants slammed and sent many of the Reemian soldiers flying. The giants grabbed the Reemian soldiers with their hands and devoured them whole. The army of Reemians was desperate and tried to escape but their was no avail and barely any of that military unit survived the conflict. Battles like these were becoming increasingly common as the elemental giants were simply stronger than the average subject of Bereem in every way, with the only exception being the Shifted warriors.

[Aurelleon]

Back home in the land to the West in the kingdom of Concordia the message was received that a party of 100 soldiers was entirely wiped out in a battle against the giants. It seemed like their was no hope in the constant battle against the giants but the king of Concordia had a weapon that would change the tide of this brutal war.

The shifted warriors….

The king of Concordia had offered a soldier to Kong-Bereem and the deity transformed the soldier into a massive armored dragon with extremely thick scales and armored wings. This was the start of the turn of the war for Concordia as with the armored dragon they had a chance of beating the frost and fire Giants.

[Aurelleon]

Concordia was in the border between the swampy west and the tundra south of the old realm so it was very difficult to survive and unless it was for training, hunting or deployments soldiers never left the Barracks by choice. A small group of 25 Concordian soldiers were known as a Tilliat and they were commonly stationed in small Barracks just outside of the walls of the great kingdom of Concordia.

The Barracks were small cabins with several beds and sleeping mats with a small corner fireplace for cooking and warmth as the outside was terribly cold. The entire Tilliat would gather around the campfire to eat and rest.

One young Reemian soldier was named Garet was sitting next to the fire while inspecting his uniform for his deployment tomorrow. On the outside he looked like a young, rookie soldier but he was not just a simple recruit. he was a candidate for the next shifted warrior. His brother was transformed into the armored dragon and would be accompanying his Tilliat on his deployment tomorrow. If this mission goes successfully, he would be offered to become a shifted warrior. When he was first told the news he seemed to be a little bit excited. However, deep within he was also deeply afraid. He knew that if the armored dragon was a success he would be offered and he would be transformed into a shifted warrior, and after that there would be no going back.

He's kept the fact that the armored dragon was his brother a secret as well as the fact that he would be next in line to be offered to Kong Bereem if this mission succeeds, but it still ate him up inside. He laid on his sleeping mat and anxiously waited for deployment tomorrow.

[Aurelleon]

Garet's brother, Alliant, was once an average subject of Bereem who served as a high-level general in the western kingdom of Concordia. One day not so long ago he was offered by the king of Concordia an opportunity to serve his kingdom and offer himself to Bereem, and transform him into a powerful warrior that could change the tide of the war against the frost giants. Full of patriotism for his nation and swayed by the promise of power Alliant chose to offer himself to Bereem.


On the day of the offering in a dark cave deep below the kingdom Alliant offered himself to Bereem in a secret temple. Bereem, changed Alliant into a powerful warrior just not in the way that he expected. Alliant was transformed into a massive dragon at least 18 meters tall. He had a hard outer shell of grey and brown scales that were sharp, rough, and impenetrable. His eyes turned a bright yellow and he appeared to be a raging monster.

Dragons did exist in the old realm, but Alliant was different. Alliant even though he was a dragon still had human intelligence and could understand what Reemian soldiers were saying even though he himself could no longer speak the Reemian language. Alliant also had scales that were stronger and more protective than any other dragon in the realm. Alliant had been transformed into the ultimate defensive weapon.

So far, the government had ordered him to be hidden in the temple and he would not be released until his deployment to the battlefield tomorrow. He was not allowed to leave the cave as if the public saw him this early on without explanation there would be chaos, but the cave was not necessarily a bad place. Alliant had servants that although could not understand him constantly brought him food, entertainment, and all other sorts of luxuries. He did not know much but apparently; he was going to be leading a Tilliat or two on a raid against the frost and fire giants. Although Alliant really did not feel like he was going to lead anything anymore. He could no longer speak so how was he going to lead the troops? He was now just a one-man army, a super weapon that could wipe the giants off the face of the realm.

[Aurelleon]

Garet and the rest of his Tilliat were marching through the cold tundra of the south and were on the way to lay siege on the clan of frost and fire giants that had previously slayed 4 Tilliats just a couple of days ago. The soldiers marched wearing armor of iron plating and fur jackets that kept the warm in the cold environment. Many of them carried spears, axes, and shields while few of them carried rare weapons such as rifles.

Garet's Tilliat was the 105th knight expedition Tiliat, whose purpose was to deploy knights to the far-out tundra and slay as many giants as they could find. Most knight expedition Tiliat's were either dead or very old and experienced but Garet's Tiliat was quite new and assembled by his majesty and the cadet corp just a couple of weeks ago. This mission would determine where they stand. Would the 105th be a Tiliat that was destined to wiped out entirely by giants or would it be one of the rare Tiliats that get to serve for years and acquire a status of veterancy and heroism amongst the people of Concordia?

As the soldiers were marching, they could hear a rumbling sound. 10 Frost giants (10-15 metres tall) were charging at the Tiliat with a raging fury ready to slaughter all the Reemians. Garet could hear his fellow soldiers shouting in panic and confusion. Everything was in total disarray. Then the leader of the 105th Tiliat spoke, "It's time to fight!! We cannot back down now! Charge!!!". Garet clenched his spear tightly and ran through the cold snow to kill the frost giants. Suddenly, as Garet looked at the sky he could see a giant creature in the sky flying down upon him. It was the armored Dragon, Alliant!! The armored dragon stood in front of the Tiliat acting as a shield and a symbol of hope for the Tiliat that stood behind it.

The frost giants tried to throw massive chunks of snow and ice at the armored dragon, but its scales were too strong, and their attacks had no effect. The Dragon returned their attack by firing a beam of fire at the frost giants burning them in agonizing flames. As the giants burned in pain in Tiliat charged to kill the giants. Some of the 105th was killed as the giants grabbed them with their cold hands and ate them alive but many succeeded as they stabbed the frost giants in the nape and their brains. The unit of 10 frost giants was devastated and wiped out entirely as the Tiliat triumphed with the help of their new ally, the shield and armor of Concordia, the armored dragon.

[Aurelleon]

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[Aurelleon]

The 105th Knight expedition Tiliat returned home from the battle in triumph. Out of the 25 knights of the Tiliat only 5 died in combat, which was incredibly rare as most Tiliats are almost always entirely wiped out every single deployment. The 105th marched back home and entered the gates of Concordia met with a parade of people. Not only that the armored dragon marched with them and the entire kingdom of Concordia stared in Awe at the creature that had apparently slayed 10 frost giants and took no damage whatsoever. Dragons did exist in the old realm and they occasionally flew over Concordia but they never messed with the frost or fire giants. Giants were the apex predator of the old realm. Alliant the armored dragon was truly revolutionary.

The armored dragon stood firm. It’s yellow eyes gazing into the crowd and it’s jaw and head moving mechanically almost as if its entire body was a suit of armor. Garet looked at the beast, which once was his brother, and knew that his time was coming to become a shifted warrior himself.

He wondered what his transformation would be. Would he become a dragon like his brother? Or something else?

[Aurelleon]

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[The United Empire of Exucular]

Tufani Tribe
Forrest Region

In 1739 a slave ship crossing the Atlantic for the New World entered a storm it would not survive. In the chaos of the violent winds and waters the Africans bound for a life of misery revolted against the ships crew. The crew being caught by surprise was eventually overwhelmed and the survivors surrendered.

In the battle the ships captain and navigator were both killed leaving the ship with no one experienced enough to pilot the boat home. An attempt to turn the ship around resulted in the ship running aground on a small unmapped island. The emancipated Africans spent perhaps a full day on the island before discovering a small structure that would lead them to the Old Realm

Over 700 Africans and a little over a dozen Spanish sailors crossed into the Old Realm from Earth. They took any supplies, weapons, and technology they could salvage and brought them across. The slave ship was damaged and set to drift until it would eventually sink into the Atlantic.

On the other side the group formed a tribe named Tufani. A Swahili word for Storm. For close to 300 years the Tufani Tribe has built a society and home in the Old Realm.

[Cannonio]

Black Union's origin story
Swamp Region
In the 1550s, west of Cabo Verde, some Cakal (now modern Cannonese) Privateers were raiding Vandal ships north of the uncharted island. Suddenly, the slaves decided to rebel against the Vandals as the privateers had a form of democracy. This, combined with the privateer's force, made it so that the ship was captured. Only defectors were injured. The destination was around Brazil (Ajuras in IC), so they went south. They found a strange undiscovered island.
This island looked like a normal tropical island, so they settled there and explored deeper. They found a temple dedicated to another realm that they have not heard of. They were curious and explored it. Inside, there was a strange device creating a portal into the Old Realm. Around 100 privateers, 300 slaves, and 50 captured crew entered the portal. They got spat out in the swamp region of the continent. This had a lot of rivers and lakes, with wet ground. They built the first town, and that was the founding of the Black Union. They had some technology, but only few resources, so they had to get some from the surrounding area.
It grew over 500 years to become a small-medium, but efficient confederation of towns that exchanged information and resources, while exploring the far reaches of this dimension.

[Emus Republic Of Australia]

Middle of the Atlantic
1850s
Lost in the Atlantic, the 3 boat fleet filled with emus drifted silently. The emus were soon to run out of food and water, and desperate for land. Their wish, perhaps Poseidon pitying the emus or just plain luck, was finally fulfilled. They came over a small island, and quickly started steering their boats there.
Within a day, the island was mostly explored except for a small area. In said area, lied a small. A few curious emus decided to walk into said ruins, and were transported to the Old Realm.

Quickly coming back before the portal closed, they told the others about this strange portal. So all 500 emus loaded up their supplies and collected food. But before they went, they salvaged some wood from the ships and then pushed them off to sea. One ship, which had a large hole in its well, hull sank instantly but the others continued for a while but they too sunk. Now that they had collected everything they needed, they journeyed on into The Old Realm. They got through into plains.. and in front of a small frost giant.

[Aurelleon]

Middle of the Atlantic
1850s
Lost in the Atlantic, the 3 boat fleet filled with emus drifted silently. The emus were soon to run out of food and water, and desperate for land. Their wish, perhaps Poseidon pitying the emus or just plain luck, was finally fulfilled. They came over a small island, and quickly started steering their boats there.
Within a day, the island was mostly explored except for a small area. In said area, lied a small. A few curious emus decided to walk into said ruins, and were transported to the Old Realm.

Quickly coming back before the portal closed, they told the others about this strange portal. So all 500 emus loaded up their supplies and collected food. But before they went, they salvaged some wood from the ships and then pushed them off to sea. One ship, which had a large hole in its well, hull sank instantly but the others continued for a while but they too sunk. Now that they had collected everything they needed, they journeyed on into The Old Realm. They got through into plains.. and in front of a small frost giant.

They saw a Tiliat (A unit of 25 Reemian knights.) fighting the frost giant. Some of them were jumping on the titan trying to stab its thick head with their swords while others were being eaten or Lying dead on the ground. One of the Reemians looked at the emus. “What the actual fuck is that?”

[Emus Republic Of Australia]

Middle of the Atlantic
1850s
Lost in the Atlantic, the 3 boat fleet filled with emus drifted silently. The emus were soon to run out of food and water, and desperate for land. Their wish, perhaps Poseidon pitying the emus or just plain luck, was finally fulfilled. They came over a small island, and quickly started steering their boats there.
Within a day, the island was mostly explored except for a small area. In said area, lied a small. A few curious emus decided to walk into said ruins, and were transported to the Old Realm.

Quickly coming back before the portal closed, they told the others about this strange portal. So all 500 emus loaded up their supplies and collected food. But before they went, they salvaged some wood from the ships and then pushed them off to sea. One ship, which had a large hole in its well, hull sank instantly but the others continued for a while but they too sunk. Now that they had collected everything they needed, they journeyed on into The Old Realm. They got through into plains.. and in front of a small frost giant.

They saw a Tiliat (A unit of 25 Reemian knights.) fighting the frost giant. Some of them were jumping on the titan trying to stab its thick head with their swords while others were being eaten or Lying dead on the ground. One of the Reemians looked at the emus. “What the actual fuck is that?”

The 500 emus were obviously confused with them too, starting to realize there were other sentient species on this continent. They responded in a series of beak clicks, as they have not learned English or whatever language Reemians speak. Soon, a great portion of the emus would back off, moving 200 feet away from the battle. But 35 emus, lead by Talohameth, the only emu who could speak at least a broken form of English, stayed. “Helo. What you? We emu. Can no speak you. Not English. Why Ice big? Help?” Are the first words Talohameth spoke to the Reemians

[The United Empire of Exucular]

The Great Cloud and the Air Elementals
Tundra Region


The Great Cloud is a large swirling cyclone off the southern coast of the Old Realm positioned extremely high in the atmosphere. It is the home of the Air Elementals.

Like Reemians the Air Elementals can be found in most places across the Old Realm. Though they can and will be at surface level they prefer to fly around high in the sky.

Much speculation surrounds the Great Cloud and Air Elementals. It is unclear if the Air elementals are located within the Great Cloud or the Great Cloud itself is comprised of thousands of Air Elementals itself. Whether or not the Air Elementals formed spontaneously or were designed by Kong-Bareem is still debated.

Air Elementals because of there gaseous form are unable to do physical harm against solids beings. Though they can influence the material world through their ability to bend air and winds. No instances of Air Elemental aggression has been recorded but researchers believe they are still capable of such feats.

Air Elementals are surprisingly curious and have no fear of Humans, Reemians, or other creatures of the old Realm. Researches theorize this is because of their gaseous form being able to disintegrate and reform at will. It’s possible Air Elementals are physically immortal.

A rare event, but surprisingly more common than most realize is an Air Elemental forming a bond with people and creatures in the Old Realm. When this happen an Air Elemental will permeate the body and become one with the host. No negative effects on the host has been recorded after permeation. Hosts are then able to share in the Air Elementals ability for as long as the Elemental remains attached. Air Elementals will leave and return to hosts at will for no apparent reason or pattern. The longest confirmed case of an Air Elemental remaining within a host was 38 years before leaving and returning 3 hours later.

Floating, flying, and commanding winds are some of the abilities that have been observed performed by hosts. Air Elementals will sometimes float their hosts off the ground randomly for no apparent reason. Humans and Reemians across the Old Realms report seeing animals floating in the air most likely due to them being hosts to Air Elementals.

Air Elemental bonds seem to last years perhaps even lifetimes. One reported case was an Air Elemental Bonding with a Reemian child in the Swamp Region. The Air Elemental remained in the child for 7 months before departing. 22 years later the Air Elemental returned and remained with the Reemian until the Reemians death from old age.

[Aurelleon]

They saw a Tiliat (A unit of 25 Reemian knights.) fighting the frost giant. Some of them were jumping on the titan trying to stab its thick head with their swords while others were being eaten or Lying dead on the ground. One of the Reemians looked at the emus. “What the actual fuck is that?”

The 500 emus were obviously confused with them too, starting to realize there were other sentient species on this continent. They responded in a series of beak clicks, as they have not learned English or whatever language Reemians speak. Soon, a great portion of the emus would back off, moving 200 feet away from the battle. But 35 emus, lead by Talohameth, the only emu who could speak at least a broken form of English, stayed. “Helo. What you? We emu. Can no speak you. Not English. Why Ice big? Help?” Are the first words Talohameth spoke to the Reemians

The soldier was a young man, wearing full iron plated armor. He looked at Talohameth, "No! go a little more north and you'll find the safety of a village, stay there!" The Reemian then turned to the frost giant and took out his sword in one hand and a small axe in the other. "I'll kill you!!" he ran towards the frost giant and managed to greatly wound its arm before being round house kicked by the giant being killed on the spot.

[Aurelleon]

Unlike many beliefs and rumors spread by most Reemians giants were not actually unintelligent and were actually a somewhat developed society. Giants however do not need to live the same way humans do. They are dominant species of the old realm, so they do not need to hide themselves behind kingdom walls and they barely need to eat and drink, going over a month without food and water. Giants are mostly a nomadic race as they wander across the realm. They mainly look to hunt Reemians which their culture heavily despise. Just like the Reemians they send out teams of Giants to wander the land and kill as many Reemians as possible. They usually send around 10-15 giants per team. Giants do have a spoken language but there is a very small population that speaks Reemian.

Giants have advanced their own culture and lifestyle in many different ways. Sometimes giants make temporary homes by digging holes in the ground or living in caves. Reemian Tiliats have explored these homes and have seen cave drawings and beds made out of snow or leaves. Giants have also been heard singing or playing some sort of sound from these homes.

Giants have also invented martial arts or fighting styles made to kill Reemians. Their fighting style is named En-Rim in their native language or anti-Reemian. this style focuses of kicking, grabbing, throwing, and devouring Reemians. They also train in clubs and throwing boulders or other projectiles.

[Emus Republic Of Australia]

The 500 emus were obviously confused with them too, starting to realize there were other sentient species on this continent. They responded in a series of beak clicks, as they have not learned English or whatever language Reemians speak. Soon, a great portion of the emus would back off, moving 200 feet away from the battle. But 35 emus, lead by Talohameth, the only emu who could speak at least a broken form of English, stayed. “Helo. What you? We emu. Can no speak you. Not English. Why Ice big? Help?” Are the first words Talohameth spoke to the Reemians

The soldier was a young man, wearing full iron plated armor. He looked at Talohameth, "No! go a little more north and you'll find the safety of a village, stay there!" The Reemian then turned to the frost giant and took out his sword in one hand and a small axe in the other. "I'll kill you!!" he ran towards the frost giant and managed to greatly wound its arm before being round house kicked by the giant being killed on the spot.

Talohameth translates what he said into Emu, so the five hundred emus begin to trek north.
After a day(or more, no idea how far away this village is) arrive at a hill near the village. Since it is night, they decide to rest there and journey into the village in the morning.


(Btw, the time the emus came is 1850s, and since they came about 5 minutes ago, I don’t think the Reemians would have any guns.)

[Aurelleon]

The Tiliat that deployed was almost entirely wiped out with only 10 soldiers from the party remaining.They marched back to their home village of Follei and encountered the group of emus. They were extremely injured with some missing limbs and other had their armor covered in Reemian and frost giant blood.

[Emus Republic Of Australia]

The Tiliat that deployed was almost entirely wiped out with only 10 soldiers from the party remaining.They marched back to their home village of Follei and encountered the group of emus. They were extremely injured with some missing limbs and other had their armor covered in Reemian and frost giant blood.

Talohameth, upon seeing the Tiliat, says this “Help? Carry”. After he finishes speaking, he points to any extra stuff the Tiliat may be carrying other than weapons and armor. (Like backpacks). He also offers food, saying “Apple?” And hands them a barrel of the fruit.

[Aurelleon]

“Yes, please…” the knight said as he stumbled and found it difficult to balance with the wounds to his legs. “We can lead you to the town.”

[Emus Republic Of Australia]

“Yes, please…” the knight said as he stumbled and found it difficult to balance with the wounds to his legs. “We can lead you to the town.”

So, Talohameth said to the emus to help them carry their stuff. So they did, and in few minutes all the stuff that needed carrying was loaded onto the emus.
After it was loaded, they started to follow the Tiliat to Follei, and arriving in under 40 minutes. Talohameth lead the emus, ready to talk to the people of Follei so they did not panic


OOC: reposting this because bump

[Cannonio]

Black Union Organization
The Black union is a nation in the swamp region of the Old Realm, where it is a confederation of small to medium towns. The outer towns are established as outposts to gather resources to send inwards and as lookout stations. There are also trails leading into the distance for allies and treasure
As you go closer towards the heartland, the purpose of the towns slowly changes form outposts into centers of trade and commerce, where there is a lot of inter-trading. It is a highly self-sufficient system, but they sometimes need to go out and conquer more as more people are born.
The government works via a vote of each town, and each vote is 3 selections for the captain. The Captain is the ruler of the Black union, who oversees the towns and dictates where commerce goes and what laws should be made with 9 advisors, which are appointed both by the people and by the Captain. The votes are added up, and if no party reaches 50%, then the last party is removed and their second votes moved to the parties that those voted for. This continues until a party reaches 50%.

[Aurelleon]

Garet was placed on top of a hidden underground temple of Kong Bereem to be transformed into a shifted warrior. When he came home from the battle of the armored dragon the king of Concordia instantly demanded that another shifted warrior shall be created.

Garet stared at the temple wall in front of him. He was at the highest point of the temple and at the highest point there was Kong Bereem himself, waiting to meet the chosen warrior. He had a body that seemed to be made of Magma and a mixture of igneous and sedimentary stone with golden flowing hair Kong Bereem was a powerful deity and ruler of the old realm. He looked at Garet, “You are worthy to become a shifted warrior, like your brother Alliant, you will serve to fight and kill the fire giants. May your transformation give you attributes of my power and make you a great shifted warrior.”

[Aurelleon]

Garett came in view of the king after his permanent transformation. His body was completely altered just like his brother's, but his size did not change as much. Garett still had a human silhouette, but he was 8-9 feet tall. His hair had disappeared, and his new skin became rough and seemingly much more durable than that of your average Reemian. His skeletal structure was different as he now had an exoskeleton that served as biological armor, though not nearly as powerful as his brother's. He still had the ability to speak the Reemian language.

Ability tests: It seems like Garett's exoskeleton and skin are absorbant so when struck with any sort of fire or ice or magic his body just absorbs it and the power becomes his own, however his armor does have some hollow spots which make him weaker than Alliant at defense. He makes an incredible balance of both defensive and offensive abilities as he can absorb powers to shield himself or use it against his enemies.