Author's Notes:

Well this been a long time coming but here it is an short piece on Gaea and her people. I made this for the reason of explaining why the ending scene of Chapter 10 played out as it did.......for those who want to know more of Gaea's history and lore, My good friend Alkeyore will tell you all in good time and much more detail.......

-Lord Despair

There are many races that called Gaea home some had dwell on the continent since time began while others crawled from the very depths of the earth. In this land there are twelve kingdoms each have a long of mistrust and war with the other eleven yet in truth the twelve are all but remnants of elder days and other time...............another age where the Twelve Kingdoms of Gaea was the The Two Hundred Kingdoms Of The Golden Land .

We start with the stilling living races of Twelve Kingdoms of Gaea

Dragons: The most ancient race in all of Gaea perhaps the wisest of all beings and the masters of fire and sky, The Dragons of The Burning Plains also known as simply the Dovahri of Adin........... they are somewhat a strange race in Gaeaish terms despite of all their power, long lives and longer memories The Dragon are perhaps the most peaceful of the Twelve, they have no quote on quote army yet more importantly no king instead the Dovahri as they like to call themselves are ruled by a elder usually the oldest of their number who will sever as the dragon ruler till death as for the Dovahri army........well let's just say that Dragons guard their secrets jealously. Current Elder Jun-Neben-Strunmah

Draaosian: One of the most foul people to walk Gaea, the bird lizard folk known as the Draaosians, they are a race that words cant do justice for them on the count that phase ''that's a face only a mother could love'' is a lie Draaosian mothers are known for throwing their young down mountains and rivers in hope saving their own sanity from the horrible ugliness that is a another Draaosian (which is worse when they are young). Despite that fact Draaosians do hold family life very dear (which dose led them to drink wine constantly in order the deal with their.......natural looks yet it's impossible for one of their number to get drunk) another notion they are known for is their natural hatred for the pretty Elves. The Elves and the Draaosians have very long history of warfare between them that's goes all the way back to six thousand years ago when Elves had ruled far north as the Mountains of Torth to far south as Northern Tahuia parts of Adin, the Beron empire and parts of Land of the Fey it was the Draaosians who first rebel against Elvish rule. According to rumor the ugliness of the Draaosains do sever a purpose as an natural defense to wad off predators. Rulers the Draaosian high council

Dwarfs: Lords of the high mountains and all things that gleam, The Dwarfs are another ancient race unlike the Dragons and Elves the Dwarfs were born from the very stone that made up their holds. With skin of iron and steel in their bones the Dwarfs are by far the most resilient and stubborn race in the Twelve Kingdoms, From the Mountain realm of Torth the sound of hammers fall like raging thunder echoing in the tall mountains where rivers of Torthish mead run freely, the Dwarfs work their great forges forging great arms and armor for friends and the dread of foe unlike other weapons Dwarven weapons never break nor dull lasting for thousands of years untouched by rust. Long had the Dwarfs been Gaea's greatest smiths and craftsmen all other races know Dwarven works by sight even the orcs marvel at Dwarven craftsmanship. Dwarfs often boast that their skin as strong as iron and steel in their bones but not many know that this is actually not an boast dwarven skin is an thin but flexible layer of iron and in the place of morrow they have steel forming the inner parts of their bones. Currant Ruler High King Tane Njor the Hammer

Dryads : If the Dragons are the masters of fire and the sky ruler then the Dryads are the rulers of the earth and all things that are green. The Dryads of Amos sometimes called the Treekin are a off shoot of the extinct ''Elder Trees'' base off the fact that both races are made of wood, unlike the wooden titans the Dryads are about man-size. it also believe that the Dryads are actually spirit processed trees on the count that they have no organs or other means of life. An dead Dryad is in most cases nothing more than a motionless tree but there are some recorded counts of an assumed dead Dryad returning back to life to haunt down the ones who supposedly killed it. Naturally the Dryads and the Dragons are bitter rivals caring little for the other on the base that in all sense the treelike Dryads are the direct opposite of the Dragons Current ruler Idra the Green, Queen of the Dryads

Fairies: Of all the races of Gaea, none are more mysterious or untrustworthy than the Faeries (or Fairies), Inhabitents of the mist covered land of the Fey. The fairy-kin are a race that no mortal can touch. Out of all magical creatures and magi the Fairies are most powerful, some say that it was the Fairies who first brought magic into Gaea and no other can truly master it's ways. The Fair folk live far longer then any dragon or elf with their wings and magic the fairies fear nothing for it's them that are feared by many Gaeaish peoples as the true immortals of Gaea the Fairies know many secrets and much of Gaea's lost knowledge yet even with all their power they couldn't resist the march of the demonic armies of the Fallen realms it was because of Selma Airnor also known as Selma the Silver haired that the fairy race survived Tydorel's attacks but that is another story Current ruler the Fairy Queen Isika the long lived

Elves: The most hatred race of all the Elves are in a class of their room. In the ancient past the elves were the first great culture and formed the first Gaeaish kingdom Aylie, while many of the other races like the Humans and the Draasoians were wild and unruly the Elves ruled a vast empire that held domain over much of Gaea they create the first language or the common tongue that is used even to this day , wrote the first books, and more importantly forged the first weapons but despite all their greatness the Elves themselves were the tools of their end. when the Aylieite Kingdom was alive the elves enslaved many of the other Gaeaish races all of them except three the Dragons, Fairies, Dwarfs who successfully resisted Elfish rule another nail in the Aylieite coffin was population decline due the many attempts to tame the lands of fairies, incursions of the orcish hordes from the western sea and the slave rebellions. In the end the Elven empire failed with the elven peoples surrounded by enemies on all sides Current Ruler Luwin Uthar Lord of all Elves

Humans: The Humans of central Gaea are perhaps the most divided race to ever walk Gaeaish soil, the humans are a verily young race when compared to the more ancient Gaeaish races but that doesn't mean that the humans are any lesser culture most races like the Elfs are completely baffled on how one single race could be vastly different from the other members the Berons are taller and sturdy , the Rohnirians are more magical in nature and stronger then the others while the Ernians are more a soft spoken race with a taste for the higher things in life such as fine wine and finer books. The divisions between the three human tribes are sketched in the stone of the earth the Berons were slaves to the Aylieite Elfs who unintentional taught them many things such as the means to set the stones of ruling and holding a empire, the Rohnirians were descendants of unruly wild men who dwelled in the high mountains ferociously holding on to their independence an independence that still run though their veins while the Ernians in their cowardice hid in abandon temples now holy cities living as monks and priest protected by pirates in all the three tribe didn't have any notions of kinship with the other two. yet despite that fact the three tribes have tried to unite or rather more tried to dominate the others by the force of arms, the latest attempt was the Three Kings War an war between Rohnir and an Beron-Ern alliance army of 8,000 infantry, 2000 cavalry, 500 Tahuian mercenaries and 500 White and Red magi completely overshadowing the smaller Rohnirian army of 5,000 that war lasted for five years before being mercilessly ended by the the combine efforts by ''Shadow Devil'' Alkeyore Blood-raven and The Wanderer Current Rulers Rodin Beron of the Beron Empire, Dulaman Ireheart of Rohnir, Pao-lot the priest king of Ern

Tahuians: Perhaps youngest yet the most vile and cruel race to ever dwell in the twelve kingdoms, the Tahuians are a truly unique race not a single Tahuian is the same ,some are fusion of hoofed animals such the Nuckelavee tribe, some are humanoid while others are something else yet despite these differences the Tahuians are one race, all Tahuians no matter the form are blue skinned and have soulless black eyes but more importantly a great hatred of all things magical according to legend the Tahuians were born of mortals and demons which dose explain why they revel in cruelly but not their stance on magic. Throughout Gaea the Tahuians are known to hunt mages and magical creatures regardless of their nature, they kill dark magi and white magi alike. Many times the Tahuians waged war amongst their fellow Gaeaish in order to purge the land of all magic, every race had felt barred Tahuian blades at sometime or another. But in the wake of all this conflict with the other Gaeaish peoples the Tahuains do have a role to play in the world like the legendary Lords of Magic the Tahuians are renown as demon slayers and wardens of the south. Guarding the way into Gaea ''with'' the Lords of Magic combating the forces of The Fallen Realms but that is putting it loosely in terms the Lords guard the western entrance while the Tahuians hold the east the two groups will only work together during the most dire of situations outside of those extremely rare times the two are arch-enemies as the Tahuains would gladly see the destruction of the Lords yet it also stands that Tahuinas do care for Gaea greatly and they do know that the Lords do play their part in Gaea's defense meaning the Tahuains would help the Lords survive if begrudgingly Current Ruler Overlord Bahu Avee

Orcs: The Green horde, the scourge of the Beron Empire, The Orcs of Orciemia unlike their fellow Gaeaish are not native to Gaea, many generations ago the Orcs set sailed form the now sunken Emblem islands. The first to encounter the orcs were the Elfs and the enslaved Berons from their ships the orcs raided the Aylieite coastal cities destroying much of the Elven cites replacing them with more orcish counterparts the battles between Orc and Elfs help lead to the fall of Aylie but as soon the remaining elfs abandon what is now the Beron Emipre and Orciemia, the newly freed Berons instantly warred with the Orc hordes. The fighting between the newly settled Orcs and the former slaves was so fierce that it left scares in the very earth itself creating The Dead Fields of Dennathor soon the battles threaten to over pour into the lands of the Dryads and the Rohnirians till strangely even the dragons find is utterly ridiculous but according to myth to the Beron Queen Seras gave birth to a orc who in time led both races to a era of peace but due to the coming of the second Beron- orc war all true records were burn or lost only leaving the myth of an human woman birthing a orc despite never sleeping with one, much too her husband's rather heated denounces when asked about it. Even to this day the Orcs and the Berons have no love for one another but the infamous Dead Fields do actively sever as the border between the Beron Empire and Orciemia. As a people the orcs are much more then simple warriors no like the Dwarfs theirs a race of craftsmen thus creating a rivalry between the two, the Dwarfs create the most ornate of armors and weapons while the orcs create items perhaps cruder then dwarfed crafts but highly reliable Current Leader Warchief Togul Choppa

The Minor Races of The Twelve Kingdoms

The Minor races are an collection of different peoples anywhere from either being too primitive to be consider as an major player in Gaeaish politics, few in number to establish an nation or issuing an armed present outside of mercany companies or races at the complete mercy of the major races, to the remnants of ancient peoples struggling to reestablish themselves as an nation.

Goblins

Trolls

Ogres

Drosi (wood elves)

Shokr ( an strange race of bat humanoids)

The Gaeaish Pegasi

Cyclopes

Beastmen

Horii (an sub species of dragon-like creatures no bigger then a small dog and breath toxins instead of fire)

Lizardmen

Augga (Avian humanoids with two sets of wings and dress in only the feathers on their bodies)

Graymores ( grayish blue giants with tusks and three eyes)

Popular Gaeaish sayings

1) Peace is a fool's dream, war is reality and it's time to wake up

2) There only one thing you can trust......the power you posses in your own hand

3) Life for a life, death for an death

4) Yer ma has balls and you love them

5) It matter not if you're a King, I'm still going to kill ya and piss on your copse when I'm done

6) you call that an sword my cock is bigger than that toothpick.......now this a sword

7) You have the face of an Draasoian if I ever seen one let's see if my hammer can't make it look worse

8) To get the heart of a story you must go back to the Beginning

The Nations of Twelve

*I left these blank for a reason*

Adin

Amos

Beron Empire

Duthy of Draaos

The Dark magi Confederacy

The Elven Realms or The Remnants of Aylie

Ern

Land of the Fey

Rohnir

Tahuia

Torth

Orciemia

The Other Realms of Gaea and Beyond

The Fallen Realms

Each of these Kingdoms thrived before being devoured and destroyed by The Fallen Realms

Nariaos

Arkireq

Maeus

Thosik Nova

The Wandering isle

Ceffy^gul

Pand

Unda

Yoktia

The Starlight kingdom

The Enchanted Realms

Gornaie

Alkeon

Terrakia

Races of The Fallen Realms

Demons
Dahirm-hal
The Fallen
The Lost
Fel-unicorns
Dark Elves (Dragmir)
Frost Elves (Acharni)