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Date Posted: 19:22:12 11/27/02 Wed
Author: kat
Author Host/IP: AKCF1-GGI.xtra.co.nz / 203.96.111.237
Subject: -> Ravenglade history <-

look into the untold lore of the glade, and you will find a vast world of heroes and legends, tales of greatness and nobility. nothing short of prestigious, we uphold the vows of our past alongside the promise of our future with great pride. any self-respecting raven should know the reputed history of their home.

in the beginning there was nevermore � a noble king and a just one, loved by many and respected by all. his queen was night lust, and she ruled alongside him in fairness, and gave him a child who was lost to the mysteries of night. this was in the early days of the thirteenth dimension � the first era, if you will. and as nevermore aged, he knew himself incapable of tending to the harem as well as a more youthful monarch could; so he traveled from territory to territory, announcing a tournament of stallions to be held to determine his successor, for he had no heir. many competed, the newly-arrived retribution among them, vying for the crown of the old suzerain, and worthy opponents they were all. yet singled out from them was relic, an arabian stallion arrived not so long before, and yet already noted for his capability. and thus was the new raven king chosen, a new age ushered in.

the mistress of his heart was the legendary unpredictable soul caliph, she o' conviction, and she became his queen. side by side they reigned over the glade, and their sovereignty was marked by stability, prosperity, and relative peace. the thirteenth dimension faltered and was closed for a period of time, and when it opened its gates once more, relic and caliph welcomed back those loyal enough to return.

as they, too, grew older, they stepped down from their thrones to the position of second in command, and it was decided that the scepter would pass to the hands of the general, the vindictive amazon retribution, instead of the expected heir, reverie � son of nevermore and insomnia. reverie and insomnia, retribution's lover, had been inactive when the decision was made, and when retribution took the throne, he suffered much in deciding who would reign beside him. at last, he declared that he could not take insomnia with him in kinghood; an inactive queen, and a jealous one, could not rule ravenglade � such were his words. insomnia, stricken to the heart by his loveless dictum, fell to her demise after giving birth to a filly; yet when retribution mourned sincerely for her death and the unhappy conclusion to their love, she was to all appearances resurrected! yet there was never again passion between them, and it was an uneasy existence she led in the glade, until at last she angered caliph and was driven away. and retribution stayed alone on his throne for many years.

at this time, the beginnings of a bold plan were forming; ravenglade was at a peak in its strength, and their daring idea was nothing less than a full scale raid on gullshore � something that had not been done in memorable history, and has not been repeated again since. on monday, may thirteenth, at 6:30 in the evening, we attacked in all our unified might and achieved a nearly complete victory, slaying one gull, capturing three others, and actually convincing [quite accidentally] one more to betray the shore and come to the glade of his own accord, while only losing one of our own. eventually we traded the gullshore turncoat for our captured raven. among the distinguished battlers were nordique, shahada, satyr, stratuss, and stygian. retribution himself battled aerofire, who was then a gull, and came away the victor. the raid had lasted for but three days, but it was a glorious victory, and a sign of the ravens' power that rang about the thirteenth dimension long after the raid itself had ended. it is still remembered to this day.

then came the fateful day when lord death reaped his dues; and he took the majestic, valiant caliph to her grave, yet also to her eternal glory among the stars� her last words were to all of ravenglade, of strength and conviction, of glory and solidarity, courage and encouragement. soon after, her love relic followed her to their infinite rest in summerland. their deaths were mourned deeply by all, but by none more than retribution himself, he who had been picked from the crowds by caliph's own hand and guided in ravenglade by that same hand. yet when he turned his mind again to the business of ruling, it was with a renewed determination in his heart, a determination that he should never fail caliph's vision of him and ravenglade. he set 6ft under and stygian as his second in command, as caliph would have had it, yet both departed not long after, to realms unknown and existences unfathomed. again, retribution stayed alone on the throne � waiting for his queen to come.

she came in the form of shahada, the mare that had stood out during the raid. it was a gradual love that came into existence between them, but once created, it was to be never broken. he was never quite sure when he began to look upon her so, but perhaps it was at the gentle promptings of caliph's dying words to him that he realized who shahada was, who had been beneath his very nose for so long. and when he humbly asked her to be his queen, she accepted with joy.

together they ruled for a seemingly short time, until retribution honorably stepped down from the throne, instead crowning malice king in his place, and unforeseen senses to reign beside him as the queen. both were young, and capable of the role, and to this very day, they rule beside one another...

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