Cerantia: A history

[Cerce]

(OoC Note: This is NOT a history of Kiwike; instead, it is a history of Cerce, and his roleplay backstory, and the nations of Sarkom, Gahma, Teevahna, and soon-to-be-once-I-get-started-and-have-enough-people-towns-and-cities nation of Cerantia. Any relation to people or places, living or dead, is purely coincidental.)

The Tale of Cerce Tentones
(An explenation as to how Cerce came to Kiwike, and his homeland's relevance in general)

Countless years ago, on an island far to the North and East of all known lands, man lived. Men fought each other for the most trivial things and the most petty of quarrels. Violence carried on, untill a unifying leader, Sarkora, brought together a large group of men under his banner. They called themselves Sarkomians, after the man they all fallowed and revered as a god. This band of rabble conquered the other peoplegroups and subjugated them under the Sarkomians, and treated them as slaves building the foundation for the first kingdom in the isle that had come to be known as Sarkom. When the slaves could no longer work, they were sacrificed in a lake of fire, or lava pit, to Sarkora. This also occured to small children and unfertile women. Sarkom considered men superior, as they contained the seed to life for all mankind.

Meanwhile, on an island not far south from there - within eyesight, even - another kingdom arrose, also bent on savagery, sacrifice, and slavery. They called themselves Teevahnans, after a demon that supposedly created the people on that island. To appease the demon, so that it would not destroy them for not recognizing it as their creator, they would drown slaves that were not fit to work, allong with small children and unfertile men. Teevahna considered women superior, due to the fact that they carried the burden of the child.

As commonly occurs between opposite views, these two upstarting civilizations (which were barely civilized enough to be considered as such) fought, endlessly and bloodilly. Hundreds of years went by, with neither country gaining a foothold in the ceaseless fighting. They grew to hate and loathe each other. Warriors died by the thousands as the milenia drew on, all over petty quarrels and differences.

Yet there was a third nation in all of this. The nation of Gahma, a peacefull nation which worshipped the One and the All, lived to the far east of these islands, beyond even a weeks travel by boat. These people had never known warfare, or even unrest. All lived together in harmony, and all seemed well.

However, Sarkom, searching for a new source of slave labor after ruthlessly exploiting their own native subjugates, sailed far and wide seeking new and easy lands to conquer. Teevahna, never to be outdone, did the same. By some trick of fate, both Teevahnan and Sarkomian forces landed on opposite sides of the island of Gahma. A fierce seccond-front war broke out over the new found lands, decimating a large section of Gahma with it.

Sarkom took hundreds of prisoners back to their kingdom after defeating the smaller Teevahnan forces, and demanded that Gahma surrender and submit to their demands. The great Gahman nation gave up withought further adue, seeking to save their kinsmen. Sarkora, who was still worshipped as a god (and seemed to be, as he had never died as of yet), wished to be appeased further, and demanded a sacrifice. The Sarkomian military was all too happy to provide, and killed every last prisoner in a massive sacrificial inferno.

Now, there was an agnostic young guard called Cerce Tentones of the Tentones clan of Sarkom. He had been stationed on guard of the prisoners of Gahma, and had learned the basics of Gahman language during his time there. A particular prisoner, who refused to say his name, told him daily of the All and the One, of the One's forgiveness, and of how the All (that is, the human race) is in essence good, but tainted by Blarma (a Gahman word thought to be 'Them', but not sure, as Gahma never said 'them', only 'us', as there never was any other peoplegroup besides Gahma that they new of), or evil, and how the One will send the Other to save the All from Blarma. Cerce came to convert to their beliefs, as he had seen the horrors of warfare and, unlike his bretheren, hated the mass bloodshed that took place for almost no reason.

When the order to execute the prisoners came, Cerce secretly released the man who told him of the One and the All. However, he was highly advanced in age, and told Cerce that he could no longer go on. "Spread the word," he said, "Stop this madness... I can no longer move, I am too old and tired... Only the kissing embrace of the One's flame awaits me..." At this, he screamed, and demanded to be thrown into the fire, not wishing to live in shame while his kinsmen died beside him. Cerce ran from Sarkom, stealing a boat, and traveled to Teevahna.

Now, Teevahna was still licking its wounds as it were from the beating its forces took at Gahma. Therefore, the head priests of the order of Teevahna were more than happy to accept a rebel Sarkomian, who could provide information. But when Cerce saw the mass drownings to Teevah, he was appalled all the more. Cerce was cast out from Teevahna, and sailed far west.

A great storm came to Cerce as he sailed. It lasted over four days and, when it cleared, he came upon a new land... "I will start a new civilization," said Cerce to himself, "One that is strong enough to fight, but wise enough for peace... One that fallows the One's morals of honesty and peace, yet judgement and chivalry... One called... Cerantia."

So begins Cerce's quest in Kiwike.

The Tale of Nomanic Carver
(An explenation as to an origin of all things undead)

Nomanic Carver was the head advisor to Sarkora, leader and supposed 'god' of Sarkom. However, Sarkora did not contain any real power; this Nomanic new. For Nomanic Carver was a practiced necromancer, a worshipper of all things evil and dark, who revelled in death and destruction. He was neither Sarkomian nor Teevahnan or even Gahman, but was a man of evil intentions. He believed that all of humanity was a scorn on the earth, and that to purge the earth of this evil, he must kill every single sentient being, so as to create a paradise where mortals did not contaminate all that they touched.

His age is unkown, allong with his origins. But the following tales of his mischief are true...

Unkown years ago, Sarkora led a group of people to form Sarkom, which I have already elaborated in some detail earlier. However, unkown to most, is that Nomanic Carver was among the first 'followers' of Sarkora. He had planned in his heart to usurp power in the long run - so he planned and plotted and presented himself as a Sarkomian would, to hide his Outsider-ness.

Sarkora recognized his great power and gave him a high position in the years to come. Nomanic slowly built up his support among the peoplegroups, and when Teevahna was discovered by Sarkom, he called for war against those that went against the belief in the great Sarkora. His supporters rallied to him, and a bloody war ensued.

As the events depicted formerly acted out as fate decided, Sarkora became deathly ill, and soon died. However, as only Nomanic was present during his death, he used his necromancy to possess Sarkora's body with a spirit that bent to Nomanic's will. With Sarkora never aging or dying, he was revered as a god. With Nomanic controlling over Sarkora as a puppet master would a puppet, he continued the bloody warfare for ages t ocome, seeking to build up the dead and lost souls untill he could summon a great army of evildoers to whipe the world of all mortal life.

After Cerce had left the isles, the war had entered into a great climax. Finally, Sarkom and Teevahna had broken through each other's battlemets, with both forces moving into their oponents territory. Passing each other by, they reached the others cities and pillaged, killing all in sight. When most of the killing had subsided, and most of the forces of both sides were dead, Nomanic finally unleashed all of those dead in the uncounted years past, launching a massive surge of undead minions. Nomanic ordered them to cleanse the earth - and they did as he bid; but, due to Nomanic's dark powers, they could not enter the light. Seing Nomanic as a mortal in need of clensing, and seing as how he was the only one in the dark nearest them, they killed him first; and after nightfall, they descended upon the rest of the known world, both skeletons and zombies allike.

The Tale of Teevah the Demon
(An explenation as to how spiders mutated into larger forms of themselves and the diety of Teevahna)

Teevah, as I have explained before, is the god-demon of Teevahna, who supposedly created the humans on the isle of Teevahn. It is still debated today as to Teevah's actual existance; however, many tales exist of Teevahnan peasants being visited by a large, talking spider, demanding tribute through trial by water, or they would be taken instead as sufficient sacrifice to their maker, Teevah. There have been those who did not provide said tribute, and mysteriously vanished the next night.

Ever since the beggining of these sightings, Teevah was worshipped as their maker and sacrificed to at the highest peak of the moon. During the longest night of the year, custom dictates that a larger sacrifice than any that year must be performed, or else the night will last forever due to Teevah's displeasure. If it is missed on any other night, Teevah will reign death through her minions of lesser, but still large, spiders. On the shortest night of the year, no sacrifice is required, and Teevah rests from her usual torment of her underlings and followers. The prophets of Teevah have also claimed that she has prepared a great nest for her loyal followers during this time, which holds great treasures and enormous pleasure.

After the afore mentioned Tale of Nomanic Carver, there were none on the island of Teevahna to sacrifice to the demon of Teevah. It was not the shortest nor longest day of the year, and was by far a relatively normal night; therefore, Teevah saw fit to unleash her demonic legion of minions upon the world to express her displesure.

Legend has it that a champion shall be selected from the desendents of Teevahna, who will be faced with a choice by Teevah herself. Kill the great demon who is responsible for countless deaths... Or be given great treasures, talents, and things that cannot even be described with the English language. Such a champion would need to build a shrine to her, within close proximity to a portal to the nether, which is her domain. Even then, she may fail to present herself due to her displeasure over the lack of human sacrifices.

And, if she shows herself, she might not think you the champion, and she might take one last, belated sacrifice screaming back to her nest...

The Tale of Borous Merkenly
(an explenation as to the existance of pigmen in the nether)

Borous merkenly was a glorious fighter of Sarkom. His blade was legendary among all the isles. Borous killed more people in the various wars in Sarkom than any single batallion of troops He was never conquered and never lost a battle. So revered was Borous that he was hailed as the prodical son of Sarkora.

Borous's prowess lifted him up to the position of third most powerfull man in Sarkom. However, despite his winnings, fame, and fortune, he found his life lacking in something. He came to despise the Sarkoran religion, hating his metaphorical father. He turned, instead to nature. He saw the sheep of the fields, the cows of the pasture, the chickens among the wildlands, and the jellyfish of the sea. But above all, he loved the pig.

The pig was the lifeblood of all Sarkomians, as they were numberous and tasted better than fish. Borous was especially fond of the delicious pork, and eventually the pampering of the pig and its ultimate slaughter came to be his joy. He eventually even set up a special alter of sacrifice to the pig god, whome he named Boar, after his name's likeness (in sound).

Borous, as I said, had come to hate the Sarkomic god, Sarkora. In an effort to stamp out what he considered a pagan pretender, he poisoned Sarkora's pork, and Sarkora became deathly ill. After the beginning events of Nomanic's rise to power came to pass, Nomanic finally found out of Borous's ill-fated plan.

Therefore, Nomanic cast a dark, necromantic spell on Borous's bedchamber door. This door came to be a portal to the nether, drawing Borous through when he turned in for the night. Within the nether, he began to hear strange voices, which sounded as if a mixed sound of pig squeals and human screams resounded inside a deep pit. Suddenly, the spirits of Borous's past enemies, and his swine sacrifices, merged forces in mortal flesh, and appeared as Pigmen. They struck down Borous Merkenly, and spread throughout the nether...

It is said that he who kills and eats more pork than Borous will inherit his strength and prowess... Only time will tell if this be true...

[Cerce]

(The fallowing occured on 2/12/2011) Cerce had come upon the land of Kiwike, and decided that it was high time that a nation that was both strong enough to enforce peace and wise enough to practice it. However, he knew that steps had to be taken to achieve this goal. Therefore, he decided to travel abroad in search of temporary living quarters and recerources. Picking a direction, he headed towards his unkown destination. He happened upon a large city; Bamboo was its name. This occured by mear chance (or perhaps The One's will, or fate), as Cerce had no help whatsoever. When he entered the city, a citizen by the name of Tristo greeted him warmly, and invited him into his house. Stating that he had other places to live, he gave his old house to Cerce in Bamboo City, and invited him over to his mantion to help construction on its roof. Cerce agreed happily, eager to help and establish a connection with a possible ally in the future. He constructed a small portion of the roof until Tristo stated that he needed to do other things (OoC: He left the game), and Cerce built as much of the roof as he could with his meager supplies that he had with him. After this, he stayed inside of the house untill morning and, when he left the house, spotted a mine full of coal... and creatures of the dark. He mined as quickly as possible and left, but not before a large green monster exploded right behind him as he left. He then took his newfound receources and travelled abroad, finally establishing a fort on the top of a mountain in the middle of an inhospitable desert, naming the mountain Blackrock Mountain, and the fort, Fort Blackrock, allong with a few other geographical features such as Blackrock Canyon (a crevice in between two mountains) and Blackrock Peak (a small mountain in diameter, but large in heighth, adjacent to Blackrock Mountain).

(The following occured on 2/13/2011) Now, as Cerce was beggining construction on the seccond floor of Fort Blackrock, a man by the name of Suba chanced upon his encampment. Cerce, being helpfull and polite, invited Suba into his home. Whence morning came, Sir Suba decided to make a home on Blackrock Mountain (with Cerce's permission). After completing his home, he left to do other things which needed attending (OoC: He left the game). Cerce continued building his fort up untill it touched the very heavens of the earth, and vision was obscured by cloudcover. At this time, an entity called Android appeared, and gave Cerce congradulations on building this home, stating that it wished to live here with him. He looked to be of some form of automaton, that didn't live, yet seemed to have sentience. After this, Android left to do his bidding, and Cerce continued construction. When the majority of his project was complete, Cerce stepped outside... Only to be blown to kingdom come by a green menace, which Cerce had come to name as a creeper. After Cerce had regained conciousness, he found his belongings missing, but, due to a kind passerby named Graft, his fort had been repaired with all due haste (save that of the windows, which could not be repaired untill later).

(The following occured on 2/14/11) Cerce finished the reconstruction of the destroyed parts of his house, and decided that it was high time to go exploring. Thus, he discovered large amounts of coal and other receources that he could mine and exploit. After doing so, he built a small path between SirSuba's house and Cerce's fort. Whence night came, he had accumulated enough weapons and armor to feel secure in the fact that he could survive any encounter with any adversary, save that of a human of equal prowess in battle. Therefore, he stayed out and killed at least five skeletons and, after a quick meal, a spider and a creeper fell to his iron blade after that. He had heard tell of a new construction project in Bamboo City, and decided to help out by providing raw receources such as sand and coal to a man known only as 'The Mimi'. He had compared the living quarters of another construction company, 'Asdf's', to Mimi's standards, and found the former lacking in space and decor compared to the ladder. He thus gave these raw receources to secure a spot in the new building, and promised to also give his old house in Bamboo City that Tristo had given to him out of the kindness of his heart. After all of this, he decided to open Blackrock Mountain to the public for new settlement, should they wish it. At this, a commoner by the name of Kyga was interested and, after seing the view from Blackrock Point, was very impressed, stating that he may build in Blackrock in the future.

(The following occured on 2/15/11) After the first day of the public opening of Blackrock Mountain, yet another hopefull asked to sign onto the village charter. His name was Doggypwn, and was accepted into the village. Later that day, Cerce had begun to dig out his basement of Fort Blackrock some more... only to find a deep cavern under his house, which contained a dungeon of skeletons! Cerce, realizing that he didn't have the receources or skill to take on this task allone, asked any other fellow citizen to help him. Kyga took the challenge, and summarilly slayed every single skeleton and did not allow them to come back from the dead through the means of lighting torches around the dungeon. Cerce was well pleased, and offered Kyga his choice in the pickings from the loot.

[Android]

I can tell you've put some time into this. Really great work.

[Cerce]

I can tell you've put some time into this. Really great work.

Thanks; I added a portion that explained how (in Cerantian lore, not necessarilly Kiwike's lore) zombies and skelletons were created (see: The Tale of Nomanic Carver).

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Oh, and I'm currently working on an explenation for the huge spiders in the game - It'll have something to do with Teevahna, will post later.

[Cerce]

Added a section on Teevah the Demon, which explains why there are spiders in-game and reveals a bit about the Teevahnan religion.

[Android]

Hey, your story just got ten times better.

[Cerce]

Posted a new thing on Cerce's first day in Kiwike (see the section right below the history of Cerantia before Kiwike)

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Guys - I need some suggestions for the lore! Anything will work! I'm already working on where creepers came from (it'll have something to do with the giant Stone Creeper monument that I read about here on the forums, if it still exists), and I need something that is feesible and can have some relevance to either minecraft as a whole or the lore behind Cerce's origins (and maybe even that of Kiwike)

[Kyga]

Good read
you have alot of writing potential!
I think you should continue writing about your adventures in Kiwike (My favourite part)

[Cerce]

Thanks - I added my seccond day in Kiwike, which contained me meeting up with Android and SirSuba, allong with a bad encounter with a creeper and Graft's helping hand in restoring said creeper's damage.

By the way, I add these posts the day after they occur - if anybody thinks I am missing something, tell me, and I'll add it.

Still looking for ideas on old Cerantian lore, and still working on that Creeper lore...

[Cerce]

Added a section on what happened on 2/14/2012, which marks the first day where Blackrock was officially named (by Cerce) as a village, as three people (SirSuba, Cerce, and Android) have stated that they wish to build there, or already have.

EDIT: Sorry, forgot about Kyga - that makes four! Yippe!... Although, Kyga still technically lives by Tristo's mantion, but he wants to live here too... Android also would have like 3 homes, and I don't know how many SirSuba has.