Session 6: The Forbidden City

Having dealt with the problems afflicting Clan Antarion our band of "heroes" prepares to set off into the desert to find the Dwarves, a race most seem to think is mythical. They have but the slimmest of evidence, the writings and murals on the walls of a Giants Tomb. Some think they are mad for pursuing this path, no one has ever returned from the deep southern desert. Their bones, they say, still bleach the rocky stones of the badlands. Only time will tell if these myths are true or not.

What then is this evidence they rely on.

The Tomb of the Giant Crius was a massive floating barge made of balck granite. Within, the murals and writing told the history of creation, from a certain point of view, as well as the story of the Giant himself.

The images showed the beginning of the world, crafted by the hands of Maran Gor, the Earth Titan. They revealed the creation of the first race, the Giants, by her hand and the power of the Soulforge breathing life into them. The Giants spread across the world bringing civilisation and order to lands only recently birthed from the sea. In time they found they needed servants, those who would carry on their work and do their will. The Giants crafted the Dwarves from metals mined from deep within the earth. Some say these are the bones of long dead Primordials, others that they are the blood of the Earth Titan herself.

Whatefer the source the Dwarves were made from them. Short, powerful and possessed of the strength of the metal they were made of they quicly turned their hand to the crafting of many wonders. It was they who forged many of the Artifacts of the early age of the world.

Of course, nothing stays the same for ever. Over time new races rose and the children of other Primordials began seeking their own place in the world. Giant battled Dragon and Dragon fought Elemental and all of them fought the monstrous children of Mael.

Under heavy assault the Giants retreated to the mountains which encircle the world. There they fortified themselves against their ancient foes and there they have remained ever since.

Or so the stories say.