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- October 29, 2013 at 7:34 pm #150244AnonymousInactive
So I was looking for something in the core book when I came across this, and something jumped out at me…Over the millennia, what would be known as the First Imperium of Man flourished and reached over almost every corner of the continent, and even to worlds beyond this one. But like all things, they eventually became decadent and indolent, searching for new and ever more bizarre and deviant behavior to entertain their jaded tastes Until finally, amongst a group of soldier-slaves known as the val’Virdan, there rose a man known as the Sword of the Heavens and
with religious fervor, he brought down the Imperium of Man stone by stone.”soldier-slaves”? The val’Virdan? Why were any val considered slaves during the 1st Imperium? Am I forgetting something?October 29, 2013 at 7:36 pm #251839AnonymousInactiveI don’t have my books in front of me, but off the top of my head I believe that the Nierites attempted a coup, and were almost wiped out in the ensuing war. A few survivors were kept as slaves because of their martial prowess. Over generations the slaves multiplied.
October 29, 2013 at 7:46 pm #251843drafitParticipantHello Scott,
Yes – the val’Virdan were soldier-slaves for quite a while! You’ll get the full low-down when you read the massive history section in the Cradle of Empires Sourcebook.
But I can say that the val’Virdan – val’Emman enmity springs out of the events that took place at that time.
October 29, 2013 at 8:01 pm #251845AnonymousInactiveWell, according to the Canceri Sourcebook, the val’Virdan left the First Imperium to form their own Kingdom after the val’Assante’ Emperor (trying to woo Emman) gave up the lands promised to Virdan to Emman. Virdan was incised, and in the resulting meeting at Court, was laughed off by the assembled Vals and whatnot. He left, formed his Kingdom (apparently centred on Nier’s Spine), and ruled from there until the First Imperium conquered modern day Canceri during its period of expansion. The val’Virdan, as the losers, were enslaved following the war.
Is this the TRUE story? Probably not (entirely), but it is what we know in canon so far.
October 29, 2013 at 8:23 pm #251847drafitParticipantCody,
As Paul Harvey used to say, “And now, the rest of the story…”
Nope, that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Correct as far as it goes, but it glosses over some very important events.
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