World 1 - The Legend of Ro'Shen Kai
By Sister Superior Aria:
The Legend of Ro'Shen Kai
Long ago in an age before antiquity, the Great Skyfire cleansed the world of its iniquity. Upon the highest peak of the Ironfast Mountains a star fell. It smote the mountainside with deific fury, burning away countless tons of rock and snow. In the wake of such destruction, a valley and lake formed. These would come to be known as the Valley of Birds and the Mirrordine respectively.
In time, the gods stayed their wrath. The world slowly recovered and the survivors rebuilt. A small band of nomadic shepherds, their name shrouded by the long twilight, made their way into the Valley of Birds. They rejoiced and led their parched animals to the crystalline waters of the valley's lake. Deeply they and their beasts drank of the unusually warm water, content in the knowledge they had found a place to call home.
Elation turned to horror as their sheep died swiftly and a sickness fell upon the people. One by one they died, screaming and burning up from within. After much sorrow, only one remained. A boy of six winters clung stubbornly to life. Nominally an atheistic people, especially after the perceived, fiery judgement, the boy cried out for salvation with his final breath. His prayers were answered and his wounds healed.
"I am AUM, God of Artifice, Mind, and Knowledge. I have heard your prayer Ro'Shen Kai. You will be my emissary and bring order and understanding to this lost world. I will teach you the way and you in turn will teach others. Know that this valley and the waters of yon lake are sacred to me. For those unworthy, they are death. For those deemed true, they will be an oasis. Attend me and I will begin your training."
~Exerpt from the Scrolls of the Grandmasters~
Thus began the Order of Ro'Shen Kai, a monastic order of warrior scholar/tinkerers. Their goal is to train worthy individuals to seek out knowledge, bring order to the orderless, and help thwart the prophesied end.
