12-28-2006, 12:21 AM
Well,
60+70=130
+40=170
+20=190
+20=210
+50=260
+100=360
+390=750.
So, if my Maths is correct, you got 50 points spare, Shadow.
But, more or less, let's begin!
(PS. THIS IS A HUGE POST.)
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Where there are now 3 continents and a very large island there was once once huge land mass, a single giant continent. The climate of the land was very differnet then it is now, the warm trade winds which skip off the north continent and down towards Costa Del Sol had yet to be created, thus most of the world was encased in a think sheet of icebergs and glaciers. The world was a barren and cold place, lifeless except for the most basic of organisms. Yet somehow, in this harsh enviroment, things managed to survive, and even evolve. In a matter of millenia warm winds from the west had thawed a small portion of what is now the southern part of the northern continent, this is where life as we know it was to begin.
The creatures to first evolve the ability to live on oxygen for a signifigant amount of time, and thus live almost exclusively on land, were a race of small lizard like creatures. These early dragons, having lived on land for a longer amount of time, had a serious advantage over the other races that began to crawl out of the briney deep. Every living thing on this planet was the prey of these small dragons, and as such, they grew.
Somewhere along the line of history, these primitive dragons split into two seperate evolutionary paths: one went towards a smaller, more humanoid form, more adept at hiding and attacking in number, basically survival in general. The other went towards a much larger, more majestic race that are more familiar in the legends. These Dragons became sentient, thinking creatures, and the culture they created has yet to be exceeded. Relying on nature and ingrained magic instead of technology these dragons created a civilization in the small fertile area of the world. Huge dragon cities spanned the continent, spreading even into the cold wastes as the dragons discovered ways to passively keep their bodies warm. New magical techniques were discovered and one dragon scholar even theorized that knowledge could be formed into a visible sort of energy through a certain type of focus, the exact theory that would explain materia thousands of years later.
Adding to this outward expansion was the changing climate of the world, the harsh cold waste lands that had originally enveloped the entire world, except for the small oasis in the north, were gradually receding. Dragon society expanded outward, enjoying a new age of peace and prosperity that has been rivled only once since then, and only for 20 short years. Somwhere in this period of time the dragons discovered what was to become their downfall, human race.
The first humans were discovered on a still unknown island, primitive and brutish they demonstrated none of the civilisation and sophistication of the dragons. But the elder race was intrigued by one thing the humans did possess, sentience. Primitive though they may have been the humans had developed a spoken language and had managed to survive the arid weather of their homeland. Dragon and human society began to merge, the humans veiweing the dragons almost as gods, and they in turn treated them like curious pets. Humans loved dragon society and began, with the aid of the dragons knowladge, the learn and grow intellectually. This created a split between the dragons, some felt it was their race
60+70=130
+40=170
+20=190
+20=210
+50=260
+100=360
+390=750.
So, if my Maths is correct, you got 50 points spare, Shadow.
But, more or less, let's begin!
(PS. THIS IS A HUGE POST.)
_________________________________
Where there are now 3 continents and a very large island there was once once huge land mass, a single giant continent. The climate of the land was very differnet then it is now, the warm trade winds which skip off the north continent and down towards Costa Del Sol had yet to be created, thus most of the world was encased in a think sheet of icebergs and glaciers. The world was a barren and cold place, lifeless except for the most basic of organisms. Yet somehow, in this harsh enviroment, things managed to survive, and even evolve. In a matter of millenia warm winds from the west had thawed a small portion of what is now the southern part of the northern continent, this is where life as we know it was to begin.
The creatures to first evolve the ability to live on oxygen for a signifigant amount of time, and thus live almost exclusively on land, were a race of small lizard like creatures. These early dragons, having lived on land for a longer amount of time, had a serious advantage over the other races that began to crawl out of the briney deep. Every living thing on this planet was the prey of these small dragons, and as such, they grew.
Somewhere along the line of history, these primitive dragons split into two seperate evolutionary paths: one went towards a smaller, more humanoid form, more adept at hiding and attacking in number, basically survival in general. The other went towards a much larger, more majestic race that are more familiar in the legends. These Dragons became sentient, thinking creatures, and the culture they created has yet to be exceeded. Relying on nature and ingrained magic instead of technology these dragons created a civilization in the small fertile area of the world. Huge dragon cities spanned the continent, spreading even into the cold wastes as the dragons discovered ways to passively keep their bodies warm. New magical techniques were discovered and one dragon scholar even theorized that knowledge could be formed into a visible sort of energy through a certain type of focus, the exact theory that would explain materia thousands of years later.
Adding to this outward expansion was the changing climate of the world, the harsh cold waste lands that had originally enveloped the entire world, except for the small oasis in the north, were gradually receding. Dragon society expanded outward, enjoying a new age of peace and prosperity that has been rivled only once since then, and only for 20 short years. Somwhere in this period of time the dragons discovered what was to become their downfall, human race.
The first humans were discovered on a still unknown island, primitive and brutish they demonstrated none of the civilisation and sophistication of the dragons. But the elder race was intrigued by one thing the humans did possess, sentience. Primitive though they may have been the humans had developed a spoken language and had managed to survive the arid weather of their homeland. Dragon and human society began to merge, the humans veiweing the dragons almost as gods, and they in turn treated them like curious pets. Humans loved dragon society and began, with the aid of the dragons knowladge, the learn and grow intellectually. This created a split between the dragons, some felt it was their race
