Post by Grace on Feb 24, 2007 23:35:52 GMT -5
A history of Tesikk is presented below in both summary and full forms (updated and hopefully more clear than before, even if the writing style is not wonderfully formal), although it is true you only really need the summary to understand what is going on. The only detail the summary omits is that the reasons for why the 'primary' species (fox and horse kind) divided is now in the present essentially forgotten. It is important to understand that since stories would be passed down only by word of mouth that the truth would become garbled over time. It is simply now accepted that the alliances are there, and the defining points of each alliance and their histories is at each animals' personal discrimination.
A Summary
A Deeper Look
A Summary
A long time ago fox and horse kind bonded together to provide one another with mutual protection from predators and other such acts of nature. They lived well together and eventually formed a society called Tesikk. Many generations thrived in this place until wolf kind made a migration to the territory and upset the balance between predator and prey. With tensions running high the two original species divided into alliances (Light and Dark as they called them) over a silly quarrel, according to their differing beliefs. Those of the Light who thought nature was to blame and continued with life, and those of the Dark, whom believed that weakness in the species’ and other races was to fault. Or so the story goes. Unfortunately this did none to solve any problems and a treaty was soon established between each dominant species of Tesikk, that to preserve the balance of the food chain wolf kind would only be permitted to prey upon those who had not aligned themselves (also known as the Neutral). And so the Tesikk of this year, was born.
A Deeper Look
As rumour would have it far in the past, when fox kind had joined together in bands after following the example of other animals, one fox and one horse of no name formed an unnatural and peculiar friendship. Likeminded thinkers, who were creative and open to all possibility the two proposed an idea of mutual protection and an alliance between their species. Horse kind would protect their allies directly from predators, and fox indirectly, while both would warn each other of any intrusion or natural disaster within the territories. It was a successful campaign until as luck would have it a series of events changed everything.
Famine followed a population explosion of prey, and while the two groups thrived through this prosperous time it is said (though not necessarily true) that a third shadow crept up to reap the benefits as well, wolf. With in years a lack of food quickly brought the herbivore population crashing down and wolves, far more adaptable, further decimated the remaining populations of the primary species. Despite other factors though horse and fox together laid the blame on their rivals and decided the only solution was migration. Thus leaving their homes behind they formed a new society, called Tesikk.
The balance then again thrived for many generations, each ancestor of those original two intellects passing down their likable traits to each brood. Eventually, balance became a very prized and important factor of life in the territory, positively treasured. It was not till a dreary day that it was broken when driven by a number of factors wolf kind followed and made the second migration of species into Tesikk. This greatly upset the peaceful society and the rifts that would eventually create a tremendous divide were set. The members of each race became enraged with one another when tension was put onto the food supply once more, and when horse kind was thrown into the food chain. Each species forgetting and twisting the lessons of their ancestors broke into alliances of Light, and Dark.
The simply tilted side were defined by each member’s differing beliefs of who to blame at the time in a ridiculous quarrel. The Light who thought nature was to blame and continued with life, and the Dark, whom believed that weakness in the species’ and other races were to fault.
As history was forgotten and time passed, the alliances later ganging up on those who refused to chose sides, and branding them as inferior the alliances met in a council with wolf kind (who had not split into alliances) to find a solution to their shared problems. It was decided then, that wolves would only prey on the labelled ‘Neutral’, and leave the other alliance members to return to balance. Omitted from the council a treaty was formed without the consultation of non-aligned animals. And here the current base for Tesikk’s new society was formed.