Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2016 10:59:54 -0600
From: kalrouthstory@gmx.com
Subject: An Alliance for Tomorrow, Prelude

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Prelude: The Denizens of the Forbidden Peaks

Lightning. It fills the distant sky. An intricate dance of purple and
silver, an incessant display of power and savagery, an intermittent
glimpse into portents and secrecy as it illuminates the mysterious
mountains peaks beneath it. The mountains, which the people of the free
lands of Kalrouth have feared for so long. The mountains, whose dwellers
long ago waged war against the people of Kalrouth and then inexplicably
withdrew. The mountains, of whom it is said that only the first children
of Kalrouth could pass through without penalty. The mountains, from which
no fool brave enough to attempt ascent returned.

It was these mountains, the forbidden peaks of drak'Gotur, that drove the
chancellor of the Plains folk to call for an emergency assembly of
elders. It was customary for all the chiefs of the lands of Kalrouth to
meet every ten years to take pulse of their lands. So rare was a meeting
of this nature that in the entire history of Kalrouth, an emergency
meeting of the regional Chiefs had been called only once before: twenty
years ago.  It was then, the Wise One of Vlenova, the frozen wasteland,
prophecized that their land would face a test unlike any before. She
foretold a war that would rend the fabric of their culture, of their
existence. She also foretold of a last hope, a group of youngsters she
called the first children of Kalrouth who in a generation would be the
only hope for survival.

So much had changed in the last two decades, since the Wise One was
mysteriously murdered in her own land. Their world was changing. The old
alliances faltering. Tension between the swamps and the tundra were at a
boiling point. It seemed the Wise One's words were coming to fruition.
And so, the chancellor of the Great Plains of Kalrouth, chief of his
people and protector of his realm called forth this emergency meeting, a
meeting to discuss their only hope. As he looked around the table, at his
fellow chieftains glaring at each other, whispering to one another,
plotting against the other he knew he would have to use every ounce of
diplomacy he had to navigate this storm.
The lightening draws the chancellor's gaze one last time before he offers
his proposal. With that last bolt of purple fury, he offers up a prayer
that he will not fail the people of Kalrouth, for mitigation is the role
of the Plainsmen, the reason they are always chair of the council of
elders. Only this time, instead of boundary or trade disputes, the future
of their world was at stake...

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I hope you enjoyed the prelude for An Alliance for Tomorrow.
Get ready to meet new characters and a fantastic and mysterious new world.
Any thoughts or question dont hesitate and send an email to
kalrouthstory@gmail.com
JD