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Far to the west of Hendrake, it has been four years since the restoration of Pelengreer began. It was a country that bordered the lands of the infamous Blight King. Due to their proximity to the Blight King, Pelengreer had suffered nearly fifty years of tension and outright war. Relationship between the Blight King's father, Torrid, had been unfavorable as well. All told, there was no human alive in Pelengreer who could ever remember a time when the land had felt truly safe.

But, after nearly one hundred years of turmoil and misery, it had all ended one fateful day four years ago with the Blight King was killed. This story is a long story, and it involves two heroes; Pellin Landts, and his daughter, Corella Landts. Pellin was known as a 'Hero of Pellengreer,' and the fact that the boy had even been named in a very nationalistic display of pride toward his great country almost seemed to show that he had been intended for greatness ever since his birth. Or maybe people just liked that his name sounded similar to the name of their country, and this iconic trait magnified his reputation even further.

It was a great loss when Pellin Landts was slain in battle. It was seen as a betrayal of all human decency when the Blight King revived him as a Demi Lich and forced him to fight for the corrupted army of rot. No longer a hero of Pellengreer, he became a champion of the Blight King's forces; The Hero of Betrayal was his name.

Corella's part in the story begin's here. With her father dead and proclaimed missing at the age of twelve she began to study and train herself in the soldier's arts. It wasn't uncommon for children during that time, of boys or girls, to prepare for war. Corella, however, had a singular motivation and a drive unlike that seen in many others.

Or perhaps people only liked the romantic notion of her avenging her fallen father, and so the story that was later told would play up this aspect of her character. Two years later the Hero of Betrayal first appeared on the field, and Corella learned of her father's true fate. At seventeen she set out to join the war effort for the first time.

At the age of nineteen she began the first campaign to invade the country of rot to the west, and slay the Blight King. Pelengreer had been locked in a furious defensive battle, and the theatre of war had grown more and more grim over the last seven years. Now, however, she was able to end everything with one crucial blow.

In the absence of the Blight King, the war ended swiftly and things returned to happily ever after.

Oh, come on now, you know this isn't that kind of story. You already know it.

So, four years ago, the restoration of Pelengreer begins. The death of Blight King marks the 'end' of the war, but it's not exactly as simple as that. A power vacuum is created and new lords of war arise, eager to take the place of the Blight King.

Among these factions the two most prominent are The Western Nations Alliance and a group referred to only as Emeralds. The Alliance was actually made up of smaller vassal countries that had been subjugated by the nation of rot since long ago. As they each struggled with their newfound psuedo-independence, and battled against the remaining occupying forces of the deceased Blight King, they tried to find their place in this new world.

Many of them, unfortunately, had truly forgotten what a life without war was like. Many of them had forgotten how to be peaceful nations, and couldn't go back. They knew how to manufacture weapons, but knew very little about infrastructure that kept things working smoothly in peace times.

The sad reality was that the same could be said of Pelengreer, although to a lesser extent. These countries in the Alliance were a dark reminder of what Pelengreer might have become if it had fallen. And, worst of all, most of them had decided to try and gain power in the absence of the Blight King.
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