01-02-2021, 03:26 AM
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A HISTORY OF MOUSEREND, written by Thirmuln Bearage
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You make your way to a roadside inn. It seems a bit petite, but nothing as small as Olifur implied. The workers are a mixture of cats, badgers, and other moderately sized creatures. You decide to settle down at the bar and you pick up a nearby book while you wait for service:
a History of Mouserend.
Long ago, ages before the First King was born, Mouserend was a splintered mess of competing factions and families. Squirrels, badgers, rabbits, mice, rats, and weasels alike fought and died for scraps of land between the encroaching predators and themselves. Each of these factions had a leader, much like we see today, but these leaders did not meet as our current council does. These leaders were fierce warriors who all led their people into battle for the chance of a better life, a life safe from the looming threat of larger predators. Warrior-kings like Ulthen Greatmaw and Gernish Seedhelm were ruthless and were well-respected within their factions for their courage and leadership.
However. the warring factions eventually drew the attention of Greatscale Sissek, a snake-lord who had just fathered a clutch of a hundred serpents. He found the small battling creatures to be an easy feast for his brood and he quickly unleashed his offspring into the homes of the unsuspecting warriors. Hundreds of smallkin were killed by Sissek's children, enough to make the warrior-kings call for peace in order to defeat their common enemy.
Ulthen Greatmaw and his people provided weapons to the weasels of the Spires and the mice of the Moor. Gernish Seedhelm and his sky-people taught the badgers of the Plateau and the rabbits of the Forest how to climb trees faster than any snake could slither up them. It did not take long for the warrior-kings to band together under a council of kings to take down Sissek's army. Many bloody battles were fought and tales are still sung of the lives that were lost.
It was Mikhail Mouserend that landed the killing blow on Greatscale Sissek. For his heroism, he was crowned king of kings, and the united nations rallied under the name of Mouserend. Mikhail is now hailed as the first Rat King and his title of Mouserend became the name of the realm. Mikhail's descendants now carry the surname Scalebane, a reminder of their forefather's claim to the throne.
Since the crowning of Rat King Mikhail Mouserend, houses have risen and fallen from grace, and many different nations have had the pleasure of housing the crown of Mouserend. A few notable examples include:
Rat King Yhster, a hedgehog from the Greatmaw clan who promised his own pelt to the next king of the realm. The next Rat King politely declined to wear the pelt of his predecessor.
Rat King Olifur the First, a weasel from the Sablemask clan. Olifur sired a hundred children (all by different women), half of which were named Olifur. Because of this, there has never been an established lineage of the Sablemask royal family and most unnamed weasels will take on the Sablemask name out of convenience.
a History of Mouserend.
Long ago, ages before the First King was born, Mouserend was a splintered mess of competing factions and families. Squirrels, badgers, rabbits, mice, rats, and weasels alike fought and died for scraps of land between the encroaching predators and themselves. Each of these factions had a leader, much like we see today, but these leaders did not meet as our current council does. These leaders were fierce warriors who all led their people into battle for the chance of a better life, a life safe from the looming threat of larger predators. Warrior-kings like Ulthen Greatmaw and Gernish Seedhelm were ruthless and were well-respected within their factions for their courage and leadership.
However. the warring factions eventually drew the attention of Greatscale Sissek, a snake-lord who had just fathered a clutch of a hundred serpents. He found the small battling creatures to be an easy feast for his brood and he quickly unleashed his offspring into the homes of the unsuspecting warriors. Hundreds of smallkin were killed by Sissek's children, enough to make the warrior-kings call for peace in order to defeat their common enemy.
Ulthen Greatmaw and his people provided weapons to the weasels of the Spires and the mice of the Moor. Gernish Seedhelm and his sky-people taught the badgers of the Plateau and the rabbits of the Forest how to climb trees faster than any snake could slither up them. It did not take long for the warrior-kings to band together under a council of kings to take down Sissek's army. Many bloody battles were fought and tales are still sung of the lives that were lost.
It was Mikhail Mouserend that landed the killing blow on Greatscale Sissek. For his heroism, he was crowned king of kings, and the united nations rallied under the name of Mouserend. Mikhail is now hailed as the first Rat King and his title of Mouserend became the name of the realm. Mikhail's descendants now carry the surname Scalebane, a reminder of their forefather's claim to the throne.
Since the crowning of Rat King Mikhail Mouserend, houses have risen and fallen from grace, and many different nations have had the pleasure of housing the crown of Mouserend. A few notable examples include:
Rat King Yhster, a hedgehog from the Greatmaw clan who promised his own pelt to the next king of the realm. The next Rat King politely declined to wear the pelt of his predecessor.
Rat King Olifur the First, a weasel from the Sablemask clan. Olifur sired a hundred children (all by different women), half of which were named Olifur. Because of this, there has never been an established lineage of the Sablemask royal family and most unnamed weasels will take on the Sablemask name out of convenience.