Lost Legends – Tel’Reah the Titan of Life
Recorded before the cataclysm, to record one scholar’s research in order to benefit the future.
I am Ralif Seanda, and from my stand point, and from what the future may hold, I write to those who will listen and take heed. During the Forgotten Age, as we now are calling it, the world was one. The glorious lands of Tek’um, ruled by Tel’Reah, Alamasyia was ruled by his younger sister Tiel’ra, as the youngest sister ruled over the Forgotten Plain. I would record the name of the younger sister, if even I knew the name myself.
My point of focus here, if you haven’t already deciphered the title above, is Tel’Reah, one of the three children of the great God that forged this desolate world anew. I use the term “God” loosely, life was already blooming on this world, humans and elves alike, however when these three Titans came to our world it was further shaped, protected, we could thrive which is how this thing can be related to a deity. Tel’Reah is the oldest child, through my dealings with Tiel’ra, I learned a lot about this being.
Tel’Reah used to be just, kind, he used to revere life more than anything which was his overall job. There is a sickness in the land though, which may have been transferred into these divine beings as well, the sickness of hatred, the fiery burning hatred, the seething chill of one’s own soul, the river of vengeance, each element was subject to the hate in the land, tribal conflicts happened between the elves and the humans, until the Guardians showed themselves.
Draconic beings, human or Elvin in form, but oh so much more than I can even describe. The Drakeo was the first unnatural being to surface, they unified under one banner and conquered the Forgotten Plain, it was there they oversaw the peace, putting down violent uprisings with nothing more than words, and a show of strength by besting their champion.
Now Tel’Reah saw this all unfold in his sisters domain, when the Council of the Three happened, his sister only said how she oversaw the land and not the people, how it was her job to make it thrive and not get involved, as it would upset the natural order. Tel’Reah was less than pleased with his sister’s response, as Tiel’ra would tell me later the Drakeos always existed, when the Dragons all died out their essence was spread across the Plain, mutating babies born with the unnatural abilities of Dragons, and the ability to call on their draconic blood, mutating parts of their bodies. Most people would have savage black wings that tore out of their tunics, a dragons eye, most emerald eyes that could see over a mile away, hearing was greatly increased when drawing on their blood power, however nothing was more fearsome then the claws. These claws were blood red, like shards of glass sharpen into a spear point, nearly unbreakable by all accounts recorded, they were as sharp as the finest blades and doubled as defensive tools. From all their strengths though, a marksman could take out a Drakeo with a well placed arrow, as it took an immense amount of control over their own power to form the draconic scales, some Drakeos were said to go berserk, revert into a complete dragon form, the madness was contagious to the Drakeos, and so no other of their kind dared to draw upon enough power to protect themselves fully from mortal weapons.
Tel’Reah explained how much this upset the natural order, that her land was being ruled by the indirect offspring’s of Dragons, but that was only the beginning of his disdain, as Tiel’ra was accused of a far greater crime. You see, she explained to me how she taught the Titans magic to them, using the natural magical rifts around them, that surrounded them daily, tapping into the planets power and drawing it into an incantation, said only in the Titans own tongue. Such as, Yel’ra Toolesza, using the ancient Titan tongue - with the right training – would cause a rock to break down into water. I have used this many times during my travels through deserts and mountains, some Oasis’ were made by using that spell, however the humans and elves alike researched and experimented more into this and created their own form of magic, however it paled in comparison to the Titans own.
Tel’Reah screamed at them both, cursed them, and vowed to them he would take their place and restore this world. What no one saw coming was the next part, when the lands of Tek’um were plunged into a massive metamorphosis turning all the people into things of legend, the lucky ones became Corrupted Harbingers, Ethereal Warriors that shifted constantly between two realms, the spectral and mortal realm. The land also responded to Tel’Reahs maddening call, as five Titans were born from his hate, the Titan of Malice was used to lead his armies, quickly growing and never ending, each of them feeding off of the hatred of others, supreme beings Tel’Reah always wanted to form but as faithful as he was with his role he never did.
The Endless March began that day, during 1150, when the Titan of Malice marched into Alamasyia and laid waste to the border lands, killing everyone and leaving it all in flames before they move on. As good a fight the banded Elvin and human warriors made, Tiel’ra saw no other choice then to enter the battle herself. Aided by one of the three supreme beings, they pushed Malice back, until Tel’Reah and his Harbingers appeared on the front lines, slaughtering scouting parties, cutting off reinforcements and supply lines, the Ethereal were as savage as they were resourceful.
Tiel’ra saw no hope, and made her last stand against her maddened brother at the top of Mt. Eruptius, it was there everything changed, as the Goddess of Fire was born, or awakened, into this world. As much research I have put into the Goddess’ appearance, I can only guess as to how long she had been living dormant in the largest Volcano in Alamasyia, as well as if she were the overall reason why it never once erupted, but with that aside Tel’Reah saw this happening, he was lost but pressed on. It was when Tel’Reah went back to Tek’um leaving only his Harbingers did the standoff at Eruptius tip in Tiel’ras favor. Molten Giants were raised from the very land they walked on; the Volcano erupted bringing forth the fiery giants as well as the mythical flame birds, the Phoenix’s. The Goddess ripped through the front lines and hung the Harbingers bodies on molten spikes, she had also incinerated the Titan of Malice and ran the Corrupted out of her lands back into Tek’um, it was then Tiel’ra was afraid of Tek’um having a surprise like her own.
She went into the core of the world, she wrote in the ancient pattern only Tel’Reah or the youngest would know of, and split the three lands into three different worlds, isolating each other in their own little universe with nothing more than her own life force to divide it, creating a wall of immense and terrible power that only negated others from reaching into another world through any means, even the means of a Titan.
Tiel’ra died that day, as the Goddess returned to her resting point of Eruptius; the fires of the land were brought back into peace as the Volcano itself was concealed into its own pocket rift. To this very day of 1278, as I reach my dying days from the strengthened life span from Tiel’ra, I warn to any who believe Tel’Reah will never reach into our realms again, and here’s to hoping this winds up in the Forgotten Plain, that the Titan of Deceit, perhaps the most powerful of all of the Titans manifested from Tel’Reah, crossed over before the pattern took its full effect, and may have found a way through. Tel’Reah is a dangerous foe, I have seen firsthand what he is capable of, and with him draining the worlds power, Tiel’ras power that still remained, he will be tripled in strength, and this Titan will stop at nothing to return the three realms back into one and rule over them all as the Supreme God…
Feruz Tiel’ra Uoo Languil
Forever rest, Tiel’ra, our savior.
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