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the stars — the moon , they have all been blown out .
the northern territories of storm were divided into two kingdoms: the kingdom of lucis and home to its mothercrystal, drake's eye, and the imperial province of niflheim. wartime long divided the two nations since days of old, with niflheim overextending their territories in chase of the raw power of drake's eye to claim as their own. in the year 860, invasion attempts came to a head when the crown's entourage was ambushed and slaughtered in an attack orchestrated by the empire. young noctis was struck down, and in doing so, eruptions of blighted lands sprang forth around them and blackened the north in dust.
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in the aftermath, regis clutched his dying boy in his arms and rode hard for the the walls of the crown city, still yet untouched by chance or destiny. there, noctis was offered aid and saved by the divine will of the crystal he was set to protect, by inhabiting it himself. the kingdoms of the north were forced into their strongholds, blighted territory pushing back against the reaches of those who would choose to conquer. with trade and supply routes diminished, each kingdom eventually fell to ruin at the price of their own hubris, and drake's eye itself lost to the frozen wastelands of angelgard island.
currently : the north sits a shell of its former grandeur, and its once noble houses dispersed into ambiguity across valisthea. texts state that all traces of the royal line died with the disappearance of their crystal, though confirmation was never documented firsthand. in truth: noctis lives in spite of his injuries, though forever burdened by their effect.
transference of the crystal's power into noctis led him to fall into slumber for 13 long years, shielded from the blight by his own charge and defended from the ruination his home faced. upon waking, the land he had known for years scarcely resembled what he'd left it, most notably : regis. who had stayed by his son's side until the blight took him too. in the year 873, long - thought dead joshua rosfield discovered the ruined city of lucis, and their prince along with it.
notable locations:
lucis: the line of lucis and drake's eye have been interconnected since the dawn of valisthea. believed to be a holy connection to the eikons, lucian kings swore their lives and legacies to protecting and serving the crystal.
niflheim: an empire of innovation, fortified by their prowess in ancient technology known as magitek, and the beasts created in turn, dubbed eikonoklastes. their hungering search for power and dominion over drake's eye has unfolded into century-long riffs between the two nations.
the kings meet: hallowed ground located between the two kingdoms. used almost exclusively during wartime and border skirmishes as a sanctuary for peacetime treaty signings. no violence or bloodshed was permitted, and disobedience resulted in execution. it is now the site of where then 8 year old noctis lucis caelum and retinue were ambushed by the beast marilith, set forth by niflheim as a first step of their coup for the lucian capitol and its crystal. noctis was gravely injured and presumed dead, though before niflheim could strike the final blow the blight ravaged across all of the northern territories.
tenebrae: after the events at the kingsmeet, tenebrae was invaded and brought under imperial rule in attempts to squander and locate the leviathan dominant who had been born into the nox fleuret bloodline for generations.
additional information:
1. ) noctis' connection to the crystal kickstarted the blight as a defense mechanism after the attempt on his life. it is largely believed that the lucian line was wiped out in the process, though remains to be seen firsthand...
2. ) elwin and regis were boyhood friends. raised in neighboring kingdoms with healthy relations forged a hearty bond between the two, and when the time came where they both bore sons, king and archduke made haste to entangle them in each others lives.
3. ) houses scientia and amicitia remained at the king's side until his own insistence that they retreat to kinder territories. their legacies grew under newly - established imperial rule after retreating into rosalith, yet finding it succeeded by sanbreque.
#* ˖ · 𝘹𝘷𝘪 — the sun quits us : we are forsaken by light .#hi#quick everyone is asleep post the xvi verse
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