Lodoss World Information

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The Age of the gods was closing.
Eternity had come to an end.
The hevens shook as the armies of Falis, the suprime god of light,
clashed with those of Falaris, the suprime god of darkness.
In a seemingly endless battle, the earth wept and the oceans boiled.

The final battle between the survivors, Marfa, Mother-Goddess of creation,
and Kardis, the malevolent Goddess of Destruction,
echoed to the ends of the earth.
At the Clima their fierce battle, a continent seperated,
creating a land on witch both the goddesses of light and darkness perished like a flame and flickered away.
Several thousand years later, the land to the south of the continent of Alecrast has become known as
Lodoss, the Accursed Island.

All information was taken from Eiyuu Kishi Den.  

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In the Begining, The giant Atsuki came. For atsuki, the giant
of Forecelia, life came to and end. but from him life began. his body formed the land and his blood became the seas.
his angry wail became the winds and storm. From his final breath came flame that brought the fires of life.

When the world had thus formed, the gods where born of the remains
of Atsuki's body.From His right foot came Myrii, the god of war.
From his left foot came Cha Za, the god of trade.
From his head came Rada, the god of wisdom.
From his body came Marfa, Mother-goddess of creation.
The wicked god of darkness, Falaris came from his right hand, and from his left came Falis, the Suprime god of light.

 

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Many thousands of years passed as the people and creatures of Forcelia prospered and worshiped their gods.
yet in time, the gods began to war amongst themselves.
God of light and Gods of Darkness fought to control the world Forcelia.
In the great war that spanned a thousand years the gods of light and dark were destroyed,
and many hundred lesser deities perished in the furious battle.

In the Final climatic battle,
Kardis Goddess of Destruction, and Marfa, Goddess of Creation,
destroyed each other with mutual annihilation. With her dying breath,
Kardis cursed the land with her fury. Marfa, with the last of her power burning away,
seperated the cursed land into the island of lodoss , thus protecting the rest of Forcelia.
Marfa's spirit came to rest on the iland to protect it from the curse of the Evil goddess Kardis.
The Dark Soul of Kardis fell apon the broken land of Marmo.
Many thousand years later spirits of the departed Goddesses still watch over these lands witch they once fought over in life.
Even in death the two Goddesses greatly influence the fate of both lands.
After the Great Battle between light and dark, the many neutral Gods and Godesses, who held no Loyalty to light or dark,
Escaped far away to the land where they discarded their bodies and reincarnated into numerous wild beasts-including the lion, snake, bear, and fox.
they isolated their island of Crystania from the rest of Forcelia by creation of the Rampart of Gods.
None have entered Crystania. Those who try never return.

 

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Age of Chaos

In the two thousand years after the climatic battle between the last great goddesses, the land Lodoss was disordered and chaotic. Kingdoms and empires would rise and fall. Sorcerers and monsters from the dark island of Marmo would invade the lands of Lodoss, destroying villages and pillaging cities.

Age of Magic

Eight hundred years before the Age of Enlightenment, there arose in Lodoss a greater kingdom the likes of which have never been seen again. Kastuul, the Kingdom of Sorcery, a might empire that united all of Lodoss but reigned with an iron fist. For hundreds of years, Kastuul dominated the lands. Great progress was made in magic and the kings and queens became unto gods in their power.

In the end, their powers of magic became even too much for them. In an attempt to unlock even greater power of magic, the greatest sorcerers of Kastuul invoke a grand spell of ultimate design. But it failed and destroyed much of their holy lands in a great cataclysm of fire. In the turmoil that followed, barbarian kingdoms rose up to destroy the nation that had oppressed them. In the wards that followed, the Kingdom of Sorcery collapsed.

But all was not lost, Governor Saluvan secured five great artifacts known as the Governor's Treasure to prevent them from falling into the wrong hands. Each of the five surviving ancient dragons would guard one treasure, insuring it's absolute safety. To Bramd was given the Mirror of Truth. To Abram was given the Soul Crystal Ball. To Mycen was given the Staff of Life. To Narse was given the Ferroniere of Knowledge. Finally, it was the mighty Shooting Star who was charged with the most powerful of all magical item, the Scepter of Domination, the single relic which could control all the magic in Lodoss.

Only one great sorcerer survived the fall of Kastuul. The witch, Karla, was able to transfer her mind and soul into a magical circlet. Through her circlet she is able to control anyone who wears it. By this mechanism, Karla was able to transcend the physical limits of flesh and become immortal. She still lives on, half a millennium after the Fall, believing herself to be the singular guardian of Lodoss.

 

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War of Heroes

In the thirty years time after the fall of the Demon King, the lands of Lodoss were at peace once more. But Beld had other ambitions. Beyond his small island of Marmo, the island continent of Lodoss awaited. He marched forth with his terrible armies of soldiers, dark elves, kobolds, goblins, and ogres to bring Lodoss under his control. And leading his monstrous army was Lord Ashram, the dark knight.

Karla, the Grey Witch, would not sit idly by. The Balance of Lodoss had once more been tipped, and all was in jeopardy. She set out to play both sides of the war, pretending to be allied with Beld, yet working with her own agenda. She helped guide a band of young adventurers, six new heroes, to the final battle with Beld's army.

King Fahn, hearing of Beld's invasion, sent his own army to face off with the Dark Emperor of Marmo. Time and again, their armies clash, but the war was quickly becoming a stalemate. Knowing there was but one way to determine the victor in such a battle, the two heroes of old marched out to face off in single combat. Enemies, who were once friends and comrades in arms, now battled to the death for Lodoss.

The elder Fahn was no match for Beld, and the good king died from a fatal wound dealt by the demon sword Soul Crusher. The men in Fahn's army were outraged—even the valiant King Kashue of Flaim. An arrow loosed by one of Fahn's men struck Beld in the arm, and taking this opportunity to strike, King Kashue attacked and slew Beld while he was distracted. Beld fell, and the War of Heroes was over.

 

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Between the Wars

The Marmo army had been stopped, but the losses were terrible. Over a third of Lodoss remained under Marmo control, including all of Kanon and half of Alania. The rest of Alania and much of Valis were heavily decimated by the war.

The heroes of the war, Parn, Deedlit, and the rest, set out to bring order to the turbulent lands that remained free of Marmo's control. First and foremost, the party of heroes set out to destroy Karla, who had initiated the war itself and still possessed the body of Leylia. In their ultimate showdown with the Grey Witch in the dreary castle, they managed to break her spell and sever her control over Leylia's body. In the battle, the dwarf Ghim died as he valiantly tried to save Leylia from Karla's clutches. But they did not destroy Karla or her circlet, and the Grey Witch took possession of the thief Woodchuck and escaped into the deserts of Flaim.

Within a few years, Parn and Deedlit, with the armies of Valis and Flaim, secured the free kingdoms and brought order across the land again. For five years, Parn, the Free Knight, stood as the great champion and symbol of their freedom and prosperity. All was well in Lodoss, but not all of Lodoss was free. Parn knew that the lands occupied by Marmo would have to be freed, but it would be many years before they could amass such a war again.

While Parn and Deedlit worked to help the recovery of the war ravaged lands, the other heroes went on with their lives as well. Etoh was wed to Princess Fianna, daughter of King Fahn, and together they became King and Queen of Valis. Slayn married the priestess Leylia shortly after she was freed from Karla's possession and they soon bore a daughter. She was named Neese, in honor of her grandmother who had been a hero in the war fought thirty-five years before. But into Little Neese was born the reincarnated spirit of Naneel, the sorceress-priestess of Kardis who had fallen four hundred years ago and vowed to be reborn so that she could resurrect Kardis. This was revealed to Slayn upon Neese Elder's deathbed when Neese was barely fourteen. Leylia had been adopted by Neese as a baby, cursed with a soul shared with Naneel. Naneel was repressed in Leylia as she was protected by the priests of Marfa, then later when she was possessed by Karla for seven years. Once Leylia lost her virginity to her husband, she was no longer a suitable host for Naneel and the dark priestess's soul moved on to her daughter. Yet, Little Neese was also believed to bring the rebirth of Marfa herself. The destiny of Little Neese would determine the fate of all of Lodoss in the years to come...

 

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Search for the Scepter of Domination

With Beld dead, Lord Ashram had become commander of the armies of Marmo with the sword Soul Crusher in hand. He knew that to rule all of Lodoss he would require one great artifact—the Scepter of Domination. It was known that one of the Ancient Dragons guarded the scepter, but he did not know which one. And so, Ashram and his party set out to find the artifact, and would let nothing stand in their way. Having slain the hibernating ice dragon Bramd, and not finding the Scepter in his cave, Ashram continues to the lairs of Abram and Shooting Star in the hopes of finding the Scepter of Domination in their vast treasures.

Meanwhile, Parn and Deedlit are reunited with Slayn and Leylia, and meet up with the mercenaries Orson and Shiris. Slayn informs them of Ashram's ambitions, and the party sets off for Flaim to join forces with King Kashue. Kashue has a reason to destroy Shooting Star. The evil dragon controls a vast, fertile region west of Flaim, which the people of Flaim need badly for farming. Shooting Star had destroyed a new village recently built there. It was decided to split their forces into two parties—one to eliminate Shooting Star and the other to go after Abram on Blue Dragon Island. If Ashram showed up at either place looking for the Scepter, at least one party would be there to stop him.

But on Marmo there were others with more sinister ambitions than even Ashram. Wagnard, the dark sorcerer, had placed spies in Ashram's party to retrieve another part of the Governor's Treasure. The Soul Crystal Ball, which had the power to bring back the dead was a key to Kardis' resurrection. Ashram, knowing of this treachery, watched his back at every move.

Orson with his party head off to the Free City of Raiden to acquire a ship which might take them to Blue Dragon Island, in the hopes of arriving before Ashram. But piracy is afoot in the waters off the coast of Raiden, and few captains are willing to risk taking Orson and his friends to the island. Orson and Shiris decide that it would be best to eliminate the pirates themselves, and take the pirates' ships as their vessel for the journey to Blue Dragon Island. But the ship is no pirate ship at all, but a Marmo warship under Ashram's control. Orson, Shiris, the sorcerer Cecil and a grassrunner bard Maar were taken captive and thrown in the ship's brig. With the prisoners still aboard, Ashram heads off to Blue Dragon Island to do battle with the sea dragon Abram.

Meanwhile, in the lands west of Flaim, Parn, Kashue and their army do battle with Shooting Star. But they are no match for the mightiest of dragons. They manage to inflict wounds upon the beast, but the dragon swears to "kill one hundred humans for each scale scratched" and flies off to reek his revenge.

Back on Blue Dragon Island, Ashram and his party manage to kill Abram after a fierce battle. But Abram did not have the Scepter. Groder, a mage serving Wagnard, is pleased to find the Soul Crystal Ball in Abram's lair. With the Crystal Ball, Ashram's party departs from Blue Dragon Island and return to Raiden. However, to Groder's dismay, one of their prisoners (Maar) escapes and steals the Soul Crystal Ball before jumping ship.

Having failed to destroy Shooting Star, Parn, Kashue and Deedlit go to Raiden in the hopes of assisting Orson. There, they learn from Slayn that Ashram has taken Orson and the others prisoner. They find Maar, and he leads them to the place where the Marmo warship is anchored. After a brief battle, they defeat the crew, only to find that Ashram and his party had already departed. They free Orson and the others and head after Ashram, who is on his way to Fire Dragon Mountain.

Fire Dragon Mountain stands unguarded, for Shooting Star is away raining his vengeance upon the city of Raiden. As much as Parn and Kashue would like to help defend Raiden from Shooting Star, they know they must also stop Ashram from getting the Scepter. And so, they have no choice but to follow after him while the city burns.

When Parn, Kashue and their party arrive at Fire Dragon Mountain, Ashram and his people are already there. The two forces clash in heroic battle, sword to sword, magic to magic, as warriors match their mettle, and the magicians test their wills. But all the while, Ashram has made his way deeper into the volcanic mountain, in the hopes of reaching the Scepter first while Shooting Star is away.

In the course of climatic battle, Orson unleashes the rage of his Hyuri spirit and becomes a berserker to save Shiris. Unable to control his fighting rage, he charges blindly against the sinister skeleton armies and Ashram's powerful warriors. He was fatally wounded, but fights on, killing every enemy that stands in his way. His life was over, but he died saving the one he truly loved. When the battle was over, Ashram's fighters had been defeated, but the heroes were not without their losses.

As Shiris mourns the loss of Orson, Parn, Kashue, Deedlit and the others venture into Fire Dragon Mountain after Ashram. Shooting Star returns, having sensed the intrusion. Kashue convinces Ashram that can only hope to survive if they join forces and kill Shooting Star together. Once the dragon is dead, they can settle their differences in a dual to the death. Reluctantly, Ashram agrees. Throwing everything they have, the group of heroes attack the ancient dragon Shooting Star. Summoning great spells of magic, powerful elementals and the blessings of the Gods, they are finally able to defeat the terrific foe. Deedlit's earth summon blasted the floor out from under Shooting Star and the dragon plummets into the boiling lava and dies.

But all is not over. Ashram and Kashue turn and engage each other in singular combat for the possession of the Scepter of Domination. In the battle, both heroes are wounded, though Ashram more seriously than Kashue. Nevertheless, Ashram struggles his way to the Scepter and breaks it loose from the crystal it was trapped within. Parn, seeing this, attacks Ashram and knocks the Scepter from his hands. To everyone's horror, the Scepter spins through the air and falls into the lava, lost forever.

Mortified by his failure and loss of dreams of conquest, Ashram makes his way to the edge of the volcanic rift. There, he takes the final step and falls into the depths of the volcanic chasm, down to the hellish lava below. But unknown to all, the wizard Groder had been watching from the shadows. The sorcerer teleported Ashram from his doom just moments before he would have fallen into the lava.

Ashram and his followers had been defeated. Shooting Star and Abram had been slain. The Scepter of Domination had been destroyed and the Soul Crystal Ball was in the hands of the heroes. Both Ashram and Wagnard's ambitions had been spoiled, if only for the moment. All of Lodoss had again been saved.

 

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The Kanon Free Army

In the occupied land of Kanon, rebellion was building. Parn and Deedlit had discovered the lost prince of Kanon, Reona. When he returned to claim his throne, the surviving Kanonites rallied behind their prince. With the help of Parn and Deedlit, the Kanon Free Army was formed and began a guerrilla war against the Marmo to liberate their homeland.