Foreword:

'Here in this book, I, Vendryn Cylwork, will document the history of the Known World, both Divios and Unio alike. I have left this book in the Great Library of Solsari for all to read and study, scholar or commoner alike. I may not be alive to see the completion of this series, but I pray to the Many Gods that more and more will continue this book in a collaborative effort for the next generation. The first part consists of the book consists of the histories of the North and the West, more volumes will be written later after more research. Glory to the King!'

THE YEARS BEFORE DIVIOS

Divios, as we know it today are built upon the ashes of the noble rebellion of our benevolent and gracious king, King Illain of House Poynt. However, many years, no, centuries, before him, Divios were made of five kingdoms that were their own individual kingdoms ruled by their own kings and queens and waged war against one another. These were the kingdoms of the North; cold and mountainous, the West; full of desert sands but were rich in minerals, the South; full of lush greenery which are perfect for farming, the East; the Sea of Peace allows for trade with the neighboring country, Unio, thus the East is almost as rich as the West is, and finally, the Center; is an amalgamation of migrants from it's neighbors thus never having an identity of its own and sometimes, the local population fights amongst each other because of their differences that led to destructive civil wars.

THE NORTH

In the icy north lies its capital, Bredost, the seat of House Ays. It is a mountainous land, thick with snow that accumulates to seven feet high during very strong winters. Before House Ays sat at Bredost, the city was once ruled by the king Reedvern Belginwrath and his kingdom of Temafatun. The Belginwraths are powerful and proud and firm believers of loyalty, justice and tradition. Their history dates back to five hundred and eighty-nine years before the first Diviosi king, Marthis Rivermay the sixth of his name, united the warring realms under his banner. During those years, king Reedvern waged war against the West and Center, gaining lands but losing them immediately as his men waved his banner. Despite constantly waging war that sometimes lasted decades on end, they remained prosperous due to the hard work of his ministers and commanders. Out of the five kingdoms that warred, they were the longest to last. Ironically, they fell because of their own principles, pride and power and loyalty and justice. At the waning years of their reign, three hundred fifty-one years before king Rivermay's reign, the current Temafatunian king, Deevlyn Belginwrath, third of his name, in a campaign at the Centerlands, the Belginwrath army was defeated and on their retreat back to the North. However, at the gates of Bredost, the banners of House Ays are already flying, the Temafatunian Kingdom's banners are falling and burning into the ground. And at the command of the current Lord of House Ays, Orehearn Ays, the archers aimed their bows and let the arrows loose at the defeated king's army, thus usurping the Temafatunian crown for House Ays. At the aftermath of Lord, now King Orehearn Ays' massacre, he wed himself to the late king's child daughters to prevent rebellion from the lords loyal to king Deevlyn. The daughters, soon after giving birth to King Orehearn's children, were locked in a tower and were forced to try and catch birds to eat for the rest of their days. The eldest daughter, Myran, aged fifteen, was trying to catch a bird that landed on the tower's window. However, she leapt and missed a step, thus falling from the high tower, leading to her death. The next daughters, twins, aged twelve, were greeted with greater misfortune. The younger twin, Viviana, after days of starvation and deliriousness took a bite of her older twin Viliana's shoulder . Due to the pain, Viliana took a nearby rock and struck her younger twin over the head that killed her instantly. Because of the guilt and pain and grief of accidentally killing her beloved twin, Viliana nestled her younger twin's limp body in her arms and gave her bleeding head a kiss before she leapt at the window, following after their eldest sister Myran that died the same way days prior. The kingdom and the family that formed that kingdom, that once prided itself with loyalty, justice and power, were now destroyed and extinguished from the face of the world, only remembered by the scholars and lore-masters.

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THE WEST

In the west of Divios lies the sandy deserts, full of mounds and dunes of sand and mountains of sandstone. It is full of rich gold and mineral deposits, working to the full advantage of its ruler. Before House Koyn of today, the Westlands were ruled by the Aurorian Kingdom, led by Queen Vicronia Antivorch. From the capital of the Westlands, Zenirae was ruled by the benevolent queen. Once a kingdom that prospered through trade, Auroria was dragged into war when its merchants were constantly attacked by the Temafatunian raiders from it's northern neighbors. Queen Vicronia once tried the peaceful approach to try and come to terms with a peaceful solution to their problem. However, King Reedvern mainly ignored her and continued the raid upon her merchants. Seeing it as an insult, even if her nation is not forged by battle, she declared war against Temafatun nonetheless...much to the world's surprise as they held themselves quite well, winning battle after battle against her northern neighbors who were forged and battered by war. Half a decade into their war with the Temafatuns of the north, an envoy from the kingdom of the Centerlands to her east, the kingdom of Canol, arrived at her castle bearing a message. The Canolian king, Grym Potentis wishes to form an alliance with her through a marriage alliance between the two of them. For years, Canol has been warring with Temafatun to the north, thus aligning the interests of both kingdoms. Queen Vicronia was a widow after her dear husband Acerbitam Antivorch died years prior to her reign in an ambush. She then called all her council, lords and ladies who were loyal to her banner who were her ministers that helped run the kingdom. The discussion ran short as the majority were in agreement to the queen's marriage to the Canolian king as a desperate plea of help for aid against their northern enemies. However, within her council, she has a lover, the young lord Vidua of the minor house of Factorem. She knew that Lord Vidua listening to her being wed to another man would hurt him, but it was her duty to do. Her options were simple, marry king Acerbitam and live or perish. With ache in her heart for herself and her lover, she called the Canolian envoy and gave her reply, agreeing to the marriage alliance. She was then wed to king Acerbitam at the twentieth day of the seventh month, five hundred eighty-four years before King Marthis Rivermay's reign. Many of the lords from the Westlands and Centerlands attended the royal union between the two kingdoms. However, her wedding dinner turned into a tragedy. Lord Vidua, filled with resentment and heartbreak, posed as a Canolian soldier went to Queen Vicronia and stabbed her with a dagger through the throat, killing her instantly in front of the many guests and her king. The young heartbroken lord was immediately slain by the actual Canolian guards and his body dropped next to the dead queen's as he bled out. Instead of fear for his impending death, he was happy. As his lover had promised him, she will belong to him until death, and him hers. Queen Antivorch's lords were enraged as the Canolian soldier slayed their queen and a brawl ensued between the soldiers of the Aurarian kingdom and Canol, men dying left and right. After the brawl, the lords loyal to the dead queen returned to Auraria and rallied all the men they can muster in a war of revenge against the kingdom of Canol who trespassed against them and murdered their beloved queen. For the next twenty years, the directionless kingdom of Auraria fought a seemingly unending war with the kingdom to their east and at the five hundred sixty-fourth year before King Marthis Rivermay's reign, the kingdom of Auroria had no more fighting men left to muster and their kingdom was vulnerable to the Temafatunian kingdom to the north, and in one long march, the capital of Auroria, Zenirae, fell to king Reedvern's army. Citizens fell and died on the streets, trampled by the hooves of sprinting horses and the marches of heavily armored men. The then Aurorian young princess, Mayheart Antivorch, aged nineteen was captured at the castle by King Reedvern himself. She was already prepared for whatever cruelty the northern king will inflict on her, yet she was given mercy. All who were close to her were spared, her friends, her handmaids and her cousins were all granted mercy by the king. She was wed to the young Temafatunian prince, Aurax Belginwrath, who also treated her well. She was not treated like a hostage from a fallen kingdom, she was treated like a proper lady and princess and eventually, she fell in love with prince Aurax and bore his children, birthing five children within the three years, twins and triplets, all girls. Since then, although an Antivorch sat at the Aurorian throne, Belginwraths were the ones truly ruling the fallen and rebuilding kingdom. More than two centuries later, the kingdom of Temafatun, once ruled by Belginwraths was usurped due to a betrayal by one of it's lords, Lord Orehearn Ays, and along with it, Auroria fell. All of the lords loyal to the later generations of Antivorch and Belginwraths were massacred and were replaced by the lords loyal to House Ays...