The Prime Roots War - Revision history

Lanstiril at 07:18, 31 May 2022

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Lanstiril at 15:41, 30 May 2022

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Acridiel at 20:59, 11 December 2021

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Leda at 09:33, 7 November 2021

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Acridiel at 13:04, 30 May 2021

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Acridiel at 13:03, 30 May 2021

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Lanstiril at 12:36, 22 January 2021

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Lanstiril: Translated into FR

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Translated into FR

Lanstiril at 17:21, 18 January 2021

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Lanstiril at 15:37, 18 January 2021

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-|DE =Die Urwurzelkriege|DEs =4
+|DE =Die Urwurzelkriege
-|ES =
+|EN =The Prime Roots War
-|EN =The Prime Roots War|ENs =0
+|FR =La Guerre des Primes Racines
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 The chitinous beasts hatred for all soft life was almost palpable.
 Only inches away from my face I beheld the slavering mouth of a huge Kirosta. I could smell its foul breath and feel it, strangely cool on my skin, even through my helmet. Like an unholy wind that caressed my face. The insects eyeless head moving in a slow, weird sway from side to side and up and down. Its legs unable to come closer to us, but somehow forced forward by some sense of proximity or evil drive to slay that which was in front of it. It was almost as if the beasts knew we were near exhaustion, that we were struggling to keep still and as close together as we could inside the Shrines protective Magic.
-They could smell or fear.
+They could smell our fear.
 They wanted to eradicate us.
 There were about twenty to thirty of us, huddled inside the holy aura. Its magic permitting no harm to come to us within its circumference. But all of us knew, that to set one foot beyond the invisible border, would mean a horrible death.

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+|DE =Die Urwurzelkriege|DEs =4
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 “''It… I'm sorry, I… I did not notice you, Governor. The… the shipment… It is lost.''”
 Mac'Kean only now seemed to notice her effect on the boy and put on a friendlier face.
-“''Now, now… calm down. And then tell us what happened  up.From the beginning.''”
+“''Now, now… calm down. And then tell us what happened. From the beginning.''”
 Larann handed a water-skin to his colleague and after a few deep swallows the young man went on.
 “''Actually everything went quite well. We left Pyr with our mektoubs as planned and made good progress. Even in the Prime Roots everything went well, at first.''”

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 “''Ambushed?! Who attacked you?!''”
 Larann's gaze switched back and forth between the two, seemingly unable to say anything.
-The young merchant visibly writhed under the burning one of the governor.
+The young merchant visibly writhed under the intense scrutiny of the governor.
 “''It… I'm sorry, I… I did not notice you, Governor. The… the shipment… It is lost.''”
 Mac'Kean only now seemed to notice her effect on the boy and put on a friendlier face.
-“''Now, now… calm down. And then tell us what happened.From the beginning.''”
+“''Now, now… calm down. And then tell us what happened  up.From the beginning.''”
 Larann handed a water-skin to his colleague and after a few deep swallows the young man went on.
 “''Actually everything went quite well. We left Pyr with our mektoubs as planned and made good progress. Even in the Prime Roots everything went well, at first.''”

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 {{Quotation|''[[User:Lylanea Vicciona|'''Lylanea Vicciona''']], Bard of the Four Lands''|
-<poem>I am writing this from memory, as I sit here in my dwelling. The last few days were full of pain and discomfort, battle and far.
+<poem>I am writing this from memory, as I sit here in my dwelling. The last few days were full of pain and discomfort, battle and fear.
 But also victory and satisfaction on a dark fate diverted. We had prevented the worst from happening. At least for now.

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 As I strolled across the footbridges of the capital of Naw Trykoth, the sun-drenched waters splashed gently under the planks and the footsteps and voices of the market's many visitors echoed in the clear air.
-I loved the market. Here you were sure to meet many friends and acquaintances, because hardly any Homin would miss the opportunity to make one or the other good deal. Here you could buy the finest things craftsmen and - women had to offer and marvel at the most wonderful toys and gadgets.
+I loved the market. Here you were sure to meet many friends and acquaintances, because hardly any homin would miss the opportunity to make one or the other good deal. Here you could buy the finest things craftsmen and - women had to offer and marvel at the most wonderful toys and gadgets.
 Today however I had no specific goal, except to buy some sweets and meet and catch up on some gossip with friends. It was a beautiful summers day in the Lakelands.
 Flags and Ribbons had been put up. In the evening colorful lights were to be lit and fireworks had been announced.  People of all lands were gathered and smiling at each other and no-one suspected the horrible news that a pair of exhausted feet was just now carrying into the city.
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-Today Jena was well-disposed towards the Homins.
+Today Jena was well-disposed towards the homins.
 And Ma'Duk did not abandon his followers either, as it seems.
 There is still the sweat on my forehead as I write these lines and the smell of blood, bile and acid from the kitins permeates my home. My hands still tremble with strain, but I will not find peace until I have written down what I have experienced.
-A large army of Homins, said to be about one hundred and thirty to one hundred and fifty, bravely volunteering warriors, were led by three Rangers into the Elusive Forest of the Prime Roots this morning. To search for traces of the lost caravan.
+A large army of homins, said to be about one hundred and thirty to one hundred and fifty, bravely volunteering warriors, were led by three Rangers into the Elusive Forest of the Prime Roots this morning. To search for traces of the lost caravan.
 The bloody remains of some poor Mektoubs were quickly found and we were able to follow the trail of death to the established Kitin-Hive down there, known as the “Underwood Woe”.
 Apparently the insects had dragged some of the caravans animals into the interior of their burrow as food for their nasty larvae.
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 Determined and with a courage that hardly any hominid ever knew, we pushed into the dark opening, to face death and its harbingers within the weird, green tunnels. It was hard to fit more that a few of us into the narrow confines of the tunnel. A hindrance that the kitins seemingly ignored, as the literally flooded the passageway. Nearly overwhelming us with sheer numbers, smallish Kidinak coming from the walls and scuttling between our legs, cutting us down mercilessly.
 Many fell under the onslaught of the monsters into the literal thicket of huge, spindly legs.
-Many lost sight of what was happening all around us and to my shame, I too must confess that a few times my sword erroneously struck Homin armor instead of insect carapace.
+Many lost sight of what was happening all around us and to my shame, I too must confess that a few times my sword erroneously struck homin armor instead of insect carapace.
-I hope these brave warriors will forgive me, since a true target was hard to make out in the crowd of Homin and insect bodies. We walked over the corpses of many abominations and the unconscious forms of fellow warriors alike
+I hope these brave warriors will forgive me, since a true target was hard to make out in the crowd of homin and insect bodies. We walked over the corpses of many abominations and the unconscious forms of fellow warriors alike
 It took three attempts, between which we all took the blessing of our gods to regain our strength and regroup, but finally we succeeded in the impossible.
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 He found the governor's amber cube and other, unfortunately broken containers of knowledge.
 Slowly we retreated from that hellhole, fighting off stragglers and those few beasts that had managed to sneak up on our support troops and healers from behind.
-The splinters of amber that had been found were distributed among the Homins and the all important cube was brought back to its owner.
+The splinters of amber that had been found were distributed among the homins and the all important cube was brought back to its owner.
 I declined a token of this battle. My memory will serve, for all its worth.
 Who knows what these cubes will be used for one day?
-But be that as it may, the Homins have proven once again that they can defy the beasts. Side by side, Karavaneer and Kamista fought. Jena and Ma'Duk, grant this unity in the hour of greatest need, should it ever occur.
+But be that as it may, the homins have proven once again that they can defy the beasts. Side by side, Karavaneer and Kamista fought. Jena and Ma'Duk, grant this unity in the hour of greatest need, should it ever occur.
 “''Never again a Great Swarming!''”
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 ''Your hearts intertwined in a web,
 ''that even the sharpest sword will not break through!''
-''Go on Homin and do your duty today!''
+''Go on homin and do your duty today!''
 ''Destroy the evil!''
 ''In the name of Jena, for the good of Atys!''
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 At first, the situation seemed to be under control and the insects were fought down. But then they suddenly rose by the hundreds from the entrance to the lower levels. It was carnage!
-The kitins overran the army of Matia and tore at Homins bodies as if they were straw-dolls. The images of severely wounded Homins will haunt my dreams for a long time.
+The kitins overran the army of Matia and tore at homins bodies as if they were straw-dolls. The images of severely wounded homins will haunt my dreams for a long time.
 Only with luck we survived this second, massive attack.
-One or two Homins had managed to escape the mass of insects and healed their comrades as soon as the beasts turned to other targets. Killing off the normal fauna that surrounded the lake and had not yet fled the vicinity .
+One or two homins had managed to escape the mass of insects and healed their comrades as soon as the beasts turned to other targets. Killing off the normal fauna that surrounded the lake and had not yet fled the vicinity .
 We struggled to defend the shrine against constantly attacking small swarms of insects. Often I fell and often my final death was only prevented by the hands of a capable healer or the protection of the shrine. There were just too many. After long minutes of futile battle desperation set in and we had no choice other than to seek shelter in the shrines small magical protection. To stay there until the beasts tired of running against its impenetrable, invisible walls.
-The huge insects cruel claws furiously scratched and tore at the magic of the shrine but were thankfully unable to penetrate it. The blood-stained mandibles of the horrible insects spat cruel sounds at the Homins tightly huddled around the shrine.
+The huge insects cruel claws furiously scratched and tore at the magic of the shrine but were thankfully unable to penetrate it. The blood-stained mandibles of the horrible insects spat cruel sounds at the homins tightly huddled around the shrine.
 The chitinous beasts hatred for all soft life was almost palpable.
 Only inches away from my face I beheld the slavering mouth of a huge Kirosta. I could smell its foul breath and feel it, strangely cool on my skin, even through my helmet. Like an unholy wind that caressed my face. The insects eyeless head moving in a slow, weird sway from side to side and up and down. Its legs unable to come closer to us, but somehow forced forward by some sense of proximity or evil drive to slay that which was in front of it. It was almost as if the beasts knew we were near exhaustion, that we were struggling to keep still and as close together as we could inside the Shrines protective Magic.
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 But finally the troops of the Fyros and Trykers fought their way through to us, the besieged warriors. As I learned later, they too had been attacked by kitins, in their homelands. Not as many as down here, but the fights were hard enough to delay them in reaching the site of our desperate stand.
-At first, these warriors Homins tried to rush to our defense, sure of their own strength. Emboldened by the victories they had won on their way down into and trough the Prime Roots.
+At first, these warriors homins tried to rush to our defense, sure of their own strength. Emboldened by the victories they had won on their way down into and trough the Prime Roots.
 But the large number of kitins surprised them too, and the monsters mercilessly slaughtered them.
 I closed my eyes against the massacre. Their screams and the shocked gaps of my fellow captives ringing in my ears.
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 After a few short moments of calm and tentative thoughts of victory the ground began to shake. The soft bark of the Prime Roots tore open and two humongous Kizarak Swarm-Queens emerged, accompanied by a truly titanic Kirosta.
-They seemed to strengthen the morale of the drones that again emerged in droves from the ground around their legs, but also the determination of us Homins.
+They seemed to strengthen the morale of the drones that again emerged in droves from the ground around their legs, but also the determination of us homins.
 Tapping into our last vestiges of willpower we, the children of the New Lands fought against the monstrous and terrible enemy. Never giving up hope.
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 Over, trough and around the sap lake, surging between the shrine and the opening in the ground.
 After what once more felt like hours, we finally managed to get the better of  the roiling masses of smaller insects and were able to concentrate all our remaining strength on the Titans.
-The beasts held out for a long time and even tried to flee, but the now near victorious Homins saw their chance and took it, as the first behemoth came crashing to the ground.
+The beasts held out for a long time and even tried to flee, but the now near victorious homins saw their chance and took it, as the first behemoth came crashing to the ground.
 It was a long, tough struggle, but the huge beasts finally thundered into the muddy ground of the Prime Roots and their disgusting blood seeped back into the bark that had spat them out.

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 From the corner of my eye I noticed something green speeding towards us. It threw itself at my friend Chloe in a ferocious attack.
 With an inhomin shriek something crashed into me also. It's terrible force nearly knocking me down. As I struggled to stay upright another beast jumped at Gazeto, the older Fyros warrior reacting with lightning speed, facing the beasts head on.
-Three almost man-high Kirosta, determined to kill us all.
+Three almost man-high kirostas, determined to kill us all.
 With a few strokes of our swords and some spells, the beasts were dispatched. They were not much of a threat to us.