The legend of Falkor/The rise of Sindrig/The insurrection of Anhur

Ok, so this kind of came out in a rush and it's just one big paragraph but I hope you'll forgive me. You can also see why I haven't tried to write this down, it's rather generic.

Before the first kingdoms the land was ruled by bloodthirsty, greedy warlords. Seldom was there peace and many people lived their lives in fear and poverty. As a young man Falkor knew there had to be a better way of life. When he grew into adulthood he was able to find other like minded people and together they tried to create a place where people could live in peace and safety. However, the warlords where not fond of the idea of someone who could challenge their power and they attacked Falkor and his people. Of course they stood no chance against such might and when they where attacked their defeat was inevitable. Falkor, his sons, and those with him did everything they could to defend themselves and their families. During the fighting Falkor unlocked something within himself, he had somehow discovered how to tap into the power of magic. But this new found power was just too little too late. Falkor, one of his sons and a few others where all that survived. They knew they would be hunted for their rebellion so they went into hiding in the wilderness where they could rethink their strategy and try to farther understand and unlock this new power of magic Falkor had unlocked. Several years past and one day Falkors son and a few of the other survivors reappeared. They had succeed in understanding the power of magic and had also created powerful magical sword that later would be called The Sword of Falkor. Using this new power and the might of The Sword of Falkor they where able to finally fight back teaching those who would join their cause the secrets of magic they where unstoppable. With this might they where able to establish the first kingdom, The Kingdom of Falkora. It grew quickly in it's might and was soon the most powerful force in the land. Others also began to learn the secret of magic and form their own kingdoms but Falkora continued to rein supreme. For many years things continued to stay relatively the same and the Falkorins also discovered a secret about The Sword of Falkor. Every once in a while a child was born to the Falkorin line that was extremely gifted in magic and was able to unlock untold powers when wielding The Sword of Falkor. They where called True Heirs. As the Falkorin borders grew they eventually began to explore the north lands and there they encountered large beasts that had a body much like a mans except that their heads where shaped similar to that of a wolf, they had long tales, they had vary long arms, and they where covered in fur. They also noticed that these Behemoths as the Falkrins called them, where actually rather intelligent. Eventually they began to capture and enslave them. The Behemoths large strong bodies where excellent for preforming tasks impossible to humans. However the Behemoths proved to be more intelligent then the Falkorins had a first thought. They began to learn the human tong and they began to fight back. The Behemoths proved to be incredibly powerful warriors, the fighting continued for years. At this time the young prince Sindrig had been revealed as a True Heir. The Falkorin people begged him to take up The Sword of Falkor and protect them from the threat the Behemoths posed. Sindrig was hesitant feeling that there must be some other way to resolve the conflict but eventually he was forced to do as the people willed. With the True Heir Sindrig and the power of The Sword of Falkor the Behemoths didn't stand a chance. The Falkorins subjugated them completely. Sindrig was then going to step down from the thrown having accomplished his task but the people would not allow him so Sindrig agreed to be their king until he passed away. Some years past and the power that Sindrig wielded began to corrupt him. He became a tyrant and began to make war with all the other kingdoms in the land concurring them one by one. He also began to want for a even more lavish life style and taxed the people of Falkora heavily. More time passed, all kingdoms that opposed Falkora had been destroyed and the people of Falkor where suffering greatly, they wanted to overthrow Sindrig but he had far too much power, the only remaining option was to wait for him to die. But Sindrig did not die, for more then 100 years he ruled and never aged. The people of Falkor where desperate, many resistance groups and formed and they had tried to kill Sindrig but none could succeed. Eventually they decided that they had to wait for another True Heir to be born, perhaps then they could stand up to Sindrigs might. One night a young woman named Illidrad snuck into Sindrigs chamber and seduced him. She then went into hiding protected by the resistance withing Falkora. Much to their joy 9 moths later Illidrad gave birth to a True Heir, Anhur. However they had to wait until Anhur was old enough to be able to stand up to his father. 16 years later the time finally arrived. The resistance led by their new leader Anhur rose up against Sindrig. Still they where unsuccessful but one night Anhur was able to sneak into the castle and steal The Sword of Falkor. But Anhur and the resistance knew that having the sword may not be enough and they fled from Falkora. They headed east but where perused by Sindrigs army. In order to survive and to get away from Sindrig once and for all Anhur summoned the power of The Sword of Falkor and raised a mountain range between them. Finally escaped from Falkora and Sindrig the people of Anhur began to raise up new kingdoms. First The Kingdom of New Falkora, then to the north The Kingdom of Bomar, and to the south The Kingdom of Illidrea, and to the east The Kingdom of TCUK (The Currently Unnamed Kingdom). In an attempt to protect themselves from what had happened in Falkora The Kingdom of New Falkora formed The Dragon Knights, a group of knights solely dedicated to protecting The Sword of Falkor and making sure that it was only used when it was absolutely needed. The Falkorin line was also divided between the four kingdoms so that no one kingdom would have a grater chance of having a True Heir and thus threatening the balance of power.

Long, yeah? And that's just the back story.

If Only

If my life were a romantic comity I would have met my love interest today.



My shoelace broke during work, so what do I replace it with? Well why not a whistle, those have strings.....

Just a Thought

Just a thought for my first day of school.

Anticipation

Part I

Weeks of careful planing and preparation are about to finally come to a head. Every detail exactly as it should be. Every moment planed out perfectly.... except for one fatal flaw. Only the smallest oversight, anyone could have made the same mistake. The Gamestop I was ordering Final Fantasy XIII from was not doing a midnight release. Within a heartbeat anticipation turns to fear, all hope fading into bleak darkness. But then as if sent from heaven, one single glimmer catches the eye. One speck of light amongst the all consuming darkness. The AF Gamestop is doing a midnight release!

Part II

With new found anticipation and hope I serge headlong toward that faint glimmer of light in the darkness. As I struggle with each breath to get closer and closer, the darkness pulling at me, slowing my every step, my every attempt to achieve that oh so important goal. I get lost..... I cannot find the store I am looking for. All streets look the same, street signs are either not posted or do not give usable information. Time grows short, the hour approaches near when the store will close. And worse, they may be all out of the treasure that I seek. The darkness again begins to pull me into its cold embrace, mocking me, attempting to squeeze out every last bit of my finite will. Then, yet again, another faint hope shines before me. Out of the corner of my eye I see the red and white colors of the Gamestop sign.

Part III

Again I am hopeful, yet afraid. I have come so far. What will await me within? Will I be able to obtain the prize I seek? With heart pounding and breath shallow I enter the destination I have worked so hard to find. I approach the counter carefully, not wanting to face the reality I may find there. I open my mouth to speak but words fail me. I attempt it again but am only shakily able to put forth the question burning within. "Is it too late to reserve a copy of Final Fantasy?" I hold my breath, time stands still. I begin to feel feint, I may not make it through the next few moments. But then the answer comes. "No, I still have some left." The darkness that had enshrouded me for so long is finally lifted. I have found my treasure, my journey is nearly complete! I need only wait with all the patience that I can muster the last four and one half hours left until I can finally hold my precious treasure in my hands.

Part IV

As the appointed hour drew near my excitement could hardly be contained. With child like glee I climbed into my vehicle. I headed toward my destination as fast as the law would allow. But disaster struck yet again. I was lost, it was as if the store had moved in my absence. With almost no traffic every red light mocked my frazzled state as they held me for no apparent reason. Patience escaped me entirely. Without direction or a cool head with which to reorient myself I wandered in circles, endless, meaningless, circles. I cursed my unreliable sense of direction time and again, only serving to make the situation worse. By chance I happened to see my destination in the distance, however the streets continued to mock me, not offering me a passable way to make it to the location of my desire. But finally, even the most incoherent lay of land was unable to stop me from reaching my ultimate goal.

On My Mind

If you haven't noticed I prefer to explain things through music rather then words. So expect to keep seeing things like this.

Whisper by Evanescence

I hate beautiful sales women!

Isn't it great when you are walking around the mall minding your own business, thinking about how to finger that scale on the guitar when suddenly you are jumped by what is probably the most dangerous thing in the civilized world, a sales person, and to make it worse a beautiful sales woman!

Of course it usually starts off easily enough with a simple question just to get your attention. Although I think asking "Are you married?" should be considered a low blow. I mean come on, is it my fault that I'm the only loser in my family that isn't married. You might as well jump out and stab me with a knife. Then you try to blow them off with a simple one word answer and walk away. But the good ones will step out in front of you so you can't walk away and ask you another question. By the way, asking "Do you have a girlfriend?" right after the first one is probably also a low blow. Just twist the knife why don't ya! But she still wouldn't let up and asks me to follow her anyway and how can a lonely guy say no to beautiful blue green eyes looking right into him?

So I follow her around her little cart, you know what I mean the ones that they set up right in the middle of your walking path so you have no way to get around them, and tells me to put my hands out. I still can't say no to those beautiful eyes and that flowing black hair. Then she starts putting this... stuff on my hands, who knows what that could be, I mean these are my hands people, I've gotta share a room with them. Then she tells me to start rubbing them together and I come to find that this stuff is like rubbing sticky sand on you, really scratchy and kinda slimy. So she goes off on her speal about sugar and gold and opening pores and what not and I still can't see past these eyes, there are mezmorising me.

Well then she rinses that off of me and gives me this lotion that is supposed to help close my pores back up or something and trap the gold in there.... I don't know. I was busy thinking about the fact that by this time she was practically holding my hands... it was a little weird. Then before I know it she's showing me an after shave too.... I haven't even shaved this week. How can it look like I want after shave? She tells me about how it smells nice and all the girls love it and she starts standing closer and closer to me while she's talking.

She then takes me over the the register and asks me if I would like both the after shave lotion and the skin exfoliating stuff or just one of the two. I tried to say that I really don't want any of it and that I don't have the money anyway but this beautiful short sales woman would not give up and I could only say no to those eyes for so long.

So, does anyone need some non abrasive sugar body exfoliation combining 24K gold with a unique vitamins formulation?