Eros An Aesperii-Crimarii

Early life
HeroCrime28 was born in an unknown village in Nieden. HeroCrime28 when he got older decided to leave his village, to wander in a world of which he knew nothing about. Wandering through a spruce forest, he came upon a sunken ruin, of what once had been a great city, with massive ships and impressive buildings: houses, apartments, castles and palaces all sunken under the sea, which made massive pillars of water on the roofs of the highest buildings, which impressed and terrified the wanderer, him never having seen anything like it. HeroCrime did not know then, but he had accidentally stumbled on the sunken ruins of the cursed old capital of the Empire of Escharia. Having no choice but to swim through the city or turn back the way he came, HeroCrime foolishly chose to swim through the cursed ruins. Almost as soon as he went into the waters, dark clouds started forming above, yet HeroCrime thought nothing of it and pursed on. As time went by, the dark clouds started pouring rain, and that rain turned into a storm. This storm was nothing like HeroCrime had ever seen; lightning hitting the water pillars, waves crashing into the

ruins and pushing HeroCrime around, hitting him just as he tried to grab on the tops of towers sticking out of the ocean below, as if commanded by ancient forces. All of this tired HeroCrime, as he tried to save himself from being claimed by the ocean but to no avail, and as his forces left his body, he accepted his fate and stopped fighting, passing out.

Yet, Death would not claim him, as his story still needed to continue. HeroCrime woke up, finding himself on a shore. As he got up, he noticed that the climate was colder than the one he left, meaning he had probably gone up north. As he wandered through the hills seeking shelter, HeroCrime found a city, with great stone walls and farms surrounding it. Outside of the city was a man, who approached HeroCrime, introducing himself as then he asked HeroCrime who he was and what his intentions were. HeroCrime introduced himself and told Pipo of Alfuna his story about how he got here. Pipo of Alfuna, seeing that the wanderer needed help, he brought HeroCrime inside the city. While they walked Pipo of Alfuna told HeroCrime about where he was, informing him that he was in the capital of the great viking nation of Skjoldrbrodir, which to this day HeroCrime28 still doesn’t know how to spell. Pipo told HeroCrime of the culture and the history of the nation, and about its leader and founder AC0N, all of which interested HeroCrime. As they made their way into a house in the town, HeroCrime28 requested to join the town and nation, which Pipo of Alfuna accepted.

Skjoldrbrodir - Limura War
HeroCrime spent the next few days in Ustokol, recovering from the hardships he had faced, not going much out of his home. Once he had gotten back his strengths, Pipo invited HeroCrime to join him in his the colonization of the new lands of Eldham, for Skjoldrbrodir, which HeroCrime happily accepted. Excited for adventures to come, HeroCrime boarded the next ship to Eldham, and after a few weeks of voyage, he finally arrived to Steinborg, the mountain capital of kjoldrbrodir's territories in Eldham. There, in the next weeks, HeroCrime came to know other citizens of Skjoldbrodir such has: Kai999, Drunk_Frog, tasty_breadstick Ezee8, BalloonDwarf and others. Kai999, tasty_breadstick Drunk_Frog would become great long time friends of his. HeroCrime, tasty_breadstick and PipoH1PPO would temporarly create the Le Mafia as a meme, with them as the 3 godfathers. The organization that sadly hasn't survived to this day. In these weeks HeroCrime would also learn of the nation's religion, Nostikur, a Valdic religion worshipping a vast pantheon of gods, however HeroCrime, being an atheist, and with it's believers in the nation already questioning the religion's beliefs, which will lead to the Nyr Nostikur split and it becoming the official religion of the nation after the war, chose not to convert.

However, HeroCrime28 joined Eldham in time of great tensions in the world between Skjoldrbrodir and Limuria, as the two were at odds for trade routes and the eastern lands of the continent of Phoros.

Even though diplomatic solutions were tried, the tension was palpable and the Skjoldrbrodir population was favorable to war, with most citizens being thristy for glory and plunder of the Lemur's land, the people of Skjoldrbrodir prepared for war. HeroCrime, following this spirit, every day HeroCrime would go out in the field, training with Kai999 and the other citizens of Skjoldrbrodir, getting his combat skills ready for battle. In this time HeroCrime would also go mining, both in the Overworld and Nether, getting diamond gear for himself and enough gold to build a small fortune, which he hoped to use to settle east if the Limurian lands were conquered.

Yet one day diplomacy seemed to have prevailed. That was until the Cowboys attacked. The Cowboys were a group of bandits that had settled in North-West Phoros, and taking advantage of the tension and instability, they raided Steinborg and several other towns of Skjoldrbrodir. The Cowboys also raided the Limurians, and cause of this both sides started blaming the other for the attacks, and war was declared by Skjoldbrodir’s leader AC0N.

Both sides began gathering troops, ready to battle. The military leadership of Skjoldrbrodir decided that it had to make the first move, take Limuria’s capital and win the war quickly.

The day of the attack came, HeroCrime, nervous for his first battle, put on his new diamond armor, took up his just forged sword and shield, and slowly reached the Steinborg’s gates, where the citizens of Skjoldrbrodir were gathering. Some matched HeroCrime’s humor, a few had worse humor, with fear reeking from them, while most were in a better mood than HeroCrime, those ones, having already been in battles, didn’t share HeroCrime’s nervousness or the fear of Death others had. One thing everyone had in common though was one thing: they were going to fight for Skjoldrbrodir and it’s glory, or die trying. One of the people in a better mood was Kai9999, that being one of the most experienced fighters of the Skjoldrbrodir army, was leading the army as Hersir of the nation. Seeing HeroCrime’s nervousness, he came up to HeroCrime and they spoke. “First time?” Kai asked him, “Yeah” HeroCrime responded, “I was given two pieces of advice on my first battle, want to hear them?”, “Sure why not” HeroCrime replied, “Always move forward and stick them by the pointy end, I was given this advice on my first battle, always followed it, never needed anything else, understand?”HeroCrime nodded and Kai, after wishing him luck, went on to make sure everything was ready for the march on Limuria. After some time prepping the army, Pipo opened the gate and the vikings began their march. They marched through the fields of Steinborg, singing songs about plunder and glory, on this mortal plain or in the eternal battle in the heavens, their instrument being the rattling of their armor and the banging of their weapons on the yellow and blue shields. After having crossed the treacherous sands of the badlands of Phoros, the Skjoldrbrodir vikings crossed the Limurian border, reaching a riverbank, there Kai raised his fist, halting the army. “BRING THE BOATS!” Kai commanded, and out of the army lines came vikings, carrying large spruce boats; these men made their to the way to the riverbank and placed the boats on the water. Kai ordered everyone to the boats, once that was done, he stepped on his and began rowing east, the rest followed. The river currents, like a horse carrying its owner, pushed the vikings further and further into the lands of the Lemurs, a land of jungles, swamps and trees such as HeroCrime had never seen, with humid air creating fog that would have made an ambush predictable, but not foreseeable on the moment. Cause of this the vikings were all on high alert, grasping their shields and swords, expecting an arrow to fly, and for their possible last stand to start at any moment. Yet no ambushes were made, then the currents started slowing, meaning that the vikings had almost made it to the river delta, where the Lemur’s capital of Rothersdam was located.

At this point, Kai landed his boat the riverbank, at the entrance of an oak forest, the rest of his men followed suit, docking their boats on the sands that formed the borders of the water. After everyone got off, the vikings began marching into the forest, where at a wall made of boulders, they met their allies.

Having organized the troops, Kai climbed on top of a boulder and began his speech to his men: “MEN OF SKJOLD! Vikings with no fear. Today we fight the Lemurs, to show them that the Valdics will not tolerate their shenanigans, will not bow down to their demands, but will remain strong, and take whats ours of right or die trying! May the Nostikur gods bless us, and may we bring them and this nation glory. So men, FIGHT!” A loud cheer surged from the crowd, so loud that the Lemurs in their huts probably heard it, shivering in fear, and like this the nervousness that had accompanied HeroCrime through the entire journey disappeared. The army began climbing the boulders, which as soon as crossed brought the courtyards outside the walls of Rothersdam, walls that stood high as mountains, looming over the men. As soon as the vikings stepped on the yard, they were meet with berry bushes and cobwebs blocking their way. HeroCrime rushed forward, shield high and sword in hand, dead set on taking the walls. HeroCrime got through the first set of berry bushes and cobwebs along with a few viking and allied warriors, however they were met with arrow fire from atop the walls, which killed a few warriors and injured some, including HeroCrime, though not much. Crawling through the mud and dirt of the yard, after some time, HeroCrime made it to the walls of Rothersdam along with allied soldiers, who had brought ladders to climb the wall. Under the arrow fire of the Lemurs, HeroCrime and the other men began climbing the walls. While climbing, HeroCrime looked around him, seeing the other men beginning to cross the berry bush and cobweb packets, then he looked up and saw men climbing, he saw one fall, struck by an arrow to the head, his body falling and getting impaled in the rocks below. Seeing this, HeroCrime knew he could not fail and continued his climb, reaching the top of the wall after sometime, being one of the first to do so. There a Lemur was getting his loading his bow preparing to strike the new arrival, HeroCrime swiftly swung his sword at the bow, knocking out of the archer’s hands, who looked up at HeroCrime. There was fear in his eyes, knowing that he would have now died at the hand of the invader, which he did, as HeroCrime stabbed him just a moment later. As the archer bleed on the floor of the walls, HeroCrime thought about what he had just done. He had committed his first kill. In his mind, HeroCrime found no pleasure in the act, with a side of him being disgusted at what he had just done, yet he acknowledged that it was necessary, as this was war. As he looked around  him, he saw that the rest of the Skjoldrbrodir’s army was beginning to arrive, slaughtering the rest of the Lemurs. As HeroCrime came to his senses and began to walk down the stairways into the town below, where more soldiers were waiting for them. HeroCrime tried his best, but being to new to fighting, he didn’t get any further kills that day, just injuring a few Lemur soldiers and getting injured himself, though not seriously enough to stop him from fighting. As the fighting came to a close, a shout was heard in a distance: “This isn’t a Lemur!”, confused at this statement, HeroCrime approached the position where the shout had come from. There a soldier, ally of Skjoldrbrodir, was kneeling, analyzing a body of an enemy soldier. “This his a mercenary” the soldier said, standing up, to then approach another body, which he stared at for a few seconds before concluding: “They are all mercenaries!”. And so it was discovered that the Lemurs had all fled the city, leaving mercenaries to die for it. Everyone was at first shocked by this fact, then they began laughing at the cowardice of the Lemurs, and so the sacking of Rothersdam began. Huts were looted, chests in the court yard were sized, and a couple of armored horses were stolen. However most of the treasure was poor, having the Lemurs taken their valuables with them before the siege and locking what was left behind iron bars, which the soldiers were not able to break. HeroCrime explored the area and partook in the sacking. While he was walking, handling the poor loot he had got, he noticed a soldier in full netherite coming towards him, however him having a banner marking him as an ally, HeroCrime thought little of it, that was until the man sped up his pace, unsheathed his netherite sword and stabbed HeroCrime, setting him on fire due to the enchants. HeroCrime in those moments of pain wondered “Why did he attack me?”, and that’s when he noticed that he had dropped his shield in the sacking, the shield that marked him as a Skjoldrbrodir viking, making him unrecognizable from the Lemurs’ mercenaries. HeroCrime jumped into the river, trying to put out the fire, then the rest was blurry.

He felt himself getting dragged, then he saw trees, after that he felt heath, and suddenly cold. HeroCrime opened his eyes, his vision, which was a bit blurry soon picked up the pace and he saw that he was in his apartment in Steinborg, in his woolen bed, covered in bandages in patches. HeroCrime tried to sit up, but as he did, his whole abdomen fell in pain, and so he stopped and continued to look around. There were flowers beside his bed, along with empty bowls of what smelled like soup. HeroCrime then heard cranking to his left, when it stopped, Drunk_Frog, his neighbor had just come up the stairs, carrying soup, though stopped in shock, once he saw HeroCrime’s eyes were open. HeroCrime tried to speak, but all that came up was a faint sigh; it didn’t really matter though, as Drunk_Frog had rushed out of the room the moment he had seen HeroCrime awake. A few minutes passed before HeroCrime heard that cranking on the stairs again, this time it was Pipo. “How are you?” Pipo asked, HeroCrime tried to answer but again his mouth gave nothing but a sigh, “Can’t speak uh?” Pipo then asked him, to which HeroCrime nodded. Pipo explained to HeroCrime that he had been in a coma for about a year, recovering from his injuries. The siege of Rothersdam had been declared a tie, since technically no Lemurs were killed, then the Lemurs went on the offensive, launching an attack on Steinborg, but Skjoldrbrodir stood strong, and they were repelled. Having lost the war, the Lemurs were forced out of their land and fled to form will become the Zamotz Federation, therefore the lands of the east were annexed by the vikings, making Skjoldrbrodir the major power in Phoros.