Crimsonian

= The Crimsonians =

Quick Description and Localization:
The Crimsonians are a small group of humans who where trapped in the Burning Hell (their name for the Nether) by a Minor Demon. They fought for an unknown amount of time, before finally escaping from it.

In present day, most live in the small hamlet of Millepertuis. They don't mix too much with humans they don't know. As a society, they weren't traumatized in the Burning Hell. While many enjoy the green of the World-Above, some of them go back in the Burning Hell, mostly to gather gold, harvest mushroom stems or hunt the brutal Pig Warriors.

They really enjoy small things like rain, puddle, colors, or even the scent of air.

Crimsonians tend to carry around a clock and a compass, as these tools didn't work in the Burning Hell.

Appearance:
Crimsonians are similar to humans in many ways. The only way to easily recognize them is through the symbol on painted onto their faces. They have a tear painted with the blood of a Pig Warrior they killed during what is known as the "Crimson Extermination". Most of them hide it, not out of a want to look more human, but more because of the anger that some gods harbor against them.

During the Exile, they wore leather armor dyed in gray by the ashes, various pieces of gold armor, and masks made out of crimson wood. Nowadays, they tend to wear colorful clothes, flower crowns, and many now wear glasses as the ash and extreme heat of the Burning Hell ruined their eyesight.

Culture and Religion:
Crimsonian culture is mostly known for their ability in wood-working and mask carving.

While an influential sect of them became vegetarian when they escaped the Burning Hell, the average meal is composed of meat from creatures found in the Burning Hell, Bread, Pumpkin Pie and various stews. They drink mostly water, milk, and coffee, but appreciate the taste of a good beer.

Crimsonians aren't part of any religion, as they believe that the Gods and Goddesses are just another race who can travel as they wish between the World-Above and another plane called the Aether. They also believe in demons but they don't see pantheons in a Manichean way. To them, Demons and Gods can be both good or bad but never at the extremity of the spectrum.

They speak the Traveler's Tongue when they need to communicate with the other races. Some of them even speak other languages from all across Rathnir. When they communicate with each other, they use a more recent version of the Hazeshardian language, but use the old writing system of the Kingdom of Hazeshard during important events or in writing.

While known as merciless warriors in the Burning Hell, in the World-Above they tend to be Pacifists. They'll fight to defend their lives but they don't kill animals.

The Crimsonians are classified as communists, but in their point of view its just the normal thing to do. They share resources and food and only use money to interact with the other humans.

The time of Hazeshard And the First Exile
In The kingdom of Hazeshard, there was once a young demon known as Xanda'r. He was looking for distraction and thought that the humans were the perfect creatures to amuse himself. Using his beautiful voice and his knowledge of mentalism, he convinced a group of humans to follow him through a dark portal. He lured them with a sight of a Promised Land: a lush forest, with sprawling wheat fields and beautiful sun. But when the naïve humans walked through the gate, he destroyed it, trapping them forever in the place he called the "Burning Hell".

The poor humans were trapped in a Nightmare. They weren't ready to survive, and so half of them died the first day. Many more died after, but no one could measure the time anymore. The terrifying sounds, the scorching heat, the constant danger, and the scent of ashes in the air began to exhaust the survivors. Many were overwhelmed, and opted to simply jump into the Flaming Ocean, not willing to live a life of suffering and sadness.

Those who tried to survive hid away in a nearby cave. They used their clothes to cover their faces and used the food they brought to survive, waiting for someone to come save them.

Some time passed and eventually Xanda'r came back, and behind him brought along a new batch of people. What was left from first generation of Exiled, as they now called themselves, taught all they knew of these burning wastes to the newcomers, which worked to save many of them. This increase in population created a huge problem however, because the food they brought from their past lives began to run out. The Exiled tried to go outside, managing to bring back pieces of a massive red mushroom. The mushroom itself was edible, its stem similar to wood. When Xanda'r brought the third generation, the adults picked up sharp stones and fixed them into swords and spears. They then pushed away the rock that blocking the entrance of the cave they hid in. This is what they called "The First Hunt".

Life in the Burning Hell and the Second Hunt
For the Elders and the children who stayed at the cave, the wait was awful. Of the 30 people who left hunting, only 12 ever came back. The surviving hunters wore shining armor, made of pure gold. They told everyone about the humanoid Pigmen, who covered in gold and massacred them with mere swipes of their golden blades. Fortunately for them, they noticed these pigs were nearly blind, and could only recognize each other thanks to their golden armor. And so they returned to hunt, where they killed a few armored pigmen who were alone, and stole their armor. This allowed them to sneak up on a group of warriors. Through this, they learned how to hunt the monsters that lived in the red forests. They brought back leather and meat to the cave where they lived, and with this leather they made armor and split the pieces of gold armors evenly among the group. They lived like that for a what seemed like years, although time seemed to flow strangely here, as not everyone aged the same. Every member of the community adapted to the deadly environment, and so to protect themselves from the ashes, they carved masks out of the mushroom stems and drank the blue wine found in other mushrooms that grew here. They learned how to trap the monsters, and how to repel them using the blue mushrooms. They learn how to become invisible to the Pig warriors, and used their swords to carve their homes into the red rock. They also broke of huge pieces of basalt, which they used to protect themselves from the Fire-Breathers.

One day, one of the Exiles followed a Pig Warrior. They lead her to a massive fortress, made of black stone. As soon as she entered the bastion, a hulking Pigman Warrior who wielded a heavy gold axe immediately started to chase her down. She managed to run away, and during her escape she saw in the bastion a piece of the purple rock that Xanda'r used to make the portal that lead them there. She came back to the camp and told everyone about what she saw. Even if Xanda'r broke the portal, they now had a way to repair it.The community began to create an elaborate plan, and what they called "The Second Hunt" began. They split into three groups. The warriors, the ones who killed the first Pig Warriors started to train the young, teaching them how to use the crossbow and the sword. Those who were able to run faster were in charge of exploring the Burning Hell to find more of these Black Bastions because The Woman (the Exile who found the first Bastion) only found two pieces of Obsidian in the chests. The last group were in charge of capturing as many hoglins as possible.

The Woman became the leader of the Exiled, and she led them to the Bastion. The original portal was still mostly intact, and so they needed only 5 pieces of Obsidian to repair the portal.

The Time of War
They snuck into the first bastion, using the path she took the first time. Using their experience, they hid and mimicked the actions of the Pig Warriors, making sure to stay away from the Brutes as they entered the treasure room. They barricaded themselves, killed the few Pigmen guards and grab the purple rocks. Before they could leave, the Exiles were attacked by a Brute. Its axe blade wasn't very sharp, but it was still deadly it hands. It nearly killed one of the survivors, but was swiftly attacked by The Woman, as this was the same Brute she faced originally. The fight was fast, and she stabbed the brute in a gap in his armor before finally pushing him in into the Flaming Ocean. She lost her sword, and so she grabbed the Brute's axe. The Exiles celebrated her and they all escaped, going back to their homes. Victorious and proud of their leader, they called this event "The Triumph of the Black Castle". What seemed like a few months later, they found a second bastion. Galvanised by their victory, they rushed through the main door of the black fortress. Here, three Brutes who were patrolling were waiting for them. Three Exiles lost their life during the attack, known since then as "The War of Desolation", but their crossbows managed to get kill off the brutes. The Exiles managed to get only one more piece of the needed rock. This time, they returned full of anger and sadness that they will finally come home. When they discovered a third bastion, a lot of them had mastered their weapons, and the hunters managed to capture over 50 hoglins. Even if these monsters couldn't be tamed, their aggressivity toward the Pigmen and their fear of the blue mushrooms let the Exiles control them a bit. Every member of the tribe acted as a warrior, so they all marched toward the fortress, guiding the hogs with mushrooms on sticks. They let the hogs charge through the main gate. A few humans stayed back to control the monsters while the others used strange pearls they found to teleport themselves into the higher part of the bastion. They didn't just loot the chests, in their fury they murdered every single Pig Warrior in the bastion, staining the fortress in a disgusting red. They grabbed the last pieces of obsidian and returned back to the cave they lived in. This third battle stayed in their memories as the "Crimson Extermination". Not a single exile died, but the blood of the countless pigmen flowed in the Flaming Ocean. One by one, the Exiled put their fingers into the boiling blood of their enemy ,and they painted on each other a small Crimson Tear, just under the eye.

The Exiles grab their last personal belongings, and under The Woman's lead, they ran toward the broken portal and repaired it. Despite now being whole again, the portal didn't light up. One of the elders reminded her that Xanda'r The Traitor summoned a fire ball to illuminate the portal. Desperate and without many good options, The Woman closed her eyes, and before anyone could say anything, she grabbed a piece of molten rock from a nearby lava pool with her bare hands, activating the portal.

When they returned from the Burning Hell, they found their village in ruin. Burned and destroyed, presumably by Xanda'r. From the hundreds of people who followed Xanda'r, only 21 of them came back. Not so long after, a patrol of inquisitors, send to investigate the huge amount of energy caused by the portal, found this weird group of peoples. Their skin was covered in ashes, and hid their faces behind masks made of crimson wood, wielding sword and axes made of pure gold.

They introduced themselves as the Exiled. None of them remembered their own names, explaining that they didn't use names in the Burning Hell they were trapped in. The soldiers brought them back to the nearest city, where the town's mayor gave them the hospitality. Completely exhausted, they slept for 2 days straight. When they were about to return to their village to see if they could repair it, the town mayor came back asking them to pay for the space they took in the Village stable. Disgusted by the lack of charity by the humans, The Woman grabbed her Golden Sword and threw it at the nearest stone. The Sword pierced through the stone like a knife through butter and lodged itself in the stone. She then turn around, and the greedy mayor ran after the precious sword. To this day no one has removed the sword, mainly because the greedy human broke it with a hammer and proceeded to melt it into more golden coins.

After this, they didn't consider themselves human anymore. During their Exile in the Burning Hell, they learned to share their resources, to help those who are too weak and not to leave anyone behind, and as they came back, they rediscover a human race filled by greed, and focused on themselves. They chose to go by the name of Crimsonians and decided to distance themselves from humans.

After their escape, they decided to work as farmers for a few seasons to get enough to buy wagons and horses. They then took to the road to explore the continent. Most of them learn a few local languages and the Traveler's Tongue.

The Time of the Roads or the Second Exile.
We are currently during the time of the roads.

Pictures Credits:
To make the pictures I use:

- Vanilla tweaks Armor Statues Datapack https://vanillatweaks.net/picker/datapacks/

- Little improvement Custom https://littleimprovementscustom.beatso1.repl.co/

- Jerms Better Leaves Addon https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/texture-packs/better-leaves-add-on-2-0

- BSL Shader https://bitslablab.com/

- Minecraft head .com for the Customs Head https://minecraft-heads.com/custom-heads/humanoid/38511-red-orc, https://minecraft-heads.com/custom-heads/humanoid/39422-link , https://minecraft-heads.com/custom-heads/humanoid/41862-princess-zelda , https://minecraft-heads.com/custom-heads/humanoid/34887-piglin

- The Masks are a custom resource pack that might release later, if I add more Masks