Endmxn

Endmxn, also known as Terminus Emendari (in lore) is the first Mieras of Katolis (Aeremere/Termina, the capital of Centaris). Titles: Grand Slayerist, Mieras of Termina, Hoxi (Now Viceroy) of Emendaria, Member of the Teccali order, Associate of the Teccali gang, Captain of the Grand Legions of the Huitca Federation, 5th-6th-8th Chief Counselor of the the Federation, 1st Tetli of Development, Head of House Emendari.

Royal Beginnings
Years long ago there lived noble families in far away lands, now only known as "Terra Daemonum". The families were at peace and had been for the past century as war had become less beneficial to them. Two families known as "Centari" and the "Emendari" were the most notable as they owned the most land and thus weilded the most influence over the region. Since the days of war were over the two families considered themselves to be friendly rivals. This was because each year they would host a competition comparable to that of the Olympics. This was merely a way to bond the noble houses together over sports. "Terra Daemonum" as it's now known was thriving. People came from far away lands seeking stability and a life away from the rags of the outer realms. For some reason "Terra Daemonum" seemed to be a protected area. No one attacked or brought harm, yet no one knew why. However towards the end of this "golden age" that reason would make it self known to all.

Towards the end of this era a pair of brothers grew up in the Emendari family. Terminus and Zenith were brothers growing up in the Grand Emendari Palace. The Emendari were typically known for their stuning architecture and their economic dominance. Terminus took an interest to Architecture while Zenith worked in the farmlands and learned combat by retired soldiers. The two were close and were inseparable in the early years. When Terminus was six he was excited as this was his first year that he was allowed to view the Competition between the noble houses.

However, as time slugged on, the noble houses grew more distant each week. Insults were levied at each other at a near daily basis. Centari and Emendari had been spitting insult after insult. Neither side would apologize nor make up for any action they would do. Some noble houses threatened to boycott the competition this year and as a result all hell would break loose anytime they families met in the Noble Court. Both sides sometimes would raid each others smaller villages towards the borders. No house openly admitted to any of these attacks. It was around this time that Mercellus, one of the Centari nobles was a victim of one of these attacks.

''He was simply there to inspect the town and attend a local event, the usual. However radicals from the Emendari side attacked the village and lit the surrounding farms to flames.''

From that night Mercellus survived off of pure anger and divine will. His anger towards the Emendari only grew further, all it would take was a spark to blow this situation out of control.

The Competition
The competition was on a sweet spring day as it had been every year. The arena was prepared and the royal families were being seated. While there were still heaps of tensions, the noble families decided to put that aside, and see if this tournament could bring them closer together and mend the wounds of indignity.

''Mercellus had a different idea on his mind. The noble families had grown too far apart, and they dared attack a village on the borders. As far as he was concerned this was an act of war.''

The bells rang and the noble tournament has officially started. The opening activity would be an archery competition, whoever was the most accurate with the bow won.

''The contestants walked on to their designated spaces. Everything was in check, and the horn blew. In less than a second Mercellus turned and fired his arrow at the Emendari participant, and with that any hope of restoring the peace that preceded for a century was gone.''

Within the second the stands erupted with chaos as the noblemen drew their swords. Hell, no one even knew who was who. Guards swarmed the stands, Mercellus began fighting in the arena. . Emendari guards rushed Terminus and Zenith out of the area. However Zenith was escorted over to a different part of the arena. Terminus made his way outside and to a horse. After which the guard told him to go to a nearby fort and ushered Terminus away.

In the arena it was becoming more evident that house Centari was winning this blood bath. The arena was cleared and those in the stands were being forced out. It made sense seeing as they were considered to be the finest warriors of the region. In the skirmish it is certain that the Emendari noble family was killed along with the others. While there were some survivors many were hunted. House Centari became the ruling family, though they themselves lost much of their lineage. Riots erupted in the streets of every village and city. A rebellion against Centari was already underway, however this is a story for another day, for now let's return to Terminus in his struggle for survival.

The Fall
Terminus rode the horse to the fort as instructed, it was hard for him to comprehend what was going on in that moment. He was scared and alone. His brother lost in the fight, his parents dead, the power he possessed gone along with it the destiny of a normal life as a noble. Pretty harsh for a six year old. As Terminus arrived at the fort he saw guards beckon him in. They asked him what happened yet Terminus remained silent, thoughts dwelling on his family. He would not have much time to cope and rest as the fort was quickly besieged by Centari radicals hearing of the incident at the arena. The fort was captured Terminus along with it and was sent off to a ship bound for a port. There he would be kept so as to not become a figure for rebellion. Though the ship never made it to the port.

When the Terminus awoke ashore he found that he was alone again.

They had departed at night yet he couldn't remember a thing from it. By the fact that there were bodies of people and pieces of a boat he came to the fairly obvious conclusion that they had shipwrecked, very badly. It astonished him that he hadn't sustained major injuries. After gathering his thoughts he decided to head towards the port, as it was his only way of surviving now. When he arrived, he was in rags, very unfitting for one born into a powerful noble family.* He sat on the streets for a good while, people passed by, people moved on. Terminus adapted to the streets, his memories slowly faded with time. He stole to survive, which was normal in a town like that. Just another part of life. Terminus, instead of falling to the whims of the rags he decided to do something more than just steal. He wanted to work his way out of this hell hole, and so he did. He carved out a little space in the back ally of a couple buildings and called it home. He stole books and read them. Luckily growing up in the royal family he was taught to read from a younger age. Terminus filled his brain with any knowledge he could get his hands on, he studied as he now had all the time he could ever want. The problem was that he was never able to get a true education, only a self taught one at best. But he was attentive to his surroundings.

Terminus noticed things other people didn't. Flaws in buildings, social structure, resources distribution, etc. were very apparent to him. What angered him most was that he was powerless to make change and to make a difference. He was still stealing or begging for basic necessities. Maybe when looked old enough he could get a labour job and begin earning some money and have a say. But the port just didn't offer any opportunity, no way to rise up.

Immigrant
One day Terminus was by the port, looking if there was anything he could quickly grab while it was being unloaded, However he overheard two sailors talking about a far away land. Discussing about some major war or something. The countries and conflicts discussed were meaningless to him. Yet that realm seemed to be in chaos at the moment, and chaos breeds opportunity. He thought of his chance to take some form of position in the mayhem and disorder that plagued Rathnir at the time, and so he jumped on to the back of the cargo ship bound for a port called "Erenova" for a quick stop.

The ship stopped at Erenova for the night and Terminus hopped off the ship. He found the port to be a small town, nothing compared to the bustling city that he had resided in for most of his years. The town was small humble, a few people scattered about. Terminus had thought the conditions would be worse though, the way that the sailors had described it. A few people unloaded some supplies and Terminus made his escape. A few villagers there gave him odd looks as he walked about, though no one bothered with him, they were too pre occupied with their own thoughts on the war and such.

In the distance Terminus could see a brightly lit city, a temple, sat in the centre of it. After seeing Tlahatl off in the distance, Terminus kept moving on, he thought it best to stray away from the town, and see if he could make a small shelter in the nearby forest. He created a small lean-to and spent the night there, hidden away in the woods. When dawn broke Terminus walked into the forest, he decided to survey his surroundings and see if he could find some equipment that he could get his hands on. After an hour he went back to his lean-to empty handed. And after contemplating it for a few moments, decided to rob from Erenova. He acquired some basic tools and grabbed some food from one of the local markets and quickly rushed back into the forest.

As Terminus was walking through out the forest, still searching for food, he saw someone walking by. He looked around quickly for somewhere to hide but found no cover. Eventually the figure saw him and gave him an odd stare. The person somehow knew that Terminus wasn't a resident of the island, most likely due to his homeless appearance and weak stature. She told him about a city down the path, a place called Aequallis. There he would be able to seek refuge and possibly even become employed. Before the two parted ways however, the figure told him to look for a person by the name of Mercellus, also known as Necro Terminus took the person's word and followed the path down. He arrived at the gates and saw a massive dome and brightly coloured houses. He could hear people roaming the streets and chatting about, church bells ringing. Terminus made his way around the bustling city over to a massive, dome like structure towering over the city. Near one of the entrances to the super structure he saw a man, he gave off a weird feeling, like it was the person Terminus was looking for.

Terminus walked over to the man, and asked if he was Necro. The man simply replied yes.

The Architect
To summarize the day, Necro gave Terminus a tour of the great city. It had experienced major growth recently and there were new people coming in every hour. Terminus visited the docks, the old under city, the dome building (the archives), a bar, and much more. The city was also said to be the 5th most populated in the world, now thanks to its recent growth. Towards days end Terminus was able to scrounge up enough money to buy a small house in the centre of the city. He decorated with some spare items he found littered among the streets and called it home.

At dawn Terminus awoke early, looking for a job. He knew he had to find something to keep him occupied, something to contribute. Terminus saw a sign near the developing areas looking for new architects and builders. These were in desperate need as Aequallis almost couldn't keep up with the number of people that were coming in on a daily basis. So he applied for the position. Terminus did, much to his surprise, well on the entry exam earning him the title of Builder 3rd Class. So he set to work on the northern most side of the city, near the port. He drafted up and built some of the nicest homes in Aequallis, impressing many of the higher ups and other people. He kept up the work and on his 3rd house was promoted to Builder 2nd Class. He began to rival the other architect in the city, named Agorimos. As of right now he was also a 2nd Class Builder on his way to becoming Builder 1st Class, Terminus was set on beating him to it. The main problem was that Terminus' homes were well detailed and took a lot more time compared to Agorimos' houses.

Sadly enough, Agorimos beat Terminus to it. With that Terminus decided to change up his style. Instead of creating extremely detailed homes sometimes taking days just to plan, he went for more middle class homes. After this change he was able to build at an extremely quicker rate gaining him the promotion of Builder 1st Class. It was an amazing climb from a peasant to a high ranking architect in one of the largest cities in the world. At this current rate nothing was in the way of Aequallis or himself.

Folly
During the Allium v Coalition war the nation of Kingdom of Councils sided with the 3rd Coalition. This violated the Non-Aggression pact that Huitca and KoC had signed months prior. The penalty for violating it was to pay 90,000 coins to the other nation. KoC did not do this. With that, government officials in Huitca met and determined that war was the only solution. The chief warrior (Boram Artonus) lead the armies of Huitca down to Kingdom of Councils capital, Palermo. The soldiers disembarked onto the island and were able to defeat the token force that KoC was able to muster up without losing a single soldier. The victory spread throughout the cities and with that, Huitca had claimed it had already won the war.

Terminus heard of this and wanted to sign up for the military. Many of his friends were in the army and he didn't want to miss out on the action. He signed up and did well on the combat test. He kept training during the night when he wasn't designing homes or gates for the city. Terminus trained with other members in the military when he got the chance. During one session he was noted for his skill in combat. Necro offered him to become a trainee for a group known as the Crimson Dawn. This was a group of the best fighters in Aequallis and quite possibly Huitca. Terminus eventually worked up into becoming a member of the group.

One day while working on a new street in Aequallis Terminus noticed something strange. He heard sounds coming from the under city, it sounded like the sound of feet shuffling across the mucky water. He didn't think much of it and actually decided to take a break from building. He struck up a conversation between Agorimos and another man named Clover. The talked about the current economic state that Rathnir was in yet before they were able to discuss further into the topic men busted out from the sewer hatches and began slaying civilians. The trio ran quickly into Clover's shop, boarding up the windows and doors with much haste. Many citizens retreated into their homes. The guards that patrolled the city were helping the army out with a raid on an illegal settlement near Talawa. The few that were there were able to put up much of a fight to the mercenaries. More bandits came and broke their way in, robbing from market stalls and knocked down some construction sites.

Terminus was completely helpless in the situation, having his best gear left behind at his home, like it would do him much better even if he had it. The three hunkered down in Clover's shop for hours on end. Eventually the bandits left and Boram gave the all clear. Later the citizens of Aequallis heard the news, Kingdom of Councils had declared war, upon their city. Panic spread throughout the city, many families retreated into the country side. Shops were closed, homes boarded up. The entirety of the Huitca military was called forth to prepare for the war, but not just that. Lily Prism, called upon Huitca's allies from Andorn, Escharia, Carvay, and more. The builders of Aequallis setup a massive wall around the city, possibly the largest defense in Rathnir history (may I say not the best). The wall towered over the city, protecting it at the cost of total isolation.

The armies from nations far and wide assembled in Quackers square. This was it, the first battle that Terminus would serve in. Dawn rose and Terminus began patrolling the streets as more and more soldiers piled into the city. The plan was that the walls would keep even those who had tridents, out of the city, therefore making it so the defenders didn't have to fight at all. The main reason for this was that KoC had hired the best mercenaries from not just Rathnir, but a far away land known as Eldham. And while Rathnir's war rules dictate that this wasn't allowed, they didn't care.

There was however a problem. Though Aequallis now had a massive army to defend it, and possibly one of the greatest defenses in history, there were many flaws that Terminus quickly picked up. For one, there was no clear leader and there was massive confusion among the troops. No one could recognize who was who for half the time. No one except for Lily was really put in charge. Not only that but everyone was huddled in Quackers square, easy to be picked off from above. But one of the largest problems was a potion called Crimson Wine. You see crimson wine allowed you to fly up into the air for a certain period of time, now I don't know if you know this, but you can fly over walls with this.

Anyhow, surely they'll never think to use this...

They used it.

''It was hot, the walls surrounded the 5th largest city in Rathnir, Necro stay atop a house encompassing Quacker's Square. He was disgusted to see the majority of the defending armies sitting in the town square, waiting to be picked off. Then he heard footsteps, not from below, but from above. He saw it. Then entirety of the KoC Mercenaries somehow made it through the walls. Necro attempted to warn the people below yet it was to no avail, no one paid attention, everyone was celebrating that they had already one, despite the battle still going on.''

''Terminus was patrolling the streets. He stuck with a fellow group of Escharians ensuring that the mercenaries weren't going to surprise them. He and the others in the group then heard swords clashing and the cries of war. They rushed back to Quacker's Square to see bodies liter the streets. It was a massacre. Terminus attempted to slay a few of the mercenaries but it was no use. He saw many of his friends get chopped down in the battle. In a moment of panic he ran out the gates, towards the safety of a nearby office building. Yet more invisible mercenaries harassed him until he got through the door.''

An hour went by, the mercenaries left.

Terminus and Necro could smell the rot of corpses lining the once pristine streets of Aequallis. Lily had gone off somewhere in the fray, and Terminus didn't know whether his friends Bee, Agorimos, or Clover were still alive. He didn't care, he walked into his house, ignoring the carnage in the roads, and took a nap.

The Hopeful Few
The battle was truly a hurt to the pride of Huitca, no, Aequallis. No one came back, no one came in. Lily sent a letter to Necro ordering him to put the city under lock down. Terminus regrouped with Bee, Agorimos, Clover, and Necro, all of whom were luckily still alive after the battle. These were considered the last citizens of Aequallis, especially for some time.

The Golden Age was over.

Necro and Terminus took some time and cleaned up the mess of bodies and traps, but the walls remained. Little work was done. Sure Terminus built a few homes yet none were being sold, none were coming into the city. But then one night on a stroll, Terminus saw Necro sitting alone at the cafe. He decided to join him. The two discussed long into the night, topics of war, the political situations, threats of secession, hell was the best way to describe it. They exchanged ideas for the city, and Necro began to reveal more of his plans for the island of Ocotlan. He envisioned a city, completely covering the island, but not just that. He planned on expanding far into the ocean, creating even more artificial land. Terminus was stunned at this. Yet he somehow knew, deep down, that it was all possible. That it would all happen one day.

Later that night more of the Hopeful Few met in the cafe. They exchanged laughs and stories. Dreamed about Ocotlan forming into the one city of Centaris. Necro went to the bar to fill up on some drinks when he noticed something strange. He saw a pair of trapdoors leading into an underground vault. Somehow, Necro hadn't noticed them yet. He heard sound emitting from them and elected to investigate. He opened the trapdoors and out pops a Gingerbread man. Yeah, you heard me correctly. Anyhow his name was Nuclear. He apparently had been trapped under there for a long time by Scyth (The old mayor of Aequallis) during a war to protect him. He hadn't seen the light of day for decades. Necro saw something in Nuclear though. Many viewed Nuclear as strange and useless, yet Necro viewed Nuclear with potential, and took him under his wing.

Towards the rise of dawn, Necro realized he had assembled a crew. A crew of dedicated individuals, all sharing the common goal of creating Centaris. So he proposed that they start that day. They went to Yama-Inari, a village not far from Aequallis. They began to tear apart the mountains there flattening the terrain.

When dawn broke, mountains had been leveled. While it was only a start the amount that they had accomplished in that short amount of time was unthinkable. They continued to work throughout the coming weeks. Terminus built up some more homes and began to work with Necro to start on the other cities that would make up Centaris. Katolis (now Aeremere) would be the city that Terminus would become mayor over. Katolis would become the capital and economic centre of Centaris. Terminus began to draw up plans for the city, formulating one of the most in depth city planning documents seen so far. Bee was assigned to Terminus' architecture team after Terminus was promoted to Chief Architect of Katolis. The two, alongside Necro, began to work on Main Street. A canal was created with 2 paths accompanying it on either side, and the start of Katolis had begun.

Terminus also built more homes in Aequallis, for when the Dark Age would be lifted. He worked tirelessly throughout the days, having the weight of Katolis and reviving Aequallis on his shoulders. In this brief downtime, he spoke with the few that remained quite frequently. They discussed how terrible the government of the Federation was, and some whispered thoughts of secession. The last thing they needed was a civil war. Yet they persevered, building more homes and starting the upper class district of the city. A few weeks later Lily returned and was stunned by the progress that was being made on Aequallis, despite the lockdown, so she ended it. Sadly the walls would not come down for almost a month later.

Revival
Shortly after the lockdown was lifted, there was a small influx of new people. Finally homes were being sold, helping to fund the new projects. Terminus finally shifted his full attention to Katolis. He finalized plans for the shops and completed some more roads. Him and Necro also began to brain storm designs for the Capital Region of the city. Mega Structures such as the Senate building, Grand Central Station, and The Vault were all structures the two had in mind for the city. Terminus began to start on the shops, the first being dedicated to Clover for funding his initial projects (and Aequallis)

Two new people had also entered Centaris.

Elizabeth An Chaureste had entered the city of Aequallis while Terminus and Necro had been working nearby on Katolis. Elizabeth explained that she was going to be marrying one of the Tizocs and becoming a part of the Huitcan royal family. The 2 showed her around the city, and after the brief tour, she joined the Aeuqallis Builder's Corp. Later, Liz would go on to become one of the most successful Chief Diplomats of the Federation, and become the Cihuacoatl (And also the Empress of Escharia, but that's a funny story, for another time).

Erdin Warendrop was a man from Volandia, a state that had fallen into serious disarray. At the time of Waren migrating to Rathnir, Volandia was an abandoned province, except for a military base ran by an unstable idiot known simply as "Don". Waren had began to work on the city "Valentia-Mianna", the provincial capital. Around October, Waren had encountered construction workers in Ataraxia and decided to stick around for a bit. He got along well with the crew, and was a pretty good architect. Necro took Waren under his wing, hiring him for multiple massive projects, such as the Great Pit in New Fernhiem. It's also an incrediable detail to note that he took down the walls from the Aequallis siege.

I also feel it is important to introduce a few more honourable mentions to Terminus' story.

Ambrosio Illustre de Selesti-Centari is the district Mieras of New Fernhiem. He actually started the districted as Aequallis was entering Stage 5 development levels. He single handedly built the base for a city, establishing massive walls, and creating seas of artificial terrain. Around the time of Liz and Waren being introduced, Ambrosio had to take a short leave.

The man simply known as Clover, was a devout capitalist. He was a man cultured in the art of business. He traded across Rathnir and even into the realm of Eldham. He was Necro's "credit card" if you will, in the old days (pre KoC). He helped the city of Aequallis grow and prosper, however moved after the siege of Aequallis, and settled Animahenge hoping to escape the conflict. Funny enough, Animahenge got reclaimed by KoC a month later after other wars, but we'll get to that later.

Anyhow, back to topic.

Centaris was undergoing MASSIVE development. Terminus had been hard at working, designing Katolis alongside Necro. Ataraxia was already seeing it's first homes being built along it's elgant terrain. A new district now known as "Ignitia" was created by Nuclear, a gingerbread man who spent 100 years in a basement in Aequallis. (No seriously, that was the lore) Eventually, Ignitia was reabsorbed by Ataraxia due to the gingerbreadman going missing again (probably got locked in a basement again)

Terminus helped create terrain covering the Ancient city of Yamma-Inari. This was one of the oldest settlements on the server, pre-dating the outlines used for present day maps. Katolis had also seen terrain development, hills and slopes were covered and flattened. A coastline was underway, and the cnetral canal was in progress. Ignitia was in the process of generating tools for the Builders of Centaris, a crucial part of the process. Bee had also taken the role of Mieras in Aequallis, after Lily stepped down and retreated to Certaria. Things overall were going pretty well, Waren even earned the title of "Arch Dukey" in Centaris. Don would visit Centaris often, and somehow always got beaten up by Waren at the end of the day.

Before continuing on to arguably one of the most important events of Terminus' life, let's talk about a few mini events that are scattered throughout this account of his timeline.

Wars, Wayfarers, & Wack
Author's Note: All events recorded in this chapter were scattered throughout this account of Terminus' life, due to the fact that some parts don't fit in with others. But ye on to the First Relic War.

The First Relic War
About a week before the Siege of Aequallis the Crimson Dawn underwent a secret operation, robbing a Holy City. Now that Holy City was Luxios, the capital of the Lux Religion. Stone, Lily, Zenith, and Clover all snuck into the city. They went and stole the Sword of the Sun, an artifact with marginally better enchantments than a regular sword. The group killed some guards and also defaeted Beast, the leader of Solisios. The group did not suffer a single casualty during the raid. Sadly Necro was unable to participate due to prior obligations to a meeting, and Terminus had fell ill with a cold the day before and was still recovering. Funny enough Lily didn't tell Boram about them raiding Luxios until after they did it. After Boram recieved the letter, he gathered a few merchant ships parked across the Federation, and set sail for Solisios, particularly the Kushite Seas.

Necro recived word about the Crimson Dawn needing a rescue and left the meeting. Agorimos also went to wake Terminus, and brought him on to the TGS Regnum. The Fleet were able to meet with the crimson dawn at a nearby military port, however, were unable to flee before Solisios warships blocked their escape. It was recorded that joint Solisios-Leonex forces outnumbered the Huitcans 3/2, and the Huitcans only had small merchante ships. It was a token force compared to the naval might of the Solisiosi troops. With that, the 2 armies gathered their forces, and charged at each other, well swam at each other I suppose.

Salmon Seas

Author's Note: The following is an excerpt from a page taken from Terminus' journal:

''Lily gave us the order to charge and so we did, with the full might of what was the Federation behind us. I lead the charge in a small boat I found on board the TGS Regnum. ** When the offensive group swarmed the first ship it was a harsh blood bath, Solisiosi troops out geared us as they had more water potions and had gear better adapted to the bitter cold of this damned ice straight ** Towards the end, I fought a man named Peter without a helmet, without pots, and some armour that was about to break. And of course there's another soldier by my side, I think his name was Waren. But he didn't hit anything...''

In the end, the Huitcans won the battle and took control of the water surrounding Solisios. Ships from nearby harbours brought in siege equipment, and the legions of Huitca, moved in on Luxios, the capital.

Siege of Solisios

''** Anyhow, after gearing up (stockpiling like 10 sets of armour) I met with my team. Saw their ranks and soon realised, I was in the suicide squad. I sort of took charge and tried to make a general plan since we were assaulting the temple. ** After taking the temple we held that thing. We were taking blows from potions, blood hounds, you name it. We fought like hell that day. ** ...but Diamond was an idiot. Man threw himself at enemy lines without thinking about it, thirsting for kills I guess. ** And once I scaled the wall I spotted Beast, running in the mushy soul sand that the streets were covered in. I charged in and began swinging. Soon, other comrades caught up and I helped force his surrender.''

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Here we see an end to the first Relic War, with Huitca gaining a sword that did 0.5 more damage than a normal one, mhm. Afterwards Terminus went back to begin building again in Aequallis, but around this time was also during the era of expansion for Centaris. A few weeks later however, Terminus would again have to fight in war, as Huitca's fellow ally, Carvay, declared a state of conflict with Kingdom of Councils.

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Carvay v KoC
Months after the siege of Aequallis, Terminus was still reaping the consequences. Aequallis was a ghost town. Few roamed the streets. And while others were starting to return, growth was slow. One day, while laying out building codes for Katolis (Now Termina/Aeremere) he struck up a conversation with Clover.

Clover told him the full story. Someone by the name of Sknow, was hired to kill Clover. Clover attempted to defend himself, yet Sknow was objectively better at combat. Though Sknow, for reasons unknown, spared Clover. Sknow told Clover that he was hired to kill him, and Clover connected the dots. You see, recently Clover had settled an area known as "Animahenge". A small piece of land off of Carvay. A nice area to farm after the traumatic events at Aequallis. Though KoC still claimed the land as theirs, and wanted it despite Carvayan Claims to it. Soon enough, Sknow informed the others of the Carvayan senate, and Carvay declared a state of war with Kingdom of Councils.

Author's Note: Possibly wrong/over simplification above

News soon broke to the rest of Western Rathnir. Members of the Arium Alliance pledged to aid Carvay in their fight against KoC. A coalition was formed quartering members from states such as Bardonia, Huitca, & assorted mercenary services. Animahenge would be used as the main base of operations due to its proximity to the Council's capital of Palermo, the same city sieged all that time ago. Training occured daily, war production in the involved nations sped up, all was well, though no amount of preparation could ready the coalition for what the Councils would pull. Coalition scouts saw that KoC had created a "factions base". It was common knowledge that the gods would delete this sort of base, though unbeknownst to Carvay, KoC had performed rituals in order to gain the favour of the gods.

At this point all they could do was hope.

Terminus had begun training amongst the coalition forces, though he was rusty. He hadn't been a real war since the days of long ago. Soon enough, he had fallen ill to an unknown disease. For the five days leading up to the day of the conflict Terminus was confined to the bed, unable to train nor do anything productive. He heard no new news from the front lines about what was going to happen. Eventually, 12 hours before the war, Terminus got up in the middle of the night, grabbed his best armour, and set off to Animahenge. Arriving at dawn he found out that half of the coalitions expected forces were unable to arrive, the gods had spoken. A couple of soldiers lined the docks, on the lookout for any KoC spies. Leadership had crafted a plan, though there was so much miscommunication that most of the soldiers were not able to get the correct form of the plan. Terminus may or may not have been one of them.

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The order was given to advance to a nearby island, and yet half of the present forces went straight to Palermo.

Log from a survivor:

''** As I rowed towards the capital, I wondered why the majority of our forces were missing from the charge. It was weird, but I continued on. My boat docked on shore, and I saw the sheer amount of people they were able to rally. A courier broke my daze, saying we needed to go about a mile West to meet up with the actual force. I was stunned, yet I had no time to dwell on the mistake as about 10 soldiers began to hop off the walls and charge our token force. I dove far beneath the shores and blacked out soon after...''

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Terminus washed up on shore soon after. He spent the rest of the fight acting as a taxi for soldiers who had to re-gear and for those who needed gear as he had some spare. And at dusk, he saw the remainder of the Coalition's forces pulling back in droves. They had lost.

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Refuge in the Southern Dunes
With the Coalition losing the first major battle of the war, Terminus went back early to Centaris to aid further in its planning and construction. Katolis finally had its first shop. The capital was entrusted with Necro, all was well. Centaris had also now begun to dig a massive whole in the New Fernhiem district. This would be the area where a giant farm could be hosted. Players also began to slowly flow back into the state, and for the first time in what felt like Eons, the walls around Aequallis were torn down.

One night, as Necro and Terminus were doing light terraforming, Don mentioned a new city known as Alaar in one of his many rants. (If the reader is wondering why Don had stuck around Centaris so much was due to the fact that Waren, the guy from earlier, banished him because he may or may not have been annoying) The two were intrigued, a city with an active population? Inconceivable in Huitca! They all soon rode south, Don acting as their "tour guide." After getting lost for five hours in the desert, they arrived at Alaar. It was a somewhat small city, though it hosted few tall towers, and you could see it rapidly expanding. As the trio walked to the city, Gem Alai of Alaar greeted the few and led them into the city. They shared drinks, and discussed much about city planning. Necro and Terminus learned how isolated the small frontier town was from the rest of the Federation. Though in Necro's words, "It was one of the few paradises in Ummaranu."

They soon left to ride back to Centaris, this time having Terminus navigate the way back. This encounter laid the foundation for what would be Terminus' present day inner circle. For now though, Centaris struggled on. Progress sadly enough was slowing down just a little bit, though that may have been to large religious events going on across the world, compelling many of their workers to attend those for a brief period of time. The main contributors to Centaris' construction; Terminus, Waren, Necro, Agorimos, & Bee, the main members of the Centaris government would soon differ from the Centaris path, with the ascension of the Tlatoani.

--Work in progress--