The Stormgovan Guardian

The Stormgovan Guardian

The island of Stormgova is a cold and hardy place with mighty mountain's, ancient jungles, dark forests, surrounded by relentless and deadly sea's. The people of Stormgova are known to be as cold and hardy as the land they call home. Most travellers disagree with that stereotype though, instead being warm and welcoming to all, be warned though they tell of a being that wanders the isles of Stormgova. Some call it a beast, monster or a guardian. It seems some think it is two different beings, but they would be wrong. The one some call a monster or a beast is just the guardian of Stormgova. She is a nature and balance guardian, some Stormgovans tip the balance and bring her wrath upon the isles.

Poem
The Guardian of Stormgova

She is the land and sea

The soil, the trees

Also that breese

Don't you agree?

You make the flowers bloom

You protect us from our doom

Stormgova will keep on fighting

If it's the last thing we'll do

Beliefs and practices
The Guardian will bless you with light if you:


 * 1) Respect nature,
 * 2) replant lost forest
 * 3) replant sappling after cutting down a tree

The Guardian forgives all those who have sinned

History
The history of the Stormgovan guardian is not well known, and most is lost to history. What is known has been told to the maiden by the guardian, and is remembered by the old ones. We know the Guardian has been here since Stormgova came to be. The tale of the Maiden is well known in Seal_Cove seeing as that is where the maiden lived before becoming what she was. The Maiden was always happy to teach people about The Stormgovan Guardian in her temple, always teaching to respect nature, warning them to never pillage the lands of Stormgova. She warned that while The Guardian was a powerfull spirit, het energy was fueled by nature. Respecting nature meant respecting the Stormgovan Guardian.



The Maiden
The Maiden was the only person recorded that was able to see and commune with the Guardian, there has been only one Maiden so far in Stormgovan history, that was a woman called Onixsaphire. She became the Maiden on a stormy night in Seal_Cove. By mistery, she was led out of the safety of her home, through the gates, and into the storm. She was found many hours later in the middle of the night by SirSealX who had gone after her. But when SirSealX had found her she had changed from the cute and innocent girl she once was into the Maiden.

The Death of the Guardian
After the birth of the maiden there began a golden age on the island. Everything was flourishing but because of outside cultures, internal affairs and the colonization of eldham there were new settlers strolling and setteling on the island. This wasn't bad on an industrial level, the island still flourished as it always had but it had consequences. Much of the forests had been destroyed in order to make space, destroying the energy that the Guaridan used. When the last dark oak tree got cut down, she died. The maiden, who was spiritually connected to it disappeared from the world with the spirit's abscents. The people of stormgova stopped believing in her. Most converted to Soleviel. But a few people still believed she could come back but without any nature, that was impossible. Mansmile was a devout believer and after returning to his homeland of Samhälle. He knew the Guardian could live again. He assigned himself as the new head of religion of the Stormgovan Guardian. Next he signed a contract with Ornn Ludwig, the royal family controlling stormgova at the time, to preserve the forests of stormgova and put effort into replanting them. This was a controversial contract since the Ludwig family was known for burned down a temple a few years ago. Despite everything the trees were protected and Mansmile got a little bit of hope to resurrect the Guardian.

The resurrection
Mansmile was doing his nightly chores, getting more saplings to regrow the forest in name of the Guardian. While out putting new roots in old grounds he saw a faint light in the distance. He thought nothing of it, probably the moon he thought. It began flickering, like it was trying to grap it's attention. Mansmile was quite certain that the moon doesn't flicker and he went to check it out. He couldn't believe his eyes, right in front of him, was the Guardian. Her light was faint. She clearly didn't have any energy.

"Mansmile" she spoke with a soft but tender voice. "Thank you". She was clearly struggling to say anything. "There is something I gotta tell you. You are of royal blood, the blood of svarkor." "What," said Mansmile with a confused tone, "that family died out right, or a least hasn't been seen for a long time." The guardian began to glow more softly. "I can't explain. I have to go, do your bloods work and unite our people, I will return." Just like he found her, she disappeared in thin air. One thing was for certain, she was back alive.

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