Gr-u, the great felon of Laurentides

Gr-u, pronounced gr-oo, was a mythical figure of the old accounts of the religion of Soleilism. Written accounts of his story are adamant of his existence, describing him as a man living around [CLASSIFIED] years ago. His origins however are less well known as his exploits which you will find described here. Some accounts say he originated from the empire of [CLASSIFIED] long ago, coming before anyone else did from his world to the world of Rathnir. It is also unknown how he ended up in the world, though many predict that he managed to build himself a Portal, a feat that was only redone [CLASSIFIED] years later by the voyagers that first founded Laurentides.

He then began his plan, which he described himself as the following towards his followers: “We are going to steal...pause for effect...THE MOON”. As bizarre that it felt for his followers, his charisma and determination convinced them to help him. This however had great opposition from “heretical” moon cults of the time, who took what they could to stop him. Those cults, who still exist today under varied names, have erased records of this event due to humiliation.

The quest to steal the moon, which Gr-u believed was the foundation of evil, was not one of easy task. Using a multitude of methods, both directly used against the moon and against the cults, including but not restricted to:

Magic (all kinds)

Massive ballistas

Ropes

The sun itself

Modifying the world’s tidal waves influenced by the moon to influence the moon in return

Despite the victories against the cults of the moon, Gr-u still failed for many years to fufill his goal. The closest he got was using massive mirrors to reflect sunlight from the sun to the moon to push it out of orbit, but did only managed to cause a massive tidal wave that caused lots of destruction in the world, causing all nations of the world to unite against him. Under siege, Gr-u, realizing his failure, decided to write a message to the empire of Q[CLASSIFIED] too tell them of his story. When the enemy stormed the base, they only found around a few hundred kilos of explosives that ripped the mountain where his base was located apart. Gr-u’s body was never found.

But his story does not end there. His message did manage to reach the empire many years later, and in so when brought to the attention of the public, caused the people to make multiple legends of him. This in turn inspired a second expedition now known as the nation of Laurentides to not only fulfill the objective of conquering the world ( see Laurentides) but also finish what Gr-u started.