Tellia

Tellian Lore, Race and Culture:
In the mythology of the Tellian's, they're said to be descendants of the warrior queen and the goddess, Amali and her third spouse duke Ceasar, lord of the spirits and the father of all the Tellian's.

Historically for most of their history the Tellian's were known to be a wandering nomadic groups where tribes would move from one area to another in different seasons as means to find food and nourishment in harsh winter times. Eventually, the Tellian's would abandon their nomadic lifestyles and would settle in the plains and marshes, beginning the age of the first era of the Tellian's people.

Biologically, the Tellian's are said to be half human half spirit folk with large muscular built bodies and circular faces. The Tellian's are characterised by having light white skin, black or brown hair but what distinguishes Tellian's from other races is the powerful ability to adapt in most climates alongside their special eyelids which they can control, allowing them to see in dark and foggy areas.

The Tellian's are generally born with two natures, a physical nature which is very limited but still can interact with all other physical things and a spirit nature that diverges into two types, red spirits which are the souls of noble Tellian's and blue spirits which are known as “Accursed spirits”, they're spirits who hold large amounts of regret and shame that remained even after the loss of the physical nature.

The Eras of blood, frost and gold:
From the beginning of the Tellian race until the current times it is said that they had gone through different eras of times which indicated the timeline and important events in the Tellian calendar.

The era of blood
Sanguis known as the first era, is marked by three main events, the birth of Lady Amali commonly referred to as warrior queen Amali (Lady Tellia) and the birth of three bloodlines which the Tellian's are said to descend from one of them. The Birth of Lady Amali is often a topic that most Tellian's tend to mention due to the great love and admiration the Tellian's have for her.

Her birth story is said to begin sometime before the beginning of the era of blood, it was said that she was born from a war-torn nation whose history and very own name was lost in the sands of time. Her birth is said to mark the end of that nation as she quickly had grown her own popularity and influence, she would eventually create her own legions and forge the first kingdom of Terullina in the frost plains.

The three bloodlines involved the marriage of queen Amali with three dukes of the fallen kingdom that she had overthrown for she had promised her hand in marriage for whoever would fight for her side. From the first dwarven duke Alaru, would come the Alfiruk, a race of half human half dwarven origins, the Alfri would die out due to growing competition from other groups including their own relatives of the Tellian's and the Rusorji.

From the second duke, Elven duke Remus would arise the Rusorji, a race of part- human part-elven. The Rusorji would flourish in the forest and frost plains for a while but eventually the Rusorji would stand no chance against the most powerful bloodline of queen Amali, the Tellian's, although the Tellian's would not be able to wipe all of them. While the histories of both the Rusorji and Alfri would be lost in time due to being wiped from existence by the hands of the Tellian's, the only remnants of them would be in the blood of some Tellian's.

But among the dukes who swore loyalty to the queen only one would fall to disgrace and would fight the one who he swore loyalty to. That being Duke Gnaeus, the dragon lord of lightning. With his accursed magic he would attempt to take down queen Amali but his efforts would bear no success for he would be defeated at the battle for the capital and would be banished from the kingdom losing his left horn and two wings in the process.

After the defeat of duke Gnaeus, the sons of Ceasar, the spirit lord would be born and would flourish in their lands but unlike their half brothers the Tellian's would grow to be more powerful and would eventually claim their mother's kingdom as their own removing their brethren from the land by either forcing them to leave or by slaughtering them, giving the “Era of blood” its name.

The era of frost
Known as “Gelu” (referred to as the middle era) is marked by three important events being the death of queen Amali and the great migration of many Tellian's and the invasion of the Rusorji. While queen Amali would reign as sovereign over her kingdom for around seventy years, the downfall of her the kingdom would spiral soon after her death with many relatives and even duke Remus attempting to take the throne of the kingdom but would fail and plunge the nation into great civil unrest and turmoil.

This would cause the great migration of the Tellian's, forcing thousands of them to leave their original homelands in pursuit for more stable regions eventually landing upon the north western shores. There the Tellian's would massively flourish in all aspects of life from peace to war they forged themselves a place to call home.

But as soon as they had left their war-torn lands the Tellian's “flourishing age” would eventually come to a halt, with the invasion of the people they once had thought to have wiped out, being the Rusorji. While the Rusorji’s own migration would seem peaceful they would eventually begin meddling in the affairs of their brethren, the Rusorji under their accursed leader known as Felix, would launch the first subjection war against the Tellian attempting to take the lands from them with force.

The Tellian's would be forced into uniting with each other creating the Empire of Tellia, a name derived from their first mother's kingdom, Terullina. The Tellian's would eventually be able to take down their rivalling half brothers and would eventually leave none to exist free, their leader Felix would be impaled to death as means of shameful execution. Any remaining Rusorji were taken as serfs and prisoners of war where marriage with them was forbidden for their blood was considered weak.

The era of Gold
Referred to as “Aurum”, the era is marked by the defeat of the Rusorji and the creation of the empire of Tellia, it's widely agreed upon to be the current era of the Tellian people. The age would begin with bloodshed as the rest of the other eras but rather the least amount of it.

After the defeat of the half elves of Rusorek, the Tellian's would expand their empire beyond its pre-union border. There, the empire would begin forging its first contact with neighbouring civilizations and other people groups as well creating trade routes as means of expanding their influence. But the empire would flourish soon the greed filled eyes of kings and dukes would begin overtaking them which would begin the second era of infighting within the Tellian lands. But among all the lords and kings and dukes one would outshine the rest of them in planning and strategy, and he would be known as Adonis en Aurelian.

Adonis would begin his life as the son of one of the kings who united with other smaller Tellian kingdoms, being born the eldest of his brethren Adonis was made to face great challenges by his father as means of strengthening his soul, but as the years passed his father would quickly fall due to illness forcing him to abdicate the throne leaving the young Adonis to take leadership of his father's domain.

The greed filled eyes of the other nobility however would attempt to take Adonis's lands away from him seeing him as nothing more than a mere child with power, but even then he would succeed in pushing his rivals away from his domains, forcing them to end their plans of taking the lands of the young king. Adonis would later launch the largest counter attack he could possibly make, recruiting all people from the ages of twenty and up as means of getting revenge for the pitiful acts of his rivals in the past.

Adonis would succeed in his campaign and would eventually capture the rest of the kings, dukes and lords who attempted to take his title. There he would order the execution of all the lords and dukes only sparing the kings for in return paying large sums of money as ransom and banishing those who he suspected might threaten his sovereignty.

Adonis would eventually forge a new system of governance removing all those who opposed him and declaring himself and his lineage as the rulers of the Tellian empire, ending the bloodshed that plagued the Tellian's since their existence.

By the spears and swords:
The Tellian's are known to be quite combative, often going as far as fighting one another in peace times to gain power and leverage.

They're also known to be very fond of female warriors, most often expecting young girls to train in combat from childhood to adulthood. This caused great balance between both male and female Tellian's, creating a society not divided by gender but hierarchically divided by strength and power.

The Tellian's are also known to have quite the strong mercenaries, with other nations often hiring many of them to serve in the frontlines during battles and skirmishes.