Legends of Oceanum

The Legend of the Attano

Across Oceanum many towns and cities have appeared and disappeared on the sands of time, some existed less time than the timespan of a butterfly, while the ruins of others still haunt the landscape, as a reminder that this land has seen more sunrises than any man on Eldham. Among these towns there is one that rose to glory faster than anyone could imagine, and vanished even quicker in the most mysterious circumstances.

While surveying the coastline near the nation island of Saitama, the Clipper ORN Tiberius detected a settlement that wasn't shown on the map, a rowboat quickly approached this unknown settlement to integrate it on the republic, they were greeted by a man called Paul Attano and a large group of people following him, he explained that the house of the Attano was expelled of their home country after a civil war and asked permission to build a great city on the area, it would be called Kythnos. As the current Prime Director had fallen prey to a disease the response was late and when the messengers from Hyperion arrived with an answer the small settlement had already been transformed into a busy town with crowded streets and markets selling exotic goods, this puzzled them, as even with the manpower and resources needed such constructions would take much more time to be completed, but they were simple couriers so didn't made any questions about it.

Some days later the Attano sent a request to the Prime Director, permission to build another town on the Isle O’ Fire, over the ruins of the ancient castle that once housed a rebellion. This wasn't taken lightly, as rumours had spread that Kythnos already rivaled the capital Hyperion on many aspects, after consulting it with the council of Directors it was agreed the construction of a second town on the Isle O’ Fire, It would be named Rykenor. Until that moment the higher government officials hadn't visited Kythnos but the rumours of its greatness had spread even to them so the curiosity was growing every moment, one day the directors of the Internal Affairs, Defense and Justice decided to pay a visit to Kythnos and the Attano Family.

Their eyes couldn't believe it, the whole city felt like an illusion as some weeks ago the land was empty of human presence. Paul and Gambino Attano gave them a tour around the city, visiting the main streets, going down the elevators of the mineshaft to see the gold deposits being mined underground and coming out on the harbor, filled with all kind of ships from every part of Eldham, then approached the castle but they were stopped by the guards and told only members of the Attano house or trusted guards could enter the castle. This raised the suspicions of the directors so they went to Rykenor, the other city of the Attano.

Finally they arrived and this time there was no doubt that the Attano where scheming to take over the power on the nation as Rykenor wasn't the city promised, it became a massive fortress complex housing the private army of Paul Attano, only days had passed since the start of the construction, and this massive fortress was already finished, it was marvelous to build something so fast, yet scary to think about how this would be used against the republic.

Then elections for government positions happened, it is unknown if the voting was rigged or Kythnos and Rykenor had such sheer citizen numbers, almost doubling the population of all the other towns and cities on Oceanum. All the government positions went to members of the Attano family or residents close to them, once on the government they began to pursue an aggressive foreign policy, this was noticed by the former Directors and the general population, as it would lead to the eventual destruction of the nation, so plans began to weaken the Attano leadership and its power on Oceanum.

On Chungesia, the town of the former Director of Defense, along with former government officials preparations to disarm the threat of the Attano began, with the new constitution being rushed in secret and the Director of Defense getting a special battalion with the best elements of the National Army, the forges and factories began to roar again, producing weapons with the latest discoveries that have been made, once the battalion was ready for battle a letter was sent to Paul Attano at Kythnos.This is what could be recovered from the letter on the ruins of Kythnos:

''We’ve seen you and your people grow in power since the first day, now you are the PD, but the government power comes from the real people and the end of your days on this land is getting near, we know what you did to have so many people and buildings on a time so short it's impossible, you …. '' the letter is torn on this part…. maybe you feel scared about us knowing your little dirty secret, there are three options:

1.- Give up the power, organize new elections and go away from this country.

2.-Do nothing, you don't want to know what will happen next

3.-Come to the following coordinates… there is a spot covering the numbers … make sure to bring your best men to decide who is the strongest.

It is supposed that the 3rd option was chosen, as the 1st army battalion marched towards the North from Kythnos and shots of cannons could be heard South of Chungesia some time later, the next day Paul Attano returned alone to Kythnos and decided to move the government back to Hyperion, after that he was found dead, presumably poisoned by Chungesia agents. The Attano leadership was thrown in disarray after the death of Paul, and Rage O’ Fire acted as Prime Director until the next elections.

Less than a week after, Republican armies entered the cities of Kythnos and Rykenor to occupy them and control the heart of the Attano house, to the surprise of everyone the cities were empty, not a single soul was left on those great cities, food served on the tables, ships half loaded on the harbor and empty mines, markets stocked with open doors and an empty castle with all the belongings of the Attano Family, only the noise of livestock could be heard on the distance. It was as if everyone had just disappeared at the same time. Many historians tried to figure out what exactly happened that day, but the catacombs built under Kythnos and Rykenor still reveal great treasures of the time the cities were prosperous, along with the decaying ruins of the great castle as a reminder that everything can disappear in an instant. It is unknown how much of the history is true but the ruins of Kythnos and Rykenor still exist, filled with underground treaures.