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Date        : 2006/02/02 00:42
User        : cavehippo
Edit Summary: culled from gros' stories on #crossfire

==Scorn and the oldcity==
Scorn was founded in 435EK, when the expedition of Skud reached the shores of the Great Continent. It is said that he first pitched his tent on the spot where the inn now stands.

After that, "Skorn" ("The City of Skud") became the first Imperial Colony on the Great Continent, and the seat of power for the whole of the West.

What we know of today as Scorn Castle is in fact the upper part of the Great Tower of Watch that was built during that time.

At that time there were a great many dragons that dwelt in the Great Continent, which had long been their home. But the Empire drove them out of the West, far on the other side of the mountains. They built the Great Wall to keep the dragons away, and for over four centuries, Scorn and the West were rich and peaceful.

Eventually the Empire started to crumble and there was great political unrest. Enteranni the Red tried to seize power and declare himself emperor, he planned to unleash the dragons upon the West, that he might be the one to banish them and be the "saviour" of the West. Unfortunately (as it is told in the "Tale of the Flaming Walls") he failed, the dragons he helped unleash crossed the Great Wall and attacked the West.

Scorn was crushed under a rain of stone, while its inhabitants fled to the swamps in the north.

Azuriner the Careful finally used the Golden Lance of Lythander (which was claimed by Mandor the Mad to be powerful enough to "Command to Those of the Skies") to defeat the dragons and rebuilt Scorn - above the old one.

It is said that when Azuriner died, he was buried in the Old Scorn Below with his Golden Lance, and asked his sons to seal the doors to the world below, which was now "the domain of the past". the key to open the deeper levels of the Old City was believed to have been sent back to Khelens, but no ships have crossed the High Ocean since the end of the Flame Wars, nearly 5000 years ago.

==The Moons of Bigworld==

The are three moons that orbit bigworld, they are called Ranisha the Red, Asferenn the Blue and Wolfen the White. In the elven language, they are known as "Snarfa", "Skorta", and "Svertzika".

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