The Unkempt Warders Vol. I
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The Unkempt Warders Vol. I
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This work details little of the unknown ancient legends and history of the Unkempt Warders. All text is factual, though many parts of this history are missing. The Writ of the Wild, the ancient tome from which I have gathered much of this information, is lost to me and the world for now. I give this warning and note to all who read these words: do not use this information as a catalyst to pursue the Unkempt Woods or the people who dwell there. This work is done out of fervent respect for the Unkempt people and the bestial folk who have called this region home since before the time of the elves. Their story is great and one that should not go unheard. Do not disrupt these unique people who have mastered the true harmony of existence within the natural order of birth, destruction, chaos, and order. In any case, those who dare to trek within the unkempt's territory will find themselves greeted with passionate virulence. Even if you believe yourself one of the purest druids of the Mother of All's modern followers, the woods are not a domain for you to dwell. Leave it be - for your sake and for the sake of the last pure forest to grace the face of Norrath since the destruction of the Elddar. --Anonymous The Unkempt Wood - Valley of the Dawn Nestled in ancient mystery and untold secrecy within the topmost regions of the Underfoot, beneath the Unkempt Wood, resides a mystic place known as the Valley of the Dawn. This haven of wildling beast-folk was constructed in the unknown past, concealed from the keepers of Norrath's history by the blessings of chance. The Valley of the Dawn was constructed before the time of man, perhaps even before the time of the elves. The bestial-folk knowns as the Tribes of the Dawn and Moon took haven on the surface of Norrath, comfortable and nestled within the confines of the dank, dark, and strangely beautiful redwood forest now known as the Unkempt Wood. As the solar and lunar tribes established themselves as fierce warriors and guardians of the natural world that they revere as sacred above all else, the tribes built the Valley of the Dawn - a complex and beautiful subterranean citadel dedicated to the laws of the wild that these beings protect. Within the first era of man, when great civilizations and cultures were still in the far distance of time, a nomadic tribe of humans stumbled upon the redwood forest. The Tribes of the Dawn and the Moon were curious, although they did not interfere with the humans' initial presence. When the humans showed themselves to be intelligent beings that wished for nothing other than their own survival, the tribes approached. It was the Gihjna that the humans first encountered - the ursine behemoths whom represent the side of life and creation in the cycle of nature and comprised the solar Tribe of the Dawn. The gentle, although wary Gihjna interacted with the human tribe over the course of a single year and in that time, the Gihjna lent their knowledge and beliefs to the curious and eager humans. The Lujien - wolf-life creatures that embody destruction, death, and the inherent chaos of the wild and comprise the lunar Tribe of the Moon - never did show themselves at this historic moment, despite their shared curiosity with their ursine brethren. The nomads settled within the forest and adapted themselves to the ways of nature and the wild as the Gihjna had taught them. They were fledgling in their beginnings as primordial wardens of the wild, although their magical gifts were few and almost vulgar, for all they had learned was from the Gihjna, whose spirits are more tightly bound to the natural world than any human or elf.
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