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This one, the second Era of this world... the aptly called Age of Pursuit...316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3HwLE2VEv6
The Centra were gone but the world would continue, still bound to their will but316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlqn62157vS
now without their guiding hand. Instead, it would be all that they had left behind that316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzZJsqAHsOb
would now set a new curse for the world after them. Once the Centra had claimed this316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTpzyVloGla
world to themselves, thanks to their mastery of all sciences, magics and technology316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4QoIvjkP3Q
that provided them with the unparalleled (hateful profanities to some and cause for316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCvJvkrFyNC
divine worship to others) that ran rampant across the entire planet to this very day.316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI6kIrpK0GB
All that they built and accomplished, all that defined their very existence; an entire316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnLjBPe7fwT
empire spanning across all continents, all seas and the one sky, was left behind for316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ59eXS917Ee
those that would eventually follow.316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxDFZTVvHQo
Who would dare guess how long it came to pass since the world woke up one day in316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE6UZ7HAEX0
complete silence, the sound of their rulership absent, before life would finally resume316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiSALvRn2km
its course? With no more thunderous machines or hovering cities, and with no more316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN7nv9jax3e
Centra to command it all, an entire world was now free. How long for the first races316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzpKTrqKfJP
to sprout forth and begin their own curse, and does any of it matter?316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFaZXzIR1m8
Eventually, of course, they did. And little by little they grew. At first, little more316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8oqI3967iN
than animals scrapping for food but in time they would master several forms of316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJX8Rafsjgq
hunting and fishing, and from there they would evolve to the races of our current time.316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡICUUUNpogi
Slowly but surely, that was how the current races of this world came about. Humans316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwEQ4Owt0dC
and those that would later call themselves the Nharkim as well as countless others;316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPtBzypbz4W
Twinkledinnes, Sandrackar, Maruic, Dreibos and many more. And for an exceedingly316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxgbVYN60Ru
long time, they were just that, tribes of fishermen and hunters struggling to find shelter316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQlaBkVkmDq
from the heavy rains. Nothing more than primitive and superstitious creatures, each316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbiyK8PXnjJ
with their customs and fears for the world may have been silent, the Centra absent,316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0LymyoxQ2W
but fear still roamed the lands and kept all living things in check, regardless of beliefs.316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDF5BGSFNgk
And would continue to do so for aeons. I would claim it still does so, even today, if316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYbwJ5YOklC
only for the less privileged.316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg1Y9HRhm7X
Our current Era really began, as always, with an apparent meaningless action of316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs6Gfv1Jqj0
not much importance, but enough to start the largest of all chain of events. That small316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ460PhngQT7
gesture that opened the way for what would define our world to this very day; the Era316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVU0hWzxCOO
of Pursuit began, the moment a member of the small and meek tribe of Twinkledinnes,316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSQcGMka7Mf
one of the tiniest races one could ever hope to meet, decided to venture forth into one316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvGjMNAvcY6
of the forbidden zones. Any area where Centra remnants were known to exist were316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyN0c9zeh4X
best avoided - a taboo.316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw8nw5o6Grr
What was the motive that drove such a small creature?316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ58yiQx66Lt
That is now lost to us, dissolved in the ebb and flow of time but the result of such an316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE5MB267ogC
action defines all things today. Into one of the Centra ruins that Twinkledinne went316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP6TTqEYYcv
and when he came out, he did so with something in his hands. That very moment,316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFL6McOXXrk
where this small creature showed there was not only nothing to fear from those areas316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqyedHZD6r4
but there were also rewards to be picked up, that was when this Era truly began.316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXrBzvzjRtO
Word began to spread, and the veil of fear and superstition was lifted. All tribes,316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIjw9WtwWQP
in time, came to learn that there was nothing to fear from venturing into Centra316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQgbVIAA4zL
territories. No longer were these Centra remnants cursed places, to be feared and316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmgI3l2jvld
avoided for either religious reasons imposed by most tribes or the mere common sense316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpxHKoNzyiw
of the passing traveller. No. Now anything Centra was a place to be actively sought out316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZqL8ODWCLm
and where fortune could be found. One by one every tribe of every race got into this,316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkTUCw0gYCR
offering handsome rewards to anyone presenting them with anything made by Centra,316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIQbWxdJkK1
even to those outside their own race.316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkbRGmbazGe
And so, greed was ironically enough, the will that broke any previous isolation and316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr49KyAHvaz
made most embrace outside relations. But what brought all the races together would316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD04dmFry2B
also tear them apart. At first, most things were bought and sold as decorum, but as316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHxyH5bZ4Qm
time went on and the races kept evolving and learning from these finds, their value and316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtJXNOY3F9q
their importance kept increasing.316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWkyVunkwTy
From the study and learning of these Centra finds, most races began evolving,316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAqYnrpm9oI
building, finding cures for the sick and easier ways to withstand the cold storms.316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡydXPxnWNdb
It became obvious to all that this was their future, that the finding of more and more316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSSsBYZg9Ah
Centra technology, or anything concerning it, was their new path.
