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This one, the second Era of this world... the aptly called Age of Pursuit...382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTlixCYcloZ
The Centra were gone but the world would continue, still bound to their will but382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFKo83ab5ac
now without their guiding hand. Instead, it would be all that they had left behind that382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvLxEJYewu7
would now set a new curse for the world after them. Once the Centra had claimed this382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ftDwoErQR
world to themselves, thanks to their mastery of all sciences, magics and technology382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD5JLukher7
that provided them with the unparalleled (hateful profanities to some and cause for382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCD37ux87xZ
divine worship to others) that ran rampant across the entire planet to this very day.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHhEvKMRE0m
All that they built and accomplished, all that defined their very existence; an entire382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbeFC3dLRXl
empire spanning across all continents, all seas and the one sky, was left behind for382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmtFTfqzllt
those that would eventually follow.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnAlO7aetHV
Who would dare guess how long it came to pass since the world woke up one day in382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtaFsvSN97s
complete silence, the sound of their rulership absent, before life would finally resume382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2zDmQyONnl
its course? With no more thunderous machines or hovering cities, and with no more382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgd23YuX9wu
Centra to command it all, an entire world was now free. How long for the first races382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPLQAUcnqLT
to sprout forth and begin their own curse, and does any of it matter?382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6BTmrJYY7T
Eventually, of course, they did. And little by little they grew. At first, little more382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqDYPBHK7mC
than animals scrapping for food but in time they would master several forms of382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0j0IwTyOC9
hunting and fishing, and from there they would evolve to the races of our current time.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ63AKFd8Nzu
Slowly but surely, that was how the current races of this world came about. Humans382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡISwGrwIHAA
and those that would later call themselves the Nharkim as well as countless others;382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRDQ2rhII1x
Twinkledinnes, Sandrackar, Maruic, Dreibos and many more. And for an exceedingly382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4pEf7Gbc8Q
long time, they were just that, tribes of fishermen and hunters struggling to find shelter382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP434AXjbLS
from the heavy rains. Nothing more than primitive and superstitious creatures, each382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ54DHjeqRf
with their customs and fears for the world may have been silent, the Centra absent,382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZqEHivD8wz
but fear still roamed the lands and kept all living things in check, regardless of beliefs.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFK1B62ZpcE
And would continue to do so for aeons. I would claim it still does so, even today, if382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEYWtM7zgSL
only for the less privileged.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU5SWui3iaN
Our current Era really began, as always, with an apparent meaningless action of382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7VSMdgmoIi
not much importance, but enough to start the largest of all chain of events. That small382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡawJuIGVfYt
gesture that opened the way for what would define our world to this very day; the Era382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH731l2fDkH
of Pursuit began, the moment a member of the small and meek tribe of Twinkledinnes,382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7BVh9yK67L
one of the tiniest races one could ever hope to meet, decided to venture forth into one382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHKeC9DE2xk
of the forbidden zones. Any area where Centra remnants were known to exist were382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKGZmIlqkdU
best avoided - a taboo.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgFxCT5M2mA
What was the motive that drove such a small creature?382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK6NBhdvG5t
That is now lost to us, dissolved in the ebb and flow of time but the result of such an382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbAq2UnXJHi
action defines all things today. Into one of the Centra ruins that Twinkledinne went382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP5uVzQ1yrE
and when he came out, he did so with something in his hands. That very moment,382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFmbxctyq7j
where this small creature showed there was not only nothing to fear from those areas382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo0Wb49hyI5
but there were also rewards to be picked up, that was when this Era truly began.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGO1gcONXLC
Word began to spread, and the veil of fear and superstition was lifted. All tribes,382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDGPZrHnIxs
in time, came to learn that there was nothing to fear from venturing into Centra382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnpUdPKiLaF
territories. No longer were these Centra remnants cursed places, to be feared and382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOuaNjJz4Dl
avoided for either religious reasons imposed by most tribes or the mere common sense382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4CnUqnDJLR
of the passing traveller. No. Now anything Centra was a place to be actively sought out382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY2FELmCzeU
and where fortune could be found. One by one every tribe of every race got into this,382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIelaHEpSK1
offering handsome rewards to anyone presenting them with anything made by Centra,382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ5SHmwQvZk
even to those outside their own race.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2laYmjlQGI
And so, greed was ironically enough, the will that broke any previous isolation and382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡysTFdM1Knf
made most embrace outside relations. But what brought all the races together would382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmNvj2pAL1z
also tear them apart. At first, most things were bought and sold as decorum, but as382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaBjPbvtrLo
time went on and the races kept evolving and learning from these finds, their value and382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkhJou8iTP5
their importance kept increasing.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtPAFWBxS1V
From the study and learning of these Centra finds, most races began evolving,382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡllziUkGh2K
building, finding cures for the sick and easier ways to withstand the cold storms.382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdBrBCW1cWD
It became obvious to all that this was their future, that the finding of more and more382Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡenDAWkQjMD
Centra technology, or anything concerning it, was their new path.
