The two most powerful kingdoms in Northern Caelon, Vestilla in the mountains and Olenos in the Western hills, have a long and storied relationship that includes alliances and troubles alike. Until the Battle of Gelgadongo, it was uncertain whether the two kingdoms could put aside their differences long enough to stand together against the encroaching Warathi forces. The following is a brief history of the two Kingdoms.
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First excerpt from “Cantar del Primer Hijo”
Without a doubt, the most influential single figure in modern history is the man we now call "The First Son." When he first appeared in our legends, the world was a vastly different place than it is today. All historical documents from that age say that overwhelming majority of the world was covered with swarms of demons great and small. In fact, the Third Age, in which the First Son lived, is colloquially dubbed the Age of Monsters. He, along with his bands of brave men over years and years of expeditions, reshaped the world as a place to once again become hospitable by human settlers.
Penderona and the Cult of the Underworld
To say that the lordship of Penderona on the Northwest tip of Caelon simply shares similarities with the Saibhrean Isles, does not paint an accurate portrait of the relationship between the kingdom and the people of the isles. When compared with its nearest neighbor, the kingdom of Olenos, to whom it currently owes fealty, Penderona shares significantly more similarities with the islands of the trade barons. This is in large part due to the fact that both Penderona and the earliest island settlers of the age were from the same group of pilgrims - the Daoine Farraige.
Clerical Conversations (Third Letter)
The following communication is continued correspondence between Professor Cesario de Torium and Professor Recamundus de Gelgadongo. In the two previous letters between the rival clerics, they discussed the potential repercussions of how the subjects of their poetry are portrayed, and what effect that may have on listeners. Each of them has dismissed the other's words as a rhetorical form of saber rattling, trying to prove their superiority in the arts by confusing the meaning of their rival's work.
“Beast Brother” – Poem from the World of El Tor
Before the clerics of Caelon became the authority of poetry in the peninsula, the now high ordered caste saw its earliest stages with traveling minstrels, similar to how the bards of the Saibhrean Isles still operate today. Earliest forms of their poetry was typically consonantal in rhyme, rather than assonantal, which became more favored as the years went on. Rhyming poetry was not typical in those days, but four lines of fourteen syllables was one of the more popular forms of poetry then. This form of poetry has fallen out of favor with the clerics of our time, but storytelling from those days is traditionally rich with this older style. An example of the style was the poem "Beast Brother" which describes a rancher from the Gorzova region of Caelon, who had a special connection with his herd.