<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Posted a history thing, basically an event that eventually lead to knighthood two years prior to start. I left it open as to who else might want to be involved since I'm not sure what village it would have been near. If it was near Beratana Village then these are the following things I can think of to link to people currently on the 'approved characters' thread for those people who are interested in trying to make a connection.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Beratana is far enough south to maybe be closer to some of the wildness of the Wild Coast.  There is no overarching authority there, just petty lords and guilds to run the towns and countryside, so there are gaps in the coverage, so to speak, as far as allowing banditry.  Maybe in the last few years a large enough bandit group set up, with help from some freelancers from the Horned Society.<br/><br/>For the record, the Horned Society is mostly human, but with a significant population of orcs, goblins, and similar humanoids who act as a lower class or slave society.  The humans keep things tightly under control, and often cooperate with their neighbor nation of Iuz.  Now...Iuz himself is actually a demon, who was imprisoned for centuries under Castle Greyhawk, which was built even before the city was established.  Zagyg the Mad Archmage owned the castle, and captured Iuz, as well as several other evil entities--pretty impressive, considereing Iuz is actually a demigod.  Unfortunately, Iuz and the rest of the villains were released after Zagyg disappeared for decades, the castle falling into ruin after his disappearance.  It was a group of adventurers who blundered into the chamber where they were imprisoned, and foolishly removed the spells or devices that held the several uberpowerful evil entities.  It's unlikely any of the adventurers survived to tell the tale, though--this is player's knowledge only, not characters.<br/><br/>Iuz returned to his country, retook his throne, and has been building up his power for the last three or four decades since.  His threat is enough to Furyondy and Veluna that they are about to see the marriage of the Prince of Furyondy to the daughter of the Provost of Veluna, combining the two nations into one.  The Vesve elven kingdom is all for this combination, as they have a border with Iuz as well.  Needless to say, the Shield Lands are also closely allied with Furyondy, too, and all these good-aligned nations are keeping a very watchful eye on the evil lands to the north.  This will play a much larger role later in the RP. though.<br/><br/>And it was a good post, LizzieV :D