New: March of Triip (free, open-ended, email, human, fantasy, rpg) From: lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl) Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 07:13:00 +0000 Name: March of Triip Email: drakin@metacrawler.com Frequency: once a day Type: D&D Fantasy URL: http://drakin.homestead.com/ Costs: nothing Last-Update: 2001Aug16 Keywords: free, open-ended, email, human, fantasy, rpg Description: Legends Of Drakin Time unending obscures when Drakin was formed. Little but legends exist now, stories of the mighty armies of Fae, who once controlled all of Drakin. The alliance between the Fae and Triip Dwarf is what brought the mighty Fae to its knees. In some of the grandest battles ever talked of, entire counties where destroyed. But all said and done the unconquerable Fae were destroyed, her empire crushed, wiped from Drakin's forever. The Triip ruled Drakin with a mithrel fist. Nothing stood in a Triip army's way; the few that held against these fierce warriors fast became extinct. An example of this was a proud race known as the Brin, these tall warriors held the Triip Dwarf armies back for months, their strict Warrior Set a match for any Triip Dwarf. But alas, the Brin eventually folded, no quarter was given, all Brin including children and women where hunted and killed, not one Brin survives today sadly. For 3000 years these dwarfs ruled Drakin. A small race though left unchecked began to grow, a hardy race. Toiling in their small towns humanity slowly began to grow, and grow they did until human borders knocked on exclusively owned Triip countries. The humans needed more room to expand. The proud Triip Dwarfs of course denied them this need, and so humanity grew within its borders to bursting point. Something had to be done so the humans once again asked the Triip for more land. Triip Dwarfs are a proud people rarely admiting they are wrong. This race of fierce midgets though had not been to war for centuries. But once again the Triip mobilized for war. Humans where considered a new threat that must be dealt with quickly and cleanly. The Dwarfs where wrong, in a short skirmish on a Human Triip border the dwarfs where utterly obliterated. Unleashing to the world full Elemental control for the first time. Tornados and Hurricanes where held at bay ready to flank an enemy, huge sheets of fire fell from heavens burning all under them to sinders. The Triip new they were fighting a losing battle but fought on gaining a little ground but losing twice as much elsewhere. Humanity though as strong as it seemed relied on the Elementalists for victories, the Triip began to realize this sending in what became known as the infamous Powder Dwarf. These had 2 barrels strapped to either side of their bodies full of a black powder the humans had never seen before, as a fire tipped arrow was shot into these barrels they would explode killing all within 30 meters. These tactics shocked the humans, as there seemingly supreme Elementalists where left dwinderling. The Triip was running fast out of good fighting men bring their number down to a few million able bodied fighting men. With their Elementalists becoming rarer by each battle, the humans decided to strike at the heart of Triip territory. Marching all her soldiers to this goal the humans wiped out what little resistance remained along the borders. Until they marched right into a trap. The Triip poured from into the open tundra screaming for blood and revenge. Caught flat footed the humans took massive casualties, even though the dwarfs where outnumbered five to one. But at the end of the day a little under 20,000 humans remain standing of their 17 million. Marching into the Triip capital Drakin had new lords. Humanity. What happened to the Triip Dwarfs after this day is a mystery they simply disappeared off the face of Drakin. History marked this bloody time as The Dizzmal wars. [ This is a new entry for the PBM List. You can find the list itself, and instructions for adding games or comments, at http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/pbm_list/ -- greg ] Up