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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jochannan" data-source="post: 2443056" data-attributes="member: 34068">On the borders of the barbarian empire, a relatively small community, with many mage-priests, trades a shipment of the 'boom-powder' grenades and the secret of their construction for a relic of Endovior, which fell to them from the heavens after the first god-war.  It is a foolish trade, since the relic was stripped of its powers by the gods Jemal and Tocho, when they tricked the Spheres of Annihilation into destroying each other.  But the barbarian king, ever greedy, recklessly agreed to give the weapons to the community, since he had them in abundance, and needed his troops to fight the rebellion.  One of the smiths in the village, a skilled bronze maker, after catching a passing glimse of what seemed like a winged woman that morning, wondered if forging the charcoal component of the mixture together with metals might yeild interesting results.  He discovered that when mixed properly with iron, a metal brought from the east, he could forge a strong metal that was flexible, and yet retained its shape after a hard impact.  Thus, steel was first discovered.  With the community's mages conjuring as much iron as possible, the smiths of the town began making new steel products.  The town fortified itself with steel, and began selling it across the two worlds.  The town, renamed Anlan, grew and prospered, until it began to rival the other city-states around it.  Soon, it branched out and started conquering.Jo'Karr took notice of the innovations of steel, and boom-powder, and was pleased that the mortals were progressing faster than he had anticipated.  But he became bored pounding out new wonders in his forge.  He gathered some of his angels together, just a few, and gave them each an item of incredible beauty.   "Go to my divine breatheren, and give them these gifts.  To Tocho, a perfectly accurate longbow, as a peace offering.  To Jemal, a grand sceptar, fitting for the lord of the Undead, and a thank you for his assistance.  To Shara, an amulet in the shape of a Phaenix, and also a message.  Tell Shara that with all due respect, I was born on the mortal plane, and it is here that I belong.  And tell her that it would delight me if she would visit.  To Traume, a sturdy traveling staff, for the long road ahead till the end of all things.  Tell him that his visit would be delightful as well." </blockquote>

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