The Scout force of the
great and glorious Temple City: T’in’q A’qen.
In the Northern parts
of the Lustrian Jungles lies the forgotten temple city of T’in’q A’qen, at
first sight this might look like a ruined and desolate place… this is only
partly so ;)
A long time ago the
temple city was glorious and mighty indeed, it was however destroyed by dark
and evil schemes of the Dark Elves and the evil chaos creatures that they
unleashed with chaotic and twisted magic… the city was razed to the ground, its
denizens slain and the surviving Slann butchered in their Star Chambers…
nothing but silence and ruins remained…
This all changed less
then 50 years ago, in one of the spawning pools deep beneath the ruins of the
Temple something stirred.. and so the mysterious and ancient waters gave life
to two creatures… dark skinned Skinks, with scales as bright as orange fire
crystals, their eyes already twinkling with intelligence
and observing their surroundings. These two Skinks were named Tiq’e Taq and
Tiq’e Toc , and they would quickly grow to become capable and smart Priests.
Soon after the twins
adjusted and made their home in the ruins they learned their true calling, and
the path that was layed out for them. Of course this was not the restoration of
the Saurus spawning pools, neither was it getting another Slann to the chamber
of Stars… It was a sign from the old ones! Everyone could have told you that
the time of the Slann and Saurus was over... the glory of the Temple would be
restored, but this time it was to be with Skink intelligence…and some Croxigors
muscle of course ;)
So it came to pass
that the skink population of T’in’q A’qen flourished and boomed, it was not
long before many tasks normally done by Saurus were done by Skinks. They even
formed cold-one cavalry and something resembling a temple guard. The two Skinks
Priest twins also made inquiry’s to other temple cities…and that is where the
trouble started…
Without at least one
Slann the other Temples refused to even acknowledge them as a Temple, how rude!
The twins, furious at this insult, turned to drastic measures… If a Slann was
needed to gain a foothold and the much needed trade and aid from the other
temples, then a Slann was what they would get!
Down long abandoned
and neglected tunnels they went, to the place where the massacre of the Slann
had taken place…and it was here where they called upon ancient, forbidden and
mighty magics that had been locked away for centuries…for a good reason… And so
they brought back one of the Slann, or at least they tried ;) … what they had
done however was something akin to creating an undead… the brought back the
angry vengeful spirit of one of the slain Slann and tied him to a shriveled
husk… it was good enough for the twins..
They mummified the
corpse slann and put him on a palanquin, their Slann was ready. Nobody knows
for sure if the “Slann” is really what the twin Priests claim he is but relic
Slann were known to exist, so their claim was finally granted! They were an
official Temple city now, and the “Slann” was paraded up and down the complex
of the Temple… much to the rejoice of the Thousands of Skinks who cheered and
did…well Skink-happy-things..
Not is all happy and
joy however and gold and prestige is needed to gain influence and make new
statues and shiny things for the chambers of the Twins…uchhhem…we mean the
Great and Glorious chamber of Stars of the Slann of course ;) So the twins drew
straws and let fate decide who would lead a Scout (read: plunder) force to
unknown shores and relieve lesser creatures of things they would not need J Tiq’e Tac lost and so he left, a
growing entourage of skinks and reptilian creatures in his wake. Of course his
twin (who was all too happy that he did not have to go) organized a parade in
his name and even the Slann was all dressed up pretty and “gave his blessings”…
Tiq’e Tac is now on
his way to seek out glory (and lots of gold) to bring back to the Temple City
of T’in’q A’qen. …owww…..and to please
the Slann of course…of course... ;)
