This one, the second Era of this world... the aptly called Age of Pursuit...414Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTe0nZSHRat
The Centra were gone but the world would continue, still bound to their will but414Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlj2Lken6Qm
now without their guiding hand. Instead, it would be all that they had left behind that414Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtZO8FWGsU0
would now set a new curse for the world after them. Once the Centra had claimed this414Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvWaAx3ubKS
world to themselves, thanks to their mastery of all sciences, magics and technology414Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCDn1tHuDPm
that provided them with the unparalleled (hateful profanities to some and cause for414Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcm5GXF8IaU
divine worship to others) that ran rampant across the entire planet to this very day.414Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDMbKf2F1lA
All that they built and accomplished, all that defined their very existence; an entire414Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlkd020ZETv
empire spanning across all continents, all seas and the one sky, was left behind for414Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2hO6WsDakF
those that would eventually follow.414Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzpXm64YrB1
Who would dare guess how long it came to pass since the world woke up one day in414Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4wclKguMUm
complete silence, the sound of their rulership absent, before life would finally resume414Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk6fy4ZUMBm
its course? With no more thunderous machines or hovering cities, and with no more414Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr0HJmT5X38
Centra to command it all, an entire world was now free. How long for the first races414Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9wo1zWXMLN
to sprout forth and begin their own curse, and does any of it matter?414Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlkzB784fL9
Eventually, of course, they did. And little by little they grew. At first, little more414Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyax6a3gX7d
than animals scrapping for food but in time they would master several forms of414Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgA7PX7b0ph
hunting and fishing, and from there they would evolve to the races of our current time.414Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSvB6EPSSfO
Slowly but surely, that was how the current races of this world came about. Humans414Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzNoqVMMFnI
and those that would later call themselves the Nharkim as well as countless others;414Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡscF6JwbI9e
Twinkledinnes, Sandrackar, Maruic, Dreibos and many more. And for an exceedingly414Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjgQwqT53ZD
long time, they were just that, tribes of fishermen and hunters struggling to find shelter414Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsNm85VEzwB
from the heavy rains. Nothing more than primitive and superstitious creatures, each414Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKoC153eYtd
with their customs and fears for the world may have been silent, the Centra absent,414Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwbvlmyABRO
but fear still roamed the lands and kept all living things in check, regardless of beliefs.414Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJDJIf3UTZz
And would continue to do so for aeons. I would claim it still does so, even today, if414Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKTY8SiZkrB
only for the less privileged.414Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEeYSB7d0dh
Our current Era really began, as always, with an apparent meaningless action of414Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5hrErW2OOZ
not much importance, but enough to start the largest of all chain of events. That small414Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnpRwcIx9u3
gesture that opened the way for what would define our world to this very day; the Era414Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGnaXPocCGA
of Pursuit began, the moment a member of the small and meek tribe of Twinkledinnes,414Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM0IUz1JXAb
one of the tiniest races one could ever hope to meet, decided to venture forth into one414Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjwmBxOpl9i
of the forbidden zones. Any area where Centra remnants were known to exist were414Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzDAk8adjfg
best avoided - a taboo.414Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaXEorryR7p
What was the motive that drove such a small creature?414Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4KgvO7mQ8L
That is now lost to us, dissolved in the ebb and flow of time but the result of such an414Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ01bV7hkumS
action defines all things today. Into one of the Centra ruins that Twinkledinne went414Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvk4WD9luyu
and when he came out, he did so with something in his hands. That very moment,414Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvpUR9b7d7n
where this small creature showed there was not only nothing to fear from those areas414Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd5ZsB5Kjhw
but there were also rewards to be picked up, that was when this Era truly began.414Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9wX9Ew6IiC
Word began to spread, and the veil of fear and superstition was lifted. All tribes,414Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsl4yU0yqt4
in time, came to learn that there was nothing to fear from venturing into Centra414Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡujQCuNEUpS
territories. No longer were these Centra remnants cursed places, to be feared and414Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3sJOIeV3Cq
avoided for either religious reasons imposed by most tribes or the mere common sense414Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlhYysGIho3
of the passing traveller. No. Now anything Centra was a place to be actively sought out414Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ52VPP4RmAl
and where fortune could be found. One by one every tribe of every race got into this,414Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp11XdyE1yB
offering handsome rewards to anyone presenting them with anything made by Centra,414Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdWIO7iW2ea
even to those outside their own race.414Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPDKp3MVpua
And so, greed was ironically enough, the will that broke any previous isolation and414Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjjDm5uawU1
made most embrace outside relations. But what brought all the races together would414Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdFc3AzsVVS
also tear them apart. At first, most things were bought and sold as decorum, but as414Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFHlUhxGYMq
time went on and the races kept evolving and learning from these finds, their value and414Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡez1UzAtbiY
their importance kept increasing.414Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlKkzkgPmDL
From the study and learning of these Centra finds, most races began evolving,414Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ53n33jiTNx
building, finding cures for the sick and easier ways to withstand the cold storms.414Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiFkr4U1GlN
It became obvious to all that this was their future, that the finding of more and more414Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuQkUjNoNbm
Centra technology, or anything concerning it, was their new path.
