RAGNAROCK BEGINNING
THE TITAN OF METAL
A mystical land created by Primordial One that gave life to the world and it's Gods. A giant of great majesty, who came from the void of nothingness, and found a lifeless, desolate world. Seeing great potential, the Titan decided to play a powerful sound that will become known as the Core of Metal, pulling out his divine instrument of power and began playing and singing, directly onto the lifeless ball, before him. Born from the riffs of the Titans of Old, that brought life, magic, and music onto an empty sphere. The Titan wielding a powerful artifact known as the World-axe, he played a melody of epic proportions that shattered the lands, creating continents and mountains. His thunderous voice and screams made the winds and sounds of the world. The sweat and tears of his body created rain and the oceans. The sparks from the vibrations of his World-axe strings gave life to the star, the Sun, and made fire to warm the world. The movements of his body brought emotion into the barren world, and every power-cord brought upon life in the shape of the Gods. Once his final note and chorus was sung, the Titan perished and shattered, from his blood plants and nectar was created and seeded on the new lands. His broken armor pierced the earth making ore, steel, and minerals. From his flesh and bones creatures arouse and flourish upon this now living world. As the mighty World-axe struck the world forming the darkness of night and spreading the power of Metal through the entirety of the world, a world name Ragnarock!!
THE GODS OF METAL
From the song of the Titan of Old, and the power of his metal and fury eight entities were born, the children of the Titan and the embodiments of Metal. Ruling a newly born world. These eight entities that were later known as the Gods of Metal, personally tasked themselves to model and birth life onto the world that the Titan created. These Gods, after seeding life creating many races that dwell upon Ragnarock, their egos and clashing concepts eventually lead to disputes and hatred among the Gods. This resulted in a great war, and stalemate between the eight Gods, that nearly brought the end of the world. Not wishing to destroy the world that their metal can rule, they stopped fighting each other directly. Thus they bestowed the mortal creatures of Ragnarock, the power of Metal and the Instruments of Power.
This created nations and wars between the races, thus making the great factions of Ragnarock. This allowed the Gods to watch, and chose or even create their greatest warriors and disciples of their respected Metal. Thus the Warriors of Metal were born, and in the name of their respected God, they wage war to conquer Ragnarock under one force of Metal!!!
THE EIGHT GODS Odyiir the Warlord, the God of Hard Metal. Firstborn of the God, and a great warrior, the creator of humanity, modeling after himself. The main deity and Metal worship by the nations of Man, maker of the sword and axe, bestowing his chosen race with the art of smithing and forging. Branding mankind with great passion and rage, the nobility of warriors and conquerors. His sacred instrument is the Guitar, and from his followers powerful Warsingers are made. Among the most powerful and adore of the Gods of Metals, as warsongs are always playing, bring him great joy. Also known as the Kingmaker, for his greatest champions have been responsible of creating the greatest cities and charismatic leaders, hence many praise him for bestowing them such heroes and leaders. In humanity's eyes dying in the field of battle, is a great way of earning his notice and join the Warlord in his banquet halls, awaiting for the moment to be called to battle again. Many great nations of humankind carve or forge images of Odyiir in their cities, and equipment to bestow them with strength and his merciful watch.
Vaag the Deep One, the God of Drone Metal. The ghoulish and ghastly God of the Eight, his voices echoes in great force and power, that he became the embodiment of Sound. A wicket deity that enjoys the struggles of the weak, and the strong dominating the meek. Cruel God that favors the strong, and adhores the weak and cowardly. For this reason he despises mankind, and their familiar bonds that shelter the weak instead of crushing their enemies. He created the Dökkálfar race. Cruel, malicious, and sinnical being with great voices that reverbs many warsongs that crushes the minds of lesser souls. The dökkálfar or dark elves, worship and fear their God, dubbing him the Deep One for he is the abyss that sounds echoes and drive the weak mad with pain, fear, and anguish. His sacred instrument is the Echoing Scepter and Altars (Mics and Amps), as his dark elves created scepters and spear with the Deep One's instrument, and mount altars onto beasts. Thus playing great echoes of sounds and warsongs that is symphonic for him and his dökkálfar, but a agony to others. Dark elves make mask and icons of elongated mouth being that represent him, and strikes fear to their enemies.
Ghargrimm the Ironfather, the God of Folk Metal. The stunty and mighty God that rules over melodies that combines many music and instruments into a mighty force of Metal. Unlike his kin, he went to the mountains and the caverns of the underworld to craft great relics, weapons, and marbles of steel, hence becoming the undisputed ruler of Steel. Having a truce with the Warlord, and providing one another with many gifts, from forging exchange for mining, and more. He used the earth and ores of the Ragnarock to create a race known as Dwarves. Masters of steel, metal, and forging surpassing humans, model after himself these stunted, mighty race were more stronger, resilient, and emotional than even man. For their devotion and offering many great metalwork from hammers, to other instruments, the Ironfather as the dwarves call him in respect he took nectar of the world and made mead, gifting it to his children. He adores his creation, and often they call themselves his children. Playing grand symphonies with various instruments and vocals. His sacred instrument is the Drums, but unlike his kin he also has a few other instruments such as the lute, wood guitar, and more. Dwarves are mighty warriors, and forgers having the beat armor and both the creators and masters of golems and warmachines. They go into battle with great stages to play the Ironfather's warsongs and fountains of mead always present among their armies and cities.
Hietsh the Maddening, the God of Doom Metal. The unknowable, a shrouded crowned entity that covers his form in leather and metallic spikes and studs. Embracing the mad and extreme shattered mind into his welcoming claws. The embodiment of slow maddening tempos, heavy sounds of despair and doom. For his Metal welcomes all and drives many mad, and enlighten by his dreadful melodies. Many that heard his Metal are commonly those that suffered great tragedies, despair, or lost, which are more commonly the humans that travel to his dark lands, joining the covenants of his creations known as the Akhir or Nightbourne. Monsters closely resembling creatures of nightmares, the humans that became nighttouched become their loyal followers seeing them as the divine creations of the Madness Maker. The Nighttouch mimic the appearance of their God, and are the ones that play his instrument and warsongs, as his Nightbourne act as the main warriors and devastators in battle. Unlike his kin, the Maddening and his followers don't actually crave destruction or conquest, instead they wish to spread his gifts of madness, insanity, and Metal. Just like their God, they welcome all that listen to his dreadful melodies, but punish those that oppose and stand against the thrall of Doom Metal. His sacred instrumenta is the Base and Electric Piano, playing eerie warsongs in and out of combat. Offering them as a great gift to all that will listen, and bringing the Madness Maker great joy. They are considered by the other races, as creature of equal evil than the spawn of the Corruptor, but they are more akin to a force of sentient nature, and a Metal that can be a grand threat to Ragnarock is not impeded.
Yathyuah the Feral Beast, the God of Grindcore Metal. Having the form of great horned wolven beast, with blazing eyes of fire and wild savagery. Feral entity that is more closer to nature and the law of survival, over the other Gods. Playing chaotic Metal that goes throughout the day and night, a signal to his worshippers that is was time to fight and crush everything. He is the embodiment of Blood, in the most feral and chaotic rendition. His sacred instrument is Echo Guitar, sending louder and multiplied sounds from every strum. The creator of a race that see him, as the force of strength, savagery, brutality, and nature. The lord of beasts, and his creations are the Gnolls, wild, warmongering beastmen that form great packs and rituals in the name of the Fanged God. When he starts the drums, they play loud, wild, chaotic warsong all throughout the day, nonstop even in battle. Great offering of meat from hunted, and slain beasts and enemies are giving to him every full-moon in exchange of him playing a specific song, that will bless them with a Red Moon that makes them more ferocious and bloodthirsty. Icons made from bones, fangs, and sharp scrap to depict a horned-gnoll as they persevere their God, is everywhere in their camp, gear, shield, and charm. By far the most crazily enormous with their God, he granted them everything including their beloved form of Metal, so they give everything in return. While the most feral and possibly the lowest in intellect compared to the other races, gnolls make up for it in numbers and furious aggression. Which the Fanged God absolutely adore, his creations are the epidimy of chaos and destruction, always on a warpath and playing warsongs to his and their enjoyment. They despise the Stunted God's Metal, and wage many battle with the dwarves on the common, making them and their God mortal enemies to the Ironfather and his children.
Leddah the Soulkeeper, the God of Death Metal. A imposing entity of eternal cold, dark armor and a skulled face with wisps of death and frost coming from his form and melodies. The Embodiment of Death, low-tunes like whispers of the dead, heavily distorted sounds from beyond the grave. Both figuratively and literally the coldest entity of the Eight, has no love with life, believes that truest form of Metal comes not from living but from death. Once sought to end all life in Ragnarock with a never ending winter, but the Fire God his mortal enemy, stopped his plans. Unlike his kin that created and gave life to races that represent their heretical Metal, he chose death. His sacred instruments are Guitar and Wisps. Reanimated and resurrecting the dead, rising a legion of undead skeletons and ghouls, soulless creatures that can play his low-deathly melodies without end. Known by the other races as the Wraiths, these frost and cold emanating undead are a scourge to almost every single race of Ragnarock. They scavange the graves, rising other wraiths, sometime even mixing the bones of other creatures and races to make other of their kind. Those that reap the most live, are blessed by the Soulkeeper with some sentience and thus rising to Liches which can lead the legions of death, and sing warsongs in the honor of their God, in order to receive greater rewards. Liches are also known to be the voice of their God, doing his bidding, and harness the power of cold Death to scourge the living in the name of the Ever Hungry God. For all souls taken by them, is claim by their God. The Wraiths while hostile by all the living their most hated enemies are the Djin of Sorceror God King, for they embody the greatest aspects of life, a affront to their God.
Araghei the Eternal Flame, God of Symphonic Metal. Also known as the Sorceror God King, the most flamboyant and artistic of the Gods. Resembling a grand djin of Fire, a entity that enjoys all aspect of life and the symphony of the world. Cause of his persona he has a close connection with the Warlord and the Ironfather, forming a truce between them. He headed to the desert region, where he gain the worship of the settlers of the area. The desert nomads were blessed with his orchestral melodies, and gifting these people with new homes to dwell and fire feeling his benevolence, and many, many of the desert people specifically turn to his Metal and mystical aspects. Enjoying song, dancing, drink, food and unity, they form a deep fanatical devotion to the Fire God. He gave them his sacred instruments Flutes, Harps, and Base, playing them in symphonic unity in his honor. Then he bestowed them with a new race that will live in harmony with his human followers, the Djin. The djin are mystical creatures of elements, mostly fire known as ifrit, and thus those with the greatest harmonic ability plating their God's Metal were ascended to a lesser djin known as jann. Under his guidance, and through the dependence of sacred fire the desert region became an empire of Djins. Masters of warsinging, songcraft, and using uniquely styled weaponry, making great pyres allover their dedicated to their Sorceror God King. When the Soulkeeper tried to freeze the world in eternal winter, he and his djin use their warsongs and the fire of their Metal to counter the Ever Hungry God, and since then his djin and the wraiths of the Soulkeeper have been mortal enemies.
Karnak the Corruptor, the God of Gothic Metal. The one of many names. The one that dwells in the abyss. A Dark God, that has a monsterous horned and winged form, feared by all races especially humanity which he despises. Adores chaos, carnage, and extreme emotion, he originally sought to spread his Metal of dark notes, horrific theatrics and choruses. Driving many into the abyss of madness and darkness, thus the other Gods, challenged and silence his symphonies, earning his ire, especially manking that purged all his followers and worshippers. Hence he use the darkness, fears and chaotic forces of the deepest parts of the world to create his most devoted, and loyal creations, the demons. Demons worship and corrupt the world in his name, thus earning him the name of Corruptor. His greatest champions are the Abyssal Lord, the fathers of demonkind, a race with various forms and great dark powers. Modeled by the horrors of mankind and the other races, playing dark horrific warsongs to his pleasure. Offering the souls and screams of those slain to their God, in exchange for great blessings and powers. His sacred instruments are the Electric Guitar and the Violin. Demonkin are modeled and act by the will of the Abyssal Lord, also known as the Dark Princeses of the Abyss, using warsongs, demonic conjuring, Metal-blessed weapons, and large amount of corrupted monsters to ravish the world in the name of the Corruptor. Dread Cathedral are erected with statues of their God, and great rituals of dark music are played to conjure more demons, monsters, and corrupt the mind of others. Waging wars and slaughters that bring the Corruptor great joy, especially when worshippers and consorts of worship are destroyed by his creations.
Thajjin the Soulful Maiden, the God of Metalcore. She is the youngest of the Eight. The one that took the frigid lands, as her own known for her soulful, and sorrowful songs and melodies. Beautiful like a seiren with black tears always, dripping down her eyes, and midnight water pouring down the side of her beautiful lips. Embodiment of Emotion, and symphonies of extreme sounds and sorrow. Thus through her singing, tears, and waters a race was born, her dear children known as the Haunts. The haunts bluish skinned almost unliving being that hold great emotion, and a very metalcore goth style. Many painting their hair black, and wearing black makeup, in honor of the Crying Mother. She watches and protects them, keeping them alive even when they suffer great wounds, expanding the type of Haunts. Her sacred instrument is a Echoing Scepter (Mics), for singing is the greatest expression of emotion. They play melodic songs in the dark, around a black pool elevate their Soulful Maiden, and thus gaining power over the black tears of their Goddess. She and her haunts are very isolated, preferring their artic costal lands, and playing songs for each other and their God. But it times that their Soulful Maiden, begins to wails it meant that it was time for war for the haunts. Taking captives from their attack, taking various races to sacrifice to appease their Crying Mother, and she can continue singing and producing more Haunts. The fear that their Goddess fall into endless crying, is soo deeply ingrained into the haunts, believing that her tears will become a black flood that will end Ragnarock, with them included. To prevent this possible end time event, they wage wars and raid onto the main land, to appease the Soulful Maiden and keep her happy.
SACRED INSTRUMENT OF METAL
Special instruments that were bestowed to the races of Ragnarock by the Gods of Metal. Instruments used to harness and produce one of eight sources of Metal, allowing the player to play melodies of power and magic, known as Warsongs. Warsongs are great spells of large area of effect, with the main characteristics of that Metal overflowing from the Warsingers. Each race has either their sacred instrument that they have a deeper connection and talent for, or they have their own unique form or variant of a instrument. By playing and singing with these instruments, songcraft can be use hence unleashing a more offensive style of spells from one of eight sources of Metal. These instruments range from guitars, to even flutes, all depending on the source of Metal that, that race is devoted to.