The Birth Of The Ascended
By: Humpy
This is not the real backstory of Rift. This is a story that I made up to give Rift an alternate reality for people to enjoy reading. If you have any questions about my work or any comments about my work feel free to tell me In Game or Via Email - Jrymel@hotmail.com - In Game Guardian Side Humpy. The best way to contact me would be via main in game as I am bad about being tabbed out and working on stories and other things that i enjoy. Thanks for reading all!
Humpy
(In my stories i am known to use real places and NPC's from the world of Telara in the game of Rift, you can look for these places and these NPC's in game!)
Telara, The birth of the Ascended
Many years ago, peace and prosperity were a thing of common. Harmony Reign on all the lands of Telara. One land in Paticular, Moonshade Highlands, was more beautiful then any other. Prosperous in all ways the land itself rejoiced providing the very people of its beautiful fertility. Until one day...
A young man was playing on one beautiful sunny day next to the lake near the town of Three Springs. On of the Radiant day where memories are created and never forgotten.
This boys boredom overcoming him tending to his families farm land decided to skip of his duty. While playing, not so far away, a bottle shined through the corner of his eye and caught his attention.
The water being clear as he approached it, he had no difficulty to see the bottom of the lake. Diving in the water, many attempts were needed to retrieve his treasure and when finally he came back with his new found possession to the surface he slowly made his way back to shore.
Sitting on the soft white sand he looked in the bottle unable to see it's content.
Attempting to open it proved futile as his great efforts could not pry it open.
Taking back his breath from the effort, still sitting he asked himself who could he turn to. The bottle seemed more then normal and being unable to open such, something may be wrong with it. Standing on his feet he ran to the village... the elder might want to have a look into it he thought.
The elder closely examined the bottle attempting to open it himself but not to succeed. The elder, a man of great stature and strength considered this bottle carfully.
He grabbed the boy and headed to the village mage. The mage at first sight knew this bottle has some strong magic to it. He told the boy to go back to where he found this item and never speak again of it after disposing of it properly.
The boy did what he was told running fast as the night approached. The moon came over the hill, moonlight hitting the bottle. It began to glow a beautiful silver light and the boy amazed stopped his course to admire it.
Realizing he was next to the water and regaining his composure to this strange glow he threw his arm back to send this mysterious item back where it belong... but a force stopped it... posing a doubt in his mind... the bottle, he felt needed to be opened and putting his hand on the tip he pulled. The top came of easy as can be.
There was a while of magical white dust that came roaring out of the bottle and a crash of thunder the ground shook... a sound as if every dark creature known to man filled the air as the image of a large black gate appeared in front of the boys eyes. The innocent boy unknowingly opened the gates and looked in as it appeared to look as if he stepped into the deepest layers of hell. Evil gained over the land... the dark creatures roamed free. Dragons flew from the gate and ascended on the world of Telara.
A goddess decended upon the lands and came to help the poor souls of Telara. She told the people she could give them means to drive the vile creatures back to death... This day the Ascended were born. Unearthly poweres were gained by those who hearts remained true.
Over the years the evil was banished from the world for the most part, but the threat lives on as rifts in the sky are formed where the creatures still find there way back into Telara. The Ascended live on this day and use there powers to drive the evil from the world once more.
Today the Story lives on inside you!