The Start of Civilization

The Start of Civilization

While Herek may have the title of the first Columni city, it was far from civility. Its laws and people can be called barbaric, as the strong took from the weak, and the concept of honor was still in its stages of tuning. 

While lands surrounding may have started developing, such as the country of Egypt, none were has quick to advance as the northern lands of Recia. A man from Herek, along with a group of experienced handymen went to the mysterious black mountains to the north which they named Recia in the year 203. 

Reaching this land was dangerous, as the black mountains were high and made of an extremely slim and sharp stone. When they finally crossed the treacherous blades of mountains, they ran into a problem just as foul. Giants roamed this land, though they are not giants of which you and I would recognize. They were tall beings with flesh made of ice, and bones of pure ivory with eyes of silver.. They only had one power, and that was to be able to disguise salt as anything they desired. They walked about in fancy clothes and jewelry, only made of salt. Their fierce weapons were also made of salt. It took the group two years to completely topple this empire of icemen and among the bounty of this conquest was an enslaved wizard and a grand fortress made out of the black material. The head of men sat upon the throne of the fortress and was proclaimed King Nolan the First of Recia with those who accompanied him being is loyal nobility, and the wizard was to be released after one project. The ivory bones of the Icemen were piled, and with them the wizard created a great ivory tower with halls of beautiful silver mirrors. 

From then, Recia was the land of jewels. No where else would you find a land where you could find rubies and sapphires only a few feet under you. It would throughout Columni history be the land where all royal families would order precious jewelry and the like. 

Recia became famous for being a mining powerhouse, as only "Iceman Ivory" could break the solid, black material. They were also known for having the first serfdom/slavery system which would forever brand Recia as "Land of the rich, running people with nothing".