Korth was a bounteous jungle realm, ruled over by the benevolent goddess Allassara. She was a master of life magic and when she took over this barren, rocky realm, she soon transformed it into a paradise. Her non-human minions included the Korthian Giants (said to have been bred from the stock of the huge trees she populated the realm with) and the Korthian Tigers (said to have been bred from the sacred tigers which were her favorite animal). Both, of course, are actually magically modified humans, but hey.
Korth fell to invasion finally when both demon lords attacked at once. A fair number of survivors evacuated to other realms while the demon armies fought each other... the goddess was lost, believed slain by the Xualia the Demon Queen. But her true fate is unknown, since the demon lords don't exactly answer questions. She may have escaped to another realm.
Regardless, Korth has no mana sources now... the realm has slowly decayed and the jungles are growing steadily less vibrant. The realm is slowly reverting to its lifeless state. The great trees are dying (slowly, but dying) and the rains are drying up. A few colonies of Giants and Tigers remain here, awaiting the return of their goddess and blaming each other for not defending her during the final assault. Petty feuds are the order of the day... those who are exiled (often for preaching peace between the clans) may find better lives in other realms, but the zealots remain here, believing that if they pray hard enough, the goddess will come back and restore Korth to its former glory.
Posted by Kiz at January 24, 2005 10:47 PMCommentsPost a comment