Guardians of Grimvale: Reunification of Grimvale(Wilson Rahardjo) It began, when the Almighty created three powerful races. The first creation is the masterpiece of all races, men, desired power and honor. The second is elves and dwarves. The three races lived peacefully in the kingdom of Grimvale, until men boasted themselves and banished the elves and dwarves from the kingdom. The elves, wisest among all races, fled to a misty forest which they called Atherius. The dwarves fled to a mountain region which then they call Ebonymine. Men remained in Grimvale and built their capital city, Dourhold. For centuries men, elves and dwarves fought between the borders of their kingdom. Decades later, peace talks began to start in Dourhold.
The king of men, Eradur, began to talk about having peace treaty with the other races and become strong allies with them. The court wizard, Grimlock, heard about this and assassinated the king while he has fallen asleep. The king’s nephew, heir to the crown of Grimvale, Archduke Felenor was executed being charged with treason and rebellion against the kingdom. The only heir that is left is the son of the king living in a village near Dourhold called Moursehill. Long time ago after the queen had given birth to a son, the son was hidden by the scribe because the child holds a great power that will change the future according to the prophecy. The child’s name was Argrayle.
For almost twenty five years Argrayle was taken care by a commoner in the village, until his time come at last. One night, an old man with a rod on his hand and a brown dull cloak come to the commoner’s house and therefore wishes to meet with the boy named Argrayle. Argrayle did asked who he was but he only answered “I am the prophet, I am the past and the future, the hope and despair, you shall do me a favor in return I shall do you a favor, for Grimlock’s agents have come to search and eliminate you!”. Argrayle was unprepared and so he asked the favor of the prophet, the prophet answered “after we escape, speak to Guy of Castillion in the city of Castaroth south-east from Dourhold.” “How do I find him?” asked Argrayle “He is the captain of the guards in Castaroth, now quickly we need to get out of here!” the commoner gave Argrayle his finest sword and finest armor he had, then the court wizard’s agents arrived. The prophet cast an illusion spell so that the agents began to lose their vision. Then the prophet used warp to get Argrayle out from the village.
After they went out of village the prophet said “we will meet again some other time, I’ll find a suitable time and place to meet with you again!” said the prophet then he cast a spell and teleported himself. After Argrayle arrived in Castaroth, he went to the tavern to ask around about the Guy. The bartender told him that the Guy is now on the jousting arena. So Argrayle quickly run to the jousting area, then he saw a bearded man wearing the finest guard armor in town. The bearded man was the Guy of Castillion; Argrayle approached him and said to him “the prophet sent me.” The Guy answered “so you are Argrayle, ssshhh! They’ll hear you!” the Guy led him to an empty room and told him about his past that he is the heir of the throne of men. “We must be united with the dwarves and elves! Far north from Grimvale is a kingdom of wicked men that have mutated themselves into orcs, they are going to attack Grimvale soon.” Explained the Guy “what about the court wizard?” asked Argrayle “we will take care of him later!” said the Guy. While they are walking towards the borders, the Guy told him something about war armaments and breeding dragons.
“Castaroth is pretty close to the elven borders of Atherius, somehow if we could slip off their guards and persuade them to help us fight against Grimlock.” Said the Guy “How do we pass over the borders without getting caught?” asked Argrayle “don’t worry my lord, trust me we’ll be safe, I as the Guy of Castillion have sworn to protect the heir from any dangers!” so they went out of the city and crossed the borders of their kingdom. After they had arrived in the woods the Guy began to shout and rant “Come out you foolish elves! We are going to bash your skulls in! Are you listening to me damn elves!” “You fool! Are you trying to intimidate them?” “I’m sorry my lord, but this is the only way to enter.” Explained the Guy. Soon the elven guards came out and arrest them, the elven king, Tharuis, commanded the guards to bring forth the Guy and Argrayle to Decretus, the capital city of elves, to negotiate. “People of Decretus, sorry for the troubles that I have made, this is the only way to negotiate with your king!” exclaimed the Guy, the crowds began booing at them “SILENCE!” commanded Tharuis, “what do you want to negotiate?” “We need help to raise army and attack Dourhold.” “What will you offer us in turn?” “I know what you always want from us, alliance! We will restore our old alliance between men and elves and reunite Grimvale!” “Yes, we are looking to form an alliance with men, but why should my kin fight for you?” “Listen! You all don’t understand, our king has been murdered, and the only heir left is this boy beside me!” the crowds began to chatter “You will have my answer by tomorrow!” answered Tharuis.
The guards let them free after they exit the forest; surprisingly they were ambushed by a large number of Grimlock’s agent. Fortunately an arrow volley hurled over the agents and killed most of them, an army of elven battalion arrived with Tharuis on horseback. “You have my answer, we will invade Dourhold at dawn!”. Argrayle and the Guy joined the army and began liberating villages from Grimlock’s possession. “Listen people of Grimvale! Here at my right side is the only heir to the throne of men! There is still hope, join us, fight for us for the reunification of Grimvale!” a speech from Guy of Castillion. The people began to rebel against Grimlock, after they arrive on Dourhold, they were outnumbered. Argrayle gave a speech to the elves “You may not understand the man’s creed, but we are outnumbered, the few of us who will survive will live until old age and those who have fallen will have a rightful place in Elysium, the fewer the men the greater the honor!” at dawn, they distracted the guards by bombarding the front gate while Argrayle climb into a hidden passage to Dourhold castle. “Ah, you are the heir Argrayle yes?” asked Grimlock “I’ll spare your life if you are willing to give me the throne of men!” said Argrayle sheathing his sword out. Argrayle was quick enough to stab Grimlock, too quick, he have learned that his powers are bizarre
The court wizard said that his death is only a beginning; the orcs will invade Grimvale soon. Argrayle was crowned as the king of men. That night, while Argrayle was asleep he had a vision of the prophet. “It’s been quite a long time Argrayle.” “What are my bizarre powers when I stabbed Grimlock earlier?” “It was a power that only a Guardian of Grimvale would probably possess.” “So I’m the Guardian of Grimvale?” “You are the first Guardian of Grimvale, later in the future there will be much more Guardians of Grimvale younger than you.” Said the prophet taking out an amulet from his pocket “Here take it, this is the amulet of Eradur, your father, take it in remembrance of him. This is the symbol of your authority over Grimvale.” “The Guardians of Grimvale have bizarre powers, each have different powers from others.”
The elves and men have forged alliance, the dwarven king, Bourwyn, heard about this and start to find ways to gain the thrust of men. At first the dwarves started to open a trade route to Grimvale, and then they start to invent mechanical dragons for men to use. Argrayle found it useful too, but the diamond dragons that men breed is much more powerful than the dwarven mechanical dragons and elven sapphire dragon. One day, the dwarven emissary comes to Dourhold to form an alliance; Argrayle was very glad and accepted their offer. Then Argrayle was crowned as the Emperor of Grimvale. The prophet approached him once more “Now, a great danger lies ahead, you must find the other Guardians of Grimvale in the future to aid you, there are much more dangers in the future, undeads, vampires, pirates.” Then Argrayle formed an order called, The Guardians of Grimvale.

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