The Kingdom of Eire

In a time long past forgotten, in a world that was always warring for control between good and evil, in a place where Kings, Dragons, Magic and Wizards played a major roll, we find the peaceful Kingdom of Eire.

King Galyard and his Wife, Abathiss the Queen, were caring and benevolent Monarchs that were loved by all! With the exception of Wizard Blackthorn and his minions of bandits and rouge warriors, however they were really only loyal to Blackthorn’s purse! The only loyal followers that the Wizard had were his Castle Servants and his three bloodthirsty Dragons that he used to reek havoc on his enemies, and he had many!

It was thought by many in the Kingdom that the evil Wizard was at least three hundred years old, but no one knew for sure. Although several previous Kings in Galyard’s Family Line had had serious problems with Blackthorn over the many years! The last major episode was just over sixty years earlier.

King Eston, Galyard’s Father, had fought a long and bloody war with Blackthorn over the control of the two Reality Gems, the Jewel of Light and the Jewel of Hope! Whoever controlled these two Jewels of great power would also control the Kingdom!

If they were used wisely, then the Kingdom would prosper and live in peace. If they were used for evil purposes, then the whole world would be cast into dire despair!

During this grave war, the Wizard Blackthorn had in his possession the Jewel of Light, and was using all of his Black Magic, as well as his evil Army to capture the Jewel of Hope at all costs from its owner King Eston.

It finally came down to two things that changed the course of the War. King Eston was offered the services of the powerful Dragon Basstone who believed in justice and the King’s cause. Secondly because of the personal greed of one of the Wizard’s Lieutenants!

Dragon Basstone was the most fierce and intelligent Dragon of them all. Fortunately he had known several Kings in Eston’s Family Line and liked and agreed with their form of Truth and Justice.

Through one of King Eston’s Agents, Blackthorn’s Lieutenant Borac was offered a generous amount of Gold and a nice piece of land if he would betray the Wizard by stealing the Jewel of Light from Blackthorn at the planned moment. Greed won out over his loyalty and fear of Blackthorn.

The King and his Knights along with Dragon Basstone made their final plans. First, several bands of the King’s Soldiers were sent out over two cycles of the Moon. Their job was to disrupt the Wizard’s supply and trading routes and also burn his fields and capture the Peasants working his lands! The plans were very effective and caused a great deal of anger and discomfort to the Wizard and his despots!

The King put into action his next move by attacking Blackthorn’s Castle for three days with a large force and then challenging Blackthorn to meet their Army with his on the Battlefield. The Wizard was so upset and angry at this action that he sent out not only his full force to meet the King’s Army, but also sent out his three Dragons to help them. Fortunately he was unaware of the Dragon Basstone’s alliance with King Eston!