The History of Fissa: Part 1

THE FIRST GREAT ORCAN HORDE

Two hundred years ago, the ancient blue dragon: Theranthor, with the self-serving but necessary aid of the imprisoned devil prince: Zartak, managed to harness their combined magical might and tear a rip between dimensions.

A rip that they both exploited to gain access to this world and through this breach, thousands of other creatures were pulled in their wake: The fiendish, half-devil Tieflings and the bipedal, blue scaled Dragon-born. 

Both races, pure poison to the lands of Fissa.

At this time, only two of the races of this world anticipated and attempted to prevent their initial intrusion: the secretive and mystical Grey elves and countless hordes of Orcs. Even now, historians and academics argue over how the inherently unruly Orcs managed to organise themselves so well. 

Despite their sacrifice though, the Dragon and the Devil were triumphant. The Grey elves retreated back into their high mountains and the massed legions of Orcs were slaughtered.

With terrifying speed, these two god-like creatures, led their ever growing armies across the globe, conquering every land and native race they fell upon.

Eventually, the immortal Devil and the ancient Dragon had cleaved the world in two and it was only then that their unholy alliance came to an end.

The battle for supremacy waged for decades between the mighty armies of the Blue Dragon and the fiendish forces of the Prince of Hell. 

The entire world trembled under the assault and it was a perverse blessing of sorts when the Blue Dragon proved victorious and the eternal Red Devil banished from this plane.

Then followed almost a century of dark oppression. All the races of Fissa suffered greatly but the Orcs most of all.

Out of necessity, the major races of the world were forced to accept the Dragon’s dominion or were crushed under her clawed heel. 

The Orcs though, despite their terrible losses, would not be cowed. They were the ones who defied her the most openly. Tribe after tribe resisted her but always to the same result… Annihilation.

It was because of this constant insolence, that Theranthor finally decreed that no group or settlement of Orcs could contain more than thirty males of fighting age.

It was the time of the ‘Sundered Tribes’.

Orcs being Orcs, of course resisted, but outmatched by the Dragon’s sorcerous Black cloaks and loyal half-dragon warriors, they all met the same fate.

This was how the Orcs all but disappeared from Fissa. ‘No loss’, some would say but what had replaced them was far, far worse.