Valiant Clan

The Valiant Clan are the ruling family of the Valiant Sphere, they are one of three Ascended Nobles of within the Valiant Continent. The Valiant are heralded as the saviors as humanity and the empire in which they founded has lasted several centuries. They trace their lineage to Hod Valiant.

It is separated into 3 Branches: R-Valiant, also known as the Royal line. H-Valiant also known the Hod Line and finally the K-Valiant known as the Knight Valiant.

Unity
Before there was the empire, there was darkness. I heinous existence in now known as the Shadow Monarch ruled over the the dark plains of the world prior; reeking havoc upon not only human kind but species like the High Elves, the Elder Dragons, Orcs and many others using his fearsome power and the powerful creatures known as the Gutter Tongue. When the High Elves waged a full on war against the Shadow Monarch and his army of Gutter Tongue, the black king gave humanity a choice. Join his battle against the High Elves as his vassals or die at his hand.

At the time, Hod a noble bastard. His father was an important Lord within the Prestile family. As a bastard however, Hod was not allowed to take his fathers name but still carried the responsibility of being a Lord's son. The Prestile family had a long standing rivalry with another noble family who resided in close proximity the Thorne. As the Thorne sided with the High Elves, the Prestile would side with the Shadow Monarch and this included Hod. This however would not stop the forbidden love between Hod and the Thorne's heiress Valaina.

As promise, the Prestile as well as many other families were granted power by the Shadow Monarch. He used his power to awaken their life force, giving them the capacity and means to utilize life energy as the first Sages. They would then go to war with the forces that opposed the Shadow Monarch, including the Thorne Family. Hod faced Valaina on the battle several times, despite his awakening Valaina proved to be a worthy foe, using ancient artifacts and the enchantment of High Elvens in combat. When the stalemate between the two families finally broke Hod was faced with a decision to kill his lover. A decision he could not take.

The atrocities of the Shadow Monarch were becoming too great to overlook, Hod's lord father remained stubborn and weary but many members of the Prestile family had enough. Hod's father was removed from power and Hod was declared Lord Prestile. Despite all the animosity that existed between their two families, Hod the Lord Prestile and Valaine the Lady Thorne brought their two families together under marriage. Some members of the Thorne would later go onto separate themselves from the union.

Many other families would go on to form ally themselves with Hod and Valain under the protection of the High Elves and Elder Dragons. Namely, the Boltons a scholar family from the main continent and the Jimenez a warrior family from a far away land. They also allied themselves with the mystical birds of Karlseflock, Hod in particular developed a bond with Moltres.

Born from Evil
Stuck in war with the Shadow Monarchs forces, the Elves made a desperate attempt to create a power within humanity that would see end to their reliance on Elven enchantments. They would combine their ancient magic with the part of the Shadow Monarch that resided within Hod as a result of Awakening to attempt to give birth a grand phenomenon among their forces. This gave rise to the first magical awakening, at the expense of his sight Hod became the first awakened Mage of humanity and the rest of their forces would in turn begin to experience their own awakenings be they, natural or magical (spiritual and psionic would come later as awakenings developed and spread).

Yet still they were unable to topple the balance of power in the favour. The Gutter Tongue were becoming a problem. The Elves developed a plan to capture the Gutter Tongue and transform them into weapons that they could use against the Shadow Monarch (a practice they would enact again in the near future). Using Hod as a co-ordinate per say, Elven Magic was able to transform them into humans, they became the Bin Clan. Due to the nature of their creation, the Bin Clan and Hod possessed a cosmic connection of sorts, one said to transcend time and space. They were fiercely loyal to each other and this prompted concern among many allies who feared the Gutter Tongue and hence feared the Bin.

Ascension of Valiant
The allied forces made their move against the Shadow Monarch and the were able to decimate his forces. Hod eventually battled the Shadow Monarch, a fierce battle that lasted 17 days and saw the death of Moltres in self-sacrifice. When Hod eventually won, the Shadow Monarch gave him the vision of a promise that changed Hod completely.

He turned on his allies and priorities humanity, those that sided with the Shadow Monarch were banished to a lost realm along with the High Elves, Dragons, Orcs and many other species. Hod then took the name Valiant for his new family as remembrance. The main continent was split into 3 parts, Valour, Instinct and Mystic and rule over the countries was granted to the three ascended nobles of Valiant, Jimenez and Bolton.

Civil War
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