Eratimus
08-03-2006, 23:22
From GW: Factions Pre-Order Booklet
When the Jade Wind swept through the branches of Echovald Forest, it turned everything to stone. Birds crashed to the forest floor in mid-flight. Deer leaped from the ground as flesh and blood, and came the earth little more then lif-like statues. Now, two centries later, life has cautiously returned to the forest. The Kurzicks were the first to venture back to the forest. There they have adapted to their petrified surroundings and have begun to carve their culture into this new landscape.
To the devout Kurzicks, everything is a sign. A portent of what is to come. They find a divine message and meaning in everything they witness. This church-state is ruled by the Council of Nobles, who makes decisions and laws only after receiving counsel from the spiritual leaders, known as the Redemtors. Great Houses govern the Kurzicks, ancience families that can trace their origins into Cantha's distant past, and beyound. Today there are five main Houses, two of which are the most powerfull and influenctial. It is common for the Houses to argue amongts themselves, but when it comes time to fight Luxons, Kurzicks quickly forget their internal squabbles and focus hatred on their long-standing enemy. Since Shiro's death and the petrifacation of the forest, the Kurzicks have built their elaborate homes and cathedrals directly into the fossiclised trunks of the enormous trees that make up the forest.
When the Jade Wind swept through the branches of Echovald Forest, it turned everything to stone. Birds crashed to the forest floor in mid-flight. Deer leaped from the ground as flesh and blood, and came the earth little more then lif-like statues. Now, two centries later, life has cautiously returned to the forest. The Kurzicks were the first to venture back to the forest. There they have adapted to their petrified surroundings and have begun to carve their culture into this new landscape.
To the devout Kurzicks, everything is a sign. A portent of what is to come. They find a divine message and meaning in everything they witness. This church-state is ruled by the Council of Nobles, who makes decisions and laws only after receiving counsel from the spiritual leaders, known as the Redemtors. Great Houses govern the Kurzicks, ancience families that can trace their origins into Cantha's distant past, and beyound. Today there are five main Houses, two of which are the most powerfull and influenctial. It is common for the Houses to argue amongts themselves, but when it comes time to fight Luxons, Kurzicks quickly forget their internal squabbles and focus hatred on their long-standing enemy. Since Shiro's death and the petrifacation of the forest, the Kurzicks have built their elaborate homes and cathedrals directly into the fossiclised trunks of the enormous trees that make up the forest.