Not so very long ago, tales about magic ice crystals, high above in the glaciers of some mountains far, far away, called the first humans across the sea to a strange new land that was then still mostly unexplored...

At the foot of an enormous mountain and at the edge of a dense dark forest, these first humans established and built their small settlements...

The settlements grew quickly into villages, which were soon all united into one large city. In the language of the native people this city was called Nelaa, the city of humans...

The humans lived quite well by trading the rare ores that they discovered in the mountains nearby, but they never found the magic ice crystal. Instead, their search disturbed and lured terrible creatures down from the mountains...

Troll like creatures, which the natives called Orcs, roamed and plundered throughout the country. They posed a real threat for the humans and also for the native people. In those days the city Nelaa, was surrounded by an enormous military wall called, the Old Barrier...

Marked by the scars of many battles, the Old Barrier became the symbol of hope for the humans. The humans, however, had become prisoners in their own walled city. By day, as well as by night, the Old Barrier was filled with their watchful eyes ...

Eventually, the times of the Orc Wars came to an end. Under the fair rule of King Lrak a pact was made with many of the neighbouring native peoples. It was because of their able assistance, that the humans had finally been successful in driving the Orcs back into the mountains. A time of peace and prosperity followed for Nelaa's inhabitants who were now under the protection of King Lrak's Royal Dragon Knights...

During this time, the Barrier guards very rarely sighted anything which might be a serious threat to the inhabitants of the city. A whole year had passed, since the sound of an alarm horn had been heard by anyone in Nelaa. Then, one evening, the alarm was heard once again...

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