[center][h1][color=LightYellow][b][u]Iternis[/u][/b][/color][/h1][/center] Iternis smiled as he leaned back on his hands in the center of Antiquity. Although no air blew in the collosal structure, the God of Journey's could still feel a swirling liveliness in the sacred place as all his siblings poured out of exile and milled around the field. This was not the victory he sought for the last two millennia, but it was a close second to truly going back to Galbar. Iternis sent his mind away from his body in Antiquity and gazed all across the land for the first time in ages. The god looked down at all the mortals, all the small beings, and saw how they were trapped. Not by chains or walls, although some were, but by mountains, oceans, and distance. So little had changed or moved since he himself had walked those lands. In some places, he saw mortals trying to break the gaps between them, through boats and trails but still, too few dared to leave what they knew because the only way they could would be on foot. They were so bound, yet he could still feel their yearning. [color=LightYellow]“I have neglected my duty,”[/color] Iternis declared to himself, determined to right that wrong. Mortals longed to be able to go over their horizons, to seek out grander and better things that their home could not offer, but too many times nature stood in their way. Iternis could sense in the minds of a few mortals a desire, one that some had already acted on. A desire to try and tame nature to help them. Iternis sent down his voice and whispered in the ears of many thousands of mortals, urging them to seize the beasts of their land and to tame and use them for their own desire. That desire to see past the horizon. His power moved over Toraan, starting in the very north. In the ice and snow, humans began to lash their sleds to the large shaggy beasts that wandered those lands. The Boreal Stags, with their long fur, graceful legs capped with wide hooves, and endless strength were brought into the fold, perfect for trudging through the deepest of winter or clamoring through the rocky highlands. Further south, in the Plains of Sol and the Gardens, Iternis’s voice whispered and encouraged the mortals to breed their livestock, the gentle giants of the Quillats. Under Iternis’s watchful eye, a new creature was created by those humans, sleeker and faster, that the humans of the prairies soon began using in teams to pull chariots across the fertile lands. In the mountains, Iternis watched as a young dwarf snuck through the blackest of nights, an egg the size of a child clutched in his arms. He would raise the Stonebird as his own until the day that he would ride it through the mountain side. The God of Journeys laughed as he saw that already there were Alminaki whooping in joy as they soared through the Blood Basin on the backs of the Desert Mantas. In Mydia, Goblins and Night Elves alike rode on the backs of Baqualo, large hearty beasts that could traverse the land and sea with equal ease. On Kubrajzar, two siblings had already been tamed by the mortals there, large humped beings that wandered the dry places of the continent so Iternis just spread the Camel to all those who would sue it. In the highlands, Iternis showed the mortals the humble Yak and soon it too became a grand tool for journey. Finally, Iternis goaded the bravest of mortals to leap into the vast rivers of Kubrajzar and wrestle with the enormous serpents, the Kubjran Eels. The great animals were fifteen feet long and traveled from the ocean, up the rivers, and over mountain tops to breed in the lake valleys of the Kubrajzar Mountains. Now they pulled the barges of mortals up and down the great rivers and along the coasts. Iternis snapped back into himself, tired from spending so much time influencing Galbar. He smiled to himself, looking at all the mortals taking the images he had planted in their minds and watching them act on them. Soon, Galabr would seem so much smaller and their lives would see so much more. Iternis chuckled to himself. [color=LightYellow]“Let them ride”[/color] [hider=summmmmbody once told me] Iternis takes a break from Chllin in Antiquity to finally look down at galabr and is shocked to see how little it has changed, partly because no one can ever really do anything because they have to walk everywhere. So he does a little whisper whisper in mortal’s ears to encourage them to start taming animals for the purpose of riding. If they were already doing that he just spread the practise. So now there area lot of animals people can ride!. In the Boreal Highlands, there are the Boreal Stags, large incredibly shaggy deer that are like horses that can run over both snow and the rocky highlands. In the Prairie of Sol and the FGardens, there are now Pygmy Quillats that are basically sled dog hedgehogs that pull chariots and are also just super adorable. In the anchor Mountains, steal Stone Bird eggs then raise the hatchlings to be Mounts. In the Blood Bain, the Alminki ride the Manunaki through the skies. In Mydia, everyone has Baqualo, basically rad buffalo that are also hella goo swimmers and can carry riders from island to island. In Kubrajzar they have regular camels and Yaks, but also giant river eels that are 15 feet long and can travel over land for a short distance. [/hider] [hider=MP] Start 5/5 MP, 5/5 DP -1 DP: Teach a technology: Create or proliferate the practice of riding animals -3 MP to take the Mounts Portfolio Ed: 2/5 MP 4/5 DP [/hider]