Civilization: Thaermore
Populace: 1,250,000~
Leader: King Deric
Technology/Age: Medieval
Main focus: Magical race
Thaermore's past can go as far back as the first people to discover magic. Thaermore's past was filled with treachery and manipulation, the country was in constant turmoil for a long period of time, but at one point, when King Faramir came into power, the civilization prospered and before long was restored to its former glory. However treachery came again, his son Prince Deric was kidnapped by a bunch of assassins known as the "Black Hand". News travelled fast, that the king sent a legion of men towards the main city Iowanin, to capture the assassins, and to save his son.
However the men did not capture the assassins but they did save Faramir's son, Deric. The kingdom was peace again, however the assassins still managed to kill time after time and the king could do nothing of it. Then something happened, the mages; a secretive order where anyone with any magic ability was taken for "testing", discovered something, they found a lost temple pre-ancient and found a powerful node which contained a large store of magical power, however the power could not be tapped, making the node useless.
After years and years the king passed on and his son took his place, he is fair ruler, just like his father, however he always had a natural talent for magic, and finally accepted to be trialled by the mages. After the event the mages went back to secrecy yet again, the king changed drastically, almost eventing he did, he did using magic, always testing himself further and further, making him a powerful magician able to fight any foe.
The king always tried to tap the node inside the temple, but one day the king did, it unleashed the power almost the land, both tainting and blessing the land, the king lost all his magical talent, however the mages blossomed.