Editing Lost Manuscripts (section)

=== 11-08-1178 ===
I will take over [[General Kendal]]'s recordings from now on.  These were all that were saved, and I am grateful for them.  Along with other writings we will be able to preserve our past on [[Erathia]].  I was named king shortly after we arrived here, but I suppose it would be best to start from the top.

The woman's name was [[Ravenwood]], and she appeared to me at the same time she appeared to [[General Kendal]].  Six days later the [[Sword of Frost]] and [[Armageddon's Blade (artifact)|Armageddon's Blade]] crossed on a field of combat.  That is all we know, anyone who was within a hundred miles died instantly in the blast.  The rest of the world simply began to fall apart.  Earthquakes and fires raged across the land, and we knew it was going to break apart the world.  Seconds after the first shockwave hit, portals began to open.  We poured through them, dragging what supplies and people we could.  Many did not survive long enough to reach the portals, and I was one of the last through.  What I saw in the three hours will never leave my mind.

Earthquakes shook the planet, huge cracks opening in the ground, swallowing cities and town whole.  [[Archangel]]s swooped from the heavens to rescue all they could, but were often killed by flying rocks.  Lava spewed forth from the ground, melting and burning everything in its path.  Thousands died before they could even think of moving to a portal.  Hundreds died helping others to the portal or trying to save their precious belongings.  Never again will I attach any importance to a material object.  Too many people wasted their lives on useless things.  Just as I thought no more could be saved I saw her.  She moved through the lava and shaking ground as if it were nothing, pulling people to safety and shoving them through portals, she closed them as the lava threatened to pour through into the new land.  [[Ravenwood]] pushed me into the portal and said, "[[Kendal]] is dead, you must lead the people now."  I have not seen her since, nor did anyone ever find [[General Kendal]].

We are trying to rebuild now, in this strange new place.  I have seen nothing of the other people, only the few who came through with me.  I hope we will find the others, and they will have better tales to tell than I.  The new Kingdom is called [[Iranese]] and I am called [[King Lysander the Brave]].  To be honest, the name makes me laugh, but too many people take it seriously for me to remove it.  With hard work and a blessing from the gods we will build a future here.
* NOTE: [[The Reckoning]]