Chosen

People, who were given souls from flames of God Harad, live similar to a fire blazing up brightly and bearing the heat... or sweeping away everything on their way. That was the human tribe which initiated the nation of mountain tribes and undead - as Berengar the first leader of the Mountain Clans and the Damned King Orin who led the Legion by the disposition of Garaan, they all were proud and ambitious people. It’s because of a boundless pride Harad’s children grappled with the Firstborn in a brutal War of Moon and Sun at the dawn of their existence.

After some thought people had concluded an Everlasting peace with elves, having become their faithful followers. The thirst for knowledge always drove the minds of Harad’s children - it allowed them to discover the secrets of nature even faster than elves were able to do so, but a short lifetime did not give them a time to understand their discoveries - only with age an understanding comes but human life is short. Human persistence fortified by Elven wisdom became the foundation of a powerful kingdom created by the lord Oldris. However, his son Orin had turned the work of his father's life into ashes, succumbed to the call of Garaan and became the Damned King, the initiator of the War for Spear.

Plenty of people died in that terrible war. In the Last Battle the combined army of elves and humans had survived – Heavenly Brothers had overthrown Garaan; forces of the Legion were dispersed. Right on the battlefield Harad named all the participated people the Chosen. After populating one of the islands being formed during the Great Break, they had created a powerful state headed by an emperor who is considered as Harad’s viceregent on Earth. The might of Chosen’s state is based on three posts: fearless and noble Paladins of the Order of Heavenly Light, powerful Mages of the Academy and Priests, the ministers of Holy Church, whose sincere belief could incinerate enemies.

With the name of Harad on their lips the Chosen reliably protect their borders from barbarian hordes and rare attacks of the undead; they only support peace with elves seeing wise and powerful allies in the children of Nuadu... However, disturbing signs that the reign of present emperor Kladis will not be as peaceful as at his predecessors appear more often lately...