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11-18-2014, 02:11 PM
There once were two cities in close proximity that lived very separate lives.
The first city was called Kalendore, and the people called themselves Kalendorians. The Kalendorians lived in the forest, around a small river. They ate fish and meat from game that they hunted and would always sing songs as they went about their daily life.
The second city was Vergrun, and was far more wealthy than Kalendore. Vergrun was a massive city with walls of stone and was surrounded by seemingly endless farmland. All of their food came from their vast fields and orchards. The Vergrun people who were not farmers were businessmen and merchants, who would travel in order to increase their wealth.
The two cities were different in some ways and because of this they did not understand each other, but in reality they did have a lot in common. The people from both cities valued their families and loved times of peace. They all played games and had festivals and lived happy lives.
However, both cities did have their problems. Not everyone was content with the peace that they had. There were some people, troublemaking extremists who did not enjoy the peace as everyone else did.
In Kalendore there were extremist troublemakers that would disrupt hunts by making noise, and others that would take out the stakes holding down tents. The Kalendorian extremist would disrupt the peace all around Kalendore.
In the city of Vergrun, the extremists were somewhat more common than in Kalendore, due to Vergrun's population. They would set free the horses that would pull carts and plows, and would disrupt the town watch. But perhaps the worst of them all, was a young boy named Fofral. Fofral always caused mischief just like all the others who hated the peace, but one day he decided he wanted to do something bigger and better than all the rest. He decided to set fire to an abandoned market stall, just to see what would happen, and the Vergrun firefighters fought for hours to put out the quickly spreading blaze. In the end, Forfral had burned down the entire Northeast merchants’ district. As punishment, he was banished from the city.
Fofral had to leave his home city, his home and his family, but he did not learn his lesson and still loved to cause trouble. He traveled down the western road out of Vergrun, and continued on until he came to a forest, where the road became much more narrow, but still led somewhere. He came across what seemed like a large camp, it had no walls and he heard the faint sound of singing.
While Kalendorians sometimes traveled to Vergrun to trade various items for food, very few people from Vergrun even knew about Kalendore and even less had ever traveled there. Fofral was allowed access into Kalendore because they wanted to keep the peace and not offend anyone. So Fofral took refuge among these people who were strange to him, though all of the Kalendorians were wary of him and kept him under close watch.
One day, shortly after his arrival, Fofral began to observe how peaceful the settlement was. He tried to interrupt the Kalendorians' singing, but they did not seem to mind. Fofral decided one again that he had to do something bigger to disrupt the Kalendorians, so he decided that he would once again play with fire. He set fire to one of the tents where food was stored, but the Kalendorians were able to quickly put out the blaze. The Kalendore Council decided that Fofral was to be banished. So Fofral left to cause mischief in the next place that he found.
Since Fofral was one of the first people to travel to Kalendore from Vergrun, the Kalendorian people assumed that everyone in Vergrun was the same as Fofral. Because of this they stopped trading with Vergrun and feared that they would be attacked. The Kalendore Council figured that Vergrun had sent Fofral to try and raze the city, and they assumed that this was the beginning of more violence to come from the city. The Kalendorians began to prepare themselves for a war.
The people of Vergrun continued on as usual, and they had no intentions to break the peace that they had with Kalendore. They had no idea where Fofral had gone after his banishment, and they did not deem it important.
The Kalendorians began to build up a hatred for the people of Vergrun, since they lived such different and strange lives and now they had been attacked by one of them. They forgot about all their similarities, and forgot about how they all loved their families, how they all valued the peace and how they were all people. Instead they focused on their different lifestyles, and started to think that the Verdun way of life was all wrong.
So because of a single troublemaker from Vergrun, and some differences in their ways of lives, the Kalendorians broke the peace that everyone had once loved. They could focus on nothing but the differences of the people of Vergrun, and they grouped all of the people, the farmers and merchants and businessmen who wanted nothing but peace, with the single troublemaker, Fofral.
The war continued on for years to come, and the Kalendorians believe that the bloodshed they caused was justified. They seemed to think single person must be representative of the whole, even when they knew that within their populace, they had people who had caused trouble.
Even after the war, the people of Vergrun and the Kalendorians could never see each other the same. Such is human nature, to focus not on all the good in the majority of people, but to focus solely on the extremist few and the differences in culture.
The first city was called Kalendore, and the people called themselves Kalendorians. The Kalendorians lived in the forest, around a small river. They ate fish and meat from game that they hunted and would always sing songs as they went about their daily life.
The second city was Vergrun, and was far more wealthy than Kalendore. Vergrun was a massive city with walls of stone and was surrounded by seemingly endless farmland. All of their food came from their vast fields and orchards. The Vergrun people who were not farmers were businessmen and merchants, who would travel in order to increase their wealth.
The two cities were different in some ways and because of this they did not understand each other, but in reality they did have a lot in common. The people from both cities valued their families and loved times of peace. They all played games and had festivals and lived happy lives.
However, both cities did have their problems. Not everyone was content with the peace that they had. There were some people, troublemaking extremists who did not enjoy the peace as everyone else did.
In Kalendore there were extremist troublemakers that would disrupt hunts by making noise, and others that would take out the stakes holding down tents. The Kalendorian extremist would disrupt the peace all around Kalendore.
In the city of Vergrun, the extremists were somewhat more common than in Kalendore, due to Vergrun's population. They would set free the horses that would pull carts and plows, and would disrupt the town watch. But perhaps the worst of them all, was a young boy named Fofral. Fofral always caused mischief just like all the others who hated the peace, but one day he decided he wanted to do something bigger and better than all the rest. He decided to set fire to an abandoned market stall, just to see what would happen, and the Vergrun firefighters fought for hours to put out the quickly spreading blaze. In the end, Forfral had burned down the entire Northeast merchants’ district. As punishment, he was banished from the city.
Fofral had to leave his home city, his home and his family, but he did not learn his lesson and still loved to cause trouble. He traveled down the western road out of Vergrun, and continued on until he came to a forest, where the road became much more narrow, but still led somewhere. He came across what seemed like a large camp, it had no walls and he heard the faint sound of singing.
While Kalendorians sometimes traveled to Vergrun to trade various items for food, very few people from Vergrun even knew about Kalendore and even less had ever traveled there. Fofral was allowed access into Kalendore because they wanted to keep the peace and not offend anyone. So Fofral took refuge among these people who were strange to him, though all of the Kalendorians were wary of him and kept him under close watch.
One day, shortly after his arrival, Fofral began to observe how peaceful the settlement was. He tried to interrupt the Kalendorians' singing, but they did not seem to mind. Fofral decided one again that he had to do something bigger to disrupt the Kalendorians, so he decided that he would once again play with fire. He set fire to one of the tents where food was stored, but the Kalendorians were able to quickly put out the blaze. The Kalendore Council decided that Fofral was to be banished. So Fofral left to cause mischief in the next place that he found.
Since Fofral was one of the first people to travel to Kalendore from Vergrun, the Kalendorian people assumed that everyone in Vergrun was the same as Fofral. Because of this they stopped trading with Vergrun and feared that they would be attacked. The Kalendore Council figured that Vergrun had sent Fofral to try and raze the city, and they assumed that this was the beginning of more violence to come from the city. The Kalendorians began to prepare themselves for a war.
The people of Vergrun continued on as usual, and they had no intentions to break the peace that they had with Kalendore. They had no idea where Fofral had gone after his banishment, and they did not deem it important.
The Kalendorians began to build up a hatred for the people of Vergrun, since they lived such different and strange lives and now they had been attacked by one of them. They forgot about all their similarities, and forgot about how they all loved their families, how they all valued the peace and how they were all people. Instead they focused on their different lifestyles, and started to think that the Verdun way of life was all wrong.
So because of a single troublemaker from Vergrun, and some differences in their ways of lives, the Kalendorians broke the peace that everyone had once loved. They could focus on nothing but the differences of the people of Vergrun, and they grouped all of the people, the farmers and merchants and businessmen who wanted nothing but peace, with the single troublemaker, Fofral.
The war continued on for years to come, and the Kalendorians believe that the bloodshed they caused was justified. They seemed to think single person must be representative of the whole, even when they knew that within their populace, they had people who had caused trouble.
Even after the war, the people of Vergrun and the Kalendorians could never see each other the same. Such is human nature, to focus not on all the good in the majority of people, but to focus solely on the extremist few and the differences in culture.