bkd57Jun 29, 2014Jun 29, 2014 at 10:38 AM
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This story begins with the original litter mates, Ahnurr and Fadomai (Anu and Padomay). These two gave birth to all of the great spiritual children, including Alkosh the first cat (Akatosh), Khenarthi (Kynareth), Magrus (Magnus), Mara, and S'rendarr (Stendarr). A second litter of children soon followed, including Merrunz (Mehrunes Dagon), Mafala (Mephala), and Sangiin (Sanguine), among others. Ahnurr did not want further children, but Fadomai was persuaded by her elder children to birth one more litter, this final group containing Azurah, Nirni, and the moons. At this, Ahnurr became angry at Fadomai, who fled to the void, and birthed one last child, Lorkhaj. Fadomai knew she was dying, her life having been drained by her birth, but she gave to Nirni a gift, that she would birth children of her own.
Nirni went to Lorkhaj, asking him to form a dwelling place for her children. This he did, but he tricked his siblings, forming the mortal plane and trapping many of them there with him. Most of Fadomai's first litter were trapped, while her second litter saw the danger and fled. Into this dwelling, Nirni birthed many children, the various human and mer races of Tamriel. However, one of Fadomai's children, Azurah, had also been given a gift by their mother. She was given permission to take one of Nirni's children, and reshape them to her own liking, so long as she made them the fastest, cleverest, and most beautiful of all creatures. Azurah chose a group of forest dwellers among Nirni's children, and from them, she formed the Khajiit. Nirni was furious at this, and ask her sibling Y'ffer to punish the Khajiit. He did this by turning their grasslands into a dry burning desert, and their forests into poisonous marshes. The Khajiit, however, were protected by Azurah, who taught them the secret of the moons (the Lunar Lattice in Khajiiti terms), and how to change their shapes to survive. Those forest dwellers who stayed true to their mother, Nirni, were turned into the Bosmer, and given the lush forests of Valenwood as their home.
This is where my story begins. Being of the first litter of Nirni born in the mortal plane for we where conceived in the Aetherius realm and birthed in the mortal plane.We where born as immortal.We where not like the ones who where born and conceived in the Aetherius realm for they where Divine. On the night of our birth the first mane moon appeared as Masser and Secunda joined together, the third moon rose to meet the others its color was as red as blood.Sixteen where in the first litter born that nite,one for each of the Lunar Lattice.Fadomai disappointed at the decision that Nirni had made towards the Khajiit to punish them.So she changed Nirni first litter born on the mortal plane us sixteen into the image of the Khajiit to punish her.Fadomai asked some of her children the Eight Divines, who bound themselves to the new plane, that each make two scrolls sixteen in total to helps us guide the new formed race of Khajiit that Azurah had made.So that each Khajiit would know that we where Elders the prefix Ra was at the start of each of our names and it would end in ri. Each one of us was given care over the Khajiit born under the sign of the Lunar Lattice and so the sixteen kingdoms where formed.
I was born one of two runts of the litter for i had a sister Raj'Shiri we where not as great in statue as our other siblings and we grew weak very easy, so we clung to each other and never parted .for we gained strength form each other.S'rendarr the God of Mercy took pity on us and granted endurance and strength to us when we where apart.
This was the beginning of the Merethic Era.
During this time period the Khajiit grew in numbers and all was well in the land. For the scrolls would warn us if any of the other races would invade our land and the Khajiit would move from that area so the invaders found only wasteland with no inhabitants.For the north was dry burning desert and the south poisonous marshes. Through the first part of this era the land that Y'ffer had changed to punish the Khajiit turned out to be the greatest blessing they could have received.For it keep them separated form the influence of the other races.
During this time the Daedra who had created there own realms that each prince ruled over became jealous of the creation the Aedra had made in the mortal plane. The Daedra would visit each race and inflict as much harm as they could by starting wars between the different races. The Khajiit where the jewel of all created races and the Daedra soon set there eyes upon them for they had remained pure from there creation for they had not yet spilled the blood of any of the other races.It was at this time that the scrolls would warn us Elders the sixteen that the Daedra would open a rift to our land and bring forth there evil.At the place the rift was to open we the sixteen would unite as one and turn them back to where they had come. Time after time we won the battles and our beloved Khajiit remained pure untainted by the evil the other races had embraced.
At the midpoint of this Era the Khajiit had grown into great numbers so no long could they move so the other races would not know of there existence. The Daedra Princes spread word of a land and people known as the Khajiit the jewel of created races.The other races took offense at this for they all believed they where the jewel of creation. So many nations over this period of time try to invade the land, all the armies that came from the north where defeated by the harsh desert.Now the Bosmer of Valenwood believed that they alone where the true jewel for they had remained true to there mother Nirni, for they had been given the lush forest. And in this forest the first battle was fought. The scrolls warned us of a great army massing on the border to the west Valenwood. So all the Khajiit of fighting age assembled and prepared for there first war.As the Bosmer shouted there battle cry and the first Khajiit fell this was the first time in there history that one had not died of old age. The others seeing there brother fall charged forth, so the first blood had been shed of another race at the hand of a Khajiit. The battle lasted many days and nights thousands from both side lay dead in the forest. The invaders had been turned back and the Khajiit returned home a changed people there innocence had been taken from them. To the end of this Era many small conflicts where waged but none like the first one.
The start of the First Era
The Daedra Princes where enraged that they had influenced all the other races but had always been repelled by the Elders . So under the command of Molag Bal he gathered all the Daedra Princes together to make war against the Khajiit and the Elders that protected them.The scrolls warned us of the coming Daedra invasion so the sixteen Elders prepared for the upcoming battle.
This was the year 1E 2260.
The scrolls told us of the place that the rift would be opened, the place of our birth into this mortal plane was the location.On the day of the battle we all meet together united as one as we had done so many times before.Of the sixteen Elders, 4 had been granted great strength for they worn steel armor and carried a great shield and sword able to hold back the strongest foes,4 had been granted great speed and agility able to cut a path through the enemy at lightning speed.These 8 where our front line.In the back stood our casters able to wield the strongest magicka , 2 cast ice,2 lightning and 2 fire of which i was one. The last 2 cast spells one to consecrate the ground on which we stood so the taint of corruption would not pollute the land.The last my beloved sister Raj'shire cast spells to unite us all as one.
As the day began to end the air became heavy, the wind died down and a eerie silence fell upon the land.
As Masser and Secunda rose and joined together the third moon rose to join them its color as red as blood. As it was at the time of our births for this was the 2nd mane for no other had be seen from the first one till this night
As the final moon settled into place a crackling sound was heard as the rift from the planes of Oblivion started to open. We all stood ready for the battle . In one voice we shouted "FOR THE KHAJIIT". Then the rift opened only wide enough for a few hundred to pass through at a time , wave after wave of Daedra minions poured through. After a few hundred waves of minions a prince would appear. But each wave was cut down and none where allowed to pass as there bodies fell upon the hallowed ground it was returned back to the void.Many Princes where turned back that night and thousands on minions cut down. The battle raged all night and dawn would soon be upon us.
Now this was the night of my downfall.
As the rift was starting to close Molag Bal enraged by the defeat of his army, himself appeared through the rift. At this point i was growing weary for the battle was long and i had not much left to fight with. As he gazed upon us to see who could have turn back the forces that he had sent.His gaze rest upon me my heart was filled with a icy fear that numbed my very soul. As the last of my strength was failing my body numb the scroll in which i held so tight the source of all my power fell from my hand and hit the ground.My sister Raj'shiri who stood beside me feeling my pain as we where linked together dropped her scroll and grabbed me tight. She had stopped casting the unity spell and with two scrolls on the ground. The bond that held the sixteen together as one was broken. Molag Bal grabbed the fourteen in his icy grip and pulled them through the rift, as he did there scrolls fell to the ground.But he could not pull us two through as we where bond to each other and the rift was closing fast. With one last scream which shook the mortal plane the sixteen scrolls where cast to the four corners of Tamriel to be lost forever.And with the last breath from his nostrils before the rifted closed he separated my sister and me and we where hurled out into Tamriel never to see each other again.
With the Elders gone and only two left. Under the mane moon a mortal Khajiit male was born to be the first mane to help his people.
With the fall of the Elders and there protection gone the Thrassian Plague (which was created and caused by the bestial race known as the Sload) struck Tamriel in 1E 2260 and wiped out vast numbers of Khajiit, leaving behind only two primary kingdoms for only two Elders remained.
So this is the burden that i carry with me every day as i search for my beloved sister and my lost scroll. As i roam this land and fight the Daedra still a icy fear fills my heart .
This is the history of the Khajiit people from the beginning of there creation, some of this is lore most of it was never recorded down in history.
So if you talk to me today and i seem far away in another place you may know that i am thinking of my lost sister and my precious scroll that have been lost forever. Today you know the lost scrolls of the sixteen as the Elder Scrolls.
Rak'Shiri the Ancient One
Nirni went to Lorkhaj, asking him to form a dwelling place for her children. This he did, but he tricked his siblings, forming the mortal plane and trapping many of them there with him. Most of Fadomai's first litter were trapped, while her second litter saw the danger and fled. Into this dwelling, Nirni birthed many children, the various human and mer races of Tamriel. However, one of Fadomai's children, Azurah, had also been given a gift by their mother. She was given permission to take one of Nirni's children, and reshape them to her own liking, so long as she made them the fastest, cleverest, and most beautiful of all creatures. Azurah chose a group of forest dwellers among Nirni's children, and from them, she formed the Khajiit. Nirni was furious at this, and ask her sibling Y'ffer to punish the Khajiit. He did this by turning their grasslands into a dry burning desert, and their forests into poisonous marshes. The Khajiit, however, were protected by Azurah, who taught them the secret of the moons (the Lunar Lattice in Khajiiti terms), and how to change their shapes to survive. Those forest dwellers who stayed true to their mother, Nirni, were turned into the Bosmer, and given the lush forests of Valenwood as their home.
This is where my story begins. Being of the first litter of Nirni born in the mortal plane for we where conceived in the Aetherius realm and birthed in the mortal plane.We where born as immortal.We where not like the ones who where born and conceived in the Aetherius realm for they where Divine. On the night of our birth the first mane moon appeared as Masser and Secunda joined together, the third moon rose to meet the others its color was as red as blood.Sixteen where in the first litter born that nite,one for each of the Lunar Lattice.Fadomai disappointed at the decision that Nirni had made towards the Khajiit to punish them.So she changed Nirni first litter born on the mortal plane us sixteen into the image of the Khajiit to punish her.Fadomai asked some of her children the Eight Divines, who bound themselves to the new plane, that each make two scrolls sixteen in total to helps us guide the new formed race of Khajiit that Azurah had made.So that each Khajiit would know that we where Elders the prefix Ra was at the start of each of our names and it would end in ri. Each one of us was given care over the Khajiit born under the sign of the Lunar Lattice and so the sixteen kingdoms where formed.
I was born one of two runts of the litter for i had a sister Raj'Shiri we where not as great in statue as our other siblings and we grew weak very easy, so we clung to each other and never parted .for we gained strength form each other.S'rendarr the God of Mercy took pity on us and granted endurance and strength to us when we where apart.
This was the beginning of the Merethic Era.
During this time period the Khajiit grew in numbers and all was well in the land. For the scrolls would warn us if any of the other races would invade our land and the Khajiit would move from that area so the invaders found only wasteland with no inhabitants.For the north was dry burning desert and the south poisonous marshes. Through the first part of this era the land that Y'ffer had changed to punish the Khajiit turned out to be the greatest blessing they could have received.For it keep them separated form the influence of the other races.
During this time the Daedra who had created there own realms that each prince ruled over became jealous of the creation the Aedra had made in the mortal plane. The Daedra would visit each race and inflict as much harm as they could by starting wars between the different races. The Khajiit where the jewel of all created races and the Daedra soon set there eyes upon them for they had remained pure from there creation for they had not yet spilled the blood of any of the other races.It was at this time that the scrolls would warn us Elders the sixteen that the Daedra would open a rift to our land and bring forth there evil.At the place the rift was to open we the sixteen would unite as one and turn them back to where they had come. Time after time we won the battles and our beloved Khajiit remained pure untainted by the evil the other races had embraced.
At the midpoint of this Era the Khajiit had grown into great numbers so no long could they move so the other races would not know of there existence. The Daedra Princes spread word of a land and people known as the Khajiit the jewel of created races.The other races took offense at this for they all believed they where the jewel of creation. So many nations over this period of time try to invade the land, all the armies that came from the north where defeated by the harsh desert.Now the Bosmer of Valenwood believed that they alone where the true jewel for they had remained true to there mother Nirni, for they had been given the lush forest. And in this forest the first battle was fought. The scrolls warned us of a great army massing on the border to the west Valenwood. So all the Khajiit of fighting age assembled and prepared for there first war.As the Bosmer shouted there battle cry and the first Khajiit fell this was the first time in there history that one had not died of old age. The others seeing there brother fall charged forth, so the first blood had been shed of another race at the hand of a Khajiit. The battle lasted many days and nights thousands from both side lay dead in the forest. The invaders had been turned back and the Khajiit returned home a changed people there innocence had been taken from them. To the end of this Era many small conflicts where waged but none like the first one.
The start of the First Era
The Daedra Princes where enraged that they had influenced all the other races but had always been repelled by the Elders . So under the command of Molag Bal he gathered all the Daedra Princes together to make war against the Khajiit and the Elders that protected them.The scrolls warned us of the coming Daedra invasion so the sixteen Elders prepared for the upcoming battle.
This was the year 1E 2260.
The scrolls told us of the place that the rift would be opened, the place of our birth into this mortal plane was the location.On the day of the battle we all meet together united as one as we had done so many times before.Of the sixteen Elders, 4 had been granted great strength for they worn steel armor and carried a great shield and sword able to hold back the strongest foes,4 had been granted great speed and agility able to cut a path through the enemy at lightning speed.These 8 where our front line.In the back stood our casters able to wield the strongest magicka , 2 cast ice,2 lightning and 2 fire of which i was one. The last 2 cast spells one to consecrate the ground on which we stood so the taint of corruption would not pollute the land.The last my beloved sister Raj'shire cast spells to unite us all as one.
As the day began to end the air became heavy, the wind died down and a eerie silence fell upon the land.
As Masser and Secunda rose and joined together the third moon rose to join them its color as red as blood. As it was at the time of our births for this was the 2nd mane for no other had be seen from the first one till this night
As the final moon settled into place a crackling sound was heard as the rift from the planes of Oblivion started to open. We all stood ready for the battle . In one voice we shouted "FOR THE KHAJIIT". Then the rift opened only wide enough for a few hundred to pass through at a time , wave after wave of Daedra minions poured through. After a few hundred waves of minions a prince would appear. But each wave was cut down and none where allowed to pass as there bodies fell upon the hallowed ground it was returned back to the void.Many Princes where turned back that night and thousands on minions cut down. The battle raged all night and dawn would soon be upon us.
Now this was the night of my downfall.
As the rift was starting to close Molag Bal enraged by the defeat of his army, himself appeared through the rift. At this point i was growing weary for the battle was long and i had not much left to fight with. As he gazed upon us to see who could have turn back the forces that he had sent.His gaze rest upon me my heart was filled with a icy fear that numbed my very soul. As the last of my strength was failing my body numb the scroll in which i held so tight the source of all my power fell from my hand and hit the ground.My sister Raj'shiri who stood beside me feeling my pain as we where linked together dropped her scroll and grabbed me tight. She had stopped casting the unity spell and with two scrolls on the ground. The bond that held the sixteen together as one was broken. Molag Bal grabbed the fourteen in his icy grip and pulled them through the rift, as he did there scrolls fell to the ground.But he could not pull us two through as we where bond to each other and the rift was closing fast. With one last scream which shook the mortal plane the sixteen scrolls where cast to the four corners of Tamriel to be lost forever.And with the last breath from his nostrils before the rifted closed he separated my sister and me and we where hurled out into Tamriel never to see each other again.
With the Elders gone and only two left. Under the mane moon a mortal Khajiit male was born to be the first mane to help his people.
With the fall of the Elders and there protection gone the Thrassian Plague (which was created and caused by the bestial race known as the Sload) struck Tamriel in 1E 2260 and wiped out vast numbers of Khajiit, leaving behind only two primary kingdoms for only two Elders remained.
So this is the burden that i carry with me every day as i search for my beloved sister and my lost scroll. As i roam this land and fight the Daedra still a icy fear fills my heart .
This is the history of the Khajiit people from the beginning of there creation, some of this is lore most of it was never recorded down in history.
So if you talk to me today and i seem far away in another place you may know that i am thinking of my lost sister and my precious scroll that have been lost forever. Today you know the lost scrolls of the sixteen as the Elder Scrolls.
Rak'Shiri the Ancient One
Edited Jul 03, 2014 at 06:00 PM by 0