The Founding

§4╔╦══╗ ╔══╦╗ §4╚╩╝ ╚╩╝ §r§0 §4 ·ï¡÷¡ï· §r§0 §l T H E §r§0 §l F O U N D I N G §r§0 §4 ·ï¡÷¡ï· §r§0 §4╔╦══╗ ╔══╦╗ §4╚╩╝ ╚╩╝

§4 ·ï¡÷¡ï· §r§0 §r§0 §r§0 §4 ╚══╩══╝ §r§0 §l THE ORIGINS §r§0 §4 ╔══╦══╗ §r§0 §r§0 §r§0 §4 ·ï¡÷¡ï·

§4 ·ï¡÷¡ï· §r§0 In the first cycles of the First Age of the First World, when the lands were still young and the people new, there was a small chasm that many called home. For a long time, the people of this §r§0 §4 ·ï¡÷¡ï·

§4 ·ï¡÷¡ï· §r§0 chasm worked hard and worked together, content and carefree to a fault. To their doom. §r§0 Darkness crept in, unnoticed. §r§0 §r§0 §4 ·ï¡÷¡ï·

§4 ·ï¡÷¡ï· §r§0 Sensing a weakness in the people, it mani- fested itself within the chasm, gaining power and strength with each passing day. Per- ceiving its time had come, the darkness then struck hard and §r§0 §4 ·ï¡÷¡ï·

§4 ·ï¡÷¡ï· §r§0 fast, sparing none in its way and pillaging the chasm until only a withered husk re- mained. §r§0 This was the first of the Great Disasters of the old days. §r§0 §4 ·ï¡÷¡ï·

§4 ·ï¡÷¡ï· §r§0 Their home in ruins and their population decimated, the sur- viving chasmfolk be- came the founders of many new places, which would, in turn, grow into homes for many more to come. §r§0 §4 ·ï¡÷¡ï·

§4 ·ï¡÷¡ï· §r§0 Thus, the world was populated and the First Age came to an end. §r§0 §r§0 §r§0 §r§0 §r§0 §r§0 §4 ·ï¡÷¡ï·

§4 ·ï¡÷¡ï· §r§0 §r§0 §r§0 §4 ╚══╩══╝ §r§0 §l THE ANCIENTS §r§0 §4 ╔══╦══╗ §r§0 §r§0 §r§0 §4 ·ï¡÷¡ï·

§4 ·ï¡÷¡ï· §r§0 §r§0 ▀█▀ ▄█▄ §r§0 §r§0 The scouring of the chasm scattered its people to the four quadrants of the §r§0 §4 ·ï¡÷¡ï·

§4 ·ï¡÷¡ï· §r§0 world, sparking the birth of new ter- ritories and settle- ments. Three sailed north- east and vanished in a labyrinth beneath the sea. §r§0 §r§0 §4 ·ï¡÷¡ï·

§4 ·ï¡÷¡ï· §r§0 Five travelled southwest and erec- ted monuments and towers that reached to the heavens. Two escaped west and mined great caverns for their mountain kingdom. §r§0 §4 ·ï¡÷¡ï·

§4 ·ï¡÷¡ï· §r§0 And one of the chasmfolk remained near the cradle of life, creating a new home away from the ruins. He was called SomethingSaucy. Soon other refugees and people new to the §r§0 §4 ·ï¡÷¡ï·

§4 ·ï¡÷¡ï· §r§0 world were drawn to the area, joining him in his endeavour. The new settlement became known as the Blue City, due to the plentiful deposits of azure stone beneath the ground. Under §r§0 §4 ·ï¡÷¡ï·

§4 ·ï¡÷¡ï· §r§0 SomethingSaucy's guidance, the city saw a golden age of wealth and splendour. Thus, the first Ancient came forth. §r§0 §r§0 §r§0 §r§0 §4 ·ï¡÷¡ï·

§4 ·ï¡÷¡ï· §r§0 §r§0 ▀█▀█▀ ▄█▄█▄ §r§0 §r§0 Among the bluefolk was a man named Ttocs_Is_Awe. He, who hailed from a distant §r§0 §4 ·ï¡÷¡ï·

§4 ·ï¡÷¡ï· §r§0 wilderness, was soon awed by the kindness of the people and saw the Blue City to be more to his liking. He developed an interest in writing and built a house of books for important texts, §r§0 §4 ·ï¡÷¡ï·

§4 ·ï¡÷¡ï· §r§0 becoming its pro- tector from there on. Eventually, he also became the successor of SomethingSaucy as the leader of the bluefolk. Thus, the second Ancient came forth. §r§0 §4 ·ï¡÷¡ï·

§4 ·ï¡÷¡ï· §r§0 §r§0 ▀█▀█▀█▀ ▄█▄█▄█▄ §r§0 §r§0 Another man, too, hailed from the wilds and came to live with the bluefolk. His name §r§0 §4 ·ï¡÷¡ï·

§4 ·ï¡÷¡ï· §r§0 was NateMagic and he joined the city after an invitation from kinsmen already living there. NateMagic was a cunning man and soon became the warden of the Blue City, keeping track of §r§0 §4 ·ï¡÷¡ï·

§4 ·ï¡÷¡ï· §r§0 all who entered its gates. Thus, the third Ancient came forth. §r§0 §r§0 §r§0 §r§0 §r§0 §r§0 §4 ·ï¡÷¡ï·

§4 ·ï¡÷¡ï· §r§0 §r§0 §r§0 §4 ╚══╩══╝ §r§0 §l THE TRANSITION §r§0 §4 ╔══╦══╗ §r§0 §r§0 §r§0 §4 ·ï¡÷¡ï·

§4 ·ï¡÷¡ï· §r§0 It was at this point that the Blue City and its sister city in the southwest reached new heights of success. More than once had the dark- ness attempted to pillage and burn, only §r§0 §4 ·ï¡÷¡ï·

§4 ·ï¡÷¡ï· §r§0 to be fought back each time by those who had learned the lessons of the chasm. But the darkness is not so easily dis- couraged. It used new tactics on the Gray City in §r§0 §4 ·ï¡÷¡ï·

§4 ·ï¡÷¡ï· §r§0 the southwest, those proud lords of the many towers that pierce the clouds, poisoning their minds with promises of power and embroiling them in bitter conflict. Watching in horror, §r§0 §4 ·ï¡÷¡ï·

§4 ·ï¡÷¡ï· §r§0 the bluefolk witnessed their sister city tear itself apart, its laws abolished. The Gray City, a place of freedom and wealth, was defeated. Unable to ignore the symptoms in their §r§0 §4 ·ï¡÷¡ï·

§4 ·ï¡÷¡ï· §r§0 own rule of law, the people of the Blue City lost all hope, abandoning their homes and fleeing to safe havens. The darkness observed; its work was complete. Thus, the light of §r§0 §4 ·ï¡÷¡ï·

§4 ·ï¡÷¡ï· §r§0 the First Cities was extinguished and the Second Age came to an end. §r§0 §r§0 §r§0 §r§0 §r§0 §r§0 §4 ·ï¡÷¡ï·

§4 ·ï¡÷¡ï· §r§0 §r§0 §r§0 §4 ╚══╩══╝ §r§0 §l THE BEGINNING §r§0 §4 ╔══╦══╗ §r§0 §r§0 §r§0 §4 ·ï¡÷¡ï·

§4 ·ï¡÷¡ï· §r§0 Of the multitudes who retreated from the Blue City, the man named NateMagic travelled the longest. His journey took him to the farthest reaches of his former realm; to the lonely, §r§0 §4 ·ï¡÷¡ï·

§4 ·ï¡÷¡ï· §r§0 frozen metal mines of the north. There he sought to find solace from the cruelties of these new times. Before the disaster, he had visited the other cities and forced people to read §r§0 §4 ·ï¡÷¡ï·

§4 ·ï¡÷¡ï· §r§0 his writings. Once this no longer angered them, he was surprised and so found a true liking for books. And so, he bravely set to building a great hall in this distant land of snow and ice. This §r§0 §4 ·ï¡÷¡ï·

§4 ·ï¡÷¡ï· §r§0 place became later known as The Citadel. After some time, word of his new pursuits reached the bluefolk named SomethingSaucy and Ttocs_Is_Awe. Being of the same origin and with mutual §r§0 §4 ·ï¡÷¡ï·

§4 ·ï¡÷¡ï· §r§0 interests, they decided to join him. So they invited some kinsmen with them, prepared for the journey and went forth. Once there, they ex- panded the great hall, now a house of texts, §r§0 §4 ·ï¡÷¡ï·

§4 ·ï¡÷¡ï· §r§0 and built a village next to it. Together, all the refugees and their kinsmen started col- lecting books and writing new ones. It was then the Three Ancients reached an agreement and named §r§0 §4 ·ï¡÷¡ï·

§4 ·ï¡÷¡ï· §r§0 themselves and their undertaking. Thus, the Maester Alliance came forth. §r§0 §r§0 §r§0 §r§0 §r§0 §r§0 §4 ·ï¡÷¡ï·

§4 ·ï¡÷¡ï· §r§0 §oAs recorded from the §o oral history of the §o Maester Alliance by §r§0 §4 Maester Flaminius §r§0 §o & §r§0 §4 Maester Logic §r§0 §4 ·ï¡÷¡ï·

§4 ·ï¡÷¡ï· §r§0 §4 ╚══╩══╝ §r§0 §l Maester §l Alliance §r§0 §6§l Tenpo §6§l Assembly §r§0 §4 ╔══╦══╗ §r§0 §4 ·ï¡÷¡ï·