Atlantis Part 2

When the children of Atlas arrived on this earth, it began the Fourth Age of the Golden Aspen according to the Sylvan Chroniclers. More precisely, it was Sylvan Year (SY) 3487 or approximately 15,000BC, during the time of the Younger Dryas (mini-ice age). Much of the northern hemisphere was cold and dry, even in the summertime, with glaciers creeping as far as three-hundreds leagues further south than they were today.

Already, the Tuatha De were well invested in world civilizations, the Dvergr Dwarfs had been in Tirnan Yog over two-thousand years and the Sylvan Elves who were fated to share the Emerald Isle with the new arrivals. Then there were the humans. Barely mucking around in mud huts, developing early agriculture, they were making the transition from hunter-gatherer to agrarian based civilizations. They were the only true natives of this world, except for the Neanderthals, who were nearly extinct, living in small tribes in the most remote areas of the Wilds as far away from human settlements as they could manage.

The Atlanteans brought a new and unexpected dynamic that would change the world forever. Powerless to return to the stars, yet still a very advanced society, they would grow to dominate the world-stage in less than fifteen-hundred years. From a place that would be someday known as Sirius, they looked alien even to those with exaggerated humanoid features like the Sylvan and the Dwarfs.

The physical appearance of an Atlantean was very striking. They were typically tall with males averaging 7’, they were very lean and muscular with a tiny waste, wide shoulders and deceivingly thin arms and legs. Their facial features were sharp with high cheek bones, oversized, almond-shaped eyes and generally clean cut. Their hair was almost always brown or black. Most unusual was the blue tint to their pale skin and elongated skulls that curve slightly back at about a 110 degree angle from their neck. Otherwise, the rest of their anatomy was much like a typical humanoid. They liked to dress in tailored clothing in natural earth tones. The men preferred sharp angles in an almost military fashion. The Women enjoyed tight fitting gowns with a little more color. Although physically the same as other humanoids, the Atlantean was unable to produce a child with any other race, it was unknown why this was the case. As strange as they appeared, even the dwarfs found them beautiful to gaze upon.

In addition, they were powerful in the magical arts. The Atlanteans brought with them strange red crystals that they coveted above all else and carefully protected them from outsiders. The crystals were known to provide the energy for their magic and they built a network of structures across the globe to house them so that they would always have access to their power wherever they went. Sometimes the buildings looked like towers, most of the time they resembled pyramids, but always they blended into the architecture and style of the culture where they were based. Somehow, the Atlantean wizards learned how to convert their crystals into liquid metal and they coated the places they revered the most with it. The Emperors Palace and the Temple of their strange god, Pontus, were liberally covered with orichalcum metal. The reasons for this were obscure, but the Sylvan Elders speculated that even in metallic form, the orichalcum still projected power.

The Atlanteans were a wise and gentle people from the beginning. They respected nature, only taking what they needed and planned for their future needs by reconstituting the environment to minimize their disruption. The Sylvans, unsure if they wanted another civilization growing on the Emerald Isle, came to understand the Atlanteans and gifted them the southern half of the island that they never planned to settle themselves. In time, the two cultures developed trust and flourished together.

Over the centuries the Atlantean Empire grew powerful if not expansive. Their philosophy was not rooted in conquest and domination of foreign lands. They preferred a passive approach. In every developed and developing human nation, the Atlanteans were present, perhaps unseen if the culture was unaccepting of their mild assistance. Some societies worshiped the Atlanteans as demi-gods, others considered them “Star-people” and still others saw them as they were. Regardless of the circumstance, the Atlanteans goal was always the same – assist with peace and prosperity. That meant teaching advanced agricultural techniques such as irrigation, diverting water flow with dams and reservoirs, farming, domesticating animals, and so on. Politically, they would help leaders develop trade partnerships with their neighbors, peace treaties and civil laws. The Atlanteans would never take sides in a conflict or disagreement between nations unless a tyrant was threating to destabilize a region or mistreat their people.

The Atlanteans quietly spread the benefit of their influence to every part of the globe, except one – the subcontinent of Mu. Numerous small kingdoms inhabited by a race of reptiles in humanoid form that walked upright and wore clothes and armor, just like humans. They had forward-facing eyes, long snouts filled with sharp teeth, scaly green or brown skin, and thick tails that reached to the ground. The problem was that they were very aggressive by their nature, and bent on conquest and slavery. Worst of all, they had a taste for human flesh. Fortunately, the reptilians mostly fought among themselves and on the rare occasion that they left their home to prey upon human settlements outside their borders, the Atlanteans would choose sides against them. The reptilians were a problem the Atlanteans hoped very much to contain.

The Atlanteans have a very close relationship with the Elves of Avalon, The Tuatha De and the Dwarves of Tirnan Yog. It was not unusual to find dwarves, elves, and humans from all over the planet mingling in the Cultural center that was Atlantis. All were welcome and all were treated with respect as long as they follow the law.

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