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None could argue now that the gods were fully involed in the realm of mortals, their slumber over and their wrath spilling into the world. The Lord of the Mountain was a flurry of activity, his people matching his fervour that shaped them into a terrible force. Mastering many kinds of weapon, club, spear, axe and for the few special warriors, even the sword. Their god even gifted with them with mighty beasts of burden that also doubled as mounts. They took to them quickly, the boars were a savage but ideal mount for the forest. Not as tall as horses so their rider was less endagered by branches and more than caperble of pushing through any forest growth. The mammoths too just barged anything out of the way and in the space of a week there were "highways" through the forest which the mammoths took at their Thorin riders direction.

The mammoth also were good for lifting things, specifically rocks and logs. It was with these that the building effort around Bellegar. The mountain Agron becomming a fortress city carved into the mountain, surrounded by lesser villages but all with a giant pallisade around it all. This great city was fed on the cave mushrooms and forest game, with an abundance of resources around them. Yet it was not enough, it seemed the earth god was also wise as he was strong. For he saw the strife of his people and seperated them out, creating a second place for them to live.

Many went there, including even Thorin. For some of them dispite their size prefered making things and more humble work to the vicious life of the proving ground and constant struggle. They did not mind though for they saw the wisdom in serving Bellegar through other means, not to mention they would be more at peace with their lives without the bullying threat of the warriors. So a second town was created, not as grand as the warrior captial Agron or not yet at least. For in it were many crafters and workers. They soon took to building strong wood houses or carving out caves, it actually had what could be called buildings compaired to the simpler warrior dwellings. Naturally trade between both hubs was rife.

One other trade route did spring up by chance, a hunter who happened upon harpie dominion. He would of been killed if it had not been for the harpies questioning him first about where he came from, in the hope of finding more man flesh. Once he spoke himself as a son of Bellegar he ended up leaving their domian with a basket full of fish, feathers and tools. In exchange for his hunting bow and arrows. It wasnt long before others came to them seeking trade and the mammoths were put to work carving a trade route through the forest to the mountain. Trading weapons and bows in exchange for fish, fletching feathers and trinkets such as jewlery which the harpies seemed to enjoy making.

Though not all was well it seemed in the world because the first divine blood had been spilled from one god to another. The missionaries of Chath on their long trek to the North were taken in to the city of Agron to meet Bellegar. Under orders not to strike first they complied, not that it would of mattered much as even travelling with an archon they could not hope to fend off an entire hostile people guided by a god. Bellegar's actions were great indeed, perhaps assuming them for spies or sensing conspiracy he mutilated them. One died of blood loss, the other survived but only after the priestess of Morganna dealt with them. The pact for healers well established by a statue in each land.

A message for war it seemed as Argron sent an army force, Bellegar at the head of the war host. The first army of the second age and somewhere, deep in the world. The death god twitched in his slumber.

Power came to Bellegar, his new city and his people prospering under his divine rule. Also the purpose of war, uniting them in faith against a foe in the south. However Morganna also gained power, her healers spreading little ripples of belief and some other women taking up their healing arts in an effort to learn. Some just simply wanting a way to help save those they cared about, a warrior society produced many casualties. (Bellegar power level 3, Morgana 5)

The hunter gather age was over, due to time and even perhaps morphic fields man had advanced enough to understand many things. Farming, advanced wooden construction, basic stone construction. Along with those, the first smelting had begun. Copper and bronze were now metals people understood, basic metal construction was possible with them.