Loxleyhood
Fledgling Freddie
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Having a great personal interest in history and myth, being what first attracted me to DAoC over other games, I've done a bit of research. What follows is a narrative compiled from historical evidence, myth and the offical DAoC sites. It's only short, but I well write more. Don't take anything here for granted of course, although I have made none of this up, it's very easy to find huge contradictions in the celtic myths.
Histories – The Firbolg
Thus follows the first chapter of a report on the world, complied by the wise of the Academy with information gleaned from the realm's finest Scouts.
The third race to have invaded Hibernia, the Firbolg originally fled the ancient land of Greece where they were slaves. In Greece the titan Firbolgs were forced to carry the earth in giant bags up the mountains to establish farms, hence their name, Firbolgs, the men of bags. The two races that had already invaded Hibernia were the Partholanians, led by their Chief Parthalan who ruled for 300 years only to be wiped out by plague and the Nemedians (whom some say originated in Midgard, others in Scythia) who fought with great success against the Fomorians but were too all but wiped out by plague. Those that survived fled to Greece, where they were enslaved and their decendants became the Firbolg.
For 300 years the Firbolg endured their toils, but they kept alive the stories of a green land where their fathers lived unfettered. One day the Firbolg rebelled against their masters and built a fleet of ships out of their bags and around 5000 Firbolg sailed to freedom. This is how the bards tell the tale but it is far more likely that the Firbolg stole the Greeks’ ships. The Firbolg sailed to Spain and then finally to Hibernia in the year 2276BC, landing at Blackrod Bay in northwest Ireland in what is today the Barony of Erris in County Mayo. However, on the way a great storm split the Firbolg fleet in three. These three fleets became the Firdomnann, the Firgalion and the Firbolg. They ruled in the 23rd to 18th centuries, until the coming of the elves, at their capital, Tara, under their King, Slainge. They divided the kingdom between the three tribes, the Firdomnann in Connacht and Munster, the Firgalion in Leinster and the Firbolg in Ulster. For many years the Firbolg lived in peace, with the exception of occasional raids by the Fomorians.
The city of Tara in our times has many connections with what the Firbolg know as the ‘Otherworld’. The Firbolg themselves consider this a link to the afterlife, and many of their Kings are buried here. The burial mounds are also considered to be homes to the elves, and it may well have a connection with the veil, but that is pure speculation.
The Firbolg, having learnt knowledge from the Greeks brought bronze and international trade to Hibernia, ruling over a thriving tin trade from both Spain and Cornwall.
A peaceful people, the Firbolg had only limited conflict with the Fomorians, and on occasion happily cohabitated with them and even mated. The Firbolg gained a strong bond between themselves and the very nature of Hibernia, and lived in freedom and peace, until one day, when the Tuatha de Danann arrived…
Histories – The Firbolg
Thus follows the first chapter of a report on the world, complied by the wise of the Academy with information gleaned from the realm's finest Scouts.
The third race to have invaded Hibernia, the Firbolg originally fled the ancient land of Greece where they were slaves. In Greece the titan Firbolgs were forced to carry the earth in giant bags up the mountains to establish farms, hence their name, Firbolgs, the men of bags. The two races that had already invaded Hibernia were the Partholanians, led by their Chief Parthalan who ruled for 300 years only to be wiped out by plague and the Nemedians (whom some say originated in Midgard, others in Scythia) who fought with great success against the Fomorians but were too all but wiped out by plague. Those that survived fled to Greece, where they were enslaved and their decendants became the Firbolg.
For 300 years the Firbolg endured their toils, but they kept alive the stories of a green land where their fathers lived unfettered. One day the Firbolg rebelled against their masters and built a fleet of ships out of their bags and around 5000 Firbolg sailed to freedom. This is how the bards tell the tale but it is far more likely that the Firbolg stole the Greeks’ ships. The Firbolg sailed to Spain and then finally to Hibernia in the year 2276BC, landing at Blackrod Bay in northwest Ireland in what is today the Barony of Erris in County Mayo. However, on the way a great storm split the Firbolg fleet in three. These three fleets became the Firdomnann, the Firgalion and the Firbolg. They ruled in the 23rd to 18th centuries, until the coming of the elves, at their capital, Tara, under their King, Slainge. They divided the kingdom between the three tribes, the Firdomnann in Connacht and Munster, the Firgalion in Leinster and the Firbolg in Ulster. For many years the Firbolg lived in peace, with the exception of occasional raids by the Fomorians.
The city of Tara in our times has many connections with what the Firbolg know as the ‘Otherworld’. The Firbolg themselves consider this a link to the afterlife, and many of their Kings are buried here. The burial mounds are also considered to be homes to the elves, and it may well have a connection with the veil, but that is pure speculation.
The Firbolg, having learnt knowledge from the Greeks brought bronze and international trade to Hibernia, ruling over a thriving tin trade from both Spain and Cornwall.
A peaceful people, the Firbolg had only limited conflict with the Fomorians, and on occasion happily cohabitated with them and even mated. The Firbolg gained a strong bond between themselves and the very nature of Hibernia, and lived in freedom and peace, until one day, when the Tuatha de Danann arrived…
