Age of Silence:

Early in the Age of Silence Nahud, home plane of the Krilli, grew still. The nine titans that roamed the region had long since withered to bones and the Pseudo-Krilli wandered without aim. They wandered the northern plains as herders. Over time the krippling stillness that was consuming the world in the Age of Silence ensnared the Pseudo-Krilli. The nomads that wandered the north stopped moving, the land around them withered away, the winters bitterly cold.

Pushed by starvation, the nomads wandered south to the Middle and Upper Spires. In the foreign land they found budding saplings, thriving animals, and a world full of life. Towering above it all was a titan of bones embedded in the face of a mountain. From its ivory core a trickle of chaos dripped out, just enough to break the unchanging silence. More Pseudo-Krilli flocked into the shadow of the titan in search of a life.

Weathering the Unchanging stillness, the Pseudo-Krilli thrived in an otherwise stale period. The nomads settled in small villages that hunted, gathered, and herded. In time more titan bones were discovered and more communities of Pseudo-Krilli formed around them. They started worshiping the titan bones, waging war with neighboring villages over the control over the bones. Captives of war were sacrificed to bolster the oasis of chaos that allowed the Pseudo-Krilli to survive.

Early Age of Shadows:

As the Age of Silence came to an end Nahud blossomed with life. With solid bases of life around the titan bones, the countryside was quickly conquered by great expanse of grass and young forests. The now distinct Krilli spread their wings and returned to a life of nomadism and herding. Some remained in the shadows of the Titans but most left to explore new lands.

Over time the many bands of nomads established a tradition of migrating to the titan bones. Blood sacrifices faded away in favor of elaborate rituals to show respect towards the great titans. Those that had remained around the titan bones became the Protectors of the sacred places, a pseudo-priest class. Nomads would return to each bone site every few years and pay homage to the titans and tribute to the Protectors.

The Protectors rose up as a dominant group within the Krilli. Permanent settlement saw the cultivation of wheat, with nomads working the fields of the Protectors as a way to pay tribute. The settlements around the titan bones grew from minor religious communities to vast networks of villages and towns ruled by the Protectors. But as permanent settlement expanded into the countryland a threat rose from the west.

Kada Hira Dohoca, a vast kingdom of Dohoca that thrived far to the west, had already conquered the Lower Spire, not far from the homeland of the Krilli. The Dohoca had long been engrossed in the occult. Any artifacts from the Age of Silence or earlier immediately captured their interest. When word reached them of the great titan bones to the east the Dohoca lusted like never before. The Dohoca, leader of all Dohoca, mustered her army and sent them west to the land of the Krilli.

The landless nomads were washed away by the advancing Dohoca. Krilli warfare was limited to small scale raids, swift and sudden strikes that were over as soon as they started. The Dohoca marched across the Middle Spire with charritos, bowmen, and infantry. Some nomads resisted with hit and run attacks but most were forced to flee to the shadows of the Titan Bones in hopes of finding safety under the Protectors. The Dohocian Army marched upon the most important of the holy bone sites and ravaged the defenders. They conquered it and named the city Kauda Roul, meaning Titan’s Foully, thus began centuries of Dohocian rule over the Krilli.

Dohocian Rule:

With Kauda Roul under their grasp, the Dohoca turned their eyes upon the other Titan Bones spread across the Krilli lands. By the end of the decade most of the Middle Spire was under their control. The bone site settlements became administrative centers for Kada Hira Dohoca while the nomads were forced to pay tribute (cattle, soldiers, horses). The Protectors were stripped of control over the Titan Bones and thus most of their influence.

Over the coming decades Krilli society shifted under Kada Hira Dohoca. Most nomads, under increasing pressure from tribute demands, settled in the countryside as farmers under the Dohoca. Kauda Roul grew from a small village to a major settlement within the Middle Spire akin to the cities of the Dohoca. Slavers moved in during this period and launched raids on small nomadic groups and sold any captives back in the heartlands of Kada Hira Dohoca.

The Krilli of the Upper Spire fared better than their western brothers. The Dohoca only established several small outpost along the coast of the Upper Spire and made no attempt to further expand beyond slave raids. By the end of the 5th century the Dohoca held a firm control over most of the Spires and the Krilli of the Middle Spire had largely become farmers under their Dohoca Masters.

At the dawn of the 6th century the son of a Protector, Hittiad, cast off civilization and wandered into the wilderness. After months of isolation Hittiad came across a vast field of bones and at the center was the discarded hand of a titan. From its long fingers Hittiad honed a Staff of Bone. Taking this as a message from the Titans, Hittiad returned to civilization intent on casting the Dohoca out.

As word spread of Hittiad thousands of Krilli from all over the Middle Spire began to flock to him. Kada Hira Dohoca had been facing severe internal crises in their home land. Succession over the title of The Dohoca had become increasingly unclear, by the time of Hittiad’s revolt there were multiple claimants fighting over control of Kada Hira Dohoca. After several months of of guerrilla warfare and minor victories Hittiad marched on Kauda Roul. Unprepared and over extended, the Dohoca were massacred and the city fell to the Krilli. Unable to maintain control both his throne and the Krilli, The Dohoca ordered his armies to abandoned the Middle Spire. Victorious, Hittiad established the Kingdom of Bones and ushered in a new era of Krilli dominance.