Summoner™ 2

The Prophecy of Halassar:

Ages ago, Halassar was ruled by wise kings who worshipped the goddess Laharah.

In their myths, Laharah planted a seed that grew into the Tree of Eleh, the source of all creation. Laharah made the "First Born," who founded Kingdom of Halassar. After a great storm shattered Eleh, Laharah departed, but not before promising to return and heal the Tree.

In Laharah's absence, the kings of Halassar turned from the path of righteousness, and their worship of Laharah became a perverse, diabolical sorcery. These necromancers called themselves the "Nhuvasarim."

Githiran I, the first emperor of Galdyr, conquered Halassar and banished the Nhuvasarim. Githiran restored worship in Laharah as the benevolent creator. Prophets began to write of Halassar's rise from the ruins of the old empire, believing that Laharah would return to vanquish evil and heal the Tree of Eleh. Their writings were collected in the "Book of the Prophets."

Over two thousand years after Githiran's death, their prophecy came true.

The Goddess Reborn:

Twenty years before the start of Summoner 2, Surdama Kir, the Elder Priestess of Laharah, announced Maia's birth, foretold in the Book of the Prophets. As the goddess Laharah reborn, Maia was the rightful heir to the ancient throne of Halassar. King Azraman II, the ruler of Galdyr, opposed Maia's claim and accused the Elder Priestess of using the child to fulfill her own selfish ambitions.

Dreaming of paradise, millions rallied behind the child, including Azraman's own brother, Taurgis. Azraman fought to hold his kingdom together, but after a long struggle, Halassar achieved its independence. At the age of four, Maia won her throne.

The Rite of the Prophets:

Halassar mystics wrote the "Rite of the Prophets" thousands of years ago. The rite describes how Laharah planted the Tree of Eleh, how she created the First Born, and how a great storm destroyed the Tree of Eleh, unleashing evil into the world. Laharah left Halassar to find a way to mend the broken tree. She has returned as Maia, who must now fulfill Laharah's promise.

I
Laharah walked the desert of thirty suns. And in a stone she trapped them all but one. In the sand she sowed the seed from which the Tree of Eleh grew. Aosi is the wind that blows through its branches.

II
With blood, sand, and a branch of the tree, Laharah made the First Born. Halassar is the Kingdom where they dwelled, and so we are their children. With our eyes we can see the wind that sings through Eleh's branches.

III
The wind grew fierce. A storm rose up that broke the Tree of Eleh. Laharah wept as the long night fell, and darkness devoured he children. How to heal the broken tree? How to mend the branches? Laharah sailed from Halassar to dream the silent mystery.

IV
In the ninth century of the ninth age, a child of the mark is born. Laharah. Queen and savior. Halassar shall rise from the tomb of the righteous, for she is the goddess reborn. So it is written in the Book of the Prophets.