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The Tower of Babal
The first great city on Coera, the first true city where men lived off the excess of the landscape around them, where their primary occupation was not farming or shepherding or gathering, was the city of Babal. Their primary occupation was war, and their Jezebel was the reincarnation of Lil.
Built on the foundations laid by the Delvers, the Underworlders, and populated by agrarian clans united against plains horsemen, Babal developed over the course of a millenia from a town of several hundred (there were many such towns) to a metropolis of millions. When Lil was first reincarnated, no-one even suspected that it was possible, and no-one thought it was worth preparing for. When the clansmen united against the horsemen, no-one thought it was more than another political ripple in the currents of rapidly changing human politics. When the town became a city and moved to the rock of Babal, watchers took note of the development, and wondered how long such a thing could sustain itself. When the Jezebel, Lady of the city, did not die or even age over the course of many lifetimes (a typical lifetime being 250 years or so), there was great worry, especially as Babal now sustained itself and even grew strictly by conquest and tribute. Magic and knowledge of underworld passages allowed the warriors of Babal to hit towns and villages hundreds of leagues away and return to their own city in one week. Advanced technology provided by the Jezebel made them unstoppable.
When it became clear that Babal was not to be overthrown by conventional means, even with the aid of the elf-gods, Adam and Eva intervened with their sons Cain and Able. But Lil, ever the crafty one, seduced Cain and convinced him to kill Able. While Cain never joined Lil's cause, he was cast to the wilds and succeeded by Seth. Eva would not see another of her sons fall to naivete, however, so she enlisted another of his brothers as his mentor. But since there were none experienced beside Cain, Eva pulled a brother from a future time to mentor Seth.
While Seth proved capable of unseating the Jezebel at Babal, he was not able to decorporate her, only disperse her city by removing human's ability to understand the language of heaven. The city quickly dissolved when no man could speak to another, and Lil slinked away to her spiderhole.
It was Enoch, son of Eva, who succeeded Seth as the ruler of Tseon - city on the hill that was Babal - and led it to a period of prosperity that lasted nearly a millenia, balancing Lil's rule.
Built on the foundations laid by the Delvers, the Underworlders, and populated by agrarian clans united against plains horsemen, Babal developed over the course of a millenia from a town of several hundred (there were many such towns) to a metropolis of millions. When Lil was first reincarnated, no-one even suspected that it was possible, and no-one thought it was worth preparing for. When the clansmen united against the horsemen, no-one thought it was more than another political ripple in the currents of rapidly changing human politics. When the town became a city and moved to the rock of Babal, watchers took note of the development, and wondered how long such a thing could sustain itself. When the Jezebel, Lady of the city, did not die or even age over the course of many lifetimes (a typical lifetime being 250 years or so), there was great worry, especially as Babal now sustained itself and even grew strictly by conquest and tribute. Magic and knowledge of underworld passages allowed the warriors of Babal to hit towns and villages hundreds of leagues away and return to their own city in one week. Advanced technology provided by the Jezebel made them unstoppable.
When it became clear that Babal was not to be overthrown by conventional means, even with the aid of the elf-gods, Adam and Eva intervened with their sons Cain and Able. But Lil, ever the crafty one, seduced Cain and convinced him to kill Able. While Cain never joined Lil's cause, he was cast to the wilds and succeeded by Seth. Eva would not see another of her sons fall to naivete, however, so she enlisted another of his brothers as his mentor. But since there were none experienced beside Cain, Eva pulled a brother from a future time to mentor Seth.
While Seth proved capable of unseating the Jezebel at Babal, he was not able to decorporate her, only disperse her city by removing human's ability to understand the language of heaven. The city quickly dissolved when no man could speak to another, and Lil slinked away to her spiderhole.
It was Enoch, son of Eva, who succeeded Seth as the ruler of Tseon - city on the hill that was Babal - and led it to a period of prosperity that lasted nearly a millenia, balancing Lil's rule.
// posted by Wray Davis @ 9:12 PM 
