Emeraldites - EL

According to the Emeraldites themselves. They were the first to discover and inhabit Templehelm. They brought with them the worship of Planu.

Emeraldite History
The Emeraldites were the first to populate Templehelm hundreds of generations ago. They were once a large Empire that found this land through exploration. When hearing about the wonderful abundance and tranquility that the uninhabited land offered; The Ruling Family of the Emeraldites couldn't wait to see it for themselves and make it their new home. The Emeraldites worshipped Planu - and their settling in Templehelm even pre-dates the coming of the New Deities. Over the years the Emeraldites Waged many wars in distant lands from the safety of their castle in Templehelm.

But one disastrous conflict saw them lose nearly everything - everything but Templehelm. It was only through their worship of Planu and the construction of a magnificent Temple in is honor that protected them from the onslaught of their enemies."

The Emeraldites would continue to offer protection to those that continued to migrate to Templehelm and came in the search for the fertility and riches the virgin land provided, as long as they paid their taxes and offered their first-born to the Emeraldite Army.

The Birth
Then strange things began to happen in Templehelm... Stories of Trees falling on Woodsman, Camp-Fires reaching out and snatching children, Ravines opening up and swallowing whole villages, The seas rising up and then pulling boats down into the deep abyss, the sun burning so hot it cooked pigs in their pens, then just as quickly an Ice-storm would blow across the land and freeze people solid where they stood.

Needless to say that once news of these strange happenings began to spread across the land - people left en-mass. Leaving only the Emeraldites and a few who embraced the supernatural and wanted to commune with these powerful forces that were taking over the land.

Now - thousands of years later - the only people willing to live in Templehelm are those that worship the six Deities that took over the land - and my King.

The Emeraldites are believed to be the only souls that had the blessing from Planu himself to live in this land without worshipping the six Deities, but with this blessing comes a Promise from the Emeralidte King that he will not interfere with the affairs of other Kings, will not claim dominion over the Land of Templehelm and will protect it from any external forces.