The Lightning Star
27-01-2005, 06:44
Lightning Starian City of Orlikos
High atop the Krakar Mountains lies the city of Orlikos. A fairly large city of 170,000 , it was once the capital of one of the kingdoms that made up The Lightning Star. 20 years ago, it was the heart of The Lightning Star's economy, but today it is nothing more than a slum. The cold concrete buildings are covered in grafitti and snow, and gangs rule the street. For men like Cdaja Ymmyrvummufan, who had lived here before the decline, this was a disgrace. Some men decided that it was all too much and commited suicide. Others, like Cdaja, made a stand for what they believed was right.
"People of Orlikos! Hear me and hear me well!" Cdaja shouted from atop an overturned dumpster in front of a crowd of vagabonds, the homeless, and the un-employed. "Our government,"he began, "the Islamic Carthaginian Empire, has turned it's back on us! We, who served it so well for many years, have been forgotten and left for dead. Fellow Lightning Starians, we must take back what was once ours! The Imperial Government is dead. Mega-capitalist corporations run the country now. Even the Emperor himself has been corrupted!
In the old days, when the government was corrupt, our people would revolt. But now, we have been turned into sheep! Our glorious people, which had stood our ground against such massive powers as Jangle Jangle Ridge, which had won our freedom through civil war, and who conquered huge swathes of land, has been reduced to a petty capitalist-paradise! We must rise up against Capitalist Opression, now! Are you with me?" Cdaja finished and then sat on the dumpster. At first, the crowd was in complete and utter awe; no one dared to speak of the Empire that way. But then they realised, what this man had said was right. Then one man began to clap. Then another, and another, until finally the entire crowd was cheering Cdaja. Cdaja then stood up and said, "Come now, fellow revolutionaries! To the armory!"
High atop the Krakar Mountains lies the city of Orlikos. A fairly large city of 170,000 , it was once the capital of one of the kingdoms that made up The Lightning Star. 20 years ago, it was the heart of The Lightning Star's economy, but today it is nothing more than a slum. The cold concrete buildings are covered in grafitti and snow, and gangs rule the street. For men like Cdaja Ymmyrvummufan, who had lived here before the decline, this was a disgrace. Some men decided that it was all too much and commited suicide. Others, like Cdaja, made a stand for what they believed was right.
"People of Orlikos! Hear me and hear me well!" Cdaja shouted from atop an overturned dumpster in front of a crowd of vagabonds, the homeless, and the un-employed. "Our government,"he began, "the Islamic Carthaginian Empire, has turned it's back on us! We, who served it so well for many years, have been forgotten and left for dead. Fellow Lightning Starians, we must take back what was once ours! The Imperial Government is dead. Mega-capitalist corporations run the country now. Even the Emperor himself has been corrupted!
In the old days, when the government was corrupt, our people would revolt. But now, we have been turned into sheep! Our glorious people, which had stood our ground against such massive powers as Jangle Jangle Ridge, which had won our freedom through civil war, and who conquered huge swathes of land, has been reduced to a petty capitalist-paradise! We must rise up against Capitalist Opression, now! Are you with me?" Cdaja finished and then sat on the dumpster. At first, the crowd was in complete and utter awe; no one dared to speak of the Empire that way. But then they realised, what this man had said was right. Then one man began to clap. Then another, and another, until finally the entire crowd was cheering Cdaja. Cdaja then stood up and said, "Come now, fellow revolutionaries! To the armory!"