Thousands of years ago, when the land of Chevalin was but a small speck within the never ending universe, magic began leak into it's dimension. This magic, pure and gentle, caressed the earth, growing the lush grasses upon the once barren lands and filling the empty seas with endless oceans. The skies, formerly dark and grey, were painted brilliantly with with brightest of blues one could imagine, the canvas decorated with playful, wispy clouds. The world was perfect, and yet, magic did not stop, for the world that was created was empty.

From the skies came birds, from the sea came fish, and from the land came a variety of other small creatures. However, there was still no creature that could stand in awe of the creation around them and worship it. As the years went by, new beings formed, their creation more significant than others. Eons passed and intelligent life faded in and out of existence, none able to respect the world in which they were created. When it seemed life had failed most, nature took back it’s world, with the now saturated magic Aether. But where did this magic come from? Another magical dimension, where it too had created it’s own life. In the world of Aetherian, as the magic flowed, a winged beast came from the skies, and shortly after, a horned beast came from the sea. Emerging from the clouds and sea foam respectively, the two creatures were the first of their kind, alone in a world that could not understand them. Yet somehow, the two were able to live in harmony, calling themselves by their new names. The winged beast proclaimed his name Pegasus, and the horned beast proclaimed her name Unicorn. Discovering their similarities, the two intelligent beasts banded together, for they only had each other.

Thousands of years passed and many other Pegasus and Unicorns emerged from the sky and sea, joining up with their respective leader. The two groups lived in harmony, the Pegasus ruling the sky and the Unicorns ruling the seas. Both left the land to the animals they had stewardship over, establishing the land as common ground that would remain unclaimed by either beast. Although the majority of the herds stayed with their own kind, friendships among the two beasts were not unheard of. Pegasus and Unicorn were, after all, dear friends and companions as they only had one another for several hundred years. They encouraged peace between their children, teaching love and acceptance of each other's differences. However, everything would soon change.

 

 

 

 

 

When magic began resonating within the bodies and souls of the beasts, Unicorns were blessed with the ability to learn more magic than the Pegasus. Some began to see this as divinity, causing the Unicorns to become arrogant and prideful, filling their hearts with vanity - even their once humble leader took pride in her people. Pegasus, on the other hand, could only learn one magical power, making them "inferior" to their companion beasts. The rivalry between herds began, and as their quarrels escalated, the magic within the world became tainted. This tainted magic did its work, delving deep within the lagoons and abysses in the world to create a third being, one that would hopefully band the two groups together once again. A hauntingly beautiful beast arose from the world's depths, the creature calling herself Kelpie.

Kelpie, being birthed from the waters, was taken in by the Unicorns, and as more of them arose from the depths, they were welcomed. The Pegasus paid no mind to the relationship between the Kelpies and the Unicorns, remaining silent within their kingdom in the sky for a few hundred years, only having very limited contact to the earth and its dwellers. In this time, a Kelpie and Unicorn had relations, birthing a pure black half breed that was frightening and alluring at the same time. Kelpies, pure beings at this time, were unaware that this filly would be their undoing and revealer of their true forms. Baba Yaga, the black filly, was the first half breed of any of the beasts, as Pegasus and Unicorns had kept to their own when it came to creating offspring. However, despite the coexistence of the Unicorns and the Kelpies, Baba Yaga was not so eagerly received.

You see, dearest reader, many Unicorns were leery of the black filly, because out of all the foals born, all Unicorns had been white. Seen as a bad omen, Baba Yaga was shunned, the filly first feeling despair in her heart where seething anger would soon harbor. As she aged, Baba Yaga saw how others viewed her, yet Unicorn tried to accept the young mare. Unicorn herself took the half beast under her guidance to teach the child that was shared by both mares. Despite the combined herds' beliefs, the two leaders lived and ruled peacefully together - until Kelpie saw how her children were treated by those of Unicorn. Unicorns began shunning Kelpies, forcing them away since the birth of Baba Yaga, who was now a few hundred years old. Baba Yaga saw this and sought out Kelpie, who agreed that they deserved better. However, when they sought council with Unicorn, the white beast denied anything wrong and was blind to the pain her people were causing the Kelpies. Enraged, Kelpie felt contempt boil in her belly, whisking Baba Yaga away quickly.

Kelpie began shaking, her lip quivering and her body pulsing with the dark magic that lived within her since creation. Her glamour that made her appear beautiful eroded, her image becoming absolutely terrifying. Baba Yaga shrieked, shying away from the now monstrous looking beast before her, what once was a beautiful mare, long gone. Kelpie huffed, snapping her jaw viciously, her appearance more akin to the serpents of the sea than an elegant Kelpie. As her anger subsided, her body altered back to her previous form, the new found power becoming her plan. Kelpie groomed Baba Yaga, teaching her to control her shifting and use it to her will. No other Kelpie knew of their secret, but true forms, and Kelpie was going to use that to her advantage. After Baba Yaga mastered her shifting and was thoroughly against Unicorn due to all of Kelpie's teachings and persuading, the time came.


Unicorn, ignorantly oblivious to Baba Yaga's secret training, was still inviting the black mare to her for teachings. One day, when the two mares were at the shores alone, the black mare lunged out, revealing her true form as she struck. Unicorn let out a shrill squeal, the black mare's morphed maw clutching the unicorn's throat. The white beast struggled, kicking out her hooves, but her efforts were useless. Kelpie, who had been lurking in the sea, rose up to stare at the dead leader. She could save her people now, and make sure that they were never hurt, having Baba Yaga at her side. But, the ordeal alerted other Unicorns, the white children outraged at the betrayal of those they took in. With a combined effort, the Unicorns did all they could: chase the wretched Kelpies into the ocean. After every last Kelpie was banished to a city in the choppy waters, the Unicorns used their magic together to seal and sink the city, sending it far below, into the depths of the deepest abyss, hoping to rid the world of Kelpies forever.

The whole ordeal was spectated by Pegasus in the clouds, the sky beasts horrified by what had happened. Saddened by the death of his once dear friend, Pegasus reached out to the children of the sea, reestablishing a relationship with them. After rekindling the bond between sky and sea, a new Unicorn leader arose. This stallion called himself "King" and claimed to rule over the Unicorns, his name Valraldic. Valraldic promised to lead with nobility and chivalry, and the Unicorns followed him loyally. With the tainting of magic that was once pure, Unicorns and Pegasus soon began coming in all shades, their once exclusive pure white coats now a rarity. Pegasus and his original followers and Valraldic were the only pure white beasts left. Under the rule of Valraldic, the Unicorns began mingling with the Pegasus again, however, several hundred years later, trouble would brew once more. Those with the gift of clairvoyance warned that the Kelpies and their leader Baba Yaga would return. They saw images of death and ruin, they pleaded with Valraldic and the Pegasus leader to return them to safety.

 

It was in the same weeks their fear grew, that a rip in the magic world was found, leaking its magic into a world unknown to Pegasus and Unicorn kind. There it was decided, that they would flee, leaving their homes for Baba Yaga to overtake. They could only pray she would not follow. This new world was known as Chevalin.

The new world they fled to however, was not uninhabited by it’s own creatures, and Pegasus and Unicorn kind found they would have to share their new home. Pegasus feared the new creature whom called itself horse, and made the decision to recreate their cloud castles in the sky. There it was decided they would stay, free from the chaos of difference. Unicorn kind, and their leader however, decided far differently.

What happens next in history is what you know already - Valraldic took control of the horses by leading them astray, many forgetting their true past, and believing that the world belonged to them. Valraldic would prove to be a cruel and elitist leader, treating mortal horses with discriminatory practices. Only one unicorn would stand up for them, a unicorn known as Vellamine. It was Vellamine who would sacrifice her life as a unicorn to lock her magical kin on an island where she hoped no mortal horse would ever have to encounter the king Valraldic again. Over the lands of Chevalin they were divided into different factions. When Vellamine sealed away the Unicorns, creatures who fell far from grace, her seal effectively locked the Pegasus, who were silent and forgotten by many, in their sky kingdom. Years passed and the mortal factions of horses across the lands of Chevalin had trials of their own, causing war and a set of chain reactions that would release the unicorns once again. Vellamine, who had been in hiding under the guise of the name BaYagu for the last hundred years knew what she had to do. If Valraldic would not be locked away, he must be destroyed. When Vellamine, now BaYagu, sacrificed herself to rid the world of Valraldic, her spell of destruction ruined the world they knew.

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The sky shattered, causing the sky kingdom to fall and crumble. Pegasus and his family, still living after so many years, perished in the fall, their bodies tumbling to the earth with their kingdom. His youngest son, Celestine, was the only surviving member of the royal family. Leaderless and afraid, the peaceful Pegasus sought refuge, following Celestine towards the southern island, where they were welcomed by the mortal horse herd that resided there, whom had a Pegasus of their own among their ranks.

 

In the very land BaYagu stood on as she destroyed Valraldic and herself in the process, a great pool of aether-imbued water erupted, successfully merging the magic of Aetherian with the mortal world of Chevalin.

 

In the wake of this new world, the old factions fell, and new ones slowly replaced them. The many followers of Vellamine (Also known as BaYagu the Silver Witch) created their own herd, calling themselves the Children of the Witch .A young unicorn by the name of Pippin would find these stragglers of the witch, binding them together and founding the children.

 

Once a unicorn worshiping nation, the northernmost faction reinvented themselves, calling upon a new order where history would never be forgotten. They would dedicate themselves to studying magic and seeking out knowledge wherever they could. They would be known as the Olde Order. Veros, son of the king Vasska, would lead them into this new world.

 

To the south, two factions merged together, founding themselves as the Emberblood Nation, agreeing never to worship any god, and care proudly for the land on which they lived. It was the Emberblood Nation that would take in the leaderless Pegasus.  

 

Cholena, a mare blessed with the magical gift of divine flight, urged the newly formed Emberblood Nation to take in the fallen creatures, the Pegasus were grateful for their kindness. The relationship between Horse and Pegasus was rekindled and strengthened.

 

As time passed and the herds cultures became obvious and different, the three leaders. Cholena, Veros and Pippin met at the Aether Pool. Together they decided who would own which territory. It was these three whom would come together to organize magic into the five schools of magic it exists in today. They believed that this organization would provide balance and harmony between the herds.

 

The land of Chevalin, for a moment, seemed like it would rebuild, but not all outcomes of the sacrificial spell were positive. The effects of BaYagu's magic caused the city plunged within the depths of the oceans to emerge from its seal, releasing the Kelpies who had long since developed contempt for the Unicorns. Kelpie and the half-breed Baba Yaga however, were nowhere to be found. Instead a new queen had taken the head of her Kelpie-kin. She had learned from the stories of the original Kelpie and Baba Yaga that victory would come slowly, and so for 50 years the kelpie stayed hidden in the land of Aetherian, only recently having discovered the rip in dimensions: walking the land of Chevalin at last. The aftermath of several millenniums was to play out, the four beasts together and bound to the same land for the first time in Chevalin’s history.