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Alesia
A Brief History
All the theories and stories of life beyond our universe was proved in the year 2520, five-hundred years into our future. We spent millions devising a craft to travel into space and find a new home. However, we found several our first attempts. The greatest, however, was named after the ships captain’s daughter: Alesia. It looked almost exactly like Earth, but lacked the oceans and seas that Earth boasted so happily about. It contained only two bodies of water, splitting the world in half except for one patch of land that connected the two landmasses. The second difference from Earth, once they landed, was that – since they lacked large bodies of water besides the two – one slicing the world in half and the other just a large lake – the sky was painted different shades of indigo. The grass, no matter how lush it felt to the touch, was a bluish green. Forests of trees misshapen and twisted, not by war or unhealthiness, but by natural cause. Every tree, ranging from the tallest to the smallest, looked as if agony had wracked it so badly that it had twisted its body to get away from the pain. But, when one looked at it, it was not horrifying but was beautiful, for no tree looked alike. The only things that stayed the same between Earth and Alesia were the flowers. Different species, of course, and ranged in different colors, but basically the same. The animals were not so different as well. Deer looks the same, but some had three horns instead of two. They saw creatures that looked like bears but with strange patterns in their fur. Basically, the animal life was the same despite some small differences: Foxes were yellow instead of red, the birds stayed the same but were not even close in behavior to their cousins on Earth, but the planet lacked both horses and cattle. However, cattle were discovered after some searching. The “cows” as one could call them, were actually creatures a bit larger than cows and covered in shaggy fur. However, they acted the same but were simply different colors – these being brown and black instead of black and white – and just a bit larger.
However, the search for any other life proved in vain. It was seen that life had once been great on the planet, evidenced by large ruins of what might have been a fortress or small cities here and there, but further investigation showed that life – beyond the animals and plant life – hadn’t been sustained on the planet for thousands of years. They had seen scorch marks, what appeared to be a fortress fallen from the sky its ruins spread out across miles of terrain. Beyond that, no technology to further themselves or future life seemed evident. So, without further ado, they sent back their messages to Earth that a planet – two, almost three times bigger than Earth – was found and was ready for colonizing. Earth was emptied of human life within the first decade of Alesia’s discovery. All walks of life traveled to this wondrous planet, the new settlers awed and transfixed by the startling beauty of the planet.
Once a semblance of order was set, small colonies here and there set up with leaders appointed – there were, of course, disagreements but they were settled with both parties satisfied – a meeting was called of all the leaders to find out what to do next. The captain who had founded the planet put forth an idea that would rock the colonies. His exact words were never written down, but the gist of his words were thus: “So that future generations cannot mangle this planet like our beloved Earth was, the use of technology or the study of increasing it should be removed.” The plan was widely accepted, gone over again and again to turn it into law. It was worked slowly and silently, the people slowly becoming used to the idea that technology was no longer needed on this new home. Slowly and surely, people lost interest in their advanced equipment and simply let it go. This took place over the next hundred years or so, the next generations picking up on this law and putting it into effect. All pieces of technology were burned, destroyed, and eradicated. The ships they had landed on were hidden, never written down or chronicled, hidden in a place no other person would think of looking nor ever wanted to visit. Despite first acclaim, the current generation had no qualms with losing technology. It simply hindered them and made them lazy. The societies slowly moved into that what was once medieval back on Earth. Over thousands of years they grew into lush cities and what will soon be dynasties. Kings and queens rose and fell, nobility forged through honor and chivalry, not wealth or connections. That, however, soon faltered. The first ideas for the thriving colonies had dwindled due to humanity’s fatal flaw: To fall back on old practices. The colonies, once great and pure, had fallen once they reached the stage of building their empires. The year is 5045, a term of dating they no longer use. To them, it is 5E20045. The fifth Empire, 200 yearings it has lasted, 45 turns of the sun - Turns being years, Yearings being decades for those of us still using Earth Time. Turn is one year. Ten Turns make a Yearing.
Lord Arimor Darkheart · Sun Mar 06, 2011 @ 10:24pm · 0 Comments |
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