Predecesors

Introduction

These are the Predecesors to all sentient beings, long extinct from an unnatural event that imperial historians say is because of their own creation which they called, the destroyer of man. There are only 25 Predecesors left in the entirety of Velipra. Most are kept in chambers filled with an unknown liquid. The imperial researchers have tested the liquid and it has the properties of said materials can support human life in it for eons. Imperial alchemists say that the remains of the Predecesors given to them by the 2 imperial soldiers that stumbled upon it are around 2 eons old. Approximately 2 billion years old.

Discovery

When out on guard duty, around 4 solar hours into the afternoon, 2 guards found a cave that they had never seen before near the castle walls. They decided to explore to ensure no squatters were inside. They stumbled upon a narrow squeeze which opened up to an enormous cavern with a structure, floating, in the middle. they could not get in to the structure because a large hole separated them and the structure. they started to give up hope, until the entire cavern lit up with a light brighter than any lamp possible and a bridge suddenly floated up to bridge them to the structure. Every step they took, they could feel more and more distant from reality as if they were entering another dimension. The large doors slid open to a room much bigger than what the confines of the structure could possibly handle. They found 125 bodies that didn't look human. they sent 5 bodies to the imperial alchemist which identified them as the people on the carvings in a cave far away from the imperial cities, in the northern mountains where the temperature can kill a person in 3 days. This also disproved Ungar's theory that they were depicting themselves as Gods that could fly. Further analysis by adventurers of the caves show that there were small humanoids in the carvings meaning they were not depicting themselves.

Hope of continued existence of the Predecesors

Many imperial researchers and alchemists say that if the Predecesors still existed that there would be a lot of activity in all the landmasses(Majoris, Lunaris, Sandtaroius, Ragad, Centupar, Ramathis, Golah, Tularis) Multiple people have also stated that the Predecesors do exist but live underground and we walk above them all the time. Some also say that they live in the clouds were they could not interfere with our development. Needless to say, if they were still alive, a foolish king who only wants their technology and waged war on them, he and his people would be obliterated.