Rune: A History - Forward

I call upon the Muses of old、
Hark now and view my words well.
So that all who read these works.
Shall know it is truth, as best I can tell.

By the good graces of King Lionhart the third and the Three Divine brothers I write these manuscripts, in the high kingly language of Myrcian, in their honor. I am Mathias, Prime Historian and Bookkeeper of Myrcia, Lord of the Northern Quarter and Keeper of the Sacred Keys. Two moons ago now, I have conceived and began this venture, along with a few of my colleagues, whose names I will give in the bibliography, but will not mention here, as to compile my countless scrolls and ancient books into one brief account of the peoples and places of Rune. It is a daring venture, to say the least, to attempt to surmise, even briefly, the millions of races, peoples, places that inhabit Rune, but for a man as old as I it is a venture worth taking. You see my age now surpasses that of even some elves, and as my last work upon this world I wish to provide some lasting work that will provide invaluable to the peoples of this world.

As for the document itself, I shall rely heavily upon the journals of Edint Rie, Messiah for Landon, God of Travel, and first explorer of Rune. Where possible I will try to recount his entire passages in full, as well as give insight of my own. I will also attempt to shed light on the ancient epics of old and put them into more plain speech. For this I am relying heavily upon my Colleague Randol Van-Heusen the sixth, head of the Myrcian Bardic collage. Finally, in a joint project I am sending out several research parties, to collect information about Myrcia and the lands beyond, so as to collect new works as well into these manuscripts. I am entrusting this group to be formed by the Marshal of Myrcia and to the king himself, although I hope that the young Aurelious Wolfbane of the great Wolfbane clan will be considered to lead the foray. Their research will prove invaluable to the latter chapters of this history where I will look more in-depth into more recent histories.

However in my first chapter I will concentrate upon Rune, itself. Legends of its creation and how we, the people of rune Came into being. First however is the name.