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Morell-Thule, the forsaken son of
Cazic, and brother of Terris, took notice of Terris manipulations of the
slumbering God, for while Terris is the Queen of Nightmares, Morell is the King
of Dreams. For reasons unknown, perhaps simply to foul the plans of his wicked
father and sister, Morell-Thule stole the gift of life that had been taken from
the slumbering Mithaniel and escaped into his Demi-Plane of Dreams.
Knowing that his enraged family would soon visit his home, Morell divided
Mithaniels Gift of Life, scattering one half across all the swamps of Norrath,
the sacred lands of his father, Cazic-Thule.
Where Mithaniels Gift of Life fell upon the swamps of Norrath, the first Froglok
Tads were born. Those first Tads had the hardest trials of our people. Until
that point, the swamps belonged only to the foul and destructive creatures of
the dark gods. Fortunately the gift of life that had brought our first ancestors
into being also empowered them with the bravery and valor Mithaniel Marr had
exhibited during his trials in the mortal realms.
Once the swamps had been seeded with the first of our kind, the Lord of Dreams,
Morell-Thule, visited Mithaniel Marr's twin sister, Erollisi Marr. While the
Goddess of Love blisfully rested in the lands of the fair elves, Morell-Thule
visted her in a dream and gave to her the second half of Mithaniel's Gift of
Life. It was soon to be evident to the fair elves that their visiting daughter
of the Gods was with child and they took her to an uninhabited region of the
frozen northlands of Antonica, where they could tend to and guard her in
seclusion.
While the elves watched after Erollisi, the first of our ancestors grew from
Tads into adult Frogloks, and Morell-Thule gifted them with dreams of the
imprisoned Mithaniel Marr, and visions of a means to free the brave son of
Tarrew. So it came to pass that from all the swamps of Norrath, the first
Frogloks rose in arms against the minions of Cazic-Thule, fighting valiantly to
the site of Mithaniel Marrs imprisonment, guided by visions from the Lord of
Dreams.
For uncounted years the Frogloks battled the evil inhabitants of Norraths
swamplands, learning the lessons of both victory and defeat. Alas, Cazic-Thule
is an ancient and powerful God and his minions are numerous and diverse. Try as
they might, the ancestor Frogloks could not reach their imprisoned God, but
never did they cease their efforts, despite the daunting odds.
Then, after some time, a small army arrived on the borders of the swamp that was
Mithaniel Marrs prison. Not an army of Frogloks, but an army of Northmen, the
children of Erollisi Marr. They too had been guided by visions and dreams of the
imprisoned God from whose life they were conceived. Seeking justice for the
imprisonment of their father, the Northmen joined with the Froglok armies and
the alliance of Froglok and Man succeeded in freeing their father Mithaniel
Marr. The minions of Cazic-Thule and the Avatar of Fear himself fell before the
unity and valor of the children of Marr. For the first in the history of
Norrath, the swamps were not safe for the evil creations of the dark gods.
It was in the brave and selfless actions of the ancestor Frogloks and Northmen
that Mithaniel Marr discovered the mortal trait of Valor, and because of Morell-Thule's
honorable delivering of the truth of our origins to our ancestors in visions and
dream, Mithaniel also chose to champion the virtue of honesty as well as valor.
Such is the tale of my Lord Mithaniel Marr, and the origins of my fellow
Frogloks, and of our distant brethen, the race of Men. It is a shame that so
many of our kind, as well as many of the race of men, have strayed from the
virtues of our ancestors. May Mithaniel Marr bless us, his faithful servants,
with the powers to redeem our fallen kin from the clutches of evil. |
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