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§0 In the first cycles§0
§0of the First Age of the§0
§0First World, when the§0
§0lands were still young§0
§0and the people new,§0
§0there was a small§0
§0chasm that many called§0
§0home. For a long time,§0
§0the people of this§0
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§0chasm worked hard§0
§0and worked together,§0
§0content and carefree§0
§0to a fault. To their§0
§0doom.§0
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§0 Darkness crept in,§0
§0unnoticed.§0
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§0 Sensing a weakness§0
§0in the people, it mani-§0
§0fested itself within the§0
§0chasm, gaining power§0
§0and strength with each§0
§0passing day. Per-§0
§0ceiving its time had§0
§0come, the darkness§0
§0then struck hard and§0
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§0fast, sparing none in§0
§0its way and pillaging§0
§0the chasm until only a§0
§0withered husk re-§0
§0mained.§0
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§0 This was the first of§0
§0the Great Disasters of§0
§0the old days.§0
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§0 Their home in ruins§0
§0and their population§0
§0decimated, the sur-§0
§0viving chasmfolk be-§0
§0came the founders of§0
§0many new places,§0
§0which would, in turn,§0
§0grow into homes for§0
§0many more to come.§0
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§0 Thus, the world was§0
§0populated and the§0
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§0 The scouring of the§0
§0chasm scattered its§0
§0people to the four§0
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§0world, sparking the§0
§0birth of new ter-§0
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§0ments.§0
§0 Three sailed north-§0
§0east and vanished in§0
§0a labyrinth beneath§0
§0the sea.§0
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§0 Five travelled§0
§0southwest and erec-§0
§0ted monuments and§0
§0towers that reached§0
§0to the heavens.§0
§0 Two escaped west§0
§0and mined great§0
§0caverns for their§0
§0mountain kingdom.§0
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§0 And one of the§0
§0chasmfolk remained§0
§0near the cradle of§0
§0life, creating a new§0
§0home away from the§0
§0ruins. He was called§0
§0SomethingSaucy. Soon§0
§0other refugees and§0
§0people new to the§0
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§0world were drawn to§0
§0the area, joining him§0
§0in his endeavour.§0
§0 The new settlement§0
§0became known as the§0
§0Blue City, due to the§0
§0plentiful deposits of§0
§0azure stone beneath§0
§0the ground. Under§0
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§0SomethingSaucy's§0
§0guidance, the city saw§0
§0a golden age of wealth§0
§0and splendour.§0
§0 Thus, the first§0
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§0 Among the bluefolk§0
§0was a man named§0
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§0hailed from a distant§0
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§0wilderness, was soon§0
§0awed by the kindness§0
§0of the people and§0
§0saw the Blue City to§0
§0be more to his liking.§0
§0 He developed an§0
§0interest in writing and§0
§0built a house of books§0
§0for important texts,§0
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§0becoming its pro-§0
§0tector from there on.§0
§0Eventually, he also§0
§0became the successor§0
§0of SomethingSaucy as§0
§0the leader of the§0
§0bluefolk.§0
§0 Thus, the second§0
§0Ancient came forth.§0
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§0 Another man, too,§0
§0hailed from the wilds§0
§0and came to live with§0
§0the bluefolk. His name§0
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§0was NateMagic and he§0
§0joined the city after§0
§0an invitation from§0
§0kinsmen already living§0
§0there. NateMagic was§0
§0a cunning man and§0
§0soon became the§0
§0warden of the Blue§0
§0City, keeping track of§0
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§0all who entered its§0
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§0Ancient came forth.§0
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§0 It was at this point§0
§0that the Blue City and§0
§0its sister city in the§0
§0southwest reached§0
§0new heights of§0
§0success. More than§0
§0once had the dark-§0
§0ness attempted to§0
§0pillage and burn, only§0
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§0to be fought back§0
§0each time by those who§0
§0had learned the§0
§0lessons of the chasm.§0
§0 But the darkness§0
§0is not so easily dis-§0
§0couraged.§0
§0 It used new tactics§0
§0on the Gray City in§0
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§0the southwest, those§0
§0proud lords of the§0
§0many towers that§0
§0pierce the clouds,§0
§0poisoning their minds§0
§0with promises of power§0
§0and embroiling them in§0
§0bitter conflict.§0
§0 Watching in horror,§0
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§0the bluefolk witnessed§0
§0their sister city tear§0
§0itself apart, its laws§0
§0abolished. The Gray§0
§0City, a place of§0
§0freedom and wealth,§0
§0was defeated.§0
§0 Unable to ignore§0
§0the symptoms in their§0
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§0own rule of law, the§0
§0people of the Blue§0
§0City lost all hope,§0
§0abandoning their§0
§0homes and fleeing§0
§0to safe havens. The§0
§0darkness observed;§0
§0its work was complete.§0
§0 Thus, the light of§0
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§0the First Cities was§0
§0extinguished and the§0
§0Second Age came to§0
§0an end.§0
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§0 Of the multitudes§0
§0who retreated from§0
§0the Blue City, the§0
§0man named NateMagic§0
§0travelled the longest.§0
§0His journey took him§0
§0to the farthest§0
§0reaches of his former§0
§0realm; to the lonely,§0
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§0frozen metal mines of§0
§0the north. There he§0
§0sought to find solace§0
§0from the cruelties of§0
§0these new times.§0
§0 Before the disaster,§0
§0he had visited the§0
§0other cities and§0
§0forced people to read§0
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§0his writings. Once this§0
§0no longer angered§0
§0them, he was surprised§0
§0and so found a true§0
§0liking for books.§0
§0 And so, he bravely§0
§0set to building a great§0
§0hall in this distant land§0
§0of snow and ice. This§0
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§0place became later§0
§0known as The Citadel.§0
§0 After some time, word§0
§0of his new pursuits§0
§0reached the bluefolk§0
§0named SomethingSaucy§0
§0and Ttocs_Is_Awe.§0
§0Being of the same§0
§0origin and with mutual§0
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§0interests, they decided§0
§0to join him. So they§0
§0invited some kinsmen§0
§0with them, prepared§0
§0for the journey and§0
§0went forth.§0
§0 Once there, they ex-§0
§0panded the great hall,§0
§0now a house of texts,§0
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§0and built a village next§0
§0to it. Together, all the§0
§0refugees and their§0
§0kinsmen started col-§0
§0lecting books and§0
§0writing new ones. It§0
§0was then the Three§0
§0Ancients reached an§0
§0agreement and named§0
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§0themselves and their§0
§0undertaking.§0
§0 Thus, the Maester§0
§0Alliance came forth.§0
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§0§o oral history of the§0
§0§o Maester Alliance by§0
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