[LordZen]

Zurkiba himself helped me form a logical bridge between 2k1 and 2k2's history gap. I read a thread a long time ago, I believe in the 2k1 forum, and used what happened on 2k2 to help explain the new state of a kingdom on 2k1 when that server was to be revived. He said "until the rise of the Archist Party".

So, anyways, I think the histories are easily connected. The way in which we retell history about these servers is not that we make it up as we go. But rather, we take the events that actually happened, and add background to it based around those events, so that the true history can be retold as a good story. That is of course, the goal.

So, when I read that, it made me think. And I believe I have a great way to link the histories and explain the situation of 2k2's Zormite, while still being true to the histories that actually happened.

Near the end of the 2k1 era, a meteorite came crashing down, killing many and throwing the human kingdoms into disarray. The Dustarian kingdom was most affected, as that was the site of impact, while the Zormite kingdom was least affected, as they had the water to retreat to, etc.

So, groups of humans left their old home which was still very much in chaos and ruin, with the intention of colonizing a new group of islands. The Zormite kingdom, with their own interests in mind, obviously wanted a foothold of their own in this new region, having the most population to spare and of course not wanting to be at some sort of disadvantage in the future. So, even though they were least needing, a group of Zormites were dispatched and settled in the North Western area of the new region.

All of the colonies were very distant from their homeland, and communication between the old and new worlds were few and far between. The Zormite colony was originally set up to mirror the government of its homeland, with an appointed Regent at its head.

The conflicts and tensions of the old world were not that of the new world. The colonials had no reason to bicker between one another on behalf of their motherland. Even if a kingdom was at war with another, the colonies would have no way of knowing it. As a result, the Zormite and Dustarian colonies formed warm diplomatic relations which survived throughout most of 2k2's history.

Also, since there was originally 4 human colonies and 1 zormite colony, with time the pace of procreation of the human race outmatched that of the zormite race by far. The zormite colony was finding it difficult to maintain itself and began to worry about defense issues being so sparsely populated in contrast to all other colonies. With this in mind, the Zormites of the colony saw little reason to hold steadfast to their archaic xenophobic principles. Instead, they chose to allow humans to settle on their island, have families, fill the gaps, and be integrated into colonial Zormite society.

The first zormite appointed to govern the colony by the homeland, was Hippie. He oversaw the colony's early development, but was quickly replaced. A replacement was sent from the homeland before Hippie was even able to officially take the title of Regent. It was thought that the mood back in the old world had changed suddenly, and the leadership felt that more of a hardliner was necessary to run the colony. Torkanansu was their answer.

He often left management of the kingdom to others, and retreated to his villa and enjoyed the fruits of his position. His power, and the absence of a superior watching over him regularly, got to his head, and began to disregard the wants and needs of the colony's people. During Torkanansu's reign, was also the time in which humans were allowed to come to the island and settle. They were already beginning to gain a significant voice within the colony.

One, Zen Archigos, formerly captain of the Santa Maria, settled on the Zormite island when the ban on immigration was lifted. He made a modest living serving as the colony's ambassador in its early days, which was naturally given to him even though being a Human, because no zormites had adventured far off of the island, and this Zen Archigos had extensive knowledge of the waters and lands of the new world (having been a sea captain, and all).

The Regent Torkanansu elevated Zen Archigos's status from ambassador to Elder, having proven his loyalty with earlier service to the government, and needing a representative of the human population in his colonial government. After this point, there was 2 Elders, one Human and one Zormite. However, when the Elder representing the Zormite population fell ill and died, Torkanansu saw little reason to replace him, being a zormite himself, and not trusting many others to begin with.

A popular rebellion sparked later, as a result of Regent Torkanansu's continued distaste for becoming involved with the day-to-day dealings of government. The figurehead representing the Zormite motherland was dethroned. Zormites and Humans alike rallied together removing Torkanansu from power. The rebellion, of course, got out of hand, all realized that their actions constituted war against an established power of the old world, and the human populations started accusing zormites of being loyalists. The zormite's decision to lay down their xenophobic ways ultimately backfired, as the humans they accepted into their realm became xenophobic themselves, fearing that zormite citizens might attempt to send word to the homeland of what had taken place. So, a slaughtering of zormites took place in the absence of a governing authority. Within days of Torkanansu being thrown off of the island, genocide was taking place. The new human majority feared a retaliation by the Zormite homeland before getting a chance to organize a defensive force to counter it. As a result, a minority of those humans systematically wiped many of them out before the new governing authority was able to set up a militia and cease the practice.

Zen Archigos, took the title of emperor, and attempted to preserve the traditions and culture that the humans of the island had been assimilated into over the years. At first, his new government mirrored that of the style in which the Zormite hierarchy operated within. Humans found guilty of the genocide, where executed, and those found aiding in the practice were imprisoned. The remaining Zormite population was not allowed to leave the island for some time, largely forced into house arrest in most instances, until the threat of being easily reconquered dwindled.

Zen Archigos established his bloodline as a new line of nobility, and sought to maintain that his royal bloodline would continue to govern this new Zormite "kingdom". He continued to rule the island under a monarchial system until unrest grew to such a point that he willingly allowed for a constitution to be drawn up and withdrew his mandate to rule. The National Archist Party of Zormite (NAPZ) took the reigns from this point onward, and established itself as the only legal political party within the new republic. Zen Archigos managed to regain power due to popularity and the fact that the Archist party was a group of loyalist citizens, who sought to put the royal Archigos bloodline back in power, even without the former mandate that name once carried.

In Zen Archigos's early days as a sea captain aboard the Santa Maria, he dropped anchor in Dustari many times, having spent most of his sailing time in the region of ocean between the Zormite and Dustarian islands. It was later discovered that a lady he had a short romance with on the Dustarian island was a Sagesun, and had given birth to a daughter out of wedlock. The Archist Party jumped at this opportunity, and made arrangements to have this Wren Sagesun "Archigos" come to the Zormite island and become involved with its government, so that when Zen's time to step down came, the Archist party could form a more permanent union with their closest ally in the new world (Dustari) and at the same time keeping true to their loyalist principles.

I could have filled in more at the end but this is getting long and the primary objective was to link 2k1 and 2k2, not explain -everything-. Thats the official history that I will be sticking to.