WEREBEARS

THE KING'S OVERTHROW . as most stories and histories go, the werebears began with bloodshed and violence. although the lore whispers of a constant neutrality with humans out of the dear place the lumberjack had for his former home, that is simply a tale that mothers made for their cubs. the man called war on the village and through the power he had through the bear king, he decimated the formerly glorious landsbyen bjørnen. the terrifying reality of such brutality often has some werebears pitying the humans, who live under fear of another siege, because after the first rampage, the man became bloodthirsty and challenged the villages that had flanked the village of the bear. and though he did out humans, it was targeted towards those who thought him mad; he forced the change on them, and they in result hated him for taking away their humanity.


seven years later, it becomes seemingly peaceful after the old man begins to stop ravaging innocent peoples' homes, but it is soon to become a political war that he would not win. the men he forced to change have rallied and begun to incorporate their forces into driving the king out of existence if not the territory alone. the leader of this group becomes known as the black ghost, for he has a black bear as his shifting form, and though he seems just as bloodthirsty as the old king, his intentions were more politically inclined, such as fixing their relations with the humans. the rebellion slowly comes to a boil that soon erupts in the old king's face. the black ghost challenges the king and though it resulted in the black ghost losing an eye, the king is defeated and the reign of tyranny is over.

THE RISE AND FALL OF THE VAKTERS . the black ghost does not change the hierarchy of the werebears, which was a king-to-heir system. he adds a new rank though, for the members who fought by his side before the king's overthrow. he calls them 'the vakters', and the rank is only able to be given by the king of the werebears; it is highly honoured in his mind and they become almost literal palace dogs to him, treasured and respected but no less. after several years, the term 'vakter' became more insulting than respectful, and one bear, who was to become a vakter after saving the black ghost's life during an attack by humans, who had grown callous and arrogant under the peaceful rule of the black ghost, refused to accept the title.

dishonoured, the man was refused from ever entering the territory again. the man's family, however, became vengeful and waged figurative war on the king, supported by the other vakters. when the black ghost finally removed the title of vakter and 'dishonoured' the ones he had previous valued with his life, he also gave word that the man he exiled was allowed to return. but when the man was found, he was living a coastal mountain range which the king found extravagant and perfect. instead of bringing the man to the former land, the new king brought the entire race over to this new land and took his corner of ethea with pride and valor.

WEREBEARS

THE OLD KING . at first, the old king was respected, but when his rule turned tyrannical, a group led by a brown werebear took him down. his rule lasted for fifteen years.

THE BLACK GHOST . the black ghost, named for the dark shade of his brown coat as a bear, was a man with a taste for righteous vengeance, but his sense of entitlement after winning the throne caused him to lose the faith of his kingdom. he was never defeated, however, by any who challenged for the throne. he ruled for thirty-three years.

LOST LINES . the kings following the black ghost were lost during time and the span of lost records is called the time of no kings by the werebears. the lost records spanned three thousand years.

KING BJORK . the father of the longest recorded familial line, king bjork, or 'the king of the ice', was considered one of the most peaceful kings due to his reign having only skirmishes with the other races. his attempts at fixing the bear/human relations was ended abruptly when he was hit with cancer. he was an american black bear, had twin sons, and his rule lasted fifty-five years.

PRINCES FROSSEN AND SVI . when his father died, frossen and his brother, svi, were forced into an automattic challenge for the throne. their mother tried to get svi the title of king for he had been born before his brother, but frossen was ambitious and intent for the throne. frossen and svi fought and frossen won by his brother breaking his leg.

KING FROSSEN . upon winning the throne at the age of twenty-two, frossen felt no remorse and did what any king would do to a possible usurper: he exiled svi. three years later, he received word that svi had been killed at the hands of humans near windhold. taking that as a sign he was safe from being dethroned, frossen lowered his guard. svi, however, was very much alive, and a lot stronger. frossen was assassinated on his third anniversary with his wife by svi, who was killed by the castle's guards in response. frossen's rule lasted twenty-nine years.

RESERVED FOR THE NEXT KING . 

RESERVED FOR THE NEXT KING .