History of the Ursa |
by Master Kald Grimral
We are the Sons of Din, the Giver of Knowledge and his Son Torul, the Bringer of Storms, and the Great Hunter. Our Ancestors journeyed to the stars from our ancestral home of Norca on a far distant world many millennia ago and settled on Ursa, our Rig World. From Ursa they spread and colonized the many worlds of our Rig domain. We have built our Stedds on many worlds and we have fought many foes in combat, many great warriors have joined the Einherr in Valda, as we say they have ridden with the Vulk and have gone to the Feast of Warriors to await Ragnal, the Final Battle against the Gods of Chaos.
In the Reign of Bjarr the Sun Rig we first fought the foul forces of Chaos, this was many millennia ago and many worlds were destroyed or corrupted. The War raged for many generations and many great heroes passed over to Valda.
Finally in the time of Ord the Iron Rig we drove the Chaos hordes from our domain, but many world were left uninhabitable, and others were changed to be harsh and unforgiving environments. Many of the great Claws were created during this long war and it was decided that we would never be caught unprepared again.
In the Reign of Hral the Hard, the great Vok was sent against the Ork worlds that had been attacking the Rigdom. The Orks were driven from many worlds and colonies were built on them to ensure that they did not return. It was during this period that first contact was made with the strange race known as the Eldar and an alliance was made with this strange city in space. These fragile-looking people proved to be formidable fighters against the green skinned hordes.
We now maintain a steady flow of trade and exchange of knowledge with them and a strong friendship has developed between our nations. In the last ten millennia a new enemy has emerged, Chaos Warriors in powered armour that fight with a cohesion not seen in the Chaos forces before. There has been many raids by this dangerous foe and we have had to increase the number of troops and fleets to deal with them.
Now we have a new foe that has made several raids upon our borders. This foe wears the same powered armour that is worn by the forces of Chaos, but it seems to be of better quality, and they carry more and higher tech weapons than the Chaos troops that have invaded in the past. Our Eldar friends say they are from an Empire ruled by a dead Emperor, if this is true then they must truly be evil, for the Undead are foul and evil beings. Now we must guard against this evil Empire in addition to our other enemies.
It has been decided by our Rig Jarrus and the council of harls that we will once again increase our military strength to deal with this new threat. All of the Claws have been authorized to double their strength, and the scientists and technicians have been ordered to develop new weapons, vehicles, aircraft and ships to defend us against this new evil Imperium and its necro-emperor.
May Din aid us and give strength and cunning to our warriors and those who lead them against the foes of the Rig.