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The term "Two Lands" refers to the as yet otherwise unnamed mythological world originally created by N.C. Hunter Hayden and Michael Hubbard, though Hubbard eventually disregarded the world. This world is largely unshaped, in that it does not yet have a developed history or culture. This article reveals what updated information there is about Two Lands.

Origin
In the fall of 1998, in Hubbard's back yard, the two creators were in need of a game to play. As it went, they decided upon pretending to be brothers who have trained in the martial arts as children but are separated before they mature into adults. The game began with the two happening upon each other on opposing sides of a river of lava. Although the fraternal connection and the martial arts became obsolete quite quickly in this game, the theme of the game was due to the river's dividing of the two lands.

This game immediately became the sole form of entertainment for Hayden and Hubbard every day after school. Hubbard took the role of Miacale, and Hayden became Aeume (though they went by their real names at the time). First, they fought the Minotaur King, and then Biontose and Ad Avis, respectively. Because they were young children at the time, the world never became too complicated, although the basic idea of the stones came from this period.

The game faded probably around the summer of 1999, although in the spring of 2002 there was a short period in which Hayden and Hubbard reunited to play the game again. However, they decided to act as the children of Miacale and Aeume, and to create a new evil with which to battle. This was Bob, but he is currently discounted as valid in Two Lands. This period of play created a deeper story, with more characters and interlacing than before. Most notably, though, it furthered the development of the of the Stones.

The Story
Two Lands is to be thought of as a world its own, as Tolkien's Arda, yet there is a single thread which is most emphasized (cf. The Lord of the Rings).

This story follows Miacale and Aeume in their struggle with the Minotaur King, Biontose, and Ad Avis. It begins with the meeting of the two protagonists on opposite sides of Tlegethe (Miacale on Ewui-Gurim and Aeume on the Other Side), a river of lava that originates from Mount Manote, a volcano to the south. Having met, they band together against the rising threat of malevolent forces rallying on the Other Side. In time, they bring about the defeat of the Minotaur King, at which point Tlegethe ceases to flow (and the molten rock hardens), and, the curse that was upon the Minotaur King (and therefore upon the land in which he dwelt - the Other Side) is lifted, and the Other Side begins to return to how it was before it became cursed.

There is a very brief period of tranquility (in which Bujhr, the king of Ewui-Gurim, unites his land and the Other Side, and this new realm as a whole took on the name it had before the division: Kaevr), but then, in response to the defeat of his servant, the Cireldál of the Audrä calls to himself the Audrä-Craug and the Audrä-Yetch and their Keepers, to send them with their Stones to destory Miacale and Aeume. However, Oijl is wise to this plan and alerts Myev, the advisor to the king of Kaevr, who in turn alerts Miacale and Aeume, who themselves begin to search for the lesser Audrä. In the course of time and by much danger they do find the stones, and hide them, with only themselves and Myev knowing how to reach the stones.

The Cireldál of the Audrä, however, although having failed to bring to him those stones, still was able to send their Keepers, Biontose and Ad Avis, to kill Miacale and Aeume. The Keepers, due to the bond between Wizard and Stone, know of Miacale and Aeume's capture of the Audrä-Craug and Audrä-Yetch. They corrupt Myev into taking the stones into his own possession, effectively enslaving him. They wield him as a weapon against Miacale and Aeume, who are forced to kill him themselves. A battle between Miacale and Aeume and Biontose and Ad Avis ensues, ceasing with the death of the latter couplet. This renders the Audrä-Craug and Audrä-Yetch completely impotent - naught but rocks. In this battle Oijl intervenes, sacrificing himself for the victory.

The Stones
With the enterence of selfishness in the world, the main aspects of evil were manifested in the Audrä.

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