Chapter #5World 2 by: Unknown Two hundred years ago Arg, god of war and bloodshed, was slain. Some say he was brought down in one on one combat by a mortal with a magic sword, others claim that his sister Tellis had poisoned his wine, hundreds of stories give hundreds of answers for his demise, but none of them matter. All that does matter is that Arg has died.
Without the god of bloodshed around, weapons cannot kill their targets. Clubs simply knock people about without doing any damage, swords cleave through the flesh without drawing a spec of blood or inflicting an once of pain, arrows and spears pass through the body with a light tickle. While some still tried to do battle, every conflict quickly devolved into aimless slap fights where neither party could gain an edge. Eventually, war ceased to be.
Unable to wage war on each other like they used, a great game was formed to keep the bickering races of the world occupied. The humans, centaurs, dwarves, naga, and orcs all began to participate in the game of heads. While cutting off someone's head would no longer kill them, it would at least make things more difficult for them. Their heads could be stolen and carried away from their bodies, if someone else placed a different head on their shoulders and had a wizard "heal" the wound then the new head would take control of the body, and even if one could keep their severed head and body together they'd still have to carry it around everywhere until they could find a wizard (who often charged exorbitant fees for their services) which was just a hassle. Because of all this, it became popular for warriors, adventurers, bounty hunters, and people who simply had nothing better to do to hack one another's heads off. Some made collections, some pawned the heads off as toys to the the rich and the lonely, and some just hacked people's heads off then ran away for shits and giggles. The five sentient races all found this game to be great fun, and a wonderful alternative to slaughtering one another like they used to.
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