There was a land, a country, a state that time forgot, or perhaps never even imagined. A kingdom sheltered on the west and south by the steep peaks known as the Etenies, east by the crags known as the Blue Mountains, and north by the ocean. The state of Liamec was lost to history, lost to time, and later lost to barbarians from the north.

Liamec was large enough to have several cities and towns and small enough to remain unobserved when various destructive historical forces swept through the neighboring lands.

There was a medieval king who had three sons. As his death approached, he bequeathed a third of his kingdom to each of the three. Each was to rule, as king, their portion of his lands. These three kingdoms went on to determine the course of history. They each became influential parts of the foundation of our modern world. At least, that is what our written accounts tell us. What the scribes and historians refuse to reveal to us, hiding the information in their footnotes and addenda, is that there was a fourth son, Liam. Perhaps the reason history refuses to tell us this is that Liam, and the king’s decisions regarding him, were an embarrassment to both the kingdom and the historians and scribes recording the event.

Liam was an illegitimate child born of one of the king’s mistresses. However, The king was fond of this mistress. To provide for her and not wholly disinherit Liam, he bequeathed a smaller behest of land and title to Liam.

This was in the days before magic and mystery left the world. Perhaps it was the departure of magic and mystery from the world that took with it the names of Liam and Liamec from history’s records.