YESTERDAYS HEROES ONCE MORE Part Sixteen The Secret behind the Wall

Last Time the Doctor had reluctantly decided to tell his companions about the history behind the weapons they had borrowed. And was at present studying the wall in an alcove in the Museum.


The Doctor Continued to study the Roundels on the wall. As if he was looking for some thing.

Both Jack and Phooey looked at each other is puzzlement.


The Doctor then reached out his hands and touched on of the Roundels and stepped back.

THE DOCTOR LOOKS AT THE WALL OF THE ROOM

HE FINDS WHAT HE IS LOOKING FOR

THE  DOCTOR HOLDS OUT HIS HANDS

AND TOUCHES THE RIGHT ROUNDEL 

IT STARTS TO GLOW AND THE DOCTOR BACKS AWAY

THE ROUNDEL STARTS TO FLASH 

IT CHANGES COLOUR 

ONE BY ONE OTHERS FOLLOW SUIT

UNTIL 7 ROUNDELS HAVE CHANGED COLOUR

THE WALL THEN STARTS TO FLASH 

A SECRET PANEL APPEARS 

IT BEGINS TO SLIDE OPEN

INSIDE THERE APPEARS TO BE SOME ROLLS OF OLD PAPER 

THE DOCTOR INSPECTS THE ROLLS

THE DOCTOR REACHES UP AT ONE OF THE ROLLS

RETRIEVING THE ROLL WITH THE RED MARKINGS HE TURNS TO FACE HIS FRIENDS

BEHOLD OF THE SCROLLS OF RASSILON 

These  are some of the Scrolls of Rassilon , one of my races greatest leaders and maybe one of the most ruthless Time Lords ever. " said the Doctor softly

The Doctor continued " Although he never actually wrote them himself I must add , but these Scrolls represent some of the History of the Universe and its connection with The Time Lords.

Taking the Scroll with the Red Cipher  from its hiding place, he returned to where his friends were standing .


Unrolling one of the aged parchments, The Doctor staring to explain in detail what they represent and the story they told.

The Scroll of Rassilon and the tale of The First Great War of Realms 

The Doctor continued speaking and he began to tell the tale of a once great Universe full of Planets  and races that had existing long before most other of the now know Universe today. Races even older than the Time Lords themselves.  Even older than some of the Elders of the Galaxy.

Unrolling the parchment more, The Doctor showed the 16 Sections, These represented the 16 Empires or Great Houses  that at that time existed.

At first Jack and Phooey were unable to understand the writing on the Scroll, but after a while both began to be able to translate the text in front of them.  The names of each of the 16 Great Houses now were  more than the squiggles and circles they had originally looked like.

When the Doctor had first met the Japanese Samurai Jack he had explained that one of the benefits of spending time in his Tardis would be that the ability to speak and understand the language of others.  So to Jack ever ones speaks Japaneses  in a dialect appropriate to the time he was from.  In the same way, Hong King Phooey believes everyone speaks English.... with an accent.

The Doctor explained that all 16  Great Houses lived in harmony with each other. They were all linked by a central planet that was called  by a name now long forgotten, but it translated as Peace or Peaceful Place. On this Planet representatives from all 16 Empires gathered and would oversee that Peace  and Harmony was upheld, and any dispute between members of any of the 16 Empires was bought to an amicable resolution.

Each of the 16 Great Houses ruled over an area equal to its 15 Neighbors. Everyone was each others equal. Well that was the idea.

Each Empire was ruled by a  Leader either a King, Queen, Emperor or Empress. Each of the Empires was represented by a Crown. This crown was seen as the Ultimate Power of each Empire. And thus a mark of worth and identity.

Each of the 16 Great Houses had a name. A name of the species they were from.

Each of the Great Houses had unusual names thought Phooey.  "What did these people look like  ? " he inquired

" I will get on to that in a minute " said the Doctor unrolling some more of the Scroll.

He continues his story that Peace had remained for Millions of Years, with all conflict being avoided by the Parliament of the 16 Houses, that sat in Judgement on the central planet of peace. Each Ambassador would represent who ever was the Leader of their House.

This has been the way for Millions of Years, until

One day without warning central planet of Peace exploded.  This destroyed the Peaceful Parliament of Empires. No one knew why it happened or who was responsible. However, it did not take long before some of the 16 Empires began to fight between  themselves.  Each Empire had its suspicion to who had caused this to happen. Most had a hatred of at least one other Empire. Others hated all others and used this as an excuse to wage war.

Within weeks battles between Empires had started. Or as it became to be called... The  Great War of Realms.

Without the Peace planet and its Parliament, all 16 Great Houses could not communicate with each other at the same time. Each of the Leaders of the 16 Houses had lost some of their people who had been serving on the Peace Planet. Many of the Ambassadors were either highly respected by each  of their own leaders, and in many case they were blood relatives. So the loss was felt as a personal attack on the Leader him or herself.

So one by one the Leaders of the 16 Great Houses declared War on all others.

"Here it is !" Said the Doctor. "These are drawings of the 16 Leaders at the Start of the Great War of the Realms. " he continues unrolling the Scroll some more.

"Here they are " Said the Doctor..... and continued " Remember these likenesses may not be a true reflection of the individuates "


"Some of Rassilon's Scribes may have used some artistic licence"  Smirked The Doctor

Blue Skinned Ankar Race.  Peaceful and Helpful to others. They looked very alike to the Farllon's, but if mistaken for one would get very upset and turn the air blue with foul language . 

The Queen of The Neetine was as Beautiful as were all its People. .... But their beauty came at a cost, they would rather make love than war,  leaving them very open to be conquered 

The Grey Skinned Priestess of Pharom . Her people all highly Religious. Although they believed in Sacrificial burning of members of their race that did not conform  the Ancient  law of its Gods.

The Moxitate were a Reptilian Race that although looked frightening were kind and most considerate to others. However, they saw the Dumbol Race as nothing more than pray or FOOD due to their small Mammal- like looks. The Moxitate race that were also know to eat its own young when food was in short supply.  

The Miniature Leader of the Dumbol . Part Mammal Part Inter galactic  Dwarf . They were mystical and had a strong affection for the Ston'apon Race  But feared the Moxitates.  To be truthful, due to their small size the Dumbol feared everyone.

  

X-ALIN  the People all excelled in Arts of Magic both Light and Dark. Their Queen was a Witch who used her powers to enthrall and bewitch others. She was never to be trusted as she could and did use her abilities to get her own way all the time.

The People of Poottom were a race of Cyclops . They did not see "EYE to EYE" with anyone with more Eye's than themselves. Many of the other Great Houses Found the Poottom very short sighted in their views. 

The Zefti were a bird like race.  They had once had wings, but lost the ability to fly thousands of years ago due to inter breading. Egg laying by the Female Zefti was still a practice of the poor of the population. Whilst Rich Modern Zefti had their Eggs removed and placed in artificial Nests.

The Evarateen had their Genes spliced with Lupines and were great hunters and  fighters , They had hunted the Dumbol  Race before the Great Peace... but it is rumored that they still enjoyed hunting them.  The Evarateen also hated water, and found bathing repugnant to them. Many found the smell of the Evarateen disgusting. 

The Pink Skinned Betramma had the ability to Read Minds.... And Caste Illusions.  They were not trusted by others due to this. "Never Trust A Betramma " was a saying among the other races. The Betramma found that they had trouble reading the minds of the Pootoom , so would stay clear of them and would never look one in the Eye.

The Ston'apon bodies were organic wood... Able to regrow lost limbs and body parts. They tolerated The Dumbol, but found them annoying  as they had a habit of trying to nest in their hair. 

The Barktoon were kind  and very peaceful but looked Evil .Other Races were afraid of them like the Moxitates. However, The Barktoon were very manipulative and at time could cause trouble between other Races

The Farllon also Blue Skinned has a common Ancestry connection to the Ankar so they believed. The Ankar did not believe this lie. However,  the Head Scientist of the Farllon  had found that DNA of each Race was nearly identical. For this discovery he as executed along with all of his family and his research team, and the results of the research destroyed. 

The Noxetta were renowned builders and inventors. They had aided many of the other Races to develop Space Travel, at a price.  The Noxetta were good business men after all. 

The Zull were a Military Empire  and all trained to be warriors from birth. Warrior Children were raised to be feared by their parents.  A Child was expected to have at least tried to kill one or both of its parents by the time it had started walking. 

The Cambriana were all Clones of their First Leader King  Eg-Narow The First. They All looked the same, and were of Male Linage. This caused problems with other races identifying individual members of this Race.  The Cambriana could tell each other apart by smell.

The Doctor will continue is story next time

Until Then ENJOY