Kings of the forest (also known as the Ancients) are the first inhabitants of the Auroa archipelago, which arrived thousands of years ago from the American continents. Over the course of time, they established their presence across the islands by building various sacred sites, villages, harbors and forts. However, due to volcanic activity, the people abandoned the archipelago for good. Few remained behind to maintain their ancestral grounds, which were eventually discovered by travellers in the 19th century.
"Unlike the other peoples of the South Pacific, these first inhabitants came from the east, from Central or South America and not from Polynesia. In addition to undeniable navigational talents, this people mastered agriculture, hunting, and fishing with a technology based on wood and stone. No metal vestige was found in their remains. Rare traces of writing have been discovered, but it seems that they are external input.
After centuries of presence, this civilization seems to have precipitately abandoned Auroa during the 16th century. The reason for this flight seems to be a volcanic eruption. Since then, this mysterious people seems to have disappeared into the depths of the Pacific. Were they engulfed at sea by the tsunami caused by the volcanic eruption, or were they diluted among the other populations? Or have they discovered a land still unknown to this day?
The knowledge brought by the current archeology on this people also benefits from the contribution of the discovery of survivors in 1845. A hundred or so individuals were discovered, living hidden in the thick forests of Darkwood Island. Their language differed well from those of Polynesia. They claimed that their ancestors had come from the east, from an endless land. Then, their people had abandoned the archipelago because of the anger of the Earth. Only a few families remained on Auroa, those who watched over the memory of the ancestors and their sanctuaries.
In a few generations these survivors were integrated into the population of Auroa. Their language was lost, as well as most of their customs. Only a few families kept bits of the old tradition, such as the ancestral name of their people: "the Kings of the forest". This term of kings of the forest designated large felines, a recurring theme in their pictorial representations, but absent in the fauna of Auroa and the islands of the Pacific. The king of the forest is thought to be the jaguar, omnipresent in pre-Columbian civilizations. It would seem, therefore, that this people has come from Central or South America.
The "Kings of the forest" civilization lived for 2000 years on Auroa. Many ruins remain in theirpresence: villages, harbors, forts, cemeteries and sanctuaries. Today, they are commonly referred to as the Ancients."
- Excerpt from Auroa's guide published by the Skell Foundation, Chapter 2, The First People.
Ruins of civilization[]
The lost civilization left behind various ruins across the archipelago, even all the way at the Golem Island. These include:
Villages
Forts
Harbors
Cemeteries
Sanctuaries
And various sacred ruins spread across the archipelago
Dead Channel • Small Channel • Typhoon Bay • Prices Harbor • Groves Pond • Moonlight Pond • Lake Roundabout • Pelican Bank • Albatross Peninsula • Lighthouse Point • Gaer Arm • Garden Mangrove • Man Eater Slough • Towing Head • Parrot Islets • Mossy Pond • Chalky Inlet • Gordon Slough • Large Channel • Schulz Lake • Schulz Homestead • Tobacco Point • Ancient Harbor • Mussel Beach • Coal Islands• Howard Airfield • Howard Port • Radar Station North • Anti-Aircraft Ruins • Harrier SAM Site • Osprey SAM Site • Sparrowhawk SAM Site • Sentinel Corp. Land Base • Equipment Depot • Ammunition Depot • Checkpoint Tiger Kilo • Checkpoint Tiger Golf • Russel Homestead • Checkpoint Tiger India • Checkpoint Tiger Juliet • Bunker Edgehod North • Bunker Edgehod South • Camp Tiger
Balleny Bank • Gulches Head • Broughton Channel • Holmwood Mangrove • Diamond Lake • Summers Swamp • Stinking Slough • Harris Forest • Home Stream • Precipice Falls • BlueCorp Startup • Andersons Farm • Longford Farm • Whitestone Farm • Airship Air Station • Shipping Center • Harris Homestead • Fen Bog Port • Recycling Facility • Photovoltaic Park W01 • Fen Bog Testing Zone • Control Station Tiger 03 • Checkpoint Tiger Bravo • Checkpoint Tiger Hotel • Drone Station W052 • Control Station Tiger 02 • Drone Station W051 • Hogweed Station
Lake Bulkington • Lochnagar Falls • St. Patrick Hill • Observatory Hill • Anchor Point • Neils Beach • Stubb Bay • Lake Boomer • Mac Pherson Gully • Mocha Dick Heights • Two Lakes Valley • Long Valley • Electric Engine Factory • Outpost Blue Tiger • Shark Bank Station • Toxic Storage Depot • Anchor Point Station • Drone Station W031 • Engine R&D Center • Control Station Tiger 01 • Youth Spring • Wind Farm W03 • Hybrid Engine Factory • Wild Coast Freight Yard • Storage Depot • Checkpoint Tiger Foxtrot • Ancient Harbor
Foremast Peak • Jackpot Falls • Auctions Glade • Lookout Head • Stony River • Nor'Wester Cliff • Harpooner Bay • Cape Morquan • Kraken Eye Lake • Whalebone Cove • Bones Coast • Small Valley • Behemoth Passage • Ships' Boy Peak • Rum River • Mizzenmast Peak • Checkpoint Weasel Charlie • Checkpoint Weasel Delta • Storage Depot • Mechanical R&D Center • Fanny Bay Port • Land Chassis Factory • Whalers Bay Airfield • Wind Farm W02 • Drone Station W061 • Blue Cove Station • Ancient Harbor • Construction Site • Checkpoint Weasel Echo • Air Chassis Factory
Doubtful Sound • Petrel Island • Behemoth Passage • Stephens Falls • Seal Sound • Forden Peak • Leviathan Island • Little Island • Two Heads Island • Hunt Beach • Long Island • West Cape • Freeman Plain • Harbor Cove • Long Sound • Herrick Creek • Misty Range • Freeman Plain • Misty Lake • Lake Browne • Mount Lone • Harbor Island • Bligh Sound • Calm Peak • Lake Paradise • Oceanic Power Plant • Ancient Village • Electric Grid Control • Channels R&D Center • Channels Port • Red Shark Outpost • Navy Fuelling Station • Cold War Ruins • Main Pumping Station • Auroa Power Plant • Step Up Startup • Vulture SAM Site
Captain Cook River • Bald Ridge • Hopo Forest • Providence Mountain • Sunday Valley • Hunter Ridge • Landing Bay • Anchor Island • Entry Island • Return Channel • Albratross Peak • Passage Point • Seal Passage • Emelius Arm • Coal Valley • Breaksea Sound • MacFarlane Peak • O'Connors Range • Emalius Arm• Fuel Storage • West Radar Station • Buzzard SAM Site • Anti Aircraft Battery • Emelius Port • Ammunition Storage • Owl SAM Site • Checkpoint Shark Alpha • Control Station Shark 01 • Naval Base Auroa Airfield • Sentinel Corp. Naval Base • Falcon SAM Site • Shark Base • Camp Seal Cove • Abandoned Barracks • Checkpoint Shark Charlie
Wild Island • Scrubby Wood • Pearl Island • Dynamite Lake • Round Hill • Queens Hill • Escape Reef • Old Man Cape • Anchorage Island • Parrot Point • Dusky Forest • Greenfield Plain • Tobacco Cove • Wisp Hill • Greenvale Forest • Rocky Hill • Stony Hill • Conical Hill • Driftwood Islets Testing Zone • Camp Kodiak • Ancient Cemetery