How it all began

in the year 1400 (about 140 years ago), Gerald, the 4th son of the Noble house Boclair, set out to find his future, because he knew that being the 4th son, he had very little chance to be anything important at home. In addition, his homelands were dying - each year the crop yields decreased, it rained less and less, and in general, the land was dying. So Gerald and his younger brother, Thaddeous, pooled their money and purchased three ships and hired crews, fighters, farmers, and tradesmen and they headed out to sea.
Unfortunately, they encountered bad storms and harsh conditions. They lost 1 of the 3 ships and 15 men during the first 23 days at sea. On the 24 day, they were out of rations, many of the men were becoming sick and weak, and they were just about ready to give up. They sent out a general prayer to all the Gods for help, promising that they would dedicate themselves to any God that helped them. Poseidon (a God that they had not known of prior to this) heard their prayers, from his palace on the ocean floor. Poseidon rose out of the water, riding on a chariot pulled by six creatures that had the upper body and head of a horse and the tail of a fish (hippocampi). Poseidon approached their boats, and in a booming voice, he said “I Poseidon have heard your prayer and I will help. In return you and your descendants will become my worshippers”. Immediately his chariot lurched forward at great speed toward their ships, passing between them, and a huge wave formed behind him and carried their boats for 12 long hours, at great speed, as they approached land they saw rocks, but the ships miraculously missed all the rocks and glided right into the bay and then the waves stopped.
Poseidon said "here is your new land, make a camp and rest and in three days choose one man from among you. That man is to stand in the water here in this bay and call my name. I will take him below with me and instruct him on what you must do for me." And then he sank into the water and was gone.
They did as they were told. Choosing Thaddues to go into the water on the third day. The water rose up from under him and formed into a large horse which lifted him on its back. The horse then ran out into the water and as it vanished below the water, its hind legs became a tale. Thaddeus was gone for 3 weeks. The men waited and fished and hunted and started making tools and settling in during that time. When Thaddeus returned, he looked like he had aged maybe 4 years – and he said to him it seemed he was gone for 4 years. In that time, he had become a priest of Poseidon and he now returned and helped them start the new Kingdom. He was able to use magic and over time his ability with magic grew.
Thaddeus became the first priest of Poseidon in Avondale and his younger brother, Gerald, became its first King.