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==The unnamed god revealed== | |||
Amairgen, Lich of Bloodloch, became interested in the story concerning | |||
the capture of the Lord of Fire. Herself a follower of Severn, Lord of | |||
Artifice, she did not believe it characteristic of Him to act in such a | |||
flashy manner. She believed there were darker forces at work and set out | |||
to use them to her advantage. | |||
Summoning the leaders of Bloodloch, she inquired about any information | |||
they might know about about the nameless God who trapped Rahn's mortal | |||
form in the volcano. Their information was lacking, but they promised to | |||
set out to discover the truth behind the imprisonment. | |||
A few months later, Amairgen summoned the leaders again to her tomb. | |||
Using her dark magics, Amairgen was not able to pinpoint the God | |||
Himself, but could sense artifacts or symbols of his power strewn about | |||
the land. She quickly implored them to search out these artifacts and to | |||
bring them back to her. Unfortunately, the search would be hard; she | |||
knew little of their locations or what they even looked like. | |||
As Duke Xon, Archduke Vermillion, and Lady Zephy went to search and | |||
organize the city, a different aspect of the tale unfolded near the | |||
Siroccians. The priest of Rahn, Willem, somehow sensitive to this | |||
search, began having visions of plants dying and the land decaying. The | |||
images continued in his mind, gaining clarity and detail. As Xon | |||
approached the first of the five artifacts, a mighty pain seized the | |||
mind of Willem, and a dread certainty of fell presences engulfed his | |||
awareness. | |||
Willem attempted to call together the Order to stop this hunt and to | |||
keep the artifacts away from the minions of Amairgen. Unfortunately for | |||
him the Order of Fire was largely absent, giving the representatives of | |||
Bloodloch ample time to gather three of the objects. For the priest of | |||
Fire, only Delak had engaged in the search. | |||
The symbols were pure seeds of corruption, oozing decay and subverting | |||
the sustaining energies of both living and undead. Even those merely in | |||
their proximity suffered injury and affliction. Duke Xon, notably, held | |||
each in turn, bearing the pain and suffering for his city. | |||
Representatives of Rahn's Order managed an attack on Amairgen's cohorts | |||
in an attempt to capture some of the foul symbols. Belgarion led a small | |||
assault with slight support from mortals not of the Order to regain the | |||
items from the hands of Xon, but it was for naught. The Bloodlochians | |||
held four of the five items now. The fifth and last had an interesting | |||
history. | |||
Plucked from its resting place by the young, uninvolved Sentaari | |||
Aquinas, it moved around the continent slowly. Amairgen sat in | |||
consternation trying to scry its location, as did Willem. Frustrated by | |||
a lack of information, eventually both were only able to discern that it | |||
was decaying the forestal vegetation around it. Both groups moved out | |||
with haste to find the last artifact. Fayea happened upon its new | |||
resting place in the Aureliana forest. Picking up the final artifact, a | |||
malodorous candle, she sped back to Rahn's temple to keep it safe. | |||
His temple, however, did not prove safe enough. The Infernal Champion | |||
Arslen snuck into the temple, took the candle and left without a single | |||
defenders' blow falling on him. He sped back to Amairgen where he laid | |||
the candle next to the icons that had already been collected: a rusted | |||
sword, a corpse icon, a severed hand, and a statue of a greedy man. | |||
Amairgen cleverly hid the items from view so that they could not be so | |||
pilfered from Bloodloch and so that she could study them in more depth. | |||
Though little is known about what she discovered, it seems Amairgen has | |||
tapped into the objects' power and is now able to affect the souls of | |||
individuals. In what some would call a horrific event, she corrupted a | |||
young, happy soul, prying from it the name of the unnamed God, | |||
Chakrasul. | |||
==The Testament of Chakrasul== | |||
(from HELP CHAKRASUL) | |||
Through the epochs, the Goddess of Corruption has stalked the lands, | Through the epochs, the Goddess of Corruption has stalked the lands, | ||
preying on those who are easily swayed by dreams of power, or greatness. | preying on those who are easily swayed by dreams of power, or greatness. | ||