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==Midsummer 451 MA== | |||
As the sun shone down upon the morning of the 25th of Midsummer in the year 451 MA, the sky | As the sun shone down upon the morning of the 25th of Midsummer in the year 451 MA, the sky | ||
wrenched open, exposing the [[Shadow Plane]]. After decades spent within the | wrenched open, exposing the [[Shadow Plane]]. After decades spent within the | ||
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sky and into the Mamashi, offerings only these words amid His broken | sky and into the Mamashi, offerings only these words amid His broken | ||
laughter: "I lost. I couldn't defeat them. They're coming." | laughter: "I lost. I couldn't defeat them. They're coming." | ||
==Lleian 451 MA== | |||
As Lleian drew to a close, the sky yawned open once again, and the Shadow Plane was breached. Ati, the Shadow, | |||
empowered by Its Mother Ohlsana, was joined by the Shadow Lord [[Murgraxis]], and shadows flooded downward upon | |||
the continent of [[Sapience]]. Seeking to free the Shadow Mother, the two leaders of the invasion threatened the | |||
slow, painful demise of the continent unless [[Damariel]], the Unbound - whose predecessor [[Lanos]] forged the Shadow | |||
Mother's prison to begin with - was revealed and slain, permitting the trapped Goddess Her freedom. | |||
While shadows swarmed the cities of the land, the Gods met the shadows in combat above the continent - | |||
[[Auresae]], [[Chakrasul]], Damariel, and [[Slyphe]] brought Their combined forces to bear against Murgraxis and Ati. | |||
However, Ohlsana's blessing upon the shadows, combined with their sheer, unassailable volume, soon won out | |||
against the Gods of Sapience. | |||
The battle culminated in a horrific explosion as Auresae sacrificed Herself to forestall Ati - this attempt | |||
was unsuccessful, though She perished in the process, Her order and Her shrines dissolved. The other Gods were scattered and wounded, and have not since shown Themselves. In the wake of Auresae's demise, the sun has gone dark, giving way to eternal night. | |||
There was but one glimmer of light amid the growing darkness - the Exarch [[Aban]], Hand of the Il'ahji, arrived | |||
upon the continent from the [[Spirit Plane|Plane of Spirit]], along with a legion of [[Duamvi]]. Though disgusted by the Corruption | |||
and Shadow he perceives in the land of [[Aetolia]], he has opted to remain and discover what may be done to | |||
advance the cause of Light in the darkest days of Midnight. | |||
The raids continue unabated as shadows swoop down from the still-open rift - the village of [[Sterion]] has been | |||
claimed by the Shadow armies, and though Murgraxis and Ati have been silent since the fateful encounter with | |||
the Gods, their beasts of shadow scourge the land. Of these, the most fearsome are the armies of Shadowbound, | |||
shapeshifting, mutable monstrosities that take on the visages of their victims. | |||
[[Category:History]] | [[Category:History]] | ||