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Indeed, many questions have yet to be answered about this mysterious | Indeed, many questions have yet to be answered about this mysterious | ||
place. | place. | ||
==The Inner Gate is Opened== | |||
A cold wind rose over the Northern Tundras and swept around the Spires | |||
of the Citadel of Spinesreach. Raising more than snow and hail, | |||
desperate moans and cries were heard from inside the Citadel. Many | |||
gathered to the Inner Gate of the Citadel to find its source, only to | |||
hear whispers of blasphemes long past and pestilence that would ruin | |||
cities. | |||
Once a large crowd was assembled, a translucent form began to take shape | |||
at the Inner Gate. Not able to be heard at first, the crowd patiently | |||
waited until the faint whispers of the figure were audible. It spoke of | |||
the failure of the Ankyrean Order to foresee their demise, and the | |||
collapse of the Army of Spinesreach. He also spoke of the need to | |||
release the spirits trapped still within the Citadel, and that only a | |||
seal reformed would open the Inner Gate to do so. | |||
Quickly groups began to scour the lands for clues, and soon some found | |||
pieces of a broken mosaic, guided by their naturally clairvoyant | |||
abilities. When the pieces were placed properly into the broken seal on | |||
the Inner Gate of the Citadel, they affixed themselves magically and | |||
reformed the seal slowly. | |||
Eventually, enough pieces were found, the most being found by the group | |||
who held alliance to the Village of Spinesreach. When the last few | |||
pieces were placed in, the mosaic began to repair itself, slowly filling | |||
in the seal of the Spinesreach Army: A white mountain lion with a crown | |||
upon its head and ivy wrapped around it. | |||
Once repaired, the shadowy figure reappeared, a bit more substantial, | |||
and revealed that he was the last of the Ard-Dhasani, the leader of | |||
Spinesreach. He vaguely spoke of the last days of the Ankyrean Order, | |||
and beseeched the gathered group not to repeat the mistakes of the past. | |||
Only Qeddwyn now could guide them away from the transgressions. | |||
The Ard-Dhasani also passed on his mantle to Prince Zahmekoses | |||
Nebre'seir, who was admonished to carry on the noble traditions of | |||
Spinesreach. Exodus Qunmai was also named to the Council of Seers as a | |||
Dhasan to aid in the rebuilding of the city. | |||
Finally, the Ard-Dhasani spoke of the rage and anger of the Order in the | |||
last few days, and how it had physically appeared in the form of the | |||
Idol of Pestilence. He gave the Idol to the group who aided most in the | |||
release of the spirits, led by Zahmekoses. Apparently the Idol has the | |||
power to destroy crop production and disrupt trade in a city | |||
temporarily, a powerful boon if ever Spinesreach had its eyes set on | |||
conquest. | |||
With his last words, the Ard-Dhasani whose name was Habbak, passed on, | |||
released from his prison. And with that, the Inner Gate of the Citadel | |||
opened, and the City of Spires, the Lion of the Mountain, the City of | |||
Spinesreach opened. | |||
==The Republic of Spinesreach== | ==The Republic of Spinesreach== | ||