Some time ago, our gracious king sent an expedition to the strange lands that appeared off the coast of Helheim. Where did they come from? Why? HOW? There were rumours of evil creatures being summoned by a group known as the Order of Maldeb. This nefarious order tricked our population into participating in a fracturing of our magical leylines. Portals to other realms opened out of our control, one to a place so demonic that even our brave Black Tusks fear to tread.
This misuse of magic uncovered a cavern, one lost to time until the explosion that opened these portals. The king's expedition found it and discovered a long lost message... a PROPHESY... left by the founders of my order, The Basilica. May Mikhail the Unyielding grant you all leniency when your day of reckoning arrives... for it may arrive far sooner than you think. I hold in my hand the translated work of the Prophesy, painstakingly gathered by the King's loyal servants and diligently deciphered by myself. From the enslaved populace, songs, Chants and demands While princes and lords are held captive in prisons. These will in the future by headless idiots Be received as divine prayers. The blood of the blessed will commit a fault in Sincadere, Burnt through lightning and overuse of magic: The gracious lady will fall from her high place, Several of the same sect will be killed. The great ruler will be struck down in the day by a thunderbolt, An evil deed foretold by the bearer of the Axiom. According to the prediction, another falls at night time. Conflict at the crossroads, witnessed by the dwellers of the forest. Through all things, dire and terrifying, the guidance of the Basilica, the spokepeople of the gods Will Sincadere survive and prosper. Already some of this has come to pass... just weeks ago a treasonous campaign to malign the good name of the Basilica took place. The dedicated guards of Helheim routed them out and performed justice. The Consortium does what it can to regulate the use of magic by the citizens of Helheim but what of the Jade Lotus Empire and the Cabbala? neither seems concerned that the frivolous use of magic threatenes to bring forth a second Cataclysm. Do none of you remember the childhood tales of the first Cataclysm? Do you honestly believe that Helheim is the greatest the humans of Sincadere have achieved in our time before the interlopers arrived? Great cities were leveled in the first upset. Magic ripped through the realm, thousands perished needlessly. The Halls of Mikhail were flooded with souls awaiting judgment while those that remained alive were left with horrors to combat. Vile creatures, twisted by magic and deformed beyond recognition, poured through the portals and wreaked havoc among the population. Others arrived too, settling the realms of the Jade Lotus and the Cabbala. Sincadere was now more than humans and the beasts, now it was home to refugees from other realms. And now the threat of another Cataclysm looms... and none but the Basilica seem concerned by it. Take heed, citizens, police your peers. Turn them in to the Consortium. See something, say something. Save Sincadere. Comments are closed.
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