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ACOLYTES OF EVIL
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The world of Helniclaiir has for countless ages been the stage of numerous kingdoms, fiefdoms, nations and cultures. All struggling for a stronger claim to power than their neighbors, be it political, military, economical or purely harboring the greatest population. Due to this the borders are ever changing, and few rulers are brought into history. If there is one constant in the world, it would be the church, reaching across nations and races alike. Telling their followers of the divine pantheon governing their world, and of course whom all blame should be cast upon.
From the vast mountain ranges in the north and the frozen hell beyond, through the dark forests into the seemingly neverending plains around the inland sea. The uncountable east islands and the humid swamps and marches to the west, stretching into the same ocean which ebbs from the southern desert before it comes ashore upon an empty tundra. All is within the churchs grasp as the heretics and pagans of all races and species are periodically culled.
Nonetheless the constellation of gods both light and dark have been almost neverchanging since the beginning. And the balance seem to be in no risk of faltering, though the light side cover the farthest ground. Somehow the life of simply people might be just as bad no matter what gods they pray to. In the most turbulent and constantly changing areas regarding whom they pay their taxes and send their sons and daughters to serve for, they simply do not care either way.
And the capability to reach for the heavens with your actions is a dream none but children hold onto, however, the chance at becoming a successful warrior is by far greater than that of learning the mystical arts. Even if you join the church as one of their priests, to ever hold the miracles of their faith at the tip of your fingers is but an illusion on the horizon. What wizards, witches, sorcerers and mages there are living secluded lives or playing the part of heroes in mythic tales.
Thus Helniclaiir would have stayed the same, continuing on their golden middle age, but something set in motion long ago has suddenly gained haste. A being appeared among the dark gods, known only as the Fairy, and she is not satisfied by the shares of power in the world. But without countless followers for her fellow dark gods, such things would not formerly have been amiable to change.
In a caravan journeying for the infamous Blaken Dune, the slave merchandise are silently coming to peace with their destiny. Though some of them do not fit the usual profile, a number of people formerly of power have found this as their final destination. Famous warriors caught by the enemy, leaders usurped by their subjects, advisers accused of treason, important officials, rich merchants and high-born betrayed by their friends and those that wanted their influence. No matter their past, these people harbor a bottomless hatred for those that put them there, for the world itself, and they will never allow themselves broken.
These feelings would in all events go unanswered, but among the slaves is the First, a man hunted by the church for his heretic ways. And he has in them found pieces that do not accept the unfair world. Together with them he shall cast the world into darkness, he shall show them ways to power unimaginable, and their hate shall become the terror of those that dare to stand against them. For they will be, the Acolytes of Evil.
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