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Th e inhabitants of Aarklash speak of the Devourers in terms of a scourge. From their point of view they are little more than a pack of rabid wolfen, drunk on carnage and destruction. Th ey cannot even understand how these faithless and lawless rebels managed to survive so long! The reason for this is very simple though. Th e Devourers are unrivalled warriors who have broken free from the chains that once held them captive to the gods. Once members of the Paths of Destiny, they have joined the Meanders of Darkness to quench their thirst for slaughter. Th e Rag’narok shall be the celebration of the death of the gods!

== Chronology ==

*Age of the Gods Yllia created the worgs. Led by Vile-Tis,they annihilate the Empire of Ishim.
*999 Vile-Tis is back on Aarklash.
*1 003 The Devourers join the Meanders of Darkness.
*1 005 The Devourers devastate Akkylannie.

== History == 

In 999, on the eve of the Rag’narok, a meteor crashed into the
stone circle of Caer Laen. Th is celestial body was the prison of
Vile-Tis, a fallen god whose brothers and sisters had punished
for his unruly behavior. Th ose who have since named him “the
Beast” emerged from the wolfen of the Moaning moon. He delivered
a terrible revelation to them: the gods were imperfect
and made use of their illegitimately earned powers to enchain
mortals. To convince them, the Beast revealed that Yllia, their
goddess, hated them: she had not given life to them to protect
nature, but to destroy any civilization that would threaten her
hegemony. In times immemorial, the worgs, forefathers of the
wolfen, had destroyed a distant western empire at Yllia’s express
demand. Vile-Tis knew this as the commander of this
invincible worg army was none other than himself.
Confronted with the reality of their history and their condition,
the wolfen did not know who to turn to after such betrayal.
Th ey made a pact with the Beast and swore to kill the
gods and destroy any trace of their existence. Th ey were taking
their destiny in their own hands.
Th e Devourers, disciples to a god of war, carried the revelations
of the Beast to the other peoples. Th e half elves of the
Ynkarô river, who shared their vision of Creation, rallied to
the Devourers. Th eir souls burning with torment, they fought
like beasts and carried out acts of limitless violence.
Th e Hyena roams in Darkness since 1003. Th e peoples of
Destiny, too weak for them, refused to take the extreme measures
imposed by the Rag’narok. In the heart of Darkness, the
Devourers have become more ferocious and merciless than
ever.


== Ragn'arok ==


Born on the verge of the Age
of Battles, the Devourers are the
perfect symbol of the destructive
frenzy of the Rag’narok.
Th ere is no possible compromise:
the Hyena is the executioner
of the weak and the slayer
of any god-fearing empire.
Th rough carnage the Hyena
denounces the deceitful game
of the gods and intends to bring
it to an end. Th e Rag’narok must
end with the fall of law and the
gods. Once victory and freedom
are earned, the torment of
mortals shall end. It will then
be time to build a new future.
Th e Devourers do not believe
in Destiny anymore: the future
is not written in stone; it is in
the hands of those who seize
it by force or cunning. During
the fi rst years of their existence
the Devourers have unleashed a hurricane of destruction and
hatred. Nevertheless, time and the revelations of their profaners
have tempered their rage: they are slowly forming a true
people, united by motives stronger than carnage. Th e most
awakened among them are envisioning new models of society.
Th e Rag’narok could well be the baptism of blood for a new
golden age.


== Army == 

Disowned by their peoples of origin, hunted by the servants
of the gods and boiling with torment, the Devourers are forever
at war. Th e Beast and its champions teach them a highly
evolved art of combat, in perfect contrast with the rage that
overcomes them in battle. Th is martial mastery allows them
to compensate for their lack of discipline on the fi eld. In fact,
the Devourers hate authority and will only follow those they
believe worthy of being their leaders. Once engaged in the fray,
many are those who give in to the fury and become oblivious
to orders.
Equipped with two handed weapons, twisted reapers or
shields, the voracious are the main body of the army of the
Hyena. Over the howls of the frantic charge, all the enemy can
hear is the whining of the stars of the Beast, missiles with an
unpredictable trajectory thrown by the dreaded headhunters.
Less impetuous but even more terrifying, the fl esh-eaters form
the elite of the Devourers. Protected by their thick armor, they
wield the fangs of Vile-Tis, blades whose edge never blunts.
Th e fl esh-eaters might be masters of combat, but tyrants are
virtuosos. Th ese now legendary fi ghters rule the battlefi eld
with their unequalled combat skills. In the shadows of the terrifying
warriors of the Hyena, the eclipsantes assassinate their
victims in a bloody celebration of grace and fury.
Devourers are not all wolfen: the half-elves of the Ynkarô
river are also disciples of the Beast. Blood warriors, slashers
and gray guards stand out with their agility and the cruelty
they display towards the enemy.