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*The Faithful and Magicians from '''the House of Hestia''' are as powerful as they are Machiavellian, like Ganzhyr, the most renowned of the family. Great rivals of the House of Brisis, Hestians are masters of the arts of infernal fi re, and their lessons are very popular. Making an enemy of Hestia promises suffering - taking it as an ally makes it an inexhaustible source of concern. | *The Faithful and Magicians from '''the House of Hestia''' are as powerful as they are Machiavellian, like Ganzhyr, the most renowned of the family. Great rivals of the House of Brisis, Hestians are masters of the arts of infernal fi re, and their lessons are very popular. Making an enemy of Hestia promises suffering - taking it as an ally makes it an inexhaustible source of concern. | ||
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| + | The barony of Acheron traces its origins back to the early kings of Alahan, and some of its Fathers are older still. The true birth of the nation of Acheron took place in 675, when the Kingdom of Alahan united against Acheron, bent on destroying it. This most horrible of wars, that has continued to this day, gave birth to this new state. In 666, the dean of the Academy of Acheron, Kaïan Draghost, founded the order of the Black Togas after he was denied entry into the Chroniclers, the assembly of the most powerful magicians of Aarklash. He dedicated this new secret society to the study of the darkest secrets of magic. Two years later, in 668, the “Divine Baron” Feyd Mantis joined the Black Togas and shared the leadership with Kaïan Draghost. Their goal | ||
| + | was immortality: Draghost wanted power and Mantis feared death. The two masters of the order then began a recruitment campaign throughout the country. | ||
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| + | They wove a dense network of disciples in the Kingdom of Alahan and beyond, recruiting members whose deeds would resound through the ages. Thus, some Dirz began performing fruitful research on the gems of Darkness within the order. During this period, the Black Togas journeyed often and acquired a tremendous amount of knowledge, uncovering the mysteries of necromancy. The House of Vanth was enlightened by a bold journey to, and exhaustive charting of, the infernal realms. In 670, during one of these journeys, Kaïan Draghost and his most faithful disciple, Armariel of Brisis, discovered the remains of powerful creatures, deposed immortals, whose bodies yielded prodigious reserves of gems of Darkness. They collected and cared for Sariel, one of the immortals who had survived. On this occasion, the fallen angel joined the Black Togas and merged its essence to that of Armariel, with disastrous consequences ... | ||
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| + | The disciples of the sect engaged in the utmost of wicked practices, in pursuit of power and immortality. In 671, their research had progressed to the limits of mere mortals. To continue their quest, the masters of the Black Togas announced that it was necessary to end the pacts with the powers of Darkness. Faced with this prospect, many of the chief conspirators decided to leave the organization for fear of losing what little soul they had left. | ||
