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− | Akkyshans | + | The dread inspired by the Akkyshans is carved into the mind of |
+ | every living being: the fear of the silent shadow, the terror of a | ||
+ | deadly, unpredictable and inexplicable threat. To a warrior of | ||
+ | Akkyshan, every living being is not only an enemy, but also prey. | ||
+ | Th e defeated enemy is a food source the children of the web of | ||
+ | Ashinân will feed on. Th is way they will grow stronger, become | ||
+ | even more dangerous and defeat even more prey. | ||
+ | |||
+ | == Chronology == | ||
+ | |||
+ | *666 Curse of Scaëlin. | ||
+ | *699 Flight of Scaëlin. | ||
+ | *701 Emergence of Akkyshan society. | ||
+ | *983 First raid on Cadwallon. | ||
+ | *1 003 - 1 005 Th e web of Ashinân is reinforced by Acheron on the shore of the Ynkarô. | ||
+ | |||
+ | == History == | ||
+ | |||
+ | Th e history of the Akkyshan | ||
+ | began in the forest of Quithayran. | ||
+ | Th e sole heiress to the | ||
+ | throne was Scaëlin, a woman so | ||
+ | beautiful that a god noticed her and | ||
+ | came to woo her. Th e god’s wife, furious, | ||
+ | cursed Scaëlin and stole her beauty. | ||
+ | To obtain utter revenge, she appeared before her victim in the shape of a spider. She presented | ||
+ | herself as Lilith, the Widow, and off ered to restore the young | ||
+ | elven lady’s beauty one day, in exchange for unfailing adoration. | ||
+ | Scaëlin accepted and became a priestess as powerful as | ||
+ | she was monstrous. She was soon hunted down by her people | ||
+ | for the gruesome crimes she had committed to serve her goddess. | ||
+ | However, protected by her powers, Scaëlin evaded her pursuers | ||
+ | and found refuge in the forest of Ashinân. Th ere, like | ||
+ | spiders, she and her female servants gave birth to extraordinarily | ||
+ | numerous off spring. Soon, a new society was born. A | ||
+ | matriarchal society submitted to the almighty power of Lilith | ||
+ | and her fi rst servant, Scaëlin. | ||
+ | Ever since, the Akkyshan have been patiently waiting to | ||
+ | ring the hour of revenge. With the Rag’narok the long awaited | ||
+ | opportunity has come. Th eir forces have gathered in massive | ||
+ | numbers on the shores of the Ynkarô with growing warbands | ||
+ | of marauders testing the walls of Cadwallon, which would | ||
+ | be the ideal beachhead to bring fi re and poison to Laroq, the | ||
+ | capital of the Cynwäll. | ||
+ | |||
+ | == Ragn'arok == | ||
+ | |||
+ | Th e Akkyshans have known for a long time that Creation | ||
+ | is coming to an end. Th is does not worry the people of the | ||
+ | Spider, who believe this end serves a greater design. Th e Akkyshans | ||
+ | consider that Light has destroyed the grace of Creation | ||
+ | by binding it in shackles of morality and kindness. Th e time | ||
+ | has come to start over again, to create a world that will suit | ||
+ | the wish of Lilith: a land where the strong shall survive and | ||
+ | where the weak will be used to feed them. Considering this | ||
+ | point of view, the Akkyshans are the future of Aarklash. Only | ||
+ | the strongest will survive the battles, and the servants of Lilith | ||
+ | shall be part of the chosen few. | ||
+ | Yet, few Akkyshans think about the Rag’narok. Most of | ||
+ | them fi ght because their superiors order them to. With the | ||
+ | of the web of Ashinân, absolute | ||
+ | unquestioned obedience is an unyielding | ||
+ | Scaëlin can sense that the time | ||
+ | revenge is close; her dutiful soldiers | ||
+ | already on the move. Th ey are | ||
+ | aware that a fate worse than death | ||
+ | awaits them if they fail their mistress. | ||
+ | For them it is not that much | ||
+ | of a constraint, quite the contrary | ||
+ | actually: war also helps | ||
+ | satisfy the most voracious of | ||
+ | appetites, after all. |