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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. | ||
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| + | == 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. | ||
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| + | == History == | ||
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| + | 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. | ||
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| + | == Ragn'arok == | ||
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| + | 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. | ||
