Difference between revisions of "The Fate of Maldegen Dirz"
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*''853'' : Destruction of Shamir. Dirz is seriously wounded. Basileus Antykaïn is appointed head of the Empire. | *''853'' : Destruction of Shamir. Dirz is seriously wounded. Basileus Antykaïn is appointed head of the Empire. | ||
*''1000'' : Death of Dirz, sacrificed | *''1000'' : Death of Dirz, sacrificed | ||
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| + | == The Return of the Heresiarch == | ||
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| + | Th e epilogue of the life of the Heresiarch happened in 1000 during the Dawn ritual. Basileus Villa, head of the church of Arh-Tolth, and the Magon, grand priest of the cult, received from Djabril the Voyager the means of summoning Arh-Tolth to Aarklash for good. The ritual required inflicting unspeakable spiritual and physical suffering to the most fervent worshippers | ||
| + | of Arh-Tolth. Physical suffering would not be a problem. The proper injection would provide a satisfying result. | ||
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| + | The real challenge was the moral part. No drug could help here. In an ordinary nation, they could have sacrificed the women and children of their faithful. Unfortunately, the Syhar felt no attachment for those they reproduced with, or their own progeny. | ||
| + | Once again, Djabril had the solution. The only being they all adored and loved was their guide, their spiritual father: Emperor Dirz. The Basileus himself stabbed the sacrificial dagger into the heart of the founder of the Empire while the Magon began the ritual of Dawn… and Arh-Tolth appeared. The army of the Syharhalna marched out to sweep away the old world and sow the seeds of a new one. Victory would herald the dawn of a new alchemical era. | ||
