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pirates sailing the area. Comfortably nestled in their fortresses, | pirates sailing the area. Comfortably nestled in their fortresses, | ||
they are now launching attacks towards the continent. | they are now launching attacks towards the continent. | ||
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| + | == Ragn'arok == | ||
| + | Ophidians believe that Creation experiences several stages | ||
| + | of development. For each new stage, the prior stage needs to | ||
| + | be discarded, the same way a snake will shed its skin once it | ||
| + | has become too tight. Th e Rag’narok is one of these molting | ||
| + | periods. Creation is convulsing to shake off the weaker peoples | ||
| + | and the archaic beliefs as it is about to enter a new age; | ||
| + | an era of wisdom and knowledge. Th e Ophidians are there | ||
| + | to guide the lesser beings of Creation towards this new stage. | ||
| + | As for those who do not understand Syhe the need for change,or even worse, those who contest the obvious superiority | ||
| + | of Ophidians over puny mammals, their fate is already | ||
| + | sealed. Th ey shall be choked in the darkness of their own | ||
| + | ignorance. | ||
| + | Yet, most of the Ophidian army does not fi ght to defend | ||
| + | this ideal. Ophidian slaves, whose minds have been broken | ||
| + | by drugs and curses, fi ght without asking any questions. | ||
| + | Th ey blindly obey their masters. Th e more | ||
| + | autonomous servants, such as the apostates | ||
| + | of Darkness, are animated by a hunger | ||
| + | for power and a disturbing taste for | ||
| + | death. Th ey fi ght because they know of the | ||
| + | rewards. Th erefore, they fi ght as blindly as | ||
| + | the slaves do. Only the Ophidians themselves | ||
| + | are aware of the causes and consequences | ||
| + | of the struggle ahead. Th ey become | ||
| + | involved only when they have to, and | ||
| + | it clearly repulses them: all these creatures | ||
| + | and their puny civilizations disgust them. | ||
| + | Having to mingle the dry perfection of | ||
| + | scales and the sweet Ophidian power with | ||
| + | the greasy ichors of lowly hairy mammals | ||
| + | certainly does not delight them. Other | ||
| + | species are animals that need to be broken | ||
| + | to make sure they do not soil Creation. | ||
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| + | == Army == | ||
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| + | Th e Ophidians have created an army that | ||
| + | relies heavily on its hierarchy. Th is army | ||
| + | is composed of troops whose survival instincts | ||
| + | have been erased, fi ghters that can | ||
| + | be killed to protect their masters. Just above them are found the allies or those servants who are capable of | ||
| + | initiative in the more unexpected situations. Finally, the whole | ||
| + | is topped by the Ophidians themselves. | ||
| + | Th e best example of the slaves are the syhes. Dominated | ||
| + | through magic and torture, they are soulless bodyguards, whose | ||
| + | purpose is to die for their master. Th ey are bound by shackles of | ||
| + | absolute servitude; servitude in war, as human shields, servitude | ||
| + | in peace, as sadistic entertainment for their masters | ||
| + | Th e apostates of Darkness have rejected their former causes, | ||
| + | no matter which ones they were. Subtle Ophidian corruption | ||
| + | has convinced them of the absurdity of their old beliefs. | ||
| + | Th e vortirans often lead the Serpent companies. Th ese gigantic | ||
| + | and immortal Ophidians are exceptionally strong and | ||
| + | quick. Perfectly ambidextrous, vortirans generally wield two | ||
| + | gigantic poisoned daggers. | ||
