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Lightning strikes a small oak tree as it splits in half. Fire rages, its glow displaying the silhouette of a dark form...
Ages ago a being came to fruition, one that would break the bonds of common thought and invoke change in the minds of mortals...
The ArchMages of Arcana were thought of as simple folk. They sought knowledge, health, peace and were devoted to the craft of Magic. The Crusades on the other hand, felt that these mages were abusing the "Gift," that mortals were not to have the privilege of its use. A very young flayer gained entrance to the tower, inducted by the Lady Xyza herself. Young, impetuous, with a "fire" in its eyes never before seen from its kind. As time went on it watched the Crusades lay waste to the Mages of Arcana, blood flowed through the cracks of Thera's soil like a river. It was time...time for a change. Treaties were broken continuously, bargains lost. War was declared. Lestregus approached Lady Xyza, he asked to be given the honor of Leading Arcana into the next millennium...his request was fulfilled. The War raged on...
"I will not see you fall at my feet like fools!" "I will not watch as we are embarrassed by these brainwashed weaklings!" "We will think!" "We will act!" "We will FIGHT!" A constant barrage of pain was unleashed upon the Crusades. Lestregus; by his side Aazabel, Hector, Drintazt, Melkandrel, Wicket, Sorpigal and many others brought forth a tide of destruction never before seen by the Warriors of Crusader. The mighty warriors of honor, one of the most powerful armies in the history of Thera had a weakness. Their very beliefs were so limiting that they were able to be used against them...the Code itself would be their undoing.
Lestregus always sought to gain in strength and although he was devoted to the Lady Xyza, it was The Worm, Lord Rungekutta that gave him the power he wished. Working together to discover a way to break the bonds of mortal flesh, Lestregus and Rungekutta came upon the ancient rite of Lichdom. This was the future, undeath. Lestregus was the first Lich to ever walk in the Lands of Thera, his strength has never been equaled.
The Crusades were brought to their knees and in their dieing breath a line was crossed....Lestregus and others were declared (Forsaken). No rules applied to those marked such, the code no longer mattered. This was viewed by the populace as a last ditch effort to save face, it did not work. The ArchMages continued their onslaught until every last Crusader fell...
In time an offer was made and the heavens called to Lestregus to take his place amongst the Pantheon, A god he had now become. With failing leadership following his Ascension, the ArchMages became shadows of their former selves. Distaste, anger, disrespect caused their eventual end when Lord Darkwood rose up and smashed the Crystal of Power destroying the Tower for good....Darkwood was not finished yet...
Revenge, revenge for all the pain it had inflicted. Revenge for the embarrassment of the Army, revenge for disgrace...Lord Darkwood would have it. Upon his Ascension, Lestregus grew in power and it was feared that Arcana would rise again as a result. One eve, Darkwood stepped upon the the very essence of Lestregus and imprisoned him within a shard of crystal. This crystal was given to a Warrior for safe keeping and it was not for 2000 years that cries were heard emanating from the Arkham Swamps. How did Lestregus get the power to return? Why all of a sudden was it possible for him to break free? Some say the power was given by the Lady, others say The Worm, still it could have just been its time. Cries, screams...the screams of souls unleashed. Many of the mages of Thera set forth to battle and the Warrior was ready. Bloodshed, bruises, spells, the clashing of swords...Darkness.
Lestregus has risen once more.
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