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	The Brotherhood of the Whip, also called the Brothers of the Whip, was a [[Nova Vaasan]] gang of [[bandit]]s, [[rebellion]], and [[fiendish cult]] founded and led by the [[Black Duke]] under the guise of a mighty and skilled [[human]] man-at-arms.<ref name="Van Richten's Guide to Fiends p. 71">[[Van Richten's Guide to Fiends]] p. 71</ref> His group of cultists provided a virtual army to inflict devastation and fear<ref name="Van Richten's Guide to Fiends p. 71">[[Van Richten's Guide to Fiends]] p. 71</ref> in the service of their seeming "bandit king".<ref name="Gaz V p. 42">[[Gazetteer V]] p. 42</ref> The Brotherhood's activity climaxed with the destruction of [[Drataan]], then then largest community in [[Ehrendton]]<ref name="Gaz V p. 42">[[Gazetteer V]] p. 42</ref>		The Brotherhood of the Whip, also called the Brothers of the Whip, was a [[Nova Vaasan]] gang of [[bandit]]s, [[rebellion]], and [[fiendish cult]] founded and led by the [[Black Duke]] under the guise of a mighty and skilled [[human]] man-at-arms.<ref name="Van Richten's Guide to Fiends p. 71">[[Van Richten's Guide to Fiends]] p. 71</ref> His group of cultists provided a virtual army to inflict devastation and fear<ref name="Van Richten's Guide to Fiends p. 71">[[Van Richten's Guide to Fiends]] p. 71</ref> in the service of their seeming "bandit king".<ref name="Gaz V p. 42">[[Gazetteer V]] p. 42</ref> The Brotherhood's activity climaxed with the destruction of [[Drataan]], then then largest community in [[Ehrendton]]<ref name="Gaz V p. 42">[[Gazetteer V]] p. 42</ref>

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	Despite the defeat of Ironhand and his knights, the Brotherhood of the Whip was eventually broken up.<ref>Van Richten's Guide to Fiends p. 62</ref> The Black Duke was never apprehended, having seemingly disappeared around the time of the Brotherhood's downfall. Dr. van Richten speculates the Black Duke is forming new and [[violent]] cults elsewhere.<ref name="Van Richten's Guide to Fiends p. 71">[[Van Richten's Guide to Fiends]] p. 71</ref>		Despite the defeat of Ironhand and his knights, the Brotherhood of the Whip was eventually broken up.<ref>Van Richten's Guide to Fiends p. 62</ref> The Black Duke was never apprehended, having seemingly disappeared around the time of the Brotherhood's downfall. Dr. van Richten speculates the Black Duke is forming new and [[violent]] cults elsewhere.<ref name="Van Richten's Guide to Fiends p. 71">[[Van Richten's Guide to Fiends]] p. 71</ref>

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	The Brotherhood of the Whip, also called the Brothers of the Whip, was a [[Nova Vaasan]] gang of [[bandit]]s, [rebellion]], and [[fiendish cult]] founded and led by the [[Black Duke]] under the guise of a mighty and skilled [[human]] man-at-arms.<ref name="Van Richten's Guide to Fiends p. 71">[[Van Richten's Guide to Fiends]] p. 71</ref> His group of cultists provided a virtual army to inflict devastation and fear<ref name="Van Richten's Guide to Fiends p. 71">[[Van Richten's Guide to Fiends]] p. 71</ref> in the service of their seeming "bandit king".<ref name="Gaz V p. 42">[[Gazetteer V]] p. 42</ref> The Brotherhood's activity climaxed with the destruction of [[Drataan]], then then largest community in [[Ehrendton]]<ref name="Gaz V p. 42">[[Gazetteer V]] p. 42</ref>		The Brotherhood of the Whip, also called the Brothers of the Whip, was a [[Nova Vaasan]] gang of [[bandit]]s, [[rebellion]], and [[fiendish cult]] founded and led by the [[Black Duke]] under the guise of a mighty and skilled [[human]] man-at-arms.<ref name="Van Richten's Guide to Fiends p. 71">[[Van Richten's Guide to Fiends]] p. 71</ref> His group of cultists provided a virtual army to inflict devastation and fear<ref name="Van Richten's Guide to Fiends p. 71">[[Van Richten's Guide to Fiends]] p. 71</ref> in the service of their seeming "bandit king".<ref name="Gaz V p. 42">[[Gazetteer V]] p. 42</ref> The Brotherhood's activity climaxed with the destruction of [[Drataan]], then then largest community in [[Ehrendton]]<ref name="Gaz V p. 42">[[Gazetteer V]] p. 42</ref>

	According to the journal of [[Lertan Scarhand]], one of the Black Duke's lieutenants, the Black Duke inducted new members with a [[temptation]] and make the new member swear an [[oath]] of service as part of a perverse [[ritual]] of black magic. Decades later, [[Dr. van Richten]] identified this as a [[blood oath ritual]] giving the fiend power over the oathmakers and allow the fiend to always know their locations.<ref>[[Van Richten's Guide to Fiends]] p. 61-65</ref>		According to the journal of [[Lertan Scarhand]], one of the Black Duke's lieutenants, the Black Duke inducted new members with a [[temptation]] and make the new member swear an [[oath]] of service as part of a perverse [[ritual]] of black magic. Decades later, [[Dr. van Richten]] identified this as a [[blood oath ritual]] giving the fiend power over the oathmakers and allow the fiend to always know their locations.<ref>[[Van Richten's Guide to Fiends]] p. 61-65</ref>

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	According to the journal of [[Lertan Scarhand]], one of the Black Duke's lieutenants, the Black Duke inducted new members with a [[temptation]] and make the new member swear an [[oath]] of service as part of a perverse [[ritual]] of black magic. Decades later, [[Dr. van Richten]] identified this as a [[blood oath ritual]] giving the fiend power over the oathmakers and allow the fiend to always know their locations.<ref>[[Van Richten's Guide to Fiends]] p. 61-65</ref>		According to the journal of [[Lertan Scarhand]], one of the Black Duke's lieutenants, the Black Duke inducted new members with a [[temptation]] and make the new member swear an [[oath]] of service as part of a perverse [[ritual]] of black magic. Decades later, [[Dr. van Richten]] identified this as a [[blood oath ritual]] giving the fiend power over the oathmakers and allow the fiend to always know their locations.<ref>[[Van Richten's Guide to Fiends]] p. 61-65</ref>

	The depredations of the Brotherhood did not go without reprisal, as recounted in [[The Beast of Ehrendton]] by [[Sir Armand Ironhand]] ten years after the fact. In approximately [[685 BC]]<ref name="Gaz V p. 42">[[Gazetteer V]] p. 42</ref>, Sir Ironhand led a group of mighty [[knight]]s to best the Blake Duke, not knowing the fiend's true nature. The Black Duke faced them alone, revealed its true form, and single-handedly defeated them all. All of the knights but Ironhand and [[Jess ~~d'Lurien~~]] perished, the final two allowed to escape by the Black Duke.<ref>Van Richten's Guide to Fiends p. 36-38</ref>		The depredations of the Brotherhood did not go without reprisal, as recounted in [[The Beast of Ehrendton]] by [[Sir Armand Ironhand]] ten years after the fact. In approximately [[685 BC]]<ref name="Gaz V p. 42">[[Gazetteer V]] p. 42</ref>, Sir Ironhand led a group of mighty [[knight]]s to best the Blake Duke, not knowing the fiend's true nature. The Black Duke faced them alone, revealed its true form, and single-handedly defeated them all. All of the knights but Ironhand and [[Jess d’Lurien]] perished, the final two allowed to escape by the Black Duke.<ref>Van Richten's Guide to Fiends p. 36-38</ref>

	Despite the defeat of Ironhand and his knights, the Brotherhood of the Whip was eventually broken up.<ref>Van Richten's Guide to Fiends p. 62</ref> The Black Duke was never apprehended, having seemingly disappeared around the time of the Brotherhood's downfall. Dr. van Richten speculates the Black Duke is forming new and [[violent]] cults elsewhere.<ref name="Van Richten's Guide to Fiends p. 71">[[Van Richten's Guide to Fiends]] p. 71</ref>		Despite the defeat of Ironhand and his knights, the Brotherhood of the Whip was eventually broken up.<ref>Van Richten's Guide to Fiends p. 62</ref> The Black Duke was never apprehended, having seemingly disappeared around the time of the Brotherhood's downfall. Dr. van Richten speculates the Black Duke is forming new and [[violent]] cults elsewhere.<ref name="Van Richten's Guide to Fiends p. 71">[[Van Richten's Guide to Fiends]] p. 71</ref>

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	According to the journal of [[Lertan Scarhand]], one of the Black Duke's lieutenants, the Black Duke inducted new members with a [[temptation]] and make the new member swear an [[oath]] of service as part of a perverse [[ritual]] of black magic. Decades later, [[Dr. van Richten]] identified this as a [[blood oath ritual]] giving the fiend power over the oathmakers and allow the fiend to always know their locations.<ref>[[Van Richten's Guide to Fiends]] p. 61-65</ref>		According to the journal of [[Lertan Scarhand]], one of the Black Duke's lieutenants, the Black Duke inducted new members with a [[temptation]] and make the new member swear an [[oath]] of service as part of a perverse [[ritual]] of black magic. Decades later, [[Dr. van Richten]] identified this as a [[blood oath ritual]] giving the fiend power over the oathmakers and allow the fiend to always know their locations.<ref>[[Van Richten's Guide to Fiends]] p. 61-65</ref>

	The depredations of the Brotherhood did not go without reprisal, as recounted in [[~~the~~ Beast of ~~Edhrenton~~]] by [[Sir Armand Ironhand]] ten years after the fact. In approximately [[685 BC]]<ref name="Gaz V p. 42">[[Gazetteer V]] p. 42</ref>, Sir Ironhand led a group of mighty [[knight]]s to best the Blake Duke, not knowing the fiend's true nature. The Black Duke faced them alone, revealed its true form, and single-handedly defeated them all. All of the knights but Ironhand and [[Jess d'Lurien]] perished, the final two allowed to escape by the Black Duke.<ref>Van Richten's Guide to Fiends p. 36-38</ref>		The depredations of the Brotherhood did not go without reprisal, as recounted in [[The Beast of Ehrendton]] by [[Sir Armand Ironhand]] ten years after the fact. In approximately [[685 BC]]<ref name="Gaz V p. 42">[[Gazetteer V]] p. 42</ref>, Sir Ironhand led a group of mighty [[knight]]s to best the Blake Duke, not knowing the fiend's true nature. The Black Duke faced them alone, revealed its true form, and single-handedly defeated them all. All of the knights but Ironhand and [[Jess d'Lurien]] perished, the final two allowed to escape by the Black Duke.<ref>Van Richten's Guide to Fiends p. 36-38</ref>

			Despite the defeat of Ironhand and his knights, the Brotherhood of the Whip was eventually broken up.<ref>Van Richten's Guide to Fiends p. 62</ref> The Black Duke was never apprehended, having seemingly disappeared around the time of the Brotherhood's downfall. Dr. van Richten speculates the Black Duke is forming new and [[violent]] cults elsewhere.<ref name="Van Richten's Guide to Fiends p. 71">[[Van Richten's Guide to Fiends]] p. 71</ref>

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	The Brotherhood of the Whip was founded and led by the [[Black Duke]].		The Brotherhood of the Whip, also called the Brothers of the Whip, was a [[Nova Vaasan]] gang of [[bandit]]s, [rebellion]], and [[fiendish cult]] founded and led by the [[Black Duke]] under the guise of a mighty and skilled [[human]] man-at-arms.<ref name="Van Richten's Guide to Fiends p. 71">[[Van Richten's Guide to Fiends]] p. 71</ref> His group of cultists provided a virtual army to inflict devastation and fear<ref name="Van Richten's Guide to Fiends p. 71">[[Van Richten's Guide to Fiends]] p. 71</ref> in the service of their seeming "bandit king".<ref name="Gaz V p. 42">[[Gazetteer V]] p. 42</ref> The Brotherhood's activity climaxed with the destruction of [[Drataan]], then then largest community in [[Ehrendton]]<ref name="Gaz V p. 42">[[Gazetteer V]] p. 42</ref>

			According to the journal of [[Lertan Scarhand]], one of the Black Duke's lieutenants, the Black Duke inducted new members with a [[temptation]] and make the new member swear an [[oath]] of service as part of a perverse [[ritual]] of black magic. Decades later, [[Dr. van Richten]] identified this as a [[blood oath ritual]] giving the fiend power over the oathmakers and allow the fiend to always know their locations.<ref>[[Van Richten's Guide to Fiends]] p. 61-65</ref>

			The depredations of the Brotherhood did not go without reprisal, as recounted in [[the Beast of Edhrenton]] by [[Sir Armand Ironhand]] ten years after the fact. In approximately [[685 BC]]<ref name="Gaz V p. 42">[[Gazetteer V]] p. 42</ref>, Sir Ironhand led a group of mighty [[knight]]s to best the Blake Duke, not knowing the fiend's true nature. The Black Duke faced them alone, revealed its true form, and single-handedly defeated them all. All of the knights but Ironhand and [[Jess d'Lurien]] perished, the final two allowed to escape by the Black Duke.<ref>Van Richten's Guide to Fiends p. 36-38</ref>

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