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The Requiem was a catastrophic event that occurred on the [[winter solstice]] of [[750 BC]].<ref name="Gazetteer I p. 23">[[Gazetteer II]] p. 23</ref> | The Requiem was a catastrophic event that occurred on the [[winter solstice]] of [[750 BC]].<ref name="Gazetteer I p. 23">[[Gazetteer II]] p. 23</ref> | ||
Orchestrated by [[Azalin]], as the culmination of [[The Grim Harvest]], a massive wave of negative energy from the [[Doomsday Device]] transformed [[Il Aluk]] to [[Necropolis]].<ref name="Gazetteer I p. 2-23">[[Gazetteer II]] p. 22-23</ref> It occurred as Azalin [[sacrificed]] the lives of no less than 25,000 people<ref>[[Death Triumphant]] p. 57; the then contemporary number of lives in Il Aluk and the surrounding [[satellite village]]s</ref> in order to become a [[demilich]]<ref name="Death Triumphant p. 26>[[Death Triumphant p. 26</ref> Azalin had hoped to escape the bindings of his corporeal form and ascend to realms beyond as a purely [[spirit]]uall being. Instead, the Requiem dispersed his essence and merged it with his domain.<ref name="Gazetteer II | Orchestrated by [[Azalin]], as the culmination of [[The Grim Harvest]], a massive wave of negative energy from the [[Doomsday Device]] transformed [[Il Aluk]] to [[Necropolis]].<ref name="Gazetteer I p. 2-23">[[Gazetteer II]] p. 22-23</ref> It occurred as Azalin [[sacrificed]] the lives of no less than 25,000 people<ref>[[Death Triumphant]] p. 57; the then contemporary number of lives in Il Aluk and the surrounding [[satellite village]]s</ref> in order to become a [[demilich]]<ref name="Death Triumphant p. 26>[[Death Triumphant p. 26</ref> Azalin had hoped to escape the bindings of his corporeal form and ascend to realms beyond as a purely [[spirit]]uall being. Instead, the Requiem dispersed his essence and merged it with his domain.<ref name="Gazetteer II p. 157">Gazetteer II p. 157</ref></ref> Meanwhile, the negative energy wave struck every citizen dead but then [[reanimating]] them into [[undead]] of various types, collectively known as [[the Slain]].<ref>Gazetteer II p. 123</ref> Furthermore, an a impenetrable wall of [[negative energy]] enveloped Il Aluk, destroying any one of [[the Living]] to enter and [[transforming]] them into one of the Slain. Thus began an 5 year long era of fear and uncertainty called [[the Shrouded Years]]. | ||
Beyond the borders of Il Aluk, the Requiem had a profound effect on the nation of Darkon and its people. The Requiem effectively cleaved both [[Vuchar River]] and the [[King's Highway (Darkon)]] in two, both heavily disrupting [[trade]] and [[transportation]] in Darkon and beyond. The people of Darkon thought the great [[apocalypse]] known as the [[Hour of Ascension]] was imminent, referring to the entirety of Darkon as [[Necropolis]]. ((Following the return of Azalin, Necropolis would come to mean only the Il Aluk environs) More over the wave of planar energy washed over Darkon, causing a number of [[disruption]]s in the ebb and flow of [[life]] and [[death]] within Darkon. In many places, the land became warped along with its [[wildlife]]. | Beyond the borders of Il Aluk, the Requiem had a profound effect on the nation of Darkon and its people. The Requiem effectively cleaved both [[Vuchar River]] and the [[King's Highway (Darkon)]] in two, both heavily disrupting [[trade]] and [[transportation]] in Darkon and beyond. The people of Darkon thought the great [[apocalypse]] known as the [[Hour of Ascension]] was imminent, referring to the entirety of Darkon as [[Necropolis]]. ((Following the return of Azalin, Necropolis would come to mean only the Il Aluk environs) More over the wave of planar energy washed over Darkon, causing a number of [[disruption]]s in the ebb and flow of [[life]] and [[death]] within Darkon. In many places, the land became warped along with its [[wildlife]]. | ||
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It is a prejudice of you the living that the Requiem was a disaster for the living alone. When in truth the suffering of many of the undead was far worse. Once the mortuaries and the surrounding villages had been emptied and after every zombie unworthy of its flesh had been run down and torn apart, the ghouls could do nothing but devour one another. And the situation was bleaker still for the bloodsuckers. The surrounding countryside was soon bled dry. Further afield, a spirited resistance, secretly led by your beloved Kargat, resulted in frightful rates of attrition. Half-starved, the vampires set to eliminating each other. The survivors, many having lived in Il Aluk for a century or more, embraced emigration for the most part. But this was not an option for the wrethfetin, who would rise each night and, driven mad by their unsatiated hunger, would attack anything that moved, until they were themselves sent back to their graves, from which they would invariably return, save for when it rained. Mercifully, Death finally had the damned halflings staked where they lay.
-Vice-Chancellor August Montalva of the University of Il Aluk in correspondence with Professor Abelhous Nicholsi of the University of Il Aluk in Exile at Karg
Descriptive text contributed by cure to John W. Mangrum's Teeny Tiny Tales of Terror project (posted on the Fraternity of Shadows message board).
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The Requiem was a catastrophic event that occurred on the winter solstice of 750 BC.[1]
Orchestrated by Azalin, as the culmination of The Grim Harvest, a massive wave of negative energy from the Doomsday Device transformed Il Aluk to Necropolis.[2] It occurred as Azalin sacrificed the lives of no less than 25,000 people[3] in order to become a demilich[4] Azalin had hoped to escape the bindings of his corporeal form and ascend to realms beyond as a purely spirituall being. Instead, the Requiem dispersed his essence and merged it with his domain.[5]</ref> Meanwhile, the negative energy wave struck every citizen dead but then reanimating them into undead of various types, collectively known as the Slain.[6] Furthermore, an a impenetrable wall of negative energy enveloped Il Aluk, destroying any one of the Living to enter and transforming them into one of the Slain. Thus began an 5 year long era of fear and uncertainty called the Shrouded Years.
Beyond the borders of Il Aluk, the Requiem had a profound effect on the nation of Darkon and its people. The Requiem effectively cleaved both Vuchar River and the King's Highway (Darkon) in two, both heavily disrupting trade and transportation in Darkon and beyond. The people of Darkon thought the great apocalypse known as the Hour of Ascension was imminent, referring to the entirety of Darkon as Necropolis. ((Following the return of Azalin, Necropolis would come to mean only the Il Aluk environs) More over the wave of planar energy washed over Darkon, causing a number of disruptions in the ebb and flow of life and death within Darkon. In many places, the land became warped along with its wildlife.
In Azael's seeming absence, the domain temporarily fell under influence by six demilords, each newly empowered by the negative energy wave and each holding over a single regions of Darkon.
References
- ↑ Gazetteer II p. 23
- ↑ Gazetteer II p. 22-23
- ↑ Death Triumphant p. 57; the then contemporary number of lives in Il Aluk and the surrounding satellite villages
- ↑ [[Death Triumphant p. 26
- ↑ Gazetteer II p. 157
- ↑ Gazetteer II p. 123
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