Vol. 2 The Dark Wizards

The Dark Wizards
Of all the curses, plagues, and catastrophes ever to beset Aranna, the Dark Wizards are the worst. Without their urging, Zaramoth would never have begun his campaign of oppression and conquest, and without their strength, he would not have been able to continue it.
The Archmage and his five Undermages are the most powerful magical beings ever to exist. The greatest of the Azunite sorcerers were, to them, as flies to be swatted; even the great Edhel Counsel coudl do no more than defend against a few of their lesser attacks. If, before the great cataclysm, they had desired to end all life, it would have cost them little effort to do so. But that was not what they wanted.
Their goal was to control all of the magic in Aranna. Even their great power was no enough for them (and let this be a lesson to you, my brothers; for the desire for power is a disease that feeds upon itself).
Little is known about the Dark Wizards -- they have lived to an incredible age, longer than any Edhel. They consume the fungus voldane, known to most as a deadly poison, in staggering quantities; some speculate that it has sustained them through their long lives, others that it is the source of their great power. Edhel experiments with voldane have been inconclusive, and often spectacularly fatal.
The Archmage is the most powerful, but any of the five less wizards is powerful enough ot defeat Isteru himself. When Zaramoth first came to power, it was thought that there were only four Dark Wizards, but later there were known to be five, though the fifth rarely took part in battle.
I write these things to impress upon you, my readers, the great danger that these beings pose to us all -- for indeed, they are still among us. The most powerful beings in Aranna lie in waiting, ready to seize control once again.
The recent rise to power of the Humans Valdis has led many to fear that the Dark Wizards are using him as a pawn; the rumors that he suffered from fevers as a child corroborate these fears. For the Dark Wizards have used diseases to poison the minds of many.
Be on your guard, my brothers, for the Dark Wizards may even no be readying their assault. We must be ready.
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