Fire Ritual of Londorwyn

The Fire Ritual of Londorwyn, also referred to in some older texts as The Binding, was an ancient and devastatingly destructive carmine ritual performed in 381 A.E. It was the event that decimated the entire Arcadian Heartlands and extinguished most life on the continent as a whole, including the dominant Alyvri Vandryl.
According to Arcadian legends, the ritual was carried out by by the most powerful arcanists in the empire. Approximately two-hundred figures from various races came together from all corners of the realm in order to lend their magical prowess to the final incantation.
== History ==
=== Amras' Deception ===
At the time of its conception, the population of the Alvyri Vandryl were entirely unaware that the ritual would bring about their destruction. It was told the ritual was to involve the binding of an ancient dragon's soul to the fate of Elyn Vandryl, an act said to be capable of ensuring unending luck and prosperity. Unbeknownst to his subjects, however, the Emperor was weaving an entirely different spell.
Dissatisfied with his mortality, Emperor Amras' lust for power had secretly attracted the attention of the Archangel Netheriel, who later posed as a powerful Elven magician to seduce the emperor with dreams of immortality. After learning from the fallen Archangel the secrets of binding the ancient dragon's soul, Amras worked to obfuscate the truth among his vassals, tricking his people into believing that the binding of the soul would be beneficial for them.
=== The Fire Ritual ===
From the uttering of the final incantation, a tremendous burst of carmine energy was released from the body of the Emperor, exploding outwards in a terrific display of power. The blast cleansed the entirety of the Arcadian Heartlands of life. Every soul consumed in the fire was trapped and sent into Amras' body, effectively destroying his physical form outright. With the millions of souls that now resided inside him, the Emperor had achieved his goals of immortality.
Unbeknownst to the Emperor, the ritual contained further effects set in place by Netheriel that would place considerable stress upon his newly immortal soul. These energies would later force him to seek torpor within his destroyed sanctuary. In this manner Amras' body would remain immortal, yet dormant, until his awakening by the Archangel Netheriel exactly one thousand years later during the Heartstone Crisis.
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