Order of Elba

== Pre-Abex Period ==
=== The Profecy ===
Long before the world of Abexilas was discovered, in the bustling cities of the Skaven people, stories were being told about someone who would save every single skaven and other humanoids from their suffering. One being that would save everyone from everything. Most people thought these stories were mear dreams, or illusions, but one human took it upon himself to unite all the believers. He gave preachings on the streets, in the slums, and gathered everyone who believed in a better world. The skaven king at the time, king Tryre Doomfur had a dream on night, such a vivid dream, about this person who would save the world. He announced the next day, that he and his family had become believers. The king found the preacher, and gave him a place to stay in the royal manor, making him a royal advisor. The preacher would go on preaching to the people, slowly gaining more and more believers. The preacher would tell stories, about how to people had to live their lives better, before their savior would come. The king would encourage this behavior of the people, sending messengers out to other cities in the realm. Almost everyone believed that their savior would come if they changed the way they lived. There was no one left in the skaven lands that didn't believe. With everyone changing their way of living, the lands became a better place, but soon after, the preacher dissapeared, nobody knew where he went, and there was no trace of him, other than a letter he left behind for the king. The letter said: "Continue your ways, as it is my time to go. Do not forget me, let the people speak of me, until they are dead. Do not ever call me by my name again, but call me Elba."
=== Reactions of the people ===
After the preacher had dissapeared, many people suspected the king of foul play, as the preacher was dragging attention from to king to himself. Most people believed these rumors, and were furious, 2 weeks after the preachers dissapearance, the people, still furious at the king, stormed the manor, causing mass casualties, and forcing the king to flee. Many other people fled to other countries or even continents, in fear of the bloody civil war. While the civil war was raging on in the skaven homelands, many believers that fled spreaded the word of the savior, only later realizing, the preacher was their savior. With this, people started worshipping the preacher, only ever reffering to him as Elba, as he instructed them to.
== Abex Period ==
=== The continuation period ===
After the civil war had ended, most believers continued following the instructions Elba gave them. They told stories about the majestic preacher, who told the profecy of himself. These stories would eventually reach the ears of a young Vichil Greatgrower. He wouldn't believe any of these stories until later in his life. Meanwhile, another group of believers would reach a small island in Abexilas, inside of Lake Mora on the continent of Talasi. These believers carried a special artifact, the heart of Elba (most people reffered to him as Sanctus Elba from this point on). They managed to aquire this through the king's guard, who found Sanctus Elba's body after his dissapearance, but were told to stay quiet about it. After some time, these believers were kicked of the island by the peoplewho inhabited the nearby areas, and while fleeing, they lost the artifact.
=== The ressurection period ===
After a few years of the Indigo people ruling over the island they called Psydonia, they decided to merge with The Grand Principality of Nunindae, and after some time, a new mayor was put into place, this being Vichil Greatgrower. During excavations on the island, they found a canopic jar, inside it was a well preserved human heart. On the side of the jar was a label, it said: "The heart of Sanctus Elba" The workers immediatly showed this to the mayor, who was perplexed. He had heard stories about this mythical Saint Elba when he was younger. In his far away homelands the people worshipped this Sanctus Elba. Vichil immediatly ordered the repurposement of the castle built by the Indigo people into a fort to store and protect this canopic jar. He would also aim to ressurect the faith of The Order of Elba.