The Crimson Hunters

From time to time, there arises from our race a warrior or a mage who outshines all others. So it was with cursed Arinth, with Istaura the Good and her brother Isteru the Sorcerer. Lorethal the Protector, defender of the Elves, stands alongside these. Here I record his deeds.
Five centuries after the death of Arinth, when the Edhel had lived at Aman'lu in peace for a generation, Istaura the Huntress died. Our people mourned, and for six days all the Edhel remained silent, as a sing of our great respect for her. But on the seventh day the Familiars came.
How can they be described? Creatures who do no die, but who instead kill all who try to defend against them? Who do not eat, but who fight as fiercly as starving wolves?
We had become accustomed to the easy life of peace and were easy prey. Many elves died during those first months.
Fearful of being wiped out completely, and lost without Istaru's leadership, the elders prepared to flee and establish a home elsewhere. But Lorethal, who had killed a Familiar and lived, resisted this plan. He vowed to defeat the invaders, and asked for others to join him in his fight. Many joined him, and those led by him came to be known as the Crimson Hunters.
For a hundred years they defended Aman'lu from the Familiars, but barely kept them at bay. At the end of that time Lorethal led an expedition into the beast of the enemy's territory. Survivors of the expedition said that Lorethal tirelessly pushed on past the limits of every other warriors' strength, refusing to yield.
He never returned, but the power of the Familiars was broken, and they have not been seen in this land since that time.
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