Zaramoth's Ascendance and Downfall

Zaramoth's Ascendance and Downfall is a book in .
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Zaramoth's Ascendance and Downfall
The first true recorded Age began when Zaramoth the Giant conquered the last of his enemies, sealing his grip over Aranna for the next thousand years and ending the ancient war between the Utgards and the Agallans. He shepherded that era of relative peace with an iron hand—rebellions were not tolerated.
The instrument of his conquests, the Sword of Zaramoth, was said to contain the very soul of the Utgard race. He wielded it without mercy, and spilled so much blood in his thirst for power that he came to be called Zaramoth the Unmaker. Humans, Elves, and Dwarves prospered beneath the shadow of absolute justice. Even the Agallans declined to challenge Zaramoth's command, despite their distaste for his cold morality.
Magic was strictly controlled; for centuries, the only mages permitted to practice their arts were Zaramoth's dark inquisitors, and they only to punish those who rebelled against his rule. To this day there are those who believe that magic should be controlled, and who yearn to return to a time where magic was guarded from abuse by the irresponsible.
Zaramoth's final consolidation of power came when he took for himself the crown of the Empire of Stars. Many who had fought against him out of loyalty to the Empire now pledged him their allegiance, and it appeared that none remained to oppose him. The Empire's engineers, the best in the world, undertook to erect a fortress for their new Emperor, greater than any ever built. They gutted the highest peak in the eastern ranges and built an impregnable keep, crowned by a temple to the Unmaker's glory.
This fortress came to be known as Zaramoth's Horns. Although the path to it has been closed for centuries, stories are still told of its foreboding splendor, of failed sieges, and of the screams of captive legions suffering within its walls. For Zaramoth was without compassion, and sought only perfect justice.
Many have questioned how Azunai, a mere Human, could have challenged the rule of one so powerful. Some believe that Zaramoth grew soft, and that his armies rotted from within. Others wonder whether the Agallans, who fled far to the east to escape his rule, assisted Azunai that he might defeat the last of the Utgards. But when the Sword of Zaramoth smote the Shield of Azunai, all of Zaramoth's power was extinguished with his life, and Aranna was once again made free.
	
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