The Sleeper

The Sleeper is a mysterious entity Worshiped in The city of Klatch by its people and the official religion of Omnia.
=== Establishment ===
the establishment of the sleeper followed after Innos451 and Azaratuth came to the land of Phoenia, at the time there was peace and stability in the land, which the two decided to settle founding the city of Omnia. after a short while Innos451 started to hear the voice of the Sleeper in his Dreams and later on started to having repeated mysteries visions.
Following the mysteries voice Innos451, Azaratuth and The mayor of Ampolo ( a city in Phoenia) joined together to travel to the place which the mysteries voice led them. After a travel into the north of Phoenia they settled between the border of lutum and Phoenia.
Their they established the city of Klatch and began to research the mysteries Voice that led them to that land.
=== Early Research-Temple Digging ===
early on the people of Klatch led by Innos discovered that a powerful deity resided under the city. a large excavation project began in the city uncovering what is believed to be the hidden temple of the sleeper. Before the main temple was uncovered a small library was found containing several texts that would help to uncover more details about the discovery.
=== The Sleepers Touch ===
At the main entrance to the temple was uncovered a skeleton was found holding a dark bottle half filled with dark liquid in his hand. even though the skeleton was old the people noticed that his bones were brittle to the touch. an autopsy reveled that the bones did not contain any marrow as if something took all the life power from the owner and left only an empty husk behind. Further testing on the bottle reveled powerful magical properties. A small drop from the bottle diluted in water resulted in a potent drink that gave its user Haste 5 for 5 minutes.
But there is always a cost when you deal with the sleeper. After ingesting the diluted liquid a strong weakness sets on the drinker of the liquid for 15 minutes the person who consumes the drink is weak and his life power is drained from him.
Lead researchers ███ notes on the drink:"I still cant believe that a person would drink half a bottle of this and we find his bones, in my testing with prisoners' of war, after consumption of only 50ml of the potent drink there is nothing left behind of the person consuming the drink......i need a change of profession real fast, I already started to hear the voice. And I'm in Klatch for only 2 weeks"researcher ███ remains was later found [DATA EXPUNGED] in his laboratory. 
███ ml of the drink was missing from his lab not to be recovered.
=== Late Research ===
Later research stages took place inside the main temple room. Several important texts were found shedding light on the sleeper and reviling some of the secretes surrounding the temple. In one of the texts an author believed to be a mage by the name of "Xardas" discusses the origin of the sleeper in his research of the area. Evidence points to these texts by Xardas to being dated about 150 years before the start of Klatch.
in his text Xardar writes:███, known as The Sleeper by its human worshipers, was a powerful ancient Arch-Demon who served ███. It was summoned to the mortal world by four orc shamans, when they attempted to gain the power to defeat their enemies.It is unclear how physically powerful The Sleeper was, but it was clear that it was an extremely powerful magical creature, that could be sensed by other magical beings, and was the root cause of the Barrier growing out of control. One of its main powers was the power of Possession.The sleeper managed to infiltrate minds, and bend them to its will, giving the people it touched omens power, it could be felt by magical beings such as the Magicians within the Valley, the Shaman of the Orcs, and the individuals who have enhanced their spiritual power while under the influence of Swampweed.The Sleeper could summon powerful demons, resurrect and reanimate the dead, and was worshiped and feared greatly by the Orcs.Innos451 notes:from the lost research of Xardas we can make a theory that there is some common link between the world border and The Sleeper. Xardas talks about "the root cause of the Barrier growing out of control" i can assume that he talks about the creation of the world border. further research is needed at this stage.After the start of the merkonis war, the hottest summer in the history of Omnia was observed. ███ a novice in the temple of the sleeper indulged himself in the Swampweed in an attempt to abate the heat and prayed to the sleeper for help. It is speculated that ███ wanted The Sleeper to help with the wild fires in the area. 
After being observed talking with the Sleeper for several of hours ███ went to his laboratory and locked the door behind him . After [DATA EXPUNGED] a large explosion shuck the hole city of Klatch and destroyed the south part of the city. Taking the lives of [DATA EXPUNGED] people and [DATA EXPUNGED] animals.
The investigation into the mysterious explosion were led by Azaratuth and reviled the schematics for something called "Klatchian Fire Engine". The engine was reconstructed and tested successfully spewing forward a small fire which resulted in the injury of [DATA EXPUNGED].
The Klatchian Fire Engine is a weapon similar to a flamethrower. It looks like a large kettle that consists of a barrel with a tube coming out of the front mounted on wheels. The Klatchian Fire Engine has been banned by eight countries and three religions have said that any soldiers found using it would be excommunicated (Five others embraced it as a holy weapon and commanded that it be used on infidels, heretics, agnostics and people who fidget during the sermons).
Azaratuth notes:...this is the last time you idiots smoke the Swampweed and ask for help from the sleeper!. next person indulges in this will be harvesting potatoes for xp for the rest of his lifethe Klatchian fire engine was used in the Battle of Perria by soldiers of Omnia.
=== Nortår link ===
Later in the growth and development of Klatch armor and weapons made by Innos were brought to the temple area to be blessed by the sleeper. In one of the ritual blessings Innos heard the voice of the Sleeper commanding him to locate the people of Nortår. After traveling far and wide Innos made contact with Ithrillion a member of the Vardirkin in the Nortår religion. A link was established between the people of the Nortår religion and The followers of the Sleeper. it is still unknow why the sleeper choose to establish this link but followers of Nortår are considered holy in the eyes of The Sleeper followers and should be protected as if they were followers of The Sleeper himself.
=== The Corruption discovery ===
After changing the beacon to gold the People of Klatch started to see a new spread of corruption from the temple area.
Innos notes:We resumed the excavation of the temple to find a secret and sealed room inside. After cracking the seal we were met with some undead resistance inside, but overall the skeletons weren't a match for us and we managed to explore the temple in peace. Reading the text and understanding what we have uncovered lead to experimentation.
We figured out that the temple grounds allow the growth of wither roses. A phenomenon that we observed only in that area. Furthermore. All the corruption was spreading from the middle point of the temple.. we still have no idea what we are dealing with. But the texts require sacrifice to uncover the true power of the entity inside. And sacrifice we gave it.
Pleasing original gods and artifacts in the temple immediately lead the corporation to consume them. The Original "Da berry" from the first temple, holly sunflowers from a temple of Solon and more artifacts were collected in the temple and consumed buy The SleeperPeople.. the next step.The heads of all the people we killed, or were killed around the land were brought to the temple... there blood soaking the steps one must walk down to enter the temple itself. growing the corruption more spreading to the city itself.Each time one enters the temple now he must walk in the holy wither flower.. and give a piece of himself in the process.
The corruption is spreading more now.. but our work is only starting. More heads will be added.. And more artifacts are needed to uncover the full potential of the Sleeper.. but fear not my children. Gods will fall around us.. There broken remains dragged to the holy earth and consumed by the growing hunger. And then.. only then, maybe the hungry voice that is heard around The land Of Omnia will finally be no more All hail the Sleeper. The True Power in the land. And all fear the corruption.The corruption from the temple seems to draw power from other religions and gods, this is uncertain as this is the only time the phenomenon has been observed. The true power of the sleeper and a deeper understanding of what resides in the city of Klatch is clear now. When The Sleeper gains strength by the corruption of artifacts and even other gods . This power can be tapped into by his followers giving them immense physical and magical power. This allows The Sleeper to perpetuate itslef by empowering its followers to act towards the corruption of further artifacts and is considered by outsiders to be a consequential threat to regional, religious, and even metaphysical stability.
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