The Three Warlords

== The Three Warlords ==
The story of the Three Warlords is one that the elderly tell their grandchildren at night. Whether these incidents ever occurred is unclear, but some entities in this story can be found. It is said that after learning about the human race from the Soul’s memories (refer to the Shadow Realm lore), Lord Jellus attempts to wage war and gain control of the Earth with his demons. Eat your veggies or the Jellusons will get you when you sleep!
=== The 7th Jelluson Expedition ===
A mysterious door forms, out of which exits a man with a shadowy figure and a dark red visage with elongated horns, baring a deathly smile. Along with him was a squad of Jelluson Legionaries. These legionaries were a handpicked group of former raiders whom Lord Jellus reincarnated in return for serving him for the rest of eternity. Unlike prior appearances of Jelluson family members, this expedition had a daring goal; to form a permanent Jelluson presence in the wasteland. Such a feat would have been a massive turning point in the Metaversal war. 
=== The Battle of Poliax ===
Lord Jellus and his legionaries emerged into the wasteland from a portal deep within the Helverna Caverns, to do so discreetly away from prying eyes in the dead hours of night. From there, they made their way forward through the quarry and into Fort Poliax. As they approached, a guard from the small settlement inside Poliax spotted them and opened fire. One of the legionaries swiftly moved to the guard and bit his neck, immobilizing him as he slowly bled out, while in turn strengthening the demon. However, it was too late, the sound of gunshots had awoken the rest of the citizens of Poliax. During this period, Poliax was inhabited by a vicious cult ruled by the Warlord Preponderancy. The cult was not a raider faction and instead focused on trade, worshiping wealth and prosperity, and believing it was a measure of one’s character. However, the cult was fiercely territorial, and would ruthlessly kill anyone who got too close to their settlement at night. Every member of Preponderancy’s cult was armed, which ignited a massive firefight of proportions the wasteland had not seen since the resource wars. Throughout 3 hours of intense fighting within the relatively small Poliax area, nearly the entire cult was wiped out. Only Lord Preponderancy, grievously injured, and a few of his loyal bodyguards survived and fled back through the same caves that Lord Jellus had entered. As for Lord Jellus and his Legionaries, their abilities protected them from traditional weapons, and the damage done by the few DEWs possessed by Lord Preponderancy’s cult had been quickly regenerated. 
=== Lord Behelium ===
As dawn approached, the noise of the fighting had reached the lava overlook, a prison within the Volcano. Within the overlook, Lord Behelium, founder of Behelium Robotics, lay imprisoned in a large, specially designed crate. Before AEGIS International took over Behelium Robotics and its employees defected to the Core, Lord Behelium went through cybernetic enhancements not dissimilar to that of PKSF. While it was his own design, unlike PKSF he retained full emotional and mental control and wore a cybernetic suit of his own design. Fedorlite being its primary fuel source, Lord Behelium had fought hard with AEGIS personnel over control. Being a trillion-dollar corporation, he was severely overwhelmed. But when the noise of the battle at Poliax reached him, he awoke, expecting to defend himself. Instead, he found himself alone, surrounded by hot, bubbling lava. He waited in the rockstar caves, expecting an enemy incursion, but none came. Once the gunfire from Poliax had stopped, he broke that which shackled him and left the caves to investigate. There, at Fort Poliax, Lord Behelium found the destroyed settlement and the bodies of Preponderancy’s cult members. Lord Preponderancy had been a source of black market fedorlite and replacement parts for Lord Behelium, and its destruction angered him. He then set out to find the individuals responsible for the destruction of Poliax and Preponderancy’s cult.
Of course, this did not go unnoticed by the AEGIS Corporation. The Site Commander watching cameras, ready to end his shift, noticed the escape of the entity that ARD called ‘Asset 32-MKB’. He took a bite out of his morning apple and sounded Code Purple: Escaped Prisoner. STHD Squadron Alpha was dispatched to Fort Poliax, but they were too late. Lord Behelium had already disappeared.
=== The Core ===
As Lord Behelium stood in the ruins of Poliax, a passing patrol from the Core, searching for lost technology, spotted him. The Core patrolmen believed him to be an archaic piece of technology, which would have high value to the faction. The Core patrolmen sent a message to the Core facility and seized Lord Behelium, taking him to their leader. Lord Behelium was placed in front of a bright figure. It was tall and slender with bronze plates that reflected diffused sunlight into the room. It opens a gaping hole in what seems to be its face, and a melodious yet artificial voice fills the room. “What are you? Where do you come from?” Lord Behelium is bewildered. He had not seen anything but war and conflict for as long as he could remember, and this beautiful technology had confused him. “They call me Warlord Behelium. Founder of Behelium Robotics.” His voice echoed throughout the room.
The figure bellows, “Behelium fell nearly a century ago. We took over the facility. We are Core. I am Warlord Machina.” Lord Behelium is shaking from this information. He forces his way out of the room to realize that the machine is not lying. After processing this information, Lord Behelium approached the Machine God. “Earlier today, I was awoken by gunshots and the sounds of people dying… what happened?”. The Machine God replies, “It is Lord Jellus. The King of the Underworld. He has begun attacking our world.” Lord Behelium watches as dusk falls, and the sky turns red with the anger of Jellus. “We must send him back. We will not survive if his demons get too powerful. We must send him to Jell before it is too late.” Lord Machina places its arm on Lord Behelium’s shoulder. “We know. We shall attack tonight.”
=== The War ===
At midnight, an army of three hundred ambushes Jellus and his demons. Jellus was exploring the hills at the ancient city of Jokeumbia, when he was struck by dozens of bullets. Heavy artillery had begun firing, guns akimbo. An unexpected ally, presumed dead, had jumped into the warzone from a VTOL stolen from ARD. It was the Warlord of Poliax. Despite their best efforts and supernatural ability, the Jelluson squad was severely overwhelmed. Jellus began losing parts of his body faster than he could regenerate. 
It was then that Lord Machina ran up to land the final blow. It reached into its chest with both of its arms and ripped it open, revealing a glowing sphere. “For Core, for humanity.” The sphere grew and turned orange, engulfing the Machine god, Lord Jellus, and his demons, sucking them inside. The demons were instantly taken in, but Lord Jellus was not made of the same mettle. He held on to the ankles of a nearby Core member and attempted to escape. If he succeeded, the Sacrifice of the Machine God would be in vain.
Lord Behelium took aim. His expert marksmanship allowed him to take a shot and break off Lord Jellus’ arm. But when you’re fighting the King of Demons, bullets will not have much effect. Before Jellus could regenerate, Lord Behelium pushed Jellus into the portal, taking himself inside as well. The orange orb dissipates. The sky clears. It is dawn.
=== Aftermath ===
It is said that Lord Behelium and Jellus fought in Jell, destroying the Jelluson mansion. The pool of lava at the Jelluson mansion is in fact the molten corpse of Lord Behelium. Lord Jellus, injured, retires into his Church. 
It took nearly 40 years for Lord Jellus to once again return to the wasteland, but due to the nature of the passage of time in Jell, he spent over 800 years recovering. As for his demons, they have yet to fully recover their former powers, forcing them to remain in Jell to retain their immortality. And since then, no Jelluson has ever sought permanent presence in the wasteland.
The battle had severely affected the environment. The heat of the fire from Lord Jellus had caused a high-pressure area to form and temperature to spike to nearly 1500 degrees Celcius, which caused ores of Carbon to turn into diamonds. The shape of the portal had excavated a circular shape from the hill. It is called today as the Diamond Hill. 
Lord Preponderancy is the only warlord who survived. They return to Poliax and retire. They now sell arms and own the Poliax FM Radio. Members of the Core attempt to recreate Lord Machina and Lord Behelium. Lord Machina could not survive. There was not enough supply of resources to create an entity as perfect as it anymore. They used what spare parts remain to recreate models of Lord Behelium, hoping its soul would return. These models exist today, at total rest, within Behelium Robotics, alone, waiting to be revived by the sound of warfare in the future. The remaining members of Core died of old age or defected to AEGIS where they started families and worked for ARD.