Ejara Nexus

Ejara Nexus is a faction inside the Undead Nexus.

## Description

The Ejara Nexus believes all living things must serve the Master either alive or dead. They were tasked to guard all Nerubian nests, raising these creatures alive, leaving them to breed, until when they grew powerful and fitting to be killed and reanimated to serve the Master.

'*"Whether in life or death, all beings of Arkain are destined to serve our master in the end.We are the enforcers of his will, the harbingers of his rule. The Living will serve or die.
There can be no freedom or alliance, only the master, the servants and the slaves."

When the Ejara Nexus came to (un)life, it was the smallest in number in comparison to the
other nexus. However, it had strong warriors and magic at its disposal - and both were
immediately put to good use. The enforcers of the Ejara Nexus entered the caves of the
Dead Mountain and waged war against the Nerubians, intelligent creatures that had evolved
out of the spiders inhabiting the place. The Nerubians were numerous, but the Ejara Nexus
used brute force to slay them - and dark magic to raise them. The mere sight of this caused
many nerubians to surrender after each battle as the Ejara Nexus had decided to keep
them - temporarily at first, to decide what to do with them. It did not take long for them
to realize that living Nerubians were much more useful than their dead. The war was
soon decided, the Nerubians were either dead or captured by the powerful Ejara warriors
and the spider creatures had lost much more than their lives: Their freedom.
The Ejara turned the creatures into their cattle: The living laid eggs, the Ejara Nexus took
the eggs out of the cages and let the dead Nerubians hatch them. The Ejara Nexus were
now the ones in charge of the Nerubian breeding grounds - and the ones who built them
in the first place. The Nerubians became the slaves and the Ejara the masters, protecting
their breeding grounds from outside harm.
The Ejara Nexus was now far from being the smallest in number, its numbers rising like an
insect swarm.
It is their solemn belief that all creatures exist only to serve the will of the Watcher - and
they prefer taking a rather "direct" interpretation of this doctrine. They believe that the living
shall either live to serve - or die. '**The Nerubians have been the first to be put under the rule**of the Ejara - but they will not be **the last'.**Their directive to keep living alive to breed more brings them at odds with the Scarec Nexus,
who believe that all flesh - and life - must be extinguished and the Rohir Nexus who prefer
more secretive methods. They share interests with the Ardoz Nexus, however, who are highly
interested in purchasing some of the living "cattle" for themselves.*

## History

The first mention of these faction is when Aridon the Watcher made the Nerubians under a certain Nerubian King rise up against the Undead, but alas, the Watcher fooled them all. The Undead killed then reanimated the rebellious Nerubians, all males except a handful were culled, and the females were forcefully put into breeding chambers, breeding with surviving males and Undead Nerubians until they bolster their numbers, growing in number then killing selected Nerubians for their purposes. The Nexus was tasked to guard the nests and chambers from outside harm.

## Story

### First Orc Book

They were on the tunnels where the duo of Dogran and Gorthog the Blooddrinker hid. Also, they were on the area, led by an Undead Lich.

### True Story

Aridon made the Nexus from the remains of the Nerubians under Haran'tel-kazor and the Icewind Clan corpses, with more of them.

They were used against the Orcs in Death's Approach.

## Unit Description

They were composed of corpses from the Orcish Icewind Clan, employed both as brute enforcement unit to guard the breeding and incubation grounds, and as frontline units to defend both the breeding grounds and battlefield alike.

They were bolstered by the swelling numbers of enslaved Nerubians. The once fewest force, they multiplied exponentially with the addition of both alive and Undead Nerubians.

Female breedable Nerubians were sent to the breeding grounds to lay eggs, the Undead ones hatch them, the chosen Nerubians who qualified the Nexus's qualifications were killed and reanimated to bolster their forces. Males were selected for breeding, which the undesired ones were also killed and reanimated.

The Nexus were led by the fallen Nerubian Lord Haran, supported by minor Undead heroes like Lord Veringar, Undead Elaine the Beasttamer and rarely, Undead Salana Woodhunter.