The Faithful Fourteen of the 1st Heroic Age

## Timeline

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The Beginning of the 1st Heroic Age

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-3900 A.E - The 1st Heroic Age
-3800 A.E - Rise of Nimrod the Tyrant and his Cult of Ever-Darkness which eventually becomes the Baal-Bylonic Empire

-3840 A.E - Rise of the Faithful Fourteen; Bjorn Dragonheart the Dragonborn Hero of the Nordican people, wielding an Äldensword and Äldenaxe, Lydia the Battle-Huscarl of the Nordican people, carrying an enchanted Äldenshield, a Blue-Flaming Äldenspear and an Äldenaxe. Magnar the Pious, Dual-Wielder of the the Äldensword, Ärchlen's Justice and Äldenhammer, Ärchlen's Truth, both Celestial gifts from on high. He is the chosen Battle-Paladin Hero of the Valanar aka the Archangels, the Battle-Princess Silvelina, who hailed from the ancient lands of Valanor from the clan Wiesenbergen, who wields one Äldensword of enchanted power and blue flame, Emrys the Battlemaster Wizard, who carries an ancient staff and Flaming sword, Artúr the Celtica Battle-Hero, True wielder of Excalibur; one day to become the Once & Future High King of the Fairest & Highest Kingdom called Britonnia, Freja the Battle-Priestess of Avalon, who dual wields an enchanted Blue-Flaming Äldenspear and an enchanted Blue-Flaming Äldensword along with an enchanted lute which inspires her friends to fight on, improving morale while putting her enemies to a deep slumber or sometimes, turning them against each other, Grundalvir the Dwarven Battle-Axemaster, Grundoldorf, the Battle-Dwarf Champion, dual wielding two Äldenaxes, Aelrindel the High Elf Battle-Seer Prince, who, wielded a powerful enchanted Äldenbow, White Flaming Äldenarrows, and a great Äldenhalberd and a Battle-Seer Princess, named Aurora, who wielded an Äldenstaff and an Äldenrapier. There was also a Master Ranger of Sherwood Forest, who went by a cover named, Arthadan, who wore green, is blonde, bearded and carries Äldenarrows & a powerful enchanted Äldenlongbow plus an Äldenlongsword and finally, a Hero-Knight of the Evening, Armand, who wore black armor in full to use the darkness to his advantage against the enemy and wielded an Äldensword, Äldenlance and Äldenshield, riding upon a powerful white steed of glory. 8 human heroes; 6 males, 2 females, two males and one female that are magical beings who look human but are not, two dwarfs and two elves, symbolizing an alliance between the three primary races of creation.

-3770 A.E - A Prophet, Albazaar Rufus is chosen to speak against the Cult of Ever-Darkness and dies a martyr, refusing to bow to the wickness of the Cult. He is burnt at the stake for "heresy" and the people discover the Cult were Moloch Worshippers. He did this in order to protect another Prophet that would be able to escape the land from God's wrath.

-3766 A.E - The first sign of the End Times, recorded by other ancient prophets and scholars in secret. It is the same year, Nimrod conquered the whole globe of Sol Eldium, naming his massive world empire, Baal-Bylon. The world religion had seemingly moved away from the One True Faith and instead moved towards a false counterfeit religion which was Moloch-Baal Worship. Many prophets are also hunted down after being discovered to have been "disturbing the peace." Only one and his family survived.

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End of the 1st Heroic Age

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## Backstory of the Faithful Fourteen

When Nimrod conquered the world of Sol Eldium, he ruled a vast world empire. But it wasn't as perfect as it seemed. Many grew hungry, the soldiers oppressed the populace. Innocence was killed everywhere. Until the people had enough. One spoke up, his name being Bjorn Dragonheart. Using his shout, he defeated many of the guards who were oppressing innocent commoners who had done nothing more than ask for food as the markets had run dry and the resources from trade was only for those in power.......Bjorn knew he was only one man against the millions. He knew he needed to find more friends. He grabbed a golden maned war-steed named Mjolnir, named after the legendary hammer of thunder of his Old religion. Nimrod and his inner circle of luxurious nobles were focusing on building the largest city with huge pyramids. They enslaved the population to move the stones through the desert land of Khlummeddar. Meanwhile, Bjorn moved north to his homeland, Nordica, where he found a fair Battle-Huscarl Lydia . Her hair is jet black and she has a slightly curvy appearance. Her skin is fair and she has royal blue eyes. At first, she ignored his comments about the end of the world and complained how he had left her for some "grand adventure to the south" beforehand, about two years ago. However, one night when the two were arguing, they heard a noise outside her humble hut. Lydia grabbed her axe and yet, Bjorn was already gone and she was infuriated by his act of defending her. She sat down, putting her axe on her lap just in case. A growling noise was heard from outside as Bjorn's cry ended the growling noise with a slice and a hack of his weapons. When Bjorn entered back into the hut, Lydia was fast asleep. Bjorn said nothing and went to bed. Lydia was just putting on an act. She wakes up and slips into bed with Bjorn. When Bjorn opened his eyes, it was still a bit dark with a hint of dawn. He turned and saw Lydia staring at him. And so one became two of which the two wanted to become united forever under the stars. They could not make love until they were wed in a proper ceremony. When dawn arrived at it's full potential, Bjorn and Lydia went to the temple in their homeland and wed as promised. But after a small measure of happiness, rumors of war grew bolder and louder. Lydia grew to understand what Bjorn was saying was no joke. He needed her help and told her, "I cannot simply leave you again like before." Lydia understood and followed him. Bjorn got his horse Mjolnir and Lydia got a horse named Snow, even though the horse was black. Bjorn made another humorous comment and Lydia shook her head, yet smiled to herself that they were finally getting on. While travelling into the forest down south towards enemy held lands, Bjorn told her, they needed more than just the two of them to fight this evil. Lydia agreed and told him there is a tavern nearby to find at least three more heroes. Luckily, Magnar had already befriended two dwarfs. They, too had the same thoughts of fighting against the massive world empire of Baal-Bylon. But when Bjorn and Lydia first entered, Magnar thought they were foes. Magnar and Bjorn got into a brawl of which the dwarfs enjoyed. Lydia shook her head and took on the dwarfs who eventually got an advantage over her because she made a comment about them being short.....However, the dwarfs meant no harm after jumping up and down on Lydia saying, "Do ya give up, do ya give up, lady?" Lydia tells them, "I am not just some lady, I am a Battle-Huscarl of honor!" The dwarfs grew less suspicious and told Magnar they are not the enemy. Magnar and Bjorn shook hands with Magnar getting punched. Two became five that very day. Yet, five was still not enough. They needed to find nine more at best. They travelled to the land of Celtica, ancient Albion before Britonnia came to be. They met Artúr, Emrys and Freja who were suspicious towards them too. However, Emrys was the wise one out of the three of them and said, "these are no villainous scum who serve the Tyrant Nimrod. They are amongst heroes and friends. Let us not tarry any longer and join forces against the common foe. There is still much work to be done. Shortly when five became eight, it became nine because they encountered a lone Master Ranger within the forest of Sherwood. His name is Arthadan. Nine heroes and yet still not enough to fight against the forces of Nimrod. They travelled towards the ancient lands of Valanor and found a Battle-Princess named Silvelina, who was golden haired, who found Magnar most handsome. The dwarfs muttered how their women cannot be involved because they steal the male dwarf thunder away every time and then there's Bjorn who rolled his eyes, when Lydia glared at him. They became ten and figured they needed some elves. They sailed towards the island of Celestor, where they were met again with suspicion, superstition and doubt. After the testimony of the ten heroes though, the elven High King agreed, it was time to act. For too long, they stood by as neutral. His name is Aelrindel and he decided he would go along with a Battle-Seer Princess named Aurora. Each of the heroes had their weapons enchanted to become Älden, which meant "celestially blessed" in the High Elven tongue. Thanks to the forges of the dwarves and the dwarven smiths, this was possible and so ten became the Faithful Fourteen against so many. The heroes decided it was enough to show Nimrod the Tyrant that the people will no longer be in fear once they show their faces. When Nimrod heard of the legendary Faithful Fourteen, he sent out fourteen battalions of soldiers and monsters to do his bidding; wipe out the Faithful Fourteen.........

The Faithful Fourteen journeyed down to the Southlands, reaching the shores of the former Caladan Republic. People seemed to be in fear as it was Nimrod's soldiers patrolling the streets. Everywhere seemed as silent as a grave. The people grew relieved as they saw the heroes give them food and supplies that they had gathered from the wilds away from the eyes of Nimrod's men. Nimrod ruled from the Khlummeddar Desert where his great city of pyramids and obelisks. Alongside him was a beastly wyvernic manticore like creature of black magic and a dark sorcerer, Malabor, whose real name is of the Ever-Dark Prince, Lucidion. The people had no idea that the tales of old from the scriptures had been continuing to come true ever since the prophets of old foretold of the once great Celestial War of the Heavens. It was Malabor who subjugated the militant commanders or they'd suffer a fatal fate of condemnation by fire, being sacrificed to the demon of chaos, Moloch Baal. Everyone was forced to worship the sun and the demons below. That is why these Faithful Fourteen heroes arose to put a stop to the madness. When the Faithful Fourteen reached the Khlummeddar Desert, they did not hesitate to enter the first pyramid in order to search out for any source of black magic that was controlling the military. It was within the pyramid that they encountered Tomb Guardians and trials regarding their worst fears. They surpassed every trial they came across, ultimately pushing forward towards taking Nimrod down. But the dark sorcerer sensed something was up and sent fourteen battalions of Baal-Bylonic zealots to purge the city of these Faithful Fourteen, who had hid themselves amongst the people. Slowly, the soldiers of the Baal-Bylonic battalions were cut down until the dark sorcerer discovered their exact location. There were too many. The Faithful Fourteen had gotten themselves into a pickle many times but never before had they seen so many soldiers, brainwashed into doing evil's bidding. Surrounded and heavily outnumbered, the Faithful Fourteen fought to the last. They were captured before the peoples' eyes, who took up their own tools and openly revolted. It was a massacre. Somehow, the heroes did not die the first time only because the people had intervened. The peoples' faith had been restored because of the Faithful Fourteen's choices and actions, which affected the circumstances of everyone's fate in Baal-Bylon. Some call Baal-Bylon the great Eishtyrean Empire, due to the capital city  being called Eishtyrea and the largest of all cities in Nimrod's realm which was located in the Khlummeddar Desert.

After the first coup was taken down, the Dark Sorcerer took up the initiative to create the Council of the Ten Golden Heralds. The Dark Sorcerer revealed his true identity and Nimrod revealed that he is in league with the Dark Sorrcerer, revealing that he is his son. Together, they created the Temple States of Whitehallow. Eldrik Necroheart became the leader of the Ten. The Ten Horsemen of the Apocalypse. They would combine their black magic to turn the Wyvernic Manticore into an even more beastly abomination, a Leviafang creature, who has ten heads. No mere man can beat this creature. Only Celestial magic can. Albazaar Rufus was fortunately communing with the Almighty Creator of all things and so Nimrod along with Lucidion put their slaves to working on a great Warlock Obelisk that they believed would be more powerful than the Celestial Father. Lucidion revealed he is the Ever-Dark Prince of Helldom, the one who rebelled against the Celestial Father. Nimrod revealed he is the Ever-Dark son of Helldom, being born from Lucidion and Lilithana. Nimrod and Lucidion then revealed the second member of their ruling circle, a female of the Celestial War, Lilithana, who went by the name, Ashyrath, whom is also known as the Ever-Dark Queen of sin in Helldom. The three of them oppressed the people further into worshipping them as the triune deity, of which they earned the name the 'Unholy Trinity'. Only the zealots and cultists did as they pleased.  Together, this unholy trinity created the Temple States of Whitehallow. A Necromancer Lord by the name of Eldrik Necroheart became the leader of a council of Ever-Darkness. They were called the Council of the Ten. The Ten Golden Heralds of the Apocalypse became the inquisitors of evil, purging those who dare defy them and forcing the common born to bow to them as if they were newly chosen gods. However, this was untrue because there was only one true God. His name Arthandiel, the Celestial Father. Some commoners still refused to bow to the evil that has been unleashed, despite the amount of blood being spilt each time. The year was -3700 E.C when the Faithful Fourteen became ever so faithful in the Celestial Father, escaped from imprisonment, after a full commoner revolt. They found the eight hundred mercenaries who had been searching for their employers, the Faithful Fourteen and eventually, they reunited. The mercenaries even revolted against their own beliefs of "being paid to fight", after seeing a miracle happen before their eyes and stay committed to the cause without pay. The heroes were happy to oblige, led their company of eight hundred Caladanian Battle-Paladins once more into the breach. Yet again, there were too many zealots who had conformed to the ways of Moloch-Baal and slowly, the heroes became overwhelmed. One by one, they fell to the powers of Morgana. This time, the people were suppressed by the Champions of Evil called the Sadistic Six. Amongst them were the future of Sol Eldium's most heinous of archvillains; Mordred, who wielded the sword of Ever-Darkness called Clement(Devil's Fang), Morgana, the Battle-Enchantress, who wielded the Ever-Cursed Staff of the Dark Arts, Solaroth who is Nimrod in disguise, who portrayed as a great hunter and warrior, using a golden bow and a sword of Ever-Darkness, the Necromancer Maldagor, who wielded a Staff of Ever-Necromantic Arts, Valekith, the Drowic Warlock Lord, wielding an Ever-Dark Staff of Illusions and finally, the Cryomancer Lord Morden Iceheart, who wielded a staff of the Ever-Cursed Cold. In the rising of these arch villains, the heroes were slightly not surprised. The remainders of their forces fought for the freedom of the people to their last breath until they ascended into the Heavens after giving their lives in protecting the innocent. They were promised to return in full when the world once more needed them again. They would be immortal. This was the second coup that was put down by evil. Then, the Ten Horsemen began to rule with an iron fist in the year -3766 E.C and things became ever more distraught. Morale began to collapse. Families disappeared and the city grew silent as a graveyard. From amongst the common born, a prophet foretold the beginning of the end of Baal-Bylon itself.

The people remained defiant to bow to evil, so they turned to the prophet for spiritual redemption. The Prophet knew he was their only link to the Celestial Father and back towards the one true God, Arthandiel. He began calling the cultists out on their falsehood in the open and foretold that one day, after some ten years, the whole realm of corruption would be destroyed and Nimrod's empire would collapse under the weight of it's own kin along with the people being scattered all over the world, seemingly speaking different languages with a condition that if they were to work together, they must obey the Celestial Father and the prophets to come. Enraged by this, Nimrod ordered the execution of the Prophet.

      Within ten years, the prophecy came true and this time, the starving people arose again, with the heroes' returning a third time unexpectedly, successfully taking Nimrod down along with the great Warlock Obelisk being destroyed by Emrys the Battle-Wizard Master, his skills enhanced by Celestial intervention. The Dark Sorcerer, Lucidion escaped justice again. Thus fell the great global empire of Baal-Bylon. Six years later, another empire arose to take Baal-Bylon's place, the Khersian Empire. The people, however, were scattered across the globe and spoke many different languages. Thus was born the conjunction of continents upon the planet of Sol Eldium.  However, within ten years, the people arose again, with the martyred heroes' returning a second time, successfully taking Nimrod down. The Dark Sorcerer escaped justice again. Thus fell the great global empire of Baal-Bylon. Another chosen prophet spoke to God on the nature of this particular number and why superstitious beliefs encircled around "doom". When he received an answer through humble prayer, he was able to decrypt the deeper meaning of that specific year. It is the symbol of the unholy trinity, Lucidion's favoured number and also the foreshadowing of the End Times.

Six years later, another empire arose to take Baal-Bylon's place, the Khersian Empire and history repeated itself.....