Tribe of Darkness

## History

The Tribe of Darkness is a group of evil beings who broke off from the rest of the Tribe of Ancients thousands of years before the events of the Battle of the Trinity of Light. The tribe is known for being a cult that worshipped the evil deity known as Umbra, some believe that its members might descend directly from him. They were accused of stealing the ancient tome of the Profeticus Tenebrae from the Ancients, with some suspecting they intended to use the book to enhance Umbra's powers, using the spells inside of it.

Thousand years before the events of the Battle of the Trinity of Light, an Ancient Magician, probably still alive, used knowledge gleaned from the Profeticus Tenebrae to enhance Umbra's powers to then try and use Umbra himself as a weapon, however a thousand years after this happened, a huge symbol appeared on the magician and he fell to Umbra's powers of mind control to turn the rest tribe's members against each other, devastating them and sparking the decline of their civilization. Then, the Battle came, and the Trinity of Light appeared, defeated the magician and Umbra, and sealed him away to create the new world we live in now. In order to prevent the knowledge contained within the Profeticus Tenebrae from being misused like that again, and potentially causing more tragedies, the Trinity of Light took the book and banished it from the nearby areas of the newly born world, but the tome is indeed still around, waiting for a new owner. Some time after this point, the Tribe disappeared from the Ancient's watch entirely.

After those events, the Trinity of Light found a tome that was seemingly created to counter-act the Profeticus Tenebrae, a book that told the tales of their actions. So they started questioning its origin, and who might've wrote it. It was later decided to call it "Profeticus Lucis".

### Profeticus Tenebrae

This tome was written by an unknown entity, same as the Profeticus Lucis, and it tells the tales of Umbra's Actions and objectives. It can be taken as a "Manual to Destroy the Light". The Followers of Light believe that this is an apocryphal tome, however, they are scared of Umbra's Powers, and so they condemn every individual who dares to read this tome and tries to complete what Umbra has tried to do before being sealed away by the Trinity of Light.

### Profeticus Lucis

The Profeticus Lucis is a tome that tells the tales of the Trinity of Light, mostly focused on Caeda's Actions and objectives. No one actually knows who wrote it, but the followers of the Trinity are aware of its counterpart, the Profeticus Tenebrae, however, the Followers of Light vowed on not opening the evil tome, probably scared of Umbra's Powers. This tome of doctrines appeared in Iaddithis’ Realm not so long ago. Written by an unknown entity and created to counteract the Profeticus Tenebrae, it tells your ideal future in a more optimistic view, following what Caeda talks about.

## Traditions

The Tribe of Darkness had a little number of tradition, but they were vastly developed. They had founded 2 festivities in total and ideals for the members to follow during their time forming a family.

### Moon's Ballad

The Moon's Ballad was a tradition created by the Tribe of Darkness that consisted in a ballet during full-moon nights, usually this ballet came after the Night's Banquet. It was a time where everyone got the chance to know each other, and possibly accepting new members into the tribe. However, some old members started going out of their way and created evil spells and prayers using the Moon. Many believe that they had used the Profeticus Tenebrae along with the Moon's Powers to try and manifest Umbra in its complete form.

The Moon's Ballad had music played by string-based instruments, and a piano. (We can hear one of the pieces played in the Shadow's Castle).

### Night's Banquet

The Night's Banquet was a tradition created by the Tribe of Darkness that consisted in a banquet where the members of the tribe could've eaten together, getting to know each other, and possibly accepting new members into the tribe. The death of all the members of the tribe besides Dimensio could lead to someone poisoning the drinks and the food that was at the table one of those nights.

## Relics

The Tribe of Darkness held a great amount of relics that were sacred to them, however, only one has been found so far. Every discovery will be reported in here and documented in great detail.

### Darkness' Gem

The Darkness' Gem, known as Umbra's Heart by the members of the Tribe of Darkness, is one of the most important relics other than the Profeticus Tenebrae itself, as it holds an endless power fueled by the hatred and malice coming from Umbra. Some believe that it might be the only known way for the Tribe of Darkness to communicate with Umbra, however, it looks like its power is decreasing overtime, probably due to Umbra being sealed for all this time. The link between the new world and the world he was banished into might be on the brink of termination, however, there's still something that holds those two together. A shrine could be found around Iaddithis' Realm, the new world, with the Gem closed in a crypt, safe from the outside tragedies.

## Termination

Dimensio is a descendant of the tribe and is one of the last surviving members of the tribe itself, having destroyed the rest of the tribe after his relatives seemingly killed a person that he cared a lot for. No one knows who was this person, and looks like Dimensio doesn't want to share this information. The only thing that is known about the termination of his other tribe members is that they were slaughtered by Dimensio's spells and killed with cold blood. Some members might still be around, however, they don't feel like revealing themselves, probably due to the past events.

When a member of the Tribe of Darkness dies, energy is released, a source of energy that lasts 48 hours. Dimensio liked to call that source "Soul's Wisp", however, unless he wants to tell some other details about this, no one will be able to understand the nature of that energy.

## References

Tales about the Tribe of Darkness were heard and sometimes documented by storytellers and wandering merchants.

1. The storytellers' "Myth of Creation" story reads:
> "*A powerful magician among the Ancients fought along Umbra about 3,000 years ago and was spared by the Trinity of Light after Umbra was sealed away from the new world. From what we know, he might be still alive.*
>
>

The story elaborates that *The Powerful Magician* studied the Profeticus Tenebrae to fight with Umbra.
2. In the storytellers' "Tribe of Darkness" story, they explain that:
> "*They started as a group within the Ancients who had more magic power. Fearing their power would be diluted, they forbade marriage outside the group. They stole the Profeticus Tenebrae from the Ancients and hid it. Some say they hid it to use the book's power to enhance their dark magic... Some say they hid it from others who would use it for evil... Their power was considered an important resource by all of the Ancients. Long, long ago, they broke off from the Tribe of Ancients to live alone. They avoided mixing with other people out of pride... No one even knows where they went to live, they were so secretive. There are rumors of a secret castle deep in a forest... "*
>
>

However, it was later proved that Dimensio was indeed one of the last surviving members of the tribe.