Remujin

> "*"Weep and pray to your gods as much as you wish. Soon enough you shall understand that I am not their enemy but their punishment for your sins made manifest..."*"
> ― Remujin to the Prefect of Saoleng
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## Introduction

Remujin is perhabs the oldest and most dedicated enemy of the Celesital Empire. Long ago he surrendered his mortality and turned into an abhuman creature that can never be truly killed. Through pacts with the Kenos, Remujins spirit is bound to Xyrillia and whenever he is killed, he will return eventually.

## History

### Dark Ages

Remujin was born as the last son of the house of Arn. His family had served in the temple of Ascher and had provided atleast one member of Modions *Blade Guard*. After Abrath Arn abadoned his lord in the *Mournful Night* and escaped to Xyrillia, his bloodline had been cursed to remain without sons. Remujin was the first and last son that was born from the blood of this once noble house. He and his sisters remained infertile, no matter what medicine or sorcery they used. After his father was killed by boars, Remujin was coronated as First Chieftain; a title many claimed back in the first ages. He was only sixteen when he lead his first host into battle against a rival tribe. He fought countless battles until finally claiming the Hearthsteppes as his domain.

He ruled for almost ten years before one of his chiefs betrayed his position to the enemy tribes. Ambushed at night the majority of his tribesmen where slaughtered. He was forced to retreat with his bodyguard and flee the battlefield. His enemies made sure Remujin would not be able to reach any other camp or ally and drove him onto the Osho mountains. As winter drew closer they believed him dead as soon as they chased him towards their snowy peaks. With only 100 men and 30 horses he was left in complete isolation. He would have died up in the chilly mountains, had he not found a pass that led him to the vale of Kand. There they seeked shelter from the fangs of the winter and the wild Ghuls that claimed the high mountains as their home. Yet every day hunger and the elements claimed more and more of his horses.

Atlast Remujin and his host saw what would safe them. In the distant night fiery lights blinked and as they moved up closer, they spottet a group of Pratonians. It was Vvaren, another failed conquerer that had retreated to the mountains. He was an especially powerful Pratonian warlord and unique for the third eye on his head.

Remujins forces surrounded them under the nights protection and when the time was right, they drew their weapons. They managed to kill the majority of Vvarens Immortals through the moment of suprise but the warlord himself was a greater challenge. He slew countless men and horses before Remujin appeared before him. Risking everything he dodged Vvarens burning blade and leaped onto him. Remujin pierced his cloth with his spear and as it catched fire he used it to burn out the Pratonians eyes. Overwhelmed by suprise and pain Remujin managed to wrestle him down. He delivered the killing blow with a broken knife he stabbed into Vvarens third eye. Thus he and his men emerged victorious.

Remujin and his host had nothing to eat but horses and the bodies of the Pratonians they had slain. Remujin tasted Vvarens flesh and the taste was so mesmerizing he claimed all of the corpses for himself. He buried what was left in the frozen earth to return to a later date.

The flesh of the godlike men and their Bornenergy rushed through his veines and he began to grow in strength and size. After a few days he was strong enough to lift Vvarens sword, which was the size of a man. With this terrible weapon he returned to enact vengeance upon those that had left him to die.

After a set of brutal victories Remujin united his old tribe and gathered a group of shamans to accompany him back on the mountains. They digged out the Pratonians and with their bodies and the corpses of all those Remujin and his men had slayn, they created a new Born following the ancient rites. Kand soon became a place of power and worship and the first permanent structure the Otagaoi build.

Then Remujin named his tribe Keshen, which translates to "Masters of the Elements" in the aschian tongue; a name that would later unite all of his kin. He then launched a bloody crusade across the entire steppes. He captured and converted each of the 12 great Aschian tribes and gathered their leaders in Kand. With the blood of their fallen warriors he toasted them before sharing the boon of the Born with them. Thus were the Tyrant Remujin and his 12 high chieftains born.

While his new empire grew in unity and strength, Remujin began to change. The flesh he had consumed and the regularly drinks of Bornwater he was taking changed and mutatet bis apperance and granted him ghulish features. His skin grew a red color, his teeth grew and turned into fangs and at last he could feel something pierce his skull. His skin shifted and then a third eye opened on his forehead. He had carried on Vvarens curse.

It was at this point that Malachs forces had arrived in the Kaianai. After Ogedar, one of his chieftains, had enraged them, they declared war on him and his savage dominion. While Remujin himself had grown into a living god, bis servants and followers where inferior to Malachs armies and her Eternals of Xilian. While they lost all of their battles the tribes grinded them down in a war of attrition. Under Remujins command they made brutal use of their harsh climate. In a war against nomads Malachs forces had nothing to conquer and nothing to replenish their losses.

This war could have continued for centuries had not one of Remujins priests betrayed Kands position to the foe. Although they lost thousands during the climb, Malachs army arrived at Kand and besieged it. All eight of her Eternals had came, accompanying the godess herself. Remujin knew he was outnumbered. Instead of surrendering he challenged Malach to a duell. The godess of sorcery answered with an explosion that blasted Kands defenses before returning to Xilian, leaving her forces to do the job. The Eternals swarmed the temple and slaughterd Remujins men and all of his High Chieftains but one. In the end they faced off against him in the inner Bornchamber. The three eyed god himself slew three of the Eternals with his burning blade and crushed their masks under his feet, destroying them forever. He manged to mortally wound two more before Feilyd appeared behind him. She swung her greatsword and beheaded him with a clear cut. While his body collapsed, Remujins head was still alive, screaming in agony and hatred. He was atlast launched into the blood drenched Born and dissolved. The red waters he had created at last silenced his eery shrieks.

But Remujin was not dead. His soul did not leave Xyrillia but remained bound to the born, living on in it. He had made the Born and his blood would forever be connected to it. For centuries he watched his kin and the spirit god that now ruled Kand, bis city. He was pleased when learning that not all tribes had turned its back on him. The Sharochen stayed true to the old ways and the savage gods the ancient Keshen had worshipped. Their shamans allowed him to see through their eyes and speak through the beasts they sacrificed.

### Remujins First Return

The First Celestial Empire had reached the peak of its influence and power in Xyrillia. It had been centuries since the last conflict with the Keshen and the only reason to keep a military despite Ghuls and Geungaoi were the repeated Pratonian skirmishes. It was during this time of peace and prosperity that Remujin returned from the dead. His Sarochen cultists had worked through generations to bring him back. Atlast, after more then sie thousand years of preperation they found a worthy host and had gathered enough sacrifices for the ritual. Reborn in the Tal of house Morchen he assembled a horde of Sarochen tribesmen and began a bloody conquest through Keshen territory. He had soon gathered a large horde of followers both from the wild tribes and enslaved citizens. He created the sixt Keshen house and named it after himself. With red banners risen he rode across the Kai steppes, sacking one settlement after the next. The majority of tribes were easily bested and convinced to join his cause. Only the cities and settlements along the Murken river remained loyal to Malach and Vorg. In a final attempt of convincing all Keshen to assemble under his banner he rode to his ancient fortress at Kand and challenged the god of mountains, Vorg himself to a duell. Since Remujin had retreaved his god-killer blade, Vorg prefered to stay within his walls, fearing the titanic flames that were more then capable of ending his immortal life.

After his call had been left unanswered he marched back to the steppes and proclaimed vicotry against the serpentine god. In the end he managed to unite a large part of the Otogaoi armies under his banner, which became known as the *Accursed Host*. They managed to defeat the firt army the Celestial empire assembled against them. Remujin was eager to take his revenge on Malach and marched westwards, winning every battle he encountered on the way. It was only at the great wall of Caowei that he was defeated and driven back. He began to besiege the great structure as he didnt have the ships necessairy to sail around it.

The Celestial Empire would have defeated him, hadnt the Pratonians launched an invasion in the north simultaneously. With so much force pushed against them from two sides their armies began to crumble. The wall of Caowei was thus mostly unguarded, allowing the sixt house to breach it with siege engines and ladders. Now Remujin was free to roam the protected lands of the west, sacking and slauthering his way towards Yihan. Soon enough the Celestial Empire was hopeless to emerge victorious out of this violent conflict. With Yihan under Remujins controll atlast he used its passage to pass the Dibet Mountains and arrive at Xilians doorstep. He arrived a few days before Vvind and the Pratonian army breached the surrounding wall. There Remujin suffered a crushing defeat and had to retreat. Yet he left the sacred city in ruins as an easy target for the Pratonian armies. Soon, the First Celestial Empire fell.

Vvind, prime general of the Eriador, offered Remujin and his hordes peace should he support them on their cause to unite Xyrillia in the name of Caldor. The Keshen godking refused and drew back into his homelands where he wished to restore his armies and launch a campaign against this new thread. To fully unite all of the Kaianai he begann to besiege Kand to slay the god Vorg. There he was betrayed by his son Jejin who stabbed him in the heart before decapateting him infront of his generals.

Thus Jejin took his fathers place. He entered the sacred city of Kand and recieved Vorgs blessing who proclaimed him king of all Keshen. Then Jejin disbanded the sixt house and restored the ancient houses Remujin had usurped.

## Powers

> "*We Keshen bear a terrible responsability. Each of us carries the blood of the Accursed One within their veines. We lie awake at night, dreading the moment he will rise and claim our flesh. We are fearless, yet nothing frightens us as much as the sight of a third eye growing on our forehead.*"
> ― Likai, Kambaluk of Karat
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Remujin is amongst the most powerful men to have ever lived. The Archives of Immortality rank him among the ten strongest godkings, judging his Bornbound. His bornpowers are bound to his soul and when ever he possesses a new host, they will return; given the ritual was fuelled with enough Bornwater.

Remujins body is of extreme strength and durability, almost reaching the pinacle of possibility the Born can offer. He is able to regenerate limbs in less ten two weeks and regenerate the most severe injuries within a day. His skin and flesh are so strong and durable that his naked body provides a better defense then a Steel lamellar armor. After countless battles he had fought in the frey, the generals of Xilian determined only three effective ways of killing him: burning or incinerating his body with explosives, beheading him or piercing his vunerable thrid eye.

But Remujin is not only tough but also strong. His fist alone can produce enough force to crush bones and squeeze metal. During a battle against Osho he displayed his possibly full strength when lifting a fully armored warelepant.

Furthermore the Born has granted him many magical boons. He possesses a special type of Foresight that makes him immune against mental manipulation and sense any form of magic. He is even able to see through invisibility granted through Phidianism or the mental mantle of the Quayabai. The terrible defilement of nature Remujin represents radiates an aura of dread that frightens any spirit or Foreseer. Additionally he possesses magical abilites although he lacks the knowledge to use them properly. When enraged he often sends out shockwaves of crushing impact. He is also able to sense and twist the flesh of any Otogaoi in reach. He can torment or kill those spawned by his Born with mere looks. However to do so he must uncover his vunerable thrid eye. As long as its covered most of his magical and psychic powers are sealed.

His greatest power however is the inability to die. *Jan Jei* *the Wise* suggested that the evil he incarnates is simply to great to be contained in one mortal form. Instead it will wander on and seek a new host to possess.

### Gods Bane

Remujins blade Godsbane is amongst the strongest weapons to ever be forged. It was wielded by the pratonian warlord Vvaren and part of the same legendary collection of weapons Caldors Firefang belonged to. Like all of them, Gods Bane is indestructable, yet it runs out of Titanfire relativly quick. Remujin sees this blade as the only weapon worthy of his hands. After his death it is hidden at a different secure location to prevent him of unsheathing it again. It is too heavy to be used by mere mortals.

## Deaths

* At the climax of the battle of Kand, Remujin was beheaded by Feilyd.
* Before the assault on Vorg he was stabbed in eye by Jejin.