The Hunt

Aspects: Hunting, Survival, Protection, Bloodlust

Symbol: Three Animal Heads; Bear, Stag and Wolf.

## What is the Hunt?

Who are, or rather, were the Hunt?

The Hunt, were originally the Three founding members of the Order of Silver. The first, Berne, The Old Hunter. The second, Hahn, The First Mentor. And finally, the third, Mooren, the Maddened.

The effects of the Knighting of Argent, a magical and alchemical ritual which enhances magical abilities and extends lifespans employed by the Order of Silver last decades, but eventually, does wear off - as it did with this trio. Age rapidly caught up to them, and they began to succumb to the illnesses and decaying that came with it. Berne lost function within his legs, Hahn began to lose his memory, and Mooren‘s mind began to unravel. He would speak of hearing voices, of monsters he had slain - encouraging him to commit foul deeds.

Berne and Hahn, in a last ditch effort to save themselves and their comrade from decaying further, enacted a ritual that would end their suffering prematurely, but would grant them great power in the Nether. Power that would allow them to protect themselves in the afterlife, and even offer guidance to their followers and comrades still in the land of the living.

Like all magic when forced to the whim of a caster, it came at a heavy cost. It allowed them the power they had sought, but the ritual also combined the souls of the individuals into one. Channeling the lives, memories, and spirits of all three men into one grotesque vessel. This spirit became known as the Hunt, or the Old Hunter.

When worshiped as a whole, the Hunt symbol is that of three animals. The bear, the wolf, and the stag, alongside each other. When worshiped individually, the Old Hunters are represented by one of the aforementioned animals.

**Old Hunter Berne**

Symbol - A severed and bleeding bear head.

Aspects - Hunting or trapping for own survival, or protection.

**First Mentor Hahn**

Symbol - A severed and bleeding stag head.

Aspects - Hunting or trapping to provide for others, or one's family.

**Mooren the Maddened**

Symbol - A severed and bleeding wolf-shifter head.

Aspects - A beast, shifter or monster’s hunt of man. Bloodlust.

Once within the Nether, the combined warriors founded a safe haven for themselves. A seemingly endless wood, with large trees with canopies that disappear into the void, surrounding a lonely and large Vylkish longhouse. The Hunt filled it with trophies of slain beasts, demons, and other such things, before finally placing a great throne, made of monster bones and covered in animal fur in the main room, overlooking a long feasting table. They named this location, ‘The Hall of Hunts’.

Soon, this location became a safe haven for the fallen spirits who once worshiped them, and their comrades within the Order. The Old Hunter only ventured out into the Nether to rescue its lost worshippers. The rest of the time, the Old Hunter slumbers in the throne overseeing the Hall.

Worshiped within the monster-hunting group they founded, parts of Arkhos, the Weft, and heavily in the Western lands of Vylkland, The Hunt is a deity dedicated to all forms of hunting and trapping. The majority of its followers are members of the Order of Silver. Mooren’s followers on the other hand are often consumed by his madness, and revel like beasts in a monster, shifter or other such creature’s hunt of man. In the Order of Silver’s worship of the Hunt - Mooren is all but stricken from their teachings.

### Pleases:

What pleases the Hunt? (Berne and Hahn)

* Slaying or curing a harmful monster
* Training a monster hunter
* Stopping summoning rituals
* Slaying undeadWhat pleases the Hunt? (Mooren)

- Empowering monsters, demons or shifters

- Revelling in bloodlust

- Hunting people

- Binding a monster

- Summoning demons

### Displeases:

What displeases the Hunt? (Berne and Hahn)

* Allowing a harmful monster to live or continue harming
* Summoning a monster
* Binding a monster
* Being consumed by bloodlust
* Allowing undead to roam

What displeases the Hunt? (Mooren)

- (Whatever pleases Berne and Hahn)

## Appearance

Most followers of the Hunt believe their ancestral spirits to be three armored men, each bearing the symbols of Bears on their orange tabards - few know the real truth. The ritual which bound their souls together, did so in a grotesque way. Leading to their true appearance becoming that of deformed and giant, three-headed warrior - with heads of different animals. The Giant appears armoured, wearing a Gambeson, mail and an assortment of beast fur. In their waking hours, the Old Hunters fight for control of their shared body. Fortunately, Berne and Hahn are able to hold sway on the body the majority of the time, and given their overlapping values are content when the other is in control. However, when Mooren the Maddened takes control they anguish, as this is believed by his followers to call the Blood Moon to rise.