Dark Kind

*“Ever wondered why we know so little about the cursed lands of Paradon? Ask any scholar and they will tell you this is simply because no brave soul has ever managed to cross the Emptiness, that no cunning captain has ever sailed across the Suffering sea. But they are wrong. Many in fact have reached the cursed lands, they have seen the legendary Bastion, they have seen the ruins of Magnos, they have acquired knowledge many are aching to get their hands on. But these people may reach Paradon, but don’t return. Not because of the barren wastelands, not because of the cursed creatures, not because of hunger. But because the Dark Kind won’t let them.”*

**- Argus Mercia “the mad”, scholar and librarian of Eonith.**

The great war between “Eledor” and the other gods had been going on for 200 years. What foolish god would rebel against the holy Therendor? A god whose power surpasses any deity. But how did Eledor get this powerful? It was through worshipping. On Tillindor, gods who are worshipped enough become real and those who are not will disappear. This also means that the more a deity is worshipped, the more powerful is shall become. Eledor used this to his advantage. Every god has its own physical avatar on Tillindor called an “Oculus”. Eledor started showing his Oculus “Katorik” to the people and soon cults were established devoted to worshipping the god of chaos. Most of these were small and insignificant, except for one. In the holy lands of Paradon a cult rose known as “The new dawn”. These people worshipped Eledor and brought sacrifices to him so he may become powerful enough to one day purge Tillindor and only his true worshippers would be spared. The founder of The new dawn “Jafaar” even sacrificed his daughter “Kate” to the dark god. But her return infected the flows of magic, bringing dark magic into our world.

When the war between the gods was reaching its end Eledor knew he was losing. He saw only one way to emerge victorious. He would attack Therendors greatest achievement, the mortal world. The great kingdom of Paradon was a paradise on Tillindor and the greatest example of what Therendor was trying to achieve. Eledor used his powers to darken  the skies above Paradon, the ground shook, the waters raged. And then he threw his dawnstone  in a blinding light from the sky and upon impact, a blazing fire appeared and swallowed the lands of Paradon. This would be known as the “cataclysm”. The citizens of Paradon turned into cursed monsters, who would be known as the “Legions of Eledor” that served only the dark god. He aimed to use this army of darkness against the mortal world and attack Therendors creation. Therendor witnessed what happened and saw no other choice. He permanently closed Novus from the mortal realms making contact impossible. The armies of Paradon disappeared and Eledor had lost, for now. Eledor and his realm were simply too powerful for Therendor to control, so Eledor started slowly moving his realm out of Novus. Therendor was aware of this so before closing novus he erected a great wall known as “The Bastion”, to protect the mortal lands from the dark legions when they awoke again.

But what happened to The new dawn? Where they indeed spared? No. Eledor had special plans for them. When the cataclysm happened The new dawn knew that the purge was upon them and they would be spared to start a new age. But they were deceived. After the cataclysm they were indeed still aware and living, but when they looked at each other, they became filled with anger. They had become monsters., slender, dark skinned, white eyed corruptions. Eledor wanted them as his servants for eternity, but the member of The new dawn did not accept this. They were deceived, lied to, corrupted. Eledor didn’t start a new age, he destroyed these lands for his own personal gain. And they were not spared like he promised. When Novus closed all Eledors armies disappeared as well. But The new dawn did not. They were doomed to roam the lands as corrupted shadows for eternity, filled with nothing but pure hate toward the god that betrayed them. They cursed his name and wanted nothing but misfortune upon the god of darkness. They knew that Eledor was escaping Novus. In 1800 years he and his armies would return. And when that day arrived, “The Dark Kind” would finally have their revenge.