Dol Arrah

Dol Arrah is a Goddess of Light and Rebirth that, legend has it, created the material plane thousands of years ago. There is a widely-followed church worshipping Dol Arrah.

## Creation Myth

   There were three great wizards: Morgan the Powerful, Eckales the Caring, and Aldor the Wise. They each had an artifact: Eckales had the heart of Arcadia, Aldor had the Orb of Planar Melding, and Morgan had the Keyblade. Together, they created Arcadia with Dol Arrah's help as a safe haven for Dol Arrah's flock which she rescued from the Old World.

### Escaping the Old World

Before Arcadia, there was the Old World. It was a dominion of chaos and torment, a realm where weak beings languished at the feet of the powerful. Humanoids were but slaves, perpetually suffering at the hands of beasts and monsters. The best of them would fight back, with magic or steel, but it was never enough and they were beaten back down to submission.

From Celestia, Dol Arrah watched. She was a goddess of magnificent, divine power and ruled over a perfect kingdom of angels (Celestials). In her holy benevolence she took fancy with the harrowed beings of the Old World and in her great compassion offered them a path to salvation as her Flock. The laws of Celestia forbade entrance by any not Celestial in blood so Dol Arrah decided to create a paradise safe for her chosen Flock. That world was Arcadia.

Dol Arrah sought the best magic wielders of the flock to be her three great wizards: Morgan the Powerful, Ekalus the Caring, and Aldor the Wise. Morgan created the superlative Keyblade, the greatest human-forged weapon to ever exist. Ekalus imbued his own heart with immeasurable magic, creating the Heart of Arcadia, the emotional core of the world. And Aldor channeled the divination magic of hundreds of wizards into the Orb of Planar Melding, capable of bending space to the wielder's will. Together, with the magic might of Dol Arrah, they would create Arcadia. Dol Arrah’s Divine Army fought battle after battle, suffering tremendous loss and sacrifice, to bring the Flock out of the Old World and into Arcadia, but they needed to escape from the Old World first…

   Dol Arrah’s Divine army possessed immeasurable strength in Celestia. They’d fought off a vicious war waged by the great, evil dragon Goddess Tiamat and had, for millennia, defended Celestia against any threat, no matter how great.

However, their power was weaker in the Old World. Dol Arrah had previously sent them on holy crusades to capture the Old World, but, far from the root of Dol Arrah’s might, they found themselves no match for the pure chaos below.

The Divine Army was led by Dol Arrah’s great Archons, Archangels that commanded her forces. It was the Seraphim, one of Dol Arrah’s Archons, that first suggested they train and arm the humanoids to help fight and clear a path for the Flock out of the Old World.

So, by The Seraphim and Dol Arrah’s command, the Order of the Dol Arrah Sentinels began. Sentinels were the best fighters humanoids had to offer, trained and armed by Dol Arrah’s magic might itself. The order was highly exclusive and required a solemn oath of perpetual devotion to Dol Arrah, a promise that every Sentinel gave to lay their very soul on the line if necessary.

Dol Arrah’s Divine Army and the Order of the Sentinels fought battle after battle, suffering tremendous loss and sacrifice, to bring the Flock out of the Old World and into Arcadia.

All of the Sentinels died in this journey save for one. This one Sentinel was Hannibal and, alongside Morgan the Powerful, he helped establish order and law in Arcadia and protect the formation of the Church of Dol Arrah.

## Notable Members of Dol Arrah's Flock

### Celestials

* **Seraphim** - one of Dol Arrah's archangels that commanded her forces. He was the one who suggested that the Divine Army recruit and train humanoids to help fight and clear a path for the Flock out of the Old World.