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The [[Elder Wars]] began shortly, in relative terms, after the Great Silence that followed the disappearance of [[Dynara]] and [[Magnora]]. Though it was sensed first by [[Dracnoris]], a Primal God who was spared the indignity of becoming one of the [[:Category:Soulless Gods|Soulless]], He opted to remain silent about the disturbances in [[the Void]]. He knew, better than the others, that the [[Heralds of Magnora]] could not be stopped no matter how prepared the [[:Category:Elder Gods|Elder Gods]] wanted to believe They were. | The [[Elder Wars]] began shortly, in relative terms, after the Great Silence that followed the disappearance of [[Dynara]] and [[Magnora]]. Though it was sensed first by [[Dracnoris]], a Primal God who was spared the indignity of becoming one of the [[:Category:Soulless Gods|Soulless]], He opted to remain silent about the disturbances in [[the Void]]. He knew, better than the others, that the [[Heralds of Magnora]] could not be stopped no matter how prepared the [[:Category:Elder Gods|Elder Gods]] wanted to believe They were. __NOTOC__ | ||
==A Disturbance in the Void== | ==A Disturbance in the Void== | ||
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==The Elder Gods Prepare for War== | ==The Elder Gods Prepare for War== | ||
Almost every single Elder, regardless of Circle affiliation, volunteered to act as a Warrior in what would be regarded as the first official battle of the Elder Wars. 23 formations, each led by a Warrior of the Second Circle, went into battle, flanked by the Dragon God Dracnoris, who acted as His own military force. | |||
The Gods' initial plan was to surround the Soulless and initiate the Daath sequence, but the Soulless, who seemed even stronger than before, did not stay in one place and instead split up and attacked the Gods in a variety of ways. At the onset of the encounter, Dracnoris confronted His Sister, [[Draxbaylock]] the Black, and ultimately defeated Her. He was wounded, though, and returned to the First World to recover. As the battle raged, the Gods were able to position Themselves in a way that allowed the Daath sequence to begin, but [[Kethuru]] the Mighty trapped [[Clangorum]], [[Morgfyre]], and [[Oovanti]] in the center of the battlefield, right where the Daath sequence was set to climax. | |||
[[Orlachmar]] bravely threw Himself at Kethuru and managed to save Morgfyre and Clangorum, but Oovanti and His formation were lost in the Daath. Though the Gods had won this battle and destroyed the Soulless, they also lost over 3000 of Their number. The survivors returned to Lusternia to recover, but peace would not last. | |||
==A Soulless Revelation, and the Return of Illith== | |||
Xyl and the Fifth Circle soon brought together the surviving Elders to discuss a grave matter: out in the Void, at the site where so many Gods had died and the Soulless were exterminated, another disturbance was sensed. The Soulless, in fact, were not dead, and were instead larger and stronger. The Fifth Circle theorized that, because [[Dynara]] and [[Magnora]] disappeared before the Great Silence, the forces of creation and destruction were not present in the realm either. This meant that nothing was truly created nor destroyed, including the Gods. | |||
Somehow, the Soulless had been reborn and were feasting on the divine essence of those Gods lost in the first battle of the Elder Wars. Not only that, but the Soulless were once again on the move, headed for the First World. Meridian, having been hardened by the loss of His sister-mate Amberle, quickly commanded the Gods to form defenses around Lusternia. | |||
The Leviathan, Illith, was already one of the strongest Soulless before the first battle, but She was now even more powerful. She succeeded in breaking through the barriers that kept out the other Soulless, but She immediately dove deep below the oceans and burrowed through the core of the world. The Gods quickly realized that She was headed for a confrontation with Keph the Many-Eyed, and a truly devastating battle raged on for more than 100 days. In the end, Illith was severed in two and fled to the Void, but Keph died within the Undervault. | |||
On the surface, Orlachmar tried in vain to finish off Illith, but She lashed out at Him and bit Him into two pieces, just as She had been cleaved in twain. It was clear that Orlachmar would not survive this attack, but [[Fain]] and a Fifth Circle Coterie soon appeared with a possible solution. | |||
==Fain's Elixir and the Agony of Undeath== | |||
What was left of Orlachmar's body was taken to the [[Gladdyn Forest]], where the Gods opened a portal to the [[Ethereal Plane]] so that They could venture to the [[Fields of the Maeve]], where the Hamadhi had constructed healing mounds long ago. | |||
[[Category:History]][[Category:Historical Events]] | [[Category:History]][[Category:Historical Events]] | ||