Post by Feos on Apr 8, 2016 14:55:26 GMT -5
Apostles of Neh-tlanor
He stirs and counts the passage of time. Conqueror of many worlds, herald of the Abyss. Lend us your tremendous power, oh Darkest One, for we shall pave the path for your arrival!
Hecatobiblos 13:158
The Apostles of Neh-tlanor are a group of zealots who worship the Abyss entity Neh-tlanor, a powerful and eternal existence that seeks to devour worlds and assimilate them into the Abyss itself. While there are mentions of the mysterious Neh-tlanor in various texts since the ancient times, the Apostles of Neh-Tlanor are a relatively newly formed group, but one that has shown a disturbing amount of activity and determination during the last four years. Who created it and leads it with an iron will, be it one or many, it is not known even to mid ranked members of the cult.
During the last four years, the cult has been actively capturing mythical beings, sapping them from their magical energy and their power, offering them as sacrifices to Neh-tlanor. Their ultimate goal is to create a gate powerful enough to allow Neh-tlanor to breach into this world, but how they plan to accomplish that and if it's directly connected to the hunt for mythical creatures and magic, it is not yet known.
My blood is black and sings praises to Thee, as it flows through my veins. My heart dances at the edge of the Abyss. Gaze upon me just once, oh Mighty One, and let me be the vessel of your will!
During the last four years, the cult has been actively capturing mythical beings, sapping them from their magical energy and their power, offering them as sacrifices to Neh-tlanor. Their ultimate goal is to create a gate powerful enough to allow Neh-tlanor to breach into this world, but how they plan to accomplish that and if it's directly connected to the hunt for mythical creatures and magic, it is not yet known.
My blood is black and sings praises to Thee, as it flows through my veins. My heart dances at the edge of the Abyss. Gaze upon me just once, oh Mighty One, and let me be the vessel of your will!
Excerpt from the fourth rite.
Many Apostles display great power, one that obviously comes at a great price, as one can tell if they could clearly look at their bodies. Scarred and gone through great trials and pain, with more than one kind of living things and parasites residing inside them, most Apostles possess corrupted powers and dark magic, ranging from control of corrupted elements to even some kind of necromancy. Those of the highest level often can appear unblemished and pass unnoticed visually, but the inside of their bodies and souls alike are as dark as the abyss.
As a place that pulls all kinds of magical beings, and even those that are still young and inexperienced, it's only reasonable that Foresta Academy could be seen as easy prey, a buffet ready to satiate the Apostle's hunger for more magical beings. An important means to achieve their goal, will Foresta suffer an organized attack?
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Basically an antagonistic group, that might start moving against Foresta, at first through ambushes and kidnapping students, gathering intel and evaluating the Academy's power and ability to resist an attack of a larger scale. They can be NPCs, but if Seren likes all this and agrees, some people could also make Apostle chars, who would be heavily plot oriented, with most of their actions directed by the central plot-maker ( Seren? )
Anyway, awaiting thoughts and comments.
As a place that pulls all kinds of magical beings, and even those that are still young and inexperienced, it's only reasonable that Foresta Academy could be seen as easy prey, a buffet ready to satiate the Apostle's hunger for more magical beings. An important means to achieve their goal, will Foresta suffer an organized attack?
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Basically an antagonistic group, that might start moving against Foresta, at first through ambushes and kidnapping students, gathering intel and evaluating the Academy's power and ability to resist an attack of a larger scale. They can be NPCs, but if Seren likes all this and agrees, some people could also make Apostle chars, who would be heavily plot oriented, with most of their actions directed by the central plot-maker ( Seren? )
Anyway, awaiting thoughts and comments.