IN A HURRY?
by Henry Livingston
"Evil had a name once and then It changed
its name without telling anyone what the new one was and for that even
the gods are unsure of his where-a-bouts. The Nameless Shadow as he was
later dubbed by his followers, is the epitome of an enemy of anything
good. He hates the gods that Atheradarastrix created and curses them
all... which is weird because he too was created by the Dragon God
Atheradarastrix ... ... okay - okay - I know... here's the Tale."
The Nameless Shadow for all intended purposes is, amongst the Abilain
Gods, was birthed from the very source of evil and is noted as being the
quintessential paragon of evil. Every 1000 years evil reproduces this
way, as does purity (or good), and Its offspring continues until It is
vanquished or It conquers all. On Abilai there is one that is one left,
the Nameless Shadow, and he has reinforced his future by using the newly
created offspring and loyal followers of his darkness to strengthen his
return and his unconditional victory over all on Abilai.
At one point It had a name (Kalaidus) and an identity (God of Anarchy),
It stood tall and challenged Panthe and any other god that moved into
his path openly, then declared war against them when It thought the
timing was perfect to do so. It took every god fighting with everything
they had to stop his onslaught, but it was Kami and her trickery that
defeated it. As for Its allies, Fetorela (God of Destruction), Ca'lurre'
(Goddess of Death) and Sumatrae (God of Silence), they chose to remain
loyal to Panthe, and it was their treachery that sealed the crypt to Its
downfall.
It is said that as It lay dieing, it realized its mistakes. It realized
that It could not stand and defeat the combined might of the other gods
directly, and that It could not trust Its evil brethren. In a risky
gamble, it stripped itself of all identity and disappeared into the
nothingness beyond.
It was eventually forgotten, even by the gods and so it began to plot.
It gathered followers through a well conditioned pawn named Selinasse
(Demigoddess of Darkness ), putting its plan into motion. Methodically,
It started weakening the worshippers of the Pantheons, thus indirectly
weakening the gods themselves.
The Eight Storms of Power all inadvertently are unwritten followers of
the Nameless Shadow.
However, Its attempt to destroy the Kingdom of Crowe Haven through
Serrif Quetimare', a Drow Rogue/Wizard, that It helped fool many into
believing that she was Muunara (Goddess of Justice), proved to be too
weak to complete the task given her. The failure has not settled well
with the Nameless Shadow and It still plots to ensure the destruction
'of Crowe Haven (Also, City of Power) and its Paladins. Because of its
place on the world of Abilai, Crowe Haven sits above the Pinnacle of
Power. This Pinnacle is the raw source of all magic on Abilai and for
those who know how to tap into this energy conquering the planet is just
a matter of time. Crowe Haven must fall or this could pose a threat in
Its triumph over all of Abilai.
Whitecrest is the other city that must cease to exist, especially the
White paladin of Whitecrest. The White Paladin is the perfect opposite
of those birthed from evil, for he or she is birthed from purity,
quintessentially a paragon of goodness. He and the other newly knighted
Storms of Power also seem to be a flaw in Its perfect take-over.
Written lllumian text depicts that Selinasse's Shadow Mages will be the
downfall or conversion of the Hidden Houses of Ortoria and their Cloaked
Society. Also, that It's Army will be formed during that
time as well.
Continuing with Illumian Lore, there is repeated mention of a loyal
Lieutenant, back when it had an identity, who was imprisoned on the
Sub-continent of Masahyna. Who waits to be awakened by yet another pawn
in the Nameless Shadows' plan and assume his position as
Second-in-command. Mirgol (God of Corruption), as he is namely written,
will rule all of the Sub-continent. His mission without prejudice is to
turn Masahyna and all of its inhabitants into Its Dark Army. This Army
will serve only to distract and weaken the Pantheon of gods long enough
for It to gather Its strength in the outer Realms and attack them when
they are at their most venerable. Reiterating Its Dominion over any and
all Gods of Darkness, It will lead their combined Armies to crush the
opposing United Armies of the Pantheons of Integrity, Detachment, Rule
and Harmony.
Loyal pawns known as Crimson Vipers will become General's of Its Army of
Destruction. They will sew Chaos against all the Major Kingdoms of
Abilai and birth a second Army on the Continent of Dargala. This Army
will bring their multitudes to their next biggest adversary, Whitecrest,
and finally both Armies, one from marching from Whitecrest, the other
from Masahyna, which at this time has consumed all of Ortoria will
attack Crowe Haven from both sides and crush the hopes of any
imperfection in Its plan to Rule Abilai.