AabahranRise of the Heralds
Crusade of the Heralds · by Scholar Xanthis Ignifirum
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| / \, | , .--. -= Rise of the Heralds =- |
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| \ /| |====| The halls of the Heralds lay empty |
| - | |.::.| and dormant for aeons as the scholars|
| | .-;.\..../.;_.-^-._ of old were dispersed from |
| /\\/ / |...::..|. : .| the King's command. The |
| |:.\ | /...::..| .:. | owls scattered their kin |
| \ /\;-./\ :: |.. ..| decimated in battle. As |
| |\ <. > >._::_.| .: :. | history progressed there |
| | | \ : / remained none to record it.|
| | | \ : / Only small portions were |
| | |___/\___|.-.:.-. captured by a few wandering |
| | \_ || _/ . scholars that remained. The |
| | <_ >< _> Chapter of Order closed its sect|
| | | || | and in turn recalled its guardians. |
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| | _\.:||:./_ The Church maintained what it |
| | /____/\____\ could scribing the major segments |
| of history in the Scholars disappearance. Their records |
| were precise, and detailed, but lacked the finesse only a |
| true Herald could provide. The Order watched the Heraldry |
| try to rebuild their establishment only to be plagued by |
| thieves and bounty hunters. With the inability to defend |
| themselves from the brute force of the world the Church |
| convened on the matter. The decision was made to unseal the |
| records, pertaining to the Protectors, and re-establish the |
| line of great scholars. |
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| The first guardian, Xanthis Ignifirium, was sent forth to |
| the academy. There the Protectors were intertwined, once |
| more, with the great scholars. The hope that history itself |
| would not fall victim to the destruction brought by that of |
| ignorance was established. The Church opened its own small |
| library to share the documentation lost during the Great War.|
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