GM Kenstrom’s Epilogue to Eyes of The Dawn
GM Kenstrom posts the wrap up to the Chaston Storyline.
Category: GemStone IV Announcements
Topic: Important AnnouncementsDate: 11/10/2016 04:01 PM CSTFrom: GS4-KENSTROMSubj: Righting the Wrong – An Imperial DecreeIt has been days now since the fall of Prelate Chaston and his truly unholy crusade. In no small part to adventurers out of Wehnimer’s Landing and Vornavis and beyond, Chaston’s connections with the witch Raznel were exposed, and their plans to unleash a tide of fiery destruction to level Tamzzyr and its surroundings, were thwarted. It would appear Chaston, and the witch’s, original targets were the Imperial Palace, which houses the Emperor and his family, as well as the Temple of Steps, which houses the Patriarch of the Church of Koar, and the main headquarters of the Hall of Mages. The horror of such death, both in thousands and thousands of lives, and the very heart of the Empire’s leadership and faith, would have been devastating and crippled the Turamzzyrian Empire.Despite all of that, in the final dying moments of Chaston’s life, he still saw to it that he would take out a section of the Empire, which ironically was so influential in his rise to power. An ancient obelisk, forged of blood marble, and powered by the potent blood of half-elves, which carry both human and elven traits, was activated and released a wave of golden, burning light that washed over all of Talador, turning a majority of the once lush Barony into a haunting wasteland now referred to as the Bleaklands. There had not been witnessed such destruction on a wide scale since the creation of the Wizardwaste.
As the dust settled after the massive carnage, it has been surmised that thousands of imperial soldiers and support were lost on the ground in Talador, not to mention the thousands and thousands of citizens all throughout the Barony’s capital and various cities, towns and other hamlets. The only known survivors were a few dozen Imperial Drakes and over two hundred soldiers who were spared the impact of the blast by magical shields. This instinctively quick action of some of the Drakes left patches of unblemished land around Talador, which many now aptly call “The Tears of Koar.”
In the aftermath of one of the most devastating losses of life in the Empire’s recent history, all of the great land mourns. It is said that because such evil and hate was allowed to foster, even within the Empire’s own borders, that Emperor Aurmont Anodheles has issued a command that in the coming weeks and months he will be gathering his Council of Lords to begin work on finally passing law that ends Chaston’s Edict, or even the notion of it. Even in light of the tragedy, many cheered the Emperor’s decision and praised it as a great step in helping to right much of the wrong that the Empire has done in the past, when it comes to the rights and persecution of non-humans. Meanwhile, others speculate that it came too little too late, and argue it could take years for such an act to happen given the often gridlocked politics and arrogance among imperial nobility.
-GM Kenstrom-
Waylayer of Wehnimer’s Landing
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