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	At the same time, the ranks of the Order itself swelled from the local population turning to the path of our Lord. In Elstreth, the reigning Chandrennin signaled his family’s conversion to Lord Voln with the construction of a great temple honoring our Lord Voln near the local monastery that later became known as ‘The House of the Paladin.’ It is among the great places of worship for our Lord Voln, but it also has become a place of remembrance for those of the Order and others who have fallen at the hands of the Horned Cabal. It was a place that, sixty years from the beginning of the wars, became visited by every citizen of the city and the location of the founding of a tradition of remembrance.		At the same time, the ranks of the Order itself swelled from the local population turning to the path of our Lord. In Elstreth, the reigning Chandrennin signaled his family’s conversion to Lord Voln with the construction of a great temple honoring our Lord Voln near the local monastery that later became known as ‘The House of the Paladin.’ It is among the great places of worship for our Lord Voln, but it also has become a place of remembrance for those of the Order and others who have fallen at the hands of the Horned Cabal. It was a place that, sixty years from the beginning of the wars, became visited by every citizen of the city and the location of the founding of a tradition of remembrance.

	In the Wars of the Horned Cabal, there are three great battles that mark the beginning of the end. Those battles are known as [[Battle of Tyllan\|Tyllan]], [[Battle of Skyreach\|Skyreach]], and [[Battle of Elstreth\|Elstreth]], the first two occurring within days of each other in perhaps the darkest time of the war. It was in the twentieth year of the fifty-first century that the two battles were fought between the forces of Lord Voln’s grace and the wickedness of his enemy the Snake. It began with an act of deceit, a common tactic of the Snake, with reports of a large undead army marching out of the wasteland of the South in the direction of [[Immuron]], a city in the [[Earldom of Honneland]]. The scouts of the Order and of the Duke of Aldora, [[Eorlon Chandrennin]], rode at once to report the movement of the enemy force. In a conflict in which each decade created an apparent cycle of warfare to the Duke and to the Grandmaster of the Elstreth monastery, it seemed that the final battle of the passing ten years was now occurring.		In the Wars of the Horned Cabal, there are three great battles that mark the beginning of the end. Those battles are known as [[Battle of Tyllan\|Tyllan]], [[Battle of Skyreach\|Skyreach]], and [[Battle of Elstreth\|Elstreth]], the first two occurring within days of each other in perhaps the darkest time of the war. It was in the twentieth year of the fifty-first century that the two battles were fought between the forces of Lord Voln’s grace and the wickedness of his enemy the Snake. It began with an act of deceit, a common tactic of the Snake, with reports of a large undead army marching out of the wasteland of the South in the direction of [[Immuron]], a city in the [[Honneland\|Earldom of Honneland]]. The scouts of the Order and of the Duke of Aldora, [[Eorlon Chandrennin]], rode at once to report the movement of the enemy force. In a conflict in which each decade created an apparent cycle of warfare to the Duke and to the Grandmaster of the Elstreth monastery, it seemed that the final battle of the passing ten years was now occurring.

	While the Duke gathered his men and the followers of our Lord Voln prayed for deliverance and victory in the oncoming battle, horse-borne messengers were sent out in the directions of other monasteries by the Order and to the Southern Sentinel [[Kyr Calquinor]] for reinforcements in Ubl. Then by the light of a rising sun, the troops departed under the colors of the Chandrennin family, and of Aldora, and of the brotherhood under the White Shield Banner. The size of the enemy reported to the defenders of the Empire was nearly twice the size of their own force, but not a number that could not be overcome, especially in the flanking attack planned to end their threat. It was at a halfway point to their destination that a horse covered in lather emerged from the dust thrown up by the great march of men, a Master of the Order having come from the direction of their departure, Elstreth. Another army had been spotted emerging from the Southron Wastes headed in the direction of Elstreth of equal size or greater than the one that was presently descending on Immuron. It is said the Duke Chandrennin dismounted from his own horse and offered a prayer of protection for the people of Honneland, for he could not continue to their defense while his own home and citizens were at the mercy of the Horned Cabal.		While the Duke gathered his men and the followers of our Lord Voln prayed for deliverance and victory in the oncoming battle, horse-borne messengers were sent out in the directions of other monasteries by the Order and to the Southern Sentinel [[Kyr Calquinor]] for reinforcements in Ubl. Then by the light of a rising sun, the troops departed under the colors of the Chandrennin family, and of Aldora, and of the brotherhood under the White Shield Banner. The size of the enemy reported to the defenders of the Empire was nearly twice the size of their own force, but not a number that could not be overcome, especially in the flanking attack planned to end their threat. It was at a halfway point to their destination that a horse covered in lather emerged from the dust thrown up by the great march of men, a Master of the Order having come from the direction of their departure, Elstreth. Another army had been spotted emerging from the Southron Wastes headed in the direction of Elstreth of equal size or greater than the one that was presently descending on Immuron. It is said the Duke Chandrennin dismounted from his own horse and offered a prayer of protection for the people of Honneland, for he could not continue to their defense while his own home and citizens were at the mercy of the Horned Cabal.

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	== Section IX: The Horned Cabal Wars ==		== Section IX: The Horned Cabal Wars ==

	They came from the south and out of the barren wastelands, five in total, liches of great strength and power derived from the possession of an artifact known as the Sphere of Sorrow. They became known as the Horned Cabal, and their intent was to destroy the empire of man. The first recorded sight of the monsters was written down in 4953 in the regions of [[~~Duchy of Aldora\|~~Aldora]] and its great city of [[Elstreth]], the home of the once powerful Chandrennin family. A land of mountains and hills, of valleys and dales, it was chosen by the Horned Cabal as the first portion of the greater target of the Empire to inhabit and destroy. By use of the Sphere of Sorrow, they raised packs of the undead to attack and raze the small farming villages of its southern borders. The sheep and goats that dotted the fields of the duchy were replaced with the graves of those who had sought to defend their homes from the invading menace.		They came from the south and out of the barren wastelands, five in total, liches of great strength and power derived from the possession of an artifact known as the Sphere of Sorrow. They became known as the Horned Cabal, and their intent was to destroy the empire of man. The first recorded sight of the monsters was written down in 4953 in the regions of [[Aldora]] and its great city of [[Elstreth]], the home of the once powerful Chandrennin family. A land of mountains and hills, of valleys and dales, it was chosen by the Horned Cabal as the first portion of the greater target of the Empire to inhabit and destroy. By use of the Sphere of Sorrow, they raised packs of the undead to attack and raze the small farming villages of its southern borders. The sheep and goats that dotted the fields of the duchy were replaced with the graves of those who had sought to defend their homes from the invading menace.

	For the first years of their advances, the Southern Sentinel [[Urgland Hurrst]] found his men incapable of halting the minions of the Snake as they spread their deprivations further and further into the interior of Aldora. The threat of the undead had been one experienced less and less by the region, and they were not well equipped to fight such dreadful foes. When reported to the Sun Throne miles to the north, the threat was met with little concern, and little support was sent to aide the Sentinel in his pledge oath to defend the Empire. The skill of the Imperial Drakes was directed against them, but the mages of the Empire had been sent in too few numbers to change the tide of the conflict. Seven years into the beginning decade of the Horned Cabal Wars, it was brought to the Sentinel’s attention that there existed still an obscure order dedicated to the work of Lorminstra’s Paladin, and in 4960 the first White Shield banner was raised in the land of Aldora. In the city of Elstreth, an outpost was founded that in time would become one of the greatest monasteries in the history of the Order.		For the first years of their advances, the Southern Sentinel [[Urgland Hurrst]] found his men incapable of halting the minions of the Snake as they spread their deprivations further and further into the interior of Aldora. The threat of the undead had been one experienced less and less by the region, and they were not well equipped to fight such dreadful foes. When reported to the Sun Throne miles to the north, the threat was met with little concern, and little support was sent to aide the Sentinel in his pledge oath to defend the Empire. The skill of the Imperial Drakes was directed against them, but the mages of the Empire had been sent in too few numbers to change the tide of the conflict. Seven years into the beginning decade of the Horned Cabal Wars, it was brought to the Sentinel’s attention that there existed still an obscure order dedicated to the work of Lorminstra’s Paladin, and in 4960 the first White Shield banner was raised in the land of Aldora. In the city of Elstreth, an outpost was founded that in time would become one of the greatest monasteries in the history of the Order.

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	== Section V: The Sign of the Shield ==		== Section V: The Sign of the Shield ==

	With the ongoing conflict and tenor of Selantha’s decrees, the giantman Grandmaster at K’Tafali Manor feared that the Empire would seize the founding monastery’s property, including its library. As a result, just prior to the incident with Fineval, the Grandmaster arranged for the documents within the monastery’s library and archives to be sent out in three directions: to the west to a monastery at [[Fairport]] in the [[~~County of Torre\|~~Kingdom of Torre]], to the east in the territory that would eventually become [[Highmount]], and to the north to the recently founded Kingdom of Hendor and its small monastery in the city of [[Nydds]]. The main escort contingent were ordlyn, under the realization that to remain in the now Imperial-controlled land would result in detainment if not death.		With the ongoing conflict and tenor of Selantha’s decrees, the giantman Grandmaster at K’Tafali Manor feared that the Empire would seize the founding monastery’s property, including its library. As a result, just prior to the incident with Fineval, the Grandmaster arranged for the documents within the monastery’s library and archives to be sent out in three directions: to the west to a monastery at [[Fairport]] in the [[Kingdom of Torre]], to the east in the territory that would eventually become [[Highmount]], and to the north to the recently founded Kingdom of Hendor and its small monastery in the city of [[Nydds]]. The main escort contingent were ordlyn, under the realization that to remain in the now Imperial-controlled land would result in detainment if not death.

	Among those who departed from K'Tafali Manor was the Grandmaster, the last in a succession of giantmen who had guided the Order since the days of our founder. Under disguise, he departed with the greatest selections of the library to Hendor and the north . In his stead stepped a new Grandmaster, a human, one which might please the new Turamzzyrian overlords of the shattered lands of Kedshold. This tenure was a short one, as not long after, the great monastery that once served as a beacon to all followers of our Lord Voln was consumed in flames. Like most fires then, as well as those now, it likely was one caused by accident or folly which brought an end to the monastery. Legend, though, speaks that as our Great Lord Voln came first in fire to teach, that he saw fit to remove the place of his first teaching by the same means, for that which he had built no longer truly stood.		Among those who departed from K'Tafali Manor was the Grandmaster, the last in a succession of giantmen who had guided the Order since the days of our founder. Under disguise, he departed with the greatest selections of the library to Hendor and the north . In his stead stepped a new Grandmaster, a human, one which might please the new Turamzzyrian overlords of the shattered lands of Kedshold. This tenure was a short one, as not long after, the great monastery that once served as a beacon to all followers of our Lord Voln was consumed in flames. Like most fires then, as well as those now, it likely was one caused by accident or folly which brought an end to the monastery. Legend, though, speaks that as our Great Lord Voln came first in fire to teach, that he saw fit to remove the place of his first teaching by the same means, for that which he had built no longer truly stood.

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