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	While very little is established about the religion explicitly, the [[Phantom Gatekeeper\|symbolism]] of [[The Graveyard]] seems to imply it was more of a false religion that mocked Eissa ([[Lorminstra]]). The juxtaposition with Kadaena was blasphemous, not something that made any inherent sense. The most plausible interpretation would be that the "[[Gates of Oblivion]]" were to be replaced with the forbidden "Gates of the [[Pales\|Void]]", and so souls were to be "[[Purgatory\|lost to the demonic]]" and quite possibly [[Uthex Kathiasas\|become]] demonic on other planes of existence. The "necropolis" implies that the city was to be replaced with a city of the [[undead]], as well as the bodies of those who were unworthy of everlasting existence. While [[The Unlife]] is traditionally equated with the annihilation of existence in [[Shadow World]], "going [[demonic]]" in [[Purgatory\|Oblivion]] actually refers to the [[Kestrel Etrevion#Behind The Scenes\|eternal peace]] of dissolving into total nothingness. [[The Graveyard]] inverts the [[Phantom Gatekeeper\|symbolism]] of the darkness by allowing the struggle and suffering of life to continue forever in defiance of Death.		While very little is established about the religion explicitly, the [[Phantom Gatekeeper\|symbolism]] of [[The Graveyard]] seems to imply it was more of a false religion that mocked Eissa ([[Lorminstra]]). The juxtaposition with Kadaena was blasphemous, not something that made any inherent sense. The most plausible interpretation would be that the "[[Gates of Oblivion]]" were to be replaced with the forbidden "Gates of the [[Pales\|Void]]", and so souls were to be "[[Purgatory\|lost to the demonic]]" and quite possibly [[Uthex Kathiasas\|become]] demonic on other planes of existence. The "necropolis" implies that the city was to be replaced with a city of the [[undead]], as well as the bodies of those who were unworthy of everlasting existence. While [[The Unlife]] is traditionally equated with the annihilation of existence in [[Shadow World]], "going [[demonic]]" in [[Purgatory\|Oblivion]] actually refers to the [[Kestrel Etrevion#Behind The Scenes\|eternal peace]] of dissolving into total nothingness. [[The Graveyard]] inverts the [[Phantom Gatekeeper\|symbolism]] of the darkness by allowing the struggle and suffering of life to continue forever in defiance of Death.

	==Behind ~~The~~ Scenes==		==Behind the Scenes==
	"[[The Legend of the Necropolis of Etrevion]]" used some excerpts from [[Shadow World]] source books for the sake of proper titles. The "Dark Path" was probably based on the Shadow World Master Atlas, 1st Edition, description of using spells whose power comes from The Unlife: ''"In the process of learning an Evil list, there should be no question that the spell caster is turning to [[A Popular History of the Broken Lands\|a new power source]] for his energies: the Unlife. Once the first spell is cast, he starts down a '''Dark Path'''. It may take years, but eventually he will reach the end: submission to utter and complete Evil."'' '''(capitalization in the original)'''		"[[The Legend of the Necropolis of Etrevion]]" used some excerpts from [[Shadow World]] source books for the sake of proper titles. The "Dark Path" was probably based on the Shadow World Master Atlas, 1st Edition, description of using spells whose power comes from The Unlife: ''"In the process of learning an Evil list, there should be no question that the spell caster is turning to [[A Popular History of the Broken Lands\|a new power source]] for his energies: the Unlife. Once the first spell is cast, he starts down a '''Dark Path'''. It may take years, but eventually he will reach the end: submission to utter and complete Evil."'' '''(capitalization in the original)'''

	His book "Servants of the Shadow: Power through [[Bandur Etrevion#Behind ~~The~~ Scenes\|Thralldom]]" was another, more obviously borrowed phrase. (Kadaena is sometimes called "the Shadow" in the early books, in which she is sometimes spoken of metaphorically as the master, in a way that sounds like she is somehow still alive and behind the forces of darkness.) Several of the 1989 and 1990 adventure modules had a brief history section that included: ''"[[Ordainers\|Great Demons]] were [[Black Hel\|fashioned]] by the most powerful of the [[Iruaric\|Lords]] who had fallen under the influence of the Unlife, led by the Empress Kadaena. Wise but twisted in spirit, the '''servants of the Shadow''' offered knowledge beyond that which the [[Loremasters]] deigned to give such 'lesser beings,' and the power of the Unlife grew unfettered in the [[Second Era]]."''		His book "Servants of the Shadow: Power through [[Bandur Etrevion#Behind the Scenes\|Thralldom]]" was another, more obviously borrowed phrase. (Kadaena is sometimes called "the Shadow" in the early books, in which she is sometimes spoken of metaphorically as the master, in a way that sounds like she is somehow still alive and behind the forces of darkness.) Several of the 1989 and 1990 adventure modules had a brief history section that included: ''"[[Ordainers\|Great Demons]] were [[Black Hel\|fashioned]] by the most powerful of the [[Iruaric\|Lords]] who had fallen under the influence of the Unlife, led by the Empress Kadaena. Wise but twisted in spirit, the '''servants of the Shadow''' offered knowledge beyond that which the [[Loremasters]] deigned to give such 'lesser beings,' and the power of the Unlife grew unfettered in the [[Second Era]]."''

	This refers to the fact that [[Andraax\|most]] Loremasters were [[Iylari]], and so were very patronizing of all other races. The Lords of Essaence were conflated with the Lords of [[Orhan]] (Liabo) in a typographical error from these paragraphs, which was intentionally preserved in the Legend, referring to Kadaena as the "[[Lesser vruul#Behind ~~The~~ Scenes\|first]] Lord of Orhan" when the two groups had nothing to do with each other. It might have been implying [[The Dark Path (essay)\|ascension]] along the same lines of the work of Eogun, the father of Kadaena's [[Black Hel\|daughter]] who wished to make themselves into gods. While this would still make the statement false in the strict sense, in the Shadow World timeline the Lords of Orhan were unknown until 100,000 years after Kadaena, even though they were far more ancient. Kadaena would be "[[Lesser vruul#Behind ~~The~~ Scenes\|the first]]" ''known'' moon goddess. Something else to consider is that this actually one of ''two'' severe [[The Temple of Darkness\|temporal anomalies]] written plainly into the story, where the [[Shadow Valley]] and [[The Broken Lands\|Broken Lands]] spin-off stories have other temporal distortions. The paradox of Bandur pledging himself to a [[Purgatory#Archaeology\|dead goddess]] but still owing his soul to her is central to interpreting it, rooted in the idea of undead demonic gods as [[Muylari#Behind ~~The~~ Scenes\|sleeping]] toward a future [[Lesser vruul#Behind the scenes\|rebirth]] beyond the [[Pales\|pale]].		This refers to the fact that [[Andraax\|most]] Loremasters were [[Iylari]], and so were very patronizing of all other races. The Lords of Essaence were conflated with the Lords of [[Orhan]] (Liabo) in a typographical error from these paragraphs, which was intentionally preserved in the Legend, referring to Kadaena as the "[[Lesser vruul#Behind the Scenes\|first]] Lord of Orhan" when the two groups had nothing to do with each other. It might have been implying [[The Dark Path (essay)\|ascension]] along the same lines of the work of Eogun, the father of Kadaena's [[Black Hel\|daughter]] who wished to make themselves into gods. While this would still make the statement false in the strict sense, in the Shadow World timeline the Lords of Orhan were unknown until 100,000 years after Kadaena, even though they were far more ancient. Kadaena would be "[[Lesser vruul#Behind the Scenes\|the first]]" ''known'' moon goddess. Something else to consider is that this actually one of ''two'' severe [[The Temple of Darkness\|temporal anomalies]] written plainly into the story, where the [[Shadow Valley]] and [[The Broken Lands\|Broken Lands]] spin-off stories have other temporal distortions. The paradox of Bandur pledging himself to a [[Purgatory#Archaeology\|dead goddess]] but still owing his soul to her is central to interpreting it, rooted in the idea of undead demonic gods as [[Muylari#Behind the Scenes\|sleeping]] toward a future [[Lesser vruul#Behind the scenes\|rebirth]] beyond the [[Pales\|pale]].

	In principle the soul of the Empress Kadaena would have gone to Eissa ([[Lorminstra]]), the goddess of death and rebirth, which is the root of his symbolic [[Phantom Gatekeeper\|antagonism]] for them. The transformative nature of her perverse form of [[Lesser vruul#Behind ~~The~~ Scenes\|demonic rebirth]], which is [[Phantom Gatekeeper#The Gate\|represented]] by her [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grotesque "grotesque"] statue, is not immediately obvious but supported by extensive [[Uthex Kathiasas#Behind ~~The~~ Scenes\|allusions]] to Lovecraft. However, her soul ''should'' have been absorbed by the Shadowstone, and destroyed when [[Eye of the Drake#Behind ~~The~~ Scenes\|Ondoval]] took control of it. The theology that Bandur Etrevion and the [[The Broken Lands\|Broken Lands]] are suggesting thus breaks with the Shadow World lore. The loophole in the source material would be that the Shadowstone had other unknown powers, and would intelligently adapt itself to the wearer, which potentially allows the contradiction to be avoided.		In principle the soul of the Empress Kadaena would have gone to Eissa ([[Lorminstra]]), the goddess of death and rebirth, which is the root of his symbolic [[Phantom Gatekeeper\|antagonism]] for them. The transformative nature of her perverse form of [[Lesser vruul#Behind the Scenes\|demonic rebirth]], which is [[Phantom Gatekeeper#The Gate\|represented]] by her [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grotesque "grotesque"] statue, is not immediately obvious but supported by extensive [[Uthex Kathiasas#Behind the Scenes\|allusions]] to Lovecraft. However, her soul ''should'' have been absorbed by the Shadowstone, and destroyed when [[Eye of the Drake#Behind the Scenes\|Ondoval]] took control of it. The theology that Bandur Etrevion and the [[The Broken Lands\|Broken Lands]] are suggesting thus breaks with the Shadow World lore. The loophole in the source material would be that the Shadowstone had other unknown powers, and would intelligently adapt itself to the wearer, which potentially allows the contradiction to be avoided.

	It is possible the [[The Temple of Darkness Poem\|Broken Lands]] solves this [[The Temple of Darkness#Behind ~~The~~ Scenes\|paradox]] with [[Purgatory#Purgatory\|allusion]] to [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/sot.aspx "The Shadow out of Time"], implying Kadaena would survive death by [[The Legend of the Necropolis of Etrevion\|possessing]] and swapping souls with others in [[Bandur Etrevion#Behind ~~The~~ Scenes\|the future]] who will die in the past. This is related to her "Guardian of the Forbidden" role in their theology as [[Purgatory]], which is to say [[Gates of Oblivion\|Oblivion]], is characterized as a dream state of lost souls where time has no meaning. This story would explain how Bandur was acquiring dark knowledge from Kadaena, his unnatural scholastic proficiency, study of rare texts in libraries, inexplicable mastery of ancient magic such as their portals, obscure quests and monument construction, cults in his wake, nightmares, self-loathing, being driven to madness, acting out in fits of possession, and how his soul could have been owed to her. It is worth noting that "Kadaena Throk Farok" [[Iruaric\|means]] "Guardian of the Forbidden", but the night-gaunts of the "peaks of Throk" who keep dreamers out of the underworld are represented by the [[Lesser vruul#Behind ~~The~~ Scenes\|vruul]]. The Lovecraft analog is Yog-Sothoth, who is coexistent with all spacetime and the guardian of all forbidden knowledge, who the [[Uthex Kathiasas#Behind ~~The~~ Scenes\|dream-quest]] protagonist impresses but becomes trapped in an alien body.		It is possible the [[The Temple of Darkness Poem\|Broken Lands]] solves this [[The Temple of Darkness#Behind the Scenes\|paradox]] with [[Purgatory#Purgatory\|allusion]] to [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/sot.aspx "The Shadow out of Time"], implying Kadaena would survive death by [[The Legend of the Necropolis of Etrevion\|possessing]] and swapping souls with others in [[Bandur Etrevion#Behind the Scenes\|the future]] who will die in the past. This is related to her "Guardian of the Forbidden" role in their theology as [[Purgatory]], which is to say [[Gates of Oblivion\|Oblivion]], is characterized as a dream state of lost souls where time has no meaning. This story would explain how Bandur was acquiring dark knowledge from Kadaena, his unnatural scholastic proficiency, study of rare texts in libraries, inexplicable mastery of ancient magic such as their portals, obscure quests and monument construction, cults in his wake, nightmares, self-loathing, being driven to madness, acting out in fits of possession, and how his soul could have been owed to her. It is worth noting that "Kadaena Throk Farok" [[Iruaric\|means]] "Guardian of the Forbidden", but the night-gaunts of the "peaks of Throk" who keep dreamers out of the underworld are represented by the [[Lesser vruul#Behind the Scenes\|vruul]]. The Lovecraft analog is Yog-Sothoth, who is coexistent with all spacetime and the guardian of all forbidden knowledge, who the [[Uthex Kathiasas#Behind the Scenes\|dream-quest]] protagonist impresses but becomes trapped in an alien body.

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	His book "Servants of the Shadow: Power through [[Bandur Etrevion#Behind The Scenes\|Thralldom]]" was another, more obviously borrowed phrase. (Kadaena is sometimes called "the Shadow" in the early books, in which she is sometimes spoken of metaphorically as the master, in a way that sounds like she is somehow still alive and behind the forces of darkness.) Several of the 1989 and 1990 adventure modules had a brief history section that included: ''"[[Ordainers\|Great Demons]] were [[Black Hel\|fashioned]] by the most powerful of the [[Iruaric\|Lords]] who had fallen under the influence of the Unlife, led by the Empress Kadaena. Wise but twisted in spirit, the '''servants of the Shadow''' offered knowledge beyond that which the [[Loremasters]] deigned to give such 'lesser beings,' and the power of the Unlife grew unfettered in the [[Second Era]]."''		His book "Servants of the Shadow: Power through [[Bandur Etrevion#Behind The Scenes\|Thralldom]]" was another, more obviously borrowed phrase. (Kadaena is sometimes called "the Shadow" in the early books, in which she is sometimes spoken of metaphorically as the master, in a way that sounds like she is somehow still alive and behind the forces of darkness.) Several of the 1989 and 1990 adventure modules had a brief history section that included: ''"[[Ordainers\|Great Demons]] were [[Black Hel\|fashioned]] by the most powerful of the [[Iruaric\|Lords]] who had fallen under the influence of the Unlife, led by the Empress Kadaena. Wise but twisted in spirit, the '''servants of the Shadow''' offered knowledge beyond that which the [[Loremasters]] deigned to give such 'lesser beings,' and the power of the Unlife grew unfettered in the [[Second Era]]."''

	This refers to the fact that [[Andraax\|most]] Loremasters were [[Iylari]], and so were very patronizing of all other races. The Lords of Essaence were conflated with the Lords of [[Orhan]] (Liabo) in a typographical error from these paragraphs, which was intentionally preserved in the Legend, referring to Kadaena as the "[[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|first]] Lord of Orhan" when the two groups had nothing to do with each other. It might have been implying [[The Dark Path (essay)\|ascension]] along the same lines of the work of Eogun, the father of Kadaena's [[Black Hel\|daughter]] who wished to make themselves into gods. While this would still make the statement false in the strict sense, in the Shadow World timeline the Lords of Orhan were unknown until 100,000 years after Kadaena, even though they were far more ancient. Kadaena would be "[[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|the first]]" ''known'' moon goddess. The paradox of Bandur pledging himself to a [[Purgatory#Archaeology\|dead goddess]] ~~and~~ owing his soul to her is central to interpreting ~~the story~~, rooted in the idea of undead demonic gods as [[Muylari#Behind The Scenes\|sleeping]] toward a future [[Lesser vruul#Behind the scenes\|rebirth]] beyond the [[Pales\|pale]].		This refers to the fact that [[Andraax\|most]] Loremasters were [[Iylari]], and so were very patronizing of all other races. The Lords of Essaence were conflated with the Lords of [[Orhan]] (Liabo) in a typographical error from these paragraphs, which was intentionally preserved in the Legend, referring to Kadaena as the "[[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|first]] Lord of Orhan" when the two groups had nothing to do with each other. It might have been implying [[The Dark Path (essay)\|ascension]] along the same lines of the work of Eogun, the father of Kadaena's [[Black Hel\|daughter]] who wished to make themselves into gods. While this would still make the statement false in the strict sense, in the Shadow World timeline the Lords of Orhan were unknown until 100,000 years after Kadaena, even though they were far more ancient. Kadaena would be "[[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|the first]]" ''known'' moon goddess. Something else to consider is that this actually one of ''two'' severe [[The Temple of Darkness\|temporal anomalies]] written plainly into the story, where the [[Shadow Valley]] and [[The Broken Lands\|Broken Lands]] spin-off stories have other temporal distortions. The paradox of Bandur pledging himself to a [[Purgatory#Archaeology\|dead goddess]] but still owing his soul to her is central to interpreting it, rooted in the idea of undead demonic gods as [[Muylari#Behind The Scenes\|sleeping]] toward a future [[Lesser vruul#Behind the scenes\|rebirth]] beyond the [[Pales\|pale]].

	In principle the soul of the Empress Kadaena would have gone to Eissa ([[Lorminstra]]), the goddess of death and rebirth, which is the root of his symbolic [[Phantom Gatekeeper\|antagonism]] for them. The transformative nature of her perverse form of [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|demonic rebirth]], which is [[Phantom Gatekeeper#The Gate\|represented]] by her [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grotesque "grotesque"] statue, is not immediately obvious but supported by extensive [[Uthex Kathiasas#Behind The Scenes\|allusions]] to Lovecraft. However, her soul ''should'' have been absorbed by the Shadowstone, and destroyed when [[Eye of the Drake#Behind The Scenes\|Ondoval]] took control of it. The theology that Bandur Etrevion and the [[The Broken Lands\|Broken Lands]] are suggesting thus breaks with the Shadow World lore. The loophole in the source material would be that the Shadowstone had other unknown powers, and would intelligently adapt itself to the wearer, which potentially allows the contradiction to be avoided.		In principle the soul of the Empress Kadaena would have gone to Eissa ([[Lorminstra]]), the goddess of death and rebirth, which is the root of his symbolic [[Phantom Gatekeeper\|antagonism]] for them. The transformative nature of her perverse form of [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|demonic rebirth]], which is [[Phantom Gatekeeper#The Gate\|represented]] by her [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grotesque "grotesque"] statue, is not immediately obvious but supported by extensive [[Uthex Kathiasas#Behind The Scenes\|allusions]] to Lovecraft. However, her soul ''should'' have been absorbed by the Shadowstone, and destroyed when [[Eye of the Drake#Behind The Scenes\|Ondoval]] took control of it. The theology that Bandur Etrevion and the [[The Broken Lands\|Broken Lands]] are suggesting thus breaks with the Shadow World lore. The loophole in the source material would be that the Shadowstone had other unknown powers, and would intelligently adapt itself to the wearer, which potentially allows the contradiction to be avoided.

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	This refers to the fact that [[Andraax\|most]] Loremasters were [[Iylari]], and so were very patronizing of all other races. The Lords of Essaence were conflated with the Lords of [[Orhan]] (Liabo) in a typographical error from these paragraphs, which was intentionally preserved in the Legend, referring to Kadaena as the "[[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|first]] Lord of Orhan" when the two groups had nothing to do with each other. It might have been implying [[The Dark Path (essay)\|ascension]] along the same lines of the work of Eogun, the father of Kadaena's [[Black Hel\|daughter]] who wished to make themselves into gods. While this would still make the statement false in the strict sense, in the Shadow World timeline the Lords of Orhan were unknown until 100,000 years after Kadaena, even though they were far more ancient. Kadaena would be "[[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|the first]]" ''known'' moon goddess. The paradox of Bandur pledging himself to a [[Purgatory#Archaeology\|dead goddess]] and owing his soul to her is central to interpreting the story, rooted in the idea of undead demonic gods as [[Muylari#Behind The Scenes\|sleeping]] toward a future [[Lesser vruul#Behind the scenes\|rebirth]] beyond the [[Pales\|pale]].		This refers to the fact that [[Andraax\|most]] Loremasters were [[Iylari]], and so were very patronizing of all other races. The Lords of Essaence were conflated with the Lords of [[Orhan]] (Liabo) in a typographical error from these paragraphs, which was intentionally preserved in the Legend, referring to Kadaena as the "[[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|first]] Lord of Orhan" when the two groups had nothing to do with each other. It might have been implying [[The Dark Path (essay)\|ascension]] along the same lines of the work of Eogun, the father of Kadaena's [[Black Hel\|daughter]] who wished to make themselves into gods. While this would still make the statement false in the strict sense, in the Shadow World timeline the Lords of Orhan were unknown until 100,000 years after Kadaena, even though they were far more ancient. Kadaena would be "[[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|the first]]" ''known'' moon goddess. The paradox of Bandur pledging himself to a [[Purgatory#Archaeology\|dead goddess]] and owing his soul to her is central to interpreting the story, rooted in the idea of undead demonic gods as [[Muylari#Behind The Scenes\|sleeping]] toward a future [[Lesser vruul#Behind the scenes\|rebirth]] beyond the [[Pales\|pale]].

	In principle the soul of the Empress Kadaena would have gone to Eissa ([[Lorminstra]]), the goddess of death and rebirth, which is the root of his symbolic [[Phantom Gatekeeper\|antagonism]] for them. The transformative nature of her perverse form of [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|demonic rebirth]], which is [[Phantom Gatekeeper#The Gate\|represented]] by her [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grotesque "grotesque"] statue, is not immediately obvious but supported by extensive [[Uthex Kathiasas#Behind The Scenes\|allusions]] to Lovecraft. However, her soul ''should'' have been absorbed by the Shadowstone, and destroyed when [[Eye of the Drake#Behind The Scenes\|Ondoval]] took control of it. The theology that Bandur Etrevion and the [[The Broken Lands\|Broken Lands]] are suggesting thus breaks with the Shadow World lore.		In principle the soul of the Empress Kadaena would have gone to Eissa ([[Lorminstra]]), the goddess of death and rebirth, which is the root of his symbolic [[Phantom Gatekeeper\|antagonism]] for them. The transformative nature of her perverse form of [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|demonic rebirth]], which is [[Phantom Gatekeeper#The Gate\|represented]] by her [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grotesque "grotesque"] statue, is not immediately obvious but supported by extensive [[Uthex Kathiasas#Behind The Scenes\|allusions]] to Lovecraft. However, her soul ''should'' have been absorbed by the Shadowstone, and destroyed when [[Eye of the Drake#Behind The Scenes\|Ondoval]] took control of it. The theology that Bandur Etrevion and the [[The Broken Lands\|Broken Lands]] are suggesting thus breaks with the Shadow World lore. The loophole in the source material would be that the Shadowstone had other unknown powers, and would intelligently adapt itself to the wearer, which potentially allows the contradiction to be avoided.

	It is possible the [[The Temple of Darkness Poem\|Broken Lands]] solves this [[The Temple of Darkness#Behind The Scenes\|paradox]] with [[Purgatory#Purgatory\|allusion]] to [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/sot.aspx "The Shadow out of Time"], implying Kadaena would survive death by [[The Legend of the Necropolis of Etrevion\|possessing]] and swapping souls with others in [[Bandur Etrevion#Behind The Scenes\|the future]] who will die in the past. This is related to her "Guardian of the Forbidden" role in their theology as [[Purgatory]], which is to say [[Gates of Oblivion\|Oblivion]], is characterized as a dream state of lost souls where time has no meaning. This story would explain how Bandur was acquiring dark knowledge from Kadaena, his unnatural scholastic proficiency, study of rare texts in libraries, inexplicable mastery of ancient magic such as their portals, obscure quests and monument construction, cults in his wake, nightmares, self-loathing, being driven to madness, acting out in fits of possession, and how his soul could have been owed to her. It is worth noting that "Kadaena Throk Farok" [[Iruaric\|means]] "Guardian of the Forbidden", but the night-gaunts of the "peaks of Throk" who keep dreamers out of the underworld are represented by the [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|vruul]]. The Lovecraft analog is Yog-Sothoth, who is coexistent with all spacetime and the guardian of all forbidden knowledge, who the [[Uthex Kathiasas#Behind The Scenes\|dream-quest]] protagonist impresses but becomes trapped in an alien body.		It is possible the [[The Temple of Darkness Poem\|Broken Lands]] solves this [[The Temple of Darkness#Behind The Scenes\|paradox]] with [[Purgatory#Purgatory\|allusion]] to [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/sot.aspx "The Shadow out of Time"], implying Kadaena would survive death by [[The Legend of the Necropolis of Etrevion\|possessing]] and swapping souls with others in [[Bandur Etrevion#Behind The Scenes\|the future]] who will die in the past. This is related to her "Guardian of the Forbidden" role in their theology as [[Purgatory]], which is to say [[Gates of Oblivion\|Oblivion]], is characterized as a dream state of lost souls where time has no meaning. This story would explain how Bandur was acquiring dark knowledge from Kadaena, his unnatural scholastic proficiency, study of rare texts in libraries, inexplicable mastery of ancient magic such as their portals, obscure quests and monument construction, cults in his wake, nightmares, self-loathing, being driven to madness, acting out in fits of possession, and how his soul could have been owed to her. It is worth noting that "Kadaena Throk Farok" [[Iruaric\|means]] "Guardian of the Forbidden", but the night-gaunts of the "peaks of Throk" who keep dreamers out of the underworld are represented by the [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|vruul]]. The Lovecraft analog is Yog-Sothoth, who is coexistent with all spacetime and the guardian of all forbidden knowledge, who the [[Uthex Kathiasas#Behind The Scenes\|dream-quest]] protagonist impresses but becomes trapped in an alien body.

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	In principle the soul of the Empress Kadaena would have gone to Eissa ([[Lorminstra]]), the goddess of death and rebirth, which is the root of his symbolic [[Phantom Gatekeeper\|antagonism]] for them. The transformative nature of her perverse form of [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|demonic rebirth]], which is [[Phantom Gatekeeper#The Gate\|represented]] by her [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grotesque "grotesque"] statue, is not immediately obvious but supported by extensive [[Uthex Kathiasas#Behind The Scenes\|allusions]] to Lovecraft. However, her soul ''should'' have been absorbed by the Shadowstone, and destroyed when [[Eye of the Drake#Behind The Scenes\|Ondoval]] took control of it. The theology that Bandur Etrevion and the [[The Broken Lands\|Broken Lands]] are suggesting thus breaks with the Shadow World lore.		In principle the soul of the Empress Kadaena would have gone to Eissa ([[Lorminstra]]), the goddess of death and rebirth, which is the root of his symbolic [[Phantom Gatekeeper\|antagonism]] for them. The transformative nature of her perverse form of [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|demonic rebirth]], which is [[Phantom Gatekeeper#The Gate\|represented]] by her [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grotesque "grotesque"] statue, is not immediately obvious but supported by extensive [[Uthex Kathiasas#Behind The Scenes\|allusions]] to Lovecraft. However, her soul ''should'' have been absorbed by the Shadowstone, and destroyed when [[Eye of the Drake#Behind The Scenes\|Ondoval]] took control of it. The theology that Bandur Etrevion and the [[The Broken Lands\|Broken Lands]] are suggesting thus breaks with the Shadow World lore.

	It is possible the [[The Temple of Darkness Poem\|Broken Lands]] solves this [[The Temple of Darkness#Behind The Scenes\|paradox]] with [[Purgatory#Purgatory\|allusion]] to [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/sot.aspx "The Shadow out of Time"], implying Kadaena would survive death by [[The Legend of the Necropolis of Etrevion\|possessing]] and swapping souls with others in [[Bandur Etrevion#Behind The Scenes\|the future]] who will die in the past. This is related to her "Guardian of the Forbidden" role in their theology as [[Purgatory]], which is to say [[Gates of Oblivion\|Oblivion]], is characterized as a dream state of lost souls where time has no meaning. This story would explain how Bandur was acquiring dark knowledge from Kadaena, his unnatural scholastic proficiency, study of rare texts in libraries, inexplicable mastery of ancient magic such as their portals, obscure quests and monument construction, cults in his wake, nightmares, self-loathing, being driven to madness, acting out in fits of possession, and how his soul could have been owed to her. It is worth noting that "Kadaena Throk Farok" [[Iruaric\|means]] "Guardian of the Forbidden", but the night-gaunts of the "peaks of Throk" who keep dreamers out of the underworld are represented by the [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|vruul]].		It is possible the [[The Temple of Darkness Poem\|Broken Lands]] solves this [[The Temple of Darkness#Behind The Scenes\|paradox]] with [[Purgatory#Purgatory\|allusion]] to [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/sot.aspx "The Shadow out of Time"], implying Kadaena would survive death by [[The Legend of the Necropolis of Etrevion\|possessing]] and swapping souls with others in [[Bandur Etrevion#Behind The Scenes\|the future]] who will die in the past. This is related to her "Guardian of the Forbidden" role in their theology as [[Purgatory]], which is to say [[Gates of Oblivion\|Oblivion]], is characterized as a dream state of lost souls where time has no meaning. This story would explain how Bandur was acquiring dark knowledge from Kadaena, his unnatural scholastic proficiency, study of rare texts in libraries, inexplicable mastery of ancient magic such as their portals, obscure quests and monument construction, cults in his wake, nightmares, self-loathing, being driven to madness, acting out in fits of possession, and how his soul could have been owed to her. It is worth noting that "Kadaena Throk Farok" [[Iruaric\|means]] "Guardian of the Forbidden", but the night-gaunts of the "peaks of Throk" who keep dreamers out of the underworld are represented by the [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|vruul]]. The Lovecraft analog is Yog-Sothoth, who is coexistent with all spacetime and the guardian of all forbidden knowledge, who the [[Uthex Kathiasas#Behind The Scenes\|dream-quest]] protagonist impresses but becomes trapped in an alien body.

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INIQUITY: kadaena throk farok, peaks of throk, vruul

2016-05-17T03:57:01Z

kadaena throk farok, peaks of throk, vruul

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	In principle the soul of the Empress Kadaena would have gone to Eissa ([[Lorminstra]]), the goddess of death and rebirth, which is the root of his symbolic [[Phantom Gatekeeper\|antagonism]] for them. The transformative nature of her perverse form of [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|demonic rebirth]], which is [[Phantom Gatekeeper#The Gate\|represented]] by her [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grotesque "grotesque"] statue, is not immediately obvious but supported by extensive [[Uthex Kathiasas#Behind The Scenes\|allusions]] to Lovecraft. However, her soul ''should'' have been absorbed by the Shadowstone, and destroyed when [[Eye of the Drake#Behind The Scenes\|Ondoval]] took control of it. The theology that Bandur Etrevion and the [[The Broken Lands\|Broken Lands]] are suggesting thus breaks with the Shadow World lore.		In principle the soul of the Empress Kadaena would have gone to Eissa ([[Lorminstra]]), the goddess of death and rebirth, which is the root of his symbolic [[Phantom Gatekeeper\|antagonism]] for them. The transformative nature of her perverse form of [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|demonic rebirth]], which is [[Phantom Gatekeeper#The Gate\|represented]] by her [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grotesque "grotesque"] statue, is not immediately obvious but supported by extensive [[Uthex Kathiasas#Behind The Scenes\|allusions]] to Lovecraft. However, her soul ''should'' have been absorbed by the Shadowstone, and destroyed when [[Eye of the Drake#Behind The Scenes\|Ondoval]] took control of it. The theology that Bandur Etrevion and the [[The Broken Lands\|Broken Lands]] are suggesting thus breaks with the Shadow World lore.

	It is possible the [[The Temple of Darkness Poem\|Broken Lands]] solves this [[The Temple of Darkness#Behind The Scenes\|paradox]] with [[Purgatory#Purgatory\|allusion]] to [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/sot.aspx "The Shadow out of Time"], implying Kadaena would survive death by [[The Legend of the Necropolis of Etrevion\|possessing]] and swapping souls with others in [[Bandur Etrevion#Behind The Scenes\|the future]] who will die in the past. This is related to her "Guardian of the Forbidden" role in their theology as [[Purgatory]], which is to say [[Gates of Oblivion\|Oblivion]], is characterized as a dream state of lost souls where time has no meaning. This story would explain how Bandur was acquiring dark knowledge from Kadaena, his unnatural scholastic proficiency, study of rare texts in libraries, inexplicable mastery of ancient magic such as their portals, obscure quests and monument construction, cults in his wake, nightmares, self-loathing, being driven to madness, acting out in fits of possession, and how his soul could have been owed to her.		It is possible the [[The Temple of Darkness Poem\|Broken Lands]] solves this [[The Temple of Darkness#Behind The Scenes\|paradox]] with [[Purgatory#Purgatory\|allusion]] to [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/sot.aspx "The Shadow out of Time"], implying Kadaena would survive death by [[The Legend of the Necropolis of Etrevion\|possessing]] and swapping souls with others in [[Bandur Etrevion#Behind The Scenes\|the future]] who will die in the past. This is related to her "Guardian of the Forbidden" role in their theology as [[Purgatory]], which is to say [[Gates of Oblivion\|Oblivion]], is characterized as a dream state of lost souls where time has no meaning. This story would explain how Bandur was acquiring dark knowledge from Kadaena, his unnatural scholastic proficiency, study of rare texts in libraries, inexplicable mastery of ancient magic such as their portals, obscure quests and monument construction, cults in his wake, nightmares, self-loathing, being driven to madness, acting out in fits of possession, and how his soul could have been owed to her. It is worth noting that "Kadaena Throk Farok" [[Iruaric\|means]] "Guardian of the Forbidden", but the night-gaunts of the "peaks of Throk" who keep dreamers out of the underworld are represented by the [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|vruul]].


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INIQUITY: mention physical self-loathing allusion

2016-05-11T06:07:38Z

mention physical self-loathing allusion

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	In principle the soul of the Empress Kadaena would have gone to Eissa ([[Lorminstra]]), the goddess of death and rebirth, which is the root of his symbolic [[Phantom Gatekeeper\|antagonism]] for them. The transformative nature of her perverse form of [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|demonic rebirth]], which is [[Phantom Gatekeeper#The Gate\|represented]] by her [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grotesque "grotesque"] statue, is not immediately obvious but supported by extensive [[Uthex Kathiasas#Behind The Scenes\|allusions]] to Lovecraft. However, her soul ''should'' have been absorbed by the Shadowstone, and destroyed when [[Eye of the Drake#Behind The Scenes\|Ondoval]] took control of it. The theology that Bandur Etrevion and the [[The Broken Lands\|Broken Lands]] are suggesting thus breaks with the Shadow World lore.		In principle the soul of the Empress Kadaena would have gone to Eissa ([[Lorminstra]]), the goddess of death and rebirth, which is the root of his symbolic [[Phantom Gatekeeper\|antagonism]] for them. The transformative nature of her perverse form of [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|demonic rebirth]], which is [[Phantom Gatekeeper#The Gate\|represented]] by her [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grotesque "grotesque"] statue, is not immediately obvious but supported by extensive [[Uthex Kathiasas#Behind The Scenes\|allusions]] to Lovecraft. However, her soul ''should'' have been absorbed by the Shadowstone, and destroyed when [[Eye of the Drake#Behind The Scenes\|Ondoval]] took control of it. The theology that Bandur Etrevion and the [[The Broken Lands\|Broken Lands]] are suggesting thus breaks with the Shadow World lore.

	It is possible the [[The Temple of Darkness Poem\|Broken Lands]] solves this [[The Temple of Darkness#Behind The Scenes\|paradox]] with [[Purgatory#Purgatory\|allusion]] to [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/sot.aspx "The Shadow out of Time"], implying Kadaena would survive death by [[The Legend of the Necropolis of Etrevion\|possessing]] and swapping souls with others in [[Bandur Etrevion#Behind The Scenes\|the future]] who will die in the past. This is related to her "Guardian of the Forbidden" role in their theology as [[Purgatory]], which is to say [[Gates of Oblivion\|Oblivion]], is characterized as a dream state of lost souls where time has no meaning. This story would explain how Bandur was acquiring dark knowledge from Kadaena, his unnatural scholastic proficiency, study of rare texts in libraries, inexplicable mastery of ancient magic such as ~~Lord of Essaence~~ portals, obscure quests and monument construction, cults in his wake, nightmares, being driven to madness, acting out in fits of possession, and how his soul could have been owed to her.		It is possible the [[The Temple of Darkness Poem\|Broken Lands]] solves this [[The Temple of Darkness#Behind The Scenes\|paradox]] with [[Purgatory#Purgatory\|allusion]] to [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/sot.aspx "The Shadow out of Time"], implying Kadaena would survive death by [[The Legend of the Necropolis of Etrevion\|possessing]] and swapping souls with others in [[Bandur Etrevion#Behind The Scenes\|the future]] who will die in the past. This is related to her "Guardian of the Forbidden" role in their theology as [[Purgatory]], which is to say [[Gates of Oblivion\|Oblivion]], is characterized as a dream state of lost souls where time has no meaning. This story would explain how Bandur was acquiring dark knowledge from Kadaena, his unnatural scholastic proficiency, study of rare texts in libraries, inexplicable mastery of ancient magic such as their portals, obscure quests and monument construction, cults in his wake, nightmares, self-loathing, being driven to madness, acting out in fits of possession, and how his soul could have been owed to her.

INIQUITY: elaboration

2016-05-10T21:33:16Z

elaboration

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	This refers to the fact that [[Andraax\|most]] Loremasters were [[Iylari]], and so were very patronizing of all other races. The Lords of Essaence were conflated with the Lords of [[Orhan]] (Liabo) in a typographical error from these paragraphs, which was intentionally preserved in the Legend, referring to Kadaena as the "[[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|first]] Lord of Orhan" when the two groups had nothing to do with each other. It might have been implying [[The Dark Path (essay)\|ascension]] along the same lines of the work of Eogun, the father of Kadaena's [[Black Hel\|daughter]] who wished to make themselves into gods. While this would still make the statement false in the strict sense, in the Shadow World timeline the Lords of Orhan were unknown until 100,000 years after Kadaena, even though they were far more ancient. Kadaena would be "[[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|the first]]" ''known'' moon goddess. The paradox of Bandur pledging himself to a [[Purgatory#Archaeology\|dead goddess]] and owing his soul to her is central to interpreting the story, rooted in the idea of undead demonic gods as [[Muylari#Behind The Scenes\|sleeping]] toward a future [[Lesser vruul#Behind the scenes\|rebirth]] beyond the [[Pales\|pale]].		This refers to the fact that [[Andraax\|most]] Loremasters were [[Iylari]], and so were very patronizing of all other races. The Lords of Essaence were conflated with the Lords of [[Orhan]] (Liabo) in a typographical error from these paragraphs, which was intentionally preserved in the Legend, referring to Kadaena as the "[[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|first]] Lord of Orhan" when the two groups had nothing to do with each other. It might have been implying [[The Dark Path (essay)\|ascension]] along the same lines of the work of Eogun, the father of Kadaena's [[Black Hel\|daughter]] who wished to make themselves into gods. While this would still make the statement false in the strict sense, in the Shadow World timeline the Lords of Orhan were unknown until 100,000 years after Kadaena, even though they were far more ancient. Kadaena would be "[[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|the first]]" ''known'' moon goddess. The paradox of Bandur pledging himself to a [[Purgatory#Archaeology\|dead goddess]] and owing his soul to her is central to interpreting the story, rooted in the idea of undead demonic gods as [[Muylari#Behind The Scenes\|sleeping]] toward a future [[Lesser vruul#Behind the scenes\|rebirth]] beyond the [[Pales\|pale]].

	In principle the soul of the Empress Kadaena would have gone to Eissa ([[Lorminstra]]), the goddess of death and rebirth, which is the root of his symbolic [[Phantom Gatekeeper\|antagonism]] for them. The transformative nature of her perverse form of [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|demonic rebirth]], which is [[Phantom Gatekeeper#The Gate\|represented]] by her [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grotesque "grotesque"] statue, is not immediately obvious but supported by extensive [[Uthex Kathiasas#Behind The Scenes\|allusions]] to Lovecraft. However, her soul ''should'' have been absorbed by the Shadowstone, and destroyed when [[Eye of the Drake#Behind The Scenes\|Ondoval]] took control of it. The theology that Bandur Etrevion and the [[The Broken Lands\|Broken Lands]] are suggesting thus breaks with the Shadow World lore. It is possible the [[The Temple of Darkness Poem\|Broken Lands]] solves this [[The Temple of Darkness#Behind The Scenes\|paradox]] with [[Purgatory#Purgatory\|allusion]] to [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/sot.aspx "The Shadow out of Time"], implying Kadaena would survive death by [[The Legend of the Necropolis of Etrevion\|possessing]] and swapping souls with others in the future who will die in the past. This is related to her "Guardian of the Forbidden" role in their theology as [[Purgatory]], which is to say [[Gates of Oblivion\|Oblivion]], is characterized as a dream state of lost souls where time has no meaning.		In principle the soul of the Empress Kadaena would have gone to Eissa ([[Lorminstra]]), the goddess of death and rebirth, which is the root of his symbolic [[Phantom Gatekeeper\|antagonism]] for them. The transformative nature of her perverse form of [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|demonic rebirth]], which is [[Phantom Gatekeeper#The Gate\|represented]] by her [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grotesque "grotesque"] statue, is not immediately obvious but supported by extensive [[Uthex Kathiasas#Behind The Scenes\|allusions]] to Lovecraft. However, her soul ''should'' have been absorbed by the Shadowstone, and destroyed when [[Eye of the Drake#Behind The Scenes\|Ondoval]] took control of it. The theology that Bandur Etrevion and the [[The Broken Lands\|Broken Lands]] are suggesting thus breaks with the Shadow World lore.

			It is possible the [[The Temple of Darkness Poem\|Broken Lands]] solves this [[The Temple of Darkness#Behind The Scenes\|paradox]] with [[Purgatory#Purgatory\|allusion]] to [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/sot.aspx "The Shadow out of Time"], implying Kadaena would survive death by [[The Legend of the Necropolis of Etrevion\|possessing]] and swapping souls with others in [[Bandur Etrevion#Behind The Scenes\|the future]] who will die in the past. This is related to her "Guardian of the Forbidden" role in their theology as [[Purgatory]], which is to say [[Gates of Oblivion\|Oblivion]], is characterized as a dream state of lost souls where time has no meaning. This story would explain how Bandur was acquiring dark knowledge from Kadaena, his unnatural scholastic proficiency, study of rare texts in libraries, inexplicable mastery of ancient magic such as Lord of Essaence portals, obscure quests and monument construction, cults in his wake, nightmares, being driven to madness, acting out in fits of possession, and how his soul could have been owed to her.

INIQUITY: /* Behind The Scenes */

2016-05-10T12:53:09Z

Behind The Scenes

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	This refers to the fact that [[Andraax\|most]] Loremasters were [[Iylari]], and so were very patronizing of all other races. The Lords of Essaence were conflated with the Lords of [[Orhan]] (Liabo) in a typographical error from these paragraphs, which was intentionally preserved in the Legend, referring to Kadaena as the "[[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|first]] Lord of Orhan" when the two groups had nothing to do with each other. It might have been implying [[The Dark Path (essay)\|ascension]] along the same lines of the work of Eogun, the father of Kadaena's [[Black Hel\|daughter]] who wished to make themselves into gods. While this would still make the statement false in the strict sense, in the Shadow World timeline the Lords of Orhan were unknown until 100,000 years after Kadaena, even though they were far more ancient. Kadaena would be "[[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|the first]]" ''known'' moon goddess. The paradox of Bandur pledging himself to a [[Purgatory#Archaeology\|dead goddess]] and owing his soul to her is central to interpreting the story, rooted in the idea of undead demonic gods as [[Muylari#Behind The Scenes\|sleeping]] toward a future [[Lesser vruul#Behind the scenes\|rebirth]] beyond the [[Pales\|pale]].		This refers to the fact that [[Andraax\|most]] Loremasters were [[Iylari]], and so were very patronizing of all other races. The Lords of Essaence were conflated with the Lords of [[Orhan]] (Liabo) in a typographical error from these paragraphs, which was intentionally preserved in the Legend, referring to Kadaena as the "[[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|first]] Lord of Orhan" when the two groups had nothing to do with each other. It might have been implying [[The Dark Path (essay)\|ascension]] along the same lines of the work of Eogun, the father of Kadaena's [[Black Hel\|daughter]] who wished to make themselves into gods. While this would still make the statement false in the strict sense, in the Shadow World timeline the Lords of Orhan were unknown until 100,000 years after Kadaena, even though they were far more ancient. Kadaena would be "[[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|the first]]" ''known'' moon goddess. The paradox of Bandur pledging himself to a [[Purgatory#Archaeology\|dead goddess]] and owing his soul to her is central to interpreting the story, rooted in the idea of undead demonic gods as [[Muylari#Behind The Scenes\|sleeping]] toward a future [[Lesser vruul#Behind the scenes\|rebirth]] beyond the [[Pales\|pale]].

	In principle the soul of the Empress Kadaena would have gone to Eissa ([[Lorminstra]]), the goddess of death and rebirth, which is the root of his symbolic [[Phantom Gatekeeper\|antagonism]] for them. The transformative nature of her perverse form of [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|demonic rebirth]], which is [[Phantom Gatekeeper#The Gate\|represented]] by her [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grotesque "grotesque"] statue, is not immediately obvious but supported by extensive [[Uthex Kathiasas#Behind The Scenes\|allusions]] to Lovecraft. However, her soul ''should'' have been absorbed by the Shadowstone, and destroyed when [[Eye of the Drake#Behind The Scenes\|Ondoval]] took control of it. The theology that Bandur Etrevion and the [[The Broken Lands\|Broken Lands]] are suggesting thus breaks with the Shadow World lore.		In principle the soul of the Empress Kadaena would have gone to Eissa ([[Lorminstra]]), the goddess of death and rebirth, which is the root of his symbolic [[Phantom Gatekeeper\|antagonism]] for them. The transformative nature of her perverse form of [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|demonic rebirth]], which is [[Phantom Gatekeeper#The Gate\|represented]] by her [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grotesque "grotesque"] statue, is not immediately obvious but supported by extensive [[Uthex Kathiasas#Behind The Scenes\|allusions]] to Lovecraft. However, her soul ''should'' have been absorbed by the Shadowstone, and destroyed when [[Eye of the Drake#Behind The Scenes\|Ondoval]] took control of it. The theology that Bandur Etrevion and the [[The Broken Lands\|Broken Lands]] are suggesting thus breaks with the Shadow World lore. It is possible the [[The Temple of Darkness Poem\|Broken Lands]] solves this [[The Temple of Darkness#Behind The Scenes\|paradox]] with [[Purgatory#Purgatory\|allusion]] to [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/sot.aspx "The Shadow out of Time"], implying Kadaena would survive death by [[The Legend of the Necropolis of Etrevion\|possessing]] and swapping souls with others in the future who will die in the past. This is related to her "Guardian of the Forbidden" role in their theology as [[Purgatory]], which is to say [[Gates of Oblivion\|Oblivion]], is characterized as a dream state of lost souls where time has no meaning.

INIQUITY: /* Behind The Scenes */

2016-05-07T23:39:21Z

Behind The Scenes

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	"[[The Legend of the Necropolis of Etrevion]]" used some excerpts from [[Shadow World]] source books for the sake of proper titles. The "Dark Path" was probably based on the Shadow World Master Atlas, 1st Edition, description of using spells whose power comes from The Unlife: ''"In the process of learning an Evil list, there should be no question that the spell caster is turning to [[A Popular History of the Broken Lands\|a new power source]] for his energies: the Unlife. Once the first spell is cast, he starts down a '''Dark Path'''. It may take years, but eventually he will reach the end: submission to utter and complete Evil."'' '''(capitalization in the original)'''		"[[The Legend of the Necropolis of Etrevion]]" used some excerpts from [[Shadow World]] source books for the sake of proper titles. The "Dark Path" was probably based on the Shadow World Master Atlas, 1st Edition, description of using spells whose power comes from The Unlife: ''"In the process of learning an Evil list, there should be no question that the spell caster is turning to [[A Popular History of the Broken Lands\|a new power source]] for his energies: the Unlife. Once the first spell is cast, he starts down a '''Dark Path'''. It may take years, but eventually he will reach the end: submission to utter and complete Evil."'' '''(capitalization in the original)'''

	His book "Servants of the Shadow: Power through [[Bandur Etrevion#Behind The Scenes\|Thralldom]]" was another, more obviously borrowed phrase. (Kadaena is sometimes called "the Shadow.") Several of the 1989 and 1990 adventure modules had a brief history section that included: ''"[[Ordainers\|Great Demons]] were fashioned by the most powerful of the [[Iruaric\|Lords]] who had fallen under the influence of the Unlife, led by the Empress Kadaena. Wise but twisted in spirit, the '''servants of the Shadow''' offered knowledge beyond that which the [[Loremasters]] deigned to give such 'lesser beings,' and the power of the Unlife grew unfettered in the [[Second Era]]."''		His book "Servants of the Shadow: Power through [[Bandur Etrevion#Behind The Scenes\|Thralldom]]" was another, more obviously borrowed phrase. (Kadaena is sometimes called "the Shadow" in the early books, in which she is sometimes spoken of metaphorically as the master, in a way that sounds like she is somehow still alive and behind the forces of darkness.) Several of the 1989 and 1990 adventure modules had a brief history section that included: ''"[[Ordainers\|Great Demons]] were [[Black Hel\|fashioned]] by the most powerful of the [[Iruaric\|Lords]] who had fallen under the influence of the Unlife, led by the Empress Kadaena. Wise but twisted in spirit, the '''servants of the Shadow''' offered knowledge beyond that which the [[Loremasters]] deigned to give such 'lesser beings,' and the power of the Unlife grew unfettered in the [[Second Era]]."''

	This refers to the fact that [[Andraax\|most]] Loremasters were [[Iylari]], and so were very patronizing of all other races. The Lords of Essaence were conflated with the Lords of [[Orhan]] (Liabo) in a typographical error from these paragraphs, which was intentionally preserved in the Legend, referring to Kadaena as the "[[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|first]] Lord of Orhan" when the two groups had nothing to do with each other. It might have been implying [[The Dark Path (essay)\|ascension]] along the same lines of the work of Eogun, the father of Kadaena's [[Black Hel\|daughter]] who wished to make themselves into gods. While this would still make the statement false in the strict sense, in the Shadow World timeline the Lords of Orhan were unknown until 100,000 years after Kadaena, even though they were far more ancient. Kadaena would be "[[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|the first]]" ''known'' moon goddess. The paradox of Bandur pledging himself to a [[Purgatory#Archaeology\|dead goddess]] and owing his soul to her is central to interpreting the story, rooted in the idea of undead demonic gods as [[Muylari#Behind The Scenes\|sleeping]] toward a future [[Lesser vruul#Behind the scenes\|rebirth]] beyond the [[Pales\|pale]].		This refers to the fact that [[Andraax\|most]] Loremasters were [[Iylari]], and so were very patronizing of all other races. The Lords of Essaence were conflated with the Lords of [[Orhan]] (Liabo) in a typographical error from these paragraphs, which was intentionally preserved in the Legend, referring to Kadaena as the "[[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|first]] Lord of Orhan" when the two groups had nothing to do with each other. It might have been implying [[The Dark Path (essay)\|ascension]] along the same lines of the work of Eogun, the father of Kadaena's [[Black Hel\|daughter]] who wished to make themselves into gods. While this would still make the statement false in the strict sense, in the Shadow World timeline the Lords of Orhan were unknown until 100,000 years after Kadaena, even though they were far more ancient. Kadaena would be "[[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|the first]]" ''known'' moon goddess. The paradox of Bandur pledging himself to a [[Purgatory#Archaeology\|dead goddess]] and owing his soul to her is central to interpreting the story, rooted in the idea of undead demonic gods as [[Muylari#Behind The Scenes\|sleeping]] toward a future [[Lesser vruul#Behind the scenes\|rebirth]] beyond the [[Pales\|pale]].

INIQUITY: /* Behind The Scenes */

2016-04-27T20:15:44Z

Behind The Scenes

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	His book "Servants of the Shadow: Power through [[Bandur Etrevion#Behind The Scenes\|Thralldom]]" was another, more obviously borrowed phrase. (Kadaena is sometimes called "the Shadow.") Several of the 1989 and 1990 adventure modules had a brief history section that included: ''"[[Ordainers\|Great Demons]] were fashioned by the most powerful of the [[Iruaric\|Lords]] who had fallen under the influence of the Unlife, led by the Empress Kadaena. Wise but twisted in spirit, the '''servants of the Shadow''' offered knowledge beyond that which the [[Loremasters]] deigned to give such 'lesser beings,' and the power of the Unlife grew unfettered in the [[Second Era]]."''		His book "Servants of the Shadow: Power through [[Bandur Etrevion#Behind The Scenes\|Thralldom]]" was another, more obviously borrowed phrase. (Kadaena is sometimes called "the Shadow.") Several of the 1989 and 1990 adventure modules had a brief history section that included: ''"[[Ordainers\|Great Demons]] were fashioned by the most powerful of the [[Iruaric\|Lords]] who had fallen under the influence of the Unlife, led by the Empress Kadaena. Wise but twisted in spirit, the '''servants of the Shadow''' offered knowledge beyond that which the [[Loremasters]] deigned to give such 'lesser beings,' and the power of the Unlife grew unfettered in the [[Second Era]]."''

	This refers to the fact that [[Andraax\|most]] Loremasters were [[Iylari]], and so were very patronizing of all other races. The Lords of Essaence were conflated with the Lords of [[Orhan]] (Liabo) in a typographical error from these paragraphs, which was intentionally preserved in the Legend, referring to Kadaena as the "[[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|first]] Lord of Orhan" when the two groups had nothing to do with each other. It might have been implying [[The Dark Path (essay)\|ascension]] along the same lines of the work of Eogun, the father of Kadaena's [[Black Hel\|daughter]] who wished to make themselves into gods. While this would still make the statement false in the strict sense, in the Shadow World timeline the Lords of Orhan were unknown until 100,000 years after Kadaena, even though they were far more ancient. Kadaena would be "[[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|the first]]" ''known'' moon goddess. The paradox of Bandur pledging himself to a [[Purgatory#Archaeology\|dead goddess]] and owing his soul to her is central to interpreting the story, rooted in the idea of undead demonic gods as [[Muylari#Behind The Scenes\|sleeping]] toward a future [[Lesser vruul#Behind the scenes\|rebirth]] beyond the [[Pales\|pale]]. In principle the soul of the Empress Kadaena would have gone to Eissa ([[Lorminstra]]), the goddess of death and rebirth, which is the root of his symbolic [[Phantom Gatekeeper\|antagonism]] for them. However, her soul ''should'' have been absorbed by the Shadowstone, and destroyed when [[Eye of the Drake#Behind The Scenes\|Ondoval]] took control of it. The theology that Bandur Etrevion and the [[The Broken Lands\|Broken Lands]] are suggesting thus breaks with the Shadow World lore.		This refers to the fact that [[Andraax\|most]] Loremasters were [[Iylari]], and so were very patronizing of all other races. The Lords of Essaence were conflated with the Lords of [[Orhan]] (Liabo) in a typographical error from these paragraphs, which was intentionally preserved in the Legend, referring to Kadaena as the "[[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|first]] Lord of Orhan" when the two groups had nothing to do with each other. It might have been implying [[The Dark Path (essay)\|ascension]] along the same lines of the work of Eogun, the father of Kadaena's [[Black Hel\|daughter]] who wished to make themselves into gods. While this would still make the statement false in the strict sense, in the Shadow World timeline the Lords of Orhan were unknown until 100,000 years after Kadaena, even though they were far more ancient. Kadaena would be "[[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|the first]]" ''known'' moon goddess. The paradox of Bandur pledging himself to a [[Purgatory#Archaeology\|dead goddess]] and owing his soul to her is central to interpreting the story, rooted in the idea of undead demonic gods as [[Muylari#Behind The Scenes\|sleeping]] toward a future [[Lesser vruul#Behind the scenes\|rebirth]] beyond the [[Pales\|pale]].

			In principle the soul of the Empress Kadaena would have gone to Eissa ([[Lorminstra]]), the goddess of death and rebirth, which is the root of his symbolic [[Phantom Gatekeeper\|antagonism]] for them. The transformative nature of her perverse form of [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|demonic rebirth]], which is [[Phantom Gatekeeper#The Gate\|represented]] by her [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grotesque "grotesque"] statue, is not immediately obvious but supported by extensive [[Uthex Kathiasas#Behind The Scenes\|allusions]] to Lovecraft. However, her soul ''should'' have been absorbed by the Shadowstone, and destroyed when [[Eye of the Drake#Behind The Scenes\|Ondoval]] took control of it. The theology that Bandur Etrevion and the [[The Broken Lands\|Broken Lands]] are suggesting thus breaks with the Shadow World lore.

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	While very little is established about the religion explicitly, the [[Phantom Gatekeeper\|symbolism]] of [[The Graveyard]] seems to imply it was more of a false religion that mocked Eissa ([[Lorminstra]]). The juxtaposition with Kadaena was blasphemous, not something that made any inherent sense. The most plausible interpretation would be that the "[[Gates of Oblivion]]" were to be replaced with the forbidden "Gates of the [[Pales\|Void]]", and so souls were to be "[[Purgatory\|lost to the demonic]]" and quite possibly [[Uthex Kathiasas\|become]] demonic on other planes of existence. The "necropolis" implies that the city was to be replaced with a city of the [[undead]], as well as the bodies of those who were unworthy of everlasting existence. While [[The Unlife]] is traditionally equated with the annihilation of existence in [[Shadow World]], "going [[demonic]]" in [[Purgatory\|Oblivion]] actually refers to the [[Kestrel Etrevion#Behind The Scenes\|eternal peace]] of dissolving into total nothingness. [[The Graveyard]] inverts the [[Phantom Gatekeeper\|symbolism]] of the darkness by allowing the struggle and suffering of life to continue forever in defiance of Death.		While very little is established about the religion explicitly, the [[Phantom Gatekeeper\|symbolism]] of [[The Graveyard]] seems to imply it was more of a false religion that mocked Eissa ([[Lorminstra]]). The juxtaposition with Kadaena was blasphemous, not something that made any inherent sense. The most plausible interpretation would be that the "[[Gates of Oblivion]]" were to be replaced with the forbidden "Gates of the [[Pales\|Void]]", and so souls were to be "[[Purgatory\|lost to the demonic]]" and quite possibly [[Uthex Kathiasas\|become]] demonic on other planes of existence. The "necropolis" implies that the city was to be replaced with a city of the [[undead]], as well as the bodies of those who were unworthy of everlasting existence. While [[The Unlife]] is traditionally equated with the annihilation of existence in [[Shadow World]], "going [[demonic]]" in [[Purgatory\|Oblivion]] actually refers to the [[Kestrel Etrevion#Behind The Scenes\|eternal peace]] of dissolving into total nothingness. [[The Graveyard]] inverts the [[Phantom Gatekeeper\|symbolism]] of the darkness by allowing the struggle and suffering of life to continue forever in defiance of Death.

	==Behind ~~The~~ Scenes==		==Behind the Scenes==
	"[[The Legend of the Necropolis of Etrevion]]" used some excerpts from [[Shadow World]] source books for the sake of proper titles. The "Dark Path" was probably based on the Shadow World Master Atlas, 1st Edition, description of using spells whose power comes from The Unlife: ''"In the process of learning an Evil list, there should be no question that the spell caster is turning to [[A Popular History of the Broken Lands\|a new power source]] for his energies: the Unlife. Once the first spell is cast, he starts down a '''Dark Path'''. It may take years, but eventually he will reach the end: submission to utter and complete Evil."'' '''(capitalization in the original)'''		"[[The Legend of the Necropolis of Etrevion]]" used some excerpts from [[Shadow World]] source books for the sake of proper titles. The "Dark Path" was probably based on the Shadow World Master Atlas, 1st Edition, description of using spells whose power comes from The Unlife: ''"In the process of learning an Evil list, there should be no question that the spell caster is turning to [[A Popular History of the Broken Lands\|a new power source]] for his energies: the Unlife. Once the first spell is cast, he starts down a '''Dark Path'''. It may take years, but eventually he will reach the end: submission to utter and complete Evil."'' '''(capitalization in the original)'''

	His book "Servants of the Shadow: Power through [[Bandur Etrevion#Behind ~~The~~ Scenes\|Thralldom]]" was another, more obviously borrowed phrase. (Kadaena is sometimes called "the Shadow" in the early books, in which she is sometimes spoken of metaphorically as the master, in a way that sounds like she is somehow still alive and behind the forces of darkness.) Several of the 1989 and 1990 adventure modules had a brief history section that included: ''"[[Ordainers\|Great Demons]] were [[Black Hel\|fashioned]] by the most powerful of the [[Iruaric\|Lords]] who had fallen under the influence of the Unlife, led by the Empress Kadaena. Wise but twisted in spirit, the '''servants of the Shadow''' offered knowledge beyond that which the [[Loremasters]] deigned to give such 'lesser beings,' and the power of the Unlife grew unfettered in the [[Second Era]]."''		His book "Servants of the Shadow: Power through [[Bandur Etrevion#Behind the Scenes\|Thralldom]]" was another, more obviously borrowed phrase. (Kadaena is sometimes called "the Shadow" in the early books, in which she is sometimes spoken of metaphorically as the master, in a way that sounds like she is somehow still alive and behind the forces of darkness.) Several of the 1989 and 1990 adventure modules had a brief history section that included: ''"[[Ordainers\|Great Demons]] were [[Black Hel\|fashioned]] by the most powerful of the [[Iruaric\|Lords]] who had fallen under the influence of the Unlife, led by the Empress Kadaena. Wise but twisted in spirit, the '''servants of the Shadow''' offered knowledge beyond that which the [[Loremasters]] deigned to give such 'lesser beings,' and the power of the Unlife grew unfettered in the [[Second Era]]."''

	This refers to the fact that [[Andraax\|most]] Loremasters were [[Iylari]], and so were very patronizing of all other races. The Lords of Essaence were conflated with the Lords of [[Orhan]] (Liabo) in a typographical error from these paragraphs, which was intentionally preserved in the Legend, referring to Kadaena as the "[[Lesser vruul#Behind ~~The~~ Scenes\|first]] Lord of Orhan" when the two groups had nothing to do with each other. It might have been implying [[The Dark Path (essay)\|ascension]] along the same lines of the work of Eogun, the father of Kadaena's [[Black Hel\|daughter]] who wished to make themselves into gods. While this would still make the statement false in the strict sense, in the Shadow World timeline the Lords of Orhan were unknown until 100,000 years after Kadaena, even though they were far more ancient. Kadaena would be "[[Lesser vruul#Behind ~~The~~ Scenes\|the first]]" ''known'' moon goddess. Something else to consider is that this actually one of ''two'' severe [[The Temple of Darkness\|temporal anomalies]] written plainly into the story, where the [[Shadow Valley]] and [[The Broken Lands\|Broken Lands]] spin-off stories have other temporal distortions. The paradox of Bandur pledging himself to a [[Purgatory#Archaeology\|dead goddess]] but still owing his soul to her is central to interpreting it, rooted in the idea of undead demonic gods as [[Muylari#Behind ~~The~~ Scenes\|sleeping]] toward a future [[Lesser vruul#Behind the scenes\|rebirth]] beyond the [[Pales\|pale]].		This refers to the fact that [[Andraax\|most]] Loremasters were [[Iylari]], and so were very patronizing of all other races. The Lords of Essaence were conflated with the Lords of [[Orhan]] (Liabo) in a typographical error from these paragraphs, which was intentionally preserved in the Legend, referring to Kadaena as the "[[Lesser vruul#Behind the Scenes\|first]] Lord of Orhan" when the two groups had nothing to do with each other. It might have been implying [[The Dark Path (essay)\|ascension]] along the same lines of the work of Eogun, the father of Kadaena's [[Black Hel\|daughter]] who wished to make themselves into gods. While this would still make the statement false in the strict sense, in the Shadow World timeline the Lords of Orhan were unknown until 100,000 years after Kadaena, even though they were far more ancient. Kadaena would be "[[Lesser vruul#Behind the Scenes\|the first]]" ''known'' moon goddess. Something else to consider is that this actually one of ''two'' severe [[The Temple of Darkness\|temporal anomalies]] written plainly into the story, where the [[Shadow Valley]] and [[The Broken Lands\|Broken Lands]] spin-off stories have other temporal distortions. The paradox of Bandur pledging himself to a [[Purgatory#Archaeology\|dead goddess]] but still owing his soul to her is central to interpreting it, rooted in the idea of undead demonic gods as [[Muylari#Behind the Scenes\|sleeping]] toward a future [[Lesser vruul#Behind the scenes\|rebirth]] beyond the [[Pales\|pale]].

	In principle the soul of the Empress Kadaena would have gone to Eissa ([[Lorminstra]]), the goddess of death and rebirth, which is the root of his symbolic [[Phantom Gatekeeper\|antagonism]] for them. The transformative nature of her perverse form of [[Lesser vruul#Behind ~~The~~ Scenes\|demonic rebirth]], which is [[Phantom Gatekeeper#The Gate\|represented]] by her [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grotesque "grotesque"] statue, is not immediately obvious but supported by extensive [[Uthex Kathiasas#Behind ~~The~~ Scenes\|allusions]] to Lovecraft. However, her soul ''should'' have been absorbed by the Shadowstone, and destroyed when [[Eye of the Drake#Behind ~~The~~ Scenes\|Ondoval]] took control of it. The theology that Bandur Etrevion and the [[The Broken Lands\|Broken Lands]] are suggesting thus breaks with the Shadow World lore. The loophole in the source material would be that the Shadowstone had other unknown powers, and would intelligently adapt itself to the wearer, which potentially allows the contradiction to be avoided.		In principle the soul of the Empress Kadaena would have gone to Eissa ([[Lorminstra]]), the goddess of death and rebirth, which is the root of his symbolic [[Phantom Gatekeeper\|antagonism]] for them. The transformative nature of her perverse form of [[Lesser vruul#Behind the Scenes\|demonic rebirth]], which is [[Phantom Gatekeeper#The Gate\|represented]] by her [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grotesque "grotesque"] statue, is not immediately obvious but supported by extensive [[Uthex Kathiasas#Behind the Scenes\|allusions]] to Lovecraft. However, her soul ''should'' have been absorbed by the Shadowstone, and destroyed when [[Eye of the Drake#Behind the Scenes\|Ondoval]] took control of it. The theology that Bandur Etrevion and the [[The Broken Lands\|Broken Lands]] are suggesting thus breaks with the Shadow World lore. The loophole in the source material would be that the Shadowstone had other unknown powers, and would intelligently adapt itself to the wearer, which potentially allows the contradiction to be avoided.

	It is possible the [[The Temple of Darkness Poem\|Broken Lands]] solves this [[The Temple of Darkness#Behind ~~The~~ Scenes\|paradox]] with [[Purgatory#Purgatory\|allusion]] to [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/sot.aspx "The Shadow out of Time"], implying Kadaena would survive death by [[The Legend of the Necropolis of Etrevion\|possessing]] and swapping souls with others in [[Bandur Etrevion#Behind ~~The~~ Scenes\|the future]] who will die in the past. This is related to her "Guardian of the Forbidden" role in their theology as [[Purgatory]], which is to say [[Gates of Oblivion\|Oblivion]], is characterized as a dream state of lost souls where time has no meaning. This story would explain how Bandur was acquiring dark knowledge from Kadaena, his unnatural scholastic proficiency, study of rare texts in libraries, inexplicable mastery of ancient magic such as their portals, obscure quests and monument construction, cults in his wake, nightmares, self-loathing, being driven to madness, acting out in fits of possession, and how his soul could have been owed to her. It is worth noting that "Kadaena Throk Farok" [[Iruaric\|means]] "Guardian of the Forbidden", but the night-gaunts of the "peaks of Throk" who keep dreamers out of the underworld are represented by the [[Lesser vruul#Behind ~~The~~ Scenes\|vruul]]. The Lovecraft analog is Yog-Sothoth, who is coexistent with all spacetime and the guardian of all forbidden knowledge, who the [[Uthex Kathiasas#Behind ~~The~~ Scenes\|dream-quest]] protagonist impresses but becomes trapped in an alien body.		It is possible the [[The Temple of Darkness Poem\|Broken Lands]] solves this [[The Temple of Darkness#Behind the Scenes\|paradox]] with [[Purgatory#Purgatory\|allusion]] to [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/sot.aspx "The Shadow out of Time"], implying Kadaena would survive death by [[The Legend of the Necropolis of Etrevion\|possessing]] and swapping souls with others in [[Bandur Etrevion#Behind the Scenes\|the future]] who will die in the past. This is related to her "Guardian of the Forbidden" role in their theology as [[Purgatory]], which is to say [[Gates of Oblivion\|Oblivion]], is characterized as a dream state of lost souls where time has no meaning. This story would explain how Bandur was acquiring dark knowledge from Kadaena, his unnatural scholastic proficiency, study of rare texts in libraries, inexplicable mastery of ancient magic such as their portals, obscure quests and monument construction, cults in his wake, nightmares, self-loathing, being driven to madness, acting out in fits of possession, and how his soul could have been owed to her. It is worth noting that "Kadaena Throk Farok" [[Iruaric\|means]] "Guardian of the Forbidden", but the night-gaunts of the "peaks of Throk" who keep dreamers out of the underworld are represented by the [[Lesser vruul#Behind the Scenes\|vruul]]. The Lovecraft analog is Yog-Sothoth, who is coexistent with all spacetime and the guardian of all forbidden knowledge, who the [[Uthex Kathiasas#Behind the Scenes\|dream-quest]] protagonist impresses but becomes trapped in an alien body.

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	His book "Servants of the Shadow: Power through [[Bandur Etrevion#Behind The Scenes\|Thralldom]]" was another, more obviously borrowed phrase. (Kadaena is sometimes called "the Shadow" in the early books, in which she is sometimes spoken of metaphorically as the master, in a way that sounds like she is somehow still alive and behind the forces of darkness.) Several of the 1989 and 1990 adventure modules had a brief history section that included: ''"[[Ordainers\|Great Demons]] were [[Black Hel\|fashioned]] by the most powerful of the [[Iruaric\|Lords]] who had fallen under the influence of the Unlife, led by the Empress Kadaena. Wise but twisted in spirit, the '''servants of the Shadow''' offered knowledge beyond that which the [[Loremasters]] deigned to give such 'lesser beings,' and the power of the Unlife grew unfettered in the [[Second Era]]."''		His book "Servants of the Shadow: Power through [[Bandur Etrevion#Behind The Scenes\|Thralldom]]" was another, more obviously borrowed phrase. (Kadaena is sometimes called "the Shadow" in the early books, in which she is sometimes spoken of metaphorically as the master, in a way that sounds like she is somehow still alive and behind the forces of darkness.) Several of the 1989 and 1990 adventure modules had a brief history section that included: ''"[[Ordainers\|Great Demons]] were [[Black Hel\|fashioned]] by the most powerful of the [[Iruaric\|Lords]] who had fallen under the influence of the Unlife, led by the Empress Kadaena. Wise but twisted in spirit, the '''servants of the Shadow''' offered knowledge beyond that which the [[Loremasters]] deigned to give such 'lesser beings,' and the power of the Unlife grew unfettered in the [[Second Era]]."''

	This refers to the fact that [[Andraax\|most]] Loremasters were [[Iylari]], and so were very patronizing of all other races. The Lords of Essaence were conflated with the Lords of [[Orhan]] (Liabo) in a typographical error from these paragraphs, which was intentionally preserved in the Legend, referring to Kadaena as the "[[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|first]] Lord of Orhan" when the two groups had nothing to do with each other. It might have been implying [[The Dark Path (essay)\|ascension]] along the same lines of the work of Eogun, the father of Kadaena's [[Black Hel\|daughter]] who wished to make themselves into gods. While this would still make the statement false in the strict sense, in the Shadow World timeline the Lords of Orhan were unknown until 100,000 years after Kadaena, even though they were far more ancient. Kadaena would be "[[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|the first]]" ''known'' moon goddess. The paradox of Bandur pledging himself to a [[Purgatory#Archaeology\|dead goddess]] ~~and~~ owing his soul to her is central to interpreting ~~the story~~, rooted in the idea of undead demonic gods as [[Muylari#Behind The Scenes\|sleeping]] toward a future [[Lesser vruul#Behind the scenes\|rebirth]] beyond the [[Pales\|pale]].		This refers to the fact that [[Andraax\|most]] Loremasters were [[Iylari]], and so were very patronizing of all other races. The Lords of Essaence were conflated with the Lords of [[Orhan]] (Liabo) in a typographical error from these paragraphs, which was intentionally preserved in the Legend, referring to Kadaena as the "[[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|first]] Lord of Orhan" when the two groups had nothing to do with each other. It might have been implying [[The Dark Path (essay)\|ascension]] along the same lines of the work of Eogun, the father of Kadaena's [[Black Hel\|daughter]] who wished to make themselves into gods. While this would still make the statement false in the strict sense, in the Shadow World timeline the Lords of Orhan were unknown until 100,000 years after Kadaena, even though they were far more ancient. Kadaena would be "[[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|the first]]" ''known'' moon goddess. Something else to consider is that this actually one of ''two'' severe [[The Temple of Darkness\|temporal anomalies]] written plainly into the story, where the [[Shadow Valley]] and [[The Broken Lands\|Broken Lands]] spin-off stories have other temporal distortions. The paradox of Bandur pledging himself to a [[Purgatory#Archaeology\|dead goddess]] but still owing his soul to her is central to interpreting it, rooted in the idea of undead demonic gods as [[Muylari#Behind The Scenes\|sleeping]] toward a future [[Lesser vruul#Behind the scenes\|rebirth]] beyond the [[Pales\|pale]].

	In principle the soul of the Empress Kadaena would have gone to Eissa ([[Lorminstra]]), the goddess of death and rebirth, which is the root of his symbolic [[Phantom Gatekeeper\|antagonism]] for them. The transformative nature of her perverse form of [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|demonic rebirth]], which is [[Phantom Gatekeeper#The Gate\|represented]] by her [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grotesque "grotesque"] statue, is not immediately obvious but supported by extensive [[Uthex Kathiasas#Behind The Scenes\|allusions]] to Lovecraft. However, her soul ''should'' have been absorbed by the Shadowstone, and destroyed when [[Eye of the Drake#Behind The Scenes\|Ondoval]] took control of it. The theology that Bandur Etrevion and the [[The Broken Lands\|Broken Lands]] are suggesting thus breaks with the Shadow World lore. The loophole in the source material would be that the Shadowstone had other unknown powers, and would intelligently adapt itself to the wearer, which potentially allows the contradiction to be avoided.		In principle the soul of the Empress Kadaena would have gone to Eissa ([[Lorminstra]]), the goddess of death and rebirth, which is the root of his symbolic [[Phantom Gatekeeper\|antagonism]] for them. The transformative nature of her perverse form of [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|demonic rebirth]], which is [[Phantom Gatekeeper#The Gate\|represented]] by her [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grotesque "grotesque"] statue, is not immediately obvious but supported by extensive [[Uthex Kathiasas#Behind The Scenes\|allusions]] to Lovecraft. However, her soul ''should'' have been absorbed by the Shadowstone, and destroyed when [[Eye of the Drake#Behind The Scenes\|Ondoval]] took control of it. The theology that Bandur Etrevion and the [[The Broken Lands\|Broken Lands]] are suggesting thus breaks with the Shadow World lore. The loophole in the source material would be that the Shadowstone had other unknown powers, and would intelligently adapt itself to the wearer, which potentially allows the contradiction to be avoided.

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	This refers to the fact that [[Andraax\|most]] Loremasters were [[Iylari]], and so were very patronizing of all other races. The Lords of Essaence were conflated with the Lords of [[Orhan]] (Liabo) in a typographical error from these paragraphs, which was intentionally preserved in the Legend, referring to Kadaena as the "[[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|first]] Lord of Orhan" when the two groups had nothing to do with each other. It might have been implying [[The Dark Path (essay)\|ascension]] along the same lines of the work of Eogun, the father of Kadaena's [[Black Hel\|daughter]] who wished to make themselves into gods. While this would still make the statement false in the strict sense, in the Shadow World timeline the Lords of Orhan were unknown until 100,000 years after Kadaena, even though they were far more ancient. Kadaena would be "[[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|the first]]" ''known'' moon goddess. The paradox of Bandur pledging himself to a [[Purgatory#Archaeology\|dead goddess]] and owing his soul to her is central to interpreting the story, rooted in the idea of undead demonic gods as [[Muylari#Behind The Scenes\|sleeping]] toward a future [[Lesser vruul#Behind the scenes\|rebirth]] beyond the [[Pales\|pale]].		This refers to the fact that [[Andraax\|most]] Loremasters were [[Iylari]], and so were very patronizing of all other races. The Lords of Essaence were conflated with the Lords of [[Orhan]] (Liabo) in a typographical error from these paragraphs, which was intentionally preserved in the Legend, referring to Kadaena as the "[[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|first]] Lord of Orhan" when the two groups had nothing to do with each other. It might have been implying [[The Dark Path (essay)\|ascension]] along the same lines of the work of Eogun, the father of Kadaena's [[Black Hel\|daughter]] who wished to make themselves into gods. While this would still make the statement false in the strict sense, in the Shadow World timeline the Lords of Orhan were unknown until 100,000 years after Kadaena, even though they were far more ancient. Kadaena would be "[[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|the first]]" ''known'' moon goddess. The paradox of Bandur pledging himself to a [[Purgatory#Archaeology\|dead goddess]] and owing his soul to her is central to interpreting the story, rooted in the idea of undead demonic gods as [[Muylari#Behind The Scenes\|sleeping]] toward a future [[Lesser vruul#Behind the scenes\|rebirth]] beyond the [[Pales\|pale]].

	In principle the soul of the Empress Kadaena would have gone to Eissa ([[Lorminstra]]), the goddess of death and rebirth, which is the root of his symbolic [[Phantom Gatekeeper\|antagonism]] for them. The transformative nature of her perverse form of [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|demonic rebirth]], which is [[Phantom Gatekeeper#The Gate\|represented]] by her [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grotesque "grotesque"] statue, is not immediately obvious but supported by extensive [[Uthex Kathiasas#Behind The Scenes\|allusions]] to Lovecraft. However, her soul ''should'' have been absorbed by the Shadowstone, and destroyed when [[Eye of the Drake#Behind The Scenes\|Ondoval]] took control of it. The theology that Bandur Etrevion and the [[The Broken Lands\|Broken Lands]] are suggesting thus breaks with the Shadow World lore.		In principle the soul of the Empress Kadaena would have gone to Eissa ([[Lorminstra]]), the goddess of death and rebirth, which is the root of his symbolic [[Phantom Gatekeeper\|antagonism]] for them. The transformative nature of her perverse form of [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|demonic rebirth]], which is [[Phantom Gatekeeper#The Gate\|represented]] by her [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grotesque "grotesque"] statue, is not immediately obvious but supported by extensive [[Uthex Kathiasas#Behind The Scenes\|allusions]] to Lovecraft. However, her soul ''should'' have been absorbed by the Shadowstone, and destroyed when [[Eye of the Drake#Behind The Scenes\|Ondoval]] took control of it. The theology that Bandur Etrevion and the [[The Broken Lands\|Broken Lands]] are suggesting thus breaks with the Shadow World lore. The loophole in the source material would be that the Shadowstone had other unknown powers, and would intelligently adapt itself to the wearer, which potentially allows the contradiction to be avoided.

	It is possible the [[The Temple of Darkness Poem\|Broken Lands]] solves this [[The Temple of Darkness#Behind The Scenes\|paradox]] with [[Purgatory#Purgatory\|allusion]] to [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/sot.aspx "The Shadow out of Time"], implying Kadaena would survive death by [[The Legend of the Necropolis of Etrevion\|possessing]] and swapping souls with others in [[Bandur Etrevion#Behind The Scenes\|the future]] who will die in the past. This is related to her "Guardian of the Forbidden" role in their theology as [[Purgatory]], which is to say [[Gates of Oblivion\|Oblivion]], is characterized as a dream state of lost souls where time has no meaning. This story would explain how Bandur was acquiring dark knowledge from Kadaena, his unnatural scholastic proficiency, study of rare texts in libraries, inexplicable mastery of ancient magic such as their portals, obscure quests and monument construction, cults in his wake, nightmares, self-loathing, being driven to madness, acting out in fits of possession, and how his soul could have been owed to her. It is worth noting that "Kadaena Throk Farok" [[Iruaric\|means]] "Guardian of the Forbidden", but the night-gaunts of the "peaks of Throk" who keep dreamers out of the underworld are represented by the [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|vruul]]. The Lovecraft analog is Yog-Sothoth, who is coexistent with all spacetime and the guardian of all forbidden knowledge, who the [[Uthex Kathiasas#Behind The Scenes\|dream-quest]] protagonist impresses but becomes trapped in an alien body.		It is possible the [[The Temple of Darkness Poem\|Broken Lands]] solves this [[The Temple of Darkness#Behind The Scenes\|paradox]] with [[Purgatory#Purgatory\|allusion]] to [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/sot.aspx "The Shadow out of Time"], implying Kadaena would survive death by [[The Legend of the Necropolis of Etrevion\|possessing]] and swapping souls with others in [[Bandur Etrevion#Behind The Scenes\|the future]] who will die in the past. This is related to her "Guardian of the Forbidden" role in their theology as [[Purgatory]], which is to say [[Gates of Oblivion\|Oblivion]], is characterized as a dream state of lost souls where time has no meaning. This story would explain how Bandur was acquiring dark knowledge from Kadaena, his unnatural scholastic proficiency, study of rare texts in libraries, inexplicable mastery of ancient magic such as their portals, obscure quests and monument construction, cults in his wake, nightmares, self-loathing, being driven to madness, acting out in fits of possession, and how his soul could have been owed to her. It is worth noting that "Kadaena Throk Farok" [[Iruaric\|means]] "Guardian of the Forbidden", but the night-gaunts of the "peaks of Throk" who keep dreamers out of the underworld are represented by the [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|vruul]]. The Lovecraft analog is Yog-Sothoth, who is coexistent with all spacetime and the guardian of all forbidden knowledge, who the [[Uthex Kathiasas#Behind The Scenes\|dream-quest]] protagonist impresses but becomes trapped in an alien body.

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	This refers to the fact that [[Andraax\|most]] Loremasters were [[Iylari]], and so were very patronizing of all other races. The Lords of Essaence were conflated with the Lords of [[Orhan]] (Liabo) in a typographical error from these paragraphs, which was intentionally preserved in the Legend, referring to Kadaena as the "[[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|first]] Lord of Orhan" when the two groups had nothing to do with each other. It might have been implying [[The Dark Path (essay)\|ascension]] along the same lines of the work of Eogun, the father of Kadaena's [[Black Hel\|daughter]] who wished to make themselves into gods. While this would still make the statement false in the strict sense, in the Shadow World timeline the Lords of Orhan were unknown until 100,000 years after Kadaena, even though they were far more ancient. Kadaena would be "[[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|the first]]" ''known'' moon goddess. The paradox of Bandur pledging himself to a [[Purgatory#Archaeology\|dead goddess]] and owing his soul to her is central to interpreting the story, rooted in the idea of undead demonic gods as [[Muylari#Behind The Scenes\|sleeping]] toward a future [[Lesser vruul#Behind the scenes\|rebirth]] beyond the [[Pales\|pale]].		This refers to the fact that [[Andraax\|most]] Loremasters were [[Iylari]], and so were very patronizing of all other races. The Lords of Essaence were conflated with the Lords of [[Orhan]] (Liabo) in a typographical error from these paragraphs, which was intentionally preserved in the Legend, referring to Kadaena as the "[[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|first]] Lord of Orhan" when the two groups had nothing to do with each other. It might have been implying [[The Dark Path (essay)\|ascension]] along the same lines of the work of Eogun, the father of Kadaena's [[Black Hel\|daughter]] who wished to make themselves into gods. While this would still make the statement false in the strict sense, in the Shadow World timeline the Lords of Orhan were unknown until 100,000 years after Kadaena, even though they were far more ancient. Kadaena would be "[[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|the first]]" ''known'' moon goddess. The paradox of Bandur pledging himself to a [[Purgatory#Archaeology\|dead goddess]] and owing his soul to her is central to interpreting the story, rooted in the idea of undead demonic gods as [[Muylari#Behind The Scenes\|sleeping]] toward a future [[Lesser vruul#Behind the scenes\|rebirth]] beyond the [[Pales\|pale]].

	In principle the soul of the Empress Kadaena would have gone to Eissa ([[Lorminstra]]), the goddess of death and rebirth, which is the root of his symbolic [[Phantom Gatekeeper\|antagonism]] for them. The transformative nature of her perverse form of [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|demonic rebirth]], which is [[Phantom Gatekeeper#The Gate\|represented]] by her [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grotesque "grotesque"] statue, is not immediately obvious but supported by extensive [[Uthex Kathiasas#Behind The Scenes\|allusions]] to Lovecraft. However, her soul ''should'' have been absorbed by the Shadowstone, and destroyed when [[Eye of the Drake#Behind The Scenes\|Ondoval]] took control of it. The theology that Bandur Etrevion and the [[The Broken Lands\|Broken Lands]] are suggesting thus breaks with the Shadow World lore. It is possible the [[The Temple of Darkness Poem\|Broken Lands]] solves this [[The Temple of Darkness#Behind The Scenes\|paradox]] with [[Purgatory#Purgatory\|allusion]] to [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/sot.aspx "The Shadow out of Time"], implying Kadaena would survive death by [[The Legend of the Necropolis of Etrevion\|possessing]] and swapping souls with others in the future who will die in the past. This is related to her "Guardian of the Forbidden" role in their theology as [[Purgatory]], which is to say [[Gates of Oblivion\|Oblivion]], is characterized as a dream state of lost souls where time has no meaning.		In principle the soul of the Empress Kadaena would have gone to Eissa ([[Lorminstra]]), the goddess of death and rebirth, which is the root of his symbolic [[Phantom Gatekeeper\|antagonism]] for them. The transformative nature of her perverse form of [[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|demonic rebirth]], which is [[Phantom Gatekeeper#The Gate\|represented]] by her [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grotesque "grotesque"] statue, is not immediately obvious but supported by extensive [[Uthex Kathiasas#Behind The Scenes\|allusions]] to Lovecraft. However, her soul ''should'' have been absorbed by the Shadowstone, and destroyed when [[Eye of the Drake#Behind The Scenes\|Ondoval]] took control of it. The theology that Bandur Etrevion and the [[The Broken Lands\|Broken Lands]] are suggesting thus breaks with the Shadow World lore.

			It is possible the [[The Temple of Darkness Poem\|Broken Lands]] solves this [[The Temple of Darkness#Behind The Scenes\|paradox]] with [[Purgatory#Purgatory\|allusion]] to [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/sot.aspx "The Shadow out of Time"], implying Kadaena would survive death by [[The Legend of the Necropolis of Etrevion\|possessing]] and swapping souls with others in [[Bandur Etrevion#Behind The Scenes\|the future]] who will die in the past. This is related to her "Guardian of the Forbidden" role in their theology as [[Purgatory]], which is to say [[Gates of Oblivion\|Oblivion]], is characterized as a dream state of lost souls where time has no meaning. This story would explain how Bandur was acquiring dark knowledge from Kadaena, his unnatural scholastic proficiency, study of rare texts in libraries, inexplicable mastery of ancient magic such as Lord of Essaence portals, obscure quests and monument construction, cults in his wake, nightmares, being driven to madness, acting out in fits of possession, and how his soul could have been owed to her.

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	"[[The Legend of the Necropolis of Etrevion]]" used some excerpts from [[Shadow World]] source books for the sake of proper titles. The "Dark Path" was probably based on the Shadow World Master Atlas, 1st Edition, description of using spells whose power comes from The Unlife: ''"In the process of learning an Evil list, there should be no question that the spell caster is turning to [[A Popular History of the Broken Lands\|a new power source]] for his energies: the Unlife. Once the first spell is cast, he starts down a '''Dark Path'''. It may take years, but eventually he will reach the end: submission to utter and complete Evil."'' '''(capitalization in the original)'''		"[[The Legend of the Necropolis of Etrevion]]" used some excerpts from [[Shadow World]] source books for the sake of proper titles. The "Dark Path" was probably based on the Shadow World Master Atlas, 1st Edition, description of using spells whose power comes from The Unlife: ''"In the process of learning an Evil list, there should be no question that the spell caster is turning to [[A Popular History of the Broken Lands\|a new power source]] for his energies: the Unlife. Once the first spell is cast, he starts down a '''Dark Path'''. It may take years, but eventually he will reach the end: submission to utter and complete Evil."'' '''(capitalization in the original)'''

	His book "Servants of the Shadow: Power through [[Bandur Etrevion#Behind The Scenes\|Thralldom]]" was another, more obviously borrowed phrase. (Kadaena is sometimes called "the Shadow.") Several of the 1989 and 1990 adventure modules had a brief history section that included: ''"[[Ordainers\|Great Demons]] were fashioned by the most powerful of the [[Iruaric\|Lords]] who had fallen under the influence of the Unlife, led by the Empress Kadaena. Wise but twisted in spirit, the '''servants of the Shadow''' offered knowledge beyond that which the [[Loremasters]] deigned to give such 'lesser beings,' and the power of the Unlife grew unfettered in the [[Second Era]]."''		His book "Servants of the Shadow: Power through [[Bandur Etrevion#Behind The Scenes\|Thralldom]]" was another, more obviously borrowed phrase. (Kadaena is sometimes called "the Shadow" in the early books, in which she is sometimes spoken of metaphorically as the master, in a way that sounds like she is somehow still alive and behind the forces of darkness.) Several of the 1989 and 1990 adventure modules had a brief history section that included: ''"[[Ordainers\|Great Demons]] were [[Black Hel\|fashioned]] by the most powerful of the [[Iruaric\|Lords]] who had fallen under the influence of the Unlife, led by the Empress Kadaena. Wise but twisted in spirit, the '''servants of the Shadow''' offered knowledge beyond that which the [[Loremasters]] deigned to give such 'lesser beings,' and the power of the Unlife grew unfettered in the [[Second Era]]."''

	This refers to the fact that [[Andraax\|most]] Loremasters were [[Iylari]], and so were very patronizing of all other races. The Lords of Essaence were conflated with the Lords of [[Orhan]] (Liabo) in a typographical error from these paragraphs, which was intentionally preserved in the Legend, referring to Kadaena as the "[[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|first]] Lord of Orhan" when the two groups had nothing to do with each other. It might have been implying [[The Dark Path (essay)\|ascension]] along the same lines of the work of Eogun, the father of Kadaena's [[Black Hel\|daughter]] who wished to make themselves into gods. While this would still make the statement false in the strict sense, in the Shadow World timeline the Lords of Orhan were unknown until 100,000 years after Kadaena, even though they were far more ancient. Kadaena would be "[[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|the first]]" ''known'' moon goddess. The paradox of Bandur pledging himself to a [[Purgatory#Archaeology\|dead goddess]] and owing his soul to her is central to interpreting the story, rooted in the idea of undead demonic gods as [[Muylari#Behind The Scenes\|sleeping]] toward a future [[Lesser vruul#Behind the scenes\|rebirth]] beyond the [[Pales\|pale]].		This refers to the fact that [[Andraax\|most]] Loremasters were [[Iylari]], and so were very patronizing of all other races. The Lords of Essaence were conflated with the Lords of [[Orhan]] (Liabo) in a typographical error from these paragraphs, which was intentionally preserved in the Legend, referring to Kadaena as the "[[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|first]] Lord of Orhan" when the two groups had nothing to do with each other. It might have been implying [[The Dark Path (essay)\|ascension]] along the same lines of the work of Eogun, the father of Kadaena's [[Black Hel\|daughter]] who wished to make themselves into gods. While this would still make the statement false in the strict sense, in the Shadow World timeline the Lords of Orhan were unknown until 100,000 years after Kadaena, even though they were far more ancient. Kadaena would be "[[Lesser vruul#Behind The Scenes\|the first]]" ''known'' moon goddess. The paradox of Bandur pledging himself to a [[Purgatory#Archaeology\|dead goddess]] and owing his soul to her is central to interpreting the story, rooted in the idea of undead demonic gods as [[Muylari#Behind The Scenes\|sleeping]] toward a future [[Lesser vruul#Behind the scenes\|rebirth]] beyond the [[Pales\|pale]].