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INIQUITY: old museum paintings

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old museum paintings

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	The scene painted into the wall's frozen plaster is vivid, even though viewed through its skin of ice. It depicts a great battle, the sky a wall of fire and vast armies caught frozen in combat. Against the battalions of heroes is arrayed a vast and terrible army of darkness, its countless legions misshapen and horrible to look upon. Poised at the center of this sprawling vista, you see a majestic, winged drake breathing a spout of fire as hordes of the vile minions of shadow overrun it. The heroes seem to fight with desperation born of horror. You marvel that pigment painted into wet plaster eons ago could convey such agony and emotion.		The scene painted into the wall's frozen plaster is vivid, even though viewed through its skin of ice. It depicts a great battle, the sky a wall of fire and vast armies caught frozen in combat. Against the battalions of heroes is arrayed a vast and terrible army of darkness, its countless legions misshapen and horrible to look upon. Poised at the center of this sprawling vista, you see a majestic, winged drake breathing a spout of fire as hordes of the vile minions of shadow overrun it. The heroes seem to fight with desperation born of horror. You marvel that pigment painted into wet plaster eons ago could convey such agony and emotion.
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			==Museums==
			There are some representations of the Ur-Daemon in museums. These should probably be treated as only artist interpretations. Here the Ur-Daemon are winged humanoids with black eyes and sharp features.

			;Stormbrow Gallery on Teras Isle (originally in the Wehnimer's Landing museum)
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			[Gallery, Ancient History - , 3013018]
			This room is painted in rock-hues: greys, blacks, mottled whites. Nothing lively adds to the ambiance. On the far wall, two paintings hang on either side of a black veil iron obelisk. A war troll skeleton stands guard near the pedestal on which stands an obsidian bust. A spidersilk tapestry covers the room's exit.
			Obvious exits: none

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			The landscape is savaged. Great cracks rend the earth, and fires blaze to the horizon. Through the haze, the forms of a handful of dragons can be seen. Some few are aloft, but most of them lie on the ground, gravely wounded or slain. The mutilated corpses of pale, winged humanoids lie scattered about a great crater. Smoke pours forth from the pit.

			>look other paint
			A herd of drakes flies to battle. Their foes are winged humanoids with pale skin, sharp features, and coal black eyes. The sky flashes with titanic energies.
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	==Artifacts==		==Artifacts==
	===Ur-Daemon Obelisk===		===Ur-Daemon Obelisk===
	[[Wehnimer's Landing]] Museum (Circa 5101 Modern Era). This would allow adventurers to hear the thought net on Teras Isle, and at one point it was possible to send familiars through to it.		[[Wehnimer's Landing]] Museum (Circa 5101 Modern Era). This would allegedly allow adventurers to hear the thought net on Teras Isle, and at one point it was possible to send familiars through to it. The obelisk was moved to the Stormbrow Gallery on Teras at some point during the 5100s.
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	([[veil iron]] obelisk)		([[veil iron]] obelisk)

NAAMIT: /* The Book of Ur */ link fix

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The Book of Ur: link fix

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	===The Book of Ur===		===The Book of Ur===
	The Book of Ur is a "a work of pure and unalloyed horror" that "splits the minds of mortals asunder." (In the "[[Origins of Tonis]]" document "the Ur" is an idiom for the Ur-Daemon.) It was stolen by Orrisian, Captain of the [[Firebird]] airship, from the [[Orders of the Turamzzyrian Empire#The Sand Snakes\|Sand Snakes]] out of a temple of Luukos. It is on the airship where it has come alive a few times and turned passengers inside out. Orrisian was hired to get it away from the heretical sect and ultimately kept it, instead of giving it to the [[Orders of the Turamzzyrian Empire#The Luukosian Order\|Luukosian Order]] who had hired him to get it. The Sand Snakes are the cult who became corrupted by the [[Ur-Daemon#The Eye of Goseth\|Eye of Goseth]].		The Book of Ur is a "a work of pure and unalloyed horror" that "splits the minds of mortals asunder." (In the "[[Origins of Tonis]]" document "the Ur" is an idiom for the Ur-Daemon.) It was stolen by Orrisian, Captain of the [[The Firebird\|Firebird]] airship, from the [[Orders of the Turamzzyrian Empire#The Sand Snakes\|Sand Snakes]] out of a temple of Luukos. It is on the airship where it has come alive a few times and turned passengers inside out. Orrisian was hired to get it away from the heretical sect and ultimately kept it, instead of giving it to the [[Orders of the Turamzzyrian Empire#The Luukosian Order\|Luukosian Order]] who had hired him to get it. The Sand Snakes are the cult who became corrupted by the [[Ur-Daemon#The Eye of Goseth\|Eye of Goseth]].

	===The Staff of Ith'can===		===The Staff of Ith'can===

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add Orslathain from the gems document

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	The Ur-Daemon were chaotic creatures from another [[valence]] or perhaps other valences who invaded [[Elanthia]] about 105,000 years ago. It is not known for certain how they gained access to our world, though [[History of Fash'lo'nae#Ur-Daemon\|myths]] have long suggested the blame lies in some fashion with [[Eorgina]] and [[Fash'lo'nae]]. These primordial "daemons" were later interpreted by the Elves as being extra-planar entities, whereas their [[The History of the Sylvan Elves#Chapter One - Early History, Approximately ca. -130,000 to ca. -60,000\|oral traditions]] attested to shadow monsters devouring the forests. These were powerful demonic entities which fed on both the natural mana foci as well as the life's essence. It has become established over the years that they are so inherently unholy and [[Urglaes-set pitted silver talisman\|alien]] that the power of the Arkati is blinded by them, and that pieces of them which sometimes emerge as powerful artifacts can never really be dead.		The Ur-Daemon were chaotic creatures from another [[valence]] or perhaps other valences who invaded [[Elanthia]] about 105,000 years ago. It is not known for certain how they gained access to our world, though [[History of Fash'lo'nae#Ur-Daemon\|myths]] have long suggested the blame lies in some fashion with [[Eorgina]] and [[Fash'lo'nae]]. These primordial "daemons" were later interpreted by the Elves as being extra-planar entities, whereas their [[The History of the Sylvan Elves#Chapter One - Early History, Approximately ca. -130,000 to ca. -60,000\|oral traditions]] attested to shadow monsters devouring the forests. These were powerful demonic entities which fed on both the natural mana foci as well as the life's essence. It has become established over the years that they are so inherently unholy and [[Urglaes-set pitted silver talisman\|alien]] that the power of the Arkati is blinded by them, and that pieces of them which sometimes emerge as powerful artifacts can never really be dead.

	They were driven back by the [[Drakes]] in a thousand year war, which [[Southron Wastes\|blasted the landscape]] for hundreds of miles in the [[The Gods of Elanthia#Introduction to the Arkati\|last battle]] when their remaining portal was collapsed. This is implied to be the [[Southron Wastes]]. It is unknown if there was a single [[Origins of Cholen and Tilamaire\|great rift]] or [[History of Fash'lo'nae#"Consequence."\|multiple]] such gateways ripped open through some cosmic violence, suggesting there was widespread vulnerabilities in the veil at the time.		They were driven back by the [[Drakes]] in a thousand year war, which [[Southron Wastes\|blasted the landscape]] for hundreds of miles in the [[The Gods of Elanthia#Introduction to the Arkati\|last battle]] when their remaining [https://www.play.net/gs4/info/gems/gem9.asp#Sunstone portal] was collapsed. This is implied to be the [[Southron Wastes]]. It is unknown if there was a single [[Origins of Cholen and Tilamaire\|great rift]] or [[History of Fash'lo'nae#"Consequence."\|multiple]] such gateways ripped open through some cosmic violence, suggesting there was widespread vulnerabilities in the veil at the time.

	Other extra-planar intruders are associated with this same period of instability, including: the Great Elementals, the [[Vvrael]], the [[Vishmiir]], and [[Althedeus]]. The last case was a primordial being formed from the chaos of the war itself. The [[Eye of the Drake]] was a powerful artifact designed to seal off the world from the [[The Rift\|interdimensional rift]] leading to many other planes of existence. Theology holds that following the destruction of dragon rule, the gods associated with the moons ([[Arkati]]) inherited the world and brought life back from brink of annihilation. The historical period is referred to as the [[Age of Darkness]].		Other extra-planar intruders are associated with this same period of instability, including: the Great Elementals, the [[Vvrael]], the [[Vishmiir]], and [[Althedeus]]. The last case was a primordial being formed from the chaos of the war itself. The [[Eye of the Drake]] was a powerful artifact designed to seal off the world from the [[The Rift\|interdimensional rift]] leading to many other planes of existence. Theology holds that following the destruction of dragon rule, the gods associated with the moons ([[Arkati]]) inherited the world and brought life back from brink of annihilation. The historical period is referred to as the [[Age of Darkness]].
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	*Ith'can - An Ur-Daemon resembling an oculoth, with supernatural powers like possession, whose many eyes allowed interplanar travel.		*Ith'can - An Ur-Daemon resembling an oculoth, with supernatural powers like possession, whose many eyes allowed interplanar travel.
	*Goseth - The Eye of Goseth corrupted the Luukosian [[Sanctum of Scales]]		*Goseth - The Eye of Goseth corrupted the Luukosian [[Sanctum of Scales]]
			*Orslathain - [https://www.play.net/gs4/info/gems/gem9.asp#Sunstone Elven legend] has him trying to destroy the sun in wings of infinite darkness
	*Unknown - Ur-Daemon dormant in the rocks of Teras Isle		*Unknown - Ur-Daemon dormant in the rocks of Teras Isle
	*[[Marlu]] - Believed by some to be an Ur-Daemon who sought asylum with the Arkati.		*[[Marlu]] - Believed by some to be an Ur-Daemon who sought asylum with the Arkati.

INIQUITY: Eye of Goseth: add Tseleth banishing Azradim and artifact to Maw of Luukos

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Eye of Goseth: add Tseleth banishing Azradim and artifact to Maw of Luukos

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	It would turn out that Athamael required his master's knowledge to free himself from damnation. Nostus escaped from the mind prison at some point and was assisting Athamael in opening the maw to retrieve Tseleth, but was pushed off a high precipice by Athamael, who opened the maw by himself but was sucked into it. There was a ritual of massive sacrifice happening below the temple which pulled [[Morvule]] from his own prison, the high priest of Luukos who was the leader of the [[Dark Alliance]] in the [[Griffin Sword\|Griffin Sword Wars]]. Morvule opened the maw and retrieved Tseleth after all, who had since been transformed into an arch-lich of Luukos. Tseleth was able to repair the seal on the prison of the Red Dreamer, which put Yaolara back into a deep sleep but ended the nightmares of Indhis that were manifesting in the world.		It would turn out that Athamael required his master's knowledge to free himself from damnation. Nostus escaped from the mind prison at some point and was assisting Athamael in opening the maw to retrieve Tseleth, but was pushed off a high precipice by Athamael, who opened the maw by himself but was sucked into it. There was a ritual of massive sacrifice happening below the temple which pulled [[Morvule]] from his own prison, the high priest of Luukos who was the leader of the [[Dark Alliance]] in the [[Griffin Sword\|Griffin Sword Wars]]. Morvule opened the maw and retrieved Tseleth after all, who had since been transformed into an arch-lich of Luukos. Tseleth was able to repair the seal on the prison of the Red Dreamer, which put Yaolara back into a deep sleep but ended the nightmares of Indhis that were manifesting in the world.
	===The Eye of Goseth===		===The Eye of Goseth===
	The Eye of Goseth is an artifact the arch-lich [[Tseleth]] was seeking to remove from the [[Sanctum of Scales]], which was corrupted by the power of the Ur-Daemon due to a mutiny by one of his human followers in [[Orders of the Turamzzyrian Empire#The Sand Snakes\|The Sand Snakes]]. Tseleth wished to open the way with the power of soulstones and banish the Eye of Goseth into Bir Mahallah where it would be sealed off from mortals forever. These events took place on the 8th and 9th of [[Calendar#Month\|Phoenatos]] in 5116 Modern Era.		The Eye of Goseth is an artifact the arch-lich [[Tseleth]] was seeking to remove from the [[Sanctum of Scales]], which was corrupted by the power of the Ur-Daemon due to a mutiny by [[Azradim]], one of his human followers in [[Orders of the Turamzzyrian Empire#The Sand Snakes\|The Sand Snakes]]. Tseleth wished to open the way with the power of soulstones and banish the Eye of Goseth into Bir Mahallah where it would be sealed off from mortals forever. Azradim was corrupted and possibly animated by the Eye, and fled to Solhaven from the Oculus of the Sanctum by an aperture opened by it. He was confronted underground by Tseleth in Luukosian holdings, and Tseleth banished both Azradim and the Eye of Goseth into the [[Maw of Luukos]] (another plane) to be consumed by [[mawfire]]. These events took place on the 8th and 9th of [[Calendar#Month\|Phoenatos]] in 5116 Modern Era.
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	A tiny pinpoint of light winks on the distant horizon, far off to the southeast.		A tiny pinpoint of light winks on the distant horizon, far off to the southeast.

INIQUITY: /* Demonic Cults */

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Demonic Cults

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	*[[Orders of the Turamzzyrian Empire#Disciples of the Shadows\|Disciples of the Shadows]]		*[[Orders of the Turamzzyrian Empire#Disciples of the Shadows\|Disciples of the Shadows]]
	*[[The Broken Lands and ki-lin\|The Dark Path]] (archaic)		*[[The Broken Lands and ki-lin\|The Dark Path]] (archaic)
⚫	*[[Urglaes-set pitted silver talisman\|Marluvian cultists]]
	*[[Mezic]]s ([[Maleskari]] cultists)		*[[Mezic]]s ([[Maleskari]] cultists)
		⚫	*[[Urglaes-set pitted silver talisman\|Marluvian cultists]] (assuming [[Marlu]] really is demonic)
			*[[Kyr'orvrad]] cultists (assuming Kyr'orvrad really is demonic)
	*[[Xorus Kul'shin\|The Cult of Kron'khaal]] (unofficial)		*[[Xorus Kul'shin\|The Cult of Kron'khaal]] (unofficial)

INIQUITY: book of ur

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book of ur

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	===The Book of Tormtor===		===The Book of Tormtor===
	According to legend, [[Despana]] discovered the [[Book of Tormtor]] by searching the old places of the Ur-Daemon, finding it in the land now known as [[Rhoska-Tor]] in the southern wastelands. It was said to have been written in their language, which could potentially be the inborn [[Dark Elven languages\|Dark Elven language]]. This artifact was later sought by [[Shar]] as part of her quest to ascend herself to godhood, who was supposedly the daughter of Despana. ~~There~~ ~~was later a "Book of~~ ~~Ur"~~ ~~around the time of~~ the [[~~Dark~~ ~~Alliance~~]] ~~and~~ ~~second~~ ~~[[Griffin~~ ~~Sword~~ ~~War]],~~ ~~which~~ ~~happens~~ to ~~also~~ be a ~~now~~ ~~obsolete~~ ~~quest~~ ~~item~~ in ~~World~~ of ~~Warcraft~~.		According to legend, [[Despana]] discovered the [[Book of Tormtor]] by searching the old places of the Ur-Daemon, finding it in the land now known as [[Rhoska-Tor]] in the southern wastelands. It was said to have been written in their language, which could potentially be the inborn [[Dark Elven languages\|Dark Elven language]]. This artifact was later sought by [[Shar]] as part of her quest to ascend herself to godhood, who was supposedly the daughter of Despana. The release event for the [[Animate Dead (730)]] spell allegedly involved using a page taken from the Book of Tormtor which was then said to be in Shar's possession.

			===The Book of Ur===
			The Book of Ur is a "a work of pure and unalloyed horror" that "splits the minds of mortals asunder." (In the "[[Origins of Tonis]]" document "the Ur" is an idiom for the Ur-Daemon.) It was stolen by Orrisian, Captain of the [[Firebird]] airship, from the [[Orders of the Turamzzyrian Empire#The Sand Snakes\|Sand Snakes]] out of a temple of Luukos. It is on the airship where it has come alive a few times and turned passengers inside out. Orrisian was hired to get it away from the heretical sect and ultimately kept it, instead of giving it to the [[Orders of the Turamzzyrian Empire#The Luukosian Order\|Luukosian Order]] who had hired him to get it. The Sand Snakes are the cult who became corrupted by the [[Ur-Daemon#The Eye of Goseth\|Eye of Goseth]].

	===The Staff of Ith'can===		===The Staff of Ith'can===

INIQUITY: artifacts: add the materials lore about urglaes weapons and spheres

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artifacts: add the materials lore about urglaes weapons and spheres

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	Dennet says, "The collective information of not five, but six minds."		Dennet says, "The collective information of not five, but six minds."
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			===Urglaes Spheres===
			Folklore holds that [[urglaes]] was the cursed metal the Ur-Daemon used against the Drakes. [[Eonake]] was similarly thought to have been used as a blessed weapon against the Ur-Daemon. The legend has it that this is why eonake is so widely scattered and there is most always small amounts of urglaes nearby. Urglaes is only found in large amounts in ancient long-dead lava flows. It is a volatile metal that has a range of dark magical properties that are inherently dangerous to the wielder, and the pure metal is capable of performing lasting curses and horrible transformations to the limbs of smiths trying to work with it.

			[[Despana]] is thought to have used it in her workshops and there are deposits around the blasted lands of [[Maelshyve]]. She had specifically searched the lands for the old places of the Ur-Daemon in search of ancient artifacts. There are supposedly perfect spheres of urglaes, which are extremely rare and rumored to be unnatural in origin, often streaked with misty veins of crimson and up to three feet in diameter. They are said to hold great and terrible magical power, and legend holds they were magical tools of the Ur-Daemon. These are known of but not in the possession of learned mages to be studied.

	==Resources==		==Resources==

INIQUITY: add talon of toullaire, book of tormtor

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 ==Artifacts==
 ===Ur-Daemon Obelisk===
-[[Wehnimer's Landing]] Museum (Circa 5101 Modern Era)
+[[Wehnimer's Landing]] Museum (Circa 5101 Modern Era). This would allow adventurers to hear the thought net on Teras Isle, and at one point it was possible to send familiars through to it.
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 Recovered from the [[ora]] mines in [[Rhoska-Tor]], this strange artifact is thought by some to be an Ur-Daemon relic.
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 ===The Staff of Ith'can===
 It is an "ithzir bone staff" with the crystallized eye of the Ur-Daemon Ith'can. When charged it is able to open gateways to other planes of existence, and was used by Aralyte to turn Lake Eonak by Melgorehn's Reach into a portal to the Shadow plane where Althedeus was defeated. The staff was made using the bones of sacrificed Ithzir for Grak'na'Den, the Ithzir epithet for Althedeus, who they called "father of the black heavens" in the [[Tehir]] language. It was pivotal in the finale of the [[Cross Into Shadows (saved posts)|Cross into Shadows]] storyline, and was later mentioned to provide backstory for Aralyte's red soulstone.
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-The orb will do nothing out of the ordinary if [[Elemental Detection (405)]] is cast at it, but it will severely injure and drain for possibly every other spell. It has the ability to give a malevolent vision of another time and place, possibly triggered similarly to the [[Uthex Kathiasas#Crystal Dome|crystal dome]] with enough casts and a cooldown effect, though more likely a random ambient room messaging. The script is pulling the most recent room description of town square, not a saved copy from decades ago. The crimson light is possibly related to the Sheruvian death messaging, implicitly their own [[Uthex Kathiasas|reincarnation]] method analogous to the [[hooded figure]]s.
+The orb will do nothing out of the ordinary if [[Elemental Detection (405)]] is cast at it, but it will severely injure and drain for possibly every other spell. It has the ability to give a malevolent vision of another time and place, possibly triggered similarly to the [[Uthex Kathiasas#Crystal Dome|crystal dome]] with enough casts and a cooldown effect, though more likely a random ambient room messaging. The script is pulling the most recent room description of town square, not a saved copy from decades ago. The crimson light may be related to the Sheruvian death messaging, their own [[Uthex Kathiasas|reincarnation]] method analogous to the [[hooded figure]]s.
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 The orb on the worktable pulses once with a deep crimson light.  You feel its power reaching out to you, and you are unable to tear your eyes from it!  The power of the orb begins to overwhelm you, and you feel disoriented as your mind fills with the image of another place...
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 Flames are rapidly consuming the tree as the clerics and empaths gathered attempt to attend to the wounded and dying.  Every person in the square is covered with burns, and you can almost hear the screams of suffering in your mind.  The vision fades as quickly as it came, and you collapse to the ground in horror.  The faint smell of burning flesh lingers in the air.
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INIQUITY: miscellaneous edits, incorporating cholen/tonis origin doc info

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	The Ur-Daemon were chaotic creatures from another [[valence]] or perhaps other valences who invaded [[Elanthia]] about 105,000 years ago. It is not known for certain how they gained access to our world, though [[History of Fash'lo'nae#Ur-Daemon\|myths]] have long suggested the blame lies in some fashion with [[Eorgina]] and [[Fash'lo'nae]]. These primordial "daemons" were later interpreted by the Elves as being extra-planar entities, whereas their [[The History of the Sylvan Elves#Chapter One - Early History, Approximately ca. -130,000 to ca. -60,000\|oral traditions]] attested to shadow monsters devouring the forests. These were powerful demonic entities which fed on both the natural mana foci as well as the life's essence. It has become established over the years that they are so inherently unholy that the power of the Arkati ~~cannot~~ ~~touch~~ them, and that pieces of them which sometimes emerge as powerful artifacts can never really be dead.		The Ur-Daemon were chaotic creatures from another [[valence]] or perhaps other valences who invaded [[Elanthia]] about 105,000 years ago. It is not known for certain how they gained access to our world, though [[History of Fash'lo'nae#Ur-Daemon\|myths]] have long suggested the blame lies in some fashion with [[Eorgina]] and [[Fash'lo'nae]]. These primordial "daemons" were later interpreted by the Elves as being extra-planar entities, whereas their [[The History of the Sylvan Elves#Chapter One - Early History, Approximately ca. -130,000 to ca. -60,000\|oral traditions]] attested to shadow monsters devouring the forests. These were powerful demonic entities which fed on both the natural mana foci as well as the life's essence. It has become established over the years that they are so inherently unholy and [[Urglaes-set pitted silver talisman\|alien]] that the power of the Arkati is blinded by them, and that pieces of them which sometimes emerge as powerful artifacts can never really be dead.

	They were driven back by the [[Drakes]] in a thousand year war, which [[Southron Wastes\|blasted the landscape]] for hundreds of miles in the [[The Gods of Elanthia#Introduction to the Arkati\|last battle]] when their remaining portal was collapsed. This is implied to be the [[Southron Wastes]]. It is ~~thought~~ there ~~were~~ [[History of Fash'lo'nae#"Consequence."\|multiple]] such gateways ripped open through some cosmic violence, suggesting there was widespread vulnerabilities in the veil at the time.		They were driven back by the [[Drakes]] in a thousand year war, which [[Southron Wastes\|blasted the landscape]] for hundreds of miles in the [[The Gods of Elanthia#Introduction to the Arkati\|last battle]] when their remaining portal was collapsed. This is implied to be the [[Southron Wastes]]. It is unknown if there was a single [[Origins of Cholen and Tilamaire\|great rift]] or [[History of Fash'lo'nae#"Consequence."\|multiple]] such gateways ripped open through some cosmic violence, suggesting there was widespread vulnerabilities in the veil at the time.

	Other extra-planar intruders are associated with this same period of instability, including: the Great Elementals, the [[Vvrael]], the [[Vishmiir]], and [[Althedeus]]. The last case was a primordial being formed from the chaos of the war itself. The [[Eye of the Drake]] was a powerful artifact designed to seal off the world from the [[The Rift\|interdimensional rift]] leading to many other planes of existence. Theology holds that following the destruction of dragon rule, the gods associated with the moons ([[Arkati]]) inherited the world and brought life back from brink of annihilation. The historical period is referred to as the [[Age of Darkness]].		Other extra-planar intruders are associated with this same period of instability, including: the Great Elementals, the [[Vvrael]], the [[Vishmiir]], and [[Althedeus]]. The last case was a primordial being formed from the chaos of the war itself. The [[Eye of the Drake]] was a powerful artifact designed to seal off the world from the [[The Rift\|interdimensional rift]] leading to many other planes of existence. Theology holds that following the destruction of dragon rule, the gods associated with the moons ([[Arkati]]) inherited the world and brought life back from brink of annihilation. The historical period is referred to as the [[Age of Darkness]].

	==Historical Ur-Daemon==		==Historical Ur-Daemon==
	It is not necessarily known that the "Ur-Daemon" correspond to a single kind of entity, or if there were heterogeneous hordes of major demonic in a single mass slaughter. The blood of a "dead" Ur-Daemon was collected from [[Teras Isle]] by the [[Palestra]] Blade [[Aralyte]] for her ritual to defeat [[Althedeus]], a demon supposedly born of the chaos from the Ur-Daemon War. These have been visioned as enormous floating squids, essentially black tentacled monsters, but other lore attributes them as having limbs with six fingered claws which is reflected in one of the [http://www.play.net/gs4/info/tomes/constellations.asp constellations]. The ever flowing black blood was used to charge the crystallized eye of the Ur-Daemon named Ith'can, who vaguely resembled an [[oculoth]], and whose many eyes allowed transportation between valences. The implication is that Ith'can allowed the Ur-Daemon to invade Elanthia, but generally speaking demons are never seen opening portals to our world themselves. The Eye of Goseth corrupted a Luukosian ~~temple~~ with its dark power.		It is not necessarily known that the "Ur-Daemon" correspond to a single kind of entity, or if there were heterogeneous hordes of major demonic in a single mass slaughter. The blood of a "dead" Ur-Daemon was collected from [[Teras Isle]] by the [[Palestra]] Blade [[Aralyte]] for her ritual to defeat [[Althedeus]], a demon supposedly born of the chaos from the Ur-Daemon War. These have been visioned as enormous floating squids, essentially black tentacled monsters, but other lore attributes them as having limbs with six fingered claws which is reflected in one of the [http://www.play.net/gs4/info/tomes/constellations.asp constellations]. The ever flowing black blood was used to charge the crystallized eye of the Ur-Daemon named Ith'can, who vaguely resembled an [[oculoth]], and whose many eyes allowed transportation between valences. The implication is that Ith'can allowed the Ur-Daemon to invade Elanthia, but generally speaking demons are never seen opening portals to our world themselves. The Eye of Goseth corrupted the Luukosian [[Sanctum of Scales]] with its dark power.

			Myths hold that they originate in an incomprehensible realm of "[[Origins of Cholen and Tilamaire\|eldritch madness]]", and even that they made [[Origins of Tonis\|nurseries]] out of bleeding chasms in the earth. The stories hold that the land itself was blackened and twisted with their corruption, as they oozed and glided through the landscape without any sensible order. [[Rhoska-Tor]] is thought to have been such a place, which [[Despana]] searched. There are numerous myths attesting various relationships between [[Marlu]] with Eorgina and Fash'lo'nae, ranging from the notion that he was [[History of Fash'lo'nae\|the first]] Ur-Daemon to breach our world, or even that he was a [[Origins of Tonis\|stranded infant]] who fell under [[The Temple of Darkness Poem\|the care]] of Eorgina. The rift for which the last great battle took place is interpreted as having provided them inexhaustible renewal of their forces and interplanar bleedthrough of their chaotic power.

⚫	While the official lore has nothing in the way of religions specifically devoted to the Ur-Daemon, there have been some demonic cults related to theology surrounding the First Age cataclysm. With a ~~modernization~~ of the [[ICE age\|I.C.E. Age]] lore surrounding [[The Dark Path]], their idiosyncratic beliefs regarding "[[Kadaena\|Ka'Daena]]" and the "Gates of the Void" can be twisted to reflect the [[Ithzir]] "[[Orders of the Turamzzyrian Empire#Disciples of the Shadows\|Grak'na'Den]]" and [[Tehir]] "Maw of the Void." [[The Broken Lands]] could be reinterpreted with [[Althedeus]] replacing the imprisoned [[Uthex Kathiasas#Behind the Scenes\|Kabis]], if the Kabis interpretation of the Broken Lands was being used, with The Dark Path treated as a cult of Shadows with an odd theology of [[Eorgina]]. These interpretations are purely apocryphal and would not be backed up by any modern lore on ~~those~~ ~~subjects~~.
	===Known Ur-Daemon===		===Known Ur-Daemon===
	*Ith'can - An Ur-Daemon resembling an oculoth, with supernatural powers like possession, whose many eyes allowed interplanar travel.		*Ith'can - An Ur-Daemon resembling an oculoth, with supernatural powers like possession, whose many eyes allowed interplanar travel.
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	*[[Orders of the Turamzzyrian Empire#Disciples of the Shadows\|Disciples of the Shadows]]		*[[Orders of the Turamzzyrian Empire#Disciples of the Shadows\|Disciples of the Shadows]]
	*[[The Broken Lands and ki-lin\|The Dark Path]] (archaic)		*[[The Broken Lands and ki-lin\|The Dark Path]] (archaic)
	*Marluvian cultists		*[[Urglaes-set pitted silver talisman\|Marluvian cultists]]
	*[[Mezic]]s ([[Maleskari]] cultists)		*[[Mezic]]s ([[Maleskari]] cultists)
	*[[Xorus Kul'shin\|The Cult of Kron'khaal]] (unofficial)		*[[Xorus Kul'shin\|The Cult of Kron'khaal]] (unofficial)
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	===Below Melgorehn's Reach===		===Below Melgorehn's Reach===
	When [[Elithain Cross]] was confronted in 5114 Modern Era, temporal anomalies showed a scene related to the Ur-Daemon and Vvrael.		When [[Elithain Cross]] was confronted in 5114 Modern Era, temporal anomalies showed a scene related to the Ur-Daemon and Vvrael. This was also seen in the same place with [[Teuriz]] in 5117 M.E.
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	The air grows warm and ethereal lights drift through the area like ghostly white smoke. Among the pale mist, images form and shift, first depicting a sky filled with ancient Drakes, their fiery breaths pouring out to burn a gnarled black Ur'Daemon that floats through the air like a giant squid, and then next an [[Ruin Creek\|Ashrim ship]] gently floating on the waves as fires rage on the distant land.		The air grows warm and ethereal lights drift through the area like ghostly white smoke. Among the pale mist, images form and shift, first depicting a sky filled with ancient Drakes, their fiery breaths pouring out to burn a gnarled black Ur'Daemon that floats through the air like a giant squid, and then next an [[Ruin Creek\|Ashrim ship]] gently floating on the waves as fires rage on the distant land.
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	Twisting runes and carvings along the face of the monolith dance in your vision causing you to sway uneasily. You can't seem to keep a clear focus on them long enough to decipher what they mean. Imbedded into the monolith is a large, krodera orb covered with veins of pure veil iron. The detailed stonework around the orb portrays hordes of daemon clutching at the orb. The daemon's arms extend toward the orb, their claws digging into the its surface and securing it in place. The orb pulses rhythmically with a dull red glow. The veil iron veins seem to writhe as the opposing magics caress them and tap their power, and a swirling mist surrounds the monolith as if protecting it. There is a small, gem-shaped, indentation just above the orb which is empty.		Twisting runes and carvings along the face of the monolith dance in your vision causing you to sway uneasily. You can't seem to keep a clear focus on them long enough to decipher what they mean. Imbedded into the monolith is a large, krodera orb covered with veins of pure veil iron. The detailed stonework around the orb portrays hordes of daemon clutching at the orb. The daemon's arms extend toward the orb, their claws digging into the its surface and securing it in place. The orb pulses rhythmically with a dull red glow. The veil iron veins seem to writhe as the opposing magics caress them and tap their power, and a swirling mist surrounds the monolith as if protecting it. There is a small, gem-shaped, indentation just above the orb which is empty.
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	This is clearly related to the mist-shrouded krodera orb in the [[Greater vruul\|Summoning Chamber]] of the [[Broken Lands\|Sheruvian Monastery]]. There are tapestries depicting Melgorehn's Reach in the monastery. The mechanics for the summoning chamber have been turned off for many years, so it is ~~unclear~~ ~~how~~ ~~these~~ ~~orbs~~ ~~might~~ ~~affect each other~~. It pulls people toward it like the one on Melgorehn's Reach. Casting magic at this orb will potentially strip all of your spells and mana, inflicting severe nerve damages. It would be unwise to experiment with it without carrying all of the necessary nerve wound and scar herbs.		This is clearly related to the mist-shrouded krodera orb in the [[Greater vruul\|Summoning Chamber]] of the [[Broken Lands\|Sheruvian Monastery]]. There are tapestries depicting Melgorehn's Reach in the monastery. The mechanics for the summoning chamber have been turned off for many years, they are part of a long distance teleportation network. It pulls people toward it like the one on Melgorehn's Reach. Casting magic at this orb will potentially strip all of your spells and mana, inflicting severe nerve damages. It would be unwise to experiment with it without carrying all of the necessary nerve wound and scar herbs.
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	The orb will do nothing out of the ordinary if [[Elemental Detection (405)]] is cast at it, but it will severely injure and drain for possibly every other spell. It has the ability to give a malevolent vision of another time and place, possibly triggered similarly to the [[Uthex Kathiasas#Crystal Dome\|crystal dome]] with enough casts and a cooldown effect, though it ~~might~~ be random ambient room messaging. The script is pulling the most recent room description of town square, not a saved copy from decades ago. The crimson light is ~~probably~~ related to the Sheruvian death messaging, implicitly their own [[Uthex Kathiasas\|reincarnation]] method analogous to the [[hooded figure]]s.		The orb will do nothing out of the ordinary if [[Elemental Detection (405)]] is cast at it, but it will severely injure and drain for possibly every other spell. It has the ability to give a malevolent vision of another time and place, possibly triggered similarly to the [[Uthex Kathiasas#Crystal Dome\|crystal dome]] with enough casts and a cooldown effect, though more likely a random ambient room messaging. The script is pulling the most recent room description of town square, not a saved copy from decades ago. The crimson light is possibly related to the Sheruvian death messaging, implicitly their own [[Uthex Kathiasas\|reincarnation]] method analogous to the [[hooded figure]]s.
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	The orb on the worktable pulses once with a deep crimson light. You feel its power reaching out to you, and you are unable to tear your eyes from it! The power of the orb begins to overwhelm you, and you feel disoriented as your mind fills with the image of another place...		The orb on the worktable pulses once with a deep crimson light. You feel its power reaching out to you, and you are unable to tear your eyes from it! The power of the orb begins to overwhelm you, and you feel disoriented as your mind fills with the image of another place...
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	==Resources==		==Resources==
	*[[History of Fash'lo'nae]] (official documentation)		*[[History of Fash'lo'nae]] (official documentation)
			*[[Origins of Cholen and Tilamaire]] (official documentation)
			*[[Origins of Tonis]] (official documentation)
	*[http://www.play.net/gs4/info/tomes/official-elanthian-history.asp#1 Rough account of the Ur-Daemon War]		*[http://www.play.net/gs4/info/tomes/official-elanthian-history.asp#1 Rough account of the Ur-Daemon War]
	*[http://www.play.net/gs4/info/tomes/deities/marlu.asp Marlu's Profile]		*[http://www.play.net/gs4/info/tomes/deities/marlu.asp Marlu's Profile]
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	==Behind the Scenes==		==Behind the Scenes==
	Very little is established about the Ur-Daemon, other than their inherent unholy power, and the idea that they can never truly be dead. The archaic spelling "daemon" is Lovecraftian where this same concept of a sleeping death that is never truly dead would apply to otherworldly entities like Cthulhu. The "father of serpents" Yig in the Cthulhu Mythos would be regarded as "the ur-daemon" (the truth behind the fiction) behind mythical Mesoamerican underworld snake gods such as Quetzlcoatl, and he is an "ur-text" behind the [[Muylari#Behind the Scenes\|wyrm]] of [[Shadow Valley]] and possibly even the [[abyran]]. The prefix "ur" would simply mean "first", "original", or "primordial." They would be the original demons of prehistorical memory, as opposed to those lesser demonic who emerge through random rifts from [[mana storm]]s and celestial alignments.		Very little is established about the Ur-Daemon, other than their inherent unholy power, and the idea that they can never truly be dead. The archaic spelling "daemon" is Lovecraftian where this same concept of a sleeping death that is never truly dead would apply to otherworldly entities like Cthulhu. The "father of serpents" Yig in the Cthulhu Mythos would be regarded as "the ur-daemon" (the truth behind the fiction) behind mythical Mesoamerican underworld snake gods such as Quetzlcoatl, and he is an "ur-text" behind the [[Muylari#Behind the Scenes\|wyrm]] of [[Shadow Valley]] and possibly even the [[abyran]]. The prefix "ur" would simply mean "first", "original", or "primordial." They would be the original demons of prehistorical memory, as opposed to those lesser demonic who emerge through random rifts from [[mana storm]]s and celestial alignments.

		⚫	While the official lore has nothing in the way of religions specifically devoted to the Ur-Daemon, there have been some demonic cults related to theology surrounding the First Age cataclysm. With a modernized retcon of the [[ICE age\|I.C.E. Age]] lore surrounding [[The Dark Path]], their idiosyncratic beliefs regarding "[[Kadaena\|Ka'Daena]]" and the "Gates of the Void" can be twisted to reflect the [[Ithzir]] "[[Orders of the Turamzzyrian Empire#Disciples of the Shadows\|Grak'na'Den]]" and [[Tehir]] "Maw of the Void." [[The Broken Lands]] could be reinterpreted with [[Althedeus]] replacing the imprisoned [[Uthex Kathiasas#Behind the Scenes\|Kabis]], if the Kabis interpretation of the Broken Lands was being used, with The Dark Path treated as a cult of Shadows with an odd theology of [[Eorgina]]. These interpretations are purely apocryphal and would not be backed up by any modern lore, though a [[Urglaes-set pitted silver talisman\|Marluvian talisman]] does resemble the Broken Lands.

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INIQUITY: /* Melgorehn's Reach */ add another ambient orb message

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Melgorehn's Reach: add another ambient orb message

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	A large brown rat bolts out from under the worktable quickly followed by a hissing black cat, spitting its annoyance at the rat for its intrusion. As they enter the crimson vaalin summoning circle on the floor, pale blue bolts of lightning arc out from the krodera orb, engulfing both of them! When the smoke clears, nothing remains of either of them except for the lingering stench of burnt hair and a small splotch on the floor just inside of the circle.		A large brown rat bolts out from under the worktable quickly followed by a hissing black cat, spitting its annoyance at the rat for its intrusion. As they enter the crimson vaalin summoning circle on the floor, pale blue bolts of lightning arc out from the krodera orb, engulfing both of them! When the smoke clears, nothing remains of either of them except for the lingering stench of burnt hair and a small splotch on the floor just inside of the circle.

			You notice a tiny spider begin to work its way up the intricate vaalin stand. As the spider's legs touch the surface of the orb, it flares with a sickly green light. As your vision clears, you notice that nothing remains of the spider.
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