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<blockquote data-quote="Tellerian Hawke" data-source="post: 7518339" data-attributes="member: 6790669"><p><strong>Results of Sylvar's Bardic Knowledge Check</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>[sblock=What Sylvar Knows From Legends of Old]</p><p>Sylvar doesn’t recall anything about the “True Blood,” but he does recall that there was a legend that he once heard, about the <strong>Cult of Vecna</strong>, a dark order of sinister mages, all of whom were obsessed with two main goals: the attainment of immortality for themselves, and the restoration of their fallen lord, the Arch Lich known as Vecna. </p><p></p><p>[gm]</p><p>SIDENOTE: Vecna had been a powerful wizard in his mortal life, and in his elder years, he purposefully transformed himself into a Lich, and forged an empire through the letting of blood over a 510-year period, from S.D. 3805 - S.D. 4315 (S.D. = Suloise Date.) By the time Vecna’s corporeal form was sundered in S.D. 4315 (which, in C.Y. Dating, is C.Y. -1200) Vecna had already obtained quasi-deitific status, having legions of loyal followers dedicated to the acquisition of power through servitude of him. Thus, Vecna has persevered, his cult now known far and wide as The Unseen Eyes, a reference to the fact that anything that his servants know is also known by their dark master, whose colloquial title is “The Master of Secrets.”</p><p>[/gm]</p><p></p><p>Most of the members of the original Cult of Vecna (before it became a true religion) eventually became Liches themselves, although there was one magus in particular, the Arch Magus known as Morval Ebonfire, who was convinced that there were other undead forms that could grant more power, and greater longevity, than “mere Lichdom.” It is said that Morval captured a powerful vampire, and experimented on him for centuries, trying to concoct a potion from his blood that would grant Morval immortality and ultimate power; this is obviously the arch magus that Margull was referring to. And Margull is most certainly the powerful vampire in question. It is said that Morval developed the potion early in Margull’s captivity, transforming himself; and over the next two hundred years or so, Morval would return periodically to the place where Margull was being held, in order to consume additional doses of Margull’s blood, all the while, creating legions of loyal servants (Vampyr Spawn) with which he planned to wage war against the Elven Empires, much as Vecna had originally done.</p><p></p><p>There are those sages who theorize that it was Vecna himself who somehow arranged Margull’s escape, as repayment for what he saw as Morval’s treachery. Morval had turned away from Vecna’s service, more interested in his own ambitions. According to legend, Margull somehow freed himself (or was set free) from the spell that was binding him (and also suppressing his powers), and laid in wait for Morval to return. When he did, Margull surprised him, using the power of the blood to paralyze Morval. Margull then drained Morval completely of all blood, and consumed his heart and brain, which had the effect of utterly destroying the would-be tyrant.</p><p>[/sblock]</p><p></p><p>[gm] <strong>SYLVAR:</strong> If you choose to tell the party all that you know about this matter, simply state that you do so (in character) and then the party members can simply come back to this post and click on the <strong>SBlock</strong>, rather than you having to re-type all of this information. [/gm]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tellerian Hawke, post: 7518339, member: 6790669"] [b]Results of Sylvar's Bardic Knowledge Check[/b] [sblock=What Sylvar Knows From Legends of Old] Sylvar doesn’t recall anything about the “True Blood,” but he does recall that there was a legend that he once heard, about the [B]Cult of Vecna[/B], a dark order of sinister mages, all of whom were obsessed with two main goals: the attainment of immortality for themselves, and the restoration of their fallen lord, the Arch Lich known as Vecna. [gm] SIDENOTE: Vecna had been a powerful wizard in his mortal life, and in his elder years, he purposefully transformed himself into a Lich, and forged an empire through the letting of blood over a 510-year period, from S.D. 3805 - S.D. 4315 (S.D. = Suloise Date.) By the time Vecna’s corporeal form was sundered in S.D. 4315 (which, in C.Y. Dating, is C.Y. -1200) Vecna had already obtained quasi-deitific status, having legions of loyal followers dedicated to the acquisition of power through servitude of him. Thus, Vecna has persevered, his cult now known far and wide as The Unseen Eyes, a reference to the fact that anything that his servants know is also known by their dark master, whose colloquial title is “The Master of Secrets.” [/gm] Most of the members of the original Cult of Vecna (before it became a true religion) eventually became Liches themselves, although there was one magus in particular, the Arch Magus known as Morval Ebonfire, who was convinced that there were other undead forms that could grant more power, and greater longevity, than “mere Lichdom.” It is said that Morval captured a powerful vampire, and experimented on him for centuries, trying to concoct a potion from his blood that would grant Morval immortality and ultimate power; this is obviously the arch magus that Margull was referring to. And Margull is most certainly the powerful vampire in question. It is said that Morval developed the potion early in Margull’s captivity, transforming himself; and over the next two hundred years or so, Morval would return periodically to the place where Margull was being held, in order to consume additional doses of Margull’s blood, all the while, creating legions of loyal servants (Vampyr Spawn) with which he planned to wage war against the Elven Empires, much as Vecna had originally done. There are those sages who theorize that it was Vecna himself who somehow arranged Margull’s escape, as repayment for what he saw as Morval’s treachery. Morval had turned away from Vecna’s service, more interested in his own ambitions. According to legend, Margull somehow freed himself (or was set free) from the spell that was binding him (and also suppressing his powers), and laid in wait for Morval to return. When he did, Margull surprised him, using the power of the blood to paralyze Morval. Margull then drained Morval completely of all blood, and consumed his heart and brain, which had the effect of utterly destroying the would-be tyrant. [/sblock] [gm] [B]SYLVAR:[/B] If you choose to tell the party all that you know about this matter, simply state that you do so (in character) and then the party members can simply come back to this post and click on the [B]SBlock[/B], rather than you having to re-type all of this information. [/gm] [/QUOTE]
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