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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Electric Wizard" data-source="post: 5927564" data-attributes="member: 83982">The Pact of the EyeAdditional information about Hex 26.01The dwarves chose Hoth Achaar's location for many reasons. The most secretive was the opportunity to study and perhaps exploit the ley line that surfaces in the mountain cave. The research was kept quiet. Even in their zenith, dwarves distrusted magic, and memories of the catastrophes that befell Othonoi (44.17) were still fresh.Ram Roskinder, the Shrouded Land's most infamous dwarf demiurge, headed the ley line project. It was here that he created his controversial Holy Mountain Thesis. It states that lines emerge at locations deemed holy by the gods. Whoever claimed these sites, physically and spiritually, would be blessed with great elemental knowledge.Roskinder's thesis was Hoth Achaar's undoing. He began correspondence with a wizened orc who claimed to be the last surviving priest-king of Othonoi. Roskander eventually allowed the orc's disciples into the stronghold to aid research and implement his ideas. The Disciples of Othonoi moved about the city with invisibility cloaks. They began whispering spells into the ears of the sleeping masons and architects. Soon engravers feverishly covered the walls in runes by moonlight. They viciously assaulted any who attempted to restrain them. Paranoia, then chaos spread in the streets as citizens sought a source for the madness. It didn't last long. After the final rune was carved into the walls, a mighty earthquake rocked the city. Its gates were torn open. An orc army marched in and occupied the city within hours.The dwarves were astonished that their conquerors showed mercy. The tribe allowed them to continue their lives in exchange for tribute and passage through the city. The orcs formed a secret society called the Quartermasters. It was based around the study and reverence of captured ley line, which they renamed the Eye of Grummsch. Over the next century, the races co-existed under the so-caled Pact of the Eye. Sometimes they even formed alliances against common threats. After a bloody dwarf rebellion, however, the Quartermasters seized power and drove the surviving dwarves out of the walls.Hooks-Was the ancient orc really a former priest-king of Othonoi? Who was he, and what did he gain from the Pact of the Eye?-Where do the descendants of the rebellious dwarves dwell?-Roskinder's theory is controversial even after 1,000 years. What do other schools of thought believe about the lines?-What became of the Disciples, and more importantly, their amazing invisibility cloaks?</blockquote>

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