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<blockquote data-quote="Knightfall" data-source="post: 8628610" data-attributes="member: 2012"><p><h4><span style="color: rgb(251, 160, 38)"><span style="font-size: 18px">Yosyntya (Dark Reborn)</span></span></h4><p><strong>Source:</strong> Homebrewed</p><p><strong>Origin:</strong> Lands of the Miekka</p><p><strong>Symbol:</strong> A ring of blood-red swords embedded in the ground around a large central blackened sword on a field of red and black.</p><p><strong>Leaders:</strong> Caleb Oxenbrigg [ISPOILER](NE male Ervenik human, ex-cleric of Vespin 10/disaffected 10*)[/ISPOILER]; Kaarlo Østerdal [ISPOILER](LE male Meai human, fighter 14)[/ISPOILER]; Lazzaro Canis [ISPOILER](CE male unholy scion, cleric of Angrboda 16)[/ISPOILER]; Raphael Korsten [ISPOILER](LE male dragontouched, marshal 18)[/ISPOILER]; Theophilus Fen Arthin [ISPOILER](CN male hairfoot halfling, cleric of the Dark Reborn 14)[/ISPOILER].</p><p style="margin-left: 20px">[ISPOILER]*See pg. 30–31 of the d20 sourcebook <em>Requiem for a God</em> for details on this prestige class.[/ISPOILER]</p><p><strong>Notable Members:</strong> Andras Ytterdal [ISPOILER](NE female half-gnoll*, elementalist 8)[/ISPOILER]; Buccanelos Smaniotto [ISPOILER](CE male half-orc, sorcerer 11)[/ISPOILER]; Jukka Aasen [ISPOILER](CE male half-ogre, rogue 6/anti-paladin 6)[/ISPOILER]; Meggan Thuresby [ISPOILER](NE female fire jovian*, crusader 9)[/ISPOILER]; Usha Gascoigne [ISPOILER](NE female Ervenik human, fighter 10)[/ISPOILER].</p><p style="margin-left: 20px">[ISPOILER]*A racial origin from the d20 sourcebook <em>Bastards & Bloodlines: A Guidebook to Half-Breeds</em>.[/ISPOILER]</p><h3><span style="font-size: 18px">Purpose</span></h3><p>The goals of the Yosyntya are to resurrect the fallen Dark Children and to free Hiisi from captivity in Carceri. The Yosyntya work towards the first goal, before all others; work towards freeing the Lord of Darkness, second; and work towards anything else of interest, third.</p><h3><span style="font-size: 18px">Notable Activities</span></h3><p>The roots of the Yosyntya are firmly attached to the Old Sword Lands of the Ragik Peninsula. Its traditional name comes from the language of the deities of the Finns of which Hiisi is still a member even in his banished state. In the Old Sword Lands, the Yosyntya works tirelessly to protect the unholy places of the Dark Children from those who would reconsecrate them to other dark gods (or destroy them). Mussin (as the current leader of the Sword Gods) and his followers wish to wipe away the remnants of Angrboda and Hiisi’s brood. This clash of religious doctrine has lead to a bloody feud between the Yosyntya and the followers of the remaining Sword Gods.</p><p></p><p>Note, however, that the Yosyntya, or the Dark Reborn as it is called beyond the Ragik Peninsula, isn’t considered a religious cult even though many of its members are followers of the teachings of Angrboda, Hiisi, and the Dark Children. It is more like an esoteric knighthood made up of the aimless, the disenchanted, and the roughshod of Harqual’s society. An individual cell of the Dark Reborn works toward restoring a particular Dark Child to godhood, and the cell is usually led by corrupt rogues, disenchanted priests, or unholy knights.</p><p></p><p>The Dark Reborn believes that if they can free Hiisi from Carceri, the Lord of Darkness will be able to restore the Dark Children to the world or spawn new Dark Children to take the place of the Fallen Ones. The latter is more likely and most of the Dark Reborn would accept new Dark Children to worship. There is some friction in the group’s ranks regarding this idea, and the Dark Reborn is often split between the more orthodox view of restoring the fallen Dark Children and the heretical idea of Hiisi spawning new Dark Children.</p><p></p><p>The members of Dark Reborn do not operate within a vacuum of their own zealousness, however. They realize that other organizations work towards the same goals or similar ones. The best example of this is the Black Cult of Hiisi, which wishes to free Hiisi from Carceri. While that is the cult’s primary goal they have been known to work with the Dark Reborn to accomplish other goals. However, the Black Cult has no interest in restoring the Dark Children to divinity, and its members would never presume to preach the idea that Hiisi will spawn new Dark Children to replace the Fallen Ones.</p><p></p><p>This very specific ideology keeps the Black Cult and the Dark Reborn from working more closely together. It also separates the Dark Reborn from the activities of the Cagewrights. The members of the Dark Reborn despise the Cagewrights and will not work with them unless the priests of the Black Cult insist that the three groups work together. However, the Black Cult rarely can influence the members of the Dark Reborn enough to accept the presence of Cagewrights. The Dark Reborn consider freeing anything else from Carceri, including exiled demon lords, to be counterproductive to their cause.</p><h3><span style="font-size: 18px">Campaign Notes</span></h3><p>The Yosyntya has taken it upon itself to try to <em>free</em> the lands of the Kingdom of Ahamudia from the interlopers that illegally settled there after The Transformation. At least, that's how they see it. Since the Transformation the Kingdom of Ahamudia has become a driving force throughout the southern half of the Ragik Peninsula. The Ahamudians have allied themselves with the peoples of the Goldensoul Monarchy and the Mines of Morhan. They have also actively opposed the aggressive behaviours of the citizens of the Soreney Domain and the brigands of Toraa Bagul. The Ahamudians have even kept the armies of the Sword South at bay.</p><p></p><p>The Yosyntya consider the Ahamudians to be little better than dogs to be forced into submission. Many of the group’s members have become “freedom fighters” on the northern side of the Rilous Mountains. They attack Ahamudians and their allies without hesitation or mercy. This protracted guerrilla war has been going on since the end of the Ahamudian War. The end result of that war enrages the leaders of the Yosyntya. The most militant of these leaders is an ex-solider named Kaarlo Østerdal. He has personally lead dozens of missions against the citizens and soldiery of Ahamudia. He and his squad rarely take prisoners; they prefer to butcher everyone before fleeing back into the lands of Toraa Bagul.</p><p></p><p>The Yosyntya have an extreme hatred for the dwarves and gnomes of the Domain of Bitran. The organization works towards destroying these peoples who have defiled the sacred lands of the Dark Children and the Lord of Darkness. The group’s members have heard of the jackal-headed humanoids of Hutaalar, but they have yet to find a way past the hutaakans considerable magical defences. Their unique god, Vaflar, protects them from the assaults of the Dark Reborn. This has frustrated the Yosyntya to no end. The group’s leaders are worried that they are losing ground to too many foes all at once. It is only a matter of time until they become even more militant.</p><p></p><p>Another place on the Ragik Peninsula where the Yosyntya are commonplace is the region known as the Land of the Miekka. This area is sacred to the worship of the Sword Gods and the Dark Children. Miekka, also known as the Lands of the Ziggurats, is a matriarchal autocracy with strong ties to the worship of Angrboda and her brood. It is in Miekka that the Yosyntya first came into existence, to protect the unholy lands of the Fallen Ones, shortly after the end of the Divinity War. Since Mussin’s takeover of the Sword Gods, his priests have begun to systematically destroy all remnants of Hiisi’s power-base and the legacy of his Dark Children. The Yosyntya rose up to face this coup and have never stopped fighting. It is a strange thing to behold evil battling evil on the brutal stage that is Miekka.</p><p></p><p>The Yosyntya also fights to undo the changes currently happening in the Sword Protectorate. The Ahamudian War, as short as it was, ended in the capital city of old heart of the Empire of Swords, and it ended with the death of the last Sword Emperor. Now the capital city has been given a new name, Vapaa, and the region is controlled by new military force controlled by the combined forces of the Eight Cities Alliance. This alliance is a farce in the minds of the leaders of the Yosyntya; its member cities have no right to undo the traditions of darkness and evil that have sustained the Old Sword Lands for over a thousand years.</p><p></p><p>The Yosyntya is rarely encountered throughout the rest of the Lands of Harqual and those that have had run-ins with its members know them only as the Dark Reborn. Beyond the Ragik Peninsula, the members of the Dark Reborn never use the group’s traditional name. It’s not a secret, but it is considered unwise to announce that name to the rest of the continent. The Dark Reborn are strongest throughout the western lands including the Eversinki Suzerainty, Jovian Alliance, Kingdom of Izmer, and the Principality of Shaule, as well as the entire Storm Peninsula. The group has become a problem along the Chara Coast as well. Its members are rarely encountered south of those lands or anywhere east of the Principality of Pretensa in the Thunder Lands.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]156877[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Knightfall, post: 8628610, member: 2012"] [HEADING=3][COLOR=rgb(251, 160, 38)][SIZE=5]Yosyntya (Dark Reborn)[/SIZE][/COLOR][/HEADING] [B]Source:[/B] Homebrewed [B]Origin:[/B] Lands of the Miekka [B]Symbol:[/B] A ring of blood-red swords embedded in the ground around a large central blackened sword on a field of red and black. [B]Leaders:[/B] Caleb Oxenbrigg [ISPOILER](NE male Ervenik human, ex-cleric of Vespin 10/disaffected 10*)[/ISPOILER]; Kaarlo Østerdal [ISPOILER](LE male Meai human, fighter 14)[/ISPOILER]; Lazzaro Canis [ISPOILER](CE male unholy scion, cleric of Angrboda 16)[/ISPOILER]; Raphael Korsten [ISPOILER](LE male dragontouched, marshal 18)[/ISPOILER]; Theophilus Fen Arthin [ISPOILER](CN male hairfoot halfling, cleric of the Dark Reborn 14)[/ISPOILER]. [INDENT][ISPOILER]*See pg. 30–31 of the d20 sourcebook [I]Requiem for a God[/I] for details on this prestige class.[/ISPOILER][/INDENT] [B]Notable Members:[/B] Andras Ytterdal [ISPOILER](NE female half-gnoll*, elementalist 8)[/ISPOILER]; Buccanelos Smaniotto [ISPOILER](CE male half-orc, sorcerer 11)[/ISPOILER]; Jukka Aasen [ISPOILER](CE male half-ogre, rogue 6/anti-paladin 6)[/ISPOILER]; Meggan Thuresby [ISPOILER](NE female fire jovian*, crusader 9)[/ISPOILER]; Usha Gascoigne [ISPOILER](NE female Ervenik human, fighter 10)[/ISPOILER]. [INDENT][ISPOILER]*A racial origin from the d20 sourcebook [I]Bastards & Bloodlines: A Guidebook to Half-Breeds[/I].[/ISPOILER][/INDENT] [HEADING=2][SIZE=5]Purpose[/SIZE][/HEADING] The goals of the Yosyntya are to resurrect the fallen Dark Children and to free Hiisi from captivity in Carceri. The Yosyntya work towards the first goal, before all others; work towards freeing the Lord of Darkness, second; and work towards anything else of interest, third. [HEADING=2][SIZE=5]Notable Activities[/SIZE][/HEADING] The roots of the Yosyntya are firmly attached to the Old Sword Lands of the Ragik Peninsula. Its traditional name comes from the language of the deities of the Finns of which Hiisi is still a member even in his banished state. In the Old Sword Lands, the Yosyntya works tirelessly to protect the unholy places of the Dark Children from those who would reconsecrate them to other dark gods (or destroy them). Mussin (as the current leader of the Sword Gods) and his followers wish to wipe away the remnants of Angrboda and Hiisi’s brood. This clash of religious doctrine has lead to a bloody feud between the Yosyntya and the followers of the remaining Sword Gods. Note, however, that the Yosyntya, or the Dark Reborn as it is called beyond the Ragik Peninsula, isn’t considered a religious cult even though many of its members are followers of the teachings of Angrboda, Hiisi, and the Dark Children. It is more like an esoteric knighthood made up of the aimless, the disenchanted, and the roughshod of Harqual’s society. An individual cell of the Dark Reborn works toward restoring a particular Dark Child to godhood, and the cell is usually led by corrupt rogues, disenchanted priests, or unholy knights. The Dark Reborn believes that if they can free Hiisi from Carceri, the Lord of Darkness will be able to restore the Dark Children to the world or spawn new Dark Children to take the place of the Fallen Ones. The latter is more likely and most of the Dark Reborn would accept new Dark Children to worship. There is some friction in the group’s ranks regarding this idea, and the Dark Reborn is often split between the more orthodox view of restoring the fallen Dark Children and the heretical idea of Hiisi spawning new Dark Children. The members of Dark Reborn do not operate within a vacuum of their own zealousness, however. They realize that other organizations work towards the same goals or similar ones. The best example of this is the Black Cult of Hiisi, which wishes to free Hiisi from Carceri. While that is the cult’s primary goal they have been known to work with the Dark Reborn to accomplish other goals. However, the Black Cult has no interest in restoring the Dark Children to divinity, and its members would never presume to preach the idea that Hiisi will spawn new Dark Children to replace the Fallen Ones. This very specific ideology keeps the Black Cult and the Dark Reborn from working more closely together. It also separates the Dark Reborn from the activities of the Cagewrights. The members of the Dark Reborn despise the Cagewrights and will not work with them unless the priests of the Black Cult insist that the three groups work together. However, the Black Cult rarely can influence the members of the Dark Reborn enough to accept the presence of Cagewrights. The Dark Reborn consider freeing anything else from Carceri, including exiled demon lords, to be counterproductive to their cause. [HEADING=2][SIZE=5]Campaign Notes[/SIZE][/HEADING] The Yosyntya has taken it upon itself to try to [I]free[/I] the lands of the Kingdom of Ahamudia from the interlopers that illegally settled there after The Transformation. At least, that's how they see it. Since the Transformation the Kingdom of Ahamudia has become a driving force throughout the southern half of the Ragik Peninsula. The Ahamudians have allied themselves with the peoples of the Goldensoul Monarchy and the Mines of Morhan. They have also actively opposed the aggressive behaviours of the citizens of the Soreney Domain and the brigands of Toraa Bagul. The Ahamudians have even kept the armies of the Sword South at bay. The Yosyntya consider the Ahamudians to be little better than dogs to be forced into submission. Many of the group’s members have become “freedom fighters” on the northern side of the Rilous Mountains. They attack Ahamudians and their allies without hesitation or mercy. This protracted guerrilla war has been going on since the end of the Ahamudian War. The end result of that war enrages the leaders of the Yosyntya. The most militant of these leaders is an ex-solider named Kaarlo Østerdal. He has personally lead dozens of missions against the citizens and soldiery of Ahamudia. He and his squad rarely take prisoners; they prefer to butcher everyone before fleeing back into the lands of Toraa Bagul. The Yosyntya have an extreme hatred for the dwarves and gnomes of the Domain of Bitran. The organization works towards destroying these peoples who have defiled the sacred lands of the Dark Children and the Lord of Darkness. The group’s members have heard of the jackal-headed humanoids of Hutaalar, but they have yet to find a way past the hutaakans considerable magical defences. Their unique god, Vaflar, protects them from the assaults of the Dark Reborn. This has frustrated the Yosyntya to no end. The group’s leaders are worried that they are losing ground to too many foes all at once. It is only a matter of time until they become even more militant. Another place on the Ragik Peninsula where the Yosyntya are commonplace is the region known as the Land of the Miekka. This area is sacred to the worship of the Sword Gods and the Dark Children. Miekka, also known as the Lands of the Ziggurats, is a matriarchal autocracy with strong ties to the worship of Angrboda and her brood. It is in Miekka that the Yosyntya first came into existence, to protect the unholy lands of the Fallen Ones, shortly after the end of the Divinity War. Since Mussin’s takeover of the Sword Gods, his priests have begun to systematically destroy all remnants of Hiisi’s power-base and the legacy of his Dark Children. The Yosyntya rose up to face this coup and have never stopped fighting. It is a strange thing to behold evil battling evil on the brutal stage that is Miekka. The Yosyntya also fights to undo the changes currently happening in the Sword Protectorate. The Ahamudian War, as short as it was, ended in the capital city of old heart of the Empire of Swords, and it ended with the death of the last Sword Emperor. Now the capital city has been given a new name, Vapaa, and the region is controlled by new military force controlled by the combined forces of the Eight Cities Alliance. This alliance is a farce in the minds of the leaders of the Yosyntya; its member cities have no right to undo the traditions of darkness and evil that have sustained the Old Sword Lands for over a thousand years. The Yosyntya is rarely encountered throughout the rest of the Lands of Harqual and those that have had run-ins with its members know them only as the Dark Reborn. Beyond the Ragik Peninsula, the members of the Dark Reborn never use the group’s traditional name. It’s not a secret, but it is considered unwise to announce that name to the rest of the continent. The Dark Reborn are strongest throughout the western lands including the Eversinki Suzerainty, Jovian Alliance, Kingdom of Izmer, and the Principality of Shaule, as well as the entire Storm Peninsula. The group has become a problem along the Chara Coast as well. Its members are rarely encountered south of those lands or anywhere east of the Principality of Pretensa in the Thunder Lands. [CENTER][ATTACH type="full"]156877[/ATTACH][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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