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Message: <blockquote data-quote="thol" data-source="post: 1353201" data-attributes="member: 6365">Sammael's ChosenIn the ancient last days of the Archon Kingdoms, before the coming of Hazekal the Wonderous, dangerous was the countryside and meek were the people beneath its rulers' stiff hands. To be loyal was to be silent. Unrest was imprisonment, and rebellion was death. The words of the Spoken were few and careful, and those who would profess otherwise professed no more.The Archons were fearless, but overzealous in pursuit of those with lesser ideals than they. But their ways were the ways of enlightenment, so they said, and their power was their proof. With no gods to pray to, this became simple truth to simple folk, and simply the way of things to those who knew better.Until Sammael.From the lands to the south, upon the dragon called the Cloud of Teraesyn, came the Great Demagogue, Sammael of Seraesyn. Desperate for leadership, the people quickly fell behind him and his warriors, the Knights of Teraesyn.Twelve silvery warriors rode upon mounts of the Cloud's breath, and followed Sammael into battle against the armies of the Archons. In the end, the Archons lay dead at their feet, and Sammael sat upon the iron throne of their kingdoms. As the people gathered in the shadow of the Tower of the Archons, he spoke to them thus:"In the deep days of winter will come the Boy of Fire. Give unto him this tower, and wonders and greatness for you will follow. The Knights I have chosen shall watch over you until this comes to pass. This is not only my will, but the way it must be."Once he had spoken, Sammael and the Cloud of Teraesyn left the lands of the Archons, and its free peoples, forever.When the Knights of Teraesyn were left with the task of ruling and protecting this new kingdom, they went about their task with gentle ferocity. To the people, they became known as Sammael's Chosen, as Teraesyn was no longer their homeland. When the Boy of Fire, Hazekal the Wonderous, claimed the Tower from the Knights, their bound service was complete. But the story of the Chosen does not end there.The Chosen slowly drifted out of the public's notice, and each of the twelve warriors went their own way, fighting evil where it was needed, and passing on their duties to worthy inheritors once it was time. Those few who died were sought out by the others, and their Clasps of the Chosen recovered and passed to someone new. They still roam the lands to this day, watching over those who are oppressed or in need.Clasp of the Chosen: A silver cloak clasp, in the shape of the Hand of Sammael. There are only 12 in existance, and each is held by one of Sammael's Chosen. They bestow upon the wearer a +2 divine bonus to AC, true seeing, and detect lie twice per day. It also allows the wearer to know the approximate direction and distance of any other of the remaining Clasps.Number: 12Alignment: LG or LNSymbol: The Hand of Sammael, a silver hand on a sky blue fieldClasses: Paladin or FighterNext: The Secret Wind</blockquote>

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